Alice Cooper Said It Best

One year down.

I am officially done with my first year at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Finals week wasn't too bad, other than the fact that my Biology final more or less worked me. The test turned out to be almost entirely focused on the biodiversity unit of the class, with the majority of the questions requiring nothing more than memorization of large amounts of information about nearly every group of organisms on the planet. Never mind that the professor had stated two days earlier that the test was largely "big-picture" oriented, or that the test summary indicated a large portion would come from the previous units of the course. Whatever. I suppose I should have known that memorization would play a big role. Still, despite this mild disaster, the week was relatively painless. Really I'm just glad that it is done. That is, I'm glad finals are done. Thats not the case for the school year in general. It was without a doubt one of, if not the, most fun years of my entire life. For the first time ever, I can honestly say that I can't wait for summer to be over.

So now I have to find ways to entertain myself back here in good old A-Town. Of course the first thing I did was go out and buy a wireless router for our house so I can get on the internet all the time, rather than having to hope I can pick up a signal from down the street that isn't protected. I also rented a couple movies that I had been wanting to see. Cloverfield and I Am Legend. Cloverfield was actually pretty sweet. I didn't really know what to expect out of it, but I figured it would be entertaining, at the very least, seeing as J.J. Abrams produced it. I never actually expected it to be a plain-and-simple monster movie. As it turns out, that is exactly what it was made to be, kind of an homage to the classic Godzilla movies in Japan. As for I Am Legend, it was alright, but 28 Days Later was superior in most ways. Will Smith was undeniably bad-ass, though, and I actually liked the plot being comprised mostly of just his daily routine.

Work starts Tuesday, back at the golf course. Awesome. At least it sounds like one of my co-workers from last year is coming back too, so I won't have to teach the noobs how to do everything myself. Which is good, seeing as I don't actually know how to do everything.

I'm tired. Peace.