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and now to follow up that post.....
just click above and read. he writes better than i do.

moving on...

the last few days have been relatively mundane. last week i had tests in both Bio and Soc. Bio i studied for, more or less (i still dunno how to study.. but i think i did a good job of winging it) Soc, however, i didnt study much at all for. and when i took the test, i really honestly felt that i didnt know the answers to a good amount of the questions. luckily, my teacher isnt much of a test writer, so i think i was able to stab my way through that one. but, based on previous statement by me, and im sure a disapointing outcome from this exam, she will revert back to the essay tests i knew and loved. the test this time was a collection of statistic based questions that asked nothing of what we know about sociology and only tested us on how well we were able to memorize certain facts and statements, not much of a test. so.. i hope she will go back to the old fluffable essay questions that i aced time and again last semester.

work has also reached a certain level of mundanity as my jobs are growing less and less varied. most of my day is now taken up running off to the banks (8 in all) in town. and when the rent stops coming in, my hours may drastically decrease. gone are the days of photographs and sign riders. i really hope that the real estate industry picks up, cuz i havent photographed a house in over a month i think. instead ive been spending time around the office and our newly acquired neighboring building cleaning things up. vaccuuming nails = good times. my next project is sweeping and washing down the storage shed behind the "house" next door. (it was a house but is being converted into more office space now that we have purchased it). so.. that shuould prove interesting in the future.

as for the weekend, saturday was spent mostly doing nothing. i spent the morning in San Rafael finding out that they couldnt give us tires till today. i spent all afternooon talking to Bruna mostly. today was the conclusion of fleet week in San Francisco. so, after finally getting some tires on the Acura (among other things) we headed south to the golden gate and drove up on the hillside on the marin side to see what could be seen. we werent sure if anything was eveniong going on today, but we vaguely heard a jet fly by and the hordes of people along the roadside stopped and watching over the side of the cliff were solid clues. so, we found a spot to pull over and watched the festivities, which was somewhat disapointing, but we WERE on the opposite side of the bay (in fact, we werent even overlooking the bay, we were on the ocean side of the bridge) so we saw from quite the distance. the highlight for me was the breif fly-bye by an F15, with its powerful/loud engines, it really shook the ground as it flew around on its own. the canadian snow birds did perform as the main attraction. and though there were 9 of them, they were no blue angels. for one they were using some sort of obscure training aircraft or some crap. im not sure cuz i didnt recognize them, and second, they didnt do anything particularly exciting except fly around in tight formation and change formation a few times. w/e it was something to do i suppose.

and finally, the Penngrove episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition aired today. what they did to the house was pretty amazing. they actually leveled it to its foundation and platform. (the house is/was up about 5 or so feet off the ground.. the section the old house stood on remained). as i may have mentioned before, the girl who the house is essentially for is alergic to the sun. she has to cover her entire body or have her entire body under shade if/when she ever goes outside. and in her home, many of the windows were blocked with sheets and plankets. even then the sunlight would make her feel sick. the new home has all UV sheilded windows, so... kinda tinted. as well as huge overhangs in the fron and back with UV safe screens that let light through safely. also, they built a huge canvas overhang over the brand new swimming pool and surrounding sand (like a beach..... which she hasnt been to in... god-knows-how long.) also, her room has a special "sky light" which is actually a several panel light fixture with special UV free LED lights and trasparent sky panels that fit inside and make it look like the sky. a nice touch. another interesting idea they had was to place a bunch of solar panels on the property. ironically, making the sun, the family's worst enemy, work for them. their electric bill is estimated to be about 7 dollars now. very nice. an old barn on the property was converted into a very nice wine tasting lounge complete with bar and an enormous wine cellar. fully stocked with donations from a some local wineries. so like... hundreds of bottles of wine. its a cool house. no pun intended.

oh, and before i forget, check out my moblog which is now being updated regularly. sometimes several times a day.