Sorry for the lack of updates

Yeah I apologize. Too much stuff has been going on to be able to update as frequently as I'd like to, but I thought I could just summarize somethings that have occurred in the past 10 days or so.

Well, I'm not going to the anti-war rally. Turns out I don't support the cause enough, and it's hard for me to get off work. Emy did say she's going to be home so I still might want to go do something with her. And Halapy's home again, which is cool.

Speaking of that, when he was home last week, we went to go see Lord of War. GOOD movie. It really made you think as it didn't seem to be a "good guy vs. bad guy" movie that everyone knows and loves. It almost made you pick sides in it. Damn it was good. Then Saturday Halapy and I went to Oakland and hung out with Haley. That was fun too... killed a weekend I suppose. Sunday work-- typical.

Skip on over to Wednesday. During my 10:00 class, my phone rang. I answered it and it was my mother saying that I was selected for a room and was assigned in Tower B. That's like, amazing. So I got ahold of my roommate, who's pretty cool, and we talked a bit. Yesterday was spent packing and getting stuff and I moved in today. The move in was a little hectic, as it involved 2 trips home and carrying things on the bus, but yeah, I'm settled in now-- got my room arranged the way I want it and such.

Heh it should be fun, I suppose. Idk, here's that big transition period that I have to get used to. Alrighty all, will update later with more details.

Until next time kiddos!

... Huh.

Yeah, two in one day, I know. But this kinda deserves it.

Yeah so I get this email today on my school email address from P.A.W. (Pitt Against War) saying I'm "good to go" on some Anti-War demonstration in Washington DC next Saturday. It's definitely the first I've heard of it, but heh, I might just go (though I don't see the purpose of protests like these, plus I don't agree with any immediate-drop-everything pullout of Iraq as these people want). Unfortunately it's on a Saturday when CSC is already way under-staffed.

Oh well.

Educate Yourselves

Bravo Bush?

Sorry for the political post, but MSNBC, one of the more conservative news stations out there today, put this out. Definitely quite moving.

Nothing really to report on the home front. Classes are going okay. So far I have a 39/40 in French which is good considering it's hard as hell. Computer Science I'm showing up the prof... PolySci is hard, but interesting. Astronomy is my nap time.

I gotta work tonight 7-10, and write another paper. Joy. Until next time, kiddos.

Yeah bored

Heh just realized what day it was:
Insert obligatory September 11th memorial post

Anyway, I know this is typically a girl thing, but yeah...

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:	William H. Robb III
Birthday:	November 21st, 1987
Birthplace:	Pittsburgh, PA
Current Location:	Pittsburgh, PA
Eye Color:	Varies
Hair Color:	Brown
Height:	6'0"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right
Your Heritage:	English, Irish, German
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Um, boots to mow the lawn in
Your Weakness:	Erm..
Your Fears:	Confined areas
Your Perfect Pizza:	Peperroni
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Make it through my first year of school with a decent QPA
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	-_-
Thoughts First Waking Up:	Fuck you alarm clock
Your Best Physical Feature:	Uh... my middle finger bitches!
Your Bedtime:	12:00ish anymore
Your Most Missed Memory:	Really don't have that many memorable experiences... I suppose Williamsburg with the NH Symphony Band
Pepsi or Coke:	Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King:	Burger King
Single or Group Dates:	Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Coffee
Do you Smoke:	No
Do you Swear:	Yes
Do you Sing:	Sure
Do you Shower Daily:	Yes
Have you Been in Love:	Yes
Do you want to go to College:	Am in it bitches
Do you want to get Married:	Yes
Do you belive in yourself:	I don't think I do...
Do you get Motion Sickness:	No
Do you think you are Attractive:	No
Are you a Health Freak:	No
Do you get along with your Parents:	For the most part
Do you like Thunderstorms:	Yes
Do you play an Instrument:	2 -- Bassoon & Clarinet
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	Yes
In the past month have you Smoked:	Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	No
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	No
In the past month have you been on Stage:	No
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	No
Ever been Drunk:	Yes
Ever been called a Tease:	You don't call guys teases I believe...
Ever been Beaten up:	No
Ever Shoplifted:	No
How do you want to Die:	In my sleep
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	Want? I want to rule the world. Realistically? Probably something involving international travel
What country would you most like to Visit:	New Zealand
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:	Green / Blue
Favourite Hair Color:	Blonde
Short or Long Hair:	Long
Height:	No matter
Weight:	Moderate to light
Best Clothing Style:	Normal
Number of Drugs I have taken:	0
Number of CDs I own:	I DL all my music.
Number of Piercings:	None
Number of Tattoos:	None
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	Why lament on past things?
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Periodic Update

Well things have been interesting these past few days, I have to say. Let's begin with Friday: I worked 12-5 after class. There were some people at SW, but not enough to call it busy. Around 3:30 or so, the F18 fell off its posts and came plumetting to the ground while it was in the air with people inside it. Yeah... so me and some other people literally had to roll it upright again to be able to even open the canopy. Thankfully the people were okay, but as I was in trying to get them out, the canopy jerked causing it to fall forward onto my arm. We got them all out and such and everyone kinda breathed a sigh of relief. I filled out an incident report and put an ice pack on my arm and everything was alright.

Then I was supposed to relieve my supervisor at the next exhibit and I was a little late due to me having to fill out reports of what happened. He began flipping out when I relieved him late and I wasn't in the mood for his shit so I told him to shut up. Big mistake, heh.

Saturday morning I get called in (surprise, surprise) and have to sit down and explain how since I was in a tremendous amount of pain at the time the incident occurred, I wasn't thinking clearly. For the most part, everyone understood, though they still recommended I reduce my hours to something "less stressful." Essentially they cut my hours, but at this point I don't really care.

I was so peeved that I kinda went home and ranted to my parents about all this, and then, unbeknownst to me, they sat me down and proceeded to explain how I need anger management therapy. Yeah, um, ok. Apparently they called and set up an appointment 2 weeks before this incident occurred without letting me know. I love my parents.

Then Sunday after work (Drew's last day *tear*) I went out with some friends who were back for the weekend. We went to Wendy's, then to Trader Horn to get zippos (but it was closed), and then back to one of my friend's houses where we sat and BSed with his neighbors for about a 1/2 hour. I had a really disgustingly tasting cherry dipped in rum (cherry bomb?) and then we went back to my house to shoot some pool and talk about fiscal conservativism! Yeehaw.

Then they left and I went straight to bed as I was tired. Woke up the next morning with a THROBBING headache. It was so bad that I slept for easily 80% of the day and I debated asking my parents to take me to the hospital. Finally I took 3 ibuprofin and drank 3 cups of coffee which eased it up enough that I could some of my french and astronomy homework. Then around 11:00 my dad came up and asked if I had too much to drink last night. I kinda looked at him confused. He goes "yeah, someone threw up in the toilet downstairs last night. And you had one hell of a headache today. Drink too much huh?" I was kind of speechless because he couldn't have been more wrong, but I just sat and wondered what the fuck happened last night. So I finally looked at him and explained what I did Sunday night and was like "man, if one cherry dipped in rum made me puke and not realize I did, I feel real sorry for myself." He chuckled and then walked away.

Sigh, and now my parents think I'm a deranged alcoholic with a violent temper. My appointment is this Friday, but I can refuse to go if I wish (they legally can't force me to go). I might go, though, just for the mere fact that I'm not sure what the hell is going on in my head these last few days. It seems like I'm completely sane when it comes to knowledge-based ideas, but bring in common sense and everyday situations, and I just really feel weird partaking in them for some reason-- like it's somehow not me controlling my life. Honestly if I was diagnosed with some kind of mental illness, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. Maybe they can even pin down exactly what is making me feel like this and techniques to help.

My only guess is stress. I'm just really praying that I get a place on campus so I can get away from, dare I say, one of my main stressors in my parents. Also, I got an email in regards to a part-time csc tech position opening, though they require a resume. I going to try my absolute hardest to get in on that as I hate my department with a fiery passion (yay for anger management).

Until next time kiddos!

This gettin up early sucks!

Heh, but yeah, today was a pretty good day. I think the only reason why I was so down these last few days was because the weather was so shitty. I hate bad weather. (More on that specific topic later).

Yesterday was boring. Today was fun though. Political Science was hard as usual, but I kept up. I had 6.5 pages of notes this morning from the lecture, and methinks that's way too much. =\ Then I had time to blow until 1, so this kid and I went to breakfast, and then chilled in the library. I did my French homework and then I schooled him in chess. We ran back up to his dorm and chilled there for a bit and then I went to Astronomy. It is so boring. -_- I had to correct the teacher today because she really didn't know what she was talking about. She wrote what she thought the speed of light was, and I knew it wasn't like 8x10^9 m/s so I'm like, yeah, it's 3x10^8. She's all "... oh." Yeah, incompetance.

Anyway, then I came home and slept a bit, shot a little pool, and drove back to Pitt. It is so crowded and there's like no where to park at 5:30PM. Luckily some dude was pulling out right in front of Soldiers and Sailors so I parked (woo parallel) there and this bus comes zooming by me with, no lie, like a 1cm clearance from my mirror. I was so fucking scared. So then I went to French and like, the size dropped to about 1/2 what it was on Tuesday... sadly, most of the hot chicks left, heh. After class I met Haley and Andy and we went to Joe Mama's for dinner. It wasn't too good... I got the chicken alfredo or w/e and it was reeeeeeally bad, so Haley gave me some of his ravioli. Yay. Then we drove to CMU and played ping pong for like 15 minutes, and then Haley and his roommate took me down to the racketball courts and we played there for about an hour. That was fun and quite a workout. Then we played more ping pong, got in a game of DDR, and then I went home. It was an eventful day and I'm hoping I can find some kind of nice rec. center at Pitt like the one at CMU.

Anyway, about the weather. Yeah, I'm sure you've all heard about the hurricane's devastation of the Gulf Coast. I don't care who you are, do something to help them out. Send money, food, clothing, blood, water-- whatever you can spare. Hundreds, possibly even thousands are left homeless and stranded down there. New Orleans is a wasteland. Think how you would be if your home were completely destroyed and you had nothing but the clothes on your back. With that said, I'm going to try to get to the blood bank sometime tomorrow, though I doubt they'll let me donate as I just got off of anti-biotics. I'm gonna give a little to the salvation army though, I think. Keep them all in your prayers.

And please conserve on gas. It hit $3.00 here where I live and there's no reason people should be out in hummers with their AC on. Only drive if you need to. This is the perfect time of the year for biking if you're going within a mile or two, and public transportation isn't bad either. You can get to pretty much anywhere within a 50 mile radius of the city with about $2.00. That's nothing.

And, until next time!