...later that day...

Well we got our history mid-terms back today. wahoo! I got an "A-". I missed two very obvious questions (they were extra credit, tho... whew! - last week I asked him if he'd graded it yet; he said yes and that I missed something I was gonna kick myself for missing). So... what did I miss? I got the 13th (abolition of slavery) and 19th (women's rights) Amendments mixed up. D'OH!
Again with the speeches in my communications class. I'm really surprised at the topics my classmates choose. We've had topics from steroids (the guy works at a gym - everything he talks about has something to do with working out), organ donation, looking on the bright side of everything, economic impact of deporting illegal aliens, rights of voting, legalizing same sex marriages, lowering voting age, to saving for retirement. It's really interesting to see what people come up with. There is one guy in this class that I can't figure out why he's at a community college. He's in his early 20's and extremely smart (his speeches have been on embryonic stem cells and the economic impact of deportation). I'm just amazed that he's not someplace with scholarships, etc. Of course, he is married and has a baby (I think - on the baby thing), so that may be part of it. I dunno. Maybe he just seems really smart to me.
Oh, by the way, I made a friend today. Or at least I think I did. There is a girl in my communications class that I've really found interesting. She's very open and honest about who she is and what her past is (recovering drug addict) and is very much like me in that she says it like it is. Anyhoo, she asked me for my phone number today (of course, maybe she wants to ask me out, although I haven't gotten that vibe from her). It was kinda kewl but kinda weird, too. Funny, though, that she asked for it today... the day I said I was going to make a new friend! WEEEEEE!!!