Sunday, January 29, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Tangaroa Dry and Tikitiki
Clever strawberries warm the
winter and flowering snowdrops.
"Tangaroa dry and
Tikitiki"
Bundle the children next
because blizzards peer at stones.
The rolling amazement
of it all
The just flames sing in
pinewood
As strong as hidden
berries peer at the
glistening dewdrops.
He took the brightest golden
shells in a night's
dream.
And his sighs above call
his children upon dewdrops.
Glancing up,
the evening past into
a mountain of
crystal glass.
Crippled ants amid the
wisps of blue mist dance
in dreams of light.
Many moons flew by and black
is for the night.
winter and flowering snowdrops.
"Tangaroa dry and
Tikitiki"
Bundle the children next
because blizzards peer at stones.
The rolling amazement
of it all
The just flames sing in
pinewood
As strong as hidden
berries peer at the
glistening dewdrops.
He took the brightest golden
shells in a night's
dream.
And his sighs above call
his children upon dewdrops.
Glancing up,
the evening past into
a mountain of
crystal glass.
Crippled ants amid the
wisps of blue mist dance
in dreams of light.
Many moons flew by and black
is for the night.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Well, it hasn't been the best day in the world...
Let me start with the weekend because it was much more fun than today was.
Friday, Erin-Marie and I decided that we would go running on the Greenway which goes around Murfreesboro. I didn't plan to run long because Dee and I were planning a five mile run for Saturday and we got a bunch of other people to come with us. Anyway, we started to run and before you knew it, we had gone about 4.5 miles in 50 minutes. Needless to say I was very pooped. But, I knew that we were going to Moe's afterwards to meet another friend of ours, Sarah, for lunch. We decided that it should be a tradition that we run and then eat every Friday for the rest of the semester. After all of that, I went home and anxiously awaited the big run and all of my friends coming. When everyone finally arrived we headed to Crocket Park to run our 5 miles. It started out well, I was feeling good. Then we hit a mile and I slowed my pace a bit. (That is very normal for me.) Dee and I were running together with the rest of the group ahead of us. Erin-Marie, Dad, and Frank had pulled ahead and were quite a bit in front of us. Dan was running 9 miles that day, so we didn't see him for a while. When Dee and I were reaching the 2.5 mile mark it was basically all uphill and I was getting pretty tired, but I ran faster up the hill so it would be over quicker.
We made it up the hill and turned around and went back the way we came, and then something amazing happened. Dee and I got our second wind and we were slowly gaining on the three in front of us. I was no longer tired. I felt great and it made me want to run even faster, so I did. We eventually passed them and finished the 5 miles in about 52 minutes, but we decided to run for a complete hour. So, we're thinking that we ran about 5.5 miles that day in an hour. We were pretty much thrilled.
We went back home, showered, decided to rent a movie, at a little dinner, went to get the movie, then came back and played an amazing game called "Apples to Apples". What made it better is that Meagan, Daniel, David, and Christina joined the rest of us to play funniest game...ever. Oh, I laughed so hard. I don't know exactly how to explain the game, you just have to play. So, please do. We decided on a scary movie, "The Skeleton Key", which wasn't that scary and kinda ended dumbly. (But, I've accepted it.) OH! and we had ice cream....Moose Tracks.
I was really excited to be back at church on Sunday. Dan and I watched some "Firefly". It was a tv show that shouldn't have been cancelled. We decided we needed more ice cream. It was good again. We played a riveting game of rummy. (I won.) And, we decided to use poker chips to, but that just got too confusing so we just got a red one if we won, and a green card from "Apples to Apples". Then we watched two more episodes of "Firefly". I believe it was around 3:40 when I went to bed this morning....
Which brings me today...
I woke up at 7:45am. I got up to get ready to go to class this morning. While I was driving on the interstate this lady was doing some sort of crazy hand motions at me. At first, I thought she was telling me to stay in my lane, but I thought that couldn't have been it, because I was in my lane. Then she proceeded to do the crazy motions and point to my right front tire. She was very adamant about motioning towards my tire. I concluded that there must have been something wrong with it. I pulled over in the parking lot of Moe's in Murfreesboro. I got out and checked the side that she was motioning towards. Yes, indeed. Flat. It was about 25 minutes until my class started, and at that point I didn't think I was going to make it there. I was right. At first Frank was going to come get me and take me to class, but I wouldn't have a way back to my car. So, I decided to call AAA right then. It was about 9:20 when I called. They said it would take about an hour. At 11:20 the wrecker guy pulled up and changed my tire. Then, I went over and got my flat tire patched. Another 45 minutes of my day was sitting on a bench at Southeast Tire. But, thankfully my tire is now fixed, it just took too long to do it. Such is life...
Friday, Erin-Marie and I decided that we would go running on the Greenway which goes around Murfreesboro. I didn't plan to run long because Dee and I were planning a five mile run for Saturday and we got a bunch of other people to come with us. Anyway, we started to run and before you knew it, we had gone about 4.5 miles in 50 minutes. Needless to say I was very pooped. But, I knew that we were going to Moe's afterwards to meet another friend of ours, Sarah, for lunch. We decided that it should be a tradition that we run and then eat every Friday for the rest of the semester. After all of that, I went home and anxiously awaited the big run and all of my friends coming. When everyone finally arrived we headed to Crocket Park to run our 5 miles. It started out well, I was feeling good. Then we hit a mile and I slowed my pace a bit. (That is very normal for me.) Dee and I were running together with the rest of the group ahead of us. Erin-Marie, Dad, and Frank had pulled ahead and were quite a bit in front of us. Dan was running 9 miles that day, so we didn't see him for a while. When Dee and I were reaching the 2.5 mile mark it was basically all uphill and I was getting pretty tired, but I ran faster up the hill so it would be over quicker.
We made it up the hill and turned around and went back the way we came, and then something amazing happened. Dee and I got our second wind and we were slowly gaining on the three in front of us. I was no longer tired. I felt great and it made me want to run even faster, so I did. We eventually passed them and finished the 5 miles in about 52 minutes, but we decided to run for a complete hour. So, we're thinking that we ran about 5.5 miles that day in an hour. We were pretty much thrilled.
We went back home, showered, decided to rent a movie, at a little dinner, went to get the movie, then came back and played an amazing game called "Apples to Apples". What made it better is that Meagan, Daniel, David, and Christina joined the rest of us to play funniest game...ever. Oh, I laughed so hard. I don't know exactly how to explain the game, you just have to play. So, please do. We decided on a scary movie, "The Skeleton Key", which wasn't that scary and kinda ended dumbly. (But, I've accepted it.) OH! and we had ice cream....Moose Tracks.
I was really excited to be back at church on Sunday. Dan and I watched some "Firefly". It was a tv show that shouldn't have been cancelled. We decided we needed more ice cream. It was good again. We played a riveting game of rummy. (I won.) And, we decided to use poker chips to, but that just got too confusing so we just got a red one if we won, and a green card from "Apples to Apples". Then we watched two more episodes of "Firefly". I believe it was around 3:40 when I went to bed this morning....
Which brings me today...
I woke up at 7:45am. I got up to get ready to go to class this morning. While I was driving on the interstate this lady was doing some sort of crazy hand motions at me. At first, I thought she was telling me to stay in my lane, but I thought that couldn't have been it, because I was in my lane. Then she proceeded to do the crazy motions and point to my right front tire. She was very adamant about motioning towards my tire. I concluded that there must have been something wrong with it. I pulled over in the parking lot of Moe's in Murfreesboro. I got out and checked the side that she was motioning towards. Yes, indeed. Flat. It was about 25 minutes until my class started, and at that point I didn't think I was going to make it there. I was right. At first Frank was going to come get me and take me to class, but I wouldn't have a way back to my car. So, I decided to call AAA right then. It was about 9:20 when I called. They said it would take about an hour. At 11:20 the wrecker guy pulled up and changed my tire. Then, I went over and got my flat tire patched. Another 45 minutes of my day was sitting on a bench at Southeast Tire. But, thankfully my tire is now fixed, it just took too long to do it. Such is life...
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Spring 2006
I realized, as I was walking from my second class on Tuesday, that this is my last semester of college. I shiver of joy went through at the thought. (Then a small shiver of fear but we won't talk about that.) I only have 12 hours of classes this semester, 3 hours less than I thought that I was going to have to take.
The classes are as follows: (Prepare yourselves.)
Silkscreen - this is basically hand-printing posters, artwork, t-shirts, etc. with special ink that you can layer colors or just do black and white, if you so choose.
Dance Appreciation (aka Dance Dance Dance) - in this class we will appreciate dance by studying the history of dance, different styles of dance, and discover ways to apply dance to our majors. I wonder if any Concrete Industry majors are in the class...
Book Arts I - this class is where we learn how to make different types of books by hand. It's pretty self-explanatory.
Photographic Illustration - in this class we photograph fruits and vegetables, with the occasional bubbly or frothy beverage. Thankfully, our studio models cann't stand us up for the shoot this semester.
So, you can see how hard my semester is going to be. Now that I've said that it probably will be, but it will be fun nevertheless.
Yay.
The classes are as follows: (Prepare yourselves.)
Silkscreen - this is basically hand-printing posters, artwork, t-shirts, etc. with special ink that you can layer colors or just do black and white, if you so choose.
Dance Appreciation (aka Dance Dance Dance) - in this class we will appreciate dance by studying the history of dance, different styles of dance, and discover ways to apply dance to our majors. I wonder if any Concrete Industry majors are in the class...
Book Arts I - this class is where we learn how to make different types of books by hand. It's pretty self-explanatory.
Photographic Illustration - in this class we photograph fruits and vegetables, with the occasional bubbly or frothy beverage. Thankfully, our studio models cann't stand us up for the shoot this semester.
So, you can see how hard my semester is going to be. Now that I've said that it probably will be, but it will be fun nevertheless.
Yay.
Monday, January 16, 2006
What I learned from flipping through the TV channels tonight.
I was flipping through the channels and I found myself on BET, but it wasn't the regular music videos that they play on that channel. It was a tv envangelism show that looked like every other tv envangelism show out there. A middle-aged man talking about something about something. (You know you never pay attention when you flip through the channels.) But, what caught my eye was the "Miracle Spring Water" that he was "selling". Apparently, this water brings miracles to anyone who drinks it, but it'll cost you. I don't know how much because I didn't say that long, but I do know where you can find it.
Russia.
It's good to know that Russia has a large supply of Miracle Spring Water for all of us who need a miracle in our life. Personally, I'd rather go to Miracle Max. "Have fun stormin' the castle!!"
Russia.
It's good to know that Russia has a large supply of Miracle Spring Water for all of us who need a miracle in our life. Personally, I'd rather go to Miracle Max. "Have fun stormin' the castle!!"
Saturday, January 14, 2006
I Heart Snow
The fact that I had to walk over to the Womack clubhouse at 2:00am to close it, put me in a bad mood. I just wanted to go to sleep. But, as soon as I stepped outside I smiled. I couldn't help it.
It was snowing.
I heart snow. I don't care how cold it is or what kind of day I've had or who said something mean to me, snow makes up for it. Snow just makes me happy, especially when it's the big fluffy kind (which it was).
Yay! Snow.
It was snowing.
I heart snow. I don't care how cold it is or what kind of day I've had or who said something mean to me, snow makes up for it. Snow just makes me happy, especially when it's the big fluffy kind (which it was).
Yay! Snow.
Friday, January 13, 2006
I'm in better shape than I thought
I basically ran all week (and went to RA training). It's addicting (running, not RA training).
I was running yesterday around campus and I had prepared myself for a 30 minute run. I wasn't sure how I would handle this, but I had done it on Monday so I figured it wasn't a fluke and I could do it again. When I was nearing the 20 minute mark I was getting tired, but I didn't give up because I know now that when I reach my 25 minute mark I can keep going and not be extremely tired. I hit 30 minutes and convinced myself that I should try for 40 minutes. I was feeling great and not tired at all so, I took another route around Womack and towards Scarlett. I had to be at Scarlett at 5:30pm anyway so I decided to make my way there, sweat and all. It was nearing 5:30 and I was getting a bit upset because I wanted to keep going, but I stopped at 40 minutes and wasn't out of breath. I felt like I could have gone for another 20 minutes. I'm not at all sore today, and I love the feeling after I've run so long.
Ok, enough about running. I'm sure you all will here lots more about it in the future.
I was running yesterday around campus and I had prepared myself for a 30 minute run. I wasn't sure how I would handle this, but I had done it on Monday so I figured it wasn't a fluke and I could do it again. When I was nearing the 20 minute mark I was getting tired, but I didn't give up because I know now that when I reach my 25 minute mark I can keep going and not be extremely tired. I hit 30 minutes and convinced myself that I should try for 40 minutes. I was feeling great and not tired at all so, I took another route around Womack and towards Scarlett. I had to be at Scarlett at 5:30pm anyway so I decided to make my way there, sweat and all. It was nearing 5:30 and I was getting a bit upset because I wanted to keep going, but I stopped at 40 minutes and wasn't out of breath. I felt like I could have gone for another 20 minutes. I'm not at all sore today, and I love the feeling after I've run so long.
Ok, enough about running. I'm sure you all will here lots more about it in the future.
Monday, January 09, 2006
My dad ran 16 miles last Tuesday...
On his 50th birthday he decided to run 10 miles, and every year since he has added an extra mile to that. This year was 16 miles and we always expect him to run it, but he kind of turned the tables on us this year at Christmas.
He challenged all of the family to run a half-marathon in April. I was all about it, with no hesitation whatsoever. Then I thought about it. 13.5 miles is a lot of miles, but I basically psyched myself up to do it. Then I told Dee about it, and she's planning to run it too.
We ran in Michigan last week. I wore a funny hat.
We planned to run more, but we didn't and then it got super-duper-uber cold. Okay no, just super cold, too cold to run without freezing out your lungs.
I ran on Sunday night with Frank for about 20 minutes. And, I ran tonight with two girls who are RAs here at Womack with me for 30 minutes. As I was running around, I met a girl who lives here at Womack and she wants to go with us too.
I plan on running tomorrow, but my schedule may not allow it because I basically work from 8:00am-8:00pm tomorrow. Maybe I can fit it in the day somewhere. We'll see.
I plan on leaving updates on my progress here on my blog. As of right now, I can run for 30 minutes just fine. I could have gone longer today but I had to leave for chorus right after I got finished running. I hope I wasn't too stinky.
He challenged all of the family to run a half-marathon in April. I was all about it, with no hesitation whatsoever. Then I thought about it. 13.5 miles is a lot of miles, but I basically psyched myself up to do it. Then I told Dee about it, and she's planning to run it too.
We ran in Michigan last week. I wore a funny hat.
We planned to run more, but we didn't and then it got super-duper-uber cold. Okay no, just super cold, too cold to run without freezing out your lungs.
I ran on Sunday night with Frank for about 20 minutes. And, I ran tonight with two girls who are RAs here at Womack with me for 30 minutes. As I was running around, I met a girl who lives here at Womack and she wants to go with us too.
I plan on running tomorrow, but my schedule may not allow it because I basically work from 8:00am-8:00pm tomorrow. Maybe I can fit it in the day somewhere. We'll see.
I plan on leaving updates on my progress here on my blog. As of right now, I can run for 30 minutes just fine. I could have gone longer today but I had to leave for chorus right after I got finished running. I hope I wasn't too stinky.
Friday, January 06, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Top secret mission is underway...
We found some time to post, so here it is. We're in Mason, Michigan in a little library outside of Prague...er...Lansing. So far, the top secret mission has been a success. We're on our way to do some more top secret stuff that we'll tell you about when we get back. It's to unsafe at this moment to discuss. Peace out. Dee and Bee.
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