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Today is December 2. Went to a math club meeting. I borrowed Joe's DVD player so I am currently enjoying Yessongs, with Rick Wakeman's sparkly silver cape. They gave me a nickname at work: Maestro. The reasoning is because I sing all the time. (And yes, I realize that a maestro is typically a conductor, but it's an incredibly sweet gesture. I don't get nicknames too often)
Today is December 3. Been thinking more about George Harrison. I really like his songs. All Things Must Pass, off his solo debut of the same title, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Savoy Truffle off the "White Album" especially. If you have not heard any of these songs, drop me an e-mail and I'll see what i can do ;-)
Actually started program before the day it was due this time. It's going ok so far.
Today is December 5.

I am an Enormous Pineapple.

I paint my thoughtful combustion with fillets of meringue. Bright spicy storks elicit my false gigantism. My refrigerated destiny gives rubber nuns to the fallen kick-off.

Which Spanish gazebos lead to sponge? The Utterly Surreal Test


I swear to God I didn't just, like, keep taking this test until I got a satisfactory answer (as I am wont to do). No, this was the original and true score of the test, which I got from Tavie.. In other news, it's really really nice out for December. I'm loving it. Watching Neil Young right now on a rerun of SNL. He's prolly my favorite solo-artist-type-guy. At 3 I will take my last Astro test, then at 5:20 is my clarinet choir concert. It's going to be an interesting day.
Today is December 6. Semester is winding down, yay. But I still have the math test tomorrow which has evil things like series solutions, and piecewise functions. Is there a patron saint of partial credit? If not, there should be. Perhaps it will be Saint Maria of Siberia. Who knows. Sometimes people make me want to shoot myself in the foot with a nailgun, but other times they amaze me with their brilliance.
Today is December 9. Band concert went well, even though my dad didn't get to see me because he went to the ballet (Nutcracker) by mistake. I was kinda pissed about that. We're cool now, though. Work was the typical Sunday stress. All I have left this week is an Astronomy presentation with my kewl group: Mitch, Kev, and Arian. Watching the show "Jackass". And all I have to say is, "Boys are so weird!" (But we love 'em anyway)
Today is December 11. Watching a cool thing on Discovery channel about twins. Jon and Heather had twins, Maddison and Abigaile(sp?).
When will the sampling stop? This morning I heard some kid rapper with a Cars song ("I'm not the one") in the background. And the funny thing is, it *did* blend in really well with the hip-hop beats. So most people will probably hear it and not even know the truth. The cars were such geniuses. I hope they get their due on this one.
Yesterday in Com Sci, our teacher, Owen, was wearing a purple button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. And I made the mistake of telling Sara about my "White dress shirt with rolled-up sleeves" fetish. So needless to say, I was given a good ribbing for that. (Although, i gotta admit, with the rolled-up sleeves, he was just a *leetle* bit appealing...I'm so very, very wrong)
Today is December 13. Happy Saint Lucia Day. It snowed yesterday, but it only stuck on the grass. You can still see the green grass peeking through the white snow. Dad leaves for Colorado today. Jonathan and I fly out to join him on the 22nd.
Today is December 15. Should be sleeping, in preparation for work. Should be studing, in preparation for exams. Am doing neither. Am listening to Stevie Nicks records and drinking beer, in preparation for my life as a lonely, lonely woman.
[Suddenly brightens] nah, that's not true either. I'm a happy girl. Things are going great, and there's no "beginning of the end" to speak of. See this emoticon? :-) That's me.
Today is December 17. No tests down, three to go. Some plans of action are in the works. Saturday Jonno and I bought a chair for dad. The people at the store took a picture of us by the chair, which we are going to sign, and then give to Dad in Colorado. See also... (you'll need to scroll down).
In other news. Cpr E 210 seems to be a bunch of strange ideas floating around in the ether. trying to latch on to them makes them all the more elusive.
Today for "Rowdy Half" some of my W-gate buddies and I ran through all four floors, screaming and carrying on. It was great.
Today is December 19. Two tests down, one to go. CPR E was not as bad as expected. I went to a Strangetalk party last night. I only knew a handful of people there, but it was fun. Word to the wise. I, like Elaine, am quite blabby when drinking. (from the episode where they go to India and all the scenes are shown backwards. my favorite)
So I've been doing nothing today, and I'm about to go get some Chinese food. That is all.
Today is December 20. Actually, it's THREE down one to go, since I ended up going to my "optional" Astro final. I though, ya know I have a pretty good grade in that class, I don't want to ruin it by not sitting through some presentation. So I just wanted to clarify that.
Now Playing: Mr. Jimi Hendrix. Also, I made a fort in my room. You should come over and check it out.
The Castaway Quiz deems me:
Mary Ann You radiate wholesome goodness. This drives men wild. Sure Ginger may get all the attention at first, but in the end, it's you they really want.

Today is December 21. Happy Winter Solstice to all. I plan on celebrating by getting a haircut and eating dinner with my little cousins, Louie and Jay.
Four finals down, zero to go. Diff EQ was a little confusing (questions that seemed to come out of nowhere, not based on any examples I had ever seen) but it's done, I got to hug Maria, and then I went out with RGN, Alicia, and our lovely DD, Chris.
Today is December 22. "Well I think this has been the worst cracker time in recorded history." -Jimmy James, Newsradio
lyrics to an interesting song.
Still December 22, but later. I put this information in a blockquote because it is important. This will be my last update for at least a week. I plan on staying far, far away from computers of any kind whilst in Colorado. Just wanted to say it's been an interesting semester. We'll see just how "interesting" when I get my grades posted though, huh? If you have needs to read jounals during my absence, may I suggest Tavie's blog? You'll enjoy it, if you haven't become hooked already. Also if you get bored, draw all over your forearms with blue gel ink pens. It's rather therapeutic. Well, kick ass until you die, have a merry freakin' Christmas.

Today is December 25. I *know* I said I'd stay away from computers all week, but when we walked in Joe's house, and he started going all digital-camera on us, I broke down. (Joe Hostetter is a friend of my dad's. We're eating Christmas dinner at his house with his wife Terry, daughter Devon, and some assorted others). Right now we're watching "Shrek."
We have been skiing three times at Breckenridge. I took to it pretty quickly, and I was surprised. I can see why so many people like to ski.
Today is December 29. Made it back safely to Iowa at around 9pm. I have to go to work tomorrow so I'm crashing at W-gate. More later.

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