"mmm, flem"

Laptops in US History + Substitute = blog post

With spring break just around the corner, I think this week just represents one big hurdle for most people. Papers, quizzes, portfolios, tests. I've got an odd little cold at the moment as well, so I'm kinda looking at my body like I do my school work. As long as I keep blowing my nose and popping sudaphed, it'll all clear up in the morning.

Oh, and in case you haven't heard:

Baker's Dozen Presents "Spring Nite O' Mime"

Thursday, March 29

7:30 @ the VHS Auditorium

"Iowa?"

The mountaintop rises 12,000 feet above the ocean
A breeze blows, the snow falls
All you see is the dark grey sky and the white ground.
The treeline is far below
Before you lies a seemingly endless expanse of fresh powder.
You strap into your board,
lower your goggles,
and turn to your friend.
He nods.

You ride.

"Shh"

Although I don't consider my life to be incredibly exciting to those around me, 2007 has proved to be an amazing year so far.

-Planned a college visit with my mom for Harvey Mudd over spring break
-Bombed a final
-Snowboarded for the first time (as fun as it was painful)
-Filed my W-2 form
-Had my mindset completely changed by the book "The Tao of Pooh"
-Dropped Track and replaced it with Iaido / Rugby (maybe)
-Advanced to the All-State level for group mime (as did many a blogger in this little clique)
-Lost my miniature Buddha and my prized red converse shoes
-Rediscovered my love for Red Delicious Apples

And the beauty of it all is I finally realized I can live the life I seek without being super busy, over-scheduled, or under-rested. I concentrated on "saving time" in the fall, not realizing it is impossible to do so. I can't store little moments in a jar and enjoy them later. With so many appointments, assignments, deadlines and due dates, I found I couldn't be as mindful, calm, or caring as I would have liked. So to all of you whom I turned away from or overlooked in the last several months (especially you, Yes), I humbly apologize. Among my new year's resolutions, I'm adding "to quiet the mind".

And now I'm off to sleep very, very deeply.

"Do you know them?"

"Wrongful death, schmongful death"

This is why I shouldn't work on mock trial at 2 am.

Anyway, while I was typing up my direct questions for one of the witnesses, I realized something. Almost no one fits neatly into one clique. Here I was in my Active Endeavors T-shirt with my running shoes listening to the soundtrack from the spring mime show and reading a bunch of legal jargon. It made me chuckle to myself.

I'm a mock trial / running / out door's club / drama / NRA type.

I know a radio / drama / film type guy and a band / flogging molly / harry potter type girl. We hang out with tennis / ex-debater / hawkeye guy and sometimes we watch movies / eat Mexican food / drive around.

You get the idea.

The more I thought about it, the more I came to think that a lot of "jerks", "nerds", and "weirdos" often only have one type going for them. Like football guy or science girl.

Now I'm not claiming there aren't well rounded ass holes in the world (excuse the pun). In fact, I'm positive there are. I'm also not trying to put forth a brilliant theory. I think we've all noticed this phenomenon in our lives, especially in high school. But for some reason, the idea just became more concrete for me this morning.

Happy MLK day.

"..."

"Ewww, improvements"

Some highlights from my '07 resolutions

1. Meditate daily

3. Take Ukulele lessons

4. Stop biting my fucking nails

5. Swear less

8. Always have a mime skit worth sharing on Sundays (no boom check mates)

11. Snowboard on something bigger than my driveway.

14. Buy the complete works of William Shakespeare

14.1 Read it and live to tell the tale...or at least quote it

15. Design a "Billy Shakes is my Homeboy" T-shirt on threadless.com


**Edit: I finished part of number 14 at Borders today with the help of two gift cards, my grandma money, and my aunt donna money. I'm currently on page 12 of 1,751.

And there you have it. I'm completely and utterly resolved to follow this list. Or at least, I was when I wrote it.

Happy New Year everybody.

"Dammit Beta"

Made the longest post in the history of this blog. Lost it. Dunno how, dunno where. It's like misplacing an elephant in a closet.

To summarize:

Ze opened up the ORG again. I'm starting a pack called "Fowl Play". To join head to http://www.zefrank.org/. This especially applies to those involved in the duckie incident. You know who you are.

Confused? Blame beta, it deleted the explanation.

"Santa knows me well"

Gifts under the tree

More than just sweaters and socks

Two words: Buddha Board

"Time to draw the line"

With new platforms entering the world and old ones leaving it behind, it's time to find out where people's loyalty lies. Xbox? Playstation? Nintendo? Atari? Sony? It's up to you.

I, for one, have spoken.

"If Toma can do it..."

Like toma, I too have some free time in class today. Not that I don't enjoy survey of engineering. It has some truly shining moments. This just doesn't happen to be one of them.

On an unrelated note, I almost chopped off sukriti's finger with a spoon today. Sorry about that, girl. I hope the rice crispies bar made up for it.

"Beta? Like the Fish?"

That's right, Blogger has succeeded where thousands of Mormons have failed. It converted me.

So far beta feels a lot like alpha, and I totally know what all the buttons do.

"It's like a bad painting without the fumes"

I dunno. Toma mentioned microsoft paint in a comment, so I decided to make "forest". This thing didn't load very well, though. The figure at the bottom is pretty much gone.

Anyway, this reminded me of the "end-of-the-school-year" countdown I did on my home computer with ghetto paint pictures. Maybe I'll try it again for winter break (except they're gonna have to be slightly less ghetto if someone other than me is going to be looking at them).

"Male - face down and head first"

Surprisingly enough, this quote is from my mother. I working on a newspaper project for US History when I asked her how I should flip the paper in order to print on both sides. After her answer, my face looked something like this 8 [

She just shrugged it off, saying now I'd never forget how to do it.

And damn it, the woman is right.

"NOOOO!"

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=8622

"Happy Thanksgiving"

My family traveled to my grandparents' farm in Bluegrass, IA on Wednesday and returned home about an hour ago. As far as Thanksgivings go in our family, it was pretty subdued. Food was good, cousins were fun, and the weather was beautiful.

In fact, the only downer was getting thrown from a horse onto a gravel road.

This year, I'm especially thankful for not landing on my head : )

"18 hours, 55 minutes, 56 seconds until break"

But who's counting?

I found this (http://okaydave.com/) online today and thought it was kinda neat. I'm don't think I have a future in this field, but graphic designs have always interested me.

I especially liked the bit about "Cadence of Seasons"

"What's a Pink Elephant?"

Ah, nothing like a weird-ass weekend to get me geared up for the holidays. I did broaden some of my horizons, though. I saw Borat on Friday and I highly recommend it (definitely not one for the parents, though. Their little selves couldn't handle it). I also read a graphic novel, Persepolis. That's right Kyle, I read it and liked it. I picked the title from a list of books for a World Lit project. As usual, I procrastinated on this one and was looking for a quick read. Interesting story, though.

I think that's all for this post. I've been up for 36 of the past 38 hours, and I'm kinda pooped. If anybody has some crazy stories from this weekend / plans for Thanksgiving, feel free to post 'em in the comments.

"The Christian force was composed mainly of Poles"

It's gonna be a late night for homework. Something about studying alone for a long period of time made these quotes from my history book extremely amusing.

"Each member had the power to close to conference, known as 'Exploding the Diet'. Famine Followed"

That reminds me of this little gem originally linked by Toma. http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=2792

If you like 'em, be sure to post a comment on Toma's blog.

"Ewww"

So I was surfing the internet this afternoon when I smelled something. Something foul and disgusting. Something so rank I was afraid my eyelashes would fall off. Only one thing could create such a stench: A Dead Blog. That's right. I had been sitting only a foot or so away from the resting place my blog. Naturally I tried to clean it up and bury it, but the intangible object kept slipping out of the trash bag. In the end, I knew the only way to get rid of the smell was to bring it back to life.

And pick up the dog crap.



It's good to be back.

"Dammit Blogger"

I created a really beautiful post a few days ago, but no one got to see it. Apparently Blogger thought the "publish post" button was the emergency "crash my computer and make the wall paper all funny" button.

Bummer.


To compensate, I'll just plug the Baker's Dozen Auditions

Workshop: Monday, October 2, 3:30
Auditions: Tuesday / Wednesday, October 3/4, 4:00

Bring a skit, music optional (but recommended...for the comfort of all)

"mmm...weekend"

First things first: Homecoming. Yes and I went together along with two other couples, Joanna + Tom and Blake + Hannah. We met at Blake's for pictures, ate at Bogey's in Glen Oaks, and had a pretty kick ass time at the dance. If you haven't already heard about the "riot", check it out.

Mime show also went very well. See Toma's blog for a full description.

This weekend was surprisingly pleansant. Instead of meeting at raccoon river, the CC team went to Grey's Lake (very pretty in the morning). The BD roadshow was as successful as it could have been. I still love my job. And, to top it all off, I drank the best blue Icee of my life.

Here's to weekends. May their aftertaste linger 'till wednesday.

"Do you guys realize we have a show tomorrow?"

Yup, it's that time of year. No, not Christmas. Or Thanksgiving. Or even my birthday. This is better than all three combined.

Fall Night o' Mime

September 21, 7:30

Valley Auditorium

I had a crazy good time at homecoming, but more on that later. Right now I have to study for 2 tests, create a presentation, and find my little lycra tights.

"Hehe, this feels so risky"

I normally make an effort to avoid posting at school. The idea that everything on these computers is trackable and therefore available to the administration used to concern me. Then I finished my paper and got bored with paper footballs.

If you have a moment, take a gander at this site: http://www.improveverywhere.com/

"Shitaki Mushrooms will have to do"

Yesterday Tomamama showed me an interesting "how-to" article online. It explained the steps one must take to stop swearing. Some old favorites showed up (i.e. giving to charity every time you drop the f bomb) along with a few ridiculous ones (every day you don't swear eat a donut). I don't have enough money to do follow either of those programs, but the challenge intrigued me. So Tomamama, Yes, and myself came up with our own criteria. See the comments on this post for more details.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone else remember Ursula turning people into mounds of poo in the Little Mermaid? Somebody back me up here, my sanity is at stake.