1.20.2010

The whats up

So apparently there are a lot of new things with me. Thats just what people tell me. It all kind of seems the same to me. Dont get me wrong, I am excited with the changes but they just pale in comparison.
For starters I moved out of the parents house. I moved a whole 6 blocks away. I just cant bring myself to move out of Lower North. I moved in with some friends so gone are the days of my own kitchen and bathroom. However they are a little more entertaining than my parents (sorry but its true) and the cats.
I got into grad school at MNSU or MSU or whatever you want to call it. I am in the geography It graduate program and I am taking classes for a Graduate level certificate in GIS. So Ill break down GIS for everyone right now to clear things up. Simply put GIS is computer mapping and analysis. The certificate program is designed to familiarize students with the different ways to make maps and different software to use. Right now I have 2 classes. One is cartography. A class I didnt take at Gustavus and now they are making me take it for my certificate. Fine whatever. The reason I didnt take it at Gustavus was because I didnt think I would learn anything new. So now I get to hang out with a bunch of undergrads and learn how to make maps. Should be fun and dare I say.... really pretty easy. I hope. The other class I have right now is Issues in Geographic Techniques. It consists of field trips. Thats pretty much it. That and writing papers. This class is full of thesis track masters people and me. Quite the opposite end of the spectrum but I should learn a lot from these people. We will be going to places where people use technology to make maps and use GIS and all that cool stuff. So its all exciting. I forgot how much I love going to class, wandering around on a college campus people watching, and messing around on computers making maps.
I am also working. 2 days of class a week wont explain being unemployed. I deliver pizza for Toppers Pizza. I have been doing it for maybe 2 months now and its not bad at all. I work about 20 hours a week and make some sweet tips from all the stingy college kids. No sarcasm there, I actually make awesome tips because we deliver a shit load of pizza. So most of the time I am driving, listening to The Current, BBC news, KFAN, whatever doesnt suck. Which is sometimes everything. If im not driving I am taking orders from people on the phone which is occasionally hilarious but most often pedestrian. And then I wash dishes and fold boxes. I still havent mastered the art of pizza box folding but I dont really try. Some kids are rediculous at it.

Oh and I am hopefully getting another job so I dont have to donate plasma anymore, going to San Diego over spring break and getting another tattoo probably within a month or so. Ill explain that later. Im tired of blogging.