Being the manager on call during the weekend means I have to call in at the beginning of every shift and ask if both workers made it in alright. Man, talk about an ego buster….I just called and was like, “hey this is Corey, I’m just checking to see if everybody made it in.” The worker was like….wait? Who?

Ouch.

Our internet wasn't working last night...but I felt like posting. So here's my post from about 2 a.m.:

Tonight was quite possibly the most random sober night for me in which I broke zero laws and had a good time. So it was way boring around our place tonight, so some roommates and I went to another dorm (the Cardinal Commons between Grossman and Lohe) to play cards and see if anybody we knew walked through.

Well, after our first game or so, I decided to get a bottle of pop…and on my way I saw this girl that works at the library with me. We talk for a bit and she offers us some popcorn. Rather nice of her, I must admit. Of course I accept and that was that for a bit. Eventually she came by and hung out for a bit, ‘cause she knows all of the roommates I was with. After a while my roommates decided to go back to the room and go to bed. I was about to follow, but decided to stay back and chill with this girl and some of her friends.

So we played cards and talked and did whatever until about 12:30 a.m., at which point I decided I may have over-extended my stay and that I should probably go to bed. On my way out, I mentioned that I was thinking about walking to the gas station and buying a Powerball ticket because the jackpot is up to $205 million. Yeah. Well this chick was like hey, I’ll walk there with you. Sounds good.

So we walked to the gas station and I got my lottery ticket and we walked back. Almost. We got to the edge of campus and kind of kept going. We ended up walking around for over an hour. Just walking and talking. And it was a good time….even though it’s seriously freezing out there right now.

I must say though, it’s been a while since I’ve gone on a long walk with a girl….and I could comment there, but I won’t. But it was fun…..even though it was a little random, to say the least. Who knows were all that came from.

Kinda makes you think….a little. If I weren’t sober, I’d probably think about it a whole lot more. It’s a good thing I’m not drunk, though, huh?

I have so many of these nights were I should just go to bed....but I don't. Tomorrow I have a 7:45 class, but then an hour and a half off before my next one. Normally I take a nap, but I have a last-minute column idea for our paper and I need some facts before I write it, so I gotta swing by a few offices during that time and see what I can get. It'll be strange to get facts from the Res-Life office and NOT use it back against them.

At any rate...that's all I got. I just felt I should provide an update...but then it turned out to be a crappy post. Oh well.

Holy crap....I'm only 9 hits away from flipping over to 10,000 hits. Amazing. I'm excited.

Tonight I went to work, and while I was there Denver Girl convinced me I needed to go to the Riverbank Bar with her and the roommate. Maybe not a good idea since it's almost 3 a.m. and I'm still up and I could've gotten nine hours of sleep before class tomorrow....but I guess sometimes it's also a good idea to get out of the routine and get away from the people I think about all the time and have some fun. And so I did that.

I only drank two beers because I was driving...but it was still fun. I talked with Denver girl about some past history....past as in 2 years ago stuff....and that was interesting. I don't know how she gets half the crap out of me that she does....but she manages it. Most likely because we've seen each other in some interesting conditions while we were out in Denver.

In other news....I'm so sick of having long hair right now that I'm contemplating going down to Cedar Falls or Waterloo to get it cut short. yeah. For lack of other female help on the subject, I'd probably have Denver Girl take me. I was going to wait until May Term, but I'm sick of it now. If we weren't thinking about going to Denver over our Fall Break, I would go back home and have my lady do it for me. She knows what I want. But don't be surprised if it changes radically in the next month or so.

Ok, so that's that. All of my roommates are up and being loud, but I think I was able to sneak away undetected and now I'm going to bed. I may get a phone call from roommate or Denver Girl in a second...but that's fine. I actually have class tomorrow. Unlike some of the roommates. Peace out.

Sometimes my roommates amaze me. I get preached to and preached to about planning for the future and finding a job right now and picking a career and being responsible...but yet here I am, the only one of 6 that is NOT DRINKING on a Tuesday night. A Tuesday. Ok, I readily admit that I was out of control on Saturday. But that was at least a Saturday. I mean, I didn't get everything I needed to get done for tomorrow, but I also had to go to work and deal with people who don't know how to use computers (like I know how, either) and dont' know how to look things up on their own. It's annoying.

On the lines of getting a job, though, I did actually go to Wartburg's Career and Internship Fair today. Yup, it was just as worthless as I thought it was going to be. I don't want to work in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area. Plus, pretty much all of the companies were financial groups. Yeah....I'm probably not going to end up there. The only highlight was talking to this woman about a national job database that I can put my resume on. That'd be good. Plus, she complimented me and thanked me on dressing up. Like I always said with LHS Marching Band, "We may suck, but at least we look good." But what can I say....I can always look good way dressed up, but when do I ever wear my suit in real-life? yeah.

I guess that's all I really got. Today was Day #2 of the work-out program. It was rough. My friend really, really pushed me. It wouldn't have been so bad, but then I had band about 20 minutes after we got done. I could barely hold up my trombone without my arms shaking. But I got through it. And I was right....he's perfect for the job. I mean, anybody can push you...but he pushes and is supportive at the same time. And he knows when to cut through my B.S. and make me work harder. Good stuff.

Ok, let me start off this post by saying that pretty much if I ever discuss a roommate for the next month and a half, the roommate in question will be this dude.

Now that you have a picture in mind, let me explain why. You see, my closest two roommates are currently out in Denver doing the same program that I was doing last Winter Term. So I'm left with a bunch of guys that I normally wouldn't hang out with all that much. Except for that dude. He's fun. I've got some way funny pictures from last Sat. night that I'll share as soon as I get them from him.

At any rate, the reason why i mention this all is because he's got me hooked on a group that I had never heard before I really started "rolling" with him this fall. The group is
Gorillaz. The album I got from him is Demon Days. I guess maybe in a strange way the style could be kind of like the Beastie Boys, only with totally different lyrics and style of singing. Kind of like the B-Boys post Ill Communication instrumental songs, only with singing. Maybe even like a reggae-rap style....even though their genre is listed as rock. It's hard to describe. But if you know what I'm talking about, or if you can find them on I-Tunes or something...I highly recommend "Kids With Guns," "Dirty Harry," and "Feel Good Inc." It's some good stuff.

So out of all the bad that was last night (it really was a fun night...just bad stuff happened...and I did bad things. Very bad things) I had a conversation with one of my old roommates at his appartment. You see, for a while now I've been thinking about lifting. And trying to bulk up. But I can't go alone. And I can't do it alone. I need a motivater. I need someone to keep me going. To drive me.

Enter ex-roommate.

He's not a large guy, but he's definitely built. He's the kind of guy you'd want on your side in a fight. And sometimes he can seem really crazy and scary, but he's really just joking. That's why he's good for me. I'm not sure if he remembers, but we were going to start on Monday. I'm excited.