Thursday nights are a time of relaxation for me, usually because I've spent the night before doing math homeworks. Both of my math classes have their homeworks due on Thursday and today's was the last one, and it wasn't pretty. Stayed up until 6 am to finish it all and then had to wake up again at 8 to talk to a professor. Yet, I seem to be used to it since I haven't taken a nap in all these weeks of staying up. Lots of sugar keeps me awake while television keeps me sane while I'm doing all this, enjoying old 80s and 90s shows now relegated to late night. Ironic how Saved by the Bell had the episode last night when Jessie laughably portrayed an addict on caffeine pills, trying to stay awake to keep up with all her studies and dancing.

The television is still on right now, since there's a lot going on. USA and Mexico played a soccer match, going to a 0-0 tie. But the way they were playing, it was anything but a friendly match. If only the World Cup had less than a 4-year cycle, but the announcers did remind us that qualifying begins in a short 9 months. The tribe on Survivor saw their camp burn down. I must say, this bunch of people has been interesting to watch, quite the opposite from the last few which have been awfully boring. Can you believe this is the sixth one? But yes, this sixth one has been full of betrayal, deceit, and utter control by a select few; ingredients not seen since the first one. Minnesota beat Vancouver to move on in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. If you had Minnesota and Anaheim going to the Western Conference finals, you must be a millionaire by now. Speaking of millionaires, ABC has this fascinating documentary about the people who cheated on Millionaire in Great Britain. When the guy in the hot seat seemed indecisive about the answers, he would try to work it out by saying out loud the choices. Whenever he heard two coughs from the audience, he had found the right answer and eventually worked his way to one million pounds or $1.5 million. But the producers of the show weren't stupid. They noticed a louder than usual audience and soon discovered a pattern to the coughs and are now taking them to court. Game show scandal documentaries are few and far between, but whenever one is shown, I find it interesting, whether it's the Oscar-nominated Quiz Show or the Press Your Luck scandal when a guy figured out the light patterns for big bucks.

I wonder if the dogs on the Miss Dog Pageant get a million dollars.

While you're out in the world, buy a cookie from your bus driver. Public transit is hoping to increase attention about their deficits by holding a bake sale. No, a bake sale alone is not going to save the buses, but every little bit helps I guess. (Am I the only one who finds bake sales by public transit ridiculous?)

This weekend has Mother's Day, so plan accordingly. It's also my brother's birthday and the last weekend before finals. Good luck on those. You quarter people will just have to wait a month.