Fishy! Wake Up!

Fishy, Wake up! Why are you sleeping??

Ok, I feel like Darla off of Finding Nemo right now. Let me tell you about my recent pets. Well, you all remember Thekthi? Well, Thekthi died over thanksgiving break. I think I gave him a concussion when I changed his water, since there's a rock on the bottom of the bowl, and when I put him back in the tank after changing the water, he hit his head on it. He died two days later.

After that, I meant to get more fish, but I decided to go with goldfish this time around. I waited awhile, and I just bought them Tuesday night. I had not even named them before they were floating belly up. Chris told me that I could return them within 24 hours and get new fish in exchange, so that's what I did. I decided to go with larger fish, in hopes that they would be healthier and live longer. Chris and I named them Orange Juice and Coffee, since one was orange and one was black. They died within about four hours.

After that, I wasn't gonig to get any more fish for awhile, but I decided to try one more time. I got two more large fantail goldfish, and I named them Milk and Cookie. (One was white, one was orange and white.) They died by after about six hours.

Tonight, I returned my fish, and got the money back. After returning fish to Wal-Mart three times in four days, I've officially given up on fish for now.

Another Panda Dog.

I found another picture of that dog...but I still can't find out what breed it is! Oh well...this one looks older than the last one.

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Free points to the person who finds the pic of a guy in my blog template. I didn't put him there, for the record...the guy who's picture it is designed the template...anyway, kudos to whoever finds it.

Exhaustion.

Ok. I have to work in the morning, at 9 am, and I'm seriously considering staying up later. I'm exhausted though, and I have no reason to stay up. What is this? Is this just me missing freshman year when I could stay up as late as I wanted on Friday nights because I had nothing to do on Saturdays? I am such a slacker. I haven't even worked on my homework...though I have painted a pumpkin for the guy I'm a secret santa for in Choir...we all were supposed to paint a pumpkin. Anyway, I'm really tired, yet I'm staying up. Oh well...maybe I'll head to bed soon...we'll see.

New blog....and panda dog.

As you all can tell, I decided to change the look of my blog a bit...I was going to do a different template, that I really like a lot better, but it had some bad code, so we're working on fixing that. Meanwhile, I do like this one as well, so it's here to stay for awhile.

Amanda, I saw these pictures, and I thought of you. Were you to get a dog, this would be the one to get. Yes, it really is a dog.




P.S. I don't know where the title of the blog went, but I'll deal with that later, when I don't have homework to finish. I'll add my links back in too...the links that are there are the default ones for this template....one's the guy who designed it, so if you like it, feel free to check it out...he's got some really incredible ones....be warned...template #50 is the one I had trouble with.

Fish....

So, I have a pet fish. He was without a name for about the first month that I had him, but I"ve named him now...his name is Thekthi. I know, weird....say the name out loud...it's a joke. He's a really pretty red and blue beta...maybe I'll post a picture later...anyway, so I have a pet now, in addition to my many plants. :) Yay!

Much needed updates.

Yay! My sister Susan is having a baby! I get to be an aunt...again! :) I'm very excited.

I'm currently sitting in my apartment, when I should be at class. I woke up late today, and since I know today in this particular class we're just doing group work, which means we sign the attendance sheet and then my group heads off to the library, while I don't necessarily like having the absence on my record, I won't be missing anything. I'll just have to be careful to give myself more time from now on to get ready.

Chris and I are talking about making the wedding invitations...we're both going to make up some samples and go from there. I'm looking at getting this stamp that's made specifically for invitations, that has event, date, time, etc. on it, and then you write beside it. I realize the writing will be time-consuming, but I can always do a few a day once we get started, and just write on the info later, once we've got everything worked out. We'll see.

I've got a big test coming up on Friday, so I think I'm going to go now and review for it. Wish me luck!

My most recent favorite pictures...

The first picture is called Mafia Music. The second, Nerds Unite! These are both shirts you can buy on Threadless. Unfortunately, the Nerds Unite one is sold out right now, but if you request one, that'll add to the count, and they may reprint it sooner. You don't actually have to follow through and buy it just if you request it, but it helps those of us who want to buy it (hint hint!) to be able to do so sooner.

Hope you like the pictures!

Threadless T-Shirts

Once again, I"m hanging out in my A&I class, before it starts, for once, and I'm bored. I have to say though, my shirt is quite fun. (Random, I know) It says "We'll be safe in this dark, creepy barn." You all have to check out threadless.com....link in title. It's so worth checking out! THere are a bunch of hilarious, awesome shirts....actually, Amanda? There's this perfect shirt for you called Pandemonium...but if you get it, get a guys size...all the girls shirts are baby doll tees and horribly uncomfortable...the guys shirts are nice.

That's all for now! Class is about to start.

Random stuff, halloween costume

So here's just a random post. I'm sitting in my room listening to "Everything (Is Never Quite Enough)" by Wasis Diop. It's actually a pretty good song....it's off the Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack, which is a good movie, with the exception of the one racy sex scene. Chris is sitting next to me reading some mac forum. We're both eventually going to get to homework, but I think we're both avoiding it right now. I'll get to it within the hour for sure....I need to go over and practice tonight.

Oh, Amanda...Cynical Idealist halloween costume?
Let's see....
I'd have comfortable, open toed shoes, probably my new brown flip-flops, jeans, and a black shirt with a rhinestone pumpkin on it. I'm not much for rhinestones, or pumpkins for that matter, but that's probably the only "Halloween wear" that I would wear...I'd have funky earrings, probably big "chandelier" earrings, and I'd have my hair pinned back into weird curls with about 40 bobby pins. As far as makeup, I'd do black eyeliner under my lids (sounds weird, but it works and looks good) and mascara, maybe some eyeshadow and lipgloss if I feel like making more of an effort. I'd have my nails done cool...probably orange with the pumpkin faces on them, and I'd have my toes painted nice too, I don't know what color. Random other accessories? Some sort of a giant purse, with a book in it, probably Sense and Sensibility, since I'm trying to finish that now, and lots of chapstick and lipgloss, and my wallet and keys.

I think that's about it. I should really get to my homework now.....I don't wanna! Oh well, I don't think my profs care if I want to or not. :)

More about my homework blog.

Hey everyone! This will just be a quick update, since I have to be to work at 11, and I still need to make lunch and change. I just wanted to let you know that I've made more updates to my homework blog. I'll be blogging there quite a bit, (at least compared to my track record with this blog....I'll try to improve that too...) since I have to have "a cultural experience" at least once every week and write about it. There are also links in that pages sidebar to go to other parts of the site where my class notes and papers are. While I know it's for class, none of it's been really boring yet, except the book review thing, so you all may actually enjoy the posts there. Just a heads up. Ok, off to work now!

Updates.

Hey all! I know that I've been bad about blogging. I'm sitting in my arts and Identity class right now, and I just thought I'd all let you know that I have yet another new blog. elythrashomework.blogspot.com This blog is for one of my classes, the one I'm sitting in now, actually. I submit homework on there, and then my prof checks the archives at midterm and the end of the semester. I've got one paper on there....enjoy it if you can follow it...it's a book review.

My Wedding Website

Hi guys! I can't remember if I blogged about this, so I just thought I would again, just in case. I have a website that talks about wedding details, and you can (eventually) RSVP to the wedding there. It's a fair assumption that if you read my blog, you are invited....with the exception of random strangers who happened across it. Anyway, here's the site...

http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=3268826752209664

So I'm in Seattle rignt now, and I'm having fun wearing myself out. Today, we went all the way from the Space needle to Chinatown to Pike's Place to the university district to Volunteer park and back to the space needle. (Our hotel is about a block away from the space needle.) If you want to look that up on a map, that's pretty much all across town. Most of it, we walked. Not that I'm complaining...I really enjoyed it. I'm just explaining how we got around. So now I'm going to get ready for bed...it's late. We went to a play tonight, A midsummer's Night's Dream, in the park...it was very very well done...just late, so I'm tired. So, more details later, goodnight.

I must say, I'm not blogging because anything interesting is happening. I'm blogging because it isn't. I spent the majority of the afternoon drawing henna tattoos onto my legs, which I may or may not post a picture of when they get darker. (Henna gets darker for a few days, then slowly fades, disappearing completely after three weeks.) Now I have homework to attend to, but I'm avoiding it. I'm not even avoiding it properly, by working on other things I genuinely want to do. I'm simply sitting here, in my little blue chair, blogging and watching the movie Gigi. I think I will do a bit of homework, and then go and work on this painting that's been stuck in my head for about a week now. Maybe I'll post a picture of that, too, when I finish it. Right now, my tea is hot, time to get it and get to work. :(

Daily Activities.

Guys, I'm a little disappointed! I figured someone would comment on my shark dinner. Oh well. :)

My days have been a little meh. I'm working on my quilt a little each day...I'm up to 9 rows by 22? (maybe 26) columns. Anyway, it's just getting big enough for me to curl up underneath, were it not for the fact that it's only one layer of material thick.

I'm also in an English class, just a general...I read a bunch of stories, and then I write short essays answering questions about them. Exciting, huh?

I have another class starting next week, one that I actually have to attend, remarkably...two hours a day, four days a week. That one should be alright though, as it's in my major area. Forms and Analysis. Boring, right? Yeah, that's what I've been told it is anyway. Oh well, it'll be something to do.

I'm planning a trip with my mom to ride Amtrak to Seattle, with some stops on the way there and back. I'm really looking forward to that. With the exception that I feel slightly guilty taking that much time off of work.

I'm working at a greenhouse, as I've said before. It's a lot of fun, and it's getting easier. I'm learning more, and it's nice to just be outdoors.

Ok, well, currently, I'm making banana bread, and I think it's about time to take it out of the oven....mmmm.....so I'm gonna go. Bye!

Dinner...Dine Different.

Those of you who know me well have probably heard me say at one time or another, "I'll try almost anything once." Well, it still holds true. Last night, I went out to dinner with Chris and another couple, and we went to Outback. I asked what the catch of the day was, not really planning to order fish, but curious nonetheless, and I ended up deciding to get it. It was Mako Shark. Pretty good stuff, really...I'd recommend it to anyone who likes fish. Considering the size of the animal it came from, you don't really have to worry about those pesky little bones like most fish. Just so you know the size, I'll upload a picture. This is only a medium-sized Mako.



Oh, we all also went to see the Superman movie...it was pretty good! I enjoyed it, anyway.

Yet another video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=489221653835413043&pr=goog-sl

Ok, that's the link to a crazy-weird rap video done by some Stats TA's. Amanda, Chris, you two should especially get a kick out of all of this. Enjoy!

Musings

I had a lady at work tell me that I should be a botany major. She seemed quite shocked when I said that I am not good enough at science to make it as a botany major, and I simply don't enjoy it as much. I should interject for all of you that don't know, that I actually work in a greenhouse, but I was hired as a watergirl, and simply picked up enough about most of the plants that they let me run the place on my own most evenings and weekends. I enjoy my job, but I don't think I'd enjoy all the extra crap I'd have to learn to major in that. Plus, greenhouses are fickle. I've learned that much at least. You're either extremely dependent on the weather, which can still destroy your plants, or you have an insanely high water bill. (At least in South Dakota summer heat you do...)

I told this lady that I am a Vocal performance major, and when she asked what I was going to do with that, if I was going to sing opera or what, I kind of fumbled with the answer. See here's my sort-of-not-so-secret fear about my major. This is not a very highly demanded career path I'm on. And I look around, and see all the other people majoring in the same thing, not just at my school but at others too, and I think, you know, we're all jockeying for elbow space as it is...what's it going to be like when we all graduate? I suppose the majority of us will find other jobs. I'd like to be able to get into a job where it wasn't minimum wage hourly crap....but who knows. I've always wanted to run my own business, honestly, but I'm not so sure I have the business savvy for that. My two ideas for that were either a coffee shop, or a studio...art and music, probably, or maybe just music, but preferably both. See, I would LOVE to own a coffee shop...one of those late night ones for college students with the overstuffed couches and the odd but cool artwork? That's one of the things I've always always wanted to do...but do I have enough business savvy to be able to ensure that I could take out a business loan, get this thing off the ground, and keep it going indefinitely? I've never worked in a coffee shop before! That would probably help...

The studio, honestly, fits into my major better. I've always had in the back of my mind that I could teach lessons in piano and voice, and maybe art...but just have this place for kids, junior high and up, probably, where they could go after school and be safe and non-destructive and have fun and still learn about the arts. It'd have to be in a bigger city, and I have no idea how I'd fund it...maybe I'd run it like teen daycare....I don't know...but I wanted to be able to do lessons for underprivelaged kids too, and maybe see if I can network and get other instrumentalists to teach other instruments, maybe even the older kids teaching the younger kids, if they're good enough. That is a plan that I think I would be estatic about doing, but I'm just afraid to attempt it. See, I could really do it now, but I'm just in too small of a town for it to work well, and I don't want to get it crushed and then be afraid to try again. Yeah....So I could do this studio, and maybe attach a coffee shop? :D Who knows...

Ok, that's enough for tonight. It was certainly long enough. Congrats on making it all the way through!

This was kind of a duh (I hope)...what with my major and all...

You are a Rocker Girl!

If you don't have musical talent, you've got a talent for picking out great CD's. Music rules your life - and you've got the best MP3 collection of anyone you know. Many guys find you intimidating, but a select few think you're the catch of a lifetime.

What Kind of Girl Are You?

Motivation is overrated.

So here I sit again, late night, not going to bed even though I'm tired. I don't know why...oh yeah....I'm supposed to be cleaning my room. Well, laundry's all sorted...I did dishes today! But those aren't in my room....went grocery shopping, also not room related.....ok so I'm avoiding finishiing! I need to make my bed, that usually motivates me to finish...but here's the irony. As soon as I finish, I'm unmaking the bed and sleeping in it! Ok, so I'm not very motivated right now...at all. Goodnight. :)

Late night updates.

Hi all!

Ok here's the update. It's Chris's birthday today, (Happy birthday!) and we're heading up to soo foo to meet his parents, grandparents, and my parents and little sis. (And her dog Keya! Haven't seen it yet, sounds cute...black furry chihuahua...even though I don't like small dogs....cute). Anyway, before that, I have an interview at that restaurant that I applied at, Little Italy's...so hopefully that goes well. I don't know how much I really want to be working two jobs right now, but my job that I have now is soon cutting back my hours out of necessity...we're just not that busy anymore...and Little Italy's would continue till I leave Vermillion...unless I find something better. So yeah...hope the interview goes well...

On another note, my nice new camera that I was so excited about had three large areas of dead pixels, which basically means three very large white boxes with black outlines in the middle of my pictures, so I sent it in for repairs. Yay! I got it back today, and all has been mended.

Ok, that's about all I can handle for right now...it's way later than I'm used to anymore! (I've been going to bed at or before midnight regularly now...can you believe it?) Ok....tired.....sleep.....

Procrastination

So, today is my first day off since I got hired last Friday, and I'm enjoying it, but I've got so much to do, before 4:30. (Chris and I are going to a movie in Sioux City tonight...good end to a day off!) But I thought I'd put a list out here to see if I could get it done...(Taking a cue from you awhile back, Amanda!) So here it is:

Call Little Italy's (possible second job?? They called me after all!)

Work on Math and English (good ol' correspondance, too easy to procrastinate...)

Clean up room a bit. (Not desperate, but it's got to be done sometime, right?)

Ok, so I thought I had more to do...who knows...maybe I'll remember the rest of it later.

Some jokes.

I am not in any way against the US Military, but this stuff does make me wonder who exactly enlists. Oh well, hope you laugh as much as I did!

"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher

"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S. Army

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." - U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop

"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal

"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual

"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal

"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance

"Five-second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Col. David Hackworth

"If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into an ambush." - Infantry Journal

"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay

"Any ship can be a minesweeper ... once." - Anon

"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Army Recruit

"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies

(And lastly)

"If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him." -- U.S.A. Ammo Troop

Meet Talenyn!

I adopted a new pet cat. (Scroll down to see her.) Her name is Talenyn, which means "little wren". I realize that's a bit ironic that I'm naming a cat after a bird, but I like it, so that's the way it is. :)

Other than that, it's finals week, which is a well shown by the fact that it's 1:30 in the morning and I am not studying, I'm posting. But at least I don't have class in the morning! Ok, off to bed....soon.

How outgoing am I?

Your Extroversion Profile:

Cheerfulness: High

Friendliness: High

Sociability: High

Activity Level: Medium

Excitement Seeking: Medium

Assertiveness: Low

How Extroverted Are You?

More updates....to my iPod.

Hi all! I'm sitting in my speech class, five minutes before class starts, waiting for my iPod to update songs. I had to restore factory settings, which basically means it erased my music off, and to give you an idea how much of a hassle that is, it's been loading the music back on, and it's only gotten 5 GB back on....I own 18 GB worth of music. This takes awhile. *sigh* I think I'm going to have to leave my computer hooked up during class, which I don't imagine my teacher will be very happy about. Oh well. I can't disconnect now or I'll have to start all over again.
By the way, an update on my speech, it went well...as did my juries...(my music finals). Now I've got a semi-slack week ahead. Yay! Gotta go now, class starting.

My level of evilness.

***You Are 38% Evil***


A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well.
In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.


How Evil Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/howevilareyouquiz/

Speeches

Well I'm sitting in the room where I'm to give my speech. I'm first up, which I hate being...I'd even take second, I just like having someone else go first. Oh well, people went on monday, so I'm not really first. My topic is College Illiteracy, and I'm speaking to a group of freshman. Wish me luck!

Girlie Gamers...

Alright, so I'm avoiding homework....I need to get back to it, but I thought I'd post about this...
So I discovered this girl's gamers club thing....it's exclusive too...as if there are enough girls gaming that they can be....but obviously they can...I'm not good enough, BY FAR, to even attempt it, but it's cool to check out anyway. Oh, and they get paid by a gaming company, but they don't really have to advertise for them too much...they just get to be gamers....so yeah. Here's the site. http://www.fragdolls.com

Crazy weeks.

Hi all! I just wanted to let you know that you probably can't expect a whole lot of posts for the next few weeks....not that I post often anyway, but still. The bulk of my assignments are due next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and then the week after that is finals. And then I move. So yeah...I'm going to be super busy...oh, and I still have to find a job!

As Chris said, Go Big Green, Michelle!

Hey all! One more thing...I was playing with this picture of michelle and thought you'd like to see it! Not as real as me with red hair, but it's something... :)

Back home, and back to normal.

Hi all! I'm glad to see you all read my blog enough to panic over my hair change....just so you know, my actual "About me" photo is still accurate...my hair is about that length and still that color. All the red was done in photoshop after a couple of hours work. It was fun. Hope you enjoyed it too!

I thought I'd give you all an opportunity to see my hair. What do you think?

Just a quick note.

Ya'll should scroll down and feed my new pet hedgehog! :D

Creepy poems.

Hey all!

So life at the U. has gotten much more interesting recently. Mary (my roommate) and I have someone writing creepy notes on our board. Poetically. The first note began It's a silent murder, it's a grave that sings your song....and I can't remember the rest of it. But I took a picture of it for evidence, if we ever figure out who's doing it, or if it gets worse. There was also a drawing, before the two poems, but we erased it because we thought someone was just having fun with the markers. And the drawing didn't really look like anything anyway. I redrew it later for Chris and he said it sort of looked like one of those native american rock drawings. So that was rather odd as well. But we've contacted public safety, and they're going to be keeping an eye on our room and the floor, to see if they can figure out who's doing this. Yeah. But the poems are these little four line stanzas that are morbid and creepy.
Oh, and there's also been this same blond guy sitting in the lounge across from our door, who never used to study in there, really I've never seen him, or noticed him, before this, and now he's there constantly. I think it's him. So I wrote down a description of him, and if anything is written up tonight, I"m going to turn in the description and Public Safety can deal with it. Ok, it's late. I'm going to check the board one more time to make sure no one's written on it, then I"m going to bed.

Rehearsal

So I had fun at rehearsal tonight. I'm not being sarcastic, I really did. I could actually see the director today, and she was understandable, despite there still being no mike. We got out about an hour early, too, which I won't complain about. (It was supposed to be a three hour rehearsal with a break in the middle somewhere, and she decided we weren't going to take a break and just finish in two hours.) I like the director, actually. She's really really good, and actually gives choir cues. It's wonderful.

I'm currently avoiding studying for the Biology test that I have at 10 in the morning, but I think I can avoid it no longer. So I'm just going to read through the study guide, and then get up early, (I'm meeting Chris for breakfast anyway), and finish studying. So off I go.

Life from a cynical idealist's point of view.

So if you couldn't tell, I've updated my layout. I don't know enough about web text to be able to really change things, but I did figure out how to change the header picture, so that picture above this is one I've edited. The text over it isn't perfect, but I'm getting to that. :)

In other news, I've been working on wedding stuff, and the guest list, things like that are falling into place pretty well. Don't worry, if you know me well enough to know where my blog is in this world, you are invited. Well, if I know you, and the aforementioned applies, then you're invited. So yeah.

Ok, so it's pretty late, and I"m SOOO worn out by this overly exciting post that I'm going to bed now. More posts to follow! Someday! :)

A study in irony.

Here's what I find ironic. Recently I heard a review of the movie "Failure to Launch". In it, the film critic was asking how truly believable the movie is, with Matthew McConaughey as a single man who still lives at home. Now, while I don't dispute this, I must say I think they've overlooked a few very important facts.
Fact #1: How many undesirable actors are there in hollywood? Based on looks, I mean. How many unattractive actors could they truly have cast? Besides, if they had, how many people would have come? Hey, I can be cynical about the critics and the fans as well.
Fact #2: How are they to know who should marry young, and who needs more time? Or for that matter, who should marry at all? Now, I know I'm being very critical of a movie, and a movie review, and taking it well beyond the parameters they intended, but this is still the message that everyone gets from hollywood. If you are young, fit, and beautiful/handsome, you must marry early, but not too early, oh, and by the way you will hate it, get divorced and marry again later on. You will have kids, but not too many, and they will be a pain and suck you dry but ultimately be rewarding. Now, not all of these things are good, or bad, but why can you not marry when you're older, or when you're younger (as I will be,) than society's "norm"? Why marry at all if you do not want to? If you don't have the desire, then you really are doomed to be unhappy in a marriage. Children are rewarding, and at this point I don't think I'll mind if they "suck me dry", I'd be perfectly happy with lots of them. But anyway, my point was originally that Hollywood shouldn't be able to determine who marries whom when. Societies norms, like all norms, were made to be broken.

P.S.
I personally loved the movie, with the exception that I saw much more of Terry Bradshaw than I ever, EVER wanted to.

Just a quick note.

Just thought I'd answer a couple questions...

I am planning to get my masters, (doctorate? Possible, doubtful, though...) in Music ( and by that I mean vocal) performance. Right now I"m looking at different grad schools, just sort of scoping them out to know what I need to work towards...two that are plausible and still in consideration right now are USD Grad school, which is more practical simply because I don't have to wait a year between graduation and starting grad school. Another school is University of MInnesota, which would be very cool, very worth it to be able to attend there...it is somewhat expensive, but relatively cheap as the grad schools I've looked at so far go. It's around 7,000 for a non-resident, per semester, and most other schools that I've looked at are at least 12,000.

Amanda, I have no idea what tests you were talking about, to be honest, but now that I've got the heads up, I'll look into them. :)

The trip and future plans and such.

Hi all! By popular request, I'm going to write about all that good stuff.

So the trip. Well, Chris and I, and three other people, went to Kansas City for spring break. It was fun. We did (Chris and I) decide not to attend seminary, after visiting it there and finding that it didn't suit nearly as well as planned. Which is ok. Because we have other future plans. More on that in a minute. We also went to this great place called Swagat Indian Cuisine. Authentic indian food, slightly expensive, but split a $45 bill four ways isn't too bad for 2 appetizers, 2 main courses, 3 orders of bread, and coconut soup for me (my favorite dish!!!). Definitely my favorite restaurant that we went to on the trip. We also went to an outdoor shopping mall, a movie, and hung out at sem. It was a lot of fun.

Future plans. Well, Chris is planning to get his Masters in Business Administration while I finish up my undergrad, and then when we're both done, I'm planning on grad school. Near future plans and such? Well, my good ol' 8 am class is in the morning, and if I get to bed now, I can get just over six hours of sleep. Goodnight!

All that Jazz.

So tomorrow, I'm working at jazz festival. I have to be at Slagle auditorium, (I know that means nothing to you, but let it suffice that it's across campus) at 7:30 am to set up the concession stand. I'm working until 1:30, and all my music classes for the day are cancelled. I still have biology lab, but nothing else. I don't know if I'm happy or sad. I was actually looking forward to my morning class, because I really enjoy it, but oh well. I guess I'll just have to look forward to Thursday. And I guess I'm happy about the fact that I won't have had Music Theory for two days in a row. (Prof was sick today.) So I guess that's the exciting life that is Mine. Hope you've enjoyed my scrambled ramblings.

wow.

So here I sit in U.Brew again. I got some interesting, and really cool, news this week. One of my roomies from Summit is pregnant! She's due at the end of the summer, about. She sounds really happy, so I'm happy for her. It's weird though, because I think I might be older than her...otherwise she's only a month older than me...it's something like that. And she's going to have a kid! Wow. I hope I get to play almost auntie and spoil the kid! :D

Housing

Well, yay! I got into McFadden, the school owned apartments. The free-for-all signup opened at 7 am, and it is 7:18, and McFadden is officially full. That's how quickly it fills up. I even got on first floor, where I wanted to be, and I'm on the end of the apartment, so less noise from all my roommates will be heard! Yay!

Ok, so maybe getting up at 5 am was worth it after all.

Johari Window

Amanda had this on her blog, so I had to copy. It's fun! Copy and paste this into your browser bar. http://kevan.org/johari?name=elythra Then you can make your own, after doing this. Seriously, try it.

The accordian. Why???

Ok, so I'm sitting in U.Brew, again, (I'm here every tuesday and thursday, because I have most of my mornings free then...) and there is a guy on stage with an accordian. He wrote his own music. Now, as much as I enjoy original music, this is definitely not high on my favorites list. Oh dear. He's just attached a harmonica around his neck. His next song is about skeletons. He sings too, but you can barely hear him over the accordian. Scary. Why am I still sitting here? I guess because I have other things to do while I'm here. I'm just going to try to block him out now.

U.Brew

Here I sit in U.Brew with Chris. We've both got our laptops, and he is of course checking out tech sites for news. I'm planning to meet with my friend, Jenny James, in a few minutes to go over plans for a new bible study that I'm planning to start, and also to have lunch. I'm looking forward to it, really. Partly to hack out the plans for this bible study, which I'm really looking forward to doing, and partly just because Jenny is fun to hang out with. :) Well, that's about all the time I want to spend on updates today. Hopefully sometime soon I'll be e-mailing people.

Ode to my friends. (The Group).

So much potential, so much variety,
Wrought in different people.
All friends, all feed off each other,
But each unique to a fault.

While others discuss fashion, they discuss philosophy.
While others are picked up for DUI’s, they kick back pixy sticks.
While others fight to blend into the cool crowd, they choose to remain unique.
While others avoid “useless” knowledge at all costs, they thrive on it’s potential.

These are the theater kids, the band and choir kids, the debate and chess club kids,
Those that you knew and made fun of, or were friends with.
These particular people are my friends.
I was one of them, and they will forever be dear to my heart.

Blah.

I don't have much new to report, I just felt like I hadn't blogged in awhile.

Chris and I went on a double date last night, which was pretty fun. We went out to Cattleman's, and then rented "The Exorcism of Emily Rose". I hate horrors, but surprisingly, I kind of liked the movie. I will say that that is the first movie in an extremely long time that made me feel uneasy about falling asleep. I think the last one was "It", when I was four. I didn't even watch all of "It", but I always came in on the creepy parts...(well, creepy to a four year old...I haven't seen the movie since...) You know, the part where the clown eats a boy, or blood starts coming out of the showerheads in the locker room...parts like that. But I digress.

So the movie was good, and then we played two games (with many hands making up one game) of UNO. The first game, I did not win a single hand. The second game, I won. Yeah. It was fun though.

Ok, so I was planning to be in bed about an hour ago, and while I could ramble more, I know I"m going to hate my alarm clock in the morning already. Goodnight!