A lot of studying, little sleep, and no entertainment = annoyed, moody Sobe.

Protected post coming up in a few days.

I want to write a story but I have a feeling that whatever I write will be based off something else.  Like, the idea of having the main character known only as "The Cypriot" makes me think of characters from "The Fall".  Which, if you haven't seen yet, you really must.

Then having The Cypriot go on a quest to discover his roots and ends up falling in love is so typical.  I'd rather have him go on a quest to discover his destiny, which again, is typical, but it's a little less cliched.  Okay maybe not.  The Cypriot could be stuck in jail for 12 years for a crime he didn't commit..but then, isn't that what happened in "Life"?  He escapes and gets revenge on everyone who did him wrong and put him behind bars ("Count of Monte Christo"), or he could escape because of a bombing to the jail ("Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl").  Or, he could just get one of his rare good friends, The Italian, to seek his innocence.  Of course, his love interest will think he's dead and will have either killed herself in the process or she's married elsewhere.

That's it.  I've decided I won't be reading novels much anymore until New Years.  All these ideas are being lifted from other sources and I can't create something new by copying old elements.

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I have this excel assignment due Monday at midnight.  I'll probably be using the 2003 version of Excel (I can't stand the 2007 version) - so if there's anyone out there who's good at using excel, could you message me your AIM/MSN/Yahoo!/etc., so I could possibly contact you if I'm having difficulties?

Random thought: Why is it that whenever I wear black jeans, my fingernails get dirty?  Does this happen to anyone else?

I did something really silly the other day.  I was really bored on last.fm, so I was looking at a track or something.  Then from that, I clicked onto a link of a group that I thought was witty, and from there, another group.  From there, I clicked onto this guy's profile.  I thought he was cute, so I let him know haha.  I didn't write anything major (you can check out his shoutbox), all I said was "You're cute", but I dunno how the dude'll react.  I'll keep you informed.

There's gas stations here that have run out of gas and the ones that still have gas have huge lineups.  Lineups that are blocking traffic and creating havoc all across the city. 
The gas tank in the car I drive is just over half full.  In about a week, I'll be waiting in line.  That's very unsettling.