I have officially moved into my dorm! Moved BACK into, that is. At 8 am I have my first class of 2010. 8 am sucks. The class is CS140: Intro to Computers. I'll likely die of boredom daily.
In another sense, I find a new beginning in my lack of having a car. On Thursday night, I had a wonderful incident in the snow. Upon sliding slightly to the left, easing on the break and attempting to correct to the right, this happened: http://bit.ly/6ey8VF
My left forward tire decided NOT to turn right, instead staying pointed to the left. In doing so, my left-pointing wheel ripped the axle from the transmission. Essentially, the axle which connects my left forward wheel to a) the half-shaft and transmission (makes the car go vroom) and b) the axle which does the same for the right forward wheel) became disconnected.
This was not a happy experience for me, nor for my buddy Bryce, who was in the car with me. After a two hour wait for a tow truck (in -3 degree weather with a -17 degree wind chill), I was finally able to head home and "relax."
The next day, the car was given a repairs estimate at Sears Auto Center. The total cost of parts and labor would be about $650, but most likely more. There are two issues with this. First, I do not have $650 to throw on my car. Second, the car is maybe worth $500 tops. So, we called U-Pick-It, and they gave me a $220 check to take the car away.
Life, college, and work without my own personal transportation presents a large number of challenges. I just need to remember to be calm, prioritize, and let everything work out.
On another, happier note, I began stretching my ear piercings! This morning I was able to finish sliding in my 12 gauge u-rings. I think they look pretty rad. I don't have a picture and am, unfortunately, too lazy to take one.
I anticipated this post being much longer, whereas the past few days that I've not blogged have been quite eventful, but alas, here I am with nothing to say.
I almost forgot: I need a theme for Sundays! I have a good one. "Suck It Sunday." For Suck It Sunday, I'm going to have a shout-out to a person or group of people, (or any noun or group of nouns, really) that I think can suck it.
Today, I say to the Phelps family from Westboro Baptist Church: SUCK IT!
Proposition 8 was debated today in front of a U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The case is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The main premise here is that Proposition 8 (which, in California bans same-sex marriage) violates the 14th Amendment to equal protection under the law and due process. This is a large milestone in which I am pleased. Should this case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger make it to the Supreme Court, it is possible that the Supreme Court may rule that laws banning same-sex marriage (by states) are unconstitutional, and therein allowing same sex marriage nationwide!
Therefore, SUCK IT, Phelps family, you right-winged, brainwashed crackpots.
Also, I want to keep up with my etymology. Today's word is prioritize.
prioritize
v. to arrange or do in order of priority.
Interestingly enough, the use of the word prioritize was first documented in the 1972 Nixon-McGovern election. To look at the etymology, we must look at the stem: priority.
priority
n. the state or quality of being earlier in time or importance
from Middle Latin prioritas - fact or condition of being prior.
prior
adj. preceding in time or in order
from Latin pri - before.
That wasn't quite as interesting as I thought it'd be, but it was still fun. Etymology ftw!!1!
I'm done nerding out now. Goodnight.
Truly,
David
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