day 021. [bittersweet]

Today was a REALLY good day! But at the same time a day that just seemed to be a bittersweet one :(

Anyways, this morning Melanie and I decided to go Little Red Bike Cafe because we wanted to go last week but didn't have the chance because I was still sick last week. I was definitely in for a surprise when we got there.

There were so many people there and I began to think to myself, "it's like it's their last day being open ..." Right when I thought that a letter caught my eye that said June 18th, 2010 would be their last day. That was today! Melanie and I had managed to make it to Little Red on their last day. Definitely a day to remember, but a sad one at that.

The best part though, which I've been waiting to blog about was this couple Melanie and I met while sharing a table with them. After Melanie and I ordered our drinks and our food we were looking for a table to sit down at. We looked all around inside - no luck. We went outside and again, no luck. BUT this couple who was sitting at one of the picnic tables said that they'd be happy to share a table with us seeing as there's only two of them and they have such a big table to themselves. Boy were Melanie and I in for a surprise.

Obviously, we got to having small talk and what not. They managed to ask us if we were from the area. We told them we just went to school at UP ... funny thing is, they did too. Both were UP Alum from 1993 and 1994. I feel bad, I managed to not get their names, but he graduated as a History Major and she graduated as a Psychology Major. Melanie and I just talked to them about UP and how much we love it and they told us how much they loved it. It was so much fun getting to talk to this couple. In fact, they live in the house that he lived in his senior year of college. I think the best part about talking to this couple was talking about how much the campus has changed. I really do wish I snapped a photo of this couple and got their names. If I did, they definitely would have been the picture for the day, haha.

They had to get going because they were going to go pick up their little kid from school. It then dawned on me that today was Friday, ha.

Afterwards Melanie and I headed over to Lloyd Center so she could check out a Father's Day present and so that I could go buy me my TOMS shoes. I had my heart on those shoes almost all year! She got a Father's Day present and I didn't get my shoes because they were out. I wasn't ready to give up though because then Caitlin and I headed over to Clackamas Town Center where I knew there'd be TOMS shoes there because they were a much better mall. Did I mention, I bought some stuff from GAP as well at Lloyd Center.

Melanie was studying while Caitlin and I were at the mall, BUT once she was done Melanie came to pick us up because she didn't want us to take the Max back downtown after having to take it to the mall. The three of us then had dinner at P.F. Chang's. Did I mention, that was my first time eating there? haha.

It was a good day today, but bittersweet. Sorry if this post was long :)

day 008. [home]

Lo and behold ... The next place my friends and I went was - Oak Harbor! I'm so glad that we're here.

The initial reason why we came up to here was because I needed to get my other DSLR, ha. Long story short - ask me :)

So when we got here we first ended up playing some Mario Kart after we all took our showers, separately. I also surprised Steven by being his birthday present! It was actually a lot of fun playing Mario Kart with more than just Melanie. Although the thing is, having the TV divided into 4 parts was kind of confusing and a little different.

After that Keenan, Melanie, and I went out to 1-2-3 Thai (saw some old band-mates there) to get some lunch food because we were obviously hungry. Then I took them to a park that I grew up playing on as well as taking them on a tour around my elementary school. Memories man! It was a lot of fun just filling them in on the 5-10 year old Rick!! :D

Then we went to my middle school which happened to be right next to Blockbuster where I rented the last two discs of Glee. While at Blockbuster I also bought three movies: I Love You Beth Cooper, 500 Days of Summer, and UP! I took them on a tour of my middle school too.

If you're wondering - I didn't take them to my high school because we just went to my house seeing as my brother was going to take us out to eat. Seeing as we ate though, we were kind of still full, so we all just got dessert because the three of us weren't all that hungry from the Thai.

Afterwards, I dropped my brother off at the house so that the three of us could go out and take some pictures of the sky at West Beach. If there is one thing I miss for sure about living in Oak Harbor is that the sunsets are just amazing. I then decided to go visit a friend on a surprise visit :)

I haven't seen Kristen since Christmas break, so it was a lot of fun getting to see her and just catching up for that little bit we were there. I'll definitely be needing to catch up with her when I'm home for the summer ... for good!

Now the three of us are catching me up on episodes 9-13 of Glee!! YIPEE!!

day 007. [seattle]

*First off HAPPY ONE WEEK to me and my Project 365!!

Today was seriously another day where it was hard to choose the photo because I had so many. This time though, none of them had to do with school! It's because all of the photos I took were all around ... SEATTLE!!

My friends Keenan and Melanie and I decided to take a road trip. Luckily for us Melanie's sister goes to Seattle University so we're staying in her apartment. For the sake of pictures,I decided to not include any photos of the campus, haha. (seeing as most of my other pictures in my posts are regarding to my schoolwork and school life)

As for what we did, we walked from her sister's apartment to the Pike Place Market.

On the way down there we stopped at different places and we ate at this place called "Specialty." We also stopped at this really cool record shop that had turn tables.

When we finally reached Pike's Place I actually got to visit the original Starbucks. It was actually kind of cool, not all that exciting, but it was cool. We met this worker there who was from Oregon and told us that we should come up and bring her an "I heart Oregon" sticker. I have one, and I guess I could take a picture of it one day, haha.

I'm glad to be in Seattle. I left out some details, sorry guys, but I think it's time to hang out with my friends and her sister.

Where our road trip will take us next? Who knows? ;)

day 006. [bib trad]

I really wanted to put the picture up of my sushi from Sushi Land, but that's not what my day was and will be about :(

If it seems like a lot of my posts are about school and school work, guess what? You're right. They are and that's partially because it's what encompasses my day for the most part since right now I'm still a student when most of my fellow classmates are off doing summer kind of things.

I spent most of my day in the library (what's new?) because of the infamous class known as [dun dun dun ...] BIBTRAD!!

Now being in it, I don't find it all that bad - granted I'm also taking it in the summer where the demand is still high, but the work load is a bit less. I guess it's because I'm familiar with the Bible enough to know that I'm not too worried about understanding my passage.

As for the researching though ... that's some tedious work right there. Going into the stacks to find your books and realizing you're too short so you need a stool to get your books [darn my height]. Then actually sitting down and not just reading the book and taking notes, but comprehending what the text says. It's tedious, I'll give you ex-bibtrad students some credit for spending vast amount of hours in the library. Again, spending time in the library isn't foreign for me. It's kind of like when I go down the school supply aisle, I love it. I don't know how that analogy works, because it might, but I think it does, haha.

Anyways, enough about school work. I got this email today from ResLife and to keep this blog short click on this link to read more about it. It really was the worst feeling of the day. Just horrible.

The rest of my night went as planned: Dinner with Melanie (like usual), finished up some research for BibTrad, pack for my road trip this weekend with Keenan and Melanie, and hang out ... with Melanie, haha.

*I forgot to mention, the library is FILLED with Dr. Butkus' students right now because our rough drafts are do on Monday.

day 001. [flat tire]

So, I went to Little Red with my friend Sam Riofta (I'll definitely have to be going back to Little Red before they close on June 22nd). While we were having our flat tire's and messenger boy's she decided to tell me this cool project that our friend Colin Dorwart got her into. It's called Project 365. (Check this guys project out!) The thing is, I thought it was a cool idea and I thought I'd give it a try. Anyways, after wards I went to go see Sam's apartment because I wanted to see it and check it out. It was tons of fun! Sam, Alli, Colin, and I ended up watching theme songs to 90s shows and we also listened to some Regina Spektor. Sam and Colin took me back to campus because I was quite tired by then (it was about 3:00 when they took me back).

I then hung out with Melanie in her room before we traveled over to YoCream to go have some frozen yogurt. It was our first time there. Unfortunately, I can't put that picture up :( because the whole idea is posting one picture a day. We ate at YoCream for dinner because we really weren't all that hungry to begin with. When we got back to campus she studied/worked on Anatomy while I caught myself up on the first half of Glee! Now we're watching Definitely Maybe after a disaster of trying to watch Final Destination, bahaha.