You will be the first ninja to use daffodils as
weapons. Plus, you kick butt.
What is your Fate?
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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Monday, November 29, 2004
tryptophan
spelling on that? well, turkey didn't make me tired this past weekend. it was such a good weekend...and it went by in such a blur.
i got home tuesday night after some roast beef and curly fries as my last post stated. then wednesday i woke up at 10ish and proceeded to get ready for my day. my number one thing to do on wednesday was to go and get my passport taken care of. i finally had enough money to do so and once i was ready, i went to get my birth certificate, the official one, the one i ordered so that i could get my driver's license so i know it was in the house.
unfortunatly it was no where to be found. not in my baby book, not in my file of important stuff, not in my couple of boxes in the basement that were haphazardly thrown to the side of the storage room in the basement (i felt so loved).
so still no passport. but i did pick up pep band music for friday and talked to T and i mailed squares bday present a whole month and a week late.
wednesday night my family went to the pep rally for our high school football team. can i get a GREEN WAVE?!!?!! they were heading off to the section AAA championship game thursday night, which hasn't been done in 19 years. i opted to stay home and play the sims, i wouldn't have much to do there and the sims are addicting.
thursday i woke to last minute cleaning for turkey day. after the house and myself was all cleaned up, zerek and i ran to conquer kmart, the only store open in the grand cities, so of course, everyone and their mother was there. our mission? harry potter and the prisiner of azkaban on dvd. mission accomplished, after much struggling and teasing of the old guy who was apparently sleeping the the van parked in front of us...we thought he was dead for a second and then he licked his lips, must have been anticipating the turkey to come!
thanksgiving that night with the stadems was supurb. we had 2 turkeys, one for my mom that was gluten free and another seasoned one for the rest of us. the mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and everything else was wonderful. i even had wine with the meal, but it seemed very strong...not used to it i guess. the rest of the night was spent talking and watching the apprentice.
friday morning started at 7 am which i woke up showered and then it was off to the bus to head down to the cities for the championship game. it was kind of funny because once again, i was on bob's bingo and booze bus, the same bus i toke 2 weekends before to the mall of america. though this time the bingo and booze wasn't there...at least the bingo anyway. it was a long ride down and it was snowy and icy, the first we've had for the year...winter's finally here! we arrived at the metrodome at around 2:45 and the game between pierz and another school was in session still and it was halftime. the pierz dance team came out and entertained us and they were good..except for the 2 who kept kicking the wrong way, but that's ok. pierz won and then i was over with the pep band for the warm up for the waves!
the game was great, it was kind of like high school again, with all the colors and the cheering, except i was sitting with my mom and brother, which if i was in high school still, i probably wouldn't be. we had all the girls with the slutty greenwave shirts they had made just barely hanging on them. one girl had her pants rip and she despretly tried to keep those together in the back. other than that, it was a great game! we won 31-14 and it was our first football state championship! which this is huge for a small town that has big competition with all the schools in the cities. you can click here to see my sister in all of her greenwave gear.
saturday i slept in, needing the sleep after not getting home until 2 am. we waited at the metrodome until the players came out to their bus to congratulate them. mr.nelson came on our bus with the trophy and we all cheered and it was all good fun. saturday was spent slowing taking out xmas decorations and then zerek, my mom and i hit up target where she got some shopping done but i didn't find anything. then that night we went over to stadems to have dinner with my grandparents who were in the cities for turkey day. then we retreated to pop culture trivia pursuit which zerek found out he doesn't like...basically because, well, he's not good at it.
then i did a mock up for the championship sweatshirt for the welcome home rally for the football team that night and then the next morning it was church at good old sharon lutheran. it was wonderful...it's the start of advent! and then i pretty much headed straight back for btown from there, i had a ton of homework to do, which frankely, i didn't do too much of. tv's addicting, don't start or you'll never stop.
peace.
spelling on that? well, turkey didn't make me tired this past weekend. it was such a good weekend...and it went by in such a blur.
i got home tuesday night after some roast beef and curly fries as my last post stated. then wednesday i woke up at 10ish and proceeded to get ready for my day. my number one thing to do on wednesday was to go and get my passport taken care of. i finally had enough money to do so and once i was ready, i went to get my birth certificate, the official one, the one i ordered so that i could get my driver's license so i know it was in the house.
unfortunatly it was no where to be found. not in my baby book, not in my file of important stuff, not in my couple of boxes in the basement that were haphazardly thrown to the side of the storage room in the basement (i felt so loved).
so still no passport. but i did pick up pep band music for friday and talked to T and i mailed squares bday present a whole month and a week late.
wednesday night my family went to the pep rally for our high school football team. can i get a GREEN WAVE?!!?!! they were heading off to the section AAA championship game thursday night, which hasn't been done in 19 years. i opted to stay home and play the sims, i wouldn't have much to do there and the sims are addicting.
thursday i woke to last minute cleaning for turkey day. after the house and myself was all cleaned up, zerek and i ran to conquer kmart, the only store open in the grand cities, so of course, everyone and their mother was there. our mission? harry potter and the prisiner of azkaban on dvd. mission accomplished, after much struggling and teasing of the old guy who was apparently sleeping the the van parked in front of us...we thought he was dead for a second and then he licked his lips, must have been anticipating the turkey to come!
thanksgiving that night with the stadems was supurb. we had 2 turkeys, one for my mom that was gluten free and another seasoned one for the rest of us. the mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and everything else was wonderful. i even had wine with the meal, but it seemed very strong...not used to it i guess. the rest of the night was spent talking and watching the apprentice.
friday morning started at 7 am which i woke up showered and then it was off to the bus to head down to the cities for the championship game. it was kind of funny because once again, i was on bob's bingo and booze bus, the same bus i toke 2 weekends before to the mall of america. though this time the bingo and booze wasn't there...at least the bingo anyway. it was a long ride down and it was snowy and icy, the first we've had for the year...winter's finally here! we arrived at the metrodome at around 2:45 and the game between pierz and another school was in session still and it was halftime. the pierz dance team came out and entertained us and they were good..except for the 2 who kept kicking the wrong way, but that's ok. pierz won and then i was over with the pep band for the warm up for the waves!
the game was great, it was kind of like high school again, with all the colors and the cheering, except i was sitting with my mom and brother, which if i was in high school still, i probably wouldn't be. we had all the girls with the slutty greenwave shirts they had made just barely hanging on them. one girl had her pants rip and she despretly tried to keep those together in the back. other than that, it was a great game! we won 31-14 and it was our first football state championship! which this is huge for a small town that has big competition with all the schools in the cities. you can click here to see my sister in all of her greenwave gear.
saturday i slept in, needing the sleep after not getting home until 2 am. we waited at the metrodome until the players came out to their bus to congratulate them. mr.nelson came on our bus with the trophy and we all cheered and it was all good fun. saturday was spent slowing taking out xmas decorations and then zerek, my mom and i hit up target where she got some shopping done but i didn't find anything. then that night we went over to stadems to have dinner with my grandparents who were in the cities for turkey day. then we retreated to pop culture trivia pursuit which zerek found out he doesn't like...basically because, well, he's not good at it.
then i did a mock up for the championship sweatshirt for the welcome home rally for the football team that night and then the next morning it was church at good old sharon lutheran. it was wonderful...it's the start of advent! and then i pretty much headed straight back for btown from there, i had a ton of homework to do, which frankely, i didn't do too much of. tv's addicting, don't start or you'll never stop.
peace.
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
bible verses
"whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'"
-ISAIAH 30:21 NIV
this was printed on the inside of the confirmation card i gave to zerek on his confirmation day. this is one of my favorites and knew i had to give this one to him when i saw it. my favorite has to deal with being a child of the light and walking in the light...unfortunatly i don't have that verse memorized...i'll have to work on it.
"whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'"
-ISAIAH 30:21 NIV
this was printed on the inside of the confirmation card i gave to zerek on his confirmation day. this is one of my favorites and knew i had to give this one to him when i saw it. my favorite has to deal with being a child of the light and walking in the light...unfortunatly i don't have that verse memorized...i'll have to work on it.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
home
well, i'm finally home. got done with swim practice today, went and grabbed my flute, went and got some curly fries and a roast beef sandwich and booked it out of town. and now i sit here....but i do have my new europe book...excitement.
saw kelly yesterday. she came to the habitat meeting and TRIED to persuade me to let them all socialize while we catch up. couldn't let that happen however. after the meeting though, her and peaches and i went out for perkins pie. it's was wonderful. got to see some pictures. told us about the guy she's going to marry (but they aren't even dating) and how they discipline there kids at america's school with the highest ranking test scores. basically she talks in black lingo now...and says a lot of "you lookin at me boy?" she threw a boy out for whispering in her class...my swimming kids would cry if i yelled at them and then had the pricipal through them against the locker for whispering. ouch.
kelly was supposed to call me today but she never did. she's going to wisconsin tomorrow for t day. which it's possibly for the best she didn't see me...she has a lot of people she needs to see...plus we didn't say good bye...but i do get to see her in three weeks...hopefully :) we're hittin up sharon lutheran with some AMENS! (and the bongo drums...little kids better watch out everywhere).
all i can say is...bring on the turkey! ((( in 1 day! )))
well, i'm finally home. got done with swim practice today, went and grabbed my flute, went and got some curly fries and a roast beef sandwich and booked it out of town. and now i sit here....but i do have my new europe book...excitement.
saw kelly yesterday. she came to the habitat meeting and TRIED to persuade me to let them all socialize while we catch up. couldn't let that happen however. after the meeting though, her and peaches and i went out for perkins pie. it's was wonderful. got to see some pictures. told us about the guy she's going to marry (but they aren't even dating) and how they discipline there kids at america's school with the highest ranking test scores. basically she talks in black lingo now...and says a lot of "you lookin at me boy?" she threw a boy out for whispering in her class...my swimming kids would cry if i yelled at them and then had the pricipal through them against the locker for whispering. ouch.
kelly was supposed to call me today but she never did. she's going to wisconsin tomorrow for t day. which it's possibly for the best she didn't see me...she has a lot of people she needs to see...plus we didn't say good bye...but i do get to see her in three weeks...hopefully :) we're hittin up sharon lutheran with some AMENS! (and the bongo drums...little kids better watch out everywhere).
all i can say is...bring on the turkey! ((( in 1 day! )))
andi says:
are you trying to piss me off?
Nathan says:
well yea
Nathan says:
all i would have to do is say a certain person name and you would be fuming
andi says:
i don't fum
Nathan says:
right!!!!
Nathan says:
what do you do then
andi says:
you think i fum?
Nathan says:
oh yea
andi says:
i don't think i fum
Nathan says:
oh yes you do
andi says:
It means to be in rage; hot with anger...I don't get hot with anger
Nathan says:
oh yes you do
Nathan says:
you get so hot with anger you cannot mqake logic sentences
andi says:
i can't make logic sentences anyway
Nathan says:
well true......................................................................
are you trying to piss me off?
Nathan says:
well yea
Nathan says:
all i would have to do is say a certain person name and you would be fuming
andi says:
i don't fum
Nathan says:
right!!!!
Nathan says:
what do you do then
andi says:
you think i fum?
Nathan says:
oh yea
andi says:
i don't think i fum
Nathan says:
oh yes you do
andi says:
It means to be in rage; hot with anger...I don't get hot with anger
Nathan says:
oh yes you do
Nathan says:
you get so hot with anger you cannot mqake logic sentences
andi says:
i can't make logic sentences anyway
Nathan says:
well true......................................................................
another quiz...via mandei's LJ
9 things i want to do before i die:
[ travel the world without any worries]
[ coach one of my swimmers to a national meet ]
[ work at walt disney studios ]
[get a design job that i love and design a great project that i am truely proud of ]
[ go on a cruise ]
[ be part of a habitat for humanity house dedication ]
[ swim in another meet...i have no idea why, since ending your swimming career at a state meet seems the best place to do it. ]
[ have a full blown library in my home ]
[ get married ]
8 things im wearing:
[ bsu sweatshirt ]
[ jeans ]
[ mermaid socks ]
[ my favorite brown shoes]
[ bracelets: livestrong, breast cancer and my charms]
[ yes, i am wearing underwear ]
[ contacts]
[a smile :) ]
7 things on my mind:
[ this class is so boring]
[ why i don't skip more boring classes]
[ school ]
[ driving home tonight ]
[ big booty]
[ what hard workout i'm going to give my swimmers tonight]
[ all the turkey i'm going to eat on turkey day ]
6 items i touch everyday:
[ my computer ]
[ my bed ]
[ my car and keys ]
[ my clothes]
[ air - this answer illegally stolen by me from mandei ]
[ my hair - i want to say chlorinated pool water, but unfortunatly i don't ]
5 things i do everyday:
[stair at the computer screen doing many pointless things on the internet ]
[ brush my teeth ]
[ sleep ]
[ have at least one thought that involves habitat or the swim team cross through my mind ]
[ laugh ]
4 songs on my mind:
[ LaLa by Ashlee Simpson...i know, sorry ]
[ celebrity, by twista - get you ice like kobe right? i like know you right? gonna make you a celebrity overnight]
[ o yeah, big booty! theme song]
[ breakaway by kelly clarkson ]
3 things i think of when i wake up:
[ the alarms going off already? what time is it...]
[ thank god i woke up to the alarm... ]
[ 5 more minutes... i love my bed]
2 of my favorite foods:
[chinese!]
[popcorn chicken and honey mustard ]
1 person i love more than any other:
[ God.......and my family....but that's more than 1]
9 things i want to do before i die:
[ travel the world without any worries]
[ coach one of my swimmers to a national meet ]
[ work at walt disney studios ]
[get a design job that i love and design a great project that i am truely proud of ]
[ go on a cruise ]
[ be part of a habitat for humanity house dedication ]
[ swim in another meet...i have no idea why, since ending your swimming career at a state meet seems the best place to do it. ]
[ have a full blown library in my home ]
[ get married ]
8 things im wearing:
[ bsu sweatshirt ]
[ jeans ]
[ mermaid socks ]
[ my favorite brown shoes]
[ bracelets: livestrong, breast cancer and my charms]
[ yes, i am wearing underwear ]
[ contacts]
[a smile :) ]
7 things on my mind:
[ this class is so boring]
[ why i don't skip more boring classes]
[ school ]
[ driving home tonight ]
[ big booty]
[ what hard workout i'm going to give my swimmers tonight]
[ all the turkey i'm going to eat on turkey day ]
6 items i touch everyday:
[ my computer ]
[ my bed ]
[ my car and keys ]
[ my clothes]
[ air - this answer illegally stolen by me from mandei ]
[ my hair - i want to say chlorinated pool water, but unfortunatly i don't ]
5 things i do everyday:
[stair at the computer screen doing many pointless things on the internet ]
[ brush my teeth ]
[ sleep ]
[ have at least one thought that involves habitat or the swim team cross through my mind ]
[ laugh ]
4 songs on my mind:
[ LaLa by Ashlee Simpson...i know, sorry ]
[ celebrity, by twista - get you ice like kobe right? i like know you right? gonna make you a celebrity overnight]
[ o yeah, big booty! theme song]
[ breakaway by kelly clarkson ]
3 things i think of when i wake up:
[ the alarms going off already? what time is it...]
[ thank god i woke up to the alarm... ]
[ 5 more minutes... i love my bed]
2 of my favorite foods:
[chinese!]
[popcorn chicken and honey mustard ]
1 person i love more than any other:
[ God.......and my family....but that's more than 1]
Friday, November 19, 2004
You will be the first ninja to use daffodils as
weapons. Plus, you kick butt.
What is your Fate?
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You will be the first ninja to use daffodils as
weapons. Plus, you kick butt.
What is your Fate?
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my friday five
1. what did you have for breakfast this morning?
usually not much but this morning i was hungry so i ran down to the union while at work and got pizza hut cinnemon sticks, milk and cran grape juice.
2. what's your favorite breakfast meal?
i love sit down breakfasts and i love to order french toast, eggs, bacon and hash browns with oj and milk.
3. answer this: are you a grown-up (i.e.: do you drink coffee?)?
nev ah! unfortunately i'm not a grown up, i don't like coffee...the taste doesn't really appeal to me.
4. how do you like your eggs?
scrambled please...or if having fried egg sandwhiches, i'll have them fried. just not sunny side up
5. do you know the muffin man? how about the milk man? paper boy?
the muffin man i believes lives at perkins, the milk man...well he doesn't come to our house. the paper boy i do know...and i do know that the paper boy that used to work for my grandparents is hot, and a twin.
1. what did you have for breakfast this morning?
usually not much but this morning i was hungry so i ran down to the union while at work and got pizza hut cinnemon sticks, milk and cran grape juice.
2. what's your favorite breakfast meal?
i love sit down breakfasts and i love to order french toast, eggs, bacon and hash browns with oj and milk.
3. answer this: are you a grown-up (i.e.: do you drink coffee?)?
nev ah! unfortunately i'm not a grown up, i don't like coffee...the taste doesn't really appeal to me.
4. how do you like your eggs?
scrambled please...or if having fried egg sandwhiches, i'll have them fried. just not sunny side up
5. do you know the muffin man? how about the milk man? paper boy?
the muffin man i believes lives at perkins, the milk man...well he doesn't come to our house. the paper boy i do know...and i do know that the paper boy that used to work for my grandparents is hot, and a twin.
friday five
so i'm sitting here in class missing the friday five. sooooo.....i have decided to start my own for you all to use. feel free to copy and post on your blog with your answers. also, if you have ideas for friday five questions, email them to me, and i'll be happy to use them. this may only last one week but let's not get our hopes down. i'm going to try and be productive.
this week's friday five:
1. what did you have for breakfast this morning?
2. what's your favorite breakfast meal?
3. answer this: are you a grown-up (i.e.: do you drink coffee?)
4. how do you like your eggs?
5. do you know the muffin man? how about the milk man? paper boy?
Have a great week!
so i'm sitting here in class missing the friday five. sooooo.....i have decided to start my own for you all to use. feel free to copy and post on your blog with your answers. also, if you have ideas for friday five questions, email them to me, and i'll be happy to use them. this may only last one week but let's not get our hopes down. i'm going to try and be productive.
this week's friday five:
1. what did you have for breakfast this morning?
2. what's your favorite breakfast meal?
3. answer this: are you a grown-up (i.e.: do you drink coffee?)
4. how do you like your eggs?
5. do you know the muffin man? how about the milk man? paper boy?
Have a great week!
Thursday, November 18, 2004
what is this world coming to?
you know there is something wrong with america when 9 of the people living there are bidding on a piece of grilled cheese sandwhich that looks as though the virgin mary's face is "grilled" into it on ebay. I encourage you to check it out...and maybe bid on a virgin mary grilled cheese t-shirt...everyone's doing it.
you know there is something wrong with america when 9 of the people living there are bidding on a piece of grilled cheese sandwhich that looks as though the virgin mary's face is "grilled" into it on ebay. I encourage you to check it out...and maybe bid on a virgin mary grilled cheese t-shirt...everyone's doing it.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
stupid
so i type up this big post, most of it pertaining to eurospring, about the people i would be traveling with (why i am and again not so happy) and the fact that i am in the process of buying all my books to go over there and then trying to keep convincing myself that i will pack a small bag and not my humongous bag as i can only bring 70 pounds and that i need to save some of those 70 pounds for souveniers for my friends and family back home.
augh. 120 days!
anyways, it didn't post. because the computer i used it on doesn't like to post my stuff. nor does it like to update other peoples blogs until i get there and then hit the refresh key. then i get an updated blog. stupid.
i did have another reason for this post...but i don't remember.
i'm super pumped for the meet this weekend. i have to get these kids hooked to the sport! i'm trying to figure out team suits and shirts and caps to pull them together and the whole team concept. and i have some great ideas as cheers at practive, doing push ups and sit ups together and doing at least one game together every week. i know the older kids enjoy the idolizing and i know the younger kids will like getting the attention from the older kids and love idolizing them. and then hopefully, we can get some more kids at meets. we also need to have a parents meeting...or maybe more. hmmm.
so excited!
***i have a bible verse i want to put here but i need to get it from z-rod***
so i type up this big post, most of it pertaining to eurospring, about the people i would be traveling with (why i am and again not so happy) and the fact that i am in the process of buying all my books to go over there and then trying to keep convincing myself that i will pack a small bag and not my humongous bag as i can only bring 70 pounds and that i need to save some of those 70 pounds for souveniers for my friends and family back home.
augh. 120 days!
anyways, it didn't post. because the computer i used it on doesn't like to post my stuff. nor does it like to update other peoples blogs until i get there and then hit the refresh key. then i get an updated blog. stupid.
i did have another reason for this post...but i don't remember.
i'm super pumped for the meet this weekend. i have to get these kids hooked to the sport! i'm trying to figure out team suits and shirts and caps to pull them together and the whole team concept. and i have some great ideas as cheers at practive, doing push ups and sit ups together and doing at least one game together every week. i know the older kids enjoy the idolizing and i know the younger kids will like getting the attention from the older kids and love idolizing them. and then hopefully, we can get some more kids at meets. we also need to have a parents meeting...or maybe more. hmmm.
so excited!
***i have a bible verse i want to put here but i need to get it from z-rod***
I am a hybrid of:
Girl Next Door Progressive Girl Click on the pictures below to read more:
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The Girl Next Door:
I come from a home where gravy is a beverage.
-- Erma Bombeck
The Girl Next Door is from a small town, a large family, or both. She still has a healthy dose of what people 'round these parts call "family values." She calls her grandparents every Sunday and she's got her mom on speed dial. The Girl Next Door likes an uncomplicated life filled with the simple pleasures of family, home, kids, and food. She may not actually live on a farm, but she tends to keep a menagerie. Asked to choose between a dog and a cat, she generally won't. What's a good guard dog without a mouser to keep it company? She is caring and warm, welcoming and friendly. Anybody in your office ever bring in chocolate chip cookies? You got yourself a Girl Next Door.
The defining characteristics of the Girl Next Door are simplicity and tradition. Simplicity means that, unlike the Academic Girl, she's really not that interested in the great questions that keep philosophers up at night. When she can sit in the kitchen, drinking coffee, eating shortbread cookies with a friend, and listening to the cat purr on top of the radiator, what else is there to life? What else, indeed.
She Might Be a Girl Next Door if:
She drives: a good, solid American car -- a Ford Taurus, Chevy Cavalier, or Dodge Stratus.
She can talk for more than ten minutes about: her family's holiday traditions.
She begins her sentences with: "my mother says..."
She'd never: go to a rave.
She owns any of the following: scrapbooks, heirloom quilts, a Bible, family recipes, her grandmother's engagement ring.
Wanna know more about the Girl Next Door? We’ll tell you which CDs to play, shoes to wear, magazines to put on the coffee table, flowers to bring ... and of course, what to cook. Pick up a copy of Cooking to Hook Up.
The Progressive Girl:
Moderation in all things, excess in nothing.
-- Epicurus
Imagine that the Girl Next Door moved to the big city. Think of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. She's America's sweetheart with an urban sensibility. She's a post-Christian spiritualist, a pre-Monica Clintonite, and a dues-paying member of at least one social-change organization like NOW, Planned Parenthood, or the Sierra Club. You won't find her at an Earth First or PETA meeting, though. Those are the Granola Girl's stomping grounds. Progressive Girls want the world to be a better place, but they live out their politics in a moderate, left-of-center way.
If you are going to date a Progressive Girl, the one sin you can commit is to be a chameleon. Molding your opinions to fit hers will lose her respect. One very positive thing you can do is offer her new experiences -- the Progressive Girl is fearless about trying new things. Whether it's pluralism, skydiving, Asian peanut sauce, or this book, the Progressive Girl is always looking for new ideas.
She Might Be a Progressive Girl if:
She drives: a small SUV but really wishes it got better mileage; once she can get a good hybrid, she will.
She can talk for more than ten minutes about: just about anything.
She begins her sentences with: "Susan Sarandon says..."
She'd never: pass up the chance for a new experience.
She owns any of the following: a water filter, a tabletop fountain, an acre of rain forest, a mutt from the pound.
Wanna know more about the Progressive Girl? We’ll tell you which CDs to play, shoes to wear, magazines to put on the coffee table, flowers to bring ... and of course, what to cook. Pick up a copy of Cooking to Hook Up.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
it's a survey
bold the ones you've done
Bought everyone in the pub a drink
Swam with wild dolphins -i wish
Climbed a mountain
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula.
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
Hugged a tree
Done a striptease
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris - i will!
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game - define huge...
Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa - apparently you can't...but you can take the elevator
Grown and eaten your own vegetables - how about my daddy's which i helped grow?
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars
Changed a baby’s diaper - one too many
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower - freshman year!!
Gotten drunk on champagne
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - happens way too often
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - hahaha...yeah, i've done that
Asked out a stranger
Had a snowball fight
Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Enacted a favorite fantasy
Taken a midnight skinny dip
Taken an ice cold bath
Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
Seen a total eclipse - don't look...you'll go blind!
Ridden a roller coaster - heidi bell and me, wild thing 8 times in a row!!
Hit a home run - wish i had the pipes for that...
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
Adopted an accent for an entire day -my name is Di, named after Princess Diana....mall of america, FLA 98!
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer. -i wish, not that rich
Visited all 50 states -workin on it...
Loved your job for all accounts - yay grizzley's and bass and habitat (is habitat considered a job? i'm paid in other ways...)
Taken care of someone who was shit faced
Had enough money to be truly satisfied - yeah...about every two weeks...just for a moment every two weeks, then it goes away
Had amazing friends - yeah!
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - you never know...it could happen!
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign - woohoo! freshman year, danielle lane and some others!
Backpacked in Europe
Taken a road-trip - spring break habitat trips!
Been rock climbing - does it count if it's a fake rock in doors?
Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
Midnight walk on the beach
Been sky diving
Visited Ireland - maybe
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
Visited Japan
Benchpressed your own weight - hahaha...no.
Milked a cow
Alphabetized your records/cds - and books
Pretended to be a superhero- i am a superhero
Sung karaoke -not in a bar...but still
Lounged around in bed all day - my favorite thing to do!
Posed nude in front of strangers
Been scuba diving
Got it on to "Let’s Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Played in the rain
Gone to a drive-in theater
Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it.
Visited the Great Wall of China
Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
Dropped Windows in favor of something better
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites
Taken a martial arts class
Swordfought for the honor of a woman
Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Loved someone you shouldn’t have
Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
Gotten divorced
Gone without food for 5 days
Made cookies from scratch
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice
Gotten a tattoo
Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news programs as an "expert"
Got flowers for no reason
Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
Performed on stage
Been to Las Vegas
Recorded music
Eaten shark
Gone to Thailand
Seen Siouxsie live - What? Ralph Engalstad Arena?
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one/both of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently
Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
Bounced a check
Performed in Rocky Horror
Read - and understood - your credit report - and it's good!
Raised children
Gotten lost in a character
Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
Created and named your own constellation of stars
Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
Found out something significant that your ancestors did
Called or written your Congress person
Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
Had plastic surgery
Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
Wrote articles for a large publication
Lost over 100 pounds
Held someone while they were having a flashback
Piloted an airplane
Petted a shark
Broken someone’s heart
Helped an animal give birth
Been fired or laid off from a job
Won money on a T.V. game show
Gone on an African photo safari - does the Kilamangaro safari at WDWorld Animal Kingdom count?
Ridden a motorcycle -yeah!
Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph/160 kph-how about rode along?
Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - apparently i'm good at it too...watch out
Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
Ridden a horse
Had major surgery
Had sex on a moving train
Had a snake as a pet
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
Slept through an entire flight
Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
Visited all 7 continents
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
Eaten kangaroo meat
Been a sperm or egg donor
Eaten sushi
Had your picture in the newspaper
Had 2 healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
Gotten someone fired for their actions
Gone back to school
Parasailed
Changed your name
Petted a cockroach
Eaten fried green tomatoes - only in alabama
Read The Iliad
Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them.
Gotten 86ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you.
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Killed and prepared an animal for eating - fish anyone? well, i helped anyways...
Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
Skipped all your school reunions
Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
Been elected to public office
Written your own computer language
Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
Had to put someone you love into hospice care
Built your own PC from parts
Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
Had a booth at a street fair
Dyed your hair- state high school swimming 00!
Been a DJ
Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
Written your own role playing game
Been arrested
bold the ones you've done
Bought everyone in the pub a drink
Swam with wild dolphins -i wish
Climbed a mountain
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula.
Taken a candlelit bath with someone
Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
Hugged a tree
Done a striptease
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris - i will!
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game - define huge...
Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa - apparently you can't...but you can take the elevator
Grown and eaten your own vegetables - how about my daddy's which i helped grow?
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars
Changed a baby’s diaper - one too many
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower - freshman year!!
Gotten drunk on champagne
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - happens way too often
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - hahaha...yeah, i've done that
Asked out a stranger
Had a snowball fight
Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Enacted a favorite fantasy
Taken a midnight skinny dip
Taken an ice cold bath
Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
Seen a total eclipse - don't look...you'll go blind!
Ridden a roller coaster - heidi bell and me, wild thing 8 times in a row!!
Hit a home run - wish i had the pipes for that...
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
Adopted an accent for an entire day -my name is Di, named after Princess Diana....mall of america, FLA 98!
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer. -i wish, not that rich
Visited all 50 states -workin on it...
Loved your job for all accounts - yay grizzley's and bass and habitat (is habitat considered a job? i'm paid in other ways...)
Taken care of someone who was shit faced
Had enough money to be truly satisfied - yeah...about every two weeks...just for a moment every two weeks, then it goes away
Had amazing friends - yeah!
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - you never know...it could happen!
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign - woohoo! freshman year, danielle lane and some others!
Backpacked in Europe
Taken a road-trip - spring break habitat trips!
Been rock climbing - does it count if it's a fake rock in doors?
Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
Midnight walk on the beach
Been sky diving
Visited Ireland - maybe
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
Visited Japan
Benchpressed your own weight - hahaha...no.
Milked a cow
Alphabetized your records/cds - and books
Pretended to be a superhero- i am a superhero
Sung karaoke -not in a bar...but still
Lounged around in bed all day - my favorite thing to do!
Posed nude in front of strangers
Been scuba diving
Got it on to "Let’s Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Played in the rain
Gone to a drive-in theater
Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it.
Visited the Great Wall of China
Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
Dropped Windows in favor of something better
Started a business
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites
Taken a martial arts class
Swordfought for the honor of a woman
Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
Gotten married
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Loved someone you shouldn’t have
Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
Gotten divorced
Gone without food for 5 days
Made cookies from scratch
Won first prize in a costume contest
Ridden a gondola in Venice
Gotten a tattoo
Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
Rafted the Snake River
Been on television news programs as an "expert"
Got flowers for no reason
Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
Performed on stage
Been to Las Vegas
Recorded music
Eaten shark
Gone to Thailand
Seen Siouxsie live - What? Ralph Engalstad Arena?
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Buried one/both of your parents
Been on a cruise ship
Spoken more than one language fluently
Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
Bounced a check
Performed in Rocky Horror
Read - and understood - your credit report - and it's good!
Raised children
Gotten lost in a character
Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
Created and named your own constellation of stars
Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
Found out something significant that your ancestors did
Called or written your Congress person
Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
Had plastic surgery
Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
Wrote articles for a large publication
Lost over 100 pounds
Held someone while they were having a flashback
Piloted an airplane
Petted a shark
Broken someone’s heart
Helped an animal give birth
Been fired or laid off from a job
Won money on a T.V. game show
Gone on an African photo safari - does the Kilamangaro safari at WDWorld Animal Kingdom count?
Ridden a motorcycle -yeah!
Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph/160 kph-how about rode along?
Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - apparently i'm good at it too...watch out
Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
Ridden a horse
Had major surgery
Had sex on a moving train
Had a snake as a pet
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
Slept through an entire flight
Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
Visited all 7 continents
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
Eaten kangaroo meat
Been a sperm or egg donor
Eaten sushi
Had your picture in the newspaper
Had 2 healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
Gotten someone fired for their actions
Gone back to school
Parasailed
Changed your name
Petted a cockroach
Eaten fried green tomatoes - only in alabama
Read The Iliad
Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them.
Gotten 86ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you.
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Killed and prepared an animal for eating - fish anyone? well, i helped anyways...
Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
Skipped all your school reunions
Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
Been elected to public office
Written your own computer language
Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
Had to put someone you love into hospice care
Built your own PC from parts
Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
Had a booth at a street fair
Dyed your hair- state high school swimming 00!
Been a DJ
Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
Written your own role playing game
Been arrested
Monday, November 15, 2004
the buuurrrrsss
it's freaken cold in this house...apparently no one else feels it. c thinks i'm getting sick. great.
so i havent' typed in awhile and i know i disappoint but i promise i will try and type more once school is out of the way for awhile in (yikes!) a month. so much to do in a month! but when you are a student, a graphic communication specialist, a swim coach and the president of habitat (and all of their coolness), life gets busy. and sometimes, i would rather sit in my bed with the tv on and just relax and let the tv take over.
so let me tell you highlights of the last coupld of weeks.
went to itasca. made a friend. she's 9. cut tress. now people can see lake itasca...and it was a whole lot of trees...just call me paul bunyan...but not really.
went home on a wed. night. thursday, was supposed to do habitat stuff...but sleep and relaxation was way too temping. ate mike's pizza with my mom.
friday worked consession at section 8a girls swimming and diving meet for minnesota at und's hyslop pool. fun times. that night, egf football beat the crap out of virginia...go waves! now they play at the metrodome.
i made cool houses for many people on the sims...it's addicting.
saturday, went and braved the islamic people (out in the millions due to ramadad (sp?)) it was crazy! i've never seen camp snoopy so packed! aaagghghgh! made it through all 3 floors and the food court..no camp snoopy due to lack of time and the madness of islams. did a lot of sleeping in the bus...also bought a lot of clothes, go me!
sunday...laid around with my sis, watched my big fat greek wedding, had dinner with the fam and then drove back to b-town, where i find out i didnt' really have any classes today...grrr...o well, i worked at online services at least.
this weekend, squeak and swim meet. excitement.!.
it's freaken cold in this house...apparently no one else feels it. c thinks i'm getting sick. great.
so i havent' typed in awhile and i know i disappoint but i promise i will try and type more once school is out of the way for awhile in (yikes!) a month. so much to do in a month! but when you are a student, a graphic communication specialist, a swim coach and the president of habitat (and all of their coolness), life gets busy. and sometimes, i would rather sit in my bed with the tv on and just relax and let the tv take over.
so let me tell you highlights of the last coupld of weeks.
went to itasca. made a friend. she's 9. cut tress. now people can see lake itasca...and it was a whole lot of trees...just call me paul bunyan...but not really.
went home on a wed. night. thursday, was supposed to do habitat stuff...but sleep and relaxation was way too temping. ate mike's pizza with my mom.
friday worked consession at section 8a girls swimming and diving meet for minnesota at und's hyslop pool. fun times. that night, egf football beat the crap out of virginia...go waves! now they play at the metrodome.
i made cool houses for many people on the sims...it's addicting.
saturday, went and braved the islamic people (out in the millions due to ramadad (sp?)) it was crazy! i've never seen camp snoopy so packed! aaagghghgh! made it through all 3 floors and the food court..no camp snoopy due to lack of time and the madness of islams. did a lot of sleeping in the bus...also bought a lot of clothes, go me!
sunday...laid around with my sis, watched my big fat greek wedding, had dinner with the fam and then drove back to b-town, where i find out i didnt' really have any classes today...grrr...o well, i worked at online services at least.
this weekend, squeak and swim meet. excitement.!.
Friday, November 05, 2004
ew, ew, ew, gross, gross, gross
you know when your sitting around with your friends, all trying to get to know one another? and you try to think of interesting questions to ask? well, this post isn't about that. but i can tell you this...when i am sitting around in this situation and someone asks, "what's the grossest thing you have ever done out of the kindness of your heart?" i can answer them with this story:
so the big habitat in our town, the town's habitat and our affiliate, has this house. the family that was living in it just up and left it. literally. everything you can possibly imagine you need to raise a child from birth to the age of 5 and 20 bags of garbage and alcohol bottles that have been sitting there all summer and then some are sitting outside this house and the neighbors are starting to complain. so the big habitat board decides that they will pay us, the little habitat to clean up the yard. so, at this time not knowing what was sitting out in their yard, thinking it was just some twigs and stuff, we agree to go and help. we sooooo did not know what was in store for us.
first of all, it took me and my car a little longer than the loj to get to the house. didn't know there was two 7th st. in btown. we eventually find it and climb on out, only to face possibly our worst nightmare.
we start on the easy stuff. the fisherprise beauty salon, the tires, the stroller that has been discolored and distorted due to the water and sun of the summer. boxes of toys and junk. the slide that goes along to the pieces of wood stacked in the back for the swing set that was never built. that was the easy stuff.
then i started on the deck. i grabbed shovels and started trying to scoop up the bags of kitchen garbage just sitting there in their deteriated garbage bags. one of my fellow habitaters was up there trying to help me with a tarp. when a concoction of extremely old ice cream and beer spilt out and we got a whiff and a look at it we both bolted for the other side of the railing not knowing if we would be able to gag back all that was about to come up. we did survive however and back to work we went, with the same senerio happening yet again with shrieking after what i think i discovered was something skinned. gross.
after we had a good bit of garbage piled on one of the tarps, the four of us each took a corner and carried it to the front where the garbage bin sat. as we were hoisting it over, i reminded myself once more why i should not be an open mouth breather - a tiny chunk of the garbage fell on the very tip of my tongue (aaaahahahahaaaaaa! ewww!) and i bolted and started spitting at the ground. at the same time that i bolted, i also left the girls with the tarp halfway over their head and when i dropped my corner, all the garbage on top fell right on top of them. meanwhile, i was in my car searching for my water and at the same time trying to keep my tongue as far from my mouth as possibly, which isn't an easy task. once i retrieved my water i start gargling and spitting at the ground while the other girls are shrieking because i left them with garbage bags and garbage juice on their heads.
ew, ew, ew, gross, gross, gross.
anyways, i survived, so did they. after some more shrieking as we didn't want to smell or have the garbage juice on us, we eventually finished it off. the yard is clean and tomorrow they're rummaging off all the stuff that was left inside. aparently loj said, that the woman who was in possesion of all of this stuff is still alive, but she won't say where. my guess is jail. nice. and the grandparents have the kids.
so yeah, went home, SHOWERED and now i'm at kt's and after some bbq chicken pizza, mt dew and some good fun and movies, i'm still at kt's on her couch, which keeps eating me (i keep falling through the cushions) and we're watching frequency...it's quite the different movie.
tomorrow, itasca. i need to make a lunch.
you know when your sitting around with your friends, all trying to get to know one another? and you try to think of interesting questions to ask? well, this post isn't about that. but i can tell you this...when i am sitting around in this situation and someone asks, "what's the grossest thing you have ever done out of the kindness of your heart?" i can answer them with this story:
so the big habitat in our town, the town's habitat and our affiliate, has this house. the family that was living in it just up and left it. literally. everything you can possibly imagine you need to raise a child from birth to the age of 5 and 20 bags of garbage and alcohol bottles that have been sitting there all summer and then some are sitting outside this house and the neighbors are starting to complain. so the big habitat board decides that they will pay us, the little habitat to clean up the yard. so, at this time not knowing what was sitting out in their yard, thinking it was just some twigs and stuff, we agree to go and help. we sooooo did not know what was in store for us.
first of all, it took me and my car a little longer than the loj to get to the house. didn't know there was two 7th st. in btown. we eventually find it and climb on out, only to face possibly our worst nightmare.
we start on the easy stuff. the fisherprise beauty salon, the tires, the stroller that has been discolored and distorted due to the water and sun of the summer. boxes of toys and junk. the slide that goes along to the pieces of wood stacked in the back for the swing set that was never built. that was the easy stuff.
then i started on the deck. i grabbed shovels and started trying to scoop up the bags of kitchen garbage just sitting there in their deteriated garbage bags. one of my fellow habitaters was up there trying to help me with a tarp. when a concoction of extremely old ice cream and beer spilt out and we got a whiff and a look at it we both bolted for the other side of the railing not knowing if we would be able to gag back all that was about to come up. we did survive however and back to work we went, with the same senerio happening yet again with shrieking after what i think i discovered was something skinned. gross.
after we had a good bit of garbage piled on one of the tarps, the four of us each took a corner and carried it to the front where the garbage bin sat. as we were hoisting it over, i reminded myself once more why i should not be an open mouth breather - a tiny chunk of the garbage fell on the very tip of my tongue (aaaahahahahaaaaaa! ewww!) and i bolted and started spitting at the ground. at the same time that i bolted, i also left the girls with the tarp halfway over their head and when i dropped my corner, all the garbage on top fell right on top of them. meanwhile, i was in my car searching for my water and at the same time trying to keep my tongue as far from my mouth as possibly, which isn't an easy task. once i retrieved my water i start gargling and spitting at the ground while the other girls are shrieking because i left them with garbage bags and garbage juice on their heads.
ew, ew, ew, gross, gross, gross.
anyways, i survived, so did they. after some more shrieking as we didn't want to smell or have the garbage juice on us, we eventually finished it off. the yard is clean and tomorrow they're rummaging off all the stuff that was left inside. aparently loj said, that the woman who was in possesion of all of this stuff is still alive, but she won't say where. my guess is jail. nice. and the grandparents have the kids.
so yeah, went home, SHOWERED and now i'm at kt's and after some bbq chicken pizza, mt dew and some good fun and movies, i'm still at kt's on her couch, which keeps eating me (i keep falling through the cushions) and we're watching frequency...it's quite the different movie.
tomorrow, itasca. i need to make a lunch.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
tomorrow...and then some
the weekend is coming, the weekend is coming (and as laura would say...jiggity jig!)! i'm done with swim practice for the weekend, done with handing in homework for the week, a couple of homework assignments for the weekend, itasca with the habitaters on saturday, a musical saturday night (i tell ya, saturday nights are turning into musical nights), maybe church sunday? we'll see...i'm so attached to MY church that the ones here just don't match up. how can one go up against a church that sings reformation polka?
tomorrow night, veggie tales with kt? we'll see. tonight is habitat night after cookies, milk and er at kt's house. mt dew has been banned but still laughter prevails. ("he's the rollback man! walmart, always low prices always" on the tv).
tomorrow only one class, work in the morning. i have to finish nancy's class. i have more to do tomorrow...but what? habitat stuff? probably. always habitat, always. but that's where my heart belongs.
clean my room tomorrow...i need to do that. put clean clothes away, straighten desk up. i need to take a shower tonight while i'm typing up habitat papers and all that fun stuff. get swimming papers organized this weekend.
i think i need a superman list just like student senate has. list all the things that i need to accomplish. list all the things that habitat needs to accomplish. then we call it good.
a little over a month left and i'm done with classes...keep breathing.
next week...habitat, class, swimming, then home wednesday...sleep thursday, homework?, friday section 8a swimming and diving regionals meet working at concesions in the morning, me mom and alli friday night, saturday...mall of america! black shoe shopping and eating at a nice restaurant...maybe a ride? christmas shopping will be a must...
ahhh...that's life.
the weekend is coming, the weekend is coming (and as laura would say...jiggity jig!)! i'm done with swim practice for the weekend, done with handing in homework for the week, a couple of homework assignments for the weekend, itasca with the habitaters on saturday, a musical saturday night (i tell ya, saturday nights are turning into musical nights), maybe church sunday? we'll see...i'm so attached to MY church that the ones here just don't match up. how can one go up against a church that sings reformation polka?
tomorrow night, veggie tales with kt? we'll see. tonight is habitat night after cookies, milk and er at kt's house. mt dew has been banned but still laughter prevails. ("he's the rollback man! walmart, always low prices always" on the tv).
tomorrow only one class, work in the morning. i have to finish nancy's class. i have more to do tomorrow...but what? habitat stuff? probably. always habitat, always. but that's where my heart belongs.
clean my room tomorrow...i need to do that. put clean clothes away, straighten desk up. i need to take a shower tonight while i'm typing up habitat papers and all that fun stuff. get swimming papers organized this weekend.
i think i need a superman list just like student senate has. list all the things that i need to accomplish. list all the things that habitat needs to accomplish. then we call it good.
a little over a month left and i'm done with classes...keep breathing.
next week...habitat, class, swimming, then home wednesday...sleep thursday, homework?, friday section 8a swimming and diving regionals meet working at concesions in the morning, me mom and alli friday night, saturday...mall of america! black shoe shopping and eating at a nice restaurant...maybe a ride? christmas shopping will be a must...
ahhh...that's life.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
preparation
last night was my 3rd meeting with my eurospring crew, the one's who will be taking this grand adventure overseas with me. i now have a packing list and a book list and have started searching for all the travel necessities i will need. this is going to add up.
i bought 5 books i believe today...i have 3 classes over there and workshops one weekend a month the couple of months before i leave. i need to read pages 12-69 from Global Studies Europe before January 21.
I'm so worried about the group I am going with. It's kind of strange...there is one large group of theater people who are practically inseparable and all have the same sense of humor, which isn't 100% my same sense of humor. everything to them is funny...which is great...but some things to me just aren't funny.
then there are the few who have been to europe before and proceed to tell us all about what we need to do and are a little too know it all ish to me. the worst part is that they are know it alls in all the common knowledge stuff. like don't bring a video camera for the obvious reasons since we all know that we are going to be on a bus for 3 weeks traveling non stop and hey, it could get stolen. i'm not bringing with a video camera for the reason that i am more than likely not going to sit down after the trip and watch it ten times over (o, hey! there's trafalger's square again! awww...).
then there are the intellects that know 10 languages, speak in that weird intellectual voice and also speak big words, which is cool, but do they really ever understand that no one knows what they are saying since over half the population has ever heard that word and cannot comprehend it anyway? they also have unusual names.
then there are the ones like me. Don't say much at the meetings, get the information you need, are excited about the trip and are ready for a great experience. We're here because we know we will never get the chance to probably do this again. unless we strike it rich.
i hate to be subcategorizing those who will be traveling with me in a couple of months...it's very judgemental and stereotypical of me. these are just little things that i pick up as i observe those i am going with, almost to prepare myself so that i can adjust to the people and their characteristics before i have to spead 5 weeks with them. i am very excited to be in this mix of people. i'm not all that excited to be with so many people i know however, but what can you do. i almost thought of deleting this post but i think it will be fun to go back and see how my perception of the group has changed after having to spend 2 months traveling with them.
ahhahaha....120 days! i need to find electrical adapters and converters for europe...hmmmm......and a columbia rain jacket? paying for passport this weekend....
last night was my 3rd meeting with my eurospring crew, the one's who will be taking this grand adventure overseas with me. i now have a packing list and a book list and have started searching for all the travel necessities i will need. this is going to add up.
i bought 5 books i believe today...i have 3 classes over there and workshops one weekend a month the couple of months before i leave. i need to read pages 12-69 from Global Studies Europe before January 21.
I'm so worried about the group I am going with. It's kind of strange...there is one large group of theater people who are practically inseparable and all have the same sense of humor, which isn't 100% my same sense of humor. everything to them is funny...which is great...but some things to me just aren't funny.
then there are the few who have been to europe before and proceed to tell us all about what we need to do and are a little too know it all ish to me. the worst part is that they are know it alls in all the common knowledge stuff. like don't bring a video camera for the obvious reasons since we all know that we are going to be on a bus for 3 weeks traveling non stop and hey, it could get stolen. i'm not bringing with a video camera for the reason that i am more than likely not going to sit down after the trip and watch it ten times over (o, hey! there's trafalger's square again! awww...).
then there are the intellects that know 10 languages, speak in that weird intellectual voice and also speak big words, which is cool, but do they really ever understand that no one knows what they are saying since over half the population has ever heard that word and cannot comprehend it anyway? they also have unusual names.
then there are the ones like me. Don't say much at the meetings, get the information you need, are excited about the trip and are ready for a great experience. We're here because we know we will never get the chance to probably do this again. unless we strike it rich.
i hate to be subcategorizing those who will be traveling with me in a couple of months...it's very judgemental and stereotypical of me. these are just little things that i pick up as i observe those i am going with, almost to prepare myself so that i can adjust to the people and their characteristics before i have to spead 5 weeks with them. i am very excited to be in this mix of people. i'm not all that excited to be with so many people i know however, but what can you do. i almost thought of deleting this post but i think it will be fun to go back and see how my perception of the group has changed after having to spend 2 months traveling with them.
ahhahaha....120 days! i need to find electrical adapters and converters for europe...hmmmm......and a columbia rain jacket? paying for passport this weekend....
what?!?!
so i wrote this completly heartfelt post about how much i miss swimming yesterday only to come back today and find absolutely no trace of it. insane i tell you. it was good...i listed absolutely everything i missed about my beloved sport and now it's not here.
dang.
see you thursday...it's my catch up day (no school!)
so i wrote this completly heartfelt post about how much i miss swimming yesterday only to come back today and find absolutely no trace of it. insane i tell you. it was good...i listed absolutely everything i missed about my beloved sport and now it's not here.
dang.
see you thursday...it's my catch up day (no school!)
it's that time of year again...
the time of year when i REALLY miss swimming. i miss it so much it my heart seriously aches. i read about my girls in the paper, the ones i used to swim with. i had so much fun on the team and ... i don't know. i would do anything to have it back. i remember the night i cried myself to sleep when all my swimming dreams were over. i read that amy, who i grew up with at and we swam together for many years, was edc senior athlete. i'm so proud of her, she had to give up so much with an injury this year and is now giving up swimming before she makes her journey to college.
i wish there was a team here in btown. i miss being able to physically work towards something everyday. to be in the pool with friends and to groan over those hard workouts and wonder if you will ever live to see the end of them. and then at the end you realize that it's all worth it and how much harder you want to work. i miss the laughter and the suits, caps, goggles, getting new apparel, new times, breaking records, relay teams (firecracker relay, junior year!), team captain, tshirts, pasta parties, tshirt decorating parties, cheers, kicking sets, flippers, secret sisters...everything. it was all worth it...everything. what i would give to have that back. is there a masters team anywhere??? i need a bigger city.
i'm busy this week so i probably won't post till thursday...my day off...i'm sleepin in!!! yeah!!
the time of year when i REALLY miss swimming. i miss it so much it my heart seriously aches. i read about my girls in the paper, the ones i used to swim with. i had so much fun on the team and ... i don't know. i would do anything to have it back. i remember the night i cried myself to sleep when all my swimming dreams were over. i read that amy, who i grew up with at and we swam together for many years, was edc senior athlete. i'm so proud of her, she had to give up so much with an injury this year and is now giving up swimming before she makes her journey to college.
i wish there was a team here in btown. i miss being able to physically work towards something everyday. to be in the pool with friends and to groan over those hard workouts and wonder if you will ever live to see the end of them. and then at the end you realize that it's all worth it and how much harder you want to work. i miss the laughter and the suits, caps, goggles, getting new apparel, new times, breaking records, relay teams (firecracker relay, junior year!), team captain, tshirts, pasta parties, tshirt decorating parties, cheers, kicking sets, flippers, secret sisters...everything. it was all worth it...everything. what i would give to have that back. is there a masters team anywhere??? i need a bigger city.
i'm busy this week so i probably won't post till thursday...my day off...i'm sleepin in!!! yeah!!
confirmation/reformation sunday
zrod got confirmed this last sunday. all went well. it was a beautiful service that made grown men cry. seriously. we sang great songs such as reformation polka, light the fire and shout to the lord. i rejoiced. here's reformation polka:
The Reformation Polka
by Robert Gebel
[Sung to the tune of "Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious"]
When I was just ein junger Mann I studied canon law;
While Erfurt was a challenge, it was just to please my Pa.
Then came the storm, the lightning struck, I called upon Saint Anne,
I shaved my head, I took my vows, an Augustinian! Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
When Tetzel came near Wittenberg, St. Peter's profits soared,
I wrote a little notice for the All Saints' Bull'tin board:
"You cannot purchase merits, for we're justified by grace!
Here's 95 more reasons, Brother Tetzel, in your face!" Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
They loved my tracts, adored my wit, all were exempleror;
The Pope, however, hauled me up before the Emperor.
"Are these your books? Do you recant?" King Charles did demand,
"I will not change my Diet, Sir, God help me here I stand!" Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation -
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
Duke Frederick took the Wise approach, responding to my words,
By knighting "George" as hostage in the Kingdom of the Birds.
Use Brother Martin's model if the languages you seek,
Stay locked inside a castle with your Hebrew and your Greek! Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation -
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
Let's raise our steins and Concord Books while gathered in this place,
And spread the word that 'catholic' is spelled with lower case;
The Word remains unfettered when the Spirit gets his chance,
So come on, Katy, drop your lute, and join us in our dance! Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation -
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
go and sing along here.
afterwards good food and company followed and of course, cheesy halloween specials. can't wait to spend more time at home though...you start to miss it after touch and go for 3 years.
zrod got confirmed this last sunday. all went well. it was a beautiful service that made grown men cry. seriously. we sang great songs such as reformation polka, light the fire and shout to the lord. i rejoiced. here's reformation polka:
The Reformation Polka
by Robert Gebel
[Sung to the tune of "Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious"]
When I was just ein junger Mann I studied canon law;
While Erfurt was a challenge, it was just to please my Pa.
Then came the storm, the lightning struck, I called upon Saint Anne,
I shaved my head, I took my vows, an Augustinian! Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
When Tetzel came near Wittenberg, St. Peter's profits soared,
I wrote a little notice for the All Saints' Bull'tin board:
"You cannot purchase merits, for we're justified by grace!
Here's 95 more reasons, Brother Tetzel, in your face!" Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
They loved my tracts, adored my wit, all were exempleror;
The Pope, however, hauled me up before the Emperor.
"Are these your books? Do you recant?" King Charles did demand,
"I will not change my Diet, Sir, God help me here I stand!" Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation -
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
Duke Frederick took the Wise approach, responding to my words,
By knighting "George" as hostage in the Kingdom of the Birds.
Use Brother Martin's model if the languages you seek,
Stay locked inside a castle with your Hebrew and your Greek! Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation -
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
Let's raise our steins and Concord Books while gathered in this place,
And spread the word that 'catholic' is spelled with lower case;
The Word remains unfettered when the Spirit gets his chance,
So come on, Katy, drop your lute, and join us in our dance! Oh...
Chorus:
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation -
Speak your mind against them and face excommunication!
Nail your theses to the door, let's start a Reformation!
Papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation!
go and sing along here.
afterwards good food and company followed and of course, cheesy halloween specials. can't wait to spend more time at home though...you start to miss it after touch and go for 3 years.
ok, ok...
i get the hint, i need to update. i guess i would update more often but when i actually have the time to sit down and type something, everything that has happened seems irrelevant. this blog has turned into: what happens on my weekends, by me. i'm not sure if that's what i want this blog to be...it's supposed to be what happens in my life, but right now my life seems to happen more on my weekends...or at least the stuff that's fun to type about. everything that happens during the week isn't much fun to report about. it's just homework and basic running around. i could tell you about yesterday and how we had class outside, i took a test with my gloves on and i froze my butt to the metal picnic table then we got out early i voted for the one and only and then i went black shoe shopping and ended up running into kt at walmart (which was not where i was black shoe shopping may i add). it just doesn't seem relevant for you, the viewer, to know about black shoe shopping, which by the way was very very uneventful.
in other news...president bush is in for 4 more years! (or that's the way it's looking right now) and i'm not sure what to say now...i don't want to say anything that will make people hate me...because from what i hear there's a lot of hate going around. which is truely upsetting...hate needs to be taken out of the dictionary, out of life. you know it's bad to hate someone, so let it go, open your heart. life goes on.
i get the hint, i need to update. i guess i would update more often but when i actually have the time to sit down and type something, everything that has happened seems irrelevant. this blog has turned into: what happens on my weekends, by me. i'm not sure if that's what i want this blog to be...it's supposed to be what happens in my life, but right now my life seems to happen more on my weekends...or at least the stuff that's fun to type about. everything that happens during the week isn't much fun to report about. it's just homework and basic running around. i could tell you about yesterday and how we had class outside, i took a test with my gloves on and i froze my butt to the metal picnic table then we got out early i voted for the one and only and then i went black shoe shopping and ended up running into kt at walmart (which was not where i was black shoe shopping may i add). it just doesn't seem relevant for you, the viewer, to know about black shoe shopping, which by the way was very very uneventful.
in other news...president bush is in for 4 more years! (or that's the way it's looking right now) and i'm not sure what to say now...i don't want to say anything that will make people hate me...because from what i hear there's a lot of hate going around. which is truely upsetting...hate needs to be taken out of the dictionary, out of life. you know it's bad to hate someone, so let it go, open your heart. life goes on.
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