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Sunday, July 17th, 2005
1:13 am	Hmmmmmmm. I'd kinda forgotten this was here. Yay for Michelle unknowlingly reminding me of such. I'm so bored. So ready to go back to Memphis. It's only like, 3 weeks away. Can't fricking wait. Except that it means I'm gonna have to pack. And worse, pack my car. I loathe packing. A lot. It was kinda fun this time last year. It was exciting 'cause I had all this new stuff and I was off to start a new life for myself. And I had tons of room in the van. But this time, I only have a bunch of old stuff and a Saturn. Not nearly as much fun. And I know that there is absolutely no way I'm gonna be able to fit everything I want to bring. Damn. I watched Almost Famous again tonight. I bought it the other day at Wal-Mart for $7.50 (along with America's Sweethearts for $5.50). I love that movie so much. That scene where they're all on the bus and Russell's getting over his acid trip and they all start singing Tiny Dancer...so incredibly poignant. And I don't say that about just anything (unlike "pretentious"...pretentious is my new favorite word...so much fun!). Such good stuff. Current Mood: sleepy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 15th, 2005
1:33 am	Don Miller is my hero... "And when you are young things are still new, like God is just being born in your mind, and you feel that humanitarian causes were your idea, and you are explaining them to God, and the girls are so beautiful and their eyes are endless, and you are amazed by them, and you do stupid crap like try to get to Alaska with 80 bucks and a plan to ditch the van in a canyon. But I don't miss being poor, and I don't miss being confused about where my life is going, and I don't miss unrequited love, or getting drunk and puking up a pack of cigarettes, but I miss Paul and Danielle. And I miss Elida. And I miss sleeping under the stars. Although, I don't know how much I have changed, because I have money and direction and sobriety these days, and I am still traveling the country sleeping in the back of my car. Some habits die hard." That is why I freaking love Don Miller. My words can't even begin to describe what an incredible writer he is. He is everything I want to be (except a man...I don't want to be a man). What he writes is exactly what I want to write. He makes me want to do great things with my life. I swear, if ever I had a muse, Don Miller would be it. I am so ridiculously happy that his first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance, is being rereleased this summer (except under the title Through Painted Deserts). I got it from the library over Christmas break and I would come very close to saying that it changed my life. No joke. It's that incredible. I've looked all over amazon and ebay and half.com and I've never been able to find it for under $30...and I just don't have $30+ to be spending on books. So I will certainly be getting Through Painted Deserts the day it comes out! Current Mood: jubilant (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
5:31 pm	Home... So, it's been a hell of a long time since I've posted. Haha, it was pretty funny to read through my last post. Very amusing. Wow, I guess I'd just gotten back from D-town then...and now I'm about to go back. The reality is, I do NOT want to go back. Not at all. I came really really close to staying in Memphis this summer and I'm still really wishing that I was going to be. But oh well. This semester has been so incredibly interesting. I complained a lot last fall about knowing that Rhodes was where I belonged, but not really feeling it. That's all changed this semester. This place has become my first nature (as opposed to second nature, of course). I have these amazing friends--friends with whom I've struggled, and argued, and been frustrated, and been let down, and let down...but they're still amazing people and they're still some of my best friends in the world. Because not only have we managed through all the crap, we've gone through so much awesome stuff. Just last night, Rachel and I were overwhelmed and frustrated with school and life and everything, and in the art/humanities building--she was developing in the darkroom and I was studying econ. For some reason, at about 2:30 or so, we both ended up in the hallway, lying on the floor (after we'd more or less collasped under the weight of this week), hysterical and delirious with laughter, taking pictures of ourselves and the hallway. Those are the kind of nights I'm gonna remember for ever. I'm honestly not really sure what I'm gonna do for 3 months. In some senses, I do have friends at home like my friends here. I love Jess and Anna and Lydia and Jamie, etc, etc. But at the same time, they're very different types of friendships. I spend at least 4 hours a day with Rachel and Michelle and Brynn (or some combination)...and usually more in the 6-7 hour range. They're CONSTANTLY there, when I need them, when they need me. And it's gonna be weird as hell to not have that this summer. It's also gonna be kinda weird not having my guy friends around. It hasn't been til about the second half of this semester that I've made some good guy friends. They're an awesome addition to my life. I'm not just gonna be able to go to 3rd floor Glassell or 1st floor Blount and just hang out with all the guys anymore. And that's WEIRD. All my guy friends live on either of those two floors. And not only is it gonna be weird this summer, it's gonna be weird not having that next year too. Luckily, one of my best guy friends here is from Chapel Hill, so I should see him fairly often enough. It's not all about my friends though. It sucks to have to leave them, but 3 months isn't the end of the world. I feel like I'm gonna be leaving my life though. I have this life here that's completely unique from the one I have back home. Not night-and-day different or anything, but different enough that I'm completely comfortable with who I am at Rhodes...but I can't really be that same person (fully, anyway) back home. And I don't want to have to give up my Rhodes life for 3 months. I don't want to have to pretend to be someone I no longer am. Current Mood: sleepy (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 13th, 2005
9:44 pm	I'm just a girl... Why the HELL do I have to be such a frickin' girl sometimes? I swear, if I weren't me, I'd hate myself right now! I have a friend...and apparently, he's interested in someone. And that someone might possibly be me. Who knows. I sure don't. Actually, that's the thing. I have a hunch that it might be me. But I don't know. But that's actually kind of irrelevent. What is relevent is the fact that I'm not really sure how I feel about him. That's still kinda up in the air. However, it's come to my attention in the past few days that he and his psycho-ex have been back in contact. Actually, she's not really psycho per se, she just has some issues that she needs to work out before she dates anyone else. Methinks she's a bit of a serial dater. And she didn't exactly treat my friend as well as she could have. And basically, that really pissed me off. Like, a LOT. So, needless to say, I'm not a huge fan of this girl. And I'm really not a fan of the fact that she got back in contact with him. I know that she's not the girl he's interested in...he's not that stupid...but when that thought initially occured to me, I was overcome with an insane wave of jealously. And I've realized that it's not as much the fact that I care about him and am protective of him and just don't want him to get hurt again that concerns me about them being back in contact...there's definitely some jealousy going on there. Which would be ok if I was definitely interested in him. A little silly, but understandable. But this? I don't even know how I feel about him, but this girl sends me into rages! I mean, what the hell? Current Mood: jealous (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 14th, 2004
3:05 pm	Ok so, despite the fact that there are definite reasons I don't want to go home tomorrow and would rather just stay in Memphis for the next month, I just realized something. Not only will I get to practice tomorrow (with good boards, a hot tub, tivo, and a dry board!)...I get to SpencerAcuff Thursday night! Eeeeek! It's so hard to believe! I'm not sure I'll really believe it until I'm there! It makes me happy beyond belief though! In the 4 months I've been here, I've not been to a single concert! I've had no good, live music in 4 months...aside from Cavness opening for DWebb in August, but I didn't even get to stay for Derek, so that sucked (I mean, Cavness didn't suck...but not nearly the same effect as DWebb!). But in any event, I'll get to see them Thursday night, in all their glory, for the first time over 6 months. Which is a lot, considering I've only been listening to them for a little over a year and have managed to make it to 9 shows. Current Mood: giggly (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 5th, 2004
11:05 pm	Don't you love it when you think you're completely over something, anything, and then someone says something or something happens and you get that pang in your heart and you realize that you've only been fooling yourself? I think I spend entirely too much time trying to get and convincing myself that I am over things. That can't be healthy, can it? Tonight, for example, one of my friends said something about arranged marriages and how there were times they thought that wouldn't be a bad idea. I've always been a general fan, mostly because there were 4 possible guys that they would pick and I really wouldn't mind marrying any of them. Ok, I take that back. I could NEVER marrying Stephen and he would definitely be one of those 4. But the other three, I'd have been ok with. And I was about to say that. Until I realized that only 3 of those boys are still alive. And despite all my convincing myself that I was fine and I was doing ok and managing and coping and so forth...I just wanted collapse, crumple up, and weep. And I hate that. I mean, I always say that I move on quickly, and I think that in some senses, I do. But at the same time, I hold on to things for SOOOOO long (ummm, Taylor, anyone?) and simply convince that I'm over them. And I've officially decided that that's NOT healthy! Current Mood: pensive (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
9:25 pm	Oh.my.dear.graciousness. I had the most awkward conversation today with my mom. We were in the car, driving through Hope Valley to go somewhere, and I randomly mentioned that my friend Tory used to live back there. My mom asked if I talked to her much and I answered that I didn't, but that I knew she was home 'cause of Stephen's away message. "Do they date?!?!?" she asked, all horrified-ish. "Uhhh, yeah, for like a year!" I replied. At which point she mentioned that she'd wanted me to date Stephen since 8th grade. She definitely made the suggestion several times a year. She outright asked me if he'd ever asked me out and I'd declined...which definitely didn't happen. I was NOT about to tell her that I'd really liked him in 8th and 9th grade. But apparently, the way I responded to her asking if he'd ever asked me out was very "no way-ish" and she asked why I said it like that. I responded that, well, it's Stephen. I mean, that just about says it all. "Well, he and Tory were friends and then they started dating!" I finally got here to change the subject...and as soon as we did, she came back with "Well, have you dated any guys at Rhodes?". Oh my dear Lord. I gave her a solid no, and she replied with "No? Well, what about Ford? Or Phil? Or David?". Again, I gave her a VERY solid no, but she decided to keep pressing. "Well why not?" "'Cause Rhodes guys are subpar" "Oh, come on!" "Well, the freshmen are, anyway" "So date an upperclassman! Date David!" I seriously wanted to crawl into a hole and die. I mean, I don't talk to my parents about the guys I'm interested in, mostly because there's no sense in them getting all worked up about anything until it's anything. And it never is. And so, you can imagine that my mom asking me why I wouldn't date one of my best guy friends from high school, a guy who I wanted to date for several years, was rather awkward. Throughing Rhodes guys that she doesn't know and hasn't met into the picture just made it that much worse! Current Mood: bouncy (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 21st, 2004
12:19 am	Meet me in St. Louis, Louis... So here I am, on at midnight on a Saturday night, sitting in a hotel room in St. Louis, MO, playing Snood. And LJing. I should be sleeping, seeing as we have a 7:45 wake up call tomorrow morning(after having a 6:45 wake up call this morning and only 3 hours of sleep the night before). But my roommate for the weekend is watching Lost in Translation with one of the guys. So it'd be a little hard to sleep (and a little awkward, seeing as their both in her bed...but you know, whatever!). Perhaps in a little bit I'll try, without being a jerk. I've been real surprised this weekend though. I know I say that after every meet weekend, but I'm for real this time. I'm not sure I'll ever have the same apprehensions. This weekend has been great. I think part of it has to do with the fact that, by tonight, the team was small. Casey and Ernst went to stay with their parents tonight. Allison, Colleen and Jazmin went to hang out with Casey and her parents tonight. I'm not real sure what happened to Eric, but I haven't seen him since this morning. Which left me, Hollis, Megan, Mary Helen, Eddie, Mike, Wyatt, Josh, and Will. The 4 of us girls had a stellar time at dinner...ok, perhaps not stellar...first we were stopped by security, telling us that there was a curfew at the mall (first of all, it was 8pm, and second of all, we're definitely all over 18!)...then the guy at Sbarro was a creeper and kept scolding Mary Helen...then we went to TCBY and were bitched at by an incompetent chick, one of whom yelled at Mary Helen...and then, after getting back to the hotel, Mary Helen and I realized that we didn't have keys and our roommates weren't there, so we tried to get new keys from the front desk. I had no problem, but her ID was in her room...and then, once she got a new key, they gave her the key to Hollis, Megan, and Jazmin's room. Haha, it was kinda a rough, but hilarious night for her, and thus, us! After that, Mike and Eddie wanted us to go to the hot tub with them. So Megan and I went. To find the entire guys' team, having a meeting. So we joined them. It was a little awkward, but very very enjoyable. And encouraging. And actually, it was really kind of sweet. It really really made me feel like part of the team. I ended up hanging out with Megan and Hollis some more and then came back to my room, where Jazmin, Colleen, and Eddie were hanging out. So anyway, it's been a lot of fun, and great team bonding. We still have all of tomorrow's session, a trip to the Arch (I'm so excited!), and then the bus ride back to Memphis. It does kind of suck that I'll be leaving town again about 12 hours after we get back, but that's alright. I really feel like it's a cohesive swimming and diving team now and despite the fact that it's at a rather inopportune time (as in, the weekend before finals start), I'm pretty excited about the Depauw meet--a 9 hour bus ride (one way!) and a ton of just spending time with the team, good solid bonding before the FL trip. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
12:17 am	I'm completely unoriginal, so I'm copying Parker (I love that I call her by all three of her names, depending on the day and my mood).   Put in bold everything that's true. 01. I have a cell phone. 02. I'm obsessed with new things. 03. I'm the youngest child. 04. I am a shopoholic. 05. I love my gaged earrings. 06. I love wearing a lot of black eyeliner 07. I love Daquires. 08. I love the weekends. 09. I can't live without lipgloss. 10. I can't live without music. 11. I lived in Tahoe. 12. I spend money I have. 13. I'll be in college for over 4 years. 14. I love designer handbags 15. I get annoyed easily. 16. I eventually want kids. 17. I loved the Backstreet Boys. 18. I have more than a couple horrible memories. 19. I'm addicted to Degrassi 20. I am a person. 21. My first kiss was unexpected 22. I start school on Jan 4th or 5th 23. I love taking pictures. 24. I hate people who are fake. 25. I can be mean when I want to. (which, I suppose, means that I usually want to) 26. My dreams are bizzare. 27. I am bisexual 28. I have way too many pairs shoes. 29. I've seen Shes all That at least 50 times. 30. I dress how I feel that day. 31. I love Charmed. 32. Sometimes I cry for almost no reason. 33. I hate when people are rediculously late. 34. I procrastinate. 35. Winter is my favorite season. 36. I have too many clothes for my closet/dresser. 37. I love to sleep. 38. I wish I was smarter. 39. I am the hottest bachelorette 40. I have a lot of drama. 41. No one knows my full story of my life. 42. I love my hair. 43. I sometimes fight with my parents. 44. I love the beach. 45. I have had the chicken pox. 46. I'm excited for the future. 47. I can't control my emotions. 48. I can't wait till New Year's. 49. I love the show 'Rich Girls' 50. I love my friends. 51. Christmas is my favorite holiday. 52. I can be very insecure sometimes. 53. I have had a broken bone. 54. I hate ignorant people. (zero tolerance) 55. I love my laptop. 56. I love guys that play the guitar. (*swoon*) 57. I state the obvious. 58. I'm a happy person. (mean, but happy!) 59. I love to dance. 60. I love to sing. 61. I hate cleaning my room. 62. I tend to get jealous very easily. 63. I like to play video games. 64. I love John Mayer. 65. I hate when I see animals/people getting hurt/abused. 66. I'm a vegetarian/vegan/don't eat beef. 67. I don't like to study for tests. 68. I love playdoh. 69. I am too forgiving. 70. I have a good sense of direction. (an excellent one, just ask Anna!) 71. I love high school. 72. I have a talent of sweet talking my way out of things. 73. I don't drink enough to get drunk. (depending on the night...)  74. I love kisses on the forehead. (they're so cute!) 75. I love the color blue. (but only of the Duke variety!) 76. I don't sew. 77. I am not addicted to drugs. 78. I love the Olsen twins 79. I'm gonna try out for the softball team. 80. I become stressed easily. 81. I like comfy sweatpants. (more like flannel pj pants) 82. Bam Margera is AWESOME. 83. I love the smell of fresh laundry. Current Mood: chipper (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, October 25th, 2004
1:25 am	I love it! I'll admit, I do fancy myself an Elizabeth Bennet (although, not nearly as much as Emily Byrd Starr, but see below for that). I was afraid I'd end up Mariane Dashwood or Emma Woodhouse. You are Eliza Bennett from Pride and Prejudice! Yay, you! Perhaps the brightest and best character in all of English literature, you are intelligent, lively, lovely-- in short, you are the best of company. Your only foibles are that you stick with your first impressions... and your family is quite intolerable. Which Jane Austen Character Are You? brought to you by Quizilla This, on the other hand, brings me great joy. Emily's my favorite character ever and I've long been convinced that I am her in the flesh. And I was even truthful in this quiz (since it would have been very easy for me to pick the Emily answers, as I've read the books a good 7 times each). You're Emily of New Moon. You're funny, and independent, but often stubborn. You've wanted to be a writer your whole life, and are very talented and intelligent. Read more about Emily Starr in L.M. Montgomery's EMILY OF NEW MOON, EMILY CLIMBS, and EMILY's QUEST. Which L.M. Montgomery Heroine are You? brought to you by Quizilla Current Mood: hopeful (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2004
10:41 pm	I can't get no...motivation... I know this comes as a complete surprise...but I just have absolutely no motivation. At all. I have a music midterm tomorrow and I really haven't studied at all. Actually, that's not true. I went through my notes and part of one of my texts today at Starbucks with Lucy and Catharine and highlighted all the stuff I thought I was supposed to know. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like I should know more than what's in our book/lecture. I dunno. But aside from that, I haven't studied. Instead, I spent an hour in the Lair with Catharine, sharing just how anti-authority/do-whatever-the-hell-I-want we both are...I spent half an hour distracting Rachel by dancing and telling her how slow of a driver Luke is...I spent 20 minutes hanging out in the room across the hall...I went to Greek Fellowship for an hour (hell yeah for hot boys playing mandolin!)...I sat in Rebecca and Catharine's room with them and Lucy and Kappy, talking about what crazy drunks they (minus Lucy) are...I stood around in the Robinson lobby, dancing and laughing with Catharine and Lucy for a good 30 minutes...and then we sat in the elevator for at least 10 minutes, going up and down, up and down. Have I mentioned that we have no life? So now, it's 12:45 and I'm exhausted. And I have a quiz in my 8am writing class. What fun. So I think I'm just gonna blow off the studying, go to sleep, go to English, then breakfast, then blow off Life (the class) and study, then lunch, then French, then my midterm...and then I'll only have 2 classes sitting between me and D-town! Current Mood: apathetic (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 7th, 2004
7:26 pm	Convo of the day (but first a quick background--we were talking as we walked back from dinner about how Jesus wasn't caucasian and about how I'm almost as cool as Jesus and therefore, I would almost make a good Jesus (ummm, don't ask!)): Catharine: You'd make a good samurai Katey: Hell yeah I would! Oooooh! I could be the last samurai! Catharine: Umm, right, whatever. Katey: And why not? Catharine: I don't think women can be samurai. Katey: This is the 21st fucking century, dammit! I can do whatever the hell I want! I can be the last samurai if I damn well feel like it! Current Mood: hyper (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 6th, 2004
1:41 pm	So the question is... Would it be horribly wrong of me not to vote in the presidential election this year? I mean, I just cannot in good conscience vote for any of the candidates, even moving on to third party candidates. I just can't do it. And methinks I'd rather not vote than compromise my political and moral convictions. Would I vote for Liddy Dole, if it were a possibility? Yes. Would I vote for Colin Powell, again, if it were possible? Of course. Would I have voted for Howard Dean? Probably. Would I have voted for Al Sharpton? Hell yes (can you even imagine how freakin' awesome it would be for Al Sharpton to be our nation's leader?). But I just can't vote for Kerry/Edwards, nor can I vote for Bush/Cheyney. I just can't do it. Damn two party system! Current Mood: dorky (Comment on this)
Monday, October 4th, 2004
10:19 pm	Tuesday morning... Tomorrow...tomorrow will be a good day. There's no excuse for it not to be. Normally, I only have a 9:30 class on Tuesday. Which means that I get up at 7:30 to go to breakfast with Catharine and then I go back to sleep for an hour, roll out of bed, and suffer through an hour and fifteen minutes of Native American history (well, maybe "suffer" isn't the right word...perhaps more like "endure"). I come back, take a shower, and then go eat lunch with folks at noon. While I'd rather have a later Tuesday class, I can certainly handle only having one (considering I have 4 MWF). However, this afternoon, my dream came true. You see, I always check my email before going to morning classes, on the off chance that one of them might be cancelled and the professor sent out an email about it (one of my morning profs has a 9 month old, so it's not as far fetched as it sounds!). Well, I randomly checked my email this afternoon (as if I'm not constantly checking it thoughout the day)...and there sat an email from my Native American history professor announcing that she had a virus and class would be canceled Tuesday. Hell f***ing yeah! That means that I have ZERO classes tomorrow! In theory, since I don't have practice 'til 12:45, I don't have to wake up until 12:30 tomorrow! So amazingly marvelous! Of course, I will get up for 7:30 breakfast, but I will promptly fall back asleep! And it shall be glorious! You know what else will be glorious? Practice tomorrow. Even though we have to drive down to Tunica, MS (an hour away) to practice. Because going to Tunica is a good thing. Why? First of all, we'll be the first people ever to use the diving boards at that pool. That's frickin' awesome. And the facility is amazing. Good boards, a hot tub, and possibly even a tramp/dry board/harness. The other reason it's a good thing is 'cause we have our first meet there. On Saturday. As in, 4 days from now. So, yeah. Practicing there is an incredibly good thing! Another good thing about tomorrow? Greek Fellowship, baby! And All-Sing is over, which means that all the nice, attractive Pike and Kappa Sig guys will be back! I mean, not that that matters at ALL! No really though, Greek is awesome. So much fun. I don't even know who's talking this week, but it's bound to be good. Maybe I'll luck out and the icing to an amazing day will be Will Tyler or Ben Carroll speaking! Yippy skippy, that'd be fricking amazing! Current Mood: ecstatic (Comment on this)
Monday, September 27th, 2004
1:24 am	And such is life... *sigh* What a crazy ass weekend. You know, I'd been dreading this weekend for quite some time...probably a good 3 months or so. Yes, it was 24 hour swim relay weekend. And I don't swim. I used to and I can, but I don't. It really wasn't too bad though. Actually, to be quite honest, it was pretty darn fun. I wish I'd spent more time there, but it just wasn't terribly feasible. But actually, the craziness of the weekend wasn't as much the relay. It was the night before the relay. Basically...my roommate's boyfriend was in town. There's a suite at the end of the hall where I spend a good chunk of my time. And one of the girls (not so ironically, the one we don't enjoy as much) was out of town this weekend. So it just made a lot of sense for me to stay in her bed, so as to not bother Aubs and Marshall (ummm, let's just say that I did NOT want to be bothering them!). Well, Kappie decided to have one of her sorority sisters get her some vodka. They usually can't keep alcohol in the room because the girl who was out of town would rat them out (and it would disappear if they kept it in their suitemates' room). But it just so happened that the girl was out of town and everyone else in the suite wanted to drink. And the girls in the room next to them were out of town too. And the room next to that is my room. And did I mention that our RA was also out of town? Yeah, so basically, it was the perfect night to drink in the room. And we did. However, we started kinda early (10:30ish). And my friend Catharine had a pretty rough week. Let's just say that she was drunk off her ass before I'd had even a quarter of mine (we were drinking screwdrivers). Perhaps it's because I was always the DD, but if someone's drunk and I'm sober, I feel responsible for them. But not only was Catharine throwing up half the night...she also managed to run (literally) into a door and chip her tooth. And being the only completely sober one around, I had to deal with that all night. It wasn't that big of a deal, but I did have to be up at noon to swim. I know, I know, noon isn't that early...but when you haven't slept all week and you're up 'til 3:30 taking care of drunk suitemates and you have to get up to swim, it's early. And, like I said, the swimming was good. I swam for like 5 minutes at noon. I then ate lunch with some of the gals and got to see a couple of my Pike boys that I haven't seen in ages. Then I had to drive Catharine out to Germantown to the dentist. And pretty much right after that, I went to practice. I had time to take a quick shower (don't even ask me why) and then I had to go back to swim. Quick burger with the team, then another shower and out with Catharine and Lucy, in search of the perfect take-out place (we picked Chili's deserts) and a movie (us? Movie? Never!). We ended up with Dogma, which Lucy and I had never seen. And we'd already rented Seven earlier in the week. So we watched Dogma (which I thought was really well done and really enjoyed!) and then I took at 30 min nap. And then we watched Seven. Scared the hell out of me. I totally called the ending though. I mean, not perfectly, but I predicted a good chunk of it. I just love it when I get the movie just as it's being revealed. Especially when it shocks me. I mean, the end of Seven shouldn't have shocked me, but it did. Good times. So yeah, by the time it was over, it was about 2:40am...which meant it was time for me to get ready. To go swim. Outside. In an unheated pool. But you know what? It didn't suck. It honestly didn't suck one bit. The water wasn't too cold, by the time I finished swimming I coulda kept going for another 15 minutes, and it wasn't too cold when I got out. I was perfectly content sitting there on the pool deck, wrapped in flannel pj pants and fleece sweatshirt, half watching Wyatt swim/half looking up at the sky, with no sounds except freestyle strokes. It was great. I finally fell asleep sometime around 4:30. And then woke up at 10:30 for church. Which was not so great. I won't be going back to Highpoint Church on Sundays. Current Mood: exhausted (Comment on this)
Monday, September 20th, 2004
3:17 pm	Teenage politics... I am by no means incredibly politically active...but I do feel like I know a little about politics and so forth. GSW and great social studies classes'll do that to you. Which is why I found this discussion I had yesterday with my buddy Walt to be so amusing. He's a great kid...but he's a freshman in high school and he's gone to either private Christian school or has been homeschooled most of (if not all) his life. And his dad's a pastor. That combination just about automatically tells you that he only knows what he's been told and hasn't experienced or even looked into the other sides of the issues. I've starred some of my favorite lines (and by the way, his profile was basically a bunch of crap about how Bush has been a better president than Clinton and everything Bush has done has been perfect). GotWater327: hey tripleM4duke: hey there! GotWater327: do you like my profile? tripleM4duke: lol, you're such a cute, uninformed kid tripleM4duke: I don't hold it against you tripleM4duke: ;-) GotWater327: do you not like bush? *GotWater327: i know more about politics than you do! GotWater327: you really know nothing about the trickle down effect tripleM4duke: ok, first of all, no you don't...and second of all, I never said I don't like Bush, I just said he wasn't a good president GotWater327: exlain GotWater327: that implies that you don't like him tripleM4duke: ummm, first of all, there's Iraq...then there's the whole issue of the economy...and there's the No Child Left Behind legislation tripleM4duke: no no, I think Bush is a great guy, but an ineffective president GotWater327: ok, first of all GotWater327: iraq tripleM4duke: I'm not saying Bush hasn't tried, but sometimes that isn't enough GotWater327: how was that a bad thing GotWater327: he was killing his people, funding al qaeda--which is what we are fighting...remember GotWater327: and he was producing illegal substances such as harmful gasses and using them on people tripleM4duke: ok, so then why didn't we pull out after we got Sadaam? GotWater327: he tortured people GotWater327: WE AREN"T FIGHTING THE PEOPLE OMG! GotWater327: you are so stupid GotWater327: we are not attackign them! GotWater327: we are defending the people GotWater327: and trying to organize them GotWater327: they are against us! GotWater327: AND WE LIBERATED THEM! *GotWater327: we are NOT there for the oil if that's what you are thinking *GotWater327: and if you think so, you are calling george bush a liar tripleM4duke: really? We were defending and liberating them at Abu Ghraib? GotWater327: i am not proud of that...that was a stupid thing done by a stupid soldier...but that can't disjustify the orgional goal or bush GotWater327: that was done out of spite tripleM4duke: so you think it's perfectly ok to "organize", as you call it, the Iraqi people as we see fit? *GotWater327: we aren't doing that! we are liberating them! and the only way to liberate them is by giving them some form of democracy and NOT dicatorship...we are allowing THEM to decide also. we are trying to HELP JUMPSTART there world with IRAQI leaders NOT american leaders we are their to oversee "iraqi freedom" GotWater327: THEY NEED TO BE FREED GotWater327: NOT CONTROLLED tripleM4duke: oh ok, so democracy is the only way to do that? *GotWater327: we aren't necessarily forcing them! but what would they do without someone there to help them and guide them? GotWater327: right now they have nothing tripleM4duke: because we took everything away GotWater327: WHAT GotWater327: THEY HAD NOTHING GotWater327: THEY WERE MISTREATED GotWater327: POOR GotWater327: TAXED WAY TO HEAVILY GotWater327: WHAT HAVE WE TAKEN AWAY! GotWater327: WE ARE SETTING UP OIL REFINERIES AND PUTTING THE MONEY BACK INTO THE PEOPLE! GotWater327: and if you say we are taking the money, that is an untrue fact tripleM4duke: is that so? the average Iraqi person is really and truly benefiting from our presence in their country? GotWater327: they are in the long run! tripleM4duke: (by the way, "untrue fact" is an oxymoron) tripleM4duke: really? *GotWater327: of course it is going to be gritty! we have just liberated them...but without us they wouldn't even have a future GotWater327: now they do tripleM4duke: hahahahaha tripleM4duke: that's magnificant tripleM4duke: they would have no future whatsoever tripleM4duke: they'd all just fall over dead if we hadn't liberated them GotWater327: with sadaam tripleM4duke: magnificant GotWater327: they would live a life of opression GotWater327: and die and no one would care *GotWater327: now they can excel GotWater327: in life tripleM4duke: yeah...'cause America has such a great track record with this sort of thing GotWater327: we do accually GotWater327: look at afganistan GotWater327: i watched something recently and the children have schools, they women dont' have to wear those things, women can own property tripleM4duke: yeah, let's look at Afghanistan...we "liberated" them in the '80's and helped put Bin Laden into power...that turned out real well for us, didn't it? GotWater327: we can't blame ourselves for Bin Laden GotWater327: that was him not us GotWater327: he was elected GotWater327: and we left...and they couldn't keep things running tripleM4duke: we had no business being in there in the first place tripleM4duke: it wasn't our battle to fight GotWater327: ok, we wnon't be like the good sameritan then GotWater327: we'll just let them die GotWater327: or let someone else free them tripleM4duke: if the Soviets hadn't been defeated, 9/11 would be just an ordinary day GotWater327: ok tripleM4duke: it wasn't a question of life and death, it was a question of communism and democracy tripleM4duke: Sudan, on the other hand, is an issue of life and death tripleM4duke: and we're doing so much there GotWater327: ok, well communism under a tyrant tripleM4duke: have you ever studied communism? GotWater327: 'theoretically it is the best government' GotWater327: 'but when tried, it fails to succeed" *GotWater327: now DEMOCRAT! i have to go tripleM4duke: wonderful text book answer GotWater327: miss you hope your having fun at college GotWater327: later tripleM4duke: haha, I love that you say "democrat" like it's a bad thing *GotWater327: it is a bad thing tripleM4duke: oh, you must explain that before you go tripleM4duke: :-) *GotWater327: I HATE GAY PEOPLE GotWater327: I HATE GAY MARRIAGE GotWater327: I HATE ABORTION *GotWater327: THERFORE I HATE DEMOCRATS! GotWater327: it's as simple as that tripleM4duke: tell me you did not just say that you hate gay people GotWater327: yes GotWater327: i do GotWater327: i am homophobic GotWater327: they chose to be gay GotWater327: and it is wrong GotWater327: and disgusting and unnatural GotWater327: and if you say that abortion is ok! GotWater327: Lord help me tripleM4duke: dear...I pity you...i feel really and truly bad for you GotWater327: tell me you hate abortion? GotWater327: PLEASE GotWater327: just tell me that tripleM4duke: of course I hate abortion GotWater327: whew GotWater327: ok, i know i shouldn't HATE gay people GotWater327: but i think that it is wrong GotWater327: and that gay marriage is wrong tripleM4duke: of course it's wrong...gay marriage is wrong too...but that's not all there is to being a democrat *GotWater327: raising taxes is wrong GotWater327: takes away free enterprise because there wont' be an enterprise! tripleM4duke: dear...go ahead and go before you say anything else that's ignorant and uninformed GotWater327: no *GotWater327: i'm not ignorant GotWater327: believe me GotWater327: taxes dont help the economy GotWater327: alright GotWater327: i'm out GotWater327: later Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 18th, 2004
1:54 pm	Nashville on my mind... I'm kinda wishing I'd gone on to Nashville this weekend. I mean, last night was a total bust. We never even made it to Kappa Sig party, for goodness knows what reason. Which would have been fine, had the Blount guys been around...but instead, because they're all Pikes and wanted to do nothing remotely related to Kappa Sig, they went to Beale St. to see Sister Hazel. Catharine and I wanted to go, but evil Rachel hates us and refused to get us tickets. So the only Blount guys around were Jason (a nice kid, but he preferred to drink alone and both Rebbecca), Michael (who was sick), Dan (whose 15 yr. old girl friend was in town), and David. We were gonna see if David wanted to go to IHOP with us, but he ended up going to the party with Sarah right when we were heading to down to see him. Which sucks, since he'd told everyone earlier that he wasn't going (though, I'm sure he didn't have any fun, seeing as he doesn't drink at all). So instead, we went to Waffle House, just me, Catharine, and Danielle. It was fun, but nothing that I really would have missed out on. Meanwhile, if I'd been in Nashville, I coulda been hanging out with Katy Bowser, who I haven't seen in a year. Shoot, I don't even think I've talked to her in a year! And tonight, instead of drinking with the Blount guys (which is a lot of fun, minus the fact that it means Ford'll be drinking), I'd be going to a SpencerAcuff show. Aside from seeing Will ever-so-briefly in church a couple weeks ago, I haven't seen them since June. That's gotta be a record or something. Of course, I would have had to spend 3 hours in the car with Nathan and Brynn, something that should have in and of itself prevented me from going...but I still wish I'd gone. Current Mood: tired (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 16th, 2004
2:08 pm	I'm lying dead here in your arms... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040913/od_nm/crime_necrophilia_dc Is it bad that first things I thought of when reading this article (aside from Michael Towle, anyway) were 2nd period International Relations, dogs named Starbucks and German cannibals? *shudder* Current Mood: nauseated (Comment on this)
Friday, September 10th, 2004
4:36 pm	It's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball *sigh* I shoulda known it wouldn't take long for me to fall for someone here. It's great--I kept saying that it'd be a long while before I could date anyone here because I simply didn't know any of them before 3 weeks ago. The problem with that theory comes when you spend at least 2-3 hours every night talking with someone. Just sitting around and talking for hours on end. And in all the talking, realize that you really like them and that while the subject certainly hasn't been broached yet, it's not totally out of the question for them to feel the same way about you (as is usually not the case). And that actually kinda scares me. I think I have this subconcious fear of relationships. The only quasi-normal relationship I've ever been in ended horribly and I guess I'm scared to death that the next will end the same way. Which is why I always end up falling for guys who aren't so much out of my league, but would just never reciprocate (despite their claims that I don't know that). And every time I've fallen for someone who has reciprocated, we've been completely incompatible and I'd refuse to try to make it work. But this time...not the case on either side. I would not at all be surprised if, at some point this year (this semester, even), he felt the same way that I do. And we're definitely compatible. I mean, he's no Robby Higginbottom or Dave Spencer, but he's pretty darn awesome. Current Mood: good (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
12:09 am	I hate it when I have stupid days. Except that they're actually more fun. I only had one class today, at 9:30. Because I'm such a wonderful friend, I got up to eat breakfast with Catherine at 7:30. It was actually nice, 'cause I got to come back and take a shower before class (but not enough time to dry the hair, so I've had ugly wavy hair all day). History wasn't nearly as bad/boring today as it was on Thursday, so that was good. But it's still so long. I don't understand how Aubrey does her 2.5 hour history lecture! I just have the attention span of a 3 year old. Which is why I'm just gonna have all MWF classes next semester (well, maybe not, but defintely no more than 2 TR classes!). But yeah, it wasn't too bad. I probably shoulda dropped the class though. I have no business being in it. It's gonna kick my ass. But oh well. After class, I came back to the room for a little while, and then went to lunch with Aubrey (Brynn and Danielle both bailed on me). That was fun. I love hanging out with her. And I was just starting to get stupid at that point, so I was really fun. We came back to the room, found out she's not being sued anymore (hooray!) and then just kinda hung out. For a while. I had a diving meeting at 1:30, which was also good. It turns out that we're gonna be practicing in Tunica at least once a week. Which is nice, since they have incredible boards...but it's an hour away. I don't know if I can sit in a car with David for 2 hours. I think I might go crazy. But, to make it even better, coach also said that sometimes, we might just go down to Delta State. Again, great boards, but that's almost 2 hours away. But aside from those aspects, the meeting was good. We're good. We're gonna rock this year. And David seems to think we can win the relay next month. So we'll see. Anyway, then I came back and played some more guitar (did I mention that I played guitar earlier? 'Cause I did). And then, as soon as I started on my homework, Catherine came back from class and wanted to go work out. So, after waiting for 10 minutes for Brynn to change, the 3 of us went to work out for like 45 minutes. And that's when I started getting really stupid. Actually, that's not true. It was really at dinner, which we went to at like 5:30. So early! We ended up sitting with Sarah and John (some random sophomore) and some other guy who's in Brynn's Econ class, whose name escapes me. Sarah's pretty silly on her own, but I was pretty stupid by that point, so it was just ridiculous. It got even worse once they left. I'd told Brynn and Danielle about my boy issues...and wouldn't you know it, he was sitting at the table behind us. It took everything in my power to keep them from throwing things at him. I have no idea why they thought throwing things at him would make it better. But then he started acting rather odd...hard to explain...and that just made it worse. It was superior ridiculousness going on. I couldn't even hardly walk after that, from all the laughing (I definitely had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard). Then Brynn and I went to sign up for Lipstick (the girls a capella group) auditions. First ones to sign up! W00t! Then I went to the BCLC for studyhall...except that coach just left a sign in sheet on the door and said we could study anywhere on campus but in our rooms. So I went back to my room to reorganize and Aubrey and I decided to go to the amphitheatre (which, as she so lovingly pointed out, has 2 h's in it) to study. Which was great...except that it was 7:30 by the time we got there. So it soon got dark. Then we decided to go to Blount social room, but we somehow got seperated and by the time I got there, it was filled with guys. And I knew I wouldn't get anything done (plus, I was on the honor code to study). So I went to Robinson social room. And like 10 minutes after I got there and got in the flow, some girl came in asking if she could turn on the convention. It was alright, but then some guy whose name I can't remember came in...and then Brooke...and then Elizabeth...and then smoker-Mike. Needless to say, it wasn't very conducive to reading about the Talmud. I went to the laundry room for a while, but then people started coming in. I just gave up (it was past 9:30 at that point). But, as soon as I got back up to the room, Aubrey got on the phone with Marshall, her boyfriend in College Station. And they're having issues. So I did the nice roommately thing and left. Sat out in the hall. It was lonely. I did actually get some reading done...but then Lucy came out. And we got to talking. So much fun. I don't think I'd ever talked to Lucy before. I see her roommate, Liz, a lot, but not Lucy. So that was good. Eventually, Ford tore himself away from Liz and hung out in the hall with Catherine, Becca, Brynn and I...until Laura Beth (our RA) came down and told us we were being too loud...stupid quiet hours. So we decided to go get some food from the Lair (since I ate like 4 bites of my dinner). And we made it just before they closed, but they only had chicken strips and fries. So Aubs and I got that and then, walking back, we decided to eat it in the Blount social room. 'Cause that's just more fun. We've discovered that first floor Blount is much more exciting than second floor Robinson. It took all of 3 seconds from our entrance in the social room for it to be filled with guys. Namely, the beer pong guys. They claim that they can beat any of the frats (apparently, they've already beat Sigma Nu). But they're really fricking hilarious. And Joe is the biggest asshole ever...in a really great sort of way. Eventually though, I got sick of them and decided I needed to study for my English quiz tomorrow. And yet, here I am, over an hour later, eljaying! Current Mood: weird (Comment on this)