Chapter 11: My Roommate and I Died

Well we didn't actually die, but we were close to, but not really. An employee at Hornbauchers was snowblowing and blew some snow at us as we drove by. It caused us to swerve and crash into a snow bank. Luckily we didn't die, but really it wasn't super bad. We decided to make it dramatic and we made a fake obituary and posted it on Facebook. I know you all like to know what is going on with me at college so here is my treat for you. By the way, Vong is my roommate and we did not die. Just want to make sure. Enjoy!

                                                       
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Chapter 10: Lab Rat

How do I make money and fast? Well I got setup with a thing called a prac study. Basically I go to this facility, take a pill that needs testing, and stay there for 34.5 hrs a weekend. The pill I have to take is for children with ADHD, I don't have ADHD so I'm what you call the control part of the experiment. I had to check-in last Friday at 6pm. It was very weird and to tell you the truth I was kind of nervous.

I packed myself a pillow, a blanket, 2 days worth of clothing, a toothbrush, toothpaste, my iPod, cellphone and homework. I didn't know what to expect and I didn't know anyone there. I got a wrist band with my name and client number and I had to sign a packet like 20 times. Talk about wasting paper. I got a bottom bunk bed because I usually sleep on a loft. The first day wasn't so bad, they gave us a snack, they let us watch a movie and they put on the Timberwolves game at night. Oh by the way, I'm a huge Timberwolves fan. Go K Love and Ricky Rubio! Anyway I fell asleep really fast that night, but the next morning we had to wake up at 6:30am.

There was 140 people in the study, but only 100 of us got into the study. I was number 46 and I was really tired. I woke up with the prick of needle that went into my left arm. This would be blood draw number 1 of 20. I sat next to two cute girls. Both of them were talking to each other and I just sat on the end and listened to some Mac Miller on my iPod. As the day went on, the three of us would talk about ourselves, where we came from, about families etc. After 4 hrs of sitting in a chair and watching the movie, "50 First Dates" with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, I had a total of 12 blood draws. My arm was a tad sore and it was time for lunch.

Throughout the rest of the day, number 36 who was Katie, number 41 who was Rachel and I talked and talked. We woke up this morning ready to get out of there though we had so much fun talking about pets, careers, and other personal things. Its not like I'll never get to see them again. We have prac study again next weekend and I will get to sit at my number 46 and talk to my two new friends. At first I was scared about this whole thing, but I have to remember that I'm making $700 from this study. Thats enough for me to go buy something cool for myself or probably the smart thing to do is to pay off some school loans. I didn't get much homework done there so I should probably stop procrastinating and get to it. I'll let you all on a little secret before I go. I was writing a movie script at pracs because I had nothing else to do. I'm going to let you view it next posting because I might need some feedback since its going to be my final in my FILM 284 class. Well I'll check back later. Peace.

Chapter 9: The Human Mind

The human mind is extraordinary. Recently I've been craving psychological thrillers and have notice a pattern in each film, the person who you think is the bad guy is never the bad guy and the least suspected person turns out to be the villain. I've always wondered how screenplay writers can write incredible screenplays on these type of films, they've never had this experience or have they?

Lately I've gotten paranoid because of these films and have turned every situation in life into thinking it in a thriller way. Lol I get bored, but some of these are actually mind blowing.

First, I went to work today and didn't really have to work. Like I wasn't there to work, I was watching the NBA on tv. The employee that was working was disturbed by an unknown fella. He was about 55 years old, black hair and he wore a blue jacket and a camouflage cap. The typical creeper started making conversation with the employee. She is like 19 and she is cute of course. She doesn't really want to talk with him and keeps to her self by working on homework. He introduces himself as Ron and goes to shake her hand. She shakes his hand and he grabs her hand with a little force and caresses her hand, telling her she has soft hands. Shes scared and she wishes she had pepper spray. Ron then says he would like her to come with him and visit his hometown sometime and at this point, she has 911 dialed. He leaves her and she breaks out in tears and calls her mom. I come by and notice shes crying, I calmed her down and called security. What is going on in his mind? Is he a sex-offender? I was in the psychological thriller mode. Lets continue...

There is always a girl on facebook who doesn't like to show her face on facebook. I don't mean she doesn't show her face, but like she doesn't like to take the normal picture. She is mysterious and hard to understand. Which is fun because I like to discover and explore someone's personality. Ok so I've talked to her and I kinda like her, but I don't know her too much. When I comment on her picture she responds, but is it friendly or does she kinda like me too? Sometimes I have dreams about her and I can't get her off my mind, maybe its a sign or maybe I'm thinking too hard. Ok next...

I usually take showers in the evening. You may ask, why is that, I usually take showers in the morning to wake me up. Well I like to take my showers at night to relax my mind and body, plus it helps me sleep for some reason. When I go to take a shower, I have to walk to the bathroom that is down the hall. The hallways is usually lit, but sometimes it is dark and gloomy. I like to think that I'm in a movie sometimes. There is one kid that lives in the dorms that creeps me out and when the hallway is gloomy, he reminds me of a serial killer. I know thats not nice, but it kinda keeps me toes. Sometimes when I got to the bathroom to shave, he always walks in afterwards to do the same. I'm scared to look back because he might be looking at me through the mirror, so I never look back. When I'm taking a shower, I sometimes think that when I pull the curtain he might be there standing there someday. That would defiantly creep me out.

When I don't worry and I lay my mind to rest, the shower makes my mind drift off into some sort of space. I feel relaxed and free to let go of my worries and fears. I feel invincible and happy. The mind is a strange thing and I think that I should probably lay off of the psychological thrillers for awhile because I'm probably going to direct a movie about one soon. Thats all I have for now and I hope you enjoyed this segment of how the mind works in my everyday adventures.

Chapter 8: The Return

I don't really know how many of you have really missed reading my blog, but I've returned. Its been quite some time now since my last post and there are a lot of things I could waste your time with, but I'll only mention a few.

Christmas has come and gone, but my parents were really giving this year. I got a Samsung hand cam that shoots in 1080p and has a lot of neat features such as night vision and a built-in hard drive. The hand cam is the size of my hand, literally. I plan on shooting some cool videos, maybe even a video blog, but we will see. I want to capture my city's surroundings and little events. I also got some movies, new shirts for my suit, and a car! I don't know what I would do without it. I can barely recall life before the car. Haha well my roomate and I are starting up PRo Thursdays again because now we don't have to bike in the snow and cold weather. Haha snow, we still haven't gotten that much snow, but back to the car. Now this car isn't a Corvette, Mustang, or Eclipse. I got the car for free from my parents and they expect me to pay for the gas and wear and tear. No, the car is a 1998 Oldsmobile Regency. It looks like this:

It doesn't look this shinny and I don't live near any mountains, but you get the picture. Its a grandpa car, but it gets me from point A to point B and back. I love it and it has replaced my broken, crappy bike.

So yeah Christmas was great, had lots of time to spend with the family and nerding it up with my bro. Got drunk on New Years, but who doesn't. But now I'm back at school and I'm filling different; I'm feeling new and fresh. I think this semester will be a good one since I only have 14 credits and one of my classes is Beginning Tae Kwon Do, by the way I'm sore and I don't feel like Bruce Lee. Hopefully I can get an orange belt and feel good about what I've accomplish this semester.

Last but not least, I'm working on getting my name into Dreamworks Animation. I'm talking to my aunt's mother about getting myself an internship at Dreamworks. She use to do a lot of work for the studio and she believes I might one day work for them. That is kind of a stretch, but its nice of her to work with me on getting an internship set up with them. We will see how that comes along in the future, but for now, I'm glad to be back and letting you know about my adventures through life. Later.