Day 322: Jaywalking Success

 

November 18th, 2011Today proved two things: jaywalking is not only appropriate but necessary in some situations, and that I am still a Settlers of Catan master. I woke up this morning at roughly 12:30, still hella’ tired from last night’s stupid all-nighter. Geetha and I went to Hullabaloo, but it didn’t look too exciting so we didn’t even bother getting our wristbands. We went to Ralph’s to get supplies to make pigs in a blanket, went to Island’s to eat a delicious (yet expensive) lunch, and then went our seperate ways. I showered at home ultimately awaiting the arrival of Julia, Alex, and Bee-John. The four of us went to “ChopStix” on Convoy street where I ultimately decided to not eat. While waiting for our seats we decided we needed to get boba, and made an emergency jaywalk motion across the street (as pictured above). We realized it was merely a Tapioca Express on the other side ultimately making us sad and wanting to jaywalk all the way back. At ChopStik we had intellectual but a pretty heated debate on education, the UC system, and the government’s role in all of these services. When we got back home Bee-John left leaving me to play Catan with Julia and Alex. At one point we were all super close to getting 10 victory points (and ultimately winning), but I pulled through in the end with the power of skill (and luck). I ate cereal for dinner proceeding to bus on over to campus afterwards. I chilled in Price Center for a bit before ultimately meeting Geetha for her place, as we prepared for tomorrow’s wonderful trip, the destination: Disneyland. We also made some delicious pigs in a blanket.

On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, fought some four months earlier, was the single bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Over the course of three days, more than 45,000 men were killed, injured, captured or went missing. The battle also proved to be the turning point of the war: General Robert E. Lee’s defeat and retreat from Gettysburg marked the last Confederate invasion of Northern territory and the beginning of the Southern army’s ultimate decline. PRETTY EPIC SPEECH, I must sadly admit.

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