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So, the holidays are (technically) over by now. It’s December 26, the day after Christmas, and retail was booming all day. I wrote an earlier post (way long time ago, click here) about how to act in public. Consider this post a follow-up, social behavior training for the masses.

Step 1: Approaching Employees
When you enter a retail store, you are typically “browsing” or “need help.” Should you fall into the latter category, clearly you need to speak with an employee. They can generally be identified by say, bright red shirts and name tags. Should you need clarification, …

This past Sunday evening, I took part in one of the coolest things that’s happened in my time at JMU. Nate casually mentioned this “ECL rave” at Sarah’s party, and proceeded to invite us all on Facebook. The rave was modeled after a “flash mob” type of event at the University of North Carolina last year. UNC had about 3,000 people in attendance, and the goal was supposedly to break the 3k mark.

Ben did some research and figured out that our East Campus Library at JMU is one-fourth the size of the UNC library. Clearly, 3,000 people wouldn’t fit. Regardless, …

It’s Saturday, almost 6 in the evening. I’m leaving in about an hour to go “ice fishing” with the MM guys. My poor car. I beat on it, especially in the snow. Fortunately it’s never left me stranded somewhere. Major knock on wood here.

I finished out my last week of classes yesterday, came home and opened up my eMate that came in the mail. I’m hoping to use it in the spring for note-taking; having the internet at my disposal in class is too distracting and I end up missing large chunks of whatever’s being said. I have all of …

Courtesy of CollegeHumor… and I can see how it’s so true for so many people.

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The TV is on, set to ESPN. They’re showing some football game that I don’t care for, but the remote is a good six feet away, and I can’t be bothered to retrieve it and change the channel.

My hellacious week of projects and papers is finally over. I turned in my seven (eight, barely) page paper this morning, and now I’m in the clear for at least a few days. Quite the nice feeling.

I went with Ben and Sarah to dinner tonight. We did some work in Harrison post-nachos, and I started looking up classes for the spring semester, as …

I just spent the better part of an hour reading through my old blog posts. I had to code the “Archive” PHP file, and that led to testing, which led to reading, and then I couldn’t stop.

Man, have things changed in two years. I feel like I’ve figured out who my friends should be and I have my “in crowd” now. I’m still close with my MRD friends, but we’re all making friends with similar interests and talents at this point.

And holy crap, look at my involvement with Madison Motorsports. I went from the freshman-who-went-go-karting to being a leader of …

Found on the interwebs, I take no credit… but they’re all so true!

1. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

2. More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

3. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

4. I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to have fun.” Great, no one does. …