I've put two new songs out on here (song18 and Untitled) as well as the very first song I created using Reason 3.0...Sparks. Let me know what you think! And I need a title for the new ones as well...any suggestions?

Happy November everyone! Let no-shave begin!

Last two weeks. Ready...GO!

Here's a picture of right before Sprit Chapel this year. Maupin's chant was "My Little Buttercup" from The Three Amigos...with the lyrics changed a bit to reflect our love for our dorm.

Ah...Homecoming last year was pretty awesome. Some of you might remember the Maupin Beauty Pagent last year...this year I returned to help host it with Andy Hansome...er...Hanson. While it was a fun time...and I freaked a lot of people out...NEVER AGAIN. Wilma Wonka has reached retirement. ;)

The contestants were good...not as many as last year but pretty stinkin' funny! This year's winner was "The Lunchlady". Sloppy Joes indeed...

Building the float this year was a lot of fun. Some people had more fun than others...

Building the float took from 7:00 PM on Friday night until 5:30 Saturday morning. It's a tradition of ours to start the float the night before the parade. Maupin's tradition of never following the theme also still stands true. The theme was "There's no place like SBU Homecoming...follow the purple brick road." Lame, eh? So who knows what float we're building? Any guesses?

That's right...a stinkin' dragon! Complete with teeth, horns, wings, a tail, and smoke coming out of his mouth. We actually had to add that last part during the parade. In true Maupin fashion, we stopped for a moment, popped open the hood, attached the power converter, and hooked us up some smoke!

Good times, great oldies!

Random thoughts:

• Scratch Track is a really good group. They played during Homecoming Week and they were actually pretty good in my humble opinion! Can't say the same for the band that opened for them though...
• Curses on my professor for scheduling all sorts of Senior Project events during Homecoming Week...thankfully I survived. Even though I'm pretty sure I had some residual makeup on (from the Beauty Pagent) when I helped present our senior project to some company reps...
• My room desperately needs to be vacuumed. Any takers?
• Watched Forrest Gump on TV tonight. Good movie.
• Got to see all sorts of people the last two weeks that I haven't seen in a while. All good times.
• I think I'm completely "social-ed out." Nothing some sleep and video games can't fix...
• I used to think about the future as if it'd never happen to me. Now that the future is appearing in the present, I'm not quite sure how to take it.
• "You had my heart...where was my head?" Sean Lea is amazing...I have a newfound respect for the guy. Check out his band Time of Favor sometime.
• Improv comedy. Always funny...especially with friends. :)
• Never try and volunteer someone else during an improv comedy show. They invariably pick you...
• I've become far behind in my homework...senioritis has set in. Along with a healthy dose of apathy. I should probably get over that, but right now I just don't care...
• One of my new songs is nearing completion. I'll try and put it out here soon and see if I can get some of you wonderful people to tell me what you think. :)

Rich out.

- New theme. Don't look too much into it...I'm not depressed. I just thought it looked cool.

- New Paint.NET pictures coming soon...I've done a lot since I posted the last album.

- Rainy days are not fun. Especially when you have to dress up for Ethics & Professional Development.

- Brawl Behind the Hall is next week. As well as the Maupin Beauty Pageant, float-building, and Homecoming. Should be interesting!

- This "posting-every-other-day" thing I was trying to do is pretty hard when life intervenes.

- I think last night was the first night in a week I got to bed before 3 AM. I've been staying up til 5 too much recently. Oh well...it usually tends to be worth it.

- Hanging out with Jessie and Slug was not only the highlight of my weekend...it was my weekend. Got to expose the city girl to Bolivar...it was interesting. But in a good way. :)

- Hanging out with Jessie and Amanda was not only the highlight of the weekend before...it was the weekend before. Got to expose the small town boy to St. Louis...it was interesting. But in a good way. :)

- I'm pretty sure that as much as God is sitting in heaven weeping over the state of the earth, he's weeping over the state of the church more. Maranatha.

- Paintball is awesome!

- Lately some personality flaws of mine have become glaringly evident. Someone find me some shades.

- Got a 94 on my Business Law test. It kinda made me feel good. Not gonna lie...

- Flag football is fun...especially when we have a good quarterback. Makes catching touchdown passes much easier... ;)

- In Ethics & PD today, the speaker talked about human resources and ethics...and I couldn't help thinking about what life is going to be like when I graduate. Not ready for it but I suppose I'll adjust.

- The amount of facebook applications is ridiculous. I finally have so many invites to join applications that I now have to scroll down the page to see the end of the list. To celebrate, I want everyone to invite me to as many applications as they can...I'll see how many I can accumulate!

- Eating nothing but burgers and fries for dinner may not be the healthiest thing to do, but it's oh so tasty.

Well, dropped my first class today. Signed up for Competitive Programming on a whim, and decided that it's really not as fun as last year and I don't need the credit. This summer has made me realize that I'm really more interested in making existing solutions better and look nicer. My internship spoiled me to being able to write good code, rather than fast code. I think the emphasis on speed this semester is not quite my thing. Why rush goodness? I mentioned this to Dr. DeClue today, and he told me that a few competitions have web-development categories. Perhaps I'll get into that. I really like making end-users happy and making things work the way they're supposed to. Hopefully I'll end up doing that for a living.

Also met with our senior project sponsor from Jack Henry today. It was an interesting meeting because I would keep thinking "oh he reminds me a little of this guy, and a little of that guy, and a little of a serial killer." (I made that last part up.) But Mr. Severheart...er...I mean Mr. Everhart seems like a pretty cool guy! And he was able to make our senior project a lot clearer. I'm looking forward to starting actual work on it soon.

I know what most of you are thinking. Too much computer science stuff. I agree. And now for something...completely different.

It's been a while since I've blogged about anything of note. And while I'd like to blame that on being busy with my internship this summer and only having internet for a short time at work...the truth is I've been a little bit on the lazy side. I see a lot of people on a daily basis and have neglected those who may not share each day with me. So I'm going to try and write something every other day here. Which may last a while, and may not...depends on whether I remember that I made this resolution tomorrow...

Ah, drugs. ;)

No seriously, I was sick on Monday...probably something I ate. And it's way too late...perhaps tomorrow I'll do something interesting!

No really! I promise! My excuse: