Yellow... scott here. Well today has been pretty cool... got up... went to some class had lunch... just got out of more class and i've got one more before i go back and work at the pharmacy for 3 hours (i'm helping because its the day after a holiday plus the first open day of the month... so that means we will be super busy). I think alot of stuff has been going on since last i wrote. Saturday after work i went to the mall and talked to kim and ended up getting up the courage to pop the "wanna get something to eat sometime?" question. She said she couldnt because she had a boyfriend (remind me to do more reasearch next time!)... that wasnt as bad as it could have been... i actually left feeling better than i did before i had asked... i guess because i was proud of myself for breaking new ground in my maturity with dealing with girls... if you knew my girl situations in past with more detail, you would know that my first 2 girlfriends were girls i met online, rose (3rd girl) and i got together mainly through me telling her friends i liked her and them doing most of the work for me... the infamous #4 was a result of us sharing the same keyboard durning winter drum line practice and her basically openly flirting with me alot... ended up calling her on the phone for that. So basically i've never done anything close to initiating something like this in person, and its really tough, but i find that the let-down of it not going how you would want is much less, i suppose due to the fact that they are right there and know can see if they are rolling their eyes when they say "you're a great guy"... i dont really know why.... its just better. I definitly am gonna try to stick to the in-person stuff over internet or telephone as much as i can. I guess i'm just glad i feel that i am making progress, despite the fact that it hasnt taken me anywhere yet. ALSO, i saw her today and instead of running away, i stood there and she smiled and waved... (thats also an improvement for me- see 2 posts before this one for clarification). So thats good, i feel good... nobody currently on my "girls to consider the possibility of talking to" list... which is fine. i remember a time when i felt really crappy when there was no girl in my life that i was interrested in. (i.e. sophomore year and junior year save 2 weeks with amanda and 3 weeks with jennifer {thats 5 weeks}). I also ran a 10k on monday morning... my time was roughly 53 1/2 minutes for the 6.2 miles, which isnt too bad for my first one.

On to other matters:

Had a good weekend back in MJ. Josh's party was really fun, good food -those hunters know their food... let me tell you... mr hunter asked if i would go get some of the extra meat off the [HUGE] grill, i said sure, and to my suprise found about 12 half-chickens...or 6 whole chickens for you math majors)-, good people, fun time.... i particularly enjoyed the frisbee, swimming, and movie watching... which is cool because thats about 80% of what the party involved! I was glad to see Myatt, Johnna, and Chance there too.
Todd is doing fine, he has visibly lost of weight, looks more like his old self. Kudos to him for taking on radio, cross country, strict rules, AND a new university all the same time.
Samantha seems fine.... she still has some prooving to do to me if she wants me to believe she is totally over todd just based on watching her emotions and actions when he is around, but i do think she is making progress... so she should continue with that.
Jesse seems happy... from reading her blog which is about 75% josh-related i would say she is thinking alot about him and their relationship and justly so because of his impending journey to Euro-ville. I think they will be just fine, 4 months may seem like an eternity, but i think its definitly doable... i'm not exactly sure why seeing other people while he was gone was something that was an issue because i dont know why either of them would want to see other people with all they have been through together, but i have limited understanding of the long relationship as my personal longest is under 3 months... so i dunno... i guess thats something to think about? Just seemed weird to me. I hope jesse doesnt get too "i miss josh" on us this semester... i definitly understand missing him alot and being sad that he isnt there, but if it DEFINIES who jesse is, i would say she might be doing alittle too much missing... but josh will have info-net acess so maybe they'll talk alot and she'll be cool.... kudos for her ring... i'm confused why a non-engaugement ring goes on the finger she's wearing it on... why not save that for if/when it actually needs to be used for that purpose? i dont think its wrong, just confusing. We (non married) guys dont do the ring thing...
ok... well i'm going to class- scott