The Red Rings

Blog No. MALL: A Day of "Celebration"

And so begins the first day of finals.

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I arrived early to study for the Chemistry final with King and Susan Surrandon. I wasn't so worried about the tests once I looked at the answer keys to the previous four tests this semester. Susan Surrandon was a little worried, however, because of the current grade she was currently sitting on. I'm currently at a low "C" in that class, which basically means if I pretty much get anything above a "D" on the final, I'm set. With that knowledge, I had put my mind at ease. I basically spent my first hour of studying by doing my final lab work and the second hour looking at the answer keys.

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The final itself wasn't so hard. Of course we usually say this and end up having a lower grade than expected to show for it because of those darn stupid mistakes. In retrospect, the class is not so hard, but much rather it was because we came into this class with this loathing impression of the course from previous Chemistry classes. The Weissbart was a cool guy to talk to, especially now that we got him to call us Rabbiman and Susan Surrandon. So with this I say "So long!" to the Weissbart.

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After the Chemistry final, Taylor decided that we should have a "celebration" for today. I originally planned to catch up on my Italian homework at home, but I suppose not having anymore Chemistry again for the rest of my life is reason enough to put that on hold and celebrate! And so ensues the impromptu celebratory Denny's lunch.

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Taylor, Zack, and I met up with King, Susan Surrandon, and Phillip at the Denny's near Scandia. I ordered a french toast slam with hot chocolate. The hot chocolates are always good here, seeing as they usually make them extra chocolaty with extra whipped cream, not to mention unlimited refills and a few cents less than a soft drink. The only times I've ever came here was for after concert times, and whenever I had hot chocolate JT would usually engulf the whipped cream with his monstrous bear trap of a mouth and down all of my chocolate down his throat... So I was glad I actually enjoyed my hot chocolate. XD

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After Denny's, Taylor, Phillip, Susan Surrandon and I took a trip to the Roseville Galleria. This was my official second time I've ever been to the Roseville Galleria. Compared with the other malls I've been to, this one is a lot more impressive... It's sad thinking about it really. I now have more of a firm knowledge of a few different malls now. It's weird how I look back and think I avoided the malls when now I seem to go every other day...

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We pretty much walked in a circle around the mall, looking randomly at different things. We went to FYE, Gamestop, Hot Topic, Aeropostale (of course), and a few other clothing stores. I looked at a lot of shirts with Taylor, and a lot of posters at FYE, which mainly consisted of boobs, Edward Cullen, and the Jonas Brothers. He needed to look around for some Xmas gifts, so I kinda helped. Although, I couldn't help but try and look for myself in Hot Topic, seeing as everytime I go in there I always look for the checkerboarded stuff. XD

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When we stopped by the bathroom, we noticed that there were a bunch of uniquely painted tiles leading up to it. The tiles were made by school kids from around the year 2000. We saw a bunch of cats and stripes and scribbly lines everywhere. Then Taylor spotted a crudely drawn Pikachu, which then sparked the Pokemon hide and seek game. I believe we found 2 pokeballs, 3 Pikachus, and an Oddish. The Oddish seemed a little out of place, but I guess it works. Taylor was so happy that we found it, too.XD

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Taylor also needed to find some lip rings. Apparently, while he was being force fed some food, he had accidentally swallowed one of the balls off of one of the lip rings. He assured us that the piece of metal has passed through his system already... Anyway, we looked through a very limited supply of body jewelry at this little station in the middle of the mall. I suggested a pair of ruby red lip rings, seeing as he always seemed to wear red. I had also suggested the blue and silver striped ones, but Susan Surrandon said they were too gay, which I don't see why she said that seeing as the rings were meant for the gay guy... There were weird tye dye ones, ones with balls on the stars, and some that bent in different shapes that you kinda have to think about and wonder where they actually go... Taylor ended up with a plain pair of silver ones and the red ones I suggested for him.

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After Taylor had put on one of his lip rings, we ended up going by the JC Penny to look for bed sheet. This reminded me that I still needed to get bed sheets for my bed at Santa Cruz, so I sent a quick text to Kaylah to ask what size bed would I get. She replied, "Twin XL." A Twin XL? So I'm going from a Twin bed to a Twin XL? What a luxury! XD

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After everything was said and done, we decided to depart. Taylor took me all the way home after singing to a couple of tunes on the radio. The day trip was fun! Now if only I had time to do the Italian homework... XD