break

Christmas in the apartment wasn't really that bad, not that it was that good, either. It just sort of came and went. After I finally got home, I did some work for my boss and spent some time with my brother for a while, which was definitely cool. My other brother got engaged while I was home.

Now I'm back in school. I've got a gymnastics class and a swimming class this semester. They were supposed to alternate days, but because of scheduling problems, they are now back to back. It takes some serious getting used to doing 2 hours of gymnastics and then 1 hour of swimming, especially at 7 am. It gets even better with a car that won't start, making me leave at about 6:40 so that I can still get to class on time. If it sounds like I'm complaining, I kind of am, but all the abuse I put myself through in the mornings is totally worth it. Gymnastics has got to be one of my all time favorite things now.

finals

Finals are over, however I'll not be going home for a couple of days. The original plan was to leave tomorrow morning, way before anyone actually wants to wake up. However, a rather nasty blizzard has interupted these plans and it looks like I might make it home either christmas night, or second christmas. either way, I've got a few days of nothing in particular ahead of me. All my room mates and most of my friends are either already gone or will be gone by the end of tomorrow. Am I disappointed? I guess. It does give me a chance to do a few things I've been wanting to do, but haven't really had the time for.

tired

The semester is coming to a close. It won't be too much longer before I'm back home for the break. I only hope I'll have something to keep myself entertained with. Most of my stuff will stay in my apartment, and it's pretty much all the stuff that entertains me.

Gymnastics is going well, though I was pretty disappointed with my performance on the first part of testing. We did all our vault and floor exercises. I was just so tired by the end that I did really badly on the floor, especially the back tuck. I know I could have done much better if I hadn't been so sore and tired, but that's the way life goes. I should do better on the high bar and rings next Tuesday.

good day

Last saturday was probably one of the best days ever, despite the fact that I ended up taking a biology test that day. It all started off with Karate practice, a particularly good one. I didn't get to do any sparring, though. That's what happens when you come to practice with an injured shoulder. anyway, after that was done and the test was finished (which I scored a 92 on), I went to a movie with a girl I've been chasing. good movie + cute girl = good times. hopefully she'll have time to do something this week, too. In other news, well, there is no other news. I'm thinking of buying a couple more swords, but since when haven't I been thinking about buying a couple more swords?

uhhh....

So, how was my birthday? Well, I spent a portion of it watching "The Puppetmaster." I don't think I need to say anymore.

bil R.I.P.

I guess it was yesterday we had a candle light vigil for Bill. He died recently. He's my plant. Usually, he'd be ok if I forgot to water him for a week, but we think this time the cold weather did him in(he lived on the windowsill). I watered him a couple times and waited for him to perk up, but to no avail. 빌씨 죽었다. He will be missed.

As far as other stuff goes, my haloween costume is pretty much ready. I just need to get some dog tags. I already have the clothes and guns/holsters. it should be pretty sweet.

good test, bad test

Today was a fun day, I guess. I spent most of the day studying for the third part of my korean final. I'd already taken the speaking and writing portions of the test, all I had left was the 한자 portion. That's chinese characters. They use them in the more sophisticated writings. Anyway, we had about 100-120 characters to memorize. Some of them we only had to recognize, but most we had to know how to write, read, and know the english translation. The format is basically a packet of paper with spots to write each character, along with it's reading and meaning. I ended up only missing one character. I certainly impressed myself, particularly since I hadn't really studied them for more than 3 or 4 days. I also got some free pizza on the way to take the test.

Not everything was great like that. I had a quiz (for the same class). I studied for the quiz. I even studied with a Korean, so I was pretty well prepared. Unfortunately, when I actually took the quiz, I discovered I had studied the wrong chapter. That means I've got a fair amount of makeup work to do.