maybe...

i think i might not go to uc davis and just go to hawaii instead and pursue marine biology.

it's very much so a serious thought and i have professor tune at columbia college to thank for resparking my interest in biology and christopher moore for making me wonder when the humpback whale's song is all about....

that was hell

so the other day, me, adam, and matt decided to go rafting in knights ferry. we picked an area that the rafting companies take families on, thinking that we wouldn't hit the rapids that the stanislaus us famous for (i didn't learn this until after the incident..)

as it turned out, they were flushing the river so that the salmon could spawn and it was higher up and stronger than usual that day, this we also didn't learn until afterwards.

we got to some rapids that sounded too strong for out wal-mart style rafts to handle, so we pulled off to the side to get out and walk around them. just as we pull to the side, the current is too strong and carries me away in the boat.

it ends up flipping over on my head and the raft being a shitty raft, has loops for rope to go through and tie together so that the boat can be lifted out easily. but because the rope isn't long enough, i had to tie it to the boat. and because the loops weren't completely closed, the rope came out and wrapped around my neck as the ends tied to the boat were pulling me down river and choking me.

so adam and matt are hanging onto ta tree and adam lets go to get me. he pulled the rope off my neck and it took a couple seconds for me to stop choking.

then we had to have matt pull me while i pushed with my legs against a tree and adam was pushing me to get out of the water.

by the time we all got out of the water, matt lost his keys, wallet (which had a nice chunk of change), and backpack. i lost my shoes, my pants were torn, and now i have a scratch on my stomach the rivals in length to my other stomach scar. adam lost his shoes, a shirt, and our cooler. somehow through it all, adam still had his wallet and keys and one of his shirts didn't get too soaking wet.

so matt went out ahead of us and me and adam stayed behind as we had no shoes and couldn't climb over the blackberry vines as easily as matt. we also happened to land in a mosquito nesting ground and were promptly covered in the bugs. while i was wiping them off of adam, they all attacked behind my knees and my back.

we walked for about twenty minutes and found some people that were a touch drunk who drove us to the road. but she wouldn't drive us two miles more to adam's car. so we stared walking along the road and had a couple people pass us without offering help. finally this guy and his wife stop and come back with a truck and take us to adam's car. we didn't get home until after ten at night and had to call locksmiths to open up matt's truck, which didn't happen until the day.

all in all, i almost died, matt lost most of his life, and adam got a couple scratches. thinking back on it, if we had worn life jackets, matt and adam wouldn't have been able to grab onto the trees and pull me out of the water, so i'm not too tore up about not wearing them.

but yeah, that was my hellish day of rafting in knights ferry. we've all decided on a couple things 1:the next time we go rafting, don't buy them or oars from walmart 2: if there aren't rafting trips going on in knights ferry, ask why 3: don't bring your keys and wallet with you 4: don't buy rafts or any outdoor equipment from wal-mart, because it's usually crap and will most likely kill you if you follow the directions.

college updates

i have been rejected from berkeley and though i was expecting it, i'm still dummed.

now the search for a place to live is under way.

i've come to realize that there is way too many forms to fill out that ask for the same info. wouldn't the uc system save time, money, and energy if everything were on one form? i'm sure it would save frustration on the students part as well...

college ranting

adam's brother matt has moved in with us for the time being and i'm still having a hard time getting used to living with two guys that eat a lot.

i have yet to hear from berkeley on the status of my application, and i have to have my intent to register in by june 1st. i hate cutting it so close...

i have discovered that i hate most of the valley and the idiots how stole my face plate to the stereo. but that's alright, because we got it back and now they know not to mess with our stuff.

i took a trip down to davis recently and found that it sucks, but i might have to go there anyways. hopefully i can find someone that isn't stuck up that i can relate to and possibly make friends with, but i doubt it.

though on the bright side, there is some tasty sushi there, just not as good as berekely...

i've discovered what it truly means to be a starving college student trying to make next months rent, and it sucks ass. i wish when parents talk to you about moving out, they would say stuff other than "i think this is the worst mistake you could ever make" ( i truly think that moving out was the smartest move possible..) and actually talk about stuff like "you have to wash dishes at least once a week or they smell bad", or "laundromats suck you dry, so make every load count." but no, they decide to tell you that you're stupid and not say why.

oh well, at least my momma in hawaii and here in california are helping me out without being bitchy and judgemental :)

cotton wood and halo

i've discovered two things today.

first of all, i love cotton wood, as i'm one of the few that isn't allergic to it, i love watching it drift in the wind and have named a few wayward tuffs fluffy and tuffy when they come into the car.

second, these new computers at the college make halo muchos easier and the graphics = heaven.

woot woot

the final grades are in, and i will be getting my aa degree sometime in june (whenever they decide to print them out...)but still...woot woot.