Life in General

So here I am sitting in the office waiting for our copy editor to send me stories. It's kind of impossible to layout a newspaper without stories. So instead of playing elevator music, I think I'll do a weekend recap.

It felt great to sleep in on Thanksgiving. I decided not to do much that day and just laid low. So I played games with my sisters. Actually, a more accurate way to say that would be I lost almost every game to my sisters. I think I won 1 game of mancala. Good thing I didn't go gambling.

Then on Friday I did something I've only done once in my life: I went shopping at 6 in the morning on the day after Thanksgiving. My friend Will, his girlfriend Amber, and I braved Gart Sports and Big 5 in search of great deals on snowboarding gear. I found a board bag for $30 and a crappy pair of bindings for $45. Amber found shoes at Big 5. Will was the only one to come home empty handed. He wanted to check out Office Max but when we got there we saw a line about 100 people long waiting outside the doors. Apparently Office Max had hit their maximum occupancy and would be violating a fire code if they let more people in. Waiting in line at 7 am in 40 degree weather to save 10 bucks...sounds like the American way. We prefered the American way of going home and going back to bed.

After recovering from Morning Shopping Syndrome, I spent the afternoon shoveling compost on the garden. I actually enjoyed this because I was outside doing something physical rather than sitting inside losing another game to my sisters. Come to think of it, I think my mom bought a turkey that was pumped full of steriods because I was so restless that night that I went climbing with Jesse (Lunchbox; friend from camp). Friday night at Cascade Crags is surprisingly nice; it's not as crowded as you would expect. I met some other climbing friends that I haven't seen in a long time and did a bit of climbing with them. (Katrina and Erin were climbing the roof and offered to let me have a go. I didn't finish it but I made it further than I have before.)

And now this post is getting quite long. But not much happened the rest of the weekend anyways.

Mmmm, turkey sandwiches...
Ike

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Whoever invented the four day weekend should be nominated for the Noble Peace Prize. Now if we could just change the calendar so we have two saturdays and get rid of monday.

In case you couldn't tell, I'm ready for the quarter to be over. I want the temperature to drop. I want it to snow in the mountains. I want to go ice skating. I want to go down to West Lake Center and see the lights, eventhough I really don't like shopping unless I know what to look for. I'm ready for Christmas.

I'm tired of driving to school everyday. I'm tired of watching Rick Steve's travel videos. I'm even tired of reading the newspaper. (Granted the Seattle Times is a tired looking newspaper.)

I'm ready for a break. I'm ready for some fun. I'm ready for new classes. I'm ready for winter. I'm ready to learn how to post pictures on this blog. (Anyone know how?) Basically, I need something to put on this site so it looks like I do more than just drive to school, sit in class, and drive home.

I'll keep you posted,
Isaac

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Have you ever worked with someone who does less work than you and gets paid twice what you do? It's not a happy feeling, nor is it fun to deal with the problems that stem from trying to correct that situation. I found myself in that situation the past few weeks at the newspaper. (For those that don't know, I work for the student newspaper called The Review.)

And now there's resolution. Hopefully nobody's feelings were trampled and things will be rectified (that word sounds dirty). The best part is that I'm now eligible to become the new Editor in Chief! Whoooo!

In other news, I'm not feeling as tired anymore. I can finally fight back against those ambushing nap attacks without the aid of caffeine. Be strong Alan, it's possible to live without caffeine. Also, what's the point  of going to my geography class if the professor is just going to pop in a Rick Steve's travel film for the third day in a row?

Still practicing for turkey day,

Isaac

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After recieving many comments, I believe I owe everyone a real post.

I've been kind of tired lately. I found a liking to afternoon naps--a half-hour nap feels great--and I don't really feel like doing anything extremely physical. I should be training for the upcoming snowboard season, but napping is easier.

I blame it on the changing of seasons. I've done a bit of research specifically on the effect Winter has on a person--Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Here's the way it works: There are fewer hours of daylight in the winter. Sunlight helps your body make seratonin, a chemical that controls the parts of your brain that affect emotions , sleep, and appetite. Eventhough this isn't a national epidemic, i believe many people still feel some physical symptoms of wintertime.

For instance, do you ever wonder why tons of sweet cookies and pies and fudge appear just for Christmas? Because your seratonin levels are low and your bady craves carbohydrates. So there's a little science lesson for today.

So enjoy the changing of seasons and watch out for nap attacks.

Ike

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I finally gave in...I joined the techy blog movement. I was holding out quite well for a couple of years, but it got too hard to keep in touch with people via e-mail (especially everyone from camp). So now you can have a little peak into the not-so-interesting life of Isaac / Rocky.

However, I'm going into this kicking and screaming. There's no way I'll be posting everyday; I can't even promise that I'll post once a week. In fact, this may be my only post (depending on how many people write comments). Yeah, that's right, I just threatened you to write comments. Actually, I triple dog dare you to write comments, or you're not invited to my birthday.

Big Brother is watching,

Ike

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