I was hoping for a 69

Damn I'm lazy. I haven't posted a blog since Feb. 6th.

Did you miss me? I didn't think so. Don't worry, I'm just checking in for a brief update.

After finishing up the last 4 of the 40 hours of job shadowing I have to do, I headed over to the Red Rocks campus today to take the Accuplacer exam required for my application into the sonography program. It's the first time I've been to campus during regular school hours, and let me tell you, it was fucking weird. There were students everywhere- and every one of them was smoking a cigarette and kicking a hacky sack. It looked like a Greatful Dead concert. Kids were sprawled out on the lawns soaking up the sun, making out, and pretty much doing everything but studying. It's not that I fault them for it, but it was bizarre to watch. I just kept thinking, "man, that was me eight years ago, sitting around doing nothing." You know, minus the cigarettes and the hacky sacks. Nor was I making out with any girls.

It's sad, but those kids I saw on campus today are getting more out of their education than I did.

So I took the exam. There were three sections to the test- reading comprehension, sentence skills, and algebra. The first two sections I did fairly well on. I scored a 111 in reading comprehension and 119 in sentence skills. I needed scores of 90 for both, so I guess I did decent enough. The algebra section however bent me over the table and had its way with me. No foreplay. No lube. Just straight to the rough stuff. It was ugly.

I needed an 85. I scored a 67. Sad.

No worries though. I can retake the test as many times as I want. And on the advice of one of the counselors there, I'm going to pick-up "Algebra for Dummies" to refresh my math skills. Supposedly students will often double their scores after studying the book and retaking their test. Yeah, sure. Whatever.

I'm thinking about buying a hacky sack.