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December 30, 2004

Winter Break Update Part 4

Dec 27
Today we drove back to Arizona from California...Man is that a long a drive!

When we got back we called my Mom's cousin and her husband and asked them to meet us for beverages at this place called Simpletons. Man there were a lot of old people there.

After that we met with my Mom's work friend Kim. Kim is currently writting a screen play for Hollywood, and they are extremly interested. Right now she is working on the final draft of the script, and talking to people about a location. Because the movie will have ties to the University of Minnesota, the MN film society is fighting really hard to get the film filmed there.

Dec 28
Mom's cousin and her son came over for breakfast and then we went out to see Meet the Fockers. That is an incredibly good movie, and if you have not yet seen it I highly recomend it. After that we went back to the apartment and I opened a bottle of Wine, which I split with my Mom's cousin while we played a domino game.

The entire day we were telling them that we needed to be somplace to meet Kim at 5:30 for dinner, but they did not leave until 7:30!

We finally met up with Kim again, we were planning on going to dinner, but we had told Kim to just eat at home since we were so late. At this point we were just going to head out to a place called Charlies, which is a gay bar in Arizona. This was going to be extremely wierd...going to a gay bar with your mother??? We never did make it the bar that night because Kim forgot her money and then when we got back she was having a migrane... O well. My mom and I went to best buy then where I bought her Meet the Parents, and I bought Spiderman One and Two.

Dec 29
My sister is arriving in AZ today and we are on our way to pick her up.

After we picked up my sister we went to Ikea, and I can tell you I will never go into one of those stores again. I hated that I could not find my way out of the damn building.

December 27, 2004

Winter Break Update Part 3

Saturday Dec 25th

I opened presents from my Mom today!! Here is the list of what she gave me!
1. A new set of socks
2. Two new shirts!
- one was red, which I already have a red layer shirt
- one was a botton down shirt that reminded me too much of Christmas or cotton candy.
- I was honest about this shirt and it felt good to not have to keep something I did not like because my Mom bought it for me.
3. Two new Shirts!
- one was blue
- and one was a button down shirt with blue and red and some other colors in it. I loved this outfit.
4. A new watch!
- This is a totally awesome looking watch!
5. My ticket to AZ to visit her!
- who could have asked for a better gift.
6. A pair of Goofy slippers
- I had a pair when I was little
- I got another pair sometime later in life
- Now I have this new pair.
- My Mom’s reasoning behind this was that I have had Goffy slippers before when I was a little boy. This added with the way she introduced me to her co-workers kind of ticked me off. Mom I love you and, yes I will always be your little boy, but I am not your little boy. I am a grown up now. I am 21 years old. Why would you think that was good logic to get me a pair of slippers I had when I was a child. Unfortunatly this is a gift I would not feel comfortable telling her I do not like.
- The plus side is that I can always find a use for the slippers!! It is not like I wont wear them. I do love Goofy and I really do like the slippers but I feel as if it is time I got something more adult.

Today we drove from Pheonix, AZ to Anaheim, California to spend Christmas with my Mom’s brother Jim, and his family. I love to visit this family there are usually always fun to be around and they never make me feel uncomfortable.

When we got here we started to watch the movie Dodge Ball, which I have never seen. It is really very funny. Perhaps one that I would like to own someday. After that we ate our dinner. My uncle made A really nice Turkey dinner. We also served the Hungarian Coffee Cake that my Grandma sent me out here with. I always forget that my cousins that live in California do not think that the Coffee Cake is the best thing they have ever eaten. I think it may be simply because they are living in California…I mean everyone in MN LOVES Grandmas coffee cake.

When dinner was finsished we opened presents. I was totally not expecting my Uncle to give me a present, and I believe my Mother was also not expecting this seeing as how we did not come out here with gifts for them. I was so excited when I opened mine, it was not something I would go out and buy on my own, but something I was contemplating the purchase of. My Uncle bought me the season one and season two DVD on Sienfield! I was so excited; we started watching it after everyone was finished with their gift opening.

The rest of the evening was spent playing games until we all decided it was time to get some sleep seeing as how we had big plans for the next day.

I woke in the morning to my Uncle walking the halls giving everyone their wake up call. Our plans for the day were to go to the swap meet to get discounted brand name goods. I needed a new pair of sunglasses and everyone else went there not really knowing what they wanted or needed.

I found a really great pair of sunglassed that are supposed to be DG, but because we bought them at the swap meet we figured they needed to be given a new name…DOOCHI and GALBANEAH! My mother bought some Tupper Vare for her salad dressing while she was at work, and my cousin bought a movie she was hoping to get for Christmas. Orginially she thought her Dad was giving it to her for Christmas, but he threw her a loop, by giving her something else…something she had never heard of. You see she was expecting “Napoleon Dynamite,” but instead she was given the movie “Stir Of Echos” Again because this movie was purchased at the swap meet we decided to give it a new name… “Napa O’ Leon Dynamittee.”

After the Swap Meet we went to the Newport Beach area to see my cousin Tim’s apartment. Damn he is a lucky guy. He is paying under 600 dollars to live almost on top of the beach. I am incredibly jealous. After the grand tour was given we went to a pizza joint for lunch and then a walk on one of the piers. When we arrived back in Anahiem Hills we watched Napa O’ Leon Dynamittee and then got ready for dinner at my Aunt Mary’s house.

Dinner at Mary’s was a lot of fun, and indcredibly good. We had ham and hole bunch of other goodies. One of the nicest parts of thie dinner was being able to see my Aunt Mary, and my cousin Gary. Thus far while I was in Cali I had not gotten the chance to see them, or I simply did not have the time to converse because they were off to work.

After dinner Gary and I decided we should play naughty scrabble; we played two rounds and the second was by far the best. I really enjoy hanging out with Gary, and I wish I could do it more often. Now I am sitting on Tim’s old bed at my uncle Jim’s place about to get ready for bed. Tomorrow my Mother and I are driving back to Arizona where we will spend a few days by ourselves, and then joined by my sister. On the 31st my Christmas vacation is over when my sister and I fly back into Minneapolis. After that it will be work work work, until the new semester at school begins, but don’t worry I will keep you updated on all the exciting happenings in my life.

December 26, 2004

Winter Break Update Part 2

Friday Dec 24

Yesterday I went to my Grandma Franks house to celebrate Christmas. We do it every year on the 23rd so that we can spend Christmas with our other side of the family.

When the Franks do Christmas, everyone goes. All my aunts and uncles, my cousins, and my cousins children. There are so many people there it is crazy. We also have Santa come to visit us and pass out gifts to all the good kids. This year Santa gave me nothing, not even a lump of coal. This is a little disappointing considering I am now 21.

This is nothing new, however because Santa forgot to include me last year when all the male cousins we each given a 40. At this time I should mention that my Dad plays the role of Santa at Grandmas house.

That is not the worse part of this day at Grandmas house though, I forgot to mention how terribly uncomfortable many of the people on that side of the family make me. There are a few on that side that I absolutely love, and so I tend to spend all my time with them.

Today I had my flight to Arizona to visit my Mom for Christmas. I think I woke up a bit too early as I had time to triple check that I packed everything and I had time to sit and watch a bit of TV

The flight was pretty uneventful; I just sat there and watched "Finding Nemo" on my laptop, which took up pretty much the whole flight. When we were about to land I got to know the people sitting next to me a little bit better, and whatever.

When we landed we were told area one to pick up our baggage, but what we were not told is that the first load of luggage we would see would not be ours. They had to make a special announcement. We ended up having to wait an extra half-hour to claim our luggage.

After our luggage was being distributed there was this one guy who got in my way and pissed me off so badly because he was standing and leaning so strategically that it was imply impossible for me to see if my luggage was coming or not.

A little while later there was a bag coming down the shoot that got stuck because of a strap that was not securely fastened. Later on I found out it was the assholes bag, so when my mother called to find out what was taking so long I loudly told her that "some yaya dilly whose bag had some kind of femme decorative sash attached to it that got stuck in the conveyor belt” The man was still standing next to me...God I can be such a little bitch!

After Mom picked me up from the airport we went into her work for an hour where she introduced me as her little guy. This is funny because I tower over my mother. She works with some interesting people, one guy even looked like Santa!

After this it was off to her new apartment, which is amazing, to drop off my luggage and waste a little time before we were off to my Mom's cousin Kathy's house for a Christmas Eve dinner.

Kathy lives in an amazing house in Mesa, Arizona with her husband Dave and two of her three children, Jeff and Chris. Dinner was amazing, but again these people made me feel a little uncomfortable, maybe this is because I never see them so I do not know how to act around them.

There were other people at this party as well. It seemed to have a bit of a Minnesota theme because everyone who was there had pretty much lived in MN at one time or another. There were these two girls there with their mother and their Aunt. All of them were pretty funny. I think one or both of the younger girls may have liked me simply because of small little things that happened. The younger of the two sat next to me while we were opening presents and when she was sitting there she was sitting extremely close to me...there was a lot of couch on the other side of her.

Clue number two, when we were leaving, as we were walking out the door both the girls chanted "bye Dan, Danny, bye." Times like that almost make me wish that I were straight. These girls were both extremely attractive, and any one would be lucky to have them.

Winter Break Update 1

Thursday Dec 23
Last night was Tony’s 21st birthday party, and there was quite a bit of drama. I started that day out by waking up slightly early to look over my notes for my last exam of the fall term. I then went to the U of M so I could study for the exam with my friends, and I am confident that I did well on this one.

After the exam was over I called Karen Williams, a family friend, and I met up with her and her family for dinner before I left to go to Arizona. That was a lot of fun, we went to Chili’s in Roseville and one of the employees was a girl I had in my Org Comm class, while one of the male employees was simply checking me out. He appeared to be way too young for me, and on top of that he was not really my type.

When I finished eating dinner I made my way over to Katie and Tony’s apartment to begin the birthday celebrations. We started the night out going to Bennigens in Maplewood, and then went to the Gay 90’s, the night ended back at the apartment. The real story, however is what we did, but what happened in between the places we went.

As we were leaving Bennigens it was this huge headache to figure out who was going to drive. Katie did not want to drive, but was willing. I felt bad that she was going to have to drive there anyway but unfortunately it was out of my control. It is not my fault my first 2 for 1 margarita that I was splitting with someone had a hair in it. And it is not my fault that when they brought me a new one it brought me TWO new ones.

Anyway we finally figured we would take Katie’s car and her sister Molly’s car. On the way to the gas station to pick up some cigarettes we ran into some trouble. I was in Molly’s car with Molly, Tony, and his friend Jenny. Suddenly we came upon something in the road that looked like it would be ok if we drove over it. It was not until we got closer that we saw it was a tire that had somehow gotten left in the middle of the road. This gave us a flat tire. My first instinct was to get the tire out of the road but I settled on my second instinct, working on changing the tire. It’s a good thing I did not go immediately to the tire because there was another car right behind us that also hit the tire. Had I gone to the tire first the other car would have hit me as well.

After a little more drama we were on the road again in Katie’s car and in Tony’s other friend Barb’s car. We go to the club great, except Barb’s car kept making this awful noise. She told us it was her struts and that she just needed to get them replaced.

At the club of course Tony got drunk, and was made fun of by the drag queens. Some people even stoles his clothes for a short while…now who could they have been?

As we were leaving we were walking across mall where two of us got honked at by a bus because they did not look before they crossed the intersection. As I looked back no one informed me of the tree I was about to walk into…my head is still a little sore.

On the way home once the people in Katie’s car hit the 35W going north we got a call from the other car. “Hey we have a flat.” (As if they were contagious) So we turn around and get back on 35W. As we are crossing the bridge we saw something really odd, and it took it a second to register in our heads what was going on. It’s a good thing we had a 100% sober driver that night or we may not have been able to avoid that car that was heading directly at us. There were actually two cars headed down the wrong way that night. I am thinking the first one was drunk and the second was simply following.

We ended up waiting at Bobby and Steves for some time until we were finally able to head back to the apartment and go to sleep.

December 22, 2004

My Christmas Epiphany

This is a thought I happened upon the other day as I was driving. I believe this thought may help many people deal with the holiday season if someone important to them has died because of an illness around this time of year.

It is my belief that the people we care about that pass are always looking out for us, and guiding us in our decisions from heaven. (Or your religions equivalent of heaven) However, when the anniversary of their passing is among those of us still living that loved one no longer is watching us from heaven for they are able to be directly near us. We may not notice them, but their presents may be felt.

Therefore if you have a loved on who has passed on Christmas or relatively close to Christmas, this is not a time a year for you to be depressed. If anything, you should be celebrating the holiday season more than any of us, for that person you loved so dearly gave you the best Christmas present in the world. They gave you their presence so that you would not have spend another holiday season without them.


December 17, 2004

The Hardest Entry Ever.

Two years ago, on April 13th I went to go get coffee at Vera's with my friend Jer. We ended up running into this guy he knew and going off to a party with him. The guy like a good guy, but looks can be deceiving.

So we had a few drinks with this guy and his other friends at this one party, when we suddenly decided that we were going to go to another party. Jer and I got pretty drunk here, and we ended up going into a hot tub. The guy we met at Vera's did not join us in the hot tub, but some of his other friends did.

When this party was over both Jer and I were too drunk to drive, so his friend said we could stay the night over at his house, we then proceeded to drive over there.

When we got to his house we all talked for a little while and then we decided that we should go to bed. It was decided that Jer and this guy would sleep in the king size bed and I would sleep in the living room on the couch.

After I was about to drift off to sleep the guy comes into the living room and says, "Are you ok on the couch, there is plenty of room in the bed, its king size." I replied that I was fine, but he persisted that I come into the bed because I was tall, and he felt bad that I was sleeping on the couch.

I gave in....

When I joined Jer and the other guy in the bed Jer was practically sleeping so I slid in next to him, which would put me in the middle. The guy and I sat up talking for awhile and then I rolled over and went to bed.

I woke up in the middle of the night in such severe pain that it caused me to immediately pass out again. When I came to I realized the guy had taken it upon himself to pull down my pants and....(I really do not feel the need to say the rest) All I could think to myself was, "what is going on?" And "I just want this to be over with as soon as possible"

I should have pushed him off me, I should have told him to stop, and I should have never gotten into that bed in the first place.

This is not a story I generally share with people, but that guy....my rapist has reemerged in my life. Suddenly an event that I pushed so far into the back of mind is being relived as if it were yesterday.

This guy who has caused me so much pain not only emotionally but physically as well is now dating my ex, my friend...Tony.

I met him again last night at Katie and Tony's apartment. Katie and I had plans to go out to The Bird Night Club for dollar drinks and tube shots. Tony got home from work shortly after I arrived at the apartment. While Tony was getting ready for his plans his new boyfriend was about to arrive.

I had heard a couple things from Katie about him, that there was something about him that she just didn't like...little did I know I would be able to put the icing on the cake.

When I saw him walk in, in my minds eye I went right back to his apartment two years ago watching him get cleaned up after he did what he did. I could not wait for them to leave so I could tell Katie what was bothering me...It was pretty apparent that I was extremely uncomfortable.

When Katie left I told her what happened and she found it a little hard to believe at first. Then we called Jer, who I haven't talked to in a long time. I asked him what the guys name was who had raped me, and without me even saying what I thought it might be Jer confirmed it...Brandon.

This obviously put a damper on the rest of the evening, because Katie and I were trying to decide the best way to tell Tony. We finally decided that I would sit down with him in the morning and tell him myself.

Having to do this crushed me; I had seen how happy Tony seemed the night before. This would obviously have a huge impact with the direction of that happiness. Tony is also going through a hard time right now because his Grandfather is close to passing away. There is also the stress of the Holidays and his closely approaching 21st birthday, in which Tony would like both Brandon and I to be there. (Before I told him anyway)

So this morning when everyone woke up, I sat down with Tony and told him that I had something to tell him that he was not going to want to hear, but he needed to hear it. I reminded him of the events of that night and what happened afterward, and then I pulled the floor out from beneath him.

He didn't say anything, he was too shocked. He just titled his head back and then stared of into space. I feel like shit for telling him now, I really have crushed him and I don't know how to deal with the guilt I am feeling.

If only I wouldn't have gone into that bed. If only I would have had anything to drink that night. There are many things that I could have done and should have done differently, but I cannot change what happened.

I am so sorry for having to do this to Tony, and now I am feeling like I made the wrong decision.

December 15, 2004

To Help Cope W/ Finals Stress

So I have nothing better at the moment to do or talk about, so i thought i would show you all some funny pictures...enjoy.

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3. Talk about old!!
4. hmmm, i wonder what it going through his head right now!
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6. This one is a bit naughty!
7. Mona Lisa the MILF?
8. I'm speechless.
9. Bitch all I wanna do is take a fucking nap!
10. umm....yeah
11. I wonder if this is true?
12. Wow thats shity. Next time I am having a bad day at work i think i will look at this.
13. My old friend Jer did this once.
14. Wow.... I am confused.
15. I've actually seen this one before but its too good not to have on here!
16. This person really should have payed better attention.
17.
18. Einstein's dog
19. Its just one of those days.

20. And finally to really capture the feeling behind finals week...Its just too bad I hate cats.

So which picture did you like the best.

WAIT I HAVE ONE MORE! Let this spur a discussion. Even though I am gay and I think if we want to we should be allowed in the military....this is just funny!!

Just remember kids, while your on break to be safe! Drink Responsibly!

December 14, 2004

Crazy Break Plans!!

I just finished my ASL final, and it was a bit more difficult than I thought it was going to be, but I am sure I did fine. This means that I only have two more finals to go, and then there is a nice long break followed by the semester from hell.

This x-mass I am going to visit my Mom in Azrizona.

We will actually be spending Christmas Day in California.

Before that though is Tony's 21st b-day!. We plan on getting him incrediulously drunk.

As you can see it is going to be a crazy week. And then when I get back there is always Dave's New Years Eve Party!!

December 09, 2004

Sarcasm

I would like to take this opportunity to tell people that this blog is laced with sarcasm.

I just responded to a comment written by Pete on my entry called "Haves and Have Nots." Here is what Pete had to say.

You must be a victim of the same downfall, as a human.

There are always disrespectful people in the world, not just at the University of Minnesota. You need to realize that not all people are selfish pricks; many people devote their lives to caring for those less fortunate. Yes, some will do it just to put it on their resumé, some will cut in front of lines, some will leave their computers without logging out, some will massacre millions of Jews. Unfortunately, that is the result of imperfect individuals living in an imperfect society in an imperfect world.

Deal. Personally, I would have told them off; they'll never learn unless you tell them society frowns on their actions.

And I responded.

Yes, telling them off would have been possibly the better choice. However, I would much rather talk about how much it bothers me in an online blog and not do anything to better society.

I am only writing this because I realize now that perhaps some people are not aware of my sense of humor. I am not saying Pete does not get it, but I realized that if someone was stumbling onto this site for the first time they might not get it.

Nothing Like a Warm Scrotum!

I am thinking perhaps all gay people should be moving to Canada.

If you have not already heard Canada will more than likely be the first country to redefine marriage to be between two people who love each other, whether they be one man and one woman or two men.

I also just heard that all you lap top users better not be using your lap top on your lap because the heat that your portable computer gives off could effect your ability to successfully reproduce. However if you are like me and you, A) don't plan on having kids or B) if you have kids plan to adopt, please by all means enjoy the way the laptop slowly warms your scrotum!

The Haves And The Have Nots

I am on a computer in Coffman Union right now and something happened while I was waiting to get on one that really irked me.

This asshole who was at least three people behind me in what has had to be the longest line for a comouter I have ever waited in went up to the computer to look to see if the computers that are hidden on the screen were taken.

Thats fine that he wanted to see about that, then he saw a spot where someone was logged in but no one was sitting there at the moment, so he came back to the line grabbed his things and went and sat down at the empty computer.

EXCUSE ME!!!!! Not only did he budge in front of me, but also in front of three other people who were ahead of me in line!!!

1. We waited so you can wait as well!
2. He must apparently think that we prefer to spend our time waiting in a line for a freaking computer!

If there was a spot like this open in the computer lab the poliet thing to do would be to tell the person who was at the front of the line to take that computer.

Too bad the people who go to this school are only looking out for themselves and for thier own needs. Sure you may say that students at the University like to volunteer at places like a food shelter, but the only reason they are doing it is to put in on thier resume. They are using the poor in order to get themselves ahead, thus widening the gap between the haves and the have nots.

This is human nature, it has always been and will always be. We are not willing to do anything for others unless it will benefit us as well.

December 08, 2004

Next Years Rent, This Years Rent, RENT RENT RENT RENT RENT

So starting this month my dad wants to charge me rent to live at the house. He only wants to charge me $150 per month which is not bad at all. However, why would I want to spend money to live in my dad's house? If I am going to pay to live somewhere I would much rather it be my own place.

You may be asking why my Dad is suddenly going to start charging me rent.
List of possible reasons:

1. (this is what he told me) He has been maxing out his credit card ever since my sister had moved with him, and he can no longer keep doing so.
REBUTTAL: My sister lived in the house for four months with my Dad and he charged her nothing, in that case shouldn't I have until the end of this month?

2. Today he asked me if he c ould borrow $40. Because he owes me $939 from last spring semester I told him that the piggy bank was closed. In a fit of anger he may have decided to start charging me rent as an ultimate revenge!
REBUTTAL: Grow up! Your almost 50 years old its time to stop acting like a baby! You have also owed me close to a thousand dollars for almost one year! I could start charging you intrest.

3. (Very unlikley) You may remember a recent entry when I told you I got drunk at my Aunt's bonfire party and basically confirmed what they knew all along, that I am a queer, homosexual, gay, faggott (whichever you prefur). Perhaps my Dad caught wind of this and this is his nice way of telling me "I don't want no queers living in my house"

Whatever the case maybe I am looking to move out this summer...Anyone know of any places close to campus that are cheap, but still nice?

December 07, 2004

Slutty Drunk

This entry was prompted by a comment in Joe's blog. Joe went the 90s the other night and had himself some beverages. A comment posted in his blog commented on how he apparently told this guys boyfriend that he wanted to have a three some with him...Or something to this extent. This is why the entry is entitled "Slutty Drunk"

Slutty Drunk can best be defined as the level of intoxication when all of your pent up sexual frustrations explode from your body. Sometimes slutty drunk is acted upon (last new years eve for me) and sometimes it is just talked about (Joe). The funny thing about slutty drunk is that it seems like such a great idea at the time but then the next day you regret it. (me on new years day) Why?

I wish I could get slutty drunk one night. Of course I hope to not act on this level of drunkedness, but it would be fun to simply get wasted at a club and then have some kind of large story to tell the next day.

That is all.

December 04, 2004

Underage? Come to Eagan!!

Hey kiddies,

Looking for a great place to get your underage drink on? Well look no further because apparently you could go almost anywhere in Eagan and possibly get served!

On Thursday night the police were out doing stings around the area where the restaurant I work at is (off 35E and Cliff Road). I am not sure exactly which restaurants were hit by the sting except for a few of the ones that failed.

1. Jay Doolittle's Air Cafe (off cedar/77 and Cliff)
2. Casper’s Cherokee Sirloin Room (off cedar/77 and Cliff)
3. Axel's Bonfire (mile and a half east from 35e and Cliff)

Yes that is correct, the restaurant I work at was stung on Thursday night and we failed. The people apparently looked as though they were of age, proceeded up the bar and order a drink from one of the bartenders; she/he was not carded.

This is incredibly bad for the restaurant because this is the third sting we have failed in the time we have been open (3 years tomorrow) and all of them have been within the last year.

We got lucky on second one which was thrown out in court because the underage person vocally claimed they were 21 when confronted. This is a no no. However, this fact may get over looked and we may possibly have to shut down for one week.

This is incredibly bad timing seeing as what time of year it is. The restaurant and all the employees who work there cannot afford to be shut down for one entire week. Yes the restaurant is doing pretty well, but one week’s worth of loss is huge!

I believe if we get another one we would have to close down for a month and we could possibly loose out liquor license. The owners have already said that if it came to loosing the liquor license we would all be looking for new jobs because there would be no point in staying open to sell juice with a 16 oz Prime Rib.

So remember this, my underage comrades...
Not 21 yet?? Who the fuck cares, come party it up Eagan style!!!

Peace out homies!!

December 03, 2004

Worries!!!

I have no money. This is a problem because I have bills to pay and fun to have, what am I supposed to do this weekend? Although perhaps it would be smart of me to save my money for the next few weekends seeing as how I will be out of town for x-mas. That vacation may require some major moola.

I am incredibly excited for the end of the semester. Not only will I get to go on a vacation, but I will also have time to make money!!! The end of this semester means that credit wise I will be a senior!!! It also brings me to a total of two more semesters until I graduate!! Because I will be taking summer courses again this year, this means I will graduate almost exactly one year!!!

This thought excites me very much, yet at the same time scares the shit out of me. Where the hell am I going to end up working, will I end up working? Am I going to like my job? ARRRGGGGHHHH!! Thankfully those worries are a year away so I don't really have to stress out about them now.

Sorry that this has been probably the most boring blog entry to date.

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