it was so nice to have fall break. plus that extra hour of sleep we got this morning. oh how refreshing.
so we woke up early saturday morning to depart our not-so-secluded island for jacksonville. tailgate central...known as the largest cocktail party in the world. what a wonderful environment. we arrived around 11 am, so a little early for the drinking crowd, but of course, not for everyone. there were bars set up everywhere. bottomless drafts...way to encourage the fans to drink themselves into a coma...or worse, have then conscience enough to slur profanities at the game. we left before the crowd got too thick. had a $6 hamburger and a $2 12oz coke. crappit. i coulda gotten four liters in atl at that price. oh well. walked about two miles through tailgating. speaking of which, most people were campaigning...you'd be amazed how many georgia fans are republican. its crazy. in that respect, i fit in nicely. i even got myself a bulldogs for Bush sticker.
when colette and i finally found our seats (in the shade! oh yea! really really high...oh man.) we discovered we were sitting within reach of about three of our fellow high school classmates. in a stadium that big with lottery tickets, i found it a little strange. okay, so we were sitting in these temporary seating stands and it was quite breezy, with an under draft. i was wearing my cute little red frilly skirt thing. its lightweight, right. i realize right away that its not gonna work out too well. every time i would stand up, my skirt would blow up like a tutu. not so good. i resorted to tying my skirt in knots by my sides so it wouldn't blow around. looked kinda silly, but oh well. i was able to cheer at least, and that’s what is important. we also ended up sitting next to harris and bo, both from ruf. yea man!
what great fun! we were screaming like crazy the whole time. my throat is a little sore still. it was awesome because exactly half the stadium was red and black and the other half was blue and orange. that gator chomp is annoying. our fans were better...we stood up and yelled the whole game, not just after we got a touchdown. after seven years, we finally beat them gators. i'm looking foreward to at least three more years of that.
oh cool is this. after the game, we were walking along cheering and what not with everyone and some people yell to us to come over. didn't know what they wanted, so we were kinda ignoring them. then i saw a camera and ran over...yea. it was definitely cbs and we definitely got on tv and cheered "its great to be a georgia bulldog!" channel 46. people could have been like, "hey! i know that girl from high school!" anyway, it was awesome and i'm excited about it. we ate at applebee's afterwards. i got to have some ribletts. yay! we also watched the end of the miami game...wtg unc! what an incredible game. that kicker will be quite popular on campus.
packed up this morning, left around 10:30 and we were back by 5:30. not too bad of a drive. i took a little nap. we also found an entire georiga window flag thingie along the road. joe and b.o. had to stop and get it to replace the earlier casualty. quite convenient. sadly, the break has come to a close. its almost 7:30 and since i've gotten back about two hours ago, i haven't gotten any homework done. actually, i haven't gottne any homework done all weekend. crappit. i still have to eat skillet sensations with colette for dinner. stupid closed dining halls.
safely back in a-town with no problems at all. and that is the fall break report.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
on our way to see the bulldogs play!
i headed outta athens around 3 pm on wednesday and caught a ride with whitney and her bf, mike. it was a little too awkward for me...so i took a little nap and woke up about 20 minutes from home. went to my church's reformation celebration to eat. its our presbyterian substitution for dressing up and passing out candy on halloween. after brats (bratworsts), went home and got organized for the big trip to florida!!
of course, i can't get back home before the election on tuesday (go Bush!) so i had to exercise my 18th-year granted right to vote by way of "early voting" on thursday morning. i was informed that the polls didn't open until 9 am and we had to meet our ride en route, so we had to get the voting done asap. we decided (that would be colette and me) to get there at 8:30ish. when we arrived, i was like "wow! its so busy that they opened early!" no. that wasn't the case. turns out they actually opened at 8 am and we had to get in the back of the hour-wait line. crappit. we were gonna hold up our ride. oh well. the actual voting part wasn't bad. we use e-voting...so it was quite painless. W '04.
hit the road around 9:40, met our ride outside a shoney's and then were on our way to see the bulldogs play! oh man. it was quite interesting to see the entire road filled with mostly red/white/black cars all decked out in georgia magnets with their tailgating flags flapping in the wind at 85 miles an hour. the bulldog nation was on the move to the ga/fl game. colette and i rode with joe and bryan/b.o. in b.o.'s suv. we had a not so polite statement on my side of the car...reverse UF and then UF. behind us we dragged (is that right?) a little squeaky gator...only one of the casualties on the drive down. we also lost two flags, one at the fault of colette, who decided to roll down her window when we were going 79 (yea, have to make a point of 79. b.o. believes in playing the 9-miles-an-hour over game on cruise control) to exchange hollas with other dawg fans and...well, i guess you can picture it. the other we lost later; we just lost the flag. the stick remained. everyone we drove by had to check to make sure they weren't suckers to the wind as well. finally arrived on amelia island around 6 pm. of course, we made a few stops along the way...one at wally world to replace the squeaky gator that lay somewhere along I-95 south.
ate at a restraunt for dinner with really really bad service. food was good though. so the parents were all worried about this whole hotel thing with the guys and girls sharing a room. as cheap college students, we couldn't figure out how to do it any other way. i was not that happy about it either and understood what they were saying, but other parents were going as well, so i felt it was safe. turned out to be perfectly fine. the five girls got to sleep in the beds and the two guys crammed themselves into the hallway of the room with their sleeping bags. i'm glad i'm a girl :). we played cranium until 1 am, then joe jammed a little on his guitar even though our goal was to be quiet to avoid being kicked out, and the other three girls giggled themselves to sleep.
beaches are awesome. aside from the dead sea turtle a few meters away and the drop off about three feet into the water from the hurricane, it was perfect. we got to toss the frisbee around for a little bit. i had to do a rescue swim for my smiley face frisbee that somehow found its way into to slightly cold waters and began to drift out. crappit. i think i was the only one that ever got in lol. the weather was warm, though. about 80 degrees...at the end of october, that ain't shabby. afterwards, i constructed the georgia arch in the sand. all 3Dish and stuff. you'd a been proud. of course, in spirit of the game, we also made an awesome depiction of a bulldog rodeoing on a gator. i'll have to post a pic of it, cuz it was super awesome. it might be hard to see, though. man, we coulda won some kind of contest with that. we tried playing adventure golf, but it closed at 9 pm. what kind of putt putt place closes at 9 pm?? it was also iteresting how everything within 100 miles of the game was advertising to the ga/fl fans. i mean everything from the car dealerships to the laundromats.
so we resorted to another game of cranium...john, some of our gang's friend from high school, showed up to visit and joined us. went down to the beach, too, and sang a few songs with the beautiful fullish moon sparkling on the dark ocean waters in the background. how lovely.
of course, i can't get back home before the election on tuesday (go Bush!) so i had to exercise my 18th-year granted right to vote by way of "early voting" on thursday morning. i was informed that the polls didn't open until 9 am and we had to meet our ride en route, so we had to get the voting done asap. we decided (that would be colette and me) to get there at 8:30ish. when we arrived, i was like "wow! its so busy that they opened early!" no. that wasn't the case. turns out they actually opened at 8 am and we had to get in the back of the hour-wait line. crappit. we were gonna hold up our ride. oh well. the actual voting part wasn't bad. we use e-voting...so it was quite painless. W '04.
hit the road around 9:40, met our ride outside a shoney's and then were on our way to see the bulldogs play! oh man. it was quite interesting to see the entire road filled with mostly red/white/black cars all decked out in georgia magnets with their tailgating flags flapping in the wind at 85 miles an hour. the bulldog nation was on the move to the ga/fl game. colette and i rode with joe and bryan/b.o. in b.o.'s suv. we had a not so polite statement on my side of the car...reverse UF and then UF. behind us we dragged (is that right?) a little squeaky gator...only one of the casualties on the drive down. we also lost two flags, one at the fault of colette, who decided to roll down her window when we were going 79 (yea, have to make a point of 79. b.o. believes in playing the 9-miles-an-hour over game on cruise control) to exchange hollas with other dawg fans and...well, i guess you can picture it. the other we lost later; we just lost the flag. the stick remained. everyone we drove by had to check to make sure they weren't suckers to the wind as well. finally arrived on amelia island around 6 pm. of course, we made a few stops along the way...one at wally world to replace the squeaky gator that lay somewhere along I-95 south.
ate at a restraunt for dinner with really really bad service. food was good though. so the parents were all worried about this whole hotel thing with the guys and girls sharing a room. as cheap college students, we couldn't figure out how to do it any other way. i was not that happy about it either and understood what they were saying, but other parents were going as well, so i felt it was safe. turned out to be perfectly fine. the five girls got to sleep in the beds and the two guys crammed themselves into the hallway of the room with their sleeping bags. i'm glad i'm a girl :). we played cranium until 1 am, then joe jammed a little on his guitar even though our goal was to be quiet to avoid being kicked out, and the other three girls giggled themselves to sleep.
beaches are awesome. aside from the dead sea turtle a few meters away and the drop off about three feet into the water from the hurricane, it was perfect. we got to toss the frisbee around for a little bit. i had to do a rescue swim for my smiley face frisbee that somehow found its way into to slightly cold waters and began to drift out. crappit. i think i was the only one that ever got in lol. the weather was warm, though. about 80 degrees...at the end of october, that ain't shabby. afterwards, i constructed the georgia arch in the sand. all 3Dish and stuff. you'd a been proud. of course, in spirit of the game, we also made an awesome depiction of a bulldog rodeoing on a gator. i'll have to post a pic of it, cuz it was super awesome. it might be hard to see, though. man, we coulda won some kind of contest with that. we tried playing adventure golf, but it closed at 9 pm. what kind of putt putt place closes at 9 pm?? it was also iteresting how everything within 100 miles of the game was advertising to the ga/fl fans. i mean everything from the car dealerships to the laundromats.
so we resorted to another game of cranium...john, some of our gang's friend from high school, showed up to visit and joined us. went down to the beach, too, and sang a few songs with the beautiful fullish moon sparkling on the dark ocean waters in the background. how lovely.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
did someone yell "fire"?
yesterday was an entertaining day. well, after i was done with all of my classes, of course. i got my second english paper back...a little disappointed because i was expecting better. don't get me wrong, i got a decent grade...just didn't get what i wanted. so anyway, tried to get my chem homework outta the way, which i was sucessful at. then i decided that i would go carve my pumpkin.
i went home this past weekend and purchased a pumpkin that was about five inches tall. he's quite small. but he still qualifies as a pumpkin...he's not one of those short squatty ones that are the size of your palm. anyway, so i spent about an hour gouging out his insides. i was using a huge serving spoon when all i really needed was a little kitchen one so it was hard to get all the gooey ooey strings out. i figured out my design and then transformed him into a masterpiece...a lovely bulldog face. of course, it was in honor of uga vi, but most people just saw that it was a dog. oh well. so i saved the seeds so i could roast them for later. went to discipleship and then came back and got to work on finding ingrediants for my pumpkin seeds. all i needed was veggie oil and salt...sucess, somehow managed to find both. after the oven preheated to 300, stuck them in and went back to the room to watch some csi. about three minutes later, the piercing sound of the fire alarm resounds in the peaceful halls of myers.
oh crap.
that was all i had to think before i jumped off the futon and ran to the kitchen. okay, so maybe if there was a fire, that would have been a disaster...but there wasn't. i quickly peeked into the oven and no smoke was coming out and the seeds weren't burnt. even so, i turned the oven off and ran downstairs with the mob. it wasn't a drill either. fire trucks were arriving and the RAs made us get off the sidewalks and move out into the quad. so of course, the entire time i'm thinking that it still might be me. we waited outside for about 30 minutes before they let us back in. rumor has it that someone just pulled the fire alarm. if someone was gonna do that, why wouldn't they just pull it in the middle of the night? oh well. lucky for us it was only 9:30.
i went back in and started the seeds up again...they were done by 11:30. i've never roasted pumpkin seeds before, but i didn't do too bad of a job. i think i used a little too much salt.
i went home this past weekend and purchased a pumpkin that was about five inches tall. he's quite small. but he still qualifies as a pumpkin...he's not one of those short squatty ones that are the size of your palm. anyway, so i spent about an hour gouging out his insides. i was using a huge serving spoon when all i really needed was a little kitchen one so it was hard to get all the gooey ooey strings out. i figured out my design and then transformed him into a masterpiece...a lovely bulldog face. of course, it was in honor of uga vi, but most people just saw that it was a dog. oh well. so i saved the seeds so i could roast them for later. went to discipleship and then came back and got to work on finding ingrediants for my pumpkin seeds. all i needed was veggie oil and salt...sucess, somehow managed to find both. after the oven preheated to 300, stuck them in and went back to the room to watch some csi. about three minutes later, the piercing sound of the fire alarm resounds in the peaceful halls of myers.
oh crap.
that was all i had to think before i jumped off the futon and ran to the kitchen. okay, so maybe if there was a fire, that would have been a disaster...but there wasn't. i quickly peeked into the oven and no smoke was coming out and the seeds weren't burnt. even so, i turned the oven off and ran downstairs with the mob. it wasn't a drill either. fire trucks were arriving and the RAs made us get off the sidewalks and move out into the quad. so of course, the entire time i'm thinking that it still might be me. we waited outside for about 30 minutes before they let us back in. rumor has it that someone just pulled the fire alarm. if someone was gonna do that, why wouldn't they just pull it in the middle of the night? oh well. lucky for us it was only 9:30.
i went back in and started the seeds up again...they were done by 11:30. i've never roasted pumpkin seeds before, but i didn't do too bad of a job. i think i used a little too much salt.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
study theory
is it the 23rd already? well, i've been quite busy and my absence of posts over the last few days reflects that.
theoretically, hard work is supposed to pay off, right? you always think that x many hours in studying is directly related to your grade, y. let's say x= 28. thats quite a bit of study time. one would expect, by the "study theory", that this high of a number would earn a student a very good grade...such as an A. heck, even a B. but no. honors chem disproves this theory. it beats it and leaves it to die. in fact, it replaces the old one with a new one. a new revolutionary theory that shows that countless, worthless hours are invested in studying. in high school, i never studied. i made pretty darn good grades. in college, i decided that studying would be a good thing. seems to not be working. in my experiences, it seems that x is actually indirectly related to y. however, it doesn't take a genious to see the fallacy in this theory. i guess i'm lucky to have passed my third chem exam...with a 70. God only knows what kind of grade i would have gotten if x= 0.
so thats basically what my week was last week. studying. studying. studying. a break, which included watching kill bill (i don't recommend it). studying, studying, studying, studying, ruf, studying, studying...
i've made my first official trip back home. i hitched a ride with whitney in her explorer, ruby. went shopping friday night with kaitlin and my mama. dumped a load of cash into khol's registers. i came out with two sweaters, a pair of dress pants, a dress shirt, and a pair of black heels. i haven't shopped in awhile, so i felt justified. then again, i am going to the ga/fl game next weekend and thats gonna be expensive. christmas is coming up, too. darn it. i think i'm getting a little bit of the empty pockets syndrome. should i return something? nah.
went to the cross country meet this morning to see my girls run. i felt a little bit of an obligation, considering i had promised to go see them run last year and havn't been able to yet. region meet. about time. blame it on all the home football games being stacked at the beginning of the season. anyway, i'm so proud of them...all running under 22...which is incredable. tear. anyway, both our guys and girls took region, so it was awesome.
watched the georgia/arkansas game on our new satalite tv...well, new to me. my entire childhood, we survived with only having five channels. we all go away to college and my parents decide to buy about 900 billion. go figure. its funny how into it i've gotten. go dawgs!
theoretically, hard work is supposed to pay off, right? you always think that x many hours in studying is directly related to your grade, y. let's say x= 28. thats quite a bit of study time. one would expect, by the "study theory", that this high of a number would earn a student a very good grade...such as an A. heck, even a B. but no. honors chem disproves this theory. it beats it and leaves it to die. in fact, it replaces the old one with a new one. a new revolutionary theory that shows that countless, worthless hours are invested in studying. in high school, i never studied. i made pretty darn good grades. in college, i decided that studying would be a good thing. seems to not be working. in my experiences, it seems that x is actually indirectly related to y. however, it doesn't take a genious to see the fallacy in this theory. i guess i'm lucky to have passed my third chem exam...with a 70. God only knows what kind of grade i would have gotten if x= 0.
so thats basically what my week was last week. studying. studying. studying. a break, which included watching kill bill (i don't recommend it). studying, studying, studying, studying, ruf, studying, studying...
i've made my first official trip back home. i hitched a ride with whitney in her explorer, ruby. went shopping friday night with kaitlin and my mama. dumped a load of cash into khol's registers. i came out with two sweaters, a pair of dress pants, a dress shirt, and a pair of black heels. i haven't shopped in awhile, so i felt justified. then again, i am going to the ga/fl game next weekend and thats gonna be expensive. christmas is coming up, too. darn it. i think i'm getting a little bit of the empty pockets syndrome. should i return something? nah.
went to the cross country meet this morning to see my girls run. i felt a little bit of an obligation, considering i had promised to go see them run last year and havn't been able to yet. region meet. about time. blame it on all the home football games being stacked at the beginning of the season. anyway, i'm so proud of them...all running under 22...which is incredable. tear. anyway, both our guys and girls took region, so it was awesome.
watched the georgia/arkansas game on our new satalite tv...well, new to me. my entire childhood, we survived with only having five channels. we all go away to college and my parents decide to buy about 900 billion. go figure. its funny how into it i've gotten. go dawgs!
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
the amazing maize maze
the corn maze last night was fun fun. somewhat uneventful, but good times were had. i got so confused by people walking in every which way that i finally gave up and resorted to just following people around like a lemming. i made it out...but for some reason i came out of the exit for the maze on the right when i went into the left maze. madness. anyway, i thought of an awesome name for a corn maze: the amazing maize maze. fun, huh? well, if you don't know what maize is, you won't get it. i thought it was creative.
fall break...oh how i yearn for it. only about a week away and desperately needed. i keep trying to speed this week up in my head...you know, thinking its thursday when its really only tuesday. it doesn't make things get any better. its a good thing its not thursday...i guess i should be thankful and take advantage of all the time i can get to study chemistry.
binocular (a music artist only known by me, it seems) woke me up at 7:10 this morning, but i had to cut him off after only a few notes from his soothing voice because megan was still sleeping. in fact, she doesn't have class until 3:30 on tuesdays. grrrr. i got dressed in the dark (daylight savings is coming up quick). chem lab is actually getting better and better. it was a simpler version of the lab that took four hours to do a few weeks ago. we were done in about an hour, which left me with 45 minutes or so to take a quick nap before sociology.
i find it odd how my classes seem to discuss similar topics. for instance, we were discussing prohibition in english yesterday because of an essay that argued drugs should become legal. today in sociology, we watched a film on prohibition so that we could see a textbook example of the labeling theory and deviance. we also read an article in soci on the differences in how boys and girls play and how it prepares them to fit into their roles in society. then we read an essay in english about how males and females use language differently...the conclusions of the two were closely related. statistics also ties in with sociology because of the studies sociologists make and what not. so far, what we've learned in chemistry has not yet been able to relate to my other classes...or my life for that matter. hmmmm. maybe there’s a reason for that.
back to that debate in english the other day, one of my classmates claimed that underage students that don't drink are social outcasts. i think to be an outcast, you'd kinda have to feel like you were one. i'm not quite sure, but from my experiences, i'd like to say that my abstaining from the consumption of alcohol has not made me feel like a social outcast. the people that would call someone outcasts are those that try to find their self worth in doing what they think would make them fit in. in a round about way, i kinda see those that drink to get drunk as people who are trying to not be themselves because they feel like social outcasts. so there’s some of my thoughts to ponder. well, i've slacked enough for this afternoon. yet again, time to get back to work.
fall break...oh how i yearn for it. only about a week away and desperately needed. i keep trying to speed this week up in my head...you know, thinking its thursday when its really only tuesday. it doesn't make things get any better. its a good thing its not thursday...i guess i should be thankful and take advantage of all the time i can get to study chemistry.
binocular (a music artist only known by me, it seems) woke me up at 7:10 this morning, but i had to cut him off after only a few notes from his soothing voice because megan was still sleeping. in fact, she doesn't have class until 3:30 on tuesdays. grrrr. i got dressed in the dark (daylight savings is coming up quick). chem lab is actually getting better and better. it was a simpler version of the lab that took four hours to do a few weeks ago. we were done in about an hour, which left me with 45 minutes or so to take a quick nap before sociology.
i find it odd how my classes seem to discuss similar topics. for instance, we were discussing prohibition in english yesterday because of an essay that argued drugs should become legal. today in sociology, we watched a film on prohibition so that we could see a textbook example of the labeling theory and deviance. we also read an article in soci on the differences in how boys and girls play and how it prepares them to fit into their roles in society. then we read an essay in english about how males and females use language differently...the conclusions of the two were closely related. statistics also ties in with sociology because of the studies sociologists make and what not. so far, what we've learned in chemistry has not yet been able to relate to my other classes...or my life for that matter. hmmmm. maybe there’s a reason for that.
back to that debate in english the other day, one of my classmates claimed that underage students that don't drink are social outcasts. i think to be an outcast, you'd kinda have to feel like you were one. i'm not quite sure, but from my experiences, i'd like to say that my abstaining from the consumption of alcohol has not made me feel like a social outcast. the people that would call someone outcasts are those that try to find their self worth in doing what they think would make them fit in. in a round about way, i kinda see those that drink to get drunk as people who are trying to not be themselves because they feel like social outcasts. so there’s some of my thoughts to ponder. well, i've slacked enough for this afternoon. yet again, time to get back to work.
Sunday, October 17, 2004
hey! i know that guy from high school!
so you think that your first, "hey! i know that guy from high school!" would be a few years down the road from graduation. thats how my parents were...their high school peer is on spin city. okay, so maybe it wasn't that big of a role, but it was still cool.
we were dancing around the cramped living room space of some ruf upperclassmen's house to various types of music while the ut and ole miss game was on tv (on a side note, we had a glimmer of hope when ole miss pulled ahead five minutes into the fourth quarter...but once again, ut got lucky and our hopes were dashed...we're pulling for south carolina now, oh no).
commercial break.
don't we all hate those. anyway, i happened to glace at the tv as my old classmate's (matt drake) face popped onto the screen. what?! i know that kid! what?! why is he crowd surfing on a bunch of yellow shirted buzz kids from tech (which is where he goes)! WHAT?! why is he lathered in soap suds in a shower?! i had no idea why because the tv was on mute and the music was blasting. all i could do was scream and yell for colette, who also happened to be matt's prom date this year, and point to his face on the screen. everyone around us was confused at our sudden outburst of "oh my gosh!"es and didn't believe us when we explained our link to him. it was funny. anyway, turns out that matt, who is big into acting, was doing some kind of commercial for old spice soap. i guess it was some kind of contest. so it wasn't that big of an appearance, but how often do you see someone you know on television?
so the dance party was fun...got back at 1:30 am. don't you just love the college life? got up at 9:15 for church this morning, spent $10 at olive garden even though i could have eaten a "free" meal at the dining hall, cleaned like crazy (vacuumed my room! yay!), sat down to study chem, fell asleep, dinner plans were foiled, went to the varsity instead, and worked on more homework. i gotta start doing my homework before sundays so i can just chill. plenty of time now since we don't have any games until thanksgiving. well, if i'm gonna pass this next chem exam, i've got to get to studying.
we were dancing around the cramped living room space of some ruf upperclassmen's house to various types of music while the ut and ole miss game was on tv (on a side note, we had a glimmer of hope when ole miss pulled ahead five minutes into the fourth quarter...but once again, ut got lucky and our hopes were dashed...we're pulling for south carolina now, oh no).
commercial break.
don't we all hate those. anyway, i happened to glace at the tv as my old classmate's (matt drake) face popped onto the screen. what?! i know that kid! what?! why is he crowd surfing on a bunch of yellow shirted buzz kids from tech (which is where he goes)! WHAT?! why is he lathered in soap suds in a shower?! i had no idea why because the tv was on mute and the music was blasting. all i could do was scream and yell for colette, who also happened to be matt's prom date this year, and point to his face on the screen. everyone around us was confused at our sudden outburst of "oh my gosh!"es and didn't believe us when we explained our link to him. it was funny. anyway, turns out that matt, who is big into acting, was doing some kind of commercial for old spice soap. i guess it was some kind of contest. so it wasn't that big of an appearance, but how often do you see someone you know on television?
so the dance party was fun...got back at 1:30 am. don't you just love the college life? got up at 9:15 for church this morning, spent $10 at olive garden even though i could have eaten a "free" meal at the dining hall, cleaned like crazy (vacuumed my room! yay!), sat down to study chem, fell asleep, dinner plans were foiled, went to the varsity instead, and worked on more homework. i gotta start doing my homework before sundays so i can just chill. plenty of time now since we don't have any games until thanksgiving. well, if i'm gonna pass this next chem exam, i've got to get to studying.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
six weeks 'til the next home game...
and thanksgiving! whoo hoo! its rather sad that all of our games were at the beginning of the season. we're rooting for the gamecocks to pull off a win over the stupid vols so that we can get into the sec championship...our hopes are dim. we secured the given win over vandy today...33-3. too bad it wasn't a shut out. i regret to inform you that i don't have any pictures from today. the enthsiasm was absent today at the game, but it wasn't hot, for once. i got toasted a little. perhaps my last burn of 2004. we'll see. anyway, the next and last home game is against tech right after thanksgiving. becca will finally be here...she can't miss that one. i believe i'm going to gainsville for the georgia-florida game. it should be fun! i'm thinking i might go to the auburn game, too, even though i don't have a ticket. i could see some of the people i know from high school and church. we're making plans to maybe even stop by callaway gardens on the way...i'm hoping the festival of lights thing is going on by that time.
parent weekend is this weekend so theres a lot of alumni and parents wandering around. of course, christina's parents (bryan/b.o.'s girlfriend) were there as usual for the tailgate, but ben's parents came up and luke's did, too. where were my parents? they'll pass for any kind of functions like that.
farm night was interesting last night. we just chilled out. had some hot chocolate, s'mores, chilie, tossed the frisbee around, played a little bit of baggo. we went to caroline's apartment after that and watched return to me. it was pretty good, but i just didn't understand the drama of it...they made a big deal out of something that wasn't really that bad. megan went home this weekend, so i spent the night alone in my dorm last night. tear. i'll have to do it again tonight. another tear. well, in this free time i have between hanging out with friends, i should prolly get some laundry and homework done.
parent weekend is this weekend so theres a lot of alumni and parents wandering around. of course, christina's parents (bryan/b.o.'s girlfriend) were there as usual for the tailgate, but ben's parents came up and luke's did, too. where were my parents? they'll pass for any kind of functions like that.
farm night was interesting last night. we just chilled out. had some hot chocolate, s'mores, chilie, tossed the frisbee around, played a little bit of baggo. we went to caroline's apartment after that and watched return to me. it was pretty good, but i just didn't understand the drama of it...they made a big deal out of something that wasn't really that bad. megan went home this weekend, so i spent the night alone in my dorm last night. tear. i'll have to do it again tonight. another tear. well, in this free time i have between hanging out with friends, i should prolly get some laundry and homework done.
Friday, October 15, 2004
back on
i've been banned from the internet by my computer for two days. that was rough. anyway, i spent about an hour and a half trying to sort out my computer troubles. i had to call up the computer tech people and the guy was talking to me like...well, i don't know what like, but he kept telling me to read the numbers of some yellow sticker on my modem plug-in thingie and there was no sticker...turns out he didn't realize that he was reading me directions for a different dorm. ha. so i'm not completely computer illiterate. i downloaded some spyware crap onto my computer, which i prolly needed anyway, but my internet didn't work until i finally decided to restart my computer. it makes me wonder if that’s all i had to do in the first place. anyone out there know? next time, i'll try rebooting first.
so onto more interesting things, i played some v-ball with colette, joanna, caroline, and random guys yesterday afternoon before playing another game of ultimate with the dominating deuces. okay, we didn't do too well, but its all good. i had just finished eating my dinner, ending with two scoops of ice cream no doubt, before trying to chase down guys that can jump higher than me anyway. i had a cramp in my side...but i got over it. we were a little late in getting movie night started last night...ben couldn't even stay because he had work again. i think we're gonna end up moving it to tuesdays or something. we finished basic around 12:30 am and i didn't get into bed until about 1:30, so i skipped stat this morning. that makes my third skip. this afternoon is yet another game of ultimate with ruf and then we have farm night! yay! no one really knows what that means, but hopefully it will be good and worthwhile. its cold and windy, though, so i'm gonna have to make sure i wear a few layers tonight.
well, i think i'm gonna stick with chemistry...no dropping for me. sigh. i wish i could. my third exam is on thursday, so i really really have to pass this exam because i have no other alternative but failure now. so, besides the game tomorrow, i believe studying is what my weekend will consist of. and english journals. i should get some work done before i goof off for the rest of the day.
so onto more interesting things, i played some v-ball with colette, joanna, caroline, and random guys yesterday afternoon before playing another game of ultimate with the dominating deuces. okay, we didn't do too well, but its all good. i had just finished eating my dinner, ending with two scoops of ice cream no doubt, before trying to chase down guys that can jump higher than me anyway. i had a cramp in my side...but i got over it. we were a little late in getting movie night started last night...ben couldn't even stay because he had work again. i think we're gonna end up moving it to tuesdays or something. we finished basic around 12:30 am and i didn't get into bed until about 1:30, so i skipped stat this morning. that makes my third skip. this afternoon is yet another game of ultimate with ruf and then we have farm night! yay! no one really knows what that means, but hopefully it will be good and worthwhile. its cold and windy, though, so i'm gonna have to make sure i wear a few layers tonight.
well, i think i'm gonna stick with chemistry...no dropping for me. sigh. i wish i could. my third exam is on thursday, so i really really have to pass this exam because i have no other alternative but failure now. so, besides the game tomorrow, i believe studying is what my weekend will consist of. and english journals. i should get some work done before i goof off for the rest of the day.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
two down, three to go
i turned my second english paper in today...yay for me! only three more left now. hopefully it turns out okay because it didn't get too much peer editing. megan was kind enough to look over the grammar, but left my sentence structures alone. that might be bad. i also took my second stat test...i made a 90, so its at least an A. that was supposedly the "hard" test. that’s encouraging.
walking back from class today, i saw a cat that looked like it was allergic to itself. its hair was all matted and scraggly and it was coughing up a lung. we have our fair share of strays here...kinda strange considering the campus is packed with dawgs. hahaha. okay, that was my lame attempt for a joke. it wasn't even funny. forgive me.
its wednesday...you all know that wednesday is ruf night! yay! i'm excited. oh oh! i'm also supposed to be having my first visitor sometime this week. i don't know if she’s coming up tonight and staying tomorrow, coming tomorrow and leaving, or staying tomorrow night, too. anyway, she’s doing the college search thing. man am i glad that’s over. senior year was incredibly stressful...they never tell you that when you're the little freshman being envious of the illusion of "fun" they are having. in some ways i miss it...but not enough to want to be back in their shoes. anyway, i get to be tour guide barbie and show her the ropes of the campus. well, the few ropes i do know. if i'm gonna have time to do it though, i need to finish all my homework. actually, i think i'll go for a run in the cool autumn air first.
walking back from class today, i saw a cat that looked like it was allergic to itself. its hair was all matted and scraggly and it was coughing up a lung. we have our fair share of strays here...kinda strange considering the campus is packed with dawgs. hahaha. okay, that was my lame attempt for a joke. it wasn't even funny. forgive me.
its wednesday...you all know that wednesday is ruf night! yay! i'm excited. oh oh! i'm also supposed to be having my first visitor sometime this week. i don't know if she’s coming up tonight and staying tomorrow, coming tomorrow and leaving, or staying tomorrow night, too. anyway, she’s doing the college search thing. man am i glad that’s over. senior year was incredibly stressful...they never tell you that when you're the little freshman being envious of the illusion of "fun" they are having. in some ways i miss it...but not enough to want to be back in their shoes. anyway, i get to be tour guide barbie and show her the ropes of the campus. well, the few ropes i do know. if i'm gonna have time to do it though, i need to finish all my homework. actually, i think i'll go for a run in the cool autumn air first.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
in a blah mood
i hate those "blah" kinda moods. you know, the days where you just kinda go through the motions and don't really pay attention to whats going on. that was me today.
chem lab wasn't too miserable today...in fact, we got out an hour and fifteen minutes early. my lab partner and i used that extra time to finish up our lab, although we didn't get to finish. after sociology, i waited around until 2 pm to eat lunch because luke ditched me and ate already. that stinker. anyway, after lunch i continued working on my homework...my english and sociology papers actually. they're going along quite smoothly, though it would be nice if someone would read over my english paper, which is due tomorrow, and edit it for me...i want to make another good grade.
i also went downtown with a few girls from ruf to a "bead bungalow" type shop and made a red and black necklace to wear on saturday. i definitely prefer the bead bungalow, though. the lady in this store was just too demanding and somewhat rude.
we had a "tailgate" dinner tonight for homecoming week. yummy bbq ribs and ranch fried chicken. anna and i got drenched in the freak downpour...we were lucky enough to find shelter back in the dining hall and snag a ride back to our dorms from martin. white t-shirts are never good when wet.
the withdrawal deadline is friday. i'm not planning on dropping anything, but i would like to drop chemistry...too bad i need it. i've failed one test and i'm worried that if i fail again, i won't pass the class. wouldn't that suck to lose HOPE my first semester in college? oh man....Lord help me grasp understanding of this torturous class.
chem lab wasn't too miserable today...in fact, we got out an hour and fifteen minutes early. my lab partner and i used that extra time to finish up our lab, although we didn't get to finish. after sociology, i waited around until 2 pm to eat lunch because luke ditched me and ate already. that stinker. anyway, after lunch i continued working on my homework...my english and sociology papers actually. they're going along quite smoothly, though it would be nice if someone would read over my english paper, which is due tomorrow, and edit it for me...i want to make another good grade.
i also went downtown with a few girls from ruf to a "bead bungalow" type shop and made a red and black necklace to wear on saturday. i definitely prefer the bead bungalow, though. the lady in this store was just too demanding and somewhat rude.
we had a "tailgate" dinner tonight for homecoming week. yummy bbq ribs and ranch fried chicken. anna and i got drenched in the freak downpour...we were lucky enough to find shelter back in the dining hall and snag a ride back to our dorms from martin. white t-shirts are never good when wet.
the withdrawal deadline is friday. i'm not planning on dropping anything, but i would like to drop chemistry...too bad i need it. i've failed one test and i'm worried that if i fail again, i won't pass the class. wouldn't that suck to lose HOPE my first semester in college? oh man....Lord help me grasp understanding of this torturous class.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Sunday, October 10, 2004
the long haul...
okay okay. i'm a bum and havn't posted in awhile. i know those of you who check my blog religiously (haha) were very worried about me. anyway, i've been quite busy trying to get things done.
thursday was ruf girls' night...anna, colette, and i went downtown to grab an expensive bite to eat at the pita pit. actually, it took us quite some time to find something that fancied our appetites. we made a quick trip to cillie's, a cheapie clothing shop downtown where i bought a bright red nike sweater hoodie thingie for $7...gotta love the deals. we watched mean girls...which i do have to say that i hated even more the second time. i don't understand why people like it so much...its so raunchy. what are we doing watching it at a ruf get together, anyway? the get together was at a bunch of upperclassmen's house...and it was adorable! eventually when we get cars, anna and colette wanna get a house together. yea...i don't think i'll be getting a car anytime soon.
i played two and a half hours of ultimate on friday afternoon. straight. yes. i think i only had four sips of water the entire time...but it was a blast. man, i feel so outta shape, although i'm prolly not as bad as i think i am. after that i went bouldering (that would be a fancy name for rock climbing) even though i didn't even try to climb, really. too exhausted from ultimate still. we had a late dinner, went to a ruf girl's 21st birthday party...which entertained us for the first part of the night. we headed back to my place at 1:30 am and baked some cookies for the guys. they brought their lazy boy chairs, couch, hammock, tv, x box, and stereo down to the tailgating spot behind myers and camped out for the night. we got to watch zoolander (another wonderful flick...for some people lol) and colette and i went to my room around 4:15 to sleep.
i'll summarize the game...yellow flag on georgia, another flag on georgia, another flag on georgia, another flag on georgia, yet again, another flag on georgia, and another....it just didn't end. oh...i forgot, flag on tennessee...nevermind. all in all, the refs basically gave them the game and killed any momentum we got going with, what else, another flag. crap. well, its gonna be a lot harder to get to nationals now...go dawgs.
my ears were pulsing after the game...so i went to bed at 8:30...no, that wasn't a typo. what college student goes to bed at 8:30?? hey, i was tired. 12 and a half wonderful hours of sleep.
thursday was ruf girls' night...anna, colette, and i went downtown to grab an expensive bite to eat at the pita pit. actually, it took us quite some time to find something that fancied our appetites. we made a quick trip to cillie's, a cheapie clothing shop downtown where i bought a bright red nike sweater hoodie thingie for $7...gotta love the deals. we watched mean girls...which i do have to say that i hated even more the second time. i don't understand why people like it so much...its so raunchy. what are we doing watching it at a ruf get together, anyway? the get together was at a bunch of upperclassmen's house...and it was adorable! eventually when we get cars, anna and colette wanna get a house together. yea...i don't think i'll be getting a car anytime soon.
i played two and a half hours of ultimate on friday afternoon. straight. yes. i think i only had four sips of water the entire time...but it was a blast. man, i feel so outta shape, although i'm prolly not as bad as i think i am. after that i went bouldering (that would be a fancy name for rock climbing) even though i didn't even try to climb, really. too exhausted from ultimate still. we had a late dinner, went to a ruf girl's 21st birthday party...which entertained us for the first part of the night. we headed back to my place at 1:30 am and baked some cookies for the guys. they brought their lazy boy chairs, couch, hammock, tv, x box, and stereo down to the tailgating spot behind myers and camped out for the night. we got to watch zoolander (another wonderful flick...for some people lol) and colette and i went to my room around 4:15 to sleep.
i'll summarize the game...yellow flag on georgia, another flag on georgia, another flag on georgia, another flag on georgia, yet again, another flag on georgia, and another....it just didn't end. oh...i forgot, flag on tennessee...nevermind. all in all, the refs basically gave them the game and killed any momentum we got going with, what else, another flag. crap. well, its gonna be a lot harder to get to nationals now...go dawgs.
my ears were pulsing after the game...so i went to bed at 8:30...no, that wasn't a typo. what college student goes to bed at 8:30?? hey, i was tired. 12 and a half wonderful hours of sleep.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
two options...
it seems like there are two options of how to spend your time in college: homework or sleep. going to ruf, bible studies, ultimate frisbee games, movie night, dinner with friends, tailgating on game days...those are a given. for me, the sleep option is much more appealing, so at 12:13 am when my pillow calls to me, i stop the homework i've barely started and get in bed. at the beginning of the week, i was overwhelmed with the amount of work i had to do. now, it seems like i don't really have that much to do. oh, but i do. i think i have a false sense of time available. despite me knowing this, i'm about to head out to a game of volleyball, then ultimate, and then movie night. crappit. i really shouldn't be writing this blog right now.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
just when you think it couldn't get any worse...
this thought was on my mind all day. so i was walking along today thinking to myself, "if only i got my phone back...God would be so good to me". i had given up trusting that the phone would ever return because i didn't feel like being let down. the problem with my thought was that i realized the fallacy in it...God is always good to me! wow. i always tend to forget that just because everything doesn't go according to my plan, that God has something better in store for me. everyone's comment to me when my fiasco week was over that it could only get better. so i thought until i had another dramatic incedent this afternoon with a lost trinkadink that i don't feel i should disclose at the moment for my protection from angry parents. hey, siblings, don't go snitching...i've fixed it already. anyway, it was important enough for me to cry over. my hopes had been dashed on the rocks of life, i was eaten by the bad news bear...however you want to look at it, i couldn't imagine why this was happening to me.
God is good, though. just when i thought it couldn't get any worse, he fixed it. as i plunked unhappily away at my chem homework this evening, a got a call on my dorm phone. it was an unfamiliar voice, but the unfamiliar voice knew my name and where i lived. a bit strange. but the words "i have your cell phone" shocked me. spazz! okay, i know that i've been talking y'alls ears off about this stupid phone issue. but come on. how amazing is it to get something back that you've lost over a week ago and had totally given up hope on? maybe its God's way of teaching me not to rely so much on material things. actually, i think its more of God's way of showing me that he plan is always best and i need to rely on Him. i've grown pretty dependant on my cell phone, and this distance from it over the past week has helped me realize that i can function without it...its just a lot more difficult to be social.
i think my mom might look into having me go into surgery to have the phone permenantly attatched to me so this dosen't happen again. anyway, the phone is finally back in the possession of its long lost owner. i'm so relieved. i was kinda getting tired of being a sulky person all the time...its hard to be happy when you know you are a disappointment.
i have some wonderful new additions to my phone...thanks to the theif/finder, source of pain and joy, whom i despise and love at the same time. wonderful rap ringtones that i'm sure i'll be using quite often (y'all know how i love rap!). oh well. whatever price i have to pay for those stupid ringtones is nothing compared to what i would have paid for a new phone.
moral of the story: God is *always* good to me.
God is good, though. just when i thought it couldn't get any worse, he fixed it. as i plunked unhappily away at my chem homework this evening, a got a call on my dorm phone. it was an unfamiliar voice, but the unfamiliar voice knew my name and where i lived. a bit strange. but the words "i have your cell phone" shocked me. spazz! okay, i know that i've been talking y'alls ears off about this stupid phone issue. but come on. how amazing is it to get something back that you've lost over a week ago and had totally given up hope on? maybe its God's way of teaching me not to rely so much on material things. actually, i think its more of God's way of showing me that he plan is always best and i need to rely on Him. i've grown pretty dependant on my cell phone, and this distance from it over the past week has helped me realize that i can function without it...its just a lot more difficult to be social.
i think my mom might look into having me go into surgery to have the phone permenantly attatched to me so this dosen't happen again. anyway, the phone is finally back in the possession of its long lost owner. i'm so relieved. i was kinda getting tired of being a sulky person all the time...its hard to be happy when you know you are a disappointment.
i have some wonderful new additions to my phone...thanks to the theif/finder, source of pain and joy, whom i despise and love at the same time. wonderful rap ringtones that i'm sure i'll be using quite often (y'all know how i love rap!). oh well. whatever price i have to pay for those stupid ringtones is nothing compared to what i would have paid for a new phone.
moral of the story: God is *always* good to me.
hold on
i'm listening to some awesome elevator music right now...well, more like call hold music and quick little cingular advertisments. not because i want to. i'm trying to talk to these stupid cingular people about a new phone. i have to find a corporate office. i also have to be in class in fifteen minutes. gotta hold on.
i just spent ten minutes on the phone only to be told what i already know. fabulous. what a waste of time. not enough time to sit through another session of cheezy music...gotta get to sociology.
i just spent ten minutes on the phone only to be told what i already know. fabulous. what a waste of time. not enough time to sit through another session of cheezy music...gotta get to sociology.
Monday, October 04, 2004
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over and done with
well, its on the table. i finally recounted the entire string of events that lead up to the disappearance of my phone a week ago to my parents....a few times over. i just don't think they understand exactly how hard i looked for it and how mind boggling it is that it disappeared into thin air...no joke at all. i really believe it just evaporated. what makes me mad is that i wasn't irresponsible or anything...colette and anna can attest to that. i always keep track of my phone, which is why i realized i was missing it so quickly. so now, rather than buying myself a digital camera, i'm stuck having to replace a phone that betrayed me. thats about $250 or so that i have to dish out...over two months pay. crappit.
on a lighter note, the deuces finally won a game! it was so much fun to be on the winning side of a game for once. we got these awesome team t-shirts...that must have been it. anyway, we dominated the game, 15-12. i gouged a hole out of my knee while making an incredible dive for the frisbee. i'm proud to say that the catch was a success. of course, i got up and kept playing. i'm sure it looked pretty sweet...me just running after the frisbee undaunted by the stream of blood flowing down my shin. builds character.
anyway, this phone losing, irresponsible, diving, bloody girl needs to get to her english paper. lets hope for another "A"!
on a lighter note, the deuces finally won a game! it was so much fun to be on the winning side of a game for once. we got these awesome team t-shirts...that must have been it. anyway, we dominated the game, 15-12. i gouged a hole out of my knee while making an incredible dive for the frisbee. i'm proud to say that the catch was a success. of course, i got up and kept playing. i'm sure it looked pretty sweet...me just running after the frisbee undaunted by the stream of blood flowing down my shin. builds character.
anyway, this phone losing, irresponsible, diving, bloody girl needs to get to her english paper. lets hope for another "A"!
Sunday, October 03, 2004
LSwho?
now how 'bout them dawgs?? everyone says that was the loudest game they'd ever been to...it was so much fun! you could feel the sound pulsing through your body and the stands shaking. anyway, we humiliated lsu 45-16 and it was awesome. finally. we actually managed to get our team together for a quality game. its great to be a georgia bulldog. this was supposed to be the game of the season, but i believe that auburn will be the game to see...even though we'll kick butt again. i got a ticket to the florida game...so i believe i'll be watching the game down there over fall break. still have to decide.
anyway, i've got a ton of work to do before this fabulous weekend is over. maybe not as much work as you, becca, but i do enjoy my sleep. the dominating deueces have an ultimate game this afternoon...so hopefully we'll actually win a game and live up to our name!
anyway, i've got a ton of work to do before this fabulous weekend is over. maybe not as much work as you, becca, but i do enjoy my sleep. the dominating deueces have an ultimate game this afternoon...so hopefully we'll actually win a game and live up to our name!
Saturday, October 02, 2004
getting to know you
mafia is a good way to get to know people. but then again, its hard to play the game when you don't know the people. friday night was game night at an ruf-ers apartment. it was a rather small group struggling to play guesstures at first because no one was paying much attention. everyone got into catch phrase but after an hour or so of that, we decided to play mafia. now mafia is a good 'ole youth group game that brings back memories of betrayl and deciet. it is kinda complicated to explain, so if you have no idea what it is, bear with me. it is basically a game where you have to analyze people and guess whether or not they are telling the truth. man, becca was so crushed that time i was the mafia and lied straight to her face. i don't think she'll ever forgive me.
it was difficult trying to read the faces of people that you just met...the game was a little slow starting. we didn't even lynch anyone until the fourth round. i'm so proud of myself, though, cuz i figured it out. too bad i didn't get the chance to say it before everyone lynched me, an innocent townsperson. it was luke and a guy named nick...who tried to withdraw himself from the game by reading a book on the side and even attemted to defend me to get me to trust him. didn't work. luke was a little more difficult to guess...the thought of it being him didn't really cross my mind until the end. anyway, i was suspicious until it was finally confirmed in my mind, but no one would listen to me anymore cuz luke had convinced them to vote for me. darn it. next time we play, i'll know right away.
it was difficult trying to read the faces of people that you just met...the game was a little slow starting. we didn't even lynch anyone until the fourth round. i'm so proud of myself, though, cuz i figured it out. too bad i didn't get the chance to say it before everyone lynched me, an innocent townsperson. it was luke and a guy named nick...who tried to withdraw himself from the game by reading a book on the side and even attemted to defend me to get me to trust him. didn't work. luke was a little more difficult to guess...the thought of it being him didn't really cross my mind until the end. anyway, i was suspicious until it was finally confirmed in my mind, but no one would listen to me anymore cuz luke had convinced them to vote for me. darn it. next time we play, i'll know right away.
Friday, October 01, 2004
Malnomatophobia
okay, so i made it up, but is it just me or is there anyone else out there that hates calling people the wrong name? there is just something that is really embarrassing about it. maybe it pride. i had the problem at the beginning of the semester of meeting people and being so ready to say my name that i'd just totally miss their name...or forget their name two seconds after they said it. it was just name overload. anyway, i've played ultimate frisbee with about 83 different people, guys in particular. for some reason, they either catch on really easily or terribly shred my name (for example: janet, jessie, jenny...jeneeba??). anyway, those that do tend to remember my name, i always see around and every time they say "hey jeannine!" all i can say back is "hey! how are you?" its awful because for six weeks now i haven't been able to remember their name and i can't very well now ask, "whats your name again?" crappit. i need something like a yearbook so i can find people and match their names to their faces. that was my spiel for the day.
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