the cold is settling in
winter's coming and i can feel it. reluctantly, my winter coats have been pulled out of storage and my blue fleece columbia gloves are now my most worn accessory. my car is frosted over most mornings, making me even later for work in the morning as it takes a good 5 to 10 minutes to defrost my windsheild.
i'm not a big fan for the "turning to winter months." my body has to readjust to the coldness. not that it was warm this summer, but since all signs seem to be saying that i almost have to be cold-blooded, having my body go through the process of getting used to the cold is torture for me. it also doesn't help that our house probably isn't heated as of right now, although the heating man can and hooked us up. we bundle up every night to stay warm and we have even retreated to sharing blankets on the same couch. scary. well, actually, it's not that bad. it keeps you warm. we figure if we can prove come november that our heat really isn't turned on, we can sue and evetually pay our college debt off. that's hopeful wishing.
personally, i can't wait for december. by then, i'm usually used to the cold of northern minnesota by then and i can take off a couple of layers. not take it all off, but at least layers 9 and 10, which will allow for 2% more movability and my nose will become visible.
jk. maybe.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
good news!
spring schedules came out yesterday and even though there is no point in me reading one, i picked up a friends and flipped through it. one thing i notices was this: a class she had highlighted that said senior art exhibit/thesis. i looked up from my paper and just stared.
"you can choose between a thesis or an exhibit?"
"yeah."
"no way!!!"
this is such good news!
this means i don't have to organize an art exhibit, which means one less thing (big thing) for me to do, which means i save money on art supplies, framing art work and food for the opening (which all that combined = $$$$$$$). if i already have to write a thesis for honors, why should i have to write a thesis and have an art exhibit? it makes sense to just write a thesis since i have to anyway. so that leaves me with having to write a thesis and do my portfolio presentation before i graduate...but no hurries...i still have 2.5 years left :(
spring schedules came out yesterday and even though there is no point in me reading one, i picked up a friends and flipped through it. one thing i notices was this: a class she had highlighted that said senior art exhibit/thesis. i looked up from my paper and just stared.
"you can choose between a thesis or an exhibit?"
"yeah."
"no way!!!"
this is such good news!
this means i don't have to organize an art exhibit, which means one less thing (big thing) for me to do, which means i save money on art supplies, framing art work and food for the opening (which all that combined = $$$$$$$). if i already have to write a thesis for honors, why should i have to write a thesis and have an art exhibit? it makes sense to just write a thesis since i have to anyway. so that leaves me with having to write a thesis and do my portfolio presentation before i graduate...but no hurries...i still have 2.5 years left :(
Monday, October 25, 2004
on the weekend
it has been noticed that all of us students (or at least the ones that i have talked to) like to save our big projects and homework for the weekend. problem is, when it comes to the weekend, we don't want to do it then either. so then we save it till absolute last minute on sunday night and it doesn't get done then either. i personally, would rather watch extreme makeover home edition, desperate housewives and then last night at around 11 they had america's ugliest bathrooms on tlc and i completely didn't agree with the bathroom that they choose. just because that couple didn't fit into their shower and they had buttons instead of knobs to turn on water, i don't think that justified it as ugly. their were some pretty hideous ones that they did choose as runner ups that i think would have really qualified for ugly. and the redesign colors weren't even pretty.
but anyways.
friday night was pizza and movie night with kt. papa john's bbq chicken pizza, mt. dew and raising helen was a good combination. then it was late night talk with kt and j. good times. i think i got a total of 5 hours of sleep friday night which wasn't the best option for me.
saturday started out at 5:30 am. waking up and putting on my best scruffy clothes, finding a way to keep my hair back and shoving my feet into my habitat shoes is my favorite way to start an extremely early saturday morning. friday night i had picked up the 15 passenger van and felt like king of the road. my goal was to be at the newman at 6 am but didn't make it their until 6:25. after we found everyone (one girl was there at 6:15 i found out but didn't stay around, we eventually found her before we left) we took off on highway 2 headed for hibbing in the flash flood warning weather. there were a couple times i seriously debated pulling over because i had lost the lines on the road. and it was so dark out! but we pulled through like troopers and eventually the rain died down a bit and the sun started to come up.
when we made it to hibbing, we found out we had no idea where we were supposed to go. we had an address but that didn't help us. so we took a road and followed streets and avenues and then found out that every road existed except for the one that we needed. and then it started to hail in all the confussion. excitement i tell you. we even saw a double stop sign. i stopped twice just for amusement. we eventually found our street and then we saw the house at last minute at which i quickly pulled the van to the side of the road and parked it very askew...no one really noticed until the end of the day.
from there we ran inside of the house in the pouring rain. i almost wiped out in the mud. we signed in and found out we were sheetrocking the house. it was great except for there were a shortage of drills and once they ran out of juice we had even more people sitting around. we got to work with a crank that lifted the sheetrock up to the ceiling so we could drill it on. our birthday girl, sylvia, was the person who was in charge of operating the crank, so she was dubbed cranky. we had so many random moments, too. i was up in the attic at one point, hammering some wood down so we could attach sheetrock to it and all of a sudden one of the peices of sheetrock currently being held up but the crank came crashing part way down. i screamed which amused all of the old guys we were working with. i just wasn't expecting it to all of a sudden fall and then i thought all that were underneath it were going to die. i was also filmed screwing in sheetrock on the ceiling while i was standing on a ladder, backwards and then arching my back over the top. i had brought the camera there to film for my digital video assignment and i think my first film will be a habitat promotional video. hopefully it works!
after a crazy ride home (little sleep) that included brynn trying to keep me awake with radiostation sing alongs and lots of dancing and her screaming, "both hands on the wheel!" good times, i dropped off the habitaters and the 15 seater, i carried my tired body home, crashed on the couch and watched envy, my other rented movie, which i barely made it through. then i crashed into bed really early...at which someone called me on my cell...and i can't remember who it was...but i remember i had a short conversation with them! it wasn't j...or..maybe it was...i think that was when she called to tell me that she was going to stay the night where she was and she didn't need me to come and pick her up.
then the next morning, i woke up and comepletely cleaned house. both bathrooms, kitchen, floors, my bedroom and downstairs were all cleaned. then laura was in town, so i went and picked up her up from the library and brought her to my house and gave her her very much overdue birthday present and the grand tour of the house. and then we went and walked through kmart and target, both of not buying anything. then we went to applebee's and her mom treated us to supper which was really nice. it was great seeing laura and to catch up with her. i may go and see her swim in fargo in a couple of weekends. maybe squeak will go with me?
and all of this brings me to sunday night. at which i just watched tv and no homework was completed over the weekend. great job me...good thing it was nothing due today.
and in the news: my parents made it home safely from boston. no plane crashes, which is always a plus. i'm starting to fear my long plane ride to europe. i'm not afraid...but you just think of all the things that could happen.
and now back to another monday.
it has been noticed that all of us students (or at least the ones that i have talked to) like to save our big projects and homework for the weekend. problem is, when it comes to the weekend, we don't want to do it then either. so then we save it till absolute last minute on sunday night and it doesn't get done then either. i personally, would rather watch extreme makeover home edition, desperate housewives and then last night at around 11 they had america's ugliest bathrooms on tlc and i completely didn't agree with the bathroom that they choose. just because that couple didn't fit into their shower and they had buttons instead of knobs to turn on water, i don't think that justified it as ugly. their were some pretty hideous ones that they did choose as runner ups that i think would have really qualified for ugly. and the redesign colors weren't even pretty.
but anyways.
friday night was pizza and movie night with kt. papa john's bbq chicken pizza, mt. dew and raising helen was a good combination. then it was late night talk with kt and j. good times. i think i got a total of 5 hours of sleep friday night which wasn't the best option for me.
saturday started out at 5:30 am. waking up and putting on my best scruffy clothes, finding a way to keep my hair back and shoving my feet into my habitat shoes is my favorite way to start an extremely early saturday morning. friday night i had picked up the 15 passenger van and felt like king of the road. my goal was to be at the newman at 6 am but didn't make it their until 6:25. after we found everyone (one girl was there at 6:15 i found out but didn't stay around, we eventually found her before we left) we took off on highway 2 headed for hibbing in the flash flood warning weather. there were a couple times i seriously debated pulling over because i had lost the lines on the road. and it was so dark out! but we pulled through like troopers and eventually the rain died down a bit and the sun started to come up.
when we made it to hibbing, we found out we had no idea where we were supposed to go. we had an address but that didn't help us. so we took a road and followed streets and avenues and then found out that every road existed except for the one that we needed. and then it started to hail in all the confussion. excitement i tell you. we even saw a double stop sign. i stopped twice just for amusement. we eventually found our street and then we saw the house at last minute at which i quickly pulled the van to the side of the road and parked it very askew...no one really noticed until the end of the day.
from there we ran inside of the house in the pouring rain. i almost wiped out in the mud. we signed in and found out we were sheetrocking the house. it was great except for there were a shortage of drills and once they ran out of juice we had even more people sitting around. we got to work with a crank that lifted the sheetrock up to the ceiling so we could drill it on. our birthday girl, sylvia, was the person who was in charge of operating the crank, so she was dubbed cranky. we had so many random moments, too. i was up in the attic at one point, hammering some wood down so we could attach sheetrock to it and all of a sudden one of the peices of sheetrock currently being held up but the crank came crashing part way down. i screamed which amused all of the old guys we were working with. i just wasn't expecting it to all of a sudden fall and then i thought all that were underneath it were going to die. i was also filmed screwing in sheetrock on the ceiling while i was standing on a ladder, backwards and then arching my back over the top. i had brought the camera there to film for my digital video assignment and i think my first film will be a habitat promotional video. hopefully it works!
after a crazy ride home (little sleep) that included brynn trying to keep me awake with radiostation sing alongs and lots of dancing and her screaming, "both hands on the wheel!" good times, i dropped off the habitaters and the 15 seater, i carried my tired body home, crashed on the couch and watched envy, my other rented movie, which i barely made it through. then i crashed into bed really early...at which someone called me on my cell...and i can't remember who it was...but i remember i had a short conversation with them! it wasn't j...or..maybe it was...i think that was when she called to tell me that she was going to stay the night where she was and she didn't need me to come and pick her up.
then the next morning, i woke up and comepletely cleaned house. both bathrooms, kitchen, floors, my bedroom and downstairs were all cleaned. then laura was in town, so i went and picked up her up from the library and brought her to my house and gave her her very much overdue birthday present and the grand tour of the house. and then we went and walked through kmart and target, both of not buying anything. then we went to applebee's and her mom treated us to supper which was really nice. it was great seeing laura and to catch up with her. i may go and see her swim in fargo in a couple of weekends. maybe squeak will go with me?
and all of this brings me to sunday night. at which i just watched tv and no homework was completed over the weekend. great job me...good thing it was nothing due today.
and in the news: my parents made it home safely from boston. no plane crashes, which is always a plus. i'm starting to fear my long plane ride to europe. i'm not afraid...but you just think of all the things that could happen.
and now back to another monday.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
i love...
...my computer. the internet. my BED! warmth. campfires. magazines. television. habitat. bsu habitat. building houses. swimming. cholorinated water. warm chlorinated water. swimming a personal best. watching my swimmers get the hang of strokes and their strength. martini glasses. the movies. making movies. picture frames. dolphins. the ocean. dancing. music. markers. stickers. quotes. scrapbooks. late nights. sleeping in. chicken and honey mustard. mountain dew. mug rootbeer, too. my down comforter and pillow. clothes. shopping. curling up on the couch with a good movie. even better: curling up in my bed with a good movie. caramel whirls. versace the fish. misty boo. mocha babe. mom. dad. zach. zerek. alli. grandma and grandpa mjoen. grandma kroll. great grandpa. all my aunts and uncles, cousins and friends....
amen.
...my computer. the internet. my BED! warmth. campfires. magazines. television. habitat. bsu habitat. building houses. swimming. cholorinated water. warm chlorinated water. swimming a personal best. watching my swimmers get the hang of strokes and their strength. martini glasses. the movies. making movies. picture frames. dolphins. the ocean. dancing. music. markers. stickers. quotes. scrapbooks. late nights. sleeping in. chicken and honey mustard. mountain dew. mug rootbeer, too. my down comforter and pillow. clothes. shopping. curling up on the couch with a good movie. even better: curling up in my bed with a good movie. caramel whirls. versace the fish. misty boo. mocha babe. mom. dad. zach. zerek. alli. grandma and grandpa mjoen. grandma kroll. great grandpa. all my aunts and uncles, cousins and friends....
amen.
Sunday, October 17, 2004
one crazy weekend
i love weekends. they give me a chance to really sit back and enjoy life. here's what i enjoyed this weekend:
-no school on friday - who could ask for more?
-worked a little friday morning to make some moola
-got my car door fixed, no more reasons to get pissed off at my door anymore
-oil changed in my car
-bought more food
-went to Shall We Dance, must see movie - i cried it was so good
-clean room friday night, clothes are almost all cleaned
-saturday: senior community clean up day. although it was freezing cold at 7 in the morning, we got free cool long sleeved (my fav) orange shirts and free breakfast and lunch. plus, i got to hang out with crazy habitaters as we showed all how to get er done with the raking business! plus, jumping in leaves is all too much fun.
- i went shopping at joann's fabrics. i love that store. bough fabrics and other artsy crafts stuff.
-went home and taught my self how to sew again.
-made chili cheese dip to go with chips and shared with the roomies
-went out to the hockey house that night with the girls. had some fun, hung out with lindsi which was even more fun, froze my butt off at the bonfire, AND i danced with a guy...that earns me one point in the guy category of my life
-drove my drunken friends home - and may i add they were silly drunk
-dang...we forgot to take a picture of silly drunkenness
-slept till 1 pm today, felt sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good
-woke up and cuddled with j on the couch...well, not really. we were just trying to keep ourselves warm in our igloo of a house
-watch lots of tv.
-made a cake, bsu habitat turns 11 tomorrow!
-made cookies, chocolate chip, my fav
-did more laundry
-tried to do homework. i'm sitting in the superlab as i thought i would be able to finish my project here after transfering it from another computer...not so much luck, it didn't work. it's due tuesday. somehow i'm going to have to find time in my crazy hectic schedule called life. augh.
-now, i'm going back to the house...and i'm going to work on another homework project and do some other fun stuff...and i need to clean my mess out of danielle's room
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SQUARE!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!
i love weekends. they give me a chance to really sit back and enjoy life. here's what i enjoyed this weekend:
-no school on friday - who could ask for more?
-worked a little friday morning to make some moola
-got my car door fixed, no more reasons to get pissed off at my door anymore
-oil changed in my car
-bought more food
-went to Shall We Dance, must see movie - i cried it was so good
-clean room friday night, clothes are almost all cleaned
-saturday: senior community clean up day. although it was freezing cold at 7 in the morning, we got free cool long sleeved (my fav) orange shirts and free breakfast and lunch. plus, i got to hang out with crazy habitaters as we showed all how to get er done with the raking business! plus, jumping in leaves is all too much fun.
- i went shopping at joann's fabrics. i love that store. bough fabrics and other artsy crafts stuff.
-went home and taught my self how to sew again.
-made chili cheese dip to go with chips and shared with the roomies
-went out to the hockey house that night with the girls. had some fun, hung out with lindsi which was even more fun, froze my butt off at the bonfire, AND i danced with a guy...that earns me one point in the guy category of my life
-drove my drunken friends home - and may i add they were silly drunk
-dang...we forgot to take a picture of silly drunkenness
-slept till 1 pm today, felt sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good
-woke up and cuddled with j on the couch...well, not really. we were just trying to keep ourselves warm in our igloo of a house
-watch lots of tv.
-made a cake, bsu habitat turns 11 tomorrow!
-made cookies, chocolate chip, my fav
-did more laundry
-tried to do homework. i'm sitting in the superlab as i thought i would be able to finish my project here after transfering it from another computer...not so much luck, it didn't work. it's due tuesday. somehow i'm going to have to find time in my crazy hectic schedule called life. augh.
-now, i'm going back to the house...and i'm going to work on another homework project and do some other fun stuff...and i need to clean my mess out of danielle's room
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SQUARE!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
agassi vs. roddick
which by the way, agassi won. it was quite the event. many showed up at the engalstad for a night of "rock 'n roll tennis" the first couple of matches were played by the jenson brothers, who won doubles matches back in the day and were decked out in sioux jerseys, and two guys named alex and chris who were doubles for u of m a couple of years ago. they did a comedy type thing where the jenson brothers wore microphones. it was funny to hear them breathing hard and grunting at every serve. they would also throw banter to each other and opponents every now and then. it was great.
then andre and andy came out in fashion. i've never heard so many people screaming "i love you andy!" it was a weird reality...i never realized so many people loved me (hahahaha...i know). it was a good game and they had fun with the crowd and it was great how they interacted with the crowd, we all felt included. people would yell out and the players responded. when some one whistled at andy, he shook his but for the crowd. someone also yelled out, "i can return that!" after being pelted by a tennis ball and was then pulled out onto the court, given andre's racket and then andy pelted tennis serves at him. they gave him a sioux hockey helmet for protection.
squeak and i had good seats for getting them the week before. we were right by the players enterence, so hopefully got good pictures if it wasn't for all the people who came and rushed the enterence, shoving us who payed for our good seats out of the way. for awhile, we envied the people who were sitting right next to the court, down on ground level, but that soon subsided. when we made a quick bathroom stop, over the intercom came, "please remember that by buying a ticket, the ticketholder is not responsible for any injuries due to flying tennis balls and those injured are not allowed to sue." or something like that. those sorry people who payed good money to be pelted with tennis balls...what were they thinking?
to finish off this post, i'll conclude with two quotes from the night:
me: "squeak (as she headed off for the men's bathroom), are you a man?"
squeak: "i don't know the difference!"
-and as a quick movie on andre agassi's foundation came on to encourage kids to attend college-
me: what is this? andre agassi...?
squeak: some foundation for...
me: kids who can't read good?
squeak: i love zoolander!
so that was my night...then i came home to b town early early this morning and surprisingly didn't nod off at the wheel and i came home, skipped class and slept as my throat hurt and i was dead tired. this has got to end...i hate being tired and sick. two thumbs down.
which by the way, agassi won. it was quite the event. many showed up at the engalstad for a night of "rock 'n roll tennis" the first couple of matches were played by the jenson brothers, who won doubles matches back in the day and were decked out in sioux jerseys, and two guys named alex and chris who were doubles for u of m a couple of years ago. they did a comedy type thing where the jenson brothers wore microphones. it was funny to hear them breathing hard and grunting at every serve. they would also throw banter to each other and opponents every now and then. it was great.
then andre and andy came out in fashion. i've never heard so many people screaming "i love you andy!" it was a weird reality...i never realized so many people loved me (hahahaha...i know). it was a good game and they had fun with the crowd and it was great how they interacted with the crowd, we all felt included. people would yell out and the players responded. when some one whistled at andy, he shook his but for the crowd. someone also yelled out, "i can return that!" after being pelted by a tennis ball and was then pulled out onto the court, given andre's racket and then andy pelted tennis serves at him. they gave him a sioux hockey helmet for protection.
squeak and i had good seats for getting them the week before. we were right by the players enterence, so hopefully got good pictures if it wasn't for all the people who came and rushed the enterence, shoving us who payed for our good seats out of the way. for awhile, we envied the people who were sitting right next to the court, down on ground level, but that soon subsided. when we made a quick bathroom stop, over the intercom came, "please remember that by buying a ticket, the ticketholder is not responsible for any injuries due to flying tennis balls and those injured are not allowed to sue." or something like that. those sorry people who payed good money to be pelted with tennis balls...what were they thinking?
to finish off this post, i'll conclude with two quotes from the night:
me: "squeak (as she headed off for the men's bathroom), are you a man?"
squeak: "i don't know the difference!"
-and as a quick movie on andre agassi's foundation came on to encourage kids to attend college-
me: what is this? andre agassi...?
squeak: some foundation for...
me: kids who can't read good?
squeak: i love zoolander!
so that was my night...then i came home to b town early early this morning and surprisingly didn't nod off at the wheel and i came home, skipped class and slept as my throat hurt and i was dead tired. this has got to end...i hate being tired and sick. two thumbs down.
on the subject of God
so i have read quite a few posts that have to deal with people and their relationship with God. some struggle, some wonder, some don't know quite what is going on. this may not relate exactly to their - for a lack of a better word - troubles, but when i read it, it reminded me of all those posts i read and thought i would share it. read on.
God spoke clear to my heart and said "who are you to think you are not good enough for my love? is there a love greater than mine?" and of course, i knew the answer to that. and i knew immediatley that allowing these self-destructing meditations to overtake my identity in Christ, was a win for the enemy. it is an insult to God to not accept his covenant-love. God works to the good of all those who believe. BELIEVE IT! I BELIEVE IT! God is not a liar. i have been a fool.
via emily
so i have read quite a few posts that have to deal with people and their relationship with God. some struggle, some wonder, some don't know quite what is going on. this may not relate exactly to their - for a lack of a better word - troubles, but when i read it, it reminded me of all those posts i read and thought i would share it. read on.
God spoke clear to my heart and said "who are you to think you are not good enough for my love? is there a love greater than mine?" and of course, i knew the answer to that. and i knew immediatley that allowing these self-destructing meditations to overtake my identity in Christ, was a win for the enemy. it is an insult to God to not accept his covenant-love. God works to the good of all those who believe. BELIEVE IT! I BELIEVE IT! God is not a liar. i have been a fool.
via emily
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
long time, no post
i have been busy. schoolwork is kicking me in the rear end and i'm struggling to get it all done, having to take time off of work to finish it all. it would be so much easier if it was just papers to write, but when you have projects to complete there is so much more entailed. if you need supplies, you need to be available when the stores are open, which i'm usually not. school and work occupy that time which leaves me to running during my lunch hour and sometimes skipping lunch. also, i found that the new versions of the programs on the computers at the superlab don't work with my versions i have at home, which means i either have to complete a project at home or at the superlab, not both like i was accustomed to before. that also ment i could work on projects in class, and now, not so much. and then there's the fact that the time needed for these projects is endless. i have been working on a handmade book for 10+ hours now. i started it over the weekend and it's still not done. it's due tomorrow. grr. that means that tonight after chinese and andre agassi vs. andy rodick at the engalstad, i'll be at home, kickin it into high gear. then the next night it's the thanksgiving card in quark. then, finally, no class on friday! but lots of homework to be done on that three day weekend including senior community clean-up days with the habitaters.
i'm not trying to complain, but sometimes it's just....errrr! and all this activity causes a messy room and unorganization when i really need to be organized. i'm enjoying the fact that it's midterm and i only have a half midterm to go until a nice long break for me. then i will be ready to go again next fall. but this spring will have it's busy-ness. between habitat, my P.E. painting project, other projects, and possibly designing my art exhibit for my senior year, it'll be full. i want to get as much stuff done as possible so that i'm not throwing this stuff on top of my homework next year.
wow...so i just explained the next year of my life to you all. you should feel special. o, and europe in the spring and internship in the summer...which i still haven't heard from imagineers...but i need back-ups most indefinetly.
augh...home tonight for andre and andy and back tomorrow morning...sorry for the period of no posts... but busy-ness has overcome me!
i have been busy. schoolwork is kicking me in the rear end and i'm struggling to get it all done, having to take time off of work to finish it all. it would be so much easier if it was just papers to write, but when you have projects to complete there is so much more entailed. if you need supplies, you need to be available when the stores are open, which i'm usually not. school and work occupy that time which leaves me to running during my lunch hour and sometimes skipping lunch. also, i found that the new versions of the programs on the computers at the superlab don't work with my versions i have at home, which means i either have to complete a project at home or at the superlab, not both like i was accustomed to before. that also ment i could work on projects in class, and now, not so much. and then there's the fact that the time needed for these projects is endless. i have been working on a handmade book for 10+ hours now. i started it over the weekend and it's still not done. it's due tomorrow. grr. that means that tonight after chinese and andre agassi vs. andy rodick at the engalstad, i'll be at home, kickin it into high gear. then the next night it's the thanksgiving card in quark. then, finally, no class on friday! but lots of homework to be done on that three day weekend including senior community clean-up days with the habitaters.
i'm not trying to complain, but sometimes it's just....errrr! and all this activity causes a messy room and unorganization when i really need to be organized. i'm enjoying the fact that it's midterm and i only have a half midterm to go until a nice long break for me. then i will be ready to go again next fall. but this spring will have it's busy-ness. between habitat, my P.E. painting project, other projects, and possibly designing my art exhibit for my senior year, it'll be full. i want to get as much stuff done as possible so that i'm not throwing this stuff on top of my homework next year.
wow...so i just explained the next year of my life to you all. you should feel special. o, and europe in the spring and internship in the summer...which i still haven't heard from imagineers...but i need back-ups most indefinetly.
augh...home tonight for andre and andy and back tomorrow morning...sorry for the period of no posts... but busy-ness has overcome me!
elections suck
i hate election years. i find that everyone is turned against each other, fighting for what they believe and in the midst of it all i find myself having to watch where i step, watch what i say and just trying to watch out for everyone who may be trying to trample me over with what they have to say. i sit in the middle of all these words just trying to keep to myself. i won't say anything so i don't affend anyone. for two canidates who are trying to unite america, one big riff (rift?) has been created.
i find today's world so different from what i was taught. growing up, it was explained to me that who you vote for and who you plan to vote for is for your eyes only and no one else needs to know. how different it is today. but that's life...always changing.
i can't wait until elections are done. back to normal hopefully. sometimes i don't care who gets into office, i just want this whole thing done with, and other times, i do care. i know though that in the long run, that life will get back to normal, who ever does get into office. it usually does. it's happened so many times before in the past.
now, before i close out of this post, let me tell you that this is not a post to sit and prove me wrong or to lobby for who you are for. this is me, just explaining my feelings and if you plan to tell me wrong or who to vote for, it will not be good. but i do encourage comments, just not of the afformentioned (sp?) things.
i hate election years. i find that everyone is turned against each other, fighting for what they believe and in the midst of it all i find myself having to watch where i step, watch what i say and just trying to watch out for everyone who may be trying to trample me over with what they have to say. i sit in the middle of all these words just trying to keep to myself. i won't say anything so i don't affend anyone. for two canidates who are trying to unite america, one big riff (rift?) has been created.
i find today's world so different from what i was taught. growing up, it was explained to me that who you vote for and who you plan to vote for is for your eyes only and no one else needs to know. how different it is today. but that's life...always changing.
i can't wait until elections are done. back to normal hopefully. sometimes i don't care who gets into office, i just want this whole thing done with, and other times, i do care. i know though that in the long run, that life will get back to normal, who ever does get into office. it usually does. it's happened so many times before in the past.
now, before i close out of this post, let me tell you that this is not a post to sit and prove me wrong or to lobby for who you are for. this is me, just explaining my feelings and if you plan to tell me wrong or who to vote for, it will not be good. but i do encourage comments, just not of the afformentioned (sp?) things.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
i have a late assignment
it's never happened before but, yes, i have a late assignment. i didn't forget to do it...i just ran out of time to do it. at 3:30 am on monday morning i had had enough of homework. i should have known i wouldn't ge much homework done while at home this weekend. so i'm struggling to get this extremely boring assignment done and turned in. which i am almost done with it. i think i will be able to get it done tonight and i may be able to save my butt if i confess that i forgot to turn it in on monday in the mass chaos of the class. we were supposed to turn it in before we left after meeting with our small groups. we'll see. i don't think this assignment will kill my grade at all, but i still worry.
habitat was exciting last night. changes are being made to the organizational structure and fundraising is starting to take off. we decided that we would like to host and organize a battle of the bands concert and this week we are working on setting the date. next week, publicity to area bands and prize patrol starts. should be fun but lots of work. everyone seems eager though, which i am glad for. i also have to talk to fm90 and figure out what the high schoolers schedule is for early december. that is my job for the week. we are also going to go trick or treating for donations. this week i also have to get van situation for hibbing figured out. so much to do!
as for me...back to class
it's never happened before but, yes, i have a late assignment. i didn't forget to do it...i just ran out of time to do it. at 3:30 am on monday morning i had had enough of homework. i should have known i wouldn't ge much homework done while at home this weekend. so i'm struggling to get this extremely boring assignment done and turned in. which i am almost done with it. i think i will be able to get it done tonight and i may be able to save my butt if i confess that i forgot to turn it in on monday in the mass chaos of the class. we were supposed to turn it in before we left after meeting with our small groups. we'll see. i don't think this assignment will kill my grade at all, but i still worry.
habitat was exciting last night. changes are being made to the organizational structure and fundraising is starting to take off. we decided that we would like to host and organize a battle of the bands concert and this week we are working on setting the date. next week, publicity to area bands and prize patrol starts. should be fun but lots of work. everyone seems eager though, which i am glad for. i also have to talk to fm90 and figure out what the high schoolers schedule is for early december. that is my job for the week. we are also going to go trick or treating for donations. this week i also have to get van situation for hibbing figured out. so much to do!
as for me...back to class
Monday, October 04, 2004
what happened to last year?
i have come to the realization that i miss last year. well, spring semester to be more specific. i was happy then and i enjoyed all the hecticness of my life and my friends were around. now it seems like i'm just going from one thing to another, my 3 closest friends have moved on with their life and i don't really talk to them and here i am, making my way through college. my life doesn't really seem to have meaning anymore. well, at least not today. i woke up not feeling well so i called in sick and slept 2 extra hours, realizing that they don't really need me for anything at the office since one of my co workers took all my work and did it herself. i can't help it if i only work 2 hours a day minimum, that doesn't give you the right to finish of my hard earned work for me.
i was up late late into the night last night trying to finish my homework. i got one class's work done but didn't finish the others. thinking i would do it in class today, i forgot we weren't in the comp lab and didn't finish it, thus not handing it in, meaning i've got apologizing to do and some work to make up. i feel like i'm falling behind but yet i know that i'm not. one late assignment doesn't mean i'm falling behind, but i can't stand it when i have late assignments. it's wrong of me.
i know i shouldn't dwell on the past, but last spring was great. i hung out with the habifam and really loved life. right now...i'm not so sure what i'm doing. sometimes i wish for a vacation, but i know that's the last thing i need right now. i have to continue to geterdone and get on with life.
i have come to the realization that i miss last year. well, spring semester to be more specific. i was happy then and i enjoyed all the hecticness of my life and my friends were around. now it seems like i'm just going from one thing to another, my 3 closest friends have moved on with their life and i don't really talk to them and here i am, making my way through college. my life doesn't really seem to have meaning anymore. well, at least not today. i woke up not feeling well so i called in sick and slept 2 extra hours, realizing that they don't really need me for anything at the office since one of my co workers took all my work and did it herself. i can't help it if i only work 2 hours a day minimum, that doesn't give you the right to finish of my hard earned work for me.
i was up late late into the night last night trying to finish my homework. i got one class's work done but didn't finish the others. thinking i would do it in class today, i forgot we weren't in the comp lab and didn't finish it, thus not handing it in, meaning i've got apologizing to do and some work to make up. i feel like i'm falling behind but yet i know that i'm not. one late assignment doesn't mean i'm falling behind, but i can't stand it when i have late assignments. it's wrong of me.
i know i shouldn't dwell on the past, but last spring was great. i hung out with the habifam and really loved life. right now...i'm not so sure what i'm doing. sometimes i wish for a vacation, but i know that's the last thing i need right now. i have to continue to geterdone and get on with life.
Friday, October 01, 2004
a wonderful day
so today was great. woke up somewhat early to cart my sister to the middle school. then i came home, ate breakfast (which is highly unusual for me) and showered and then sat down to watch regis and kelly, which i never get to watch. being able to get ready with no time limit is great...i dont' like feeling rushed, which i am all the time. i also read the paper, one of the many things i love to do, but being a poor college student with no time, i don't get the opportunity to. after reg and kel, i got ready and went over to the high school. brings back memories. but i have to tell you that those kids there are overly cocky. i was wandering around the art room as mr. k was assisting someone and someone asked who the new kid was. i told them i was an old kid and my name and that i was zerek's sister. with that i got an, "oooooo....i see the resembelence." anyways. mr.k said that he would do the mural for the p.e. building! i have to get some more details for him and he will get me a price quote. this will be great.
from there i headed downtown to look at his latest mural in l.a. suits. since it's only open from 4:30 to 8 on mondays (extremely odd times...) i could only look from the outside. so i hit up widman's chocolate factory, got my mom her fav, cherry juju's, and i got myself some chippers, which are the best. for lunch i met my mom at the clinic and we had taco salads and pepsi's and sat and talked. she was excited about those juju's. she opened the box and exclaimed, "you love your mommy!" it was highly entertaining!
afterwards i headed back downtown for some shopping at the gift and antique shops. not finding anything, i headed for crafts direct and bought a bunch of stuff to help all decorate a picture frame, which turned out extremely cute and i may have to sell in bulk...which means i'll have to buy out the dollar picture frames at tartet...great isle.
back at home i constructed the picture frame with alli and then our family had homemade pizza for supper. and now...movie time. something's gotta give and mean girls are on the agenda once my dad and zerek get back from cabala's. they're planning on hunting tomorrow and i would maybe go with but i don't have my grubby pants and i have other things to do. if they were going to the farm...maybe. but for now...movie time.
so today was great. woke up somewhat early to cart my sister to the middle school. then i came home, ate breakfast (which is highly unusual for me) and showered and then sat down to watch regis and kelly, which i never get to watch. being able to get ready with no time limit is great...i dont' like feeling rushed, which i am all the time. i also read the paper, one of the many things i love to do, but being a poor college student with no time, i don't get the opportunity to. after reg and kel, i got ready and went over to the high school. brings back memories. but i have to tell you that those kids there are overly cocky. i was wandering around the art room as mr. k was assisting someone and someone asked who the new kid was. i told them i was an old kid and my name and that i was zerek's sister. with that i got an, "oooooo....i see the resembelence." anyways. mr.k said that he would do the mural for the p.e. building! i have to get some more details for him and he will get me a price quote. this will be great.
from there i headed downtown to look at his latest mural in l.a. suits. since it's only open from 4:30 to 8 on mondays (extremely odd times...) i could only look from the outside. so i hit up widman's chocolate factory, got my mom her fav, cherry juju's, and i got myself some chippers, which are the best. for lunch i met my mom at the clinic and we had taco salads and pepsi's and sat and talked. she was excited about those juju's. she opened the box and exclaimed, "you love your mommy!" it was highly entertaining!
afterwards i headed back downtown for some shopping at the gift and antique shops. not finding anything, i headed for crafts direct and bought a bunch of stuff to help all decorate a picture frame, which turned out extremely cute and i may have to sell in bulk...which means i'll have to buy out the dollar picture frames at tartet...great isle.
back at home i constructed the picture frame with alli and then our family had homemade pizza for supper. and now...movie time. something's gotta give and mean girls are on the agenda once my dad and zerek get back from cabala's. they're planning on hunting tomorrow and i would maybe go with but i don't have my grubby pants and i have other things to do. if they were going to the farm...maybe. but for now...movie time.
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