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Don't you love it when you clean out something and find a bunch of your old crap that you had forgotten about?
I love it when that happens! Except then I spend the next quarter of an hour playing with it / reading it / finding somewhere to put it.
 
I love not being sick. First time I've been able to sing in theory for a week now. :)

And I was just informed about a beach trip this Friday, so that'll be fun after this week of chaos, tests all over the place, speeches, and other assorted college junk.
 
I love it when that happens! Except then I spend the next quarter of an hour playing with it / reading it / finding somewhere to put it.

Clothing! It's all gotta go through the laundry before I have to figure out where to put it.
 
I have finally accounted for all my books, and organized them via Excel.

Here they are for your viewing pleasure!
Italics denote books I have read, bold denotes books I am in the process of reading.

Spoiler :
Abdo, Genieve No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
Adams, Douglas The Complete Hitchiker's Guide
Adkins, Rot Nelson's Trafalgar
Allston, Aaron Star Wars X-Wing: Iron Fist
Allston, Aaron Star Wars X-Wing: Solo Command
Allston, Aaron Star Wars X-Wing: The Starfighters of Adumar

Anderson, Kevin J. Star Wars: Darksaber
Anderson, Kevin J., Ed. Star Wars: Tales of the Bounty Hunters
Anderson, Kevin J., Ed. Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace

Arkin, William M. Research Guide to Current Military and Stratiegic Affairs
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
Baines, Keith Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Bao Ninh The Sorrow of War
Benjamin, Jules R. A Student's Guide to History
Berry, Steve The Romanov Prophecy
Botham, Noel The Book of Useless Information
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre

Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Brown, Dan Angels & Demons
Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code

Brown, Dan Digital Fortress
Browning, Christopher Ordinary Men
Burdick, Eugene and Wheeler, Harrey Fail-Safe
Caputo, Phillip A Rumor of War
Carroll, Lewis The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works
Cawthorne, Nigel The Strange Laws of Old England
Cervantes Don Quixote
Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Clancy, Tom The Hunt for Red October
Clancy, Tom Red Storm Rising
Clancy, Tom The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Clancy, Tom The Sum of All Fears
Clancy, Tom Net Force
Clancy, Tom Executive Orders
Clancy, Tom SSN
Clarke, Arthur C. The Challenge of the Sea
Clausewitz, Carl von On War
Coleman, Loren Magic: The Gathering, Bloodlines
Collins, Jim Good to Great

Cowley, Robert What If's? Of American History
Craig, Gordon Germany 1866-1945
Cutler, Thomas J. A Sailor's History of the US Navy
Dante The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno
Dante The Divine Comedy Volume 2: Purgatory
Dante The Divine Comedy Volume 3: Paradiso
Davis, Kenneth Don't Know Much About History
Davis, Paul and Holland Star Wars: The Glove of Darth Vader

DeGregorio, William A. The Complete Book of US Presidents
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Brothers Karamazov
Drinker-Bowen, Catherine Miracle at Philadephia

Dumas, Alexandre The Man in the Iron Mask
Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers
Dunn, Ross E. The Adventures of Ibn Batutta, a Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century
Emilio, Luis F. A Brave Black Regiment: The History of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Gelvin, James L. The Modern Middle East
Grubb, Jeff Magic: The Gathering. The Brother's War
Haggard, H. Rider King Solomon's Mines
Hardy, Thomas The Mayor of Casterbridge
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter

Henry, Rev. John P. These Forty Days
Homer The Iliad
Homer The Odyssey
Horne, Alstair A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1953-1961
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Howells, William Dean A Traveler From Altruria
Hugo, Victor Les Miserables
Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Icaza, Jorge The Villiagers (Huasipungo)
Irving, John The Hotel New Hampshire
Jesus, Carolina Maria de Child of the Dark
Jones, Edward P. All Aunt Hagar's Children

Judson, Theodore Fitzpatrick's War
Junger, Ernst Storm of Steel
Karlansky, Mark Salt: A World History
Kennedy, Hugh When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty
Kennedy, Hugh The Great Arab Conquests
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the ****oo's Nest
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering,Onslaught
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering, Legions
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering, Scourge

Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Books
Lan Cao Monkey Bridge
Larson, Gary Hound of the Far Side
Lewis, Anthony Gideon's Trumpet
Liddell Hart, B. H. The Classic Book on Military Strategy
Lucas, George Star Wars Trilogy

Luce, Edward In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India
Lyons, Michael J. World War II: A Short History
MacFarlane, Alan and Iris The Empire of Tea
Machiavelli, Niccolo The Art of War
Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto
Mason, Bobby Anne In Country

McCullough, David 1776
Melville, Hermann Moby Dick
Meyer, Leisa D. Creating G.I Jane
Mill, John Stuart On Liberty
Miller, John and Mokesly, Mark Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disasterous Relationship with France
Miller, Nathan Sea of Glory: A Naval History of the American Revolution
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Moore, Vance Magic: The Gathering, Odyssey
Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
North, Oliver War Stories II
O'Brian, Patrick Master and Commander
O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Perry, Steve Stars Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Petras, Ross and Katheryn The 776 Even Stupider Things Ever Said
Proulx, Annie The Shipping News

Ramsey, Dave Financial Peace
Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front
Rodriguez, Jaime E. Down From Colonialism
Rosseau, Jean-Jaques The Social Contract
Salvatore, Nick Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist
Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Imperial Presidency
Schweighofer, Peter, and Carey, Craig, Ed. Star Wars: Tales From the New Republic
Schweighofer, Peter, Ed. Star Wars: Tales From the Empire

Singer, P.W. Children at War
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: The Krytos Trap
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: The Bacta War
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
Sun Tzu The Art of War
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina
Townshend, Charles The Oxford History of Modern War
Tse-Tung, Mao On Guerilla Warfare
Tyers, Kathy Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura
Viorst, Milton Storm From the East
Virgil The Aeneid
Whiteman, John Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear: Buried Alive
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wolpert, Stanley A New History of India
x A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union

x The Arabian Nights
x Beowulf
x The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Period
x The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Era
x The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Twentieth Century

x The Holy Qur'an
x The Holy Bible
Seneca Letters From a Stoic

 
I have finally accounted for all my books, and organized them via Excel.

Here they are for your viewing pleasure!
Italics denote books I have read, bold denotes books I am in the process of reading.

Spoiler :
Abdo, Genieve No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
Adams, Douglas The Complete Hitchiker's Guide
Adkins, Rot Nelson's Trafalgar
Allston, Aaron Star Wars X-Wing: Iron Fist
Allston, Aaron Star Wars X-Wing: Solo Command
Allston, Aaron Star Wars X-Wing: The Starfighters of Adumar

Anderson, Kevin J. Star Wars: Darksaber
Anderson, Kevin J., Ed. Star Wars: Tales of the Bounty Hunters
Anderson, Kevin J., Ed. Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace

Arkin, William M. Research Guide to Current Military and Stratiegic Affairs
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
Baines, Keith Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Bao Ninh The Sorrow of War
Benjamin, Jules R. A Student's Guide to History
Berry, Steve The Romanov Prophecy
Botham, Noel The Book of Useless Information
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre

Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Brown, Dan Angels & Demons
Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code

Brown, Dan Digital Fortress
Browning, Christopher Ordinary Men
Burdick, Eugene and Wheeler, Harrey Fail-Safe
Caputo, Phillip A Rumor of War
Carroll, Lewis The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works
Cawthorne, Nigel The Strange Laws of Old England
Cervantes Don Quixote
Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Clancy, Tom The Hunt for Red October
Clancy, Tom Red Storm Rising
Clancy, Tom The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Clancy, Tom The Sum of All Fears
Clancy, Tom Net Force
Clancy, Tom Executive Orders
Clancy, Tom SSN
Clarke, Arthur C. The Challenge of the Sea
Clausewitz, Carl von On War
Coleman, Loren Magic: The Gathering, Bloodlines
Collins, Jim Good to Great

Cowley, Robert What If's? Of American History
Craig, Gordon Germany 1866-1945
Cutler, Thomas J. A Sailor's History of the US Navy
Dante The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno
Dante The Divine Comedy Volume 2: Purgatory
Dante The Divine Comedy Volume 3: Paradiso
Davis, Kenneth Don't Know Much About History
Davis, Paul and Holland Star Wars: The Glove of Darth Vader

DeGregorio, William A. The Complete Book of US Presidents
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Brothers Karamazov
Drinker-Bowen, Catherine Miracle at Philadephia

Dumas, Alexandre The Man in the Iron Mask
Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers
Dunn, Ross E. The Adventures of Ibn Batutta, a Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century
Emilio, Luis F. A Brave Black Regiment: The History of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Gelvin, James L. The Modern Middle East
Grubb, Jeff Magic: The Gathering. The Brother's War
Haggard, H. Rider King Solomon's Mines
Hardy, Thomas The Mayor of Casterbridge
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter

Henry, Rev. John P. These Forty Days
Homer The Iliad
Homer The Odyssey
Horne, Alstair A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1953-1961
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Howells, William Dean A Traveler From Altruria
Hugo, Victor Les Miserables
Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Icaza, Jorge The Villiagers (Huasipungo)
Irving, John The Hotel New Hampshire
Jesus, Carolina Maria de Child of the Dark
Jones, Edward P. All Aunt Hagar's Children

Judson, Theodore Fitzpatrick's War
Junger, Ernst Storm of Steel
Karlansky, Mark Salt: A World History
Kennedy, Hugh When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty
Kennedy, Hugh The Great Arab Conquests
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the ****oo's Nest
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering,Onslaught
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering, Legions
King, J. Robert Magic: The Gathering, Scourge

Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Books
Lan Cao Monkey Bridge
Larson, Gary Hound of the Far Side
Lewis, Anthony Gideon's Trumpet
Liddell Hart, B. H. The Classic Book on Military Strategy
Lucas, George Star Wars Trilogy

Luce, Edward In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India
Lyons, Michael J. World War II: A Short History
MacFarlane, Alan and Iris The Empire of Tea
Machiavelli, Niccolo The Art of War
Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto
Mason, Bobby Anne In Country

McCullough, David 1776
Melville, Hermann Moby Dick
Meyer, Leisa D. Creating G.I Jane
Mill, John Stuart On Liberty
Miller, John and Mokesly, Mark Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disasterous Relationship with France
Miller, Nathan Sea of Glory: A Naval History of the American Revolution
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Moore, Vance Magic: The Gathering, Odyssey
Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye
North, Oliver War Stories II
O'Brian, Patrick Master and Commander
O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Perry, Steve Stars Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Petras, Ross and Katheryn The 776 Even Stupider Things Ever Said
Proulx, Annie The Shipping News

Ramsey, Dave Financial Peace
Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front
Rodriguez, Jaime E. Down From Colonialism
Rosseau, Jean-Jaques The Social Contract
Salvatore, Nick Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist
Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Imperial Presidency
Schweighofer, Peter, and Carey, Craig, Ed. Star Wars: Tales From the New Republic
Schweighofer, Peter, Ed. Star Wars: Tales From the Empire

Singer, P.W. Children at War
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: The Krytos Trap
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: The Bacta War
Stackpole, Michael A. Star Wars X-Wing: Isard's Revenge
Sun Tzu The Art of War
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina
Townshend, Charles The Oxford History of Modern War
Tse-Tung, Mao On Guerilla Warfare
Tyers, Kathy Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura
Viorst, Milton Storm From the East
Virgil The Aeneid
Whiteman, John Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear: Buried Alive
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wolpert, Stanley A New History of India
x A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union

x The Arabian Nights
x Beowulf
x The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Period
x The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Era
x The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Twentieth Century

x The Holy Qur'an
x The Holy Bible
Seneca Letters From a Stoic


that's quite a list.

I'd suggest reading The Fountainhead.... I LOVED that book (possibly my favorite), even though I don't totally agree with Ayn Rand's philosophy (if you don't like that book, you might like Anthem, its A LOT shorter, and is possibly my least favorite book)
 
The spider I have trapped has made a weird web inside the glass.
 
I dunno, it's tan colored, very small. I don't think it could bite me if it wanted to. The ceiling is painted white so I could see it really easy. I also have an irrational territory complex when it comes to my room, so sometimes I capture and keep spiders for a little while.
 
Love is a beautiful, intricate, precious thing.
I feel like I'm just now realizing the extent of how amazing the concept of love truly is.

And now I'm headed back out to the church to stargaze with the most amazing people I've ever met.
 
I just had the most ridiculous conversation with a homeless guy. I pass him and his cart on my way home from work every morning, and from time to time we'd make eye contact or I'd say hi or something.

Today though, he stopped me and struck up a conversation. At first he wondered where I was going, but it quickly devolved into an incoherent babble about "his companies" and millions of dollars and a lot of other things I didn't quite catch. Then he asked what I was studying. Following my reply he proceeded to tell me what I should do with my life and also about a judicial administrative conspiracy in the 70s where people in California were retiring at the age of 45 and that didn't seem right. He finally settled on police commissioner, and said it seemed to fit my character (which he described in great detail. Apparently, he knows me better than I do) and that I'd fit nicely into that niche, although its hard to guess niche jobs because of their natural specificity. All of this was interspersed with jumbled, random comparisons and lines of reasoning that made no sense whatsoever. Eventually, he "had to let me go" because he had places to be.

Some people might call this a rant, but it sure brightened up my dull morning :lol:
 
It's back to school night today, and that always leads to funny stories.
 
My workload is massively huge, I just committed to a huge workload by joining the honors program, important events are happening simultaneously, and yet I don't care at all. I'm totally psyched about the future.
 
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