Well That Didn't Work

SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND THAI TEA
Ok, a lot's been going on, so I am anticipating that this will be a long entry. Brace yourselves.

After staying up with the guys on the 7th floor until 6:30 in the morning on Wednesday (Thursday) I did it again on Thursday (Friday.) I've been having so much fun up there with all of my new friends that the (intense) sleep deprivation seems ridiculously worth it. Everyone up there wants me move to their floor next semester, its awesomeness. I'm so happy that I'm finally being accepted for who I am...its so cool to have friends...they all LOVE me and I love them. Apparently, I'm funny now.

Anyway, Friday began Parents' Weekend here on campus; since my mom is sick (by the way, she relapsed again today after having steadily gotten better) she and my father were unable to attend. After work that night, I returned (yet again) to the seventh floor and played Trivial Pursuit until about 2:00 in the morning. The seventh floor is one of the building's two honors floors and I won by a landslide, does that say anything? Then, a bunch of us ended up talking philosophy and debating everything from the existence of God to politics until 8:30 in the morning.

Saturday, I slept until 1:00 in the afternoon. After I woke up, I called my friend Tom and asked him if he wanted to just sit around and do nothing with me all day...his parents weren't in town either. He, in pajamas, brought over the first season of this show called "Arrested Development" which was absolutely amazing. Watch it. Then, at 5:30, I took Tom's shift at the desk where we both work so that he could go out with some friends. The shift ended at 7:30, just in time to see John Glenn speak here at good ol' AU. He was spectacular...a very educated, interesting and nice man. I got his signature, WoO hOo! Seventh floor until 5:00am that night.

Sunday I opted to do absolutely, positively nothing until dinner when I got a group of 10 friends to go to a near-by Thai restaurant with me, it was a lot of fun. I sat on the end of the table laughing and cracking jokes. Everyone else seemed really happy, too. Its interesting, I've finally loosened up. I make stupid jokes, I laugh at stupid jokes, I don't care what anyone thinks of me...and people like me anyway. I make everyone laugh...its cool. I stayed up talking to this one guy that lives up there until 5:30ish and then got up at 8:00 this morning. He's cool, I like him.

Anyway, there have been some other things going on besides friends...I ordered a camera and to make a long story really, really, REALLY short, I now have to contact the Better Business Bureau. Grr...as of this afternoon, I had not yet received my absentee ballot so I called my county's clerk only to be informed that due to a clerical error on his part, it had been sent to the wrong address. Since I applied for an absentee ballot, I am not permitted to vote if I return home and in order to be issued a duplicate ballot, I have to either personally see a judge back in New Jersey to appeal for a second ballot or send a proxy (i.e. a parent--and they can't make a special trip to Newark for obvious reasons.) Thus, there is a significant chance that I will not be able to vote. Finally, I was supposed to register for my spring semester classes, but wasn't able to because the stupid people in the Financial Aid office didn't file the paperwork they needed to file ensuring that I had paid all my dues to the school and am eligible to register for classes. Well, that was fun...despite all that stuff, I'm still quite happy.

Oh, Dennis called me last night. I honestly don't know why, he probably felt guilty because he didn't sound like he cared very much. His apathy surprised me for some reason. We'll talk again I suppose.
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