Harry Potter and Whippedcream from a Closed Safeway

A few days ago I was one of the lucky/crazy/fanatic people to see Harry Potter at it's midnight premeire! There was a large group of us (Grace, Courtney, Kinsey, Cha Cha, Carissa, Jon, Sarah, Mike, Cori, and Ashlyn) I really enjoyed the movie and the atmosphere of going to a midnight premeire.

The real story however, is what happened after the movie. A bunch of us decided that we were hungry and would go to the Denny's on Baseline for something to eat. Although there were classes the next day and it was about 3 in the morning it made very much sense at the time so we headed in and sat down.

Unfortunately there was no whipped cream for Courtney's pumpkin pie, so we decided that we would go on a mission to the nearby Safeway to aquire some and hopefully make it back before our food got too cold. We also had decided to take Grace home as she looked like she would'nt be awake much longer on the amount of sleep she had the night before. After dropping her off we headed out to the Safeway.

We made it there about 4am and unfortunately there was a sign on the door stating that they would be closed until 5am. I figured that we would go back to Denny's. Instead Courtney noticed that some of the stockers were in the store and she began pounding on the door. Incredibly none of them heard the noise, but undeterred Courtney then manually opened the automatic door and went inside. She then asked the startled Safeway employees if they wouldn't mind if we came into the store for some whipped cream. He thought about it for a while and then agreed and told her that Kinsey and I could come in too!

It was quite amusing watching the reactions of the various employees as we regaled them with stories of the missing whipped cream from Dennys and wandered around inside their closed Safeway. Most of them seemed pretty skeptical that we were there for just whipped cream but after a few minutes we were out of there and on our way back to Dennys.

By the time I got to bed I had gotten to see the sunrise, and I'm pretty sure it was about 6:30 when I finally got to sleep. Unfortunately this was a Friday morning on which I have 9am classes. As you might expect I slept through them and didn't wake up until about 11:45 to make it to my noon class. But it was all worth it! :)

What Happens When it Snows in Boulder? (Underwear Football!)

The snowstorm that came through Colorado tonight actually brought the first snow of the year to Boulder! Granted it was only about 2 inches but it was the first snowfall of the season in Boulder so it was marked with joyous celebration.

As I walked home from work I saw groups of people breaking out into spontaneous snowball fight and the creation of armies of snowmen. When me and some of my friends were outside later this guy started yelling at us because he thought we screwed up his snow man. He was REALLY pissed but we managed to convince him that someone else destroyed his snowman and he left without incident.

Now is where the story gets interesting. A bunch of us in the dorm, remember the name Cockerell, as this is in the works to become a tradition, decided that we would celebrate the first snowfall with a game of football in the snow! While we were playing a bunch of girls from our dorm decided to run around the dorm once in the snow in their bikinis. A few of them joined us playing football and before too long suggested that it was not fair for the guys to remain fully clothed!

Thus was born the Boulder Underwear Snow-Football League! We played a full hour in the snow in nothing but boxers and bikinis! We must've had a crowd of at least 60 people watching us through the windows of the nearby dorms, and several groups of passerbys stopped to watch the festivities. It was great fun and a lot of people yelled that we were crazy but a few seemed to enjoy what was happening and yelled "Yeah take it off!!!" apparently I play sports better half naked, as I had three touchdown receptions! There are a couple pictures in my Myspace photos, but there are several more on facebook to check out! You are much more concerned about falling as a result of cutting in the snow when you aren't wearing much, and playing defence is much more interesting when you aren't sure just how you can two hand touch someone who's not wearing much :) After we were all beginning to lose feeling in many areas of our bodies we decided to go inside and warm up with hot chocolate and a movie! It was a blast!!! Look for another game come next snow!!!

* Disclaimer: I'm sorry you had to witness pictures of me shirtless ;) I cannot be held accountable for any resulting sickness or blindness as a result...

All These Things That I've Been Told

So it's unbelievably nearing the middle of November! I can't believe how fast the time seems to flit by now! I wish it would go just a little faster and get me to the end of the semester though!

I'm having all kinds of issues with school. They told us at the beginning of the year that this might happen and how to avoid it but I didn't really believe I needed to worry about it. They said you may feel like the first couple weeks of class are review from high school but not to become complacent. Unfortunately I did just that.

As I sit right now I will end this semester with unimpressive grades, I'll be lucky to pull a 3.0 after being spoiled on a 3.74 for high school. I haven't been to my chemistry lecture in almost 2 months now... I started off by skipping one Friday class with telling myself I'd go back the next Monday, I've never been back lol. The thing that confuses me is I just don't really care. My only motivation is that good grades will hopefully get me a good job but for some reason that's not really enough to motivate me.

I always used to laugh about stories of people skipping class because I always thought it's so easy to go to class, and it is, yet I always find some justification not to go. I constantly battle with myself, but just like the person who plans a new exercise routine that will start tomorrow and then it never happens, I keep falling into the same trap. Why don't I care anymore!? The only class I think I'll get an A in is Engineering Projects because in that class I actually get to work with my hands and build things and think creatively whereas calculus and chemistry are both dull and drab to me. I was raised with the mindset that a C is a bad grade but I just can't think that way anymore... Every time I get a bad grade back it stings but then I never do anything to get a better grade on the next chance.

I'm in danger of needing to retake Chemistry because as an Engineer you are required to get at least a 63% in Chemistry before you can take any of the upper division engineering classes. At the moment my two mid terms a 59% and a 65% average out to a 62%, so I wouldn't meet the requirement if class ended today. I feel pathetic but I can't find the resolve to get things done anymore.

I'm hoping that taking a Maymester (1 month summer course) in Italy will provide me a much needed breath of fresh air and give me some perspective because at the moment I don't think I'm going to cut it...

Jedi Mind Tricks and Westminster's Finest

Happy Halloween again everyone! Hopefully everyone enjoyed the nice weather, it's been freezing and snowing every Halloween for the past several I can remember. Unfortunately I had to work so my Halloween festivities didn't start until I got off of work at about 8!

Going to a haunted house seems like an integral part of Halloween so that was my plan for the evening. We were also supposed to go costume bowling afterwards but unfortunately that fell through. At the time though I didn't know this so in full Jedi robes I met with two of my friends and we headed to Frightmare.

For those of you who don't already know, I'm very prone to getting lost when driving and unfortunately this was no exception. However I'm much more familiar with Westminster now!

The haunted house was awesome, I really enjoyed the setup and the presentation of the whole thing. I was also delighted to discover that apparently wearing a Jedi robe makes you feared and respected through a haunted house because through the entire experience I did not have one of the monsters or clowns in the haunted house target me for their scares.

However in a blatant breach of the don't touch the monsters and they won't touch you policy that I was informed of several times while waiting in line, the chainsaw guy actually hit my arm with his chainsaw. He came out too quickly for our group and I hadn't yet passed him, he chased the rest of our group ahead and as he whirled around to go back to his hiding spot he swung his chainsaw into my arm. I awoke several hours to doctors working frantically to repair the damage done to my arm. Unfortunately I do not have much mobility and I may never again. By which I mean nothing happened because the chainsaws have no teeth ;)

Anyhow we left the haunted house to go back to Boulder and watch House of Wax. Unfortunately on the way back I missed the turning lane for our right turn. It was the type of large intersection where the right turn lane is a breeze-by lane where it curves to the right in its own lane. However I missed this lane and being in the far right straight lane and it being late at night I figured it would be okay for me to turn. Sure enough after doing this maneuver the SUV behind me suddenly turned into a police SUV and I pulled into a parking lot to await my fate.

Apparently you're supposed to pull over immediately even if it would obstruct traffic rather than pull into a parking lot, but one of my friends I was with when she was pulled over was told not to obstruct traffic when there was a parking lot nearby, so I followed this line of thought which didn't thrill the officer who pulled me over very much.

After pulling into the lot the police truck pulled up behind me and put on those bright glaring alien abduction lights that everyone loves so very very much and he came up to the car. I got the "Can I see your licence, registration, and proof of insurance?" routine and then he asked me what I was doing in Westminster that evening. I couldn't help but think in the back of my mind "You don't need to see his identification" but I knew this would get me into more trouble so I told him we were simply on the way back from a haunted house. He pondered this and my registration for a few seconds before walking off with a curt "Have a good night!" PHEW!!! So there you have it: Jedi mind tricks work on the police!

PS House of Wax is fairly good but gorey.