Bored and awake...

Rita is sleeping and I've got nothing to do because I don't want to wake her up. She stays up late every day of the week working on things she should have done days ago and then sleeps all weekend. But she looks cute. She's got the blanket all over her, except for one knee that's sticking up in the air. Her head is under a pile of pillows.

So, I decided to update this.

School is going well. I'm pretty sure I'm going to make Dean's List again, provided nothing catastrophic happens.

Here are some grades from my list exams/papers:

Comparative Politics Exam 2 - United States, India, Mexico, Brazil, and Nigeria: 93
Middle East Politics Country Update - Egypt: 99
Middle East Politics Country Update - Yemen: 99
Middle East Politics Presentation - Egypt: 92
Middle East Politics Exam 2: 78
Public Policy and Administration - NASA Paper - 96
Astronomy Exam 2: 72
History Exam 2: 86

I had my final in Public Policy and Administration last Thursday and I completely forgot about it, but with extra credit, every other grade I've gotten in the class is a 95 and above, so I'm not concerned too much about it. I fucked up my second Middle East Politics exam too, but nearly every other grade in there is a 95 and above too, so I'm pretty sure I'll do fine as long as my next test and final paper is done right. All in all, I'm pleased with this semester, and I'm going to miss it next semester. Dan can vouch for me, I did nothing this semester. I didn't really have any work to do, which is good considering I had the Rita to focus on. =)

But next year is going to be a lot harder. Here are my classes:

- Spanish 101
- English 220: Modern Culture and Media
- Political Science 319: International Organization
- Political Science 329: US Foreign Policy
- Political Science 497: Global Security

I'm really going to have to try hard to pass Spanish. I can't just give up when I don't get it this time. Global Security sounds fun and interesting, but it's going to be a shitload of reading. But, I'm almost done with my political science major after the fall semester. I'll only need to take two more classes and it's done and I can focus on my American Studies major. Not to make that major sound stupid or anything, but I don't expect it to be hard. I don't know. I've already done 24 credits of it. Only four classes and that shit is done. The other classes I'm taking could go either way. I think I'm going to have a lot - A LOT - of reading next year.

I've decided I'm buying a hamster. I'm excited. I want a pet. I don't know where I'll keep it. Rita said I could keep it in her room since she's going to be an RA and has a huge room. It depends on the furniture here in 'Daga. But I want a pet. It'll be fun. We're going to get a bed next year to sleep in because these beds are awful for couples.

And soon my friends, summer. I'm not really looking forward to it. My mom got me a job working with her, making sandwiches or serving them to people. I'm not sure what to think of the job, but it pays well enough and I'm kind of desperate. It's not that I don't want to go back to EB and the theater, but I feel out of place there. I'm older than nearly everyone who works at the theater and I have no interest in talking to anyone new there. They're all in high school. And EB used to be a really fun place to work in, but it's so dramatic and I feel like I don't really belong there anymore. Part of growing up I suppose. Who knows, maybe I'll find my calling in sandwiches. I have a dentist appointment to get some gum removed on the 14th of June.

And I guess I can look forward to all the times I'm going to see Rita. She's coming to visit right at the beginning of June and we're going to go to Binghamton so settle her speeding ticket. I'm going down around the 24th of June to attend her aunt's wedding and meet her family. Then I'm going back down for the 4th of July. And then she's coming to visit me hopefully after that. And then we're back to school! Naturally I'm going to try to sneak back to school early so I can see her sooner. I might have to pay again, but I don't mind. I'm going to miss her terribly.

Other news: the new Tool album, 10,000 Days, rocks. I'm listening to it right now and it's getting me PUMPED. I like parts of it more than Lateralus. I might actually buy it, even though I've already downloaded it.

My dad told me that I now have a new window in my bedroom (one that opens, with a screen) and my new door is in place and the old one is removed and walled over. So now I have to come up with ideas of how I'm going to set up my room once I get back. I'm excited about that at least. It'll keep me preoccupied for a few days. I know where I want my bed, but that's about it.

Last night, I sat around the room by myself. Dan and Anthony and Zach went off to a party and Rita was supposed to go to a party so she was gone too, so I just sat around. I beat Black, which I didn't really like and played Untold Legends: The Warriors Code. Getting GameFly was a great idea. I'm keeping it over the summer. I'm getting MediEvil Resurrection next. I played the PSOne original and liked it, so I think I'll like this one.

I went to a bonfire last night down by the lake with Rita. It was interesting. I stink of smoke, even though I showered as soon as I got back. I think it's my clothes. Rita and I made out a little and then I talked to some guy from one of my classes about how random a teacher we have is. Her and I just bummed around yesterday and watched movies. We watched John Q. and Sleepless in Seattle. They were both pretty good. I bought six VHS movies from the Onondaga Movie Sale yesterday for four dollars. I got Natural Born Killers, Get Shorty, Glory, Boyz N The Hood, Behind Enemy Lines, and something else that I can't remember or see right now because I don't have my glasses on.

And that's it. I'm getting hungry and it's getting late, so I think I'm going to wake up Sleeping Beauty over there and go to the dining hall and be disappointed. Good day my friends.