the past few days have been quite enjoyable. saturday consisted of my sitting around the house for a good part of the day, and then doing some work in the basement, and then sitting around my house some more. sunday, i worked in my basement for a bit...listening to my dad scream at the plumbing that we installed. "the damn pipe just won't get fucking hot enough" (we were soldering pipes together...and there was water in the pipe) then a lovely evening at borders bookstore with natalie. the wonderful world of lying to your parents in order to see the girlfriend that they would never be ok with. yeah, that's how the story goes. it occurs to me that most of my avid readers won't know this story...and thus i should tell it. since i am yet to tell anyone about this relationship, here it goes. i am dating natalie scott of carrollton, ohio/baldwin wallace college. and my parents don't know about it. that's pretty much all there is to that story, so it's not really interesting at all...i suppose; to any of you. but it's news and thus warrants a place in this online diary. so, school starts tomorrow and with it comes the boring hum-drum routine that is my life. here we go...only two years left. huzzah.