way too fast

its march already. that is just amazing. it seems like i just got back from winter break...and now we're in the midst of taking midterms and completing major projects. i browsed back over some of my blogs from last semester...i can still remember little details of those days. i didn't think the semester could go any faster than last, but yet here i am again, left in the dust of this semester whizzing by.

i've been a bum for the past few days...have done almost no work because i've been going non-stop since the semester began. i researched a little on what kind of jobs are out there to give myself some guidance for my advising appointment tomorrow. didn't find too much...just know that i'm interested in doing something creative...which is the same as where i was earlier. well, the creative field is "keenly" competative, or something like that. basically, its gonna be difficult to find a job unless you stand out. wonderful. hopefully i'm good in some respect.

not something i'd typically talk about, but i actually just got done watching the bachelorette...i have to say it was a little disappointing after listening to all that drama for the past umpteen weeks (megan watches, i do hw) and jen not ending up with anyone. i feel so bad for both those guys...oh well. the millionth bachelor season is starting up again in a few weeks...i wonder how many unfortunate seasons we'll have before they get tired of it.

happy and crappy xv

this week's happy...yay for:

• finally deciding where i'm working this summer
• finishing english papers
• afternoon naps
• surprise visits
• successful drawings
• free weekends

this week's crappy...nay for:

• ipods malfunctioning
• having to turn people down
• trying to figure out what classes to take
• being a bum
• missing out on fun
• cancelled softball games
• cold and rainy weather

blogs of note

fridays are my ultimate frisbee days. you just can't understand how mad i was when they closed the intramural fields and kicked us off yesterday. why? because they were supposedly "wet" still from the rain the day before. what what? that absolutely was not the case, and to make things worse, it was gorgeous, sunny, and warm outside. my one day of guaranteed exercise cancelled. i kinda made up for it this morning...amy and i played some hardcore raquetball. it was actually my first time playing with someone who actually knew the rules...so it was fun! but it just isn't the weekend without frisbee...

my brother paid a surprised visit to me today! i hardly get visitors, so it was rather exciting. he drove up in his brand new vw...which was also a surprise cuz he hadn't told me he bought a car yet. i showed him my lovely dorm room (which was freshly cleaned), snuck into the art building to show him my drawings, gave him a tour of the campus, and then headed downtown to find something to eat.

i've spent the evening trying to figure out how to code...or whatever you call it. i ended up figuring some stuff out...you can see the changes in the sidebar on the left. i decided to put links to some of my more interesting blogs there...kinda like the "editor's picks" or something rather. so, if sifting through my months worth of complaints about school work isn't for you, those are the blogs that have a little something more to go along with those complaints :).

holy crumbalas...i just blogged about blogging. and coding. what am i turning into??

a penny for your thoughts...

could you live off of $10 million dollars for the rest of your life?

this question came up during lunch...we were discussing some high school basketball player's aspirations to go straight to the pros (if he doesn't, he'd play for uga) and how much he'd make his first year. leah said that it would be stupid to go straight to pro because if he some how permanently injures himself, he wouldn't have a degree and couldn't get a job. nice point. but if he had a contract, it would prolly be worth at least $10 million...getting injured in the first season would at least guarantee him that much. i think i could make it by quite well with $10 million in my whole lifetime. stick it in a bank account, let it do the work for you...accumulating at least $50,000 a year...ya, seems like a plan.

honestly, that much money is pretty much incomprehensible to me. i can't see how living my life could ever require me to spend that much money. sure, those who have that much could carelessly use 100 dollar bills as napkins to wipe the bbq sauce off their fingers (although that would be pretty gross...considering how dirty money is). they dump it on every kind of overpriced crap imaginable. heck, i would prolly go no higher than the normal priced clothes in kohls. maybe i wouldn't. who knows. anyway, leah and andrew argued otherwise. i can see their point...rich people live like rich people.

anyway, the question that baffles me the most today (well, besides leah wondering what an english channel was) is how much does it really cost for someone to live their whole lifetime? would $10 million actually cover it? a penny for your thoughts...

my night out in vegas

our dining hall people are crazy. honestly, i don't know what to think of their obsessiveness with theme nights. its pretty spiffy cuz they like go all out for these random special nights...but then again, its kinda silly cuz they go all out for these random special nights. okay, if you've ever been on a college meal plan, did/does your food services put on nights such as "foods of the east," "5 star dinner," "tailgating cookout," "a taste of home," "nascar night" (what in the world?? you've gotta know you're in the south for that one), "valentines day banquet," and "vegas night"? didn't think so. let me try to explain this phenomenon. here at uga, they make all these special recipies and decorate like mad all the dining halls on campus in these themes. tonight was vegas night...complete with fountains spewing orange punch, poker tables (where people played), slot machines (okay, they were only posters), ocean's 11 playing, disgusting ice cream with some kind of alcohol in it, live frankie and elvis entertainment, giant balloons in the shape of cards and die, and colorful lights flashing everywhere. thats what i mean by all out. where do they get the money for this? my parent's pocket. so, thanks mom and dad for the night out to vegas. it was fabulous.

changing gears, its finally decided...becca and i are working at cbs this summer. no, not the tv network. its a christian camp in the hills of texas, right on a lake! total, we got four out of five offers from the camps we applied to...we have yet to hear from one at all. kinda obnoxious of them. anyway, whats important is that we finally committed and know what we'll be doing this summer.

our job as counselors pretty much consists of hanging out with kids (about middle school age), leading devotionals with the girls in our cabin, going to the big group meetings, working on the lake as waterski instuctors, and competing with the campers in team competitions! i am uber excited about this summer...i don't know what could be better than getting paid to have an incredible summer and play all day! it will be an awesome time to get to share my faith with young kids and grow as well. plus, i'll get more experience sharing the gospel! we still have to let all the other camps know that we won't be working for them...which kinda makes me sad. i feel bad turning people down...especially because they're all assuming that i'm going to work for them and we've gotten to know them personally. tomorrow won't be too enjoyable in that aspect. my geology midterm is also included in that statement.

terms and conditions

clearly, warranties are a joke. all these companies claim that if you have a problem with the product they sold you, they'll repair it if its within the time constraints. the thing is, they have all these fine print terms and conditions (exceptions to the warranty, in other words) that basically disqualify any problem you could come across under the sun. of course, there are some reasonable exceptions to the warranty cuz some people are just weird and do crazy things.

anyway, my reason for this rant is all because of my ipod. today my beautiful run was cut short when my ipod froze in the middle of my run. crappit. i kept trying to hit buttons and get it to restart, but no good. i was pretty fired up mad by the time i got to the dorm. called up my dad...who knows why because he wouldn't know anything about it, so then resorted to apple's tech support website. followed the instructions (held down the menu and play/pause buttons) for restarting a frozen ipod and it didn't work. tried again. and again. thinking i would have to send it into repair, i read over the "repair terms and conditions" and came accross something that made me chuckle...even though i was mad:

“Apple reserves the right to refuse repair service on products that have serial numbers altered, defaced or removed or that are damaged due to accident, abuse, neglect, misuse (including faulty installation, repair, or maintenance by anyone other than Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider), unauthorized modification, extreme environment (including extreme temperature or humidity), extreme physical or electrical stress or interference, fluctuation or surges of electrical power, lightning, static electricity, fire, acts of God or other external causes. In such event, Apple will return the product to you without repairing it, and may charge you the Diagnostic Fee, plus applicable sales tax.”

i especially like the “acts of God” part. can you think of anything that could be covered by the warranty? i especially think its kind of them to charge you for shipping, the diagnostic fee, and sales tax after not fixing anything. how nice. oh, and if you’re wondering, I ended up calling apple and they told me to hold down two different buttons to restart it…it worked. too bad they didn’t have it right on the website. grrr.

kinda funny...

okay, i couldn't resist. we got this e-mail from uga to let us know that theres going to be "a "severe weather drill" and i thought it was kinda funny...

"The annual Statewide Severe Weather Drill isscheduled for the morning of Wednesday, February 23. In the event of bad weather on February 23, the drill will be re-scheduled for February 25."

if theres severe weather, there will be no severe weather drill. ironic, eh?

the paper project...

as you may all know, i had to do a 6-8 hour drawing this past weekend. what you may not know is that i had to draw paper. yea, that sounds a little strange, but its a pretty simple idea. anyway, turns out that i ended on the short end of the time frame spectrum thing...what i believed would take me 9 hours actually only took me 6. maybe because i spent 3.5 previously on a charcoal drawing that i wasn't supposed to do...you can read about that elsewhere.

so anyway, today was the day we turned in our drawings. i was a little worried about it because my prof keeps telling me i'm not pushing the darks black enough. i really tried hard this time and it was successful! my prof said that mine one the best one up there and that it was a beautiful drawing :). i'm a little proud, if you can't tell. my prof also ended up catching a glimpse of my charcoal drawing when i was flipping the page, which he also made me put up on the wall with the others because he said it was excellent as well. i'm super excited that i was able to impress my drawing prof...hopefully i can keep improving.

i've spent the past hour scanning and piecing together my 18x24 drawing on photoshop so i can post it. it was quite a task, let me tell you. its a little blurry because i don't have my quality bob thing for the pictures pushed up the the best because then the pages take forever to download, and i know how everyone hates waiting to see what wonderful things i have to talk about. jk. in truth, i'm too lazy to change it. also, since i had to piece the parts together, it looks a little fuzzy...it looked a lot worse before photoshop, though! i love that program...so wonderful.

still have to finish my paper...more importantly, find some food for dinner. starving after my nice run in the GORGEOUS weather outside today! oh, i love love LOVE this weather, btw! 72 degrees in february...what could honestly be better?

yes, it took 6 hours to draw paper...

what to do?

okay, i'm a little confused on what the heck i have to do. so the camps aren't supposed to be hiring until march 1st...thats a week from now. well, two of them broke their wait to call me up. it just so happens that both of them decide to contact me tonight within 30 minutes of eachother and offer me a job! i'm glad i got to find out sooner than i had anticipated, but now i have to figure out where God wants me to be. theres so many things to look at and compare...i just don't know how i'm going to distinguish between the two. if all of them end up offering me a job, how am i gonna decide between them all? gosh. i guess it isn't too bad of a situation to be in. i just feel bad because i might have to tell four camps that i'm not accepting their offer. i hate stuff like that.

so thats my big decision of the week. on top of that lies my english paper, geology midterm, and big history of the built environment quiz. okay, so enough of that boring stuff. i need to get back to my paper and touch up a little on my drawing.

happy and crappy xiv

i've kinda neglected the blog this weekend...my apologies. friday night i went with a group to see the gym dogs...we lost, which was disappointing, but it was fun! just hung out in my dorm with colette until about midnight, when anna came over to spend the night. kinda like a sleepover in the good old days...except there wasn't too much chit chat. oh well. i've been spending the rest my weekend doing nothing but drawing. started at 11 am saturday morning, drew for three and a half hours in charcoal. oh, it was looking great! but alas, i find out that it was supposed to be done in graphite. crappit crappit crappit. so, i started my 6-8 hour drawing over again...in graphite pencils. got worn out after eight hours of trying to draw in dim lighting, so i took a break and watched dodgeball. i'm not really a fan of ben stiller...and my opinion hasn't changed. so thats really about it. i'm almost done with my drawing (oh, its of paper, btw), then on to my rough draft, then studying for geology, and getting laundry and cleaning done. yessss. sounds like a wonderful way to spend the weekend. okay, onto the happy and crappy:

this week's happy...yay for:

• a's on english papers
• not having any tests
• or quizzes
• getting a job offer
• finally ordering ink
• awesome frisbee games
• getting to go on the geology field trip ( trip = 5 points added to final average...oh yea)
• gym dogs
• packages in the mail!
• listening to music while doing homework
• the format

this week's crappy...nay for:

• not getting the expected grade on poli sci
• using the wrong medium for 3.5 hours
• the price of printer ink
• not knowing what i'm doing for spring break
• more papers to write
• having a major geology quiz and midterm in the same week (is that legal??)
• history of the built environment quiz

orange skin is sexy

three weeks to spring break. for most people, this is the cruch time. its the time of the year when people remember their new year's resolution to get back in shape and realize that all that remains of last summer's tan is a faint line...if theres one at all. so, people hit the gym to work off those holiday pounds and crawl into those bacertia infested tanning beds to bronzify their skin. why? to look good in a bikini...or swim trunks...whichever, all for spring break. hey, i'm all about working out...Lord knows this country needs it. but why is there a need to be tan in february?

lately, people have been dishing out about $35 a session to lay in a sweaty, hot, gross coffin for fifteen minutes. what is this world coming to? you know, back in the day, porcelien skin was seen as gorgeous. of course, that was an indication that they were rich enough not to have to work outside in the sun all day. the times have changed, though, and now we all must acquire that perfect bronze glow year round. i personally cannot convince myself that it is worth $35 to lay in a place so disgusting...which will probably end in some kind of skin cancer anyway. so maybe thats a little bit of a paranoid statement. but really, i'd rather just be pale when i venture out that first day on spring break and allow the sun to do its magic...through an spf 30, of course.

the whole reason why i'm bringing this up, besides the fact that spring break is so close, is that i'm amazed at what girls do to achieve a tan. tanning beds are one thing. self tanning lotions, thats another. its a lot safer than a tanning bed, which is a definate plus, but the results, i promise, are nothing close to natural. i think i have seen at least three oranger than orange girls walking around campus. the smudges around their jawbone from where they couldn't see where they needed to rub it in still, streaks on the arms...i'm sure their oblivious to how it really looks.

one of these girls is in a class with me. the whole time i thought the lighting of the room and my eyes were playing tricks on me. it looked as if she had nothing in her diet except for sweet potatoes, carrots, and maybe a few glasses of sunny delight. if the whole motive of getting in shape and being tan is to look attractive...does that really achieve it? guys, honestly, is orange skin a must have in what you look for in a girl? if it is, maybe thats the answer i've been looking for.

art show

i made my first solid "a" on a college paper! a 95. i am super psyched about it...finally! i actually didn't like it as much as some of my papers last semester (of which my highest was a 92)...prolly cuz it was a critical essay on literature. i'm not a big fan of analyzing stories and poems. such boring subjects. anyway, the only problem i had on it was mechanics. she made seven small marks on my entire six page paper...which wasn't really important things anyway, to me atleast. never been good at mechanics.

i spent the last three hours drawing cage drawings, once again. each one takes me forever. one more to go...but it has to be in pen. crappit. that means i can't mess up. haven't even started on my nine hour drawing yet or my english paper. it is gonna be one busy weekend.

i'm thinking about submitting some of my photography into an art show. its just a small one in the honors building, but i figured it might be fun. theres a bunch i'd like to submit, but i can only do three. some of the pics i'm looking at are ones that i've posted before from aruba (november 22) and paris (went in december, but pics are january 5). the problem is that they are all digital, so i have to get them printed and matted. hmmm...could get a little pricey.

one of the camps officially offered me a job today! its the one that is in indiana, so its pretty far away...plus i'm not really sure what kind of activities they do. i haven't gotten the paperwork yet, but when i do, i have to get it back within ten days. the problem is that i won't even hear from the other camps by then. so i've got to either decide without having any other options, or i've got to turn it down and hope that one of the other ones offer me a job. great.

wednesdays are wonderful for these reasons: ruf and alias! gotta love 'em both! in order for me to participate in both tonight, i need to get some more work done. i've got a quiz to study for and some reading to catch up on so i'm not behind like i was last unit!

blacks blacker than black

so i stole that line from a stupid commercial, but it seemed appropriate.

i just can't seem to make my blacks black enough in drawing class. i think i have a fear of going too dark...maybe committing to that one particular shade to find out that it just isn't right there. i did the other half of the homework that i so crazily didn't do last week because life as i knew it was falling apart. didn't make too good of a grade on it...of course, half of the assignment was missing. the assignment was to draw these "flags" that we had to arrange in creative ways and then shade them to give them the right light quality. hes willing to re-average it with the grade for the one i turned in today. anyway, as i was saying, i really have tried to go dark. he keeps telling me to be more aggressive...maybe i'm just not aggressive enough to make a truly black black. obviously, i need to work on it.

i have some cage drawings to do now...i basically have to draw the surface of objects using horizontal and vertical lines that end up making some sort of cage like thing. on top of that, which is due thursday, i have a 9 hour drawing due tuesday. i also have another paper due on wednesday for english. crappit. why can't i just have a week when i can just simply relax?

a valentines day favorite...seems appropriate

hearts stars and horseshoes

here we are, yet another valentine's day. this morning, i may have seemed bitter..."rainy vday...seems fitting." i was kinda being sarcastic. but then again, sarcasm does hold some truth. although there was no significant other to spend the day with, i'm still loved. that sounded kinda cheesy. but oh well. i got two packages in the mail...one from my mom and one from megan's family! how exciting! i never get packages in the mail...so it was quite a day because i got two. lots of chocolate and other goodies...of course, smothered in wonderful red and pink hearts. it wouldn't be valentine's day without them. i also got a few valentines from some people on my hall...so thanks to y'all for thinking of me!

i think pretty much everyone in the country watched the notebook tonight...it was kinda like the official love story of the holiday or something. we watched it at my discipleship group. we just had some yummy cake and baked cookies. good times, though.

as for the title, i had some lucky charms this morning. didn't do anything for the love life ;)

happy and crappy XIII

this week's happy...yay for:

• jackets
• new running shoes
• successful interviews
• taste and talent
• going home

this week's crappy....nay for:

• english papers
• not finishing homework
• housing
• housing
• housing
• not knowing what the heck is going on
• studying for tests
• blanking on tests
• hard tests
• confusion

home sweet home

i'm making my first trip home since winter break five weeks ago. its kinda strange how fast those five weeks went by...back in the day, if i was gone for a week, it felt like forever. now i'm planning on being far far away at a camp this summer anywhere from six to 11 weeks. strange how things change. i guess you just get accustomed to being away. either that or they dump so much work on you at school that you barely have time to breathe. thats pretty much how the past two weeks have gone, anyway.

the tourturous two weeks are finally over, and i really hope i do mean that. too much stress to meet deadlines and fit everything you need to do and want to do into those 18 hours of each day. not enough sleep. i'm sure you know the drill of the college life. my political science test was a breeze yesterday morning. history of the built environment, now thats another story. after ten hours of studying, i barely had a clue of what some of those questions were asking. crappit. anyway, thats boring.

i hitched a ride to tech yesterday afternoon, the feeling of relief not quite doing its magic on my tired self. last night the 002's buddy jeff and his friend daniel jammed on thier guitars for us and sang some wonderful 90s songs. gotta love the 90s. anyway, it turned out to be like a four hour private concert. i think there were about eight people in the dorm at one point in time.

this morning, i got up to go with christina (or brocco) and becca (celery) to go to their sorority's "tug" practice. figured it would be good for me to get a workout in. man, my legs are killing me now. definately outta shape. we basically alternated sprints and lunges every ten meters or so...lengthwise down the third largest astro turf field in the world. dang. of course, to top it off, we did the electric chair for a total of about ten minutes.

housing drama is still going on. amy and i are trying to transfer to another hall, but our requests aren't mutual or something...even i'm confused about it, so i won't bother to go into details.

my interview for the cbs camp is this afternoon...2ish i think. gosh, things are so confusing right now. i'm at tech and have no clue where i'm supposed to be meeting them. anyway, this one is in person, so its a little more nerve racking than the two phone interviews. so theres a not-so-detailed update of my life. i'll have to write more later about the show tonight, which is why i'm coming home in the first place.

stress

i've had a pretty stressful two weeks....not too enjoyable. it all started with applications, progressed into a paper, became turbulant with the housing situation, knocked me down and stamped on me with this morning with homework, and has me by the throat currently as i try to cram for my two tests tomorrow.

okay, i won't bother to reiiterate what i've said already, but i'll update you on the homework situation. i'm in a drawing class this semester. of course, theres going to be a lot of long drawing assignments. i worked so hard over the past week trying to get five drawings done (each taking 30 minutes, which i went over) in time for this morning on top of all the other crap. i show up to class this morning at the red eye time of 7:50 to find out that i had only completed half of the assignment. the first assignment that is going to be looked at and really graded. crappit. so rather than two and a half hours of drawing i was supposed to do, (which took about three and a half) i was really supposed to do five hours. honestly, i have no idea how that would have been feasible. i'm frustrated cuz it appears as if i'm slacking or something. i'm sure you realize that is certainly not the case (okay, i do realize i am writing this, but i need to vent a little).

had another phone interview today, which went well. they don't start hiring until march 1, so i'll have to let you know the result. my last scheduled interview is saturday afternoon, but in person. hope it goes well. anyway, i've got to study my history of the built environment stuff. wish me luck.

you're hired!

i had my first ever interview for a job today, and i believe it turned out rather well. as i've mentioned before, becca and i are trying to get a job working at a christian camp this summer. i was pretty nervous today before hand. had no clue what kind of things they'd be asking me. after i got on the phone though, i relaxed and chatted with the interviewer for 55 minutes and 36 seconds. on my cell phone. ya. not too happy about that. he tried my dorm phone, but apparantly it is dysfunctional or something. so i had to talk during prime time. sorry mom and dad, had no other option. i don't want to see how many minutes i've talked this month. i wouldn't be surprised if i've used like 2,000.

okay, so back on track. it was a pretty good interview and he ended up unofficially offering me a job for the summer! yay for me! becca has her interview with them tomorrow or something. its pretty far away, though...indiana.

on other matters, i'm dying under stress and i really don't have time to be writing this blog. but hey, i always find a way to make time. amy and i snagged a spot in some random suite with four other girls. hopefully that won't be dramatic or anything. i've got two tests, one tomorrow that carrys over to friday and another on friday. frisbee game tomorrow. another phone interview. gosh, why am i boring you with this stuff when i'm need time to study anyway?

i think i'm gonna sue...

after five attempts to dry my laundry, i finally decided to save my quarters and let my clothes remain a little damp. thats got to count as stealing, fraud, or some sort of illegal activities. its ridiculous. why can't they just make the temp a little warmer so they actually get dry?? now thats a novel concept. needless to say, i had another fun day of laundry today. i would have saved it for the weekend when i go home, but i was out of socks.

so the housing situation has been blown to pieces. the school wide room sign ups starts tomorrow and apparantly there are no real rooms available with two open spots. which sucks. now, we have no idea if we can live in any of the places we wanted and we might wind up with a crappy dorm. crappit. i've got to sort this mess out tomorrow. too bad my appointment to sign up starts at 9 am tomorrow...five minutes before my first class starts. won't get a chance to even log on until 12:05. crappit. hope i can just get a spot on campus at this point in time...

sleepy syndrome

okay, i have a serious problem. it seems that no matter what time of day it is, if i crack open a book to study, i will fall asleep. due to this problem, i'm a little behind on reading. a few chapters behind, in fact. in a few classes. considering i have two tests this week in those classes in which i have failed to read the text, i need to get on top of it.

my attempt today failed quite miserably. five pages knocked me out for a good two and a half hours. no joke. at this rate, if i read all i'm supposed to read, i'll be asleep for the rest of the week. but it was such a wonderful, blissful nap. i'm convinced i have sleepy syndrome, which breaks out when i get close to a textbook. crappit. this can't be good for studying.

anyway, i've posted pictures from the retreat. sorry they're not very high quality...i need to change the settings or something. kait, theres one in there just for you. another thing, i think the hot/cold cabin temerature thing did me in. i'm feeling a little bit of a bug coming on. not good.

uga ruf winter conference...the group picture

me and becca

the guys try to show off their gymnastics skills...

martin saw a mouse...

RUF girls enjoying the warm day

ya...looking hot

the weekend included some frisbee, of course

kaite, becca, anna after eating some grub

trying to toast the marshmellows to perfection

bonfires are wonderful

making s'mores...yum yum

us four together again

me, claire, and allison at the bonfire

people chilling on the fence

colette...nice smile.

okay, so here it is, as promised. my beautiful bruise from ultimate frisbee.

happy and crappy XII

this week's happy...yay for:

• graham colton band!!!!
• concerts
• finishing applications
• retreats
• seeing sisters
• meeting new people
• phantom of the opera
• girls nights

this week's crappy...nay for:

• not getting to eat skittles that you bought
• english papers
• wasting time when writing english papers
• drunk people who smoke right in your face
• smelling like cigarette smoke
• not finishing homework in time
• stinky sisters
• temperature wars

winter conference

lets just say that its been quite a weekend. becca managed to forget a coat and bedding, so i had to share mine. my main complaint is the whole bed sharing thing. first of all, i was nice enough to share my bed in the first place so she didn't have to sleep on a nasty mattress. in return she runs around all day playing ultimate and what not (sweating, no doubt) and goes to bed without a shower. not only that, she didn't even bother to change her shirt. why do i have to go through this? really, i'm pretty frustrated about it, but then again, it is kinda funny in a way. but how gross!!

aside from that and the freezing cabin (had people crawling over us all night to battle out the temperature with eachother, which was set at 50 degrees when i woke up) the trip was great! we had our first message on "christian freedom" when we got there and stayed up late talking in the cabins and meeting new people. on saturday we had two more messages, as well as some ultimate frisbee (which was way too crowded for my liking) and soccer. i got to relax from my homework and take a break, which was very needed. we had worship this morning and then headed out. i'll get some pictures from the weekend posted as soon as i have them at hand.

you gotta hear these guys...

oh. my. goodness. i went to a graham colton band concert last night. and it was ah-mazing. yes yes. if you heard their music, you'd be really really jealous.

so i've been rocking out to gcb music for like the past month and a half. you've gotta hear these guys. found out yesterday that they were actually in town and playing at the georgia theater last night! yet again, i ditched my date with my paper to have a night out with the girls. it wasn't too hard of a choice....sit and spend another six hours on my paper or go to a concert. my date didn't even have a chance, really. it was unfair. but how much fun was it? i haven't been to that kind of concert before. we got there ridiculously early (like 8ish) thinking they would come on at 9:30. nope. didn't even start until 10:15. but we did get a spot right up next to the stage, which was pretty awesome. they rocked, we sang, and i was happy.

i heard of gcb from a friend of a friend of a friend (that first leg being colette). i decided that i'd support them and buy a cd last night...even got it signed. they're on the bubble, for sure. keep your eye out for them. their new single is "cigarette", which i believe is on the radio in some cities.

okay, now that i'm done with my promotion, i'm going to let a little bit of my stress out. applications are pretty much a done deal, so thats good news. however, that crappy paper is still hanging around (but at least its not due today, like it was originally), which i need to finalize. housing sign ups are today and i have no stinking idea what the heck is going on now with the rooming situation. crappit crappit crappit! thats a big problem, since i suddenly might not have roommates for next year. wonderful. next, becca is supposed to be coming to the retreat today, but we have yet to find a ride for her. great. just what i need.

thankfully, i'm getting away from athens for a little bit this weekend and get the opportunity to relax and get refreshed. we're leaving at 4, but i'm still thinking i'm gonna skip my class that is at 11:15. i need to make sure i've got all these things sorted out before i run out of time. first class i'll miss this semester. be proud.

"why can't it be like the first week?

looking really good from that angle...shoot.

graham, you're amazing...

thank you, weather predicting rodent

its not too acclaimed of a holiday. i wouldn't even call it a holiday really. more like, an observance...cuz we don't get the day off from school. needless to say, on this groundhog day, punxsutawney pete, or bill, or phil, or antoine...whatever his name is, would not have been able to see his shadow in good ole athens today. rain rain rain. in fact, he didn't see his shadow in whereverville, pa today. you all know what that means...six more weeks of winter (hope i got that right). sadly. winter has to be my least favorite month. i say month because here, thats about how long it is. another six weeks makes it twice as long. crappit.

whenever i think of groundhog day, i think of the movie. i don't know how popular it is, but its got that guy in it (bill murry perhaps) and some lady that looks like elaine from seinfield. i'm not too good with actors/actresses, if you can't already tell. anyway, he somehow gets stuck replaying groundhog day over and over everytime he wakes up. he commits suicide about 5,298 times, but he still wakes up. its a pretty crazy idea really. i mean, what would you do if everyday was the same and you knew what was gonna happen and all. it would kinda be cool...but you could never really travel anywhere more than a day's time away. well, its something to think about.

and speaking of rain, i just want to mention the psycho people out there who are running around outside in 32.1 degree weather, in a terrential downpour, without an umbrella or coat of any sort. ridiculous. its you people who get sick and start the nasty bug epidemic that strikes down any person (for a solid week) that comes within a 5 foot radius of you. shame on you.

aside from that, i hope everyone had a good groundhog day...tell someone you love them and hold them close tonight. ha ha.

feeling cultured

call me uncultured, or a depraved child, (and i'm actually kinda embarrassed to admit it) but i've never really known the story of the phantom of the opera. sure, i've heard the soundtrack from the broadway musical, and i think i've even seen some kind of wishbone rendition of it back in third or fourth grade. i've never known the plot though. i knew there was a guy who wore a mask because he was really hideous. thats about it. but lucky for me, we had a girl's night out to go see the movie (even though my paper still isn't done). i think it was portrayed quite beautifully...and i'm even feeling cultured. i finally know the story. i couldn't tell you if the movie version or old broadway version of the music was better. but according to the musical experts (that would be anna and colette), the movie version is nothing in comparision to the broadway. i wouldn't know...i have nothing to base an opinion on.

to give you an update on my awesome wound i got on friday playing frisbee, its really turning into something quite beautiful. its kinda like an abstract painting of faint greens, purples, and blues. it hasn't quite bloomed into its full fledge colors yet, but i'm anticipating its nastiness. the cut kinda looks like a cat eye...a red cat eye of course. but the cut has this ring of red around it....quite cool. well, sorry, but i just had to give a description. good luck having sweet dreams after that bedtime story.