it's blowing up a thunderstorm right now, which is good cause man, we need the rain.

i'm also thinking that times are really bad when they start cutting majors here at school. i can understand cutting the dance program i guess. but when they have to cut the audiology and speech pathology department, you know it's bad. here at UT, and i'm sure it's like this at most all colleges, children from all over east tennessee come to campus to utililize this department for a minimal cost.

i was talking to one of the rowing coaches this afternoon and we figured that it's an attempt by the president to tug at the heart strings of the legislature (thats a term i learned in my budgeting class). it's a hard method to put to use, cause if your trying to bluff by offering to cut such a vital resource to save money, and then they dont back down and give you more money, you actually have to cut it. i hate to see this go. but then again, i would really hate to see my major dissapear. but money needs to be found somewhere. i just wonder about all those maintinence guys that i see sitting in their university vehicles in the back lots just... chillin. are they getting paid just to chill? maybe they are on thier lunch break? but they are also a vital source and i dont want to see anyone loose their job.

as you know, i like to set goals for myself. one of them is to make it into law school (fingers crossed and praying like crazy), but another one of mine, is to make it to the olympics. i know i'm not going in rowing, but i do love it. table tennis is definately out, and i did just do my first triathalon this week, but i'm not going in that,(even though i did love it). so iv'e decided that i'm going in trap shooting.

trap shooting is something that i really got involved in during high school, and it's something that i've always enjoyed. and i really think i can pull it off. i was looking at the scores of the members of the national team, and i can already shoot that pretty much. so, my goal is to make it to the 2016 olympics. hopefully i'll graduate law school in 2012, and then when i get a job i can afford to practice on a regular basis. just something else to shoot for.

less than a weak till the LSAT. thats definately a prayer request. and my grandmother as well.

i hope all of ya'll are doing well. stay cool in this hot weather.

and wear sunscreen. the sun'll get ya, (sun'll: a contraction of sun and will... lol).

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