This is officially my last 9-midnight desk shift.  I think I might start crying.  Bahhhhhhhh!  After an entire summer spent sitting on my butt at a computer (a computer that has a mind of its own and will shut off whenever it feels like, possibly in the middle of me writing this post) I've realized that I haven't saved up nearly enough money that I ( Read more... )

I've decided that I can no longer listen to pretty horn music.  All it does right now is maek me sad that I can't play as beautifully as the professionals on the recording.  GRRRRRRRR!  I just need to practice more.  That's all there is  to it!!  :)  For now...well...I guess I'm only as good as I'm letting myself be.  Yay practicing ;)  from now on ( Read more... )

so I feel like I am back in middle school.  Everything is much happier......

... Mike just called me from Hansen hall and told me to get on AIM.  Yay!  we can be chatting buddies!!!

So I just saw on facebook that someone I went to school with at Lawrence just got married.  Now it's really starting to hit me that people all around me are getting married, engaged, having babies, and starting their lives, and I'm not even going to be out of school (with an undergrad degree...) for another 3 years!  I don't think I can handle this ( Read more... )

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarded R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books as highly as Harry Potter books are regarded by readers across the United States. Ok, maybe they didn't go that far. But, I quote:
Librarians and booksellers have suggested that these books could interest Harry Potter fans looking for more to read...R.L. ( Read more... )

Yay! This weekend I get to dog-sit for the full time custodian here at Steiner. Money, central air, HUGE land, two dogs (and a cat) and 6 miles out of the city! I'm pumped ( Read more... )

Next week Wednesday is the 4th of July...already! How is that possible!??!!

...is my least favorite color ( Read more... )

Holy COW it's raining hard right now. One of the positive aspects of my desk job is the wall-o-windows right in front of me so I can watch people as they pass by the dorms. The cool part...they can't see me! mmmuuuahahah. Anyway, a lady came down to check out and wanted to run to her car before it started to rain. Well, she got about half of ( Read more... )

Without fail, every visit to home sends me back up here wondering why I ever wanted to go home in the first place. Spending Friday night with my friends was definitely a real treat. It's been so long since I've seen them, and every chance I get to hang out with them I'll take. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever make that good of friends again ( Read more... )