Moon Dog's Musings

Thursday, December 13, 2001:

Yes, it has been a looooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggg day. First of all, I'm not sure when today started and yesterday ended...I didn't get much sleep last night. No, I wasn't cramming...I got into bed at 11 last night, but I know I didn't fall asleep until past one. It might have been the fact that I was nervous about the impending finals, or it could have been due to the midnight yell (a tradition here at UCLA, during finals week let off some of your stress by screaming at midnight). I was awake again before six, but I didn't get out of bed. And then it was off to my psych final, which I breezed through, and then I studied for math for the next couple hours, then I took my math final (which I hope I did well on). And THEN I went to the library to study on linguistics (which I haven't touched all week), and then I went to a linguistics review session for three whole hours...I final got back to my room a little past six. I should be doing more studying for ling right now, but to be honest, I think my brain has reached it's carrying capacity. I'm going to hang out on the computer a little bit more, and then I'm maybe going to read some of my ling notes, and then I'm going to go to sleep...wonderful sleep...until the midnight yell wakes me up.
moon // 9:41 PM

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Saturday, December 01, 2001:

And so the 2001 marching band season comes to a close. I honestly don't know what to think. On the one hand, I'm really happy that it's over and I don't have to spend 6 hours a week at practice anymore. On the other hand, I will miss the people I have met...once band is over I won't see a lot of them much.
At least we won the football game today. And today was probably the most fun football game of the season. I knew what I was doing. And the game didn't last tooooo long. And the shows went well, and we got a positive response from the crowd.
Yet it occurred to me today that I wouldn't have even been at a football game today if it hadn't been due to something that happened a couple of months ago...yes, I'm talking about September 11. The ASU game had originally been scheduled for a weekend in September, but had been postponed till today due to the attack. How different today would have been if the attacks had never happened...little things like that make me wonder how long September 11 is going to affect me...
To leave you on a happy note: The band played leap frog on the field after the game. No kidding. I have pictures.
moon // 11:13 PM

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