Hope everyone's week is going well!

Sorry for the photo overload lately...I recently uploaded a ton of photos, and now I have a ton more I plan on uploading either tonight or over the next few days. I try to pick out my best photos to upload, but still be warned that your inbox is about to get swamped again! I hope to hear your opinions on a few of them.

Oh, and I haven't abandoned drawing...I just needed a break from it. Inspiration comes and goes quickly for me.

I saw "Surrogates" last night. Great movie! Whether your a techie sort of person or not you'll enjoy it. Go see it! NOW!

I've been trying to buy a Zune so that I won't have to bring all my CDs with me to college, 'cause that would just be insane with all the CDs I have. But so far I have gone through two purchases and they are both defective!!! The first one I was suspicious of from the start because it had obviously been repackaged, but it was the last one the store had. So I gave it a try and naturally it didn't work. It would send static through the headphones (I tried more than one pair of headphones) and it would shut off randomly and not turn back on (and the battery was fully charged). I even tried restarting it like the help website said and it would NOT turn on. Geek squad tested it at the store and they said it was definitely defective.

So I exchanged that one for a new one a week later. This one was definitely new, but it worried me when I got home and saw that the bottom of the box says "for sale in Canada only." Yeah...weird, since I'm in the US. Well, turns out that one is defective too! Same static as the first one, and the battery will not stay charged at all. I charged this thing for five hours and got 45 minutes of play!!!! Now I have to return that one too.

To make matters worse, I bought a case for the second Zune that came with a screen guard, so the screen would stay nice and unscratched. Only problem is, the freakin' screen guard was not in the package! And they wouldn't believe me, so I couldn't return the darn thing either. I'm going to a different Best Buy location next time, because this just shouldn't be happening. I don't think the Zune product is the problem, I think that my local store just resells defective returned crap. I'm spending a lot of money on a MP3 player here, and I want it to be in working order!

Anyway, rant over now. Just needed to get that out.

I just spent the whole weekend learning to ride a motorcycle! Took the MSF (motorcycle safety foundation) basic rider course. I passed easily, but it took forever to get used to the clutch on the bike. I kept making it stall. But once I figured it out it was great fun riding. I LOVE going around curves! It's so much fun. I met some really nice people in the class too. We were mostly beginners who had never ridden before, so we all supported each other. And the instructors (there were 3) were great too. The bike I rode was a Honda Nighthawk, not sure what year but it was fairly old. Her name was Mercedes (all the bikes had stickers with names so we could remember what one we rode, ha).

So yeah, I passed the class, so now in four weeks I'll be getting my new license in the mail with a cycle endorsement! I'm so happy! All I need now is a bike of my own. Stinking college, taking all my money. I'd like a Yamaha R6 someday ([link]), but I'll probably start with something a bit smaller first.

So, what is everyone else up to?

Taken from

[X] You have screamed at an inanimate object for “hurting you”.
[] You have ran into a glass/screen door.
[X] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle.
[X] You have thought of something funny and laughed, and then people gave you weird looks.
[] You have run into a tree/bush.
[] You have been called a blonde.

TOTAL: 3

[X] You know that it IS possible to lick your elbow.
[X] You just tried to lick your elbow.
[] You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had the same melody.
[] You just sang them to make sure.
[X] You have tripped on your own feet and fallen.
[] You have choked on your own spit.

TOTAL: 3

[] You have seen the Matrix and still don’t get it.
[] You type with three fingers or less.
[] You have accidentally caught something on fire.
[] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose.
[X] You have caught yourself drooling. (Only once, when I was waking up from a dream of eating bacon. lol)

TOTAL: 1

[] You have fallen asleep in class.
[X] Sometimes you just stop thinking.
[] Sometimes when you are telling a story you forget what you are talking about.
[X] People often shake their heads and walk away from you.
[X] You are often told to use your ‘inside voice’.

TOTAL: 3

[X] You use your fingers to do simple math. (only because I'm too lazy to just think about it...)
[X] You have eaten a bug accidentally... (It flew into my mouth! it's not my fault!)
[] You are taking this test when you should be doing something more important.
[X] You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn’t realize it.
[X] You’ve looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand/pocket the whole time.

TOTAL: 4

[] You have posted bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen if you don’t.
[] You break a lot of things.
[X] You tilt your head when you’re confused.
[] You have fallen out of your chair before.
[X] When you’re lying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture on the ceiling.
[] The word “um” is used frequently.
[] You don’t know what “um” means.
[] You say “what” and “huh” a lot.
[X] You plan to use a calculator to multiply your score for this bulletin.


TOTAL: 3

GRAND TOTAL: 17

NOW, take your total, and multiply it by 4.
and re-post as: I am --% Mentally ill.

I am 68% Mentally Ill.