Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction?

Spring Break!

2006-03-20T00:39:14Z

I had my Orgo final Monday afternoon, my final paper for Sociology of Religion due Tuesday, and my Physics final Thursday morning. I'm glad they're all done.

I had to drive Miles to the airport at fucking 4:30am, my friend Sean was like "that's commitment, I would've let him drive himself and picked up the car later". Oh well, I wanted to say bye to him and I know he'd do the same for me.

I found out about Study Abroad, they have a spot saved for me for Australia and I'll get to go as long as my gpa doesn't drop after Spring Quarter.

My scheulde for next quarter is:
MWF 10am Cell Bio
11:50 Physics II
2:40 Metaphysics and the Mind
T 12:30 Cell Bio lab
R 12:30 Physics lab
W 8am Meditation

I left Friday morning. It took me about 5hours to get mine and Dana's room ready to check out. I hate cleaning. I met my room and some people she worked with for lunch at this Irish bar and I had a delicious cornbeef sandwich with coleslaw on it. Then I took Nana to PT. Then drove to Canada with my parents so I could drink with dinner at this Irish bar but the line to get in was way outside the door and we came back and just ate at Louie's. Then I went to Mossburger's for a party and drank Wild Turkey and Labytt Blue, and kicked ass at beer pong.

Yesterday we celebrated my dad's 50th birthday with the family. 1 case of Miller Light, 1 case of Labytt Blue, 3 12packs of Killians, a box of mixed Simernoff flavors, 1 liter of Grey Goose, 1/5 of Grey Goose, 1/5 of Captian, 1/5 of tequilla, 1/5 of jager, and about 50 jell-o shots; all for 17 people (3-5 of whom weren't drinking). Oh and my aunt brought a 1/5 of Ozuo (spelling?). So many people got so wasted. I drank a ton and mixed a ton and didn't get sick or have a hang over, just like my mom :] Then I napped all day today.

I'm so excited for the road trip to Cali with Miles. His mom was telling me that she's gunna feed me the best food when I'm there and we're gunna go canoeing on the river behind their house. I'm so excited it's going to be so much fun.

Yay dinner's here. L8r days!

Pearl Jam~I Am Patriot

2006-02-21T22:53:47Z

And the rivers shall open for the righteous (X2)
And the rivers shall open for the righteous, someday

I went walking, with my brother
And he wondered, oh, how I am
Said what I believe with my soul
Ain't what I see with my eyes
And there's no turning back this time

I am a patriot, and I love my country
Because my country is all I know
I wanna be with my family
People who understand me
I got no place else to go...
I am a patriot...

I went walking, with my girlfriend
She looked so fine, I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?"
She said, "I wanna run like the lions
Released from their cages
Released from the rages burning in my soul tonight"
I am a patriot...

And I ain't no communist
And I ain't no socialist
And I ain't no capitalist
And I ain't no imperialist
And I ain't no democrat
I sure ain't no republican either
I only know one party, and that is freedom
I am, I am, I am...

I am a patriot, and I love my country
Because my country is all I know

And the rivers shall open for the righteous (X2)
And the rivers shall open for the righteous, someday
Someday, someday, someday...

Bill did it...

2006-02-16T20:20:06Z

<td align="center"> Shelley --
[adjective]:

Pretentiously academian

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

<td align="center"> Shelley --
[noun]:

A person who laughs at anything (even this entry)

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

<td align="center"> Miles --
[noun]:

A person who falls into an outhouse and dies

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

<td align="center"> Miles --
[adjective]:

Fuzzy to the touch

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

Hmmm....

2006-02-15T17:47:45Z

You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

Who Should Paint You: Salvador Dali

You're a complex, intense creature who displays many layers.
There's no way a traditional portrait could ever capture you!

What Artist Should Paint Your Portrait?

Happy Valentine's Day!

2006-02-14T21:26:07Z

So it's been awhile. Things were kinda stressful for awhile but it's turning out ok now, I'm still kind of freaking out about school. Things with me and Miles are really good again.

Yesterday was my 20th birthday, I feel old. I'm not a teenager any more, I'm a real adult. For the first time I actually felt older on my birthday. I got lots of Happy Birthday wishes from people. IMs from: Mal, Stefano, Caleb, Kiersten, and Big Tom. Facebook Wall Posts from: Kyle, Jenny, Soledad, Julian, Kiersten, Dana, Mallika, Kelly, Big Tom, Brit, Katrina, Dave, Sander, Jodi, Mal, Nick, Sarah, Laura, Becca, Kevin, Stefano, Ry, Alia, Amanda McKay, Steve, Skippy, the Chato, Lauren, Ashley, Jillian (my mailbox buddy), Evan, Aaron, Amber, Carlisle, Amanda, Jessie, and John-John. Facebook Messages from: D, Kristy, Emily, and Ryan (emma's ex). MySpace comments from Rich and JD and a LJ post from MBC. Amy sent me a text message. I got calls from Brit, B, Nana, Nana Ruth, Michael, and my Mom & Dad. Mondy sent me an eCard. Then a bunch of people wished me Happy Birthday in person. Thank you everyone! Dana sang me to me over a candle on a piece of cookie dough which was cool and really funny. Dave's mom sent me 3 things of homemade cookies, which are so fucking delicious!! Me & Ry went out to lunch to Olive Garden for our birthday, it was good. Then Miles bought me 2 roses, a bottle of wine, and took me out to dinner to Epic Bistro; it was really good. Plus earlier in the day he surprised me when I was in the shower :] He was gunna get me a spiny ring like his for my birthday but I couldn't figure out finger I wanted it on or what size my fingers are, but he said once I figure it out he'll get it for me. I thought my birthday was gunna be shitty but it turned out to be really awesome.

I bought the movie Wizards on eBay for $10 with shipping. It's such a great movie. Patrick came to visit Lyssa for awhile.

Me and Miles have been reading Ender's Game together, it's such a great book I can't wait to finish it. We're gunna read The Giver next cause he hasn't read it and it's such an awesome book.

I've been getting to do cool things in the lab. Like a week or two ago we did a Cell Lysate to get out the proteins from the cells from my cell line. Today we got to do a Protein Assay, it turn out that good but he said it because it was my first time ever doing it and he wants me to keep trying it til I get consistent data.

I think me, Miles, Alyssa, and Patrick are gunna go on a double-date tonight for Valentine's Day. Probably no where fancy cause none of us have any money.

I was supposed to go home this weekend coming up to celebrate mine and my Dad's birthdays, but my parents asked me to come home the weekend after cause they want to get the house cleaned up so Miles can come with me. I wonder if this time they'll let us sleep in the same room cause my cousins are supposed to be coming out too. I can't believe my Dad's gunna be 50, he's so old.

Well I'm off to do some homework. L8r days!

Laura and Amy did it

2006-02-03T17:53:42Z

Name:
Shelley

MySpace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=31973175

In 2006, I will turn/turned:
20

What did you do on New Year's Eve?
went to a huge party at Mossburger's

Will this year be better than the last?
last year was amazing and this so many shitty things have happened with the people around, although I will be going on study abroad this year and taking a road trip out to Cali with Miles...

New Year's Resolution:
there's a lot

Do you want to get married/engaged this year:
no

Who do you most want to hook up with this year?
...Miles...yea! it's alreayd happened numerous times

SO FAR THIS YEAR:
People you've kissed:
Miles

Kissed anyone of the same sex?
I kissed Katie on her forehead because she was very sad

Been on a date?
yea for our anniversary

Have you been on a road trip?
not yet...

Have you been drunk?
yep, but as often as I wanted or expected

Been told you're attractive?
yep

Drunk Dialed?
maybe...

Have you smoked?
yep

Biggest disappointment so far:
B leaving, the threat of Rak & Avery leaving (we'll find out next week what the decision is)

Biggest excitement:
picking up Miles from the airport late at night (with Dana cause she rocks) cause he wasn't supposed to get in til the next day cause of all the delays, this past wednesday night hanging out with Evan & Miles

Funniest thing that's happened:
umm I've had a lot of laughing fits but I can't remember what exactly they were all about, I know one was about "The Cycle" that kept happening to me, Miles, & Evan

Biggest crush?
Miles

Coolest person you met?
I've meet a bunch of cool people in my classes and some really cool old people at the retirement home

Lamest thing that happened?
B leaving and Rak & Avery possibly getting kicked outta the resdential system

Best thing that happened?
getting to see Miles again, spending lots of time with Miles, the breakthrough that me and Evan experienced on Wednesday night

Favorite music this year?
Dylan

Do you wish it were 2007 already?
no I don't think about the future, I just know it exits

Amy & Laura did it

2006-01-31T22:38:13Z

FIFTY things you might not know about me

1. what is your middle name?
Julianne

2. what size is your bed?
at school a long twin and at home a queen

3. what are you listening to right now?
DYLAN!

4. what are the last 2 digits in your phone number?
49

5. what was the last thing you ate?
rice

6. Last person you hugged?
Miles

7. how is the weather right now?
freezing

8. who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
I left B a voicemail cause he left me one, does that count?

9. the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
eyes & body

10. do u have a b/f G/F?
yep

11. do you want children?
eventually

12. favorite store:
grocery store

13. Did you ever get so drunk you didn't remember the entire night?
no

14. Hair color?
blondish

15. eye color?
blue with light brown around the middle

16. height?
5'6

17. favorite holiday?
Christmas

18. favorite season?
Summer

19. ever cried for no reason?
no, there's always a reason

20. last movie you watched?
Team America with Dana

21. how many mirrors are in your room?
1

23. have you ever decapitated a barbie doll?
No

24. do you enjoy the sensational taste of starbucks?
NO

25. does the word "horcrux" mean anything to you?
jigga what?

26. do you have any friends of the gay preference?
oh yea

27. do you think jesus is great?
lol...I'm sure he was pretty cool when he was alive

28. is cheese like the best food ever, or what?
it's up there

29. what books are you reading?
stuff for school, on the road & ender's game

30. piercings?
double ears, cartilige, lip, & belly button

31. Top 5 favorite movies?
Fight Club
The Big Lebowski
It's a Wonderful Life
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Finding Nemo

32. favorite college football team?
don't really care, I hate UofM though

33. what were you doing before filling this out?
watching Dave & Miles play video games

34. any pets?
Yea...I miss them a lot

35. dogs or cats?
I prefer dogs, but I like both

36. favorite flower?
I dunno, Lilies are pretty or anything blue

37. have you ever been caught doing something you weren't supposed to be doing?
yea

38. have you ever loved someone?
Yep :]

39. who would you like to see right now?
my puppies, my grandmas, Amy, Travis, and MBC, & my grandpa and great-grandma

40. are you still friends with your exs?
I'm not any bad terms with any of them, we just never talk

41. have you ever fired a gun?
hell no

42. do you like to travel by plane?
yea

43. right or left-handed?
Right

44. if you could be with someone right now who would it be?
if I wasn't at school I'd say Miles, but he's right here :]

45. how many pillows do you sleep with?
2

46. are you missing someone?
just family and friends and puppies from home

47. Do you have a tattoo?
yep 2-right ankle & back of my neck

48. do you still watch cartoons on saturday morning?
if I'm up

49. are you hiding something from someone?
not that I can think of

50. Do you play an instrament?
used to play the sax, bass, & cello

Who throws their girlfriends frisbee into a tree on purpose?

2006-01-28T20:02:21Z

Honestly. So yea yesterday was really nice out so a bunch of us were playing frisbee on the quad and Miles, on purpose, threw my frisbee (it's one of the ones with the hole in the middle) into a tree. I was like 'what the fuck? You're an asshole, if you didn't wanna play with it you could've set it on the ground next to you or something, you didn't have to throw it in a tree.' Dave backed me up and was like how could you throw your girlfiend's frisbee into a tree? Then when I told Dana about it, she was like geez how old are we? Dave went and it got down for me, so everything was cool. Also, while we were playing Miles was, as were all of the guys (minus Evan), showing off infront of a large group of girl prospies...yea, exactly.

Things have been going really well lately. This last week I had tests in Orgo & Physics and a paper due for my Sociology class, it sucked a lot. Also, Miles's roommate, B, had to leave, it was really sad. But once I found out he had to withrdaw I got all of his close friends together and we all went out to dinner to Mongolian BBQ. Then his last night here me and him went shot for shot (which ended up not going the way either of us thought it would). I was really drunk and ended up crying and telling him I didn't want him to leave, it was all very sad. I miss him so much sometimes. I've been sick since school started and I finally started feeling better last weekend. I just realized that I said all of the bad things that happened and none of the good things.

Me and Miles had our one year on Jan 8th. We went out to dinner at Food Dance and it was delicious! And we went to a cheap movie, Aeon Flux, it was ok. I made him a cd and he got me a really pretty necklace :]

Study abroad applications are due Wednesday, I gotta get on top of that. I'm applying to Perth and if I don't get in there then Thailand (if it's open) or Spain. The Thailand program will probably be completely filled up. I'm still pissed at my parents about the whole study abroad thing.

Me and Miles have been spending so much time together, I feel bad for not really spending time with my friends any more. So last night when Miles didn't wanna go out, I called up Aylssa and went out with her Brit, Eric, Chris, and 2 girls I didn't know. It was so much fun, I miss going out. I feel bad for Dana too cause she's been left alone in the room a lot, part of it is because I've been spending so much time with Miles and the other part is because I've spent so much time studying, and me & her both know that we ususally can't get anything accomplished when we were near each other. I think it's cause I always just wanna talk to her about stuff, plus she's WAY more entertaining then homework. Hopefully I will be hanging out with everyone more, I figured if they thought I was neglecting them they'd say something to me about it but apparently not. Oh well.

I was supposed to start volunteering at the Senior Citizen place last week but the lady had to cancel my meeting so I'm going on Monday to meet with her. I can't wait to volunteer, I miss it so much. I love helping people and it's so rewarding.
The research with Dr. Moore is going well, we get to start doing our own experiments on the cells soon so I'm really excited.
I did Habitat for Humanity last weekend and it was a lot of fun. We painted the resell store.

Amy's gunna come out to visit for my birthday!!!! *claps* I can't wait, it's gunna be so much fun. I'll be home the weekend after my birthday to celebrate mine and my Dad's birthdays. I can't believe he's gunna be 50 and that I'm not gunna be a teenager anymore. Wow.

That's everything I can think of right now. L8r days! Peace & Love

Buddhist Wisdom

2006-01-28T19:28:40Z

If you cling to an idea as the inalterable truth, then when the truth does come in person and knock at your door, you will not be able to open the door and accept it.
-Udana Sutta

How much of your life do you spend looking forward to being somewhere else?
-Matthew Flickstein, "Journey to the Center"

I thought this was funny...

2006-01-25T22:39:43Z

Mine:
<td align="center"> Shelley's random George Bush quote:

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

<td align="center"> Miles's random George Bush quote:

"What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think, vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position."

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

Miles:

Cause Dana tagged me...

2006-01-08T17:29:14Z

1. Thank the person that tagged you
2. List 5 random/strange/weird things about you
3. Tag 5 others

1. Thank you Dana this is the greatest thing ever!

2. a) sometimes I hear things that no one else does
b) when I was 8 I saw a dark figure that looked like my uncle walk into my room (Yoshi our dog at the time also reacted to the figure), a little bit later my parents returned from the hospital where they were visiting him to tell me he had passed away
c) I have my teddy bear at school with me
d) I'm double jointed in both my elbows
e) whenever me and Amy are together we plan escape routes for every possible situation that could happen

I tag...Amy, Ellie (Elizabeth), Hannah, MBC, and Tim

I will post a real update later...today is mine and Miles 1 year!!

Good-bye 2005, Hello 2006!

2006-01-05T18:59:04Z

Well let's see, it's been awhile since my last real update so this is gunna be a long one...

I've been back at K since Monday evening. Classes started Tuesday and I love them! Brit's in all of them but Physics lab. Barkley is my TA for Physics, yay! The Schedule:
MWF 8:30-9:45 Orgo II & 1:15-3:55 Sociology of Religion & Physics I
T 12:30-4 Orgo Lab
R 12:30-3:30 Physics Lab

Miles was supposed to get in at 6pm on Monday, but his flights got all fucked up and he wasn't gunna get in until Tuesday morning. Everyone's flights were all fucked up, I think it had to do with all the rain. So I started partying with B and everyone only to find out that he had somehow gotten on a plane to Kalamazoo :] So Dana being the awesome roommate that she is, drove me to the airport to pick him up at 1am. I think it made me more excited to see him cause I wasn't expecting it and I had already been disappointed about not being able to see him.

We did our Secret Santa gift exchange which was cool, everyone liked what they got. Me and Dana did our DVD swap, which was cool. Me and Miles also exchanged gifts. It was so nice to see everyone again. Stefano and his roommate helped me carry all my shit up and then later on me and Stefano chilled and watched cartoons. I missed him, it was so great to see him again. Hopefully, I'll get to hang out with him more this quarter then the last one.

The first class I got to go was Orgo lab, yay. It wasn't bad though, it ended up being just a lecture.

New Year's was awesome! I was at a killer party at Mossburger's (3 kegs, ice luge, beer pong, chill room, live band, TONS of people) and then me and Mal went out to breakfast with Geitzen and then me & her chilled in my driveway and talked for about 4 or 5 hours. I missed her, I hadn't gotten to see her all break so it was nice to catch up on everything.

The night before New Year's Eve I went to Canada with Kel, Val, & Chris. We had soooo much fun! I spent so much money on drinks, it was ridiculus. We didn't get anyone to buy us drinks til the end of the night. I had 10 or 11 shots (2 jager bombs, 2 shooters, 1 scilion kiss, and all the rest tequllia), a beer, and had some of the 2 picthers of long iced tea Val & Chris bought. I hadn't seen any of them in so long so it was sweet, plus I don't think I've ever partied with them. I was happy that I went with people who like to dance, that made me happy, I missed dancing.

The Monday of that week, Quell had a hotel party which was crazy! I love kid, he drinks like every night his last. I've never seen anyone drink like him, he's fucking insane.

Other then that not much happened over break after Miles left. I got to hang out with Amy which was awesome, I missed her a lot too. Also, I got to hang out with Richie, Joel, Mike, K-T, & C-reg which was a lot of fun. And I got to catch up on things with Al. I went bowling, which I sucked at like always. I'm still waiting to break 100, that's so sad. I used to be able to, I dunno what happened. I got to hang out with Travis a couple of times and he helped me load my car up. I'm so happy he's found a great girl :]

Christmas was ok, it could've been better but it could've been worse. It wasn't the present thing that got me down, I was happy with whatever I was gunna get cause I didn't ask for anything and I wasn't expecting too much. I was sick with what I thought was food posioning but it might've been the flu so I didn't get to see anyone for Christmas. Since my dad's side of the family Christmas gathering was later in the week I got to see them, which was nice cause I hadn't seen them in so long. But I wish I would've gotten to see the other side of the family too.

I saw a ton of movies over break. Good Night, Good Luck (awesome), Syrania (ok), Munich (good), Four Brothers (pretty good), 40-year Old Virgin (funny at some parts, but about an hour or 2 too long), Fun With Dick & Jane (good), Dukes of Hazzard (surprisingly good), and Brokeback Mountain (awesome!).

I'm so happy to be back :] Miles has been so cute, I missed him so much. Tuesday night we were gunna sleep in our own rooms cause I had an 8:30 the next morning and then I was gunna go nap with him after I got out til his first class, but at about 1am he knocked on the door and was like I don't feel good can I sleep up here? He said he felt sad down there and wanted to be up here with me :D That made my week. I had to drive him back to the airport on Tuesday to get his luggage cause it didn't make it back with him and on the way there I asked him if he knew what day our anniversary was and what day my birthday was (for those of you who don't know, he has the shittiest memory in the entire world) and he remembered them both :] We watched Crash last night, great movie!

The new library is fucking tight! We studied there yesterday which turned out not to be productive cause that's what happens when me and Dana are in the same room together trying to do work. I'm not blaming her, it's just the combination of the two of us, nothing can be accomplished cause we both get way too distracted.

Thoughts about 2005:
For all the shitty things that happened in 2005 (hurricane Katrina, hitting the B-ceiling, and what not) I had a fantastic year. It was probably one of the best years I've had. I met Miles and we started going out, I met all the guys I hang out with now, I turned 19, my friends came out and visited me at school, I got to visit people at school, I went on my externship and figured out defintely what I wanted to do with my life, I finished my first year of college and started my 2nd, I fell in love, I got insomnia which sucked but it went away, me and Dana got to be roommates and have an awesome room, I met a bunch of new people, I reunited with some old friends, plus I had a shitload of fun!

Thoughts about 2006:
So far it's been great and it should only be getting better. I got to see all my friends again, I got to see Miles again, I'll get to go on study abroad, I'm not gunna take the MCATs, my longest relationship will hit 1 year, my dad will turn 50 and officially be old lol, road trip to Cali at the start of the summer!, maybe an internship in Seattle during the summer, and hopefully I'll break the B-ceiling I've been stuck at all of 2005.

Well I'm gunna finish straigtening up my room and then finish up my homework. L8r days!

Buddhist Wisdom

2005-12-26T07:08:13Z

If those who are like wanton children
Are by nature prone to injure others,
What point is there in being angry--
Like resenting fire for its heat?
-Bodhicaryavatara

Just as a monkey roaming through the forest grabs hold of one branch, lets that go and grabs another, then lets go and grabs still another, so too that which is called "mind" and "mentality" and "consciousness" arises as one thing and ceases as another by day and by night.
-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"

If there's no wound on the hand,
that hand can hold poison.
Poison won't penetrate
where there's no wound.
There's no evil
for those who don't do it.
-Dhammapada, 9, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Amy did it...

2005-12-18T23:11:00Z

JANUARY
1. did you have a new year's resolution this year?: yea

2. who kissed you at midnight?: nobody

3. did it snow where you live?: yea

4. do you like hot chocolate?: yes!

5. have you ever been to times square to watch the ball drop?: nope

FEBRUARY
1. who was your valentine?: Miles

2. what did your valentine get you?: nothing cause my birthday was the day before

3. when you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?: yea :]

MARCH
1. are you irish?: a little tiny bit

2. did you wear green on st. patty's day?: i don't think so

3. what did you do for st. patty's day?: drank

APRIL
1. do you like the rain?: yea

2. did you play an april fool's joke on anyone this year?: i told Miles i was pregnant

3. did you get tons of candy on easter?: nope

MAY
1. what's your favorite kind of flower?: never really thought about it, anything pretty

2. do you like the spring?: Yup

3. finish the phrase: april showers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring?: snow?

4. what would you think of as a spring color?: pastels

JUNE
1. what year did you graduate from school?: from high school... 2004... from college... hopefully 2008

2. did you go on any vacations last june?: nope

JULY
1. what did you do on the 4th of july? watched fireworks with my friends

2. did you go on any vacations during this month?: sorta, i went to kalamazoo for an externship

AUGUST
1. did you do anything special to end off your summer? followed Pearl Jam around, but that was in September when my summer ended

2. what was your favorite summer memory of '05?: lol hollister & the parties

3. did you go swimming a lot in the summer?: not really

4. did you go to the beach a lot?: not as often as i wish i could have

SEPTEMBER
1. did you attend school/college in '05?: yes sir

2. who is/was your favorite teacher?: i liked all my teachers, but my lab ta for orgo sucked balls

3. did you like fall better than summer?: lol hell no

OCTOBER
1. what was your favorite halloween costume ever?: favorite i saw...whoopie cushion (dana!) mine...ghostbuster when i was little or 'cereal' killer

2. what's your favorite candy?: REESE'S CUPS!!

3. what did you dress up like this year? one of the 1,000 soliders that died in Iraq

NOVEMBER
1. whose house did you go to for thanksgiving?: mine

2. do you like stuffing?: oh yea

3. what are you thankful for?: everything & everyone in my life

DECEMBER
1. do you celebrate christmas?: yep, well the idea of santa claus

2. have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?: yep

3. what do you want this year for christmas?: to spend it & new year's with my baby, but i know it can't happen

4. what's the best present you ever got for christmas?: materialistically...all the sweet toys in big boxes when i was little, non-materialistically...the last christmas before everyone died, when everyone in the family was together

5. do you like cold weather?: no, i hate it

6. how would you rate your year on a scale of 1-10?: 9

The Male Privilege Checklist -Stolen From Hannah

2005-12-15T04:37:02Z

1. My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more prestigious the job, the larger the odds are skewed.

2. I can be confident that my co-workers won't think I got my job because of my sex - even though that might be true.

3. If I am never promoted, it's not because of my sex.

4. If I fail in my job or career, I can feel sure this won't be seen as a black mark against my entire sex's capabilities.

5. The odds of my encountering sexual harassment on the job are so low as to be negligible.

6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all subjective, chances are people will think I did a better job.

7. If I'm a teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible.

8. I am not taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces.

9. If I choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be called into question.

10. If I have children but do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be called into question.

11. If I have children and provide primary care for them, I'll be praised for extraordinary parenting if I'm even marginally competent.

12. If I have children and pursue a career, no one will think I'm selfish for not staying at home.

13. If I seek political office, my relationship with my children, or who I hire to take care of them, will probably not be scrutinized by the press.

14. Chances are my elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. The more prestigious and powerful the elected position, the more likely this is to be true.

15. I can be somewhat sure that if I ask to see "the person in charge," I will face a person of my own sex. The higher-up in the organization the person is, the surer I can be.

16. As a child, chances are I was encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters.

17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children's media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male heroes were the default.

18. As a child, chances are I got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often.

19. If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether or not it has sexist overtones.

20. I can turn on the television or glance at the front page of the newspaper and see people of my own sex widely represented, every day, without exception.

21. If I'm careless with my financial affairs it won't be attributed to my sex.

22. If I'm careless with my driving it won't be attributed to my sex.

23. I can speak in public to a large group without putting my sex on trial.

24. If I have sex with a lot of people, it won't make me an object of contempt or derision.

25. There are value-neutral clothing choices available to me; it is possible for me to choose clothing that doesn't send any particular message to the world.

26. My wardrobe and grooming are relatively cheap and consume little time.

27. If I buy a new car, chances are I'll be offered a better price than a woman buying the same car.

28. If I'm not conventionally attractive, the disadvantages are relatively small and easy to ignore.

29. I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.

30. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called "crime" and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called "domestic violence" or "acquaintance rape," and is seen as a special interest issue.)

31. I can be confident that the ordinary language of day-to-day existence will always include my sex. "All men are created equal," mailman, chairman, freshman, he.

32. My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.

33. I will never be expected to change my name upon marriage or questioned if I don't change my name.

34. The decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon.

35. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is usually pictured as being male.

36. Most major religions argue that I should be the head of my household, while my wife and children should be subservient to me.

37. If I have a wife or live-in girlfriend, chances are we'll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks.

38. If I have children with a wife or girlfriend, chances are she'll do most of the childrearing, and in particular the most dirty, repetitive and unrewarding parts of childrearing.

39. If I have children with a wife or girlfriend, and it turns out that one of us needs to make career sacrifices to raise the kids, chances are we'll both assume the career sacrificed should be hers.

40. Magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are much rarer.

41. I am not expected to spend my entire life 20-40 pounds underweight.

42. If I am heterosexual, it's incredibly unlikely that I'll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover.

43. Complete strangers generally do not walk up to me on the street and tell me to "smile."

44. On average, I am not interrupted by women as often as women are interrupted by men.

45. I have the privilege of being unaware of my male privilege.

stressed out

2005-12-14T06:39:04Z

I was stressed out, but then I talked to Miles and he made me feel better :] I dunno what I'd without him sometimes, I think he's most of the reason I don't have migraines any more.

I've been worrying about the future and the rest of my life and he made me realize all this shit I'm worrying about I don't have to deal with for awhile and I should wait til we get back to school so he can help figure shit out with being stressed out. I'm not ready to grow up yet.

Good luck to everyone on your exams and call me you guys back so I got people to hang out with!

He ended up sending me a really sweet message on facebook cause his phone wasn't charged, for anyone who cared.

I'm gunna go to bed and destress myself further cause I'm afraid a migraine might be starting.

Oh has anyone seen the new coke commercial with the baby polar bear and dancing penguins and fluffy baby penguin, it's really cute. I like fluffy animals.

Also, MBC I think we should hit up the movies sometime soon. Let me know when you're done with exams.

MBC did em

2005-12-13T18:40:41Z

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In April on a flight to Colorado Springs, I stole the emergency flight information card (-40 points). In September I caught a purse-snatcher who stole falling__up's purse (30 points). Last Sunday I helped bartender713 see the light (8 points). In October I gave kryp2nite a life-saving blood transfusion (50 points). In August I gave bigal123123 a kidney (1000 points).

Overall, I've been nice (1048 points). For Christmas I deserve an Easy-Bake Oven!

Sincerely,
semitrue_story

yea easy bake oven! of course i was more nice then naughty, what'd you expect?

What Type of Villain are You?

mutedfaith.com.

lmao

Other people were doing them

2005-12-09T04:00:07Z

<td align="center" style="background: #FFFFFF; color: #000000;">Shelley Stinson's Reason for Travelling Back in Time:

To go see The Doors in concert

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com</td>

yea that's defintely something I would do...

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that's kind of deep, I like it

You fit in with:
Humanism

Your ideals mostly resemble that of a Humanist. Although you do not have a lot of faith, you are devoted to making this world better, in the short time that you have to live. Humanists do not generally believe in an afterlife, and therefore, are committed to making the world a better place for themselves and future generations.

20% scientific.
60% reason-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

interesting

You should learn Hindi

You should learn Hindi. You like to be able to speak to people wherever you travel if even just a little bit. You are very versatile and like adventure.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

hmmm....

semitrue_story's Word Usage

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Word Count by Hutta.

I guess I say 'and' a lot. I feel like I don't have much of a voacb, most of those words are one syllabl and a few are 2 :\

Today is mine and Miles's 11 month, that's a long fucking time. He called me last night when I was sleeping. Couldn't remember if he said he'd call me today or if I was supposed to call him so I tried to call but his phone's been off :\. That's one thing I hate a lot, I feel like he doesn't think about me when I'm not around. I know I shouldn't and that's probably not true, but I can't help it.

It's snowing, it's supposed to snow a lot, I hope it doesn't.

We went out to dinner tonight to the new Mexican restaurant, Abuelo's, it was pretty good.

I'm getting my room cleaned up right now. I hate unpacking from school cause I'll just have to pack again in a few weeks.

Adult Swim's starting soon yay! L8r days!

Captian's Log Day 7

2005-12-08T04:42:50Z

Miles left this morning. I'm ok, I'll see him in about 3 weeks. I hope his flight went ok, he hasn't called me yet, he probably forgot :\ He spent a week in the Heights with me, it was nice. We had a lot of fun. I love him. We went to State and saw Mal & Richie Saturday night. I ran into Frank Cuccia at the gas station on the way home, it was so good to see him again. Tomorrow is 11 months, I can't believe we've been together that long.

I think I'm going on a road trip at the end of the school year to California with Miles and whoever else is going. It'll be soooo much fun! Plus, I'll finally get to meet his friends from home.

School went ok, I'm borderline A/B for all my classes so I have no idea how I did. My problem is I wanna party and what not with my friends but they do it every day and I realize I just can't if want to get A's. Then I have my friends who I study with and they don't really party at all, maybe one day a week. I need to find a balance somewhere. I need to find at least one other person with my habitats so I can have someone to study with or get work done with then get fucked up with. Or maybe I need to just get my shit done then relax.

I've watched a lot of movies recently: Wedding Crashers (funny), Rushmore (funny), White Noise (very predictable), Lords of Dogtown (awesome!), Walk the Line (really good), I ♥ Huckabees (awesome!), and some other ones but I can't remember what they are right now.

I've come to a lot of realizations these last couple of days and I think they're really gunna help me battle the depression without any kind of medication. I got really depressed a lot throughout the quarter, but I've finally found ways to get over it. Miles, Dana, and Mal have helped me out a lot; I love you guys thank you so much.

Nana's blind in one eye and starting to go blind in the other eye, but she had laser surgery to stop it and it's supposed to help. Eye stuff is really the only thing that grosses me out or people who are missing a single finger, I dunno why it just does.

My car has been dying. It doesn't want to start when it's cold. Hopefully I won't have to buy a new car, if I do then I probably won't be able to go on the road trip cause I won't be able to afford it.

I'm still trying to finish reading On the Road, hopefully it will be soon.

The puzzle I did over the summer is all glued together now, I just gotta find a frame for it. I'm gunna start on the new one soon, it's a panaramic picture of San Fransico Bay.

Fuck cold weather, I hate it here. I can't wait to leave Michigan forever, it won't be soon enough.

I need to see people, I haven't really seen anyone in awhile.

If anyone knows of any sweet New Year's parties, let me know.

Back to cartoons peace, L8r days!

Beatles~Revolution

2005-11-28T02:46:24Z

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
When you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
You know it's gonna be all right(x3)

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're all doing what we can
If you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
You know it's gonna be all right(x3)

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We'd all love to change our heads
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
If you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
You know it's gonna be all right(x6)

Buddhist Wisdom

2005-11-08T19:32:40Z

Focus,
not on the rudenesses of others,
not on what they've done
or left undone,
but on what you
have & haven't done
yourself.
-Dhammapada, 4, translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhist Wisdom

2005-10-21T12:55:21Z

That people are unknowing does not mean that they are unknowing like cows or goats. Even ignorant people look for a pathway to reality. But, searching for it, they often misunderstand what they encounter. They pursue names and categories instead of going beyond that name to that which is real.
-Digha Nikaya

If we divide into two camps--even into violent and the nonviolent--and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact.
-Ayya Khema, "Be An Island"

One of the many reasons why I love my boyfriend

2005-10-19T15:42:46Z

So Miles is amazing, he really is and what happened proved how awesome he really is.

Last night an anti-abortion speaker Angela "Bay" Buchanan came to K College, sponsered by the College Republicans (surprise!) and the pro-life group on campus. Well there was a question and answer session at the end and a majority of the people said stupid shit, but not my boyfriend or my friend Evan. Evan asked her to define a person, not define when a person is created but what a person is. She couldn't and it was hilarious. Then a few people later Miles got to ask his question. At first the lady wasn't even letting him ask her his question, she kept interrupting. When he finally got to ask it, it went something like this 'you believe that life starts at conception, I'm a women with 3 kids and I believe that life starts at 7 months, when we believe life starts doesn't matter, what matters is that we believe it starts at different times. Since we both believe that life starts at different times, it's subjuctive we can't prove it. Since we can't prove it, how can you make abortion illegal because that would be forcing you ideas on me and you'd be taking away from my freedom' (it was said a lot better then that, but that's the jist of it). Then she said something stupid because she didn't have a response and then he replied back to it and walked away from the mic and she had nothing to say to respond to it. It was so great! It was like someone finally got her. I love him so much :]

I have to study for a quiz so I'll update with everything else in my life later, I just had to let everyone know how awesome he is.

MBC did it...

2005-10-12T19:40:50Z

You Should Get a MD (Doctor of Medicine)

You're both compassionate and brilliant - a rare combination.
You were born to be a doctor.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

ummm...surprise?

So yea that college thing

2005-10-09T18:06:10Z

Yesterday was mine and Miles's 9-month anniversary and officially the longest relationship both of us has been in and things are going really well. I'm so happy we're together :] We went out to dinner to Food Dance and it was soooo good! Then we came back to the dorm and watched Tommy and did the pb&j thing for 5hours :D Then B came back and we all went out to forest and there were a ton of people there and we chilled there til after 4:20am and came back and went to bed.

The night before there wasn't much going on. We pregamed then played beer pong in the bowling alley and Miles and Dan beat everyone. Then we went to a party, which was ok. There were a decent amount of people there.

Last week was ridiculously stressful. I had a huge paper due in my poverty class and a test in my bio class.

I realize I haven't updated since I've been back so here's the quick version.
I have Organism Diversity MWF 11:50-1:05 and then lab for it Thursday at 12:30, it's a sweet fucking class I love the teacher. Organic Chemistry MWF 1:15-2:30 and then lab Tuesday 12:30, Slough is a really good teacher. Poverty and US Public Policy TR 8:30-10:20, which is really interesting and the teacher is cool.

So Kiersten picked me up from the airport and we caught up on everything and she got to see my room (I will post pics once me and Dana clean it, it's been a hectic week for everyone). Miles was up like he promised, but he was drunk (I had only asked him not to be hungover, which he wasn't). Honestly, I was slightly pissed off by it but he was being so cute and happy to see me and it made the transition of seeing him easier cause it was like everything was back to normal. A little bit later me, him, B, and Avery snorted some vicodin and went to the forest, everything was completely back to normal. I bought Miles a sweet Hendrix t-shirt from the Hard Rock in Chicago and he got me really awesome earrings, really soft socks, and a thing to learn how to juggle (too bad I already know how).

Dana or Bob Villa?

Emily (who lives across the bathroom)

The first weekend back was fun. Firday night there was a pirate party. To get free liquor me, Alyssa, and Erica did body shots off each other. It was a good time, I even had a treasure map drawn on my stomach.

B's to do list for the weekend

Me, Alyssa, and Erica

Clay

Chris, Joe, and Rak

The body shots...

Miles and me

Also, the girls started a new tradition in the bathroom.

Erica and Cat

Dana and Alyssa

The 2nd weekend at school, I realized my tolerance isn't as high as it used to be and I over drank both nights and ended up throwing up both nights.

Amy, Cat, Erica, Brit, Alyssa, and Me

Well I think that's about everything I have to go work on a problem set for Orgo. Peace, L8r days!