Smoothies. That is all.

Today, I had a smoothie and apparently proved that I'm the whitest kid at Hampton University.  Lunch in the cafe was terribad today, so i decided that I would head into the student center to pick up a snack.  I wandered into Planet Smoothie, not knowing what to order... and then I saw it...  The Chocolate Elvis.  Now the name itself should be enough for one to tell that it is going to be good, but let me break it down for you.  Start with skim milk.  Add chocolate.  Add more chocolate.  Add peanut butter.  More chocolate.  Finally, throw in an entire banana.  Mix up and enjoy.  I ordered a medium, thinking that I'd be getting a respectable size drink in return.  Instead I get this behemoth of a drink which I can only describe as a meal in itself.  Pure awesome.

Now, for the fail of the week.  I find myself in a precarious position... I'm almost out of clean clothes, because the Hampton Laundromat is stupid.  I've tried twice now to go and wash clothes. The first time, the laundromat had closed early.  Today, however, there were a plethora of open machines.  HOWEVER, none of the machines accepted change, but instead required a little card that you got from a machine at the far end.  Anyway, I went to get a card, and realize that the machine only accepted paper money, which meant that the ten dollars in quarters that had been weighting my oants down were useless and my wallet had a lone $50 dollar bill.  EPIC FAIL!

All in all, I think today evened itself out.  Win for a fail.  I'll take that.  That's honestly about it for today.  before I go though, I'm going to set a goal for myself.  I want to have at least one subscriber and one comment on my posts.  My blog needs to feel some love.  being the eternal optimist I am, I refuse to quit blogging until I get one of each.  Now, after I get them, I'm not going to quit, but by doing this, I'm setting a perseverance challenge for myself.  If you're out there reading this, then please leave a comment, follow me, you know the drill.  

More to come.

Ciao!

-Lance-

Embarassment in the Cafeteria!

 Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Well, it's been a busy week so far.  My boss has been working me about 30 minutes late every day, making me almost miss dinner on more than one occasion.  I don't mind it though, because I am really enjoying the work that I get to do while I'm here.  They have me working on programming with the AIM Satellite for NASA, which is an atmospheric measurement device.  Basically, I've been learning a bunch of software programs that will allow me to create models in effort to improve the data that they collect.  But anyway, enough with the technical stuff.  My roommate moved in today.  He's from Purdue and is an atmospheric sciences major.  He's pretty cool.  I showed him around town and he gave me a ride over to the store.  So this is shaping up to be a good week.  We have two seminars this week, which means we will be getting two breaks in our work day.  On Sunday, we're also getting a trip out to Williamsburg.  I can't wait to go.

Funny story...  I went to dinner last night by myself and ended up sitting alone.  This happens a lot when you're one of the few white kids at a historically black university.  People tend to avoid you like the plague.  As I'm eating my dinner, this girl comes over and asks me if I'd like to sit with her and her friend.  I went over to sit with them, and she revealed she was an incoming freshman he for the pre-college program.  After talking for a bit, she asked me a few questions about myself, and when I told her that I was a summer intern, she said, "You must be really smart!  Are you planning to go to school here, too?"  Apparently when I said I was going to be a senior, she thought that I meant in high school.  She almost jumped out of her seat when I told her I was going to be graduating from COLLEGE next year.  I don't think I've ever seen anybody so embarrassed before.  In the end, we all laughed it off, and before I left, she invited me and anyone else coming to meals with me to sit with them for the rest of the summer.  It's nice to know you're not completely alone sometimes.  :)

More to come.  

Ciao!


-Lance-