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Today's Note

2007-02-03T21:05:00.000-08:00

I drove down to Wichita today to spend some time with Mom, Jay, and the Baby. It was fun just hanging out here and being with them :) We also had an awesome dinner of chicken parm, meatballs (random), stuffed mushrooms, and Jay's birthday angel food cake! Very good!

Tomorrow is the super bowl -- quite exciting! I'll be going to Jenette and Chris's for their super bowl party; it should be fun! I also have a lot of homework to do tomorrow... not so exciting or fun.

So I have been going to the gym pretty regularly lately and I'm hoping that it's going to pay off. Cancun is in 43 more days and if I'm going to be in a swim suit for 80% of the time, I'm going to need as many workout sessions as I can handle! Nicole has been going with me a few times a week as well - its nice cause we get to talk (inbetween sweating and catching our breath).

Random thoughts

2007-01-30T21:31:00.000-08:00

Someone once told me that they believed that who you are your sophomore year in college is pretty much who you will be the rest of your life.

If this is true, and I'm sure that the observation is pretty accurate, the I'm pretty happy with who I am today. I may not be perfect, and I know I have more growing up to do... more things to experience and learn from... but as far as the person I am... I am proud to be me.

~ * ~

On a less serious side- I hung out with some friends tonight and it was a lot of fun. We watched Happy Gilmore and Just Friends-- I laughed so hard my stomach hurt. OH and to make it better I had cereal while I was there; it was a new kind I haven't had before... it was really good.

I have been working out nearly every day, today I didn't go because I was lazy and took a nap and did homework things- but tomorrow I'm going after work: IF YOUR READING THIS NICOLE CALL ME AFTER 9 :)

p.s. Cancun is in 1 1/2 months!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!

I feel 20-ish today.

2007-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:00

Today is my birthday and here is what I did:

1. Wake up at 9:15 to get ready for class (since NOW I have to leave at least 45 min before to get a spot and all.... gr).
-- The whole house was decorated for my birthday by my roomates-- i love them :)
2. Japanese at 10:30 (brought the wrong binder.... Japanese 1 instead of 2!)
3. Calc lecture... learned some stuff with the Trev like aXb... you know.
4. Finished homework real quick and handed that baby in
5. Work from 3 to 6:45.... WAYYYY BUSY.... VERY HECTIC. Kinda liked it.
-- OH annnd I got flowers :) thank you mommy and Jay... I love you!
6. Dinner with the roomies (tradition). Wore the silly sombraro from Carlos O Kelly's
7. Read through all my bday wishes on facebook-- thanks everyone :)

And now I have stat HW to do and then off to the gym at 10:30.... all in all it was a MUCH better day than expected... I smiled a lot :)

Demetri Martin

2007-01-15T13:59:00.000-08:00

No pictures for this post, that will be for next time since I haven't downloaded them yet!

Anyways, this weekend was nice. It was my niece’s baptism and I got to be the godmother! It's really exciting for me... I made Jayme promise me since we were little that I would be the godmother of at least one of her children.... I have an amazing godmother myself so I was excited to "follow her footsteps"! A picture would go nicely right here...

So right now I am at work.... we are pretty slow for the most part. I brought Grey's Anatomy season II to watch to keep me entertained.

Last thought: Demetri Martin is a funny man, not AS funny as Dane my main man, but still pretty funny.

Thank you SMART TAN!

2007-01-06T07:36:00.000-08:00

I'm here at work right now stealing someone's wireless connection. For those of you who don't know, I work at Sun Connection which is a tanning salon over in Aggie Ville. It's not bad- just SUPER boring if its not busy... and being brake and all makes it pretty non-busy. I had to come back Thursday to work, and I'm scheduled to work every day till next Thursday. It may be boring, but the money is always nice to have!

So last night I went to walmart with Nicole, which was fun. Plus I learned how to buy the good/cheap brand of medicine- kudos to Nicole. After that we went to Radina's (where there were ONLY male guys for some reason), and then off to Old Chicago for some tasty food.

Today I have to work 9-5 so I thought ahead and not only brought my computer, but the first season of Grey's Anatomy to see AGAIN! I would watch movies, but I really dont have anything here worth watching... to all of you out there reading this amazing blog, know this: "Dr. T and the Women" is a retarded movie and not worth your time, I watched it yesterday.

Today I will end with this helpful fact (it's worth a little giggle):

INTERNATIONAL SMART TAN NETWORK, examination question from SMART TAN manual.

Studies show that colon cancer can be relieved or avioded with exposure to ultraviolet light (tanning beds).

Here's another website I found that kinda says the same thing: Sunscreens and Cancer

Good ol' GC

2007-01-03T19:11:00.000-08:00

Garden City, KS 12/31/06

This weekend I went down to Garden City to spend some time with Nic and my friends back "home". It was fun even though the power was out for the majority of the time. I spent a lot of time with Nic's family and just playing games and lying around, but it was nice to just relax.

For New Years I spent about 1/2 the night at Rhonda's house with Nicole, Shannon and Shannon's family eating great food and the other 1/2 at my friend Heidi's house. It was a very fun New Years- Nic even got his first experience with the wii!

Last night Nic and I went to see the Pursuit of Happyness, which was an amazing film in my opinion. It's worth the $7.50 to go see- luckily me and Nic had free movie passes. Either way... very good movie.

And tomorrow it's back to Manhattan for some more work and stuff. Ciao!

The weather in GC was horrible- here's a picture of the power line tower things on my way back to Wichita yesterday:

Nic's Christmas Present!

2006-12-23T09:14:00.000-08:00

For Nic's Christmas present, I bought us both tickets to New Jersey/New York. Instead of listing everything we did, I'll just give you guys a bunch of pictures (that aren't in order). Enjoy:

Me and Nic, just cause we're cute

Radio City Music Hall

This was the coolest light display- The snow flakes were on the side of a building right across the street from Rockefeller Center and they "danced" to a remix of Carol of the Bells

Empire State Building from Aunt Diana's Office floor

Nic and I ice skating at Bryant Park

2006-12-22T16:18:00.000-08:00

Chris reading Aunt D's birthday present

Nic and Baby Tommy

Me pretending to be Gramps

Me and Nic by the ocean... which was FREEZING but Nic wanted to "get in"

Times Square

That window right under the sign that says "The Lion King" is where they film MTV's TRL

This old guy here is Les Paul. He's an amazing icon from the Jazz Age (he even has a guitar named after him). The show was awesome - thank you Aunt Diana!

Jersey is Clean

2006-12-14T17:37:00.000-08:00

Today, I feel great!!

FINALS ARE OVER FINALS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!

and TONIGHT me and Nic are off to JERSEY! -- which by the way is NOT a nasty town by any means.... so there.

Bombarded with tests but almost done

2006-12-13T21:07:00.000-08:00

Nic and I leave for the city tomorrow night. How exciting!!! I'm very "pumped" as some may say.
Tomorrow is my last final... thank goodness. I feel like it's been the longest week of my life. 2 finals Monday, 1 Tuesday, 1 today, and one tomorrow at 1. I just want to be DONE! I don’t know how I did on any of them yet but I feel like I did ok.

My room is getting messy. Usually it is clean, but since I have been studying like crazy I have sort of neglected her.... meaning my room. My tree still is gorgeous though! I would show you but I have no picture. I can't wait to get my camera that I forgot about! For reasons such as this.

Now here's a picture of how I feel TODAY.

I have my own meaning.... it makes sense to me.

Let the finals round begin

2006-12-10T22:11:00.000-08:00

This is how I feel today.

It’s finals week and I am nervous, stressed, tired, and scared as usual. I always feel overwhelmed during finals week. Tomorrow I have my Japanese written/comprehensive test at 11:40 to 1:30 and Natural Disasters at 2:00. I’m not excited OR ready. I hope I do alright though. I also have to work tomorrow from 5 to close (around 9:30), but that’s not that bad cause I’m hoping we wont be busy so I can study more for my following exams.

I went to Nicole and Shanno’s house tonight. We had yummy cheese soup V. Nic met us there and ate, too so I’m assuming he liked it as well. After Nicole’s I met up with Britton at the library for about 3 ½ hours… not too bad.

Well anyway… this was a really boring post so I’m just going to go study more. Finals week bites sucks.

Can’t wait for Jersey though !

Thanks Angela

2006-12-04T20:08:00.000-08:00

My accounting teacher sent our class an email and at the end of it it said "here's a cool video".... check it out.

http://talentshow.yahoo.com/#v=104778

Dance off

2006-12-03T12:41:00.000-08:00

Two nights or so ago my roomates, a few friends and I had a dance off. I laughed a lot...

(Left to right) Matt gettin his groove on, me, Brooke

Charlie and Me

Aside from that, today is mommy's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!

Super Glue Sux

2006-11-30T21:27:00.000-08:00

It is almost december... in about 30 min or so. The time is drawing near for mine and Nic's trip to the city! Very exciting. Finals- not so exciting.

Update- candy bar is long gone.

I painted a wooden Santa figure today. I would show you but I dont have a camera, but I have been told it has turned out really good. I have also painted a small raindeer and moose. Nicole sews I paint :)

Another issue I feel the need to address is that I got super glue on my finger today. Do you have any idea how annoying that is? It doesn't just come off with soap and water. If any one has any remedies to get it off, please inform!

Her she's

2006-11-28T13:04:00.000-08:00

This is not an actual picture of my candy bar.... that would be absurd

Last night I went to Dillon's with Brooke cause she wanted to buy ice cream and we saw those HUGE candy bars that are like a freaking foot long on sale for $1. I bought one and I am already 1/2 way done with it.... this is the true way that college students get fat: huge hershey's bars.

I put my christmas tree up just now

2006-11-26T19:35:00.000-08:00

I decided to re-do the christmas blog for obvious reasons. Check it out... even if u dont want to get me anything.... just check it out to see what great taste I have.

To go to my christmas blog --> gingerbredman

Enrollment

2006-11-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I guess I enroll. I already know the classes I want to take - Nicole and Shannon helped me out a little bit. I know I'm taking Japanese 2 for sure though... its been fun :)

So our intermural games started a couple of weeks back and we aren't anything to brag about, but it really is fun! I get to play pretty much the entire time so I can't complain :) Mom even said she may come down and watch us... p.s. mom that would be GREAT :)!! We have lost both games but it would still be great lol!

As for halloween, I was a gangster/miami vice/whatever u call it girl. Nic actually bought my costume for me since he's such an amazing boyfriend! It was fun, we ended up coming home early though and just hanging out here though; but I liked that better anyway. Tuesday night (hallow's eve) we only had like 10 trick-or-treaters. Libby was giving them HANDFULLS of candy since we had so much and no one was coming... it was a little sad since we were so excited..... oh well. Here's a Picture:

Nelson and I .... the Mexican and the cheerleader gangster

OH and one final thought.... I have a new job and i L-O-V-E it so far. I work at Sun Connections, which is a tanning salon. There's only one person that works at a time usually so I kinda run the place haha! It's pretty easy but a lot of fun and I get to see people I know every day.... I love it! I'll give more of an update later- as for now I have to go to Natty Disasterous.

Andy Warhol like pictures.....

2006-10-23T14:53:00.000-07:00

My Japanese Mid-term Part II went pretty well... I accidentally wrote hospital as post office in hirigana, but aside from that I think I did pretty good. Tonight is our first volleyball game - I forgot to ask mom to bring up my knee pads and I already have 2 floor burns so I guess we will see how tonight goes! I am pretty excited to play, I think we're going to do pretty good!

I am still looking for a job here in Manhattan... I have applied a few places but not many. I want to work at Best Buy (applied there yesterday) but I am guessing that they already have enough employees since it opens pretty soon. I just dont want to work with food anymore.... hm

Anyway, my roomates and I were messing around on my Brooke's Mac and put this little thing together.

(Top left clockwise) Jesamyn, Me, Libby, Brooke

My roomates are great... :)

You're so old :)

2006-10-22T13:25:00.000-07:00

TODAY IS NICOLE'S BIRTHDAY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!!!

Last week was a crazy one.... CrAzy...

Monday: Begin Studying for a busy week ahead of me
Tuesday: Calc 2 Exam 2
Wednesday: Japanese Vocab Quiz; BIG Accounting assignment
Thursday: Natural Disasters Exam 2, Japanese Mid Term Part 1

This coming week is another kinda rough one but hopefully much less stressful.....

Tuesday: Japanese Mid Term Part 2
Wednesday: Accounting Exam 2
Thursday: Japanese Vocab Quiz

Enough of my complaining.... I think it would be more fun to talk about my weekend! Mom, Jay, and baby Nicole came down for big Nicole's birthday. It was pretty laid back for the most part; it's always great to see the baby... I'm in loooove with her... so cute! Picture time:

The cutest baby in the world, Nicole Jade

Today is full of fun studying! Me and my roommate Libby are going to go to the rec a little later (tomorrow is our first intramural volleyball game)! Get excited!

Top 10

2006-10-16T14:06:00.001-07:00

So during the summer I wasn't getting on my computer as often as I was during the school year, so I stopped blogging. I figured that when the school year started that I would pick it back up again - this didn't really happen. So here I am, about 2 months into the semester already, happy to inform you that I shall continue my blogging from here on out as regularly as possible. Enjoy.

I'll use today for a quick top 10 update :

1. I still don't really have a major chosen

2. Jayme has had her beautiful baby and I love her
3. Nic is here with me at K-State and it's been fun :)
4. I live with 3 amazing roomates(left to right) Me, Jesamyn, Libby, and Brooke

5. Flavor Flav chose Deelishus over New York
6. Co-ed Vball starts soon and I am very excited to play (We're team Zane)

7. Japanese is fun :)

8. My car is almost finished being mended - i get her back this weekend :)

9. It's Dakoda's THIRD birthay on November 1st (which I believe means that she's going to be 21 in doggy years... which is legal drinking age)
10. I cut my hair!

Paradise Island

2006-05-28T15:01:00.000-07:00

This past week was AWESOME! Here's some pictures of day UNO...

Me and mom on the plane ride TO the bahamas..... and so it begins:
This artificial cave thing was really cool and had waterfalls all outside of it:
Me in one of the many aquariums at the Atlantis, my arms look funny on the glass above me:

Me and mom in the room by our view:

Mummzie and her daquari:
Me and MY daquari:

Group photo of our side of the family that went to the wedding:

Surprise!

2006-05-12T22:12:00.000-07:00

Today I left home and came home. It's nice to be home, but I think I'm going to miss home every now and then being that it could be so fun and all.

On Monday me and mom are going down to Garden and I am X-SITE-ED!!! Nic said that he has a "surprise" for me.... I love surprises. So now I have a bunch of fun to look forward to! See my friends, see my Nic, and all that jazz.

Right now me and mom are watching Narnia - mom hasn't seen it yet! Great movie, I'm out ->

Love my new roomies

2006-05-04T15:57:00.000-07:00

So Sunday I moved out of my apartment and "moved" in with some friends here at ford - it's fantabulous! Me, Kell, Brooke Lex and Robin have been livin it up here; I love it... LOVE it. Finals hopefully will go well, I'm really nervous about some of those - calc in particular. I have been studying pretty hard and only plan on stepping it up this weekend/next week.

Right now we're watching Reno 911 - kelly is shaving her arms..?... and game night starts in 2.0 hours! Life has gone from here ->__ to here -->**!!

p.s. my painting for geography got a 1-0-0 percento! yay!

Trooper

2006-04-28T16:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had my Belly Dancing thingy. Now that the class is over, I'm kinda excited to dance some more in the summer! The funnest part about that class was practicing with Kelly... she makes me laugh :). Me and mom -- meaning mostly mom -- made our costumes over the weekend and they turned out really great! Mine was white and gold and Kell's was black, purple, and silver (more KSU looking). Mom did an awesome job! Props to mom ~~

After class our instructor asked some of us if we would be interested in joining her "troop". I'm not too sure if I'm up for it or not -- could be fun! I guess we'll just have to see how I feel about it come next semester. Any inputs/opinions/comments?

One thing I don't have here at my apartment is access to a vacuum. Without a vacuum, you can't vacuum. This means this whole semester I haven't vacuumed. Gross I know. So I have been tryin to fix my problem by asking around to borrow one -- so far I have 3 offers, so tonight/tomorrow I think I'm going to call up my connections and get on that... fyi.

Poked me the wrong way

2006-04-21T17:49:00.000-07:00

SO.... I went to donate plasma today -- didn't really work very well. First of all, the wait took almost 2 hours (when it's "SUPPOSED" to take about 15 minutes). Not too big of a deal, I was pretty patient about it. Then I get called in to be weighed. I hop on the scale and the girl says, "you don't meet the weight requirement"... which makes no sence cause just last time I was about 5 pounds over the limit.... so I ask her to re-weight me cause it seems so bogus, and some how I gain EXACTLY one pound... hm

Well another few minutes of waiting and they call me to the back. Here I wait another 20 minutes or so until someone even comes back to my chair.... still not annoyed, I understood that they were busy. When they go to poke me, the girl ends up messing up and cutting my vein or some nonsence. I had no other veins that would work so they ended up having to send me home.... not only did I not get the $20 dollars, but now I get a pretty purple huge bruise on my arm... WHAAAAT the heck.

Complete waste of 2 hours and 30 minutes of my LIFE.

I really want a camera

2006-04-19T17:58:00.000-07:00

If I had money to spend, a camera would be the first thing I would spend it on. Maybe I could donate enough plasma... that would only take about 4-5 months or so for a decent one.

So this weekend Nic is going to be coming down so he can enroll Monday or Tuesday or something. I'm pretty excited; I love when he comes and I love having company :) The only kinda sucky thing is that I have a chem test on monday so our hang out time isn't going to be fun and eventful... in fact... it'll probably be super boring for him!! Maybe we can hop on over to Nicole and Shanno's so he can at least paint and be occupied -- How's that sound guys?

On a side note, I found two swim suite (Number 1 and Number 2) that I really want from VS-- another thing that I would buy if I had money, but this one is more affordable.

Ok time to study...

-∞

2006-04-17T12:16:00.000-07:00

If I could rate this weekend, I would give it an 8.66666ish -- not too shabby. From the top...

Friday after class Nicole and I drove down to GC town. I was originally planning on surprising Nic, but then he was about to go to Scott for the day so I was forced to blow my cover. Friday night we went to see Michelle's play, MAD! She did an awesome job and I think everyone is really proud of her -- what a stud. I gave friday a rating of 9 -- since I didn't get to surprise Nic.

Saturday I had to wake up at 9 and pretty much pack up and leave. That sucked cause I hate leaving Nic and I wanted to hang out with him more... oh well. For lunch, though, me and mom went to Smoothie King (♥) and it was great. The rest of the day is kinda blurred... I give it an 8.

And Sunday was Easter. Easter Sunday. We went to church and came home to do some typical Easter events. It was fun and I got a frisbee :)! I rate it a 9 -- subtract 1 point cause I fell asleep before we had dessert!

And now I'm going to study for calc -- I rate that either a 0 or a -∞.

English Pizzas

2006-04-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

I woke up today, turned off the alarm, and stepped out of bed only to experience a HORRIBLE excruciating pain from my left ankle region.... oh wow it hurt so bad. Yesterday I woke up and it was a little sore, but NOTHING like today. I tried to walk to my bathroom but that didn't work very well. The pain has gone down quite a bit since this morning but it is still hurting pretty badly any time I stand on it or bend it (like walking). I have absolutely no idea what I did to it, but it sucks.

On a happier note, I made homemade English pizzas today. Here's the difficult process:

Bake about 10 minutes or until Cheese gets brown edges and EAT! yum yum

Eventful

2006-04-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

Just as an update, I am officially a Plasma doner as of this past Friday :) --> I'm mostly in it for the money, I'm not gonna lie, but the good deedness makes it worth my time, too.

Nic came up this weekend and it was absolutley fantabulous! I made dinner for us two, brooke and matt, and a few other friends on Saturday. It was hard figuring out what to make given that Matt doesn't like onions (but he says he likes fajitas... hm), and the fact that I dont have much money! I ended up making Baked Ziti... it was pretty good tho! Nic said it was good and he was proud of me! :) He should be hah!

Sunday Nic was introduced to Warhammer and he even started painting a model of his own! He sounds really excited about it and wants to "make this a hobby"... I think he said that about 10 times on the phone while he was driving home lol!

After he left for GC town, Nicole, Shanno, Nette, Chris and I played Frisbee golf; it was my first time! I got last place: bad news. I was 3? points behind: good news! That's not too bad for my first time throwing a frisbee!

And today was pretty "chill"... here's how it went for the most part:
9:30 - Classes Begin
2:30 - Classes non-begin
blah blah blah
5:00ish - Rec with Kelly: Intense
6:20ish- To the Apartment for some yummy left-overs
Practiced Belly Dancing
Pretended the Belly Dance was hip hop
9:00ish - Off to WalMarto
Bought Easter Eggs for 67 cents

Then dropped off Kell and came back here for some Blog posting. OH! AND I found out today that my window in my room DOES open... awesome!

Final Projecto

2006-04-05T10:00:00.000-07:00

So... for my geography class we have a "final project"... here are the "requirements":

For the project, you will choose a region, issue, or place that we covered in class (or that we will cover if you want to get an early start) and create an artistic impression of it. Potential possibilities for the project include: a song, a painting, a poem, a collage, or a photo essay. These are not the only choices you have – if you think of something creative that you would like to do, talk to me and I will let you know if your idea is appropriate.

I think I'm going to do a painting... fun for me, appropiate for the project. The only problem NOW is what to paint. Any ideas?

Blủ Flower

2006-04-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

I think I painted this one over winter break... not exactly sure. The running look in the red paint was actually on accident... but instead of fixing it I thought it looked kinda cool so I kept it that way. I also first meant for this paiting to be upside down and without petals... but my paint brush did its own thing.

New Wardrobe

2006-04-04T10:42:00.000-07:00

I got really bored yesterday so I decided to change my blog's dress. She needed to change anyway, she had been wearing the same thing for a very long time.

Spring Break Fun

2006-03-30T20:16:00.000-08:00

Parts of my spring break I got kinda boring, so I told mom I wanted to paint my wall. She was fine with that so I went ahead and painted away... Here's my immitation of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. Spring break fun :)

And here's a room shot ... pretty intense.

Next, I plan on buying white paper blinds and maybe finishing up the painting over the blinds... we'll see. It's all in the making.

Thunder bolts and lightening, not too frightening

2006-03-18T22:02:00.000-08:00

It's raining right now and I'm loving it. I miss thunder and lightening... that's the coolest part about rainstorms. Doesn't really get to that point around here as much as I remember it did in Pennsylvania. Hm.

Today was a pretty chill day. Nothing too exciting but not really boring either. I even took a bath! I can't remember the last time I did that. I probably will do it more often now that I remember how grand they are. Just maybe.

Boring Post

2006-03-15T20:07:00.000-08:00

Today was a looong day. Got up kinda late... not TOO late... just late enough to have to hurry to get to calc. Found out that I did crappy on my test yesterday. Went to chem lecture, a bunch of note taking. Came home to my apartment and got out the good ol' books and started studying till around 5 ish, then Nicole, Shannon, and I all went to Hobbnobs for din din. Ate too many nachos. Went to Dillons (one that I didn't even know existed in Manhattan) and watched Nikki and Shannon buy things, like mint flavoring. Then back home to study sum mo'. Now honestly... how exciting is THAT?... pretty dang exciting.

Today was actually the first day in a very long time that I didn't work out. It's weird cause right now I am feeling kinda sore... hm... I'll make up for it tomorrow. I'm my own trainer.

It's making really neat sounds outside... a little bit of thunder, a lit a bit of wind... I think the weather is confused of what sound it wants to make. Hopefully it listens to my request of "sound" tomorrow and plays a nice melody of QUIETNESS and sunshine... my favorite song!

Speaking of music, I'm listening to the Trans Siberian Orchestra's latest Christmas CD right now. Great music.

Mk back to the books... jealous?

Dear Blog

2006-03-14T15:04:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! Busy busy busy... and it only continues! Tonight I have my calc test :( how fun. Thursday I have my geography and micro test, and all days from yesterday till then is full of wonderful studying! How exciting! I'm sure most other freshman at KSU feel my pain... its not fun.

I am very excited to go home! I plan on avoiding learning anything for a whole WEEK! Sounds great, huh? Yea... I'll just sleep in, eat yummy food, and chill allll weekend! I so excited! My plans are as follows:

Friday: Hang out with Friends at KSU
Saturday-Mid Week day... : Wichita
Mid-Week till the next Saturday: Chillin with my peeps in GC town
Saturday and Sunday (maybe Monday morning): Wichita again
Then home and more school!

Not the most exciting itinerary in the world, but its still going to be great and is much needed!

Perfecto!

2006-03-07T22:26:00.000-08:00

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

That was kinda fun... Thanks nicole/shannon :) I guess I AM above 8th grade math level! yay!

Stress meets Joy

2006-03-05T22:04:00.000-08:00

So I didn't go to Wichita this weekend like planned and now I miss my mommy A LOT :( I am going to make a quick trip some time this week and I can NOT wait!!! I need a mommy hug pronto. Along with missing ma, I miss my nic. Solution #2: I'm going to GC this weekend with my friend, Tuyen! Should be fun cause Nic has a bunch of fun stuff going on! Saturday he has a band concert and he also coaches his mini-basketball players, and Sunday I think we're going to his Church and then at 5:30 he has his OWN bball game through the YMCA. I'm way excited cause I miss watching him play (both band and bball). Should be a good time! I need a nic hug as well.

Things these past few weeks have been stressful and it really has sucked not having Nic and mom here. They have a tendancy to fix all of my problems and replace them with happiness. I'm not going to lie, it's kinda nice! Just to let everyone know... NIC WAS ACCEPTED TO KSU! Just knowing he'll be here next semester makes me smile! Yay!

The sad news is as follows: I have my first Chemistry Lab Exam.... I'm kinda freaking out about that. I dont think I'm going to do too hot! I am missing one of the labs (cause I was gone in NJ), so that means I'm already bound to miss one or two questions off the bat! I read through it, but that's not really going to help! I hate tests.... ew.

Chicken Feet

2006-03-02T07:18:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I fell asleep almost at 7pm.... that's kinda sad. Granted I had a horrible headache, but still.... wow. That also kinda sucks cause I was planning on getting ahead on my homework last night :(

Well today in Geography we have another guest speaker, Anne Donovan, who's going to talk about asian food. Her topic is "Chopsticks and Chicken Feet: Geography of Chiese Cuisine". Sounds kinda interesting I guess.

As for the rest of the day, I have a few more classes and then Belly Dancing at 3. Today I think we learn WRIST MOVEMENTS... :D lol! Eh, its a fun class who cares! Following BD I'll hit up Kell's dorm and chill with her for a few, then later on roll on out to Nicole and Shanno's crib, get a bite... play some cards (sounds more gangster). It's all good.

Good Day

2006-03-01T06:56:00.000-08:00

Good morning! I am pretty excited for today because not only do I only have 2 classes and get out at 11:30, not only do I get to go to the rec with Kellie and Kelly... NOT ONLY have I already made my bed... BUT.... as of today, spring break is in 2 weeks and 2 days. That may not be special to most, but it only gets better and better for me from here on out. I want classes to be OUTTT!!!

I also have to do laundry today! I enjoy that part of the week. It smells good.

My Car's Diagnosis...

2006-02-28T21:52:00.000-08:00

For the most part, today was B-E-A-Utiful! I was loving it! Not only because of the weather, but because my Geography class was canceled! That's what I'm talkin' about! One thing sucky that happened today was that I found out from Car Clinic that my transmission is slipping (sound fimilair to anyone? Mitsubishi?). I just have the worst luck with cars and transmissions! They said that they "strongly reccomend" fixing it now and not wait or else we'll have to replace the whooole thing (est. $2,000). So me and ma gotta cough up the $800 to fix it. Woopie. The good thing is that afterwards, we'll get a 1 yr Warranty through Car Clinic. Not too shabby.

Today was so nice outside that I even went RUNNING :)! I haven't done that outside in a loong time! It's been really freaking cold - not Maria running Weather! It was a nice run.... paced, sweaty, hot, smelly. Just the way I like it!

Bed time! Nite nite!

Lean back...

2006-02-26T21:25:00.000-08:00

Your walk is:
'Dandy'

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Thanks for Fixing my Calculator Shannon!

2006-02-26T21:12:00.000-08:00

Props to Shannon.

I have a chem test tomorrow. Not excited. I ate tacos tonight. Very exciting. I am going to go find out my calc test score tomorrow. Not excited. I pretty much got $20 handed to me for nothing today. Very exciting.

This concludes our lesson for today: Life throws you curve balls, so eat tacos and get free money.

Grew up in a Small Town

2006-02-26T09:19:00.000-08:00

Last night Mom, Jayme, and I went to see 42nd Street performed by a traveling proffessional group here at KState. It was awesome and I LOVED IT!!! It really made me miss tap dancing though :( Not saying that I was/am anywhere close to how great some of them were, but I could have been! haha! I loved tap and now I miss it. I should do something about that. Hm.

ALSOOO, Friday I drove all the way down to Garden City. Why? To see my lovely dance team girls dance! They did so good and I pretty much smiled like an idiot the whole time! I so proud of them! After they were done I pretty much fell out of my seat clapping and screaming for them! I love my dancing gals :) GOOD JOB!!!

It was really nice to see all my friends from high school (that are still IN high school)! Not that I miss high school really, but I miss all of them and seeing those people every day; and dance team of course! The guys bball team lost... I got mad. It wasn't a very good game in my opinion, and I really wanted them to win! Eh.

Ok, well it's RUNNING time! Woo hoo!

2006-02-22T13:18:00.000-08:00

My trip to NJ was wonderful! My cousin Tommy is the cutest baby on this planet and I immeaditally fell in love with him! Sadly, I don't have any pictures yet. Maybe next post.

Not only was it great seeing my family in Jersey, but I had a great time hanging out with my mom for a few days! We laughed quite a bit... especially when she tried to break the plane, smacked the flight attendand (twice) in th face with her jacket, and found out that you can only use the emergency exits AFTER the plane has crashed! Silly me! And just to let everyone know, if in the unlikely event of your plane crashing in water, your seat cushions pop on out.... that's important to note when flying from Jersey to Kansas.... (*note* see Map Below)

Now back to school with 2 days to make up :( reality kinda sucks

Double Whammy!

2006-02-16T15:33:00.000-08:00

Today I had my 2 tests. Geography - not so great. Micro - pretty great. I don't actually know how I did on any of my tests this week, but over all it wasn't THAT bad. I would say that Micro went the smoothest for me. In case if you cared.

Kelly, Ally, and Me-E all went to belly dancing today. We thought we were pretty cool cause we got a good parking spot, but turns out that we aren't. All the doors in Ahern were locked except the ones on the complete other side of the building. Yea not so cool. I think that the class is going to be pretty fun overall. We'll just have to see!

p.s. Jersey tomorrow! YAY!

For those of you who aren't sure what my flight route looks like, here it is:

I have used a lot of Notecards today.

2006-02-15T18:14:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I have 2 tests; I'm not very excited. I have been studying most of today. Along with studying I have been doing my laundry and at 5:30 I went to eat with Kellie. I'm not going to lie--learning all the mountain ranges and bodies of water in Europe and Russia just isn't what I call fun. From 3-4 I had a Micro review... it wasn't all that helpful but that's ok.

On the funner side of life, Belly Dancing starts tomorrow. I got Ally and Kelly to go with me :) We're pretty pumped. I hope it's easy but fun... we'll see.

SO!... Me and Kellie are at Applebees earlier and as we're talking some lady behind me let out this nasty, wet fart... oh my goodness... I think the stench lingered for a good 5 minutes... that's a long time for fart hang-time! Usually by like 2 minutes the smell either goes away or you get used to it, but not this one. Plus, lucky me got to sit RIIIGHT behind her.... we had those high tables, so her chair was pretty much touching mine. Oh... the smell still haunts me.

Okay, back to Micro!

Counting the Cals

2006-02-14T20:56:00.000-08:00

Today was my calc test. Yea. I don't really want to talk about it.

I made chicken noodle soup (for the second time) today! Jessica is really sick so I made it to hopefully help her feel better. She said that it tasted really good... I still haven't tasted it yet. I kinda had to study and stuff so I never actually tried it... hm.

So, today I tried to "count" my calories, what a job. I was curious as to how many calories I actually consume in one day. All I really found out from doing this is really WHO in their right mindwants to do this on a regular basis... I mean seriously. If you're one of these people, you got spunk kid. I got bored with it after I ate cereal and forgot to count the calories in the milk. Well, that was a fun experience. Moving on to more important issues in life...

My calculator is STILL broken. I'm kinda sad about this. For some reason, every time I try to graph something, the silly thing keeps saying ERROR 13 DOMAINS, I have tried everything I can think of to fix it, but I just can't figure it out. If there are any TI-86 calculator professionals/mechanics out there, give me a hand!

2006-02-13T12:14:00.000-08:00

Today I got out of Chem Lab about 1 hr 15 min early... I felt like such a stud! Chem lab suck and I no likey.

Jessica is sick, so I think I am going to make her soup tonight! We can eat soup and watch the Bachelor! I have never been a TV show fan, but it's fun watching it with the girls! It's funny trying to predict the pointless future "engagement/marriage" of some stranger on a ridiculously corny tv show! This season is in France even... how much more cheesy-romance can ya get? Not much :)

Well, tomorrow is my Calc test. Not excited.... I don't even know how well I am going to do. Last year the tests were SO MUCH different than the homework. They were worded different and so much harder, but at the same time, they were graded on a super curve.

super curve: grading on a curve that at times, is HUGE and very beneficial

I hope that the tests are more comprehendible this semester. If not, I hope there's another super curve.

Well off to study-ville :)

My week is as follows...

2006-02-12T14:41:00.000-08:00

Today Nic left :( so sad

I also ate sunflower seads. I am sure that I have had them before in my lifetime, I just don't remember when or what they tasted like. Well, they're pretty good. I am not too good at the "cracking in your mouth" thing, but I think that if i practice more like the rest of the world that I'll get better at it. Maybe.

This week is goin to be a long one. Here's the schedule:
- Tuesday: Calc Test
- Wednesday: Micro test review
- Thursday: Geography test, Micro Test, Belly Dancing Begins
- Friday: NEW JERSEY!!

So even tho it'll be a long week, at least I have something to look forward to! I can't wait to eat grandpa's food... yay!

Calculumous

2006-02-10T11:58:00.000-08:00

Last night I went to Nicole and Shanno's house for game night and we played this game... I think it was called Weedle. Of course, I was in last place... but it was fun!

The rest of the day (most of before and after that) I spent on calc homework... not so much fun. Today after chemistry I met up with my friend Ann and got our assignment done. The calc part sucked but it was fun hanging out with her for a while - she's a trip!

Nic's coming to visit me today! It was going to be a surprise but he kinda ruined the surprise part!
Wellp, I'm gonna go work out for a while and get all nasty and smelly :) and I CHOOSE to do it... hm...

Purple Pompons

2006-02-08T15:54:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I took my frist Chem test, and it actually went quite well! I was really nervous cause I had heard from a few people that the first test was a bit harder. I made a really stupid mistake on one problem, but it's ok. I still got an A :) yay!

Yesterday was ALSO mine and Nic's one year-er. Quite exciting for us two, but probably pretty boring for everyone else.

OH and today I bought purple flowers (Pompons) for our apartment! They don't smell wonderful, but they're very pretty, and that's why I bought them!

Braids...

2006-02-03T13:10:00.000-08:00

Last night me and the girls were bored. What's the normal thing to do when you're bored? That's right, you braid your hair! We so pretty :)

Good times.

Chem Question...

2006-02-02T23:39:00.000-08:00

There's this problem on our homework for chemistry that I am having problems with, perhaps someone else can help me out.

An aluminum beverage can contains 12 fluid ounces of liquid. Express this volume in microliters. (1 fl oz = 29.6 mL).

2.0

	A.
	B.
	C.
	D.
	E.

I put (E)... but for my actual answer I got 3.55 x 10^4.... and that isn't even an option... any ideas or corrections? It's due tomorrow at noon :) but any time would be great if someone could explain this one to me!

Nic's Gift

2006-02-01T20:08:00.000-08:00

Today I finished Nic's gift for our one year anniversary! I had been working on it for 3 or 4 days now. We like to give hints to each other on what our gift is. I'll tell you the hints (we're only on 2). If you already know though, don't guess! :)

1. He can open his gift.
2. It's "from way back when" in parts.

Any guesses?

Hitch fell out of my wallet

2006-01-31T20:24:00.000-08:00

Today was very windy. It was kind of annoying. I don't know if anyone can relate to me here, but brushing your hair after a day of wind is torture and NOT a fun experience. I just figured I would throw that out there.

I just got done doing some of my calc II homework. It's hard stuff and untill now I really wasn't understanding much of it... but tonight went a little better than usual. I got 1/2 way done and it's due on Friday. I think I'll be alright this go around.

Good news of the day... Mom found my lost movie ticket stub! Here's the heartbreaking story: for mine and nic's first date we went to see Hitch at the movie theatre. About a week later I found my ticket stub in my room under my bed, so I took that as a "sign" to keep it :) Well, I have kept it in my wallet ever since, but yesterday I looked in my wallet and it wasn't there! I hadn't actually opened my wallet (cause it's empty) since I had been in Wichita so I didn't realize it was gone! I was very upset so I called my mommacita (my mom) and filled her in on the skinny (news). Well TODAY she calls and tells me that she found my ticket! I was thrilled! So now my ticket is in the mail on its way over to my wallet (its home). And there's my story :)

Learing Day

2006-01-28T15:49:00.000-08:00

Today is my Personal Learning Day. I am getting behind on my reading in some of my classes so I am going to get ALL caught up TODAY! So far I have read all three chapters for Micro with notes and 1/2 a chapter of Chemistry along with the related chapter study guides. It may not seem like a lot but trust me, it's taking me forever! I just have 1 1/2 chapters of Chemistry left and 3 chapters of Geography to go! Woo hoo!

Aside from Personal Learning Day, yesterday night me Jess, Nicole, and my mommy went to see Swan Lake at McCain. I was really impressed and had a great time! I love watching any style of dance and I really enjoy going to ballets! I don't get to dress up much so it was kinda fun putting on the ol' skirtaroo! Me and Jess wore skirts together! Even though you can't see the skirts in this picture, it's the only one we really took all night.

Begrot the Rough

2006-01-26T17:18:00.000-08:00

Today I finished my very first Ogre! See:

His name is Begrot. Begrot the Rough!

Ogre Day 1

2006-01-24T20:01:00.000-08:00

Today after classes I went on over to Nicole and Shanno's crib and did a little HW and movie watchin (Big Fish, in case if you were wondering). But oh that's not it.... oh no.... I started to paint my OGRE! He's a work in progress but he's coming along... I plan on naming all of my ogres. I haven't decided on this one just yet.

I would also like to say that today at BWW I did better in trivia.... NOT GOOD... but better than usual (considering that I usually stick in last by over 1000 pt. difference). I'm makin my come back...

And lastly but not leastly :) I saw Bush yesterday and he did a wonderful job! The Landon Lecture was really entertaining and interesting... props to Bush.

Now for the picture of the weekend...

19 years of age.

2006-01-23T14:01:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday was my birthday and it went wonderfully! I got to see most of the most important people in my life! Jessica, Ally, and Whit even threw me a "tinkerbell bday bash", how cool is that? Jess and Ally even made a cake... white confetti with strawberry frosting... mmm!! I'm now 19. Does't feel much different. If anything I just feel fatter cause I ate so dang much yesterday!

Nic left today to go back home :( I was/am still very sad that he's gone again! I can't wait until he's up here for school and with me more often!

Welp, here's some pics from yesterday... enjoy!

This is how I decided to spend the first minutes of my birthday (12:00 am)... under the table!

The Fab 4 and my pink cake! (Thanks for the crown ally!)

Guess What....?

2006-01-21T19:34:00.000-08:00

It's my 19th Birthday tomorrow!

The Golden Ticket!

2006-01-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

The coolest thing happened to me today.

Me and 3 of my friends were saying that we wanted to go see Bush speaking, but all of us had class until 2:20. Well I got home early cause my class was let out at 2, so a few minutes later Ally, Jess, and Whit come by and were like, HEY we're goin to go wing it and stand in line for tickets, just for fun! So I decided to go too.

Well we get there and there's NO line, so we're all thinking that they were sold out, but we got out anyway... may as well finish the adventure. Well right after us AT LEAST 20 to 30 people start piling up after us in line. So I said to Jess, "at least we got in line early!" Turns out we got the LAST FOUR TICKETS! And of course, I got the very last one!

NO one else in the entire university can say that they got the last ticket to see President Bush speak and didn't even wait in line for 3 mintues....actually, I dont even know if anyone can say that they only waited a few minutes to even get a ticket period.... amazing :D! I'm mo excited now!

New Semester and New Ogres!

2006-01-17T17:40:00.000-08:00

Well we have been here in our cute little apartment for a week now. It's like our week anniversary! I love having my own little kitchen! Jessica is a great roomate and we have cooked every night for ourselves, and if I may say I think we did a pretty good job!

This semester has been going a lot better than last semester. I finally have close friends and a place I feel comfortable and at home in. I get to see Nicole and Shannon more and that is GREAT! I really didnt have a lot of time last semester. Our schedules conflicted a lot, so that kinda sucked!

OH, and yesterday Nikki and Shannon bought me my own Ogres for Warhammer. I don't really understand the game just yet, but the painting part made me interested in it! The figures are really small but have amazing details! I will make sure to post pictures of how cool they are once I have some painted! For now, here's some more pictures of our fantastic four hanging out at the good ol' penthouse!

We poured ice cubes from my cooler into the sink and this is what we got like an hour later... cool huh?

Here is my tea pot! It was the first time we used it!

This is me and Jess after a night of cooking! I even wore our new pot holders :)

2006-01-14T23:27:00.000-08:00

Here's a post that kinda should have been put up a while ago, but I didnt get pictures untill just now! New Years Eve!

For New Years I went to my friend Kelly Erwin's house. I'm not gonna lie... it was perrty fun :) I was so happy to see people I knew! After spending all break not seeing any friends, it was kinda getting depressing! I love spending time with my family, but I was sad that I never had anyone really to just call and drive across the street to see :( It was nice to just hang out and have some fun!

Kelly's party theme was trailer trash or high class. I started out tryin to go trailer trash, but that wasn't really coming together for me! Instead I was high class!

Here's a pic of me and kell... guess what she was... nice vest!

A little bit of high class....
Me and Allison

Whole gang's here!

It was a great holiday!

Road Trip to Copper Mt.!

2006-01-12T22:17:00.000-08:00

Over break, Alli, Jessica, and I all took a road trip to Jess's dad's house in Colorado! It was such a good time! Even the drive wasn't that bad! Here's some pictures to explain the events that took place...

Here's some of the drive up...
The sign that said "Welcome to Colorado" was missing.... it was odd.... but we took a picture with "it" anyway!

Here's us at her dad's house, about to head out to COPPER MOUNTAIN!On the ride up there we stopped for lunch at this local diner/pub place. They had these random games and books dear the tables- such as Magic Eye books! We were posing for the cam....
Here's us at Copper, I think this is before we went tubing. Tubing was amazing! There were a few bumps and boo-boo's but it was all worth it!
Here's one before we went skiing the next day. It was snowing pretty thick! I had such a blast! We also caught a few flakes before hittin the slopes. I love Ally's face in this one... she was serious!

Here's one of us after ice skating! Ther was this humongous chair and I forced the other girls to take pictures with me in it!

Along with a big cool chair is a big cool BEAR! I was trying to BE the bear... I pretty much look just like him :)This trip was SO much fun! There's loads more of pictures from the trip, but I am tired of posting them! I think I'll just leave you with one more great picture...

Here's me dressed in like 13 layers of clothes! I was amazed on how many layers we packed on me this night!

Pics of new home!

2006-01-12T22:03:00.000-08:00

Well, break is over now and here I am back at school! One major thing has changed though... I HAVE AN APPARTMENT! It is wonderful and I love being here with Jessica Villa- she's wonderful! Here are some pictures that we took of it while we were still moving stuff in and setting the place up! We still have a few things to put up and more food to buy (fridge is empty), but it's coming along quite nicely!

Here is our kitchen with boxes still out. I really like the checkered floor!

This is our lovely BANANA hanger!

This is our living room. Since we're on the 3rd floor we get the highest/coolest ceiling!

And here is a picture of our table right before our FIRST dinner in our new home! Whitney and Ally ate over and it was a grand ol' time.

We even put together Jess's night stand! What Handy women we are!

I love these girls!

Christmas 05

2005-12-26T15:47:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas Tree

Christmas was yesterday and it went very well :) Lots of presents and lots of food! One really cool gift I got a little early was this huge roll of canvas from my mom. The roll is about 55 feet long and a little over a yard wide. It's really exciting because this is going to save me a bunch of money! On Christmas my mom also gave me this big thing of gesso and a cool paint brush holder. I love to paint so this gift really made me happy!

All the stars have disappeared, what will you do!? There's only one thing TO do... Roll a ball around and picking up various objects that will in turn, replace the stars and constelations. You can pick up things such pineapples, giant squid and sailboats, it just depends on how large your katamari is :) Now doesn't that sound like fun?

Thanks to nikki and shanno, I now have been introduced to one of the coolest games ever...

KATAMARI

The Nutcracker

2005-12-17T22:47:00.000-08:00

Mom comes into my room this morning and the first thing she tells me is that the weather is bad so we can't drive to Kansas City. Upsetting? Yes... I was very sad :( Today me and mom were supposed to go see the Nutcracker in KC and those tickets were NONrefundable. Well mom was right, we got about 5 inches of snow and the roads are STILL pretty bad. This story isn't all bad though... in fact... it has a great ending! Turns out that The Nutcracker was also playing here in Wichita! Things went our way and we ended up getting to see it anyway! I had a wonderful time and I could tell that mom was REALLY enjoying herself! It makes me so happy to see her smile :)

As for the finals update... they're over for now :) yay! I didnt do as well as I was hoping on some of them, and as for the others, I havent gotten the results back yet! I can tell you one thing though, I am VERY happy that it is Christmas Break time! Woo Hoo!

Another awesome thing that happened today was that mommy bought me a winter jacket! I am MO excited about that one! I needed a jacket badly and it's gettin perty cold out there! My little walks to class were NOT enjoyed at all! THANKS MOM... your the best!

p.s. Updates Under Maria's Christmas Tree... check check, check it OUT!

Quick Update...

2005-12-12T11:39:00.000-08:00

It's Monday and as of 4 hours ago I have two classes completely finished- Freshman Seminar and Poetry. I think I did alright in both of those classes. Those aren't the one's I am worried about haha!

I'll keep you updated. It's an intense week!

Wednesday's schedule is of the following:

7:30 am - Macro Econ Final

11:50 am - Mass Communications Final

7:00 pm - Calculus Final

wish me luck!

We Found Santa!

2005-12-11T20:55:00.000-08:00

Jess, Jen, and I went out one last time this semester as a break from studyin. We took longer getting ready than we did actually staying out.

Honestly, we just wanted to get out of the dorms! I had been studying almost all day long so it was a nice, short little break. Upon our adventures about town, we found Santa! He was a good sport and let us take a picture with him! He even had lollipops to give out... it was pretty exciting! (and yes... it's lollipop, not sucker)

Merry Christmas to all!

Finals...

2005-12-11T12:20:00.000-08:00

Well the time has come. This week is finals. I don't feel completely prepared for any of them, and that really scares me. I like to feel ready for tests, and these are really important tests. It makes me nervous.

I finished watching all the episodes of Sex in the City today. While I was packing I watched the very last episode; it was intense. Ironic how I have been watching the whole season through out the semester, and now that the season is over, I am packing to go home.

No more nasty community bathrooms. No more cafeteria food (even tho it really wasn't that bad). No more small cubby hole that I live in. But sadly, no more Michelle, Lane, and Margo :( I'm going to miss my lovely roomates! Lane is going back to Cali, so Lane... I only wish you the best! I am SURE that you will be successful and have a wonderful life! I love you and DO NOT forget me!

Christmas List

2005-12-06T18:48:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I coppied Nicole and made my own Christmas List Blog called Under Maria's Christmas Tree, check it out if you are having any trouble finding me a present!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!!!

My new home :)

2005-12-01T10:43:00.000-08:00

Here's my home next semester! YAY!!

Since the dorms ended up costing us more than we were expecting, my mom and I began thinking about alternate housing plans. At first, me and 4 other girls were looking at a house to rent out for 6 months, but that was a flop. The bad thing was that all those girls (not me) had already handed in their contract cancelation papers. Most of those girls are going back to get their contracts back, but Jessica and I were still looking into alternate housing. WELL... yesterday we went apartment shopping and we found just what we wanted for even cheaper than the house!!

It's really really cute and really spacious! The kinda neat thing is that its a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment but only the 2 of us are going to live in it. We pay what we would be paying if there were 4 of us and the landowners just lock 2 of the bedrooms... so its basically a 2 bedroom apartment! Here's the floorplan of the apartment! Another cool thing about the apartment is that its fully furnished! Washer, drier, FULL beds, livingroom set... its all there. There isnt even a gas bill.... AND.... extended cable COMES with the apartment.. that means I get HBO. I dont even get HBO at home!

So to sum it all up... I'm pretty freaking excited :D yay!

The new baby of the family!

2005-11-10T15:43:00.000-08:00

Tommy Pullen.... the cutest baby in the world! I love babies... this picture is simply adorible, so i figured it was blog worthy. Enjoy!

workout-aholic...

2005-11-07T18:53:00.000-08:00

Lately me and my friend Brooke Rogers have been hittin up the Rec Center every day! It's been pretty awesome! I love our gym here at KSU... it's amazing! It has things that Coyote's Family Fitness Center (in Garden City, KS) doesn't even have... and Coyote's was GREAT! Even though our gym here doesn't have top of the line equipment like Coyote's, they are a LOT bigger and offer way fun classes! I think that the classes alone are reason enough to have our gym! At first I was skeptical about taking the classes, but now I go everyday! It's just fun!

Also, Jay is moving into her new house this weekend! Congrats on your new home Jay! I love you!!!

the whole darn family!

2005-11-06T22:19:00.000-08:00

My other wonderful sister, Jayme Campbell, just joined blog world! Visit her blog NOW at Mua Ha Ha Ha!

Now my whole (mediate) family has a blog! It's really quite exciting... maybe not to the average outside person, but for us it is! My family is very close, so anything that helps us to STAY close is appreciated and enjoyed!

Continuing with our exciting information for the day, look at what i have here...

The other day I went to Dashers (the To-Go line at our cafeteria), and these were the utensils I grabbed. I never opened the package. The stick thingy by my spoon is my fork! The "head" of the fork wasn't in there... and it was like STAMPED into the plastic.... crazy! I decided that it was blog worthy.

2005-11-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

Life here at K-State has been going really swell! Compared to the begining of my move here I really wasn't likeing it too much. Things have really been getting a lot better and I have been having a blast! Now that I have learned my way around campus, settled down into my room, and met some pretty grand people, I really am able to feel at home! Here's some pictures from Jess's camera of us the other night!

Lisa, Me, Jess, and Caroline
LT Hotties (Lower Terrace)

Me, Lisa, and Jess
YAY I got to wear my new earings!!

Yamato

2005-10-30T16:30:00.000-08:00

For my freshman seminar class today, I was required to attend Yamato. I had absolutley no idea what it was; I thought it was something put on by college performers. Well, it wasn't. Yamato is a traveling group of Japanese drummers, and take my word for it, they are absolutley amazing! My sophomore year I got to see the Blue Man group perform, and until now I had nothing even compare to it! Well Yamato was equally as professional, entertaining, amazing, and any other wonderfully talented word you can think of! I am so happy that I took this class!

I would recomend Yamato to anyone and everyone! It isn't simply a drum performane. When you read the program, you get more information about the history of Yamato and more about the performance. Here is just a little clip from the article,

...Yamato is unique in the field of Taiko drumming, because our stoic presence expresses what we feel to be the distinctive soul of the Japanese people. This quality has given our music a strength that is now recognized the world over

At the same time, I don't feel compelled to solely articulate the culture of Japan or the Japanese people. The Taiko drum is an insturment belonging to the earth. Its heartbeat expresses the powerful pulse of life: the life of human beings and their hearts that resound in every passing moment.

...We carry open, smiling faces into our performances. Here, men and women are equals on the stage. Our smiles are meant to tickle the serious side of a human being; men tickling woman, and women men.

... Above all though, I think the sound of these drums communicates something of vital importance: energy; energy that is exchanged from us to you and you to us. Energy and the courage to see on to tomorrow.

Maasaki Ogawa

For more information about this crazy awesome group, click HERE!

Wanda Sykes

2005-10-28T11:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my mom and I went to the Wanda Sykes comedy show. I laughed so much that my smile started to hurt. There was this one guy... can't remember his name... that did the begining/introduction act. It was so funny! All in all, it was a great night! I got to see my mom, eat Panera, laugh my face off, and sleep in my bed at home!

2005-10-26T18:13:00.000-07:00

Monkey and Rice Crispie Treats

I love rice crispie treats. It's a simple as that.... I love them! I eat them all the time here at the KSU bakery, because the bakery makes the BEST ones ever! For directions to make Rice Crispie treats with help from Monkey, just click HERE!!

you should also check out Monkey at the art museum...

the wonderful world of blogs

2005-10-25T22:32:00.000-07:00

My mommy decided to hop on the bandwagon and join the blog world frenzy! She's one of the coolest persons you will ever meet, read about, hear of, or ever even think about... name of "mommy's" she surpasses them all... just to let you know. Today I cut my nails. They were getting dangerously long. I think I almost poked my eye out a few times with them. No worries anymore, though. Here's before and after shots...

Glass art

2005-10-25T12:51:00.000-07:00

Sunset Tower by Dale Chihuly

Glass artwork has really grown since artists began working with it. It is truly amazing what artists can do when molding glass. I really think everyone should be aware of the absolute awesomeness that glass art has to offer...

Ikebana by Dale Chihuly

Just for an interesting fact, Dale Chihuly designed the Chandelier mounted above the stairs in the Kansas State University Beach Art Museum.

For MORE crazy cool sculptures by Dale Chihuly, click HERE

Mommy's Gift

2005-10-24T12:58:00.000-07:00

For exactily a week now, I have been giving my mommy these hints towards her birthday slash Christmas present. So far I have given her a total of 7 Hints towards what her gift will be. Here are the hints.. see if YOU can figure it out!

HINT #1: December 17th, 2005 on a Saturday in Kansas City, MO

HINT #2: We WOULD be required to leave at around 5:00 pm ish, but we
will be leaving around 3:30 or 4:00 pm instead.

HINT #3: The TRADITIONAL date... with a twist/turn :)

HINT #4: Tchaikovsky.

HINT #5:

HINT #6: Spanish, Arabian, Russian, Chinese, and Mirliton Dances, and a
Waltz.

HINT 7: iS it Unusual to Get AnotheR hint? Perhaps Later yoU May Figure out this spectAcular surprIse; you'Re going to love Your gift mommy!

Interesting Artwork

2005-10-23T19:10:00.000-07:00

I just found my new favorite artist! Pierre Arman, better known as Armand, is known for his creations and sculptures of random objects. He takes things that most people see as "garbage" and creates these awesome sculptures.

Yasmin's Violin 1983

Long Term Parking 1982

This concrete tower of 60 cars measures 65 feet tall and is located infront of a parking lot in Paris. This sculpture is also in the Guinness Book of World Records.

More artwork by Armand: Ask Art

or ArtNetGallery

2005-10-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

The Bible, the world's best selling book, is also the most shoplifted book in the world.

We Killed the Vacuum!

2005-10-20T09:50:00.000-07:00

My roomies Lane and Michelle and I vacuumed our room yesterday. For such a boring task, it was actually really entertaining and funny! First of all... our vacuums are LOUD! So we were going along, taking our turns vacuuming our room, and then we all started smelling this really funky/bad smell.... I guess we broke the belt on it or something cause the whole hallway smelt like burnt rubber! Of course... we didn't stop. We were pretty desperate to just get the room cleaned. After we were done I sprayed the whole room with Febreeze! So now we smelt like burnt rubber and clay! Yay! That’s pretty much our entire vacuum story.

As for my car... I have no idea what’s going on now. I just told Tommy to get it back to me as soon as he can, but it turns out that that is longer than we both thought.... still don't have it.

I have a test today in Macro. Doesn't sounds like much fun to me. I feel like I have been studying forever, but I still don’t understand the material. Kinda scary... Hopefully it wont be as bad as I am thinking it will be though!

Poor Tommy...

2005-10-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

Just when you think that your day is going to be normal, your car will be right in the lot near you, and all will be well and as predicted.... something out of the ordinary comes along and pushes you right off your balance post.

Today my friend Tommy came to visit me on his way back home to Lawrence. It was a normal visit. We had lunch and I showed him around our campus and our museum. Well he headed off home and I went back into my room to do something normal (and boring). 45 minutes later, Tommy calls and says, "Maria I have a big problem..." his tire went flat. No problem.. I figured he was trying to say that he didnt know how to change it. No. He didnt have a spare. No problem, we could just go and get him another tire.

Well, I get out there (cause he doesn't have a jack either) and we put on the tire together... and I would just like to say that I am very thankful for having the knowledge-- thank you mom!-- of putting on a tire! Well we get the tire on and head out to Sear's to get a new one.... well they're closed... so is Walmart, as well as every other tire selling company in Manhattan!

I could tell that Tommy was really nervous and upset, so I came up with the all masterful plan! I lent him my car! The only sucky thing about this is that his car is going to be out by I70 all night and most of tomorrow :( but he said he has important classes and a quiz tomorrow, so yea.

Well all in all it was a not so normal day! Either way, as long as Tommy is safe and nothing is wrong then that is all that matters!

Interesting Information for the Day

2005-10-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

Did you know that in Australia, you cannot pump gas into your own gas container? I heard this from my friend Andrew, who is full of a lot of interesting information. If they can't put gas into their own containers... than how do they fill their lawn mowers? If this is true, then that kinda sucks for Australians!

This weekend I am actually staying HOME... in Manhattan... the whooole weekend! I know... it's crazy but true haha. Just about every weekend I have either gone out of town, or someone has come here. Well THIS TIME, it's all on me :)! It's really quite exciting, I'm not gonna lie!

Soup and New Phones... Grandness

2005-10-12T20:28:00.000-07:00

I drove home to wichita today after classes. I missed my mommy and my puppy... I'm such a freshman in college. It's really quite sad :)

Mom is making me CHICKEN NOODLE SOUUUUP!!! I am so excited! She makes a wicked pot of chicken noodle... it's really quite impressive. It's always fun comming home. I get to do lots of fun stuff like my laundry, sleep in my bed, eat yummy food... it's great!

More good news, since I know that everyone in the world cares... mom and I get new phones this month! Yay! I would say that the only thing worse than not having a cellular phone at all, would be having one that gives you so many problems that you just want to throw it against the wall! Getting new things is always exciting for me. I don't think that it will ever get old... I'm not gonna lie... :)

Another day of walking...

2005-10-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

I wonder how much walking I do each day. It has to be a couple of miles. Today was an exception... I walked SOO dang much today; it was rediculous! If you are familair with the KSU campus, you may understand this. To begin with, I went to all my normal classes for the day today and ended up at Throckmorton. After classes I went to Fairchild to figure out something dealing with Financial aide. The lady there directed me to Anderson... not a bad walk, it was simply across the street and up the stairs. Well, aparently the lady there couldnt help me either and told me that I had to go to Pittman. So of course, I walked all the way over to Pittman.

After I was done with this whole confusion, my friend, Kelly, calls me to go to the rec center with her. Well being the cheap (broke) college students we are, we saved our money from buying gas and walked from the dorms, to the rec (where I ran for a while so I think that adds to my "walking", just at a fast pace). Then we walked home, and since the I have been sitting in this same chair studying my little heart out. All together, I think im a walk-aholic.

In Need of Employment

2005-10-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

I am in need of a job. I have applied many many places in Manhappenin, but its just not happenin for me. I'm already in debt... I owe Lane $3.50 from when we ordered Gumby's the other night.

I went to the front office/desk thing today and made a room request. Me and Lane want to stay in the same room together for next semester. My other 2 roommates are probably going elsewhere... Michelle is moving into her sorority house probably and Margo hasn't decided. It would be pretty dang sweet cakes if Lane and I got a room together! She's a fun person- VERY bubbly haha! Its great being around her so much cause for some reason we get along really great! But we'll see how it all goes later on...

I was wondering... since people who speak English can imitate another language's accent (I'm not saying SPEAK another language... just imitate the accent), then why is it so hard for foreign countries to imitate the "English accent"? I don’t think a Japanese resident could properly do a southern drawl... maybe, but I dunno.

2005-10-10T13:37:00.000-07:00

DUSTY BOOKSHELF PRESENTS MARGO MAY @ 8:00 MONDAY, 10/10

ONLY $3!!!

Tonight my roomate is performing at the Dusty Bookshelf down in Aggieville. It should be pretty exciting. She's really talented... I can't think of another singer to compare her to. She has her own unique was of singing/playing guitar. Every now and then she practices her guitar in our room... so I know for a fact that she's good ;)! I plan on going to watch her tonight and I'm pretty excited!

2005-10-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

School ID's are $15.00

Just a simple warning for all of ye who thinks that ID's are easily replaceable... Sure, at GCHS ID's were about $3 in 2004 (if I remember right), but at Kansas State University they are a hefty sum of FIFTEEN DOLLARS.... first hand experience.

lesson of the day: Don't lose your KSU Student ID

2005-10-08T16:39:00.000-07:00

just give me a pen and paper...

I love writing! Though I may find some things about my poetry class at KSU to be completely irrelevant and pointless... as well as aggrivating... I also have come to find a lot of things enjoyable about this class.

Our most recent assignment was to write a poem over some inspiration we had from a piece of artwork. I chose a oil painting called "Stranger Woman" painted by Pugacheva Svetlana.

I fell in love with this painting when I saw it. I also wanted to use it since it is SOOO much different than what I saw everyone else using haha! Everyone seemed to use a painting of scenery. Now how's about my poem? eh?

Fantastic Features

A hidden Beauty, beneath
Snow strands of covering feathers
lightly floating, illuminate
unflawed features
Long, envious strands
of shadowed bronze, subtle streaks of red
Random, dancing every which way

A hidden tale, forbidden
A secret of fantasy, life of her own
Her own way of intimidation
Placed within her ees
Peering through
Holes from device of concealment

A hidden meaning, unknown
Not visible to the average eye
Meant to be searched,
Sought for
Like the key to one's heart
A journey to reach, yet need
To fufill Longing and Curiosity
10/5/05

2005-10-07T16:31:00.000-07:00

Don't lie... you know that you all have been dieing to see a picture of my beautiful "new to me" car posted on my blog. Well.... I give in... :) here you go! I also added a little bit of happiness within my car... me! haha

2005-08-24T21:53:00.000-07:00

Homework is the devil... It isn't fun to do when you want to go to sleep. I am tired of doing it so I am taking a break to write to my lovely fans here in blog world. Thank you for coming.

Today I kinda did this tryout thing for a Jazz class held here at KState. I was too late to take Jazz one, and you have to audition to get into Jazz II or III. Well the instructor put me into the Jazz III class for my intro. I was super nervous... I didn't know what to expect at all. I showed up to class a couple minutes late (of course, they had already started). I had to go AAAAALL the way across campus; it was about a 15 minute walk. Finally, I joined the circle they were all in while the instructor was talking to us and she gave me a notecard. Everyone was kinda done filling theirs out already and I had just got mine... I tried to hurry though! Then we started warm up, and surprisingly I fit right in with the group. It was moderately easy to catch on, so I started to ease up a bit... then we did a combo.
Now usually in my dance team practices, I wouldn't get nervous about things like this... but after doing warm-up I realized that this class was a LOT of ballet. Well... the whole combo was ballet. I have never taken a ballet class in my life. I'm a dance team/jazz/tap kinda gal. I kinda winged it and got by, but it was obvious that I was the only freshman out of all those upperclassmen girls.
After class the instructor and I met in her office and she tells me that she thinks I'll do fine in her Jazz classes (which turn out to be more like classical jazz/ballet classes), but I decided that ballet wasn't for me. I was disapointed at first, but honestly... I don't really want to do ballet. I think it's a beautiful style and very expressive, but it just isn't my thing! I just may take tap still but I need to get shoes first. I left those back in my home town... a lot of good they're doing me there!

Alright blog, I'm tired and I definitly wrote enough for the night.

2005-08-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

I think that KSU was specifically designed to confuse me. Just when I thought I was doing a good job at getting to classes, I got lost. Not only did I get lost, I got lost when it was pouring rain outside. But hey, that's cool because it was hot outside anyway. God was just spitting on me to cool me off. Putting that nonsence aside, lets talk about my way grand roomates. I am a resident here at Ford Hall all the way down under in the basement. My roomates are a lot different from me, but I love that. It's just like me and my two other sisters. We're all so different, but that makes us appreciate the things we have in common more. I'm the shortest out of all of us. I don't mean to brag or anything, but I really dont have to try at that. I always win the "shortest in the room" contests which are held regularly. I try really hard to pretend someone else can take first place... but people are just too generous and let me know that I am the true winner.

I miss Nic. Nic is my boyfriend that lives is Garden City, Kansas. He's a pretty cool guy. I have been friends with him for years now... we've been going out for over 6 months. Seven months on September 7th. Not bad, I'm on a roll! So anyway, I really miss him since before I came here to KState, I really spent all my free time with him. It's hard to leave someone behind that is such a huge part of your life AND schedule! I think about him quite often actually, but that's okay because I'm pretty sure that he's thinking of me, too. Which in return, makes me quite happy in my heart!

I miss my mommy too, but since I went most of the summer without her, I am dealing with her absence pretty well. Plus, she emails me and stuff so I still feel close to her in a way. My mom's a great gal. If you have had the pleasure of meeting her, which I am sure that many of you reading this have, then you know what I'm taking about!

I have to say that the best thing about Manhattan is being closer to Nikki. Sadly, I didn't get to see her today. She is probably sick of me asking her a question ever 2.5 seconds about how to survive here in college. Either that or she has a life outside of ME and needed to do something else like sleep or work or something pointless like that... I dunno...

Well blog, I am getting tired and I have Calculus tomorrow. I hope that it isn't too scarry! I am really really superduper (like the grocery food store) scared. Monday didn't really ease and of my scarred-ness... Night blog.