From a CNotebook

So Matt asked me in his blog, see to the right or click here, to post 10 things that make me happy right now and tag five people to do it. Well, I won't make anyone do it, but I'd like to see five people that I know, volunteer. So here it is, in no particular order:

1. Kris
2. The Family
3. Snow at Christmas
4. The season Fall
5. Nate, Carmen, and Brice (aka the Carmina Quartet) :D
6. Playing my viola
7. Learning something new everyday in enviro engineering
8. Snickers Bars
9. Coke (definatley not Pepsi)
10. Good conversation

I Tag: whoever feels the desire to do this.

In other news for me, Thanksgiving went well. The drive to the Cities was easy, except that the roads were very busy, and I got to hit my brother really hard in a game of football after we had eaten some turkey.

I'm looking forward to seeing Kris today, even though I'm, once again, plunging myself into the heart of the lion's den. Everytime that I've met Kris as of late, someone in her family, or extremely close but un-related family, has to meet me. They just keep coming and coming. It's like trying to wage a ground war against the Chinese, there's just so many of them (bad joke I know). I can't wait until the tables are turned around christmas time. hehehe. She gets to meet so many people then since I'll actually be around for an extended period of time. Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!

That's the news from Rollingstone. Thanks for reading.
Otto III

ok....to stop being mean

Hi Kerry, I'll stop being mean now :). I actually have a few moments now to type something whereas my last post I was just being goofy with the five minutes that I had. But what I was talking about earlier was actually about me filling my schedule, or overfilling my scehdule, and what that does to some people. It came about when the chair of the music department came up to me in the hallway and reminded me that I had told our secretary that I was going to help stuff envelopes for the department, but I had not even stopped in once. Now he wasn't mad, and neither was she, but somehow that's when I realized that I occassionally fill my schedule up too much, and when I do, someone always is left out there by themselves with no help. I know I'm probably making this sound more extreme than it really is, but I think to be a better person to Jane and everyone else I have accidentally done this to, I'll do my best to not do this again :).

In other news, I got a letter from my friend Megan Treloar the other day. I met her at Rocky Ridge this summer when I was a counselor. She's 16 and goes to school in Iowa City. This is the third letter that she's sent me, and I haven't sent one back to her yet. Let's just say that I felt bad for not writing back, and I made sure to send one back yesterday. Finally......

It's the Carmina Quartet Recital tonight at 7:30 pm! It's free as well, something that every poor college student can appreciate. Everyone who can make it should. It's never fun to play in front of an empty concert hall. Kris gets no exception to this rule. Darn weddings and no money keeping her from coming down :'(.

That's the news from Platteville. Thanks for reading.
Otto