DAY 9

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 21, 2009
Tue 11:13 PM

Dr. Mary Albright: "I'll have a merlot."
Puzzled waitress: "What?"
Albright: "It's wine."
Waitress: "Well, I guess I could mix some blackberry schnapps and tap water."
Albright: "Keep them coming."

oh, 3rd rock from the sun, you are the funniest show ever to air on television. yes, in my hierarchy of television shows i put 3rd rock higher than even the simpsons- mainly because the simpsons has been on tv too long and the most recent seasons have sucked. and i gotta say that above dialogue is much funnier on the show because the look on alright's face and the waitress is just priceless. anyway, i saw that scene yesterday and it just makes me laugh so much i had to share it.

tuesday i have class all day, starts with a two and a half hour class and ends with a two and a half hour class, with two regular length classes stuck in the middle. long day. today i had an exam in my second class, it went ok, but its just a lot of random stuff to remember. but speaking of exams, today i found out i got a 100% on my financial institutions midterm last week. i'm pretty sure that's the first time that's happened in my entire college career. a 30/30, i thought it was a typo or something. i looked on the graph and the class average was around a 75%, so i really rocked it. and i gotta admit i was really surprised because i didn't exactly study my heart out. i did study, i'm not that big of a slacker, but i didn't study quite as intensive as i normally do. but you know, you take enough finance courses and everything starts to overlap. so i felt pretty good. not 100% good, but good.

anyway, good test scores aside i just really want to be done with college. now. i thought i've had senioritis since my sophmore year, but man it gets so much more intense your last semester. and i don't think it helps knowing that in exactly one month (well, one month and one day) i will depart for southern california. its kinda a happy graduation to me present. i was gonna go over spring break but it didn't quite work out, so i figured i have all the time in the world after graduation so i'll be there for almost two weeks! i can't wait!

speaking of southern california, the dvd in my player right now is beverly hills cop. great movie. i love the scene where axel first drives into beverly hills. the music, the expression of axel's face, everything is great in that scene. it doesn't matter what movie i watch, if it takes place in southern california it instantly gives me goosebumps and makes me want to move to california. i'll make it there someday, until then i'll have to settle for watching films set there and the occasional vacation. i've had some people tell me i'm crazy, and that i shouldn't live there. why? why shouldn't i live somewhere nice? i think too many people just stay where they're born and raised and never consider the fact that they can move elsewhere. and that's fine if they don't want to move, but i need more than wisconsin. and i hate snow. hate it. i love palm trees, the sight of palm trees brings instant relaxation to my body and soul. so, i get it, california isn't for everyone. but it is for me, and i want people to stop trying to talk me out of it.

california, and money. money would make me very happy. and i hate that saying, "money can't buy you happiness." what a load of crap. i'm sure for some people money can't buy them happiness, for me it sure as hell can. absolutely. 100%. that's why i'm a finance major, i like money and understanding it. money makes the world go around, and i think that saying money can't buy happiness is something rich people say to make poor people feel a little better. some people will think i'm selfish, or materialistic, or whatever. i'm just being honest, and i wish more people would be too. i'm not selfish, i'm definitly a little materialistic (but c'mon, isn't everyone in america?) but unlike so many others i'm a truthful person. and maybe i desire money because i have that which money cannot buy- a great family and great friends. maybe if i lacked those things i'd be singing a different tune, but i'm incredily fortunate to have great relationships in my life already. with money than i'd be able to do what i want, with the people i love. and i gotta say i'm already a very happy person the vast majority of the time, but being rich would be the cherry on top of my sundae of life.

that's it for now, hopefully tomorrow i get some cleaning done and a workout in before class and trivia. we'll see how that goes.

salbrent