today was my last day of class at Luther.
I kind of wish it had been more exciting. I had my one class, Soc Research Methods.
Today just made me realize how much I really did not like this class. Overall it was kind of an anticlimatic day. Yesterday had more feeling. Anyway I went to class with a beer in me and some gin and soda in my hand. Class didn't go for long but after discussing the final i felt like wanting to hit our professor. Needless to say, i came home in the crappy weather and went to bed for a bit. It was SO windy today! So really... a "meh" kind of day. Not that i was hoping for a song and balloons or something, but having the one class made it ... eh... not that cool. Oh but it should be celebrated that I am done with my undergraduate education here at Luther college! w00t! Tonight you'd think I'd be out getting quite drunk but with a paper and two exams scheduled for Saturday...ummm... yeah I should get working on that. Granted I have all day tomorrow to do stuff... I'm also being good and getting up for work in the morning. I really should have said i wasn't going to be there, but I'm going...:-P Might as well get as much money as I can from this college.
A good thing though.. The presentation is done, and it went pretty well even though I was so scared I wasn't going to be able to explain anything very well. Joanna, my partner, told me that we got full points! YES! so I am pretty sure I can pass this class even if the test doesn't go that well and the paper.
it's all so crazy... life at Luther is ending soon... I'm excited to go home and be near people i haven't seen in awhile, and I think it will be so great to come down to visit sometime... that is all. Maybe I should start my studying now.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Sunday, May 07, 2006
quick weekend
so a quick one.
-there are medlers in my midst. people who keep suggesting i do certain things. I feel like I can't please them. They had a new idea for my future...future love life again today! it's weird, i don't know what to tell them. except to worry more about their future than mine. ANd I STILL maintain that I will NOT be the first to get engaged/married!
-the weekend was great. Some fun frisbee, great weather, great friends, great partying along with all of that! YAY! I played a beer point! what a crowning moment in my frisbee career! i can die happy now! (I even caught the frisbee one-handed while playing with the beer in hand!)
-the whole homework thing didn't really pan out for me. Nodding off while reading doesn't really work. It was a bit discouraging, but my senioritis tells me not to care.
-Amber is going to Adelaide again in June. I'm so happy for her, but SO jealous at the same time. Not fair! sigh... she gets to see everyone! That will be so much fun and I wish i could go with her, but probably won't be able to. But to look on the bright side of things, I might be going to NY to see Blair, that is more feasible for me than Australia again. i miss Australia friends!
-class ends this coming thursday. I don't know what to do with myself! ekk! excited, but sad. i really enjoyed my psych classes this semester and I will miss those professors. It has been a good end to my college career. Senior week is what I look forward to now after finals are over. Then moving back home, zoe's wedding, hopefully NY, and finding a job. Oh and I get to play ultimate in a league this summer too! SO pumped!
well life must go on.
-there are medlers in my midst. people who keep suggesting i do certain things. I feel like I can't please them. They had a new idea for my future...future love life again today! it's weird, i don't know what to tell them. except to worry more about their future than mine. ANd I STILL maintain that I will NOT be the first to get engaged/married!
-the weekend was great. Some fun frisbee, great weather, great friends, great partying along with all of that! YAY! I played a beer point! what a crowning moment in my frisbee career! i can die happy now! (I even caught the frisbee one-handed while playing with the beer in hand!)
-the whole homework thing didn't really pan out for me. Nodding off while reading doesn't really work. It was a bit discouraging, but my senioritis tells me not to care.
-Amber is going to Adelaide again in June. I'm so happy for her, but SO jealous at the same time. Not fair! sigh... she gets to see everyone! That will be so much fun and I wish i could go with her, but probably won't be able to. But to look on the bright side of things, I might be going to NY to see Blair, that is more feasible for me than Australia again. i miss Australia friends!
-class ends this coming thursday. I don't know what to do with myself! ekk! excited, but sad. i really enjoyed my psych classes this semester and I will miss those professors. It has been a good end to my college career. Senior week is what I look forward to now after finals are over. Then moving back home, zoe's wedding, hopefully NY, and finding a job. Oh and I get to play ultimate in a league this summer too! SO pumped!
well life must go on.
Monday, May 01, 2006
could the rain please stop now?
well after a weekend full of rain and frisbee... i'm pooped. Oh regionals...
we played all day saturday in the rain, wind, and cold. What an experience. One of the frisbee girls was awesome enough to let us stay at her place, which we basically trashed, but no worries we did clean it up. But a group of 16 girls with wet, grassy clothes? that makes quite the mess. The weekend was good besides crappy weather. We played quite well but there were some upsets. Happily i got to see Will and he is always SO calm about frisbee so that made me feel ten times better, plus it was just nice to see him again.
well before the weekend, exciting things happened...like... turning in my senior paper. I almost can't believe it's done. It wasn't as crazy and stressful as I thought it was going to be, which is nice, but yeah, it's done. WOW. I turned it in Friday afternoon, after realizing I probably needed an abstract which I quickly typed up and then print, and off to the registrar to turn it in, sign the posterboard, and grab a sticker. Oh sweet day. After that? celebration! well first it was off to two more classes, but whatever. I took a drink right after I turned in the paper and kept on doing so the rest of the day. I was hitting the 5 o'clock by 11! Oh cheap vodka... One of my favorite memories from the day.. 4pm. I met up with Leah and Britta to hang out on the steps of Main to watch kids turn their papers in with in the last hour... nothing too exciting happened, but it was still pretty cool. We sat and drank and visited with friends who came and went. Watched some of the frisbee guys burn their rough drafts. That was exciting. i lent them some vodka to get the fire going. What was my favorite memory by far though was at 5 o'clock when the papers were due, out came the 5 o'clock Vodka and Leah, Britta and I all took shots on the steps of Main. That has got to be one funny memory.
And that is my life for now. Have a project due tomorrow that I'm finishing up tonight. Well basically doing all of it tonight, but it's alright, nothing else due tomorrow. Two weeks of class left, then it's reading day, finals for me on saturday and tuesday and then I'm done! I feel like this went by SO Fast! crazy crazy year! I am hoping that I will find a job, but that hasn't happened yet, have some resumes to turn in this week and hopefully I will hear something. But if not, the plans are to take a couple weeks off after graduation. Go to Zoe's wedding the weekend after graduation and then maybe out to see Blair! I hope these plans work out!!!! I miss Australia friends so much! It's almost been a year since I was there and it's kind of hard to believe. whew!
oh and Mel and Mike... I'll do my best with the England thing... I'm actually planning on talking to a professor about it and maybe the study abroad office to see what they have to say. i think it would be sooo cool. :-) much love
well after a weekend full of rain and frisbee... i'm pooped. Oh regionals...
we played all day saturday in the rain, wind, and cold. What an experience. One of the frisbee girls was awesome enough to let us stay at her place, which we basically trashed, but no worries we did clean it up. But a group of 16 girls with wet, grassy clothes? that makes quite the mess. The weekend was good besides crappy weather. We played quite well but there were some upsets. Happily i got to see Will and he is always SO calm about frisbee so that made me feel ten times better, plus it was just nice to see him again.
well before the weekend, exciting things happened...like... turning in my senior paper. I almost can't believe it's done. It wasn't as crazy and stressful as I thought it was going to be, which is nice, but yeah, it's done. WOW. I turned it in Friday afternoon, after realizing I probably needed an abstract which I quickly typed up and then print, and off to the registrar to turn it in, sign the posterboard, and grab a sticker. Oh sweet day. After that? celebration! well first it was off to two more classes, but whatever. I took a drink right after I turned in the paper and kept on doing so the rest of the day. I was hitting the 5 o'clock by 11! Oh cheap vodka... One of my favorite memories from the day.. 4pm. I met up with Leah and Britta to hang out on the steps of Main to watch kids turn their papers in with in the last hour... nothing too exciting happened, but it was still pretty cool. We sat and drank and visited with friends who came and went. Watched some of the frisbee guys burn their rough drafts. That was exciting. i lent them some vodka to get the fire going. What was my favorite memory by far though was at 5 o'clock when the papers were due, out came the 5 o'clock Vodka and Leah, Britta and I all took shots on the steps of Main. That has got to be one funny memory.
And that is my life for now. Have a project due tomorrow that I'm finishing up tonight. Well basically doing all of it tonight, but it's alright, nothing else due tomorrow. Two weeks of class left, then it's reading day, finals for me on saturday and tuesday and then I'm done! I feel like this went by SO Fast! crazy crazy year! I am hoping that I will find a job, but that hasn't happened yet, have some resumes to turn in this week and hopefully I will hear something. But if not, the plans are to take a couple weeks off after graduation. Go to Zoe's wedding the weekend after graduation and then maybe out to see Blair! I hope these plans work out!!!! I miss Australia friends so much! It's almost been a year since I was there and it's kind of hard to believe. whew!
oh and Mel and Mike... I'll do my best with the England thing... I'm actually planning on talking to a professor about it and maybe the study abroad office to see what they have to say. i think it would be sooo cool. :-) much love
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
anyone know a good school in Eurpoe?!
so after conversation with my partner and my professor after Tests and Measurement today I have begun to consider how cool it would be to go to Europe, preferably England, and get a graduate education over there. See the thing is how they view psychology a bit differently and i think it would be super cool to experience that! yay for awesome professors who make you think!
that's all i've got. not going into detail, but yeah i want to go to England for grad school. I'm really tired right now but going crazy from caffeine I think. It's 2:30am..!
that's all i've got. not going into detail, but yeah i want to go to England for grad school. I'm really tired right now but going crazy from caffeine I think. It's 2:30am..!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
the daffodils are blooming.
ok so the daffodils have been blooming for over a week or two now, but I just haven't gotten around to writing about them until now.
Spring is finally here and it is LOVELY. I am enjoying the daffodils next to Valders Hall of science and the green grass. Just got back from Easter Break today and saw that the grass looked even greener and that more plants were starting to sprout. Plus the trees have green sprouting on them again too. Back at home the same things were happening. I was pretty excited to see that the Lilac bush outside my window was starting to bud. I hope that the lilacs are still there and smelling good in May when I go home again! (last time I'll have to move out!)
Well also because of the beautiful weather, I can now start wearing skirts! w00t! I love my three skirts that i own so I've been looking forward to the warm weather so that I can wear them. I wore one last week and got three comments on it by 10:30 am! how nice! definitely made my day. I love that skirt! It's funny cuz it's nothing special, it's from Target a store that everyone probably goes to! Anyway...
now that I'm back at school the next two weeks are going to be HELL! gross! Senior paper is due on the 28th and i have three exams this week! augh! But happily after this week no more exams til finals which will be nice and I don't have any crazy final projects to work on. I think I like it more when I just have exams to study for.
SO Easter weekend was nice. Very relaxing and was spent mostly with the family. Ate way too much food again on Sunday but it was good and I had fun helping make the food. It was also quite nice to be at home and not have to go to grandma's although that makes me feel bad that I didn't care much that i didn't see the rest of the family. Oh well... After dinner we watched the ball game on tv and spent the evening just being lazy. I probably should have gone for a walk but really... laziness was more in the cards. That was about it.
I am sure that I have more important or possibly meaningful things to say but I'll save them since I should be working on an assignment or sleeping. mmmm sleep! Oh how I love thee! That is all...
Spring is finally here and it is LOVELY. I am enjoying the daffodils next to Valders Hall of science and the green grass. Just got back from Easter Break today and saw that the grass looked even greener and that more plants were starting to sprout. Plus the trees have green sprouting on them again too. Back at home the same things were happening. I was pretty excited to see that the Lilac bush outside my window was starting to bud. I hope that the lilacs are still there and smelling good in May when I go home again! (last time I'll have to move out!)
Well also because of the beautiful weather, I can now start wearing skirts! w00t! I love my three skirts that i own so I've been looking forward to the warm weather so that I can wear them. I wore one last week and got three comments on it by 10:30 am! how nice! definitely made my day. I love that skirt! It's funny cuz it's nothing special, it's from Target a store that everyone probably goes to! Anyway...
now that I'm back at school the next two weeks are going to be HELL! gross! Senior paper is due on the 28th and i have three exams this week! augh! But happily after this week no more exams til finals which will be nice and I don't have any crazy final projects to work on. I think I like it more when I just have exams to study for.
SO Easter weekend was nice. Very relaxing and was spent mostly with the family. Ate way too much food again on Sunday but it was good and I had fun helping make the food. It was also quite nice to be at home and not have to go to grandma's although that makes me feel bad that I didn't care much that i didn't see the rest of the family. Oh well... After dinner we watched the ball game on tv and spent the evening just being lazy. I probably should have gone for a walk but really... laziness was more in the cards. That was about it.
I am sure that I have more important or possibly meaningful things to say but I'll save them since I should be working on an assignment or sleeping. mmmm sleep! Oh how I love thee! That is all...
Thursday, April 06, 2006
the rest of spring break and so on...
so after 11 hours of traveling home from st. louis i spent the rest of the week doing pretty much nothing... So it was quite the relaxing spring break. I drank a whole lot of coffee, tried to work on my senior paper a bit and hung out with friends. My favorite nights were seeing Lauren, Kim and Will, having coffee with them and getting a chance to catch up. I can't wait to be in Minneapolis again and have the chance to hang out with them more. They are great great people. The other great night was hanging out with my sister, colleen and mike and having a few beers. It was pretty simple, but it was pretty good. Kris spent the night on friday and we watched movies and Lauren came over to watch movies the next day, then it was back to Luther. Mom and Dad brought me down which was nice cuz dad was gone most of the week because of work. On top of all of that i watched some pretty ridiculous tv. enough said.
since break... I spent sunday evening and monday morning freaking out about school and trying to catch up on assignments and readings. Happily I got them done and since Monday things have been good. I feel at ease about school again. My work is getting done and i don't feel too busy. Wednesday was a great great day because it was SO nice out! it felt like a friday not only because of the weather but so many people were just outside hanging out, having fun and there was a bbq for the seniors at the commons just up the hill from us. I love living in Baker Village here on campus and i love the atmosphere of friends! :-) Part of me can not wait to graduate and yet there is still a part of me that longs for the community of Luther College.
speaking of graduating... i've picked up my cap and gown, along with my tickets...it's getting weirder and weirder...so many things to do and so many responsibilities! :-P eek! But it's also a good feeling, kind of. It makes me feel older and the responsibility factor makes me feel good sometimes, like I'm actually doing something, and getting things done! I had a career center meeting again today and it went really well. Thank god I had them look at my cover letter! My wording was terrible! Anyway, so things are progressing along there and i keep looking for jobs but boy does my resume need some tweeking!
On kind of a sadder, more downer note... Although i feel like I am playing my heart out and that I'm in some of the best shape that i have been for frisbee, the start of the spring season has been really hard. People aren't showing up to practices so we can't get our act together! ugh! Today was our last practice before sectionals which are this coming weekend. Let's just say some of us are scared that we may not make it to regionals and well personally i REALLY want to keep playing because of the fact that if eel like I am playing so well... is that just selfish? i dunno i just really wish more people were showing up and taking the game more seriously but also having fun. ANother downer is the relationship between the men's and women's teams. The men seem to think we are a joke. Today the two men's teams and our team were all trying to play on the pool lawn and then of course not that many women showed up so the guys weren't too happy with us taking field space and then while standing between our sidelines they were making fun of us i guess. None of it I heard but one of our captains sure did. It's just frustrating to have them not be supportive and not respect us and overall that there isn't a good relationship between us and them. Some of the girls were really hurt, especially a few who are really good friends with a couple of them men. Sigh...At least later at dinner we (the women) were able to laugh about it a little. It just makes me sad and makes me look at some of the men that i consider friends a bit differently. There was a time when the men's and women's teams sat together after practices, and when we shared cars on the way to tournaments and both cheered for eachother during games. Instead of dwelling on it too long I try to keep a positive attitude and just remind myself that i was busting my ass during our practice today. even if i couldn't throw.
well now I'm going to go do my homework with Britta, in the commons, and have a beer. i *heart* beer.
since break... I spent sunday evening and monday morning freaking out about school and trying to catch up on assignments and readings. Happily I got them done and since Monday things have been good. I feel at ease about school again. My work is getting done and i don't feel too busy. Wednesday was a great great day because it was SO nice out! it felt like a friday not only because of the weather but so many people were just outside hanging out, having fun and there was a bbq for the seniors at the commons just up the hill from us. I love living in Baker Village here on campus and i love the atmosphere of friends! :-) Part of me can not wait to graduate and yet there is still a part of me that longs for the community of Luther College.
speaking of graduating... i've picked up my cap and gown, along with my tickets...it's getting weirder and weirder...so many things to do and so many responsibilities! :-P eek! But it's also a good feeling, kind of. It makes me feel older and the responsibility factor makes me feel good sometimes, like I'm actually doing something, and getting things done! I had a career center meeting again today and it went really well. Thank god I had them look at my cover letter! My wording was terrible! Anyway, so things are progressing along there and i keep looking for jobs but boy does my resume need some tweeking!
On kind of a sadder, more downer note... Although i feel like I am playing my heart out and that I'm in some of the best shape that i have been for frisbee, the start of the spring season has been really hard. People aren't showing up to practices so we can't get our act together! ugh! Today was our last practice before sectionals which are this coming weekend. Let's just say some of us are scared that we may not make it to regionals and well personally i REALLY want to keep playing because of the fact that if eel like I am playing so well... is that just selfish? i dunno i just really wish more people were showing up and taking the game more seriously but also having fun. ANother downer is the relationship between the men's and women's teams. The men seem to think we are a joke. Today the two men's teams and our team were all trying to play on the pool lawn and then of course not that many women showed up so the guys weren't too happy with us taking field space and then while standing between our sidelines they were making fun of us i guess. None of it I heard but one of our captains sure did. It's just frustrating to have them not be supportive and not respect us and overall that there isn't a good relationship between us and them. Some of the girls were really hurt, especially a few who are really good friends with a couple of them men. Sigh...At least later at dinner we (the women) were able to laugh about it a little. It just makes me sad and makes me look at some of the men that i consider friends a bit differently. There was a time when the men's and women's teams sat together after practices, and when we shared cars on the way to tournaments and both cheered for eachother during games. Instead of dwelling on it too long I try to keep a positive attitude and just remind myself that i was busting my ass during our practice today. even if i couldn't throw.
well now I'm going to go do my homework with Britta, in the commons, and have a beer. i *heart* beer.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
St. Louis
after a hectic couple of days last week I finally got the chance to chill out after wednesday. Although I did not do as well on my exams as I had hoped no worries... the weekend finally came and I was home free. And... although I got to bum around Thursday I spent all of friday in class and getting ready for my trip to St. Louis. The car got down to school just fine, sent my brother on his way back home, went to my last class, had pizza there, then got ready to go to st. louis. and this is the trip...
We left around 4:30 in the afternoon. My car making a stop to drop off one of the cars and then we made the rest of the trip. It was kind of an awkward one, but fun nevertheless. Thankfully we did not get lost and the directions got us there. I kept from freaking out thanks to the abilities and calming talk of Kari in the front seat. once we hit st. louis there was the task of finding the church that we were staying at which freaked me out the most because I had no idea where we were going and it was taking longer than I thought it would. Finally we made it there and tried our best to get to sleep even though we probably woke everyone up a bunch of times. :-P oops.
Saturday we began play at 9 and we played ALLLLLLLL day! 5 games with no breaks although after playing the wisconsin team we basically had a break because they killed us. We ended up winning 3 and losing 2 that day. overall it was a lot of fun. And then oh the joy of relaxing... Much pizza was eaten and much relaxing and socializing was done. Heck I got two backrubs out of the whole deal. some went to the party and others well we just sat around the church and played games or watched tv. I made it to bed early only to wake up with a sore neck. These floors were pretty hard...
Day two of playing had better weather...much more sunny and fewer clouds. We played three games and only won 1 of them. The other two games were pretty intense many words were exchanged between us and the other teams... not very nice words ... we made it through the day though and it was quite fun nevertheless... two of the cars left that evening and those that were left, well we stayed in St. Louis for the night... We watched the men's team win the tournament and what a game it was... It's funny to watch the men play and see how different of a game it can be. It was definitely an intense game with many calls and heated words exchanged. Allie, Andrea, Leah, Britta, and I sat and watched the game and had a lot of fun doing so. Funniest part was watching the woman on the side lines get plowed over by one of our own guys. hahah. it was quite hilarious and you had to be there to see it. Her and the chair went tumbling, beer went flying...but she came out alright, no real harm done and barely and beer lost. Plus her dog behind her was unharmed as well. So the group of us finished watching, hooked back up with Kari and Melissa, and had four hours to waste in St. Louis before getting back to the church. So first food at Taco Bell because it's tradition, where we spent an hour or more i'm guessing just chatting and getting refills on soda. Then the Arch. For those who do not know... St. Louis's attraction is this big metal arch on the riverfront. A shitty riverfront no doubt but a really cool arch structure! we played around in the park taking random photos for probably another hour or so which left us with at least another hour to kill... so... why not get ice cream? That wasted some more time and gave us even more time to just hang out...which was really fun the whole night. Back at the church we were all able to claim couches to sleep on! Thank god for some comfort! We spent the rest of the evening hanging out. Britta found some very silly books in the children's library which she read to us... they were a series "learning about sex" and oh my were they ridiculous! I don't think the word sex was ever mentioned in the "why boys and girls are different" book. Basically this is how you get a baby... two people love eachother, they get married in a church, and then a little bit of prayer gets you pregnant and wal-la! a baby and a family! Really this book by-passed anything important to teach children about sex and so did the other book. Kari also read us a book about the Easter Bunny and whether he was real. That book totally went around the issue of the Easter Bunny and never really answered that question. Again quite ridiculous. Oh religion...i have no idea what I think about it these days.
The next morning we split ways with Leah and Britta who are traveling for the week back packing somewhere. Kari, Melissa, Allie, Andrea and I started off back to Minneapolis. We finally got on the road with the car full of gas by 8:30 and were actually out of St. Louis by 9. It was raining and it continued to rain for the whole trip minus a couple of hours. We made our way out of Missouri, and through Illinois up to Cedar Rapids, IA to drop off Kari and Melissa. Then there were the three of us continuing to Minneapolis. Happily we never got lost on the way. Thought for sure I screwed us over almost but no worries we made it. On our way out of Cedar Rapids we travled maybe an hour and then ate something, and got back on the road... the total hours of the trip... 11 hours including our stops...:-P bleh. it wasn't too bad of a trip... once we finally hit Minnesota we were SO happy! The girls did homework or slept most of the way and we just constantly listened to music to keep us otherwise entertained. I was finally home by about 7:30/8 that evening after dropping off Allie and Andrea. Oh god how good it felt to be out of the car!
No real plans for the rest of break. Have a hair appointment tomorrow but that's about it. Dad went to Utah today for work and so I won't get to see much of him, but I did get to chat with him last night and today on the way to the airport. I spent the day sitting on the couch and feeding myself with unhealthy things...:-) I figure I can after spending two days running around all day...oh it was fun... i felt really good playing this weekend, like I was actually in shape a little and that I played some good games. Anyway that's about all... nothnig else really going on.. will spend the next few days getting senior paper stuff together, hanging out with my sister and maybe some friends who are around the cities. but for now more relaxing...:-)
We left around 4:30 in the afternoon. My car making a stop to drop off one of the cars and then we made the rest of the trip. It was kind of an awkward one, but fun nevertheless. Thankfully we did not get lost and the directions got us there. I kept from freaking out thanks to the abilities and calming talk of Kari in the front seat. once we hit st. louis there was the task of finding the church that we were staying at which freaked me out the most because I had no idea where we were going and it was taking longer than I thought it would. Finally we made it there and tried our best to get to sleep even though we probably woke everyone up a bunch of times. :-P oops.
Saturday we began play at 9 and we played ALLLLLLLL day! 5 games with no breaks although after playing the wisconsin team we basically had a break because they killed us. We ended up winning 3 and losing 2 that day. overall it was a lot of fun. And then oh the joy of relaxing... Much pizza was eaten and much relaxing and socializing was done. Heck I got two backrubs out of the whole deal. some went to the party and others well we just sat around the church and played games or watched tv. I made it to bed early only to wake up with a sore neck. These floors were pretty hard...
Day two of playing had better weather...much more sunny and fewer clouds. We played three games and only won 1 of them. The other two games were pretty intense many words were exchanged between us and the other teams... not very nice words ... we made it through the day though and it was quite fun nevertheless... two of the cars left that evening and those that were left, well we stayed in St. Louis for the night... We watched the men's team win the tournament and what a game it was... It's funny to watch the men play and see how different of a game it can be. It was definitely an intense game with many calls and heated words exchanged. Allie, Andrea, Leah, Britta, and I sat and watched the game and had a lot of fun doing so. Funniest part was watching the woman on the side lines get plowed over by one of our own guys. hahah. it was quite hilarious and you had to be there to see it. Her and the chair went tumbling, beer went flying...but she came out alright, no real harm done and barely and beer lost. Plus her dog behind her was unharmed as well. So the group of us finished watching, hooked back up with Kari and Melissa, and had four hours to waste in St. Louis before getting back to the church. So first food at Taco Bell because it's tradition, where we spent an hour or more i'm guessing just chatting and getting refills on soda. Then the Arch. For those who do not know... St. Louis's attraction is this big metal arch on the riverfront. A shitty riverfront no doubt but a really cool arch structure! we played around in the park taking random photos for probably another hour or so which left us with at least another hour to kill... so... why not get ice cream? That wasted some more time and gave us even more time to just hang out...which was really fun the whole night. Back at the church we were all able to claim couches to sleep on! Thank god for some comfort! We spent the rest of the evening hanging out. Britta found some very silly books in the children's library which she read to us... they were a series "learning about sex" and oh my were they ridiculous! I don't think the word sex was ever mentioned in the "why boys and girls are different" book. Basically this is how you get a baby... two people love eachother, they get married in a church, and then a little bit of prayer gets you pregnant and wal-la! a baby and a family! Really this book by-passed anything important to teach children about sex and so did the other book. Kari also read us a book about the Easter Bunny and whether he was real. That book totally went around the issue of the Easter Bunny and never really answered that question. Again quite ridiculous. Oh religion...i have no idea what I think about it these days.
The next morning we split ways with Leah and Britta who are traveling for the week back packing somewhere. Kari, Melissa, Allie, Andrea and I started off back to Minneapolis. We finally got on the road with the car full of gas by 8:30 and were actually out of St. Louis by 9. It was raining and it continued to rain for the whole trip minus a couple of hours. We made our way out of Missouri, and through Illinois up to Cedar Rapids, IA to drop off Kari and Melissa. Then there were the three of us continuing to Minneapolis. Happily we never got lost on the way. Thought for sure I screwed us over almost but no worries we made it. On our way out of Cedar Rapids we travled maybe an hour and then ate something, and got back on the road... the total hours of the trip... 11 hours including our stops...:-P bleh. it wasn't too bad of a trip... once we finally hit Minnesota we were SO happy! The girls did homework or slept most of the way and we just constantly listened to music to keep us otherwise entertained. I was finally home by about 7:30/8 that evening after dropping off Allie and Andrea. Oh god how good it felt to be out of the car!
No real plans for the rest of break. Have a hair appointment tomorrow but that's about it. Dad went to Utah today for work and so I won't get to see much of him, but I did get to chat with him last night and today on the way to the airport. I spent the day sitting on the couch and feeding myself with unhealthy things...:-) I figure I can after spending two days running around all day...oh it was fun... i felt really good playing this weekend, like I was actually in shape a little and that I played some good games. Anyway that's about all... nothnig else really going on.. will spend the next few days getting senior paper stuff together, hanging out with my sister and maybe some friends who are around the cities. but for now more relaxing...:-)
Thursday, March 23, 2006
oh god! i looked for jobs online today!
Granted I went to the the career center the other day to figure how to get on top of things, and well i guess I have... nothing serious yet, but there are jobs out there that I can apply to and i think i would like. Although I kept looking and felt more of a need to want to be a therapist. i can't get those jobs with out at least a masters. Ugh!
More and more I think about how I'd like to go to Australia again and just live there. I'm sure they have jobs too. but I don't plan to leave the country for quite some time... i need to save some money... and why would i want to leave the country if mates are coming to visit here?! :-) it's coming soon and i can't wait!
Granted I went to the the career center the other day to figure how to get on top of things, and well i guess I have... nothing serious yet, but there are jobs out there that I can apply to and i think i would like. Although I kept looking and felt more of a need to want to be a therapist. i can't get those jobs with out at least a masters. Ugh!
More and more I think about how I'd like to go to Australia again and just live there. I'm sure they have jobs too. but I don't plan to leave the country for quite some time... i need to save some money... and why would i want to leave the country if mates are coming to visit here?! :-) it's coming soon and i can't wait!
Monday, March 20, 2006
so hey, it's been awhile. my bad. It's been a busy week or so. :-P Anyway read on...
First of all St. Patrick's Day: What a holiday. I'm not Irish, at least I don't think but i tried my best to enjoy the finer things we consider Irish. As in, irish car bombs, guiness, and the movie Boondock Saints. I spent the day in class but 4 pm rolled around and off to the bottle shop to pick up some beer. Came back, did dinner, and then spent the evening with six fun friends! A group of us girls got together and did car bombs, jello shots and played a drinking game to Boondock Saints! SO FUN! I have the photos to prove it too! So yeah, it was great. I spent the later part of the evening on the computer with Mel hopefully not talking too ridiculously... and then i was passed out by 12 or so. :-) Not a very long day of drinking but a good evening of it no doubt. I'd put up photos but let's be serious most of you that read this have facebook where i have put up the photos already. They are quite funny.
now this week has been alright considering. It's Thursday morning and i am pretty much done for the week! YES! took two exams yesterday that went fine. not as well as i would like but they went fine. Thank god they are done and so is my last assignment. Happily my soc professor cancelled class today as long as we all did an assignment which was just a revision of our research outlines. Awesome! So I'm done. I feel soooo relaxed and it's wonderful. I leave tomorrow for St. Louis to play frisbee! w00t! Today's tasks include catching up on reading and working on my senior paper, and also the hope of getting my computer fixed. Another reason why i have not written in while... broken computer! :-( stupid thing. I wish my life didn't depend so much on computers. Sigh... oh well we'll see... After st louis it's back home for what i hope to be a relaxing week!And really that's allthat i have for now.
First of all St. Patrick's Day: What a holiday. I'm not Irish, at least I don't think but i tried my best to enjoy the finer things we consider Irish. As in, irish car bombs, guiness, and the movie Boondock Saints. I spent the day in class but 4 pm rolled around and off to the bottle shop to pick up some beer. Came back, did dinner, and then spent the evening with six fun friends! A group of us girls got together and did car bombs, jello shots and played a drinking game to Boondock Saints! SO FUN! I have the photos to prove it too! So yeah, it was great. I spent the later part of the evening on the computer with Mel hopefully not talking too ridiculously... and then i was passed out by 12 or so. :-) Not a very long day of drinking but a good evening of it no doubt. I'd put up photos but let's be serious most of you that read this have facebook where i have put up the photos already. They are quite funny.
now this week has been alright considering. It's Thursday morning and i am pretty much done for the week! YES! took two exams yesterday that went fine. not as well as i would like but they went fine. Thank god they are done and so is my last assignment. Happily my soc professor cancelled class today as long as we all did an assignment which was just a revision of our research outlines. Awesome! So I'm done. I feel soooo relaxed and it's wonderful. I leave tomorrow for St. Louis to play frisbee! w00t! Today's tasks include catching up on reading and working on my senior paper, and also the hope of getting my computer fixed. Another reason why i have not written in while... broken computer! :-( stupid thing. I wish my life didn't depend so much on computers. Sigh... oh well we'll see... After st louis it's back home for what i hope to be a relaxing week!And really that's allthat i have for now.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
March weather
well... to keep at least Melissa updated i reckon i should write something. Really there is quite a bit i could write about. Such as...
had a GREAT conversation with a classmate, Andrea, the other day while going over a counseling exercise. It seriously was awesome. We got into talking about life after Luther which were the problems we were dealing with while going through the exercise. It was so refreshing to talk to someone new about this kind of thing and to hear someone else's perspective on life. It was amazing to hear her say how some days she's just so mad or annoyed and she's not sure why... WHOA! That's totally me sometimes too! I guess i can't really explain all of the conversation but it was good and made me feel HEAPS better about stuff.
On top of that the next day I went to a workshop to learn about what I can do with my four year degree. Woo Hoo! it was pretty interesting and it got me more motivated to go to the career center. As much as they said that I don't need to do something directly psych, i still really want to try to! It' s just my passion, my love. I want to work with people in more of that kind of setting instead of as some manager at a corporation or something. Anyway...that meeting lead me to last night where i ran into my friend Nathan who flat out asked me "what are you doing?" as in what am I doing with my life. "Not sure, don't know" was my reply. He was quite excited to hear that from me and with a sigh he said "me too". We decided then that we would go to the career center and make appointments together and be each other's support! I hope this support relationship continues. the next couple months are going to be hell when it comes to thinking about life after luther.
I skipped my first class of the year today. go me! I just decided that the hour and a half that I usually spend in class learning about research methods of sociology could be better spent studying. i of course threw in a little nap too ;-). So instead of class I studied for my exam tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I'll be good to go. this weekend however will be spent with many many books spread in front of me while I catch up on reading and get ready for three exams in the middle of the week :-P bleh. And hopefully on top of that I'll get some senior paper work in.
speaking of... just read the chapters in one of my counseling books, on procrasitnation. I actually did the little exercises in the book to get me thinking about how and why I procrasinate. It was probably an excellent thing for me to do! Now maybe I'll finally spend more time on my senior paper.
And lastly...March has THE craziest weather. Not only is there a whole lot of snow up in Minneapolis/St. Paul, but... today we played frisbee in the snow! There was supposed to be a HUGE snow storm today but we actually only ended up with about 3 inches? i'm guessing. Anyway since our tournament over spring break is coming up in a week we decided to practice in the snow! OH WHAT FUN! it was great snow...wonderful for packing into snowballs which inevitably led to a snowball fight. We scrimmaged for about an hour in the snow until we were sopping wet and REALLY tired. It's hard to run in snow first of all and even harder to try and keep yourself up! Anyway spring break starts a week from tomorrow and I can't wait. St. Louis here we come! it should be a whole lot of fun. Until then...study study study.
had a GREAT conversation with a classmate, Andrea, the other day while going over a counseling exercise. It seriously was awesome. We got into talking about life after Luther which were the problems we were dealing with while going through the exercise. It was so refreshing to talk to someone new about this kind of thing and to hear someone else's perspective on life. It was amazing to hear her say how some days she's just so mad or annoyed and she's not sure why... WHOA! That's totally me sometimes too! I guess i can't really explain all of the conversation but it was good and made me feel HEAPS better about stuff.
On top of that the next day I went to a workshop to learn about what I can do with my four year degree. Woo Hoo! it was pretty interesting and it got me more motivated to go to the career center. As much as they said that I don't need to do something directly psych, i still really want to try to! It' s just my passion, my love. I want to work with people in more of that kind of setting instead of as some manager at a corporation or something. Anyway...that meeting lead me to last night where i ran into my friend Nathan who flat out asked me "what are you doing?" as in what am I doing with my life. "Not sure, don't know" was my reply. He was quite excited to hear that from me and with a sigh he said "me too". We decided then that we would go to the career center and make appointments together and be each other's support! I hope this support relationship continues. the next couple months are going to be hell when it comes to thinking about life after luther.
I skipped my first class of the year today. go me! I just decided that the hour and a half that I usually spend in class learning about research methods of sociology could be better spent studying. i of course threw in a little nap too ;-). So instead of class I studied for my exam tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I'll be good to go. this weekend however will be spent with many many books spread in front of me while I catch up on reading and get ready for three exams in the middle of the week :-P bleh. And hopefully on top of that I'll get some senior paper work in.
speaking of... just read the chapters in one of my counseling books, on procrasitnation. I actually did the little exercises in the book to get me thinking about how and why I procrasinate. It was probably an excellent thing for me to do! Now maybe I'll finally spend more time on my senior paper.
And lastly...March has THE craziest weather. Not only is there a whole lot of snow up in Minneapolis/St. Paul, but... today we played frisbee in the snow! There was supposed to be a HUGE snow storm today but we actually only ended up with about 3 inches? i'm guessing. Anyway since our tournament over spring break is coming up in a week we decided to practice in the snow! OH WHAT FUN! it was great snow...wonderful for packing into snowballs which inevitably led to a snowball fight. We scrimmaged for about an hour in the snow until we were sopping wet and REALLY tired. It's hard to run in snow first of all and even harder to try and keep yourself up! Anyway spring break starts a week from tomorrow and I can't wait. St. Louis here we come! it should be a whole lot of fun. Until then...study study study.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Peace
ah peace...
that was my weekend. Not only was it seriously rather peaceful, with gorgeous weather and a whole lot of relaxing and no partying but the Peace Prize Forum was happening here at Luther and it was fantastic. Literally the weekend was about promoting peace, sustainable environmental practices and so much more! There were three big sessions with speakers who spoke of the environment mostly, and there was definitely the theme that you can not just sit back and wait for others to do something, you've got to do something if you want things to change. The other two sessions I went to advocated that also especially the first. The first was more of a discussion and it was pretty neat to listen to what people had to say. The second session i went to was Gendered Activism: Women, War and Peace. That was pretty awesome. The presentation was very good and it was so interesting to have certain things brought to my attention, just by talking about words that we use to describe war and peace and how they differe and seem gendered. It was interesting also to hear the speaker state that "peace is more than just the absence of war. " THis got me to thinking about the quote "the opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation" from RENT. The first part of this quote is starting to make more sense to me now that is has been pointed otu to me that there is more to peace than just the absence of war. The opposite of war isn't always peace, not that i'm sure creation is the complete opposite, i have yet to figure that part out, let me ponder it for awhile.
Anyway over all it was such a good couple of days. The weather was absolutely fantastic and learning about peace is quite invigorating... it gets you so excited and I hope the excitement stays. I came away from Friday and Saturday's speakers and sessions feeling like i want to save the world! :-) I just need to do something. On top of this the weekend reiterated the fact that I want to go into some profession where I get to help people. Working with AIDS patients has become a new thought. I'm trying to also remind myself that I don't need to directly do psychology stuff, but a helping profession of some sort will do. Who knows, I have to try things first right? gain some experience.
anyway that's all i've got about that.
that was my weekend. Not only was it seriously rather peaceful, with gorgeous weather and a whole lot of relaxing and no partying but the Peace Prize Forum was happening here at Luther and it was fantastic. Literally the weekend was about promoting peace, sustainable environmental practices and so much more! There were three big sessions with speakers who spoke of the environment mostly, and there was definitely the theme that you can not just sit back and wait for others to do something, you've got to do something if you want things to change. The other two sessions I went to advocated that also especially the first. The first was more of a discussion and it was pretty neat to listen to what people had to say. The second session i went to was Gendered Activism: Women, War and Peace. That was pretty awesome. The presentation was very good and it was so interesting to have certain things brought to my attention, just by talking about words that we use to describe war and peace and how they differe and seem gendered. It was interesting also to hear the speaker state that "peace is more than just the absence of war. " THis got me to thinking about the quote "the opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation" from RENT. The first part of this quote is starting to make more sense to me now that is has been pointed otu to me that there is more to peace than just the absence of war. The opposite of war isn't always peace, not that i'm sure creation is the complete opposite, i have yet to figure that part out, let me ponder it for awhile.
Anyway over all it was such a good couple of days. The weather was absolutely fantastic and learning about peace is quite invigorating... it gets you so excited and I hope the excitement stays. I came away from Friday and Saturday's speakers and sessions feeling like i want to save the world! :-) I just need to do something. On top of this the weekend reiterated the fact that I want to go into some profession where I get to help people. Working with AIDS patients has become a new thought. I'm trying to also remind myself that I don't need to directly do psychology stuff, but a helping profession of some sort will do. Who knows, I have to try things first right? gain some experience.
anyway that's all i've got about that.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
spring needs to come faster!
Oh well at least this 45 degree (F) weather feels awesome.
I refuse to let that kind of weather keep me from wearing sandals and rolling up my jeans.! I want spring to come now... lalalalala LOVE this weather!
on top of this i just witnessed a very spectacular event in the cafeteria this evening on campus.
the men's frisbee team is heading out to Atlanta tonight and tomorrow for a tourney and they just took HEAPS of food from the caf! OH man! it was so hilarious! they had bags and bags of food. They took loaves of bread. Made heaps of sandwiches. Took some salt and pepper shakers, took the whole thing of gold fish crackers and some walked out with three oranges in each hand.
something else ridiculous was my inability to remember my shoes for the gym. I went to campus thinking i had all of my workout stuff only to realize an hour and a half later as I left my study spot to go to the gym that my running shoes were not attached to my backpack as I thought I done. Ever so confused I retraced my steps a bit thinking that maybe they had fallen from my bag, i decided not to walk all the way back to the house and just went to the gym instead to say hi to Krista and then sat down there and studied while I waited for her to get off work. We walked back to the house the way I came to see if I had dropped my shoes. Didn't find them, on the path, but they were, of course still in my room when I got home. :-) haha. I'm on top of things.
NO class tomorrow. Many classes are cancelled for the Peace Prize Forum. So I don't have any of my classes tomorrow which is really nice and so i have been a bum all evening, but i really have a lot to do still plus I still have work at 6am. :-P I can't decide what to do for another half hour before frisbee...and I have nothing left to say...
Oh well at least this 45 degree (F) weather feels awesome.
I refuse to let that kind of weather keep me from wearing sandals and rolling up my jeans.! I want spring to come now... lalalalala LOVE this weather!
on top of this i just witnessed a very spectacular event in the cafeteria this evening on campus.
the men's frisbee team is heading out to Atlanta tonight and tomorrow for a tourney and they just took HEAPS of food from the caf! OH man! it was so hilarious! they had bags and bags of food. They took loaves of bread. Made heaps of sandwiches. Took some salt and pepper shakers, took the whole thing of gold fish crackers and some walked out with three oranges in each hand.
something else ridiculous was my inability to remember my shoes for the gym. I went to campus thinking i had all of my workout stuff only to realize an hour and a half later as I left my study spot to go to the gym that my running shoes were not attached to my backpack as I thought I done. Ever so confused I retraced my steps a bit thinking that maybe they had fallen from my bag, i decided not to walk all the way back to the house and just went to the gym instead to say hi to Krista and then sat down there and studied while I waited for her to get off work. We walked back to the house the way I came to see if I had dropped my shoes. Didn't find them, on the path, but they were, of course still in my room when I got home. :-) haha. I'm on top of things.
NO class tomorrow. Many classes are cancelled for the Peace Prize Forum. So I don't have any of my classes tomorrow which is really nice and so i have been a bum all evening, but i really have a lot to do still plus I still have work at 6am. :-P I can't decide what to do for another half hour before frisbee...and I have nothing left to say...
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
weird weather
so we had our first frisbee practice tonight. w00t! sprint workout!
it was good. my ankle feels fine. practice was great.
we had to hold practice indoors this evening though instead of in the afternoon outside because...
well you see it decided to not only snow this weekend, but today it decided to snow/rain/sleet/hail and thunder all at the same time later this afternoon! It was the weirdest thing and the shittiest thing to walk back home in! bleh! I want warm spring and summer evenings with a luke warm rain that cools everything down. oh that smell of a cooling rain, maybe a good storm too. Damnit! why won't spring get here sooner?! I want to play outside too!
Anyway other frisbee things... the mens team is going to a tourney this weekend out of state...i think all the way in Georgia?! anyway... Blair's team from Rochester, NY is going to the same tournament! I wish our women's team was going so I could see Blair play again! I miss her and we have not talked in ages! sigh... oh the busy life of being a senior in college!I am convinced that Blair is a kick ass player now and I long to see her play. I also long to see her face so we can hang out. Next weekend would be a year from when we went to Melbourne to play our first Aussie tournament (that info courtesy of Blair). I miss Australia! (how many times can I say that?!)
i think that's all. Have an assignment that is in dire need of beginning and finishing.
it was good. my ankle feels fine. practice was great.
we had to hold practice indoors this evening though instead of in the afternoon outside because...
well you see it decided to not only snow this weekend, but today it decided to snow/rain/sleet/hail and thunder all at the same time later this afternoon! It was the weirdest thing and the shittiest thing to walk back home in! bleh! I want warm spring and summer evenings with a luke warm rain that cools everything down. oh that smell of a cooling rain, maybe a good storm too. Damnit! why won't spring get here sooner?! I want to play outside too!
Anyway other frisbee things... the mens team is going to a tourney this weekend out of state...i think all the way in Georgia?! anyway... Blair's team from Rochester, NY is going to the same tournament! I wish our women's team was going so I could see Blair play again! I miss her and we have not talked in ages! sigh... oh the busy life of being a senior in college!I am convinced that Blair is a kick ass player now and I long to see her play. I also long to see her face so we can hang out. Next weekend would be a year from when we went to Melbourne to play our first Aussie tournament (that info courtesy of Blair). I miss Australia! (how many times can I say that?!)
i think that's all. Have an assignment that is in dire need of beginning and finishing.
funny feeling
um so i possibly hurt my ankle while playing frisbee this weekend. I'm really wondering now if something is wrong with it. The weirdest part is that my foot has felt like it has fallen asleep when i haven't been sitting on it. Ummm. weird. now I'm concerned I may have actually hurt myself which never happens. It's only slightly swollen so I haven't been too concerned. I played frisbee on it again last night with a brace on it and it felt fine. Only thing is the side of it feeling bruised. Hmmmmm... still hoping it's nothing actually bad.
so i should be studying for my quiz this afternoon, but really...break time! yay! I've spent maybe a total of two hours studying for this. The study guide actually seems a little ridiculous. I reckon I might be fine and be able to B.S. my way through the stupid thing. It's so bad when you don't care about a class and could give a rats ass about the professor. Did I mention that he sent us an email about how class went the other day. I felt like he was saying we were incompetent or something. He proably thinks we have very little respect for him which i think he is right in assuming. i don't have much for him especially after the 'crazy' comment. This should be interesting. Have to also have a research project idea. I wonder how that will go. Think I might ask to look at media from different countries, but i gotta figure out how i can do that. Melissa so happily said she would help me! thanks buddy.:-) Thanks to her love of media studies.
other thoughts. I hav been thinking about how my siblings and i get along now. It's really cool, cuz i feel like we get along with one another a whole lot more than we used to. It's funny cuz AJ says she thinks she used to hate me, but now she loves me and we talk about how much we miss eachother all the time. i don't think i ever hated her... she was my big sister... i liked looking up to her but she was a bit too much for me sometimes I suppose. It's all such a weird but very cool relationship. Don't worry i like my brother too. I think we are finally learning how to get along and tolerate eachother. It's good. I love my siblings! :-)
i'll leave you with this: "It's hard to do this backwards"
"You should try it in heels"
so i should be studying for my quiz this afternoon, but really...break time! yay! I've spent maybe a total of two hours studying for this. The study guide actually seems a little ridiculous. I reckon I might be fine and be able to B.S. my way through the stupid thing. It's so bad when you don't care about a class and could give a rats ass about the professor. Did I mention that he sent us an email about how class went the other day. I felt like he was saying we were incompetent or something. He proably thinks we have very little respect for him which i think he is right in assuming. i don't have much for him especially after the 'crazy' comment. This should be interesting. Have to also have a research project idea. I wonder how that will go. Think I might ask to look at media from different countries, but i gotta figure out how i can do that. Melissa so happily said she would help me! thanks buddy.:-) Thanks to her love of media studies.
other thoughts. I hav been thinking about how my siblings and i get along now. It's really cool, cuz i feel like we get along with one another a whole lot more than we used to. It's funny cuz AJ says she thinks she used to hate me, but now she loves me and we talk about how much we miss eachother all the time. i don't think i ever hated her... she was my big sister... i liked looking up to her but she was a bit too much for me sometimes I suppose. It's all such a weird but very cool relationship. Don't worry i like my brother too. I think we are finally learning how to get along and tolerate eachother. It's good. I love my siblings! :-)
i'll leave you with this: "It's hard to do this backwards"
"You should try it in heels"
Monday, March 06, 2006
whole lot of frisbee
frisbee all around! Yeah!
so I played frisbee this weeekend and it was SO much fun. we traveled 6 hours to Duluth to play at an indoor tournament. We went up on Saturday and hung out at the hotel for the evening, chilling... then played at noon the next day. After figuring out the schedule because a team dropped that morning we were on our way. We brought two teams and so got A LOT of playing time. Overall it was a whole lot of fun. THere were many worries about the weather since it had been snowing all morning and afternoon, but by the end of the tournament and after many phone calls to our parents about the conditions on the road and the weather we got going. Oh but before that we had to jump one of the girl's cars because her lights had been left on. Needless to say none of us knew what we were doing. We were sure we had it at one point but her car wouldn't start still. Thank God for the kid that pulled in the parking lot who had a racing jacket on. We figured he had to know something about cars! Luckily he did and what did we forget to do that Britta later realized she knew we should have done but had slipped her mind? Just to give the other car some gas and then WA-LA! the car started. So then we were down to two of the four cars...two just wanted to keep traveling and our other two decided to stop in town for food before we left. While getting food, one of the other cars had a problem. Broken winshield wiper! what the hell were we going to do about this one? It was still kind of rainy out and the roads were full of water so there was no doubt that her windshield would get dirty every five seconds! We sat and at food and figured things out. After a couple phone calls with tips, they finally decided to just try and 'finagle' it around to see if anything was loose. We ended up going to a gas station down the street to see if they had a wrench or something. The guy working who didn't know much about cars came out to help and a few minutes later... WA-LA fixed windshield wiper! the last two cars could now be on their way! Finally we started to head out of Duluth
(oh and p.s. I LOVE Duluth. my great grandpa used to live there and we always went there for Easter! so cool! there was a park near his house that was under the freeway! good times! i loved grandpa's house and the lake and the park! Mom's aunt and uncle still live there too. But overall...love the place!)
Anyway we headed out of Duluth, the two cars, with two ahead. But what did we hit coming out of Duluth!? FOG! and LOTS OF IT! Luckily our drivers are good safe drivers and we made it through, once out of the fog it was smooth sailing. Well that is until the other car called us and said they stopped because the car had been making noise. Ok fine, they'll be ok, they just wanted to make sure. So we continue...we make a stop like an hour out of Minneapolis to take a quick pee break, get back on the road and who catches up with us? the other car! We travel into the cities... They think they're behind our car and get off on some exit, figure it's not us close to 20 minutes later and get back on the freeway... i don't know if they ever caught up with us again, they might have, but we also might have caught up with the car ahead of us. Anyway...overall we all made it home safe and sound by about 1 am! sooner that we actually had thought!
About 6 hours in a car! oh man! three of us in the back seat was kind of hard... it felt SO GOOD to move when i finally got out and stretched. So granted it was only 1 am, i still decided NOT to go to work so I called in about 1:30 leaving a message that I wouldn't be there. Probably a good move on my part considering I had an exam today. The extra two hours of sleep I'm sure did me some good. Luckily the exam went just fine and I mad it through the day still feeling a bit sore and wondering about my ankle which hurt last night and a bit this morning. Being so tired I haven't done much homework tonight and i have another quiz tomorrow. I should really review for that and figure out a research topic which I have to have by tomorrow. well at least an idea. Hey i just thought of an idea. it would be really cool if i could compare tv programs from different countries. hmmm I'll pitch the idea at least. we'll see. Anyway we had our last indoor frisbee intramural game tonight. We made it to the championships! YEAH! it was so much fun. Our team is SO cool i love them and now I am sad taht I won't get to spend much time with them because they are that cool. I will miss their lovely faces on tuesday and thursday nights! sigh... Anyway we played another team that played monday wednesday nights. We lost but only by about 4 points. The thing that mattered most was that we had fun. I really did. Had quite a few giggles (Krista had a lot) for the ridiculousness of the other team being kind of a bunch of jack asses, but whatev. It was fun and we had some spirit. Best was watching the kid I was on try to go long and he really didn't do much. w00t! that's right I had some defense! I'm quite proud of that fact, not gonna lie...After the team hung out at Marty's on campus and got some yummy slushies and we just chatted...chilled. It was fun. These people are SUPER cool.
SO that's that. Whole lot of frisbee!
I'll try to update more. Clearly I cannot keep up with Melissa who updates like every five seconds about EVERYTHING, which i'm not complaining about because it gives me a chance to figure out what's up in her life, but i really can't no compare to her posts. Like how she just wrote about a random dream she had. I just had one. I went to a movie with someone, and ran into Shannon and Ric (another Aussie) at the movie theatre and Shannon had glasses (which he doesn't have in real life) So random but not as random as Mel's dream. I reckon I need to do a post after having six beers like her, and maybe I'll remember mine, unlike her :-) hahaha. Oh and thanks Mike for commenting on my blog. Much appreciated I can't wait to show u and AJ how to do the bottle thing. Who's buying the beer? ;-)
Speaking of beer... since I just mentioned it twice... I really wish I could have been drinking some this past weekend...Sounds like my mates from Aus had a fantastic time celebrating Shannon's 21st! Especially since most of them said they had a hang over most of the days this past weekend. Monday the 6th is actually his birthday and I guess he also had a few drinks on Monday night...little hung over Tuesday. By the way figuring out when Aussie friends will be home seems to be so difficult later. Really wanted to call Shannon on his birthday and it was so hard figuring out when he would be home so I could call and it was sunday night here, and I was beat! Anyway it got figured out but damn what an effort it seemed to be at 2 am trying to call someone to wish them happy birthday!
that's all I think i have. now back to real life where I have to study, ice my ankle, and figure out my life. But to go along with Amber, I won't be too logical about anything. ;-)
so I played frisbee this weeekend and it was SO much fun. we traveled 6 hours to Duluth to play at an indoor tournament. We went up on Saturday and hung out at the hotel for the evening, chilling... then played at noon the next day. After figuring out the schedule because a team dropped that morning we were on our way. We brought two teams and so got A LOT of playing time. Overall it was a whole lot of fun. THere were many worries about the weather since it had been snowing all morning and afternoon, but by the end of the tournament and after many phone calls to our parents about the conditions on the road and the weather we got going. Oh but before that we had to jump one of the girl's cars because her lights had been left on. Needless to say none of us knew what we were doing. We were sure we had it at one point but her car wouldn't start still. Thank God for the kid that pulled in the parking lot who had a racing jacket on. We figured he had to know something about cars! Luckily he did and what did we forget to do that Britta later realized she knew we should have done but had slipped her mind? Just to give the other car some gas and then WA-LA! the car started. So then we were down to two of the four cars...two just wanted to keep traveling and our other two decided to stop in town for food before we left. While getting food, one of the other cars had a problem. Broken winshield wiper! what the hell were we going to do about this one? It was still kind of rainy out and the roads were full of water so there was no doubt that her windshield would get dirty every five seconds! We sat and at food and figured things out. After a couple phone calls with tips, they finally decided to just try and 'finagle' it around to see if anything was loose. We ended up going to a gas station down the street to see if they had a wrench or something. The guy working who didn't know much about cars came out to help and a few minutes later... WA-LA fixed windshield wiper! the last two cars could now be on their way! Finally we started to head out of Duluth
(oh and p.s. I LOVE Duluth. my great grandpa used to live there and we always went there for Easter! so cool! there was a park near his house that was under the freeway! good times! i loved grandpa's house and the lake and the park! Mom's aunt and uncle still live there too. But overall...love the place!)
Anyway we headed out of Duluth, the two cars, with two ahead. But what did we hit coming out of Duluth!? FOG! and LOTS OF IT! Luckily our drivers are good safe drivers and we made it through, once out of the fog it was smooth sailing. Well that is until the other car called us and said they stopped because the car had been making noise. Ok fine, they'll be ok, they just wanted to make sure. So we continue...we make a stop like an hour out of Minneapolis to take a quick pee break, get back on the road and who catches up with us? the other car! We travel into the cities... They think they're behind our car and get off on some exit, figure it's not us close to 20 minutes later and get back on the freeway... i don't know if they ever caught up with us again, they might have, but we also might have caught up with the car ahead of us. Anyway...overall we all made it home safe and sound by about 1 am! sooner that we actually had thought!
About 6 hours in a car! oh man! three of us in the back seat was kind of hard... it felt SO GOOD to move when i finally got out and stretched. So granted it was only 1 am, i still decided NOT to go to work so I called in about 1:30 leaving a message that I wouldn't be there. Probably a good move on my part considering I had an exam today. The extra two hours of sleep I'm sure did me some good. Luckily the exam went just fine and I mad it through the day still feeling a bit sore and wondering about my ankle which hurt last night and a bit this morning. Being so tired I haven't done much homework tonight and i have another quiz tomorrow. I should really review for that and figure out a research topic which I have to have by tomorrow. well at least an idea. Hey i just thought of an idea. it would be really cool if i could compare tv programs from different countries. hmmm I'll pitch the idea at least. we'll see. Anyway we had our last indoor frisbee intramural game tonight. We made it to the championships! YEAH! it was so much fun. Our team is SO cool i love them and now I am sad taht I won't get to spend much time with them because they are that cool. I will miss their lovely faces on tuesday and thursday nights! sigh... Anyway we played another team that played monday wednesday nights. We lost but only by about 4 points. The thing that mattered most was that we had fun. I really did. Had quite a few giggles (Krista had a lot) for the ridiculousness of the other team being kind of a bunch of jack asses, but whatev. It was fun and we had some spirit. Best was watching the kid I was on try to go long and he really didn't do much. w00t! that's right I had some defense! I'm quite proud of that fact, not gonna lie...After the team hung out at Marty's on campus and got some yummy slushies and we just chatted...chilled. It was fun. These people are SUPER cool.
SO that's that. Whole lot of frisbee!
I'll try to update more. Clearly I cannot keep up with Melissa who updates like every five seconds about EVERYTHING, which i'm not complaining about because it gives me a chance to figure out what's up in her life, but i really can't no compare to her posts. Like how she just wrote about a random dream she had. I just had one. I went to a movie with someone, and ran into Shannon and Ric (another Aussie) at the movie theatre and Shannon had glasses (which he doesn't have in real life) So random but not as random as Mel's dream. I reckon I need to do a post after having six beers like her, and maybe I'll remember mine, unlike her :-) hahaha. Oh and thanks Mike for commenting on my blog. Much appreciated I can't wait to show u and AJ how to do the bottle thing. Who's buying the beer? ;-)
Speaking of beer... since I just mentioned it twice... I really wish I could have been drinking some this past weekend...Sounds like my mates from Aus had a fantastic time celebrating Shannon's 21st! Especially since most of them said they had a hang over most of the days this past weekend. Monday the 6th is actually his birthday and I guess he also had a few drinks on Monday night...little hung over Tuesday. By the way figuring out when Aussie friends will be home seems to be so difficult later. Really wanted to call Shannon on his birthday and it was so hard figuring out when he would be home so I could call and it was sunday night here, and I was beat! Anyway it got figured out but damn what an effort it seemed to be at 2 am trying to call someone to wish them happy birthday!
that's all I think i have. now back to real life where I have to study, ice my ankle, and figure out my life. But to go along with Amber, I won't be too logical about anything. ;-)
Thursday, March 02, 2006
nothing special but it's an update.
haven't posted in awhile. felt i should.
life has been good. School is going well. It's just nice to start the semester off with decent grades on exams and assignments. Life has been pretty chill. The senior paper still hangs over my head, but I am more positive about it than last semester. It is sometimes constantly on my mind, just thinking of things I would need to include. I have more research than I did for the other paper already, so it's got to be a good start right?
I'm itching to get out and play frisbee. Spring needs to get here sooner! Indoor frisbee has been heaps of fun though. We've won quite a few games and will play in the championships on monday! w00t! go us! It should be a really interesting game. I love frisbee. Britta and I just had a talk about why we like it. Spirit of the game. That's what it's all about and it pains us to see people who do not play with that in mind and get way too upset. :-(
i keep thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. I have yet to make an appointment with the career center and to fix my resume. I really should do these things and try to find something interesting for a job when I get out of here. Three months left! weird! I really hope to move to Minneapolis and get a place with some friends and be in the city. Although saving money for awhile isn't a bad idea either.
Some things that have bothered me lately... my sociology class. I am not a fan of research methods. I feel like i don't need it. I wish i didn't .I don't plan to do research, especially in the field of sociology. Well that's what I think so far. Anyway... I got so pissed at my professor. Not only is he boring and random in the first place but when he used the word 'crazy' while refering to a psychological test that helps psychologists to determine if someone has a psychological disorder, i flipped! ugh! I'm sorry that is just so... what't he word? ignorant?! yeah i think that sounds right. GEEZ. i just can't stand hearing that word being used to describe someone with a psychological disorder. He's quite the character. I don't think he likes our class much but then again I don't think our class likes him much.
Life is good for the most part. And that's all i really have to say. I'm very happy about things and am enjoying classes. I've really got nothing else to say.
life has been good. School is going well. It's just nice to start the semester off with decent grades on exams and assignments. Life has been pretty chill. The senior paper still hangs over my head, but I am more positive about it than last semester. It is sometimes constantly on my mind, just thinking of things I would need to include. I have more research than I did for the other paper already, so it's got to be a good start right?
I'm itching to get out and play frisbee. Spring needs to get here sooner! Indoor frisbee has been heaps of fun though. We've won quite a few games and will play in the championships on monday! w00t! go us! It should be a really interesting game. I love frisbee. Britta and I just had a talk about why we like it. Spirit of the game. That's what it's all about and it pains us to see people who do not play with that in mind and get way too upset. :-(
i keep thinking about what it is I want to do with my life. I have yet to make an appointment with the career center and to fix my resume. I really should do these things and try to find something interesting for a job when I get out of here. Three months left! weird! I really hope to move to Minneapolis and get a place with some friends and be in the city. Although saving money for awhile isn't a bad idea either.
Some things that have bothered me lately... my sociology class. I am not a fan of research methods. I feel like i don't need it. I wish i didn't .I don't plan to do research, especially in the field of sociology. Well that's what I think so far. Anyway... I got so pissed at my professor. Not only is he boring and random in the first place but when he used the word 'crazy' while refering to a psychological test that helps psychologists to determine if someone has a psychological disorder, i flipped! ugh! I'm sorry that is just so... what't he word? ignorant?! yeah i think that sounds right. GEEZ. i just can't stand hearing that word being used to describe someone with a psychological disorder. He's quite the character. I don't think he likes our class much but then again I don't think our class likes him much.
Life is good for the most part. And that's all i really have to say. I'm very happy about things and am enjoying classes. I've really got nothing else to say.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
funny little joke
so Amber showed me this joke she found online last night. She found it while looking for ways to order Coopers. It's a funny little joke. I laughed anyway and she found it at this site:
http://www.cooperspubs.com/pubs_world.htm
Enjoy:
The presidents of Budweiser, Corona, Heineken and Coopers were all attending a beer makers conference and after the days proceedings wound up in the hotel bar.
The President of Budweiser steps up to the bar and says to the bartender "I'll have the finest beer in the world, give me a Budweiser." So the bartender gives him a Budweiser.
After that the President of Corona steps up and says "I'll have the finest beer in the world, give me a Corona" which the bartender does.
Next the President of Heineken steps up and says "I'll have the finest beer in the world, give me a Heineken."
Lastly the President of Coopers steps up to the bar and asks the bartender for a Coke! To which the bartender replies, "Sir, surely you would want a Coopers Sparkling Ale?" The President of Coopers replies "No that's OK if the others aren't going to have a beer then neither will I."
--granted I love Corona, it's still pretty funny cuz I think I love Coopers more... there's more flavor to it. anyway that's all. laugh and be merry.
http://www.cooperspubs.com/pubs_world.htm
Enjoy:
The presidents of Budweiser, Corona, Heineken and Coopers were all attending a beer makers conference and after the days proceedings wound up in the hotel bar.
The President of Budweiser steps up to the bar and says to the bartender "I'll have the finest beer in the world, give me a Budweiser." So the bartender gives him a Budweiser.
After that the President of Corona steps up and says "I'll have the finest beer in the world, give me a Corona" which the bartender does.
Next the President of Heineken steps up and says "I'll have the finest beer in the world, give me a Heineken."
Lastly the President of Coopers steps up to the bar and asks the bartender for a Coke! To which the bartender replies, "Sir, surely you would want a Coopers Sparkling Ale?" The President of Coopers replies "No that's OK if the others aren't going to have a beer then neither will I."
--granted I love Corona, it's still pretty funny cuz I think I love Coopers more... there's more flavor to it. anyway that's all. laugh and be merry.
thoughts on...
new favortie athlete: Shaun White (the kid kicked ass in the half pipe at age 19!)
most exciting news heard today: Jill, who works with my mommy ( i used to work with her too) is getting married to Dan (a guy that works at the same place) So cool. They're really nice people.
thoughts on valentines day: Really not that bad of a holiday. Although Hallmark has put it all out of whack and kind of defeats the whole purpose behind it, I must say that I really like this holiday because it gives my mum a reason to send me candy in the mail! so fuck all the bitching about the holiday... i got candy and I'm damn happy about that! Moms are SO COOL. Oh and doesn't really matter about not having someone on valentines day! PSshh! that's what friends are for, and I have them all around. w00t love between friends!
new favorite song at the moment: No Direction, Bad Religion. I'm just overly in love with the band. also am in love with Thirsty Merc at the moment. I am SO glad Jess made me that cd before I left Australia. they are super fun to listen to.
best part of yesterday: just sitting/laying and listening to Missy Higgins with Krista. Taking the time to listen to the lyrics and the music. so peaceful. there's nothing like taking in some great music and not doing homework or running around the house or something while listening to it.
scary part of the week: first counseling exam coming up! freak out! I don't want to do poorly! I LOVE that class and the professor! It's such a good class with such good people! eek!
scariest part about life right now: finding a senior paper topic. SHIT! I have ideas, but whether they can pan out is another thing. Plus I am such a wuss and need to get some balls and feel comfortable about talking to my professors about this stuff. Although I will congratulate myself on actually asking my Tests and Measures professor for help on the stats stuff we have been doing in class! go me! But still I need to gain the confidence to talk to my advisor about how I am terrified about this senior paper thing! It's just weighing me down... but with the advice from Melissa 'you only have to get a C and you'll be fine'. True and it is only one effin' credit, but I don't want it to suck!
constantly on my mind: Australia and my friends and really who are we kidding, but a certain friend a little more often than others! :-P (just being honest, i can't think of everyone in the same way)
latest impulse buy: ok so I don't have one, but I really really want to buy Mirrormask! it comes to dvd today!
most exciting news heard today: Jill, who works with my mommy ( i used to work with her too) is getting married to Dan (a guy that works at the same place) So cool. They're really nice people.
thoughts on valentines day: Really not that bad of a holiday. Although Hallmark has put it all out of whack and kind of defeats the whole purpose behind it, I must say that I really like this holiday because it gives my mum a reason to send me candy in the mail! so fuck all the bitching about the holiday... i got candy and I'm damn happy about that! Moms are SO COOL. Oh and doesn't really matter about not having someone on valentines day! PSshh! that's what friends are for, and I have them all around. w00t love between friends!
new favorite song at the moment: No Direction, Bad Religion. I'm just overly in love with the band. also am in love with Thirsty Merc at the moment. I am SO glad Jess made me that cd before I left Australia. they are super fun to listen to.
best part of yesterday: just sitting/laying and listening to Missy Higgins with Krista. Taking the time to listen to the lyrics and the music. so peaceful. there's nothing like taking in some great music and not doing homework or running around the house or something while listening to it.
scary part of the week: first counseling exam coming up! freak out! I don't want to do poorly! I LOVE that class and the professor! It's such a good class with such good people! eek!
scariest part about life right now: finding a senior paper topic. SHIT! I have ideas, but whether they can pan out is another thing. Plus I am such a wuss and need to get some balls and feel comfortable about talking to my professors about this stuff. Although I will congratulate myself on actually asking my Tests and Measures professor for help on the stats stuff we have been doing in class! go me! But still I need to gain the confidence to talk to my advisor about how I am terrified about this senior paper thing! It's just weighing me down... but with the advice from Melissa 'you only have to get a C and you'll be fine'. True and it is only one effin' credit, but I don't want it to suck!
constantly on my mind: Australia and my friends and really who are we kidding, but a certain friend a little more often than others! :-P (just being honest, i can't think of everyone in the same way)
latest impulse buy: ok so I don't have one, but I really really want to buy Mirrormask! it comes to dvd today!
Thursday, February 09, 2006
going where the air is clear....
i wish I was going to where the air is clear! AH!
so today February 9th is a special day... One year ago today i left for Adelaide, Australia.
Thoughts about this trip keep running through my mind over and over...
I know this girl Sarah from Grinell who plays frisbee that is headed over to Adelaide. She probably already left, but yeah...so jealous!
I can see the sites and the people again. Adelaide is such a pretty city.. i loved it!
Seriously I can remember it all. The first people I met from my program. The first time i remember seeing Bec. The first time Amber, Dave and I tried to find our way back to our rooms only to have Haggis? show us the way. Living in Roche for a few days. The walks around the city, Rundle Mall and the uni campus. My first sausage sizzles, and seeing Will for the first time, and to be greated by a big hug from him, saying 'come play frisbee!' and 'here i'll show you around Rundle mall'. OH the beginnings... i could go on forever.
My journey began one year ago today and I wish I was going back. But I am not. i must finish out the year at Luther college...sigh... i miss it!
Oh and one year ago on the 11th is when I actually arrived in Adelaide... (might as well say that now and save posting about that.)
so today February 9th is a special day... One year ago today i left for Adelaide, Australia.
Thoughts about this trip keep running through my mind over and over...
I know this girl Sarah from Grinell who plays frisbee that is headed over to Adelaide. She probably already left, but yeah...so jealous!
I can see the sites and the people again. Adelaide is such a pretty city.. i loved it!
Seriously I can remember it all. The first people I met from my program. The first time i remember seeing Bec. The first time Amber, Dave and I tried to find our way back to our rooms only to have Haggis? show us the way. Living in Roche for a few days. The walks around the city, Rundle Mall and the uni campus. My first sausage sizzles, and seeing Will for the first time, and to be greated by a big hug from him, saying 'come play frisbee!' and 'here i'll show you around Rundle mall'. OH the beginnings... i could go on forever.
My journey began one year ago today and I wish I was going back. But I am not. i must finish out the year at Luther college...sigh... i miss it!
Oh and one year ago on the 11th is when I actually arrived in Adelaide... (might as well say that now and save posting about that.)
Saturday, February 04, 2006
look what I can do!
Hey Welcome my LAST semester at Luther College! w00t!
Classes so far seem pretty cool. Three Psych courses, a soc course and my senior paper! The psych courses are great, sooooo excited for them! The Soc course... i dunno. I'm not really enthused but...meh. Senior paper... here's hoping i can get it together! Rather I have to get it together! I wish I could write about a billion different things! Eek! Better get it together.
First weekend back... has been SO good! We had such a fun night Friday night. Baker was FULL of parties! Us, our neighbors and some guys up the hill! We hit all of them and it was great. SO NICE TO DRINK BEER AGAIN! I spent so much of j term just drinking sweet drinks that having a mostly ALL beer night was great! my love to the Corona! I had the joy of showing people a neat trick i learned from Fiona and that would be getting a beer bottle to stick on the wall in the corner. People were AMAZED! I felt sooo cool. I kept putting them in all the corners I could find. I ran out of good corners and well i got a little too drunk to actually be able to get them to stick. But one is still stuck which makes me super happy. check it...
Classes so far seem pretty cool. Three Psych courses, a soc course and my senior paper! The psych courses are great, sooooo excited for them! The Soc course... i dunno. I'm not really enthused but...meh. Senior paper... here's hoping i can get it together! Rather I have to get it together! I wish I could write about a billion different things! Eek! Better get it together.
First weekend back... has been SO good! We had such a fun night Friday night. Baker was FULL of parties! Us, our neighbors and some guys up the hill! We hit all of them and it was great. SO NICE TO DRINK BEER AGAIN! I spent so much of j term just drinking sweet drinks that having a mostly ALL beer night was great! my love to the Corona! I had the joy of showing people a neat trick i learned from Fiona and that would be getting a beer bottle to stick on the wall in the corner. People were AMAZED! I felt sooo cool. I kept putting them in all the corners I could find. I ran out of good corners and well i got a little too drunk to actually be able to get them to stick. But one is still stuck which makes me super happy. check it...
Yeah that was fun. Anyway... what else?
Ever have that ever growing thought of whether something is worth it or not? This has been comiling in my brain for awhile now...How do you determine if something is really worth it? Instant graticfication? with the lack of delayed rewards? I dunno. I think it is worth it. Maybe I hope too much.
oh and by the way...Vanilla Ben and Jerry's = so good ...and... The Narnia soundtrack also = so good!
i've got nothing else. Love!
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