I pulled one of those rare all-nighters last night.  A good bit of my family accompanied my cousin to San Marcos for some midnight shopping.  Although we arrived at around 12, it was (obviously) a madhouse at the mall and about a quarter-mile radius.  As we looked for parking, we saw the fatal efficiency of families as some minivans were halfway-filled.  Still, I saw plenty of order amidst the chaos.  I got myself some shirts to diversify my line of clothing.

In four hours, I reached a point I never knew existed: I got weary of shopping.  One of the members in the group decided to go into a Bath and Body Works outlet.  It was particularly awkward because my group was all guys, and we were the only guys inside the store.  After a few more stores of nothing, there was finally a consensus to go home.

I received an ad for this in the mail today along with my weekly grocery store ads.  When I saw this, I wondered, “Is the manufacturer seriously desperate for some revenue or something?”  After all, it is pretty obvious when someone is over the age of 65.  Nevertheless, I do see some gag gift value in this item.

Here’s the ad.  Have at it, folks!

While my job search has not turned up much, I am still hopeful as I still have one semester left and I had a spectacular interview with a company.  For every question he had, I had an answer and an experience to share.  The interviewer also had a few things to relate to me.  All in all, I see a friendly and structured work environment, and I feel that this company would be a great fit for me.

Speaking of “spectacular,” this month of solar car team work has been exactly that.  For starters, we got the car rolling on its own power again, in time for an outreach event at San Antonio and to show off to our biggest sponsor, Samsung.  We even peer-pressured Professor Hallock (our wonderful faculty advisor) into taking a lap in it!

During the course of a month or so, our Blackboard system had a survey asking what operating system we use.  I noticed today that the survey is now closed with this snippet: “The operating system poll is now closed, the Linux/UNIX user’s [sic] have won.  You can turn off the automated scripts now.”  A screenshot is below:

With my left hand on the Bible and my right hand raised, I voted only once (hence the title).  For better accuracy, they should’ve kept track of the EIDs that voted.

As some of y’all may know, I had a pretty uneventful 21st birthday.  This time around, I made up for it somewhat.  I started off the day working with the solar car team for some community outreach.  I proceeded to rest up during the afternoon and have dinner in the evening.  Here are just a few pictures my two friends took:

To the glee of those who resent football because for its resource-hogging ways, we lost to Texas Tech by a very, very slim margin.  I know some people who would like to be able to drive to campus just to study, access labs, etc.  Perhaps some of y’all can provide them with suggestions.  In any event, I did no studying or homework today, which means that I should be well-rested enough to do a lot over the course of this week to make up for that.