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Expected:

600               wake up
6-630            jog
630-700        clean up
700-745        eat breakfast
745-800        walk to WRW
800-1100      pay attention in solids and low speed
1100-1110    walk back to apartment
1100-1130    eat lunch
1130-1200    review for next class
1210-1230    walk to ETC
1230-145      pay attention in mechatronics
145-200        walk back to apartment
200-230        nap
230-330        study
330-400        ADVENTURE TIME!
400-600        do homework
600-730        attend a meeting
745-815        eat dinner
815-830        wash dishes 
830-1000      do homework and more studying
1000-1015    brush teeth, all that yay
1015-1100    last more studying
1100             night prayers and sleep!

Actual:

600              turn off alarm, I never hit snooze
720              wake up
720-745       clean up
745-800       grab a banana and walk to WRW
800-1100     be present in class, daydream about girls and video games
1100-1110   walk back to apartment
1110-1200   eat lunch
1210-1230   walk to ETC
1230-145     be present in class, pay attention somewhat
145-200       walk back to apartment
200-330       check email and oh look huffington post
330-400       ADVENTURE TIME!
400-545       check email again and more huffington post
545-600       walk to meeting
600-700       attend meeting
700-710       walk back to apartment
710-900       eat dinner and watch 127 Hours and 2 ep of The Office
900-910       look at the hw
910-945       check email
945-1015     ice cream run
1015-1200   girl talk
1200-1230   clean up
1230-300     look at hw while watching Back to the Future
300               evening prayers and sleep!

I hope I’m not alone.
 

I was reviewing the success of this summer while conversing with a panel of scientists, philosophers, and my summer to do list I made in April 7, 2011.

Of the list, I only successfully completed 6 out of 20 achievements.

However, the events of my summer were way better than the achievements list I planned in April. This being the last day of summer, I detail my epoch into recognizable events. Sorry if you’re not tagged literally! Literally. Literal. Don’t litter.

Orange nike air shirt.  Last episode of Oprah. Golfin. UEFA Champions final (congrats Messi). Pool and burgers! Lebron James falls. Dallas Mavs celebration party that didn’t happen, sorry Chief! Cabo San Lucas workout class featuring rock climbing. Bridesmaids. J Deli with the sis. Core strength training. Basketball and Quicks Mcgee. Burn banned fireworks. Impulsive trip to NASA KSC where I had the third best day of my life seeing the very last space shuttle launch of mankind, nbd. The rhymes with Kremly Merman weekend featuring Pooh Bear, Hermione Granger, and Batman. 24-hour access to pizza, sammiches, and ice cream. Mayans talking about roads. Deatained only to be rescued! Ziplining, snorkeling, Jose Cuervo, hammocks, and chocolate melting cakes. ADVENTURE TIME WITH FINN AND JAKE. The Xbox, the dog, and just me days. Golf tournament. Walkie talkies and basketball with Charlie. Ghost pranks. Shades of Brown live in concert. Prank wars. Party. Austin. Ice cream with Chief and Tuna. ADVENTURE TIME WITH FINN AND JAKE (the zoo episode). Inspector Peppermint. Austin. J Deli with the sis one more time. The talk about life, truth, and love. 

In a similar fashion of Juliet, I’d like to thank those not for this summer but just for being there with me! The parentals and sisters, the new friends who are years my senior or my junior, the friends I’ve continued to grow with, the brother i haven’t seen all summer but still remember every day, and a very special best friendship that revitalized and will only grow from here!

I’m ready to study now. Aaaaadventure time!

Conan O’Brien delivered his Doctrine behind a tree trunk for the Dartmouth Class of 2011. Important things things to notice if you’re the common, confused, college undergrad:

-“Today, you have achieved something special, something only 92 percent of Americans your age will ever know: a college diploma. That’s right, with your college diploma you now have a crushing advantage over 8 percent of the workforce. I’m talking about dropout losers like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg. Incidentally, speaking of Mr. Zuckerberg, only at Harvard would someone have to invent a massive social network just to talk with someone in the next room.”

- “All bachelor degrees will be upgraded to master’s degrees. All master’s degrees will be upgraded to PhDs. And all MBA students will be immediately transferred to a white collar prison.”

- “Winter Carnival will become Winter Carnivale and be moved to Rio. Clothing will be optional, all expenses paid by the Alumni Association.”

- “Guys, this is important: You cannot iron a shirt while wearing it.”

- “If you live on Ramen Noodles for too long, you lose all feelings in your hands and your stool becomes a white gel.”

- “You will spend more money framing your child’s diploma than they will earn in the next six months. It’s tough out there, so be patient. The only people hiring right now are Panera Bread and Mexican drug cartels.”

- “In 2000, I told graduates ‘Don’t be afraid to fail.’ Well now I’m here to tell you that, though you should not fear failure, you should do your very best to avoid it. Nietzsche famously said ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you. Disappointment stings and, for driven, successful people like yourselves it is disorienting. What Nietzsche should have said is ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you watch a lot of Cartoon Network and drink mid-price Chardonnay at 11 in the morning.’”

- “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.”

- “No specific job or career goal defines me, and it should not define you.”

- “I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.”

- “And there is no greater cliché in a commencement address than ‘follow your dream.’ Well I am here to tell you that whatever you think your dream is now, it will probably change. And that’s okay.”

- “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”

Ladies and gentlemen, the Dallas Mavericks will face the number 6, some sort of bird/duck/dinosaur, and a guy who always sticks his nose in the air. 

And Filipinos who like the Heat just cuz Spoelstra is half Filipino is a lame excuse, I mean Rob Schneider is all right, but I don’t support all his movies, but Hot Chick was freakin hilarious. 

TEXAS FIGHT

I’m attempting to make the unthinkable list, a list of every movie I have seen. Fully seen, not bits and parts, but fully. I started from 2011 and will work my way back. So far I’m at 2005 and surprisingly, I have not seen that many movies that I thought I have. 353 to be exact. I gotta work!

I look through numerous film lists such as various years in film in wikipedia, roger ebert reviews, other film lists, blogs, and films from netflix. YEAR BY YEAR. I’m not including tv movies. If I break the 1000 mark, I’ll be very proud of myself. This means a lot.

When I went home this weekend (shut the front door), they aired Back to the Future on ABC family. Christine and I were watching while my dad stepped out of the toilet then froze watching. It was the part where Marty first enters the diner and meets George McFly. What is not weird is that I could quote this scene and numerous parts of the movie. What is weird is that when my dad was watching it with us, he started quoting the movie out loud…I was like whaaat.  

“They’ve reached the target,” he [Panetta] said.

Minutes passed.

“We have a visual on Geronimo,” he said.

A few minutes later: “Geronimo EKIA.”

Enemy Killed In Action. There was silence in the Situation Room.

Finally, the president spoke up.

“We got him.”

“Clues Gradually Led to the Location of Osama Bin Laden - NYTimes.com.” The New Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 02 May 2011. Web. 03 May 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/world/asia/03intel.html?scp=1>.