Thanks to my coconut guru friend Colin, I have learned much and it's time I pass the knowledge on to the the thousands of you who read my blog.
Botanically speaking, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a nut).The husk (mesocarp) is fibrous and there is an inner "stone" (the endocarp). This hard endocarp has three germination pores that are clearly visible on the outside surface once the husk is removed. It is through one of these that the radicle emerges when the embryo germinates. When viewed on end, the endocarp and germination pores resemble the face of a monkey, the Portuguese word for which is coco. And coconut water can be used as intravenous hydration since it is so similair to blood plasma.
On a side note: botanically a tomato is a fruit, however for import taxes it is considered a vegetable, as decided by the supreme court in 1893.
Therefore, we are starting a petition to give tomatoes everywhere the recognition of fruit status that it so rightly deserves. Please lend me your signature.

I got a lot closer to my fellow co-mangers today, especially since half of them had their hands all over me! (knot game) And ya know for people who don't like to rip apart animals, they are pretty cool.

Well here's my lame excuse for not writting. I'm taking 16 credits of school, like 14 hours of work, not to mention the 'homework' from work, and still maintaining somewhat of a social life. But I should write in here more.

I think I have the flu. Life sucks.

Ok so here's the little things that have made life a little sweeter recently: Gigantic pizzia slices and tiny theaters, the perfect lunch, Halloween is coming soon, and a B on an essay that I wrote the night before it was due. :)

For those of you who know how much I love to argue, you can see why I got so much delight out of this website that I owe Tolly credit to directing me to. http://www.mil-millington.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/things.html

So this morning I woke up at 6am to make maple tofu and vegan cookies. Surprisingly, they were good.

I got the job!!!!! At Earthfoods! As a co-manager! :)

That's it. I've decided. I'm going to Texas Tech. Seriously, UT sucks anyways, and you can get a math degree ANYWHERE. There is such a shortage of teachers they really don't care where you got your degree, you can teach wherever. And plus, I'd be with Amanda. How much fun would that be? She is so the coolest person I've EVER know.... EVER.

Wheat Thins taste really good when over cooked.

Ok I'm here on my first college weekend and it's raining hard. So the annual Orchard Hill Bowl dance might be cancelled. I'm hungry, but am I hungry enough to eat dinner soaking wet? Maybe I'll steal some of my roomate's food and live off the vending machine... But here's the upside: 10 guys playing volleyball in the rain w/o shirts. :) I just realized how much it's going to suck to have to walk through snow to eat every meal and to go to class. Thank goodness they did away with out houses!
Sunday hopefully I'll be seeing Enter the Haggis, which is a great Irish band.
Appearantly 16 credits means a lot of homework. Everyday! Can you imagine?
Ok, I'm going to try to brave the light drizzle.

My math TA is on crack. He speaks and writes so fast and he asks if everyone understands, but he says it like, c'mon everyone should know this elementary math. Then my math proffessor has a thick Russian accent! And this is the hardest calc! *Warning: this will be a reoccuring theme in my journal for the next semester.*

Hmm...I should really pimp out my room. Shiny things and blinking things would look really good in here. Sara (new roomie) better get back soon before I decorate this place without her....
I'll take pictures and post them when I'm done.

Oh and I've got a wonderful roommate. She's kinda like Michelle: she actually studies. So she will be a good influence on me. (I've already skipped two classes!)

In no way did I endorse that last post. Damn hackers!

Anywho... I'm in Amherst again. I left Friday night to take my driver's test on Saturday in CT, but I couldn't take it because I didn't have all the paper work. So I missed the first weekend at college for nothing! It's Sunday and I'm bored.

First of all that last post was written by Amanda, and I did not endorse that message.
Second, I hate my building/floor!! All girls who don't want to talk to me or my roommate! They keep their doors closed and then last night someone told us to be quiet because we were talking too loud! And today is my first day of class and I am lucky that I know the subjects I have and at what times, because Spire is down and no one can see their schedule. And I won't be here this weekend to go to a party cause of that stupid drivers test I'll probably flunk anyway.

Disclaimer: That last post was written by Amanda, and in no way do I endorse her message.

I'm so excited!!! I'm going on a cruise with Amanda next August for our annual get-together!!! She's so cool, I can't believe I am lucky enough to be friends with such a snazzy lady. I mean, wow. She's just the best EVER. I should really tell more people about how freakin awesome she is. I'm off to do that.

I'm in Amherst.

The Financial Aid office is giving me a headache.We've sent our loan papers twice. Everytime I call the office it is busy. I've been calling several times a day for the past week, and I've never gotten through. And yet, I've recieved this message:
If your account remains outstanding and not cleared by September 8th,the first day of classes, your registration for the fall semester will be cancelled resulting in the loss of classes. If you planned to live in residence halls, you will also lose your housing assignment and meal plan.
So maybe I'll be going to school in the fall, and perhaps I won't.

Last night, I actually went out! I hung out with Dave and his friends at the pool hall and then Dave, his friend Steve, and I went dancing till closing time. It was great fun. But I swear hip hop music is sooo hard to dance to!
I'm loving my stay here, but I also can't wait to start school!