the boring leading the bored
Monday, July 28, 2003
come enjoy the concrete beaches of chicago
they actually have those. its rather odd. anyway, im home from the windy city, and i thought i'd just go ahead and share some things i learned on the trip. so here it is:
THINGS I LEARNED IN CHICAGO
1. Much of said city smells like a toilet.
2. Not all homeless people behave strangely, but some of them do. And how.
3. It is totally possible to achieve a certain degree of euphoria with only a strobe light and some paper. Er-- a lot of paper.
4. I wish i had a million dollars.
5. Queen Street West is not the only magical place of its kind. Proof? Belmont.
6. Blue is a very good color.
7. Lots of people really like the movie "Ferris Beuller's Day Off." myself included.
8. Help ever, hurt never.
9. People will pay a lot for something they really want, even if it is disgustingly overpriced. Darned minibar...
10. Getting new things is exciting.
11. I can still run 4 miles.
12. I like blues.
13. I still love Jamba Juice.
14. Jamba juice makes lip gloss! (I bought some).
15. You can get used to almost anything.
16. I have mixed feelings about cities.
17. DC changed my sentiment towards cities.
18. There's a lot of cool stuff out there.
19. Our family really knows how (and how often) to vacation.
20. Talking to fish is enjoyable.
21. Dolphins really are that brilliant.
22. There's this animal called a sea dragon. It looks a lot like a sea horse except more dragon-y. And one species of it looks like a plant. It has LEAVES. It's amazing. THIS is an actual PHOTO!
23. Levi jeans are cool.
24. You can't get a frappucino with soy milk.
25. A smoothie can easily be a meal.
26. Subways are a good idea.
27. Basically, my feet hurt all the time.
28. Every girl should own pure silk pants. I do!
29. I love urban outfitters.
It was a very educational trip.
OH, and i think i might have found my college. Anderson University. Went there today, very cool.
music: blues, bien sur.
by the way... i stayed at the House of Blues hotel in Chicago.
Friday, July 25, 2003
somebody help me...
you'd think that after seven hours of sleep my hysterical tiredness would go away, but no. i could just cry, im so tired. hopefully ill get to sleep in the car (i'm going to chicago for the weekend, see you all when i get back.) i need some mad hugs when i get home... like from sam, cause ive been wanting one of those for about a week now. but other people's hugs are equally suitable.
ill see y'all later.
::cries::
music: josh groban?
Thursday, July 24, 2003
"it's inflatable. you can't get hurt."
last night was probably one of the best nights of my whole life. or at least the past year. i dont think i stopped laughing hysterically for more than 5 minutes. and it felt GOOOD!
so i went to church for an unofficial, go-down-the-huge-inflatable-slide-the-church-rented-for-vbs hang time. and, as i suspected, when i arrived it was flowing with nice, wet water. mo had set up a hose at the top. meaning the huge slide was now a huge WATERslide. i was apprehensive at first. it was a cool evening last night. and the slide was very wet. but with some convincing (ben physically carrying me, kicking and screaming) i went down. it was INCREDIBLE! it was waaay faster than it was when it was dry. the best was the fact that you didnt just stop at the bottom, you slammed really hard into the inflatable wall. that is... unless you were David, Drew, or Drew's dad. They all decided they'd give the stopping a miss and just go over the wall. but anyway, yeah. it was hysterically funny. and i slammed into that wall so many times in so many painful ways... i actually managed to get water up my nose several times. and i nearly went over once... and somehow landed in this bizarre sprawled out position...
i woke up this morning feeling like someone had been hitting me with a baseball bat all night.
one of the more humorous events of the evening was when ben and jerron disappeared into the church for about ten minutes, and emerged with stupid grins on their faces.... and soap on their bums. no lie, kids. they used an entire bottle of soap. ben actually got his whole back, while jerron just did the bum. it was totally hilarious.... ben was apologizing to me in advance for getting himself killed. and i had the PLEASURE of going down after them.... it was all soapy.... and very fast. and mo says to me "you dont have any soap on you do you?" and im like, "pshh! seriously, would i be in that church with those guys soaping my bum???" please.
anyway, by the end of the night i was drenched to the bone and had totally forgotten that i had spent much of the past few days.... being not quite myself. but that's another post. and one that i probably won't make.
music: sting, "fields of gold"
ive never made promises lightly
and there have been some that i've broken
but i swear in the the days still left
we'll walk in fields of gold
Monday, July 21, 2003
i cannot get my hands around it
Sunday, July 20, 2003
you can quote me on this
i think the reason i like bubble gum is because its so pink and it reminds me of happiness. plus it's not just sweet and sugary, it gives your mouth something to do.
music: led zeppelin
Saturday, July 19, 2003
a dull story
today was pretty uneventful. woke up, ran, made smoothies. ben came over, we were just chillin. we made macaroni and cheese. then he went home. then i sat around and then i went to jeff's baseball game. they won. and now i sit here. what a boring day.
music: jars of clay, "famous last words"
ps. go to this site. it put me into a sort of trance... quite entertaining. and if you have suspicions, yes, it IS made by the people who brought us teletubbies.
Friday, July 18, 2003
uh... japan?
happy mood swing day! i had lots of mood swings. it was kinda un cool.
im sooo tired. i think its all the walking... i went on an hourlong walk. im soooo tired.
ben came over to play. we played catch phrase with my parents and, naturally, kicked their butts.... the second game, anyway.
i feel ill.
i should probably go to bed soon.
music: sgt pepper's. in the dark.
you know its a bad morning when, at one point, you find yourself sitting on the floor in your bathroom, slightly wet, swearing at your toilet.
and all the QT with the toilet makes me need a shower, but noooo jeff is in there.
rawr.
music: police, ghost in the machine
Thursday, July 17, 2003
it was a day. i did techwork!!! it was cool... and i didnt even do it at school. it was church tech! i did some lighting for our church's vbs. i like lights, i think. we had some really basic lights... i cut some gels and put them in, then we set them up on stands on the floor. theyre all blue and they make it look like water! because we are doing an ocean themed vbs. they look way cool. im excited for the vbs, i havent worked with kids in a long time. mark, my hair guy, was telling me about how his church made him wear this ridiculous firefly costume for a vbs one time... his butt even lit up. i dont have to wear anything goofy, fortunately.
nothing else interesting happened today. ok well i saw mo and martin when i got back from my run. it was a little weird cause i was all sweaty and tired and out of breath and sweaty. what a babe i am...
music: still fleetwood mac. "silver springs"... so creepy...
Time casts a spell on you
But you won't forget me
I know I could have loved you
But you would not let me
I follow you down 'till the sound
Of my voice will haunt you
You'll never get away from the sound
Of the woman who loves you
I follow you down 'till the sound
Of my voice will haunt you
You'll never get away from the sound
Of the woman who loves you
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
i think these posts need titles
gotta love being one of those types who loves to ramble. so here i go.
chilled with alle today. we had good fun, the guy at subway gave us extra cookies for free. im not sure why, but my guesses are 1)he was friendly 2)he was high 3)he thought we were cuuuute. we hung out all day and went to dinner, where we talked about youth group stuff. i think that, at least temporarily, im shifting my life a lot more towards that place. and i dont know how temporary it will be... *note: i still love all the rest of you, i swear*
something interesting i just saw: "bitterness is not wisdom" <-- good point
today i thought about that time i lost myself. come to think of it, i think about that almost every day. and to think i thought i had found myself at the time. or was in the process of doing so, anyway. im glad i actually did find myself again. i dont think i had a choice... i would have either done what i did or eventually died of misery. because i didnt belong where i was anymore. and yet at the time i didnt belong where i am now. but where i am now was fortunately willing to take me back. which is, naturally, rather unsurprising, as this place is always welcoming. and at any level where it isnt welcoming, the lower ones of course, it is now becoming my job to correct that, to be the welcome. so if you're lost when you thought you were finally finding something, dont be afraid to come to this place, where i am now, because its rather nice and its the best thing that ever happened to me. i hope i wont let you down and make it unwelcoming, but a certain somebody will always make it welcoming. gosh im glad im here in this place where i found myself. its good. it may be scary sometimes, or hard. but it's good. see if you can say that about anywhere else. i cant.
boy, how times change... how lives move and shape. we weave in and out of each other's lives. and it all just seems so out of control... and yet control is held, but not by us. God has our lives in his hands, and he makes living such a miracle. mine's a miracle, anyway.
sometimes late at night like this i get like this... im not sorry. im just sorry that i cant have more peace and realization more often.
music: julian lennon, "You dont have to tell me"
Monday, July 14, 2003
oh yeah and thiswith a headache.
i just typed out a whole entry and realized it was way to manic to post.
im not crazy, i swear. i just dont like dealing with difficult things.
music: fleetwood mac--very softly. i have rhiannon stuck in my head...
Sunday, July 13, 2003
well... im home. and so is everyone else. for whatever reason i have no desire to talk about my trip... or anything at all.
i think i may finally decide to pursue my longtime desire to play bass.
just cause i like fish. (agh! so punny...i did it again! aaaack)
anyway, me and jeff had a mad jam session tonight... we played "Big Love" by Fleetwood mac. i highly suggest you listen to it. the guitar work is amazing. jeff can actually do most of it, although not that well. and i played the bassline of our acoustic. it was good fun. i sang too...
okay for no real reason i am going to divulge my secret dream i have had playing in my head for the past few days. i wanna get together a whole lot of my friends (luckily many of them are bandies) and perform the song Tusk... at any venue that would have us. I'd get my bandie friends to do the brass and percussion stuff, I'd get my guitaring friends to do guitars and bass..... i would wanna sing, just because i cant play any instruments... and i'd need someone else to get the whole stevie + christine effect... plus to mask my voice, lol. but seriously... how hardcore would that be. all of you not familiar with the song have no idea what im talking about.....
i cant believe i just told you all that. im the biggest loser in the world... yay!
by the way...
im glad you're back.
music: fleetwood mac... pff.
Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say
: ) what a gooood band.
Saturday, July 05, 2003
im in disney world, na na na boo boo.
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
I'm out the door in like, five minutes! Yay!
I think my sea monkeys will probably die while im gone because i cant feed them. sad, really.
Take care of everything here in Dublin for me, will ya?
I'll miss you guys.
music: the clash
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
uh... so i have nothing to blog about...
i leave tomorrow at nine for disney. ill be gone a long time. ill miss all of you!!!
i have nothing to say, interestingly enough.
oh
my sea monkeys are alive. and big. and gross looking.
yeah thats all i got.
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