here, I have a solution to everyone's dating problems... hehehehehe, well not really, but I suppose you could try it...

little background: I went to a "bar crawl" thing in Pittsburgh last weekend and we there were a whole bunch of contests and stuff throughout the night, but the one I ended up winning was "aquiring the most phone numbers"

ok, so we all got these t-shirts that said "2005 Shadyside tour" (it was in the "Shadyside district I guess, I don't really know Pittsburgh so well) and the back had a list of all the bars we were scheduled to go to and all that fun stuff...

and so I don't even remember how we started it; I think I went up to some old men off in a corner of the second bar we were at, and just asked for their phone numbers. and they said sure and there I had my first 2 numbers... I don't know what happened next but before I knew it, we were getting numbers from everyone!!! by the time we got to the last bar of the night, guys were coming up to me asking what I was doing with all the numbers... (some suspected it was a sorority thing, or bachelorette party or whatever, but no, we were just a bunch of people all with matching shirts with marker all over them...) and everyone wanted to give me their number. then after, when we went back to the house there were 3 of us with all about the same number of phone numbers so the guy who owned the house started calling numbers from the shirts to verify if they were real... the numbers selected from the other girls shirts didn't work out, then I gave him one, and thank you Dan O'Neill whoever you are for giving me a real number giving me the victory!!!

ok, so there's the story behind my genius plan, so now all you need to do it go get a shirt, put something stupid on it, and go out asking people to give you their phone numbers so you can win a prize. so then later on when you feel the urge to go out with someone, you just have to grab that shirt and try to make out whatever number you can get and be like, "hey, remember giving me your number on my shirt? well... " and you can come up with whatever line you want at that point. and if they say "no" well no worries, you still have like 40 other numbers to choose from.

go do it, it's lots of fun. I would soo be tempted to call some of em, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm not going to be back in Pittsburgh in like forever...

oh, and here are some pictures of the shirt to get an idea of what you are going for:





and i even got a police officer's number... well kinda



so there ya go... and i'm back in buffalo for the rest of the summer... looking for a job and just, yeah, doing nothing really...

now go get some numbers!!!!

ok, so first of all, I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL!!! (for this semester, still have 2 classes next fall) im sooo excited!!! i have already started to celebrate, went to see a movie last night, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" weird weird, but funny movie, and went golfing this morning (well just the range, but still, it was something) now i can't wait till sunday to really celebrate!!! university of miami rowing will be over for me FOREVER!!! and with that ending our "dry season" we will be celebrating!!! I WILL BE CELEBRATING!!! I'm even hanging out here an extra week to "celebrate" for the last time with all my classmates who are gonna be graduating :( that's sooo sad, I'm gonna miss em :(

ok ok, but on to the title of this entry...

so as i said i was golfing today, and as we were walking to the car from the club, there were 3 "older" men walking in front of us... and i hear the one say "Buffalo" so i nudge eric to listen and I try to listen closer... next thing i hear is "snowing in may" and "oh so cold there" and i just started chuckling!!! everyone has been talking about how nice it is there, and three little old men in miami think you guys are still playing in the snow...

ok, i guess it's not that funny, but still, i laughed.... has it ever really snowed in may in buffalo before??? i know it has in april... but may??? oh well... have fun in the sun everyone... when i get back there, everyone is gonna be more tan than i am ;)

ok, there's a southwest view of my building... and I'm done with it!!!! don't think i've ever spent so much time on one project until this, eeek, i have to do my time log tomorrow, that will be fun to make up # of hours of the last 9 months ;)

but the drawings are all printed out, the presentation was presented, the calculations done (except for the cost analysis, again, gotta do that tomorrow) so that's enough to say "it's done" to me!!!

but speaking of the presentation, all i have to say about that is i am technically challenged... i had so much trouble with the clicker!!! on the slideshow, first i accidentally clicked backward to the previous slide, then i guess i held the button down too long cuz it advanced like 8 slides, and wouldn't stop... then i had to scroll back like a moron... then after being all baffled by that, i meant to press the laser pointer, but no, i pressed the advance slide clicker again... what's wrong with me??? and of course, after the presentation, we get critiqued and questioned, and of course, i get a question about plumbing that i didn't even realize was directed toward me... i had no idea what he was talking about... ahhhh, oh well, IT'S OVER!!!!

public service announcement:

no animals were harmed in any way in the writing of my previous journal!!!

(i knew i was gonna get in trouble for that...)

ok, i was reading the stuff here about the "runaway bride" and how there's discussion on how she should be charged for her actions and such... and i honestly know nothing about the story other that what i kinda got from here, (no time to watch or read the news right now) but i have heard of some news down here from a few weeks ago...

two girls (freshmen) at my school got run down by a lady who ran a red light driving on the highway right off campus. and one of the girls died!!! how terrible, right??? but what i find even more terrible is that the woman who hit her is only getting charged for running the red light. a girl is dead because of it, and i don't know the current condition of the other (lack of news again) but shouldn't she get charged with a little more than just a stupid ticket for running a red light?!?!? what about negligent homicide??? something... i mean, I'm sure she is suffering enough knowing she killed some girl, (at least she should be) but still!!!

ok, this was a nice little break, gotta get back to working on my building... it's due tomorrow!!! the presentation is tomorrow!!! I"M GONNA BE DONE WITH IT TOMORROW!!!! and then I'll have time to do my other projects ;)