Oh dear. Lots and lots of running (walking) around today. Well... maybe not that much but it was about 10 times more running around than I do on average. Today I:

woke up at 8
walked to Taper Hall, they told me to get my registration clearance I had to get my teachers signatures
walked to the art department, looked around for the teacher forever. No luck
walked to the language department, looked for teacher again. No luck
walked back to Taper Hall and I was told I actually need to talk to my academic counselor
walked to academic counselors building. Everything went smoothly there and I was told to go back to Taper Hall
walked back to taper hall and I was told I still need the teachers signature. I only cared about my Spanish teacher at this point, my Spanish teacher's office is in Stonier Hall
walked to Stonier Hall. The fire alarm went off as I was exploring the building so I had to leave immediately and I didn't get to see the teacher
walked back to my room and e-mailed the teacher in the hopes that she would read it and give me clearance. response e-mail sent to me about an hour later saying nothing but "okay"

megan came over and we had more walking to do, but I had a paper to type up first. That was easy.
more walking!

walked back to Taper hall to see if they received the teacher's e-mail so I could get a clearance stamp. No luck, they hadn't received the e-mail and the lady I needed to speak to wasn't expected back til about 1.
walked to Upstairs Cafe. I ate a yummy burger. MMMmmmM
walked back to Taper Hall around 1. Lady didn't show up for about 30 minutes, and I waited 30 minutes just so she could tell me she sent me an e-mail saying she already gave me clearance. Hurray for useless waiting!
walked to SAS (student academic services) and was sent to like 3 separate places in there
walked to the registration building to get the actual add/drop course stuff done
walked to the mail area and student service center to check my mail and pick up an R3 application (for housing next year)
back to my room!

Now here I am, class in a bit. I get to walk to the middle of campus, to the GFS building. Tonight is my first night in my new spanish class, I hope it isn't too difficult.

Want to touch my legs?

Today was "eat nothing but asparagus for a day and see how noxious your pee can get day." I did not participate in this day. I just couldn't. Asparagus is gross and so is bad smelling pee.

Not much going on really... I am working on a few things though.

Current projects:

a poem
a letter
opening chapter of Det. Max Sex
preparing some stuff for a radio show that I MIGHT be on (ask me for details)
random sketches
random writings
some dumb paper for class

fun stuff! I predict maybe half of that stuff will get finished. Of course, half of it might not even be able to be finished.

Tomorrow I'm going to finally see Lost in Translation with Megan. I am really looking forward to seeing it. I heard it was GREAT!
HURRAY FOR GOOD MOVIES!

Monday: "be gay for a day day." This day wasn't as hard as I expected it to be, but this may be because of my logic behind the whole thing. I thought this: Straight Dan doesn't (or hardly ever) makes a move on a girl, so why would Gay Dan make a move on a guy? He wouldn't, so I didn't. All Straight Dan ever does is flirt. So I tried to flirt with guys but they just thought I was being funny and we laughed and laughed. My heart was breaking on the inside :( This day helped me discover that the life of Gay Dan would essentially be the same as the life of Straight Dan. Well, except for the whole social outcast thing, but that's about it.

Tuesday: "discreetly give everyone the middle finger day." This day was fun and easy! What I did most of the time was walk around with my hands in my pockets. BUT I had my middle finger sticking out. So if you walked past me today, BAM! You got flipped off. Highlights: In earthquakes lab I pointed to the map with my middle finger while I was discussing it with my TA. Man, he sure got dissed.

Today: "eat nothing but asparagus and see how noxious your pee can get day." There is NO WAY I'm doing this day. First of all, I hate asparagus. Second of all, where would I get said asparagus? Sure, there is a grocery store right off of campus, but all of the fruits and vegetables they sell there are quite past the ripe stage. If I'm going to have to eat asparagus all day it would have to be the best damn apsaragus ever!

Now for some good/bad news. I took the Spanish placement test last Friday and I received the results yesterday. I passed out of Spanish I. I know you're probably thinking "is that bad or good?" It's both. Good because now I have one less year of Spanish to take and can just right into Spanish II. Bad because I personally don't think I'm ready for Spanish II and I also TRIED to do badly on the placement test. Maybe I just think I tried to do badly... I've never actually tried to fail a test so I don't know if I was doing it right. I hope I'm ready for this class, I sure have forgotten a lot of Spanish since I took it about 3 years ago.

Sunday, bloody Sunday: Sunday was "Send A Letter to A Mass Murderer day." The book lists 9 mass murderers and I was to choose who I wanted to write my letter to. The letter could be about anything. I wrote the letter but I have yet to send it (seeing as yesterday was Sunday, so it wouldn't have gone out today... only I forgot to go to the post office today). Anyway, my letter is addressed to Dennis Nilsen, 15 victims. I picked him because:

a.) he's British
b.) he's one of 2 on the page that doesn't have a nickname.
c.) he is the ony one that has glasses on in the pictures

My letter goes like this:

Dear Mr Nilsen,

I would like to know why you did not create a nickname for yourself like so many other mass murderers out there. Was it because you wanted to try to remain anonymous, or was it a way to rebel against the sensationalist media that loves to give clever monickers to anything that reaches the air? If you had to have a nickname, which one would you pick? Would it be something with a British flair or would it be drab and boring? Might I suggest a few names? How about, The Unnamed Killer, The Killer Without a Name, (Instert Nickname Here) or I Killed Fifteen People and All I got Was This Crappy Nickname?

Cheers,
D

yeah... I am kind of skeptical about putting my NAME AND ADDRESS. I'll have to think of a way to circumvent that. I'm trying to make him think I'm from Britain with that whole "Cheers" thing at the end. I hope it works.

MONDAY: "A day of compliments day." Today I was to flatter someone and see if it gets me anywhere. I'm not going to give details, but I'll just say that flattering a certain someone literally got me into their pants. It works! The compliment: "I find your choice in mashed potatoes erotic."

As for what I did Sunday and Monday. Sunday I was super lazy (as usual). Did some homework, talked to people, read a bit, napped, played some games. I went on a somewhat crazy trip through a crackhouse, I got high just knocking on the door. Okay, not really. I hung out with a friend of mine at their friend's house. They just happen to be heavy pot smokers, but they didn't smoke pot while we were there. I could still smell it everywhere though. Monday: I saw Megan from like 10-2. We played games and went out to eat and stuff, then I had WORK. One of my co-workers gave me some alcoholic candy, it was pretty tasty. Now I'm here. I've drawn a little bit, I still have some reading left to do. WOOOO

Tomorrow: "Be Gay for a Day day." Oh man... I'm seeing Pat tomorrow and going out to lunch with him. I have a new AIM buddy icon that says "I have a new boyfriend." I think I'm prepared for this day. Let's just hope that Pat appreciates my advances.

Greatly anticipating: Day 16: Discreetly give the finger to people all day today.