Like Mountains in the Midwest

Let's just say I can't wait until next week when tutoring starts up! I'm so bored in between my classes on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Two hours in between!

So, I've made a recent discovery of the band "Owl City." I've been thinking forever that I need a new band to listen to, and the past couple times I've been in Andrew's car, he's played this one song (Designer Skyline) that I really like. Then I remembered all of Jen's away messages about Owl City, so I have youtubed them, and I am liking what I hear. Yay new music choices.

So, I've written a lot about this topic: what music will be oldies when we're old? I've decided that if nothing else, the following songs have staying power. Feel free to disagree: "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls, "How to Save a Life" and "Over my Head" by the Fray, "American Baby" by Dave Matthews Band, and I think "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional might have a chance. Also, at least one Creed song is going to make it, but I can't decide which one. I'm on the edge with the s0ng "All the Small Things" by Blink 182. Obviously it is not a *good* song, meaning it is clearly not a song of incredible depth or musical greatness, but I would bet 9 out of 10 people know it.

Speaking of music, yesterday I said something that I don't remember (which, in relation to this story is not important anyway) to which Andrew replied "I just learned what the song Skater Boy was really about!" I asked him to explain, worried that I've been misinterpreting the song for all these years (was there a hidden meaning no one ever told me? That's on my playlists for camp...should I take it off? Is it secretly innappropriate? These were the thoughts running through my head...) Andrew goes on to explain "So there was this skater boy, and this girl liked him but thought he wasn't good enough for her..." He went on to explain the entire song the way I (and everyone else in the world) has always understood it. It made my day. Oh, I heart my housemates.

I am happy to say that my two lovely Betta fish, Atticus and Scout, are still alive. I never really thought fish could be an entertaining pet, but they are making me laugh quite a bit. They have a divider between them (you know, so they don't eat each other which I hear Betta fish sometimes do). Well, this morning, I fed them and one of the food pellets on Scout's side stuck up against the divider. Atticus thought the food was on his side, so he spent about 3 minutes trying to eat it (and running into the divider trying to get it). I'm sure it would have gone on longer, but I didn't want him to hurt himself so I moved the piece of food closer to Scout. yay fish.

I have to say, the worst part about my class schedule is I don't know when to eat! I have a lunch and I want to eat it now, but it's only 10:15. I have class at 12 to 1:30, then again from 3:00-4:30. It's hard to decide which gap to eat in.

Speaking of food, I'm trying to see how long I can not eat meat. I've always wanted to try to be a vegetarian, so why not try now? I'm going to finish up the meat food I have at home already, but after that I doubt I'll buy any more meat products for a while.

I've been breaking out the old school game boy a lot with Pokemon blue. I am so frustrated with the tunnel to Cerulean City-I just can't seem to get through it! I can't beat Rocket! aghhhh! Obviously, getting Ivysaur to beat Rocket is the biggest problem in my life right now.