Roommate Withdrawals

So, pretty much I have the best roommate in the entire world. . .
Until she decided to abandon me for a week and a half to go on a cruise with her family. It's only day one and I've already almost started crying 17 times. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration... But this is ridiculous. No one to talk to before I go to bed, no one to yell at me to wake up and go to class, no one to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with. I understand the appeal of the warm sun and all-you-can-eat delicious food, but did you even stop to think about what you were putting me through? Selfish, selfish, selfish.
Anyway, have an awesome time on your trip and I miss you already.
-Jamie

Procrastination at its finest

Maybe I should write that freaking long paper that is due tomorrow, or go clean the bathroom, or read some of Dante's Inferno, or study for biology.... or maybe I could blog instead!

At the beginning of this year I had to read St. Augustine's Confessions for one of my classes. There was a classic quote in there that really struck me:

"The world is a book and those who don't travel only read one page"

Following this I read Eat, Pray, Love. For those who haven't read or heard about this book, it is about this woman who decides to travel the world after a devastating divorce to find herself. She visits Italy, India, and Indonesia. This novel inspired me.

I want to TRAVEL! I want to experience the diversity of culture, food, music, climates, cities, towns.... the list goes on and on. I want to follow Augustine's advice and read the ENTIRE book, not just sections, pages, or chapters.

A Utah Man, Sir.

It took a few days after fall break to get back in the swing of things, but now school is once again consuming my life. Don't get me wrong though, we still have our play time. Our recent activities have included Twister, playing in the snow, some poker, way too much Call of Duty, and even more homework. It's crazy to think that the conclusion of our first college semester is fast approaching. Already I can't wait for "real life" to start. 
The snow kind of put a damper on my weekend. I'm all for Fall, but when the temperatures dip below freezing and I can't walk to the HC without my feet getting wet, I have a problem. Hopefully I'll get used to this tromping through the snow thing fairly quickly. Now is about when I start wishing I went out of state. But WWJP, so I'll stop there. Anyway, wishing you a fantastic weekend and week to come. 

This was one of my birthday presents. My favorite wild thing. :] One of my other birthday presents, and may I say one of the sweetest I have ever received, can be found here...

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150334484287966

At the football game. I think I've almost got our fight song down now. 

Inside enemy lines (my calculus class.) The ginormous blackboards are a little daunting, don't you think?

Twister is so much more fun when you're too big for the board...

Blackout game! A much-needed win for the boys.