Thursday, January 05, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
The Holidays
I spent Christmas at my Uncle Eric's house with my mother and brothers. While it was not the ideal situation that we had during Thanksgiving, things went pretty well. The experience was soured by a fight between mom and me over her high tension attitude toward life. That problem carried out until New Year's Eve when I finally let go of my anger.
I found out my grades today and was relieved to see that I had passed Tutorial with a C+.
I found out my grades today and was relieved to see that I had passed Tutorial with a C+.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Release
As Christmas arrives, I have felt a release in many ways. The first semester of college is over, I have finished all of my essays, and I have left the Online Debate Network staff. As break starts, I have developed a new interest: learning about the web and exploring the options created by the competition between the search sites Google and Yahoo!. My preference is Google, though I have been recently drawn to Yahoo! Answers, a site where one can ask and answer any question that falls within the rules. Unfortunately, this leads to a lot of low quality questions and most of my energy on the site has been spent trying to find worthwhile questions. I hope to find a solid interest over this break so that I don't stagnate, but this is beginning to look like a formidable task.
For Christmas, my family is traveling to Minneapolis to see my uncle, who is in alcohol rehab after getting his third DUI and trying to commit suicide. After the wonderful Thanksgiving at my other uncle's house there, I hope that the experience will be similar.
As well, things tend to change when one is gone for a while. My father broke up with his girlfriend, though he still shares a house with her. He moved into a new, smaller apartment in Neenah with his former employee Steve Herrick. He and my brothers have been playing a karioke game and one of the presents he gave today was DDR, which means that now there will be singing as well as dancing.
My mother hasn't changed much. She is still rather neurotic though I am able to joke with her a bit. My brother Kit still enjoys a level of control and Ian is still rather mellow.
I am growing both my hair out and trying to grow a beard, though the results have been a bit substandard as of yet. We'll see if it works before the second semester starts in January.
For Christmas, my family is traveling to Minneapolis to see my uncle, who is in alcohol rehab after getting his third DUI and trying to commit suicide. After the wonderful Thanksgiving at my other uncle's house there, I hope that the experience will be similar.
As well, things tend to change when one is gone for a while. My father broke up with his girlfriend, though he still shares a house with her. He moved into a new, smaller apartment in Neenah with his former employee Steve Herrick. He and my brothers have been playing a karioke game and one of the presents he gave today was DDR, which means that now there will be singing as well as dancing.
My mother hasn't changed much. She is still rather neurotic though I am able to joke with her a bit. My brother Kit still enjoys a level of control and Ian is still rather mellow.
I am growing both my hair out and trying to grow a beard, though the results have been a bit substandard as of yet. We'll see if it works before the second semester starts in January.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Leaving Grinnell
Well, it's time to head back to Neenah, where I will be spending the next five weeks, with the exception of Christmas, when my family is going to Minneapolis.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Final Exam week coming to a close
After not posting here, I've decided to start up my blog again.
Final exams are over for me but I still have some essays to write...so despite the relief of finals being over, I still have a ways to go.
Final exams are over for me but I still have some essays to write...so despite the relief of finals being over, I still have a ways to go.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
A boring summer
I graduated on June 8 and recieved my diploma on the 9th. The graduation ceremony was nice and I left it feeling good. That kicked off this years summer vacation.
The first event that I had this summer was a trip to Rochester, MN for a week and a half to stay with my grandfather as he recovered from chemotherapy. He had undergone the chemotherapy, which killed off his bone marrow 11 days before I arrived and his condition bottomed out and he started to recover while I was there. He and I stayed at the Gift of Life Transplant house in Rochester. While it was great to see him recover, most of the time was a collosal bore. He slept most of the time, forcing me to either read or surf the Internet. In fact, because of this boredom, I started participating the the Online Debate Network again. However, after about a week and a half, he was well enough to go back home, so we took a private airplane back to his house in Sheboygan, where I stayed for another week.
After that, I did get to do some fun things, such as watch Batman Begins in the theater for my birthday. I also started to get more information about Grinnell College, such as what dorm I have and what roommate I have. Currently, I am working on repainting one of the bathrooms in my house, which is boring and the small of the paint is rather strong.
The first event that I had this summer was a trip to Rochester, MN for a week and a half to stay with my grandfather as he recovered from chemotherapy. He had undergone the chemotherapy, which killed off his bone marrow 11 days before I arrived and his condition bottomed out and he started to recover while I was there. He and I stayed at the Gift of Life Transplant house in Rochester. While it was great to see him recover, most of the time was a collosal bore. He slept most of the time, forcing me to either read or surf the Internet. In fact, because of this boredom, I started participating the the Online Debate Network again. However, after about a week and a half, he was well enough to go back home, so we took a private airplane back to his house in Sheboygan, where I stayed for another week.
After that, I did get to do some fun things, such as watch Batman Begins in the theater for my birthday. I also started to get more information about Grinnell College, such as what dorm I have and what roommate I have. Currently, I am working on repainting one of the bathrooms in my house, which is boring and the small of the paint is rather strong.
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