this weekend was pretty much exactly what i needed ( Read more... )

 
You know, it’s really better when I’m not given the opportunity to interpret anything. I only hear/read what I want to hear/read. I meet the description, so part of my brain decides that it’s about me. At least I realize that it’s probably not. And it really shouldn’t be. It’s a nice thought, though.
But that involves thinking about things that I ( Read more... )

all the students on campus received an email tonight aimed at the first-year class.  it was from the student union, more specifically, the procedural chairman, discussing opportunities for first-years to get involved in the "Loris Student Union".  it mentioned how the "Loris Student Union" provides money to student organizations "to help you Be ( Read more... )

i was looking over my bank account transactions online, and i found one at bruegger's bagels in bettendorf from august 22.  i had a momentary (and silent, thankfully, as i am sitting in the ACC) freak-out.  then i went back through the end of july.  i realized that it actually just took brugger's almost an entire month to charge my credit card from ( Read more... )

i just saw a commercial for nationwide car insurance.  the kids were in the back seat playing the "this is a this..." game, like we did obnoxiously in the one-act play "this is a test".  it made me smile and giggle a little ( Read more... )

i had a scary thought tonight about living in this big huge building by myself.  as i was ending my run, and my abs/sides started cramping up, as they tend to for we horribly inexperienced runners, my breath started feeling kind of tight (you know... like goes along with said cramps).  i realized that if something happened to me when i got back... ( Read more... )

CNN money just released their list of the 100 best places to live in the nation for 2007, and, holy crap, my hometown made the top 10!!!!!

8. Chaska, Minn.


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i've been awake for 20 minutes and i've already consumed more than 24 ounces of water, and it didn't help.
when i woke up this morning, my throat hurt like a bitch.  it still does.
i can feel the drainage in my throat.  
dammit, it feels like my typical sinus infection.
but... i still have energy... and these things usually beat the shit out of me... ( Read more... )

kringle... gotta love it
laura wanted something that would beat out homemade cookies....  i think i got that covered ;-)

they just did a stomp routine at the end of roseanne.  i should choreograph such things.  i wanna do it!!!!

these last couple of days have been quite interesting.  i went from being ridiculously bored to having quite a bit to do.  ( Read more... )

"there have been reports of hail over lake minnetonka.  this storm is traveling east, so, southwestern suburbs, look out ( Read more... )