The Inevitable End

It's here. Vacation is over. I shouldn't be complaining, as I know many many (and another many) people didn't have as long a vacation as I did, not even close. So, I'll just say it's over. There. It's done. Classes start tomorrow, and I am excited...partially. My first class is French II; that will be good. My second class is the one I am most excited about: creative writing. On a site note, I uploaded the seventh chapter of my story (sorry, no link here, but there might be one elsewhere). My story is now over ten thousand words long! Anyway, I'll be writing a bit more tonight, but back to my schedule. After creative writing, I have Biotechnology, and I've mixed emotions. I like learning about biology and biotechnology, but I'm rubbish at actually doing any of it. And the lab is five hours long. That could have something to do with my ambivalent mood. Then I'm done for the day. Wow, that doesn't sound so bad.

But let me tell you about today. At five or so, I went down to the 24-hour desk to retrieve a package (which yielded my Full Monty soundtrack - awesome music, although now I'm listening to Josh Groban's Noel, which, yes, is Christmas music, but I never tire of Christmas music. Later I'll listen to my peter pan soundtrack, and if you want a snippet of that, click here, but you'll have to skip to the end, that's where the good stuff is). The woman behind the counter was just handing me the package and returning my student ID when the lights went out. Completely out. A generator kicked in a moment later, providing dim safety illumination. Returning to my room, I discovered Becca on her phone, in the dark. The poor people across the hall were moving in! Too bad it happened just after the sun set. The power outage was pretty widespread - all of West Campus (that's me), and parts of central campus, and I think Wolf Village too. Anyway, this led to a change in plans, as you might have guessed. Rebecca and I joined her friends on a walk to Mission Valley for dinner, and then a movie. Most of them went to see Charlie Wilson's War, but I really didn't want to see that, and National Treasure was already playing, so I went and saw I Am Legend.

I Am Legend was good. It affirmed how I really, really don't like watching creepy or suspenseful, thrilling films in a dark theater by myself, or just generally by myself. No thank you. It gave me the creeps, but I watched it. Most of it. I confess I did liberally cover my eyes. I even teared up. Twice. Will Smith acted wonderfully, as usual. He's one of my favorite actors, and he's quite hot too, so that adds to his and this movie's appeal. And that's all I really have to say about that.

As you might have guessed, the power was turned back on. Apparently a transformer (not the toy) blew and that caused some pretty widespread power outages. But, they fixed it, and the lights are back.