life.

sucks when you can't concentrate! a noisy place for study and the constant thought of the paper/project I have due on Thursday constantly plagues my mind. And it quite annoys me.

Other than that...J term has been good. It is almost over! Classes end on the 26th which is also Australia Day and as I have just found out... Mel's birthday! She'll be 20!

So I have to revert back to the issue of abortion. I caught a Pro-Life Rally in Washington D.C. yesterday on C-SPAN. I got so mad at the tv. For one these people scare me with all their talk about reversing the ruling of Roe vs. Wade, then how they'll get even more conservativeson the Supreme court and will pass legislation to outlaw abortions. Creepy people they were especially with the constant references to God. UGH. Oh and the constant references to "Life , Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" I heard at least two representatives use that line. They emphasized the Life part. Funny how they were all republican representatives, and mostly MALE! yes because a male knows what it's like. Granted many women were there and a couple spoke but what really got me was the Rep that started reciting not only the 'Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness' deal but the part before it "All MEN are created equal". DAMN! could he not have changed it to at least all men and women? hello idiot you're among mostly women!!! I do not like these people speaking as though they are speaking for all people, expecially women. I still maintain that I have the right to chose. HOwever i only hold that until a certain point. If the baby could function on it's own outside of the womb then I would be against it. All of this got me sooo worked up. These people talking about the value of life when i'm guessing many of them are for the death penalty. Many probably supported the war that we are now in. In which many lives are being lost...very INNOCENT lives. Oh and the lady who got up to say that she regretted having three abortions and can no longer have kids! well no wonder you can't have kids!!! There also lies the issue of how it was done. The abortion that is... According to my lovely housemate who knows much about the workings of sex and all things relating... if the abortion is done correctly then there shouldn't be much of a problem....AHHHH I hate this issue. I wish we could all agree to disagree! And that we would stop telling eachother who is moral and who is not! There is also the problem of defining when life begins... oh boy. is it at conception? I dunno. Someone else told me that a fetus...really it's a parasitic tumor, not quite a human being yet. UGH i don't know. There arguments were purely based on God and primarily Christian beliefs. It all put me in a shitty kind of mood. Sometimes I can't stand people.

am just pissed about that. Otherwise life is good. can't wait for the term to be done, to relax a little and get away from school for a couple days. I am so looking forward to classes next semester which will hopefully be interesting. I dunno it's been a bit of a depressing j term but still good. I mean, well my class kind of depresses me learning about all the injustices against mostly women in the labor force. Kayla is leaving for good on thursday out into the real world! and yeah just random things. But really i have had a lot of fun too. Clearly have had too much fun because I am struggling to get my last project done. :-P bleh. well that is all.

so far, so good

well it's only the second week of the new year but so far, so good. Things have been going really well. I have kept to my resolutions. I began working out with Kayla most nights during the week, and if not working out, being active like taking bike rides into town instead of driving. It feels really good, although I am looking forward to not being sore all the time. I've also been doing a better job with taking care of my teeth. Have slipped up a couple of days but am usually brushing twice, flossing at least once and using mouth wash. Feels good. What else? oh yeah, have been holding back that urge to drink soda. Have only had it about twice while having drinks with friends like I said I would only do.

Besides me... my sister is having a kick ass year so far. Her best friend from college got married new years which was exciting for her. Another of her closest friends and her couldn't be happier. They have gotten closer and things are just good. Also today she FINALLY got full-time at her job at TAGS, coaching gymnastics! She was very excited and even called to tell me! I felt very special that she did call. SO yeah a good year for her.

Kyle started school at Anoka-Ramsey yesterday. He didn't sound too enthused (spelling?) but it was the first day, a monday and he had math class, which he is not a fan of. Hopefully things will look up for him. I hope that he enjoys going there. He sounded pretty excited about getting a chance to study computers, although right now he has to take a bunch of core classes. Good Luck to him!

Mum turned 50 on the 2nd and Dad will be 50 on the 13th. A big year for them both. :-) They are taking a cruise with their other 50 year old friends in June to celebrate. Mom and Dad brought me back to school on mom's birthday. I bet that was exciting for her. :-P

What else? oh, class is really good so far for J term. I got really excited about it today and am actually enjoying the book we are on now. I'm very proud of myself for actually speaking up in class. It was nice today because I was actually prepared pretty well for class. Got a chance to take my time on the reading and take notes and everything. I finally finished reading The Bell Jar and have now started Girl, Interupted. I like it so far. It's very interesting to read about people who have dealt with mental illness and hear about it from mostly a first person perspective, them being the narrators pretty much. Anyway... i'm excited to read Girl Interrupted because I love the movie so I'm excited to read the actual accounts that Susanna Kaysen wrote about.

Krista is coming back on Friday afternoon and I can't wait to see her! I miss her so much and I know she misses us! I'm sure she'll be really really really excited to see Frenchie too. :-) They make me happy because they are happy. Oh things are really good with Maggie too. I have seen her quite a bit lately and she seems to be doing SO well! She looks good and we had such a wonderful chat today about school, and her senior project which sounds heaps cool. She's so amazing and talented and just full of so many good ideas!

Ok I think that's all I have I'm supposed to be doing my homework. Have to work in the morning but don't have to go to class. We are having a 'reading day'. Which means I have extra time to get my reading done and also should figure out my paper/project topic for the class. I'm excited to check things out. Hopefully i will look up topics again for my senior paper. That is all.
cheers!

yay for sunshine!

so the weekend was SUPER fun! it was very relaxed and just plain good.

Highlights: Kim and Will were down to play frisbee with us and other alumni. So nice to see them again and frisbee was great. My body was sore and I was heaps tired, but it was great.

Saturday we just bummed around all day. Kayla and I took a bike ride into downtown so that we could go get some groceries and alcohol. :-) People came over Saturday night to play games and have drinks. That night proved to be wonderful. People actually came and brought games so we weren't stuck with card games. Most of us went out after and had a great time. Just a really fun time out and at the house overall that night.

Sunday was good. Kayla and I took another bike ride to the store on the other side of town to get more grenadine and some 7up so we could have shirley temples. :-) mmmm. We made ourselves a really yummy breakfast that morning too. SO GOOD. Yeah over all a fantastic weekend. THis week have to do the crisis line. SHould be interesting. I haven't done it in forever! What else? oh Krista comes back on Friday. We might go to the cities to pick her up! YAY.

oh it was sunny out today FINALLY! so nice to see the sun again! :-)

feminism

what does it mean to be a feminist?
There are so many negative conotations with that word. I wish there wasn't.

Our professor asked us yesterday in class who considered themselves a feminist?
I guess for awhile I kind of have, but I've never really thought about it or talked about it a whole lot. Then she asked us what that means. What is feminism? Good question. I am so terrible at defining and explaining things like this. People said that to them feminism is about equal rights, mostly between men and women. What was interesting was when our professor explained that feminism is about working towards equality for ALL peoples. I like that. I like it a lot. I believe in that. So I am a feminist. What struck a chord with me later was when I said something about what class I was taking to a couple of friends. One of them very quickly said something to the effect of "feminist class". I was kind of taken a back and then said well there are men in the class (which shouldn't make any difference because men can be feminists too). Still i got the retort of "feminist class". Now really this shouldn't bother me so much because we are looking at gender, globalization and development with a feminist critique. But the tone in his voice made me feel as though he was saying that being a feminist was a bad thing. It really shouldn't be. This got me to think about something else that our professor had said in class about using the terms 'lesbian' and 'dyke' towards a woman who doesn't fit this created idea of feminity and how those are not used in a positive way, but rather in a derogatory way. This is the same friend who used to call me a lesbian and a dyke. It bothered me. Not because I am uncomfortable with homosexuality or my own sexuality but because the terms i felt were being used in a derogatory manner. Like he was putting me down. I wish people would not use these words and terms relating to one's sexuality, whether they are male or female, in such a harsh manner. I think maybe I had higher expectations for him because he is homosexual himself, but I don't know, maybe i expect too much and I need to stop.

I still consider myself a feminist and that is not a bad thing. it should not be taken lightly but it should also not be taken with bad conotations. To be a feminist and to believe in feminism is to consider all people and the equality between them. There can't be anything wrong with that.

the new year

so the new year is here. w00t!
ringing it in with Leah was heaps of fun.
I even have resolutions-- take better care of my teeth and drink less soda.
Last year was great, the end of it, not so great, but over all it was fantastic. Well I got to go to Australia for one, and that has to top pretty much everything else that has happened in the other 21 years.

Am back at Luther now. J term starts today. I hear the class I'm taking is actually pretty awesome. Here's hoping! It's called Gender, Globalization and Development (sociology). Looking forward to it. It's nice to be back. Sad that the snow is almost gone and that Britta and Krista are not around. Happily Kris will be back in two weeks. I'm looking forward to having lots of fun with the few people that are around for J term. Will is coming to visit next weekend and to play frisbee! Am very excited about that.

sigh... the holidays are over! thank goodness..!

the holidays

so it's been awhile, but I don't think anyone has really been on lately. Everyone I'm sure has been busy with the holidays. I myself have not been online much since I have been home. I have enjoyed being home though. Seeing friends from high school has been good. Getting to see Natalie, Davina, Jeff and even Ben was awesome! Mind you I haven't really seen Ben for at least a year but it was still pretty cool, pretty chill and it felt like old times. Hanging with Jeff and Nat at the bar was pretty awesome too. Seeing most of Fridley at the bar was kind of crazy, but whatever still had fun.

Geez I'm not sure if I should even talk about the past week. SO much has gone on. Have been working mostly. Had to work in Refurb today! :-P Gross. I hate working back there, and not just because all I did for 8 hours was look at watches but because this lady that works there is SO annoying. She's very negative and in the 8 hours that I was at work today I don't think I heard her say one postive thing! I reckon she needs a job change! Last week...Wednesday was pretty eventful. I got drunk by 9ish, went home by 11 and got up for work by 6:30 and suffered the whole day through a hangover! :-P ugh! that's what I get though. Besides that...ummm ...

The holidays were good. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were the same as usual. Nothing too different. Much time spent with family and friends. so overall a good time. Have been knitting a lot and love it. Finished making my first knitted hat the other day. Finished another on Tuesday which is actually a little big, but it will do because I do not want to take it apart again! :-P I started another hat on Tuesday also with some yarn that one of my grandma's got me for christmas! :-) finished two books that I started a long time ago! God's Politics and In a Sunburned Country. Both great books. Have now moved on to The Bell Jar , which is very intriguing so far... I"m enjoying it.

I have nothing good or meaningful left to say (not to say that the above is really that meaningful...) Going to the eye doctor one last time Thursday and am taking the day off work. One more day of work after that, then the week, New Years and back to Luther. w00t! that's it.

COOPERS!

oh love! oh joy! Kare and Will are the best! They brought me Cooper's Pale Ale!!!!! ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA! :-) many happy faces and thanks! SO GOOD. can't wait to drink it. And of course it was so awesome to see Will and Karen! I miss them and it's so nice to see someone from Australia!!!!!! It's hard to even describe but happiness fills my bones! I miss Australia!

exams 2&3, and home...

so the last two exams last week went fine.
nothing special and yet nothing terrible. Got my Abnormal assignment back with a good mark on it though! :-) That was Thursday and once I was done, I packed up my stuff and headed home with Krista and Kayla. We sang to RENT most of the way home. Happily we made it home safe. It wasn't snowing liek we heard it was going to be, but the roads were wet and dirty and so we had to make due with the water in our drink bottles and the snow (when we could) to clean the windshield when it got too dirty. May I recommend that no one ever do this! especially hurling water at the windshield from a drink bottle while going 60 mph! Oh what an adventure it was. I did freak out a few times when I could not see through the wind shield! It's quite scary. But like I said we made it to my house safe and sound, and luckily also with no puddles in the car (Krista really had to pee while we sat in traffic in Minneapolis for almost an hour! )

We had intended to go out for krista's birthday that night, and meet up with britta who had also driven to the cities. That didn't happy. krista wasn't feeling well, but her, kayla and I did sit in my house, ate ham salad, enjoyed some colorado bulldogs (courtesy of my Mommy!, yes my mum made us drinks!:-) ) , watched a Bond movie and then quite a few Buffy episodes! Oh what fun we had! We all had a good sleep, and then out to breakfast in the morning. Kayla left us at noonish and then Krista and I spent two hours drinking coffee and wandering/relaxing in a book store. OOOOoooh do Barnes and Noble have THE most comfy chairs! :-) we did mind less things like read trashy magazines! so good! Later I took Kris and her sis Lindsey to the airport. Went to dinner with the family and then out with my sister and Davina, which was SO good. We went to watch some lame comedy but then went to a peanut bar and had a great time just the three of us. Was soooo tired last night but stayed up until 2 and then got up for work this morning. Dad and I went in for a few hours and i was going off of four hours of sleep. We only stayed til about noon, and then headed home and then to Elaine and Wes's for an early christmas. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening eating, opening gifts and chatting. Grandma taught me how to do some more things with knitting so now I can do some different stitches and also make hats! well hopefully this first one turns out ok. Anyway... i believe that's it. I'm going to stay away from too much detail and head out. I reckon a movie and some knitting is what my saturday night holds! :-)
love to all!

em

exam #1

well the first exam is done and over. Luckily it was not too bad. I loathe multiple choice though. :-P Happily I am no longer stressed about that test and can move on in life.

I got my HUGE paper from learning and behavior after the final today. I didn't want to but knew I should so i wouldn't be wondering about it. I was expecting what I got. I got a C. :-( but well at least Laura made me feel better by reminding me that it is a difficult class and that if we can get through this we can at least have some knowledge of what grad school will be like. heh. wonderful. This kind of makes me not want to go to grad school. I also decided to keep the stupid thing, also by suggestion of Laura. Because if I keep it I can learn from it. Good idea, cuz i never seem to do that.

time for lunch.

an addition to today

so I just went to lunch with Kayla and we sat with Tyler and Joe.
Now I've had issues with Tyler before but lately I have been able to appreciate him more. Although the 'baby killer' thing still pisses me off. I think though that I am learning more about his and Kayla's relationship and am beginning to understand them more.

Anyway to Joe. I have met him only a few times over the last three and a half years and I have seen more of him this year due to the fact that Kayla knows him. My impression of him... ummmm not so good. He was kind of a jerk today. First he bitches about Britta writing about Frisbee too much in the campus newspaper and secondly as I try to make a joke about baby Jesus being white in the scenery for Christmas as Luther he gets super pissy and kind of yells at me "did you even listen to a thing I was saying?" Oops sorry! guess I'm not allowed to make jokes around him. Overall though I just couldn't stand him this afternoon. I didn't even want to look at him so I kept shooting my glance around the cafeteria. Little does he know and understand that since Britta is writing for the first time on the paper they give her the shit stories and i guess the editor is a dickhead. secondly Britta is a good writer but is starting to NOT care about the paper, hence talk about quitting next semester. thirdly he needs to chill out, this is a school news paper, in a small town, small campus, with barely anything to write about. Plus britta only briefly mentioned frisbee at the end of this last.

overall. I want to punch him in the face a little bit and tell him to chill out. I'm actually possibly looking forward to seeing the kid again so I can argue with him. Let him know he is not God's gift to anything.
that's my rant. sometimes I don't like people. and Joe was that person today.

what Bec said...

so I'm with Bec on this one... change.

Everything really has changed. Sucks. But life goes on no doubt.
Life is going to change for me too in the next six months. What the HELL am I going to do once I get out of school? I have so many ideas! Work, intern, grad school, undergrad again?, travel... The list could probably go on. I want to do something I don't want to let these four years go to waste. I want a career, a job in my field. And as much as I like the fact that Asset Marketing will pay me $9/hr to work in the warehouse, that is not what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Other change...our house, friends, and life at school. Our house is different. One has moved out, another will move out at semester graduating early. I miss them both already, and one isn't even gone. Friendships have changed. Boyfriends and girlfriends. Things are different between friends and it's kind of weird. I've changed and so have my friends who went abroad. Good change...new friends and aquaintances. I change my mind every day almost about what I want to do, what I would go to grad school for and where, and how, and what I would write my senior thesis on. My schedule has changed for the next semester and for january. I'm taking a class during january instead of interning.

my blog has changed.

The weather has changed. It's snowing again today.

My ideas and beliefs changed.

Big change that Bec mentioned...change in communication with Australia. Everyone there has moved out of college and they're doing new things, living in new places which all equals less contact with the people I love on the other side of the world. My feelings haven't changed. Lack of communication makes me quite sad and depressed some days. Things are fine though. I still have the Americans in fairly close contact.

And although there has been so much change. Good still comes out of it. I can't stay sad and depressed for long. It just makes life too... well... too sad. clearly.

What will not change is the fact that I have this HUGE essay to write by tomorrow. 12 pages already of which need to be fixed and read through. probably another 4 or 5 or more to type i'm guessing.

"change is good"

proudest sister

first things first. My brother applied to school for next semester and got in! I think the process of job finding got really boring for him and just started to suck. So now he's going to college and is going to study computers, i believe. :-) YAY! Proudest sister ever! :-) YAY Kyle!

what else...?
Christmas at Luther. Am so happy I am not a part of that production! Three of my housemates are though and Friday night i went to watch them sing along with the other choirs here (there are six mass choirs) and the orchestra. It was really neat. Although I guess the performance Britta and I went to was kind of crap and the one after was spectacular! oh well it was still really beautiful. A wonderful tradition. Went out for drinks after that in a very chill setting, which was so good. Britta offered to buy me a drink so i couldn't turn that down. :-) Ran into some alumni friends and had a good chat with them.

Well because of Christmas at Luther parents came to visit! w00t! I got to meet Krista's dad for the first time! I had never actually met him before, only talked to him on the phone. It was really cool, I like her parents a lot. I got to hang out with her parents, sister Lindsey and Krista last night for awhile before the concert. good fun. Yesterday was also a shopping day. i hate shopping and I hate walmart but the frisbee team had some shopping to do for the christmas cheer family we have. Sunday we will wrap the gifts!

It's definitely beginning to look a lot like christmas. It's been snowing for the past few days and so the ground is covered with a white fluff and is so bright and clean looking! WE also put up deocrations the other day in the house. So nice! The christmas lights around the window are my favorite along with the stockings on the stairs.

so that is basically it. I've been knitting a whole lot too which makes me happy but the fact that finals are coming up in a week does not. I'd rather be knitting than studying and writing a paper. I lack motivation this weekend:-P

cheers,
em

nothing much...

Alright,
so now that I'm over the whole bad reviews for RENT, I think i can stop talking about them. But now I just realize I don't have much to talk about...

Yesterday was the first day back in class after the Thanksgiving break and it went just fine. I got home after work and was SO tired though. Pretty cranky too. I am proud to say that I actually did three hours of homework last night to catch up on some reading assignments for psych. I went to bed at a decent hour and let myself sleep a little longer than usual. Am just kind of taking it slow this morning before I head out to study, then class for a little while. I love Tuesdays... I don't have to work! Which means I get the whole afternoon to myself after Lab!:-) w00t! oh the little things.

It snowed again last night! So pretty! The snow makes all the dead stuff look so clean and fresh! :-) Here's a photo from the first time it snowed down here (which was not last night) . Cool huh? I have to say that it was pretty funny showing these photos to Shannon online the other day and having to explain to him what snow is like. Oh you silly Aussies.;-) But yeah it's great and I love snow.


Here's another photo to share although it's not snow. THis one is from the Missy Higgins concert which was WAY fun! She's so cool and so I though I'd share a photo that I took.
Yeah, she's pretty cool. Anyway that's all that I really have for now. Nothing too interesting. I'm behind in time now actually even though I was taking the morning slow...:-P need to get some studying done before class. Much love to all

cheers,
em

did I miss something?

so I'm quite bummed and quite sad and confused about these bad reviews that RENT the movie has been getting. I realize that this is the second time I am talking about this but really I'm wondering if I missed something. The review I read in the City Pages this evening was wretched! I was so sad. For one I had a hard time following all the play on words that the guy was using. Besides that though I just felt sad again when I finished reading it. The guy ripped apart Jonathon Larson and his work, and the message of the play. So I'm beginning to wonder if I completely missed something when I started seeing the play on stage... I always felt like it gave a great message and had a lot to say. Granted it came out on the stage years ago... I dunno, I still feel like there is a good message there and I very much respect it. I'm beginning to wonder if these people who reviewed it had ever seen RENT on stage. I just kind of wonder exactly why they did not like it. I've decided in general that I can't trust newspapers and magazines and news shows in general. Facts are always different in every place and how are we to ever know what the actual truth to a story is? How am I to know that what the guy said in the City Pages review of RENT is true? Especially about how Larson wrote? And then I read the good review in this weekend magazine that comes in the paper that says only good things about RENT, mainly because it's the cast reflecting on the making of the movie and play and what they think it means. Along with that is a longer excerpt from Julie Larson, the sister of Jonathon Larson. Do I believe her and take what she says as truth? Do I personally only look for mostly the good things in a story? AM I just plain ignorant to things and life in general? I think I just have to sit in the middle of it all. Although I think I lean more towards the happiness and good that can be found in the movie and play rather than the bad things that the critics like to pick out. I guess I"m not much of a critic. Sometimes I reckon maybe I need to be a bit more critical about things, because maybe I'm missing some points or am just too damn ignorant to life. I don't know. I was just quite disturbed or upset or something by the bad reviews. I apparently couldn't handle all the bashing. I again wonder who these people are that reviewed it. Did they ever live in these situations? Have they ever been a struggling artist like those portrayed in the movie/play? Did they live in NY in the East Village? I really kind of want to go visit New York and see the place where it's to take place. I want to know if life is like that for struggling artists. Back to being a critic... really how fun can life be if what you do for a living is be a critic? Life seems like it could be so ... I don't know... boring...and just not fun. But who am I to say who is good or bad, right or wrong? I guess I'll just stick to what I like. I liked RENT and that's all that really matters. I think the message is still relevant and it's still amazing. Whatever that's what I think. I like it so to hell with the critics.

I don't have the words to describe really. What I can say is that... I NEEDED this! A break, friends, a sister, a concert, a coffee, and a movie. ( i probably could have used sleep too, but we'll over look that for now)

It was so nice to leave Luther today and make my way home with Leah and Krista. It felt good to get away. THe weather was great, and the ride was a bit long at first, but we managed. We saw Krista off into the care of her sister and Leah and I headed to find my sister and to see one EXCELLENT concert, provided by Missy Higgins. Not only was the venue great, the beer tasty, and Missy's accent a warm reminder of those I miss, but her show was AMAZING! She's, as Leah said, probably "cooler than I'll ever be". It was definitely a nice little intimate concert with Missy Higgins. So good to have her explain some of her songs and just to hear her live again! And of course I loved listening to Aussie talk.

We said bye and happy turkey day to Leah and then headed for coffee and home. SO nice to see mom and dad, and to find some photos from the summer and earlier this fall that mom had taken. Good memories. Oh and let me not forget my phone call from Davina, with some of the most hilarious news!" He's NOT getting married. THey broke up! " -- at least that's one more I don't have to worry about.
And then.......

To Lakeville... almost an hours drive... Why?

Well, To see RENT! of course.......
All I have to say, is that I loved it, and I always did. Mad props to Jesse L. Martin and Anthony Rapp. Kudos to Rosario Dawson, I didn't feel let down. Adam Pascal... how could I not like thee? Overall? L-O-V-E-D... LOVED it! RENT is just amazing in itself. I reckon Jonathan Larson would be proud of what RENT has accomplished and how much more it can. I refuse to have anyone tell me it was a crap movie or that putting it on the big screen is selling out. I can't express myself very well, so just take it as is. Again, i needed this. And it was definitely a great day. NO doubt that I need sleep tomorrow. I said I would work Wednesday morning. :-P It's 3:30 am! I leave for work with dad in 2 and a half hours! I'm sure I can make it.

No Day But Today

something new...

this is just real quick. I decided to be like Mel and do something different with my blog. Hence the different colors and such. It's actually a bit refreshing. The black background was getting kind of depressing. And well with winter just around the corner there's no need for more dark things since it tends to stay dark a lot...less sunlight and all. ANyway this template is called "snapshot tequila". Can anyone guess why I chose it?! :-) hmmmm? Well in honor of it I thought I'd put these photos in as well. They are also some 'snapshots of tequila' ;-)






Yep, before....not sure what cheer we did here, but it might have been: when we drink we get drunk, when we get drunk we sleep, when we sleep we commit no sin, when we commit no sin we go to heaven, so let's all get drunk and go to heaven. ;-) Cheers to that!




Aannnnddd..."make a funny face!"... so we did.

what good times we have with Jose...



That is all I have... enjoy. Need to finish my assignment due today and pack so that I can go HOME! yay for Thanksgiving break!
cheers!
-em

"last woMAN standing"

yep that's how Seth's last email refering to the game Assassins was titled. Yesterday was quite crazy. Krista went on a 'killing' spree. She got two kids before 11 and that meant that she would then have to 'kill' her boyfriend! Kayla being the biggest help she could ever be helped Krista out all morning and afternoon. Finally Krista got to Frenchie and he was dead. A little upset no doubt because she not only killed him, but she outlived him in the game. From then on Krista and Kayla (who may i remind wasn't actually in the game) sat in choir going crazy. They knew Kris was being plotted against. They switched clothes and although the informer of Krista's killer was around, he was too slow to let him know of the switch of clothes that he witnessed. Thus, Krista and Kayla walk out of choir see who Kris thinks is hunting her, but then a guy off to the side attacks too, except they go for Kayla, not Krista. Krista acting to protect Kayla, stabs the kid that goes after Kayla, and takes off not knowing what's going on. Simon, who inevitably ended up hitting Kayla thinks he has Krista, says her name only to have Kayla yell at him "I'm not Krista Lane. SUCK IT!":-) Krista came home not knowing if she had won or not. The guy that cornered her was the one that was supposed to be killing her but someone else tried instead of he. Later we find out that Simon killed John, and so Krista was Simon's next target. Krista came home panting from loss of breath. Calls Seth who is in charge of the game, explains the situation and they figure out that she's won! It was quite exciting and our house was pretty happy about the whole thing. How the events unfurled altogether is a much longer story. :-) It was all pretty funny though. Needless to say the frisbee boys who were playing and knew Krista were pissed she won. Probably because it was her first time playing and even more likely it was a WOMAN who won! :-) hahaha. overall a fun time. So we celebrated as a house with dinner together and then hung out the rest of the night, or did our own things.

This is probably a lame post but it was pretty exciting. And is all that has been going on. It makes me smile! well it's saturday and I have two papers to get done this weekend. So back to work i go. Much love all!

em

Assassins

Well after a long week last week and the craziest f-ing weekend ever, things are kind of settling down and today I have actually accomplished something. For one I got my cover letter completed actually just about five minutes ago. This is for the hopeful internship that I will get to do over j term. There are still so many things that I need to get done school wise. Not only homework but I still haven't figured out if I need that other soc class! :-P bleh! no worries, I am in better spirits about it all since I did finish a cover letter. Although an exam and a paper this friday do not excite me.

On to more fun things... Assassins... yes... Assassins. It started Sunday at midnight. What is it exactly? Well a bunch of people get together on campus to play a game in which you are an assassin and are given a person to 'kill'. How can you kill them? With anything that's the length/size of a ruler or yardstick, those are melee weapons, and also with nerf dart/ball guns. This game is HILARIOUS! krista, britta and I decided to participate and although I was dead 11 hours after the game started ( it was a tragedy right before biodiversity and a story that I think is quite funny) Krista and Britta are still going strong. About half of the people on the list to play were dead by last night. More I'm sure are still being killed off today. Last night we had some kids come to our door with a nerf gun trying to scare us, and to probably get either Britta or Krista to come out of the house. The game is getting funny. The girls are getting intense and it's quite hilarious. People get really intense with this game and even skip classes and do crazy things. :-) It's still so funny though and I love it. I didn't get to kill anyone in those 11 hours that I was alive but yeah... i now get to watch the game unfold and read the funny stories of how people were killed which can be pretty funny. I think that's all i'll say about it for now. Once the game ends i might write more just because i think this game is so great. Overall it's been so much fun to watch it all unfold. Hopefully the girls get farther and get their kills soon.

oh, on another happy note... yesterday after getting killed :-P, I checked my mail and found a lovely package waiting for me! YES my Aussie food had arrived! YUM. This package (which cost quite a bit) consisted of three packages of Tim Tams, some Shapes (of the sour cream and sweet chili variety), snakes, some Milo, and Sa...Ka...Ta.. rice crackers. YUM! My quest to find some Coopers is still in the works. until then...

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Krista Rocks My Face OFF!

so today was a very good day. I got my learning and behavior test back with an excellent grade! that studying REALLY paid off! yes! Later after studying for a couple hours after class I came home to find my room FULL of colorful post-its. They were everywhere! Krista, my loving friend and room mate decided to put post-its all around my room with random words and some phrases. It's quite colorful and just really awesome. She did this for some random reason...and also she knew that Shannon and I had done it to Sunny while I was in Australia. Although her spelling is a bit in question it was still an awesome thing to come home to! I love it when friends remember random things! It's awesome and I love it and Krista is the best. here are a few photos for those of you who would like to see. Also if you care you can kind of get a feel for what my room looks like...:-)
Yep so here's my bed and dresser... um that big poster was not made by krista ... that's finger painting fun from the beginning of the year. I needed something to put on my wall. So colorful! This is the closet. That row of post its neatly placed at the bottom spell out "India has a coast". Yeah one day I randomly asked if India had one. Why? I'm not sure. (Krista has a sense of humor) She stuck them everywhere. All over my photos from Australia next to the flag, but I reckon the Jesus painting was unharmed.Yep, the door, she has written out in the ones placed in rows, "wanted to say i love you" She's precious. :-) ok so I had one more image but it wouldn't up load. That one is more of my desk and the post-its covering that area. Anyway this is the place i call home full of post-its . Thanks Krista! she's a legend!

cheers,

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being pro choice doesn't make you a baby killer!

Just because I'm pro choice, does NOT make me a 'baby killer'

yeah i've been quite pissed off about comments not even made directly towards me about being pro choice. I believe in a woman having control over her own body. If the child has developed enough though I don't believe in terminating. If the child could live and function on it's own outsdie of the womb, then i say don't terminate. I'm sorry I just don't like being called a baby killer when i don't plan to ever have an abortion myself but that I believe other women can have the choice. And really how do I know if I never would? shit could happen where I think I would need to. I hope that never happens, but really... It bothered me even more that these baby killer remarks came from a man. A gay man at that. The thoughts that later ran through my head were that they will never have to deal with something like abortion directly. They don't have to worry about it happening to them or their partner! Granted he has friends that are girls but when he sat there just saying mean things, saying "you're wrong" and not being respectful of others opinions, well then I don't feel i should be respectful to him. Open your mind up! GOD! I almost wanted to tell him that his opinion didn't matter, but that would just be completely pigheaded of me. or would it?