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hour 29

Happy 4th of July!!

Or maybe not so happy...

I am going on the second day with water. It started tuesday morning when the city of Madison's water dept decided to shut off our water at 9AM to make a big hole in the road without giving anyone any warning. Then they kept it off for some 5-6 hours. That would have been ok, except it still isn't back on. We get a tiny little trickle of hot, brown water out of our bathroom sink and tub, but that is it.

The emergency maintenance came last night and couldn't fix anything and they have been in and out of here since 11 AM. Still not fixed.

We are at hour 29 of no water.

no real answers

At the end of my European Cultural History class today my professor, Rudy Koshar, ended with this thought:

"We conclude the course with no real answers."

Thanks a lot.

one of those days

"it's just been one of those days... i thought about wearing my velcro shoes today."
~Elizabeth Kelly, Econ Professor

in class...

***cell phone rings***

TA: I think the considerate thing to do is pick a song that everybody can enjoy.

Student: So, do you want us to leave our phones on?

TA: Sure, why not?

updates...

Ahhhh... so it has been a long time since I wrote anything... so, updates:

Class is now back in session. I am not liking this, except that it keeps things interesting.

I have determined that facebook is taking over the world. (In a good way tho... lol) I was able to find some of my friends from Spain on facebook which was super cool.

I also found a friend of mine from New Orleans - Gentilly that ironically I did not meet when I was in New Orleans, but when I was in Spain. And the official report from my source says that New Orleans is coming back. I hope so.

If anyone cares to know, some 2 billion (yes, billion) people have tuberculosis. This was the lovely thought I got to hear after I dragged myself out of bed this morning to go to ecology.
Apparently it's not as contaigious as one might think... yeah right it is. I don't like this idea.

never again

never again.

<24 hours

<24 hours til my 21st birthday!!! yay!!! I never thought I'd be 21...

It alway seemed like a long way off. It's starting to sink in tho... the stream of cards from grandparents and aunts and uncles has begun. My family likes to send cards. And, the birthday well wishes have begun on facebook and myspace as well. Today someone asked me if my birthday was tomorrow and then told me I should make sure to have my last illegal drink tonight. Which is probably funny for those who know me cause I've never had an illegal drink in the first place, so even if I did have my last illegal drink it would also be my first. This always promts a lot of questions. So, while i'm still underage I thought I'd try to explain my reasoning for what is hopefully the last time.

Here it is:

1. The main reason is because I wanted to prove something: You don't have to drink to have an awesome time -- ever.

2. I can't afford any fines. Heck, I can hardly afford anything anymore.

3. Who would really want to drink so much that they feel sick? And hangovers?

4. Do I really need a fourth reason?

And then there are the other reasons that people assume are my reasons: it's illegal, my parents would be mad, etc. These are fine reasons, but not mine.

This is not to say that I've never had a drink in my life. I have, but legally, when I was in Spain. One of my good friends there told my something I'll never forget. He was at least 18 (the legal age there), but never really drank anything when we went out to the fiestas. After a while I asked him why he didn't. He said, "I prefer to be 100% me." No more needed to be said. He was the life of the party. I still remember that conversation. Thanks Apon.

a useless post

I think I have studying induced ADD.

Symptoms: the attention span of a three year old when studying for midterms.

Causes: sleep deprivation, excessive caffine, times new roman font in large doses, and a deadline.

There is no cure.

Yoga and a haunted forest

Yoga! I always thought this sounded like something fun to try, but it wasn't until last sunday that i actually did it. My roomie Lauren put me up to it and I agreed to go. It was super relaxing and I was only a little sore the next day.

I went to a "haunted" forest for the first time with the Regent crew. It was a ton of fun and there was a lot of screaming involved. I still swear the floor moved during the last part. And, the scariest part may have been the hayride that we watched them fix before we got on... well they sort of fixed it.

Hmmm... in other news... I cleaned like a person with a germ phobia. This is a good thing.

I'm having that feeling that I'm forgetting something...

Pure as the driven snow?

Something random to think about:

I was drinking a bottle of Ice Mountain water last night when i noticed their slogan on the side of the bottle (which I've never seen before) that says,

"Ice Mountain... Pure as the driven snow."

Now I don't know about you, but when I think of the "driven snow" I think about that brown slush that stays in the streets after cars have driven over the snow. This is supposed to be a selling point? I must be missing something.

Like I said... kinda random.

It's the music that never ends...

It's the music that never ends... yes it goes on and on my friends... some people started playing it....

I woke up this morning to announcers and music blasting which didn't stop until about 8pm tonight. I think it's kinda cool that I can hear the game and see all the people outside my window, but it NEVER stops. After a while it gets a bit much. Plus, I don't like to look out my window and see people peeing.

I tried to do homework today... and I did some reading. Freakonomics. I realized on page 6 that although I found the book interesting I hated the authors. Okay maybe hate is a bit strong... I strongly disliked them. And, then while I was reading this book that I actually found interesting I fell asleep. So much for that.

where to start?

Okay, so I just started this blog and I'm not really sure what people want to hear about or if anyone will even read this. (Actually, Christine will cause she's been practically begging me to write one... lol.) My life is not that interesting, but if you really want to know what I've been up to this is it:

Last weekend was the first time I got out of Madison since my parents dropped me off in august. I went to Milwaukee for RoKS... now that I'm thinking about it I don't even know what RoKS means... oh well. I got to meet a lot of new people from Madison and other universities in our region and learn about AIESEC. Yay! It was an awesome weekend!!

Monday and Tuesday I had exams which were not fun at all. That was the worst part of the week. I don't even want to talk about it. Next topic...

Wednesday I went to the general AIESEC meeting. It made me really miss traveling and all those funny little things that happen to you when you don't know where you are or what you're supposed to be doing. I should write about that sometime. I miss my friends from Ea and the ocean and the fiestas. And, I miss the happy old people.

It is way to hard to try and recap a whole week and remember everything.

TODAY... My parents and sister Karissa came down to Madison to visit me and bring me warm clothes. Yay!! I hope my scarves are in these boxes somewhere. They brought me food and computer paper too. Then we went out to eat at a places on state street... and now I can't even remember the name... wow i'm smart. Then my sister and I got wisconsin t-shirts and took pics with one of those random cows that are everywhere. I wish they could have stayed a little longer. I'm not homesick, but I felt like it was so rushed cause i had to go to class and they had to go back too. I guess I won't see them until Thanksgiving... now that is going to be some good food.

So, that brings me to right about now. I'm eating yoplait whips - key lime pie...they are very good and if you haven't had this kind before you should try it. Nevermind the fact that you actually get about 1/3 less yogurt than the non-whipped kinds... i used to work in a grocery store... you get bored sometimes.

I think this weekend I'm going to try and study a lot. We'll see if that happens.