you'll never get to heaven if you're scared of getting high

Finally, an update. Jon, Joe, Sara Kate, Battou and I headed to the Mall of Georgia on Wednesday for one last hurrah and then the new semester started on Thursday. I entered it with the smoothness and grace of a sack of bricks, but I've gotten things sorted out now. It took all four days of Drop/Add to chisel out a feasible schedule. Three-fourths of it changed from the original choices, but now that everything's settled I'm very excited about my classes: Medieval Lit, Folklore Narrative, Art of the Italian Renaissance and Comparative Political Analysis. The latter is shaping up to be the sort of debate/discussion class I've always dreamed of being in-- at some point in the class we're even going to have student-run debates. Debates! That are student-run! Rock on. I'm not going to be able to slack off anywhere near as terribly this semester as I did last, but now that I've earned a 4.0 I really want to repeat it. So here's a quick note to the Aaron Of A Couple Months From Now who will inevitably be losing interest and the desire to maintain the diligence of his studies:
DON'T FUCK IT UP.

We have a Big Important Meeting (BIM) at work tomorrow night to figure out our gameplan. There are a couple areas, like intra-supervisor communication and the entire payroll department, that need some serious changes. I'll also be able to turn in my work schedule for the semester and might simply end up working the shift. I need to start getting paychecks again pronto.

Matt and I rented Return of the King on PS2 over the weekend. That shit is like heroin. On Sunday we blew seven or eight hours straight playing it and didn't even notice, although afterwards we both had migraines from the booming surround sound and could barely focus our eyes from not blinking all day (the drive home was a blast). Then I went over last night and we did it again for three hours. I won't even mind if we have to rent it a second time to beat it, like we had to with Prince of Persia, which was similarly engrossing. Next up is Max Payne II.

Lots of needs. Still need a few textbooks (gonna hit $200), need to pay some bills, need some time and quiet to write, need to redo the site, need a paycheck. Neeeeeeeeed a paycheck.