First day of the new semester. I knew that my schedule sucked, but I was hoping for it to somehow turn out ok. It didn't. I can guarantee a crappy semester, and honestly it's not because of my attitude. I'm over the fact that I didn't get the schedule I wanted, but that doesn't make boring teachers more interesting. It doesn't change the fact ( Read more... )

Winter Retreat was this weekend, and it was awesome! It was a lot of fun spending time with people who I don't normally, and fun to be away from those people who I do spend all my time with. I spent a lot of time playing fuseball with Elaine, this adult-leader Brad, and his co-leader Matt. Brad is an awesome guy (married with 5 kids, don't worry ( Read more... )

ah, so my days keep getting better and better. Day 2 of finals. I seem to have gotten an A in English, so that is good news. On the other hand, took my math final, and it was the hardest thing I've ever taken in my life. I'll be interested to see what I get on that. But, the absolute best part (note sarcasm) was when we received our schedules ( Read more... )

I think I'm over the whole working hard in school thing. I busted my butt taking crazy hard classes, attempting to get good grades, and what for? Honestly, what does it boil down to? A lot of stress, getting a gpa that is .2 lower than the good schools accept, therefore only getting accepted to a state school that any idiot could get into. I ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
drove, worked at a real job

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
didn't make any, and will most likely not again
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Wow. Last night was my highly anticipated work Christmas party. I was excited to be able to spend time with my friends from work outside of work. The party was at Brunswick Zone (a place that has bowling, video games, and food) which I was excited about since I like bowling. This girl Rachel (probably my best friend at work) drove me, because ( Read more... )

stolen from firebread

ABOUT YOU

Your name:: Laila
Age:: 17
Height:: 5'8"
Natural hair colour:: brown
Eye colour:: green
Number of siblings:: 5
Glasses/contacts?:: notta
Piercings:: 2 in one ear, 3 in the other
Tattoos:: none
Braces?:: been there, done with that
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I remember those days when I used to complain that my friends never wanted to hang out with me, and how I'd spend Friday nights all alone in my room. Well, now I long for that. I was thinking about it last night, and I really only have one afternoon a week that I don't have an obligation. I mean, the afternoon usually ends up being filled with ( Read more... )

I went to the Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, and Casting Crowns concert Tuesday night at UIC Pavillion, and it was amazing. I really had never been a SCC fan before, and was really going to the show to hang out with my friends and see Casting Crowns. However, Steven proved me wrong. He was awesome. He came up first (I've never seen a head- ( Read more... )

So everyone has found out if they've been accepted to U of I.. except me. And everyone has been accepted. Therefore, the day I get my denial letter will be a day not only of sadness but of utter embarrassment. And sure, I don't have to tell anyone that I didn't get accepted, except for one person: Natalie, my potential roommate. And with her ( Read more... )