The Arcageon Files

This time around I'm going to complain, rant, and compliment because the blogs are apparently God and things happen when you talk about it. I'm going to start by saying that I need access to the piano and some kind of volleyball or badminton court because both are about the same height and it would be much easier to legitamitely own everyone at Badminton. I just need to be able to play the piano at free time or "activity time." It doesn't even have to be every day, but it has to be more than once a week. I've only been able to play one time so far.
Our cluster has been fine with the work load so I'm not going to complain about that. If it does get bad, you'll know. I really like the group I have for the kinetic sculpture project, so I hope that that doesn't get changed. The food has been better than I thought on some days. The wantons were fantastic and reminded me of a restaurant back home and BRING BACK THE FRENCH TOAST! Please! I'm getting tired of seeing an egg or hashbrown combo. The pancakes weren't that bad either, but the french toast was the best.
Okay, I'm going to go ahead and rant about me now so if you want to stop reading now, you can. I am almost finished with a pendulum clock I thought I would never be able to finish, and that was the high point of my day so far. I have two movies of it swinging in working model, although it took hours to get it to work right. My plastic base kept breaking down the middle when I tried to put in a metal rod, but I finally got one to work, so it's okay. It was really scary when I had to ream my pendulum cut-out because I thought "if I mess up, I'm going to do severe damage to the next thing I see because I worked really hard to make it come out right and I'm not going to do it again" (it was a lot harsher than that, but censorship and all)...Anyway, I love my cluster, the people and the projects...I don't know how to put pictures on at this point because I don't know how to get them onto the computer, but if someone could show me how, I would really appreciate it...plus the good people out there would be able to see my amazing photo skills...not.
The weekend was incredibly full, but it was really fun. I loved Knott's Berry Farm because I love roller coasters, though it is no comparison to Six Flags. It was really fun getting to go on all the rides with my best friend here at Cosmos, Marisa, since we are both "roller coaster people" too. We were the crazy ones that went on the flip-you-upside-down-and-twist-you-all-over-the-place motion simulator that was at Balboa Park that I already talked about. It was fun watching the boys act "macho" when they thought they were all "manly" riding on the "big" rides and then Marisa and I would come along and think, "I've ridden this ride since I was tall enough to go on it..." The beach was also fun, and the water was the clearest water I've been in other than Hawaii. I could open my eyes under water and see things coming really clearly. At my beach back at Manhattan, I can only see about a foot in front of me unless it is a really good day. I also saw a group of four really large silver fish that I almost tripped over.
I think I've taken up enough space now so, until next time... 8)