I have another campus oddity to report- the mysterious appearance of hay bales. There are small stacks of them all about campus, and in completely random places (though I'm not sure what locations would be normal or sensible for hay bales on a college campus). There are also small bits of hay all over the ground.

I have three pieces of information for you all:

1) I have no job! According to Panera I am "un-re-hireable". Why, I don't know. At any rate the Panera I was going to work for decided that there must be a reason for it (even though I was to be transfered down there so I cannot possibly be un-re-hireable). Yay! I'm broke! So please all pray for a job for me.

2) I got a 94% on my first Chem exam last week!

3) I got an A- on my first Psych exam!


On Thursday during my English class I discovered, much to my chagrin, that the 4 page essay which I had thought was due the following Thursday was, in fact due the next day. I had a poor thesis and pathetic outline. So on Friday I wrote the entire essay. That was fun, not. I think I did well enough on it. I think. I hope. I'm not sure I could have done much better if I had spent more time on it anyway.

Last night a friend (Jessie) and I went swing dancing down town. We had to U-turn a couple times, drive through a neighborhood and explore several different one-way streets to actually get to the parking lot only to find out that we were a half hour early. So (hmm random sound of large quantities of trash falling all over the place from the night outside my window) we explored the surrounding area a bit, which was not too interesting. We had a great time (once inside the building). There was one middle aged man we both danced with who smelled rather like Play-Do. He had a heavy accent and was chewing something. He was a good dancer but I have to say the combination of chewing a mysterious substance, and smelling like Play-Do was rather gross. Most of the guys there are pleasant, though (really all of them except that one), and a lot of them I met at the dance class at school.

Oh! Apparently mountain lions go up on the bluff behind my school sometimes. Jessie and her friends saw a paw print up there a while ago. Guess who's not going on walks up the bluff by her self any more! (My dad suggests I carry a large "kitty whopping stick". Maybe I'll do that.)

:)

Butter

Before I forget, I must tell you all of some wonderful signs that have appeared in my building. They have a picture of a shower and say "Save Water- Shower Together". Did nobody think things through before hanging that poster all over the building?

On Wednesday I ate a spoon full of butter. Why you may ask. I went to Village in with Navigators after the meeting and a cup of butter came with my waffle. One of my friends, Josh, said that he would eat half of the butter if I ate half and naturally I agreed (why wouldn't I?). So we each ate a spoonful all at once. It was so gross! I could feel my arteries clogging as the butter slithered down my throat. We tried to wash it down with chunks of ham from another girls meal, then some else's leftover cheesecake. "Just a spoonful of butter helps the ham and cheesecake go down?"

I'm not really sure where to start right now. I'll start with the random happenings around here or I'll forget them. The German exchange students who live in my building currently have a German flag gracing the outside of their window. It is the sole decoration on the outside of any of the buildings, and, come to think of it, the only flag I can think of anywhere nearby. The school for some unknown reason has torn out a beautiful green, lush, patch of grass near the dorms and is in the process of replacing it with astroterf! The fiends! On my way back from class today (after passing the abominable astroterf) I saw a couple signs tapped to lamp posts pointing off to the left towards some bushes and a parking lot bearing only the single word "event". Huh. So many unanswered questions. What event? When is said event? Where are they fitting this event? In the bushes? I think that does it for random happenings.

On to the real news!

I'm starting to wonder if this work thing is going to work out after all. I keep hitting complications with it. We'll see what God works out with it. I definitely need to pray about it (something I perhaps should have done in the first place). I'm thinking I'll put together a portfolio and make a business card and try to start selling my art.

Yesterday evening I went to swing dancing here at school. It was so much fun, and I already have freinds there! Everyone there is so cool! I love it! I'm going to start going to it regularly. It started with lessons and after that we just had fun dancing. Very relaxed atmosphere. And it was nice to just sit there and have the guys come up and ask us to dance and be so gentlemanly- it feels so right, it's so different from the way we normally do dances. I'm going with a new friend, Jessie, to a swing dancing place downtown this weekend. I'm so excited!

Today, after calling every friend I have around here and failing to find anyone available to eat dinner with me, I bought a delicious burrito at Chipotle and ate it sitting on my car in a parking lot at Garden of the Gods (in case you think I was just hanging out in an abandoned parking lot alone at night, not so. It was still light out and there were a lot of people around). I took a wrong turn while driving back and ended up driving through downtown rather than simply getting back to Garden of the Gods road (which would have been faster). Oh well, I had fun.

One last cool note: Last Thursday my hip was really hurting (I don't know why), and got worse as the day progressed. When I got in bad with it still hurting I decided that I didn't have to deal with it any more so I quickly and sleepily ordered the pain to go away in Jesus' name. After maybe 30 seconds I thought I should see if it was better so I moved my leg around and it didn't hurt, so I jumped out of bed and walked around and then started jumping around and it didn't hurt at all! Yay!

:)

Craptastic!

Craptastic!
It has been the theme of the past week.
My week hasn't been ALL bad, just mostly.
Monday morning I got back a chemistry quiz. My performance on said quiz: craptastic. I missed a lot of points because of some really stupid errors. Craptastic! (But at least I know exactly what to fix).
Monday evening I was supposed to have my first game of flag football (I joined a team). It had sounded like fun till I found out that my team had 50 people on it (craptastic!). I don't know ANYTHING about football and all these guys were practicing for it outside our building. I freaked out. I got invited to a Bible study that night so I decided I would go to that instead. I never found out were the Bible study was or when, I spent the evening at home alone and I quit the flag football team. My team captain (who lives just down the hall from me) didn't seem to like me much to begin with; she probably hates me now. I think my roommates were all mad at me too. it was a stupid thing to do. I should have at least gone to the first game before quiting. Craptastic!
On Wednesday I had to go to orientation for my new job. It took three hours. Craptastic! (Before leaving for orientation I walked in on my roommate in the bathroom; she hadn't closed the door! Awkward, embarrassing, crap?)
Wednesday evening I tried to go to Navigators but the meeting had been moved and I didn't know where it was. Craptastic!
Thursday actually sort of rocked. I went on a field trip (yay!) to a prosthetics clinic for freshman seminar. We got out early so four of my friends and I went to Taco Bell for lunch and then to the mall. We had a lot of fun, and I got two really cute shirts from my new favorite store for only $7.00! Go 75% off rack!
Today I was supposed to work for 9 hours but last night I had such a sore throat that I could barely get to sleep (craptastic!) and I was sniffling all morning so I called in sick. I really wanted to get the first stressful day over with and I could certainly use the money but I decided it just wouldn't be a good thing to go and get everyone else sick. A mix of "craptastic!" and "cool, I get to go home a day early".
I have two exams on Monday. Craptastic!

Funny funny

I just have to share these two amazingly hilarious charts from graph jam.

Campus Republicans

Today at my college's club fair I was accosted twice by overzealous members of the Campus Republicans. This large young man was standing in front of the booth (with a few of his comrades) holding a clipboard and asked me if I would sign up with them. I politely refused. He asked again. Upon receiving my second refusal he asked if I support Obama in a mocking sort of voice. I am in fact registered as a Republican and I don't much care for Obama (I have not done much research on him though) but even so I was highly offended that he talked to me like that. I wish that I had told him all the rude things that were in my mind to say, but I, prefering to be nice and avoid confrontation merely appeased him by writing my email address on his clipboard and then threw away the pamphlet he'd given me. Later on I was asked by a different member of the club to sign up with them. I politely refused and just kept walking- the girl didn't press the issue. I'm now somewhat afraid of the Campus Republicans and I can't say that my opinion of them is very high.
On a more positive note, I found several interesting groups that I signed up with. And I had a very successful grocery shopping trip at my non-ghetto Safeway- I got al the cheapest brands and spent less than $100.

The Triumph of the Coffee Maker

Upon typing in that title an image popped into my head of a coffee maker marching down the street after a triumphant battle. I can't say that I'm too fond of the image, so perhaps I should clarify that it is my triumph over the coffee maker.
Wednesday morning I was up and doing some english homework before going to my first class. I had read one paragraph of my reading assignment when I realized that I still felt rather sleepy and I thought "I want some coffee". Then, with great glee, I realized that we had coffee! I promptly threw down my homework, leaped off my bed and ran into the kitchen to begin. I have never actually made coffee before and really didn't know what I was doing so I poured 3 cups of water into the machine, and a pile of ground coffee into a filter (I didn't know how many oz are in a cup so i didn't know how much coffee to use) and it worked!
and the coffee wasn't disgusting! Sweet success! I marched around my apartment valiantly until my roommate got up. It was the perfect beginning to my day. (of course my english homework sat there on my bed barely touched for several hours).