Post Spring Break Post

Technically Spring Break ended two weeks ago, but I couldn't let go so soon, and thus last week was my unofficial second week of Spring Break. With all the crap I had due right before break, I was pleased to just have some time off and when I did, I wanted more. Therefore, I didn't post last week because I didn't feel like posting and instead I caught up on a little R&R. Unfortunately so much has happened since Spring Break began that it would be tedious and time-consuming to recount it all for you; thus I have decided to recount my past 17 days or so through the medium of collage.



To summarize the collage, I've added numbers to each picture to help tell the stories. Each number/picture corresponds to a different event that occurred and the key for each is listed as:
1. Barnes & Noble where Rebecca, Rachel and I went on our random adventure on Rachel's birthday evening. Possibly one of the few stores open at 10:30pm on a Sunday night. (see 4 & 9 for more details)
2. "Robots". The only movie I saw in theaters over break. Rob, Becca and I got some drinks beforehand and enjoyed an almost empty theatre to ourselves.
3. This represents the other movies I saw over break including the ones I bought: "Donnie Darko", "Blood Simple", "Dark City", and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?"
4. On Rachel's birthday night we went exploring along with Rebecca and ended up at a seedy looking bar called "The Belvedere" that Rachel had apparently always wanted to go to. We played a little pool there and proceeded to other destinations (see 1 & 9).
5. This ham represents all the good food I had these past 2 weeks including Easter dinner on Sunday. *Drool*
6. Pretty much the rest of my break was spent playing lots of video games, and I acknowledge this fact here. For those who appreciate it, the existence of "Majobo" was created.
7. I went wine tasting with my family and Rebecca during break and tried/bought some really good wines. Nothing says Spring Break like a little wine in the sun.
8. I celebrated Easter with the family, where we were all together for some good food and family bonding.
9. After going to "The Belvedere" (see 4) we went to Kinkos since they are open on a Sunday late night. Rachel ran into a friend there and we all took to the kids table for crayon drawings of pictures.
10. (See 11 & 12 first). We took Nat and Tommy to CPK after the bar (after driving around for 30+ minutes to confuse her of her whereabouts, doing doughnuts in parking lots). We all got a good meal, got free cheesecake (cause I've got connections) and had another drink there.
11. In honor of Natalie's birthday (which was today officially), Rachel and I kidnapped her and decided to take her around town. This was totally spontaneous and we didn't know where we were going or what we were doing. So we blindfolded Nat and took her and her boyfriend Tommy with us. (Continue to 12 below)
12. Our first stop with Nat was a bar downtown which we walked her to still blindfolded. She got a free drink (though forgot her I.D.) and a free shot while Rach and I each had a drink to subside ourselves. (Continue to 10).
13. And of course to kick the whole break off, I went to Disneyland, which was as fun and as magical as ever. I had a really great picture taken here and when I get it, I'll post it up here.

So that pretty much sums up my break. I gotta say, I ate too much and had too much fun, cause now I don't feel like doing any work.

Back

I'm back from a very fun, long/short week of Spring Break and I'm too tired to tell you about it. However, I will divulge my various trips and activities probably tomorrow once I've readjusted to being back down at school. But in case you desire to get more out of this post than a quick update, then try playing with this online Rubik's Cube.

Prelude to Spring Break

I've been surprisingly busy this past week or so with school work; having to write essays, compose reports, and take midterms. I've done at least one of these things for each of my classes in the past week. Everything seemed so sudden, until I realized that next week is Spring Break. Oh I get it now; since they're giving us a week off they want to compensate for that fact and lay on a heavy workload as a result. Fortunately, none of my classes will carry on through my break so I will have time to relax, for the most part. My final report before break is due Friday, except I won't be around on Friday because I'm going to be spending the day at Disneyland, which therefore means it's due tomorrow. At least I get to kick my break off with a free trip to Disneyland. Yes, that's right, I'm going for free because my former academic advisor likes me enough to use one of her free passes on me. So far thats Disneyland and Universal Studios for free this semester. All I need now is to find a way into Magic Mountain for free to complete the trifecta. Anyway, I guess the purpose of this post is to inform you of my temporary absences that will occur over the next week or so. Hopefully I can find some time for some creative posts in the next upcoming days. Alright, back to work....

Graveyard Shift

It's currently 3:50 in the morning and I'm taking a break from my monster report due at 8am. Oh I'll finish it, but not after I pull an all-nighter. And of course I was writing all day Sunday and Monday to finish up my other report and essay due. Anyway I'm almost out of the tunnel.... Most importantly I'm hear to post another Random Chris Fact since Rebecca seems to be starving for one, so here is my relevant random factoid:

Random Fact #37: The longest period of time I have stayed awake was a 35-hour period during the first semester of my junior year here. I pulled an all-nighter working on a spreadsheet for a fluid dynamics project then proceeded to write-up a final group project afterwards. It took me two big projects to stay awake that long and I was even dozing off in the computer lab as I was writing the report. However, this number is nowhere near the periods of time my previous roommate stays awake for while working on architecture. I recall him telling me he had been awake for about a 70-hour period without sleep until he finally passed out on a couch somewhere!

So that is this week's Random Chris Fact. I'll check back later in the week when I'm not passed out.

Quick Post

This is going to be a very busy weekend with 3 papers/reports due Monday/Tuesday, so you won't hear much of me this weekend. I'll try and come back on Monday night for a random Chris fact for all of you (particularly Becca), but I just wanted to explain my absence. Also, I seem to be missing my last roommate because I keep cooking for multiple people and then end up eating it all by myself (not in one sitting, of course). Hopefully by my next post I won't be as busy or as stuffed.

Joke of the Day

So I went to Dance Club this week and was talking with one of the instructors who was telling me a story about how he accidently left his bag open last week when walking back to the car from the lesson in the pouring rain. Apparently a puddle formed in the bottom of his bag and he didn't notice it until a couple days later. Unfortunately the paycheck we gave him for teaching was in the bag and got soaked as well. When he finally noticed it, he thought he could carefully take the check out and set it out to dry; however, when he touched it, it fell apart in his hands. So I looked at him and said, "Well, talk about liquidating your assets!"