Christmas parties

tonight!!! yup...the TLD Christmas party is tonight and those always seem to be very entertaining. after that is the friends Christmas party which i am super excited for. couldnt really ask for better friends...and since the hang out seshs have been very few and far between cause of everyones lives being super busy, i am way stoked. thats all. bye.

honestly

im so ready for the holidays to be over. dont get me wrong...i am absolutely aware of the meaning of Christmas...and i am so deeply thankful to my God for his Son and my Savior, Jesus. but for me the holidays are just a constant reminder of my broken family. i have a great relationship with both of my parents, and i love my brothers on both sides with all my heart...but i HATE the fact that i cant just stay at home with my family. theres always a back and forth that goes on and it really wears on me from year to year. i feel with each passing year it just gets worse. i wonder if this will change IF i ever have my own family...i sure as hell hope so.

first grade & professor feedback

so i got an email from the professor of my first class and its pretty good...but theres a few sentences in there that i find particularly funny. i have to respect what he says cause hes a very successful business man but i think that maybe what he says about my hat is a little over the top...dont ya think?

"Matt - You did exceptionally well on your final paper, earning you an A on the paper and an A in the course.
In the context of overall feedback on your performance this term, you have sent mixed messages. On the positive side, you have shown yourself to be an industrious, conscientious and bright student. The kind that can earn an A in every course - and ultimately achieve a significant and prosperous career. If you worked for me, I would tap you as one of my potential high-flyers - you clearly have all the attributes of leadership capabilities. On the down-side, you have a habit which is typical of you generation, and that is your "in-the-face" practice of wearing a hat or head covering in the classroom. Unless you need to do so for medical reasons, the practice of wearning a hat in school, at work, in a business setting, or at the dining table is seen by most people over thirty as rude and ignorant. I know you to be neither rude nor ignorant. Therefore, let your friends, colleagues, and business associates get to know your bright side, and save the dark side (your hat) for outdoors".

i really dont see how the messages i sent were mixed. im an excellent student and he would consider me a "high-flyer" if he were my employer, but my hat negates all of that and creates mixed signals. i didnt know a hat was that powerful. yikes. maybe im being outta line here. i dunno. in a professional or formal setting i wouldnt wear a hat though. oh well...i got my A.

double holy crap!!!!

i ran a 6:48 mile today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grades

so i got 2 graded assignments back tonight. 1) an evaluation of a speech i gave in class...got a B+. when i saw that grade i was bummed...kinda ridiculous...i know. B+ is a fantastic grade...but its not an A which is what i have become accustomed to getting over the last 2 (or so) months of school. 2) a 2 point quiz. 2 points...big effin deal...right? i got a 1.56. what the hell kinda grading scale is this guy using?!?! 1.56...pfffft. anyways, that comes out to a C+. frick man...in my previous class everything i turned in was A work. did that professor grade too easily...orrrr is my current professor grading to harshly? i am putting in the same effort (if not more) to this class as i did in the last class yet getting inferior results. bummer. it does help though, to know that the rest of the class is struggling as well. haha...that kinda sucks to say...but at least im not the only one. oh well...4 more weeks of this class then its on to the next. ps...there was no rocking and/or rolling tonight...LAME

i wanna rock & roll tonight

but i cant cause im stuck in school. my buds are playing with as i lay dying and i cant go...eff

holy crap!!!

i ran a 7:07 mile tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why cant life just be fair

so i hate how there are some people out there that are nothing but hard workers, they do all they possibly can to provide for their family, yet somehow their hard work just isnt producing the income needed to be financially stable in this stupid effin American economy. i always thought hard work and diligence was supposed to pay off...what the hell happened to that? i guess its true what they say, "life isnt fair". oh well...i guess all the only thing that can comfort those hard workers who are struggling is prayer. im done ranting.

myspace just wasnt enough

i felt the need to start up one of these little bloggy thingys for some reason. i guess just to rant and rave about nonsense that doesnt really matter. im really supposed to be typing a paper i have due on wednesday but my brain is pure mush right now cause of all the research and whatnot...so i needed a break. i think i might go play cod5.