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Dia de los Muertos
Wow. The craziness has started. Actually, I think it's sort of ending. Today is my Russian proficiency exam. Not that I'm freaking out about THAT or anything! This is the last step before graduating. Passing means I graduate! Failing means...well, let's not go there ( Read more... ) -
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Tomorrow's it.
Actually, I'm pretty excited about it. Is that weird? I think I'm more nervous that I'll forget to bring something I should have. Or nervous that my committee won't show up! That, I think, is my worse nightmare.
Here we go.
And party to follow. Yay! -
Oh the Madness.
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Shine On
WOW. Last night was the Jars of Clay/NeedtoBreathe concert in Des Moines. That was one sweet 3.5 hour concert! I'm a pretty big fan of NeedtoBreathe now. I've liked Jars of Clay since their first album THIRTEEN YEARS AGO (that makes me feel old!), and their part of the concert was AWESOME (their new album is so unlike most of their other stuff!), ( Read more... ) -
My head is still above water....!
Wow. I know I need to type something, but I'm not quite sure what yet. I just got home from work, am eating yummy breakfast cereal before going to bed for a few hours. I drove to DSM yesterday to teach piano...I managed to leave with enough time to stop at the pet store in Ankeny and get Alita a couple new toys. It's been awhile since I've treated ( Read more... ) -
sinking?
I'm fast fading into the world of apathy and exhaustion. I knew it would hit sometime, but I wasn't expecting it to hit before spring break. Not that it will be much of a break. Five papers, 48 hours at work, and many 5 mile runs later, I will have to go to class again. As for right now? I am staring down my Egypt paper for Hist512. I have loads of ( Read more... ) -
what's with LJ's red heart at the top of the screen?!
oh people. who's idea WAS it to make a holiday centered about what people do EVERY DAY?! why is LOVE turned into a once a year thing? bitter? me? not really. i still give out my tear-apart monkey valentines for the sake of old times. but none of the big chocolate roses and other things. i gave my friends yellow plastic roses one year in high school ( Read more... ) -
it's 11:08 and i'm still awake...
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alrighty sportsfans. here's to my seventh of out seven nights at work. *toasts with mountain dew and chocolate covered mini donuts ( Read more... ) -
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ok, so i am at work again (go figure) and it's FREEZING in here. not the normal cold it usually is, but FREEZING! i have a long-sleeved thermal shirt and a sweatshirt on and i'm STILL cold. i should decide what songs we're going to sing for the first week of ccf. since we're practicing tomorrow and all. hehe. i was reading some, but then my head ( Read more... )