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1. How many keys are on your keychain?
Six
2. What curse word do you use the most?
Fuck
3. Do you own an iPod?
No
4. Who on your Myspace "Top 8" do you talk to the most?
Kari and Jared
5. What time is your alarm clock set for?
7:30
6. How many suitcases do you own?
3
7. Do you wear flip-flops even when it's cold outside?
No
8. Where do you buy your groceries from?
Winco
9. Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture?
Take the picture
10. What was the last movie you watched?
Laws of Attraction
11. Do any of your friends have children?
Yes
12. If you won the lottery, what's the first thing you would buy?
Well, first I'd pay any debts I might have, then I'd buy a car
13. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
Yep
14. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep faster?
On occasion
15. What CD is currently in your CD player?
Dixie Chicks- Home
16. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?
Regular
17. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
Nope
18. When was the last time someone hit on you?
When I was in Mississippi
19. What did you have for dinner?
Sandwich
20. Do you wear hoodies often?
Not really
21. Can you whistle?
Yep
22. Have you ever participated in a protest?
Nope
23. Who was the last person to call you?
My mom
24. What is your favorite ride at an amusement park?
Roller coasters
25. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
Eh, probably
26. What area code are you in right now?
208
27. Did you watch cartoons as a child?
Of course I did
28. How big is your local mall?
Not very
29. How many siblings do you have?
One younger sister
30. Are you shy around the opposite sex?
I tend to be
31. What is your biggest regret?
That's tough...but I'll say not doing schoolwork to the best of my ability. Oh, and procrastinating so much.
32. Have you ever had Jamba Juice?
Sure have; they're yummy!
33.When was the last time you laughed so hard your sides hurt?
Um, probably last night when we went to the President of the University's house for dinner...Robert made it like he wanted to give a big speech, but he really just wanted to tell us he was running for ASUI senator and that we should vote for him. Everyone got a kick out of that.
34. What movie do you know every line to?
10 Things I Hate About You and PoA
35. Do you own any band t-shirts?
Nope
36. When was your last plane ride?
Two weeks ago- Mississippi to Denver to Spokane
37. How many chairs are at your dining room table?
2
38. What is your favorite salad dressing?
Blue Cheese
39. Do you read for fun?
Sure do
40. Can you speak any languages other than English?
Yeah, I know some spanish
41. Do you do your own dishes?
I love doing the dishes...very relaxing
42. What color is your bedroom painted?
White
43. Have you ever cried in public?
Yep
44. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?
Desktop
45. Which do you make: wishes or plans?
Both
46. Are you always trying to learn new things?
Yep
47. Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoos?
Yes to the tattoo
48. Do you believe that the guy should pay on the first date?
Sure do
49. Can you skip rocks?
No
50. Have you ever been to Jamaica?
No
55. What to snack on at the movie theatres?
Reese's Pieces
56. Who was your favorite teacher?
Probably Mrs. Elsathagen in first grade, Mrs. Curry in sixth grade or Mrs. Whitmer in seventh, eighth and ninth grades. lol
57. Have you ever dated someone out of your race?
No
58. What is the weather like?
Cold :(
59. Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos?
Sure
60. Do you have an online journal?
Wouldn't you like to know... :P
61. What was your favorite class in high school?
AP English in 12th grade
62. Does your closest Starbucks have a drive-thru?
What?! They have drive-thrus?!
63. Do you eat breakfast daily?
Nope
64. What was the last thing to scare you?
Um, almost getting knocked out by a board in Mississippi
65. What is your favorite fruit?
Kiwi
66. Do you pay attention to calories on the back of packages?
No
67. Are you picky about spelling and grammar?
Oh yeah, it bugs the crap out of me
68. What was the last thing you ate?
Sandwich
69. Do you get along better with the same or opposite sex?
Opposite
70. What did you dress up as for your first Halloween?
Pumpkin, I think
71. Do you like mustard?
Love it!!
72. Would you ever sky dive?
Hells yeah!!
73. Do you sleep on your side, tummy, back?
Stomach
74. What character from a movie most reminds you of yourself?
Yipes, I have no idea
75. Do you enjoy giving hugs?
Yeppers
76. Would you consider yourself to be fashionable?
Um no
77. Do you own a digital camera?
Nope
78. What celebrities have you been compared to?
None, I don't think
79. Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
The Ewoks are definitely my favorites, but Han Solo is a very close second
80. Does it annoy you when someone says they'll call but never do?
Totally, kinda pisses me off actually
81. What are you allergic to?
Whole grains, grass kinda gives me a rash
88. Are you a jealous person?
Yeah
89. Do you ever feel guilty after eating meat?
Nope
90. If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name have been?
Connor Matthew or Matthew Connor...they thought I was going to be a boy until I popped out a girl...same thing happened with my sister and one of those would've been her name too.
Alrighty, so I'm finally going to put a little summary of my trip to Mississippi. :)
We got into New Orleans around 4 pm and as we were driving through the city you could just see all the devastation. It was incredible how much damage there was so far into the city. When we got into Waveland it was even worse. Everywhere you looked there was damage. When we drove along the beach to get to the iCare Village, none of the houses were standing...all you could see were the steps leading up to where the houses should've been and the foundations. Later on they told us that no houses were left standing within seven miles along the beach and a quarter of a mile inland.
We reached the iCare Village around 7 and got all our stuff out of the van. Two of the heads of the camp greeted us and showed us the mess hall and where the showers and bathrooms were. Then they led us to our tents and we got all situated. The rest of the group arrived at 1:30 am.
On Sunday, we cleaned up the beach for the first part of the day and we found some weird stuff. One group found a vacuum; our group found a rotting carpet in the ocean. After lunch we switched tasks with the other half of our group and went to work readying the campsite for the people who were coming that day.
On Monday we all met outside the tent to get our assignments. Our group got kind of split up, but the majority of us were together. Needless to say, this day was productive, but I think there were definitely other people in better need of our help. The yard we were cleaning up was definitely the yard of someone with insurance and money. But hey, we did get a lot done and their yard looked great once we were done. One funny thing was that Brynn, Kristin and I were working on getting these posts out of the ground...it was so hard and it took all three of us to pull it out of the ground. But then up walks one of the Iowa State boys and he just yanks one out all by himself. It was incredible but he was such a show off. lol Then we went over to a trailer and took down the cabinets, brought out the furniture...and just started knocking things down.
Tuesday was pretty cool and we got a ton of stuff done. A huge group of us was dropped off at a demo site, but there wasn't enough work for all of us. So then my group gets picked up by someone and he took us to his house to work on. It was so cool! We were taking all the furniture and stuff out of his house and then taking the drywall off and ripping up the ceiling and taking the insulation out. He was also a really nice guy; brought us some cokes and sweet tea (my new favorite drink!!). We also got to meet his family before we left; that was really awesome.
Wednesday has to be my favorite day of the whole trip; it was just amazing. Once again, we had too many people on a site and we went looking for work. We ran into Alice who was in desperate need of help for the house she had just bought. The new house was down the street from her old house, which had been completely destroyed in the hurricane. The house was up on stilts and the porch had been taken out completely. The door was just on the side of the house and it was the only way we could get the debris out of the house. For the first half of the day there were only eight of us working on the house. Most of them were inside the house, but the three of us who were outside would gather everything they'd dump and pile it by the road. After lunch we came back with four more people and got back to work. Alice's son even came and helped us out, which was really awesome. By the end of the day, we had completely gutted the house of drywall, plywood, furniture and all the freaky stuff we found in there (can you say transexual porn?! weird!) Then we got to work under the house...getting all the stuff she didn't want from under there and putting it in the garbage pile. It was amazing how much stuff we took out of that house. Before we left, she got all our names and said she was going to get a plaque with our names to hang in there; that was just an amazing feeling. During the day, whenever we would talk to her, she was just so thankful...that just made everything worth it. Also, we talked to her son and he was just the same way. Overall, it was just an amazing day. On wednesday, we also met some locals who brought their crawfish boil to us to try. It was amazing...even though I didn't touch the little critters...I just couldn't bring myself to do it. lol
Thursday...well, it could've been better. We went to this guy's house who got a lot of wind damage, but nothing like the previous houses had gotten. He wasn't very organized with what he wanted us to do, but we finally found some stuff to do. That's the place where we built the deck...you should've seen what he wanted us to do. He would've killed himself just stepping on the thing. Anyway, that was the most unproductive day I've ever done on one of these spring break trips. It was rather disappointing actually.
Friday also could've been better. I was picked from my group, along with 9 other UI kids to go get filmed helping out a woman named Mary. She was an amazing person and I'm glad I went...even just to meet her. She had some items that she wanted recovered from her house and we eventually did find everything, but the news crew was horrible. They were so superficial and clueless. The newswoman was wondering why they couldn't just leave the house there...apparently she didn't get the memo that it was rotting and that they actually wanted to rebuild on that land. Kinda ticked me off. Then when one of the girls found the christening dress she wanted, she had to wait 10 minutes so they could get the live feed done and then get her reaction on film. I'm sorry, but that day did nothing to endear the newsstation to me. But again, her reaction when she saw all the stuff we had found in the rubble made the day worth it. After the news crew "got the story" we moved on to a different place. One of the demo sites was close and we went to "help" them finish. We pretty much did nothing. Although this was when I almost died from a board to the head. Six of us picked up this really heavy, long board and threw it on the pile, but when we did, this board just shot up and went straight over my head. If I was 2-3 inches taller, I would've been taken out. Kinda freaked me out. We only worked half a day that day because we had plans to go out to a nice dinner while we were there. We ended up going to a pretty good seafood place...and I even tried some. We got some fried green tomatoes with crab on them because I've always wanted to try them, so I did while I got the chance! So good!!!!!!! Then I had a greek salad as an entree, with some cake afterward that someone donated to us.
Then we came home Saturday...it was quite the week. I just wish we could've stayed longer and done more. And in case you missed them, here are my pictures.
Oh and yay! Got my car fixed...finally.