A Day in the Life...

2007-07-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

OMG! I haven't posted anything since January! How crazy is that....Well maybe that means that I have a really busy life. Or it could just mean that I am lazy. ;) Not like anyone really reads this anyway. Well for any of you out there who are wondering. I have officially graduated from the University of OK, and am now doing the job search. Yes I know, I know it's about frigging time. But you know what I stuck it out and I did it. And I have to give a huge round of applause to all those out there who stuck by me! Thanks guys!

Ethics

2007-01-31T16:55:00.000-06:00

I am taking a business ethics class this semester and I have to tell you that I thought that most of my decision making revolved around what I could do for others and what would benefit the greater good. But now I am beginning to think that I am just egotistical. Maybe that's because we have to do journal entries and in those entries here lately were are to focus on the egoism point of view. I am having to describe everyday decisions from an egoist perspective. I have to say that I think about myself an awful lot......Maybe I will start thinking of others more when I get to universalism. Or maybe the universe just revolves around me. ;)

Grades...Classes...Groups...Life

2007-01-25T12:41:00.000-06:00

OKay so I know I left all of you hanging....As far as my aunt is concerned, we are not sure what was wrong with her, but she is recovering and is able to move around on her own and has returned to work. A strange twist on that side of things is that now Howard has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time. This time however it is in an advanced stage and he has been given only 3-18 months to live. How wild is that?? Sometimes I think my family's life is a little like a soap opera..

Anyway, I made decent grades last semester. Nothing wonderful. My intersession course was the easiest A I have ever made in my life. To bad I haven't had more of those classes. :) I have already started my spring semester. Which for those of you who don't know yet this is my last semester. WOOO-HOOOO!! I am taking 15 hours this semester and am a consultant for IBC again. I think I have a lot of work cut out for me, but hopefully it will be fun! Classes I am taking include......Leadership, Business Ethics, Product and Operations management, Industrial Relations, and Stratigic management.... Doesn't that sound like fun.... ;)

2006-11-17T10:11:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!!! So is it strange that I am a little on edge? I mean I am literally waiting for an unseen bomb to explode. I can't wait for this year to be over...

2006-11-15T13:02:00.000-06:00

Two and a half more days and there is going to be a wedding...

2006-11-06T09:55:00.000-06:00

I did have a cold. After deny the possiblity for three days I finally passed out last Sunday and slept most of my day away. That was like a week ago. Feeling much better now! I've got mixed results on tests over the past week. One that I thought I did really well in I got a 79, and the other I wasn't sure about I got a 95. I think I am just going to assume that I do poorly on every test. That way maybe I will walk away with a good grade everytime. There's probably fault in that logic somewhere!

2006-10-25T10:19:00.000-05:00

I think I have a cold but I refuse to believe that I am sick. I am too busy to be sick. I have two test this week. One of which is today. I can be sick next week! Although I think my body has stopped listening to me...

2006-10-23T09:06:00.000-05:00

Here is the website if you guys would like to see what the IBC company I am working with is selling. http://www.ou.edu/ibc/pure_source/
They are selling water bottles with the OU logo on them. Let me know if you want one.

2006-10-23T09:03:00.000-05:00

I got to go to my first OU game in years Sat.! It was an absolute blast!! It was also homecoming. This makes me want to buy season tickets, but unfortunately I still don't have Saturdays off. Maybe one of these days...

2006-10-13T09:34:00.000-05:00

I have had my car back for about a week now. Today while driving to school my service engine soon light comes on....I also have three tests coming up. I feel like my life is constantly littered with short patches of peaceful moments stuck between long periods of intense stress.

2006-10-09T09:59:00.000-05:00

As it stands today only two of Becky's kids are going to her wedding and one of those is still a maybe. My grandmother is not going and neither am I or my family. It's going to be a very lonely wedding!

Tests and Loans

2006-10-04T10:21:00.000-05:00

Okay....So I had two tests last week. One went really well: B+. One went really bad D-. But luckily for me there will be a curve on the bad test. Hopefully it is a big curve. My companies loan presentations went well in fact the were awarded an interest rate of prime plus half. Which is really, really good. All the other companies were given prime plus one except for one company that was awarded prime plus one and a half. So yeah for my company. Also I got my car back yesterday. She looks a lot better. Except now one headlight looks awesome and brand new while the other looks worn and tired. Ugh! Oh well...now I know what my next project will be.

2006-09-27T21:16:00.000-05:00

Just got done with a test in Org. Behavior. I still have a loan presentation to watch tonight before I go home for the evening, but my day doesn't stop once I get home. I still have a finance test to study for....Is anyone as jazzed as I am?

Life in So Many Ways!

2006-09-25T09:59:00.000-05:00

For those of you who don't know I was in a wreck last Thur. Short version is it was raining a lot, ALOT, and a guy slammed on his brakes in front of me and I tried to stop also but ended up hydroplanning into the car next to me!!! $4,000 worth of damage to my baby, and I am stuck in a Ford Focus for a week. I HATE Focuses!!!! By the way I am not injured...

In Accounting News: I got a B! An 87!! Not great but hey not bad either. It could have gone a lot worse. I am pretty sure where I missed the points at too. So overall happy with the grade.

Work News: We start training our Christmas hires today. I kind of like training because I can sluff of all of the customers that I don't want onto the newbies. However, I do hate answering the same question over and over again. When 10 people ask you the same question eventually someone on the back end of the question asking process is going to get my really short, I'm tired of answering this and you are all starting to get on my last nerve, answer. Oh well...

Family News: I found out that everyone is supposed to get a formal invite for the Howard and Becky wedding. I will keep you updated as I learn more.

2006-09-20T10:20:00.000-05:00

Okay due to some lovely people I know I have gotten back results of a very indepth background check. It seems that Howard is no more than a low life that hasn't paid his child support.
Other results:
Speeding and Parking Tickets (Most definitely)
Tax Evasion (Maybe)
Axe Murderer (Probably Not)- Not ruling this one out
Con-Artist who preys on the needy (I think we all know the answer to that one!)

Anyway nothing cool, nothing scary, nothing we didn't already know. I guess that is one form of relief.

2006-09-19T19:09:00.000-05:00

Accounting test #1 done. Human resource management test #1 to go. Then I have two more tests next week!!!!

I honestly think that my accounting test went okay. I am not sure how this next test will go...He said that there will be 3 short answer on top of the multiple choice. However his version of short answer includes writing 1 and a half to two pages... I hope there isn't a lot of multiple choice, 'cause it is only a 50 minute class. And he gave us absolutely no clues as to what the short answer questions might be on. I think I am worrying a little too much...I need to relax and convince myself it will all be okay...
"I'm going to flunk."

NEWS!!!

2006-09-15T09:41:00.000-05:00

Okay guys mark your calenders for November 18, 2006!! That is the day that Howard and Becky are tying the knot in a 7 1/2 hour wedding starting in OKC! No one knows the details of the wedding yet. You must RSVP to get instructions and the formal invite. On top of all this anyone who RSVPs won't have to worry about transportation! It will be provided for you.....

2006-09-09T11:46:00.000-05:00

So how nuts is it that it is Sat, and I am off of work, it is 11:40 in the afternoon and I have already went for a jog, had breakfast, checked and responded to emails, and mowed the lawn. I feel extremely productive and I slept in until 8:30!!

2006-09-08T09:21:00.000-05:00

Okay guys what would you rather spend your money on:

1. Nalgene Water Bottle with its own filtration system
2. OU gloves with hand warmers
3. 6pk bottle koozie
4. Sexy pic of me
5. Sexy pic of Al Gore in his seductive "I created the internet" pose

2006-09-06T09:07:00.000-05:00

I bought a shirt yesterday that says, "Live your Life so the Preacher won't have to lie at your funeral!"

Portraits no-more?

2006-09-05T17:58:00.000-05:00

PCA the company that runs the Wal-Mart portrait studios has declared bankruptcy! Actually as they put it the have negotiated with their lenders and come to an agreement about a Chapter 11 restructuring plan. They are so positive about this that they have left a pre-recorded message for all PCA employees to access so that they can learn about the companies plans for the future. It is a very positive message for a not so good outlook. If anyone wants to listen to the recording here is the number. 1-877-208-4046 You'll never feel better about chapter 11!
Enjoy....

This is crazy!

2006-09-01T09:42:00.000-05:00

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

You are Gaius Caesar Germanicus - better known as Caligula!

Third Emperor of Rome and ruler of one of the most powerful empires of all time, your common name means "little boots". Although you only reigned for four years, brief even by Roman standards, you still managed to garner a reputation as a cruel, extravagant and downright insane despot. Your father died in suspicious circumstances, you were not the intended heir, and one of your first acts as Emperor was to force the suicide of your father-in-law. Your sister Drusilla died that same year; faced with allegations that your relationship with her had been incestuous, you responded, bafflingly, by declaring her a god.

You revived a number of unpopular traditions, including auctions of properties left over from public shows. When a senator fell asleep at one such auction, you took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13 gladiators for a vast sum. You attempted to have your horse, Incitatus, made into a consul and hence one of the most powerful figures in Rome. It was granted a marble stable with jewels and a staff of servants. At one point you forced your comrade Macro to kill himself - in much the same vein as your father-in-law - accusing him of being his wife's pimp. You, of course, were having an affair with said wife at the time.

Things went from bad to worse. When supplies of condemned men ran short in the circus, you had innocent spectators dragged into the arena with the lions to fill their place. You claimed mastery of the sea by walking across a three-mile bridge of boats in the Bay of Naples; kissed the necks of your lovers, whispering sweet nothings like "This lovely neck will be chopped as soon as I say so,"; dallied with your sister's lover and made her pull her unborn child out of her womb prematurely. Towards the end of your reign, you had a golden statue of yourself made and dressed each day in the same clothes you yourself wore. When you eventually died, the terrified people of Rome refused to believe that such a cruel reign could ever end, and believed you to be alive for years afterwards.

Woo-Hoo

2006-09-01T09:26:00.000-05:00

OK so the accounting quiz didn't go so well, but my finance quiz, which I thought I probably got a C on, I actually got an A on!!!! Just a little jazzed about that. There were only 12 questions, and I thought I did poorly because I had to guess on a couple of the questions! But I got an A.

On another note...I have been doing kickboxing workouts with a friend of mine on Mon, Wed, and Fri. I don't think that I have lost any weight yet but I feel a little more in shape. Although this week I am really tired and sore. But maybe that is due to the fact that I haven't slept much this week and that I spent two hours working on the lawn yesterday after I got off of work! But on a happier note I can now jog longer than I used to and I can deliver pretty hard kicks to the knees and the chest. Ninjas in the night beware!! :)

2006-08-30T09:29:00.000-05:00

Accounting quiz went okay...Could have been better but I knew it wouldn't be perfect. Now it is time for Finance!!! She calls it a quiz but this one quiz is worth 10% of my grade. To me that sounds more like a test! Pray for me guys!

2006-08-28T09:38:00.000-05:00

I took my quiz in accounting and it kicked my butt...I have no idea what I made on it but I am blessing the fact that the three lowest quizzes of the class will be dropped. Now I just have to make sure that all of them have a higher grade. Unless miraculously I made a perfect score on this one. Which I highly doubt!!!

Other than that classes are going well...

Accounting

2006-08-25T09:54:00.000-05:00

I'm going to have to do a lot of work to catch up in my accounting class. Having several years between acct classes has resulted in much loss of information from my brain. Luckily the teacher seems pretty nice and willing to help out. Today is my first quiz. So I guess I will found out just exactly how much I remember!!

First Day of School

2006-08-22T21:53:00.000-05:00

So my first day of school was yesterday, and I have to admit that it wasn't that bad! I think my accounting class is going to kick my butt, but the other classes sound like they are going to be fun. (Well as fun as a business class can be). My company that I am advising is off to a good start. So far outlook good. Now we will see if I am saying the same by week 8.

2006-08-19T23:12:00.000-05:00

Okay so I have to admit that I am getting a little nervous. School is really only a day and a few hours away, and I am nervous about my new job. It doesn't have anything to do with the students in so much as it has to do with me trying to make the teachers that hired me feel that they made the right decision in picking me. Is that stupid?? I feel goofy admitting to it. Oh well. I will just have to do my best. At least I feel better now that I have written it out. :)

2006-08-18T09:04:00.000-05:00

I spent the summer dwelling in the catastrophic history of the American Indians and now in two days I begin the lovely monotony of accounting and finance with a dash of management. The fun part about this fall though is that I am a consultant for the IBC program. I think it will be pretty fun and it will look really good on my resume!

2006-06-30T08:15:00.000-05:00

Here we are at Central Perk

2006-06-30T07:56:00.000-05:00

So why am I so horrible at keeping up with this thing? I used to write on it a lot. Anyway....Right now I am taking a summer course to cover my non-western culture requirement. Oddly enough I am taking American Indian history.

I did just get through visiting Josephus. We had a great time. Warner Bros. Studios and Universal Studios. We went to the beach and all around had a good time. If I can figure out what is wrong with my hello program I will post some pictures later. We got to sit on the Friends couch in Central Perk! It was awesome!!

I'm still alive!

2006-05-29T11:48:00.000-05:00

I have just been really busy lately! I know I use that excuse everytime I don't post for a while, but it is true! This last semester of school I had a course called IBC that kept me crazy busy. But all good things come to an end and I ended up with two A's and two B's. Yeah me! I will post a couple of pictures of the product that we came up with later. They were really cool OU wall hangings done in two different aluminum designs. We did really well with it. We ended up donating over a $1000 to Camp Cavett. It was a really great experience!

Elementry School

2006-02-21T13:46:00.000-06:00

I spent an hour today sorting construction paper in a kindergarden class. I sat at a very little table with very, very little chairs. I can't imagine my butt ever being small enough to have fit into one of those comfortably!

2006-02-19T08:38:00.000-06:00

It's almost March and Oklahoma is in the middle of an ice storm!! Ya gotta love the unpredictable.

2006-02-14T13:36:00.000-06:00

Isn't that an amazing sky!

2006-02-14T13:34:00.000-06:00

Temple in Japan

Condoms

2006-02-13T10:03:00.000-06:00

A couple of days ago Josephus and I had a conversation on our viewpoints about abstanace being taught in schools as well as contraceptives. We both agreed that both should be taught so that kids know all of the options available. We also both agree that teaching abstinance only is not a well thought out plan, because it is blind of the people who believe this to think that some children will never experiment given the opportunity. Oddly enough when I picked up the school newspaper today there was a condom attached to it and the headline of the paper read: 'Wrap it up' Students argue for comprehensive sexual education. Although it doesn't really address abstinance it does argue for the idea of having sex ed being taught so that more and more people are informed of the effects of unprotected sex. I just found this a little interesting.

By the way I have no idea how I did on the test I just took!!

Tests....Tests....Tests

2006-02-13T07:40:00.000-06:00

I'm about to take my first test of the semester. It's in Marketing.I think I am going to fail!

2006-02-10T14:24:00.000-06:00

You want to know what true insanity is... I am working two jobs, going to school fulltime and now I have to start logging community service hours every week with the group our company chose in IBC! Our choice to give our sweat charity to is Washington Elementry. I think it will be do-able. I just have to manage my time well, and stop sleeping at night. :0) Just Kidding.

IBC

2006-02-09T08:43:00.000-06:00

Intergrated Business Core is the class I am taking this semester in school. It is actually four classes all put together into one program. We start off the year by being seperated into two companies, then we select officers and from there try to create a product. My company has narrowed our product choices down to two. An OU laptop sleeve and an OU wall decour. So far all of this has been pretty easy. However I have to say one of the hardest parts was choosing a group to do community service with and a charity to give any of our profits to. The way this worked is we went into a room in the student union and they had tables set up and as small groups we went to each table and listened to the charities explain who they are and what they do for the community. They were all such good causes that it was really hard to pick! I mean how do you decide whether to give blood, help the homeless, help kids in various capacities and circumstances or work with terminally ill children? Luckily no one person had to make the choice on their own!

2006-02-07T23:08:00.000-06:00

I found today on the edge of a magazine a quote that I really like.

"You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns."-Mark Twain

SuperBowl

2006-02-05T21:16:00.000-06:00

I loved the Bud Light comercials!! I slept in this Sunday and was pretty much lazy all day! Woo-hoo. I haven't done that in a while. Go me. I even ignored my cellphone!

Trips and Friends...

2006-01-31T23:42:00.000-06:00

Wow I haven't posted here in soooooo very long! So as many of you may or may not know I went to Japan last week and met up with a good friend. I had an absolute blast! The people were friendly and the sights were beautiful, even in the snow. I will post a couple of pictures here and look into posting a bunch on a website. I loved Japan. For my first overseas trip I think I picked a good place to go. I had to force myself to spend the money but I won't ever regret it. I visited tons of temples and ate lots of new foods. And yes I went to an Onsen (hot spring) and got naked with everyone else and bathed luxuriously. It was all great! I recomend everyone take a trip at least once in your life to Japan!

2005-11-21T13:00:00.000-06:00

I'm excited this week. Normally when Thanksgiving rolls around I am tired and bummed because of work, but this year I will have several of my really good friends in town and will get to spend some time with them. woo-hoo!!

On a strange note, last night we had a meeting for one of my jobs. Everyone from the studio got together to discuss some issues some of the employees have been having and to clarify some rules and processes that need to happen over the Christmas season. Everything went well until the manager opened the floor for complaints any of the girls might have while knowing full well that two of the girls hate one another. Needless to say it became a pointing fingers and yelling match between several of the girls! At one point I thought I was going to have to intervene in a physical fashion!!! But then oddly the tide of the conversation and mood turned and everyone was laughing together and drinking and having a good time. I found the whole situation a little odd and disturbing but whatever happened we will see if it solved any of the problems we have been having or will just create more. Wish me luck!

jobs

2005-11-16T12:59:00.000-06:00

So for all of you out there who don't know yet I now have a new job!! So now I have two jobs and school. I know, I know....I'm insane. But is a person really insane if they agree and know that they are?? Anyway I do get to set my own schedule with this company. And I guess I can stop being vague. I have a job with Primerica doing financial analysis. I basically set up a financial needs plan for people to help them get out of debt and start investing money so that when the time comes to retire there will be money there for them! I get to help people and get paid well for doing it. What could be better? Except maybe just being filthy rich and only working 'cause I want to. But that won't happen for me for a few years yet. You know when I finally meet Mr. Right who is stinking rich and all we do is travel around the world basking in our financial freedom to do so. There's no harm in dreaming!!

2005-11-02T05:14:00.000-06:00

Wow I haven't written in here in almost a month. What's wrong with me?!?!? Well about a month ago I had a friend move in with me and she will be here till December. I had to make room for her, so I tore apart my room and repainted and redecorated it. This is something that I have wanted to do for a while and finally have given myself the excuse to do it, So that took up a good chunk of my time the last week of September. Then my friend moved in and I have been tring to juggle having someone else in the house with school and work and everything else. So I have stayed busy. Tonight I was up finishing a paper for a midterm and thought that I might as well sit and catch everyone up.

Nothing much has really been going on except the usual grind of everyday life. Although I had another friend come and visit me from Japan who I hadn't seen in eight years. I really had a lot of fun while she was in town and I am hoping to make a trip to see her in Jan. This Halloween I had to dress up twice. Once was for a Fall Festival I was doing and I was dressed as a clown. The second time was for Halloween day at work. I just used the same scarecrow costume that I wore last year. I know boring but it was a really cute costume. Anyway now that it is almost 5:30 in the morning I should probably try to catch a few z's before I have to put in another full day of work and school. Hope everyone else out there in cyber world is doing well. God Bless!

Nemo found

2005-09-21T11:23:00.000-05:00

So Sunday for two hours I felt like a kid again. I sat in the auditorium with my disney inspired snowcone clutched in my hands and watched the program bloom before my eyes. I have to say that I did enjoy the show, although at times I did think to myself that perhaps I was a little too old for all of this. But what harm is there in being a kid every once in a while!? None I say. So I sat and watched as Nemo was lost on the ice rink and then refound. I would post pictures but they didn't come out well. Oh well I guess you will have to go and experience it for yourselves.

Crash

2005-09-12T09:46:00.000-05:00

I watched the movie Crash this weekend and I have to say that I thought it was really good. Definitly a movie I would like to add to my collection. I think everyone should watch it and take a moment to contimplate their own lives and think about their own reactions to different people and ponder the reasons why we treat people the way that we do!

Katrina

2005-09-08T01:24:00.000-05:00

Okay I have to put in my two cents about this. I think our government has handled this whole thing horribly and I hope they have someone who can answer for it. People are dead that could have been helped! This will go down as one of the more awful and more fumbling moments in American history.

2005-09-06T14:53:00.000-05:00

Today I was sitting on the bus on my way to school and there was a guy sitting in front of me. He had a clean cut look about him and he had just shaved. He had a short hair cut, and it even looked liked he shaved some of the hairs off the back of his neck. This was all great and good. However, I think someone should suggest that he shave his back also. Now I know we all know what really hairy chested men look like. You know the type that their hair sticks out of the top of their shirt especially when it is unbuttoned a little ways. Well reverse that and think of that same type of overflowing hair coming out of the back of someones collar. I have to say it grossed me out just a little, and I wanted to lean over and tell him that he should try to tuck the hair cause it was beginning to try and make a run for it over his collar. I'm not sure as a guy that I could handle back hair!

2005-09-01T21:45:00.000-05:00

I just bought tickets to Nemo on ice. Am I crazy?????

Anniversaries

2005-09-01T21:38:00.000-05:00

I just realised today that I have been writing on this blog for a year! Wow...
Anyway Dr.Ah will be in my area this weekend and I am muy excited. I haven't seen him in about a year. I miss having all of my good friends within driving distance. It will be really nice to see him again.

The fair is coming up this month too. As well as another good friend coming to visit for an extended period. This is going to be a busy month. Thankfully in a very good way!

God is in the little things

2005-08-23T16:09:00.000-05:00

So today I have had a strange day! I woke up late, which for me is not a usual thing. So I was running late to class. I ran around like crazy at home to try and make it to class on time. While running out the door I said a small prayer to God along the lines of, "God help me to make it to class safely without being really late. Just watch over me please."

By the end of that small prayer I was in my car and off to school. Well I was nervous about making to my first day of this class on time (I hate being late.) and wasn't paying attention to my speed until a cop drove by. I looked down and I was doing 60 in a 50, but he ignored me. I thought thank you lord. Then I got to campus with ten minutes to spare and decided to risk parking in the permit required area instead of taking the bus. I got lucky and this guy was pulling out just as I was pulling in, so I didn't have to search for a spot. And the parking lot was full.

I get out of the car and in my rush to leave I had lost my one and only pen. Now with 8 minutes to go I just decide to walk to class and if I need one maybe someone will let me borrow one. Then I spot the parking cop and she is writing tickets left and right, so I just accept the fact that I will have a ticket. Just as I get through thinking that I spot a pen on the sidewalk with nothing wrong with it and there are no other students around the area. So now I have a pen. I finish my walk and make it to class with 5 minutes to spare. Class goes well and I do end up taking notes. Thank you God for the pen. But now I know that between my two classes I have to buy 9 books. Ugh...That's got to be $300 for sure. So I go to the bookstore pick out my books and dred everytime I here the ding of the register. However to my suprise I only spent $150. THANK You God!

Well now it is time to head back to the car. And there it is like I thought it would be. A bright yellow envelope on my windsheild. I hope to myself it is no more than $25. So I open it and to my suprise it is only a warning. THANK YOU GOD! This is evidence at least to me that the Lord is always present and does listen to all our prayers. Thank You God for all that you do!

2005-08-23T16:07:00.000-05:00

I started school yesterday, and if I don't get into the business classes I want I will be taking only 6 hours. But they are classes that sound interesting! Anglo-Saxon Lit and religion and violence.

Frustrations

2005-08-19T16:07:00.000-05:00

So I had to take a test so that I could be accepted into the degree program at OU. Everything went well with that and I got my email just a couple of days ago saying that I had meet their standards and I was in. This of course made me happy. Then I went to enroll into my upper division courses and low and behold they are all full. Ugh! So I contacted one of the professors of these classes.(There are four of them that have to be taken all together at the same time!) He tells me that it won't do any good to just show up and try to get in to the classes that I need to put myself on the waiting list and just see if a student drops out. Blah! Why can't anything be easy with this college?

2005-08-16T12:11:00.000-05:00

This is the same sunrise with my friends sitting on the beach.

2005-08-16T12:10:00.000-05:00

This is what sunrise on the beach looked like from the hotel I stayed at in Miami.

Time

2005-08-16T11:39:00.000-05:00

Wow I haven't written in forever! Sorry guys. I keep saying that I will write more and all that happens is I write less. Time just flies.
Okay so once again I am going to give an update and catch everyone up. I just recently took a trip to Miami to visit Josephus with my sister and a friend of mine, and once there another friend of mine showed up to suprise all of us. It was a really great trip and I will post a pic soon. I didn't want to come home! We enjoyed the beach and went to a resturant called Tavern Opa where we danced on the tables with belly dancers. I can't wait to go back!
School is starting soon and I just got through taking a test to get into the business degree program at OU. Hopefully I will know sometime today or tomorrow if I have been accepted.
My little sister just broke up with her boyfriend of a year and a half. She is upset but is dealing well with it. I think she has past the depressed state and is in the anger and bitterness stage.
My other sister works at a bank that was just recently robbed. No one was hurt but the next day she was a little leary about going back to work. I think that has passed.
My cousin Gayle is still living with us and my friend Lynn is moving in with us for about 3 months. Yes, that means that there will be 6 people living in my house. Hehe Should be interesting.
Everyone out there pray for me!

2005-07-12T13:00:00.000-05:00

So I tell myself that I need to write more often and what happens I inevitably write less. Well I had a good 4th of July and I hope everyone else did as well. I have been working a lot lately but that is okay, 'cause I need the money for my vacation in Aug. I am so looking forward to my vacation. Can't wait! Can't wait! But I must return now to the real world where a mountain of evil laundry awaits me. UGH!

Gods and Goddesses

2005-06-27T01:01:00.000-05:00

So I just took a test that tells me what Greek goddess I would be. The link was on Josephus's blog.
http://josephus7.blogspot.com/
I took the test for gods and goddesses. As a goddess I turned out to be Athena. As a god I would be Ares. Scary!!

2005-06-20T11:39:00.000-05:00

If anyone needs a personal trainer this is the woman to talk to!!!! Yes not only does she look this good but she can also help you to look this good!

2005-06-20T11:37:00.000-05:00

GGGRRRRRRRRRR.......

2005-06-20T11:35:00.001-05:00

Here's a pic of the competition she had to face.

2005-06-20T11:35:00.000-05:00

Her she is looking sexy and buff!

2005-06-20T11:19:00.000-05:00

I'm back from the bodybuilding contest and my friend Paulie placed second. The people running the show messed up the weight classes, because they put her in heavy weight and she is only a middle weight, however she looked good enough that she placed second in heavy weight!

I had a lot of fun this weekend. We spent the majority of the weekend in Longview just chilling around the hotel and exploring the area there. On the way home we stopped in Dallas and went to the Hard Rock Cafe, then made a second stop in Gainesville at the outlet mall there. All in all it was a great trip and as all great trips go I am a little sad that it is over.

Bodybuilding

2005-06-17T20:44:00.000-05:00

Right now I am in Longview, Texas where I am here to support my friend in a bodybuilding contest. You know even thought this is a college town there is nothing to do here!! But my friend looks really buff and I am sure she will do great tomorrow. Besides all that I get a weekend off to just enjoy doing nothing! I will give everyone an update when I get home.

Obsession

2005-06-14T12:03:00.000-05:00

The building of energy. The centering of it as I raise my hand and light leaps forth. Then a flash once then twice of neon light then constant movement just on the edge of vision as I feel the energy build and push forth from me. My enemies kneeling in awe or fear in the wake of my power as it glows around me. Waiting for the next release, the joy of holding it and then the release again of blinding light, my enemies falling or fleeing before me.
So I have become obsessed with the Star Wars Sith Lords game. It has taken selfishly all of my free time. So yes I am still alive and doing fine. Just so no one calls missing persons.

2005-05-23T15:36:00.000-05:00

This is the third picture that I did in art class!

Am I Normal?

2005-05-20T11:25:00.000-05:00

You Are 60% Normal

(Really Normal)

Otherwise known as the normal amount of normal

You're like most people most of the time

But you've got those quirks that make you endearing

You're unique, yes... but not frighteningly so!

How Normal Are You?

2005-05-20T11:01:00.000-05:00

Speaking of paintings this is the second painting I did in my art class. My scanner isn't very large so all the painting is not there however most of it is.

Update

2005-05-20T10:50:00.000-05:00

This past week I took a small vacation to see Josephus. I had a great time and we ate at a wonderful restaurant called Tu Tu Tango. Their entire motif is for the starving artist. Inside were various artwork and at the time we were their there were two people painting. It was very cool, and to make things better it was really great food as well! While I was there we also spent two very nice days at the beach enjoying the sun and the sand. The ocean was a little rough but the pool and the hot tub at the Trump Hotel were great! I got to meet some interesting people while I was there and also got to know some people better. So all in all a very nice trip.

NARNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-05-09T18:51:00.000-05:00

Dec. 9th the Chronicles of Narnia come out. Here's a link. The trailer for it was cool. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/lb_main.html

2005-05-03T15:30:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of the crazy things people were searching for when my blog was recommended.

"Shania's songs suck" from altavesta search in which my blog was the only result
"Lucy Lawless"-porn. Once again my website was recommended. However I have no Lucy porn. sorry guys!

Painting

2005-05-03T15:20:00.000-05:00

IT'S DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! I have finished painting my house. I'm so excited. My classes are also coming to an end this week. All I have left is finals week. Hurray!!!

TV Movies

2005-04-27T12:03:00.000-05:00

I am a huge Lucy Lawless fan and much to my surprise and excitement she was in a made for TV movie this past Sunday. So me being the fan that I am made sure I sat down and watched it. Unfortunately I watched the whole thing. It was the worst made for TV movie that I have ever seen. I don't know if they were trying to make a parody of locusts attacking the United States but I laughed at it like they were. Ugh!

2005-04-19T13:30:00.000-05:00

This is a monoprint that I did in art class a couple of weeks ago. It's where ink is spread on a clear plastic piece and using the reductive process you design a picture. Then it is taken and pressed through a printing press and this is what you get. It's called a monoprint because you can only print it once and it's nearly impossible to reproduce it. On this one I used Q-tips and a credit card to take away the the ink and then I used watercolors to add color to it.

2005-04-16T11:58:00.000-05:00

Josephus and I had a complete roll reversal yesterday. I stayed home and mowed lawns and weeded and hedged, while he went to get his hair cut and go to a ball.

Events

2005-04-15T10:20:00.000-05:00

I keep telling myself that I need to post more often but I never seem to make the time to. Well just a brief over view of my life at present: I took another test in my Roman Forum class and I was really scared about the results because it was a very, very hard test but I made an 88. I would have preferred an A but I will take the B. We have also started painting in my art class. I'm really enjoying that and here soon I will post a picture of one of my monoprints I did in class.

So far everything with my family has been frightenly okay and quiet. I'm sure something will explode soon. Although everything may have been staved off by the birth of my new baby cousin, Rachael. New babies seem to calm everyone at least for a few days.

Oh and I have been hooked into Alias. I started watching the fourth season and decided I liked it enough to rent the first season. I really like the show and am planning on renting the other two seasons! Ugh. I need a life! :o)

Death by Train

2005-04-08T11:12:00.000-05:00

I read in the school newspaper that an OU ruf-nek tried to outrun a train on Sunday and lost. It's crazy. And the witness was a cop who was parked by the duck pond. He said something along the lines of seeing the guy slow down at first and then take off like he was trying to beat the train. If you want to read the article here is the link. http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/07/4255284dca76b?in_archive=1

2005-04-04T11:37:00.000-05:00

I went to the Medieval Fair Sunday and this is a picture fo face paint my sister had done. We had a really good time. I love going and looking at the swords, and of course as a must I bought some homemade root beer and had a turkey leg. There's nothing like tearing meat of the bone with your teeth and having a bottle of root beer in your hand to set you in the character of medieval times!

Temporal Vortex

2005-03-31T10:35:00.000-06:00

Ever have those moments in life where no matter what you do you just can't be on time? This morning it seemed that no matter what I did or how fast I tried to move time just flittered along without me. I was stuck in a temporal vortex were no matter how fast I drove or walked I just couldn't be any faster than time moving around me. Maybe I just need more sleep.

Easter and Thoughts

2005-03-30T17:29:00.000-06:00

I know I know...I haven't posted in like forever! Sorry. Happy belated Easter to all my wonderful friends. I'm so thankful that God gave his son to us and that with his death and resurrection I will have eternal life. It is sometimes hard to imagine how God could possibly look at such retched creatures and still have such immense love for us. I find it amazing!

Not Easter weekend but the weekend before, I went on a journey with a friend of mine to a place he constantly refers to as Hell. We went to visit his younger sister, who lives with their grandmother as my friend also did before he turned 18. His sister is thirteen and is what you would call sheltered. However, she is sheltered from what is good and exposed to what many of us consider the worst in life. Maybe not really sheltered but neglected. She knows little of love except what she receives from her brother, and she has little in the way of possessions. The area she lives in and the surrounding community are poor and rundown. To give you an idea of the life she is used to: She asked me upon arrival and entering my house if I were rich. Many of you have seen my house and know different. But this statement gave me pause. Maybe I am.

Everything that I experienced with this young one gave me pause. It brought to mind how much God has given me, and how much hope one small drop of love can give a person,just to simply live day to day.

Birthdays

2005-03-18T23:50:00.000-06:00

Yesterday was my birthday and I have to say it was a nice one. It was a simple day. I went out to eat with my two sisters and my mother to Outback and had a great steak, while my mom flirted with the waiter trying to get my sister Cindy to ask for his number. i went to the mall and played in the arcade for an hour and a half. Then went to blockbuster and rented movies and games for everyone to play at my house. I had friends over and had cake and ice cream, however they couldn't find the candles they had bought for my cake so instead they lit a little zero candle. All in all it was nice. No complaints!

Xena

2005-03-14T21:54:00.000-06:00

I watched an episode of Xena today and realized how muc I really miss the show. Yeah sure it was a little goofy and the acting was corny at times, but I really enjoyed the show. I miss that feeling of excitment I would get knowing that a new episode was coming on.

2005-03-10T12:04:00.000-06:00

Today at OU the Sower statue at the entrance of the South Oval was wearing a very large and very visible jock strap!

2005-03-01T12:57:00.000-06:00

I made a 95 on my test in my Roman Forum class. yyyyeeeeaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

2005-02-25T09:22:00.000-06:00

This is what I came up with.

2005-02-25T09:16:00.000-06:00

This is the picture I had to draw for art class this past week. It is Albrecht Durer's "Saint Jerome."

2005-02-25T08:54:00.000-06:00

My blog is doing something funny and I can't seem to fix it without changing the style completely!AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

2005-02-25T08:49:00.000-06:00

For those of you who really know me, also know that I am a Vampire. I only normally require a few hours sleep and I am up and ready to go again. I even go through stretches of insomnia. Five to six hours is a normal nights sleep for me. However for the past two days I haven't been able to get enough. I have slept 8 to 9 hours the past couple of days and Thur I even took a nap. An hour and a half nap!!

2005-02-22T16:15:00.001-06:00

2005-02-22T16:15:00.000-06:00

This is the South American Mask I picked to draw.

Art Museum

2005-02-22T15:43:00.000-06:00

Last Thursday in my art class we went to the newly remodeled Art Museum and had class there. Our assignment was to pick a painting to draw and then draw either a mask or a sculpture. Which I picked a mask to draw and a painting of an Indian. I will post those after this entry. But I did really enjoy the museum and would recomend that anyone who is in the area to go see it. There were a couple of school groups there but they were older kids and so I had a very enjoyable time wandering and just sitting and enjoying the artwork. A couple of the kids saw what I was drawing and really liked them. I also overheard them asking their teacher if they could also sit around draw whenever they were in college. I had a good giggle.

2005-02-18T21:18:00.000-06:00

I'm bummed. I was supposed to see Josephus this weekend. But I am home and it is cold and raining.

Last weekend

2005-02-18T21:00:00.000-06:00

I went last weekend to see Phantom of the Opera. My favortie musical having been made into a movie was a must see! You see I Love music. I always have!My affection for it grew ever deeper through the passing years by my experience with it in Jr. High and High School. It is a medium that has always been able to elicit emotions deep within me both high and low. It wakes emotions in me that so many things in life rarely do. I am sure that is why I took it so personally, when one of my friends, who went to see the movie with me, proceeded to exclaim his dismay for the movie completely. I for one thought that it was not a bad movie. But I found it annoying that after his self proclaimed hate for musicals was voiced the day before, that he felt the need to come with us. I said as much to him. As we walked back to our cars and he was voicing how he thought the movie was on the level of a bad Disney movie, I said disdainly in a monotoned voice, "You knew you didn't like musicals. You didn't have to come." Needless to say that one statement pretty much finished any conversation for the rest of the night. Most of the time I concede that no matter what my feelings, people are not the same and are intitled to what they think. Sometimes it is even fun to sit and probe the whys and wherefores of those feelings. But why would you subject yourself to something you hate and then turn around and try to make everyone else feel like you. That I think is what I find annoying.

2005-02-11T00:34:00.000-06:00

I was flipping through channels and came to CMT (Country Music TV). Well I stopped and was about to hit the channel changer when as strange sight caught my eyes. I had obviously entered into the middle of a music video where a handicap girl was being slapped by her father who then locked her in a room and fled with a bunch of other rednecks in a truck. They approached a trailer house brandishing flaming cocktails and were soon followed by the girl in the wheelchair. Obviously this girl possesses uncanny abilities to unlock locked doors and to speedly catch up to men in trucks. Anyway she gets upset seeing her boiyfriends trailer being torched when out of nowhere a midget on a motorcycle shows up, embraces her, picks her up (Uncanny strength), and puts her into the side car on the motorcycle and they drive off into the sunset. Needless to say I sat stupified wondering if I had just watched a spoof, when the next thing I see is the song title and artist. John Mellancamp "Walking Tall". Maybe it will be better and less side show like if I watch it from the beginning?

2005-02-09T01:11:00.000-06:00

In art class today we went to the Lightwell art display. This is where students display their art and even sell it. I thought to myself if I would ever reach a point when I liked my art enough to have someone buy it. Maybe it is not liking my art so much as being comfortable with it. Hhhhmmm.....

2005-02-07T12:01:00.000-06:00

Lucy Lawless is in Boogyman. This is the website with a pic of her. http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/boogeyman/spinvision/boogeyman_home.html

Inquiring Minds

2005-02-07T11:04:00.000-06:00

After my manager's expressive letting of secrets and worries, she didn't say anything more about it. Before she had left that day she told me she was going to take a pregnancy test. So I waited agonizingly for four days before I just rudely asked if she was pregnant. She responds, "Oh I forgot about that. No I am not pregnant. I still haven't started my period yet but I took two tests and they both were negative." I was a little stunned that this type of situation went from extremely explosive to forgetful. Maybe in extreme relief she decided it wasn't important. Perhaps though this extends from her wreck she experienced while on her way to her senior prom. She suffered from a severe concusion along with many other things but this caused her to lose some of her high school memories. Then she informed me that she had hit her head twice on the light at work that day. So I thought to myself. Maybe she just has brain damage!

2005-02-01T21:44:00.000-06:00

Best Quote of the Day:
"If you were in my circus: I would have you wiping the elephant butts with a wet one."