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Someone who commented on my previous post apparently knew the cause of Daniel's death, even though I hadn't mentioned it. It was suicide, that's all I know. No one knows why, though. Daniel was going to graduate next week.

The Madness of Jake N.

"Madness" may be an exaggeration, but life has been crazy for me lately.

It all began Sunday at 8 PM. We freshman males were told to evacuate the whole building for reasons unknown. We were all sent to the student center, where we would hear more information... eventually. The Laurinburg PD had sealed off the building, and we were all homeless. I ended up going to the local Jameson Inn for that night. By Monday morning, the whole campus was informed: Daniel Goodstein, a senior living in the building, had been found dead. After the staff had gotten organized, I was sent to live in a vacant room in another building. I was still wearing the same shirt, shorts, underwear, socks, and shoes I wore on Sunday, and setback after setback kept on hitting me. I couldn't access the rest of my stuff and my cell phone gave up the ghost on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday at about 6 PM, the building was reopened, and I thought my problems would be over. But then, today, I started feeling sick at about 11:30 AM, and in the last three hours, I've had to run from the nurse's office to an urgent care center, to Eckerd, back to the nurse's office, to the LA building, to the PE building, back to Eckerd, to the bank, and to Harris Teeter before I could come back here and write all this. I'm starting to get worried about exams.

Technological greetings

My parents sent me a video, expressing their like and reminding me that they want better grades this time. Here's hoping I get those better grades.

Speaking of grades, exams start one week from tomorrow. I have Cinema Classics on Saturday, Western Civilization on Monday, Writing Workshop on Tuesday, and Creative Writing on Wednesday. After that, I may need to stick around for the next county commissioners' meeting, assuming they're going to push back the mega dump vote again.

Desperate for Information

The local Time Warner Cable has pulled an unforeseen switch on all of Scotland County. Almost all the channels have been changed. For some reason, WBTW is on channels 13 AND 53. I think they tried to get WBTW-DT2, which carries My Network TV, but messed up and now there are 3 CBSs. What bugs me is the lack of warning. I can hear assorted swears in the hall, which I guess means the other guys have found out too. I can't be sure about that, though. They swear over everything. The same thing happened in Clayton at exactly 7:32 AM on December 19, 2000, but the on-screen guide conformed immediately. Neither the TV Guide website or channel have been altered, as of yet, which makes this so much more frustrating. I don't like being ignorant. Why do you think I'm attending college?

As for last night's post, it seems that everyone was desperate for information about the Virginia Tech massacre. I hope I'm not coming off as insensitive about that. I'm genuinely concerned and saddened.

It's too slow!!!!

My internet connection is too slow. It's driving me insane. I'm starting to be able to relate to this guy (WARNING: VERY Foul Language).

Easter Weekend

Just a quick update and Simpsons review: I came home Thursday morning for Easter break a day early due to a doctor's appointment. On Saturday, Mom and I went up to Catawba County to visit my grandparents. My plans were to tape record one of Grandpa's stories, but that had already been done. I also found out that my cousin Will is getting married in October. On Sunday, we came back. Then, we saw The Simpsons rerun that I had missed a few months ago. Here's the review:

This one was really good. I didn't quite understand the couch gag, but the episode was really understandable. I don't quite remember the details right now, but I do know that I liked it.

Better news

Sophie was found in a backyard near Crabtree Valley Mall. I'm glad everything worked out. I just didn't want everyone out there to worry.

No Mega Dump: the story of a few people and their quest to save the environment, Part 1

As I mentioned earlier, the vote on the Scotland County Mega Dump was tonight. Or not... Somehow, the county commissioners were intimidated by SCOT's presesnce and pushed the vote back to May. At the rally, A few people who had saved their own counties from mega dumps spoke, along with several locals. For some reason, I felt brave and/or stupid enough to speak as well. Luckily, the speech I made up on the spot went over well. I didn't feel up for speaking at the actual commissioners' meeting, though when they announced their pushing back of the vote to May, my and several others' "boo"s were heard. I feel like I made a diference after all.

In other news, my cousin Laura's beloved Yorkshire terrier Sophie was stolen out of their van last night. If I had the time, I would put whatever I learned in forensic science to work and do the best I could to find Sophie. Until then, I place my faith in the Raleigh PD. And if the dognapper is reading this, take good care of Sophie and bring her back ASAP.