Good Day but Not Great!

Today was yet another great day to be alive. I decided today that I would make my next best goal that of attempting to live my life like it was golden. Sadly, however, I failed partially in this mission. I woke up depressed and saddened that I was too late to attend a study session with a peer from Biology. I got downstairs to the computer lab thirty minutes late and met no one. The day was ruined already. But fifty minutes later he showed up and we were able to get thirty minutes of work done. After that event, I rushed over to the Life Sciences Building to attend a luncheon and to meet a few students in the Bioinformatics major. I saw a few people and was surprised that it was the first time that I had seen them. Most were seniors or students who were already married and established in other careers, so it was in a way kind of sad to not see anyone near my age.

After the luncheon, I went over to the library. It was at this moment in time that my day hit a strange and horrible turn. I walked into the library and hoped that a computer was open, because I did not want to go back to the dorm and get on a computer in there or on my own laptop. I walked to the second floor and saw that all nine computers were taken. I then proceeded to take the stairs to the third floor and saw that all the computers were still taken. I then walked up to the fourth floor; once again all of the computers were being used. I then walked back to the third floor and found all the computers taken. I was starting to get a bit heated because none of the computers were open. So in order to increase my chances of finding a computer that was available, I took the hidden and underused back staircase down to the second floor. This proved to be useless as all the computers were still occupied. I then decided to go back to the third floor via the same staircase and saw that the computers were still being used (although someone had gotten a computer in my short time away from the floor). I went back to the fourth floor and found all the computers taken. I took the elevator downstairs to the first floor and nearly left the library when I saw a clear computer in the café area. I quickly rushed over to that computer. However as I was nearly about to grab the seat a guy walked up and sat down with a huge and ugly looking grin on his face. He knew that he had done wrong and said “sorry man.” However his actions did not show the emotion that he was trying to utter, for he still sat down at the computer and logged on. I was nearly on fire at this moment and just walked away. How in the world could you say sorry and not do anything. Clearly, if you saw someone going to the computer you wouldn’t get up and intercept them to sit down. If this was football, I could understand, but not for a foolish computer! I walked away in amazement and awe at what he had just done. I decided to fight for a computer so I went to the second floor and sat at the chairs that are in front of the computer area. This was a smart idea for I would just wait for a computer to clear and then move to it, versus constantly going floor to floor looking for a computer (I only could use a few on each floor, actually the ones that are enabled for right clicking). After sitting still for about ten minutes a computer terminal opened and I was online.

Immediately after this event, I ran over to the Life Sciences building again for another class. This was Introduction to Biology and it was movie day. We watched the most boring movie in the world, “The Extraordinary Sex Life of Plants.” I thought it was quite old when it came on. Apparently I was right for some people got up and left class. For the next 45 minutes, I had to sit and writhe in pain as I saw hundreds upon hundreds of images of plants opening and closing to release pollen and allow bugs to get within so that they could be pollinated. This wasn’t extraordinary at all, by the way. I dozed off halfway through and then woke up fifteen minutes to the end. I then just stared at the screen and daydreamed about a better tomorrow and imminent world destruction from global warming. After ten minutes these thoughts became so repetitious that I just stared at the screen blankly. I was looking at it but not taking anything in, so I can’t tell you what was going on. I do know however that, the movie ended when the lights in the room came on.

Next I journeyed over to the Student Commons and attended the Aletheia student bible study (it is every Thursday). Today’s topic was on marriage and it was quite interesting. I missed the very beginning of it, however I do know a bit of what was said. Apparently divorce is a bad thing and men need women in their lives to live an enjoyable and fulfilling life. It seems that without them, the bible says that they are helpless, which in a way makes sense according to the first three chapters of Genesis.

I proceeded from there to the Theater downstairs in an attempt to get the Pirate Hat for our introduction and showing of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (which is about a ship and a dreaded treasure that cause the people to not be able to die). I continued with my ritual of closing the popcorn boxes and opening them [it is really life fulfilling]. Lots of people came to get pirates hats, but as usual, we live in a very corrupt world. So we had people come to get popcorn and a hat and then leave. We even had people run up and take them. So I was able to develop a fact that “Because people are inclined to get that which they want at all costs, they will do it no matter how low that they must go, even if they lower themselves to lying, thievery, and even bribery, they will still do it!” So because of me understanding this fact, I did not get mad. It was unfair to those people who really wanted the hat and wanted to see the movie, but alas those that is more corrupt get it and ruins future opportunities for everyone. Of course, I couldn’t tell anyone this in their face, for it is a fact that no one is ready to face.

I would have enjoyed staying to see the very beginning of the movie, but I had to go to Precalculus class to take a quiz. It was really simple, so simple in fact that I finished it in less than eight minutes. I managed to escape the class and made it to the movie in time to see it as the captain was caught for the first time.