In Memoria

It's been a long time coming, unfortunately. I suppose it's fortunate I wasn't there, as I was in class, blissfully unaware. At the time, at least.

Our dog, Brownie, is dead.

Allen says he invisions him running playfully in an endless field. Personally, believing more in reincarnation, I disagree, but it's right to believe whatever he wants. I would post something about the Good Times, but I really don't feel like it at the moment.

Still life goes on. I've started doing the Shakespeare play at Voyagers again. This time it's A Midsummer Night's Dream. After I got back today, I started working on a blog for the cast members. All I can say is, html-overload.com man. It's true what that Operator guy from The Matrix said: once you look at the code long enough, you just start seeing the end result.

Public Service Announcement

Warning: sharp blows to the head with a blunt stick can cause you to forget to keep you mouth shut. Handle with care.

School Woes

Of all the wonderful things that could happen to me in my first week of school, why did I draw almost all of the bad stuff?

Everything was fine until Monday. That was when everything went kablooey. First, someone steals my cell phone. Then someone steals my iPod. Oh, that's not bad enough? Alright, so the next day, I take some photos for my photography class, which we developed today. And as my photography teacher is handling the freshly developed roll, he freaking tears it in half. Oh, it was an accident, sure, but you'd expect a bit more finesse from a freaking teacher. I worked so long on that picture too.....

Well, with a bit of skill, and a lot of luck, I may be able to partially repair the picture. Still ... ugh.

PS: I can't seem to get to my scanner. It may have something to do with all the stuff piled on top of it. As soon as I get that stuff picked up, I'll scan some photos for you.

Back to School

I appologize for not updating my blog sooner. You see, it's back to school time, and I'm just starting my first year of college. So, for you now, I will post my views on some of the people and places of the MCC.

People:

Mr. Yokell: My biology teacher, and also my assigned student councillor. Quelle coinkydink. I'm still not entirely sure how to pronounce his name, but he's a nice guy, and not nearly as dull as I feared.

Mr. Light: My photography teacher. I'm still not entirely sure what to make of him. He's quite ... liberal. There is no real "assigned reading" for his class, and he hasn't handed out any tests yet, so I think he's mostly grading us on our homework (which is, surprise surprise, to take pictures).

Places:

Student Lounge: The place to relax during breaktime. Have an hour or two to kill between classes? Come to the student lounge. Unless you're at the library, blogging or something ;).

Library: The other fun place to relax when you have a moment or two to yourself. Not nearly as social as the student lounge, but you can get on the internet here, so it's all good.

Oops, almost time for biology. Gotta run, bye!

Idea!

I just had the most brilliant idea! It's a car engine, and guess what? It runs on water. You see, it takes water, and turns it to steam to provide the power to run the car. And then, like, it wouldn't leave any fumes, just water. It's a sort of ... of ... steam engine! It's brilliant, I tell you! I'm surprised no-one's thought of this before.

My meatball sub recipe:

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
8 cloves of garlic
1 jar of tomato sauce
1 dash of salt
1 pinch of smoked paprika
1 package of sliced provelone cheese (the circular kind)
3 mini-baguetts
1 package of shredded cheese
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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Place beef into a large mixing bowl.
Mix in some tomato sauce to make it easier to stir, and for flavor.
Chop up the onion.
Rush outside to escape the evil onion fumes.
Recover, place chopped onion into the beef mixture.
Chop garlic, add to the mixture.
Add salt and paprika.
Try to pat the mixture into meatballs.
Realize the mixture is too watery because you used too much tomato sauce.
Go to the store to get more beef to balance it out.
Stir in the beef, make the mixture into meatballs.
Place the raw meatballs on a cookie sheet, place in oven for 10 minutes.
Realize that the meatballs are burning (thank you smoke alarm [/sarcasm]).
Remove meatballs from oven.
Place provelone cheese in the mini-baguetts.
Follow up with the meatballs, more tomato sauce, and shredded cheese.
Place back into smoking oven until the cheese melts.
Cut subs in half, and serve with chips and watermelon.
Cheat and eat chips out of the bag.

Quote of the Day:

"Hail to the deva, he who drinks of the light of man and expands himself and looks like a right big chicken!"

Can anyone guess where this quote is from? Anybody?