things are starting to look up in more ways than one, and i'm so happy i got the chance to get out and vote today. a lot's happened sense i last wrote, and it's all been pretty good. the culmination of my recent experiences is me feeling genuinely and generally encouraged.

for starters, i got a 96 on my stats test, which is great because i got a 50 something on the first one and since she drops our lowest gra

de, that one won't count, which means i have an A in the class now. i was hell bent on fixing my grade in that class, and i'm glad i was able. i'm doing pretty well overall this semester, and i'm sure my family will be happy with that. i also am loving my arabic class, partially because i'm doing well in it, and also because i just think it's a beautiful and logical language with much relevance in today's world. 

today i got to vote for the first time, and Obama is the new President-elect, and i feel really proud to be American--something i'd never imagine myself saying before tonight. don't feel like i need to say much more than i have faith that Obama and Biden and the American people as a whole will lead this country in the right direction in the years to come despite the snide remarks by republicans. he said he will be OUR president, and that goes for those who didn't support him as well. partisanship had a secondary role to necessity in this election. 

it was crazy downtown with Obama's supporters [political] race rioting at the White House and all over elsewhere. i was in the car with my friend and the masses of people came running and marching down the street, and sticking my hand out the window, i must have given/received over a hundred high five's. good times.

what have i been up to? studying, trying to get a job, shopping, chilling, saving money

what new interests have i found? some pretty cool shit on vimeo, al-jazeera ( a VERY legitimate news source, by the way. lose your stereotypes), bbc, supras

and i can't forget music...pandora's been awesome to me, and i downloaded some UGK, MGMT, digitalism's album, Idealism, stegosaurus rex's album, The Dino Soars, and some older daedelus as well.

Le Punk HD from Daniel Etura on Vimeo.

these are the supras i want. just bought some stuff to go with them. soon.

also recently, i was sick as shit on halloween, so i didn't get to do shit, but i made up for it saturday i guess. my cousin came by for a bit, and i went to a party at a house of a friend of a friend..i've been smoking quite a bit lately, but i get my work done fairly consistently, so i'm not fucking up by my standards, and i'm keeping the rents of my nuts, so it's w/e really. probably should cut back at some point though..i'll think about it. wonder what kinda shit i'ma get into with catherine coming over this weekend. who knows..

random, but i need to beat some DS games and get some PS3 games. i've been slacking. & speaking of slacking, i have DEFINITELY been slacking on studying for accounting...i have a test thursday, and since it's 5:50 in the morning on wednesday, that means tomorrow. catch up later.