Hey guys,
This is my last one for the year. It's definitely getting down to crunch time with a capital CRUNCH. I been writing so much there hasn't been that much left for the old blog. But you guys are busy too, so you probably haven't had time to read. Gotta do what you gotta do.

It's a big day on Monday; Dr. Smith is meeting with the state for the O.K. to start our secondary education program, which is one of the many new majors and certifications that MAC will be offering soon. I'm totally pumped and a little scared about the prospect of finally getting where I need to be. But that's just me. I'm a worrier, besides if you're not nervous about something that means you're not excited. I did my final presentation in Professor Steinbeiser's class, good paper, but a lackluster presentation. I don't really know what happened, but what are you gonna do, it's hard to be perfect. Basically, I have one class done, one more Ethics class, and a couple more papers, then I am cruising for the semester, but until then I'm gonna be on the rack.

Struggle is good for the soul, know what I mean? Until then I'm just gonna enjoy my small class and individual attention. There is a baseball game coming up, I can't wait to go because they have been playing really well this year and they're fun to watch.

Big man loves each and every one of you....especially you, with the face.
Have an excellent summer!
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How cool is this????

So I see this new Ninja Turtles movie coming out, and I say, "Awww, cool, I used to love that show when I was little, but that movie will probably be all stupid." Well, guess what? It was AWESOME! I could tell that I was enjoying that movie more than anyone in that theater, except my little brother who had on a green shirt and purple bandana. It was so cool, but then again, there are a lot of those kind of movies coming out in the next few months. Tranformers, Spiderman, and I saw the Silver Surfer in the new Fanastic 4 movie; he was always one of my favorites because he had wicked awesome comic powers. Like I said, I feel like I'm ten again. Now if they would only come out with an awesome Thundercats movie I would be set.

I hope these movies won't distract from my school work, because I gotta lot. Prof. Steinbesier gave me a lot of freedom for my final presentation. I decided to describe Taoism using the Big Lebowski as an example. I'm gonna give it a try. I think within the first two or three pages I'll know if it is working. We're doing World War I in U.S history, which I really like because of the political alliances that made Europe into one big knot. The tension and the treaties just finally collapsing because of the Kaiser, are really neat stuff. We looked at ethical concerns in experimental treatment with Fr. Nik.

I finally got the background on the Tuskegee experiments, which was cool, because I had always heard about them but didn't really know what had happened. Learning, yearning, and burning, just trying to get it all straight in my head. Not quite there yet, but soon. I'm sorry to everybody in the production of Little Shop of Horrors, I heard it was really cool but I couldn't make it. The MAC always has something going on so I'm sure I'll get to see something else. Now I'm tired, I think its time for a little, or big, nap, I'll just have to play it by ear, like always.

Hey IRS, I think you missed some, why not take all my money,
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Well, I have. I know there is probably some cultural tradition that goes back to the Old World, but I just can't get my brain around the reason for having colored eggs. I probably wasted too much time thinking about this any way. Besides, I love coloring eggs. I really like making the multicolored ones where you dip the egg in half way and then do another color on the other half. I think I'm going to start getting excited right now, especially since we have six days off. I didn't even see that coming. I made a little mini-spring break when we had the four day weekend, but with six days off, I don't know what I'll do. Probably nothing, which is the coolest thing to do ever.

My poor head needs the relaxation. I have been juggling college and work so every now and then I fall a little behind. I guess that's what breaks are for. I've been doing a lot of papers, but hey, I am a history major! The thing is that there are not a lot of changes in my life. College is always number one, work is a distant second (sorry, paint store), and the rest of my time is dedicated to righteous domination of my immediate environment. My paper topics are all over the place. Mexican/American Relations, "Was New Imperialism a Continuation of Manifest Destiny?" "My Dream Job is a House Husband," stuff like that. Haha...I'm just kidding. It's getting to be big project time, so I'm sure I may be missing in action over the next few weeks. That's okay, I like it. I need a little pressure to perform at my best any way.

Before I go, big thanks to the panelist at the No Child Left Behind discussion. It was really eye opening to see how the teachers are dealing with this new system and how it is impacting our future Mounties. One more big thanks to Fr. Nik who took mercy on his class last night and let us out while the sun was still shining. You rock! Now I must go, the man isn't going to fight himself.

I'm sure it was spring for two days...keep it coming!
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