Hoo boy, I am going to have some sort of nightmare tonight.

So, in History, we're going through WW2, and today we talked briefly about the Holocaust. I was thinking, 'huh, only 2 slides -- she's gonna talk a lot.' Yeah no. Instead, we watched a French docu, called Night and Fog made in '54. And, she sorta vaguely warned us that this is 100% real, no bullshit like Schindler's List... I'm thinking it's gonna be sorta like a overview and stuff.

Hell to the fuckin' naw.

It was probably about... 20 minutes in that it really got Grimdark and... I really can't describe it -- but let me say this; I'm glad it wasn't in color or else I'd probably would've lost it. It like watching a really bad dream you couldn't wake up from immediately, like someone grabbing your eyes and pushing them in or something and y...

hmm. Maybe because of my imagination, I was probably desensitized and it was more like a 'holy shit, can it get any worse' moment that just went on. Of course, at the same time though... it made me think about an angle I was going at for Epsilon. I guess... it was inspiration? I know it's a little twisted of me but, we'll worry about that later down the road.

I was already in a bad mood; Mother Nature struck me down with the curse as soon as I walked out of the door to leave for school. Better then than in transit, and it wasn't like I wasn't prepared for anything. But the cramps, coupled with the film and I was all bothered really ruined the day for me. After it ended and we were allowed to go... I stated that it was just fucking depressing. It really, truly does. And, I remembered that when we were in Germany (back when it was East/West), Poppy patrolled near one of the former camps, and he said that it just felt like Death.

Anyway, to brighter news: I FINALLY got my FMJ situation straightened out. Here's what the issue was: they didn't have my color in -- out of stock. Of course, I had to go to the Live Support chat to figure that out (and the button was a little elusive itself) and after I told my situation, the person fixed it for me, and asked me what color I wanted. I got blue, of course. Chrome was my second choice...but that was quickly sold out a little afterwards. So, I got the Recieved email again, and this was around the 27th -- a week ago. A few hours ago, I got the email that it got shipped and the track#. I was slightly puzzled -- it listed it was still in Portland, a good... well it's far off from here. I F5'd that bitch every 20 minutes... and around 8:30 today, it's in Elliswood, GA, just outside Atlanta.

THAT'S NOT EVEN 2 HOURS AWAY FROM ME.

So, that moved up the expected delivery date to tomorrow, a full day ahead of schedule. Finally, I can really appreciate music again. Not that the iCon/Recruit didn't do well, its just that I had to be careful about my volume. But now... I've got my sanctuary back.

I'm getting my hair done tomorrow, so I'll swing by the house, and pick them up -- freshen up if I have enough time.

Yessss.

So, it's snowing outside. No, not that just a small brush of it... we're talking about snow, as in "Oh shit, this could be a problem..."

Ok, so I took this pic like... around 9:15, a little bit after I woke up. I thought, huh, alright... nothing substantial.

( lots of photos...of SNOW. )

I think that...the weather people kinda messed up on this. Like, they said just 1 inch or something and it turns out to be a lot more than what it should've been. I'm gonna hazard a guess that we probably got about 4 inches, and more on the way. I'm hoping there'll be cancellations for tomorrow, because this stuff is actually sticking to the roads now, and it's supposed to be like around 25degrees -- more than enough to freeze the roads. And you know how the South can't handle such weather like this, oh no. And if there isn't

The 'rents came home not long ago, and said that we probably did get a lot more -- in Monty, the ground was barely covered, well, compared to here.
 
I can't remember the last time I saw substantial snow... maybe back when I was in Louisiana, and we had like two icestorms in a month for two years.

I'm gonna call the first of March, the day freaky weather will happen. Two years ago, it was tornadoes. Hell, yesterday, we were in tornadic weather -- apparently I slept through a tornado. It was round 9 when I woke up to thunder, and Poppy called and told me that a tornado was heading my way and that shit got damaged in Auburn (ie, not that far, and my uni) like, cars got flipped over. Of course, I just vacated to the laundry room (clear cross the house...) and stayed there for about 30 mintues. I didn't hear any sirens, or that I slept through them I guess. I think I would've been good, considering I had thick covers over me.

And there was flash flooding -- when I went out to get supplies to cook hamburger helper -- and I thought 'holy shit this water' it was barely under the bridge, and the fact I had to cross two low bridges, and the river bridge was kinda scary. I think... we got 4-5 inches of rain in like 2ish days, and then snow...

Seriously though, I haven't been this excited about weather like this -- AND the chance of it actually happening and exceeding expectations?

Thank you Mother Nature, for not bullshittin' this time.

So last week, my FMJs that I got like two months ago shat out on me.

At school of all places. All I did was just it on the desk. It sounded like when you don't put in the plug all the way and you hear half of it, but when I pulled it out slightly, it sounded like it would if plugged in, but kinda distorted. After that happened... well, it just died. So of course, I am quite emo about this because I seriously hate listening to my own thoughts or random conversations. I listen to music to block out of that shit.

So, it wasn't until I got home I told poppy about this, and he was like "well you got that warranty, don'tcha?".

Honestly, that hadn't occurred in my mind in the slightest. But here's the problem; I wasted 10 bucks (and with that 10 bucks I could've gotten a TiTan) on a warranty that I really didn't need. Here's why: Skullcandy has a limited lifetime warranty, where if the product fails with any reason, or got broken with aggressive use (skateboarding, snowboard, etc), they'll repair it or replace it if it was discontinued. Well -- the second rule is 50% off next purchuse.

So I looked up a little blurb on this woman that sent her headphones in; it was outdated and they replaced them -- upgraded even at no charge. Now, that is awesome. And it's lifetime so... yeah. Long story short, I sent mine in on Friday -- First Class Parcel. Should get there on Monday; I hope I get a new set within the week, with the better driver since mine was a 9mm, and the new model is a 11mm.

In the meantime, I had to find a... suitable backup until said earphones come back. I had Koss over the ear headphones... yeah, I've been spoiled by SC and frankly, I don't know if I shall go back to another brand. With a warranty like that... nope. So, I bought today (after some pricing) I got the iCon headphones. These will now serve as my backup pair for whenever shit goes down.

So, my great-grandma died last week, but I wasn't able to make the funeral...from what I hear, it was a... interesting time. The wake alone was 3 1/2 hours, poppy told me. And the ride to the grave was 45 minutes one way. One way. Talk about dragging it out. Anyway, long story short, relatives are loaded. Oh, and my great-great-great grandma... she was basically a pimp. 40 cents for each person, which happened to be a lot back in the day. Saw her pic and, she's a bit of a hefty woman, and she sorta has this face that... how can I describe it? Like, she looks like a nice person, however, she will shank ya. And speaking of shank, I found out my grandpa was in a gang!

It really doesn't surprise me anymore, as he was a big, big man, killed a man by blowing his face off since he was basically trying to shank him and... yeah, some crazy shit that I can't think of right now. I'm convinced I come from a family of badasses, which gives me inspiration.

Combine with my Puerto-Rican ness and... yeah, I'm not a person to be reckon'd with. XD

So, I have been busy.

And by that, I mean I was seriously stressed out to the point I lost sleep over it. But, with some clever manuvering and thought out the most possible scenerios, I just kinda dropped it. My dad kinda sensed this and basically told me, 'even if you do get suspension, we'll still love you.'
Yeah, after the screaming and crying I bet.

...so I wasn't as optimistic as I thought. But! If I manage to get a D, i still get credit, even though it's like 1 point; better than a 0, and if I get 3 C's, that's 6 points. I already got a A in music (provided i don't screw up) and that's 4 points. That's 11 points. I know that's not much but it will get me out of warning/probation (wait, aren't they two different things?). If not... well. It'll probably take me about 4 and a 1/2 years to graduate. But, if I get through this, I have to complete my pre-eng shit, which will probably kill me. I failed to look at the 2 sciences completed and i pretty much failed geology, no lie. I have it as my core.

BUT!

I'm supposed to have a science elective thing going on, so, I'm gonna switch my Biology back to core and use Geology as my elective, if I can do that. That way, I can start from scratch on Biology (Intro to, Survey of Life), so I WON'T screw myself with the other biology. That was some Chemistry shit they threw in there. I can' remember all of those formulas. It sure as hell doesn't pertain to my major. I shouldn't complain because any other engineering major I would've taken Physics. The word itself hurts my head.

Now that we got that out of the way...

I just finished the greatest chapter of humankind last night. I'm still worried that I didn't put anything extra and I kinda summarized on that last part before 'it' happened. It's more of a freak accident. I had a hard time writing it down because... well, what I had thought was pretty damn outlandish. My imagination and muse had a fight, resulting in catastrophic creativity to spew out my ears. My mind couldn't take it. Anyway, I pretty much had to scrap the whole thing after the brief conversation. For once, I did not go dialouge crazy. Except the psyche out part. Ha ha. Hell, there's the line "I know you're not expecting me to make a long-winded bullshit about nothing." Ha! Genius. *pets Patrick* After the comment I got from the previous chapter, I was just nervous. It wasn't totally negative, but made me think a little more. (4 pages worth of mecha vs. man is NOT enough, and I KNEW it) After looking at the ending I wrote during Lecture - I have to keep myself awake somehow - when I was typing, it literally made me go 'what the hell did I just write?' I wrote myself a little note [the last paragraph does not exist, therefore ignored]. It just felt ridiculously cheap. I don't think I ever did that before.

I'm getting a lot further with Epsilon than I thought. Not much though. I know I'm gonna borrow an idea from Eureka 7; use episode titles for the chapter names. It won't be spoilerish at all, I don't think. Plus, it'll be fun.