Welcome Back to San Diego

Another winter has come and gone and my junior spring semester has commenced. I spent most of the winter break at home volunteering for my town’s first aid squad in New Jersey. I currently have been trying to keep as up to date as possible with my favorite MTV show, The Jersey Shore as humanly possible. It is one of the most important day-to-day conversations I have with close friends. But back to reality; I arrived back in San Diego a week earlier than school started to spend some time fighting off the jet lag, spending quality relaxing time with friends, and to spend time in beautiful San Diego. But as my luck would have it that week was when San Diego was hit with massive rain storms. Since I am not from San Diego, I have experienced rain as have most other people as well as flooding. But according to some people they believed that water is no big deal and they would drive through puddles in streets that were better defined as lakes than puddles and not make it through the puddle. Long story short it was a long week for San Diego and it was sad that some people’s houses were flooded but we San Diegans learned a valuable lesson: don’t drive through puddles. The first week of classes is over and everyone is getting back into the swing of school mode. The semester is looking like a lot of work but it would not be complete without flowboarding at the WaveHouse. Hopefully next week students will be back to the normal horrible parking styles and we can have a winning FAIL park job of the week!

The Last Hoorah

It is hard to believe but it is the last full week of school. Everyone is anxiously anticipating finals and then Christmas break once they are done with finals. Not to mention it is the first day of the semester where it has rained, which is ridiculous coming from a hometown where it could be sunny one day and snowing the next. Apparently driving in the rain is also very dangerous and annoying since it is not a usual occurrence. But I’m sure San Diego will live to see tomorrow and we will still have our finals and we will all be having a relaxing break sooner than later.

Parking Job of the week:

Bring on December

Whether or not I want to believe it, Thanksgiving break is over and there are only 2 more weeks of classes and then a week of finals and the semester is over! It is crazy to think that I am half way through my junior year here at USD. I do believe the words of the Famous Ferris Buller capture this idea very well, “Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So for my thanksgiving break, I spent it doing the things I enjoy: flowboarding, watching Ferris Buller’s Day Off, eating home cooked meals, and sleeping. So needless to say no homework got done over break but I guess this is pardon my French but hell week for all the students here so wish us luck!

Excitement on Campus

What a week! Lots of tests before Thanksgiving break which is right around the corner, and the new restaurant, La Gran Terrazza, has opened on campus (FINALLY!). It includes full sit down restaurant services and a bar/lounge. To learn more about the new restaurant follow this link: http://www.sandiego.edu/dining/lagranterraza/. Also basketball season has started and football season has come to a close. The Toreros basketball team has had an exciting start to their season by defeating Stanford to outweigh the football team’s loss to Southern Utah University for their last home game. On December 2^nd the Torero basketball team takes on SDSU, our closest rivals, so be there to cheer your Toreros on!

Shout out to Mr. Chi City

Dear Mr. Chi City, I’ve seen your Mr. Chi City gets a ticket video and I am currently experiencing somewhat of the same situation. I cannot say I have been ticketed for parking out of the lines, but I think some of these people should be. On our campus there is always 1 epic fail a day at least of people trying to park. I mean I don’t even understand how these people passed driving school! Isn’t parking one of the things you need to pass before being handed a driver’s license? Mr. Chi City please make a video about your opinions on these photos!Mr. Chi City, I’ve seen your Mr. Chi City gets a ticket video and I am currently experiencing somewhat of the same situation. I cannot say I have been ticketed for parking out of the lines, but I think some of these people should be. On our campus there is always 1 epic fail a day at least of people trying to park. I mean I don’t even understand how these people passed driving school! Isn’t parking one of the things you need to pass before being handed a driver’s license? Mr. Chi City please make a video about your opinions on these photos!

Keep On Truckin'

School keeps going and it seems like I’m trying to catch a runaway train. A lot of my classes are about reading the material on your own and the professor helping you with issues about the material rather than teaching it to you. Maybe it is because I am in upper division classes now or maybe that is how all college classes are and I just finally realized how to study for them. But anyway if you have been following my blog, previous ones talked about the Goldfish challenge and currently only 2 fish are still swimming: Golden Bear and Krackin’. Not to jinx anyone but I have my money on Golden Bear. 2 weekends ago Sean Kingston graced our campus by kicking off homecoming weekend, the only problem was, we students sang more than he did. And then this weekend was our fall holiday, which means we have Friday off, which is not much of a holiday for me since I always have Fridays off, but it was nice that everyone was free to relax and spend time together this weekend, since they all had an extra day off. The people that really made out like bandits were those who don’t have class on Thursdays and had a 4-day weekend. I take my hat off to you. Everyone is getting prepped for Halloween on Saturday and then before we know it, Thanksgiving will be here where we all get to eat 15x our weight and then sleep it off with all that tryptophan! Until next time, goodnight from San Diego.

Unfortunate News

It is with a heavy heart I deeply regret to inform you all that the following Goldfish have passed away: Keak-da-sneak, Yager, Chuck Norris, and Daniel's fish. Memorial services were held in the San Juan 1st bathroom, few were in attendance but their memories will live on.