Elked!

First things first: a correction to my previous entry. I was informed that it's spelled djeetyet.

Now some events that happened before I got here. Well, first my car got elked. And by elked I mean, a freakin' elk was standing in the middle of the highway as I was driving from Spokane to Moscow. It was dark and as I rounded a corner at 60mph, I couldn't swerve enough to miss it. The damage:As you can see, the mirror was torn off, window smashed, and various damage to the front end and hood. Although I wasn't hurt, the animal wasn't so fortunate.

So that was the day before finals week--not the best way to start off, as you could imagine. Then the next day my roommate told me that he was moving out, even though he said he'd stay through the next school year. Plus at my job (working for a professor in the soils dept) there was a deadline for a paper coming up, so I ended up working over 30 hours that week, plus 4 finals. All this less than a week before I had to leave for Bama. Fortunately, I found a roommate for next year and ended up getting an A in all my 22 credits, so I guess things worked out.

So, as you can see, coming down here and only working full time has been a bit of a relief.

On a lighter note, here's some random pictures I took around Birmingham:
I found an empty parking lot except for this, near the downtown area. I'm not sure if it was some kind of low-speed battle or a re-enactment of Tianamen Square...
I found this at a store called Magnolias, which I can only describe as a combination of Spencer's and a Hallmark store. They have everything from foofy trinkets to strange/tasteless greeting cards to fake barf.

I guess next post I'll get around to talking about what I'm actually working on here...

Caio