The end is nigh.

Fall semester just closed up, and from the grades posted I passed just about everything. Note I didn't say I did well, I passed. My average is a B right now, although I know that will change when my math grades come in.

The issue of the day right now is the power outage that occurred Thursday night, lasting all through Friday. The problem is that my math final, my last final of the semester is on Friday. The test is rescheduled for January. This give me 3 more weeks to study, 3 weeks that is my winter break. Regardless, I had a flight to catch. I'm going home.

I pack my stuff Friday night, my flight is the following day, Saturday at midnight. I make arrangements for a taxi to the airport. The guy's late, by half an hour. What the fuck. I call the dispatch and the dude gives me an attitude. "to be honest, your lucky to even be getting a taxi at all on a night like this" It was a nice night to be outside, I was enjoying myself despite my ride being late. Luckily I arrived at the airport on time, mainly because my flight has also been delayed by half an hour. So things worked out, mostly.

After checking in, on the way to the security check at the airport, I've never been so freaked out. Now note that its late, all the stores at the airport are closed and there are only a few people around. A stocky short Hispanic guy in a leather jacked, blue shirt, and jeans is walking to my right within my peripheral vision. That's alright you know, this is what people do in a hallway, they walk. I stop to check my boarding pass on which gate I'm supposed to head to. Here's the weird part; He stops as well. No he doesn't stop to check a store or take a call or to tie shoelaces he just stops and stands there. Whoa, that's weird. Now it's not hard to notice this either, the area was empty except for me and him. I stuff the boarding pass back into my pocket, I didn't even check my gate, I'm on high alert now. I start walking again, towards the middle of the hall and stop abruptly to "check my shoe laces". He stops instantly just as I do and tries to act nonchalant. I inspect my shoelaces intentionally for a awkwardly long amount of time. After a bit he begins to act real nervous and walks to a CLOSED information booth and stands there. I get up and being to head towards the security check, as I start moving he does to.

I'm really starting to get nervous at this point because the first time may have been coincidence but now I'm pretty sure somethings up. So I get inline for the security check with him right behind me. The way the security at this airport works is that you get in a single line which after ID check splits into 5 separate x-ray scan and metal detector terminals. Now I'm thinking, I checked in so I can't really miss my flight; they do a paging passenger etc. when your not there on time. So after ID check I intentionally get on the longer line, which got me a few weird looks but get this, the guy also gets on the same line as me. So being from NYC, I figure he's going to mug me but then I think about the situation and any possible explanation gets tossed out. We're in the middle of a security check point with, probably armed, security officers surrounding us. There's a metal detector up ahead and there's no real backing out once your on this line so either he's unarmed or really stupid. So why the heck did he follow me all this time? Lacking any real good reason why someone would follow me, I decide notifying a security officer would cause a unnecessary situation. So I get through the check point and take off. I looked back to see him looking at me while struggling to put his shoes back on (security requires you to take off your shoes and put them through x-ray). I make a few quick turns around some corners and arrive at my gate, I never saw him again.

That was a week ago, I didn't want to think about it during vacation but figured I'd better write it down before I forget all the details.

Now onto why I'm writing this entry. This is my last one for the fall semester and I overdrew my bank account. The fee is fucking ridiculous and it really wasn't my fault. I wrote a check out to my roommate for the electric bill, water, and groceries a month ago. He never cashed the check but I figured he did and kept my bank balance under the assumption that I have no checks floating out there. Then a month later he cashes the stupid thing and behold I have insufficient funds. Crap.

Till spring!