Pass the Sardines, Please

I just got back from an epic afternoon at the mall with a group of friends. We went and played this game that Kat calls Sardines, which is backwards hide and seek-- one person hides while the other players go out and look for them. Texting clues is legal, which is really cool because then everyone is like "OH THEY MUST BE HERE!" and then they aren't. I don't know. It was really cool, though. Top floor of the mall + Three hours + Eight People = Fun fun fun. It was intense.

Now, I have to study for a midterm. Philosophy midterm #2, to be precise. I got a C+ on my last one, and I'm aiming to do better. I really don't care about this class though. It's completely boring and the midterm is nothing but a spew of everything that the professor said in lecture regarding the readings. I honestly don't think I've learned anything in that class... philosophy just takes me in circles. I'm hoping I do better on this midterm though. Chances are I'll freeze up and everything I wanted to say will come out wrong. If I make it through that class with a B, though, I'm happy.

It's weird to think that. Usually, I won't settle for anything less than an A-; anything to do with grades below that bothers the hell out of me. And here I am saying that I'm happy if I get a B in that class. College isn't so much harder than highschool that I should be settling for a B. Maybe it's just because I dislike the class. In highschool math classes, I would strive for an A, but if I got a B, no big deal. Just try harder next time. And of course I want to work towards an A, but I don't really see myself getting one... the class is just so boring. It's so boring I don't even want to think about it. Complaining in type won't do anything; complaining aloud won't do anything; all I can do is buckle down and hope for the best.

My brain sort of just stopped working. I've been pretty frustrated for the past couple of days and it's all sort of building up and building up. I don't like it, but I don't know how to get it out. I want to paint, but there's no painting supplies except watercolours and my vision is a big, dark acrylic. I want to write but the words just won't come to me. I even write idea drafts but I can't feel them in my heart the way that I really want them. I don't know. I just kind of need a break.

And that's what today was, I guess. But now it's time to be serious. I've got midterms and papers coming up this weekend and I need to get to work.

After I call my mom...

Aaron was here this last weekend, recording at The Ship with Earlimart, so I went over to Eagle Rock and Silverlake and hung out with Aaron all weekend. Nearly 20 hours of drum tracks for the same three songs over and over again... but it's all good! Seeing Aaron and Aaron was great, and I can't wait until Aaron comes here for Thanksgiving. Thank you Joel and Kelly for letting us come over and feeding us. :)

Besides that, school has just been school. Trying to take care of business while keeping healthy and making friends and all that stuff. I really want to go running, but I'll just have to deal and wait until I got to ab attack tomorrow to go to the gym. I've picked out my classes for next quarter (just as long as they don't fill up before I register in two weeks...). I'll post my final schedule for sure as soon as I get it.

I guess that's just a little nonsense blurb of what's going on. My brain sort of just stopped working and I kept typing and... bleh.

Time to go do stuff.