Life in General

I did it: I made it through week one. Well almost. I do have one class left on Friday but we're watching a movie. (Watching The Gods Must Be Crazy is a pretty cool way to start an Environmental History and Ethics class.) Here's a brief look at my classes this quarter:

Journ 350 Mass Media Law or "Be a smart journalist" class. This class is going to be intense. We have to read about a court case each week and write about how it affects the media. Kind of cool because it is about law and kind of not becuase I have to read stuff written by lawyyers and judges (who obviously never learned to summarize).

Journ 307 Reporting or "Let's write about Bellingham." I GET to sit in on City Council meetings and whatnot and follow local politics. Thankfully I am doing this in Bellingham, where there are numerous interesting things going on, and not, say, Lake Stevens, where nothing interesting happens and yet the Lake Stevens Journal still fills ~16 pages.

ESCI 305 Environmental History and Ethics or "Big Theological Ideas about Nature." This should be a fun class because I like Big Ideas and I like talking about the environment. The teacher is a young guy from Canada so I'm looking forward to hearing some stories about how horrible the new Prime Minister is.

PE 102a Conditioning or "Monday we'll run, Wednesday we'll play games." I was looking forward to actually doing something that resembles conditioning, like stretching and ab workouts and the like. But I guess we're playing dodge ball. Oh well.

In other news, this is the first post from MY computer. Since I am now in a university residence I get free internet; I've never hooked this computer up to the internet before so it was quite an ordeal. I'm starting to like it here in Birnam Wood; it's not as uncomfortable as I thought it would be.
I also finished reading Les Miserables, which I highly reccomend reading because the book is so much different from the movie and the play. It's very moving.
I might be going to Walla Walla for a co-ed frisbee tournament this weekend. We registered late and don't quite have a full team assembled yet, so it may fall through. I hope it doesn't thugh because I'm ready to play some more frisbee.

That's pretty much it for now. Besides the fact that I love Springtime. And records. Especially when I have them hooked up to my roommates big speakers.

...and you may ask yourself, how did I get here?

Ike -- who really likes it when people leave comments, even when they have nothing to do with the topic of the post

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Alas, Spring Break has ended, meaning that I have to go to class tomorrow. But this time I'm actually a bit excited about going to class because all of my classes are classes that I want to take. I'll keep you posted on how they turn out.

In other news, I have officially moved off of G Street. It was a great place and I had a great roommate...it was just all the way across town. Now I'm living in the Birnam Wood Apts -- which are university owned apts -- with Christian Anderson! No Joke! I'm technically rooming with Danny (also a great guy) and Christian rooms with Evan (also a great guy) and together we all play guitar. The number of guitars in the apt outnumbers the number of people. I'm pumped; I'm psyched; I'm ready for a kick-ass Spring Quarter.

Ike -- who can't wait to play more Ultimate in the sunshine

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I went hiking the other day with Kara, Travis, and Jen (yes, THAT Jen) up to Oyster Dome on the Chuckanut Mtn. It was a glorious day, the rock was amazing, and we stayed until sunset. What more could a man want? Perhaps it could have been a bit warmer. I'm ready for warmer weather, mostly because I don't have a warm enough sleeping bag to warrant an overnight and I really want to start camping. I've learned my lesson about camping anytime between November and March. (Right Will?)

And now that I've figured out how to post pictures without distorting the photo or the page, perhaps I'll start posting more pictures. But for now, I'm on Spring Break and I won't be near a computer for awhile, so don't expect too much. C'mon, this is me we're talking about. I rarely post anyways. So enjoy.

Ike -- I feel like doing something great and/or amazing

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What could be better than spending an entire weekend playing ultimate frisbee? Perhaps winning every game... but that doesn't really matter. The PLU BBQ was fun even though we won 2 games and lost 4. We still played great and I caught three scoring throws. (Booyah!) What made this tournament especially enjoyable was the nice weather; this was the first tournament of the year where it wasn't raining, windy, freezing cold, or on crappy cow pasture fields. You'll have to imagine how great it was because I didn't bring my camera. Between playing and yelling on the sidelines, I was too busy to take pictures anyway.

In other news, The 34th Iditarod is coming to a finish this week. My Dad and I follow it every year and cheer for our favorite mushers. I root for DeeDee Jeanroe every year; she's currently in 4th and has a good chance of winning this year. (Go to www.iditarod.com for the current standings.)

So why do I like the Iditarod so much? Because it is one of the ultimate tests of human endurance set in race format in perhaps the wildest land with the craziest weather. These mushers travel 1150 miles from Anchorage to Nome in temperatures ranging from 15 F to -50 F with constant driving winds. And the winners do it in 9 days. Amazing. Someday I'd like to witness this race.

But today I must take a test and finish an editing project that is due tomorrow. And then you can all help me cheer for DeeDee.
Ike -- can I major in dog sled racing?

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"And it all seems so helpless, 'cuz I have no plans, I'm a plane in the sunset, with nowhere to land." ~ Enough by Switchfoot

It's dead week and my planner is as empty as the grave. I almost feel bad for having such an easy end to the quarter. I'm in real college now so I should be real busy, right? I don't have to take my Econ final because I got A's on the tests, my Geo final will be a breeze, and my final project for Editing is just page design (something I rock at). I'll be done with everything by next Tuesday.

And then who knows what. I don't have any plans. I've got ideas for fun (hiking, climbing, mtn biking, etc.) but I don't have the wherewithall to make OFFICIAL plans. It would help if I had more certainty about a job for Spring Quarter. (Still waiting on that.)

Speaking of which, I don't like being unemployed. It sucks. I've filled out numerous job applications and they all take time, and the hiring process takes time, and in the meantime, all I've got is time. Finding a job takes up just as much time as a real job--I guess I am trying to 'sell' myself to potential employers.

I just want a job.
Ike

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