Best of 2005!

~January~

1. Did you have a New Years resolution this year?
Like many others, I wanted to get into better shape!

2. Who kissed you at midnight?
My friend Mel

3.Does it snow where you live?
That it does!

4. Do you like hot chocolate?
Love it, especially with marshmallows and whipped cream!

5. Have you ever been to Times square to watch the ball drop?
Nope, someday since I could do it for almost free

~February~

1. Who was your Valentine in 2005?

I've never had a valentine so I consider February 14th to be Singles' Awareness Day

2. What did your valentine get you?

See above

3. When you were little, did you buy Velentine's for you whole class?
Definitely! And I loved it because then people were forced to give me valentines lol

~March~

1. Are you Irish?
Nope!

2. Do you wear green on St Patricks day?

Yeah, being pinched is not fun!

3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2005?
I...don't....remember.....

~April~

1. Do you like the rain?
Of course, especially if it's with lightning and thunder!

2. Did you play an April Fool's joke on anyone this year?
I don't remember exactly what I did, I just remember being called an asshole

3. Do you get tons of candy on easter?
Yup!

~May~

1. What's your favorite kind of flower?
Venus Fly Trap, any carnivourous flower earns my respect

2. Do you like the spring?
I like all the seasons about the same!

3. Finish the phrase: April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?

Snow storms?

4. What would you think of as a spring color?
Baby blue

~June~

1. What year will you graduate from school?
Class of 2005!

2. Will you go on a Vacation?
Hawaii and Florida, and California, and camping, and Jamaica, and The Cayman Islands, and Mexico, and that place in the Caribbean where the official religion is Paganism (I can't remember what it's called) Haiti?

~July~

1. What did you do on the 4th of July?
Saw fireworks with friends and family at the park in ACRES GREEN! That's right you Lone Tree fools, the park is in ACRES GREEN! HA HA HA HA HA!!

2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?
Hawaii I think? Or maybe that was June? I travel too much...

~August~

1. Did you do anything special to end your summer?
Went to Hawaii with five of my best friends!

2. What was your favorite summer memory of '05
See above

3. Did you go swimming a lot this summer?
Yup, nothing beats the Pacific Ocean!

~September~

1. Did you attend school/college in '05?
Yes, University of Colorado at Boulder! Go BUFFS!

2. Who is/was your favorite teacher?

Probably Kishore Kulkarni, my Econ professor because he made us think about what would happen to our grades if the teacher died mid semester lol funny guy!

3. Do you like fall better than summer?
Except for the start of a new NHL season no!

~October~

1. what was your favorite halloween costume ever?
When I was a Borg from Star Trek in fourth grade!

2. What is your favorite candy?
Butterfinger or Reeces are both very close

3. What did you dress up like this year?
A Jedi

~November~

1. Whose house do you usually go to for Thanksgiving?
We usually have Thanksgiving at our house and that we did!

2. Do you like stuffing?
Not particularly

3. What are you thankful for?
My wonderful family, awesome friends, how fortunate I am to be an American, my dog, and many other things!

~December~

1.Do you celebrate Christmas?
Favorite holiday!

2.Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?
Not really... No

3. What do you want this year for Christmas?
I got a sweet Video iPod!!!! WOO HOO!!! Also tickets to see Coldplay!

4. What's the best present you ever got for Christmas?

Probably this iPod or maybe when I got a Nintendo 64 or maybe when I got a Mission M-1 Hockey Stick

5. do you like cold weather?
If it snows otherwide I get sick of it!

The Calm Before the Storm and Why I Hate Boulder Cops

Woo hoo first semester's classes are now over! Our last day of classes was yesterday which was wonderful because today I slept until about 1 to make up for weeks of 4 and 5 hour nights. And the thing that's most exciting? NO MORE CHEMISTRY EVER!!!!!

Unfortunately I can't get too excited just yet because as I write this I am 4 hours away from my first final, Calculus which will be from 7:30 to 10 tonight! Through my wonderful luck with schedules my second final is tomorrow morning at 7:30am! Just as I'd hoped, I've always wanted to see what going to school on a Saturday was like and now I get my wish! After tomorrow's Econ test I get a few days break before my dreaded Chemistry exam. As soon as I finish that test I am outta here and on my way back home!

I can't believe this semester is over already! College moves light-years faster than high school, which now seems a distant memory. Overall it was a good semester but I really need to work on my procrastination, it is becoming a serious problem. I read this on a psychology website:

"The main reason people procrastinate is fear," says Neil Fiore, Ph.D., author of The Now Habit. Procrastinators fear they'll fall short because they don't have the requisite talent or skills. "They get overwhelmed and they're afraid they'll look stupid." According to Ferrari, "Procrastinators would rather be seen as lacking in effort than lacking in ability." If you flunk a calculus exam, better to loudly blame it on the half-hour study blitz, than admit to yourself that you could have used a tutor the entire semester.

As much as I hate to admit it it describes me almost spot on, so I'm hoping that this will change for next semester.

Anyway for a bit of randomness, I've decided that the Boulder cops are sadistic! I was walking back from the rec center with Grace last night and we were walking along a particularly wide paved path, and although we were walking in the middle there was ample room for a car to pass. However a police car happened to need to pass by us and rather than flashing his brights or just waiting until he was close enough for us to hear his engine and move out of the way, he decided to be an ass and blare his siren for a second. I don't scare easily but after that blast from the siren I'm pretty sure that both my heart and Grace's were about to explode from shock! To make things worse I"m almost positive the cop was laughing to himself as he drove by!

Happy Holidays all! I can't wait to come back home and see a lot of you!