Eves and the Weekend

It's the eve of the first day of my first class as a new student at University of Illinois at Springfield as a philosophy major. Freakin' A! I'm pretty excited. Though my book won't be here till approximately Wednesday. Hope that doesn't cause any problems. I looked over the syllabus, and basically I have to read a couple of lectures and make a couple of postings on the class discussion board per week, take two tests, and write a paper or two all in the space of about eight weeks. I think it sounds cool. I hope I can keep my excitement up through the whole program. 'Cuz that would be awesome! However, I also need to start looking into taking the LSAT soon (for law school admissions). I'm kinda nervous about that part...

It is also the eve of the extraction of my wisdom teeth. Yep, after 29 years and change, I will be parting company with the four wisest components of my anatomy. I'm actually pretty annoyed with that. They're not impacted, but I have a cavity in one and the dentist says it'll be too hard to drill and fill it, so they want to remove them all. I say screw that, but that's the great thing about military service--not much choice in the matter. My body is government property. I'm dreading the fasting I'm required to do, which is to start in, oh, 4 minutes or so from now, and the pain, but mostly I'm annoyed that I will be on a liquid diet for a few days. Maintaining my weight isn't the easiest thing in the world for me, though it has gotten easier with age. And, I love my meals. But oh well, eh? At least I get a couple of days off. Wait, that's actually not good either. I'm gonna be behind in my training. Oh well again, eh?

I finally got around to buying some summer clothes. The bad side? I dropped quite a bit of money. The good side? I now own a few more than a single pair of shorts. Also got a pair of flip flops, a couple o' shirts, a tank top, and some boxer-briefs. Yep, I've been a mostly boxers-only guy for several years now, and it's time for a change. You probably didn't care to hear that, but my blog, my rules. :p Count your blessings--I'm sparing you the colors...

Hmmm...what else....I saw a few movies over the weekend! Most of them were good. Actually all of them were. I watched a documentary yesterday that was recommended to me by a friend called The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He's a singer/songwriter who's intensly self-involved and mentally ill. It was pretty interesting, but it was a little too long for me. Then, off to the theatre with Hanner, Mo, West, and Chun to see Mr. Brooks. Very good movie. At first I was annoyed by how Costner's character was split into two characters, one being Costner and the other being kind of like his conscience played by another actor, but it ended up working pretty well. I recommend it. Then today, back again to the theatre to see Knocked Up. I was a little disappointed with this one, but only because I heard so much hype about it, so my expectations were ridiculously high. In the end, I liked it. I really wish it would have had more of the chick's bosses--the dude and the psycho chick that promoted her in the beginning of the movie--in it. They were the funniest part of the flick--freakin' cracked me up!

Alright, it's late and I'm tired. My fast has started, and I'm already freakin' starving. I'm gonna use these next few days off to catch up on y'alls' blogs. Don't mind the drug-induced comments I may leave...

Reading: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling