Hm. Potentially a scheduled posting time?

So this shift I'm working right now is sloooowwwwww. I got here at 5, and there hasn't been a lot to do at all. I actually started to fall asleep before.

So, what has happened this past week? Ummmm...

Classes are going ok. I have a lab report to do for Tuesday, which I will hopefully spend all day tomorrow on, and I have two tests next week before I go home. Yesterday I was running on way too little sleep, and accidentally fell asleep for a little bit of a friends presentation. But the rest of yesterday was great. I'll get back to that later.

Because...: The weekend before that was the COS Winter Gala! Which was tons of fun. I took a friend of mine, and a bunch of us went to dinner at the Korean restaurant. I paid for her, because Molly told me I'd die if I didn't (I wasn't sure! She has a boyfriend! I'm a homewrecker!) After that though, I asked out favorite waiter if he wanted to come play poker at our house yesterday, but he said he couldn't, because he had work. BUT. I got his number! I texted him three days later, and he responded! But we haven't hung out outside a restaurant yet lol. After that, we went to the gala. It was a lot of fun, even though there was a little less people than last year. But it was still a bunch of fun anyway.

This week promptly blew by. Until friday night... we had an Honors COS winter event! We went to this nice restaurant called Philips European, where we were funded for free food. I had a steak covered in black peppercorns, and a mustardish sauce. I even ate some of the broccoli that came with it! After that we went bowling for free for a couple hours, and it was cosmic bowling! Lots of fun, and we got back about 2 hours after the event was planned to end. It was great, and I'm tired today.

Why? Because some freshmen came over this morning to bake a birthday cake for another freshman, and I woke up to let them in and all that, since Tony went to the public market.

That's all for now! Probably write more next Saturday? I won't be at work though, because I'll be home for CHRISTMAS BREAK! It's so great, even for a Jew!

WOAH

So. Hi there. It's been a long time, and I don't have a lot to do right now. I'll give a recap of this quarter, I suppose.

Early September: We saw Vampire Weekend! I love them so much. I fought against a guy who was high or on ecstasy or something- I forget which- to keep my spot in the crowd.

Mid-September: It was Molly's birthday! So we drove down to New Jersey to see Ann, and went into New York to see of Montreal! This concert was just crazy- Kevin Barnes having sex with people in pig costumes, other weird things. Overall it was great, and there were hipsters that didn't like that I was so tall and in front of them. Oh well. We drove back up, and Molly went fast! It was lots of fun riding shotgun. Then I had two tests the day after. They didn't go so great, but it was ok.

October:

Um. October was... Halloween! I was Mr. Freeze. I had a glittery and sparkly lab coat, and a bucket on my head. It was so much fun! And I got candy, and I was mummified. I feel like more happened in October. Oh. Um. Biochemistry wasn't going well, so I dropped it. Oh well.

November: Joanna came back! She's an old friend, and had a party. It was fun, but we didn't stay long. But I stayed long enough to find someone with my real name who was almost literally half my height. And then came finals. This quarter sucked. Both my big classes ended in B's. I need A's! But my smaller classes were all A's at least. And then came break. It was really good to see everyone, and I ate korean food twice that week. But now I don't really want to be back in classes. At least this quarter seems better. I'm taking:

Spec ID, taught by Dr. Cody. Dr. Cody is fun.
ASL 1: Hopefully an easy A.
Quantum Mechanics: Terrible. It's a math class and the teacher doesn't realize that class ends when its supposed to, not 20 minutes after. I walked out of both classes so far.
Also I'm doing research still- I'll have a lackey this quarter! And I'm TAing again.

Also, I grew a beard for November. It was fun, but I was tired of it. Everyone said I looked like Abe Lincoln, or amish, or both.

Toodles.

Feels like it's been a while?

Evening, blog. I've been up since 7:00 AM, and will be leaving campus on the first day of classes at 11:00 PM. I'm simply pooped. My classes are intimidating me, but it's still early, so hopefully it'll wear off.

I miss Orientation week! I did almost nothing, and it was great. We hung out, ate out (I guess spending money on dinner so often got annoying, since I wasn't working.)

Anyway, it was good to see the everyone again, including the prefreshmen, and I found out that I have at least one of them in the First Year Enrichment class that I'm working with! Geez, I thought I'd have more to say, but I'm pretty bad at going into detail. This sucks. Plus I'm tired. Goodnight.

It's really cool not working

Lets see, I'm pooped right now, but I've done some things, so as long as I don't actually feel like sleeping, I can write.

I went to my friend Dani's house on Thursday, and spent the night. I've known Dani since 10th grade, and after taking a year off, she came to RIT, but flunked out. Now she's going to be going to college back home. She means well, and is a pretty good friend. Also, her entire family loves me; it's a little creepy. Her mom actually said something along the lines of "It's too bad you're not a real Jew," because she would love for me to marry into the family.

Anyway, most people would find visiting her to be really awkward, but I don't mind it. It's kind of funny.

On Sunday, I went to Ann's house. We made Black and White cookies (vegan, of course) and they were really good! I think it could have used more lemon, but that's just something to keep in mind for next time. I got to see her cats again, even the shy one!

Today, I finally got my good friend Aaron to buy Killing Floor, this game with zombies and teamwork. Took me about a week to convince him it would be fun for him to play with my roommates and I. We hung out with Ksenia, one of our classmates, and Matias, her fiance and a guy who went to our high school one year below us. (Between you, me, and the internet, I don't understand why they're getting married. It's not a very good couple).

Tonight was better. I went into the city to meet Kelly after she got off work. She works at a Scientology church. Yeah, yeah, total cult, whatever. She showed me around, and it looks very much like an office building from a TV show. Also, the front of the building looked like a storefront. But who am I to judge a religion I don't know a whole about?

After that, we went to the Shake Shack, a burgers and milkshakes place a few blocks from her church. After about 20 minutes of waiting, we got our food, and somehow managed to snag a table (it's really crowded there). I got a cheeseburger, fries, and a black and white malt (I love racial equality!). It was really good, but kind of pricy, though in New York, it didn't surprise me. After that, we walked through Times Square, and went into the M&M store. At one point, Love Game by Lady Gaga came on the radio. I know chocolate is supposed to be an aphrodisiac, but I don't think Lady Gaga, with all her sex lyrics, makes it more effective? Anyway, we left after about 30 minutes of looking around, and sat down at a table in the middle of Times Square. It was really good to catch up with her, since I'd only seen her once this summer. We walked to the bus station, and I looked for my bus once she got on hers, and came home.

I guess that fact that I've slept about 4 hours a night recently is catching up to me. I'm pooped.

Man, I haven't slept till almost noon in forever. It feels great. But I'll likely be up till 4 tonight.

Yesterday, I got Thai food for lunch, which i always love. Plus, here at home, the menu is more specific. I mean, I love Thai food everywhere, but when we get it up in Rochester, it always comes with all the veggies I don't like as much (brocolli for example) and then I feel so wasteful.

I didn't do anything else yesterday. I like not doing things. It's a good excuse for me to play video games all day.

Hi! Been a while.

Hello! It's been over a week since I last wrote! I'd say it's been because I'm busy, but that's not true. Anyway, lets start updating this, shall we?

Last week, I did nothing at work. I finished watching every episode of Static Shock, that cartoon from Kids WB with the black kid who inhales chemical fumes and gains electrical powers. However, Friday rolled around, and so I had to present a small poster entailing the research I did this summer. Honestly, when the judges came around, I don't remember what I said. I started talking. about 10 minutes later, I remember that I finished talking, and they seemed impressed. I was glad to get that over with, especially because Dr. Cody wasn't there. It's not that he scares me anymore, I just get more nervous talking to people about my work when he's around.

So Friday went well, and the pre-freshmen moved out. It'll be good to see them again in a couple weeks. That evening, I moved my bed over from Perkins to Bennington Hills, where I'll be staying during the school year. The weekend wasn't much more exciting. Well, it kinda was. We moved all of my stuff and Spencer's stuff out of Molly apartment and cleaned it up. The rest of my stuff went off campus, and Spencer took his things to his new apartment down the walk from Molly's.

Other than that, we went out Monday night for dinner, but our favorite restaurant was closed, so we went to a sushi/habachi place for dinner. It was alright, but Korean food is far superior. And today, I got up early, and took the train home! That's right, I'm home until the 29th, when I have to take the bus up and get ready for classes.

Till next time!

Hot Chip!

I'm posting now as opposed to later because I need to see if I can borrow something from a labmate. Anyway, I don't care about having to go to work today, because I just got back from the best concert I've been to yet!

Molly and I went from Rochester to New York to stay at Ann's house the past couple days, because we all went to see Hot Chip with Mike and his girlfriend.

It was so great! Holy Ghost and Hercules and Love Affair opened for them. Holy Ghost was ok, but Hercules and Love Affair were quite something. They were an electronica dance group with dancers, and one of them was this guy who was right in front of us and he just couldn't wear clothes the way most people do. Plus, he had white sweat-overalls? It was really interesting, and he stared at us (Mostly Ann for their entire show.)

On to Hot Chip- Firstly, Alexis brought his baby to the show, and she was wearing huge pink headphones, it was so great. Felix had a scooter, and Joe couldn't make it to the show because his wife was having a kid. They put up a screen for whenever he had to do backup vocals though. It was so cool!

They played most of the songs I wanted, but I already guessed a lot of their set list before they came out. When Over and Over came on, it was CRAZY. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mdgLn5BFRQ&feature=av2e)

Also, it was an outdoor concert. I think I maybe sweated like 2 pounds off. But it was worth it! At the end of the concert, Molly got one of the set lists that were left on the stage, and I got some tape that was holding down wires, as well as a beach ball that was floating around during the show. All in all, very worth twelve hours on the bus, especially because we got Thai food before the show.

That's all for now! It was great!

Bittersweet Return

I'm back from vacation! I had a great time, but Molly really didn't. And now she can't stand being near me for very long at all. It sucks.

Now I'm back to work for one and a half days, after which I'm going back to New Jersey to see a concert (Hot Chip!), and then coming back up here for the remaining 8 days of work. I hope the rest of this summer doesn't suck, I really don't feel like working anymore.

On vacation:
-Ate a Vermonster (that huge bucket of ice cream) with my family.
-Minigolfed once
-Went to the beach for about 3 hours each day.
-Gained back 6 pounds that I lost since summer started.
-Pissed off my friend by surrounding her with my family, who is way too friendly with each other.

That's about it, bye.

SO CLOSE!

Today, I get to leave work early. Like, 1:00! I can't wait! Today all I did after coming in was neutralize some acid. And then! And then! I'll meet Molly at the library, we'll walk home, eat something quick, pack, and we're going to the beach! I'm so excited to not have to work for a whole week!

This morning was absolutely horrible though. It was pouring the whole time, and we only had one umbrella, so my left side was soaked. But Molly let me join the dance party at the library, which was pretty fun.

Dr. Cody tore apart my abstract for my presentation in August today, and gave me something else to submit. It's cool though, it made me laugh.

That's all! Maybe I'll write from the beach, but I hope not!

Awkward

What an active blogger I am. Kind of.

Anyway, that post I just wrote reminded me of one of my peeves. I hate the word awkward. I really can't stand more than half the time it's used, because it's waaaaaaay overused. Yes, if something just makes everyone feel uncomfortable, and there's that silence that drags on too long, that's usually awkward.

What I hate is when people call me awkward on a regular/semiregular basis. Yes, I am a little awkward, I know it. I'm an only child, very shy at first, and I don't have the best grasp on personal boundaries. So what's the best way to find out? Test them! Be weird! (Not immediately, of course.) Let people know you're not all weird before you be all weird.

I just hate when people call me awkward, because it makes me feel like I'm being compared to someone with Tourette's, or Asperger's. I don't mean that in a mean way, like I'm better than those people, but I don't have that much trouble holding a normal conversation! Being weird doesn't always mean being awkward.

Here's a story from a few weeks ago: Molly and I went to a pro-life meeting at someone's house. (Molly's secretary of the club, I'm just there because I had nothing to do). There were some people we had never met before, since they were from a different college. Anyway, we were talking to them, and reached a lull in the conversation, and it began to turn into that part where everyone just starts nodding, and it's often hard to pull up something to talk about. So guess what I did? I took it upon myself to prevent that, and I asked, "So, does anyone have a weird allergy?" Totally weird, out of the blue question, yes, but everyone just started cracking up! Not awkward one bit!

Tah-dah, weird people can save the day! Also, am I a bad person? I feel like I put people with disorders down by accident.

Motivation's tough

I'm in a lab again. I live here. This time I'm adding stuff together really slowly. Anyway, I'm having so much trouble wanting to work this week. The weekend was great because we had the prefreshmen over, which was a lot of fun, and all but one of them are cute/fun/enjoyable. We had them over again last night, and played some games, etc, etc. What really sucks (by sucks, I mean is awesome) is that next week I get to go to back home for a week, and I'm spending it at the beach! Plus, Molly's coming with me. (Please see a note at the bottom).

Anyway, I really want the week to end so I can go, because I need this beach week. Summer will kinda suck a little without it. I thought I had more to say, but I don't, so here is aforementioned note.

Molly and I, being such good friends and sharing some of our classes, give off the impression that we're dating to everyone around us. We're not. Never have, never will. I love her to death, and she's adorable almost always, but I just can't do it. She dated my roommate for over a year, firstly, so that would just be awkward. Second, I've known her too well that entire time, and I've grown to see her as an older sister or mother figure. Third, and I know I'm still in college, but I still think it's a valid point: we want completely different things. Plus, I'd totally be waaaaay too clingy with any girl I date, so it'd be a terrible idea. Plus, Molly picks on me. I don't mind it all the time, but its too much for me to want to go out with her.

Science!

Today, I don't want to do my dishes. Plus, if one of my lab mates found out about this title, he said he would kill me. I'm an undergraduate organic chemistry research student, so this summer is all about science, science, science. We're trying to make a compound that so far has never been made in the lab.

Science sucks a lot of the time, especially when you're impatient. You know how ice keeps things cold by not melting instantly? I'm here, sitting at my laptop, waiting for almost 4 pounds of ice to melt so I can start working with chemicals again. What sucks is, I can't heat my stuff to melt it faster because I might lose my product.

The best part about this week is that come friday, I get to leave the lab for a whole week! I'm gonna go home to New Jersey for a little bit, and go to the beach with my best friend and roommate.

End of science. Start of introduction.

I'm a 20 year old guy, born and raised in Hoboken, NJ. I was in the same private school from 5th to 12th grade, and it was very poor, and was totally for kids with some awkwardness in them like me. I liked Chemistry early on, even though my school wasn't very good in the sciences. (I liked chemistry when I was reading old Foxtrot comics, and I saw that the high school-aged brother created an explosion because he shook the wrong vial.) Anyway, I was looking at colleges, and applied to one about 45 minutes from home, and a bunch that ranged from 3-6 hours away, all in New York. I decided to go to RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) for a couple reasons.
A.) It somehow worked out to be the cheapest. They loved me, and I got into the honors program, though that may not last through my next year.
B.) I really didn't want to be very close to home. My hometown, while urban and great, is only a mile square. I wanted some distance, and I went as far as I could, while not having to deal with timezones.

So here I am. I'm a chemistry major, closing in on his third year at college, and I really want to teach.

As long as I have this long, lengthy post which I will probably never top, I'll tell you about some of the people in my life.

Ann: Ann looks kinda like me. Like a cousin. Except I'm Jewish, and she's Italian. She's vegan, and I have so much respect for her for it. If I could join her in veganism, I totally would. At best, I'm a social vegan, so I'll eat vegan to share with people. I met Ann as a prefreshman for RIT, where we were both got paid to do research, and got some classes taken care of. Plus, me and Ann listen to like almost all the same music, and we both love cats.

Molly: Molly is my best friend, and I'm living with her for the summer. She went vegan after Ann transferred away to Rutgers. I met her in the same program, and she's also a chemist. More like an ultra chemist, because she's got enough credits to be more than a full year ahead of me, and gets stuff DONE. I feel like I can rely on Molly for a lot, though I try not to.

Tony: Tony looks like Tony Hawk Pro Skater, kinda. I met him in the same program, again, and we've been roommates for two years now. I'm moving back in with him in the fall. Tony does "math", which means he never gets homework ever. Also, he look like a goat.

Mike: Mike's a butt, and is one of the first people I met at RIT not through the summer program. Despite his butt-tude, we've been roommates for a year, and he's in my apartment for next year as well. He's made of beards and aggression, and is more or less one with the internet.

Spencer: Spencer is a fellow chemist as well! I met him in the summer program, and we take a bunch of classes together. We also research in the same lab, and we live together in the summer. I see him like all the time. Spencer is responsible for easily 80% of the internet that I know.

Matt: I will live with him in the fall as well! I met him in the same program. He's quiet, but a really cool guy. I think living with him will work out great.

Bibi: Bibi's indescribable. The body of a 20 year old (she looks younger though) with the mindset of a 2 year old. But she can talk, unlike some 2 year olds. She's the pickiest eater I've met, and knows me really well. She will never move out of her house (absolutely refuses), and will never fall in love (never wants to, never will, never has). An honest to god Aromantic Asexual exists!

Kelly: Kelly is one of the classiest girls I know, and I could never think anything bad about her. She works works works works works. Sometimes too much. I miss her often, and she's one of the best friends I've ever had. Plus, she totally agrees that everyone has separate stomachs for ice cream (though come on, who doesn't). She goes to college pretty close to home, though I wish it was a lot closer.

Elaine: Elaine is a total hipster smarty pants who can do anything. She's an ivy-leaguer, smarter than just about anyone else I know, and loves indie music. If she doesn't know of someone liking a band, she loves this band. She's also really cute, as she is asian.

Aaron: Aaron's the only guy I really hung out with in high school. He was pretty cool, but also a good mix of weird. He takes my advice when I'm not serious, and doesn't take it when I am. It's not always smart, but it's usually funny.

Emily: She'll be too loud if I don't talk about her, so that's it. She's really loud.

Toodles for now, my ice has almost finished melting. End introduction. Restart science.