Really tired. Just got back from Thursday Night mcdonalds with Abel and Dan. They let me get hotcakes, even though they weren't serving breakfast. Wonderful people. Amy, you need to eat McDonald's hotcakes. Anyone who reads this blog and hasn't had 'em, let me know. I'll hook you up. We just got to see the new starwars trailer that comes out with Harry Potter tomorrow..it's honestly amazing. You should all download it, seriously. You can download it right here. So, another week come and gone. Coffee: Day 4 went well...it was good coffee, as far as coffee goes. Raspbery swirl or something. I think my niche in the coffee world is about 1.5 creamers and 3 packets of sugar. Tomorrow ends the experiment, and I still don't know how I feel about coffee. Oh well. I've done it. I did go to sociology, it was just a movie. So all is well in the world and I have this big feeling of satisfaction because 1-I just saw that trailer about 10 times. 2-Hotcakes. at 1 in the morning. 3-going home tomorrow, and going to have a great weekend. Oh, and 4 - last night when Dan and I couldn't sleep...well, we sort of built a fort in our dorm room. I'm in it right now. I think all that is enough to give anyone a big feeling of satisfaction and happiness.

Just some random notes for the afternoon:
1. Could there possibly be a few more shows where attractive single people go out with other attractive single people--preferably more than one at a time, forcing their dates to compete with each other? I mean, I can only think of five...is that really enough to satisfy the public's desire to see other people dating?
2. Could I possibly like Dave Grohl more? I didn't think so, but today I found and MP3 of Dave and Taylor Hawkins (drummer) playing 'stairway to heaven' on kraig kilborn. Dave doesn't know all of the words, yet he keeps on truckin' through the song..and then, just when it couldn't get better, Dave sings the guitar solo. Fantastic.
3. No coffee yet today..thinking I'll go to the actual coffee shop here on campus and chill out with a book...now, I just have to choose a book. I really don't want to go to sociology, but..man...it's my only class today. What kind of a lazy punk would I be if I didn't go? Plus, it's by the coffee shop. I suppose that'll help.

More christmas music today, both bad and good. I also played some guitar, took a nap and went to classes. It was a good day..I felt pretty lazy, though, despite classes. I couldn't concentrate at all. The really cute girl in my music class sat in front of me...I don't know why it makes a difference...I feel like an 8th grader. But hey, simple things in life can make you happy. Maybe I'll ask her out. Time will tell. Today was also Coffee: Day 3. The best coffee yet. Still nasty, still coffee...but it was the best yet. I don't know who the coffee folks think they are kidding with flavored coffee...it's not that flavored. There's a slight difference. Today I had some chocolate macadamia nut coffee..and while it's a bit different in flavor, I wouldn't have called it chocolate macadamia nut. Anyway, I had that with one and a half creamers and 3 sugars. Best coffee yet..I don't know if it was coffee being better or me being accustomed to it. But I'm not worried. I just spent 2 hours at Tom and Jerry's with my friend Abel talking about all kinds of crazy stuff. It was great. I'm tired. We're watching Ed now, which is pretty much as good as TV shows get. So, anyhow..that's today. C-Frizzle is coming to NIU tomorrow..it's gonna be fun. For now, goodnight.

Today, my time was spent between working on a group blog for some Rockford kids, reading stuff and downloading endless ammounts of christmas songs. There are so many bad christmas songs it's ridiculous. Seriously. And I blame morning radio DJs. They are some big-time creators of novelty christmas songs. Anyway, it wasn't eventful, but it was fun..and I did manage to find some good songs. Then I went to class. After that, I worked on some of my music, ate dinner and hung out with the boys. Since then, I've been working on music (Dan's in Rockford) and watching parts of DVDs. It's been good. As for Coffee: Day 2, well..the coffee from day one was better. Today was irish cream coffee, and I tried Abel's flavoring method (1 cream, lots of sugar) and it turned out okay. Still nasty, though. Still coffee. Dan likes equal in coffee, so he's going to try and score some in Rockford so I can have his style tomorrow. We'll see. For now, I'll sleep.

Just got back from the night of procrastination. It was grand..we went hot tubbing at my house. Steve and Abel and I made it, Rich and Dan had too much studying to do. We also ate uncle nicks, which I hadn't done in quite some time. This morning was Coffee: Day 1. I had a cup of some flavored gourmet coffee...raspberry. I followed Heather Reed's instructions and used sweetner instead of sugar..it's definitley a different taste. Still nasty, though. Still coffee. It's strange to be searching for ones own style with a beverage..it's just surreal. But hey, it's like the beat poets said..you need experience. Well, they tried to sound cooler when they said it. But that's what they were getting at. So, I know..all that happened today was coffee, class and procrastination in that order..but I'm pretty satisfied. What more could one ask for in a Monday?

The weekend was good. Friday was a looong day, but in retrospect, it was worth the trip in the car. Amy and I went to Rock Island to visit Aaron Weinberg. It was really fun--we just chilled out for the night, ordered pizza and watched The Matrix. Aaron's roommate Ron is great. So is his friend Emily. Emiliy and Ron wrestled for like a half hour, which was hilarious. They kept trying to shove breadsticks in each other's ears and mouths...I can't explain how funny it really was. We also met Carl (who lives in a dorm called Carlsson.) He was drunk and funny. He thought Amy was 20. On saturday we toured the campus, ate lunch and went home. Got home at five to find that my entire family (my mom's side, so no white chocolate) was at my house. Crazy. So I walk in looking tired and dirty with a backpack and sleeping bag, and everyone is shocked and happy to see me because they thought I was in Iowa City and I would be there all weekend. Even crazier. Lack of communication at its finest...it was a happy night. Then I went to Jason's and hung out...we went to baker's square and he convinced me to drink a cup of coffee. Wow. I decided it was okay because I didn't do it because of pressure, I did it as a personal favor to him. So, then I agreed that I would drink a cup of coffee every day this week and see how I feel about coffee at the end of it. Sunday was spent with the family and seeing spoonful's last show with Dan...I thought they played really well. So, anyway, that about wraps it up...sorry this is late. Tonight is procrastination night, so I might post today's stuff really late...but we'll see. It is procrastination night, after all.

The weekend was good. Friday was a looong day, but in retrospect, it was worth the trip in the car. Amy and I went to Rock Island to visit Aaron Weinberg. It was really fun--we just chilled out for the night, ordered pizza and watched The Matrix. Aaron's roommate Ron is great. So is his friend Emily. Emiliy and Ron wrestled for like a half hour, which was hilarious. They kept trying to shove breadsticks in each other's ears and mouths...I can't explain how funny it really was. We also met Carl (who lives in a dorm called Carlsson.) He was drunk and funny. He thought Amy was 20. On saturday we toured the campus, ate lunch and went home. Got home at five to find that my entire family (my mom's side, so no white chocolate) was at my house. Crazy. So I walk in looking tired and dirty with a backpack and sleeping bag, and everyone is shocked and happy to see me because they thought I was in Iowa City and I would be there all weekend. Even crazier. Lack of communication at its finest...it was a happy night. Then I went to Jason's and hung out...we went to baker's square and he convinced me to drink a cup of coffee. Wow. I decided it was okay because I didn't do it because of pressure, I did it as a personal favor to him. So, then I agreed that I would drink a cup of coffee every day this week and see how I feel about coffee at the end of it. Sunday was spent with the family and seeing spoonful's last show with Dan...I thought they played really well. So, anyway, that about wraps it up...sorry this is late. Tonight is procrastination night, so I might post today's stuff really late...but we'll see. It is procrastination night, after all.