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I finally can login to blog. How odd.

Here's a message to you freshmen out there: Back in my day, when I was your age (you know, 731 days ago), it snowed. Hard, too. That's right, October 29, 2005, it snowed in Hamilton, and I was ecstatic. I remember blogging about it too, if you need proof. The weather here wasn't always this 50-degrees-and-cloudy stuff, no sir. Back in my day, we had snow, dang it, and we lived with it. Enjoyed it, too.

Not sure why I remember that specific date (first snow at Colgate for my class, I guess is the reason), but I have and I think I might always will.

Currently, I'm working on a paper for History Workshop--due tomorrow, naturally--in Butler's music director office at WRCU, and usually it's quieter than the library, except for 10pm-midnight when PaulRadio comes on. You know a show is good when the dj gets two calls about noise complaints before 10:30. This show is so metal (read: awesome). Excuse me while I go to the library.

"If it's too loud, you're too old."

The most exciting thing to happen in Hamilton since the 19th century (a.k.a. "But the sandwiches!!! Oh, the inhumanity!")

I blog so late tonight to bring you news of the second Great Fire in Hamilton's history...sort of. Apparently, Parkside Deli and the apartment above it burned down tonight. I was running the 4-on-4 football tournament at Tyler's Field tonight, so I don't know all that much about it (except that it happened and a guy playing in a game at the time lived above it--his rather ambivalent reaction to the cellphone call: "These are the only clothes I have now.").

The restaurant population has been decreased by 14.3%. More info as it comes in.

So long, Parkside. Hope you come back soon.

Tonight's playlist, a preview of my radio show tomorrow night:

"Love -> Building on Fire" -- Talking Heads
"Burning Down the House" -- Talking Heads
"This Fire" -- Franz Ferdinand
"Why Should the Fire Die?" -- Nickel Creek
"We Didn't Start the Fire" -- Billy Joel
"Fireball" -- Dosh
"Fire It Up" -- Modest Mouse

Global Warming.....!

It's become a tradition at Colgate to have a summer reading assignment for the incoming first year students. This year the committee responsible for selecting the summer reading book, led by our very own 'mum' of the first year students, Dean Beverly Low, decided to choose Tim Flannery's book- 'The Weather Makers.'

A little bit of everything

Every Tuesday my "Psych 301: Psychology of Leadership" class has a guest speaker and tomorrow we are having Mr.Wheeler. He is a Veteran with more than a fair share of exciting stories to tell! I can't wait. Typing the word Veteran made think of the Ali G skit when Borat goes to visit a Veterinarian who is also a Veteran and he goes in circles for about 10 minutes pretending not to know the difference between the two, its great!

Anywho, I am at work again, just had to replace a the toner in a printer, oh how exciting :)
Tonight I plan to have a huge dinner since I have not had breakfast nor lunch, dinner will be an amazing time!

Today, I found out about the trip to Six Flags that CAB is sponsoring this Saturday which will be amazing! I am so excited and its really cheap too (17$) I don't know how they did it but I'm glad they did.

Ugh, Orgo...

October What?

I looked at my calendar today and realized that it is the end of October.  Midterms are practically over and the semester is more than half over.  I realize that I do NOT want the semester to end.  I wish I had one of those remote controls that can slow down time. 

Lost and found, etc.

So there's been a cat wandering around the townhouses for the past two, maybe three, weeks. The townhouse next door seems to have psuedo-adopted it, as they leave food and water out for it and have (and some of us have followed) taken to calling it T.C. (Townhouse Cat...clever, hmm?). It has a flea collar on, so my theory is that its owner lets it out in the morning and it wanders over here before going back home at night--I've only seen when I get back from class in the afternoon, so that's just what I figure. To any Hamiltonian living near the townhouses and owns a cat with a gray body, black tail and legs, white feet and stomach, and mostly black head, it's being treated well over here, and as nice as it is to have a friendly cat over here, I suggest not letting it out so much. I've seen it dart in front of too many Crusiers.

Also, if anyone has lost a post, i.e. a stake, near the football schedule sign on 12B by the ski hill, I picked it up last week. It had been laying there for almost a month, and is a pretty nice post, so I did what anyone would do. But, I believe in the 1209600-second rule, so find me by next week and you can have it back.

And hey, anyone like good music? Like, the kind of music you hear and say, "Oh, yeah, that's some good music right there"? The Gunshy is coming back October 17; yeah, that's the day after break but it's worth it. Entirely. Trust me. All the cool kids are doing it. [/shilling for SCOPE]

Roommate Dinner Date!

:) Hello!

I am meeting my roommate at the COOP at 6 for a dinner date! Dinner dates are sort of a tradition here. Since people are so busy they sometimes don't have enough time to keep in touch with everyone they'd like to. A simple solution to this problem is institution diner date. Everyones got to eat right? So that is exactly what me and Naomi are doing.  Even thought I've seen her 9876 times today, I bet we'll have a whole bunch of random, pointless, yet exciting things to tell each other. We always do.

I am very, very, hungry because I am fasting. I get to eat in about an hour. Today is the second to last day of Ramadan so that is exciting.  Eid (The major Muslim Holiday) is this Friday which worked out so amazingly.  Our break starts this Friday which means that I will be home for Eid! YAY!

On a not so happy note...

COLGATE BEATS BUCKNELL!

Homecoming weekend is always such a strange experience.  Alums return, and somehow, you forget that they were ever gone.  Familiar faces are everywhere:  both the ones you miss and the ones you'd rather forget.  Nothing says college like homecoming. 

Fast pace

I am in shock, I just realized that Fall Break is almost here. I should have seen it coming considering Fall is all over the campus. Since the break is almost here that means that every professor thought it'd be a good idea to either have a paper or exam the week before. I ended up with an Orgo exam and a Modernity Mid-term on the same day :( BUT! The bright side is...

Dreaming on your feet

Indeed, dancing is like dreaming with your feet.  Dancing every Tuesday night for the past 4 weeks has been like dreaming with my feet. I just couldn't picture myself dancing at Colgate, so I always stroll to Little Hall room 209- the venue for my P.E class, gyrating my body and occasionally doing my two steps as i contemplate the new dance moves for the night.