Back to School

My summer ended Monday, which happens to be the same day that school started back up again. This semester I am taking bio (pre-med), an intro chem class, behavioral statistics, and physical anthropology. Bio is going to be tough. Chem....might he interesting. Stats has been a waste of 5 hours so far. And anthro should be good. I also made an unplanned visit to San Diego this weekend. Katie and I figured that since we were already half way there (we were at USC) that we might as well drive down and visit our aunt. So we did. We went to the Cheesecake Factory...mmmm. Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake: Flourless Godiva chocolate cake topped with a layer of Godiva chocolate cheesecake loaded with chunks of Godiva milk chocolate and topped with a layer of Godiva chocolate mousse.


Yep...it was tasty.

My 2nd Vacation

Just when I thought summer was winding up I find more fun and exciting things to do. This time I went up north near San Francisco. I had so much fun that instead of coming home Saturday I postponed my stay until Monday. A group of us played a movie trivia game. And as it turns out I know just about nothing when it comes to movies. I got a single answer correct and it was the winning answer (Breaking Away was the title). I also golfed a few (3) times. It was soo much fun, and I learned some new stuff, and I got better. Lets just say, we kept score of everything...took the extra stroke if I had to drop, took all shanks and miss-hits...everything. So the first round, with a bet on the line, I shot a 130. Yeah I know, that's not very good. I think I lost a good 8ish golf balls. However, I did get better because by the last round of golf I shot a 112 (still counting everything) and only lost 3 balls. Also in the course of this trip I came up with a putter and no sand wedge, but come the start of the third round I had a new putter and a SW. Yay for spending money on golf. That's not all I did up there though. We had some down time to just hang out and talk, watch movies, play some ps2, and of course play a little cs. Overall I had a great time. And in case you wonder, the pictures are the 3 courses I played.

My Vacation

For most of you who dont know, last weekend I went down to Anaheim for a 24-hour computer lan, then stayed a few extra days to hangout with friends and golf. I drove up Friday afternoon after work. Now I knew there would be traffic. It took me nearly 2 1/2 hours to get from Burbank to Anaheim with a top speed of 35 mph. Good thing I had great music to listen to.

Friday night when I arrived at the Mariott and got to my room I was greeted by a 5-speaker Logitech surround sound with the sub and a reciever (and we were told not to bring speakers). The guy was playing the DJ role for our lan. Friday night we had a little get togther at someone's house so we could all meet before the lan. We weren't supposed to get the conference room until Saturday at noon, however they let us in Friday and so those who were there had already setup computers and began to play cs. I joined in around 2am. The plan for all Saturday and until noon on Sunday was to be in the conference room. That almost happened. We played some cs, and when we got bored we found other things to do, like have a putting contest in the hallway outside the room that eventually turned into an 11 person tourney. That was fun.

Sunday we had to be out by noon and we were. Some people left but quite a few stayed as well. So after all was cleaned up, a few of us went to play a round of golf. But we only played 9 because the course sucked. Then a group of us went out to dinner and walked around this outdoor mall-ish thing. We stumbled across a Dave & Busters. It's an adult arcade, meaning a normal arcade with a bar in it. I got in cause everyone I was with were over 21. We got back to the hotel around 1 and I didn't go to sleeup until 4.

Monday was Disneyland. Monday was also chaotic. Our 9:30 breakfast meeting time was delayed an hour. And although both Chris and I were awake and could have been in the lobby, neither of us had planned to go to breakfast. Instead, we were more worried about finding a roo to stay in for Monday night. After a "play it by ear" morning we finally got to Disneyland around 1. Just in time to not do any rides before our lunch reservation. Club 33 was pretty cool considering the fact I didn't know it existed until this weekend. After lunch the group did a few rides then we split up. The Buzz Lightyear ride was fun. We eventually got tired of the park and just went back to the hotel, hung out, and crashed.

Tuesday morning we had to eat breakfast, pack, leave the hotel, and get to Strawberry Farms Golf Club before our reserved tee times. We made it...barely. Golfing was a lot of fun. Just playing better courses than the few I have hear is cool too. We teed off around 11 and finished around 3. Then the 6 of us got lunch and headed home. I drove Dan to Burbank which was cool 'cause I didn't have to sit in traffic and listen to music the whole time. I had someone to talk to instead. I got home around 9 Tuesday night.

And that was my vacation for the summer.