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dimanche, mars 30, 2003
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yeah, i think this is blog material... i just received a phone call from one of the last people i thought i'd ever hear from....sammy rau. for a REALLY short history, we used to be THE BEST of friends until something happened the summer before soph year and now we never talk or anything like that...until today. she just called to see how richard is and where he is...and she asked if i'm doing swim team cuz if i am she will. (it'll be 15 years for me and 10 years for her.) ann and i saw her yesterday at the mall, but...yeah. anyway, i thought it could make the blog! wow...i think that just...wow!
4:09 PM
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I DID IT!!!! I FINALLY FINISHED THE STUPID ENGLISH PROJECT...ALL BY MYSELF!!! i hope my group likes what i decided to do. oh well if not, i guess. *phew* i even figured out how to copy the file to a cd! (yeah, i know, i'm computer stupid!) anyway, the stupid thing is finished so now all i have to do is bring it to school tomorrow and run it with ms. uphoff's computer to make sure it works (and if it doesn't i'm giving up and someone else will have to do the project alone!) IT HAD BETTER WORK...FOR IT'S OWN GOOD! hehe...yeah, i'm gunna get mad at a project! "get mad, get mad!" (andy) hmmm...well, i guess taht's it for today since that's all i've done so far today besides church and like 14 million hours on the phone with my brothers trying to make the music work the way i wanted it to. aww...don't i have the best brothers?! rob and doug were going to write me a program so i could get the stupid thing to work like i wanted it to so i wouldn't have to make my teacher mad at me. THEY'RE THE BEST! I LOVE YOU GUYS! *hmph* alright, well...i guess that's it for now. if i think of something else to write later i will!
{something i was thinking today in church... a week ago for mass i was outside on one of the most beautiful days i've been outside, with the wind blowing my hair, the sun shining on my face, feeling God all around me....and today i was inside the church with the a/c blowing my hair all over the place. amazing how quickly things like that change huh!? i feel sorry for those of you who went on confirmation retreat last year and had to have mass inside due to the weather. OURS WAS WONDERFUL!}
3:49 PM
samedi, mars 29, 2003
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yeah...so ann and i had a little shopping party today. we went to a few stores and i found a dress for prom that i really like. it's not my "dream dress" but it's nice. hope other people (person) like(s) it too! haha...but i'll just have to wait to see until prom night, huh? yeah, so it's black and white and it's strapless. if you want to know more details than that or you want to see it, let me know and i'll tell ya. wow...i guess that's really how i spent pretty much all of my day. then we got back here and ann tried on a dress for banquet and i showed my dad and my mom the two dresses i bought so they could tell me which they prefer. i kinna felt like having a guy's point of view (other than my dad and my older brothers aren't here so i couldn't ask them) so ann called chris to have him come tell which he liked better. he told me (and i could kind of tell which he liked better cuz of the look on his face) so i decided that since it was the same dress my dad really liked it was the one i was suposed to have. now i just need to get some "extra" stuff and i'll be all finished prom shopping. ugh...i hate doing the dress shopping thing. i'm glad i have one and it's finished, ya know?! i can't handle all that....stuff! hehe. anyway...yeah.
i think there's soemthing with my house and falling asleep cuz the last two nights ann, chris and i have all kinna fallen asleep. oh well. it's been fun! i enjoy times like that. hum de dum..."nobody knows it but me" (ann). yeah...so i'm tired and my stomach hurts and i'm tired. good night to all and hopefully next time i come to write i'll have more to say!
11:49 PM
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wow...somethings are just...wow. well, chris asked me to prom last night so I HAVE A DATE NOW! and it's not just a date, it's MY BEST FRIEND! how cool is that? yeah, i think it's cool. (not to mention that i kinna have a thing for the poor boy). the fish fry last night was fun. chris baumgartner, ann and i were in the back battering the fish up to be put into the boiling oil. i was making a big mess, hehe, then we flattened the extra frying stuff out in the pan and pretended we were writing in the sand. oh well...i wrote my phone number (in case one of the old guys there wanted it). then we went in and ate and talked about the "good old days" when we used to run around upstairs above the large hall and get in trouble and then we'd go out to the play ground. sarah, allison, shelby and i dragged chris to the playground with us and we played around alitle then went back to keep ann (who ate lots of spicey fish-thanks to thomas-and didn't feel really well) company. humph...yeah...so...that's all i'm going to say now! i'll write again later today, perhaps!
7:56 AM
jeudi, mars 27, 2003
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127. ROVER and JOE
11:48 PM
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HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY, VAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do you ever have one of those days where everything seems to be going wrong then you have a nice LONG conversation with someone and things kind of brighten then you and that same person have another conversation and you both get really depressed again!? well..that's kind of how my day was today. ally, you were soo sweet to listen to me today for 3 and a half hours, but then to call and listen to me for another two...that's just...wow. thanks. i think we've made ourselves feel worse, though, than i did earlier. i don't think i can handle finding out...i want to take it all back... : (
i want to curl into a ball and...oh, i just want it to be over!!!!!!! i don't think i can deal with all this stuff. i can't imagine being on the other side. i think it's kind of turned into a lose/lose situation. no matter what happens someone's going to be hurt and upset (even those who fail to admit it to me will be hurt-ally) and it's kind of not worth it. i mean, i want it more than almost anything in the world, but i don't know if i can hurt someone else for it. (but here i am assuming that i'd get it not someone else...and that's not at all the truth.) I CAN'T COMPETE!!! I'M NO COMPETETION FOR ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE!!!! THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!!!!!!!!! *sniffle* well...what else...yeah...i guess that's it. i'm sad...i'm going to go "sleep over it" and cry some more...haha. wow...i'm soo depressing!
11:41 PM
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*sign in window* ALLY, PLEASE BE MY FRIEND! sorry...i had to do it, i TOLD you i would. ok, anyway...today was an...interesting day. i don't really remember much of what happened except that i JUST got home from school. well...not really, i was at ally's house for nearly three hours (well...maybe more) talking about...STUFF! isn't that crazy?!
so, yeah. freshman are REALLY good at giving advice...even when they throw it in your face! wow...i just don't know what to say right now so i guess i'll just stop this here. i think being away from this for so long got me out of the hang of it and now i just don't know what to write about...like ever. haha..ok, i'm finished now.
6:42 PM
mercredi, mars 26, 2003
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You have a mysterious kiss. Your partner never
knows what you're going to come up with next;
this creates great excitement and arousal never
knowing what to expect. And it's sure to end
in a kiss as great as your mystery.
What kind of kiss are you?
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11:53 PM
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You have an entrancing kiss~ the kind that leaves
your partner bedazzled and maybe even feeling
he/she is dreaming. Quite effective; the kiss
that never lessens and always blows your
partner away like the first time.
What kind of kiss are you?
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11:50 PM
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ok, so before i forget it, nichole and i were on our way home from tcby and saw a girl pick up a dead squirel off the road and throw it to the side. we were both like "uh...did that just happen?" then as we were passing her she put her hands in front of her mouth (you know, like covering her face). THAT'S GROSS!!! anyway...
today was a pretty blahish day...for the most part. school was...school. after school, though, i talked to ann and jessica and mickey and anh and nichole and juan and....i'm sur emore people but i can't remember that much. so...yeah. i waited for nichole to get out of her lesson then we went to tcby just for the heck of it. then we saw taht girl pick up roadkill and then i brought her home.
ann came over for an hour and a half (i think) to listen to a story i had and to tell me what i had to say tonight to some people. that was fun stuff! anyway...she's WONDERFUL!!!!!
i went to the library to work somemore on the powerpoint thing we're doing for english but jason and andy weren't doing anything. anyway...yeah. ok, so...yeah. we got most of it done. oh well...i have to add some pictures or something plus music, so we'll see what happens, i guess. anyway...yeah. i'll try to write again later!
11:43 PM
mardi, mars 25, 2003
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Samuel Thompson wrote:
I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.
I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.
"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles.
And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect -- somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...
"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.
Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well..........just sue me.
The silent majority has been silent too long.. it's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want.. it is time the majority rules!
It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.. you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right...but by golly you are no longer going to take our rights away...
We are fighting back.. and we WILL WIN! After all the God you have the right to denounce is on our side!
God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him...
God bless America, despite all her faults.....still the greatest nation of all.....
God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God...
May 2003 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.
Keep looking up......
In God WE Trust
3:42 PM
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Little-Known Chocolate Tidbits...
If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.
Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.
Problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in hot car. Solution: Eat it in the parking lot.
Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less.
A nice box of chocolates provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?
If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves.
Equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate is a balanced diet.
The preservatives in chocolate make you look younger.
Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous? Because no one wants to quit.
Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done!
6:46 AM
lundi, mars 24, 2003
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well, i guess i should start by saying i'm sorry i haven't been on for so long. we just got our internet back up and running and..,wow...i didn't think i was going to make it this long without it. but here i am! yay!!!! anyway...so friday to sunday i was at a retreat. yeah, that was awesome.
friday: i got to church around 5:15 to eat dinner before the retreat (since it's friday and it's lent i can't eat meat and our church has a fish fry every friday so that's what i did). then i loaded my stuff on the bus. katie sherrer had to sit next to me ALL the way to camp allen (where the retreat was held) but she's still alive so i guess i wasn't THAT bad. matt and i had a nice talk as well. hehe..we haven't talked since world geography sophomore year. so we got there friday night put our stuff in our bunks and then met in the guys' cabin for our first talk. yeah...that was a depressing way to start a retreat. all the other ones start kinna like a party (party atmosphere) then get serious, but we started this one talking about our brokenness (sins). all the talks we had were really good so if anyone that gave a talk is reading this, congrats y'all did awesome!!! ok, so we wrote our brokenness on a red piece of paper and put it in a red envelope and hung it with a red tack on a big wooden cross that was in the middle of the room. i think it was supposed to symbolize recognizing our brokenness. yeah...i can't remember what all happened...i'm not too good with details but it's alright i guess. anyway...we got back to our bunk and ann and i stayed up talking until like 2 in the morning or something like that. wow...we must have had lots to say. (like we always do!) hehe
saturday: yeah...that was a nice walk-up call! i think nannett came in at 6:30 or something like that telling us to get up. UGH! no, it wasn't that bad. well...saturdays are always really long days. OH MY GOODNESS...THE FOOD WAS AMAZING AT CAMP ALLEN!!!!!! ok, anyway... we after breakfast we come back and do some more talks and some small group activities. one of them we take a little 180 "question" test thing to place us in "groups". actually it was to find out what personality type you are, but whatever. i'm an 8 and i'm a tiger. hehe...yeah...miree the tiger, can't you see it?! j/k anyway so yeah, i'm an angry person. ok then...that was just one of the activities we did. (if you want to know what all my character description is tell me and i'll let you know.) we did some stuff in that group but one of the best things we did all day was our partner walk thing. ok, so the rules to this "game" were there are two people; one person starts and has to talk for 10 minutes straight while the other person gives no feedback whether it be through a nod or a response (NOTHING!) then 10 minutes later the two switch roles. if you know me, you know that i have a REALLY hard time not jumping in during a conversation because i always have something to say. not only that, but i nod my head a lot so john, the guy i was partnered up with, kept catching me nodding my head and he'd kinna make fun of me a little for that but whatever it was all good. then i got to talk and couldn't think of much to say. i have a hard time just talking. i'm sure that's hard for some of you to beleive, but it's true. when people can't give any response of any kind i have a hard time (specially when i don't know the person). i'm sure john found out way more about me than he thought he would or that he really wanted to know. anyway, john's a good listener and he made it really easy to talk to him about...anything! ok, so after that (which was totally awesome...i thought i was gunna be paired with mr. bennet...and he thought he was gunna be paired with me, but it didn't happen that way so it was all pretty cool) we had some free time and during that time one of the things we were supopsed to do was write a letter to Jesus. so katie and i decided to write our letter early so we could get it done with and...yeah. (i have no idea if this is in order, it's just in the order that it's coming to me.) anyway, yeah... ok, i'm losing focus here. later on on saturday, we took our letter writen on white paper and put it in a white envelope and went up to the red cross one group at a time and found our red letter and put our red letter inside the white envelope and put the white envelope up on the cross with a white tack. i think that one was supposed to symbolize giving our sins up to Christ. ok, so yeah..more talks, lunch and dinner, then the famous saturday night activity. saturday night of each retreat is an emotional one. to give a little bit of a background, we've done three retreats on the road to confirmation (including this one). the first retreat (beginning retreat) saturday night we all got a candle and went off into a room and read letters. they were from family, friends, group leaders, etc. telling us whatever. i got one from my mom and dad (and i'm sure someone else) telling me that they loved me and how proud of me they were and so on a so forth. I CRIED SOO HARD!!!! then at crossroads, the saturday night activity was a slideshow/movie thing about Jesus Christ and how He died for us and it was just...WOW!...yeah. and we did the washing of the feet and...yeah. anyway, i cried really hard at that one too. then for confirmation retreat well...ok, so we got there friday night and around the big cross there were a bunch of tables with candles lit on them and all this stuff. each candle had somone's (the confirmandees) name on it. so saturday night we all got our lit candles and once again letters from family, friends, whoever. i went under the stars to a tree and read mine. i got one from my mom and one from my confirmation sponsor (mrs. rasch). wow...it was interesting having one from the beginning and one from the end. i didn't cry quite as hard when i read those as the ones at the begining, but i still cried a bit. ok, yeah. so taht was saturday. then we had a party after we all finished reading and crying. hmm...
sunday: we got up and had breakfast then had the last of our talks and then got ready for Mass. our family and sponsors were invited to come up to camp allen to be with us at Mass and...yeah. katie, ann, and i all took part in the eucharist part of mass. katie and i did Body and ann did Blood. it was pretty cool. i was really nervous, but i'll get over it. haha. I HAD TO STICK IT IN ONE PERSON'S MOUTH! : ( haha...anyway. so after Mass the raschs and chris and katie and my family all went to pasta co for lunch. it was pretty funny. "i'm a whale. mom, will you splash some water on me?" j/k (sorry, had to be there i think.) then i got home...
at home: yeah...i'm not going to write anything else here. i'm finsihed for right now. i hope everyone had as awesome a weekend as i did. CHRIST IS AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE HIM AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT HE DIED FOR ME EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE AN 8!!!!
5:48 PM
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WE'RE BACK! finally back online thanks to mr. rasch! YOU'RE GREAT! so i like being back online (at home). uh, i went on a retreat this weekend but i don't have time to tell about it now so i'll do taht tomorrow. GOODNIGHT TO ALL!
12:07 AM
jeudi, mars 20, 2003
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well...we're at war now. and it doesn't feel too good. oh well. richard called last night. it was nice to hear his voice again. it's been almost a month since the last time i got to talk to him or receive an email from him or anything so...i take what i can get, though. anyway, he told me he MIGHT get to come home in may for mine and rob's graduations *i've got my fingers crossed* but if they let him come home, he has to extend his enlistment time or something like that. i guess it's ok with him, though, cuz he didn't seem too worried. he's not going to be sent to the war going on right now because he explained to me that he's already considered "deployed" and you can't deploy a deploy, so unless things with north korea stir back up, he should be alright. he's just working on making all the planes and big stuff (tanks, i guess) working and then shipping them out to go wherever they are needed. anyway...i gotta get to pick nichole and maybe ally up from school for SMOOTHIE KING THURSDAY! wish i could write more, but i'm almost out of time and everything so it's best that i just stop here for now! anyway...hope all's well with everyone else!
2:32 PM
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The Infantryman
I cannot help myself from feeling pride and being proud for all our service personnel each time I read this. Just heard Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld say today, "Our troops are ready to go. We just need the word from the President," or words to that effect. The days ahead will bring a lot of hardship and death to many people on all sides. Only God can help them now, as it appears a war is written in the sand.
The average age of the Infantryman is 19 years.
He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country.
He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm Howitzers.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.
He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity.
He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.
He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom.
Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.
For our Military
Prayer wheel for our military...please don't break it Please send this on after a short prayer.
Prayer Wheel
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."
2:21 PM
mercredi, mars 19, 2003
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ugh...i HATE not being at home. anyway, internet STILL doesn't work, but yesterday and today until about 30 minutes ago our home phone line didn't work either. for those of you who were trying to reach me (haha...like THAT'D ever happen) that's why you couldn't. it's up and running now, though, so feel free to call me sometime *hint hint*. funny stuff happened today...i'll write about it some other time though. i wish boys could just get it...but it looks like that's a dream of mine that just won't come true. : ( hope all's well with everyone else! SCHOOL'S ENDING KINNA SOON!!!!
oh yeah...open note/open book test today in anatomy and i knew 4 answers. it brings my average from a 93 to a 74. THAT SUCKS!! we have a brain lab tomorrow and then we have the heart and then hope everyone's ready for the smelliness of the first hallway in the main building when we do THE CAT!!! (which reminds me, i gotta get my gloves.) anyway...yeah, i really gotta go now! BYE NOW!
3:34 PM
vendredi, mars 14, 2003
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funny "joke" from my brother!
One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced nose.
Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concern. "Dear," said the mother diplomatically, "he doesn't seem very nice."
"Oh please, Mom," replied the daughter, "if he wasn't nice, why would he be doing 500 hours of community service?"
1:59 PM
jeudi, mars 13, 2003
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"bring it on, crawfish!" (that goes out to all my little cousins-clarke specially!)
camille's birthday party was wonderful. i learned how to pull the head off a crawfish and pull the tail out of the shell. i think jen and i finally got it down how to get the whole tail out in one try! clarke and i had a few crawfish fights. we'd find the biggest clawed crawfish we could and then we'd open the claws and kinna poke at each other. then we'd bring movie quotes into the whole mess and before you knew it, we were having a bast ripping heads off the poor innocent creatures. but i found that when i was naming the crawfish after "stupid boys" the heads came off easier and the tails came out easier. amazing how that happens, isn't it?!
after i got tired of having crawfish claws shoved into my face and my allergies started acting up, i decided to head inside where all the civilized women were! hehe...well...i tried! i found out tonight that clarke plays the sax (argh) and camille plays the recorder. I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE RECORDER TODAY!! and clarke and camille were saying that the fingerings are the same for those two instruments, so i kinna know how to play the sax too! i asked my daddy to buy me a sax and he said no. oh well...i tried, didn't i?!
well...i guess that's about all the updates i have for the moment! hopefully i'll be writing again later!
10:55 PM
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I HAVE THE GREATEST FAMILY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!! my dad's family cracks me up. his mom is such a hoot and his brother, randy, is my favorite of the uncles. he is always telling funny jokes. actually...today he told a funny one. it wasn't exactly clean, but i'm going to tell it anyway. if you do'nt like it, don't tell me cuz it's just a joke (but i didn't hear all of it, so...this could be interesting).
there's a professor teaching a psychology class. one day they were talking about ghosts. the professor asked those who had ever seen a ghost to raise their hands. about half the class raised their hands claiming to have seen a ghost at least once before. he wasn't too suprised by the number so he asked for those who had touched a ghost to raise their hands. about one/fourth of the class kept their hands raised. (this is where randy looked over and noticed that jen, doug, and i were all listening to the joke and wasn't sure if he could continue or not but we assured him that he could...i should have known better than to continue listening to him...) the professor expected this number but knew he'd catch the class by asking if anyone had ever had sex with a ghost. to his astonishment, there was a single hand up in the back of the room. he asked the gentleman to come to the front of the classroom to share his experience with the rest of the classroom. as he was coming down the center aisle, the teacher continued to express his amazment that after 42 years of teaching someone had actually been able to keep their hand up for the question about having sex with a ghost. the student stopped dead is his tracks about 3 steps from the podium and said "ghost? i thought you said has anyone ever had sex with a goat!" haha, i know, dirty but funny! we were rolling laughing to that one. thank goodness david was too far at the end of the table to hear the whole thing! anyway, it's about time for me to be going to the party now! i'll write again later, i hope!
6:42 PM
mercredi, mars 12, 2003
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HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY TO CAMILLE DEMARS!!!!!
i guess i'll call today a "history" day. jen and i were a little smarter today (since we didn't have to wake up and leave as early) we decided LAST night to figure out how to turn off the alarm clock. yesterday morning when it went off at 6:20 we both kinna jumped out of bed to figure out how to turn it off and neither of us could figure it out so i just turned the volume down. today, however, i knew to hit the "slumber" button. IT WORKED! (then i crawled back in bed.) anyway, so today we set the alarm for 7:19 and got up with it, kind of. took a shower, got dressed, ate breakfast, then fell asleep in front of the tv waiting for everyone else to get ready to go. then we headed off for convent. we stopped a few places, took some pictures, visited my great-grand parents', great-great-grandparents', and great-great-great-grandparents' graves. got some pictures of those too!
OH MY GOODNESS.... one of the coolest most romantic (i guess you can call it) places i've ever been was oak alley. it's a place where there are 28 live oaks growing in two rows (14 on each side) from a plantation home (mansion) to the mississippi river. they are 300 yr old trees and if you know what live oaks look like you know what i mean! oh man...*dreamy* anyway...that was loads of fun. but when we got there, it was raining and it was actually hailing as well. not big hail, but pea-sized hail i think.
uh...we stopped a bunch of places, had lunch, looked at a picture of my great-grandfather pere dornier who was a sherrif of convent, la long long ago. his picture is hanging in the court-house still. it was kinna interesting cuz we walked in a right away i could tell which one was him cuz it looks like my dad's dad, my dad, and robert. creepy in a way. oh well. then we came home but on the way back we stopped at my g'ma's house (my dad's mom) and tomorrow we're supposed to get together with her at 10:37.35 (hehe) for lunch, hopefully with the whole family. oh, she's a character. if you do'nt know her you really should get to. she's a WONDERFUL lady! haha...my mom says i'm just like her, so if you don't like me and my attitude, don't get in her way! oh, funny story. she baked us a cake and bought some icecream for us and all and offered it to us. david and i both gave icecream up for lent so we had to decline and since we can't eat it, my dad declined as well. well, grandma was telling us that this year she decided she was going to be really nice and not talk negatively about anyone and on and on...but that only lasted her about 2 hrs. she said "why give up food (whether it be chocolate or icecream or sweets) when that's only doing you good. you're supposed to be doing good for your fellow man. TRY TO BE NICE! THAT'S A CHALLENGE!" so i'm taking her advice. while i'm still not going to drink sodas and i'm going to try to stick with my diet (after spring break is over of course) and i'm going to work out as much as possible, i'm no longer giving up chocolates or icecream. (which is a good thing cuz i had chocolate icecream for dessert tonight...my mom's mom made me...) so far i think i've done fairly well with the nice thing. feel free to tell me what you think of my lenten goal, but i suggest if you do it, do it when i'm not really mad at you or you just might...oh, it won't be a pretty sight! hehe. *muah*
well...tomorrow's a cleaning day around my mom's mom's house and then lunch with g'ma and (hopefully) my dad's brothers. then i'm not sure what we're doing. i think i'm going to try to talk my dad into bring us down to the cemetry that houses both of our grandfathers. we'll see what happens there. today my dad and i lit a prayer candle for his dad at st. michael's church in convent. oh, the stories my family tells! DINNER CONVERSATIONS, JESS!!! i'll invite you to one, don't worry! hopefully it will be a good one, but i don't know what they're like when you do't know the history to all the stories we tell. i guess we can break them down. i dunno though...anyway, more about that later!
jen's waiting patiently for me to scoot off the computer so she can have her turn and since i hogged it last night, i think this is my time to sign off and sign out! either way, though, i hope everyone else is having as much fun for their spring break as i am for mine!
maybe tomorrow i can go shopping!!!! *cross my fingers*
word of advice from mrs. conway: EXERCISE GOOD JUDGEMENT!!!! (that's your only homework)
10:03 PM
mardi, mars 11, 2003
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n'awlins was great! i bought some postcards if anyone wants to see! i miss you all soo much! to katie and jess: i'm coming home on friday night so leave saturday (or at least a little part of it) open for me! to everyone else: i hope you're having a wonderful spring break whereever you are!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CAMILLE TOMORROW!!!! (we're gunna spend part of the day in convent so...it should be fun!)
10:14 PM
lundi, mars 10, 2003
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10:24 PM
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feel free to email me now since i should be connected the rest of the week *knock on wood*, so...yeah. swimfly816@hotmail.com. USE IT!! : )
10:03 PM
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WE HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION! (i'm, however, not at home.) i'm at my g'mas house right now and we're going to be here for about a week. tomorrow the plan is to go to new orleans for the day. it should be loads of fun and lots of walking! jen's with us on this trip! (for those of you that don't know, jen is doug's fiance...and doug's my brother.) this should be a FUN week...we'll just have to see!
10:02 PM
vendredi, mars 07, 2003
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for ally eiche- i don't know if you're ever going to read this, but if you DO, i have the quote from Ash Wednesday written down at my house. if you want to know what it is, tell me and i'll get it to you. just email me, ok?! swimfly816@hotmail.com since i don't have your email address i can't just email this to you. if any of you read this and TALK to ally, let her know that i have it for her. thanks so much, guys!!
don't worry, this is the last entry for now! i'm going home cuz i have LOTS to do!
4:31 PM
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oh, one more thing...i want to thank those people who randomly smile in the hallway or say hi or wave or whatnot. you might not know what that means, but recently i've been a little depressed (and i'm not all that sure why) but the knowledge that someone notices me every once in a while really helps me get through the day. you're amazing and i hope you know who you are (JANALYN, meredith, megan, alisha, etc.)!!!!!!!!!!! if i ever walk past you and don't acknowledge you, though, don't get the wrong impression. i block things out very regularly and it probably has nothing to do with you! just wanted to point that out!
4:19 PM
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wow...it's been a while since i've gotten to write in here. well, i'm at the library (the only place i have now to check email and get online) so this is weird writing on here in public. i almost don't want to type all my usual personal stuff in case...oh, oh well. anyway... i have SOO much to tell but not that much time on this time slot and i don't want to take over the computer cuz that's just mean, so i'll just try to hit on the basics.
first of all: HAPPY MARDI GRAS (for tuesday) and HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY (for Catholics for wednesday) and THANK GOODNESS IT'S NOW SPRING BREAK!!! uh, yeah. i guess that's it there.
on wednesday i had my first session with my personal trainer at 24 hr. he seems really nice but he worked me really hard...and i hurt...so i don't want to go today to workout although i really should because i'm not being very good about this whole workout to get in shape for corpus thing. so maybe i'll go later. i'm not so sure yet. (i guess something you have to kind of understand is that wednesday was Ash Wednesday for Catholics and it's one of the two days we are asked to fast. in other words, i went to this session on an empty stomach...something REALLY not good to do prior to a workout.)
either wednesday or thursday i received a letter in the mail. this wasn't just any letter, though, it was an 8 page long letter from my cousin in california. for those of you that don't know, amanda and i kind of got in touch with each other freshman year through her mom through my brother through my Godmother. it's really cool cuz we seem to go through the same things all the time, or we used to at least. we started writing each other via the snail mail cuz it's more exciting to recieve s-mail than e-mail. (oh, an important little tid-bit, WE'VE NEVER MET!) so i wrote her a letter earlier this year (like end of feb) cuz we had kind of lost touch and then she wrote me back. i'm happy to announce that i finished her 12 page letter today in precal after the test and will be sending it off shortly!
thursday night a neighbor came over to inform us that an elder neighbor had passed away. keep mr. jenkins and his family in your prayers as we lay him to rest on saturday at 11:00.
oh boy oh boy...what else can i tell you about?! uh, i guess that's it for the most part. i'll try to write again later but i'm not going to make any promises!
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL AND SAFE SPRING BREAK!!!
4:14 PM
samedi, mars 01, 2003
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hey! rob and i just got back from paying a much needed visit to katie. she had to get ready for her formal (which she BETTER show me picts of) so we had to leave. oh well, i got to see her and that's all that really matters! uh, not too much has happened. last night we watched my big fat greek wedding, but other than that i think i've led a pretty boring life. tonight i think we're all going to go see how to lose a guy in 10 days so that should be fun! yeah. well...i guess that's it for now! i'll write again later
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