As of this past friday night, I am now a resident in Arlington, MA. At least for the summer anyway. I have a nice little cozy spot in the basement of Julie's house. I have my own little tv and dresser and bookcase and beside table, its all quite peachy. My only complaint is that it gets pretty cold at night and in the morning. Julie's parents haven't been here since I got here, so we'll see how things go when they get back on tuesday. I'm sure it'll be fine.

This morning I went to Trinity Church for service. I'm so proud of myself! I left the house at 10 past 8 to start making my way to Copley Sq. If you know me well enough, you know that I am not a morning person, but it was worth it. Trinity is so gorgeous... and they're almost done with taking down all of the scaffolding in and around the church. I can't wait till it's all down, it'll be gorgeous. I also got to say hi to Mike (Dangelo), which was fun, he's such a great guy. I must admit that I was surprised by how high church the service was. It was so easy for me to fall into the rhythm of the service, being raised Roman Catholic and all. It was really nice though, I thoroughly enjoyed the service.

My classes start either this upcomming tuesday or next monday. To review, I had a lot of problems registering for classes at UMB, and by the time I tried registering for the third time, both the lecture and all of the labs were full. Option number two: Northeastern. I registered for the class, but apparently that was just an application. There wasn't even a section to submit payment. They said I would get something shortly in the mail, but I still ahven't recieved anything. I tried to call them, but every time there was no answer and the person's mailbox was full. So I'm pretty much in the dark. I've decided that I'm going to crash the UMB A&P class in hopes that someone will drop it and I can get in. The lecture is really no problem, but I'm really worried about the lab. The lab that I wanted to be in also starts on tuesday, so that could be a problem. Wish me luck with that.

It's time to go and be more prodcutive, so here's a little something to leave you occupied... Merriam-Webster has published a list of favorite non-words, here are the top ten:

1. ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
2. confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
4. chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends
5. cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you're on the highway
6. gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription."
7. phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
8. slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
9. snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
10. lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms
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