alright! i'm done with one work week and am fairly ready for another! i'm actually excited for this week. big week in school. i have two midterm type things due. one in here and one tomorrow in french. it's the oral exam. doing your hw is hard work. i hate it. i really detest it. but i still do it. i love the feeling of not having anything hanging over your head for tomorrow, it's spectacular. so yeah. i'm not really sure what to think about the midterm portfolio as of yet...i'm working through my stuff and trying to find everything and explain and revise and all that. its' not very fun. not at all. but it'll be good. i'm going to make sure it's good. past that i had a good weekend, if longer than expected. that's alright, i'm a greedy bastard and i did alright this weekend. i keep thinking in french today. oh! i totally hit the snooze button today on my alarm. first time i've found that. usually i just turn it off and go back to sleep when i need more, lol. but today i found where it was and used it and then went directly to work without a shower. i don't think i'm going to do it again. i'm stinky and feel gross and just want to go to sleep soon. i'm fine with being a little stanky but not like this...tmi, i know, i know. so yeah, anyway, i'm very excited that it's oct. and getting into mid-oct. and we're halfway done!!!that's huge, it's a big moral boost that i'm halfway home. i just need to pull in that last half harder than the last...i can't help but think it's like one big CC race. you work your ass off the first half and then work it off even harder and faster in the second half; then at the end you completely kill yourself just to make sure you finish ahead of that wierd guy in the purple and yellow with the ugly sweatband and fancy ass socks that cost more than my car. why do we need stuff that fancy? i'm completely guilty of gear lust, but why? i mean, wool is great! it's natural and warm and great. why do we need anything better? esp. with smartwool. something to ponder: if being outdoors is about getting away from everything why do we bring everything in, including our brand conciousness?