awake and alive

I touched a live squirrel today while on the MSU campus.  It was in front of the engineering building, and one of it’s back legs was hurt so it was just laying on the sidewalk with it’s tail by it’s side.  It was kinda tiny, so it was super cute.

A guy from the MSU landscaping or something came by on a golf cart dealy and boxed him up to take to the small animal clinic.

My life is complete now.

Browsing my feeds I found this nice little quote from Lifehacker:

Cast the vision. Oftentimes people don’t do what we want, because we have not investe the time to paint the vision. In my experience, people want a challenge. They want to do something significant. They are eager to help. But no one has given them a compelling vision of a new reality. If you consider yourself a leader, this is your job.

Good stuff.

…that there is a giant hole in Russia?

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I didn’t leave MSU till 10pm last night, even though I arrived at 12:30. I got here before 10 today. This week is school/homework-tastic.  I’m not complaining; I’m glad that I understand what is going on in my classes and that I’m getting my homework done.

First is for the developer/designer in me. I found this in my feeds, and I think it is right on the money.

Second is this cool article from a Canadian news site (also through my feeds). I really like the sweet ideas flowing around lately. None of them are really complex, but executed correctly they show an understanding of the current culture and they always add something positive. Sorta like the free hugs campaign. Noel showed this video at Riverview a long time ago and I keep thinking it would be sweet to do (especially on campus).

I had something else, but I can’t remember what it is anymore. I’m sure if it’s important enough, I’ll remember.

FDR said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.

There aren’t really any people that I’m afraid of (maybe Brett when he gets angry), and for the most part I’m not really afraid of many things. Lately though, I’ve begun to really fear failure. I’m afraid that I’m not going to do well enough in my classes. I’m afraid that I’m going to forget something for my job or for school.  I’m afraid that I might come short for a client and cause them to lose time or money. I’m afraid that I might not get something done on time for my job. I’m afraid that I’m going to manage my money incorrectly and end up in debt; unable to pay my bills. I’m afraid that I’ll never be completely victorious in the struggle against porn.

Are these fears legitimate? I can see the consequences of failing at any of these things, and I don’t think that I have any reason to believe that I will absolutely be successful in these areas; it is unknown. Chances are high that I will succeed in most of these, but I greatly fear that chance that I will not; and there is a chance.

I was waiting for the bus back to the commuter lot today when I witnessed something fabulous.  A girl, who also happened to be waiting for the bus, beeped a “friend” using Nextel two-way on speakerphone.  I happen to think that two-way on speakerphone is not only rude, but just plain dumb.  This girl furthered my beliefs and thoroughly proved the dumb factor.

Here is snippets of the conversation (at least from what I can remember):

girl: hey, what cha doin?
guy: thinking about your hot ass rack.
girl: thanks, everyone around me heard that.

So, then she continued for another minute on speakerphone and then switched to regular phone.  Interestingly enough she decided to go back to speakerphone near the end of the conversation, where they talked about nothing for a minute and then the guy said something like “we’re gonna have sex soon” or “I can’t wait to have sex with you tonight”.

The only thing that would have made this better (or more deserving of a Darwin award) would have been if she had tried to cross the road at the end of the conversation and was hit by the bus.

The answer is not. The question is referring to the classroom where my statistics class meets. Last week they had the ceiling fans on medium, and not all of them worked. Let me just say that I came out of the class very sweaty.

This week on the other hand, the ceiling fans are on high and then they have a few huge free-standing fans blowing like crazy in the doorways. It feels great.

The answer is also yes. It may seem strange at first, but I can’t wait till it starts to cool down outside. The reason for this is that a large majority of MSU girls like to wear clothes that make it difficult to keep my eyes open whilst sauntering about the campus. I’m gonna be honest, it’s hard as hell to keep up mental purity.

Finally, the answer is thirdly yes.  My blog design is NOT hot, and I’m getting tired of it.  Too bad I’m so busy that I don’t have time to create a new design.  Oh well…

What is the significance of 4.0? Well, it is significant in two ways: the first is an easy one. I ran 4.0 miles yesterday, and I thought I was gonna pass out near the end. I stuck it out though, and it was semi-rewarding.

The other significance is what is dominating my life right now: school. My aim for this semester is a 4.0. So, I have to bust my bum to get there, and it is taking so much time that I have to say ‘no’ to a lot of things, which sucks.

I will update as much as I can, but it’s hard to say how often that will be…