Two things to report on

Yesterday I went to Purdue for my day on campus. Signed up for classes, got my student ID, activated my student account, and checked out Cary Quadrangle.

This morning around 2:30 AM, my grandma Blue passed away. Funeral arrangements will be made this afternoon.

She has to stand on a corncob...

Blogs seem to be a popular spot for teenagers to complain about things. One of the things that teenagers commonly complain about is their parents.

Isn't it most teenagers' dream for their parents to drop off the face of the earth and have the whole house to themselves? Sure it is. I mean, parents want us to do things like clean our room, don't backtalk, spend (or save) money responsibly, don't stay out all night without calling them, and keep up on homework and other responsibilities. Nag, nag, nag. It gets so old. And it's all obviously because they hate us kids. Why else would they make life so miserable?

It's really pretty silly. Even though my parents are for the most part fairly generous with my liberties and largely don't tell me what to do and not to do, I thought it would be nice to spend some time away from them. In some ways it is nice, but overall it isn't. This is dull. All I can do is sit around and wait for the evening to come so I can go out and do something.

I guess I could vacuum.

It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense though because my parents always would do their thing around the house and I'd do mine. My parents weren't really company during the day. But I guess they were better than nothing.

I just pulled on a hangnail and it ripped right over into tender living flesh. I'd rather have someone occupying this house than do that again.


Surprise! I'm white

In other news, an opportunity for me to go on ECHO for free came up about as quickly as it went away thanks to Purdue's Day On Campus. That stinks.

On Monday I got to drive Uncle Jim's 1965 Ford F100. It was unlike anything I've ever driven before. No power steering, no power brakes, the shocks are shot, and it's a three speed manual with the shifter on the column (three on the tree). It took some getting used to (especially the brakes). I was practicing with the brakes, trying to stop at mailboxes and whatnot. It took me about five tries before I wouldn't overshoot them by over ten feet.









music: Coldplay - Politik

Tree Hugger

So yeah, on Monday I had some spare time between getting my grandma's house considered for auction and picking up Nathan at the airport. In my free time I decided I would go to Southeastway Park and take some pictures. I took a whole mess of them. The sandal-wearing hippie within me really got to come out.

























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music: The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes

I feel like driving out to Arizona or New Mexico or something. I think The Eagles have something to do with it.

I meant to update this on Monday...

Bonsai Kittens!

The open houses and graduation shenanigans are over and I'm officially in my last free summer. I vow to make this summer much more eventful than my previous summers. So far I'm off to a good start.

I just got a letter from Purdue informing me that I'll be residing in Cary Quadrangle. Now when someone asks, I can say, "I'm at the Quad." Awesome.

It hurts my head to move my eyes.