Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

So I'm off of my vacation now and I'm back to work and school! I happen to have gotten a raise this past month and now I'm taking part of it in full swing. I have to say my favorite part is walking to work. I'm not saying this to be sick and twisted since I wake up at the crack of dawn, but because I like the scenery! So, tomorrow I'm going to take some pictures and put them up for all to see! Albeit I don't know if I can capture it, but I'll try!

Being back in school finds me back in the swing of learning. Like learning about the 12th book of the Robert Jordan series! Tangent: Oh man, if you're looking for an amazing read, read The Wheel of Time series. It's worth all the work you have to put into it. I say work because each book is about 1000 pages of glorious literature long. If you want a scale of how long that takes to read, it's about a 20-26 hour read for me personally, and I average about 30 pages an hour with this book. Anyways, I've learned what the cover looks like (see above), that the release party is going to be held at BYU, and that Brandon Sanderson is 55% done with the book :D. See, sadly Robert Jordan died...and therefore his wife was put in charge of finishing the series. One thing lead to another and she chose Sanderson to finish the series.

So I'm geeking out about the book, but I won't be reading it. Honestly, maybe I should make a hit-list titled "Books that are amazing but I refuse to read them though I desperately want to." On it would be ALL of Robert Jordan's works and Brandon Sanderson's stuff. *sigh* Why you might ask? Well, I suppose it's cause I chose not to and therefor I am not.

Speaking of being obstinate, it was Lisa's birthday yesterday! She's my freshman friend who has now come to join me in the college life. Yesterday we celebrated her birthday and boy howdy was it fun! We wandered around and I had to force her to let me buy her ice cream, bwahaha! But it was fun and I just wanted to get that shout out, out there whilst I could! Happy Birthday Lisa! *throws confetti*

National Shopping Day

What holiday is this cake celebrating? National shopping day? We bought it yesterday for National Doughnut Day, but I didn't see the connection to be quite honest. Come on! A giant purse? Maybe it could be used as a birthday cake...but really? le sigh

Houseism's

From the popular series on Fox network "House", the main character (...House...) comes up with some gems of wisdom. The people of 'They'' fondly refer to these quotes as 'House-ism's". Now, House can be a bit crude at times so watch at your own tolerance level. 'They" put it together on Youtube (a popular internet site according to a leaflet I got yesterday) and it's about 7 minutes a pop.

I only mention these because it has given me an idea. I am currently at home in not-so-sunny-right-now California and thus I get to visit with my mother. She tends to ramble sometimes and though we have often mentioned that her incessant need to do so is not so neccessary, she continues to do so. So instead of discouraging it, I've decided to encourage it by quoting my mother. She's given me permission in a way (she SAID "You can quote me on that!") and I've decided to do it. So far I've got two,

"He ain't no chess player!" -When I was worried that my mother's dog would eat my crystal chess pieces, this was her response to comfort me.

"Get a boyfriend!"-When I asked her if there was anthing I couldn't quote her on, she said she wouldn't say anything that I couldn't quote her on...and then gave me one that I could. This was the one. hehe