The last few days here have been a swirl of wandering around and doing nothing. The campus is pretty dead and quiet because classes haven't really started. Everyone is in the process of moving in and cleaning up so i've been to Meijer's a couple of times and sat around as people cleaned and complained. People are not happy school is starting. I think everyone is happy that people are back but nobody is excited about the coming year, due to academic and social anxieties. It's been a little weird here without the Wilmot Girls because i'm so used to just cruising over to their place to hang out when i have nothing to do. But at the same time it's cool because i get to hang out with alot of people i haven't ever hung out with.



On Sunday we went to this Filipino basketball tournament to watch Anna, Gus, Steve and some other people dance at halftime. We were there for a long time watching a few of the games (which were sort of exciting but at the same time not really) before they actually went on. They were well received but right afterwards some idiot ran out and mocked the entertainment by doing one armed pushups and basically being a complete idiot (i use idiot twice because that's how strongly i feel about his idiot-ness). The worst is that the crowd loved it. Personally, i thought it was....yes.....idiotic. After the tournament, most of the funKtion guys went to TGIF for dinner and then we proceeded to sit around at Staples Center with Rollen until we ended the night with Pizza House whereupon we talked about the role of a significant other...which basically broke down to that people only want a boyfriend/girlfriend so that they will always have a warm body to do something with in times of boredom.



I woke up Monday at four o'clock and then panicked because my phone ran out of batteries and i had left my bag in Anna's car. I had to go on the hunt for a Nokia charger and finally found one at Helen's. As my lifeline was charging, i went with her and Michelle to Best Buy to buy some Dreamcast games for Helen. Girls who play video games....big plus. It was Greg and Caroline's two year anniversary on that day (the 2nd) so congrats to them. After that, me and Babbs drove out to Gus's house to check out his home made studio. It took awhile to get there but once there, we were stunned with his place. Gus has built an amazing "bomb shelter" in his basement. He has a mini dance floor (compete with mirrors) in the middle of his room, bookended by a studio on one side and a bed on the other. Basically, he showed us how some of the equipment worked and then Babbs went into the sound booth to track down some of his poetry. We were only there for maybe two hours but it was cool to watch Gus and Babbs working and creating something. We left with a three track CD of some of Babbs stuff. I am continually astounded by the amount of information Gus knows about everything. It's sick.