Brrrrr...

Sorry I've been gone awhile, I've just been trying to keep up with other things. It's starting to get chilly out now, and I can only hope we're not in for another winter like last year's. Don't get me wrong, I like the change of the seasons and all, but I'm an outdoor guy and I can only take the cold for so long. Last Sunday, I played in a pick IM Frisbee tournament on Aldrich Field (a large field outside one of the dorms) and it was unbelievably cold and windy tipping us off that it's time to move things into the field house from here on out. Nonetheless, it was still a lot of fun, and I'd do it again despite the weather conditions. Following that, my roommates and our friend Parker headed to the Slow Food dinner to warm up; Slow Food is a campus club that advocates eating food which has been produced locally and with minimum processing, and let me say the only thing easier to swallow than their ideology is their home cooking (delicious).

Anyway, I've just been working hard in my classes as usual, but in Creative writing we're moving into the fiction unit for the semester which has been a lot of fun so far. I mean, I like poetry fine, but for me, it just can't compare with a good story. Speaking of good stories, on Monday night I watched the movie, "The Fall" with Joe, Luke and friends, and it was amazing. I'm very critical of movies (although I like them a lot) , and it's been awhile since I've watched one that didn't make feel like tracking down the director and demanding that he or she return the last two hours of my life to me at no charge. However, "The Fall" was a welcome change, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys movies that are actually good.

Hmmm...what else is there to say?I haven't had time to exercise at all lately and I feel like I'm deteriorating, but on the upside I'm looking foreward to Halloween and this weekend quite a bit; Joe, Luke, and myself went down to Salvation Army yesterday to purchase medical scrubs, clipboards, and a stethoscope (Joe dropped $9.99 on it, sucker) for our male nurse costumes. We plan to run around campus spouting meaningless medical jargon, scribbling out bogus forms on our clipboards, and declaring people legally dead. We'll I think that's all she wrote (actually it's all I wrote) , I don't have any news for you today because I live in a box and am entirely absorbed in the day to day trivialities of my own life :) Welcome to college. (It's pretty fun).

Jacy's Jam: "C'mon C'mon" by the Von Bondies

Break is over and all that

Well it's been a surprisingly uneventful couple of weeks. As you may have gathered from my last frantic post, I spent the last week before Fall break rushing around like crazy to get all my papers done, and you'll be happy to know that I did. However, you probably don't want to hear much about that, so I'll move on to the events (or lack there of) of my break. As usual, I returned home to scenic Michigan (it actually is really nice this time of year) to unwind and spend a little quality time with my folks. Instead of flying, this year I took the Amtrak home; it's way cheap, and although the ride is long, it's relaxing, you can sleep and listen to music without a small child kicking the back of your seat. Anyway, it was great to see my parents and my sister, Shandra, who is now a senior at Swarthmore College (she had a break too). However, most of my friends were either still at school, or too busy working to do much of anything, so for the most part I just hung out and relaxed, and took care of odds and ends. Highlights included eating real food, hanging out with my family, sleeping in, reading A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold for Botany, getting back on my 4 mile running regiment, and the purchase of plaid sidewalk surfers at American Eagle for $14.95.


The Saturday before I returned to Beloit (the 18th) , I did catch up with friends Nick and Andy who had recently moved into to their own apartment (which now smells terrible due to careless disregard for trash and dishes) and we watched many hours of blissful college football. What could be better? Well, winning is nice every once in a while. Although I still enjoyed the games, it seemed like nearly every team I pulled for ended up 28 points in the hole the end of the first quarter. I don't want to any names, but seriously, Michigan State/Missouri, C'mon! It turned out the best game I watched was the classic match up between Texas Tech and A&M, and despite the fact that I am nowhere near, or remotely affiliated with either of these institutions, I found myself really voting for A&M, needless to say they too lost.

I returned to Beloit yesterday via a combination of train and bus once again, although this time I was nearly stranded at Union Station, but that's a whole other thing. As soon as I got back to my room, I did some laundry, got in a long overdue shave, and then went out to grab some dinner at local eatery Dominico's. Then we watched a mildly disappointing World War II themed Family Guy and parted ways for the evening. At this point, I did a little Aristotle reading for Ancient Philosophy , and then I caught up with Joe, Luke, and our friend Alex in the Pearson's (our student union) TV lounge and watched the Sox loose to the Rays. Joe is a die hard Red Sox fan and naturally I mocked him incessantly for the rest of the night.

I think that about does it, although I will mention that I got back a Philosophy paper today and I was pretty pumped to receive that A this time. Ok, until next time.

Jacy's Jams: "Move to Newlyn" by the Subways

News Flash: Joe the Plumber does not in fact posses a plumbing license and he owes $12oo in back taxes, lol.

Ahhhhh!!#?

Oh boy, things are getting crazy up in here, I can't wait for fall break. Stuff really went south this last week; I've got a big Environmental Ethics Paper due Thursday and another one for Ancient Philosophy due Friday, not to mention the daily work from my other classes that just keeps on coming. As you might have begun to suspect at this point, I didn't do to much of interest to you, the reader, this last weekend. Friday, I played a little pick up Frisbee before dinner where I got in most of my socializing for the night, and then I worked on papers until around 11:00pm. After that, I decided just to have a chill night, so I watched 28 Days later with a few friends (whoops) and then headed to bed. Saturday, I spent roughly 9 hours in the library and finished my Ethics paper, (Which I feel is an excellent defense of Regan's stance on Animals rights), and then I went out with everyone for a bit to let off some steam. Sunday morning found me back in the ol' library reading Plato's Symposium in its entirety, and then moving on to proof read aforementioned paper. Later, I got together with classmates to work on our Botany experiment proposal, ever wonder if plants can grow upside down? That's not really what our experiment is but good luck with that. After that, Luke I enjoyed two and half hours of blood-drenched, flag impaling, Mel Gibson in "The Patriot"....classic. Oh yeah, I hope you all , (I'm assuming someone is reading this? Maybe...like, like maybe one or two of you? Common!), watched the VP debates last Thursday, but for those of you who didn't, you heard it here first: "John McCain is a maverick." I wonder if he's ever seen a Mig 28 do a 4g negative dive? (Top Gun is the greatest thing ever to come out of the 80's). Ok well thats enough of that, I don't thinks there much else to say at this point, no photos today due once again to technical difficulties, my bad.

Jacy's Jams: "Do the Panic" by Phantom Planet

New Flash with Jacy BP: I got nothin, no time for the news this week.