Saturday, May 31, 2003

This has not been the best weekend. Got in a fight with Mandi last night. She had no right to says what she said to me. Grr. Business office seems to have lost $1000+ of my financial aid. That means I have to go sometime this week (most likely Tuesday because my schedule is really full on Monday). How can $1000 in accepted loans just disappear?!?! This sucks!

Friday, May 30, 2003

Ahhh the weekend. It was nice being able to kind of sleep in. The cleaning crew started bright and early on my floor, made it kind of hard to sleep. But I managed to ignore them for the most part.

Watched The Pianist and K19 The Widowmaker today. Both were awesome movies. I need to ask Kaelis what movies to rent more often. He told me to watch both of them and they were good.

Screwed up that chem homework that I was complaining about the other day. Now I get to redo it. Joy!

Wednesday, May 28, 2003

I know remember why I'm going into medicine and not math. I just had to figure out about 5 sets of stats for 20 sets of glucose controls. My eyes were crossed by the time that I was done. It would have helped if I would have taken stats winter semester like I was supposed to. Thanks K for the help. Now how am I to get through this next week of being a model poster as a way of thanking him for his help. Then in hemostasis lab today we had to do a manula platelet count (which we have to repeat on Monday). It SUCKS! All the platelets are are these tiny lil specks that kind of glow. Then my control slide was dirty so I couldn't even count it! That was frustrating. Got out of PoliSci 2 hours early tonight, which is nice because otherwise I'd just be starting my clin chem now and would be totally lost. But it took me all of 5 minutes to figure out that my prof was a Texan, between the cussing and the southern accent (no offense to my Texan buddies).

I am so glad that tomorrow is my short day of the week and that I have no labs. It means I can dress normally again! Then it's the weekend and if it's nice I'm going to spend some time outside on a blanket trying to get some color onto my skin. I think that secretly my legs glow in the dark at night I'm so white.

I'm surprised that I'm not sick of Chasing Daylight yet. I've listened to the CD about 40 times since I got it now. That reminds me, K does the organ at the end of Best I'll Ever Be go with that song or Life Got in the Way? It's a weird transition. But I still love the CD.

Tuesday, May 27, 2003

It's my birthday! I'm 20 now. Just saying that makes me feel old but here's some cool stuff that makes the 27th so great, besides my birth of course.

This day in history:
On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to the public.
On this date:

In 1647, the first recorded American execution of a "witch" took place in Massachusetts.

In 1896, 255 people were killed when a tornado struck St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, Ill.

In 1933, Walt Disney's Academy Award-winning animated short "The Three Little Pigs" was first released.

In 1935, the Supreme Court struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act.

In 1936, the Cunard liner Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage.

In 1941, amid rising world tensions, President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed an "unlimited national emergency."

In 1941, the British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, with a loss of 2,300 lives.

In 1964, independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.

In 1985, in Beijing, representatives of Britain and China exchanged instruments of ratification on the pact returning Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997.

In 1994, Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia to the emotional cheers of thousands after two decades in exile.

Ten years ago: The House of Representatives approved a massive deficit-reduction, tax-increase bill by a vote of 219-213. The Canadian House of Commons approved the North American Free Trade Agreement. Five people were killed in a bombing at the Uffizi museum of art in Florence, Italy; some three dozen paintings were ruined or damaged.

Five years ago: Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anyone about the deadly plot.

One year ago: President Bush commemorated Memorial Day at Normandy American Cemetery in France, where he honored the 9,387 men and women buried there.


Famous People That I Share My Birthday With:
May 27th · Actor Ethan Dampf ("American Dreams") is 9.
· Rapper Dre (Outkast) is 29.
· Rock singer-musician Brian Desveaux (Nine Days) is 32.
· Actor Paul Bettany is 32.
· Actor Dondre Whitfield is 34.
· Rock musician Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains) is 37.
· Actor Todd Bridges is 38.
· Actress Cathy Silvers is 42.
· Actress Peri Gilpin is 42.
· Rock singer-musician Neil Finn (The Finn Brothers) is 45.
· Rock musician Eddie Harsch (The Black Crowes) is 46.
· Singer Siouxsie Sioux (The Creatures, Siouxsie and the Banshees) is 46.
· Actor Richard Schiff is 48.
· Singer Bruce Cockburn is 58.
· Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is 59.
· Singer Cilla Black is 60.
· Actor Bruce Weitz is 60.
· Country singer Don Williams is 64.
· Rhythm-and-blues singer Raymond Sanders (The Persuasions) is 64.
· Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 67.
· Musician Ramsey Lewis is 68.
· Actress Lee Meriwether is 68.
· Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 80.
· Actor Christopher Lee is 81. (SWEET! I share my birthday with someone from SW!)
· Novelist Herman Wouk is 88.

I made about $175 for my birthday, which means that I can survive this month! Also got a new spoon ring from my grandma, and some bathroom decor stuff from my mom plus this cool hamper/laundry sorter/ironing board thing. Going out to dinner at Applebees in about an hour with friends. Life is good.

Monday, May 26, 2003

Hmmm so it's been about a week. A lot has happened.

Survived week one of classes. I"m enjoying my classes but immunology is really really boring. Clinical chem is ok, just tough. Hemostasis and body fluid analysis, I'm not sure about yet because I've only had lecture once, but Mr Landis is cool.

Went home for the holiday weekend. It was nice. Spent time with my family. Got spoiled. My dad smoked me some salmon, I can't wait to eat that, I'm just so full. We had a BBQ for my brithday today (psst shower me with greetings and money tomorrow, I'll let you). I also bought Chasing Daylight... love that CD. Now I just need to find out if I can go to the Sister Hazel concert next month. I REALLY want to go. Now I just have to unpack and get settled back in here at school. I brought a LOT of stuff back. Oh well, I've got time.

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Wow. Classes are not going to be easy this summer. I spent about 5 hours on homework for 2 classes today. I think I'm finally going to learn how to study. I don't have a choice if I'm going to survive these classes. Must go read more immunology. Help me.

Monday, May 19, 2003

$331.44 on textbooks. Three hundred thirty-one dollars and forty-four cents on EIGHT books. What a ripoff! Some of these books are massive. I'm gonna build some muscle carrying them around on campus.

Got a new fish today. His name is Admiral Ackbar. He's a red betta, with just the smallest hint of teal. Very cool fish, he's now living in a vase on my coffee table. He's fiesty too. Kandy, Jon and Jess made fun of me for his name but Ackbar's my fish so I can name him whatever I want. It's just nice having a little fish around again.

When we went into town today, had to stop by the housing office so that Jess could pick up her paycheck. I was driving so I just pull up illegally and wait for her. Two of our campus police officers drive by and don't do a thing. They both just wave at me. I guess some good things came out of living in Pickell last school year.

I'm listening to a cd that I made that's all Westlife right now. Love them. I finally found out the name of that new song that I liked. It's Sister Hazel and the song title is "Your Mistake" Anyone else heard it? Whaddya think?

Finally managed to connect with Mark on the phone tonight. I was so nervous about calling him but once we started talking, we talked for an hour. We'd still be talking but my wonderful cell phone cut out on me for the second time and I haven't been able to get ahold of him since. *throws her cell across the room* It was so nice finally hearing his voice though. That's something that you always wonder when you're friends with someone online, what does their voice sound like. Well I liked what I heard. Life is good.

Sunday, May 18, 2003

Back at school now. It's really nice having 2 rooms. Almost like an apartment.

I'm watching a movie on Hitler right now. It's really rather interesting. Knowing HOW he grew up explains a lot.

Gotta go buy books tomorrow. Yuck. But my mom DID give me a check for $100 tonight so that was cool. Now, to figure out how to get my paycheck and I'll be set.

Really can't think of anything. Wasn't that special of a day.

Saturday, May 17, 2003

Ah it was a nice last day at home. Went to Saginaw tonight and went to church with my Grandma. At the beginning of mass, the priest did a sprinkling with Holy Water. Well, that brought back some memories from the baptism talk from a few weeks ago in NM and PM's Place. The subject of sprinkling came up and KT countered against it saying that if you throw a cat into the backyard and sprinkle some dirt over it, is it buried? (We were talking of the meaning of the word baptism then). So here I am, standing in church with that image in my mind, struggling not to laugh. Luckily I was successful.

Went out for dinner with Grandma after church, and mass was rather interesting tonight I must say. Went to Applebee's. The Shrimp Brocolli Alfredo is outstanding! Then we went to Old Navy and Grandma bought me a couple new shirts, which I needed. Plus I got a bible tonight, so I'm all set. Now, all I have to do is make it through moving again...

Last day at home. *sniff* Just got back from Big Apple Bagels and having lunch with my mom and brother. They have the best sandwiches there, chicken ceasar sandwhich, yummy. That and an iced mocha made for a good lunch.

Going to Saginaw a little later, spending some time with my Grandma and Mom. We're just gonna hang out, go to church with my Grandma, go out to dinner. If it wasn't 45 minutes away I'd go to her church all of the time. The priest there is so easy to listen to, I actually pay attention. It's like going to church at school and I love it. Speaking of church, my aunt's funeral was a Methodist service. Very interesting. It was the first time that I'd been to a Methodist service and the first time that I'd experienced a female minister. It was so much simpler than a Catholic service. If it wouldn't have been a funeral I probably would have enjoyed it more.

I'm looking forward to starting my classes on Tuesday, I know they're going to be fun. Well, at least the clinical lab sciences classes. I found my course catalog yesterday while cleaning out my closet and read about my poly sci class, I'm not sure how much I'm going to enjoy it, but I think that learning about the UN and all will be interesting. Even though the recent war has kind of made the UN insignificant, at least in my eyes. Oh well, clinical chemistry, body fluid analysis and intro to immunology will be fun.

Why isn't this publishing correctly?! ARG!

Friday, May 16, 2003

Ok now that I'm rested, except for my dad waking me up telling me that he was leaving this morning, LEAVE A FRICKIN NOTE!!, I can think enough to put together a decent post. My Aunt's death has made me realize that I don't tell the people that I care about and love that I care about them and love them often enough, so: I CARE ABOUT YOU ALL AND/OR LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

And now that I'm packing to go back to school on Sunday, I found something that I made during RA training and thought that I'd share it with everyone.

I am...

I am from ice cream and cinnamon rolls, from tea buddies and stuffed olives.

I am from carousel horses and California Rasin pillows, from Supercat and talking stoffed animals.

I am from lilacs and cornfields, from hot air balloons and backyard forts.

I am from hospital visits and nightly prayers, from 6am swim practices and sugar beet smell.

I am from Girl Scouts of the USA and the Girl Scout Gold Award, from high school and college.

I am from ordeals that have only made me stronger and knowing that it can only get better, from hard work and doing my best in everything that I do.

I am from Star Wars and hours with books, from believing "Do or do not. There is no try."

I am from matching socks and folding towels and stuffing the turkey at Thanksgiving with Dad.

All of these past things, wrapped up together, in a nice tight package, are what is me.


Seems that packing always brings back memories. That was a good one. One of the fun points of training. I feel like I'm never going to get repacked. I didn't really unpack either, I'm just going through things and sorting out what I don't need. And hey. I can now close my closet door without a running start :~D

Ok does anyone know why the bottom half of the posting screen keeps flashing on me? Tis weird.

Finished Refugee earlier. Twas kind of a slow read in the beginning, but it really picked up in the end. Real cool ending, but I won't spoil it for anyone since I hate getting spoiled myself. But good read, sad that there's only 2 books left in the series. I can't wait to see what happens post-NJO though. June is Reunion and then the final book doesn't come out until November! How cruel is that?!?!?!!? That's almost a 6 month wait. Grrrr.

And now, some thoughts from Andy Rooney:

ANDY ROONEY'S OPINIONS

I like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.

I know what sex is, and there are not varying degrees of it. If I received sex from one of my subordinates in my office, it wouldn't be a private matter or my personal business. I would be "FIRED" immediately!

I believe that if you are selling me a milk shake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I thinkthe police should have every right to shoot your sorry self if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.

I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation recount votes when needed.

I know what the definition of lying is.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you
are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our
lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.

I believe a self-righteous liberal or conservative with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building. Ask your buddy that invented the Internet to help you.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"

"I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness". I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be fromAmerica and nowhere else.

Wow, this is a long post, but hey, I needed it. :~P

Thursday, May 15, 2003

I'm drained. Physically and emotionally. I think that I could go to bed right now and sleep until Saturday. These past 2 days were so draining. Watching my Uncle in that much pain was hard. My Grandma too, my Aunt wasn't only her sister but also her best friend.

2.5 hours in the middle of the back seat of a Cadillac makes for one sore behind. I mean ouch. And I was behind both my Aunt and Grandma, who both smoke, luckily they didn't both light up at the same time. Now I just have to catch up on my sleep again and get ready to go back to school. Ugh.

Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Leaving in a little while. Just thought I'd post some thoughts. Got packed. Changed mind on what to pack twice. Feet are gonna kill from dress shoes. 5 people in a big ol Cadillac for 2.5 hours, that's gonna be fun. Am determined to finish Refugee in the trip, and make some headway on Mother's Day Gifts. That's what long car rides are all about. Especially since I have NO idea where my portable CD player is, so I need something to help me tune out my Aunts, Grandma and Dad. That's about all that's on my mind. Must go find food. Later all.

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Ok we leave for the funeral tomorrow, which means I still have packing to do when I get up in the morning. [sarcasm]Yay![/sarcasm] I know it's going to be sad but I'll make it through it.

Got a new lens for my glasses for my weak eye today. I'm still trying to adjust to the prescription. This dizziness better go away soon. It's been such an odd week, and it's not even hump day yet. Arg. Well my life is pretty boring right now so I'm out. Love to all of you. Leave me some love.

Monday, May 12, 2003

It's just one of those days. Haven't talked to Mark since yesterday morning. Paid a bunch of bills today, now I'm broke. Luckily when I got to the Secretary of State's office, they opened up a line for license plate renewal so that was cool. I wasn't there for as long as I could have been. Not much happened today. I'm looking forward to going back to school Sunday though. Mom wants me to clean my room and closet. Tis very very scary. Why am I such a packrat?

Hmmm I'm listening to Delilah on the radio right now and I think that I'm about to cry. She's doing a great job tonight. I'm listening to Josh Groban rightn ow and his music is so awesome. I feel inspired. It's been a long day, but it's going to be an even longer week. Wednesday afternoon we head up north for the funeral on Thursday. I'm going to be seeing all of these relatives that I haven't seen in forever, and it's not even for a good reason. :( I can't wait for this week to get over.

So today was better then yesterday. Well this morning we found out that my aunt was just pronounced brain dead last night, she was being kept on life support until her children could get there to say goodbye. She died at about 2pm today. I'll be going to the funeral on Thursday. Mark, thanks for your support last night. I'll probably be needing you on Thursday night too. I don't think I would have held it together like I did last night without you.

Now for the happier part of my life. Went to the casino today for mother's day, came out $75 ahead :D. Also started reading Refugee today. Another page turner out of the NJO. Very cool and I'm not even that far into it. I just need some time to sit down and read it. Trying to read in the car on a rainy day is not a good idea. Tomorrow is officially errand day. Since my birthday is in a few weeks, I have to go renew my license plate tabs. That's a joyful wait at the Secretary of State. GRRR. There goes $46. Add my $80 cell phone bill and $65 car payment into the equation and Amanda is broke. At least I'll have a paycheck waiting at school for me when I go back next week. Unfortunately, I also have textbooks to get again. It's a viscious never ending cycle. *sniff* The one thing that I'm really looking forward to about going back to school is getting back to St. Paul's. I just don't like going to church at home as much as I do at school. It's a whole different atmosphere. Plus at school, the chior can actually sing in a normal octave and in harmony at the same time. So it's been an interesting weekend, and it's going to be an even more interesting week. *sigh*

Saturday, May 10, 2003

ok. wow. I'm kind of in shock right now. I get home about 8:30 and run to the mall. A little after 9, some of my extended family shows up needing phone numbers because my great aunt has had a stroke. About 9:45 we get the news that she hasn't made it. Yeah. Good day turns depressing in a heart beat. Ugh. That's all I can say is ugh.

Today's subject: Why I hate moving. Really it sucks. I'm moving home for a week and then back to campus next Sunday. Yeah. Makes a lot of sense. So here I am cleaning everything up and out. I have SO much junk. But alas, a lot of it is getting thrown out. My couch, table, refrigerator, and top of loft are going into storage until I move into P-baugh for the summer, where I get a whole suite to myself...Yayness. Anywho, 40 more minutes and the halls are officially closed, then I get to go over to Taggart for lunch. After that come back here, do my dishes, pack up my bathrrom stuff and continue to sort and clean until my parents and uncle get here about 2 to move me home. Then in a week, I get to do the exact opposite, move everything in and then not be able to find anything for a week because my mom put it somewhere. That's always fun, having to call mom. "Mom, where the heck did you put...?" Yeah moving officially sucks. Anyone wanna come move me out?

Thursday, May 08, 2003

Ugh, I should not have stayed up til 2 last night talking to KT. I did not want to get up to take my english exam today but I did and I think that I did good. Exams are over... YES! Should done some cleaning and packing today but I'll do it tomorrow. I have no residents left so I have the wing to myself and I can move some stuff out into the hallway if I need to. I need to do laundry too, the pile is starting to come alive. Tomorrow is officially clean and sell books back day. I have to get up and work for 4am so I'm gonna keep this short tonight. I'll add more when I'm tired and ready to ramble.

Wednesday, May 07, 2003

Ended up with a B+ in bio so that was good. There went my 4.0 but I wasn't expecting it to stay for long anyways. Exams are almost done. 3.5 days left to go until the halls close, then a glorious week off. Gonna sell back my books tomorrow and get ripped off...ugh. Then a week later I get to come back here and buy books again for summer classes. Really can't think of anything tonight. Boards are down so no late night talk at the Place. *Sniff*

Took bio final. Not real sure how that one is going to turn out. Really unsure. Hopefully well though. Chem exam in two hours, luckily it was take home so all i have to do is type up the answers.

Stayed up kinda late last night in NM and PM's and we got into another late night religious discussion. Those are always interesting because the more I learn about scripture, the less sense the Catholic religion makes. Yeah. There's some confusion there. I really enjoy the late night talks though because I'm learning so much that I haven't learned before. Last night's topic was baptism, lots of different points of views, another reason why my religion doesn't make sense. hmmmmmmm

Tuesday, May 06, 2003

CRIM exam was easy. He picked all of the questions that I had answered last night. Yay! Got an A in literature. Horray for SciFi and writing 9 pages for my final exam. My hand still hasn't recoverd from that and then my CRIM exam tonight. So I have my bio exam in the morning. Am NOT motivated whatsoever to study for it so some divine inspiration would be nice right now. Chem exam is tomorrow also but all I have to do for that is type my answers up, print em off and turn it in. It's all good.

Today's funny email link: http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html OK can't get the link to work right so just cut and paste, it's worth it. Especially after yesterdays car talk in NM and PM's Place. Very cool ad. Whoever made it had WAY too much time on their hands though. Reminds me of my physics project in high school. Wonder how many times that they had to shoot that commercial.

Ok notes to friends:
Gav~Things will get better. I'm here for you. And yeah, the net stalker is freaky.
Mandi~Glad your mom is safe and home from overseas. Stay out of trouble.
Sentrosi~Well I don't think that I can say anything on here. I'll save it for MSN, but can your BRB's be any longer?
K~How many more days with the roomie?
Beeurd~ Work on V4!
Mark~Thanks for being there when I needed you.
Pod~How'd the banquet thing go?
GI~ Ducks got a chance! Go Ferris!
Wyld~ Have a drink for me. Please.
Furday~Enjoy summer vacation. No more roomthing for you either.
I think that's it for everyone.

4.5 days til the halls close! I'm gonna make it!

I couldn't get here when I wanted to last night cuz the server was busy so grrr. Anyways, day 1 of exam week is over. Didn't study for psyc but I know that I did fine, besides the prof drops our lowest test grade anyways so it doesn't really matter cuz I had an A- going into the exam. Then there was my lit exam. Who ever thought that I could write 9 pages on 3 questions in less than two hours. I couldn't feel my hand for quite a while afterwards. Everyone who left that exam was shaking out their hands. Yeah.

My suitemate moved out last night. (Yay! Bathroom to myself!) I don't know how she can take 3 exams in one day. The university is set up so that if you do have 3 exams in one day that you can move the middle one. She did move it back a few hours though. I wish that I could move out when my finals are done on Thursday. Saturday at noon can't come soon enough for me. I can live a peaceful life again.

I have my CRIM 301 exam tonight, that's gonna be easy. I looked up the answers to almost all the questions, just have to finish that later. Well I have bio and chem exams to study for so off I go.


Ok and Gav, K, anyone... any clue as to why my links, tagboard and archives aren't showing still?

Sunday, May 04, 2003

Only 12 more hours of duty. I can make it. Well let's see since Wednesday, I've been to bed before 3am once. What a weekend, I really felt like an underpaid babysitter this weekend. Even the campus police say that we don't get paid enough to put up with the stuff that we do. I so agree with that. I'll take a pay raise.

So I slept until 12:30 today, that was nice. I didn't even hear my suitemate take a shower this morning. Speaking of the shower, I cleaned the bathroom today. First time that I've really cleaned it in a while and I've learned to clean it more than twice a semester next year. That thing was scary. Ewww.

I went to church tonight and it was very inspirational. The subject just happened to be how God is there for you when things go bad. Yeah this weekend was bad alright and when I went to church it was the most at peace I'd been all weekend. Ever since I've stopped looking at going to church as a chore, my whole outlook has changed. I got this in my email today and it's amazing what kids think up:
GOD IS LIKE

A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas
about God. Here are some of the results, God is like:

BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles.

FORD
He's got a better idea.

COKE
He's the real thing.

HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send His very best.

TIDE
He gets the stains out that others leave behind.

GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to life.

SEARS
He has everything.

ALKA-SELTZER
Try him, you'll like Him.

SCOTCH TAPE
You can't see him, but you know He's there.

DELTA
He's ready when you are.

ALLSTATE
You're in good hands with Him.

VO-5 Hair Spray
He holds through all kinds of weather.

DIAL SOAP
Aren't you glad you have Him. Don't you wish everybody did.

the U.S. POST OFFICE
Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destination.

I really liked that email.

So anyways, I have a psyc final at 8am. I haven't studied for it yet, but it can't hurt my grade because our prof drops our lowest test score so that's cool. Five and a half more days until the halls close. Almost there. I can make it.

Well it's been another one of those days. I haven't confiscated that much alcohol in a long time. Seeing all that alcohol getting poured down the toilet was sad though... bye bye Smirnoff Ice. *sniff* I can't wait for this weekend to be over. Seriously. We've had officers in the building so many times. I just want to crawl in bed and not get out until Monday morning. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea...

Saturday, May 03, 2003

Well let's see, at 12:15ish I told KT I'd be right back cuz I had to go on rounds. Two hours later I get back to my room. We knock on the door of a room cuz they were being loud. Wow could you smell the weed in that room. So we ask them to quiet down (there was about 20-25 people crammed in a 11X14 room) and of course they don't. So I go and get another RA and the Assistant Hall Director and we go back up there and call DPS. Well two officers show up and we start tackling that room. We hear something in the other room in the suite so we go in and look around (now as RA's we can't open any drawers or cupboards) and don't see anything but we leave the door propped and chain the bathroom door shut. So now there's 2 officers, 4 RA's and the AHD dealing with this issue. Well a few minutes later, we hear a sound in the other room and hey, look at this there's someone hiding in one of the wardrobes. So we get one of the officers to deal with him. Ok cool, everyone but the one resident leaves and the room gets searched. At this time a 3rd officer shows up and asks us all if we were getting a contact high. Well we go looking around a little in the other room and hey guess what, we've got someone else crammed up in the other wardrobe. Well turns out there was a warrant out for his arrest. So he leaves in handcuffs. At this time the resident that lives in the room where the people were hiding come back into the building. Wonders what's going on, makes a pain out of himself. Well then HIS roommate comes back holding something under his shirt. Sees Officers. Turns and leaves. Gets chased down. Gets MIP (Minor in Possession of Alcohol... you should have seen the bottle of Vodka that he had). Ok cool. So just when we think we're done we have to go down to another room where there's someone who appparently had "food poisoning" and was vomiting. It was liquid vomit. Ewwww. So yeah we take care of that. Finally, we kick this guy out of the building twice. He should have been arrested. Yeah so that was my last 2 hours. I want a drink. I'm too young. And now I just attempted to describe fraternities to Gav, I know I blew that one. So, um, yeah.

Friday, May 02, 2003

Well that's a little better.

English class today was one of those classes that you think "What is my teacher on today?" We were discussing The Man Who Would Be King, because for our final we have to do a critical response on it. Somehow we got onto the topic of the chapter in the New Testament about the loaves and the fish. So there went my mind to that story. How did Jesus feed the 5,000 with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish? Did seeing the offering of the bread and fish make the people bring out what they might have had hidden on themselves? How did 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish feed 5,000 men, and the women and children? How did they end up with 12 baskets of bread left from the original 5 loaves? This is one of those stories that you hear so many times, but it still makes you think every time that you hear it. Well back to English class. We were also talking about some of the music that was in the movie and about marches. Watching my prof march around the room to his own made up march was hilarious. There was also some discussion about the Irish folk song "The Son of Man Goes Off to War" that was in the story and the movie. My prof said that there was no biblical reference in that song but with a title like that it makes you think. I think I'm going to miss English class too because we talked about more than just English in there, we also learned about life.

Boy am I glad the halls close next week. I've been trying to sleep since 11:30ish and the animals (residents) were up to no good tonight, I get a weird phone call for the second time today, and then I hear weird noises from the hall. Ah well, 8 more days. Besides the distractions that kept me awake made it so I could see someone special online. I think I'm going to go try to sleep again.

Thursday, May 01, 2003

The banquet was awesome, it was a nice way to close the year. University catering did an awesome job and it was a total sit down dinner, very sweet, 2 forks, etc. It was great seeing the President of the University show up and tell us what an awesome job we did. It was also great hearing the Dean of Students and Director of Housing say that the fire safety program that I'm putting together for next year was the best written program that she had seen that had applied for funds from SAPC. That was just great.

My room seems so odd right now. I had to take my loft down earlier and so now my room is just a little cluttered and crowded. Ok, I was just about to watch CSI but Bush is about to make an address to the nation from an aircraft carrier. Grrr.

So I have my lit homework to go do and I'm really going to miss that class. It's science fiction and it was so cool. We just finished reading Dawn by Octavia Butler last week and I saw so many subtle things in it that are similar to the NJO. Besides what other class can you debate the Force in with your prof and the finer points of Traitor and how Barbra Hamley should never pick up a pen again. I just loved that class and I'm really going to miss it. Well I think that's all for now.

Ugh 4.5 hours of sleep last night/this morning. I'm just about dead right now. Major props to Gav for fixing my tagboard. Everything is finally where I want it. Well I'm off to a banquet so I'll be back later.

Yeah so it's 4:19am and I've been awake since 6:30 yesterday. Fun. I don't know how some of you do this. Just finished working even though it wasn't that much work considering I got paid to sit at the boards and hang out in NM and PM's place. I had an interesting chat with KT tonight about the Catholic Church and marriage issues for priests. He made some good points that I really agreed with. It also kinda made me realize how little I know about my religion. I guess that's what happens when you make going to church a chore and try to push God out of your life. You get a sign that says "Hey! You! Yeah You! You need to focus again. Get your head back in the game and things'll start looking back up!"

I swear that I have a mild form of ADD or something. I have no attention span whatsoever, the margins of my notes for my classes are very interesting, especially considering that I have no artistic talent. 1 more day of classes. I can do it. I'm gonna celebrate next Thursday though cuz that's the day one of my problem residents is signed up to move out. Yay!

I should really go to bed now, I've been up 22 hours and my dad is going to be here at noon to take my loft down, that means I have to clean and do my English homework before then. Night all.