They can take all of me, but they won't ever take what I still believe.

Woke up this morning to a fresh start from the anxiety of the ECE midterm, only to greet the anxiety of my upcoming calc 3 midterm. I need to stop worrying so much and start enjoying life while I have it.

Professor Lubin, my calc prof, made me smile today. During lecture we were discussing how to get the area of a shape in a polar coordinate system, and he asked us what we should refer to a particular shape as. He said he called it a polar rectangle. I asked him to call it a polar bear, and he referred to it as such for the rest of the class. It was hilarious because the first time he went to say it, it seemed as though it was painful for him to refer to it as a polar bear.

I guess it's the little things in life that can mean the most when it's 10 am and you're already having a bad day.

The good news is it's supposed to thunderstorm today and I LOVE thunderstorms. The other good news is I get to see Jon tonight. The final piece of good news is that I'm alive and that every day is a gift.

PS, I wanted to kill Echo this morning. He views my laptop as a jungle gym and while I was starting my day he kept messing up the music that was playing in my Zune library. Lame cat.

I have re-discovered All Time Low (a band). It's delightful. I've also recently come across a band called "The Wedding" and I LOVE them.

Oh, I am in the process of potentially trying to set up a concert in August/September for Union Board as a sort-of "welcome back to school" shenanigan (spelling? I'm feeling too apathetic to consult dictionary.com). If I get my way, the band Call Me Constant (my friends from Ohio who played in the Bog the week after spring break in March) would be opening for a powerpop/rock band called "The Last November". Ellen is out of the office for a few days (Ellen is the Bog's faculty advisor for Union Board), but as soon as she gets back I will hopefully have more details for you.

OH! That reminds me. I don't think I ever gave a little spoof about what exactly UB is. Union Board is a student programming organization that is the primary planner for concerts, magicians, hypnotists, movies, etc. on campus. Any student can join and you can plan basically anything you want (granted you need approval for the event as well as approval by the Student Government Association and/or have the funds in the Student Activities Fund), so if there is a band you want to see play on campus get involved and set it up. If you are too lazy to, recommend it to someone you know who is in UB. Basically, there is usually at least one event a week, and DEFINITELY one event a month, planned for main campus. So on a Saturday night that there is a band playing in the Bog, I don't want to hear you say there is nothing to do. GO OUT! GET INVOLVED! We work hard to bring stuff to campus for our students, so enjoy what we plan! More info at ub.iit.edu.

Dang, blogging put me in a little bit of a better mood. It's nice to be able to forget your worries for a few minutes.

"Love the madness."