September Sum Up

Hello. It's been a bit since the last writing. Besides being overrun with work, both the school and the tour kind, I've been sick. Yes, I got the ick and while today I'm feeling good, yesterday and the day before I felt terrible. This is the first night I've eaten in my room this week and it will be the only night. Monday was an Austin Manor dinner, yesterday OWU President Rock Jones has the tour guides to his house for dinner, tomorrow night is Jeff Dunham, Friday is the tour guide dinner at Hilary's. Yes, a week of good food.

But, as the title says this is the Septemeber Sum up. For the past two weeks I've been commenting on all the blog I should write. Instead, I'm going to sum up and hopefully, this way, I will remember to elaborate on the more interesting stuff.

(1) High winds at OWU knocks down tree at Austin Manor.

(2) Don't see Burn After Reading because critic me says it is a waste of time.

(3) There are cool staircases at OWU.

(4) Hoggy's, a new Delware resturant has good food.

(5) The Columbus Zoo has animals.

(6) Jaz and Phoebe are getting bigger and have more toys than they know what do to with.

(7) When procrastinating on writing new articles, spend time at the Mean Bean.

(8) Come see Fashion! (OWU theatre department) because I sewed some buttons.

(9) It just took me four hours to do half a load of laundry.

(10) When keys are lost, look in the lock on the door, that's where I found mine.

September Sum Up! Have a great one.

Welcome Jasmine and Phoebe and the Couch

One of the perks of my new residence is the ability to have pets. So, Zoe and I got kittens. They are orange tabby cats and they are currently wrestling on the couch. Oh! we got a couch too. My parents brought it up from Cincy. It's more a love-seat than a couch but it's perfect because Zoe, Jaz, Pheobe, and I all fit on it. When the cats get bigger I doubt that will be a possibility but right now it is nice.

It's also nice when they wrestle on your face, eat your hair, become a hat, become a scarf, and sleep on your bladder all when your sleeping.

So what else has been happening . . . class. There is also sick traveling around OWU right now which it ick. I know a bunch of people have been stomach blah and sore throat blah and stuffy nose blah and I'm denying that I'm any of those despite the rawness of my throat though half of last night.

Zoe and I and the kittens watched August Rush last night and I believe there were eight thumbs up across the couch.

What else, there was an excursion to Red Lobster sometime back which was good. And I think that's it.

Have a good one.

Pictures: #1 is Phoebe under my bed the day we brought her home. #2 is Jaz (on the chair) and Phoebe wrestling. #3 is Nelson at Red Lobster. #4 is me at Red Lobster.

Why Do Anime Guys Rips Off Their Shirts in Every Day Activities and Real Guys Do Not?

That is the question we are addressing today.

Since my internet connection has again become reliable (mainly because I'm using the cord signal and not the wireless signal which still has bugs) I've been watching more Anime. I recently finished Yu Yu Hakusho (demons and spirit detective, if you've got no idea don't worry about the specifics) but it is good.

While watching, I noticed that majority of the guys would just randomly loose their shirts. While riding a bike, that was my favorite. I'm riding a bike, no shirt. Yes, that's how it went. In the most recent Kenshin episode a man jumped off the roof and ripped his shirt off. Why? And why can't guys in real life do that?

I believe that if I were walking across campus and a man on a bike rode by and his shirt ripped off, randomly, I would be entertained and in some circumstances forced to stare. In other circumstances I would be disgusted but overall I would be entertained because of the fantastical nature of it.

The jumping off the roof thing is a big harder to the real man. First he must survive the fall. Second he must have enough dexterity to rip off his shirt. It might be too much to ask.

Now, my dear readers, I will include a disclaimer so when the crazies get on here and have the desire to try this . . . just don't try this. Don't jump off the roof. If you are riding your bike and attempt to rip your shirt off and then get his by something it is not my fault, it is your own stupidity for trying. Thank you.

Have a great one.

Picture #1: My face when odd shirt-loss occurances occur on anime shows. Picture #2: My face if I were to see something like that in real life. Picture #3: My face if anybody were to jump off the roof of a building after reading this post.

Week One Update

Week one done and I've got a pile of work next to me that resembles that piles of work I had that the end of previous semesters except this is the beginning of the semester and when thinking about the work that I will have at the end of this semester I begin to worry if it will resemble the height of our table which would be sad because our table is very tall.

That might be an exaggeration, especially since I just stacked everything up and it took a lot of creative supplementing in-order to make it high enough. And that would truly be ridiculous and nobody should have to do that amount of work and if they do my sympathies.

All of my classes are good and I think that after these first few weeks the group of us will settle into a nice schedule of work, playwriting, and Transcript work. Some reading. Some more reading. Hopefully some reading for pleasure.

And that's it because my brain is about to explode in stimulous overload. Have a great one.


Pictures: First is our table leg and how tall it is. Second is my actual stack of work. Third is all the stuff I would need to make my stack of work as tall as the table leg. Check the stack. It's amazing.

To OWU and Beyond

Back at OWU. In my apartment. With it's slanted ceilings and rounded windows. And it's kitchen. And it's fridge that has BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard, mayo, water, and some old pizza . . . I think there might be a shopping trip calling us. Majority of students move in today and all the freshmen moved in last weekend so they could participate in OWU's week long orientation.

I think Austin will be good for Zoe and I. There is more space than I remember there being . . . especially with the big hole in the center of the room because we don't have a couch or anything yet. It's funny looking because we've got out beds and such set up on one end and then we've got the kitchen and table and shelves on the other end and this big empty space in the middle. But I figure it will take us a few weeks to get everything set up. Most pressing is food; we've got a kitchen and we need to use it. Besides, BBQ and ketchup stew doesn't sound very appetizing . . . not at 7:30 am, not ever.

Austin Pictures of Our Room and Stuff:

OWU is Calling and the Cincy Crew is Sad

Tomorrow I will be returning to my home away from home, OWU, and I believe there will be some crying. Leaving home is always hard for me because I dislike relocating. I am relocating to an amazing place, Austin Manor with my kitchen and everything, but leaving home is difficult. But I believe there will be come crying outside the family as the Cincy Crew is also splitting up and out future is uncertain.

Being juniors, the next step for most of us are internships and travel. Katie is spending the fall semester abroad in the Netherlands and Turkey. Mike returns to school and next summer he is looking for an internship anywhere from Cincy (he says with a wink). Rosemarie is permanently relocating to Columbus and Olivia graduates in four months with every intention of returning and living out the rest of her life in Cincinnati. My own future is a bit uncertain as far as location is concerned. An internship would be cool and there is always the book and its progress uncertain. So we had our before school fling.

Mike hosted a bonfire at his place where as our conversation went; "I'll bring the fire and you Sam, bring the people" and it went very well. 170 pictures later, we were all camera blind but nobody fell in the fire nor got beaten with a croquet mallet so I suppose it was a successful evening. There was the potential for hammock fatalities but I believe the only one at risk was the hammock.

Then we had a girl night of poker complete with arguments on the rules of the game. It had been two years since we'd played and apparently we'd been playing by different rules in our respective cities. There was food: Alfredo, pumpkin roll, chips and dip, salad . . . and it was yum.

And tomorrow I am back at OWU. Junior year here I come.

Have a great one.

Pictures: First is the fire. Second is the hammock and us not in it. Third is our friendly croquet game. Fourth is the Cincy girls.

Books That Make the Heart Go Pitter-Pat

I've done a lot of reading this summer. More than any other summer because my summers were usually bogged down with required reading and while required reading is good because books are involved it is required and that word, required, seems to put a damper on any situation.

Moving on; books.

Twilight -Stephenie Meyer, and you talk about a book that makes the heart go pitter-pat . . .
it's a book that is hard to put down because the characters are beautiful and natural, perhaps cheesy, but it a cheese that is easy to tolerate, like a medium cheddar instead of a sharp. Despite it's length, 498 pages, it's a quick read, three days for me, and I think the best part about finishing it is knowing there are another few books of equal length with the same characters. Need some love in your life? Check out Twilight.

The Scarlet Pimpernel -Baroness Orczy. While this is a little out of my reading zone it was the choice of the newly begun Rose, Olivia, and Samantha Book Club and it was good. The beginning is a bit dragging while the characters are sorted out and the plot unfolds and by chapter three I still wasn't sure who the story would be following but after I knew my protagonist, I really jumped into this tale complete with backstabbers, country hopping, disguises, and common brilliance. It's a shorter read between 250-300 pages and a little slower (five days for me) and overall lovely.

Extras -Scott Westerfeld. This is fourth book in the Uglies series that I remember reading in high school. Usually I am disappointed by series continuations and honestly, the trend that continued after the opening novel Uglies was disappointing Extras surprised me. The characters were new and exciting and the city was different and inventive. While the old characters return, the build up to their return was my favorite part of the story. After that, I found it a bit predictable because of the rest of the series.

The Things They Carried -Tim O'brien. I read the short story are OWU and was able to pick up the novel this summer and I wasn't disappointed. It left me melancholy but a novel of it's sort is supposed to and for that effect I won't describe it to you. Just read it.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay -Michael Chabon. This is another long one dear reader and the near 700 pages took me a good three weeks to power through but in the end I am glad I did. Kids and comic book artists and WWII and giving a life to art and the pros and cons that come of that life. I suppose the lovely thing about it is that it is a novel that is easy to come back to and slip back into the story and, of everything I read this summer, it was the funniest.

So there you go reader, five books for your reading pleasure. Drop me questions in the comment section and have a great one.

Picture: Samantha says, "Read them so I don't have to go down the hill again."