left handers rant on right handed people part 2

See previous post for background info.

So today, when I came to class, as usual, all the lefty desks were taken. Nothing new. Here's the infuriating part:

-Half of those people were using laptops. Since you type with both hands, it doesn't matter if the laptop is slightly to the left or to the right. Sure you can be slightly angled, but why would you want to angle yourself facing away from the professor is beyond me. If its hard to understand, just sit on the left side of the lecture hall on a lefty desk and try to write and you'll probably face the wall. Then move so some other lefty doesn't get pissed off at you.
-Of those half using laptops, half didn't even use the desk, they just placed the laptop on their lap. Smarter, at least this way they're facing the right way. Still, don't hog up a lefty desk if you're not going to write with your left hand.
-The half not using laptops that were right handed, eventually got tired of facing a wall when they wrote, so they just put their notebook on their right thigh, and wrote on that.
-There was only one guy on the lefty desks actually writing with his left hand. More power to him.

So then I glanced around, and realized the guy directly in front of me was a lefty (we were both sitting on a righty desk to the right of the lefty desk) and we kept glaring at the guy right next to us.

left handedness sucks

OK, before back in the old old days when we were in high school, it didn't matter too much if you were left handed or right handed, the desk was big enough to accommodate either hand, and you had your own desk most of the time.


Well. Lecture halls don't work that way. They're all right handed small little pop out desks that make it annoying to take notes with left hand. Not too bad, you sit on the left side of the room and sit slightly sideways. If you come to lecture SUPER early, you can fight for he handful of lefty desks ( I swear they're the first ones to fill up, and the people who fill them up use laptops.. -.-)

Now what's bugging me even more is that.. my desk in my room is a righty desk. IT SUCKS BALLS. My desk at home was symmetrical, so it had equal amounts of space on both left and right side (which is normal for big desks). But my dorm desk has much more space on the right side, and nothing on the left side (cept Daniel's dresser.. which is kinda a extension of my desk). No likey.

One of these days, we lefties (studies show that lefties are smarter but have a higher risk of brain problems) will take over the world and redesign scissors, lecture hall desks, and everything to be lefties. :D

freeline skates

Props to Spency for introducing these to me.

So 2 hours ago, the came in through UPS, nicely hidden in my bush near my front door. Learning how to skate with these is.... fun... among many things. So sounds from my backyard was pretty much a combination of, skeets (skates scrape against the ground), clunks (skates fly out from the bottom of my feet and bounce off), thunks (me crashing into the wall), poonks (me crashing into one of the poles in my yard), donks (skates run off and hit the wall), flaps (my shoe hitting the ground), pleets (me hand scraping against the wall/ground), and clinks (skates bang against each other when I pick them up for another go), of course with the "ow" and "ahhhh".

It's comming along pretty well though; I can manuver myself rather easily weaving back and forth through a line of poles... at least until my momentum expires and I just end up standing there looking stupid.

When I learn how to accelerate (if I ever learn how), I'm going to go around and scare asian moms driving their expensive cars near my house. That's when this gets really really fun (or I get myself killed).

Oh, and my right buttcheek hurts (I think I fell on it once), my left leg tightened up a few times (yay for being out of shape and leg muscles being underused T.T), my fingers are black and white (dirt and scratches) and pretty much lost all their skin (breaking falls and griping the grip tape), I'm drenched in sweat (90 degree weather playing with these in the sun), and my neck hurts (I didn't sleep well last night).

move in part 2

probably final list... still can be updated (probably for myself)

key
[x] = have, sitting in "to pack" pile
[ ] = do not have, get soon
[x] = have, not packed, not in "to pack" pile
[ ] = need to get when i arrive
strikethrough = decided not to bring
[x] (blue) = packed completely, ready to bring

-bathroom..
[x]shower basket
[x]shampoo
[x]conditioner
[x]body wash
[x]shower shoes
[x]contacts
[x]contacts solution
[x]toothbrush
[x]toothpaste
[x]gel
[x]comb
[x]razor
-bed..
[x]fitted sheets
[x]sheets
[x]pillow
[x]fat "lumpy" pillow x2
[x]mike (still needs to be washed)
[x]pillowcase
[x]comforter
-desk.. stuff...
[x]pencil
[x]eraser
[x]pencil lead
[x]highligher
[ ]pens
[x]stapler
[x]staples
[x]tape
[ ]tape dispenser
[x]graphing calculator
[x]desk lamp
[x]power surge
[x]laptop
[x]laptop lock
[x]calender
[x]scissors
[x]spiral notebooks
[x]binders
[x]filler paper
[x]coffee mug
-closet..
[x]hangers
[x]clothes
[x]running shoes
[x]flip flops
[x]laundry basket
[x]laundry detergent
-other..
[x]fridge
[x]bowl
[x]spoon
[x]fork
[x]chopsticks
[x]butter knife
[x]cellphone
[x]phone charger
[x]ipod
[x]ipod usb cable
[x]phone usb cable
[x]watch
[x]usb drive
[ ]headphones
[ ]jogging earphones
[x]kite
[x]paper towels
[ ]cleaner
[ ]umbrella
[ ]security blanket
[ ]freeline skates
packed into..
[x]luggage
[x]laptop case
[x]backpack
[ ]trashbags :P

my to buy list

Some stuff I need to get around to buying before college starts...

-A FREAKIN LAPTOP
-a basket thingy for shower stuff... maybe..
-my own bottle of body wash and shampoo/conditioner
-a big big (or a lot of) picture frame(s) that holds wallet pictures
-some sound canceling headphones
-some jogging earphones
-that stuff you put under your bed sheet to make your bed squishier
-more running shorts
-laundry detergent
-hangers (if i need them)

I'm bringing (so far)..

-sheets/blanket/pillows/etc
-my aunt's mini-fridge that she doesn't use anymore
-clothes
-toothbrush/toothpaste/a few razors/contacts and stuff
-my kite

Maybe a few weeks into the quarter, I might consider bringing..

-a hammock
-my army of bunnies and my body pillow (by request of everyone.. >.>)

I missing anything?

newer is better

That phrase does NOT apply to bedsheets. I got my dorm sheets a few weeks ago, and yesterday, I figured, hey, lets try them out. They're kinda rough, so I threw them into the wash, and out they came, still kinda rough. Sure, my old bedsheets were rough when they were new too, but they're nice and soft now, after a few months of sweat and fabric softener. So now I have to wear in these bedsheets, which sucks because my bed is a queen, and the bedsheets are twin XL.

So I stuck them on my sister's bed. She can wear them in for me. She's probably going to hate me too.

aerodynamics

So, in my boredom today, I decided to fold paper airplanes. Spike gave me some weird looks cause I was flying the planes indoors, and they pretty much crashed into the wall all the time. My first plane crashed into the wall so much that it became unflyable (stfu spell check, I know that's not a word). So I went outside to fly my 2nd plane. It landed on my roof.

:(

Then I fixed up my kite and tried to fly it in my backyard. Then I realized there is no wind and my backyard is right under power lines.

Oh well.