A Comedy of Errors

Well... I had my first Calculus test today... and well... it was laughable. Not a good "ha ha" laughable, more of a "ahahaha I hope I'm doing this right" laughable. The two things I've got going for me are:
1.) I should get 5 points extra credit for doing the many, many pages of homework.
2.) My professor gives partial credit for trying.

I'm thinking that depending on how this test goes, I may need to revamp my style for studying Calculus. I'll probably end up hanging out with my professor a lot more than the 1 hour a day we have class together. I really would like to do well in this class, but mostly because I enjoy having a GPA that isn't dreadful and I also don't want to retake this class. This is week 3, so I have about 7 weeks to go before finals... so I have time to salvage my grade. If I can bike across the country, I can pass Calculus.

Besides the joys of Calculus, I actually had an awesome weekend. On Saturday I went to Cincy to see Yoni (from Why?) perform a "solo" set at this place called The Monastery. It was one of the cooler small venues I've ever seen a show at. It was essentially an old church that was converted into a recording studio/place to have small shows. They had seats set up on stage and out in the bigger "audience" area. I was able to score a front row seat and could enjoy the show while sitting down instead of having to get smashed up against people and having to bob around to see around other people who keep raising their arms, etc. Yoni performed with Josiah (his brother/ drummer from Why?) and the "toned-down" versions of the songs were great. They did a few covers, and played some new songs from their upcoming album (that they are apparently going to start recording in May). I was really glad the show turned out well, though I knew that Yoni would not disappoint since I've seen Why? twice in concert and they were both incredible shows.

After the show, I got to go hang out with some friends in Dayton. We started off at Tim's to do some much needed dancing, but the crowd was non-existent (though we all got 2 shots for free from some guy who apparently bought shots for everyone at Tim's), so we headed to The Fieldhouse which was down the road. One of my friends was a wee bit drunk at this point, so it was quite entertaining. Since I don't really drink at all, I get to enjoy my friend's crazy drunken antics when we all go out. We ended up dancing to random songs that played on the Juke Box, and just had fun trying to find other songs to play. When we headed back to the car that was parked near the original place we were at, we peaked into Tim's and the place was packed, so we went back in and got to dance to two songs before last call and things died down. Of course the night was capped off with some delicious Smokin' BBQ, which as always, was delicious. It was nice to have a break from the crazy studying and homework involved with school.

On Sunday, I had a nice study break in the middle of the day, and got to ride bikes with my friend Cotterman. We ended up doing 30 miles (mostly on the bike path), and it was great. The weather was amazing (it was in the 80s), and it felt great to have someone to ride with again. Cotterman and I ride alot (we are both Screeching Eagles after all), but we hadn't been able to ride together since before I left for Bike & Build last summer. Though it would have been awesome if all the Eagles could have been together (our friend Ryan is a fellow member, but he lives in Cleveland now), we still had a great ride. I did realize that I need to make sure to stretch before I bike though (which of course I know, but I just haven't been doing that lately), and I also need to drink more water before I head out. I suppose during my long break from biking over the winter, I've gotten out of my biking routine. Since the weather is finally warming up, I think I'll be back in good biking shape soon, and I'll make sure to keep myself well hydrated and make sure to do my pre-ride routine before I go out on the bike.

Now that I've recapped what's been going on, I need to get some lunch and do some reading for Biology. I have my first test in there on Thursday, and I'm worried that its going to be tough. My professor is incredibly smart and the material seems pretty easy (since this is more of what I'm a fan of when it comes to Biology), but I don't want to go in cocky and then bomb the test, because I didn't prepare.