Mallory's MindSay Blog

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verraten — 2004-01-29T04:01:00-05:00

well, this is my first entry at mindsay, but it is not my first journal. I had one at aol, but i had to switch servers. this journal is so much easier to understand and edit than blurty or blogger. that's good. anyways, just wanted something to write in here.

friday's here!!

verraten — 2004-01-31T03:01:00-05:00

finally. friday. 1 of my 3 favorite days of the week. and then again it's rated #3. so tomorrow i have my columbia university interview. i hope i do ok. i'm trying not to think too much about it. then at 8:oo i get to go to sharon's house for a reading of kill phil, phillip's creation of a mixture of kill bill and matrix. my character is yoyo, a crazy yoyo killer based on gogo yubari. i still have to learn a few more tricks in order to look cool :) haha. this is so exciting because i've never been in a movie before. i hope i do well. then on sunday i have a harvard college interview. both interviews are in the morning. bah. so stressful. i really want to get into columbia. harvard i don't care that much about. i only did the application because my dad told me to and it was the common app. bah...

this weekend

verraten — 2004-02-02T10:02:00-05:00

saturday morning i had a columbia university interview. i think it went alright. then i went to a stupid movie- i don't even remember the name- oh yeah, um lost in translation. be warned- never see that movie! the golden globes have no idea what they're talking about. no idea. that's 2 hours of my life i'll never get back. bah. then i went to sharon's house in the snowy weather (scary) to read over phillip's script. it was fun. sunday i had piano lessons and my brother and i went to yoyo club. that was fun also. i like yoyoing. i used to not like it b/c michael would do it while i was watching tv and doing my hw. but now it's better b/c i know how fun it is.

haha matchmaker funny

verraten — 2004-02-03T08:02:00-05:00

so i paid $2 for this matchmaker thing my school is doing. it's funny.
here's my same grade match list:
morgan anderson
jordan mcconnell
koby chapman (funny stuff)
justin sewald
nick berry (haha)
victor golden
kiran narapareddy (haha)
dustin powers
pri kahlon
greg farris
sam lees
max wunderlich
fitsum hailu
antonio tellthemall
andrew eppler
jason morrison

most compatible friends:
laina mowry (did NOT expect that. AT ALL)
krastina petrova
jeanne doyle
andrea dreskin
hannah chazin
reina fernandez

"mystery match"
marek c r (wonder who???)
evan p m (see above)

i don't know who all the other people in the other grades are. i have no idea who my opposite matches are. beh. some of the matches are funny. yelena and geoff mitchell? ha! geoff as so funny today about his match thing. funny...
art club was... eh as usual. michelle complaining about stuff, stressing out. colin and me, just sitting there making weird comments under our breath. haha. got some cookies though. pretty good. mmm, cookies.
math test tomorrow. differential equations. pretty easy, i just have to remember the strageties we used. he said it probably wouldn't take the whole period. good. i have an f in that class. boo statistics. at least i didn't get the lowest grade in that class. i think i have the highest f. woohoo! eh, nothing to be proud of lol. better go study.

talent show blues

verraten — 2004-02-04T05:02:00-05:00

so i tried out for the freakin' talent show at school. i tried playing this piano piece i learned 3 years ago but haven't played in a while. i sucked ass. the piano was weird and totally out of tune. even then, i still sucked ass. fuck i was bad. michael, of course, did yoyos. he, of course, got total applause and praise. b/c yoys are unique. anybody can play the piano. fuckin' hell i have no talent. and no, i am not fishing for compliments. i know people like that, and i don't wanna be that. bah. bad day.
i hate snow. i couldn't drive today. it's cold. i can't type very well. bah humbug on it all.
more stuff happened but i don't feel like typing it. it's mean.
bad freakin' day.

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verraten — 2004-02-06T05:02:00-05:00

hm, so friday again. i have 2 college interviews tomorrow: princeton and harvard, one right after the other. princeton's interview is at the starbucks in cherry creek. that's cool. the harvard one is at the guy's office. hopefully i do well, but i don't think i'll get into either school anyway. william did early decision (action?) and got deferred. and he is so much smarter than i am. i'm doomed. at least i got into some colleges: CU and CSU. so i'm going somewhere. let's see, today was also a bad day. we were late going to school. it annoys me when we're late b/c i have this really bad parking spot. nikki and jeanne say it's good but it sucks. it's far away from the school and it's right by the parking lot entrance/exit so if i'm late and there's lots of cars it's hard to park. and adjust if it doesn't work. i don't park very well. and today was all snowy. again. and when i was driving down 12th, this guy passes his stop sign (i didn't have one). i had to slam on my brakes. good thing i have abs. and then, there was nothing on the radio except that stupid hey ya song. shudder, i do not like that song. and laina was being extra annoying today. oh- bad story! during the diffeq math test a couple days ago (which i didn't like even though we were supposed to) i had to change seats so that we would be all spread out and wouldn't cheat :P whatever. anyways, i put my scrap pieces of paper on the desk behind me and then i get my pencil and calculator. while i'm doing that, my paper falls on the chair and so i sit down, looking for my paper kinda frantically b/c the test is about to start. i realize that i'm sitting on my paper and so does laina (unfortunately) and so as i'm grabbing for the paper, she thinks that it would be nice of her to help me out and grab the paper that i'm sitting on. something wrong with the picture? YES!!!!! her hands are too fucking close to my ass for comfort. hello!! you don't put your hands near the ass of someone who doesn't even like you as a friend! that pissed me off. totally disgusting. bah. sometimes i think that people should just shut up. everyday in math, i feel like just yelling out hey people! shut the fuck up! hm, i guess i feel that way in other situations too. lots of other situations. silence is golden people! jeez. just shut up! aaaarrrggghhh!!! that wasn't really all that satisfying, but i'm in a library so i can't yell in frustration at the top of my lungs. oh the saro rave was also at lunch today. i think that was the best part of today. the music was loud and we had the strobe lights going. it was awesome. colin b had a fog machine and turned it on. after 15 seconds the fire alarm went off. colin said the fog machine overheated. the we went back for 15 more minutes of awesome spazmic dancing. then the fire alarm went off again. not the rave's fault this time. but the rave was awesome. it would have been cooler if we did it at someone's house for a longer period of time. oh well. it was fun while it lasted.

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verraten — 2004-02-08T09:02:00-05:00

interviews went ok. harvard one took forever- an hour and a half. well, the guy's a psychiatrist and from harvard- need i say more? went to yoyo club today. that was fun. got to learn a new trick, but sadly not one that i think'll fit in the movie. still cool though. let's see, what else did i do this weekend. pretty much just sat around on my ass all day. nothing good on tv except tonight- simpsons and malcolm in the middle. watched a little of that toddtv thing- not that great. did my english journals. as usual- didn't do my history. whatever. i think i still have some math to do. oh and i did some world lit stuff. i dunno. i think i did alright on them the first time. nothing major to fix. well, i think that's it.

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verraten — 2004-02-09T09:02:00-05:00

got our chem test back. i got a good grade, but that was to be expected since SHE GAVE US THE TEST BEFOREHAND. math was a bitch again. didn't do my hw and i don't think i will tonight either. history, ms. guggy was back. it was pretty much a workday though. english was so funny. i like that class now because i sit with funny people this semester. haha today geoff was telling us about something funny on some family guy episode and laina was like what? what? like she always is and geoff looks at me and says quietly "go away." that was funny. jazz band was, as usual, one of the funnest classes of the day. ms. shaw had us go to some stupid tennis meeting out in littleton at 5. i hitched a ride with andrea. i drove to her house and then she drove us there. i almost missed her because i was late and this stupid lady was driving 20 mph on colorado. stupid. i was yelling at her until she turned onto some street. thank goodness. then i realized that i was almost out of gas and could probably go 10 more miles after i got to andrea's house. she said she would lend me some money after the meeting because i was stupid and had no money. so we went to the meeting at game set match- apparently the farthest tennis store ms. shaw could find while still being in "denver." goodness she's crazy. anyways, i went to the meeting for no reason- i didn't buy anything and the only handout i got was the freakin' ladder- which i could've gotten at any other time. yeah so andrea drove us back to her house, gave me $5 for gas money and directed me towards the gas station- and right into a huge sand pile blocking my way on the other street. i drove around for maybe 5 more minutes trying to find my way around the stupid construction and finally turned a left onto university. damn it all. bought $4.92 worth of gas because we pump before we pay- quite stupid really. and drove home. finally. bah. i'm tired and i haven't done any hw at all. and we have a cham lab tomorrow. damn it all. got to watch parts of the mummy 2 though. i like those movies.

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verraten — 2004-02-12T07:02:00-05:00

so we had a chem lab today. it was supposed to smell like bananas, but it didn't. it was strong and stinky. my lab partners were phillip and drew. kinda. drew doesn't usually do much. phillip came in at lunch to finish it b/c i had stuff to do. i made a pathetic attempt to help by coming in at the end and cleaning materials. and getting the stopper! don't forget that...yeah actually i didn't help there. i brought 2 stoppers that didn't fit and then he had to come with the flask to see which one would fit. bah. math test tomorrow. got the LAST math portfolio problem. yay!! except i don't really understand what the heck we're supposed to do. i thought it was gonna be cool b/c it's about pred/pray relationships (michael crichton anyone? anyone?), but it's really not that simple. i'll read it over later. history was alright. we have hw, but it's not that hard. pretty much a workday tomorrow. in english drew got mad at geoff, geoff lost his temper. we watched a faulkner film. it was ok. really makes you appreciate color. jazz band was cool. at the end, we got to see some of "shaolin soccer" that mr. arichea had. he just skipped to the cool parts. what i saw was awesome. it was in chinese, therefore, i didn't what they were saying (even thought i'm half), but still awesome. it had some nice scenes. after school, i filled up on gas and went to taco bell. yum. bean and cheesy burrito with no tomatoes or onions. uuuunnngghhhh (mouth hanging open and gazing into the distance looking for long lost burrito). got home, played some diablo ii, watched tv. still haven't gotten to opening the backpack. should probably do that now.

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verraten — 2004-02-13T06:02:00-05:00

hm, so i'm at the national jewish library. we have monday and tuesday off, but we have soo much hw to do. 2 essays in english (actually we just have to edit them, but it's still important b/c it goes to the ibo for our diploma), history essay (i haven't even started), math portfolio, reading the damn english book (i like it kinda, but it just seems to take forever to go from one page to the next), and 2 chem lab reports bah! i might just have to cancel the children's museum thing tomorrow. i think i will. damn you hw, damn you. so tired. oh, the math test was today. it was alright. i at least had an answer on all of them... a couple of them were so easy though. heh heh. yay!
i agreed to let rachel and people take over my house some friday to cook something for lucas b/c they owe him bigtime and he won't let them pay him back. that's funny. funny people. oh well. it'll be fun. i think. i get to test my cooking skills by helping out rachel in the kitchen.
yeah. good times.

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verraten — 2004-02-22T02:02:00-05:00

so today is sunday. last night we went to sharon's house to read the new version of the script. that was fun. i had to leave at 10:45 b/c my mom wanted me home by 11. krastina and rachel left a little earlier than i did. sharon, will, phillip, and greg played poker with jolly ranchers. on friday, rachel, phillip, will, sammie, and sharon came over to cook for lucas. lucas ended up helping rachel make his own dinner. that was fun. we didn't have time for the movies b/c cooking took so long and will had to be home by midnight and he was some people's ride. today i woke up at 11:30 and ate lunch- scrambles eggs and a pear. i like pears. then i ttok out the trash and took a shower. then i went downstairs and told myself that i was gonna start doing my chem labs. haha. i'm still here. with the chem lab on the screen, but behind my internet window. it's been there for a while now. i haven't done anything to it. so bored. i wanna go out somewhere. bah, should probably start my chem hw.

attempted poetry

verraten — 2004-02-22T06:02:00-05:00

Desired Destination 9-22-03

The land I want to reach lies across the Styx.
I pay the Ferryman useless currency to bring me across,
A crow upon his shoulder.
When I land, I see a man headed for the same place.
He turned and I didn't care that a skull was his face;
I liked him already.
I see a black and white desolate area, no gray.
Blood red poppies line the path to my destination.
A turned metal crescent sits atop a tower wall,
Glistens, sparkles, it's so tall.
Millions and billions must live there I think,
As I walk intending to join them.
A ragged cloth hangs limply halfway up a long stick.
Cypress trees surround the tower,
My Valhalla.

Forced Marriage 9-21-03

Tears stain my black and white keys.
Finger slip as they strike wrong notes.
Ovals and lines blend together in one blurry mess.
Voices I hear over my morbid, faulty playing,
Over my my sobs, his sobs behind me.
They are louder, turn into yells, constant screams of
Pain and anguish, hatred bleeds through these words.
Sadness overcomes me as the uncontrollable urge to cry takes over.
My 19th Night-Piece slows, stops. My fingers fail me.

Ha 9-14-03

Their faces fake.
Friends we call them.
Phonies I call them.
"Trust no one," he says.
Depend on no one, I add.
Friends they call them.
Strangers I call them.

Lies 8-29-03

Portrait of a family.
When no one's looking changes.
When a person looks upon it
Sees such happy faces.
One hugging another,
Perceives him with such admiration.
And when that person leaves,
The portrait slowly morphs
To such an evil alteration.
And instead of admiration,
Perceives him with such irritation.
An onlooker looks,
Portrait pretends.

Insomnia 8-13-03

Melting timekeepers.
Smiles turn to smirks,
Tease me from a world I cannot enter.
Fingers work to push,
Prevent me.
Access denied.

[i obviously couldn't sleep that night]

Lather, Rinse, Repeat 7-27-03

Silver ice skate glides smoothly across a desert dune.
Crimson silk scarves slip quietly from deep canyons.
Turn to molten metal, cool to round, red balls.
Float to the ground, smash to pieces- mercury.
Lather, rinse, repeat.

Death 5-4-02

What I wouldn't give to die.
The world is just a goddamn lie.
Death would finally make me free.
And escape this nightmarish reverie.
Life, you see, is not like pie,
Not for me, I want to die.
People fool themselves to see
Whatever they would like it to be.

[this is the first one that rhymes. i haven't decided if i like it or not yet.]

Stress 3-11-02

I feel
The pressure building,
My insides pushing,
The temperature rising,
My liquids boiling,
The world reddening,
And finally-
My head explodes.

[believe it or not i wasn't actually stressing out when i wrote this.]

A Little Bit Dead 3-10-02

I'm happy. I laugh. I smile.
There are good times. I
Have friends. I'm happy.
On the outside.

On the inside,
It's cold and damp,
Dark and damp.
Emptiness fills it.
Silence echoes off its bare walls.
Because on the inside,
It's just a little bit dead.

[i got the idea from a book title when i was in the library one time. thought it was cool and weird how something could only be a little bit dead...]

Untitled 3-7-03

I counted the time until my death.
Seconds ticked by,
Minutes passed.
???

[i don't know how to finish this one]

Death 3-7-03

My spirit free from anchored body.
No itchy ropes to tie me down.
All knots loosened to set me free.
The wind in my hair and a smile on my face.
This is the only way.

Murder 3-2-02

Blackness...
Blood flowing...
She's dead...
I killed her...
I cry...
Why?

[ok, i don't know who i was angry at here.]

Boredom 3-2-02

There's nothing to do.
Time slows and eventually stops.
I sit here, unnoticed,
Noticing nothing.
Zip.
Zilch.
The room swirls, twirls around me.
Dizzy.
Disgusted.
Suddenly it stops.
Bam.
Boom.
Like that, snap.
Time starts and keeps going.
The bell rings.
Finally free.

The Black Hole 3-2-02

Pitch black, dark, forever.
I see nothing.
I hear nothing.
I feel nothing.
Infinite depth, nothingness.

I am falling.
I feel no fear,
Just falling,
Never ending.
Like a rock,
Plunging forever.

Where am I?

Suicide 2-26-02

Everyday I feel
The sharp blade
Coming ever closer to my beating heart,
The itchy rope
Inching ever tighter around my thin neck,
The skinny finger
Gripping ever closer around the small hook.

Everyday I pretend.
Pretend they're not there.
But they are,
Ever coming,
Ever inching,
Ever gripping.

Everyday I pretend
I'm happy
To my friends,
I smile.
To my family,
I laugh.
But
My smile always fake,
My laugh artificial.
Everyday I pretend
It doesn't hurt.

Everyday, I await
The moment,
The blade will finally pierce my heart,
The rope will finally block my air,
The gun will finally release its lead.
Everyday I await
The day I'll die.

I cherish it.

[uh, in retrospect, i think i could've used words that flow better. yeah, even this sentence didn’t “flow”]

attempted poetry (continued)

verraten — 2004-02-22T06:02:00-05:00

well, below are the poems i have written. it seems like i haven't written in a while, but it's an illusion... an illusion!! i have written some, but i lost maybe 3-4 of them somewhere in my basement- they were on loose pieces of paper. and one of them is in my history book. yeah.

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verraten — 2004-02-27T08:02:00-05:00

yay- friday. tomorrow we're going to have will, phillip, and lucas cook for people. hm, tennis was alright. i get to be emerson's partner! yay! then michael and i went to wendy's drivethru, we came home, i took a shower and then my dad calls and says hey we're going to take this guy who's visiting out for dinner. yay. so we go to kokoro. even more yay. (the sarcasm meter's off the charts! ooh a sarcasm meter, that's real useful. kablooey) but i did see lucas there. working at the cash register. i waved, he waved. very exciting day. then we came home, and here i am. except that i changed into my pj's. i lke pj's. i'm tired. i think i'm gonna veg out in front of the tv after i check my e-mail.

weekend and monday stuff

verraten — 2004-03-01T08:03:00-05:00

the weekend was really fun. saturday, i don't think i did anything until night time. then sharon picked me, shana, and rachel up to go to lucas's house for dinner. it was really good and it was so much better than what we did at my house. the presentation was better at least. we also had seating assignments. we also met hunter. i feel even shorter now. if that's possible. (if andrea was there, it would have been funnier.) we watched um... oh yeah- boondock saints, which was a really awesome movie. i liked it a lot. although sometimes i didn't understand what they were saying cuz of the accent and they were mumbling or something. anyways after that we played dance dance revolution, which i really suck at and will really rocks at. we drank espresso- tastes like regular coffee to me but at least i didn't have to drink as much. then we dropped off shana and went bowling for a couple hours. that was really fun. our lane kept giving us random strikes, mostly phillip. lucas learned a new bowling technique of hitting a pin by bouncing the ball out of the alley. both phillip and i dropped the bowling ball before we were supposed to. and i got a turkey!- the real way. but i still did pretty badly. however, it was so much fun i don't think anyone cared. sharon, will, and rachel were pretty much the good people. phillip got in some cool hits. and so did hunter i think. i wasn't really paying attention to the other team as much. then we went our separate way with the guys going back to lucas's house (i think) and rachel and i went to sharon's house. we stayed up talking for a while then we went to bed. i was really tired by then. at about 8:45 we had to wake up so that sharon could take us home and then pick up her sister. i came home, dad was already gone, mom and michael were sleeping. i went upstairs, got into my comfy, comfy bed and went to sleep until 12:30. went to piano lessons for an hour at 1:30. came home and lolled around the house until 4:00, i did my math homework and then my dad, brother and i went to a nuggets basketball game vs. ny knicks. yay! they won! which was cool. this little girl kept yelling things out like "don't lose this time, it's been 4 in a row already!" which as cute until she started yelling repeatedly, in her high voice, "you can do it!" every single time a nuggets player was shooting a foul ball. i felt like strangling her. rocky was awesome. came home at 10:30, took a shower and went to bed. school was, of course, hell.

ah, mondays

verraten — 2004-03-09T10:03:00-05:00

today was alright. did math hw and english journals during 1st pd. chem we finished the test and had pretty much a free day the rest of the time. dr. more went over some of our labs. math was a bitch. i hate statictics. 4th i did some stuff for ms. gomez. lunch i drove to wizard's chest to look for my cell phone. turns out it was in my backpack the whole time. eh. history we watched a stalin video. it started out interesting then i started falling asleep. english we discussed essays. and band we watched the movie version of the music man. i had that stupid shaboopie song stuck in my head for a while. tennis was ok. i think we were all just not into it today. came home, watched tv. did some chem stuff. not done yet. oh well i have tomorrow. this week is csap week and the juniors and seniors don't have to take it. yay. i'd get more excited about it but i'm just tired. so we have 7:30 to i think 11:30 about off. then we have pds. 1, 2 tomorrow; 3, 4 wednesday; and 6, 8 thursday. yay- i don't have english. tomorrow's cool b/c i don't have a 1st pd but i have to come in for an english essay at 9:30. it's not too bad. i just don't enjoy taking english essays in the first place. anyways, i have to come in at 7:30 cuz my bro takes csap. and i have to print some stuff. bah, i'm going to sleep now.

stuff

verraten — 2004-03-14T08:03:00-05:00

hm, how long has it been since i've written? a while. hm, i'm slacking on this journal thing. like i always do. but i think this is the longest journal i've ever maintained. except for the black book. not that kind of black book, by the way. get outta the gutter lol. it was my poetry book. it was the longest by time, not number of entries, i think. anyways, last week was csap week. we got the mornings off tuesday-thursday. except if we had practice exams or review sessions. i had an english essay on tuesday and a chem test on wednesday. i wasted a lot of gas those 3 days, i was so bored. even though i coulda been doing hw... we all know that never happens. doing hw when it's not due the next day. that only happens with math porfolios. sometimes haha. damn that last one. i think i got an f. maaaybe a d. i hate that class. sometimes. i hate statistics. all the time. so saturday i did pretty much nothing. piano lesson and, brace yourselves people, i actually did some hw. i started editing my chem lab reports. but that's all. this morning, i worked on history ia some and finished working on chem. then at 2:30 i went to tennis lessons with andrea and emerson at the jcc. then at 5:15 i went to crestmoor park to eat dinner with phillip, will, rachel, shana, krastina, and sharon. krastina made lasagna. it was good. phillip felt sick and will got a new haircut. and there was chocolate... :) ... so good... (snapping back from memory of chocolate) came home, worked on history, printed chem labs and here i am. good stuff. all in all, not a bad weekend.

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verraten — 2004-03-14T08:03:00-05:00

Untitled 3-15-04

Black voices spin thick webs of lies.
Lies that surround me, prevent me from breathing.
Prevent me from seeing.
I cannot see them, but I know who they are.
Shiny, dark,
Eight spindly legs times a few.
All spewing thick webs of lies.
Yesterday, these black beings were made of light.
But not tonight.
Tonight, they seek to kill me.
To kill me slowly, painfully,
Until my blood runs freely through the darkness,
Like a crimson silk scarf strewn across a leather sofa.

so spring break is here... finally

verraten — 2004-04-04T09:04:00-05:00

ok, let's do a run-through of events since i last entered. which was... i don't remember. ok so this'll probably be boring for a lot of people. but i feel like writing it down. you started reading, you keep reading at your own risk. ok, hm, two weeks ago one day (i don't remember) phillip, sharon, will, krastina, and i ditched 2nd and 3rd period. krastina had to go to english 4th period and the rest of us went to the park to hang out. lunch, we did some hw, like good ib students :) fire drill 6th period. the rest of the day was crap. friday we had a chem test and i did awesome on that test yeeha! highest score- in your face william! haha... my one victory. ah! 2- actually. stupid william. sometimes during this week or next i got waitlisted at barnard. woohoo.
this week, i got sick. stupid little brother. tuesday tennis played tj and we kicked ass. but that was to be expected haha. thursday, we played west and we kicked ass. my serve was awesome. haha, hell yeah :D friday i didn't go to school. i was supposed to turn in something for math but screw that. i also got my rejection letter from harvard. who cares. saturday, oh saturday. not a good day. at first. saturday i got my rejection letters from the other schools i applied to. princeton and, last but not least, columbia. rejected. damn them. i really don't wanna go to CU but that's where i'm going. signed the freaking confirmation today. CU, where i'll see people from high school all over again. hell#3. anyways, i think my mom felt sorry for how stupid i am so we went shopping. i got new pants. i guess it's better that i don't have some huge tuition to pay. i do like the hiking area around CU. bah! today, i slacked around the house until yoyo club. came home and ate chipotle take out. mmm... watched simpsons, malcolm, and some of arrested development. god i'm bored.

bad day

verraten — 2004-04-13T10:04:00-05:00

ok so, chem was alright. i was tired though. weird huh? math was HelL. we were supposed to turn in this take-home exam about statistics on friday, but i had no clue what was going on in statistics so i just didn't do it plus we had a tennis match on thursday and that week was just bad. i was gonna talk to mr. lacks on friday, but just my luck he was not there. damn. it. all. so i spent the last few days of spring break immersed in statistics and math, trying to understand all this crap. yes, i do procrastinate. well, i explained it to him and he didn't take the friggin' test. it was worth ~70+ points and i have (excuse me, had) a C-on-the-brink-of-a-D in that class. i hate that class. anyways, 4th was boring, though a welcome break after math class. lunch was lunch. history was a workday. english was a work day. aw man, i still have to do that sheet. bah! and the presentation. band was band. during tennis practice i was really tired and i wasn't into it. not to happy for coach. so after all that, all i wanted was (one of my favorites, possibly the favorite) an easter cadbury cream egg. even just one. so i went to target knowing that all easter stuff is on sale, and i searched everywhere and couldn't find one. damn. it. all. so after a futile, 1/2 hr search for a cadbury cream egg or any other worthy substitute, i went home empty-handed. at least there's dr pepper at home. but it's now 10pm and i haven't done a shred of hw. however, i did work on some yoyoing. i think i'm getting better at it too :)

weekend stuff

verraten — 2004-04-18T02:04:00-05:00

friday we had a match against creek (2-6,0-6). obviously we lost, but i think we played pretty well. my serve is still out with the tide (sorry my waves didn't come emerson) although i did have some pretty nice ones. saw kill bill 2!!! it was so cool, though i like the first one better. went to sleep at 2am. not good because i got 1.5 hours of sleep thursday night with tennis matches on both thursday and friday. i slept until 11:30. went to home depot to get stuff for finishing the gazebo in backyard. furry friends food drive for brad. brought in a whole bunch of leftover dog food from home. watched kill bill 1 and resevoir dogs. went to sleep. woke up and made breakfast. helped mom clean backyard. applied for housing at CU- no specific roommate, double room at cheyenne arapahoe hall. hopefully that's ok. and so here i am. i still have to finish CAS forms, math, study chem, blah, blah, blah. i hate math class.

no subject

verraten — 2004-04-20T09:04:00-05:00

let's see, today we had a match against south. we shoulda won, but we didn't. i dunno what was wrong. emerson and i comforted ourselves by blaming it on other things, such as the wind, the annoying south boys, chad's absence, that stupid crack in the court, sven reincarnated, annoying south opponents who kept talking about this guy and his girlfriend and whether or not we knew certain sophomores at gw. i hate it when they do that. "hey- do you know annika?" pah- i will kill you. shaking fist in murderous rage. murderous rage i tell you!! pah. i will kill them all with my... ahem... very extremely intimidating car. yes... excellent...east game thursday- please please let it rain and snow!!! anyways, CAS interview first thing on monday- it was easy. no problemos there. i hate math class. chem and history- so boring. i have an english project due tomorrow. it was due thursday, but ib senior ditch day is thursday and she won't be here. damn. ah well, i don't think it's gonna be that hard. i just need to start it... haha... that'll happen... later. chem paper 2 test on friday. i think it'll be ok. math is a bitch. assist is pretty boring except that i laugh maniacally on the inside at the people who have to take the spanish exam. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! i am done. beh- the spanish test is easy- they'll all do really well. band was pretty fun. i like band. i hate math. math class, that is. i don't hate math. except for statistics. statistics can go to hell. unless i'm going there (which is likely) in which case it has to go somewhere else. like toddler-land... or... something where it will rue the day it was invented. rue!!!! i'm thirsty. and i hate math class. my parents talked to me about the D i have in that class. it wasn't bad. i just didn't look like i cared i guess. BUT- at least i don't have the lowest grade in that class. woohoo- second lowest- i look at you from above you F!! haha!! strive to retain mediocrity!! (go phillip!)

this made me laugh all the way to next tuesday

verraten — 2004-04-20T09:04:00-05:00

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."

So the next Sunday he took the monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm.

Upon his return to his office after the mass, he found the following note on the door:

1. There are 10 commandments, not 12.
2. There are 12 disciples, not 10.
3. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.
4. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.
5. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.
6. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy-O, Laddie-O and the Great Spook.
7. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him.
8. When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey. Don't say he was stoned off his ass.
9. We do not refer to the cross as the "Big T."
10. When Jesus broke the bread at the last supper he said: "Take this and eat it, for it is my body." He did not say "Eat me".
11. The Virgin Mary is not called "Mary with the Cherry.
12. The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub, thanks for the grub, Yeah God.
13. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter's. Not a peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.

and last, but definitely not least... (drum roll please)

14. Sip the vodka, don't gulp.

worst. ditch-day. ever.

verraten — 2004-04-22T05:04:00-05:00

today was IB senior ditch day. phillip, rachel, and all planned to cook at phillip's house and have fun. well, we were supposed to have an east match today and to be eligible to play i have to attend 5 of my classes. that is to say, all of my classes (except assist). well, i went to see coach shaw before school started to ask her if we were going to have a match today but she wasn't there. i was supposed to meet people at the hobby lobby at 8:30am so i figure i can probably wait until after 1st period to ask her. so i ask her and she says that we should probably stay at school just in case the weather's ok for a match. ok, i can call phillip or somebody to tell them that i won't be able to come. so i call phillip. he doesn't answer and rachel's number is disconnected. screw it. so i go through the rest of the day thinking well, i think i'm staying for a good reason: the weather's not too bad- not raining/snowing, not really cold, not really windy. all the way until 8th period. now it starts raining. tennis match cancelled. i stayed in school, on a ditch day, for no good reason except for a whoop-de-freakin-doo 10 pts in chem class. and they don't even know cuz i couldn't get a hold of them! come home after dropping some tennis girls off at home and find out that i copied phillip's freakin' number wrong. damn. it. all. i shoulda just left after 1st period. freakin' weather. mom told me that phillip called in the morning and i felt so bad for not letting them know that i couldn't come. but at least i didn't have to play against east today. and i hung out with emerson and richard the whole day. that was pretty fun. but now i have hw. but tomorrow's friday. i should never copy stuff down. i always get it wrong. but i said, hey then their numbers will be in my pocket and so i'll remember to call them. and i did. i just didn't call the right, stupid numbers. life is full of ups and downs. mostly downs right now.

weekend

verraten — 2004-04-25T09:04:00-05:00

this weekend was alright. oh- did i mention my parents found my report card so cleverly hidden under my desk? yeah- i know. i was in a hurry that morning. i was sitting there, moping over that d, yes, d, in math and a's turned b's in other classes when my dad came in (quick- throw under nearest piece of furniture-desk) and informed me that we were late. rushed out, school, came home and my mom asked me if calculus was hard. i knew where that was going. dad came home said that we needed to talk in that quiet way that screeches of cold disappointment. damn. god, i hate math class. hate it with a vengeance. managed to disappoint new friends with my unwarned absence from something fun. am thoroughly disappointed in myself, which includes friends, grades, and just plain not caring. as of now, i still have that english project to finish- if i could just start it.
anyways, dyed my hair a boring brownish-reddish this weekend. although i must say that it looks pretty cool in the sun. but one side is light than the other. hm, i am tempted to initiate conversation with other online people, but shake it off. must. finish. english. damn. now i have to do 2 english projects this week. i guess it's my own damn fault. pah- i somehow both applaud and resent myself for not caring. time to bs fathers and sons.

no subject

verraten — 2004-04-26T08:04:00-05:00

so monday has reared its ugly head once more. let's see. did english at 5am this morning, though it turned out a little better than i thought it would (more on that later). 1st, i did history. not too bad i think. that class is more interesting now than it has been the rest of the year. except for maybe wwii and stuff. that films are mostly interesting. staying awake at least. chem, got back paper 1 test. 25/40. yes, a huge change from my last score. beh. it seemed harder than the last one. math, we went over vectors, which helped. tomorrow we get to do statistics- which will REALLY help. 4th boring. lunch lol i kinda worked on english. for my bs project on characters in fathers and sons i underlined various quotes on physical description, etc. on different characters and planned to read them outloud. sara had done something like that on friday and i though that it was rather boring so in order to distance myself fom the boringness and bring candy. was supposed to do that before school, but as usual, i forgot. so during lunch i came home and grabbed some valentine's candy and tom and jerry's fruit snacks and drove back to school. speeding immensely of course. good thing i didn't get caught cuz i did not have my license with me haha. luck is on my side. in driving at least. except for that time i hit that damn rock. anyways, already talked about history (haha ms. guggy got upset at rada for asking a stupid question. we all laughed as usual). english, i did my presentation near the end. got a bit rowdy cuz of the candy. went a bit long b/c of the rowdyness. i think ms. combs was a little upset that a) i brought candy, b) underlined the quotes in my book, implying that i didn't have time to type them out, and c) my "presentation" went a little long. all in all it didn't turn out that bad. everyone got candy. candy is good.
match tomorrow against lincoln. should be easy. wednesday is east :P thursday is montbello. george washington's come-back after east. haha. that would be the last league match. however, regionals occur somewhere around math exams (just my luck)- may 6, 7, 8, i believe. i wanted to do some cramming too. curse you, math class.
which reminds me- mom again brought up my grades, as if mentioning them again would magically make them higher. fat chance. she got even more wound up when i mentioned that there are no more grades so my grades will be staying the same for the rest of the year- basically no chance to raise my math grade. damn those report cards. i was slightly comforted in the fact that john and chris had the same problems. slightly. very slightly. like the slightly comforted feeling i got from the fact that i have a d and someone else has an f. that slightly. damn you math class.

thing i got from richard

verraten — 2004-04-26T09:04:00-05:00

1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
2. Am I lovable?
3. How long have you known me?
4. When and how did we first meet?
5. What was your first impression?
6. Do you still think that way about me now?
7. What do you think my weakness is?
8. Do you think I'll get married?
9. What makes me happy?
10. What makes me sad?
11. What reminds you of me?
12. If you could give me anything what would it be?
13. How well do you know me?
14. When's the last time you saw me?
15. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
16. Do you think I could kill someone?
17. Describe me in one word.
18. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same?
19. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
20. Would you ever want to kiss me?
21. Have you ever wanted to ask me out?
22. Are you going to put this on your LJ and see what I say about you?

i need a hug

verraten — 2004-04-27T08:04:00-05:00

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so, we lost against lincoln. how do you lose against lincoln?!?!?!?!?!?! BAH!!!!! the first 3 games were alright (score was 2-1, us) then we proceeded with a pathetic losing streak for them to win at 6-2, 6-0. emerson and i were so angry and weird that we just left right after we lost. we were laughing, crying, doing both at the same time, eating ice cream, ranting, bitching, and daydreaming. daydreaming was fun. but we ranted way more. we screamed as loud as we could 2 blocks away from the tennis courts and then again as we were turning off colorado blvd to dairy queen. ate ice cream (you call that a shake?!? how much ice cream did you use?!? none?!? do it over!!!!!!!!-- if only...)we ended up hanging out for over an hour talking about stuff, finding as many excuses for our loss as possible. we came up with quite a few actually- mostly the bad luck of people's names ending in -ad, mainly just brad and chad. bah! lol but i'm glad emerson was there to be angry with me. any other partner would've just yelled at me or instead of yelling together, i'd be at home sulking by myself. gah!!!! now i'll probably fail every ib exam i have. except maybe chemistry. i might get a 5 in there if i'm lucky and try hard enough. god, coach shaw's probably so angry at us right now. apparently, she called my house and left a message with my mom. i called emerson and she was nice enough to call her with me. thankfully, the answering machine picked up and emerson was the brave one and left the message. i feel like crap. i'm tired, have 2 tests tomorrow (technically one essay and one test.) man, i just feel like skipping out on everything, but my parents paid for it and i'd feel bad. and if i didn't feel bad, gosh darn it they'd make me feel bad about it. ib exams in less than a week. math test even. i hate math. damn you HelL math. why, WHY did i take that class? why, WHY did i not switch out of it? oh right-- because my dad told me to take it and stay in it!! BAH!!!!! i just want to leave! my life is going into a downward spiral. i am that freakin' bird with the broken wing in awakening. ok sorry about the allusion (haha, sorry again) but it's the first thing i thought of. i don't even know anymore!!!!!!! sigh. i need a hug.

let's see now...

verraten — 2004-04-29T04:04:00-05:00

yesterday we played east. emerson and i got our butts kicked and got a lecture from ms. shaw that we need to be more aggressive. and some weird advice from brad that didn't make any sense. at all. anyways, went home pretty happy, but with a decision to make, but emerson and andrea helped me decide that i should ask the guy i kinda like to prom. so yeah. a tad nervous, but i know i'll regret it later if i never ask him. anyways, today, i graded my chem paper. dr. more says i need to study. she's right. haha. wow. math, we did some probability review. which would helped had i been paying attention. fire drill. it was cold outside. 4th, another fire alarm- still cold, but phillip was nice enough to lend me his sweater. (thanks phillip!) lunch was lunch. history, we did review. english was pretty boring except for yeah... but he seemed either really sad or really tired. band, mr. arichea got mad at us for not doing anything correctly especially since we decided to have our concert next tuesday. no tennis today (yay!) this saturday, i'm gonna do this red cross thing with andrea and (hopefully) emerson, if she can come. then this movie thing at chad's house. should be a nice break from school. damn school. i just want it to be over... now! damn. i'm hungry. you know what's good? chipotle burritos. well, i like them. mmm... maybe i'll go get one now...

kill bill quiz

verraten — 2004-04-30T08:04:00-05:00

Beatrix Kiddo (Black Mamba)

You're the Bride! Strong and determined, you can do anything once you set your mind to it. You long for vengeance and for a happy ending, and will do anything to achieve them.

Kill Bill: Which Deadly Viper Assassin Are You? (Vol. II spoilers... results with pics)

i changed the picture b/c i didn't like the one the quiz gave me. even though i'm getting a little tired of seeing endless pictures of the bride in the yellow outfit.

bah

verraten — 2004-05-01T10:05:00-05:00

ok so let's start off with what happened today. since it was both a really good and kinda bad day. ok so, probably some of you wondering who i was going to ask to prom. ok nevermind. 2 of the 3 of you who i know read this journal already know. i haven't told phillip yet. anyways, i was going to ask chad. yeah, i know, the whole andrea thing. well, i told andrea about my liking for chad at a relatively bad time. also, i started liking him near the end of the year anyway- bad timing mallory. well, we talked about it for a little bit and she said that she could tell him that someone wanted to ask him to prom but if he said no, andrea'd be his backup. a tad weird. i know, but i areed to it b/c i didn't want chad not to have a date for prom. so she told him that and i guess he eaither got a little mixed up and thought she said yes definitely or he just thought that no matter who asked, he would just say no and go w/ andrea. so andrea, emerson, and i went to the mall on friday (more on that later) and andrea said that she would call chad that night to clear things up before i asked him, which i planned to be saturday- today- at his movie thing. so anyways (by the way- what's up w/ my font?) i went to a red cross event w/ andrea and jakob at this park right near chad's house to plant trees. (and by the way, if you can't already tell, it's going to be a long paragraph about my chad experience, so if you don't wanna hear all this, skip to paragrah 2)) to my happiness (shut up), chad comes strolling down the street right where i'm supposed to be planting a tree. so he helps me and the people i'm in a group w/ plant a tree, then he goes off to a softball game. blah, blah. my group finishes planting trees. we go back to the park and i help andrea's group mulch the already existing trees in the park. then, chad comes by again, and starts helping. mooches food off of the barbecue and then we all go home. actually that part was longer but really nothing happened except that we all hung out w/ andrea's friend from west i think. so we go home. i do some hw. and i remember that andrea was supposed to call chad and i forgot to ask her, cuz i don't wanna ask chad to prom if he already thinks he's going w/ andrea for sure. so i try to call her but she's not home. i figured i could maybe ask her at chad's thing. so i go to chad's house at around 6pm not knowing whether i should ask him or not. i go through the whole 3 and a half hours w/o andrea (b/c she couldn't make it, but not her fault) and in the end, i did not ask him to prom. it's ok emerson, i'm a little bummed too. so here i am writing all this crap down in my journal. yay.

well, the good news is, i got more driving experience on the highway. and getting lost. and i learned that it's funner driving fast at night. also, battle royale was awesome. i still had tons of fun despite everything.

ok what happened on friday (besides the chad stuff) was pretty fun. emerson, andrea, and i went to cherry creek mall to hang out for a while and then we went to see the mean girls movie with fuji. pretty good in spite of all the annoying 13-14 yr old girls telling us to "scootch" one more- twice- so they could fit their whole freakin' group together. damn them. and they were laughing at the stupidest things. but overall i liked that movie, it was funny. now all emerson and i have to do is transfer that kind of meanness into our tennis game. beh, during regionals, emerson and i plan to lose anyway. well, i dunno if we'll actually do that. but we know that we definitely won't be sad if we lose. extra cramming time, here i come.

oh yeah- haha i still have to do my english project. i was so freakin' close to presenting in class. saved by the bell, as brad put it. and it's totally true. (sorry for using totally) anyways, i at least started it i just have to glue the pictures onto the board and say "well, i had the pictures in class friday, but i figure it'll ook better on a board. plus my mom wanted me to get rid of the board. might as well use it for a school project :)" well it's mostly true. ok half true. my mom does want me to get rid of the board. ok so now i'm really tired, and i have a math hl exam in less than a week. damn you math, why can't history be first?!? why, why, why? i think i know why. why, why, why? haha yes.

battle royale rocks! go tim and his genius movie taste.

sundays

verraten — 2004-05-02T07:05:00-05:00

ok so, this morning, i worked on my english theme project, and i must say, it looks freakin' awesome. except for a few parts. i had to go to this arundhati roy site to get some themes that weren't "death, family, love, etc, etc." so i got some pretty new themes. not just thematic ideas, but themes. and then my mom woke up and i made eggs, and i do think that i make the best eggs ever. besides my dad, of course. but i haven't had a chance to taste anyone else's eggs, so yeah. then, i studied for math hl exam. then went to grocery store w/ mom and bought these amazing orangy roses, they look so beautiful. i like them a lot. then, dug holes so my mom could plant the roses. i don't garden that often, obviously. then, i watched tv.

damn, i'm missing simpsons for this. be back during commercial. ok it's commercial now, so i'll go later.

watched some king of the hill, that was pretty funny. hm, i need to write thank you cards to people who sent me stuff for graduation. i got some pretty cool stuff, ranging from a suitcase to money (yay) to a dvd player (yay-a). that was pretty cool. so yeah. i'll probably get off now

ok, i lied

verraten — 2004-05-02T08:05:00-05:00

i said i was gonna get off for tonight, and i did, but then i came back on again. ok after i entered my entry, i imed andrea for a while and she said that no, she hadn't talked to chad about whatever and that i should just go for it. and also, that she does kinda wanna go w/ him. but that that shoudn't stop me from asking him. i also told her that it would be alright if she told him that it was me who wanted to ask him to prom. then she would tell me what his response was to whatever she said. then i took a shower.

so tomorrow is the day then.

so i asked him.

verraten — 2004-05-03T08:05:00-05:00

ok so i'll start from the beginning (and no, i'm not going to tell you what he said until the end. muahahaha!) in chemistry, andrea told me that she did not get a chance to talk to chad the night before. ok so then, i was gonna ask him during spanish, but he left right away to go to a doctor's appointment. damn him. then, i saw him in english and i didn't talk to him ALL period. well, for most of the period. so when the bell rang, i asked him if andrea had talked to him and he said no. so i told him that i needed to talk to him and asked him if he could go to the game today and he said no, so i asked him if it would be alright if i called him tonight and he said sure. so blah blah, won tennis match vs. montbello 6-1, 6-0. we won, and we didn't play stupid so we were really happy. bought some wendy's, came home after dropping off emerson, and took a shower. then at about 7:30 pm, i called him. his sister answered and so when he came on, i said hey chad, it's mallory. "oh hey what's up?" blah blah blah, he said no, because he had waited too long for andrea, etc. i pretty much anticipated that answer. so yeah he told me he was flattered (yay) but that i should ask jakob b/c he's looking for a date. hm, i don't really feel bad or sad about chad's response (haha i can rhyme) i actually feel pretty good about myself for at least asking him. so anyways, i tried calling emerson like right after b/c we needed to girl-talk, but i got the machine. bah. so i went online, and i asked jakob to be my date and he said yes. yay! i have a date :) mallory is happy. so yeah. i won't be hanging out w/ phillip and them for dinner b/c rachel didn't count an extra person. i'll probably talk to them about it later. all in all, a good day. emerson and i saw 2 hot guys during tennis and going home and we saw this most awesome truck. dude, it was sooooooooo awesome!!!!! it was white (eh) and it said on the back windoe "girls kick ass" and it's totally the truth. and she had this dragon on it and 2 flaming skulls. possibly the most awesome car i have ever seen. i was gonna ask her to trade but, you all know i love my dorothy. she's awesome and i love her. anyways, i should probably study for math test on thursday and friday (!!!!!!), so i will talk to you, meaning the whopping 3 people who read my journal, later.

wow i'm on a roll...

verraten — 2004-05-04T09:05:00-05:00

i've posted everyday for like 4 days. i don't think i've ever done that. well, now i have the time or i'm just taking the time from column "study" and putting into column "relax and screw everything." so today was the english commentary. it wasn't so bad. i did the poem b/c the prose passage looked like it had nothing. except for TRREEEEEEEEEs and no wait, yes, i do wanna kill you. so, poem it was. eh- different strokes. ok so, after the exam, i talked to jake and we went to his house to find the location of a restaurant that my mom suggested. we went there and made reservations (sorry phillip and people, i won't be eating dinner w/ you. but i will try to hang out w/ you as much as possible. unless you don't like me anymore.) then we went to this ice cream place called "how sweet it is..." (yes very corny) but they make their own ice cream everyday, and you know how much i like ice cream. but i did not have any money and, even though he offered, i didn't want jake to pay for something else. though he did let me taste some of his root beer ice cream, and it was basically a solid root beer float. very nice. then we hung out at his house, had pizza bagels, and listened to music. also, he played the guitar. several songs that i do not know. hm, i'm actually pretty happy chad said no. i just had so much fun hanging out w/ jake today. so anyways, by the time i got home, i realized i would not make it for 8th period (or maybe... i just didn't wanna go...) so i said screw it and stayed at home. cleaned a little. then went to tennis. it was so. hot. i couldn't move at all. and kate and skye asked everyone to cough up a freakin' $10 for stupid matching tennis shirts and ribbons for regionals. screw regionals. all the money i have now is going towards prom and senior stuff. and gas. always gas. not for stupid things like matching tennis outfits. i'm not even buying lunch anymore. i'm eating lunch at home. everything is from home now. no more buying from vending machines, etc. i need all the money i have. and then some. thank you graduation money. and people who sent it. of course.

so anyways, i have math exams on thursday and friday. emerson and i are considering ditching regionals on thursday. b/c we don't wanna be tired and smelly from tennis, and then take a 2 hr friggin' math exam. that will screw me over several times. we also have regionals tomorrow in the afternoon. i need to study. this online stuff takes up a lot of time. but it's fun.

i am the worst kind of driver there is

verraten — 2004-05-05T10:05:00-05:00

I am a bad, reckless driver. worst. combination. ever. i've cut people off (and had them cuss me out and honk at me), i ran into a rock (who the hell runs into a rock?! me apparently), and today- i ran over the curb. at cherry creek high school. after regionals. i am an idiot. i thought i got my alignment all screwed up but when i got home i realized that the pavement chipped off a part of the center-wheel part and air came out. so it was leaning towards that side. hopefull it's not major damage and i can just fill it up tomorrow and nothing alse will happen. man, if my parents only knew... they would take away my car and license for years to come. YEARS!!!!!!!!!

so anyways, i lost to creek 0-6, 0-6. expected. i think tomorrow we play lincoln. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have math hl paper 1 tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hate math. bah! i think i'm done. eh. i can always add stuff.

tennis, math, yearbooks, missing persons

verraten — 2004-05-06T09:05:00-05:00

so this morning, i went to go fill up my tire. and it still leans to one side. maybe i should let air out of the other tire. b/c air isn't coming out of the tire i hit. i also washed dorothy. trying to pathetically make up for all the torture i make her go through. so then off to jakob's house to attempt to study for math. i helped w/ one log problem. hl didn't have any log problems. damn you people. then we staked out logan's house (who jake is supposed to shoot w/ water in assassins) for 20 minutes. logan saw him and drove off. drove to ib exams. damn that 2 hr test. we started late and the lady didn't know how to collect the papers. i just wanted her to hurry up so that i could leave! coach and everybody was waiting for us at regionals. i told them we'd be there at 2:30-3ish, but since the freakin' test was so dumb, that's when i got out of that stupid college building. took almost 45 frakin' minutes to drive back home b/c people don't know how to drive faster. hey, lets see how many red light we can get stopped at!! bah! so yeah emerson and her dad picked me up at my house and drove us to regionals. started right away, and lost to lincoln. for the second time. 6-4, 3-6, 2-6. we split sets obviously. i was so tired and hungry. when i came home i swear i'd lost at least 3 pounds. but the sandwich we made at jake's house saved me. i'm glad i still had half of it to eat before we started playing. and the apple juice. then came home at 6:15. shower, then off to yearbook signing for seniors only. got approx. 5 people to sign mine. was supposed to buy andrea a yearbook but i forgot when i saw a huge group of people i knew. but the girl said we could buy one on monday. i'll tell andrea. so anyways, the scariest thing happened w/ emerson. we couldn't find her! richard was so scared one of the weird dudes who came to gw for an automotive-test-type-thing took her. we walked through the school and tried to look for her but she wasn't there. we called her parents, got them all worried. then richard came up w/ the idea that we circumnavigate (eh? eh? big word...) the school in opposite directions. just as i was walking around the school next to monaco, i see this girl in a white shirt and green short and i'm yell out "emerson!" she looks at me funny, so i hesitate a little (my eyesight ain't so good either, i thought i was yelling at some stranger for a second) and then figure i'll start running. it's gotta be her. so it is her. i don't think i'll tell you people what she said b/c she said it was embarrassing and i don't want her to be abashed (wow, 2 times in one entry). it was just weird. anyways, even though i came late, yearbook signing was fun. everybody left early to go to ice cream, and i couldn't come :( sorry guys. pero, ¿donde esta phillip y rachel y sharon y todo el mundo? i'm being very academic today.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! math paper 2 tomorrow morning!!!!!! eh screw it, i'm happy w/ a 5 or even a 4. and i think all i have to do is get maybe half the points possible. and then... I DONE W/ MATH FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha screw you! ok, not forever, but i'm done w/ hl math. haha in your face. i got a passing grade in your stupid class! hm, maybe not such a big accomplishment, considering my last 6wks grade was a D. beh. i'm going to sleep now. damn you math.

my brain is dead

verraten — 2004-05-07T11:05:00-05:00

math. for 3 full hours. math. actually i think i did better than i thought i would do. during the reading period, i was thought wow, i know how to do that and that and maybe that... cool. then i looked at the problem closer later on and realized i had no clue how to do it. but i tried to answer as many questions as i could. i took my time for the most part so i don't think i made stupid mistakes but knowing me, i probably did. but i think i might actually get higher than a 4. which is all i'm asking. so right now, no one is online except for me and david lassiter. because i suppose everyone is either out for lunch or collapsed on a floor somewhere. i'm at home alone- mom and dad at work and michael at school. it's really nice having the house to myself for a while. hm, i have to go to band to day, but at least i don't have tennis anymore. such a relief.

yeah so last night was pretty bad. after i posted, my mom wanted to "talk." always a bad sign. anyways, the gist of the 1-sided conversation was that she's not expecting me to do anything great with my life except to just finish college with passing grades, and that i'm not really good at anything. according to her, i'm capable of being just average and that i'm nothing special in any way whatsoever. i'm pretty sure this has something to do w/ that last report card we got...

and to end on a less pessimistic note, chad said that if i tell andrea to give him a hug and she does it, then i get a cookie. i like cookies. i told her, but i still didn't get my cookie b/c she wouldn't do it. darn you andrea. i want my cookie.

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verraten — 2004-05-08T08:05:00-05:00

ok so today my mom, brother, and i went to city floral over by the king soopers to return this huge pot. i had to parallel park- definitely not one of my strongest points. even with my small car. then, michael and i went out to buy some fish for my dad's birthday and some really nice flowers for mother's day- asiatic lilies. then we came home. michael cleaned the fish tank as an additional present while i cleaned the stove. or tried to. that stove is so hard to clean. eh. i tried. it looks a lot better than it used to. then went to the mall to inquire about a job, but the lady said something completely different from the guy this morning and the lady a few weeks ago, so now there's no opening at the stupid candle store. damn the people. i need money. and lucas, for the first time, is iming me. haha. and he's telling me about the goodbye party i should've already known about, but i totally forgot. damn me and my bad memory. i'll ask parents asap. english on monday. history on wednesday. haha sl. i hate writing essays.

more of the same

verraten — 2004-05-09T07:05:00-05:00

so anyways, this morning, i thought my mom and i were alright after yesterday, but then she starts yelling more of the same stuff as last time. well, i needed to study, and i can't study when people are yelling bad things about me, and i just really needed to get out of the house anyways. so i left. and i drove. man, running away is tons easier when you have a car. but i had to buy gas too and since mom didn't give me any gas money (and that's one of the things she was complaining about- i don't make money and i mooch off of parents while other students are living in their own apartments- basically makes me a bad kid), so, i had to use my graduation money to buy gas. that sucks. i used a friggin' $20 to buy friggin' gas. damn exams use so much of it. so now i have like $10 left. i'm going to have to pay for prom tickets in ones, a couple fives, and some coins. (happy counting ms. hunter. bwahahahaha... oh wait- this isn't good.) so anyways, i figured i could go to the library to study (the central one) but they don't open until 1pm. damn them. and there i am standing in front at 10am. i have a lot of time. so i study outside of the art museum. at around noon i just drive around. stop in some shady spot and take a nap. go home at around 1pm. find out that my brother told mom and dad that i went to the library. which was nice. i just needed to get out. and my mom acting like nothing happened. our family likes to pretend.

went to macaroni grill for mother's day. just came back home. have english essay tomorrow and history later (i'm being redundant huh? i already said these) i want a volkswagon phaeton- V12 baby!! that's awesome.

oh yeah...

verraten — 2004-05-09T07:05:00-05:00

i forgot to talk about lucas's going away party saturday night. it started at 10 about. or that's when i got there. my dad had to drive me b/c he said it was too late and i didn't know where i was going anyway. so my dad dropped me off where lucas and jordan were waiting outside. lol and then i meet all of these old people lol. j/k- they were college and up. so what lucas failed to mention was that this was a drinking party. i had sprite and yes, i know i was saying that the entire time. phillip, sharon, will, and rachel showed up afterwards. we all had a good time laughing at drinking stories and wondering what my dad would do if he found out what was going on. i went home at 11pm. good times had by all.

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verraten — 2004-05-11T09:05:00-05:00

let's see, yesterday was monday... so had english essay. i think i did alright. i tried to study for history but failed miserably. i don't remember anything we talked about in class. then picked up brother. watched tv. blahblahblah. talked online. went to bed. today, i watched tv, studies for history a tad- i'm just going to reread some of the stuff she gave us. i didn't get too far, but i started (yeah great timing mal). then went to band. came home. went to jazz concert where i made a few mistakes b/c for some reason i was pretty nervous. andrew (elkins) got to play guitar. overall i think we did alright. oh- i also got to see taylor again, which was awesome. taylor is just so awesome. pretty cute too ;) we talked- he was going to college but then couldn't afford it so now he's working. i always like seeing him. anyways, jake and i are going to a movie on thursday- the punisher. so that'll be fun. then what? i don't know. i'm being really boring.

ah... history kicked my ass

verraten — 2004-05-12T05:05:00-05:00

yeah so everyone is talking about how history was so easy, but i just don't get it. history is definitely not my thing. at all. i can't seem to remember anything in that class. oh well, i think i did enough to pass. and now i don't ever have to deal with history ever again. yay.
hm... i like the grim adventures of billy and mandy. it's funny.

heehee

verraten — 2004-05-12T06:05:00-05:00

did you see the snow?! the snowflakes are friggin' huge! it's so awesome! now i get to drive in it b/c i have to study chem with andrea. chem... so fun....

yay!!

verraten — 2004-05-13T03:05:00-05:00

heehee, i'm in a very good mood right now :D ok so this morning was really boring. the only good thing on tv was this alicia keys music video and kill bill. when i popped it into the DVD player. but i didn't get to finish it though. jake called and since we were both bored i went over to his house a little early- around 11 30. he ate lunch. we went to school to pick up cap and gown. he went to pick up art stuff, i talked to dr. more. didn't do so good on those practice exams. beh. i'll study later. then we went to the movie theatre. punisher for some odd reason wasn't playing even though stupid fandango.com said it was. or maybe i just don't know how to work it... anyways we decided to see envy b/c it looked funny and it was very funny lol. i liked it. but- that is not the only reason i liked watching the movie today. lol you people will probably think i'm so dumb for making such a big deal out of this but i'm going to tell you anyways b/c i want to talk about it- we held hands. yay! i'm happy. and, on another happy side note, i actually picked up my brother on time. oh- and also we're going to go to the shakespeare festival tomorrow. yay- i am happy. shut up.

pah

verraten — 2004-05-14T07:05:00-05:00

yeah so we went to the shakespeare festival. hm, wasn't as exciting as i thought it would be. did get to see emerson and hannah try to speak french, although i wouldn't really know the difference. sounded french to me. good job guys and everyone from gw. i met jake's mom and she bought me lunch at subway. watched little kids act and sing and run around. paid freakin' $7 for parking. i hate driving downtown. everything is all screwy. and nothing happened w/ jake. except for a one-arm hug i gave him when i left. that's not the best kind of hug. i like the two-arm hugs best. i like hugs a lot in general. a hug is one of the best things in the world, i think. lol richard imed me earlier and told me it made emerson happy nonetheless. yay! so funny.

bought slurpees after i picked up michael from school. it was yummy. went to mall w/ dad and michael. fun stuff yo. came home and yeah.

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verraten — 2004-05-15T04:05:00-05:00

my brother and i just went bike-riding. i don't have my own bike, so i just used my dad's. i've forgotten how much fun riding a bike can be. i haven't done it in so long- since before high school started. we went down to palmer elementary school, where we both went. reliving the memories and just playing around on their new playground equipment. yeah. that's it. ib senior brunch tomorrow from 11-1pm. should probably study for chemistry test, the only test i have for a possible 7. well, i have a study session w/ andrea at 3. i am still so bored. and boring. i'll shut up now.

graduation party

verraten — 2004-05-20T12:05:00-05:00

ok so my mom is giving me a graduation party on may 29th (saturday). yes, i know there are a lot of graduation parties going on, i didn't want it, but my mom is giving me one anyway. so it would be all really awesome if you people who read my journal could come and keep me company while the old people talk about college and careers and things i really don't want to talk about. it starts at 6pm, please come, and tell other people who don't read this about it. you don't have to bring anything, just contact me, either through computer or telephone, to let me know if you can come.

prom

verraten — 2004-05-23T01:05:00-05:00

prom was awesome. a little cold and the music sucked, but overall i had a really good time. everyone looked so nice!! jake got tons of attention b/c of his whole outfit. went to jackie's to change for boondocks. the racing was really fun! it was awesome. i won 2 prizes- $25 safeway and $10 good times. played some skiball or a variation of it. also ate pizza and cookies, watched drunks make fools of themselves, and played some putt-putt golf. i'm really bad at it, but it was fun. jakob, bd, yelena, and i were a few of the last ones to leave boondocks. came home at 5am this morning. got out of bed at about 12:30pm today. my back hurts. meh. jake and i only took 1 picture w/ his camera. oh well.

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verraten — 2004-05-26T01:05:00-05:00

the end of these 4 years has finally come. graduation was monday at the DU ritchie center. rehearsal at 9 in the morning. boring as hell. went to nadia's to eat some ice cream with about 4 other people. blahblahblah at home. changed. extended family came over. pictures. more pictures. getting annoyed b/c now we're late. came into the place late. grauation was pretty fun. my hat was a tad too big and kept sliding over towards the side with the tassel. mayor's speech wasn't as boring as i thought, but still had no impact on me. i liked jaime's speech better than i liked hannah's speech. way better. jaime's was at least practical. hannah talked about how our school has a total lack of hate (hahaha...) and blah-dee blah-dee blah. boring as hell. tim's speech was definitely the best. lol very funny and it had a good message. calling names was less boring than i thought it would be. choir sang. i saw people crying (oh please, it's not that sad). move "little string" from right to left. threw hat up into air, or i just kinda raised mine in the air cuz i didnt wanna lose it. got lost in the sea of people, got lots and lots of hugs. more pictures with family after i found them. dinner in chinatown where oddly enough, chris thrush and his family were also eating. came home.

today, i hung out with richard basically the whole day. went to school to pick up richard's prom bag. went to jakob's house to see if he wanted to hang out but he wasn't there. ate lunch. i ate chipotle and he ate spicy pickle (they're right next to each other). ate bonnie brae ice cream. so full.... went bowling at this really cheap and stinky place. played sims at his house. watched i am sam. good movie but i didn't finish. went to see monty python's life of brian at the esquire with richard, emerson, bd, yelena, and jakob. funny movie. hung out with bd, yelena, and jakob at peaberry's for an hour. mom got mad. gave me 1/2 hour to get home. so i did some major speeding to get jake home. this morning has been so boring. daytime tv sucks ass.

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verraten — 2004-05-30T10:05:00-05:00

saturday was jason's party and my party. jason's was pretty fun. i met the guy from the library 1st period. he's pretty funny. played football. i'm pretty bad at that game. ah well, i tried. went home an hour early to help prepare for my party. food, etc. people came. we watched battle royale. haha, i love watching that movie. phillip was making comments throughout- enjoyable b/c i had already seen this movie. then phillip, lucas, will, sharon, krastina, sammi, rachel, and i went cosmic bowling and then out for breakfast at about 1:30 to village inn. yay for late night stuff. my parents weren't too happy but they dealt with it. sunday i woke up at 12. took a shower and then off to mia's party. good food. good people. played karaoke on mia's tv thingy. funny and fun except this girl i didn't know kept singing the song with me and so i got fed up and just handed her the headset. followed nikki to geoff's party. fun stuff but i got food. so much food. saw what halo is all about. wow i really suck at video games. followed nikki to tim's house, where people told me i would not be home by 10 (when my mom wanted me home) and so when i called her she got all crazy (like she always does) and after some debating with myself, i decided to go back home. what a waste of freakin' gas- and graduation money. damn it all. i didn't really feel like going home right away so i went to whole foods to fill out an application. went to chipotle for an early dinner. came home. later, my dad "wanted to talk" to me and proceeded giving me a lecture on how i may be partying too much and asking (for the 5th time) whether or not there were drugs and drinking at these parties. oh please.

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verraten — 2004-05-31T10:05:00-05:00

today overall was pretty boring except towards the end. the end gets interesting. anyways, this morning, i did nothing. went to lucas's house for the last going-away lunch (tear) and then home again. went to barnes and nobles to read some korean comics that i had started earlier in the month (yes, i'm cheap) and to also start reading ender's game. good stuff from what i've read so far. i'll go to the library tomorrow so i can finish reading it at home (stupid library). then off to anna's party at around 7, which, contrary to the information i had received earlier was when the party was supposed to end. it started at 4. beh- people stayed later anyways. jeanne and i stayed until 8, which is when we decided to act on our boredom and leave. we went to the closest peaberry's, which was closed. then we decided to just walk around the cherry creek area. where we ranted about guys, what they do wrong, etc. it was fun. went home at 9. parents were happy i was home early. eh.

yay!!

verraten — 2004-06-02T10:06:00-05:00

so today my brother and i went to taco bell b/c we can't get enough of their cheezy gordita crunches (i'm a fast food gal if you haven't noticed). off to barnes and noble to read ender's game. ended up buying it cuz i really wanted to finish but michael just wanted to go home. i finished it when i got home. such a good book. i liked it a lot! started reading stepford wives, but it's a little slow. maybe just cuz i already know what's happening from the movie ads. it's late, so i'm goona get off now.

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verraten — 2004-06-04T03:06:00-05:00

so yesterday jake and i saw shrek 2, which was really funny. lots of other movie moments. haha... also finished reading stepford wives one night. a pretty short book. it's ok- i liked it but i probably won't read it again. i think i'll dig through some of my dad's old scifi to see if there's anything good there. phillip'll probably come through with some good reading suggestions. as of now i have $11 and some change (no, i didn't spend all of my graduation money, my mom took it) so i'm trying to keep everything i do either inside the house or things that are free. last night i also visited emerson at gelato. she's so lucky to have a job like that. but i ended up getting home an hour late last night (my mom said to get home by 9pm- can you believe that?!), so people, daytime works best for me. i know that sucks. i'm out of stuff to say.

because i'm bored

verraten — 2004-06-04T08:06:00-05:00

ONE: The Person

Name: Mallory Chan
Birth date: July 20, 1986
Birthplace: New York City baby!
Current Location: Denver, Colorado
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brown
Height: 5'4"
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: Cancer

TWO: On The Inside

Your heritage: Chinese, Filipino, Burmese
Shoes you wore today: orange flipflops
Your weakness: uh... decision-making? also procrastination
Your fears: disappointment, creepy bugs
Your perfect pizza: pepperponi and bacon and don't be stingy on the cheese
Goal you'd like to achieve: better grades in college (preferably straight A's), get into Columbia P&S, become a good doctor

THREE: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Your most overused phrase on AIM: hmm
Your thoughts first waking up: damnit
Your best physical feature: i don't know
Your bedtime: around 10:30. sometimes later
Your most missed memory: being w/ mollie

FOUR: Your Pick

Pepsi or Coke: Dr. Pepper
McDonald's or Burger King: Wendy's
Single or group dates: single, but groups can be fun
Adidas or Nike: i don't care, a long as it fits and doesn't look weird
Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or coffee: neither

FIVE: Do You?

Smoke: no
Cuss: mostly by myself, but it comes out sometimes
Sing: not well
Take a shower everyday: yes
Have a crush(es): no
Think you've been in love: no
Like(d) high school: yes and no
Want to get married: eventually
Believe in yourself: sometimes
Get motion sickness: yes
Think you're a health freak: definitely not
Get along with your parents: most of the time
Like thunderstorms: yes
Play an instrument: piano

SIX: In the past few months have you...

Drank alcohol: yes, but it was a sip
Smoked: no
Done a drug: no
Made Out: yes...
Gone on a date: yes
Gone to the mall: yes
Eaten sushi: no
Been on stage: same as phillip- to get my diploma cover
Been dumped: no
Gone skating: no
Gone skinny dipping: no
Dyed your hair: no
Stolen anything: yes

SEVEN: Ever...

Played a game that required removal of clothing: no
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: no
Been caught "doing something": in quotes eh?
Been called a tease: no
Gotten beaten up: no
Shoplifted: yes

EIGHT: Getting Older

Age you hope to be married: i dunno
Numbers and Names of Children: 2, i guess, although i'm seriously debating if i should have kids at all
How do you want to die: i don't know. without pain.
What do you want to be when you grow up: doctor, a better person than i am now
What country would you most like to visit: Spain

NINE: In a guy

Best eye color?: i don't care
Best hair color?: i don't care
Short or long hair: short, but longer is pretty cute too (definitely has to be shorter than mine)
Best first date location: movies?

TEN: In The Numbers...

Number of people I could trust with my life: with my life? probably family, but i wouldn't really depend on my brother for something like this. or anything for that matter.
Number of CDs that I own: maybe... 10. i am very much lacking in the music department
Number of piercings: 2 in each ear
Number of tattoos: none
Number of times my name has appeared in the Newspaper: a couple for changing my name, some for tennis scores
Number of scars on my body: a bunch
Number of things in my past that I regret: i'm not going to count them. it would make me sad and depressed.

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verraten — 2004-06-05T09:06:00-05:00

hm, i was gonna talk about something, but i forgot what it was. oh yeah, went to the rocky mountain yoyo championships where michael competed- won 3rd in spin tops and 2nd in 1-handed yoyo. did a free-style routine with an offspring song. did pretty well i think. man, i need a job. hopefully, i'll get one from whole foods. i'm supposed to hear back by around sunday/monday. i need to pick my CU honors courses. i dunno what to pick. need to study for spanish placement exam on orientation. don't wanna be stuck in boring lower level spanish. oh yeah, i'm leaning towards dune as my next reading choice. quite a challenge. but at least the story line seemed interesting.

name acronym

verraten — 2004-06-07T10:06:00-05:00

M	Magical
A	Adventurous
L	Little
L	Light
O	Overwhelming
R	Refined
Y	Yucky

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

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verraten — 2004-06-07T11:06:00-05:00

hm, i actually kinda like mondays now. and all the weekdays b/c parents are working and i have the house almost to myself, which is really nice. my brother is making me read the lord of the rings books, which i've put off for a couple years now. this statement will probably anger some people, especially die-hard tolkien fans (like my bro's friend whoever), but i don't really like reading his books. when i "read" the hobbit, i admit i skipped a couple paragraphs here and there b/c it was getting boring and wordy. too many words, not enough action. it won't help that i'd already seen the movies. it's hard for me to read the book after seeing the movie. eh- it'll probably get more interesting as i keep reading them. i also picked out 2 other books from my dad's stuff- 1984 (george orwell) and fact and fancy (isaac asimov)- it's more of a discussion rather than a story. it looked pretty interesting though. i'll probably go somewhere quiet to read later today.

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verraten — 2004-06-10T02:06:00-05:00

so today is thursday. hm, so far today i haven't done anything noteworthy. so let's see, what to talk about. so i started reading dune, it's kinda slowgoing. i have to reread sometimes. ok a lot of times. sometimes i have to look back in order to remember who people are, etc. but so far i like it- it's really interesting. i like the writing style too.

i watched scary movie 3 a couple days ago- funny, but not worth the whatever my mom paid for it. oh yeah, a while ago i borrowed soylent green from the library. it was alright. very cool storyline, but some scenes were just confusing (it probably woulda helped if i watched it another time), and i think the cracker factory scene could have been made longer/more dramatic. i watched part of once upon a time in mexico. the parts that i saw were really cool. maybe i'll go rent it sometime to finish. you know what other movie i like? corky romano. b/c chris kattan is awesome. he's so funny.

michael and i were watching last comic standing last night. that show's funny. all they do is make fun of themselves. i would have picked different people to move on though.

ummm, i think i'm done.

wow my life is boring.

okeydoke

verraten — 2004-06-16T11:06:00-05:00

let's see... what have i been doing... i watched scarface at phillip's house on... friday. yeah, friday. that was a good movie- i finally know where "say hello to my little friend" comes from.

then chad's party on saturday. i got a flat tire a few blocks away from his house- no sharp objects, the tire probably just tore. damn the tire. so i'm glad i got there early. brad, geoffrey, and colin bussey helped change it, or rather geoffrey and brad changed it while colin provided the tools and i provided the problem, meaning i just watched. i don't even have a jack. good thing i had a spare though. a lot of people at chad's party. good food. watched once upon a time in mexico. went to gunther toody's w/ emerson and richard. milkshakes are good. then we went to my house for kill bill so that emerson's life can be more complete.

sunday was emerson's party. very international and so therefore very emerson. found out that ability to play tennis does not imply ability to play pingpong. watched pirates of the caribbean. just hung out.

monday and tuesday was CU orientation. lots of walking. in flip flops. that don't quite fit as well as i thought they did. i have a blister. so anyways... it was the first orientation session. there were considerably more gals than guys. 25% of the girls were (surprise, surprise) isabelles. mcdb major (which stands for molecular, cellular, and developmental biology- don't be too impressed, it's just a long name). intro to mcdb, general chem 1, honors anthropology, and spanish (the test placed me in 2nd year spanish 2). 16 hours total. i'm not taking my chem test credit b/c i need the review for the mcat. however, some the ib tests (assuming that i get a good enough score on them) waive some of the core requirements, like history, literature, math. orientation was pretty cool overall. i got to know the campus a lot better than i used to know it, though i think i'll still get lost a couple times in the beginning. i always get lost.

so i'm not going to be in the cheyenne arapahoe hall, that one's full b/c i'm a procratinator. so they put me in darley south, which is in williams villiage. it's outside of the main campus but still close enough for a 15 minute walk. and the bus comes every 7-10 minutes so i think i'll manage. i asked to be transferred to darley north b/c each room in that tower has a sink and carpetting. they're also building a rec center really closeby and i think there are tennis courts too. no music rooms though. beh. it's not like i practice anyway (shhh).

some good news- i can start undergraduate research as early as spring 2005, and i can get paid for it- which is awesome! the hard part is convincing the professor i'm ready for it before taking the genetics course. damn them. i'll just need to get some good refs. which i already have. yay.

slept a lot when i came home. just couldn't sleep when i was in the dorm. woke up at 5 45am and decided to take a shower so that nobody'd be around at the same time. the water system sucks in the dorm that we were staying in (buckingham). water kept suddenly getting superhot. at first i thought it was people flushing the toilets somewhere but it was too early and my dad said the same thing and he woke up way earlier than i did.

oh yeah- finished both ender's shadow and speaker for the dead. they were both awesome books. i read ender's shadow in one night. woulda finished sooner but family time kept interrupting... dune remains unfinished. i'll get to it.

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verraten — 2004-06-20T06:06:00-05:00

hm, so not too much has happened. i got a new phone though!! it's so awesome. and it was an upgrade so it wasn't expensive, actually i think it was free (!!) it's a color screen and it's the same size as my old one. i got to set up my voicemail this time so that's good. the number's still the same. yay!!!!!- it's just so cool!! now to get a job... i don't even care if it's a boring, crappy job, i need money. the only money i have right now is the change thingamajig in the car. mostly pennies there. i'll call king soopers later. i applied there a couple months ago, but i didn't get anything. not even a call to tell me i didn't get the job. hm, the only thing i wouldn't wanna do is waitressing or working in a fast food place.

today, we went to colorado springs for father's day. seeing as how i have no money, i couldn't even get dad something. nice, mallory. but we went to an asian diner type thing called pei wei. food was ok. then to the cemetery to bring flowers to mr. belden w/ his wife. they're really good friends of my grandparents and my dad and uncle. got to see my cousins, kevin and melissa. melissa is a junior (i think) at UCCS and kevin just finished 9th grade.

that's all for now. so exciting eh?

out of boredom...

verraten — 2004-06-21T04:06:00-05:00

How to make a MALLORY

Ingredients:

3 parts competetiveness

1 part humour

3 parts leadership

Method:
Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Add wisdom to taste! Do not overindulge!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

boredom got to me...

verraten — 2004-06-23T11:06:00-05:00

and so i cleaned my room. man, i had a lot of junk... namely, chem tests, math tests, math info sheets, cas sheets and booklet, college shit, etc. also just miscellaneous crap that i didn't need. i feel clean. just wish i felt rich too... ok, ok, i'll shut up about the money business. other than that, i sometimes go to work w/ my dad. hang out in the lab, the library, the school playground.... i am so bored. but being a kid again is awesome- my bro and i get the playground to ourselves so we get to act like 2 yr olds and run around and not have to worry about little kids and stuff. i need to finish editing my paper. damn that stupid thing. why can't it finish itself?

you know what's good? taco bell's cheesy gordita crunches... (did i already metnion this? sorry if i did) they're so good. yummy yummy in my tummy. i. am a poet.

i need to read more. i kinda stopped reading after i finished speaker for the dead. damn, dune is so hard. i just can't get into it i think. maybe i'll start another book and come back to that one.

more later, mallory

ben stiller is awesome

verraten — 2004-06-25T12:06:00-05:00

i saw dogdeball with michael yesterday- it was so funny! i loved it. ben stiller looked short... hm, there are a few movies that look good this summer. white chicks looks so funny- the wayans brothers haha. um, what else... my cousin said the notebook book was good, the movie looked ok. oh yeah i wanted to see the stepford wives too. the anchorman w/ will ferrell (looking at the movie list on dikasredus)... harry potter, garfield even though some people didn't like the idea, the terminal, spiderman 2, king arthur, i,robot (only cuz i like will's car :D), catwoman, the village, white castle looked stupid but funny but i don't think i'll see it, AVP, i think hero is taratino's next one right? yeah, i think so.

i keep forgetting to look up paul watkins in the library.

need to return phillip's books before i forget.

my dad just got the new G5 mac computer. 23 inch screen. i wish it was mine. but he's gonna give me his G4 for college so i'm ok w/ that. i'm not taking a laptop b/c i'll probably drop it or lose it, knowing me. also, it's just something else to carry and we all know that mallory isn't that strong...

college, eh? i'm just wondering if i'll ever be independent from my parents. my mom still wants me to bring my laundry home so she can wash it. very nice of her but i worry that maybe when i grow up my first batch of laundry's going to be pink or shrunken or just plain deformed. my parents also want me to come home every weekend. i don't know how i feel about that. good and bad. my parents are also giving me money, paying for my cell phone, not to mention tuition, books, housing, food, etc., etc. the only thing i haven't paid for is the small fraction of the costs paid by the stipend i made last summer (less than $2000) and the graduation money i got from people.

i wonder if having kids is really worth it... you spend all this time and money on them just to have them yell and scream, change your life forever, make you angry and sad, and then they leave. and the only reason (that i can think of) you love them is because they came from you, because you have to. am i being really pessimistic?

to end with a more positive topic, i also rented secret window yesterday. johnny depp is so good. there were also some funny moments, and i liked the ending a lot.

this year's buskerfest

verraten — 2004-06-27T03:06:00-05:00

yesterday my uncle alex, his girlfriend louise, her daughter bianca, and my cousin kevin came to denver from colorado springs. kevin and bianca came with my dad, michael, and me to downtown's buskerfest (a whole bunch of really awesome street performers asking for money). it was really fun. this one chinese guy named master lee was so funny. we got to see the yoyo performance by john higby, who kinda knows michael. we also saw the daredevil chicken club and a magic act. we went to chili's for lunch/dinner and went to espnzone for some cool racing and arcade games.

also saw paycheck one day. friday maybe. that was a pretty cool movie.

today, i wanted to have fun. so... i made myself some business cards (except for the business part). hehe, they're so cool. yay... did a pretty good job too, if i do say so myself.

also, hey, did anybody call me yesterday? my mom said that a guy and a girl called (real helpful). our family doesn't have caller id or an answering machine, and we rarely take messages unless you ask us to, so it would be great if you could call my cell phone if you ever need to get a hold of me. for those of you who don't know my cell#, i'm not posting it here- im me or call home at around 9 30-10pm.

i'm hungry.

hey look! it's a fish!--> |><>

verraten — 2004-06-29T01:06:00-05:00

so i went to the dentist today to see if i needed to get my wisdom teeth pulled. i do, but i need to see an oral surgeon about it. the roots aren't fully developed yet so it'll be less painful afterwards, but they're not fully out yet so there's still tissue and bone around it. the guy said it would be easy, so all i have to do is figure out which process is cheaper.

then i hung out w/ jeanne today. she's having a bad couple of days. she leaves for somewhere on wednesday.

then i leave for a roadtrip to michigan on friday the 2nd for about a week and a half with dad and michael. i should pack pretty soon, but we all know i procrastinate.

i'm gonna go type now. lots of typing. i'll probably still be online though. not that it matters. nobody else is.

again, out of boredom

verraten — 2004-06-30T06:06:00-05:00

eh, at least it'll be exciting

road trip memories

verraten — 2004-07-11T03:07:00-05:00

so i just went on a road trip with my dad and my brother all the way up to michigan, stopping in chicago for a couple days. it took 3 days, 2 nights to get to chicago. we spent 2 nights there. got to see chinatown and just walk around. also saw the shedd aquarium, who totally robbed us of money in the cafeteria. but it was still really cool. we spent the whole day there just to get our money's worth. i have to say that although chicago's subway is way better than new jersey's, nothing beats ny. then we took a day to drive up to michigan. every time i've told someone that we were going to michigan, they always ask me what's up there. lots of things actually, most importantly of which is FUDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well, we went to mackinaw city for 2 nights. one of those days we spent a day in mackinac (pronounced mackinaw) island. no cars are allowed on the island so the smell of horse manure just hits you in the face. however, the fudge stores like to blow the smell of fudge out into the street so it smells nice right under the fan but after a while it mixes with the horse poop smell... very interesting scent. then we went back to the mainland, slept there, and went back to the island to spend the night. we hiked a little and rode some bikes a little. a very pleasant visit. also got to see an art show. there's this one dude there who paintings are inspired by van gogh. very awesome. then we drove to grand rapids to visit the meijer (sp?) gardens. like the denver botanic gardens. michael is obsessed with carnivorous plants so we went to go see their exhibit. they also have an indoor tropical and victorian exhibit. their outdoor scene isn't so impressive. they also showcase many sculptures, both in the gardens and in a gallery, however they weren't inspiring. then it took 2 more nights to get back home. i just got back today, at around 1pm. unpacked most of my stuff. eating fudge.... very good stuff. any people who read this should hit me up for some fudge soon, it'll be gone before you know it. but the cool thing is i got a recipe book, so i can make my own. yummy...

ib test scores...

verraten — 2004-07-11T04:07:00-05:00

May 2004 English A1 HL 5
May 2003 Spanish B SL 6
May 2004 History SL 5
May 2004 Biology EE A
May 2004 Chemistry HL 6
May 2003 Physics SL 4
May 2004 Math HL 5
May 2004 TOK B

EE/TOK points: +3

Total of 34 points, diploma awarded.

ok, so my scores weren't fantastic. i got no 7s. but i didn't get any 4s this year either. damn you physics and mr. dupre. all my scores i pretty much expected. wishful thinking that i'd get more 6s and 7s, but i've learned to expect less and less of myself. one thing i'm surprised of is my TOK essay. bsed that. paper 3 in chem pulled me down i think. eh- at least i got the darn diploma.

THEY'RE TAKING AWAY MY WISDOM (teeth)!!!!!!!!

verraten — 2004-07-14T11:07:00-05:00

so today at around 2pm or so i get my wisdom teeth pulled out. yay. but at least it's during the summer and not during school. i'm kinda scared though b/c the lady was talking about all these risks- like getting a hole in my sinuses, the blood clot escaping leaving an unhealed hole in my mouth. no using straws or cigarettes (darn...) cuz that'll take out the clot and no blowing my nose cuz that'll make a hole in my head. i know these things happen a small percentage of the time, but it just makes me a little more scared anyway. so, they're putting me on IV sedation in addition to local anesthetic. the good thing is that my roots aren't completely developed so it won't hurt as long afterwards and there's less risk of damaging the nerve in my jaw. but the thing with IV sedation is i can't eat for the previous 8 hours. meh.

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verraten — 2004-07-16T08:07:00-05:00

ok so i got my wisdom teeth pulled out wednesday and the surgeon starts calling me a "cutiepie" and barking, yes, barking. was that supposed to make me feel more comfortable? i'd feel a lot more comfortable if he concentrated on the surgery. then he asks the nurse whether or not she'd like to come in the room to help and i'm thinking "oh god i'm gonna die." so he puts in the IV sedation and the next thing i remember is some lady saying she likes my shoes. feeling really groggy, i look around, trying to remember where i was. then the nurse takes me into a small room across the hall to lay down. i do not like this feeling. dizziness, disorientation, good thing i'm not nauseous (i wasn't allowed to eat for 8 hours before). my parents take me home and i just want to sleep. i don't even change. so i sleep in my bed, ice packs next to my chipmunk cheeks. later, my mom comes in and asks if i want something to eat and if i wanna take my meds. i am not feeling so good. i get out of bed and my mom is just kinda standing there, staring at me. i feel like yelling at her, hey- i'm tired, stop staring at me and let's go get some food! but i don't. i am freaking tired. i follow her downstairs and it feels like i've been sitting in the dining room chair forever. i decide to get up and see what mom's doing. i'm standing in the doorway between the kitchen and the dining room and then i hear a loud thump and now i'm on the floor. my mom is telling my brother to call 911 and my dad. she's telling me to wake up and breathe. i had just fainted and hit my head on a chair. so a couple medics come and check blood pressure, etc. and i get to go to the emergency room. medic tried to put a 16-gauge iv in me (water for the dehydration) during the ambulance ride 5 blocks away to rose hospital. i think he coulda waited- 16-gauge is pretty big. turns out the iv isn't in so good so they have to do another one- that's 3 damn ivs in one fuck-ass day. in the er, they put 2 liters of water in me and i'm feeling better. so we go home and i sleep. i refuse to take my pain meds b/c i don't like that weird dizzy feeling. the pain lets me know i'm alive at least.

thursday is a lot better. pain is less. i eat a little. a lot more fluids. more sleeping. my cheeks are huge. good thing is, i don't have to do any work around the house, but my mom likes to remind me how much i cost this week. and since i can't swallow pills for shit, i get to crush my antibiotic up and put it in my pudding. it took me almost 2 hours to eat that cup of pudding. antibiotic tastes like crap. i tried putting it in apple juice- very much worse. i'm supposed to take 4 per day. i didn't finish 2.

today, swelling is supposed to peak. parents keep making fun of me and it hurts to even smile. my cheeks are filled with heavy pain jello. when i move, they jiggle, and it hurts. i can't even look down b/c gravity is not so nice to heavy pain jello. but i forced down 3 penicillin pills today so that's better. i have to take one more. damn pills. they taste and smell so nasty. so very nasty.

i now have a longing for all the hard foods in the world. pizza, tacos, chips. anything. i'll never have another cup of pudding or applesauce for the rest of my life. except for maybe pudding.

sunday, the not-so-fun-day

verraten — 2004-07-18T01:07:00-05:00

well, my cheeks are a lot better, but they still hurt a little. i can't open my mouth all that wide and i can't clench my teeth either. i've only taken 1 pill today and i don't think i wanna take any more. why, oh why, do i have to take 4 in one day?? i know, i'm complaining about something i should be able to do easily. but i can't swallow pills. i don't know why.

saw end of days with "ahnohld" on tv yesterday. (michael does a pretty good impression) it was alright. not bad, but not fantastic. some really good actors and effects... some not so good ones. i need to watch more movies.

hm, there's that $1 a day rental at McD's now. should maybe check that out. it's cheaper than king soopers and blockbuster.

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verraten — 2004-07-26T05:07:00-05:00

let's see, what have i done in the past week? i saw anchorman with my dad and bro on my b-day- the 20th. yay- i'm now 18. i don't feel any different- still asking the padres for money and such, but i can't wait for the college experience and have the first sorta-real test of myself in the real world. kinda. ok, not really. but i'm anxious to see how i'll really do w/o the parents in a 5-mile radius.

mouth is a lot better. i can now eat solid and hard foods but it still hurts when i open it too wide. food is good.

on friday night, i got together with phillip at the village inn. he got me this awesome kill bill poster for my b-day. i haven't torn open the plastic yet b/c i know i'll tear it or do something else to ruin it before i get to hang it up in the dorm. and so it sits safely under my bed. so we talked and stuff for about an hour and a half. it was fun. phillip's always fun for the talking to.

um, weekend- nothing out of the ordinary. oh yeah- i hafta feed the dog and water the plants and do other house-sitting things for ning while she and her family are up in new hampshire for a couple weeks. i also get paid :)

doing some lab work for my dad. i like working in the lab.

nothing else going on. tv's my friend.

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verraten — 2004-07-26T11:07:00-05:00

Mallory Highway

Wealthville	6
Valley of Depression	21
Lake Love	44
Dumpsville	114
Fame City	461
Please Drive Carefully

Username:

Where are you on the highway of life?

From Go-Quiz.com

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verraten — 2004-07-27T12:07:00-05:00

so today nothing happened until about evening. jeanne called to tell me that she, nikki, and andrea wanna give me their b-day present and that chad and some people are going to a jazz club and would i want to go. so i say yes. i call her later b/c my mom and dad wanna know where the place is, which is a logical thing to do, just in case something happens. she doesn't know and neither does nikki. and they can't get a hold of chad b/c he's at work. so they tell me about a place called lollicup, which i've never heard of and we decide to go there instead. so jeanne and molly pick me up a friggin' 20 minutes early at my house. i had just gotten out of the shower. a little pissed, but i get over it. early is not always best. especially that early. whatever. then i find out that jeanne can't get a hold of andrea and she has my present. fine. so we go to mallory roybal's house to meet up with everyone else. now, even though we share the same name, i hardly know this girl. i've spoken to her once resulting in a grand total of about 3 words. i'm feeling really uncomfortable walking around her house and stuff when i hardly know her. this is great stuff. brad's there. and to make it worse, he says that the only thing a mac is good for is the freakin' globe-map-type jigsaw puzzle. brad, dissing on the mac is not cool. seriously. you don't use one, don't say anything. and the mac in the house is ancient (like mac os 8 or something). don't judge something by a version that's completely out of date. i used 8 when i was in middle school or something. i don't even remember when that was. anyways, it just pisses me off when people go out of their way to insult mac computers. i don't go around saying that pcs suck ass everyday, looking for a fight to start, even though i personally don't like them. sigh, more whatever. just leave it alone. at this point i'm slightly just pretending to have a good time. ok so chad and corinne get there and we all leave for lollicup. it's kind of a slushie/tea place. they have a foozball table, japanese books and magazines, checkers and chess, cards, etc. i don't know/have seen half the people there, whereas everybody else knows everybody else. so i get a strawberry flavored thing with boba- small jelly balls for $3 and that's basically the best part of the evening. very fun shit i tell you. we're looking at magazines, which is something i can do at home. alone. without the hey-look-at-me-i'm-loud-and-obnoxious crew. i could've even done it without the slushie. the only reason i'm staying is b/c i think jeanne wants to stay and she's my ride and i don't really wanna be at home. so at the end of the evening, my body is full of sugar (that's good though), i'm out $3 (from the $6 i started with- yes i know, the wealthville down there is so true) for something i coulda done without, i have no present, and i am not a happy camper.

and some people just really don't know how to play chess! now, i'm no chess expert and i haven't played in a year or so, but i know when your stinkin' stragety of king/rook vs. king isn't working. you can checkmate him, just do it already- don't make him run around that freakin' board- corner him! i felt like yelling at him- he was going through the same moves over and over and over again. back and forth, back and forth across the board. annoying. but we left soon and jeanne definitely does not drive fast enough. i know this is something that annoys just me, but i just couldn't look at the speedometer. seeing it at 35mph was just going to anger me even more. she gets an adrenaline rush from going 10 over for crying out loud! ugh. most people go 10 over regularly. if you call that an adrenaline rush. that would be the kind of buzz i get from drinking sprite. nothing. anyways, so the night was, i hate to say it, useless.

sometimes you just wanna be alone. or even with a few good people. i would trade the most loud, exciting, all-night party for a night with a few good friends. any day.

ah, so true

verraten — 2004-07-27T04:07:00-05:00

Find your inner fast food! by Emily

Eternally Incomplete

verraten — 2004-07-28T05:07:00-05:00

When I look at her,
I see a person.
She is my equal,
Though in many ways
She is far superior.

When she left me,
Without a word,
Only a look of pain and exhaustion,
I laughed, thinking it was a vicious joke.
But I knew.

In what felt like a second
She was gone.
My life crumbled, shattering like a pane of glass.
Anguish hit me hard and fast in the chest.
I couldn't breathe. I couldn't see.

A void will exist in my heart forever,
Until I leave this world
To be born in another.
Only then will I have a chance
To see her again.

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verraten — 2004-07-31T01:07:00-05:00

today, i went to the bank at king soopers to open a savings and checking account. my mom gave me $100 to put in each one and the bank gave me $10 for opening a savings account. yay- i have money. so, when i go to cu, my mom'll deposit $100 in my checking account each month. hopefully, i'll also get a job.

yesterday, we rented hellboy. it was a pretty funny movie. i didn't really like the ending. it was kinda weird with hb kissing the girl, who's basically naked, and agent whatshisface is staring at them. but all in all, a good movie. i painted my nails for the first time in over 3 yrs. i have lost whatever little talent i used to have at painting nails. "nail technology" is definitely not the best career for me.

you know what i like? shopping in the supermarket. food is the one thing i like shopping for. i can't shop for clothes for longer than an hour. or less.

lately, i've been playing diablo II for a few+ hours each day. i started my level 18 sorceress about 3 yrs ago. haha, i'm so slow, but it's pretty much the only game of that kind i like/know how to play. michael tried to teach me how to play starcraft and age of empires thing, but i didn't get it. i'm not very good with the moving the screen and controlling different groups- i don't think i'd make a good army person. anyways, i told michael that i should probably stop playing b/c i spend too much time playing it and so he taped up the cd case. good idea, but i kinda wanna start playing again. it's a fun game.

i love fairy tales

verraten — 2004-08-13T11:08:00-05:00

last night i went to ning's house to watch a couple movies. we saw a walk to remember and the polar bear king. i've never seen a walk to remember before, but a couple girls told me it was good. mandy moore's acting was ok. shane west was cute. i wish more guys were like his character. i can't say "i wish guys like that were real" b/c maybe they are, i just haven't seen them, or maybe that certain situation hasn't come up. ok rephrase, i wish a guy was like that to me. except that i didn't have to be dying for them to be like that. guys can take a lot of hints from so-called chick flicks. the polar bear king is a fairy tale that's not often heard, but i still like it. the asting was appropriate for fairy tale people, except for king valamon, who was a then-keanu-reaves. and not so cute either. ning and i decided that we're going to throw a fairy tale party sometime in the future. b/c we wanna dress up and do that thing where they dance in 2 circles going in opposite directions. you know... that thing, with the circles... you know. we also thought it was unfair that the youngest sibling is the most chaste and beautiful and perfect. so we're gonna write a fairy tale where the oldest is the best and the youngest is the bad and selfish one. so there.

i started packing for college a couple days ago. i got the paper, folders, binders, all that good stuff, in addition to clothes, shoes, and living stuff. i move in on sunday b/c i have to attend student employee orientation on monday. THAT'S TWO DAYS AWAY!!!! so excited.

ok, so you know how girls love to say the word "sweet?" no, not the dude-sweet, but the oh-you're-so-sweet one. yeah... that's what girls say when we have nothing else to say. i've got a few of those sweets in my yearbooks (you are so sweet, you're the sweetest girl i know... blahblahblah it means nothing to me). few girls can pull off the sweet-that-has-meaning-sweet. hm, sweet is starting to look like a really weird word now. sweet. sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet. enough? yeah i think so. so yeah. usually when a girl says that a guy is so sweet, it's b/c they can't think of something specific that's good. they just think that the guy is generally good. i try not to do that, but i think even i am guilty of this crime. however, sweet is better than nothing is better than get outta my face you're in the way.

TWO DAYS!!!!!! i'm gonna go pack now...

beh?

verraten — 2004-08-13T12:08:00-05:00

Take the quiz: "What does your birth month reveal about you?"

July
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tense. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotionally temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying.

some of these are very true

verraten — 2004-08-13T01:08:00-05:00

You Know You're From Colorado When...

People move onto the highway at 15 miles an hour.

You have absolutely no recognizable accent.

If the humidity gets above 25%, you consider it "muggy".

You only go to Central City when friends are in from out of town.

You have been skiing less than 10 times in your life

You think 5-points is a ghetto.

You are the third car to run a red light after it has changed.

You say things like "I don't care how big Golden is,
it's still a one-horse town".

You think only stupid people get lost in your town.

When giving directions, you never say "Turn left, turn right", it's always go West, then South.

During a thunderstorm you wonder "which I-25 underpass is flooding".

You never plan a picnic between 3:30 and 6:00 in Spring or Summer months.

If it rains more than 2 days straight you compare the weather to being in Seattle.

You voted for higher taxes to fund Coors field, but voted down taxes for public transportation.

You have a broken windshield.

You see no reason to travel to Aurora.

The only RTD bus you've been on is the 16th Street shuttle.

You carry your $3,000 mountain bike on top of your $500 car.

You thought "Californication" would be banned by Amendment 2.

You think "South Park" is a place to stop for gas on your way to Buena Vista.

You have a business degree and are frying burgers at a McDonald's in Vail.

You have a flat tire in your refrigerator and your garage.

You own a big dog named Aspen, Buck, Cheyenne or Dakota that wears a bandanna.

You cast out your fishing line while white-water rafting.

You've never seen the tourist attractions in your own city.

You think a pass does not involve a football or a woman.

You are 82 years old and take up snowboarding.

Your real Y2K fear was running out of Celestial Seasonings tea and trail mix.

The entire top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You personally wouldn't pay $10 per head to drive up Pikes Peak unless it was the only mountain on earth, but you tell all our house-guests to do it.

You get depressed after one day of foggy weather.

You think that formal wear is ironed denim.

North means "mountains to the left;" south is "mountains to the right;" and east and west are where all those damned liberals keep moving in from.

You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels "sticky" and you notice the sky is no longer blue.

You consider a three-piece suit to be a pair of shorts, a sweatshirt and Birkenstocks.

You see your East Coast relatives now more than when you lived there.

You think gun control is a steady hand.

You can run up 10 flights of stairs without huffing and puffing.

You've stood on solid ground and looked down on an airplane in flight.

You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means.

You're a meat eating vegetarian.

You think the major food groups are Boulder Bars, tofu and Fat Tire Beer.

You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate your local sports team's victory.

You can drive over a 12,000 foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.

You know the correct pronunciation of Buena Vista.

When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.

Your car insurance costs more than your car.

You have surge protectors on every outlet.

April showers bring May blizzards.

You see someone riding a Harley in a snowstorm, and you look closer to see if it's anyone you know.

"Timberline" is someplace you have actually been. Many times.

You know what a "Chinook" is. You know what a "rocky mountain oyster" is. You know what a "fourteener" is. But you don't know what a "turn signal" is.

A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.

Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning-rod.

People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.

Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange.

Thunder has set off your car alarm.

A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.

"Where we're going, we don't need roads!"

You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.

You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight.

Driving directions usually include 'Go over ____ Pass...'

You've used "checking for ticks" as an excuse to get someone naked.

You've gone skiing in July. You've gone sunbathing in January. They were both in the same year.

You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both downstream

You know the elevation of a town, but not its population.

You never pack away your coat and sweaters.

You can name only two people you know who were actually born in Colorado.

You call tumbleweed "groundcover".

You love your Broncos, your Avs, your Rockies, Nuggets - well you can't have everything.

You or someone you know plays golf 12 months of the year.

You don't have AC in your home, but you use it in your car all winter long.

If it snows in the morning you expect it to be gone by lunchtime.

You can name the states that make up the Four Corners.

You know what and where the Continental Divide is.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Colorado.

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a little change

verraten — 2004-08-16T07:08:00-05:00

so now i'm here in my dorm after my first night. i went to bed at 10:30pm and got out of bed at 6:15am. i got a good couple hours of actual sleep. i woke up at around 5am. stayed in bed. changed and walked around the dorm. i guess this is about the time that it has really sunken in, when i'm on the computer at 7 in the morning in my room listening the evanescence. i'm here. in college.

moving in yesterday was a fun experience. heavy boxes, clothes, setting up the computer. i put up my scottie calendar from home and a tiger bookmark. i brought the frog lamp that sharon, rachel, and krastina gave me. my bunny sits on the bed, which is covered by an awesome blanket with a lion, cheetah, and tiger (yay) on it. i got the dark blue sheets and pillowcase for free at the end of afterprom. one tall green mug and 2 plastic cups are on my desk. holding pencils and pens and a freaky-looking bear made for me by my brother junior year. notebooks and paper fill the second drawer.

fun stuff.

i'm going to go laminate the kill bill poster this morning before i hang it up b/c i like it that much. i don't wanna tear it or put holes in it.

my roommate and i have student employee orientation this morning at 10. we get to work in the dining halls (yeah i know, fun).

going back to denver on tuesday via bus to maybe hang out with chad and get my cookie. go see phillip. sleep. see my dad's talk at noon. go back with more stuff.

ba-ha!

verraten — 2004-08-16T01:08:00-05:00

today i walked to kinko's to laminate the kb poster. then my roommate and i went to the swap orientation (the dining hall thing). it was ok. we got lunch, but the whole thing was taking longer than it could've so we left early to get her id card, see the financial aid office, and get her books. we also got free t-shirts. then i picked up my poster from kinko's on the way back home. it was pretty hot to day and we did a lot of walking, so i got pretty hot. washed up a little in the bathroom, then hung up the poster. and may i say it looks pretty frickin' awesome! it's near the ceiling over my desk and i had to put it up with black duct tape. it's awesome. now we're just hanging out cuz there's nothing to do. oh and i saw david at the swap meeting and i saw tyler doute walking down the sidewalk. funny stuff. beh.

sigh, it's so awesome...

so nothing to do.

hm, my roommate and i have a lot in common. we both snore (haha), we both crack our knuckles, we're not partiers (sp?), we both have accounts in 1stbank, we both like to watch people, both in swap, both brought stuffed animals, both can walk to campus and back w/o complaining, wake up early. it's cool. i think she might go to sleep earlier than me though. we also listen to about the same music so that's good. lol we're also both kinda short.

you know what else made my day? i got free post-its at kinko's!!

wow i'm bored.

verraten — 2004-08-16T03:08:00-05:00

i just answered some guy's "what do you think about me?" survey w/o even knowing who he is. boredom... forever by my side.

you know, i remember doing this thing in ms. daniel's english class. it was about the only fun thing we did. we took an abstract subject (like love, inspiration, boredom), and added a "concrete" verb (like fly, float, creaks), making a metaphorical sentence. then we handed the sentence to someone else and they finished the poem-type thing with a title and an ending (just one more line) w/o knowing what you thought the metaphor meant. it was cool. we made some pretty cool stuff. my metaphor wasn't so hot, but yelena's was cool. and i gave it the finishing touch. i can't remember exactly what it was. it had something to do with boredom floating or something and i finished it with "forever by my side" and titled it detention. ms. danial liked it. i though it was cool. but then again yelena was always very dark and it's easy to finish stuff like that.

Mental Institution

verraten — 2004-08-16T05:08:00-05:00

Silent in my cage,
I watch in solitude.
We do chat, gossip.
Useless words without a shadow.
Sometimes the black iron gate opens,
Ajar for only a few seconds.
And then, as always, now and forever,
It slams shut,
Locking me in again.
It seems hopeless
That I will ever leave my prison,
Or that anyone will ever join me.

Music replays over and over.
They can't hear it.
Only I can.
Sometimes I like it and sometimes it kills me.
The record is broken,
Sharp nails against a chalkboard,
High-pitched, murderous screams of agony... despair.
They come from my mouth, inside me.
No one can hear my pain.
On their ears, are those their hands, or mine?

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verraten — 2004-08-21T02:08:00-05:00

ok so today was my second day of work. i get to work in the dining hall 10 hours a week to get $1000 taken off the room and board cost. if i work extra i get paid extra. according to current calculations, i'm getting approx. $50 extra/week. which is nice. but all of it is going into my savings account and therefore not being spent. not a very exciting job.

yesterday we went to the chancellor's convocation (boring) and it started raining so we all went to the UMC welcome fest for a lot of free stuff. we got balloon animals, henna tattoos, a picture in the big chair, and food. we also saw high fidelity and school of rock on a big projection set in one of the lecture halls. we came home at around 12:30am. cool stuff. however, complications arose and we didn't get to bed until around 3. contact for further information, it's a very interesting story. then i had to be at work at 8am the same day, so i am very tired. i just got off at 2:30.

anyways, the girls on our floor are completely unlike amber and me, but i guess i expected that. i was very surprised i got a roommate like amber. definitely delighted. the other girls aren't awake until midday and they're not back into the dorms until midnight. fun stuff for people trying to sleep.

on thursday i hung out with geoff and andrew at buckingham, jeanne at baker, and then had dinner w/ andrew after he met amber and saw the room. we had a very interesting conversation, but perhaps the most entertaining i've had in a while.

so far, just been hanging out w/ amber. we're gonna go to target later to get stuff.

here's my general schedule just in case you need to know what i'm doing:
monday: 8-11 class, 1-5 class
tuesday: 9-11 class, 11-3 work
wedenesday: 8-11 class, 11-3 work, 5-7:30 class
thursday: 9-11 class, 3-4 class
friday: 8-11 class, 11-3 work
saturday: 8-3 work

i also met zhe fu from gw red cross on thursday. i almost didn't recognize him. he went to china for a year and now he's here as a freshman. cool stuff. his friend that i met (i completely forgot his name but apparently he uses 2 different ones) is cool-lookin' in that hey-i'm-real-cool-lookin' kinda way.

sometimes i think i'll really like it here, and other times i think it'll be hell. but all i really want to do is have fun.

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verraten — 2004-08-22T10:08:00-05:00

i forogt to talk about this guy who looks very much like quentin tarantino. he is an ra named james and when he took off his glasses i was like whoa, he does look like qt. good stuff. it was pretty awesome lol.

3 questions

verraten — 2004-08-27T11:08:00-05:00

I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less. Ask me anything you want. Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.

asstastic

verraten — 2004-08-27T11:08:00-05:00

ok so today was turning out to be a pretty ok day. classes were boring as hell, but they weren't hard, so i'm not complaining too much. work was work, but i don't care, i kinda actually like working there, except for this weird girl who won't stop talking. then, at around 9pm, it took a serious nosedive. it "makes up" for any good thing that came around today, or anything good that came around for, i'd say, the past 6 months. hence, the title of my entry. i guess since someone once told me that craptacular was overused, i'd think of a new way to say the same thing. kinda. i cried. i really cry only about 3 times a year. i don't like crying. i need a hug. i need someone to talk to. hm, we do get 6 free sessions at the counselor's office. i definitely just need someone to be there.

the first week of classes

verraten — 2004-08-30T04:08:00-05:00

haha the chemistry teacher talked to us like we were in 4th grade. but she had a pretty nice demo at the beginning of class. so, i switched into honors chem, which has only 40-some students (compared to the few hundred in the other class). so then i had to drop anthropology- it sounded like a fun class, i think i'll take it some other time- and enrolled in astronomy. it's a pretty fun class. on the first day professor pappalardo (this is not a nickname) played the b-52's. he has long hair. on the 2nd day of class he wore jeans and a t-shirt. he's also pretty tech-savvy. and he teaches out of the book, with a few items from the news. he talked all day about the size of the universe. um... molecular biology is turning out to be a little easier than i thought. we have 2 different profs in this class. they write basically everything on the overhead, and they post lecture notes and slides on the internet. jeanne and i agree that our spanish teacher isn't even fluent. we went over ser/estar and direct/indirect pronouns. the good thing is she promotes a lot of conversational spanish- something i'm not very good at. i think the hardest parts are going to be the labs (bio and chem) cuz we have pre-lab exercises, post-lab exercises, formal lab reports, and we have to turn in a copy of our data at the end of class. i was never really that good in preparing for labs in gw w/ dr. more, but oh well. i think i'll be ok.

i'm thinking of joining a few clubs- bioclub, aed (a pre-health club), animeanonymous- but i missed the first meeting. they posted it on their site like 2 days before. i checked the site a few days before that.

working in the dining hall isn't so bad. i feel like crap afterwards though. with all the steam and food.

oh! i saw this guy in the dining hall and he looks just like rei from mars. it was so awesome. he's pretty nice too. :D i haven't seen him since. :(

let's see, we saw the crow and van wilder in the bridge lounge. i also found out about the sunday night sex talk with the old lady. that was funny and interesting and disturbing. i know more than i wanted to.

oh yeah i should post up the new schedule before i forget:
monday: 8-11 class
tuesday: 8-12 class, 2-3:30 class
wednesday: 8-11 class, 11-3 work, 5:30-7:30 class
thursday: 7-11 work, 2-3:30 class
friday: 8-11 class, 11-3 work
saturday: 8-3 work

i woke up this morning with a sore throat. i think i'll be ok in a couple days though. i 'm usually not sick for very long.

oh yeah i saw hero this weekend. one word- beautiful. two words- so awesome. three words- go see it. i so wanna see this movie again. it was just... sigh, so cool. the only bad thing is i was tired when i saw it so i wasn't reading very fast. i missed a couple of the lines.

hung out w/ goeff and andrew and some people i didn't know on saturday. we watched interview with a vampire (which i liked) and escape from la (not so much).

i plan on going home this weekend. hopefully i can get together w/ the others. i should call rachel sometime. i keep forgetting.

now i'm gonna try to do a little hw and then go eat some dinner w/ jeanne.

thanks phillip.

some funny stuff i got in the e-mail

verraten — 2004-09-02T04:09:00-05:00

BOY : May I hold your hand?
GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.

GIRL : Say you love me! Say you love me!
BOY : You love me...

GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring??
BOY : Sure, what's your phone number??

GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.
BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple

GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.
BOY : Don't you ever want to improve??

BOY : I love you and I could die for you!
GIRL : How soon??

BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!
GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there??

SHARON : Have you ever had a hot passionate, burning kiss??
TRACY : I did once. He'd forgotten to take the cigarette out of his mouth.

MAN : You remind me of the sea.
WOMAN : Because I'm wild, romantic and exciting?
MAN : NO, because you make me sick.

WIFE : You tell a man something, it goes in one ear and comes out the other.
HUSBAND : You tell a woman something: It goes in both ears and comes out of the mouth.

MARY : John says I'm pretty. Andy says I'm ugly. What do you think, Peter?
PETER : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly.

Girlfriend : "...And are you sure you love me and no one else ?"
Boyfriend : "Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again yesterday".

Teacher : "Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon?"
Pupil : "The moon".
Teacher : "Why?"
Pupil : "The moon gives us light at night when we need it but the sun gives us light only in the day time when we don't need it".

Teacher : "What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?"
Pupil : "A teacher".

Waiter : "Would you like your coffee black?"
Customer : "What other colors do you have?"

Teacher : "Sam, you talk a lot !"
Sam : "It's a family tradition".
Teacher : "What do you mean?"
Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father is a teacher".
Teacher : "What about your mother?"
Sam : "She's a woman".

Tom : "How should I convey the news to my father that I've failed?"
David: "You just send a telegram: Result declared, past year's performance repeated".

Teacher : "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"
Student : "Brotherly love".

Teacher : "Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?"
Sam : "No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good cook".

Patient : "What are the chances of my recovering doctor?"
Doctor : "One hundred percent. Medical records show that nine out of ten people die of the disease you have. Yours is the tenth case I've treated. The others all died".

Teacher : " Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?"
One Student : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day and at the same time."

Teacher : " George Washington not only chopped down his father's Cherry tree, but also admitted doing it. Now do you know why his father didn't punish him?"
One Student: " Because George still had the axe in his hand."

oh my goodness

verraten — 2004-09-03T06:09:00-05:00

wow. the weirdest thing happened. it's really really awesome too. ok so i've had this friend since forever (kindergarten in colo sps) and i've also had her aim sn for a long time, but she was never online when i was at least, so i never got to talk to her. and then recently, she's been online but away, and today, i saw her away message and it talked about the filming of the best damn sports show, which i heard from one of the people on my floor was going to be filmed on farrand field i think. anyways it was here at cu and i was like whoa... no way... could it be?? so later when she was back, i imed her and it was my friend and she is going to cu. it was so cool!! unbelievable. yeah so hopefully we can get together sometime next week. that would be so cool. this was just so cool. i'm obviously at a loss for words.

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verraten — 2004-09-04T03:09:00-05:00

You are Peace.

You are at peace with your self and the world
around you. You have balance in your life and
exude tranquility from every pore of your body.
People are constantly asking you "what is
your secret?"

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hm, although this is kinda true, in that i have come to terms that life is what it is, i don't think that i "exude tranquility from every pore of my body." and no one has ever asked me what my secret is. they have no reason to.

yeah. so work wasn't too bad today. i burned myself on a hot water pipe. that was fun. i think it's okay now, i put some ice on it earlier but it still kinda hurts.

back to work in a half hour.

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verraten — 2004-09-12T10:09:43-05:00

http://www.livejournal.com/community/dikasredux/8421.html?view=9701#t9701

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verraten — 2004-09-15T01:09:55-05:00

i'm a little embarrassed to say that tonight was the first time i've done my laundry entirely by myself. putting it into the washer, the dryer. a little confused on what i can/cannot put into the dryer and at what temperature. i'm very proud of myself. now if i could only curb this procrastination of mine. the worst combination is procrastination and perfectionism. i have it, though ib taught me how to just fuck it and let it go lol. i shouldn't do that here though. but... i'm am getting better. last week i did my chem homework a week early. oh yeah! i think i'll be up late tonight though. i'm stressed, but not stressed. it's a weird feeling.

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verraten — 2004-09-15T01:09:19-05:00

wow reading other peoplez postz like this w/o any punctuation and weird spellingz reely makez me hurt like wen this 1 tyme i red it like this and it wuz like a hole paragraff no wate it wuz like a hole frekin page it wuz so looong and it wuz reelee long and stuf u kno and so it wuz reelee BAD. ha, i am no good at that type of writing. i can't make it keep going. but, i am really good at rambling. i think. or just sitting at my computer w/ a half written entry, trying to think of what to say... ...

a funny story

verraten — 2004-09-16T10:09:51-05:00

haha!! this morning i had to go to work at 7am. so i open the door and i grab the outside door handle to close it and i grab the top of a water-filled condom. i completely freaked out. amber was just laughing so hard at my reaction. it was hilarious. hey- it was early in the morning and i was definitely not expecting a water(?-j/k)-filled condom attached to my doorhandle. i guess some people did it to the whole floor b/c it was on some other guys' door and the girls next to us said they had one too. ah... college.

first college exam day

verraten — 2004-09-21T12:09:21-05:00

today, i had my spanish exam- it was a joke compared to the tests senora gomez used to give us. bio was pretty easy. they gave out practice exams on the web and they were basically the same format. the first question was "the pH of pure water is 7, what is the concentration of H+ and OH-?" bwahahahahaha!!!!!! ah... it is so satisfying to actually see the fruits of our labor in ib. still procrastinating...

bwaa?!

verraten — 2004-09-21T03:09:29-05:00

You're Marilyn Monroe!

What Classic Pin-Up Are You?
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hmmm...

verraten — 2004-09-22T11:09:09-05:00

i really need to change this design. but i have a chem exam tomorrow and guess who didn't study?!? wow, i hoope this isn't all that will be of my blog. complaining and procrastinating. let's see... interesting story of the day... i know i had one. ok, so i'm am living off of approx. 4.5 hours of sleep/day. i am freakin' tired every day. it's not that the hw is hard, it's a little tedious and because of... you know. anyways, amber and i are at work and we're waiting until 3 to clock out, we have about 20 minutes. neither of us are getting normal hours of sleep. so we just start rambling about anything. and we can't stop laughing. and the stuff we're talking about isn't even funny. the full-timers sitting next to us must have thought we were crazy, high, or drunk. so yeah. um... i guess you had to be there for it to be funny. well, you know how people get when they're tired during the day. hm... well, one cool thing is that i'm getting a lot more involved in school than i was in high school. i'm joining a lot more clubs, i'm part of the village council (which is like student council for the williams village complex), amber and i are co-hall presidents (hall co-presidents?), i'm wroking in the dining hall, meeting a lot of cool people, i think i'm getting better at public speaking. i have to present something to the village council tomorrow, so i hope that goes well. i was never that good at public speaking and presentations. i must say, i have become better at talking to people i don't know. in HS, i was always really quiet and acted like i didn't even want to be near someone i didn't know, but that's not what i wanted. i was just shy. well, hopefully, i can overcome it! yay! i think i also had trouble asking people for help. any kind of help. i'm like a stereoptypical guy (except i'm not a guy) in that i find it weird asking for directions. i think i'm over that now too. should probably start my homework and studying for that "quiz" as prof. nesbitt called it. haha, an hour and a half quiz...

chem test

verraten — 2004-09-24T01:09:36-05:00

harder than i thought. the wording of the questions was all confusing. there were 2 questions that i just wasn't prepared for/didn't understand. i can do vsepr theory, lewis dot diagrams, naming, stoichiometry all fine. whatever. i'm just glad i get to sleep before midnight tonight. tired.

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verraten — 2004-09-27T12:09:21-05:00

on friday, i saw 4 guys with pink shirts and 1 guy with 1 baby pink packpack. i don't get it. saturday, i took a practice mcat test. i didn't know half the things on it. beh- it was free. call me a nerd. i also saw monsters, inc. for the first time. today, my dad and my brother came by and we went to target. checked out the whole foods. then, kevin from work let us borrow his tv that he never uses b/c ours doesn't work that well. now, we're watching something's gotta give. i have an astronomy exam on tuesday. need to read.

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verraten — 2004-09-27T02:09:42-05:00

today, in spanish, we watched a movie called los amantes del circulo polar (lovers of the arctic circle). we started it on friday. it's actually a pretty good movie. a couple of scenes with a lot of... erm... yeah. but overall i like it. she lets us watch it with the english subtitles. this class is so easy!! but, being me, i still manage to make the stupidest mistakes. i get my score from the bio test sometime tonight. i think i did pretty well. prof nesbitt posted the scores of the test on the board, but not the names or anything. 3 people got As. i really hope i got a C or above. i'm pretty sure i didn't get an A. argh. i have chem lab and an astronomy exam tomorrow.

COMMUNI-FUCKIN'...

verraten — 2004-09-28T01:09:05-05:00

yeah, it seems everyone has this problem of not communicating. they just don't tell each other what's going on. i;m not even talking about relationships or anything, ok? i'm talking about a supposedly-organized student government. or sub-category of that. ok so this girl sheila and i were on a committee to make ballots so that the residents of willvill could vote on when they want quiet hours to start. so we come up with a ballot and a "plan of action" and whatever. i have this whole presentation prepared, i even practiced a little, made copies of shit. guess what? three people who i didn't even know who were on the "committee" made their own freakin' ballot and decide that that's what they're going to use. i don't even know where to begin. hm... they had our e-mail addresses. they could have e-mailed us their ideas on the issue. but they didn't!! i didn't even know they were on the committee. they didn't tell us that no, we can't change what time quiet hours ends, we can't change what time quiet hours starts on weekends. the only thing we can change is the time they start on weekdays. well, thanks for letting me know. i don't even care about the stupid ballot. sheila and i spend time e-mailing each other back and forth about the ballot. she can't come to the meeting so i have to present it myself. so, i thought i'd take some initiative and make copies of what our plan was and whatever. that costs money. not a whole lot of money, but still. i was completely stunned when the president starts talking about his ballot and whatever when sheila and i were the only ones who even volunteered for the stupid committee. i don't know. maybe that's just the way things work in student government. i have no experience. maybe i'm venting for nothing. maybe it's ok that the stupid president decides to take things into his own hands without telling the people who are also working on it separately about any changes. you know, because we have all the time in the freakin' world. cuz we're not growing any older at all. cuz i actually want to look like an idiot in front of everybody else. i know that sometimes i have to find out things for myself and that i can't have everything just given to me, but other times, i think it would be nice if you could tell me the things that i have no way of knowing. or the things that i would assume are true b/c you don't tell me otherwise. and then things just keep happening where if the person would just tell me that they did something, it would all make it a lot easier. on everybody. ok, so i like my roommate, i really do. but she was the valedictorian/student council prez/leader of her school. and i think she thinks it'll be the same here. that everybody will just naturally ask her to do everything. we are CO-floor presidents. and she basically starts everything w/o me. w/o telling me. and she just does everything that we're supposed to do together by herself. is it wrong for me to be a little annoyed with this? tell me, please, if it is. is it really so wrong for me to actually want to do some of the work? it's like i'm competing with her to do these things. and then there's the door-decorating contest we're having for halloween. she just draws her own design for the room and says "here's what i had in mind for our door." no "so what do you want our door to look like?" or "hey let's brainstorm ideas for our door." or anything. only after i say indifferently "it looks fine" does she ask for my opinion. please, people, tell others what the hell you're doing, i am trying to do the same, though i never really get a chance to here. i'm just flailing around trying to even get a word in edgewise.

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verraten — 2004-09-28T01:09:36-05:00

ok, why does it cut off the title? the entry below is supposed to be titled communi-fuckin'-cation. except all caps. it's gonna be a long week.

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verraten — 2004-09-28T01:09:57-05:00

ok... i feel a little better.

chem lab!!, astronomy test, a good book, and yet another pink shirt

verraten — 2004-09-28T07:09:30-05:00

in chem lab today we did a titration, thanks to the 5 billion titrations we did in gw, i actually knew what we were doing. woohoo! the astro exam wasn't too hard. i didn't really study for it. i also just finished reading the secret life of bees by sue monk kidd. it's a good book. it took me a long time to read it in the past few weeks cuz i could only read a chapter or two at a time. i read the second half today after the exam. amber's reading the da vinci code. from what i hear, it's a really really good book, but i fear it may be way over my head. i'll probably enjoy it, but i may not understand it, and so therefore, won't be able to discuss it beyond "hey i really like this metaphor." i always feel really stupid when discussing all these books and stuff. underlying purpose and symbolism... and stuff...

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verraten — 2004-09-30T12:09:18-05:00

so today, i forgot to do my spanish hw. i copied from jeanne. ib moment. watched the end of los amantes del circulo polar. it was good movie, but i don't quite understand the end. i'm not sure what happened exactly... bio class gave us a good 6 percent curve on our 1st exam. which was ok, since i got a 99%!!!! where i missed that 1 point, i don't know. i should have been able to get it but i don't want to be stupid and cry over a lost point. yay!!!!! got an 87% on my chem test. very disappointed in myself. i shouldn't be getting a B in a class i've been taking for 3 years in a row. but in my defense, the teacher is crazy (but still cool) and likes to teach from the perspective of physics. but i still shouldn't have gotten a B. saw without a paddle tonight- that was a funny movie. i like matthew lillard, dax, and seth green. amber's at home with her mom. i'll be going back to denver tomorrow night. good times

fall break!!

verraten — 2004-10-03T02:10:24-05:00

wednesday was the last day of classes, except for bio lab, which we had off. then, i hung out with kevin for a while (kevin is a friend from work). he taught me how to skateboard a little, it was cool. then we ate at chicago and saw without a paddle. i think i already talked about that. thursday was a kinda lazy day. i watched a couple movies in the dorm room. did some laundry and cleaned the room a little. still didn't make my bed though. then dad came to pick me up. friday, i got to drive michael to school. ah, i love driving. went to hobby lobby, walmart, target, and party city with amber and her mom to get some stuff to decorate our dorm door. our floor is having a door-decorating contest for halloween. we'll be doing a graveyard-type thing with tombstones with all the roommates' names on them. i think we have some pretty good ideas for it. then, picked up michael from school. got a chipotle burrito... chicken, pinto beans, sour cream, cheese, and lettuce, and could you add a little more cheese please, thanks... heaven in a piece of foil. saw shaun of the dead with phillip. it was really nice seeing him after so long. he has an... interesting... suitemate. anyways, phillip- i hope you get well and get more sleep! saturday, i got a haircut, though i fear it may be a little too short. some hair won't go behind my ear anymore. and i just got it all in a ponytail a couple days ago. bah. came back to the dorm at around 3. cleaned and watched some tv. went to a science fiction club, where we watched the 2nd pilot of buffy, an episode of something called farscape, and the xmas episode of futurama. in between stuff they talked about different scifi authors and movies and series and i didn't know what they were talking about, plus, they all knew each other from before so i felt a little out of the loop. oh well. i left an hour early b/c the room was getting cold (and for some odd reason i was wearing capris and sandals) and i was hungry but i didn't have any money to get something from the vending machine, so i decided to go home. ate some tv dinner and watched remember the titans. that's a good movie too. just finished watching an hour of SNL w/ ben affleck. i'm being really lazy. i haven't done any of my hw yet. i guess that's what sundays are for eh?

my new obsession

verraten — 2004-10-06T11:10:06-05:00

Your Dream Guy is Shane West!
The guy who writes little love poems and sends roses.
This sweetie is perfect for a hopeless romantic like you!

Who is your Dream Guy?
(by *Crazy Dannielle*)

MIRRORMASK

verraten — 2004-10-08T06:10:11-05:00

the preview looked pretty good and the storyline seems interesting. http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/mirrormask/index.html

test scores

verraten — 2004-10-08T07:10:05-05:00

i got an 86% on my astronomy exam, which comes to about an A- with the curve. i didn't think that was too bad since i read the chapters in the 2 hours before the test. i got a 96% on the written part of my spanish test. prof green wrote "fenomenal" at the top. i made stupid mistakes on the "essay" parts- 30 palabras and 4-5 oraciones. i don't know about the oral part yet.

halloween door decoration

verraten — 2004-10-11T01:10:31-05:00

amber and i just decorated out door for the 12th floor door decorating contest of october. it can be any theme, but we just decided to do halloween. we put up a gravestones with all the roommates' names on them, so one room had one tombstone. then we added these really cool leaves that are actually real, but sprayed with a preserving thing, an awesome feather crow, a fence in the bg, and some spiderwebs. on our markerboard, amber wrote RIP 12th Floor. we took some pictures, but they're not digital. hm, amy took one, maybe i can have her send me one so i can post it up.it just looks so good!!

something i got in the e-mail

verraten — 2004-10-11T01:10:13-05:00

30 Things Guys Want Girls To Know!! 1. We're not as perverted as you think we all are. 2. No matter what YOU say, your ex-boyfriend IS an asshole. 3. We like you to give us hugs and kisses sometimes too. 4. Don't argue with us when we call you beautiful. 5. Don't treat us like shit, what goes around comes around. 6. We know you're pretty, that's one of the reason's we're going out with you. 7. Don't go into detail about your period. It scares us. 8. If you have cramps and we ask you what's wrong, just tell us it's that time of the month and nothing more. 9. If you really liked us for us, you would let us think that our mustache, beard, or sideburns looked cool. 10. We never shave our legs. So get over it. 11. NEVER ask us if you can put makeup on us. It's just wrong. 12. Don't make bets about us, because one of your friends will tell us, if you don't. 13. When we tell you that you're not fat, believe us. 14. We absolutely do not care about the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, 98 Degrees, or what any other guy looks like for that matter. 15. We may not be able to pee accurately all of the time, but at least we can stand up and go pee. 16. Just cause you think you're always right, doesn't mean that you don't have to apologize when you do something "wrong." 17. You expect us to say and do sweet things for you, but it would be nice if you did the same every once in a while. We like to know that you love us. 18. We can't always be spontaneous, so try to help us make the plans sometimes. 19. Don't ask us to beat up another guy for you, cause you might get what you wish for. 20. Never kick us in the nuts "just to see what we would say". That's just mean. 21. Never pretend like you are going to break up with us and laugh when we believe you. 22. Pamela Anderson's boobs aren't fake anymore, but we like yours better anyway. 23. Size doesn't matter, except to idiots who don't want a relationship. 24. PMS is not an excuse. 25. If you want us to put the seat down when we're done, you should put it up when you're done. 26. Don't tell us how cute your ex-boyfriend was. That doesn't turn us on. 27. And always remember: The way to a guys heart is through his stomach..... and maybe....oh nevermind. 28. NEVER ask us to kiss other guys. You might be that comfy with your friends, but to us it's just wrong. 29. We always notice how funny it is after your rip out our heart, stick it down our throat and still want to be friends. 30. And last but not least: We know you're not always right, but we'll pretend like you are anyway. IF YOU SEND THIS TO: 0-5 people YoU WiLL HaVe LoTz Of BaD LuCk! 6-10 people YOUR CRUSH WILL NOTICE YOU 10-15 people your crush will kiss you 15+ people your crush will fall in love with you

early mornings

verraten — 2004-10-12T03:10:02-05:00

i love being on campus early in the morning, it's so quiet, it's like you have the whole thing to yourself. and you're not rushing to get to class. one of the few relaxing moments of the day.

dinner and a movie

verraten — 2004-10-16T12:10:55-05:00

today was amber's birthday. i had no time to get her a b-day present during the week, so i had to go to foley's and target after work today. i bought her a black thong as the joke part and a really awesome green froggy stuffed animal as the real present. her reaction was priceless, but i missed part of it b/c i was laughing too. i got pictures though. the thong is now on her frog. haha... funny stuff. then she, her friend margaret, and i went out to dinner to hibachi's, a japanese grill and sushi bar. had sushi for the first time, salmon skin roll. it was pretty good. then we walked around the place a bit- wesminster AMC 24 and DaBs area. then we went to see taxi. that movie is so funny!!! sigh... i wanna be a racecar driver. that movie made me miss driving so much. now i kinda wanna go home just so i can drive the streets of denver with a vengeance (whatever that means). my dorothy. here to there in half the time. i have a bio test on monday and a chem test on thursday (AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! QUANTUM MECHANICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!). i need help. a spanish oral exam in exactly the same format as an intro presentation thing i had to do sophomore year. astronomy isn't too hard. i need to read more.

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verraten — 2004-10-23T02:10:06-05:00

my bio test wasn't tooo hard. i wasn't as prepared as i was for the first one, but i think i did better than most. which is all that counts. my chem test... sob... was not as good. for some odd reason i got a b on my spanish prueba. i obviously wasn't thinking. or reading directions. i'm so excited!!! i get to go on a trip with the 4-wheelin' club on sunday!!! we're going to a trail called jenny creek and the pics online looked so cool! even though the guy said it was a fairly easy one. it's still gonna be so cool!!!!!! so excited!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!! tomorrow (technically today) i have to work and then hopefully, i'm gonna go see my ra's ballet performance. the tickets are $12. i think i just barely have that much in my wallet. um... what else. i saw that guy with the pink backpack again. oh yeah and i'm not single anymore. although sometimes i really like being single b/c there are less problems. argh. i still have so much reading and hw to do. damn school. i'm tired. i'm sorry that was really boring.

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verraten — 2004-10-24T12:10:53-05:00

at 8pm i went to see amy's ballet performance. it was so cool! amy's really good! i wanna see her in the nutcracker during thanksgiving break. yay!!!!!!! tomorrow i get to go 4-wheelin'!!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!! it's gonna be so much fun! and then hw. eh. then yet another monday.

4-wheelin'!

verraten — 2004-10-24T10:10:42-05:00

today i went 4-wheelin' with the 4-wheelin' club (fancy that) at 9am. i got back at 6pm. it was still soo much fun!! and the guys are so nice! most of them drink. a lot. but they were all very cool. and it was fun! man, i so wanna go again! if they let me. i felt like i was asking stupid questions all the time and i didn't really know what they were talking about half the time so i didn't say anything. but oh well. so much fun... the reason we took so long is because we went through about 3 trails and i don't think any of them were jenny creek. i think we crossed jenny creek, but we rode off it. the car i rode in felt like it was going to fall apart, but that's where half the fun was. there were 4 cars and 5 guys and me. i got a few pictures in, but i don't think they're very good. i soo didn't dress for the weather. i had on a t-shirt and a really light jacket. good thing clint let me borrow his sweater. good times. then when i got home, i immediately got dinner and took a shower. i still have to do hw.

test scores galore

verraten — 2004-10-26T05:10:28-05:00

97% in chem!!!!!! hell yeah!! 86.5% in bio. it's ok considering the tests are uber easy. i should've gotten a better score. but i don't care b/c i got a A in chem!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!!!!! and i thought i'd be happy with a C.

update...?

verraten — 2004-10-31T04:10:15-05:00

hm, so nothing really has been happening. i did a bad thing this week. i didn't finish my chem hw so i turned it in incomplete and all messy and on scratch paper. eh- i was really tired that night. kevin called me at 2am this morning. well, 1am after turning the clock back. he had just gotten back from a party. fun stuff. that was the longest conversation we've ever had on the phone. it was kinda weird... amber got really sick on monday. she went home on thursday to go see the doctor. turns out she has mono. i really hope i didn't get it. i wiped down as much as i could in the room with lysol wipes, but i don't know if that'll help since it's a virus. we'd been pretty careful during the week. and amber and i don't share things like food or chapstick or anything. so... i think i have a low chance of getting it. my throat is a bit itchy though, but it's been like that for a couple days now. not getting any worse. i might just be paranoid. i hope i'm just being paranoid. i really don't want to get sick. especially with something that can stay for over a month. i'm already way behind on school. which reminds me...

this is one of the coolest sinks ever

verraten — 2004-11-01T04:11:33-05:00

i like chex mix

verraten — 2004-11-02T06:11:47-05:00

i waited in line for an hour to vote today. and i didn't even get a sticker. darn... meh, it was an experience. i think. this woman behind me was really annoying me. i just wanted to get outta there as fast as possible. i don't feel too strongly about any one thing i voted for. some of them i left blank b/c i didn't know a thing about the candidates or the issue. better than just randomly picking one. had an astronomy test today. i think i did okay. i got about 5 b's in a row though. i hope that's ok. gotta write a bio paper and start yet another independent project. woo. hoo. so it turns out that amber doesn't have mono. which is good, that means that i don't have mono right now. i just have a stupid sore throat. i felt like i was hackin' up a lung in chem lab today. probably not so fun for my lab partners. it's gonna be a looong night

funny pictures

verraten — 2004-11-03T11:11:14-05:00

click here

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verraten — 2004-11-03T11:11:20-05:00

HA HA

verraten — 2004-11-07T02:11:20-05:00

From Futurama tonight on CN: Gunther: "All I want out of life is to be a monkey of moderate intelligence who wears a suit. That's why I've decided to transfer to business school!"

this weekend

verraten — 2004-11-08T12:11:17-05:00

was fairly uneventful. friday afternoon i went to the mcdb symposium on cancer biology. i understood nothing in the keynote speaker's lecture except "di-sulfide bridge" and "hi, my name is..." then we got fed dinner, always a plus. the next 2 talks were a little easier to understand. they were about cancer epidemiology of cancer from using pesticides and fertilizers, and skin cancer. went home. went to sleep. ah.... sleep. was supposed to get up at 7:15 and walk to campus for the second day of the symposium but i slept until 11. got on the bus and made it in time for lunch. listened to 2 more very detailed (and therefore very boring) lectures and then went home. watched bedazzled and ate dinner. did some planning for next semester. don't actually register until the 14th. it used to be the 11th darn them. went to wokr at 8 today. came back at 2:45. laundry, shower, amber comes back from denver, we watch tv (which is very bad for the bio test i have tomorrow). my friend comes over so we can actually study for the test. very productive, but i know i'd fail it if i had to take it now. so more studying for me.

que feo

verraten — 2004-11-08T12:11:08-05:00

Watching what you eat????

verraten — 2004-11-09T10:11:44-05:00

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies. 1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 3. Africans drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 4. Italians and French drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. 5. Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans. CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

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verraten — 2004-11-12T12:11:47-05:00

"A successful relationship requires falling in love many times - with the same person." ~Author Unknown~ my parents fell in love once, and i don't even know if that was real.

the nesbitt lab tour, soft tacos, and astronomy. SLEEP!!

verraten — 2004-11-16T05:11:42-05:00

oh man, today was so cool!! our chemistry class got to tour the prof's research labs. it was so cool!!!! so much fun! way better than all the other lab periods. woohoo!! it's not something that i sould like doing for the rest of my life, but it was still really interesting to see it all. the people there are so smart, i got a headache just watching them show us what they do. so much fun. soft tacos for lunch. very yummy. once again took more food than i could finish. i almost went to sleep in astro today. tired tired. i have a chem test on thursday. i need to read 4 chapters in my chem book. not counting the other chapters i haven't read for the previous tests. meaning... all of them. hopefully a lot of stiochiometry. that i can do. i registered for next semester. hopefully i'll get off the waitlist for the spanish class. i'm number 3 on the list. ahhh! dropout people!! so i'm taking genetics with lab, REGULAR chem with lab, ethics in health and med, creative writing, and maybe the spanish class. i'm going to do something that i normally don't do: take a nap. that's how tired i am.

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verraten — 2004-11-19T05:11:31-05:00

hm... what has happened since tuesday... wednesday i went to class, work, then to class, then to study in the library for my chem test with cade. then another late night in the 15th floor study lounge. thursday i went to work. astronomy class. more studying for chem test, by myself and then with derek, steve, and katherine. then... dun dun duuuuunnnnnnn... the chem test. :P i don't think i did too good. then... i went to bed at 11. yay! today wasn't too eventful. we had a "fiesta" in spanish which was nothing like the fiestas we had in gw. she handed out chocolate and cookies and we went over the final. then we listened to one song in spanish. then we left. at least it was good chocolate. lindor truffles are good.

fun stuff

verraten — 2004-11-20T12:11:14-05:00

Which Disney princess are you?

hugs a plenty!!!!!

verraten — 2004-11-20T01:11:07-05:00

tonight i went to a hunger banquet where you were either poor, middle class, or rich (which was anyone who made over ~$9,000 per year). i was poor. i had a scoop of rice and half a glass of water. and i got to sit on the floor. middle class got a chair, rice, beans, and a tortilla. the rich got to sit at a table with tossed salad, chicken with something sauce, and chocolate cake with raspberry sauce. it was pretty fun and i learned a lot. the i hung out with phillip, will, rachel, and sydney at thunderbird burgers. it was a lot of fun seeing them again!!!!!!!!!! then we went up to rachel's room. her's is really cool! especially since she has it all to herself. AND she has her own bathroom! then phillip drove us to my room in his go-go-speed-hyundai. i showed them the kb poster and the food drawer!! haha everybody likes that part. i like that part too. decided that i wasn't ready for a relationship yet. i wasn't ready in high school, and i still don't think i'm ready. then watched friends and will and grace. time to go to bed.

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!... and i got the highest score on my biology paper,

verraten — 2004-11-22T04:11:22-05:00

96/100 ON MY CHEM TEST!!!!!!!!

wow! cool!!

verraten — 2004-11-22T05:11:40-05:00

so i got bored...

verraten — 2004-11-22T10:11:46-05:00

Ever 1. Been Kissed: yes 2. Eaten an entire thing of oreos? no, but that gives me an idea... 3. Eaten sushi: yes. once. 4. Been on stage: yes- west side story in middle school, various piano things 5. Ever been dumped: no 6. Has someone been unfaithful to you: in a gf/bf relationship, not that i know of. in friendships, eh. i can remember a couple times 1. Cold or hot: of what? 2. Blue or Red: blue 3. Rain or snow: glasses are not so good for either one, and i like both equally, but i get tired of them after a while. 4. Give or receive: both 5. Wool or cotton: cotton 7. Private school or public: public 9. Celsius or Fahrenheit: kelvin 10. Spring or fall?: fall 11. History or Science?: science. history? not really 12. Math or English: math, but i do like english Your Friends 1. Who are your funniest friends: amber, phillip, will. they make me laugh the most i think. 2. Who makes you laugh/smile the most?: they all do 3. Who Do You e-mail the most: hm... i don't really e-mail them... is that bad? 4. Who are your good Friends?: phillip, will, rachel, sharon, (the others i just don't know as well, but they're definitely friends) jeanne, anna, amber, ning, katie w 5. Who's the loudest?: i don't know 6. Who's the shyest?: will or ning 7. Who do you know the best?: katie i've known the longest but i think i know amber a lot more Within The Last 24 Hours 1. Had a serious talk? i think so 2. Hugged someone?? well... a couple days ago i did. but no. 3. Gotten along with your parents? yes 4. Fought with a friend? no Do You Like To 1. Give hugs: YES!!! i love hugs!! 2. Give back rubs? uh... 3. Take a walk in the rain? yes. were it not for the glasses... Which One Of Your Friends 1. Is most likely to grow up to be the president? amber 2. Which one knows most about you? i don't know 3. Is most likely to become a comedian? i don't know. 4. Have you known the longest? katie w Have You Ever 1. Been to a concert: heh... the spice girls 2. Been out of the country: the philippines when i was really young Love 1. Your biggest crush?: haha... not telling... 2. If you were gonna go out with anyone who would it be?: 3. Have you ever had an online relationship? no 4. What are some things you wish to do in the future with the opposite sex?: Others 1. What is your worst habit: procrastinate 2. What really makes you mad?: lots of things. 3. What are you scared of?: disappoinment 4. Happiest moment: lots 5. Do you swear? sometimes, more when i'm alone or with a few people 6. When was the last time you showered?: yesterday. don't worry... i'll take one today too. 7. What color pants do you have on right now? blue jeans 8. What are u listening to right now? nothing 9. What was the last thing that you said? i don't remember 10. What is your computer desk made of? crapwood (i agree with phillip) 11. What are the last 4 digits in your phone number? uh... 12. What was the last thing you ate: a cheeseburger with fries and a root beer float 13. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? blue? 15. How many buddies do you have on your contact list? 52, but i talk to only a few. if even. i've been ignoring AIM for a while 16 and 17)How's the weather right now? cold and dark 18. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?: dad 19. The nicest thing you find about the opposite sex?: they're stronger 20. The nicest present you've gotten this year: i don't remember 21. How do you eat your Oreo?: with double stuf: i twist and separate it and i eat the non-creamy side first, then i nibble off the edges of the other side and then i do the same with another cookie and then you have a quadruple stuf 22. How about peanut butter cup?: i used to eat the center first and then eat the outside. now, i don't know. haven't had one is a while 23. What makes you happy?: lots of things. to name a few, hugs, when i can figure out a problem, good grades, good food 24. Fave CD?: i don't know 25. Height: 5 foot 3 or 4 26. Do you have glasses? yup 27. Last CD: i think i last borrowed amber's cranberries cd, the last one i bought? i don't remember. linkin park maybe? 28. Have you won any special awards?: a few. 29. What do you want to be when you grow up?: doctor 30. Your future goals: i have a lot. 31. If you were an animal what would you be?: a tiger! 23. What will you name your first child?: children? i dunno...

hehe

verraten — 2004-11-22T10:11:04-05:00

This is an actual job application that a 75 year old senior citizen submitted to Wal-Mart in Arkansas. They hired him because he was so funny. NAME: George Martin SEX: Not lately, but I am looking for the right woman (or at least, one who'll cooperate). DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place. DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we can haggle. EDUCATION: Yes. LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility. PREVIOUS SALARY: A lot less than I'm worth. MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes. REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked. HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any. PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p. m. Monday,Tuesday, and Thursday. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment. MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here? DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UP TO 50 lbs.?: Of what? DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the more appropriate question here would be "Do you have a car that runs?" HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, so they tell me. DO YOU SMOKE?: On the job - no, on my breaks - no. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb sexy blonde supermodel who thinks I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now. DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Oh yes, absolutely. SIGN HERE: Sagittarius

bwa?!

verraten — 2004-11-23T11:11:05-05:00

20's You are thinking more clearly than most
people... you can see the real world as it is,
you don't live in this fantasy place anymore
but you are not very mature, you are just fine,
perfect! :)

. What is you inner age?
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Thanksgiving and The Nutcracker

verraten — 2004-11-28T07:11:33-05:00

went home wednesday night. had thanksgiving lunch with michael and mom from boston market. tv dinner. not too great. went to ama and kong's on friday. got a lot of stuff. went shopping w/ mom saturday. got some cool stuff. came back saturday night. cleaned and stuff. watched i am sam. sleep. woke up. did some chem hw. saw the nutcracker with tony. amy's in it. she was pretty good! ah, i have no common sense! i wore a skirt with open toed shoes. it was snowing. and very cold. i'm an idiot. good thing tony could lend me a pair of socks.

bwa?!

verraten — 2004-11-30T12:11:00-05:00

What kind of God are you?
Name
DOB
Favourite Color
You earthly time was spent	Feeding millions with a few hot dog scraps
Your throne is	A great mountain wreathed in silver cloud, attended by angelic beings of light, arced with lightning and bathed in glory
You wear	Impenetrable armour, the flesh of emperors and the hair of Lucifer's scalp
Your Godly superpower is	Unresistable charm and sensuality, drawing lovers, friends and enemies into your orgasmic grasp

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i've never seen this movie

verraten — 2004-11-30T08:11:50-05:00

Your romance is more of a love that needs to bloom
within, just like Hedwig of Hedwig and the
Angry Inch. The film features an East German
transsexual who is seeking her "other
half" after constant betrayal. You must
love yourself before you can need another.
You're starting to realize this, along with the
fact that you don't need a significant other to
be a complete person. Your "other
half" has been inside you all along.

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verraten — 2004-12-01T10:12:02-05:00

"The best index to anyone's character is: (a) how they treat people who can't do them any good, and (b) how they treat people who can't fight back." -- Abigail Van Buren

yay!!!!! this one thing completely made my day.

verraten — 2004-12-02T05:12:58-05:00

yay!!!! i talked to "rei"!! i saw him waiting for the buffbus in front of physics so i went and stood by him. then, one of them came by and drove right past. i started laughing and said that was great, we were all excited and then it just went by or something like that, and he told me about how he just missed a bus already and then this happened and how he missed a bus before class and was 20 minutes late. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) so excited! then, we got on the next bus, and i'm a little disappointed in myself, i didn't sit next to him, i kinda thought that it would be weird and a little stalker-ish, but maybe it wouldn't have. i'm an idiot. but i'm so happy! i talked to him!! yay!!

my first real all-nighter

verraten — 2004-12-04T05:12:53-05:00

so thursday night i didn't go to sleep. that is the first time. i usually get at least an hour, or even a half hour, of sleep on busy nights. but this time, i didn't get to go to sleep at all. fun stuff. I took a nap on friday. it was very good.

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verraten — 2004-12-04T05:12:25-05:00

sorry everybody

verraten — 2004-12-09T12:12:27-05:00

yay! listen!!

verraten — 2004-12-10T12:12:22-05:00

woo!!!!!!! finals are over!!!! winter break, here i come!!!friday

verraten — 2004-12-14T06:12:18-05:00

yay!!!!!! so let's start from the top. friday lots and lots of chem studying with tony, randy, cade, and chanh. randy stayed up all night at sewell. he doesn't live there. saturday breakfast at sewell at 6:45am. cereal not so satisfying but at least i ate something. 7:30am- chemistry exam- not as hard as everyone thought it would be, though when we were all discussing it afterwards, i think i might have gotten a few wrong. sunday breakfast around 10 or 11. study in library til dinner time. monday breakfast at around 8am. turned in my work schedule for next semester. library til 3pm. 4:30pm- spanish exam- harder than i thought. but i think i'll still get an A. if i get anything less than a A- i'm going to scream. dinner at farrand with tony and shawn. studying with cade and tony at the engineering library. tried to study some more at home, but i gave up and went to sleep. tuesday no breakfast today. 7:30am- astronomy exam- it was ok. i knew most of the answers. most meaning more than half. but i'll probaby get a B. damn that class. got out at 8:45am, ate breakfast at sewell and studied bio for an hour. called tony. waited at baker hall for a while. talked to jeanne and her friend tim. tony and i went to libby study lounge where randy again had not slept for more than an hour. second breakfast of cereal. cade and chanh came. we studied. 1:30pm- MCDB exam- all packed into MUEN E050. exam 4 was a joke (as in we knew less than half of the answers), as tony put it, so i decided that this was the one i'd drop. final was ok. there were a couple questions i wasn't sure about. got my second paper back- 28/30!!!! heck yeah!!! woo!! along with compliments from my TA. wrote that it was as close to perfect as he'd ever seen. ha!! good job me. ok sorry, felt like bragging for a bit. i'll stop now. anyways, tony, randy, cade, chanh, and i decided that we needed to get together for something other than to finish chem hw and labs so we're going to dinner and a movie tonight at flatirons. yay!!! it feels so good to be done. this semester went by really fast, and as glad as i am that it's over, i'm kinda sad. i definitely like college more than high school.

dinner, movie, and driving stick

verraten — 2004-12-15T01:12:22-05:00

tonight was so much fun!!! tony, randy, chanh, cade, and i went to flatirons and ate at chipotle. it was so good... mmmm... real food... and chipotle is goood... then we went to borders and looked around. i read an article on how viruses are somewhere in between the living and the non-living, much like seeds- they have the potential for life. it was pretty interesting, but i didn't finish reading it. then off to the movie theater to watch blade: trinity. i have to say, i enjoyed that movie thoroughly. it had some very cool fight scenes, cinematography wasn't bad, special effects were ok, music was awesome. but, i'm an action freak, so it might disappoint others. then, and if the night wasn't good enough, cade taught me how to drive stick shift for the first time!!!!! i was so excited!!!! i stalled twice before i even got started. but i kinda got used to it for a while. fun stuff. then tony drove back b/c he knows how to drive stick pretty well. i just got back at 11 and i have to work tomorrow at 6:45, but i don't care b/c tonight was so much fun! it was completely worth it.

the beginnings of winter break

verraten — 2004-12-18T10:12:11-05:00

so i ended up not going to work at 6:45 and instead went for my normal shift at 11. good stuff. lots of sleep. then i packed and watched tv a little. dad came to pick me up at 6. we ate dinner at the dining hall. drove home. i found out that dorothy wouldn't start. i was very sad. thursday, i went with dad to pulmonary grand rounds. it's when the fellows (those training to be pulmonologists) present a patient's case- their past medical history, symptoms, etc- to the various attending doctors. my dad got called up, as he always does, since he's the only one who actually likes doing them. he didn't get it this time, but it was b/c it was some obscure infection that didn't really have anything to do with the patient's symptoms. picked up michael after school. did some xmas shopping at barnes and noble after michael's cancelled chess tournament. watched i spy with owen wilson and eddie murphy. shrug, i thought it was funny. friday, i didn't really do anything. i watched tv and wrapped some presents. called people about the new years eve party. (it starts at 6-7pm at my house if you want to come. just make sure to tell me if you're coming so i know how much food to get. kinda formal if you want.) i think that's about it. today, i did some titrations at the lab. takes me back to the many many titrations we did in hs. lunch at seoul food- very good restaurant. we go there a lot. then we brought dorothy back from the dead. yay!!!!!! i was very happy!!! i love my dorothy. then back to the lab where dad did some work, i tried reading some chem chapters but michael was watching snl's the best of will ferrell in the office so... i got distracted. looked at my grades. only chem officially came through as a A. very happy for that. i wonder how i did on the final. i had to check astronomy on webct and i got an A-, which i guess was to be expected. i didn't do a whole lot in that class. i checked bio lecture via webct as well and i got an A. i still have to check my bio lab and spanish grade. hopefully i do well in those classes. i should. hm... not too much else going on. dad, michael, and i are going to see a movie tonight at 9:30pm after dinner. i still have to go out and do some more xmas shopping. clean my room (yeah... right). blah blah blah. feels good to relax for a while. but i can't wait to get back.

official grades are in

verraten — 2004-12-22T01:12:24-05:00

astronomy A bio lecture A bio lab A chemistry A spanish A- 15 credits GPA = 3.940

starting off 2005

verraten — 2005-01-01T04:01:38-05:00

i had a new year's eve party which was a lot of fun. i bought too much food b/c i was under the impression that more people wanted to come and that the people who came would eat. beh. it was a fairly long party, starting at 6:30-ish and most people coming between 7 and 9. brad, mallory roybal, geoff, and andrea stayed til 1am teaching me how to play hearts. i'm still a tad confused on what to play when other people play certain things. phillip, lucas, will, and rachel came for a while and gave me a $50 gift certificate to barnes and noble! $50! woohoo! thanks guys!! phillip and lucas got tattoos- the same one in the same place of something that i don't understand b/c i haven't read the dark tower series (?i think that's where it's from). emerson and richard came at 6:45 and gave me a chocolate wine bottle thing. mmm... chocolate. chad gave me a box of chocolate chip cookies- which is a lot more than what he owed me, but i'm not complaining. tim, geoffrey (pronounced joffrey), evan, and some other people came, including anna, nikki, molly, colin reisser, jeanne, ning, and unique. a couple of my friends from cu made it, though i'm not sure if it was all that fun for them cuz they didn't know anyone but me. cade came first, then he left to go to another party. chanh came later and left at around 11:30 i think. we watched white chicks first and then eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. white chicks was funny and i'd already seen eternal sunshine in the theatres, so i wasn't confused this time. then it was clean up til 2, then sleep. oh and by the way someone left a hat (which i think is cade's) and a book called man in white by johnny cash. i don't know who left that one.

this video is so funny!

verraten — 2005-01-09T10:01:37-05:00

click here

another one

verraten — 2005-01-09T10:01:02-05:00

sumo vs. karate i don't know what the subtitles say

darn that wind

verraten — 2005-01-09T03:01:13-05:00

the wind almost blew me away today. at least 5 times. i'm not kidding. one time was at the bus stop and i think the other girl was laughing at me.

first day of classes

verraten — 2005-01-10T06:01:08-05:00

i had 4 classes today: 8am: intro to creative writing. seems like a pretty fun class. the professor is jon(athan) pierce, a grad student in creative writing, poetry being his forte. 9am: genetics lecture. professor winey is a little more interesting than last semester's teacher for the intro to mcdb class, as in he actually changes the pitch and volume of his voice. we get problem sets every week, to be done online. 10am: honors chemistry lecture. professor hagadorn is way more relaxed the prof. nesbitt. he talks slower than prof. nesbitt, but then again, everybody does. his writing is legible, and he seems like a nice teacher. there are still problem sets every week, 3 midterms, and a final. 3 hours of free time. spent on campus. 2pm: spanish conversation. sra. moreno es de españa y tiene un accento muy fuerte. además, habla muy rápido y por eso, es un poco difícil entenderle. pero, pienso que entendí la mayor parte de lo que estaba diciendo. desafortunadamente, estoy en la lista de espera, pero estoy número tres. estoy segura que por lo menos tres personas van a retirarse. vi a sara kashuk de GW allí y ella me recordó. hopefully, if i’m any good at spanish, the above said: sra. moreno is from spain and has a very strong accent. furthermore, she talks very fast and so it’s a little hard to understand her. but, i think that i understood most of what she was saying. unfortunately, i’m on the waitlist, but i’m number 3. i’m sure that at least 3 people are going to drop out. i saw sara kashuk from GW there and she remembered me. i have not figured out my work schedule yet, but when i do, i'll be sure to post up my whole schedule here for the people who care.

more about classes

verraten — 2005-01-13T10:01:04-05:00

yeah, yeah, i know, kinda boring, but i will write about it anyways. you don't have to read it. when was the last time i wrote? monday? tuesday: 8am chem lab: just check-in. took 30 minutes. i sit in the same spot i sat in last semester. all the stuff was the same in my locker full of chemisstry lab goodies. even the position of everything. lots of free time in the library. i did some creative writing, and then wandered around for a while. i do that a lot in the library, just wander around. i'm trying to look for the best spot to work, which is pretty much the most secluded. they took away the tables and chairs where i used to do work last semester, so i have to find a new place. 12:30pm ethical and social issues in health and medicine: seems like an interesting class. still have to buy another book. once i think i've got everything, i've got another book to buy. a few papers to write. there are mostly girls in this class. hm, about 50-60 student (or more, or less, i'm really bad at estimating the size of things), but a pretty large class, and there are 10, maybe 12 guys? lots of girls. worked the dinner shift at the dining hall with sheila, trevor, the twins (or dipshits, as amber likes to say), john (whose nickname is gino, i guess), and david, who i have never really talked to. fun stuff... wednesday: more of the same of monday. i did some quality reading at home. right on! today, thursday: worked the 7-11 breakfast shift at the dining hall. it was so slow. i think we got 75 less people than we usually do. i was falling asleep most of the time b/c there was nothing to do. ate lunch with cade and brought him his hat that he left at my house over new year's. then my ethics class. library time where i did a little more creative writing. came home, did no reading, took a nap, ate dinner, watched some tv, and here i am. wow, that was exciting. if you read down to here, you were either really bored, or were expecting a good finish. i apologize. to make it up to you, i'll try to find something else to post up here for you to read/look at in a few minutes. meanwhile, there should be a few good links on my bookmarks.

ok, here it is

verraten — 2005-01-13T10:01:41-05:00

a skateboarding dog he's better than i am.

a dancing hippo

verraten — 2005-01-13T11:01:59-05:00

click here

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verraten — 2005-01-14T12:01:22-05:00

you know i'm bored/procrastinating when i've made 4 posts in one day. and checked my e-mail twice in the last hour. anyways, i've got my work schedule all worked out so here it is: monday 8am-11am class 2pm-3pm class 6pm-8pm rha meeting tuesday 8am-12pm class 12:30pm-1:30pm class 4pm-7:15pm work 7:15pm-8:15pm village council meeting wednesday 8am-11am class 2pm-3pm class thursday 7am-11am work 12:30pm-1:30pm class 5:30pm-7:30pm class friday 8am-11am class 1pm-3pm class 4pm-7:30pm work saturday 8am-3pm work

mean boys

verraten — 2005-01-16T10:01:16-05:00

so i was sitting around a couple days ago in my room and this old lady calls looking for her granddaughter samantha. i tell her that i'm sorry but she's got the wrong number. she asks me if i know samantha and i tell her no i don't. she says that she got lost somewhere when she was trying to visit her and she thinks she's at the mall. so i truly want to help her b/c she sounds really worried and it's late at night. so i get on the computer and tell her that i can probably find samantha's number if i knew her last name. and she tells someone else "young man, get a pen and paper. write this down. this sweet girl is going to help me." so i plug in "samantha janinga" in the cu directory and nothing comes up, so i'm like oh crap i can't get the number. i tell the lady on the other line that i can't get it, and she's like oh no... then i hear a boy laughing in the background and she hangs up. mean, mean, mean...

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verraten — 2005-01-17T04:01:38-05:00

friday: classes, not too bad. today was the first day of my ethics recitation. nothing exciting. work. saturday: work. dad came and he, michael, amber, and i ate at the sink for dinner. today: today i got to go 4-wheeling with ken and a whole bunch of other people i don't know. they were from an online group of colorado 4-wheelers, come came from co springs. it was a lot of fun. i brought my heaviest coat this time. a little more well-prepared. it's a lot of fun and i can't wait til i get to drive a vehicle off road. we were out from 9:15am to around 4:30pm. i came home and ate some dinner, took a shower, watched the first austin powers on tv, some family guy, then my friend jake and i went to see in good company at the theatre at 30th and pearl. i liked this movie, though it didn't have a whole lot of real laugh out loud moments. it was a good story, it didn't have a corny hollywood ending where EVERYTHING works out, but a more realistic, but still happy, type of ending. plus i think topher grace is a funny actor and yes, kinda cute. ish. also, i was kinda in the mood for a bit of a corny love story. then we came back and i checked out jake's room. he lives in the basement. kinda depressing. then up to my room to hang out a bit and watch part of an x-files episode. then he went back to his room. i was gonna go to bed, but i caught sight of a couple more good shows and so i watched tv some more until 2am and now i think i'll go to bed. sleep is good. i still haven't started my hw. bad mallory.

swing dancing!!

verraten — 2005-01-19T11:01:47-05:00

today amber and i went to the swing dancing club (free lessons on wednesdays in the hardrive cafe at 7:30pm, hint, hint). it was so much fun!! we learned the lindy circle and inside turn and we started the charleston. lots of fun!!!! more people should come!!

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verraten — 2005-01-25T01:01:20-05:00

this weekend was ok. i went to denver to go to dr. watson's neglected patients dinner. that was fun, except we all payed $25 each for meals that probably cost about $10. but kinda fun nonetheless. no hw done. sunday, i just really wanted to go back. really, really, really wanted to go back. attended my alternative breaks meeting. it's going to be during spring break AND i get to work with tigers!!!! well, i dunno if i'll be working with them, but i'll get to work on a tiger habitat in arkansas. yeah, yeah, i don't care b/c they're tigers!!! and other large cats too, but mainly tigers!! woo!! so that was pretty much the best part of the weekend. today was so long. i have so much reading to do, and i'm already 2 weeks behind in my ethics class, 3 if you count this week. 2 lectures behind in genetics. a week behind in creative writing. i'm a slacker. i am so tired.

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verraten — 2005-01-28T10:01:13-05:00

so this week went pretty slow. and fast. lots of late nights. still a lot of hw to do, but i did not procrastinate as much as i usually do. and i understood the chem hw pretty well. i'm still a lecture behind in genetics, but i only have to read 3 pages to get caught up. spanish presentation about tigers (!) which i kinda-sorta screwed up a couple times, but i remembered a couple words i didn't think i remembered, and i forgot words i'd looked at for a hour 5 minutes before class... :P let's see... i worked the dinner shift today with amber and erin. we are so hyper when we're together. and we made dave the best hotrunner in the world. now we just have to have a parade in his honor where he rolls around on a cart waving to the masses. and that's about it. oh! here's a couple good things that happened today: there was bacon at breakfast, there were cherry chip cookies and choc choc chip cookies at lunch, i found a lucky penny in my chair at ethics recitation, and i got to the bus stop just as the bus pulled up. yay!!!!

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verraten — 2005-01-31T11:01:23-05:00

who is meepers? does anyone know? they got a pretty good score.

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verraten — 2005-02-01T01:02:18-05:00

so right now, i'm taking a short break from my studies. i have a paper due thursday in my medical ethics class and i just "started" today. quotes mean i have borrowed the books from the library and skimed through them, but have not written a single word. but that's pretty much the only major thing to do this week. i have to do a close-reading of a poem for my creative writing class, but the 2 pages'll be cake compared to ib. had dinner with dave tonight at libby. he is a very cool and interesting guy. definitely likes his tea. needs a belt. i have too many but none of them were long enough. yawn. gosh darnit. i can't get sleepy now...

workshop on wednesday E

verraten — 2005-02-03T10:02:11-05:00

so in creative writing, i had my first "workshop." this was the poem i presented: Eternally Incomplete by Mallory When I look at her, I see a person. She is my equal, Though in many ways She is far superior. When she left me, Without a word, Only a look of pain and fatigue, I laughed, thinking it was a vicious joke. But I knew. In what felt like a second She was gone. My life crumbled, shattering like a sword of ice. Anguish hit me hard and fast in the chest. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't see. A void will exist in my heart forever, Until I leave this world To be born in another. Only then will I have a chance To see her again. surprisingly, they all pretty much liked it. the "sword of ice" was changed last minute (right before i sent it to the instructor) from "pane of glass." i'm really glad i changed it. it was pretty much the only original thing in it. jon (the instructor) siad i used a lot of commonly heard things, like "in what felt like a second," "hard and fast in the chest," and "void." there was some discussion about who "she" is. everyone thought it was actually a person, but megan, very observant btw, said i wouldn't have said "i see a person" if she was a person. some people said they liked that i didn't give many clues on who she is, and some people wanted it to be a least a little more specific. fyi, "she" is my dog mollie who died a few years ago. a couple people said i need more images and that the first 2 stanzas weren't as powerful as the third. someone really liked the title. i discovered that only a few people actually know what they're doing in this class. i may or may not be one of them. most probably not, since i usually don't have anything to say. but i really liked doing workshop, i was a bit nervous at first, but i learned a lot about my writing, and about writing in general, from what they all said. it was a pretty fun experience.

an update to procrastinate

verraten — 2005-02-08T12:02:43-05:00

so... let's see... nothing that exciting happened during last week i think... or else i would've remembered it. or maybe it's just because my brain is dead. oh yeah, i did manage to get sick. again. this weekend, dad and michael came over. didn't get any hw done that day. except i did manage to make it to a required public reading. i heard sean murphy read excerpts from 3 of his books at naropa university at 7:30pm. it was pretty good. the story lines were pretty interesting, some a little scifi-ish (messing with time and gravity, materializing time, and such). he is a zen practitioner, which offered some insights into his creative process and some of the meaning behind his books. i might pick a couple up later. when i have time, that is. had to take the darn bus back to willvill. that took an hour b/c they did some weird "bus swap" thing and needed to sit at the bus stop for 20 minutes. wanted to watch some snl, but fell accidently fell asleep at 10:25pm and woke up at 12:15am. conveniently missed the entire thing. brushed my teeth and went to bed. did laundry sunday morning. did some studying for genetics test. watched 1st quarter and a half of the superbowl. came back for the halftime show. wasn't really interested, but i did get some pizza out of it. more studying. hw. sleep. 8am class was cancelled. most people were annoyed. i almost celebrated, i had more time to study for genetics test (tonight, of course. why would i study any earlier for it?!). genetics lecture, chem lecture, lunch, spanish hw, more genetics studying, spanish class. then lots more studying for genetics with a couple friends and justin, my ta. dinner of cheese enchiladas, salad, and chicken, which was actually quite good. studying and then the test. i think i did alright. my brain is almost dead though. and yes, i'm still sick. damn the sickness. i came home for the first time since i left at 7am this morning and my roommate's already asleep. but i guess she's sick too. i feel like crap and yet... here i am after 10:30pm, on the computer doing something entirely not necessary. but that's besides the point... what point? anyways... i feel like i had a good story to tell you, but either i forgot it, or i remembered and it just wasn't that great. eh.

and so it starts...

verraten — 2005-02-10T11:02:45-05:00

the time when i lose all/most of the friends i have made. it always happens. i start school, or whatever, and i meet lots of people and i make lots of new friends... and then later, i lose them all. i was really happy at the beginning of the year. i really do like it here, but now, it just doesn't feel like it used to. it happened faster than i expected. at gw, the process was spread out over the course of 4 years, and i was just lucky enough to find some new good friends near the end. and now, it's already happening. and not even a year has gone by. i don't even know how it happens. it just does.

oy

verraten — 2005-02-19T01:02:42-05:00

i have not updated in over a week. as far as i know, my life has not been that exciting in the past week. but don't take my word for it, i hardly remember what i did today. class, homework, blah, blah. i won't bore you with that stuff. i'm sure i had some good stories to tell, but gosh darnit, they've all gone and left my head. oh! i got 100% on my genetics test!! that made my entire week. went to visit my grandparents in colorado springs last weekend for chinese new year. had some real asian food for a change. very yummy. that's really the only thing i don't like about the food here. the asian food isn't real. the other food isn't really real either, but it doesn't bother me as much as that does. i also saw the free, sneak preview of constantine with keanu reaves. i liked it ok. i liked it more than some and less than others. i'm not an expert at discussing all the aspects that make a movie great, i only know words like cinematography, and plot, and development, and... stuff. so, my "review" of the movie will not be in depth. definitely not. um... a couple friends of mine said that they didn't really focus on the more important story (end of the world) as much as they should have. keanu was pretty stoic, but i guess it fit his character, hardened by the days of destroying demons. there were some very, very cheesy scenes, but it had its moments. i could complain about how i had to work salads all by myself at work today, but i'm trying not to complain as much as i used to. i know how annoying it is. um... amber and i watched corrina, corrina with whoppi goldberg and that one guy. i liked it. it was cute. i think i've definitely become more into "cutesy" love story movies since i started hanging out with amber. i remember i used to roll my eyes at that kind of thing in movies, but now, it's weird. i think i squeal. and i definitely clap. is that weird or what? while watching the movie, we saw children playing in the sidewalk and i decided that after work tomorrow morning, amber and i are gonna play in the sidewalk. i don't exactly know how, since we don't actually have anything to play with, and the sidewalk is dirtier than the one in front of a house, but ah well. i think it'll be fun. i like samoas. they're really good. and yes, i do like coconut. my mommy bought 2 boxes for me last weekend while i was home. yummy! i already ate one box. maybe i should do a little hw. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! good one, mal, good one... so, i've been thinking about housing for next semester, as everyone probably is, and i've been trying to decide between 2 places. i've also applied to be an ra, but i don't know how that'll turn out b/c i'm not very good at interviews. i really need to work on that. also, i don't know if i want to be an ra even if i get it. anyways, i really liked living out here at willvill, and i really don't want to think about paying monthly utility bills next year so it was between the willvill dorm and the bear creek apartments right next to willvill (fixed monthly bill includes everything). i looked at plans at bear creek online, and comparing monthly prices, i determined that it was cheaper to live in the dorms than in bear creek. so, i'm hoping to get a single with a bathroom. i hope they have them here at willvill. i can't apply for dorm housing til the 28th. you know what i realized? i really like attention. but... sometimes i don't. it's weird. like sometimes i really want it, and i get upset if i don't get it. obviously, it depends on what kind and who's giving it. i kinda don't like that about myself. i don't like it when i know someone's doing something just to get attention, then sometimes i do something that will get me attention, and then i question if i'm doing it b/c i really feel like doing it, or just b/c i want the attention. does anyone alse have this problem? or am i the freak? something else that's bothering me... sometimes i really think i'm ready for a boyfriend... heh heh... mostly when i'm watching those movies, but erm... maybe i'm not... it's normal to want something, and not be ready for it, right? b/c in my only 2 "relationships," if you really want to call them that, i didn't feel ready. and looking back on them, it was kinda stupid. especially the first one. the second one involved a very mature guy, but we just weren't right for each other. we're still friends though, which is nice. but the thing is... i just kinda stumbled into them. i didn't really mean to start anything. i don't think. and i was never completely comfortable in that way with either of them. which means there's something wrong. or maybe i watch too many movies. i should really stop that. things to think about... i should really go to sleep.

bad day

verraten — 2005-02-28T11:02:12-05:00

well, the good news is that i've gotten more caught up on school. some of the bad news: i got sick. again. i'm such an idiot. anyways, so since i'm sick i'm thinking, hm... i should probably finish my hw earlier today so i can get some more sleep. so, i do get more hw done earlier today and hey- i'm done with my chem lab at 9pm tonight when i'm usually done around midnight-ish. i'm very proud of myself. amber went to bed at 9. it doesn't matter how much work i do during the day, i'm thinking amber will always get to bed at least 2 hours earlier than i will. now, this is getting to bed. she sleeps in for a half hour to an hour later than i do in the morning. i think that's one of the most annoying things about living with a business major. don't get me wrong, amber is a hard worker and she's basically on top of, if not ahead of, her work. i think it just gets me down, because i'm always behind and seeing her go to bed at 9pm when she's healthy and has no more hw, and i'm sick and still have at lea couple hours of work ahead of me, makes me feel even worse. and the only way i'll get completely caught up is if i have absolutely no life whatsoever. no checking non-school e-mails, no facebook, no mindsay, no journal surfing, no tv, no music, no phone, no friends, no zoning out, no nothing. except school. school, school, school. and i'm pretty sure that's impossible. for me anyway. and i'm sure for a lot of people. argh. i. feel. like. crap.

mallory goes out on a school night (!!!!)

verraten — 2005-03-04T05:03:47-05:00

yup, last night, phillip came into the b-town and hung out with rachel, sydney, and me. we just went to denny's and eat desserts, well, i had dinner, but the conversation and the company were a much needed break. it was a lot of fun. ah, the memories. and the stories to be told. oh my goodness... did i tell you about when i met "rei?" yup, i now know his real name the legit way. i asked him. instead of looking at his card. well, he no longer looks like rei from mars, b/c he cut his hair, but he is still so cute. so i asked him if he cut his hair and blah blah, he told me his name was andrew and that he lives in stearns east. so cute. hm... actually, there are a lot of cute guys here in cu. i'm pretty sure most of you don't want to hear about it, but i will talk to you about it anyway. there's this guy named steve in my spanish class. he's a junior, he's so cute, and he speaks spanish almost fluently. he has such a good accent. i wish i could speak like him, but then again, he did just study abroad in spain. there's dave at work, who's also mcdb. he's so nice. i think all of my friends are pretty good-looking too. and amber agrees :D :D i feel pretty relaxed right now. i'm so glad it's friday! even though i have to research for a medical ethics presentation, study for a chem and genetics test, and i'm sure some other stuff i'm forgetting. i don't want to go to work.

wahoo!

verraten — 2005-03-09T12:03:03-05:00

i got a digital camera last weekend, so for those of you who haven't seen my room, i'm going to post up some pictures every once in a while. here's a picture of my desk area: ok have fun with that.

more pictures!

verraten — 2005-03-11T10:03:01-05:00

this is my side of the room to the left of my desk. my pants are all lying out on my bed to dry. the dryers here suck, so they were still a little damp when i took them out.

KINDERGARTEN DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

verraten — 2005-03-13T07:03:53-05:00

yesterday at work, amber and i decided that we were going to draw like we were in kindergarten. we drew pictures of gino, dave, and some other random stuff. i drew a picture of amber and me. our arms were really long. we put those pictures on our door outside. i'm such a good artist. then, we played pool with 2 full-timers from work, who are really awesome at pool and sheila. then shelia, amber and i went outside and went crazy with sidewalk chalk. we played MASH, hopscotch, and just put some random messages to people we know. here are some pictures: this is the courtyard in front of the darley towers and the commons. here's my MASH future. here's the chorus of "ain't no mountain high enough." it's amber's and my song. dave is the best hotrunner. i cut it out. it's a dining hall job. shawn thinks we're crazy just because we're hyper sometimes at work. amy is our RA. if you haven't already guessed that. anyways, that was a lot of fun.

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verraten — 2005-03-16T03:03:53-05:00

i think i'm burning out. you hear about it, you might even see it happen, but you never thought it'd happen to you.

spring break!!

verraten — 2005-03-27T11:03:14-05:00

so for spring break i went down to eureka springs, AR to volunteer at the turpentine creek wildlife reserve in this program called alternative breaks. we helped build a couple of new, larger cages for lions and tigers, which are the main animals at the reserve. amy and tara were the site leaders, and the rest of the team consisted of katie, sheila, and evan. we drove down in a tan-colored suburban saturday morning, got sunday off, worked monday and tuesday, got wednesday off, worked on our last day on thursday, and started the drive early early friday morning at 6am AR time. i had so much fun!! i made some really good friends during the trip. eureka springs is a really pretty town too. it's got this old downtown with a whole bunch of nice small shops. it's just a really relaxing place to be. i'm really glad i went.

easter rocks my socks!!

verraten — 2005-03-28T11:03:25-05:00

... or actually, the day after easter rocks my socks! so i went to target to find my cadbury creme eggs, because i haven't had them in about 3 years, and everything easter is half off today +, and i can't find them. i found the boxes, but there was nothing in them. i was so bummed. i even asked some dude who works there if they had any more, but he said whatever's out there is all they have. damn damn damn. so i'm just sulking around b/c i didn't want to have had to take the bus all the way out there for nothing. so i grab a bag of easter hershey kisses and walk into an aisle that looks like it's just full of stupid funny easter baskets. and there they are. they're not in boxes, but they're there. mixed in with caramel and some other type of chocolate eggs that aren't important. i grab a pastel-colored wicker basket, sit on the floor next to them, and start loading as many of the creme eggs into it as possible. unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on they way you look at it), there were more than could fit into the basket, so i started inspecting each one and taking out the ones that had started to leak. i counted out 55 eggs. and bought them all. why 55? well, i ended at 40, then i said, hey, why not 50? but i couldn't stop, so i added 5 more. then, i finally made myself stop. i got some pretty weird looks and comments at the checkout counter. but i didn't care!! i didn't even check the price on those eggs. i would have paid a dollar for each of them, that's how much i wanted them. but guess how much they were... 25 cents each!!!!!!!! so i paid a total of $14.22 for 55 chocolate cadbury creme eggs!!!!!. mmm-mm-mm-mm-mmm. 55 pieces of happiness in colored foil. after the extra extra long rha elections meeting tonight, which started at 6pm and ended at 8pm (and we didn't even finish), i had my first one in a long time. it was so. good. and yes, it actually made me truly happy just to eat it.

it's been a while

verraten — 2005-04-22T12:04:08-05:00

wow, i haven't made an entry in a long time. i guess i really wouldn't have much to talk about. it's all been a bunch of work since that awesomely cool cadbury egg shopping spree. hm... i dyed the bottom half of my hair pink a couple weeks ago. the pic's on facebook. it looked pretty freakin' cool during the first week. it's fadin' fast though- now it's kinda brownish. i interviewed for the pre-med vice president in my pre-health club SAPP (student association for pre-health professionals). i think it went pretty well, but only b/c i'm friends with the person giving the interview. we kinda talked about other things... i don't know if that's good or bad though. gave my end of the semester presentation for my genetics class. i think it went pretty well. i'm pretty sure we're one of the better groups in that class. some people just don't know how to use powerpoint. goodness. some of them were funny. funny in that they were so unprepared and unorganized. but yeah, i think we did pretty well. i just realized i used the word "pretty" a lot. :P um..... nothing else exciting has happened i don't think. i am starting to have more of a life though. but it comes with a price, as always: my grades are slipping and i've been skipping class. i've missed so many classes in the past couple weeks. mostly my 8am creative writing class and my medical ethics lecture. i've skipped spanish once b/c i wasn't prepared for my final presentation. turns out i probably wouldn't have needed to go anyway b/c some enough people volunteered that day. i might not even need to go tomorrow, but i should be ok. i've been studying it every so often this week. like you wanna hear about that stuff. i've changed a lot in the past several months. (first year of college almost over. i feel like reflecting.) yup, even amber said that i've changed a lot. jeanne says i'm not the same person i was before. hopefully i'm a better person. i'm definitely more outgoing, and not as shy, which is good. i'm more open about how i feel and what's going on with my life. i used to be so scared to open up to anyone but myself and sometimes my brother. it took so much effort to tell the few people what i did tell them. this change would be due to amber. she almost immediately told me almost everything about herself and the problems with her family. i thought that it was so weird she was telling me all this stuff. but i realized that that's what friends do. they trust one another with this kind of information. trust them to keep it and to make it better somehow. i realized that i never actually trusted anyone with all the stuff i was keeping inside. it was a rare thing for me to tell anybody anything. i hope i've grown into a better person.

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verraten — 2005-04-30T11:04:40-05:00

work last night was not cool. people can be so messy. and there were less students working b/c of finals. speaking of finals, i haven't started studying for mine b/c i'm lazy. this will come back to bite me in the ass, i'm sure. i have 1 final on tues (chem), wed (medical ethics), and thurs (genetics). and my final portfolio for creative writing is due monday by 10am. and i have to pack. all of my junk. ack.

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verraten — 2005-05-02T10:05:42-05:00

trevor woke up earlier than i did this morning. he told me to write about it b/c it won't happen often. so there ya go :P

oh yeah

verraten — 2005-05-02T12:05:03-05:00

i forgot to talk about the movie i saw on friday. i think. yeah. friday. trevor, sheila, and i went to the flatirons theatre to watch the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. i liked it a lot. i guess i need to read the book later, i'll just borrow it from michael. i need to start reading more. i also turned in my creative writing portfolio this fine cold morning. i'm working today for lunch (in about 15 minutes). here's my finals schedule: (i like it much more than last semester's) tuesday 1:30pm --> chem final wednesday 10:30am --> medical ethics final thursday 7:30am --> genetics final and then i'm free!!!!!!!!! except for the packing. i believe i'm moving out friday morning-ish, though i'm pretty sure amy wants me out by thursday night. meh. deal with it.

happy first year of college

verraten — 2005-05-07T03:05:18-05:00

so it's over. my first year of college is finished. it went by real fast. it was amazing. i think this was the best year of my life. so... finals were not so bad, in spite of a bad case of the "i don't care's." i definitely did not check my answers like i was supposed to. chem was multiple choice. i got answers that were choices for all of the calculation-based questions. and i was unsure of what to pick on only a couple. ethics was tricky. i'd like to say it was easy, b/c it should've been, and i'm sure almost everyone else thought it was, but his multiple choice thing was like this: question 1] blah blah blah, blah blah? a] answer 1 b] answer 2 c] answer 3 d] all of the above e] a and c f] none of the above argh! besides the fact that i just don't think in the same way as required by this class (a there's-no-right-answer-let's-discuss-it-some-more kinda mindset), i didn't really study all that hard for it, so this made it even harder. gah. i only needed a 75/125 on my genetics final to get an overall A in the class, so i studied for only a couple hours. during the test, i answered all the questions i knew for sure and when i added up all the points, it turned out to be a little less than 100. so then i answered some more just in case and it all added up to 108 or something. so i left. tummy was hungry during the test b/c i hadn't had breakfast yet. cade and tony could hear it growling twice during the test, it was so loud. they were laughing at me, but i don't blame them. it was pretty funny. then moving out. dad came thursday late afternoon and we packed the car. went to wahoo's fish taco place w/ trevor (my extremely sexy boyfriend, in case any of you didn't know). my dad likes him which is good. mom was a little too excited when i told her. maybe she's just glad i'm not gay... ? i know my dad is. but this relief is countered by the fact that i'm actually dating period. unpacking is a bitch. it's taking me forever, b/c i had a system for everything and now i have to redo it all. and i'm the only one who can do it b/c everyone else won't know where everything goes. i'm anal, i know. mom is upset, b/c she thinks everything can be cleaned in a half hour or less, so me taking 2 days is completely unacceptable. meh. whatever. argh- i've only been here for 2 days and i'm already going crazy. so... what no one told me til now. my mom has bought a townhome about 10 minutes away and is having her brothers (recently immigrated from the philippines) work on it. she is planning on selling/renting out the apartment she bought and fixed up last year. she says she'll move in at the end of the summer, but we'll see. that what she said about the apartment. instead, i've only witnessed her sleep in it 1 time since she's had it. apparently, she also presented dad with the divorce papers sometime this semester, but either he refused to sign them or she backed out on it. for those of you who think this is sudden, i've pretty much expected it since... i dunno. since i can remember. anyways, i'd like to say we're moving on to a happy subject, but this one has its bad parts too. trevor is leaving for jordan this summer and he'll be there for ~2 months. the rest of the summer, he'll be in craig, a small coloradan town far away. so i will get to see him 2, maybe 3 times this summer. sadness. but he will keep a livejournal blog of his adventures and we'll get to talk on msn messenger and such. he said he'd get me something shiny. i'm not really obsessed with shiny objects, but i believe i'm finding them more and more amusing each day. distractions... michael is feeling more hatred for the world. he really hates school, and being home, and just people in general. so hopefully i can calm him down some by being able to take him out and such on weekends. maybe teach him to drive so he can start doing it on his own. the only things he likes being w/ are his plants. sigh. i guess that's kinda how i felt in high school. but without even the smallest outlet for my feelings or any escape. but i realize i may have been overeacting, and that lots of people's lives are a lot worse than mine, so i shouldn't be complaining. ok i'm out. more to come later.

a fairly relaxing day

verraten — 2005-05-07T04:05:04-05:00

i guess i could start off this day with when the day actually began. got on msn at around midnight. i think. somewhere around that time. trevor was finally on :) we talked for a while :D and i went to bed around 2am. got up around 8:45am and cleaned up the rest of my stuff. whew- finally done! helped my dad change out the water in the fish tank. did a little garden work. laughed at my brother when he did silly things with 2 metal sticks (for curtains i think). he was sword-fighting like aragorn, using a crossbow, skiing, walking on stilts (actually, not really), and just using them as walking sticks. oh yeah, and he pole-vaulted over the flowers. it was hilarious. or maybe i was just tired. then... we hung around the house. finally got to take a shower since thursday. icky mallory. the water pressure's not a good in the house as it was in the dorms b/c of the different shower heads, but it was definitely nice taking a shower in a bathroom i only share with one other person. then it was off to goodwill to donate some stuff. took michael driving in the g-dub parking lot next to leetsdale. he's doin' ok. not bad. a couple times, i let him accelerate as much as he wanted and then i had him slam on the brakes just to see how it felt. then i did it cuz it looked like fun. we left marks. i hope it didn't do too much damage to the car. now we're at national jewish hangin' out in my dad's lab. i tried getting msn to work on it (i can't get away from instant messenging!) but it won't. so i'm writing here instead. fun stuff.

i couldn't pass up a chemistry test...

verraten — 2005-05-07T05:05:08-05:00

Mo... Molybdenum You scored 42 Mass, 36 Electronegativity, 58 Metal, and 0 Radioactivity! I like to think of you as the miracle worker in The Princess Bride... you can do anything and you do it for the betterment of society. Just because you can raise the dead and make flying wagons and stuff doesn't mean that you show off about it though. You are capable of forming bizarre webs of relationships in which individuals are accomplices, lovers, coworkers, and so on all at once. I once saw you hanging out at the center of a cycloheptatriene... it was completely freakish and bizarre, and I'm not sure I've known what to think of you since. But hey, to each their own. Oh, and stay away from the carbon monoxide... you suck that stuff up. My test tracked 4 variables- How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 59% on Mass You scored higher than 67% on Electroneg You scored higher than 65% on Metal You scored higher than 0% on Radioactivity so bored... i got it from erin's blog

A-Z (from Colin Bussey's LJ)

verraten — 2005-05-08T02:05:50-05:00

Addiction: chocolate, dr. pepper, and of course the alcohol... Band listening to right now: none Car: my dorothy!! '95 silver subaru legacy station wagon. i've missed her. Dad's name: ed Easiest person to talk to: probably jeanne Favorite bands at the moment: lots, getting more into the techno thanks to trevor and erin Gummy worms or gummy bears? either Hometown: denver Instruments: piano Junior High: hill Kids: oh, lots, (in a southern accent) there's marybel, clyde, suzy ann, billy... Longest car ride ever: denver to mackinaw city, michigan Mom's name: julanie Nicknames: mal, manelany, celery, i think habeeptee counts as one :) One wish: i don't know. i have a hard time with these types of questions for some reason. Piercings: ears Quote: "All I want out of life is to be a monkey of moderate intelligence who wears a suit. That's why I've decided to transfer to business school!" -- Gunther (from Futurama) Reason to smile: life Someone you miss: trevor Tattoos: none Unknown fact about you: i used to be a kleptomaniac Vegetable you hate: onions Worst habit(s): procrastination X-rays you've had: teeth Yummy food: chocolate!!!, any type of asian (when done correctly), lots of others Zodiac sign: cancer

i must be really bored (from Lucas' LJ)

verraten — 2005-05-08T07:05:25-05:00

Put an x by what you've done... (x) snuck out of the house (x) gotten lost in your city (x) seen a shooting star (x) been to any other countries besides the united states ( ) had a serious surgery (x) gone out in public in your pajamas ( ) kissed a stranger ( ) hugged a stranger ( ) been in a fist fight ( ) been arrested ( ) done drugs (x) Had alcohol (x) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose (x) pushed all the buttons on an elevator ( ) made out in an elevator (x) swore at your parents ( ) kicked a guy where it hurts ( ) been in love ( ) been close to love (x) been to a casino ( ) been skydiving ( ) broken a bone ( ) been high ( ) skinny-dipped (x) skipped school ( ) flashed someone ( ) saw a therapist (x) done the splits (x) played spin the bottle ( ) gotten stitches ( ) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour (x) bitten someone ( ) been to Niagara Falls (x) gotten the chicken pox (x) kissed a member of the opposite sex ( ) kissed a member of the same sex ( ) crashed into a friend's car ( ) been to Japan (x) ridden in a taxi ( ) been dumped (x) shoplifted ( ) been fired (x) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back (x) stole something from your job ( ) gone on a blind date (x) lied to a friend ( ) had a crush on a teacher/coach ( ) been to Europe ( ) slept with a co-worker ( ) been married ( ) gotten divorced ( ) had children ( ) saw someone die ( ) been to Africa (x) Driven over 400 miles in one day ( ) Been to Canada ( ) Been to Mexico (x) Been on a plane ( ) Thrown up in a bar (x) Thrown up on a plane ( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire (x) Eaten Sushi ( ) Been snowboarding ( ) Been to a moto cross show ( ) lost a child (x) gone to college ( ) graduated college ( ) done hard drugs (x) tried killing yourself (x) taken painkillers (x) love someone or miss someone right now

wow, really, really bored (this one from Richard's LJ)

verraten — 2005-05-08T07:05:45-05:00

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	40%
Stability	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	46%
Orderliness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Empathy	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Interdependence	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Intellectual	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Mystical	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Artistic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Religious	\|\|	10%
Hedonism	\|\|	10%
Materialism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Narcissism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Adventurousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Work ethic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Self absorbed	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Conflict seeking	\|\|	10%
Need to dominate	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%

Romantic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Avoidant	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Anti-authority	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Wealth	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Dependency	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Change averse	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Cautiousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Individuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Sexuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Peter pan complex	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Physical security	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Food indulgent	\|\|\|\|	16%
Histrionic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Paranoia	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Vanity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Hypersensitivity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Female cliche	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%

Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com Stability results were medium which suggests you are moderately relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun. Extraversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive. trait snapshot: clean, organized, dislikes chaos, semi neat freak, perfectionist, traditional, realist, fits in most places, enjoys managing others, risk averse, good at saving money, prudent, respects authority, high self control, hard working, does not like to stand out, follows the rules, finisher, resilient, takes precautions, cautious, honest, unfamiliar with the dark side of life, practical, dutiful

yet another one from Richard

verraten — 2005-05-08T07:05:01-05:00

Your Seduction Style: Ideal Lover

You seduce people by tapping into their dreams and desires. And because of this sensitivity, you can be the ideal lover for anyone you seek. You are a shapeshifter - bringing romance, adventure, spirituality to relationships. It all depends on who your with, and what their vision of a perfect relationship is.

What Is Your Seduction Style?

indeed...

bwahahahahahaha... i can't get away!!!

verraten — 2005-05-08T08:05:02-05:00

Your SAT Score of 1450 Means:

You Scored Higher Than Howard Stern You Scored Higher Than George W. Bush You Scored Higher Than Al Gore You Scored Higher Than David Duchovny You Scored Higher Than Natalie Portman You Scored Lower Than Bill Gates

Your IQ is most likely in the 140-150 range

Equivalent ACT score: 32

Schools that Fit Your SAT Score: Deep Springs College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pomona College Harvey Mudd College

What Does Your SAT Score Mean?

HARVEY MUDD?!

it's a marathon

verraten — 2005-05-08T09:05:46-05:00

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when everything is uncertain, one moment heaven... the next moment hell.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

and yet another (from a random person' blog)

verraten — 2005-05-08T11:05:35-05:00

1. What is your name? mallory 2. What color underwear are you wearing now? blue 3. What are you listening to right now? nothing 4. What are the last 2 digits of your phone number? 58 5. What was the last thing you ate? chips 6. If you were a crayon what color would you be? blue 7. Hows the weather? sunny, windy. actually it's night time now, so not sunny 8. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? trevor!!! 9. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? hair, sometimes eyes 10. Favorite Food? chocolate 11. Favorite Drink? dr pepper 12. Favorite Alcoholic Drink? none 13. Favorite Ice Cream? chocolate chip cookie dough 14. Hair Color? dark brown, a fading pink/gold on the bottom half 15. Eye Color? brown 16. Do you wear contacts? glasses 17. Top or Bottom? if this is about sex, i can't say i can make an informed decision, but bottom is tradition 18. Favorite Month? july 19. Favorite Fast Food? wendy's 20. Last Movie you Watched? i think it might have been time machine 21. Favorite Day of the Year? no clue 22. Are you too shy to ask someone out? used to be 23. Summer or Winter? summer 24. Hugs or Kisses? both are super awesome, but hugs are the best! 25. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate 26. Do you want your friends to respond back? i assume this started out as an e-mail 27. Who is most likely to respond? 28. Who is least likely to respond? 29. What's your favorite T.V. show? simpsons, who's line is it anyway, a couple others, but i stopped watching tv regularly 30. What book are you reading? seven ideas that shook the universe. i'm a nerd. 31. What's on your mouse pad? the best buy logo 33. What did you do yesterday? lazed around. took michael driving. it's all here in the blog. read it yourself. 34. Favorite Author? michael crichton 35. Who inspires you? lots of people 36. Butter, Plain or Salted popcorn? butter 37. Dogs or cats? dogs 38. Favorite Flower? tiger lilies, or lilies of any sort 39. What do you say when you wake up in the A.M.? nothing 40. Do you still talk to your best friends from middle school? a couple 41. What's on your desk? pens, pencils, papers, lamp, junk 42. Rock Concert or symphony? both 43. Play or Opera? both 44. Have you ever fired a gun? a water gun! 45. Do you like to travel by plane? it's ok 46. Right-handed or Left-handed? right 47. Smooth or Chunky Peanut Butter? smooth 48. How many pillows do you sleep with? just one 49. City and state you were born in? NYC, NY!! 50. Ever hitchhiked? nope

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verraten — 2005-05-09T12:05:49-05:00

an article for non-romantic guys some guys do need to get a clue, but i got lucky b/c i don't think that's a problem for mi corazon :D

yes, i'm back again

verraten — 2005-05-09T01:05:12-05:00

so, i don't have to go to my dad's lab today b/c he'll be doing rounds at the va (another hospital), so he won't be there anyway. plus i don't have an id yet. so i woke up this morning, took a shower, and drove my uncle to my mom's townhouse. my mom's 3 brothers just came here a few weeks ago from the philippines, and they're pretty good with construction and stuff, so she's having them help her fix up the townhouse. so i got to see it for the first time. there's a living room, and bathroom, and a kitchen on the first floor, and 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, and the laundry machines on the second. it's actually pretty nice. they're going to put in hardwood floors and tiles and change the kitchen counter to marble. it won't be too bad. then i came back here, and sat around, then decided to go online to check e-mail and LJs and other stuff. and of course talk to trevor on msn :) he's having pizza. making me hungry, but i have to wait til dad gets here so we can go eat lunch. now, as trevor has just reminded me, there is a space in my blog that i need to fill.

picture time!!!

verraten — 2005-05-09T06:05:07-05:00

amber looking silly with boxers on her head: and my sexy guy:

back to work

verraten — 2005-05-10T10:05:56-05:00

(i ended up getting chipotle yesterday for lunch btw :) yummy!) so today i woke up at 7am so my dad and i could take my brother to school. then off to the lab so i could clean and organize the office. not really all that exciting. lunch at marco's tuscan grill- not bad. "italian fast food." they have some really cool pizzas and salads and stuff. i usually get this pizza w/ portabello mushroom and pesto sauce. mmmm.... it's got a really nice setting too. then some kfc for dinner. we all really like these little chicken sandwiches called snackers. only a dollar! we watched NCIS while we ate. like CSI, but in the navy. it's good, but it seemed very unrealistic. i could just be wrong. that would bring the day to now. not very interesting.

just another day

verraten — 2005-05-11T11:05:27-05:00

so it's another day at work. cleaning, organizing, and other secretary-like stuff for my dad. got to attend a couple lectures on stuff i don't really understand. got soaked in the rain b/c i stubbornly and stupidly refused to wear a jacket. and my dad and i had to share an umbrella. it was actually kinda fun. til my fingers froze, but by that time we were back inside :) then we came home and had some pasta. better than the stuff at the dining hall :P then some online talking with erin, sheila, trevor, and trevor's brother. fun to be had by all. need more sugar 0_0

grades are in!

verraten — 2005-05-12T02:05:51-05:00

Honors Gen Chem 2 --> A Intro to Creative Writing --> A Genetics --> A Genetics Lab --> A Medical Ethics --> A- Spanish Conversation --> A Cumulative GPA: 3.945 woo!

another quiz thing

verraten — 2005-05-12T04:05:50-05:00

Your Birthdate: July 20

Your birth on the 20th day of the month adds a degree of emotion, sensitivity, and intuition to your reading. The 2 energy provided here is very social, allowing you to make friends easily and quickly. Yet you are apt to have a rather nervous air in the company of a large group. You have a warmhearted nature and emotional understanding that constantly seeks affection. You are very prone to become depressed and moody, as emotions can turn inward and cause anxiety and mental turmoil. It can be hard for you to bounce back to reality when depression sets in. When things are going well, you can go just as far the other way and become extremely affectionate.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

i am weak

verraten — 2005-05-13T03:05:05-05:00

mmmmmmm... finally broke down and bought a dr. pepper from the vending machine b/c i haven't had one in almost a week. can you believe it?! almost a week! yummy... soooo good...

high school friends, the late night movie, and village inn

verraten — 2005-05-14T02:05:43-05:00

so last night i went out with phillip, rachel, and edna to watch the new jet li movie unleashed. it had some really funny scenes and some really good fight scenes. i liked it a lot. definitely recommended. as it turns out, phillip won't be going to USC, so he'll be staying in colorado! yay! it was really nice getting together w/ all of them after the 1st of college was over. i really like hanging out w/ all of them, even though i don't feel as close to them as they are to each other. i did come into the group rather late senior year. ah well, i'm just glad i have them :) so anyways, after the movie got out, we went to the village inn. mom called so i had to leave early and be back by 1-ish. beh. i've given my parents enough hell in the past 18 years, the least i can do i come home when they want me to. oooo... my mom also made bacon this morning... mmmmm... yummy

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verraten — 2005-05-14T11:05:59-05:00

so today wasn't terribly exciting. i helped my dad out in the lab for a while after lounging at home. then we went to go eat at this asian place that we've never been to- spicy basil, or some such thing. it's near the mayan theatre. then we went to go see 3-iron at the mayan. it's this new korean love story with subtitles. it was a very unique and interesting movie. i really like the style. again, recommended. so that was it. hm.

and another...

verraten — 2005-05-14T11:05:11-05:00

Cancer - Your Love Profile

Your positive traits: You're intuitive enough to know what's going wrong in a relationship early on. A total sweetheart - you're often the most caring person anyone knows. You are a generous and devoted parter to whoever you fall in love with. Your negative traits: Insecurity - you tend to need a huge amount of comforting from your partner. You tend to be overly sensitive and easily hurt, which make loving you difficult. It's difficult to predict your moods. One minute you're up - the next you're down. Your ideal partner: Someone equally sensitive, who wants to take time to get to know you deeply. Dreams of an everlasting love - complete with marriage and a family. Loves to take care of you. Being a good cook and masseuse doesn't hurt! Your dating style: Slow. You enjoy dates that last all day, with plenty of time to talk and get to know one another. Your seduction style: Quite tender and loving, once you are comfortable in your relationship. Coy. You tend to play it cool to drive your lover wild. Orally talented - you're known as the best kisser in the zodiac. Tips for the future: Be a little less sensitive. Not every little mistake should hurt you. Spend time away from your partner every so often - independence is a good thing. Find ways to take care of yourself. You'll be happier if you put yourself first. Best place to meet someone online: eHarmony - you'll be able to take the time to get to know each potential match well Best color to attract mate: Aqua Best day for a date: Wednesday Get your free love profile at Blogthings.

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verraten — 2005-05-15T11:05:50-05:00

another blah day. woke up to go to the lab. worked some. read some. that was it. sorry i have nothing more exciting.

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verraten — 2005-05-17T12:05:13-05:00

so today started off with work. i have to prepare for the conference that i have to go to w/ my dad this saturday so i'm reading some articles on cystic fibrosis, which i don't really understand, so it's taking me forever to get through them. argh. then some chipotle for lunch. i know, i'm spoiling myself. beh. picked up michael from school, then we went to barnes and noble to spend a $50 gift card i got on new years eve. i bought a book about upcoming diseases, my own copy of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (i've been borrowing the one my brother has, and he's borrowing it from a friend), and a book for my dad. i still have $5 left. yay books!!! then i tried looking for my dad's backup pair of glasses, which he has skillfully hidden (which is to say, lost) somewhere in the house. i haven't found it (them?) yet. yay! trevor's coming friday!

oh yes...

verraten — 2005-05-17T12:05:51-05:00

i forgot that phillip wanted to see more of my writing (for some strange reason), so here ya go: the eternal search for knowledge through the lenses of big cannons on a battleship hurling though the maddeningly opaque orange fog question marks cloaked in an atmosphere composed of ice and dust an elaborate dance of spectacular flying mountains spiral patterns of compression and expansion an immense number of collisions and odd perturbations an exhilarating mission an invisible sliver a strange metamorphosis a glimpse a few snapshots a rather dim bulb dark and wispy radiation a challenge for the reddish fog to rip apart and reveal a eureka moment uncertainty curiosity confusion and frustration all towards destruction an infinitesimally small point. this was derived from an exercise i did for my creative writing class called an erasure poem. we take an article, and write a poem using those words. i changed a couple words from that assignment and got this poem. the article i used was from scientific american about saturn, i believe.

woo! a free clock!

verraten — 2005-05-17T07:05:34-05:00

so here's today: breakfast (mmm... bacon...), slogging through articles at work, a talk on stds (with plenty of gory visuals), more articles, picking up michael (in my mom's car, which has bose speakers- woohoo- and better acceleration than dorothy), some fun reading, spaghetti for dinner, simpsons, checkin' e-mail, blogging. nice. the talk included free food and other stuff from some drug company, hence the subject title. it spins, hehehe...

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verraten — 2005-05-18T10:05:41-05:00

so today i was at work by myself b/c my dad had to go to colorado springs to see my grandpa- he might have a tumor in his leg. this news 5 months after they have the ultrasound. goodness, i hope i make better decisions if i become a doctor. today was no different than any other day (filing, articles, working on the poster) except i had to substitute for my dad to be a reading buddy at national jewish's elementary school. every wednesday my dad reads with a 4th grader named daishawn, but he obviously couldn't make it, so i went instead. daishawn reads ok, a little slow, but not bad. another girl that read w/ us couldn't really read as well and got easily distracted the entire time. fun stuff. still debating the children question. also had to take a tb skin test. meh. i have a couple before. i have to work out more. i am really out of shape since i didn't do any tennis this year. so... since i really have no initiative/money to find/pay for a gym, i've decided to just take the stairs at least a couple times a day at work. and perhaps borrow my dad's weight once in a while. going to go see the new star wars movie with the gang friday night- very cool and excited :) woo! trevor might be able to come early and hang out, so i'm happy!

work and stuff

verraten — 2005-05-20T01:05:08-05:00

work, as always. lots and lots of filing. and no money. at least i don't have to pay for food and stuff though. so today my dad and i had to take my uncle elwyn to the dmv so he could take his driver's test (also cuz i don't know how to get there). that was loads of fun, lemme tell ya. it's like a zoo in there. geez, so you get a ticket w/ a number on it and wait for them to call it, and when they do, it's like you've won the lottery. woohoo! yay! what did i win?! oh... some attitude. nevermind then. bah. it took 20 minutes just to get to the stupid counter, where a lady, with a pole up her ass (my dad's words), got all sarcastic to us. we were just trying to help my uncle b/c he doesn't speak english very well and my dad was trying to clarify something about the starting position of the car (he had backed it into the space). hehe, but then she got it back later when she tried going into an exit only door after she had gotten lunch. someone tried opening it for her, but they couldn't so she made another sarcastic comment about the person not being smart enough, and angrily huffed and puffed all the way around to the other door. i now officially believe in karma. actually, i kinda already did... hm... maybe it was just hoping. this ^^ was all written earlier today... around 4pm-ish. i just got home a half hour ago from the lab (~10:30pm), which was earlier than we were planning on coming home. my dad and i actually have 3 posters to work on, instead of just one, which i had thought earlier. well, really it's my dad working on them and me trying to help as much as i can, even though i don't know what they're about. yes, even with the experiments i did, i can't help as much on the presentation part. we were gonna stay as long as it took to finish the entire thing, but we got tired and my dad said that we should go home. i didn't argue. got home, changed, brushed teeth, need to start packing for the trip. trevor comes to denver tomorrow! and the group gets to go and see star wars! yay! :D

remind me to do this later (from erin's LJ)

verraten — 2005-05-20T01:05:21-05:00

Total number of books owned? The last book I bought? The last book I read? 5 books/series that mean a lot to me? Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs

it's not rocket surgery

verraten — 2005-05-27T01:05:42-05:00

friday

work.

trevor came at 4-ish. brought me chocolate :) we bought star wars tickets at the movie theatre, hung out at the cherry creek mall (okay, so i'm not that creative on places to hang out), went home and waited for erin and sheila to arrive. trevor installed msn on my mom's dell, so i can enjoy all the perks of msn. then we all headed over to amber's house to see her kittens. woo! they're so cute! (even though i'm not really a cat person) ate at panda express. saw the movie- it was pretty good. not see-it-more-than-once-in-the-theatre-good, but pretty good. maybe i'm just not a star wars person. went home at 1:30-2am.

sleep.

saturday

trevor called a little before 7am without knowing it- he thought it was around 9. it was funny. stayed in bed for a couple more hours. packed, showered. met trev in the park. helped dad with laundry, left a little before 11:30am. security took shorter than expected. ate a chicken caesar salad at the wolfgang puck's restaurant. plane delayed almost an hour. read hitchhiker's guide the entire time.

on the plane: guy on left fell asleep fast and started snoring. loud. nice old lady on the right offered to switch places with my dad so we could sit together. only had sucky drinks on the plane, ie no dp or even coke.

in san diego: dad met lots of people he knew. we checked into the hotel (manchester grand hyatt, baby!) and registered for ats (american thoracic society) at the convention center, got some free stuff. walked around the "gas lamp quarter"- lots of shops and fancy restaurants. rich girl who worked in nice soap and candle shop told us to stay on 4th and 5th to stay in gas lamp area and to not go past broadway ("you know when you've left it b/c there are more homeless people and it doesn't look as nice" heh heh... right...). for dinner- we skipped all the fancy restaurants and ate at a fairly cheap italian place called sicilian village- tiny tables, but food was good enough. price was much better than all the other restaurants. it was funny how as we walked more along the street away from the huge hotels and the convention center, it gradually got cheaper and cheaper until we were in a ghetto-ish area.

shower.

sleep.

sunday

woke up around 6:30-ish. dad had been up for an hour already- went to store to get bananas, granola bars, and water. we set up my poster- mine was so simple and basic and underdeveloped compared to the others. meh.

attended a talk on advanced lung disease. most of it was over my head. got a little sleepy. stood in front of my poster for a while- felt like an idiot as people started asking questions- handed over to dad. went to eat lunch at an ntm (nontuberculous mycobacteria) meeting- it was really nice- sandwiches with cool tiny mayo bottles, really really good cookies. mmm... went to "grand rounds" type discussion- they present a patient's symptoms and history and diagnose him. left early b/c both dad and i were falling asleep. looked at booths set up by drug companies- lots of free stuff. woo! pens, memory sticks, candy, paper :) collected poster stuff. came back to room to change and then catch shuttle to aat (alpha1- anti-trypsin) talk- it was a really really nice dinner in the natural history museum, and the talk did have some basic info so i wasn't as bored as i was in other talks. on the bus ride to the museum, there was this cute little indian girl playing with her dad- it was so funny :D she got her dad to play this clapping game with her where she start off like this: "my name is anna and my friend is [another name that starts with a]. we come from [some place that starts with a] and we loooove apples!" and she would just keep going down the alphabet. she got to e i think. it was just so funny and cute! she started singing barney's i love you song and got her dad to join in. hilarious :D

came back to the hotel and got free chocolate cake after the guy at the hotel restaurant said that pie a la mode would cost $8!! psh.

watched tv. sleep.

monday

this is when i stopped writing stuff down about what i did, so yeah- i'll have less to write from here on.

this day, my dad had to set up 2 posters. we walked around and met lots and lots of people my dad knew. we met up with an old friend of his who used to work in the same lab as dad did, so we went out to lunch to a restaurant called the cantina- fancy spanish. there was one waiter for the entire thing, and even though it was a small restaurant, he looked frazzled. i know the feeling lol. i had a hamburger (go figure)- it was pretty good, a little greasy, but good. then, my dad and i decided to blow off the rest of the day and go to the drug booths to get more free stuff- ice cream and engraved pens- nice! and then we went shopping in the gas lamp quarter- went back to the soap store, where the girl gave us some stuff for free b/c we waited for her while she got the computer working. free is good :P for dinner, we went to another free thing- some really good fish there and dessert was yummy!

called some fishing boat place so we could reserve our spot tomorrow. woo. hoo. i didn't really feel like going. ah well, should be a good experience... right?

called trevor :D to see what he was up to.

tuesday

got up at 5am so we could get to the fishing place on time. boat left at 6:30am. there were about 10 other fishermen with us who were all more experienced than we were- yes, even the rich girl with her boyfriend. it was cold, and we were not prepared. definitely not. it was a very slow day. but i managed to catch one fish and my dad caught 2- one was poisonous. to tell you the truth, i was feeling pretty miserable for the most part- the rocking of the ship kinda got to me and i was getting so tired, so i took little naps in the galley. bah... so tired...

finally got off the boat at 4:30pm... went home and showered (!!) and then ate dinner at the sarku japan in the horton plaza. went shopping- bought things for mom, brother, friends, and myself. i was a big spender :P

wednesday

last day of ats. attended a poster discussion for ntm, ate lunch at the hotel restaurant- pretty tasty actually, the waiter was really nice and funny- told us stories about how seagulls used to come down on the patio and eat people's food if they left for even a minute. checked out of the hotel, and stored our luggage. went walking around the seaport village (?-- see, i can't even remember the name and it was yesterday). bought some stuff for friends and such. got our luggage and took a cab to the airport at around 2pm. my dad ended up giving the cab driver a $13 tip for an $8 cab fare- he clearly wasn't thinking lol. ah well, he certainly made her day and she wasn't a bad driver lol. hung out at the airport and read the guide for a couple hours. we were the last people on the plane due to the screwed up system of "you'll get your boarding pass at the gate." sat next to a guy who works at national jewish and we talked about my poster and some other stuff. read some more. apple juice this time. got home around 9-ish. unpacked, got something special in the mail, slept.

today

woke up at 12:45. wow, i was tired. took my brother to chipotle for lunch. dad got angry at me for coming to the lab so late, sent an e-mail to this guy who's reviewing my paper, did some research for the paper. ate dinner at kokoro. went back to the lab and filed and organized and made lots of copies til 9:30pm. came home and got on the comp.

that took a long time.

the book thing

verraten — 2005-05-27T01:05:49-05:00

Total number of books owned?

lots- i'm not counting them, especially if you count textbooks- no, i didn't sell them back.

The last book I bought?

hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and one on diseases.

The last book I read?

currently reading the guide, and i guess you could say i read my genetics book. the last non-textbook i finished was the lost world by michael crichton.

5 books/series that mean a lot to me?

hm... i don't really know. i haven't been reading a whole lot lately. one of my most favorite books when i was a kid was the bridge to terabithia by katherine paterson. i really liked the chinese cinderella and falling leaves by adeline yen mah. one of the few books that actually got me to cry.

Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs

i don't even know 5 people who have ljs and read this thing.

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verraten — 2005-05-28T01:05:41-05:00

work was the same as always. nothing different- lots of copying. at around 2:30pm, went to go see jeanne at gelato, where she works for the summer. she told me about a tea party thing that anna had going on at 5:30pm. decided to go to that. had some strawberry banana gelato- mmm... came home, decided to do something with my hair. tried gel stuff, didn't work, so i washed it out and curled it. only got the front part done cuz the back was still wet. and since this is a rare event i even took pictures! :) i'll post 'em up sometime later. the tea party was fun- got to see anna, chad, and jeanne (chad and jeanne make such a cute couple :)). had some tea and little pastry stuff, talked for a while. then saw the star wars movie again with dad and michael. caught on to a lot of things that i didn't the first time. still a good movie :P

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verraten — 2005-05-29T12:05:28-05:00

so today was actually kinda interesting.

woke up around 9:30am. helped mom a little with stuff- laundry, cleaning. a lady came by with her 2 kids asking if i would like to babysit for her- i accepted. so we exchanged numbers and she said she'd call me later today.

then we went off to michael's to get some glass for mom's big frame and picture- they were too expensice so we went to guiry's. while we were at michael's patrice (the mom i introduced earlier in the entry) called and asked if i could babysit around 6:15 for her.

we ate at this really good mexican-chinese restaurant. nobody was there, but it's really good food. and cheap too. then it was off to goodwill. yes, i do shop at goodwill. hey, it's cheap and you'd be surprised at what you can find there. and i always wash before i wear ;) and i never buy underwear or pajamas there. they do have nice trinket-y stuff and books for cheap. got a couple cool skirts- fancy and hippie, and a few books.

watched white noise with my mom. scary!!! j/k it was ok- but i definitely would have been more scared if we had watched it at night.

then off to the really nice spanish house 3 houses down to babysit. it's cool that they're really close. the 2 boys are jet and jimmy, 6 and 4, respectively, i think. jet's the older of the two and they're 2 years apart. they're good kids, we just watched tv most of the time, which is what they pretty much do all the time anyway, as they told me. patrice is divorced and seems like a young, pretty modern mom. she was all dressed up when i got there, and she's got pretty good style. saturday night, i guessed she was going out with friends or some such thing. anyways, i got the boys into bed around 8, which turned out to be easier than i thought, not real easy, but there was no yelling, fighting, screaming, or anything. well, they had been swimming earlier in the day so they were tired. read them some words before turning out the light. i hadn't brought anything to read/do, so i cleaned the house a little- washed dishes, cleared the tv room. $5/hr. not too bad. eh, when she asked about price i said i didn't care. and i don't really, it's not like i have tons of experience under my belt.

then got home and talked to trevor- my one daily ritual aside from waking up and eating :)

i think that's about it.

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verraten — 2005-05-29T01:05:15-05:00

i want a new car. don't get me wrong, i love my dorothy, but she's getting a little beat up. i found new scratches on her (hey- i didn't run into anything again ok? not me this time!) and she's not changing gears nearly as fast as i want her to. and her alignment... which, erm... was my fault... bah.

what brought this on? looking at new cars on one of hotmail.com's links on the "today" page... sadness... they're so pretty.

pictures!! woo!!

verraten — 2005-05-29T02:05:12-05:00

san diego pictures this is our hotel- nice eh? main lobby, ooooo... the view from our room weather in the morning is strange... dad with the creepy mannequin me and my elementary, 9-slide poster definitely not prepared for sea fishing sea lions keep eating our bait for your viewing pleasure i'm ready to get off now finally caught one, and yes, i'm a sissy- i can't hold it with my fingers (man, i really need to do something with that hair...) also for your viewing pleasure- taking the hook out of a barracuda am i happy to get off? yes, yes i am yay! i did get the name right! and, as promised... curly hair pictures the before- we all know what that looks like the after, oooo.... my dad said it looked like the hairstyle girls had when he was in middle school.

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verraten — 2005-05-29T03:05:18-05:00

does anybody else like playing with their bellybutton?

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verraten — 2005-05-29T11:05:16-05:00

today was pretty uneventful. for the most part, after i put the pictures up, i cleaned the house. made myself eggs and bacon for lunch and watched the beginning part of mulan, which i still have from erin. hm... completely forgot to give that back to her when she was here for star wars. eh. then dad came home and had me organize his closet while we watched titanic on tv. can you believe dad's never seen it before? so yeah. it started at 6pm and it's gonna end at 10. i obviously left early. so that's about it.

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verraten — 2005-05-30T11:05:48-05:00

i woke up late today- 11. cleaned the house a little. went to home depot to try and find a bucket that would fit inside this big pot-type-thing we have in the back yard. i guess there's a leak in it or something. so we go to 2 other stores to try and find a cheap bucket that'll fit snugly into the pot or some durable plastic. michael wants pond liner, which is $8/sqft. the price doesn't fly with mom. so after all that, we just decide to get durable garbage bags from king soopers. fun fun. then i drove my mom, brother, and 3 uncles to a place called cici's pizza for dinner. all you can eat salad, pasta, and pizza for $5/person. not a bad price. pretty bad food. ok, so think of dorm food. now take it down a couple notches. the alfredo sauce at school was better. icky. but, dessert was ok, and there was an arcade there. not that i'm any good at that kind of thing. i only played this boat racing game. woo! 3rd place! then we drove home. hm... i have not been feelin' the weather lately. it's cold, gloomy, and yucky. it even rained today. mr. sun, please come out again... sincerely, mallory... but i spose that's spring in colorado for ya.

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verraten — 2005-05-31T11:05:56-05:00

haha, i woke up at 11 today. again. and i had to go to work. i thought dad was gonna kill me, but he didn't. he didn't even get mad or anything. he did bring it up later in the day though :P then my mom, michael, and i went to opal, a new-ish japanese-american restaurant. whoa, expensive. but we had a $25 gift certificate, which is the only reason we went. so yeah. my life is not interesting. on the plus side, mr. sun did get my letter.

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verraten — 2005-06-02T12:06:45-05:00

just work :P

rainy, rainy, rainy. yucky.

verraten — 2005-06-03T01:06:28-05:00

work wasn't too exciting. came home and watched cartoons. the grim adventures of billy and mandy are funny :) but i think i already talked about liking it a while ago.

shower, then talking with trevor while reading the guide. yay! i'm in the fourth book now!

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verraten — 2005-06-03T10:06:25-05:00

work was a tad more interesting than usual. i'm working a lot more on my paper, which is turning out to have a load of obstacles. on the plus side, i do get to start a couple experiments next week.

ate qdoba with michael for lunch. oof, lots of food.

went to the mall with dad and michael. we stayed in brookstone for 4 minutes. the sales-guy was getting pretty annoyed. but dad is stressed and needed some time with the massaging chairs. michael and i were having fun with all the gadgets, they even have stuff for really old people, ie, stuff with HUGE buttons. they were hilarious. i really want a hammock on the balcony. hm... wonder if i can make my own. or ask my uncles to make one for me... dinner at macaroni grill- more and more food. soo full...

shower, and i'm now online. yay.

also, i discovered something cool a couple days ago: 95.7FM- latino and proud! haha, no, i'm not latina, but i like listening to spanish songs, and they don't have corny polka spanish songs (ha!!! like i would listen to that for another second!!). they have cool hip hop and rap type songs. oh my... methinks i'm becoming... azzan?!

woo! i get to see trevor tomorrow!!

seeing trevor in silverthorne

verraten — 2005-06-04T09:06:17-05:00

yay! today my dad took me to silverthorne so i could hang out with trevor for a while. bad weather though :( so the drive out was a little iffy. but trevor and i got to be together from 1 to 5. we ate at ruby tuesday, where the waiter guy was slow. haha... i'm counting to ten, trev... then we just drove around silverthorne and frisco. woo! ok, so it wasn't all that exciting, but that wasn't the point :P we did get to hit up the rocky mountain chocolate factory though. mmm... chocolate... and some book browsing at borders.

and more goodness- trevor comes in 10 days!

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verraten — 2005-06-06T12:06:34-05:00

so last night, i finished up with some law and order, some online chat stuff with sheila, and some snl. a lot of it was actually funnier than the new ones usually are. today i woke up very late. did some laundry, cleaned some house, watched some tv. some of everything. hehe, family guy is so funny :D earlier today, i watched a dvd my dad and i bought for michael- a pbs show called the elegant universe, based on a book by brian greene. it's about string theory. i don't quite understand it, but it's really interesting and the show presented it in a pretty easy-to-understand way. but alas, physics is just not my cup of tea. also re-watched resevoir dogs. i like that movie- it's funny! steve buscemi is awesome. [Mr. White's reviewing where everyone's going to be during the job, when they see a girl walking across the street.] Mr White: That girl's ass... Mr. Orange: It's sitting here right on my dick.

you mean meanies!!!

verraten — 2005-06-06T11:06:45-05:00

today i didn't have to go to work, b/c my dad was only gonna be there for an hour anyways. so i went to go have an eye exam, b/c i have been as blind as a bat this past semester, and it turns out that my eyesight really hasn't changed at all. i'm hallucinating 0_0 i guess that's good news though. maybe i shall get new glasses. i hope so, b/c i don't like the ones i have now. then my bro and i went to king soopers to get some foody. yummy yummy. then it was some reading- yay! i finally finished the 4 guide books! i don't get it 0_o (i'm starting to use erin and trevor's online faces) cartoons are funny. michael's gotten me into foster's home for imaginary friends. i was laughing so hard when eduardo was yelling "mean meanies!!!" all over the place then lots of shopping with my mom and uncle. yay, new stuff. i got new shoes :) wendy's for dinner. haven't had wendy's in a very long while, and i can't say i've missed it all that much. i don't like hamburgers as much as i used to (ahh! don't hit me, meat-eaters!) yummy dp though :P that is something i miss. then some furniture-rearranging around the house. yay! i have more shelf space in more room! more junk!

forgot something

verraten — 2005-06-07T01:06:14-05:00

today my mom told me she was proud of me. out of the blue. for some reason i felt like crying.

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verraten — 2005-06-07T11:06:12-05:00

i woke up, bought my dad, my brother, and me some breakfast from mcdonald's. haven't had that in a long time. mmm... yummy... then work. i got to start my experiment today. that was pretty fun. *sings* back in the hood again... much more exciting than filing.

had a dentist appointment today. this guy really likes to use the picky thing a lot. A LOT. last time i went to him, i was bleeding like crazy! ok, so not like crazy, but more than you should be. actually, you shouldn't be bleeding at all. but anyways, this time, i definitely did better. no bleeding :) still used the picky thing though. but now my teeth are nice and clean :D

then my dad, michael, and i went to the mall to go hang out for a while. had subway for lunner. oooo, there's this new music store in the mall, and it's cool! there was this red baby grand piano, no joke, red, by suzuki. it was b-e-a-utiful!! i wanted it, but it was $13,500 and i know i wouldn't play it as often or as well as it deserved. then, we hung out in tattered cover for a while. i re-read the first couple books of the first manga series i ever finished called mars. yes, it's a romance one, go ahead and laugh, but it's funny and cute!

then we came home and watched this new show called fire me, please! it's funny. two people start new jobs and compete to get fired closest to 3pm without going over. the one who gets fired closest to 3 gets $25,000. it was hilarious. i wish i could be as obnoxious and annoying as possible at a new job. it'd be fun.

now i am online, in my room, on my mom's dell laptop, enjoying all the chatty goodness with amber and trevor :)

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verraten — 2005-06-09T12:06:10-05:00

Mallory Michelle Chan's Aliases

Your movie star name: Chocolate Allan

Your fashion designer name is Mallory Sevilla

Your socialite name is Poops New York

Your fly girl / guy name is M Cha

Your detective name is Tiger G-dub

Your barfly name is Cookie None

Your soap opera name is Michelle Cherry

Your rock star name is Chocolate Sports Car

Your star wars name is Malmol Chatre

Your punk rock band name is The Iono Hootinanny

The Amazing Meganame Generator

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verraten — 2005-06-09T12:06:55-05:00

work. watchin' tv. making fettucine alfredo with tuna, thanks to tuna helper (i can't cook for shizzle). more tv. some quiz time.

i want a hammock in my balcony. but they're kinda expensive, so i was thinking i could just make one, but then i thought, haha what a joke. hm... maybe i can get my uncles to make one for me...

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verraten — 2005-06-09T01:06:31-05:00

i had a dream last night that we were back in school and amber was my roommate again :D. before i knew it though, the year was already over. it made me feel really sad. i woke up thinking holy shit, i'm already halfway done with college. and then i came to my senses. but that's probably how it'll feel.

at least i'm dreaming now.

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verraten — 2005-06-10T12:06:20-05:00

my online painting

this website is fun

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verraten — 2005-06-10T12:06:54-05:00

so, work. very exciting. i did get to do some work in the hood though. for about 15 minutes. ah well. i think my dad and i are making some breakthroughs with my paper too. woohoo!

i might be getting another babysitting gig (the lady i'm currently working for recommended me :))- mondays and tuesdays from 9-3ish. 3 kids- 7, 5, and 4 at $8/hr. and he's pretty close too, so that'll be nice. we meet next monday morning so we can figure stuff out. speaking of which, i babysit for patrice again tomorrow night from 6ish-10. yay.

sigh.

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verraten — 2005-06-10T12:06:00-05:00

another tribute to the splatter function that's a little more like my public mask and a lot less disturbing

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verraten — 2005-06-11T12:06:16-05:00

yes. so work. but somewhat different. rain. woo. and walking in the rain. yay. glad i had time to run and grab a jacket from home before it really started coming down.

then, my dad an i went to go pick up his car from the repair shop.

then i babysat jet and jimmy from 6-10. we watched pluto nash with eddie murphy and some tonka truck cartoony thing. vrrrrmmVRRRRRRRRRMMMMMM!!! the eddie murphy video was funny... corny, but funny- in that silly sort of eddie-murphy-way. there were some things that i don't think younger kids should have seen. like a skanky french maid robot dropping her feather duster and picking it up. repeatedly. or like a body guard robot giving the finger. at least there was no cussing. plenty of shooting though. ah, vell. then, we played those little video game things you can get from mcdonald's. then i read jet some books while jimmy threw stuff all over his room. jet wanted me to read him jurassic park (i'd brought it with me b/c i thought i'd have some time while they were asleep), but i could tell he didn't understand what was going on, so i started reading him one of the series of unfortunate events. my throat was getting so dry. ack! good thing he was starting to get sleepy. so cleaned for a little bit, then patrice came home, gave me money, and that was that.

i am having so much fun with this- thanks richard!!!

verraten — 2005-06-12T12:06:34-05:00

yay!

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verraten — 2005-06-12T12:06:57-05:00

woke up at 9. um... didn't really do a whole lot. cleaned some.

went to the mall and watched mr. and mrs. smith with my mom. pretty good. had some good fight scenes, some funny scenes. overall, i liked it.

mmmmm... sweet, sweet dr. pepper...

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verraten — 2005-06-12T11:06:06-05:00

my mom practically forced me to get a haircut today. she doesn't like that i bleached/dyed my hair and says that it's all dead. eh. it's not all that much shorter.

then michael, dad, and i watched gladiator on tv and some too-long dateline segment about the many different ways people pamper their pets. we were all waiting for the stories that came after this one, but they for some odd reason saw the need to dedicate an hour of their show to it. at least i got to see the scotties in the white house. sigh. so dad started watching basketball and i left the room. i am now listening to music and making little rings from this how-to book i've had for a long long time. figures i might as well start using it now that i have some time.

i'm hungry.

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verraten — 2005-06-13T11:06:34-05:00

today at 10am i went to go meet the new kids i'm babysitting for, and ended up babysitting til 3:30. eh. more money, and the kids ain't bad. nathalie is 7, palmer is 5, and brigette is 4. the are very hyper, but very cute. it's so funny just to observe them. sometimes, they are just so cutthroat to eachother. nathalie and palmer will gang up on brigette, they bribe eachother with candy, they hit, etc.but whenever that happens, they'll forget about it within the next minute and are playing just fine after that. unlike, patrice's 2 kids, these three don't watch any tv at all. we played hide and seek, school, duck-duck-goose, dog, and freeze tag. school is when one kid is the teacher and the others are students. students sit at the very bottom of the steps and the teacher puts a coin in one hand, and the students have to guess which hand it's in. if one guesses correctly, he/she moves up one step. obviously, the object is get to the top of the steps. dog is when nathalie puts some string around her neck and the other two get to hold onto her with one of those retractable dog leashes. near the end of my shift, they took pillows and blankets outside in the front yard and make a "bed." when cars or people come by, they hide under the blankets, convinced that if the cars/people see them, they'll shoot them (according to palmer) or take them away (according to nathalie). somewhere around that time, little brigette told me she loved me. i was like... uh ok, and laughed. and why does she love me, exactly? because i gave her a fruit roll up, lol. you see, their father says they have to finish their food, or they get nothing to eat, and candy is ok only after eating. she didn't like her yogurt, so i told her if she can eat 2 spoonfuls, she can have a fruit roll up. i saved the yogurt in the fridge. one of the many things i miss about being a kid- not overanalyzing anything, or not having to analyze anything at all. i am getting some good exercise though. i can carry all three of them at the same time and walk around. i also walked around with 2 of them hanging onto my legs. kids make me laugh.

then, i went to go check out some new glasses- they will be ready to pick up tomorrow. yay! i'm going to be less blind!

after that, i drove my mom and uncle to home depot, where we spent forever there. ok, not forever, but a very very long long time. i was already tired from the kids and not eating anything the whole day except 3 crackers. finally had chipotle for dinner.

came home, and started making rings again. i'm wearing all of them right now, b/c i'm a dork like that. it makes me feel rich, sadly, seeing as how they're glass beads.

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verraten — 2005-06-16T01:06:33-05:00

yesterday, i did some more babysitting, got paid $100 for the 2 days, and picked up my new glasses. took a shower and then got ready for dinner with trevor. picked him up at 5:45pm and went to a south american restaurant called piscos. afterwards, we walked around the cherry creek area for a while and then we watched phantom of the opera and fight club on his laptop. ack, my feet hurted! stupid new shoes. darn, i liked them too...

today, trevor and i ate at village inn, went to best buy, and met up with erin. we drove around. a lot. city park, barnes and noble, buffalo exchange. then my house to watch the beginning of the phantom of the opera- a very nicely done scene. amber came and we went to the mexican/chinese restaurant on colorado south of the ua movie theater for dinner. then we watched batman begins on the imax screen. i liked it a lot! well, i generally like batman stuff anyway, and christian bale is just cool (given his work in equilibrium, the only other movie i've seen with him in it). however, i did not like the tho action going on with katie holmes near the end.

anyways, i'm getting tired. i'm out.

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verraten — 2005-06-17T01:06:33-05:00

this morning, i drove to dia to drop off trevor's camera. i got there an hour early just in case i got lost or something. i know, i know, it's pretty straightforward, but still. here's a funny story that'll demonstrate my reasoning. one of the first times i got on the highway by myself, the arrows confused me, so i took the first right, instead of the second one. i ended up going in the opposite direction that i really wanted to go. another time, i almost crashed with 2 other cars while trying to merge. and there were about 4 cars on the highway at the time. yup, i'm a bad driver. though it was very nice that the other cars were going just as fast, if not faster than i was. and i didn't get lost or have any near crashes. yay me!

came home and took michael to subway for lunch. yummy yummy... and tv and computer til about now. i really don't feel like going to work tomorrow.

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verraten — 2005-06-17T01:06:45-05:00

my room is a mess.

here are some pictures i took last week. woo!

verraten — 2005-06-17T06:06:44-05:00

here is my messy desk. i've been drinking lots of coke. one of those is half full. my tiger/scottie shrine... ...continued here... ...and a little here.

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verraten — 2005-06-19T01:06:46-05:00

i stayed home for most of the day. cleaned the bathroom. dad, michael, and i went out to tattered cover and then to macaroni grill to eat.

you'll find that when i get angry/emotional about something/someone, i tend to take time out so i can first think about it by myself and make a decision based on calm, rational thought. i don't like making decisions/actions in the heat of the moment, and end up regretting them later. i also don't like being a hypocrite, so if any of you could tell me when i'm contradicting myself, that would be great.

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verraten — 2005-06-19T09:06:52-05:00

today, my dad and i visited michael at the denver botanical gardens, where he volunteers every sunday. then we went to kokoro for lunch- yummy. then we saw kung fu hustle directed by stephen chow, who, based on this movie, is like the quentin tarantino of china. it was so funny- it's a parody based on a whole bunch of other kung fu movies. it was very good though. i like picking scabs. as gross as that is, it's something i remember doing since i was a kid.

haha... cody...

verraten — 2005-06-21T12:06:12-05:00

more babysitting today, from 9-4. michael came with me b/c he wanted to get away from the house. i'm sure he had lots of fun lol. we watched this really really bad aladdin movie. so bad. the story takes place in morroco and mainly china, but the characters have a mix of accents- the major one being british. the characters had 4 mouth positions, and the story was all wrong (i'm comparing it to the disney version here). i don't care which one came first, this one was just all wrong. ick. yay disney! we also watched a muppet christmas carol. in june. ah well, this movie was at least well-done.

then it was off to king soopers to buy lots and lots of good food!! 0_0 there was no good food in the house since mom decided she's not cooking anymore. mmm... yummy food.

then michael and i watched some simpsons, and then the life aquatic with steve zissou. i liked it- it was funny. very much like the royal tenenbaums, but then again, they have the same director and a lot of the actors are the same. then a shower and some melted chocolate. i like chocolate.

it was so cute- last week, i was on facebook and i saw that chad changed his picture to one of both him and jeanne, so i left a message on his wall that said they looked cute. today, i saw that he replied saying "for the record" jeanne was the cute one. it made me smile. i like chad. he's fun. i wish he were going to cu.

i'm still hungry, but it's 10:30pm, so i can't make anything big. i'm gonna get something to eat.

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verraten — 2005-06-21T08:06:04-05:00

argh. these kids. they tire me out. a lot of the time, they just won't listen. gragh. and today, palmer tried, in a very NOT subtle way to look down my shirt, and he grabbed me 0_0 i feel violated. he is going to be one horny teenage boy. near the end, they also decided that wearing clothes was just not cool.

after that was over (finally), i went to the store to buy some bread and deposit money (cha-ching!). i put in babysitting money from last week and this week, and a check i got from the school. woo, mon-ay is goooooood. then an early dinner with seinfield and malcolm in the middle.

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verraten — 2005-06-24T01:06:21-05:00

yesterday, i went to work. did some planning for my experiment next week. lots o' fun. came home, and decided i needed to clean out my closet (lol now i have that eminem song in my head). i tried on almost every piece of clothing in there. well, at least most of the stuff i haven't already worn in the past month. and i didn't do all the the winter clothes- too hot. i found some stuff that actually look pretty good. found a lot of my mom's old clothes in there (man, she must've had some killer legs back then, yowza). threw out some weird stuff.

did lots of copying at work today. (on a side note, i really don't like being a girl sometimes.) came home, cooked food, finished jurassic park. in some parts, scarier than the movie. i really like michael crichton's writing style. some of the characters' speeches were getting a little long-winded, but i think that was the idea. now, onto the last of the 6 hitchhiker's guide stories. finally :P

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verraten — 2005-06-25T01:06:19-05:00

i woke up so late today. then work. more copying. made a couple solutions i'll be using next week.

came home, watched tv. soo much tv. i need to get away... but so tempting... there was malcolm in the middle, the simpsons, and seinfield. also watched the one with jet li. several things wrong with that movie. this site can explain it better than i can, and it's really funny too.

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verraten — 2005-06-26T12:06:37-05:00

today i got to watch michael compete in the rocky mountain yoyo championship. he got 1st place in spin tops and 2nd for his age group in yoyos. the people at these competitions are so amazing. i can only do 3 yoyo tricks, and they're not even that good :P then my dad, brother, and i hung out at tattered cover for a while. i read some manga, but tc doesn't have a very good selection, so i just ended up reading more mars. (mars is where my "pretty guy" is from, before he cut his hair, darn him.) then we ate at california pizza kitchen, but not before running into andrea again :) andrea is so cool. i wish i could be as cool as andrea. i hope we get to hang out later this summer. then we saw herbie: fully loaded. not a bad movie. i actually really liked it. i had wanted to see it, but i kinda didn't b/c it was lindsey lohan. but... how can i turn down a racing movie? with a volkswagon beetle? woo! i like cars. i wish i knew more about them. i can't even drive stick! but i did like the movie. racing movies make me wanna be a racer. ah, the adrenaline rush. vvvrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooommmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then we came home. and i'm on the computer.

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verraten — 2005-06-26T11:06:19-05:00

let's see... i woke up, cleaned, did some laundry, read some hgg, and visited mom while she was working at the townhouse. i only went to drop off one of my uncles, but he insisted that i come inside as well. i always feel a little weird after going there. it's a nice place and everything, but i just try not to go there too often. i dunno though, sometimes i think i've learned to control my feelings so well that i can no longer distinguish between real feelings and feelings i've forced upon myself.

then left at around 4:15 to go see land of the dead with phillip, rachel, lucas, hunter, will, edna, and edna's brother (i don't know his name). it was a both a funny and scary-ish movie. i jumped a few times, i admit, but not as much as rachel. hehe, it was so funny, rachel grabbed phillip when she got scared. and she said she was covering her eyes for a lot of the movie. we were all making fun of her. there were lots of gory parts too. a lot of it was just funny. then we went to a restaurant called sam's. and i'm pretty proud of myself, i didn't get lost. for a change. phillip can attest to that. woo! first time i've been there, pretty good food. i had this big chicken burrito. yummy! but i still couldn't finish it. i got about halfway through. brought the rest home, but i don't know how good it'll be tomorrow. we'll see. hehe, it was also funny when we made fun of will for being whipped. wi-ch! <-- the best i can do spelling out the whipped sound. anyways, i left early, while the rest went to lucas' house to watch team america. all in all, lots of fun. i also got to wear my yellow shoes. yippee :)

the light's on, but nobody's home

verraten — 2005-06-27T11:06:29-05:00

woo, more babysitting today. their dad gave me some advice and a few strategies to handle fights and to get them to listen to me. the two girls only had one big fight over some horse toys, and they ended up playing pretty nicely with one another. i was happy. i got them to clean up their messes and eat most of their lunch. then, we watched star wars episode i: the phantom menace til their dad came home. cool, cool. another 7 hours under my belt. came home, computer, practiced the ol' piano a little. then mom, michael, and i went out to eat at this buffet place called souper salad. get it? hahaha...ha.....ha....... it was ok. better than cici's, that's for sure. dessert was definitely better- sundae bar!! yay ice cream!!! then my mom went to pier1 and michael and i checked out the petsmart. lookin' at some fish. was contemplating getting a small fishtank for the dorm room, but i'd have to leave it over winter break, so i decided against it. so that was my day. no tv in there-- surprised? i am.

cleaning out my e-mail, found this story

verraten — 2005-06-28T11:06:02-05:00

A boy was born to a couple after 11 years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for work so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter. The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle and, fascinated by its color, drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the child collapsed, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. QUESTIONS: 1. What were the four words? 2. What is the implication of this story? ANSWER: The husband just said, "I Love You Darling." The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive behavior. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point in finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would not have happened. No one is to be blamed. She had lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her. If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiving attitude, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think. "A successful relationship requires falling in love many times - with the same person." ~Author Unknown~ _____________________________________________________ "The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today."

i'm not very religious, but here's another good one

verraten — 2005-06-28T11:06:49-05:00

This is a story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me." "Sure," they replied, "We'd love to meet him." "There's something you should know," the son continued, "he was hurt pretty bad in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us." "I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives." "I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own." At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg. The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are. If prayer is your thing, tonight say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us.

cats and dogs

verraten — 2005-06-29T12:06:39-05:00

again, i'm not religious, but here ya go: Where do pets come from? A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?" Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us." And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves." And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG." And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them. And they were comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well." And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be with them and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration." And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve. And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings. And Adam and Eve learned humility. And they were greatly improved. And God was pleased. And Dog was happy. And Cat didn't give a crap one way or the other.

and yet another... i think you'll be getting a lot tonight

verraten — 2005-06-29T12:06:31-05:00

A woman was walking along a deserted beach one day when she saw an old bottle. She picked it up and while she was rubbing the sand off, smoke arose from it and a genie appeared. The amazed woman asked if she got three wishes. The genie said "Nope, sorry, three-wish genies are a storybook myth. I'm a one-wish genie. So... what'll it be?" The woman did not hesitate. She said, "I want peace in the Middle East. See this map? I want these countries to stop fighting with each other and I want all the Arabs to love the Jews and Americans and vice-versa. It will bring about world peace and harmony." The genie looked at the map and exclaimed, "Lady, be reasonable. These countries have been at war for thousands of years. I'm out of shape after being in a bottle for five hundred years. I'm good but not THAT good! I don't think it can be done. Make another wish and please be reasonable." The woman thought for a minute and said, "Well, I've never been able to find the right man. You know, one that's considerate and fun, likes to cook and help with the house cleaning, is great in bed, and gets along with my family. Doesn't watch sports all the time, and is faithful. That is what I wish for... a good man." The genie let out a sigh and said, "Let me see the fricking map."

snappy answers

verraten — 2005-06-29T12:06:14-05:00

Snappy Answer #5 A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket, and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub." Snappy Answer #4 A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead." Snappy Answer #3 The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket. Snappy Answer #2 A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up reads "low bridge ahead." Before he knows it the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car, walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips, and says, "Got stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas." And... Snappy Answer #1 THE TEACHER SNAPPY ANSWER OF THE YEAR A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury or illness, or a death in your immediate family but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!" A smart-ass guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asks, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class does its best to stifle their laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles sympathetically at the student, shakes her head, and sweetly says, "Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand."

NEVER RILE UP A TEXAS WOMAN

verraten — 2005-06-29T12:06:45-05:00

A West Texas Cowboy's wife came home just in time to find her husband in bed with another woman. With superhuman strength, born of fury, and cutting calves, she dragged him down the stairs, out the back door, and into the tool shed out back of the barn. She put his tally-whacker in a vice, and then secured it tightly and removed the handle. Next she picked up an old carpenter's saw. The banged up Cowboy was terrified, and hollered, "Stop! Stop! You're not gonna cut it off with that rusty damn saw, are you?" The wife, with a gleam of revenge in her eye, put the saw in her husband's hand and said, "Nope. I'm gonna set this old shed on fire, and go to town for a cold beer. You do whatever you want."

a drunken cowboy

verraten — 2005-06-29T12:06:34-05:00

A drunken cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh Amarillo Theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the cowboy, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The cowboy groaned but didn't budge. The usher became more impatient: "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager." Once again, the cowboy just groaned. The usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment he returned with the manager. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the cowboy, but with no success. Finally they summoned the law. The Texas Ranger surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy what's your name?" "Sam," the cowboy moaned. "Where ya from, Sam?" asked the Ranger. With terrible pain in his voice, and without moving a muscle, Sam replied, "... the balcony"...

why men are happier

verraten — 2005-06-29T01:06:55-05:00

Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Wedding dress can run over $5000. Tux rental seldom cost more than $100. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood will do all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes. No wonder men are happier!

have a drink1. Make sure your sound is on.2. Click on the link

verraten — 2005-06-29T01:06:36-05:00

coffee machine 1. Make sure your sound is on. 2. Click on the link "coffee machine." 3. Put the coin in the vending machine by moving your mouse towards the coin slot. 4. Choose your drink. 5. Click on the cup when it is ready. 6. Click on "APRI." bwahahahahahaha!!!

and the final count...

verraten — 2005-06-29T01:06:35-05:00

i ended up deleting 45 messages!! yay me for cleaning stuff out!

hmmm...

verraten — 2005-06-29T10:06:13-05:00

still at the office :P had a healthy dinner of dr. pepper and various vending machine food. i stupidly forgot to bring something to eat, and i'm afraid to leave for too long b/c i don't have the key to the lab if someone decides to close the door. i just finished today's part of my experiment. for one part, i'm doing a time course, so i started at 8pm in order to have more convenient times for tomorrow and friday. i started the other part at 5pm, and i don't have to do anything else for it until friday (48 hrs). so now, i'm alone and listening to music on my dad's computer (dad's in new mexico and the others left a few hours ago). his taste in music is milder than mine, but he's got some good stuff in here. yes, i'm here very very late, but i got here at around 12 so i wouldn't be spending the entire day here. i think i'll stay here a little while longer b/c i can never get any work done at home. i also finished all 6 hitchhiker's guide stories. finally. it has a weird ending, but it closes up the whole deal, so i really can't complain about it not really being an ending. overall, i enjoyed them. it was a very original idea (including the fact that he combined scifi and comedy) and i really like douglas adams' writing style, but i still like michael crichton, or what i've read of him, better. the day before 12 wasn't exciting enough to write another paragraph about.

O_O check out this car!!

verraten — 2005-06-30T01:06:27-05:00

it is so beautiful. and so fast. and you shoulda seen it handle turns! i want it.

one of the best jobs i have ever seen

verraten — 2005-06-30T01:06:53-05:00

i learned about the car below from a show called topgear, where english dudes get to test drive the most awesome cars ever!!! check out their site in my bookmarks.

The Classic IQ Test from Tickle Tests (!)

verraten — 2005-07-01T11:07:35-05:00

Congratulations, Mallory! Your IQ score is 136 This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns. And that's just some of what we know about you from your IQ results. i don't know if this was a real iq test or not, but i can live with that score. and of course, they want you to pay for whatever else they know about you from your score. bwahahahaha! i think people should get an extra point for for not paying.

another test- i'm really bored

verraten — 2005-07-01T05:07:41-05:00

stole this one from another blog. kinda hurried through it cuz i have a time point in 5 minutes, but i got 21/30. had to use scratch paper for a problem this time :P stupid fruit pictures. click here to take it

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verraten — 2005-07-01T06:07:37-05:00

now that that's over with. until... about an hour from now. a bug ran into my forehead. that was a lot of fun. i woke up at 7:15am. got to the lab to do my time point. did some stuff until 9-ish. went to mcdonald's for an egg mcmuffin. yes, i know, greasy food bad for you, but, i crave it once in a while. went home, and took a nap until 11:30. naps are good. then, i went back to the lab. mmm... dr. pepper. for lunch. man, i'm a junk food junkie today. did another time point at 2pm. then, investigated what the deal was with my not-working-id card and got another parking permit for my dad's car. then, i went home, got my dad's car, put the permit in it, and washed it at the handy-dandy car wash down the street with my lovely assistant, michael. came back, and, well, i think you know the rest. i now have exactly $0.75 in quarters in my wallet. need to stop spending money...

whoa

verraten — 2005-07-01T06:07:24-05:00

i'm just hoping she forgot to update her age. and i think the term is "swipe" your v card. either way, swipe sounds better. losing your v card isn't right if you willingly give it away to someone, and plus, swipe goes with the metaphor better :P

mmmm... ice cream

verraten — 2005-07-01T08:07:39-05:00

You Are Strawberry Ice Cream

A bit shy and sensitive, you are sweet to the core. You often find yourself on the outside looking in. Insightful and pensive, you really understand how the world works. You are most compatible with chocolate chip ice cream.

What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?

the picture wasn't working, so i searched for a new one on google. i almost couldn't stand looking at all the ice cream, but not being able to eat them. *drool*

the many forms of mallory

verraten — 2005-07-03T10:07:19-05:00

as promised... pictures of some of the clothes i found in my closet while cleaning it out: tomboy mallory one of my 2 pairs of guy pants, and a shirt and hat from my little bro. guy pants are so comfy ^_^ hippie mallory contemplating the spirituality of a flower candle. just call me sunbeam. rebellious mallory i actually like those pants. coolio suspenders :P little kid mallory yay! i still have my overalls from middle school! intellectual/school girl mallory i wore that tie to school on "tie day." it was fun :) oh yeah, crunchin' numbers! and... normal mallory this is what i wore today.

instead of blognapping, i'll just provide a link or two

verraten — 2005-07-03T11:07:13-05:00

this entry in another person's blog was cute! this guy's blog has some sweet stuff too! these 2 links have very important tips for guys, but i consider myself lucky, cuz mi corazon's already done some of that stuff! ^_^

this is funny

verraten — 2005-07-03T11:07:37-05:00

What Is Your Best Sexual Skill?

Name:

Mallory

Age:

Sex:

Female

Sexuality:

Straight

Flirting Skill Level - 28%

Kissing Skill Level - 79%

Cudding Skill Level - 26%

Sex Skill Level - 85%

Why They Love You

You are very sweet.

Why They Hate You

You bite.

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hehehe... i bite ;)

71 things about me

verraten — 2005-07-04T08:07:59-05:00

blognapped from mahkie :

1. ONE WISH?
i dunno, to be able to remember everything i see, hear, read, etc. i can never think of something more meaningful than "more money" or something.

2. ARE YOU A LOVER OR A FIGHTER?
lover. i try to avoid conflict. i'm not quite sure that's the best strategy though.

3. WHAT'S YOUR WORST FEAR?
disappointment

4. AS A KID, WERE YOU A LEGO MANIAC?
somewhat. i did have legos.

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF "REALITY" TV?
it's ok. some shows are good, some are bad.

6. DO YOU CHEW ON YOUR STRAWS?
sometimes. i used to do it more as a kid.

7. WERE YOU A CUTE BABY?
heck yes! but not when i had a bowl haircut and wore boy clothes. i guess i was cute then as well, but i was mistaken as the opposite gender.

8. IS THE SINGLE LIFE FOR YOU?
in some ways it is, in some ways it isn't.

9. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR KEYBOARD?
black with whiute letters.

10. DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?
sometimes

11. HAVE YOU EVER BUNGEE JUMPED?
no, but i want to

12. ANY SECRET TALENTS?
um... not that i know of

13. WHAT'S YOUR IDEAL VACATION SPOT?
not sure. my favorite vacation spot so far in my life is nyc

14. IS JAY LENO FUNNY?
once in a while

15. CAN YOU SWIM?
yes

16. HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE "DONNIE DARKO"?
no, but a lot of people i know like it.

17. DO YOU GIVE A DARN ABOUT THE OZONE?
yes

18. HOW MANY LICKS DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOSTIE POP?
depends on the tootsie pop and the tongue doing it

19. CAN YOU SING THE ALPHABET BACKWARDS?
probably not

20. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE?
i'll have to agree with the previous answer: "I have been in one, but never on one."

21. ARE YOU AN ONLY CHILD?
nope

22. DO YOU PREFER ELECTRIC OR MANUAL PENCIL SHARPENERS?
electric

23. WHAT'S YOUR STAND ON HUNTING?
if you're going to use every part of the animal, and you're not hunting it into extinction or threatened existence, then go ahead.

24. IS MARRIAGE IN YOUR FUTURE?
possible

25. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
sometimes

26. WHAT ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO?
nothing! except non-gold earrings :(

27. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAID, "I LOVE U"?
today

28. IS ELVIS STILL ALIVE?
yes, as a bar singer in the middle of nowhere eating perfectly normal beast.

29. DO YOU CRY AT WEDDINGS?
i've only been to one, and i didn't.

30. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
scrambled with bacon.

31. ARE BLONDES DUMB?
i like this answer (from fyreph ): "Naw, they are just more upfront about their stupidity, us brunettes keep it well hidden until the most inoportune moments XD"

32. WHERE DOES THE OTHER SOCK END UP?
if i knew, they wouldn't be lost.

33. WHAT TIME IS IT?
6:11pm

34. DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME?
a few

35. IS MCDONALD'S DISGUSTING?
most of it is

36. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN A CAR?
today

37. DO YOU PREFER BATHS OR SHOWERS?
showers

38. IS SANTA CLAUS REAL?
no

39. DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NECK KISSED?
haven't had the chance to decide, but i'd say yes

40. ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?
sometimes

41. WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO?
dr. pepper

42. CRUNCHY OR CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER?
either

43. CAN YOU CRACK YOUR NECK?
on occasion

44. HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN IN AN AMBULANCE?
yes.

45. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH TODAY?
once

47. ARE YOU A HEAVY SLEEPER?
usually

46. IS DRUG FREE THE WAY TO BE?
yes

48. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR EYES?
i would again have to agree with the previous answer: "Shit brown."

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE?
most of it

51. LIQUOR OR BEER?
neither

52. ARE YOU PSYCHIC?
nope

53. HAVE YOU READ "CATCHER IN THE RYE"?
no

54. DO YOU PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS?
piano

55. HAVE U EVER STOLEN MONEY?
yes

56. CAN YOU SNOWBOARD?
no, but i'd like to learn

57. DO YOU LIKE CAMPING?
haven't been, but i'd like to

58. DO U SNORT WHEN U LAUGH?
not really. i may have done it once or twice

59. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
hm... yes and no.

60. ARE DOGS A MAN'S BEST FRIEND?
yes

61. YOU BELIEVE IN DIVORCE?
yes

62. CAN YOU DO THE MOONWALK?
no, i've tried

63. DO YOU MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES?
yes, who doesn't?

64. IS IT COLD OUTSIDE TODAY?
nope! just the opposite

65. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
chocolate ice cream!!!

66. DO YOU WEAR NAIL POLISH?
i did when i was younger

67. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KISSED?
yes

68. WHAT'S THE MOST ANNOYING COMMERCIAL?
half of them out there

69. DO YOU SHOP AT AMERICAN EAGLE?
sometimes. woo! go sale racks!

70. DO YOU SNORE?
unfortunately. and very loudly, so says the family.

71. FAVORITE SONGS AT THE MOMENT?
not sure

for those who are looking- look here

verraten — 2005-07-07T01:07:48-05:00

nice guys finish last?!

i found mine, you girls need to look right beside you.

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verraten — 2005-07-08T12:07:40-05:00

just saw war of the worlds. i liked it overall. had a few problems with it, but not bad. dakota fanning did a good job. tom cruise in a father role was pretty good. michael didn't like the special effects much.

so just some lab stuff today. it was nicole's last day b/c she's going to optometry school this year in california. dad decided to play a joke on her and give her 2 good-sized fish eyeballs, telling her they were real human ones. it was hilarious. everyone believed him, even though fish eyes look very different from human eyes. they were quite large though. so funny. later on, he gave her a real present- some more eye stuff, but fake, and a textbook she might find useful.

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verraten — 2005-07-09T03:07:11-05:00

just watched hostage with my mom. very suspenseful and creepy movie. or at least that one guy was really creepy and extremely disturbed. woo, scariness.

also finished reading sphere by michael crichton. i liked it! some parts had me laughing out loud :D it's been made into a movie, but last i checked, it was rated very low (haven't seen it). too bad, it had potential, but i can see how michael crichton's books can be difficult to make into a movie. besides all the special effects required, crichton provides a lot of insight into a character's background and personality that you just can't include in a movie, either because of time limits or because of insufficient skill level.

eh

verraten — 2005-07-12T12:07:10-05:00

yeah, so i'm a bad babysitter. i came over this morning, and this chick, nina, from across the street was hangin' out with her dog, i guess waiting to be paid for watering their lawn. so i'm like, ok, cool. *shrug* later, after their dad leaves, she asks if they can go over to her house for a while. i'm like ok, she's really close by, and their dad knows her, and i can get some quiet time. i try to read some and end up taking a nap. palmer and brigitte come by asking me to come and do something for them. so i go over, and i have to climb a white metal shelf/stand to close the board to the attic in the ceiling. woohoo. nathalie is stuck in front of the tv, and palmer and brigitte are looking for rats and mice. she's got a nice house, it's new, and she has the basement pretty much all to herself. at first i couldn't figure out how old she was, but seeing as how she was paid $10 to water the lawn for 5 days, and she didn't know how to wash some laundry, i'm guessing... early high school? anyways, i stay over at her house for an hour or two and watch tv with them, leaving a note for their dad at home sometime in there. yeah, so they've spent pretty much the entire day at nina's house, most of it without me. and they didn't do their workbooks or flashcards or anything. that would be my fault. i've forgotten to do those with them half the time. blegh. bad mallory.

one interesting story though. for me at least. palmer got a splinter in his foot while walking on the sidewalk- he said it was a piece of metal, and that "it went into his foot and bent up and the point was coming up." it wasn't that big of a deal, at least in the splinters i've seen in my day, so i told him i could take it out, but he wouldn't let me. he only wanted his dad to do it. so we called his dad, and while he was talking to him, i tried a few times to sneak pull it out with a pair of tweezers, but he wouldn't let me. finally, i got it out as quick as i could. there was a little piece of something still in his foot though, and the look on his face when he just rubbed it off was priceless. pure surprise. considering he was bawling loudly the entire time before that.

after that, i went to b&n to buy a book for myself with the rest of my giftcard from phillip and the gang. i had about $5 left. then, i went home, and made some dinner, and went to the lab to do some work with my dad.

yup, my life is about as exciting as the sun is cold.

from erin's blog

verraten — 2005-07-14T02:07:11-05:00

You are an assassin.
That means you are a proffessional and do your job without mixing any emotions in it. In your life you have probably been hurt many times and have gotten some mental scars. This results in you being distant from people. Though many think that you are evil, you are not. What you really are is a person, trying to forget your pain and past. You are the person who never seems to care and that is why being an assassin fits you well. At least, that's what people think. Even if you don't care that much for your victims, you still have the ability to care and to generally feel. It is not lost, just a little forgotten. In crowds you tend to not get to noticed, and dress in black or other discrete colours. You don't like being in the spotlight and wish people would just leave you alone.

Main weapon: Sniper
Quote: "The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy" -Jim Rohn
Facial expression: Narrowed eyes What Type of Killer Are You? [cool pictures]
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i like the other pictures too. yay anime!

roomie time!!!

verraten — 2005-07-14T11:07:19-05:00

yay! tonight i got to hang out with amber!!! only for an hour or so, but still cool! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D i'm happy. we met at the hard rock cafe downtown, where there was a band playing. they were pretty good. amber bought a cd at virgin, then we walked to the far starbucks. mmm... coffee and chocolate... then, we walked around for a bit, barnes and noble, where amber got "cute books with bible paper." hehe, they are pretty small. now i'm home and i'm gonna go watch some will and grace.

you're really not a bitch?

verraten — 2005-07-20T12:07:39-05:00

hm... haven't posted in a while. and i was going on almost everyday for the past couple months. 'sides my san diego trip, and a few days here and there. and that calendar is inaccurate. it says i didn't post some days but i did. and thus, i actually argue that i indeed have no life. *hangs head down in shame* so what have i been up to recently? i have visited mr. tv much too often. bought and finished reading the new harry potter book. i liked it, though i can't say i remember every little detail from the previous books that she referred to in this one. more work. no babysitting. remember the account of my last babysitting experience? i think i lost the job. monday (yesterday), i went there at 9am, like always. strange, his car was gone and the door was closed. no note. rang the doorbell instead. no answer. this hour grows stranger yet. so, i sit down on the steps and start reading the harry potter book. *shrug* whatever. 10:15am, i'm still on the steps, and the girl from the other day, nina, comes by and tells me that they left on friday, and said they'd be gone for 4 days. huh. that night, i get a message from the dad, saying i didn't need to come the next day either (today)- i only babysit on mondays and tuesdays. bah. whatever. :P did some lab stuff too. whoopee. blah. i wanna learn how to skateboard.

bored yet again

verraten — 2005-07-20T01:07:23-05:00

Your wise quote is: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall" by Confucius.
Yes indeed, you see true strength can only be seen when a person has "fallen." Only then one can tell how they will handle it. Just don't make others fall so you can know who they really are. You, on the other hand, may be a very quick recoverer and don't let people bring you down. You are your own, and you're fine with that. Emotional issues are something you handle rather nicely.

What wise quote fits you?(pics) UPDATED
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ok i'm going to bed now. really.

verraten — 2005-07-20T01:07:44-05:00

Your element is Earth. You have your feet on the ground and are in touch with reality. Some may say you need to lighten up, but you are just not that way. It's not that you don't enjoy having fun, you only find it in more calmer activities such as writing or reading a book. But before you have your fun, you always make sure your work is done. You are considered the reliable one among your friends, you would never betray anyone just like that and are not influenced by peer-pressure. Friends and family can always come to you for guidance because you are wise and smart. You know what is right and what is wrong and you study hard to become something big in the future. The bad side is that your friend/s feel ignored when you spend more time with books and papers rather with them. You are not such a people person and are sometimes a question-mark on how to behave around them at certain times. Luckily it always works out, somehow. Love is not really desired in your world right now, maybe in the future when you've got work and so on under control. After all, you are a perfectionist.

What is your element? [with pics + 7 outcomes + detailed answeres!]
brought to you by Quizilla i really like this quiz-maker's images for the quiz answers. they're really nice and very pretty :) hm, i do have to say that i give in to peer pressure fairly often. i hope all that other good stuff is true though.

lance armstrong is amazing

verraten — 2005-07-24T10:07:43-05:00

7 TIMES!!yeah! go lance!!

NEOPETS!!!!

verraten — 2005-08-10T01:08:42-05:00

yes, i have finally updated.

i'm so addicted to neopets, e-mail and blogging have ceased to be important (surprise, surprise) !!!

AND, i won a super rare item worth lots of money!! neopets money, of course, or else i'd be talking about all the cool new stuff i'm buying, or the significantly increased balance in my savings account. but, it is neopets money and thus... dooo do do do uh uh do do uh uh do do can't touch this dooo do do do uh uh do do uh uh do do can't touch this... i am so good at type-singing. i was so excited when i won it.

hm... anything else i can tell you people about... my dad's bike got stolen, so michael and i, actually just i, bought him another one off of ebay. $247.50 including s&h for a bianchi campione del mondo. not a bad price i'm told. hopefully, it's a good bike, and it comes soon, b/c we'll need to take it to a bike shop to get it assembled when it does come.

my first skateboarding story

verraten — 2005-08-14T07:08:35-05:00

here's something interesting, i spose. i'm learning to skateboard. i bought one and i'm goin' 3-4 ft. before i slow to a stop. woooo!!!!!! haha, so pathetic. i wish i had someone who actually knows how to skateboard teach me. my brother's doing an ok job at it though, i guess. the other day, i fell on the concrete. in my own backyard. i went forward, and the board went backward, and pow! hit the pavement. it gave me my first battle wounds. scraped my elbow and a bruise on my hip. and my hand hurts. ah, well, no pain, no gain, eh? i think it'll be quite fun, though it'll be a while before i can go speeding down colorado like all the others.

i also started packing for school. yay!!! i'm so excited! i'm gonna sound like a nerd saying this, but i cannot wait to go back to school!

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verraten — 2005-08-14T08:08:31-05:00

from fyreph :

[Marital Status] single

[Shoe size] 5 1/2 - 6

[Parents still together] no

[Siblings] 1 brother

[Pets] sadly, none

FAVORITES

[Color] blue

[Number] 7
[Animal] tiger
[Drinks] dr. pepper, milk
[Soda] dr. pepper
[Book] some by michael crichton
[Flower] tiger lilies

DO YOU

[Color your hair?] yupyup! sadly though, i have to stop.

[Twirl your hair?] sometimes, when i have nothing better to do
[Have tattoos?] i have been half-heartedly considering it for a while.
[Have Piercings?] just the ears
[Cheat on tests/homework?] i have before, but now, i try not to. homework sometimes though.
[Drink/Smoke?] neither
[Like roller coasters?] yay!!
[Wish you could live somewhere else?] i like it here in co, but i'd like to live in ny. hopefully, i'd survive
[Want more piercings?] hm... maybe more in the ears, but no, not really

[Like cleaning?] on occasion, i actually do like cleaning. i like organizing more.
[Write in cursive or print?] a mixture of both
[Own a web cam?] no
[Know how to drive?] do i?! i say hell yes!! some people would say no.
[Own a cell phone?] yup
[Ever get off the damn computer?] yeah

HAVE YOU EVER

[Been in a fist fight?] maybe once or twice with my brother

[Considered a life of crime?] yup

[Considered being a hooker?] not seriously
[Lied to someone?] of course
[Been in love?] nope
[Made out with JUST a friend?] nope
[Been in lust?] i don't think so
[Used someone] no
[Been used?] i don't think so
[Been cheated on?] probably not
[Kicked someone in the nuts?] accidentally

[Stolen anything?] yes
[Held a gun] fake ones

CURRENTS

[Current clothing] pjs

[Current mood] hungry, bored
[Current taste] dr. pepper
[What you currently smell like] nothing i think. dr. pepper?
[Current hair] down, recent haircut
[Current thing I ought to be doing] packing for school
[Current cd in stereo] a mix
[Last book you read] i think it was sphere by michael crichton
[Last movie you saw] coyote ugly on tv
[Last thing you ate] ritz bits sandwiches with cheese
[Last person you talked to on the phone] mom
[Do drugs?] nope
[Believe there is life on other planets?] a tentative yes
[Remember your first love?] n/a
[Still love him/her?] n/a
[Read the newspaper?] do the comics count?
[Have any gay or lesbian friends?] a few
[Believe in miracles?] not really
[Do well in school?] i like to think so
[Wear hats] rarely
[Hate yourself?] sometimes, i hate parts of myself
[Have an obsession?] tigers, scottish terriers
[Collect anything?] see above
[Have a best friend?] a couple
[Close friends?] a few
[Like your handwriting?] sometimes
[Care about looks] i hate to say it but yes

LOVE LIFE
[First crush] a young boy named jordan. we were in 1st grade.
[First kiss] haha... charlie
[Do you believe in love at first sight?] no, lust and obssession at first sight, yes
[Do you believe in "the one?"] no
[Are you a tease?] maybe... ;)
[Too shy to make the first move?] usually

ARE YOU

[A Daydreamer] sometimes
[A/n Bitch/Asshole] sometimes
[Sarcastic] not usually
[An Angel] sometimes
[A Devil] sometimes
[Shy] most often when i meet new people
[Talkative] with people i know, i can be

story!

verraten — 2005-08-15T12:08:06-05:00

i really liked this story from arnel :

Nice & Nicer... ( A Mall Story)

I was sitting in the mall the other day, enjoying a light lunch and there was a mother and her little daughter both carrying their own trays looking for table to sit at. They were heading towards my direction and as the mom was scurrying to get a table, the little girl's drink fell off her tray and spilled on the floor next to me. "Mommy!" yelled the girl, "I spilled my drink!" "Just leave it, I'll get you a new one, someone will clean it...", exclaimed the mom as she quickly claimed her table. Now, this girl, who must of been 5-6 years old, suprised me by first placing her tray on my table, and then proceeding to clean up the spill. I've seen kids spill/drop things before and they usually either, A: Cry, B: Scream, or C: Cry and Scream. This girl took action to clean! I grabbed a few of my napkins and started helping her soak up the spill.

"Thank you mister." said the girl. "No problem, I'll get a few more napkins and find someone to clean the rest up." Just then, the mother comes by and says, "You guys didn't need to clean it up". I replied; "Well, someone could've stepped on it and slipped and injured themselves, it was NICE of your daughter to stop and clean up." "Yeah mommy, I could've slipped and hurt myself.....or you....or this guy! (me)" ;said the girl. How thoughtful of her...

About 30 minutes later, the mom and daughter finished their meal and headed out. As they walked by, the little girl smiled at me and I smiled back. An elderly lady leaned over my table and said; "You know, that was very NICE of you two, that mother didn't even bother to help, that's horrible."

I agree.

So what's the point of this story? Nothing really. I just remember the nice things that people do.

Everyone be nice and stay blessed,

Arnel

i completely agree. and i think working in a college dining hall only reinforced the concept.

moving into the dorms a second time

verraten — 2005-08-20T03:08:59-05:00

so. i'm living in the dorms for my second year. moving in was much easier this time, since it's a single. (no offense amber, but you brought like a million people with you when we moved in last year.) and the number of possible arrangements are substantially increased. and the window is bigger. fancy that, the single window is bigger than the double window. and, my room faces east, so, it'll be a lot easier to wake up early. the people living on my floor are pretty fun, and they seem nice. a lot of them are political science majors and open option. what i like to think as a good change from the mostly business group last year. anyways, yeah. i think that's about it.

bwahahahahaha!!... mostly evil!!!!!!!!!!!...

verraten — 2005-08-21T08:08:54-05:00

i may have done this one earlier, but i saw it on richard's blog, and thought i'd take it. i said yes to things i do sometimes. just to let you know. The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Test

first day of classes (the second time around)

verraten — 2005-08-22T06:08:50-05:00

mmkay, lets go chronologically. woke up at 6am, turned off the alarm, woke up at 6:30am. took a shower. had breakfast. went on the bus. all the freshmen went early, so the bus was crowded like it would be 15 minutes before class. sigh. i hope they don't come so early for the rest of the year. 8am. spanish. instructor is a grad student from peru. katie from the dining hall is in my class :[ :[ grr. lots of freshmen. lots. but i think it'll be an ok class. 9am. organic chemistry. prof peters is cool. a possible doof, though first impressions are often wrong. i miss prof nesbitt and hagadorn. here's something funny i observed: "Organic chemistry is really about reactivity," he said as he wrote the word "Reactivity" on the blackboard. Inevitably, half the class immediately wrote "Reactivity" at the top of the first page in their notebook, without any idea what it meant. bwahahahaha... i can be so mean. but you all know other people are meaner. 10am. no class. tried getting my bus pass, but the line was too long. bought some gum to put in this nifty little mint can i got for free. me no like mints. me like gum more. 11am. no class. ate lunch at libby. geoff mitchell found me sitting at a table. apparently, he is also living at wv. interesting. his hair is longer now, and i guess he got fired this summer. and he and his roommates spent an hour watching a turtle poop. ah, the funny little stories he tells me. went early to my writing class. 12pm. cell biology. yes, cell biology. for some reason i thought writing came first and sat outside the door for 15 minutes before i looked at my schedule again and realized i had 4 minutes to get to biology. prof odorizzi is cool, funny. likes to tell little anecdotes that somehow relate to the topic at hand. makes us laugh. 1pm. writing class. official name: the argument of scientific writing. most people were bio majors, some chem, some psych, one film. the instructor has a strange way of talking. slow, a little... arrogant, maybe? i'm not sure how to explain it, but he seems like a good instructor. been doin' it for 6 years. 2pm. spanish. again. we only meet 3 days a week, but we have to meet 5 times a week, since it's a 5 credit class. woo. went to the bookstore to buy a lab notebook. line was too long so i went to the library. wait, wait, wait, before you say anything, all i did was check my e-mail. but you're right, i am a nerd. took the bus home. was definitely less crowded. thank goodness. played on neopets for a little while before i started writing. sweet, sweet dr. pepper... *drool* oo-oo-oo. i have something cool!! since we don't have to attend labs or recitations this week, i don't have ANY classes on tuesday or thursday this week. SWEET!!!!!!!

from arnel's blog

verraten — 2005-08-22T06:08:16-05:00

Body: What grade would you give me? GRADES: F- You're ugly and you stink! F You're ugly. D You're an ass. C- You're just someone I dont want to talk to okay? C You're okay looking I guess, but definatley not the best. C+ You're, eh, the "average joe." Kind of boring yes? B- Hey you're kind of cool. You're kind of cute too. B You're cute. And you're a pretty interesting person. B+ Pretty damn attractive, and cool too. A- You're extremely attractive, and you're awesome. Go you. A REALLY hot, I want you here now. Lets get it on baby! A+ THE HOTTEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD I WANT TO DO YOU!! i spose this is also based on physical attraction, yes? a pic of me is not up. click here or here if you want. don't stalk me now.

hottie alert

verraten — 2005-08-23T09:08:41-05:00

last night some floormates and i watched dirty dancing 2: havana nights. diego luna is hot!! I mean, look at him! so cute.

back in the library

verraten — 2005-08-25T07:08:50-05:00

i didn't have to go to any classes today and i've been at the library since 9:30am. just got back 10 minutes ago. go ahead, people are already making fun of me, but i didn't go there for the excitement. i already have lots o' work. bleh. but i'm working, and not procrastinating, so i guess that's good. woopeeeee!!!!!

a nights of firsts

verraten — 2005-08-28T01:08:52-05:00

i have finally been christened into the drinking world. (is that a right use of the word?)

last night, i went out with my floormates to my first frat party and got drunk for the first time (but to the seasoned pros, i was only tipsy). i had planned on not drinking, but i said what the hell. let's do it. so a sip of vodka, a can of light beer, and half can of regular beer later, i was feelin' it. don't make fun of me, it was my first time, and i'm an asian girl. i even participated in my first game of "don't fuck your brother." obviously, i didn't do so well. anyways, i did have fun (no throwing up, no rapes, no falling down). one bad thing, though, was that they dj left halfway through the night. so we had ashley's brother (underage president of sigma nu, apparently a popular frat) play some music on his computer, and we danced to that. at 3am, the buffbus stopped running. so we started walking back to the dorm at 3:30am. perhaps i'll elaborate on my experience sometime later. i'm gonna go to sleep.

and here they are...

verraten — 2005-08-28T05:08:48-05:00

i got my transfer cord so here are a few photos of my dorm room. here's my desk area. i really like that i can combine the drawers and the desk into a super desk! here's the bed, unmade, of course. my posters and the lovely view. filing cabinet, microfridge, and tv. sink area and part of closet.

a little bit of math

verraten — 2005-08-28T08:08:48-05:00

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy OFFICE ARITHMETIC Smart boss + smart employee = profit Smart boss + dumb employee = production Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime SHOPPING MATH A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need. GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. HAPPINESS To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. PROPENSITY TO CHANGE A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does. DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER!!!

verraten — 2005-08-30T07:08:43-05:00

this is what a plane looks like when it's breaking the sound barrier: cool, huh?

ah, these college days

verraten — 2005-09-01T11:09:43-05:00

i have been on campus for 13 hours straight!!!!! i had class from 8am-1pm. actually, we got out an hour early for bio lab, so class til 12pm. then, i ate lunch. then, i went to the lab for a while to write down what we've done for the past few days. recently, i started working in norman pace's lab. NORMAN PACE. YES, THE NORMAN PACE. ok, i'm going out on a limb and guess that most of you don't know who he is. famous scientist with LOTS of money. so, i e-mailed him and few other faculty members in the mcdb department, and 3 people were interested. i met with norman first, and started working there. excellent! but, i have to apply for a grant in order to get paid, "grant," i should say, since it only pays $2400/year. supposedly $9/hr for ~11 hrs/week, but i'll probably end up working more than that. aaanyways, i was supposed to meet my mentor-person there at 4pm, but i got there at like 1pm. i tried reading some bio text, but that didn't really work out. leah ended up coming a little earlier, so i watched her do some of her experiments before nikki (the other undergrad) came at 3:30pm. so then we did a gel purification of the dna we extracted from some yellowstone samples earlier this week. that ended at 6pm-ish. ate dinner. went to the umc to study before the sems (student emergency medical service) meeting started at 8pm. got some reading done. some. got back at 8:45pm. ah, well. i can't complain if i choose it.

no subject

verraten — 2005-09-03T12:09:50-05:00

maybe i am a bitch.

a night out

verraten — 2005-09-03T05:09:21-05:00

ok, so today was really, really interesting, and i apologize in advance if none if this makes any sense. you'll find out later ;) whoa, it's taking me so long to type this out. so after class, amber came up for the night and trevor, sheila, erin, amber, and i went out to a mexican restaurant called efrain's. i had a cheese and chicken quesadilla. then we went back to erin and sheila's apartment where, we hung out for a while and watched saw. a fairly gory movie. they spared us some parts, though i woulda liked to see them. that sounds disgusting, doesn't it? that i actually want to see the gory parts. after that, sheila and trevor wanted to watch stargate, so i was like fuck no and left for my room. that was around 10pm. so at 10:30-ish, one of the girls from my floor, sarah, came back from work and asked if i wanted to go to a party. we mat some people from our floor at kitt and hung out for a bit before we walked a long ass time to a house that really only had keystone light and ran out fast. i had my first 1/2 shot of bacardi lemon. oo, that stings. then we went to some guys apartment, on 30th and colorado, where i took a couple shots of regular bacardi and smoked my first hookah ever. i did that several times. i REALLY like hookah i found out. the effects are the same as alcohol, except you don't have to go the bathroom as much. woo! then we walked all along 30th to get back to willvill. much fun was had by all. and i still don't feel like throwing up or anything. and i seemed to sober up a little faster than everyone else. maybe it's b/c i didn't have as much, but i'm an asian girl. bad news: my dad's coming here in less than 10 hours, so i'm going to sleep, dudes. have fun, be safe y'all. i'm not going to reread any of this, so deal with any/all mistakes i have made. wow, that took a really long time to type.

i wanna see this movie!!!

verraten — 2005-09-07T07:09:31-05:00

click here and here. not only does the main character have the best name in the world, they say it's kinda manga-ish, which i'm interested in seeing. however, lotsa people said it was a bad buffy imitation. oh well, i still wanna see it.

oweee!!!

verraten — 2005-09-09T11:09:48-05:00

i landed on my ankle this morning when i missed the last step on the stairs. i walked it off, but after a couple hours of going to class and working in the lab, it started hurting again. owie.

here is what i think

verraten — 2005-09-11T12:09:17-05:00

sometimes... or maybe most of the time... i just feel like i don't fit in with them. it's weird. it may be that i've changed, or that they've changed (though it's unlikely), but i still feel it. or it could be that they just don't like me anymore. and i when i get that sort of vibe (whether it's true or not), i back off. i don't try hanging out with the person/people, b/c i know how annoying it is when someone you don't like is just always there. i could be paranoid, and over-analyzing the situation, which could be why i don't have many close friends. i've been thinking about it for a while now, and i believe that it can be very hard being my friend. you actually have to try with me. there have been about 2 people who actually keep trying with me. they make an active effort to be there and to include me in things. if you don't do something like that, i assume you don't like me, so i'll respond accordingly. i'm not going to hate you, but if you don't like me, it's just a waste of time trying to hang out with you if you don't even want me there in the first place, right? i think that gives me a reputation for being bitchy, stand-off-ish, arrogant, etc. when really, i don't think i'm actually like that. i don't think i'm too good to be anyone's friend or anything. i do like having friends. it's just that i get this feeling, and i go with it. sometimes, i think it would just be better if people told me if they didn't like me. life would be a lot easier and a lot more efficient. so go ahead, tell me if you don't like me. i'm not going to get mad at you- i'll probably thank you for not wasting my time, and it'll be better for you b/c i won't be wasting your time.

the people on my floor do not have enough homework

verraten — 2005-09-13T02:09:37-05:00

i have a bio exam on friday (for which i still need to study and read), a spanish essay due friday, bio lab thursday, along with working in the pace lab (and i'm a day behind), plus writing a big essay during the coming weeks for my writing class, and i still have homework to do tonight. there are people in the hall running around and laughing and yelling and screaming and such and one girl already told them to be quiet a while ago. ahhh!!!!!!!!! they definitely have a little too much free time. but, all is well, i talked to them and i think they're going to bed now. woo. that's the end of my little break. homework, prepare to be demolished.

wooo!!!!!!!!!!

verraten — 2005-09-13T10:09:15-05:00

yay!!! i did so much studying this afternoon!! i was about to get on the bus at around 2:30pm, but i said to myself: mallory, if you get on that bus and go to your dormroom, you will not get anything done. so i left and went to the mcdb library. i love that library!!! there's hardly any people in there and it's got these nice huge tables so i can spread out all my stuff. i read biology for 5 hours!!! well, not 5 hours straight, i guess, b/c i took some breaks in between, but still... yay!!!! i think i'm actually getting back into school mode!

before that i had to do sapp office hours, where i organized the office a little and typed up some contact sheets. and before that, i had lunch with zhe. finally! he's called me at least 4 times this semester and some more times last semester.

no subject

verraten — 2005-09-13T10:09:32-05:00

i'm so pumped up! i still have to eat dinner, but i'm so glad i got stuff done. still behind, but i'm makin' progress!!

"goodnight little girl..."

verraten — 2005-09-15T03:09:11-05:00

today i was so busy, but some of it was good busy, and some of it was bad busy. most of it was good though :) let's see, i woke up late this morning (6:40am as opposed to 6:00am). that was bad. but i made it to class about the same time i usually do (translate: super super fast shower and eating). class as usual. almost fell asleep in spanish and the 1st class of ochem. after 2nd spanish class, i got caught up on lab work, so i'm at the same step as the other girl who's starting to work there also. however, i ran my gel while i ate lunch (at 4:15pm), and i ran the gel too long. the edge of the dna was at the very end of the gel, and some of it's probably gone in the buffer. ah well, there's not much diversity in the sample anyway, and it was pretty much just a practice experiment. so then i went back to the dorm room at around 5:30pm and almost forgot i had something to do on campus at 6:30. got back on the bus (after grabbing some sticky notes) and went to this thing called "mini med school." it's a series of lectures every wednesday night about various topics taught in med school. extremely simplified and condensed, of course. it was really really interesting though! and they gave us some free food. well, cookies, granola bars, and water, but food nonetheless. we got out at 8:30pm, so then i went to the mcdb library to study again. left at 11:20pm. and the bus came 10 minutes later. met a guy named charlie who lives on the 11th floor who hates his roommate lol. hung around for 15 or so minutes, then watched the first hour of saw with ashley, kristina, nadia, sam, and sarah. they are so scared lol. sam's already seen it, but she's deathly afraid of clowns, so i thought that was funny, but i probably shouldn't. when i left, i said in a creepy voice "goodnight girls..." that was funny :D so now, i think i might do some hw, but i'll probably just go to sleep. catch y'all later!

and i procrastinate

verraten — 2005-09-15T03:09:56-05:00

(X) snuck out of the house (several times, actually) (X) saw a shooting star (X) been to any other countries besides the US (_) had a serious surgery (X) gone out in public in your pajamas (_) kissed a stranger (X) hugged a stranger (_) been arrested (_) done drugs (X) had alcohol (X) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose (_) made out in an elevator (X) swore at your parents (X) kicked a guy where it hurts (uh... hit with a frisbee on accident. does that count?) (_) been in love (X) been to a casino (_) been skydiving (_) broken a bone (X) been high (i'm actually not quite sure about this one...) (_) skinny-dipped (X) skipped school (_) flashed someone (_) saw a therapist (_) gotten stitches (_) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour (X) bitten someone (_) been to Niagara Falls (X) gotten the chicken pox (X) kissed a member of the opposite sex (_) kissed a member of the same sex (_) been to Japan (X) ridden in a taxi (_) been dumped (X) shoplifted (haha... those were the days...) (_) been fired (_) ever had a crush on someone of the same sex (X) had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back (_) gone on a blind date (X) lied to a friend (_) had a crush on a teacher (_) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans (_) been to Europe (_) slept with a co-worker (_) been married (_) gotten divorced (_) had children (_) saw someone die (_) been to Africa (_) driven over 400 miles in one day (_) been to Canada (_) been to Mexico (X) been on a plane (_) seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show (X) been in a fist fight (X) done the splits (in my younger years, i was quite flexible) (X) played spin the bottle (and all those other sexually influenced teen games, like dare/double dare. fuck truth) (X) stole something from your job (oh, the stealing... but i have stopped) (X) went to a prom (only one) (_) bungee jumped (X) gotten lost in your city (oh yes... so pathetic) (_) purposely set a part of myself on fire (X) eaten sushi (_) gone snowboarding (_) met someone in person from the internet (_) been to a rock concert (_) been to a moto cross show (_) lost a child (X) gone to college (_) graduated college (X) taken painkillers (actually, just pain relievers... i never took the percocet when i got the wisdom teeth out) (X) love someone or miss someone right now (X) been to a pop concert (go spice girls!!) (_) dated someone for more than a year (X) been in a car accident (a very small one) (_) sold naked pictures of yourself (X) slept naked (X) eaten cheesecake (_) done jury service (X) hated someone without knowing them (_) been to Maine (_) shot a real gun (_) milked a cow (_) gotten in a verbal fight with a teacher (X) dated someone older than you are (X) ran away (a few times) (_) given someone a hickey (_) gotten a hickey (X) lied about where you're going (several times) (_) flashed/mooned someone (X) had mono (darn college dorms) (_) beer bonged (_) owned sexy underwear (_) thrown up in a bar (X) feel naked if you leave home without your cell phone (_) need to listen to music to get through the day (_) have ever taken an oatmeal bath (X) cried during a Disney movie

one-liners

verraten — 2005-09-15T09:09:44-05:00

blognapped from arnel, who took it from callmeroger: 1) All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. 2) I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met. 3) Okay, so what's the speed of dark? 4) Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 5) When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 6) Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now. 7) Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. 8) Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark. 9) Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. 10) I intend to live forever--so far, so good. 11) Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 12) 24 hours a day...24 beers in a case...coincidence? 13) When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded. 14) What happens if you get scared half to death, twice? 15) I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out. 16) I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. 17) If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 18) Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 19) For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. 20) No one is listening until you make a mistake. 21) Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. 22) The colder the X-ray table, the more body is required to be on it. 23) The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. 24) The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach. 25) To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism -- to steal from many is research. 26) The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 27) Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life. 28) The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. 29) A clear conscience is usually the sign of bad memory. 30) If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before. 31) A fool and his money are soon partying. 32) Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. 33) If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments. 34) Drugs may lead to nowhere but at least it's the scenic route. 35) I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 36) Bills travel through mail at twice the speed of checks. 37) Borrow money from pessimists--they don't expect it back. 38) Half the people you know are below average. 39) 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 40) 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 41) If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

a virgin no longer

verraten — 2005-09-18T03:09:20-05:00

let's talk about friday. friday, i accidently fell asleep at my desk at 1:30am-ish. woke up at 3:30am, which was enough time to start and finish my library report/annotated bibliography for my writing class, get 20 minutes of sleep, and take a shower before eating breakfast. but at least we had bacon for breakfast!!! then spanish and ochem. had some pretzels for an early lunch. worked in the lab for a little less than 2 hours. got to the 2nd class of ochem 5 minutes before it ended. took the first cell bio exam. it was easier than i expected, which was good but you can never be too sure. i hope i kicked that test's ass. then writing and spanish. hurried to the library to write my spanish composition. it was due at 5pm. it was supposed to be 5 paragraphs and 3-5 pages. mine was 4 paragraphs and 3 lines less than a full 3 pages. somehow, no matter what i'm writing, whether it's english or spanish or science, i can never bs it and pull shit outta my ass. i hate that about myself. at 4:30, i realized i had no printing money on my card and i had left my wallet in the dorm room. fuck. i rushed over to the pace lab to see if i could print it in there. the printer was broken. fuck. went to the bus stop. waited at least 3 agonizing minutes and got on. the bus drives too slow and people get on the bus too slow. but i was in a rush, so i was more annoyed than usual. got to the dorm- one elevator was broken. fuck. finally went up to the dorm room and printed the essay. printer too slow. ran down the stairs and took the bus back. ran to mckenna, a building not too close to the bus stop, and managed to put it in her mailbox 5 minutes til 5pm. whew. came back to the dorm room planning on taking a nap, but the computer was too persuasive. went to erin and sheila's at 8pm to get ready for the rocky horror picture show! had some french fries for a late dinner. then, we got all dressed up. i was sorta goth-like. sheila had these awesomely cool boots and erin, one word- shelf. i also watched south park for the first time. funny show. we left around 10:30pm. i can't remember when the show starts, 11:30 or midnight i think. anyways, i got "devirginized," hence the title of my post (and you thought the story was gonna be a lot more interesting, huh?). i didn't have to do anything too bad, just play suck and blow with 2 other girls. and the show was so much fun!! even though i was soo sleepy towards the end. but i had lots of fun! i definitely wanna go again. went out to a place called mccoy's with the cast and some other people. wasn't as fun as we thought it'd be, so we booked it and went to denny's. at this point i had been awake for over 24 hours. actually, not really cuz of that 20 minute nap i had that morning. on the way back to the denny's in boulder, we had lots of fun singing along to erin's ipod. holla! then i changed, went to sleep. so this also happens to be the night that i find out that trevor and sheila are going out. 2 weeks after they started. and not b/c they told me. b/c i have skizills like that, and could just tell. they weren't exactly subtle about it anyway. at first, to be honest, i was mildly pissed that they hadn't told me. not b/c trevor and i used to date, it wasn't about that at all. it was that i was their friend, and supposedly they want me to be their friend, and they didn't tell me. now, to trevor and sheila- or rather, just trevor, since you were supposedly appointed the task of telling me all this- this is kinda what that one rant post was about. this is why i feel like i don't fit sometimes. you don't tell me anything. i'm completely out of the loop. you may argue that i'm not very easy to get a hold of, which i'll admit to, but an e-mail would have been nice. i know you've e-mailed me within the past 2 weeks. you even had me on the phone a couple times. we were physically alone for a while at some point. coulda talked to me then. so, anyways, 10 minutes after i figured it out, i wasn't upset anymore. i was just like whatever, i'm down with that. enough, onto the next day. woke up at noon by my dad calling me to say that he'd be here in half an hour. laid back down, and got another call from some guy from visa. i felt like ripping his throat out. ass. took a shower. dad came, and we went out to olive garden for a late lunch. then to the mall for some shopping and walking. got new pants!! got ice cream from the cold creamery in the village (area of outside shops and resaurants next to the mall). sooo much food. and for some reason, my eyes were hurting like hell so i tried to walk in the shade as much as possible. we also went to this cool tea shop. came home, and i was very tired. took a nap. took a shower and went over to jeanne and anna's to help cook dinner and eat it. chicken with mashed potatoes. yay, real food! thanks guys!! had some awesome girl-talk, watched alias on dvd, and made a card for andrea's birthday. then we all headed up to trevor's room after midnight to watch some good equilibrium. sigh, i love that movie. and now, i'm here. woo. i'm goin' to bed.

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verraten — 2005-09-18T04:09:47-05:00

friends are the people with whom you talk about anything, everything, and nothing all at the same time.

yay! pirates of the caribbean!!!!

verraten — 2005-09-18T04:09:41-05:00

You are "Welcome to the Caribbean, love."
You're more than a little world-weary, but also
intelligent and you keep your head when things
get dodgy. You're everybody's favorite
drinking buddy, but your stubbornness does get
in the way sometimes.

Which one of Captain Jack Sparrow's bizarre sayings from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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verraten — 2005-09-18T09:09:58-05:00

i just talked with my grandmother on the phone for over an hour. you know how old people like to talk a lot- my grandmother is no exception. definitely not. she would have talked longer had her battery not given out. normally, i'd duck out a little earlier in the conversation, but she is depressed because of my mom and dad's divorce and everything. you think she'd be happy b/c her golden 50th anniversary to my grandfather is coming up soon, but she cried a good 5 times or so during the phone call. so yeah. i think i was being a bitch to some people out in the hall though, b/c they were being loud. but they couldn't have known who i was talking to anyway. ok, i gotta go distribute newsletters.

just another day

verraten — 2005-09-20T12:09:29-05:00

so today was school/work as usual. the usual pretzels for lunch. pre-med meeting where they talked about going abroad to do volunteer work. more and more, i'm likin' the idea of taking a year off after college to just work in another country and take a small rest. so then, a piece of free pepperoni pizza for dinner. an hour of monday night football during which i did my chem hw. after that, i finished my chem hw, visted amy in her dorm, and came back to hang out with some people on my floor. ben decided to take a drive for no good reason, and invited me along, so i went to that. even though my time would have been better spent working on my lit review due friday. ah well, it's just a first draft. and i had so much fun talking to ben during the drive. he's such an interesting person. and i'm not. but yeah. he's so much fun :) some other interesting stuff that happened today: 1. a girl in ochem class asked the prof to go over something we went over the last lecture, and you could tell, he was just annoyed. it was awesome!!!!! go professor peters! take down the people with stupid questions!!! b/c they DO exist and people DO ask them. ALL THE GODDAMN TIME. so he answered it, but he went over it in like 2 minutes and the tone of his voice clearly reflected that he was annoyed. woo! that was awesome. i have never seen a teacher get annoyed at a stupid quesion, b/c, you know, they're not supposed to, even though i think they should. so i really liked that part of class. 2. i saw a girl riding a unicycle today. it was pretty cool.

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verraten — 2005-09-20T04:09:03-05:00

so i came home early today, b/c i found out about a cool new site called HotCodez. you can put music videos on your blogs and sties and stuff. cool, huh? so yeah. i found that site while putzin' around at my sapp office hours. i have to stay in the sapp office for 2 hours a week, and i decided to do them one right after the other. so yeah. i put "my favorite song of the moment" on my myspace site, so you can see it if you want to. the link's on my bookmarks too. i'm gonna go mess around with myspace some more. too bad facebook doesn't take html. and i can't put the video on my blog unless it's an entry, so it's on myspace.

WOO!!!!!!

verraten — 2005-09-21T11:09:05-05:00

guess what i got on my cell bio exam?!?!?! 100%!!!!!!!! take that, world!!!!!!!!

a crazy night after a crazy week

verraten — 2005-09-24T08:09:38-05:00

this week i had so much stuff to do. the biggest ones being a an ochem test and a 6 page paper. i think i did ok on the ochem test, but i only wrote 4 pages for the paper. and lots of other work. ahhh!!!!! but the week is over, and i had lots of fun friday night. at first i was having fun, and then it got kinda weird and annoying. i got to see a piano/violin concert at the school of music and then i ate dinner at the darkhorse burger place with jeanne and anna. i like that place! it's got good atmosphere and gooood food! then we hung out at their apartment for a while. then andrew eppler called jeanne about going to find some parties. we all decided to go with, so we got dressed and met andrew, colin, and lily at the bus stop. i must say, my pants were awesome :) so we walked around the hill for almost an hour. got turned back from some parties. found some guy's birthday party with a keg of coors. yay. beer. ah well, i don't drink for the taste. met a couple cool people. jeanne and anna didn't drink and they left early. i don't blame them. there was no dancing and plus, these parties aren't really all that fun unless you're drinking. i think this is the most drunk i've ever been. about 5 drinks this time. haha, i get drunk so easily... then, i ended up talking to this freshman, named andrew, who ended up asking for my number, which i gave to him. in my defense, i was at the peak of my drunken-ness, so i couldn't think of a fake number or anything. then he and his friend left. then, colin and lily left. so i was left alone with andrew eppler. hm. not all that fun. but some guy did say he liked my pants (see?). then the bus finally came and i got home at around 1:30am. sleeeeeeep!!!!!!!! woke up at 9am. went back to sleep until 1pm. hehe. sleep is good. then a shower and lab work at 3. came back at 6pm and talked to amber on the phone for an hour. i'm glad i got to talk to her :)

you'll never watch two towers the same way again

verraten — 2005-09-26T08:09:58-05:00

THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD!!

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verraten — 2005-09-27T10:09:29-05:00

chem lab went way too long. i was one of the last people to leave. and i missed a question on the quiz. bah. sapp office hours went ok. eh. nothing special. worked in the lab some. i think i'm getting the hang of that one pipettor-deal. note, it's not a pipetman, which i know how to use very well, but a different one. then i went to a free computer class for mozilla composer, which i will need to be using later in the semester for my writing class. that was fun. there was this one student there who was helping teach the class who i thought was cute. also knows how to skateboard. bonus points ;) so yeah. i couldn't think of any good questions to ask during class, so i didn't get to talk with him or any other of the student teachers. until at the last minute, when i was already out the building, i remembered an html question i had a while ago. so i ran back up the stairs, and asked my question to all of them, sort of out of breath, unfortunately. but oh well. ah, computer nerds... then, i got home, tired and hungry b/c i didn't have dinner, and i found out that i'd lost my buffone card. damn. it. all. i'm hoping that i left it in the computer lab, b/c the only other place it would be is on the streets somewhere. i definitely had it when i left the sapp office, but after that, i dunno. i guess it could also be in the pace lab. bah. BAH!!!!!!!!! i've just been feeling down lately for some reason. and today didn't help. i need a hug.

eh

verraten — 2005-09-29T02:09:14-05:00

so. another ok day. still feeling eh, for what reason, i have no clue. however, i am feeling a little better because i just finished my bio lab report and did not wait until 3 in the morning to start it. that's what happened with my lit review draft for my writing class last week. so i'll be sleeping a reasonable amount of time tonight. 5-ish hours. working in the lab is going well. classes aren't any harder than they usually are. i do get my ochem test back tomorrow! finally! talked with michael on the phone for almost an hour today. that's a first. but i'm glad we did, b/c he's having some trouble at home- both with the "family" and school. i feel bad, b/c i'm not sure the advice i gave him was the best he could've gotten. ah, well. i think he feels a little better. sleeeeeeep...

an... interesting night...

verraten — 2005-10-01T04:10:31-05:00

so last night, i did have a lot of fun (until the very end), but now that i look back on it all, i made some very stupid and very dangerous mistakes. so it started out at trevor's room, when he gave me food. ramen noodles and dr. pepper. yummy- a significant improvement on my current diet. then, i went up to jeanne and anna's room, where they gave me chicken and orzo pasta with feta cheese. mmm... very good. then at around 9:30pm, i went back to my room, where kristina said that she also wanted to go out and drink. i called a few people and zhe said he'd take us to a party on the hill at 11pm. so we left and wandered around for a while and got to an apartment complex with a HUGE group of people and a keg. i had 4 cups of beer (and a 5th one kristina said i had, but that i don't even remember), and i was so drunk (b/c i forgot to drink water and i was hungry at the time). so here comes the bad part. i ended up making out with some 21-year-old guy named justin, to whom i also gave my number. it gets worse. we drove over to his house in lafayette (with a supposedly sober driver), where i don't remember the exact sequence of events, but i do know i kept my clothes on and managed to refuse his offers of "come upstairs with me." i am so glad kristina was there with me, b/c she convinced me to start going home. so we went outside, and i threw up on the lawn. nausea and vomiting- for me, a couple of the worst physical feelings in the world. maybe even more than pain. then we got inside the car and got driven back to will vill. i vaguely remember kristina saying that the driver was high. i did not feel good at all. i was so sick, but we made it up to my room where i managed to take off my shoes and flop into bed. woke up at 1pm and took a long shower. so yeah. i am so thankful kristina was there. i hate to think about what might've happened if she wasn't. i don't even remember what that guy looks like. a white guy with short light hair. that's it. that's all i remember. fuck, if i ever talk about drinking just to get drunk again, remind me of this story so that i won't go. or make me bring a big group of people who'll be able to look out for me even better than kristina did. and i never, ever want to throw up again. or make out with a stranger. to end this entry on a good note, amber's coming today!!!!!

funny video

verraten — 2005-10-02T04:10:04-05:00

milk and cereal they're actually kinda cute.

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verraten — 2005-10-02T05:10:04-05:00

stick death-esque video cute bunnies try to kill each other, and one little white one named snowball prevails. equilibrium-type fights: haven't come across episode 1 yet episode 2 episode 3 cute little kittens- best when you need to be quiet at the office like politics and pulp fiction?

here's another one

verraten — 2005-10-02T10:10:01-05:00

the robot dance

on the quest to improve my diet

verraten — 2005-10-03T01:10:39-05:00

takin' a break from homework to eat some tv dinner stuff. chicken with mashed potatoes from stouffer's. smells good, but the middle of the tray is still stone cold, so it's taking a lot longer than i would like. even though my dad took me out for dinner and stuff today, i'm eating some more b/c what amber's mom said really got to me. it's very true. i probably have lost weight b/c the only meal i actually eat during the week is breakfast. the dining hall is closed the first chance i get any free time mondays through wednesdays, and fridays. thursdays, i manage to make it to the dining hall for lunch. so the other days, i eat at freakin' lickity split at 3pm and snack on who-knows-what the rest of the day. lately, it's been pretzels and stale applejacks from last year. so i decided to get some frozen food from the village market tonight and start eating those. yum, i think my food is finally ready.

an update

verraten — 2005-10-03T01:10:01-05:00

mmm... that was so good...

ugh

verraten — 2005-10-04T01:10:51-05:00

motherfucker. I got a sore throat. again. in other news, my ochem exam regrade came out largely in my favor :D it got raised by 2, count 'em 2, letter grades. fucking ta who didn't look at the back of the page. how do you like them apples?! (hm, haven't heard that one in a while.) i found myself cussing more and more today. probably b/c i watched reservoir dogs a total of 4.5 times this weekend. it was that or night at the roxbury or corky romano. and i've already watched the other 2 often enough this year. that's ok, b/c i like reservoir dogs. "shit. you shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize." -- mr. white

bored in the office

verraten — 2005-10-04T03:10:36-05:00

How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside. You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think. You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly. You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.

How Do You Live Your Life?

i'm in the sapp office to fulfill my office hours. and i'm really bored b/c i don't feel like doing homework, so i did a quiz thing. damn it all, it's so cold!!

2 words

verraten — 2005-10-04T08:10:29-05:00

mother. fucker. by the way, this is an oh-poor-me-and-my-asstastic-day entry, so fuck off if you don't wanna hear it. today was miserable: -it was cold. -i have a sore throat. -i was definitely the last person to leave in chem lab today. -i bought a sandwich i couldn't even eat. -i can't eat anything b/c my throat hurts even when i swallow spit. -zarna's only supposed to have office hours with me from 12-1, but she stays until 1:45 (mine are 12-2). she's a nice person, but it's definitely possible to have too much zarna. and more than one hour is too much. -apparently, nobody likes me and i don't like anybody else today. -it started raining right when i got out of the building and started walking to the bus stop. -i just found out i have a meeting today at 9pm. -this cream of broccoli soup does not taste good, but it seems to be the only thing i can swallow without hurting too much. -i have a 6-8 page paper that i was supposed to e-mail to the prof sometime today. he's gonna get sometime tonight. ish. ish meaning i'll probably e-mail it around 3am.

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verraten — 2005-10-04T09:10:27-05:00

i want to see this movie. ok, i'm gonna go write now. really. here i go.

a little bit of my wednesday for everyone

verraten — 2005-10-05T05:10:19-05:00

we'll start with the bad stuff and end with the good stuff. so yeah. my paper. didn't go so well. i was supposed to e-mail my prof the paper yesterday so that we could go over it in an individual conference this afternoon. i decided, eh, he's not going to get it until sometime tonight when i actually finish writing it. he'll deal with it. so i didn't even get to start working on it until 10pm b/c of various little distractions and a meeting i had to go to at 9pm. as per usual, i accidently fell asleep at 11pm, having gotten little done in the first place, and didn't wake up until 4:30am. decided to just take a shower, eat something, and skip my 8am spanish class. i didn't get that much done. see, the paper is supposed to be a scientific literature review article. if you've ever read one of those, you'll know they're highly organized, contain plenty of information, and thus require lots of reading to go on before the actual writing happens. i ended up finishing and brushing up the intro and one other section, making it 5 and a half pages, which is still far from being even half finished. that took me a few hours already. so i e-mailed what little of the paper i had done to him and said screw it. went to ochem class where the prof explained a mechanism i didn't totally understand. worked in the lab a bit. nothing bad there actually. then cell bio class, always lots of info to be learned in there. then, it was time for the conference with my writing prof. woo. so i went up to his office and he was definitely disappointed with the length and depth of my paper. i ended up not getting any credit for it. we talked for like 5-10 minutes only b/c "there wasn't that much reading in there anyway." bah... quick and painless, right? but he did say that my writing was good (from what he saw, of course) and he seemed glad that i had at least thought about how i'd go about writing and organizing the rest of the paper. so sometime soon, he says he wants to see a completed copy of my paper so we can go over that. sigh. then spanish. did the homework in class while she was talking and put it on the pile with the others all sly-like. nothing else too bad i don't think. then came back to the room. so the good stuff- i'm definitely feeling better today. the extra sleep last night did me some good, in spite of what it did to my grade. my throat isn't hurting as much and i can swallow stuff. i'm zapping some lasagna in the microwave right now and my tummy is a-grumbing! i'm also feeling a lot better mentally and emotionally (also in spite of the writing fiasco i had this morning). so yeah. i guess today turned out ok overall. now i'm gonna go watch orlando bloom on oprah!

the second part of wednesday, and proof that i have no life

verraten — 2005-10-06T01:10:02-05:00

haha, twice in one day. i'm a loser like that. so after watching orlando bloom on oprah with kayleigh, i went to the mini med school lecture deal on campus. i know, i know, i'm a nerd, but it's really interesting and the people who lecture are really funny. plus, today's lecture was on immunology, and my bio lab tomorrow has a lot to do with immunology. they also give us free cookies and granola bars, so i took a cookie and 3 granola bars for later, hehe. came back, and watched the 2nd half of lost with kayleigh and had something to eat. was gonna go do some hw, but i decided to drag kayleigh to come watch the avs game with me in erik's room down the hall. ben was also there. lol, it was so cute. i know you have no idea what i'm talking about, except maybe if you're jeanne, but i don't wanna say too much, cuz i don't know who all reads this thing. i left early to read for bio lab then came back for the last few minutes of the game. avs lost 3-4, but i can't say i care all that much. i'm sure if i watch more though, i'll get into it. it can be very exciting, i'll say that much. ok, i should study for my spanish quiz on friday. *gasp!* is mallory actually working ahead?! pigs do fly!! also, i broke 4000 songs today (4209, to be exact)- 11.2 days of music, babe!

some virtual halloween fun!

verraten — 2005-10-06T03:10:10-05:00

i got this link from amber ;) carve out your virtual halloween pumpkin!

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verraten — 2005-10-08T09:10:41-05:00

last night, kayleigh, kristina, eric, and i went to the church. yay! for those of you who don't know, the church is a night club in denver that used to be a church- it's 18+ both thursdays and fridays. it's pretty cool. there's a techno level, a hip/hop level, and a dance floor in a restaurant part that plays other types of music. it was so much fun! we got there at 10-ish and left at 1:15. lots of fun. i pretty much slept and did nothing all day today. guess what i'm watching? reservoir dogs again! lol, it's one of the movies i can watch over and over. most of the people on my floor are gone b/c of the cu football game.

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verraten — 2005-10-09T04:10:10-05:00

argh. my throat feels so much worse. it started getting really bad yesterday, and even though i got 9-10 hours of sleep last night, it doesn't feel any better. the sleep was restless though. kept waking up every so often. damn it all. and i have a test wednesday and have to write a spanish essay. good news though, is that since there are no labs this week due to fall break, i have no class on tuesday! that would be my sleep/study day. woopee. my dad and bro came today and we went to the olive garden, where i was by no means full, but stopped eating early just cuz my throat hurt so much. then we went to the store to get some anti-throat-hurty stuff and some honey to go with my tea. might drop by justin's later to see what kind of tea he's got. i only have one kind. man, i really don't feel like doing hw. might borrow a movie and then start. yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

for those who love anime and the bishonen!

verraten — 2005-10-09T05:10:40-05:00

sometimes, boys can be prettier than girls. and this is indeed true for many of the anime males. *swoon* i just discovered this blog. and it's awesome!! complete with pictures and biographies.

i want bacon!!!!!!!!!!

verraten — 2005-10-10T11:10:02-05:00

i went to bed at 10:30pm last night and woke up an hour late this morning (so around 7-ish), but my throat feels no better. i haven't ingested anything today except a few gulps of water and the tea i'm sipping on right now. i went to the village market to get some soft foods though- pudding, ice cream, some chocolate milk, and one of those naked fruit smoothies. apparently, my dad also stopped by earlier tonight to drop off some ochem notes he had typed up a while ago, some tea, a spoon, a can of chicken noodle soup, a bowl, and an orange. i wasn't here, so he left them with brandy. the tea is actually quite good and is a welcome change from the one kind of tea i've been drinking this entire semester. jeanne told me about the one time she had a lymph node infection (or something similar) and couldn't swallow and she lost weight. i think i'm on that path, but my neck isn't as swollen as hers was. mine just hurts :( it hurts to laugh, yawn, swallow, turn my head to the right, look up, open my mouth wider than an inch, blah... i haven't been coughing too much, but when i do, it hurts even more than it's supposed to. argh... i hate being sick. and damn it all- we had pizza at the sapp meeting today, and i didn't eat any of it. it smelled so good. and i was hanging out in the umc studying and waiting for the meeting to start, and lemme tell ya, the umc is not the best place to sit around when you're hungry and can't eat anything. oh, the smells... all those damn people taking eating for granted. and this one lady sat down at my table with a turkey and bacon sandwich from subway... *drool...* i felt like hitting her. it looked so yummy... man, just when i realized i needed to gain weight, this all happens, and i lose more. i must look like i have an eating disorder. in other news, i met this guy at the bus stop named tay (short for taylor). a freshman in baker. pretty cute. he's got a nice punk thing going on, and for those of you who know me, that means... bonus points! he also dyes his hair and is thinking about forming a band (more points!). he asked my name, but i don't think he'll remember it, nor will i ever see him again. ah, well. now i have a spanish essay to write and a bio test to study for. plus i still have to take a shower. i probably stunk today. what, with all the rain and shit. i bid you all adieu.

food is good

verraten — 2005-10-18T07:10:50-05:00

so i'm back. turns out that instead of a simple sore throat, which i can handle no problem, i had an "acute peritonsillar abcess" requiring 2 different antibiotics. i got to stay in the hospital tuesday night- got to try on the lastest in in-patient fashion, get poked 4 times before my dad actually got the iv needle in a vein on the side of my wrist. then i got to go home and get iv treatment 3 times a day. i look like a druggie because of all the bruises and pokey marks on my stick-thin arms. but the good thing is i can eat now. and i did have bacon today :D but now i have to take 11 pills for the next week and a half. bad thing is i missed my bio exam on wednesday and he doesn't give makeup exams for anything, so i got a zero on that exam. but, we drop the lowest exam score, so it's not as bad as it sounds. also missed a couple ochem lectures and there's a test on thursday. missed chem lab this morning. missed a few meetings. missed out on fall break. but i did get to watch lots of movies with my mom and michael. among them: the rich man's wife (peter greene is one of the world's greatest villains!!), the transporter (good movie for the most part- good action scenes), hitch (finally- very cute movie), most of i, robot (excellent car), the second bridget jones (funny, some cute scenes, some annoying ones. colin firth is awesome!), boogeyman (not really all that great), the ring two (pretty good), and some other ones on tv and such. gotta write a spanish paper that was due last wednesday. still gotta finish the lit review and talk it over with the prof. gotta do some lab stuff. argh, i hate missing school. damn it all, i still have so much work to do. on another note, i think i'll try growing out my nails to see how that turns out. my pinky and ring finger look nice, but the others still look hideous.

from phillip's lj

verraten — 2005-10-23T03:10:45-05:00

1. Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you. 2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you. 3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in. 4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me. 5. I'll tell you my first memory of you. 6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of. 7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you. 8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST. It is written.

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verraten — 2005-10-23T05:10:32-05:00

ah, the ochem test. i'm not really sure what to think. i came out thinking i did about b work, 80%-ish. but then the other class's scores came in and their average was a 54. not so confident anymore. i also didn't study as hard for this test as i did for the last one, so there's that. but friday was a good day. 2 classes were cancelled. so i only had 2 to go to. went shopping with jeanne and anna and got these really awesome pair of boots. they're going to be part of my halloween costume, we just haven't decided on how yet. i also have to learn how to walk in them first. then they fed me and we watched pulp fiction. then i ran into matt, sheila, trevor, and erin on the way back home and we watched an old jackie chan movie that turned out to be way funnier than it was supposed to be. hahaha... forget the gutter, my mind is drowning in sewage now. went to bed around 2am. woke up at noon-ish. dad and michael came around 4 and we went to the mall. fun stuff there. went to target and got some stuff. yay for gummy vitamins! boo for swallowing pills! then my dad and michael came up again at 10am this morning and we went to chautaucqua park for a short hike. qdoba for lunch. came back and started some laundry. talked with shawn a while. amd here we are.

two of cu-boulder's... uh, biggest assets

verraten — 2005-10-23T05:10:00-05:00

and that's the truth, haha, just kidding, but no, seriously, they really are. (dodgeball, anyone?)

a fairly atypical sunday/monday

verraten — 2005-10-25T12:10:26-05:00

last night i watched the count of monte cristo. i quite enjoyed it. it's a good revenge story, even though there were some parts that just didn't make sense. the main character's revenge is probably one of the most satisfying i've seen in a while (kill bill being one of them, of course). well, up until the end, where he messes up a little and becomes a softie. so class actually went fairly normally today. was falling asleep in almost all my classes. but i did manage to finish homework for chem lab tomorrow by 4:30pm while i was in the library. go me. a-thank you. came home, messed around on the internet some, watched kingdom of heaven with kayleigh. good movie. i really like the music. lots of blood, lots of throat slitting. also good. then ben decided to just come into my room and lie on my bed b/c he couldn't sleep in his room (due to roommates' calc hw discussion and the blasting hitchhiker's guide soundtrack). we talked about chem and stuff until kristina came and we talked about alcohol. the room 2 doors away from me (the quad) had quite the party last thursday- lots of alcohol. lots. this friday we're all gonna see saw 2 on opening night. yay! more gore!! ok, i'm gonna actually go to sleep at a decent hour now. but i should probably get a head start on some hw first. haha... maybe.

this is cool! for me at least

verraten — 2005-10-27T12:10:48-05:00

i did not know that one of the characters in one of tarantino's movies (written by) was named mallory. i find that highly amusing. i really want to watch it now. for some odd reason, i already knew the storyline, but i didn't see the characters' names. there's also a new band out called hands like guns and one of their songs is titled "ethan semicolon mallory drives a comfortable car...there's usually dead babies in the trunk." okey dokey then.

sadness...

verraten — 2005-10-27T01:10:13-05:00

i ran out of dr. pepper last night and i have no more munch money. it's all gloomy and rainy and triste in malloryland.

sha-shaaa!

verraten — 2005-10-28T04:10:31-05:00

haha, so mallory got drunk last night- yes, a thursday night. there's a first for everything. the quad down the hall from me had a party, and i joined in the festivities. after i finished my spanish hw of course- i'm not that bad of a student. only hard liquor this time around- no fucking beer. i had jose cuervo tequila for the first time, some bacardi silver tangerine stuff that was actually pretty good tasting (but it was only 5%), raspberry vodka, and some stuff that tasted like chocolate. i got pretty drunk, but not too bad. i also drank a couple cans of coke along with it all. went to bed at 2:30am after sobering up for a while and woke up at 6:30am with a medium headache, took a shower, and went to class. cade picked me up at 10:30 at willvill and drove me to common era, a funky clothes store on pearl street, so i could buy something for my costume. who knew a tank top would cost $30, but i bought it b/c i think cade was getting a little antsy to leave (hehe funny) and i didn't want to take too long. then we had lunch at mustard's last stand. it was ok, but i'm not really a hot dog fanatic, and it's really only worth it if you puts lots of stuff on it. i only take my hot dog with ketchup. and that cost $3. big spender today. then i hauled ass to cell bio lecture- yay jeanne :) writing class got cancelled (woo!). so now i'm waiting for some samples to finish running in the lab. probably go to target when it's done to get some stuff. then call lily for some more costume help.

overall, a good week ;)

verraten — 2005-10-28T07:10:14-05:00

ok so here's another really awesomely good part of my week. i'm gonna brag about it and then i'm gonna shut up. 97% ON MY OCHEM TEST!!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!! and i went to target to get some makeup stuff for my costume. i also bought natural born killers and jackie brown. woo woo!!! however, it took 2 hours to go there, buy stuff, and come back to campus. i still had to wait for the buffbus. gar, i don't like the bus system sometimes.

all in all, a very movie weekend

verraten — 2005-10-31T09:10:19-05:00

what did i do friday night? hm, watched natural born killers. ben was there for part of it. trippy movie- need to watch it again, though. it's freakin' hilarious in some parts. then went off with erik, some of erik's friends, ben, ben's cousin jessica (i think), and kristina to flatirons to go see the last showing of saw 2. good movie. lots of gore. i quite enjoyed it. went to bed. slept til noon-ish. dad and michael came at 5. dinner at qdoba. shopping at the mall (got some cool new pants!), went target shopping (food!)... think that's it. honestly can't remember what happened after that. sunday. bloody sunday. woke up late. tried to do hw. ended up going on the computer and watching jackie brown. doesn't have the same tarantino feel that i've grown to know and love, but it was still very good. i love how he connects all of his movies with just a name or something. at 3:45pm, went to go help set up the will vill thrill (our halloween dance) in stearns central. i know, i know, sunday's a bad day to put on events, but this girl at the meeting insisted on sunday. but it turned out ok. at the beginning, there were only like 10 people there, so i left for a while to go watch the beginning of joyride with erik, ben, and kristina (caanndycaaane...). went back and there were a lot more people there. so that was good. danced away. feet hurt in those boots. my awesome, fantastic boots, that hurt like hell when the night was over. the pic's up on facebook if you really want to see them. when it was time for cleanup at midnight (the dance was supposed to end at 11pm though), i took them off anf walked on the clean parts on the floor. eastin lent me his huge shoes to walk in when i had to go outside to take down the tent. got back to my room at 1am. started hw at 1:30 am. stared at my spanish reading for about 20 minutes before i said fuck it and went to bed. woke up this morning at 6. went back to be for 45 minutes. reluctantly got out of bed. in spanish, i was definitely not the only one who didn't do the hw. so that was good. ochem. lab work. cell bio. writing. i actually talked in that class today. that would be a total of 3 times in the semester. spanish again, where i basically got accused of plagiarizing on my essay, but i think it's all cleared up now. more lab work. worked on chem lab for tomorrow morning. came back. ate dinner with some people from my floor. now, just chatting online a few people and jacking off til i dunno what. some of us were gonna go out, but the girl i was planning on going out with had plans with her new boyfriend (it's cute, it really is). bah. so bored.

some good advice

verraten — 2005-11-01T09:11:17-05:00

this is a good post from my good mindsay buddy arnel. repliers bring up some good points as well.

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verraten — 2005-11-01T10:11:25-05:00

over 5200 songs, baby!!

gods among directors

verraten — 2005-11-01T10:11:03-05:00

check out this cool site!

not enough time in the day

verraten — 2005-11-02T01:11:32-05:00

i thought that this quote adequately described how i've been feeling lately: "i feel... like butter spread over too much bread." 10 points to the first person to tell me which movie it's from.

coolio movie-o

verraten — 2005-11-03T12:11:33-05:00

i want to see amores perros. my spanish professor played some music from the soundtrack in class today, and i really liked it, so i looked it up in itunes ($20, desafortunadamente) and on imbd.com. i like that website. i spend so much time on there just clicking on random links from one movie/actor profile to the next.

motherfucker!

verraten — 2005-11-08T01:11:18-05:00

haha, i said "cunt" in front of ben for the first time and his reaction was priceless. he burst out laughing and fell on the floor, kicking his legs. it was hilarious. but the person who appreciates my cussing the most has got to be erik. he's funny too. the first time i said "dick" and "pussy" in front of him, he asked me to say a bunch of other cuss words. it was fun. cussing is fun. kristina, erik, ben, brandy, and i had a nice sex talk out in the hall tonight. it's so nice to be able to talk comfortably, maturely, and straightforwardly about these kinds of things with people. no one lies, no one's shy, there are no euphemisms, no getting embarrassed, no getting offended. it's really cool. other than that, school's a bitch, and i'm gonna fail my bio test. aaand i just played around in the hall for about 3 hours while i could be studying. and i got 3 hours of sleep last night. fuck. here i go again.

a bad day gone fairly alright

verraten — 2005-11-09T11:11:24-05:00

i had my bio test today. that makes it pretty bad already. add that i didn't start studying until yesterday, and it becomes a whole lot worse. i was all ready to do the all-nighter thing, and then, i accidently fell asleep at around midnight. woke up at 5am, and could not for the life of me get myself up early to study again. managed to get up at 6-ish, took a shower, dressed and such, and read the last part of my reading. at least i finished. not that i can remember anything. decided to get back in bed with 15 minutes left before i needed to leave. woke up 20 some odd minutes later, not having had breakfast. rush to get my stuff. get to the bus stop. miss the first bus b/c it's too crowded, had the door close on me just as i realize that and decide to step off. that was fun. get to spanish class 2 minutes before it starts. professor actually came after me. ochem class. bumped into norm on the way out and talked about my project while we walked to the mcdb buildling. he told me to talk to kirk about a couple things that i'm confused on. went to the mcdb library to study like mad for the 2 hours before the test. went to the test. totallu fucked it up. and left. no writing class today, so that was good. went to the library, cuz i'm cool like that. then afternoon spanish class. came back home right after b/c i just couldn't stay on campus for too much longer. decorated the display case in the commons for the "of the month awards" that i was supposed to do a few weeks ago. but i must say, i think i did a pretty good job. just watched an episode of lost with kayleigh. aand, i get to go have dinner with cade this friday (!).

my floor fucking rocks!!

verraten — 2005-11-11T02:11:11-05:00

we are freakin' awesome. first- open mic night. not a floor thing, but it was still awesome nonetheless. it was supposed to be 7-9pm, but it ran at least an hour longer. i left at 10. musicians are so fucking hot. something about a guy being able to play an instrument... lol came back and tried to work on my spanish paper (due tomorrow at 8am, haven't started, of course), but got distracted by ben, kristina, and kayleigh. we all danced to def leppard's "pour some sugar on me" and toni basil's "hey mickey" in both english and spanish. kayleigh showed me a really funny video of a bull trying to bang a cow in the winter, but he slipped and fell on his back. then i watched paul (one of ben's roommate) play twisted metal ii. then they made me play. heh... heh... the only games i play with a screen are on the computer- diablo ii (which i'm not all that great at in the first place, but what i probably like the most) and various things on the internet that are not at all like twisted metal ii. i sucked ass and managed to die twice in 3 minutes. then ben and i got into a water fight out in the hall b/c he said i sucked and ruined his life. first spontaneous water fight i've gotten into. then ben's other roommate kirk came home and went to bed, so i decided to leave so i could work on my paper. i've typed my name and the class. i could have worked on it the entire time, but that's how much the second half of my day rocked- i just didn't want to leave. the first half was nothing special, so i'm not going to bore you with it.

overall, a FUCKING FANTASTIC DAY

verraten — 2005-11-11T11:11:56-05:00

bwahahahahahaha... the procrastinator strikes again!! i ended up not writing my spanish essay and not studying for my spanish quiz ni un poquito. i wrote it after ochem for a couple hours, and then finished it after my cell bio class. then put it in her box around 2-ish. we had until 5. home free for the weekend! then i called cade. then i went home and hung out with ben a little. he made fun of me. he always makes fun of me. then cade called at 4:30 and we went to pearl street to wander around for a restaurant. passed on hapa, went to pasta jay's instead since we've both never been there. nice little restaurant. came back at around 6. borrowed king arthur from ben. he made fun of me some more, b/c apparently "i need some work." haha, at least i'm not the one going to bed at 8, ben! eh, i know my life is more pathetic than his. then i talked to jeanne and did some girl talk. yay :) and now i'm debating whether to go to sleep or do something else. i don't really have anybody else to hang out with. and i guess someone took a really nasty shit in the guys bathroom down the hall and it's spreading out, so now my door is closed.

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verraten — 2005-11-12T12:11:44-05:00

you know what? i don't think any one of my other friends blogs as often as i do, except maybe erin. she has both a large number of entries and extensive content in each entry. phillip used to blog a lot. or maybe i just write about all the boring stuff people don't want to hear about. that could be it.

video games, phantom of the opera, and my first hair cut victim

verraten — 2005-11-15T02:11:14-05:00

i had a pretty fun weekend actually. saturday, i woke up 12-ish. ben came in to do chem homework, which motivated me to do spanish homework. dad and michael came and we went to the mall- sushi for dinner- and king soopers for more food. came home around 8:30pm. we three watched return of the king til 10pm, then they left. then i went to ben's room, where they were playing twisted metal iv again. i ended up playing with them until 2:30am. a friend of ben's came in drunk at 1:30 or so and we tried to get her to sober up a little before she left with the guy who came with her. then i went to bed. woke up after noon. did basically nothing until kayleigh came back and we went to see the phantom of the opera at the buell theatre in denver for free. very nice. i really liked it, though i have to admit, it didn't seem as good as when i saw it as a kid, and the singing definitely didn't compare to the movie, but that was to be expected. had a tiff with ben about whether or not he was going to drive us back from the bus stop or not. we ended up, or rather, i ended up, beating him when we got home after waiting in the cold for 20 minutes. monday, monday. what can i say about you except you always come too soon. or maybe i just sleep in too late on the weekends. class as usual. we have an ochem test on thursday. woo. i did some hw that was due today. this seems to happen more and more often now. i actually talked in my writing class today. had my sapp meeting. came home with a whole bunch of extra food- silvermine subs- and shared them with the rest of my floor, some random guy who was probably here to see greg, and justin (the ra from the 14th floor). kayleigh and i procrastinated by listening to the phantom of the opera soundtrack and talking about random stuff. helped ashley a little with her art project- perspective photos. then ben came and asked me to cut his hair. i have never cut someone's hair before. this doesn't count the time i lopped off a huge chunk of my brother's hair when i was 5. so he sat on his toilet while i, being fairly nervous, trimmed an inch off with some scissors. thank goodness they were sharp, or i would've had more problems. i actually did a fairly good job according to ben, after he washed it and inspected it (pics on facebook). managed to nick my hand a couple times in the process. now i'm going to do my chem lab.

bored in office hours yet again- people should come visit me!!

verraten — 2005-11-15T03:11:05-05:00

~Girls fill out the top. Guys fill out the bottom.~ LADIES: Turned ON or OFF or DC [don't care] when a guy: Rides a skateboard: ON!! Dresses like a surfer: hm... on- the no shirt look is nice ;) Dresses in all black: DC Plays a musical instrument: ON! Singing songs: not a sentence, but on Is shorter than you: DC Is taller than you: On Has chapped lips: Off Has green eyes: On Has blue eyes: On Has brown eyes: DC Drinks alcohol: DC Smokes cigarettes: Off Smokes pot: Off Has brown hair: DC Shaggy hair: ON! Wears tight pants: if he looks good in them, on Dresses like prep: DC Plays a sport: DC Has an accent: On Works out: On Smiles a lot: On Calls you just to say hi: On Is a deep thinker: DC Lets you know what’s on their mind: On Wears eyeliner: On Eye brow piercing: DC Lip piercing: DC Has Tattoos: On "Bad boy": On Sense of humor: On GUYS: Turned ON or OFF or DC [don't care] when a girl: Dresses like a slut: Dresses like a grandma: Dresses in all black: Sings: Plays a musical instrument: Is taller than you: Is shorter then you: Has chapped lips: Has green eyes: Has blue eyes: Has brown eyes: Has grey eyes: Has long hair: Has short hair: Drinks alcohol: Smokes cigarettes: Smokes pot: Wears glasses: Has blonde hair: Has brown hair: Has black hair: Is tan: Smiles a lot: Calls you just to say hi: Compliments you: Shaves her legs: Wears jewelry: Wears perfume: Smiles when you walk into the room: Wants to be a mom: Belly piercing: Laid back: Doesn’t party a lot: Laughs a lot: Doesn’t care about what ppl think about her: Believes in love at first sight/fate: Gauged ears: Rich: Has booty: Watches anime: Listens to rock: Listens to rap:

aaaand, i'm done

verraten — 2005-11-18T01:11:01-05:00

today was probably one of the longest days i've had in a while. class at 8am, test at 7pm, library until 11:15, home at 11:30pm. but i did manage to get 2 of 3 good meals today, having had a granola bar for breakfast. damn, it is cold. there was a thin layer of ice on the ground after it snowed and i almost slipped a few times. a boring day overall. yesterday consisted of class, hanging out with kayleigh a while, then studying at denny's until 11:30pm. mm-mmm, breakfast for dinner. our server definitely did not skimp on the whipped cream for my chocolate shake. she graciously apologized, but, obviously, that wasn't necessary. and now, i have no cash. tuesday night was more exciting- kayleigh and i basically switched between visiting erik and greg and visiting ben. then kayleigh, kristina, erik, ben, and i had a girl bashing session outside my room after my village council meeting. erik, kayleigh, and i watched the first hour or so of ned kelly and then we decided it was probably time to go to sleep. haha, i completely lied to my lab ta today about my bio paper. i told her i couldn't print it out (which i guess is true, since it wasn't on my computer in the first place...) so she's letting me turn it in tomorrow. hurrah. also got my bio test back that i took last week. 86. meh. not bad, not great. i cannot wait for thanksgiving break and winter break. cannot. some good news- might get a ride to denver this weekend from erik. that'll be good, since i don't want to take the bus. i'm gonna eat some food and work on my paper now. i think i've got about half of it done. catch ya'll later.

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verraten — 2005-11-18T05:11:17-05:00

the week is finally over. thank goodness.

korean horror flicks and spending the day in a tarp

verraten — 2005-11-19T09:11:23-05:00

friday wasn't anything too special. just class. at night, i went with kristina to rent some korean horror movies. we watched nightmare (unique storyline, but not very well done), some bad japanese version of the twilight zone (really bad), and face (actually quite good, kinda like the sixth sense). then i watched night at the roxbury by myself. then sleep around midnight. saturday was so much fun!! i got to be a corpse in tim's movie that h'es doing for his final. i got duct taped in a tarp with blood dripping out of my mouth and had to sit his refrigerator and get dragged by evan around the bear creek apartments. i waddled around in the blue tarp most of time, it was so funny. i forgot how fun tim, evan, and everyone were and how much i love hanging out with them. i get to do more corpse stuff tomorrow morning, bright and early at 8am. so i got home about an hour ago and started some dinner. sooo huuungryyy. yay for marie callender.

sunday, sunday

verraten — 2005-11-20T07:11:09-05:00

last night, i was feelin' girly, so i painted my nails a light glittery blue. my nails look a little better than when they were in the awkward growing out phase. watched reservoir dogs for the umpteenth time. i woke up at 8am, got dressed in the same clothes i wore yesterday, and headed over to bear creek to film my last couple shots. didn't have to get in the fridge, but i did have to get wrapped again. watched a couple more scenes and then left at noon. took a shower, put on a fairly nice outfit, actually, and got some food from the dining hall. breakfast burritos. they were decent. watched most of ned kelly. read a book for a half hour. got sleepy, took a 3 hour nap and woke up at 5pm. had a couple weird, but pretty cool dreams. think i might go to open mic night later tonight at 8pm. it'll definitely be fun! gar, i hate it when guys don't answer their fucking phone.

a post, finally

verraten — 2005-12-04T10:12:18-05:00

so i haven't posted in a while.

not too much else but school and stuff. been pretty busy. but i'm not gonna bore you with tales of my academic adventures, except that when i got my ochem test score over thanksgiving break, i REALLY needed a hug. and then i needed another one when i got the actual test back last thursday.

anyways, i think i'm probably gonna give up on guys and dating/relationships altogether for a while. it's turning out to cost more time, money, and effort than it's really worth. on a related note, i'm pretty sure i'm one of about 4 virgins on my floor. and seeing as how i've been in college longer than all of them, it's kinda sad. but yes, i do know that sex is not everything.

homework and tests are bogging me down, and i'm losing my focus.

i don't know whether to welcome winter break with open arms, b/c i'll get a big break finally, or to cringe, b/c i'll have to spend a month straight at home.

¡puta madre!

verraten — 2005-12-05T11:12:13-05:00

class as usual. skipped my writing class though b/c i just don't care, and also i didn't do the assignment. had a sapp leadership meeting.

i also flew today. sort of. in other words, the wind is not my friend, and i learned it was a bad idea to go outside without at least a 15 pound backpack securely on my shoulders.

watched amores perros in the library today for my spanish essay. good movie. which leads me to my next interesting point... hottie of the moment: gael garcía bernal. except at the end when his head is shaved and he has a ton of scars from the car crash. but he definitely is one person who makes smoking look cool. you know those people. as much as you wanna knock smoking (and i do), you have to admit there are people who just make it look suave, sophisticated, and just... cool. most people don't though. just look around campus. very few people can actually pull off the "cool smoker look." i definitely wouldn't, but i admire it when i see it.

this made my day

verraten — 2005-12-06T02:12:57-05:00

NINETY FUCKIN' SIX ON MY BIOLOGY TEST!!

although the fact that it's supposed to be the easiest test this semester kinda puts a damper on my happiness. who the fuck cares, I GOT A 96 ON MY TEST!!

in other news, i haven't done a spot of homework since i got home 4 hours ago. and i have officially run out of all types of soda, pop, and carbonated beverages of all types. I'M GONNA GO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!

an extremely better score on bio and donating blood for the first time

verraten — 2005-12-07T11:12:30-05:00

donated blood for the first time today. had lots of fun telling erik and kayleigh about the entire process. (they're extreme needle-phobes.) muahahahaha!! wrote my spanish essay in the library today and turned it in at 4pm. it's not due til tomorrow, but i need that time to work on my writing portfolio and study for the biology final. haha... actually did something early. good news though: winter break will be for over a month!!!! last final is the 13th (bad day for an ochem test maybe? j/k, i like 13) and the first day back is the 17th of january. woo!!!

and actually, i didn't get a 96 on my biology test... i got a 100!!!!!

the grader didn't see my entire answer. haha... take that world!

now if i could only get as good a grip on ochem...

¡mamacita!

verraten — 2005-12-08T07:12:23-05:00

haha... the procrastination monster strikes again!!! so my scientific writing portfolio was due today. i was pretty much done with my lit review (finished 2 days ago, rough draft due 2 months ago) and my grant proposal (only b/c i entered it in for an actual grant mid-september), but my webpage was at square 1. i fell alseep again, knowing i wouldn't wake up until the next morning, which i did. ok to fill you in, there are times when i'm really tired but i still have lots of work to do. not studying- things are actually due. but when i'm so tired i can't even think, i take a nap. even if it's midnight. i set my alarm and when i wake up, i get back to work. this has worked in the past, as crazy at that sounds. but it stopped working lately. i turn off the alarm and go back to sleep only to wake up at my normal time without having done anything. most of the time, i don't even remember turning off the alarm. so yeah. i think that's my burnout sign.

so anyways, i got ochem recitation, then do some useless thing for bio lab. get out at 10am. go to the library and work on my webpage until 1:30pm. the portfolio is due at 2pm. i ran out of printing a while ago, so i go to the lab to print everything out. turn it in 7 minutes before it's due. realize i didn't write an "introduction to my portfolio" deal. but it turns out it's not really necessary unless i want to point out something about my writing that i want him to see. so it really only benefits me. eh, he didn't seem to mind that it wasn't there. couldn't burn my webpage onto a cd b/c my blank cd is a bastard, so i uploaded it onto the web. he seemed to like that. interesting... this means i can probably edit it before he sees it. hm... probably won't though.

so after that fiasco, i decided to go watch a movie in the library: y tu mamá también. very good movie (and no, not b/c it has the key aspects of a porno movie). from what i got, it's a movie about life. the narrator goes off on tangents about both the major and minor characters, telling their past, present, and sometimes, their future as well. there were very funny parts of the movie. i also liked it b/c it had both diego luna and gael garcía bernal in it :P hehe... sexy... *girl moment*

then i asked leah about some lab thing. i have to redo something. argh. then i came home. woo.

they're gonna cry again?! argh...

verraten — 2005-12-09T09:12:20-05:00

last night, watched some tv and ate dinner with trevor and matt at their apartment, borrowed ben's razor so matt could shave his head (i have yet to see it), and then saw the chronicles of narnia with trevor at midnight. good movie, i have several problems with it, mostly about props. some about acting. very little about the plot (i haven't read the book yet, so i can't really say too much about it). i liked the cg, it was decent. but overall, very enjoyable. some very funny parts and i did like the costumes. went to bed at 3.

woke up at 1pm. studied and ate some food. wore my pjs all day except when i went to the dining hall to get some dinner. changed back into them. it's supposed to be 24 hour quiet hours, but some bitch is blasting her stereo while she's taking a shower, so i'm taking a break. gar... i have so much to read...

finals, politics, and jello shots for the first time

verraten — 2005-12-11T02:12:47-05:00

yesterday would be my 2 finals day. both bio and spanish were ok. didn't rape it, but it didn't rape me, so i'm good. got my last spanish essay back. not good. we were supposed to analyze character relationships and talk about cause and effect. my grammar and vocab were fine, but "basically i just told her the story, which isn't what she asked me to do." damn you, woman! i told you i couldn't do this essay! i can't even do this crap in english! gar!! then watched syriana with matt and trevor. hm... i can tell it's a good movie, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. too political and dense for me. especially having used up most of my brain power today. i got the basic idea about the fight for oil and that americans are generally bad and selfish people, but there was so much going on, that i got lost more than a few times. then it was time for drunken fun. excellent. i had 4 jello shots (but 3 sodas to dilute them) while we watched tim's movie. after a day and half's shooting, i was in there for about 2 minutes total. eh, that's how movie making goes, i guess. but it really was a delightful movie- tim won an award for it in his film class or something, so it very original and such. watched another one of tim's movies that he did last year for class. then i headed off to bed b/c i was getting tired. hung out with kristina and nadia out in the hall, while 2 girls down the hall were having a very the real world- darley north fight. they were loud. fighting over some guy i think. and some other small stuff that had just built up. like i care. went to sleep. woke up at 11:30am. and you're all caught up.

year 2005: a crappy evaluation quiz

verraten — 2005-12-11T03:12:04-05:00

1) Was 2005 a good year for you?
better than most i think

2) What were your favorite parts of the year?
surprisingly, the school parts. especially spring break.

3) What were your least favorite parts of the year?
summer, finals (both)

4) Where were you when 2005 began?
in my house

5) Who were you with?
some friends

6) Where will you be when 2005 ends?
probably at home. unfortunately.

7) Who will you be with when 2005 ends?
probably my family. i might be sleeping. unfortunately.

8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2005?
i don't make new years resolutions.

9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2006?
nope.

10) Did you fall in love in 2005?
no.

11) If yes, with who?
x

12) If yes, do they know?
x

13) Are you still in love with them?
x

14) You regret it?
x (why are there so many of these damn love questions?!)

15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2005?
yes

16) Did you make any new friends in 2005?
hell yes

17) Who are your favorite new friends?
people on my floor!!!

18) What was your favorite month of 2005?
hm... probably the spring break month, and maybe the last couple

19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2005?
no

20) How many different states did you travel to in 2005?
a few

21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2005?
no

22) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
a few

23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2005?
wedding crashers was good. recently, i liked y tu mama tambien and amores perros

24) What was your favorite song from 2005?
i really got into "this love" from maroon 5. i don't know if it came out this year or last or whenever

25) What was your favorite record from 2005?
dunno

26) How many concerts did you see in 2005?
none

27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2005?
x

28) Did you drink a lot of alchohol in 2005?
haha... a lot for me...

29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2005?
nope

30) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
oh yeah

31) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2005?
haha... like i'm going to post this

34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2005?
a few

35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2005?
i can't remember anyone specific, but maybe? i'm a hard person to really offend

36) How much money did you spend in 2005?
lots

37) What was your proudest moment of 2005?
probably test scores and grades. i'm such a nerd.

38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005?
haha... probaby throwing up on some guy's lawn.

39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change something, what would it be?
not getting piss-ass drunk and making out with that one dude

40) What are your plans for 2006?
school... and stuff. school is the only thing i know for sure. whatever else happens, happens

last day of finals!!!!!

verraten — 2005-12-13T11:12:09-05:00

last night, studied some ochem, had dinner with cade (note- don't go to mamacita's on the hill), studied with cade in the earth sciences library til 10pm and then studied at home til 2am.

woke up, found out the the water wasn't running, studied some more, took the bus to campus, brushed my teeth in the math building, went back to the earth sciences library to study some more, took the test at 1:30pm, left at 3:15pm. i'm not sure about the ochem final. some quesitons were good, some were ok, some were just plain weird. came home, said bye to kayleigh, took a shower, went out to dinner with anna and jeanne on pearl street, had some ben and jerry's (mmmm...), and came home. said bye to ben when he left. hung around my room. bored out my ass. decided to cut my nails. to catch some of you up, i have been growing out my nails for the first time since elementary school. i started during fall break and trimmed at thanksgiving. i must say, they did look pretty cool, but some things were hard to get used to: typing, picking up things without scratching them, doing stuff without scratching me, slamming them into things and almost bending them, etc. so i cut them. such a change, feels so weird. typing is quieter, i'll tell you that much. my fingers are stubby once again. hm, since i have nothing to do, i think i'll go see if anyone's using the piano room downstairs.

winter break: part 1

verraten — 2005-12-20T10:12:27-05:00

hey peeps, finally a post about my winter break. it hasn't been terribly exciting so far. my last night in the dorms was fairly boring. almost no one was there. the next day was spent packing. haha, 2 trash bags of laundry, which i washed when i got home. took over the basement guest room and bathroom. the next day was supposed to be my official "alone day," but it was rudely interrupted by my dad and brother. hung out with ning and jeanne the next day. did some stuff for the following days. lots of tv, movies, food, and sleep. it was wonderful. did have to do some obligatory holiday party stuff for my dad. hate those. reunited with dorothy. expanded my movie collection with a couple high class selections (scarface and pulp fiction).

well, wish my break was more interesting. i do get to go to taos, nm on thursday for one night with my dad and brother. we convinced my dad to reserve the most expensive room in a bed and breakfast. woo! that's our christmas present though. then michael and i do a 2-day christmas thing with my mom.

and that's about it. have a great break people!

winter break: a couple days in new mexico and a night at the brown palace

verraten — 2005-12-26T09:12:14-05:00

so wednesday and thursday my dad, michael, and i drove to taos, nm and stayed at a bed and breakfast. the room was awesome- a king-sized bed in the loft, 2 tvs, 2 fireplaces, a full kitchen, and- the best part- a hot tub on the roof. we didn't use the kitchen, but we did use the hot tub- it was fun! hot tubbing under the stars. extremely cold afterwards though. did some sight-seeing to the pueblos near taos. lots of fun.

then michael and i opened presents with mom. got clothes :) it's funny how when you're young, you hate getting clothes but now, it's ok. it also helps that my mom has good taste in clothes and generally knows what i like/need. also got some tiger stuff and scottish terrier stuff (yay!). sunday night my mom, michael and i stayed at the brown palace. apparently, there's some special discount package that you get if you stay sunday nights that includes your choice of wine delivered to your room and breakfast for two. breakfast was excellent. yummy, yummy!! we also took pictures of us in nice clothes and all that jazz. michael and i had fun taking all the free stuff we could find in the room and taking some not-so-free stuff we found in a small meeting room with a bar.

then hung out with jeanne and syrena. i haven't seen syrena in a couple years, so we all had fun catching up and reminiscing about middle school. so many memories :)

starbucks chantico is good :P

ok, so i'm chickenshit

verraten — 2005-12-27T11:12:13-05:00

i don't even want to talk about it.

a lazy but fun day filled with diablo ii and banshee screaming

verraten — 2005-12-28T07:12:22-05:00

yeah, so i woke up at around 9:30am, which is kinda early for me these days, and found michael playing diablo ii. i watched and ate breakfast, then i got to play. woo! somewhere in there i took a shower. got some coke from the garage. michael and i took turns playing. dad came home at 4:30pm and that's when we stopped. i played think of me on the piano while michael screeched the words completely off key at the top of his lungs. it was hilarous, i could hardly even play the right notes. anyways, we're off to our grandparents' house in colorado springs for a few days.

winter break: fun with the grandparents

verraten — 2006-01-01T12:01:06-05:00

so the main purpose of our going there was to make a video of our grandma playing the piano so there would be one to remember her by. we did that. 4 different pieces done twice each. lots of movie-watching. hangin' out. lots of good, home-cooked chinese food. mmmm!!!! we also went to the asian market and got some good chinese food ingredients, so i can learn to make some dishes (actually, one dish) at home. so yeah.

let's see, movies we watched: the godfather (finally!), crouching tiger hidden dragon, kill bill vol. 1 (again... actually i haven't seen it in several months- oh, the pain!!!!), half of some boring but fairly amusing old chinese movie, and most of the ballad of little jo.

then we came home and dad, michael, and i went to the zoo, which was more fun than i thought it was going to be. tomorrow, we fly a kite and watch a movie. woo. then i have to decide whether or not michael and i should go to our mom's b/c we can't figure out why she's mad at us. whatever.

winter break: a new year and all that junk

verraten — 2006-01-03T11:01:27-05:00

so new year's eve was spent taking turns playing diablo ii with michael and chatting online with a couple people i haven't talked to for a while. screw the ball drop.

new year's day dad, michael, and i watched king kong. good movie, i don't remember having any real complaints with it. then, my mom had a party. i really only liked the food. ning, michael, and i got bored so we all hung out. for a several hours. how incredibly fun. we drove to buffalo exchange (closed), target (ooo, more dvds!!- the godfather ii and iii, bought kill bill 2 finally!!!), the goodwill, and wendy's. then we all watched the godfather ii at my mom's house. yay al pacino!

yesterday, my dad, michael, and i went to city park to try our luck at flying a kite. didn't work out so well. the wind died out shortly after we started, and the kite was fairly worn since my dad had bought it on his china trip. we tried again today, but the kite got even more broken, so although the wind was ok, the kite still did not fly. so we went to the wizard's chest to buy another one.

been working on my grandma's piano dvd, and i must say, i've done a pretty good job. but this computer won't burn dvds, so i'll have to try it out on my dad's work comp.

at some point during the past couple days, i had a total mental breakdown. i was completely freaking out and i couldn't think at all. i think i'm ok now though. i think sometimes people just need those.

winter break: a couple boring days

verraten — 2006-01-06T02:01:19-05:00

yesterday, michael started going back to school so it's been fairly boring during the day. i didn't do much yesterday. filled dorothy up with gas. woo. today, i organized most of the kitchen cabinets, made some chinese almond jello dessert, and practiced my piano. i'm hopefully going to get 2 songs prepared for open mic night, but i think i'll only have 1 down by the time school starts up. i want to start taking piano classes again, but the cu continuing education website is pissing me off and the ce advisor is absolutely no help over e-mail. the deal is they're offering 2-credit non-majors music individual classes (one of which is piano), but i have to apply for the ce school. the link on the website keeps pointing me to the online undergraduate application, the one that asks for sat scores and all that bullshit. i don't think that's the right application, but it's the only one i can find. blah... i just want a competent piano teacher.

winter break: boulder break

verraten — 2006-01-07T01:01:44-05:00

i got so bored today and i was starting to go crazy just staying inside the house, i decided to drive up to boulder for a while. i called erin to give her a belated birthday present, but she didn't answer, so i went to the king soopers and bought a dr. pepper. called cade, he didn't answer either, so i decided to hike a trail at chataucqua park for only an hour. it really helped to clear my mind, and i accomplished my goal to exercise today. came back home, took a shower, and picked up michael from school. traffic was hell, it took over 45 minutes to get there and back again. then, we ate at college inn with mom, where we ran into some teachers from hill middle school. it was hilarious- my former spanish teacher was pretty drunk, but we caught up and everything, so it was cool. when we got home, we watched march of the penguins. it has to be one of the most beautiful movies i have ever seen. no joke. strongly recommended!! then i watched most of remember the titans- also a movie i like a lot. now i'm watching some battlestar glactica on the scifi channel with michael. a pretty interesting show.

i think i've already taken this one, but oh well.

verraten — 2006-01-07T02:01:02-05:00

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winter break: flying a kite

verraten — 2006-01-08T08:01:19-05:00

woo! i finally got to fly a kite today!! it was so cool! we got it so high!!

winter break: developments in divorce

verraten — 2006-01-12T12:01:23-05:00

i thought i'd experienced some bad stuff just running between the 2 parties, but there's more to it. just had a long talk with my mom about the entire situation in the middle of the mall. you know, the type of one where one parent bashes the other and expects you to agree. woo. i thought i wouldn't have to hear about this anymore, but apparently, this kind of stuff continues throughout.

when will winter break end?!

winter break: the end has come

verraten — 2006-01-16T05:01:40-05:00

thursday night i went to go see hostel with cade. bad movie. extremely disappointing and failed to be the scariest movie of even the past year. the first half is a teen porno flick and the second half is a sad attempt at a horror one. i will say that the gore was decent and the movie did have its moments, but it was overall not worth the $7 i paid, nor was it even worth the gas i used driving to the theatre to see it.

friday i attended my dad's talk in the morning, helped with some filing (pretty much the only work i'd done all break- it was wonderful), then we went to boulder to buy my books. i got 2 dr. peppers for the price of one :D then i did some wonderfully girly shopping with my mom at the huge closing sale at mervyn's... so many clothes and shoes... yup, i'm definitely becoming a full-fledged girl now. finally, right? i used to never like shopping for clothes!

saturday was spent packing and such. hm... maybe we went shopping this day instead. i don't remember and i don't particularly care. again, so much stuff... finished the last book in a trilogy called his dark materials (the golden compass, the subtle knife, and the amber spyglass) by somebody pullman. these books were absolutely awesome!! anyone interested in fantasy should definitely check them out. i loved them!

sunday afternoon, we, or rather, i, loaded the car with twice as much shit as i came back home with (totaling 10 paper shopping bags and backpacks) and then we left for good ol' boulder. dumped all my shit in the room, ate dinner at qdoba's, for the 3rd time in 4 days, and did some grocery shopping (woo!). hauled all that stuff back to the room, actually i guess i didn't really buy that much, a couple bags. i organized all my stuff, still haven't finished- there are no sheets on my bed yet. sheila dyed my hair a blue-green, and i must say, she did a terrific job! i was so happy to see my hair with 2 colors again, i literally jumped up and down in the shower- it looked so good! i'll get pics up on facebook and such, but all the bulbs in this room are yellow and i'm no good at taking pictures of myself, with or without the mirror. then i hung out in ben's room with one of his roomies (paul), brandy, her boyfriend cory, and her friend lester (or nathan, his real name). we all played pig with the little basketball hoop they duct-taped to the door and one of those little foam basketballs (i almost won!). kirk, ben's other roommate came later and we locked ben out of the room for a good while. we all had fun making countless sex and penis jokes, mostly at ben's expense (he's only an inch or 2 taller than me, you figure it out :P). then i came back, opened up a can of dp and set about filling my ipod shuffle with something like 120 songs. so small!! ah well, i got these cool speakers that come with them- they charge the ipod and they're way better than my computer speakers so it's all good.

k, guess i should finish putting all my stuff away.

back to class

verraten — 2006-01-18T08:01:15-05:00

so my first day of class was yesterday, but i only had ochem lab at 9am and all the ta did was talk about nmr for a half hour or so. then, i went to the lab and did some work and stuff til 4-ish. then i hung out in my room for a bit and then ate dinner with eric, koki (eric's new roommate), ben, brandy, kayleigh, and kristina, where eric proceeded to tell us about his very interesting, very drunk, and extremely x-rated new years eve. how wonderful. it's ok, we're all used to it by now and all of us (thank goodness) are comfortable with sex. then i watched the first 2 episodes of lost with kayleigh, and then we played card games in eric's room til 11pm.

today. today was a long. ass. day. ochem lecture at 9am. same prof as last semester. dove right into reactions and mechanisms. not that i care, he's s decent professor. worked in the lab at 10am. 5 plates. 5 96-well plates. not many of you know what that means, perhaps none of you and i'm not going to explain it. 5 plates. attended the other ochem lecture at 11. i attend both lectures to learn more ochem. call me crazy. taught by 2 of the best ochem professors. but overall, the first lecture was not that informative. molecular biology at 12. chinese prof with a strong accent. woo. foundations of buddhism at 1. very intense professor, a tad intimidating. met some guy named ben. spanish at 2. i don't know anybody in that class. the professor seems cool. she speaks a little quietly though. i think i'm the only one there who hasn't studied in a spanish-speaking country. social construction of sexuality at 3 til 4:15pm. this is one of the most famous, most popular classes at cu. the first class was definitely interesting, but really only b/c of the prof's aberrant behavior (cussing, maniacal laughter, sex talk, yelling, etc.). b/c my floor is full of sexually comfortable people, i'm so used to talking about it, hearing about it, and hearing and saying words like cunt, pussy, cocksucker, etc. without batting an eye. when she said cunt real loud, most people chuckled uncomfortably. i didn't even respond b/c i wasn't uncomfortable. cunt is not offensive to me, and it shouldn't be. this first lecture didn't push my limits, but that's why i'm taking the class. i want my limits to be pushed (in more ways than one-- haha ;) should i add a "j/k" or not?!). she also told us to not take anything said in class, either by the prof or by another student, personally. good advice for life as well. then i went to the lab again to finish up my experiment, where the grad student we're working with got mad at me b/c i leaned over her experiment and she wanted to keep it sterile. eh. we learned today to not take things personally right?

so on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays, i don't have time to eat lunch. especially since i'm attending that extra ochem lecture. and don't tell me not to go to that extra one, b/c i want to. so what i did today was i packed a sandwich i made in the dining hall and some chips from my room. i got to eat those on the busride home at 4:30pm. anyways, i think i'm having massive indigestion as a result of going back to the dining hall food so suddenly. i haven't even been eating my tv dinners. hm... coulda been from that leftover burrito i microwaved from qdoba's. yeah, probably.

so when i got back, kayleigh, kristina, and i watched the 3rd episode of lost. kayleigh's mad b/c she has class when the tv show is on, which is in a half hour i think. kayleigh's hilarious.

argh, my plate is already filling up with all the reading and other stuff i have to start doing. do i procrastinate more? i think so. bwahahahaha!!!!! will mallory ever change? we'll see.

everybody tango!

verraten — 2006-01-21T02:01:44-05:00

yesterday was a fairly lazy day. i didn't have class til noon, but i didn't even have to go to it b/c it was my ochem recitation. i was gonna go workout in the morning, but i saw the snow and i flopped back into bed. woke up a couple hours later, ate lunch, and headed off to campus. did some lab work and a little reading for my buddhism class. went to the book store to buy a couple books. had buddhism recitation at 3:30pm. the ta's pretty cool, very funny. it'll be interesting. more lab work, then i went to an introduction to buddhism meeting sponsored by sgi-usa. very cool- it is different from what is commonly considered "traditional" buddhism, but i definitely like it.

my spanish class was cancelled today b/c the prof's sick, so i only had to go to ochem and biology. did a little more lab work, a little reading for my buddhism class. i visited the cu museum in the henderson building. not the best museum i've been to by any means, but it has some interesting stuff. it's very small. came home at around 5pm, ate dinner, and headed off to club tango with cade. club tango meets every friday night. these first few weeks are made for beginners and then we start building on what we've learned throughout the semester. it was lots of fun! cade and i are completely uncoordinated but we definitely learned a lot and i think we're both 10 times better at dancing than we used to be (which means we're still pretty bad). it's an awesome place to learn and it's only $3 for cu students- very cheap for 2 hours of learning!

then kayleigh and i watched 3 episodes of lost. plus the blooper reel. woo!!! yay for lost! and now i'm sittin' here, checking e-mail and eating raspberry milano cookies. mmm...

eh...

verraten — 2006-01-26T01:01:08-05:00

class and school as usual. an interesting thing i learned today is that college is basically the high point of our sex lives, especially oral. it makes sense- how often are we going to be around hundreds of people of similar age, similar interests, etc. everyday, and have innumerable excuses for hanging out together?! my prof for social construction of sexuality said, and i quote, "it's all downhill from here." kinda sad isn't it? better get crackin' peeps!! i kid, of course. and i'm sure that's not true for everyone...

so i dropped my spanish class b/c it was about the finer points of grammar, pronunciation, etc., which i don't really care about- at least in a spanish class. i'm down to 14 credits- the lowest it's been since i got here (and too bad the add deadline's already passed- gar!), but i figure ochem's pretty hard, and my elective classes will have lots of reading, so yeah. plus i'm doing a lot more club stuff this semester- buddhism meetings (which are really interesting and awesome!!), village council stuff, lab stuff, sapp stuff, tango stuff, possibly piano stuff. i'm also doing a couple classes at the rec center. plus, i need my gpa to go up, not down. bad gpa! bad!!

anyways, i like tigers.

a couple big steps in one night

verraten — 2006-01-27T02:01:34-05:00

so i found out tonight that i will be president of village council for the rest of semester b/c eastin is leaving school and thus, has to resign. as vice president, i am to take over, unless the council objects, which it hasn't (the "council" being the 5 people who actually made it to the meeting). let me tell ya, it was a surprise- it came a little too soon b/c i was planning on applying to be president for next year and eastin already knew this and told me he'd show me what he does as president this semester. but yeah, i had not expected that. i was inducted as interim president of village council 10 minutes after eastin told me he was going to retire. village council is basically in shambles too. woo. no one's attending meetings, including most board members. i feel like i have no idea what i'm doing. but i'm hoping i'll pull through. no, wait- i will pull through.

anyways, after the vc meeting, i took kayleigh and kristina to a local buddhism meeting. it was so awesome!! a room of people chanting to a gohonzon all together is one of the most amazing things i have ever experienced. on sunday, feb 5, i'm going to get a gohonzon of my own in a big ceremony in denver, where hundreds of people will be chanting all together. i'm so excited!! by the way, a gohonzon is a scroll with the symbols representing "nam-myoho-renge-kyo" (what we chant) on it. and the people are absolutely wonderful- they are so generous and nice and funny and happy. i love it.

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verraten — 2006-01-27T03:01:20-05:00

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so i guess it's been a while

verraten — 2006-02-03T04:02:20-05:00

ok, so only about a week, but i think that's pretty long given my blogging history. except for that one time i stopped for a few months. or whatever. i don't really remember how long. blogging helps me remember what i've been up to and for how long and stuff. yay blogging.

so anyways, i had my first real village council general meeting as president last night, and let me tell ya, i rocked that party like none other. ok, so it wasn't a party and i didn't really rock it, but i think i did pretty well for my first meeting. got people to laugh a few times, and we talked about a lot of stuff. getting people to respond and give their opinions and ideas is a big problem for any meeting basically, and especially for me, since i'm not naturally outgoing. however, i feel as if i have grown into a much better person in more ways than one, and i'm fairly happy with who i am as of right now. which is always a nice feeling. so yeah- i got several people to say that they'd go to rha meetings and i got a couple people to apply for the open vice president, secretary, and newpaper editor spots. they seem really dedicated too, which is nice. woo! go prez!!

had a bio test today. i think that went ok. i wasn't sure about a couple answers, but i think i did ok, especially given the number of hours i studied... heh.

hm, so here's something that shouldn't be new to anybody: i'm behind on my readings. haha... yeah. as usual.

here's something that is new: i'm no longer a virgin. ha!! just kidding!!! bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! haha, wow, what a joke, i crack myself up.

so anyways, on to more... uh, feasible subjects... tonight i'm leaving for estes park to go on the rha retreat, which is supposed to be mandatory for all hall presidents. i told the rha prez (emily) earlier this week that i was too sick to go (which i was, i wasn't lying), and she got all upset and short with me through e-mail, so i gave it right back to her saying uh, duh, i'm sick (but not in so many words), but i got little better yesterday, so i told her i'd go and she apologized for being angry or some such thing. whatever. emily has a reputation for being... yeah. anyways, i figure i could benefit from not being the new outcast hall prez, so i'll go and mingle/make friends. i think i'll have a good time one way or another.

and then i get my gohonzon sunday morning and some of the friends i made at the buddhist meetings are gonna come and clap for me!! yay!!!!! :D so much fun!! being a science person, i don't think i've ever invested this much... faith, i guess would be the appropriate word, in anything else (other than atoms, molecular processes, and the "law" that 1+1=2). according to the other people at the meetings, i'm getting my gohonzon pretty fast (1.5 weeks after i started seriously chanting). i dunno, this is the only religion/life philosphy that actually makes sense to me. and it does- i didn't even like it that much at the first meeting, but i went to the second, and more practicers were there to explain stuff and, it just made sense. i've gone without any sort of spiritual base my entire life, so faith is a weird concept to me.

by the way, "si señor" by control machete is one of the most awesome songs in the world!!!!!!! (it's from amores perros.)

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verraten — 2006-02-07T09:02:46-05:00

a fairly long week with a couple big perks

verraten — 2006-02-10T05:02:42-05:00

so i guess i'm down to once a week.

the rha retreat was a blast! even with all the boring leadership workshops and psycho exec members, i had a great time! i made a couple really nice friends and got to know them a whole lot better! it was so much fun and there were so many sexual innuendos and jokes ;) these people are hilarious.

and then i got my gohonzon sunday morning in denver. it was so awesome!! my dad came, and so did kristina, kayleigh, and a couple other people i met through buddhism. oh my goodness- i was so happy when i received gohonzon, i was on the verge of tears, but i managed to hold them back. i'm pretty sure that was the happiest moment of my life. nothing else mattered at that point- it was just me, the scroll, and everybody in that room clapping and congratulating me. i don't even know how to explain it.

let's see... this week has been pretty long, and i have no idea why. there weren't any tests or papers due either. i just didn't feel like working at all. i only worked in the lab 2 or 3 days this week. a lot of hanging out with friends though, which is always awesome. but i'm glad the week's over. so glad. on wednesday, i went to a buddhism meeting on campus and explained the significance of the gohonzon. there were only like 2 new people there though. but i really love going to those meetings and seeing everybody else. it's awesome. very much so. it's like a recharge for my happiness.

so today i actually did some lab work, but not as much as maybe i should have. but when i got home i did do some village council stuff, after a short nap, of course.

friday night

verraten — 2006-02-11T05:02:24-05:00

so yesterday after school and village council, i watched pulp fiction, and then josh and i went to the flatirons mall to just walk around and stuff. i got my left ear pierced in the cartilage area- and i promise i will take better care of it this time!! i pierced my right ear during high school and it got infected and very gross. lots of pain. then we went to the movie theatre in brighton and watched firewall, which actually wasn't that bad. then we came home and watched kill bill vol. 2. woo! kill bill!!

procrastination before the ochem test

verraten — 2006-02-15T07:02:52-05:00

yup, so i guess the most interesting news would be that i'm no longer single. as if no one could see it coming, josh and i are dating now :) we started saturday night. very close to valentine's day- and this could've gone either way- awkwardly or fortunately. i'm not really big on valentine's day anyway- it's not that i hate it, it's just not a big deal to me. so i wasn't really expecting anything yesterday b/c we were both fairly busy with school and work, but around dinner time, he comes waltzing into my room with 2 red roses in a white plastic water bottle- the boulder way haha. sure, one could say it was a little cheap, poorly planned, and a little cliche, but i definitely enjoyed it and thought it was very cute. that fact that he even got me anything was pretty awesome in and of itself. i had a meeting at 9 until 10pm, so we decided to just go out for ice cream on the hill and watch a movie in my room. overall, it was the best valentine's day i ever had (especially since it was my first :D ).

anyways, as the subject line indicates, i do have an ochem test tomorrow night, which i'm trying to cram for right now. but obviously, it's not working out so well since i'm on mindsay. at least i'm in the library, an environment much more conducive to studying.

so i guess i better be off. my brain is so dead that i can't even think of something else to say.

mallory's song of the moment (aka my wiki page)

verraten — 2006-02-19T04:02:35-05:00

so i finally got around to doing something for my wiki page. i call it "mallory's song of the moment" b/c i really don't have any idea how often i'll be changing it. but i'll be putting up cool songs i like and that may or may not reflect my life state. and hopefully, i'll be putting up some songs that i think some people haven't heard before- you never know, i live a sheltered life, so it might be song that everybody's heard, or maybe i just really like that song and you're all gonna have to deal with it.

the first song's up, so have at it. i hope you'll like it- i love this song! it's from shrek 2.

my first lent- we'll see how it goes...

verraten — 2006-03-03T02:03:35-05:00

ok, so i decided to participate in the great season of lent this year for the first time ever. i know, i'm a day late, but for me, it's more of a practical than a spiritual thing, so i think i can extend it a day or two. i, mallory, have decided to give up facebook, myspace, mindsay, aim, and msn messenger for 40 days and 40 nights until easter. or the day after. i will not be blogging, nor will i read other people's blogs, but i think i will change my "song of the moment" every so often. so this will be my last blog entry until easter. or so. i know i haven't been blogging lately, so i'll give you a brief overview. if you want to know more details, or if you actually do want to know about my life, you can call me. i'm not putting my phone# on here, so for people who don't know it, my e-mail is drpepperfreak707@hotmail.com if any of you actually care.

so i got sick. again. during the busiest week of the semester besides finals. 2 tests, 2 papers, another tonsillary abcess, another 3 days of starvation, another week of not being able to open my mouth fully, another trip to the doctor, and another 2 weeks of taking at least 8 pills a day. except the trip to the doctor was just a little different. this time, the doc decided to "drain" my abcess, which means he sprays the back of my throat with some superficial anesthetic (which tastes really bad), then takes a syringe and needle, sticks it in the swollen area of my throat (keep in mind my teeth cannot open past even 1 finger) and sucks the nasty pus out, and a little blood just for fun. and he does it twice. at that moment, i felt pure hatred for the man and his damn needle. but it turns out that it was all for the better b/c i do feel like i'm getting better a little faster than last time. so i have to take antibiotics and steroids to keep down the inflammation. no, these are not the steroids that body-builders use. yay pills. also- more good news- i have to get a tonsillectomy this summer. woo.

i also completely missed my own village council meeting tonight. my brain was completely spent after the last 3-4 days so i was hanging out in kristina and kayleigh's room when i realized the time was 7:15pm. the meeting was supposed to start at 6:30pm. thankfully, my vp took over and the meeting went ok. i had a good laugh with beth ann (the council advisor) afterwards. indeed.

so i think that's all i really feel like talking about for now. see you guys in a couple months. i'm out.

ok, lent is over for mallory

verraten — 2006-03-18T06:03:18-05:00

i don't really care anymore. i think as long as i don't do those things to procrastinate, i'm good. plus, people kept writing things on my damn freakin' wall even though they knew i'd given up facebook. bastards. anyways, i saw this on amber's myspace blog and decided to do it even though it's 4 in the morning,

Mark your confessions:

[ ] I'm afraid of silence.
[ ] I talk when I get really nervous.
[x] I am ticklish.
[ ] I'm afraid of the dark.
[x] I'm afraid of facing my back to open doors at night.
[ ] I Can't sleep in a room if the door is open
[ ] I am homosexual.
[x] I believe in true love.
[x] I've run away from home. (a few times)
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[x] I shut others out when I'm sad.
[x] I've stayed out all night.
[ ] I open up to others easily.
[x] I am keeping a secret from the someone.
[ ] I watch the news
[x] I own over 5 rap CDs
[x] I love Disney movies
[x] I am a sucker for green eyes
[x] I am a sucker for brown eyes
[x] I am a sucker for blue eyes
[ ] I don't kill bugs.
[x] I curse
[ ] I have "x"s in my screen name.
[x] I've slipped and fallen in public.
[ ] I've slipped out a "lol" in a real conversation.
[ ] I love Spam... The canned meat...
[ ] I bake well.
[ ] I have worn pajamas to class.
[x] I have owned something from Abercrombie.
[x] I want a better job
[x] Talked on a phone for 5+ hours.
[ ] I love Dr. Phil
[x] I love someone.
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I am self-conscious. (about my weight/size)
[x] I love to laugh.
[x] I have tried alcohol.
[ ] I drink alcohol on a regular basis.
[ ] I have tried a cigarette
[ ] I have smoked a pack in one day.
[ ] I loved Lord of the Flies.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills. (I couldn't before, but I'm better now)
[x] I have a lot of scars.
[x] I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
[x] I love chocolate.
[ ] I bite my nails. (I used to)
[ ] I am not comfortable with being me.
[x] I play computer games when I'm bored.
[x] Gotten lost in the city.
[x] Thought of suicide before.
[x] Seen a shooting star.
[x] Gone out in public in my pajamas.
[ ] Have kissed a stranger.
[x] Have kissed someone really strange....
[ ] Hugged a stranger.
[ ] Been in a bloody fist fight with someone of a diff. sex.
[x] Been in a fist fight.
[ ] Been arrested.
[ ] Laughed and had some type of beverage come out of my nose.
[x] Pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[ ] Made out in an elevator.
[ ] Swore at Liberace.
[x] Kicked a guy where it hurts on purpose
[ ] Been skydiving.
[ ] Been bungee jumping.
[ ] Gotten stitches.
[ ] Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[x] Bitten someone.
[ ] Been to Niagara Falls.
[x] Gotten the chicken pox.
[x] Crashed into a car. (not really crashed... but I've hit a car)
[ ] Been to Japan.
[x] Ridden in a taxi.
[x] Shoplifted.
[ ] Been fired.
[x] Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[x] Stole something from your job.
[ ] Gone on a blind date.
[x] Had a crush on a teacher/coach (I'm counting TAs in this one)
[ ] Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] Been to Europe.
[ ] Been married.
[ ] Gotten divorced.
[x] Saw someone/something dying.
[ ] Have a list of people you want to kill.
[ ] Driven over 400 miles in one day.
[ ] Been to Canada.
[x] Been on a Plane.
[x] Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[ ] Thrown up in a bar.
[x] Eaten sushi.
[ ] Been skiing.
[x] Been ice skating.
[x] Cried in public.
[ ] Walked purposely into traffic with your eyes closed.
[x] Liked someone even though you knew you shouldn't have.
[x] Thought of someone almost 24/7
[x] Hated or still hate the world

spring break cannot come soon enough

verraten — 2006-03-24T12:03:17-05:00

so an update since my collapse into all that is evil on the internet. besides porn. still haven't given that up.

kidding, people. but seriously, what's wrong with watching a little porn every now and then? just a question. bwahaha...

anyways, yesterday some dude rammed me in the face with his 20 pound backpack FILLED WITH BRICKS on the bus. he turned around in the aisle and-- BAM-- no time to duck. glasses into my eyeballs. and he didn't even notice. just thought i'd put that out there.

um, so school and anything related has made me so busy lately. i cannot wait to get at least a few days rest over break, but even then, i figured out that in order to stay on top of things, i gotta do hw over break. no way around it. i'm so burnt out it's not even funny- i get sleepy around 11pm. no joke. i'm like a little kid. except that a little kid can stay up at least 2 hours later than i can. and yet sleep only comes late at night after staring uncomprehendingly at my hw for a half hour, around 1am (yeah, i know, real late huh?) when i make the bad BAD decision to "rest my eyes" for about 15 minutes, setting my alarm of course, turn off my alarm, try to get myself out of bed for the next half hour, fail gradually and quite miserably, wake up at 5am with the lights on and not having changed into my pjs/brushed my teeth, and say fuck it and go to sleep for a couple more hours. that's my typical late night now a days. i don't even want to know how much electricity i waste leaving the lights on all night.

gar, i have a bio test tomorrow and some girl is playing music full blast during her shower, which is why i'm on mindsay and not studying. but she's (finally) done now, so i'm off.

have an excellent spring break, guys. or if you already had it, hope it was excellent, have fun in class.

this will never happen again!!!!!

verraten — 2006-04-04T12:04:49-05:00

on wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00, the time and date will be...

01:02:03 04/05/06

that won't ever happen again.

actually, i s'pose it'll happen twice that day, but it won't happen again after that.

a very fun friday night.

verraten — 2006-04-08T04:04:31-05:00

today was pretty much awesome. class as usual. except i was falling asleep from lack of sleep in ochem and the projector wasn't working in bio so we started 10 min late. i worked on my poster with nikki- we will be doing a poster presentation session next thursday. came home, watched hero with ben, kirk, and parts with becca and kristina. ate a lovely dinner at the pasta bar in darley. then i tried helping kristina and paul with physics hw- failed miserably and felt like i was just bothering them, so ben, becca, and i went on an "adventure," as bec likes to call them. walmart- bought some ink, played with toys, hit ben with the fairy ponies, rode bikes, made ben dress up like a cowboy, rode the electric horsie, and rode the shopping carts in the parking lot. then we went to the bank so ben could get some money. bec and i locked ben out of his car and bec taught me how to drive stick a little while ben ran after us. then we drove up and around flagstaff for a very long time. i was getting very sleepy near the end. came back home around 2am and hung out in the hall a bit. and now i'm tired.

everyone needs to see this

verraten — 2006-04-14T01:04:29-05:00

even if you don't like al gore or are not a planet freak, still watch this anyway!!

An Inconvenient Truth

gas prices

verraten — 2006-04-19T12:04:23-05:00

here's something i got in my e-mail. i don't know if it'll actually work, but i s'pose it's worth a try if we all do it.

GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work

This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies
who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your consideration.

Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might
go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.

Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read on and join with us!

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
$2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How?

Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if
we all act together to force a price war.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies
(which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an
impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now,
don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
people!!

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and
those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches
the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers.

If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all! (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am so trust me on this one.) How long would all that take? If each of us sends
this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference.

If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coord inator

Robert A.Hamilton

Vice President-Marketing

JDW Insurance | The Strength of Vision

100!!!!!!!

verraten — 2006-04-23T07:04:08-05:00

i reached 100 mph last friday night on highway 36!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

finally!! and in my little dorothy no less. woo!!!

invisible children

verraten — 2006-04-26T01:04:23-05:00

click here!!

this made me smile after a crappy day

verraten — 2006-05-04T10:05:10-05:00

check out this video!!! it's the cutest thing ever!!

sorta crappy day with a cool ending

verraten — 2006-05-05T01:05:45-05:00

ok, so it's just overall crappy with upcoming finals and all. not to be bitchy and nitpicky and all, but i think i'm gonna get my first b in college. fuckin' a. i don't want b's. i didn't go to college to get b's and i'm pretty sure i'm gonna get one this semester. so that's getting me down. plus the fact that i'm so behind on reading to even begin my buddhism final.

last week i decided to hold a chinese food night for my floor using our floor funds that the university gives us. so people check off what they want on the take out menu throughout the week. 18 people end up checking off over $350 worth of chinese food. i reduce the amount of food ordered to $240 (this includes tax). i order it. my hall director tells me the university can only spend $125 on any one event. that's fine. i don't even care. i'll pay for the rest. i'm not gonna tell the little chinese lady who can barely speak english to un-make the food. whatever. so kayleigh, ben, and i go to pick it up in his truck and bring it back. people eat about half of what i ordered. mother. fuckers. so i'm stuck with $100 of chinese food. i call up trevor to see if he wants any and he brings over his girlfriend hilary. this is where the day gets better b/c we all get the awesome idea of bringing the food to random homeless people on pearl street. yup- so hilary drove us out to pearl street and we gave most of it away. hilary took some to her ra. it was pretty awesome giving away all that food to people who actually need it. and it was fun too :)

anyways, i'm off to study for finals.

damn dreaded finals.

m-pact concert!!!!!

verraten — 2006-05-06T01:05:16-05:00

today i only had one class- ochem. we reviewed, which was nice since most of it was at least familiar. the rest of the day was trying to do my buddhism take-home final. which kinda failed, but hopefully i'll make a large dent before i go to sleep tonight.

oh- oh wait- did i mention i went to an m-pact concert?! heck yes!!! it was freakin' awesome (see tag)!!!!!! for those of you who don't know, m-pact is one of the best a cappella groups out there, and they come from right here in good ol' denver, co. woo! the first time i saw them was when i was in the 8th grade honor choir in hill middle school and my choir teacher ms. allen brought them out to sing for us. they were just starting. i got an autographed copy of their first album (i think) it's all about harmony! i didn't think about them again until i came to college when jim (from bufferzone) said his favorite group was m-pact last year. then this year, kirk said he really liked m-pact and that they were having a concert tonight. so we bought our tickets and we both went to our first concert-that-counts (according to us, janet jackson and spice girls don't count). excellent stuff. quality vocals. i fully recommend them to anyone who has any good taste in music whatsoever. the concert itself was awesome- another a cappella group groove society opened. m-pact was fantastic. there was a drum-off between two of the members that was (excuse the language) off the hook!!!! afterwards, kirk and i bought their new cd m-pact together b/c neither of us had enough money separately. we were supposed to get a free poster with the cd, but we got 2 instead (hehe- kirk's idea, but i didn't stop him). we got the lot autographed, kirk got a hug from marco b/c he worked with him in a vocal jazz camp. then i found my choir teacher (b/c two of the members were college friends with her). she sang with them on one of the songs (over the rainbow) and runs the vocal jazz camp. she is now married and is no longer ms. allen, but mrs. williams. she didn't recognize me at first but she did after i told her my name. i'm sure i've changed a lot. haha, she said i looked "old." understandable since it's been about 7 years since i've seen her.

anyways, i'm really off to do my buddhism final now. really. perhaps after i listen to a couple m-pact songs.

no subject

verraten — 2006-05-26T01:05:30-05:00

i don't think i've cried so much in my entire life.

no subject

verraten — 2006-06-21T12:06:29-05:00

so i haven't updated in a while.

really, i'm just here to rant about my physics class. basically, i hate physics and always have. moreover, i hate my physics teachers, which makes it so much more worse. my lecture professor is completely disorganized and doesn't really know what he's doing. my lab ta is also the lab coordinator and his lab sucks donkey ass. he hasn't updated his stupid-ass, disorganized, doesn't-teach-me-a-damn-fucking-iota-of-physics lab manual in 3 fucking years. he makes us do these online pre- and post-lab quizzes that he hasn't really prepared us for (you know, b/c the manual blows monkey cunt). i'm not learning a damn thing from either of these assholes and it's just making me hate physics even more. stupid asses. and that my friends is why they got hired by fuckin' metro state instead of some other college (sorry metro/ucd students, but your physics department is wearing its ass as a hat so tightly it's cutting off circulation to its brain).

in other news, my summer is so fuckin' boring, i'm drilling holes in my thighs just to keep myself awake. it's only work, my oh-so-loving family, fuckin' physics, and stupid ass tv. oh and did i mention i hung out with 1 old friend so far? woo fuckin' hoo.

i fuckin' hate you all. i hate everything this summer. i have never hated so much and been so angry in my entire life. and believe me, that's saying something.

i cannot fucking wait to move back to boulder and take some good classes for a change.

a better day

verraten — 2006-06-22T01:06:56-05:00

ok, sorry about that last post. physics was just so frustrating that i felt i had to spread the hate to the rest of the world to keep from blowing up. also, for some reason, i am unable to control my temper these days.

anyways, today was better, even though on wednesdays physics lab starts at 8am and lecture ends at 3:30pm. i'm understanding more (though my math has really gone down the drain since high school). and there were actually some really funny parts of class where everyone was laughing.

when i got home i started working on making a few banners and such for this website i'm doing on the neopets website (i know, i know). but it was lots o' fun! i made some pretty cool stuff, well, what i thought was cool since all of my banners in the past consisted of ones i made on flaming text (which is a pretty cool site anyway). so this time, i searched google (or rather, i "googled," since that has become essentially a new english word) for some banner-generating sites. a good one i found was mandarin design, which has a bunch of links to some really awesome free sites. here are a couple of ones that i sort of "made" that link to the website they were for:

i like them a lot better than my old one, which is the first banner on that site (the one with the flames). i have no members in my "guild" yet, but i don't really care, since i'm really just using it to practice anyway. i don't think i'm very good at that table stuff though.

here's a couple ones i made with my name on typo generator. the process is kinda interesting, but it took a while on my computer to generate the images. it may also be that i have a slow internet connection.

just another rant

verraten — 2006-06-24T08:06:31-05:00

i guess that's what my blog is really for. ranting about life and the different types of citrus fruit it likes to throw right into your eyes. glasses don't seem to help any.

ok, so i'm the first to admit i forget to call people back, especially if they don't leave a message or if their message is really vague, short, and well, forgettable. but when you make plans to perhaps get together with someone later that day and they say ok, sounds great- i'll call you back when i know what times i'm free. so you hold off on other tentative, less appealing (but still appealing nonetheless) plans you had that day. just so you can hang out with that one person. and they don't call back. you did absolutely nothing exciting that day because of some chance to see that one person.

and this hasn't happened just once. or even twice. or even just with one person. apparently it's happened with almost everyone i've tried to contact this summer. does this happen to anyone else? or am i the only one? maybe this is just a bad summer. or a bad couple of months.

or maybe- i'm a bad person. that people just don't like. this post isn't for people to sympathize with me and reassure me that i'm a good person and that maybe people are just busy. i don't want your pity. i want you to tell me the truth. don't be afraid that my feelings will be hurt. because i'll tell you what hurts. when people don't feel, for some fucked up reason or another, that i can't handle the truth. when people tiptoe around me, trying to make me believe that they like me when they really don't.

interesting, anger is really the only thing people respond to nowadays isn't it? even me, i've taken to only writing in here when i'm angry or sad or feel like ripping every goddamn limb out of someone with my bare hands. no one pays attention unless someone's threatening some type of violence.

right?

i am hoping that some of you will prove me wrong.

(by the way, i do realize that this does not apply to everyone and that i have done some of the things that i'm ranting about before. believe me, i am trying to change into the person i want to become, but if you don't believe me or don't like what i have to say, feel free to tell me- with at least some amount of rational thinking. no one likes everyone, and there's no one that everyone likes.)

a call to action

verraten — 2006-07-01T09:07:21-05:00

today i went to an sgi event to promote world peace at the buell theatre. i was one of the exhibit people, so i walked around, answered some questions, and handed out pamphlets to interested people. i also got to see a couple performances by the sgi youth group, a famous jazz singer (i forget her name. go figure.), and (the most memorable performance, perhaps b/c it was the last) nestor torres. it was amazing. if any of you haven't heard of nestor torres, check him out- he was awesome! he plays the flute but gives it a saucy salsa beat with a little extra edge. excelente.

all in all, it was a very refreshing event that definitely renewed my energy and passion for living life and all things beyond. maybe i've been so angry b/c i haven't been chanting seriously or gone to any sgi meetings since i left school. now i can see that religion and faith, of any kind, is a revitalizing force that helps people get that extra boost in life, whether it be little or big. it at least gives me a purpose and mission in life to not only make myself happier, but to help others find happiness as well.

so you know that corny, somewhat-badly-made movie pay it forward? ok, so the movie itself wasn't all that great, but i absolutely loved the message. people who have more than their share of wealth, whether it's material, intellectual, or emotional, are the people most able to help those in need of those things. makes sense doesn't it? it's actually stupifyingly simple, but most of us just don't do it. or don't do it to our fullest capabilities. sure, we give our random, uneeded crap to the local goodwill or donate $25 every year or so to some organization we feel strongly about or give our restaurant leftovers to the guy sitting on the curb outside. but is that all we can do? i believe that if you are comfortable with where you are in life, take a look around. take a look around you, even just a mile in any direction, and actually see the people who are living so much worse than you are. then take a look farther than that, in countries where 99% of the people there are worse off than the homeless living 2 blocks away. i ask you, how can people guiltlessly see that and do nothing, if not just spread awareness? put yourself in their shoes. everyday, you eat less than your foot's weight in food and drink water that everyone is using to bathe in and to crap in, and you know that there are others in this world who sulk in their 4-story, 2-wing mansions, complaining that their golden slippers don't fit. perhaps an exaggeration.

but think about it. i'm not asking that you help everyone in need. that's pretty much impossible, unless you're bill gates who just got another $30 billion to help the people of the world. what i am asking is that you care, at the very least. i ask that you care enough to go out to the people that you can help and give them a reason to smile.

nobody's perfect shrug

verraten — 2006-07-03T12:07:32-05:00

my life is 60% perfect.

taken from velvetturtle:

[x] You know someone that cares about you.
[ ] You have a boyfriend/ girlfriend/ fiancee/ husband/ wife.
[x] You have your own room.
[x] You own a cell phone.
[x] You have an ipod/ mp3 player.
[ ] Your parents are still married.
[x] You have more than 2 best friends.
[ ] There is a swimming pool in your backyard.
[x] You live in a house.
total:: 6/9

[x] You dress how you want to.
[ ] You hang out with friends more than once a week.
[ ] There is a computer/ laptop in your room.
[ ] You have never been beaten up.
[ ] You never cry more than twice a month.
[x] You are allowed to listen to the music you want to.
[x] Your room is big enough for you.
[x] People don't use you for something you have.
[x] You have been to a concert.
[x] You laugh more than twice a day.
total:: 6/10

[ ] You have over 50 friends on myspace.
[ ] You have pictures on myspace.
[x] Your parents let you have a myspace.
[ ] You get allowance. [never have and never will.]
[x] You collect something normal.
[x] People don't make fun of you to be mean.
[x] You look foward to going to school. [going back to boulder, not to my summer physics class]
[x] You don't wish you were someone else.
[ ] You play a sport.
[x] You do something after school.
[x] You shower daily.
total::6/11

[x] You own a car.
[x] You usually don't fight with your parents.
[x] You are happy with your appearance
[ ] You aren't self-consious at all. ...well, pretty much not.
[ ] You have never got a failing grade in your life.
[x] You have friends.
[x] You have so many inside jokes with friends.
[x] You know your parents care and love you.
total::6/8

[x] You know what is going on in the world.
[x] You care about so many people.
[x] You are happy with your life.
[ ] You usually aren't sick. [used to not get sick, but i do all the time now, thanks to the dorms. gr.]
[ ] You know more than one language.
[x] You have a screen name. [rarely used though]
[ ] You own a pet.
[x] You know the words to more than 5 songs.
[ ] You don't have any enemies.
[x] You are happy you're living.
total::6/10

Add up all the x's, then multply by two. Repost as "My life is ___% perfect"

this always makes me laugh!

verraten — 2006-07-14T08:07:52-05:00

this video is so funny! it's in spanish, but even if you don't understand it, you'll get the gist. hm, i may have posted this up before...

click here

a reminder for those days...

verraten — 2006-07-19T05:07:37-05:00

i got this from my grandfather, and while i am not religious, nor do i believe in God, i think we could all use a little reminder...

Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single father who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry, and spend a few precious moments with his children.

Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.

Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.

Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking
our shopping progress is savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.

Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us not judge; let us forgive, show patience, empathy, and love.

the big question of love

verraten — 2006-07-19T05:07:23-05:00

so what am i thinking these days?

to be honest, i'm not sure. yes, yes, we're all having our own little breakdowns, but who isn't? (if you haven't had one yet, you're not normal!) i know that mine have come out recently and it was not pretty. so i'm not going to bore you with those now.

indeed.

i guess i'm just trying to take it day by day. haha, that's certainly what's happening with physics (as usual, i do everything the day before). damn physics. i'm doing well, but i still don't like it *shaking fist* i have the last 8am class tomorrow and i'm staying up anyway, even though i finished the homework at 1:30am. hm, haven't stayed up real late in a while.

yay, music!

am i being boring? i'm being boring. ok, let's spice it up a little.

here's a question i've just been pondering in the back of my mind lately: what is love? no, not the "luv ya" you throw at everyone you meet, i mean real, twooo wuv... no just kidding, not that love either, but i guess the love i'm talking about does come in that form sometimes too. love. what is it? what does it feel like? how do you know when you love someone? why do you automatically love someone who shares your genes (family)? is love just a strong like? why do you love someone even if they still annoy the hell out of you? how can you love and hate someone at the same time? or is that just an expression? why is love such a big step in today's relationships? how can you know what love is if you've never felt it before?

maybe i'm overanalyzing. maybe there are no answers to these questions, because i don't have any.

either way, have at it people- give me something to think about.

another big question at the end

verraten — 2006-07-27T02:07:29-05:00

ok, so i just finished my physics summer class yesterday. i think i did pretty well, but you never really know until you get the grades.

been workin' a lot more lately, which is nice. instead of 6 hours a week, i now work at least 10. yay, part time :P the assistant director told me i might even be working box office sometime soon! woo!

other than those 2 things, my summer has been pretty mellow. all the excitement took place at the beginning. i worked on my birthday, but got to go out for a good dinner with the fam the day after and to anna's tiki/pool party b-day that night. there was alcohol and there were drunk people, but i tell ya, those two things are getting real old, real fast. but, at least i tried it. you can't say i didn't try it. here's my take on alcohol (you don't have to read if you don't agree, we're all entitled to our own preferences. just be glad i'm making the choice, and not my parents or my friends or my teachers or whoever): first, it tastes bad. beer is fuckin' nasty. even "good," micro-brewed or whatever the hell beer made in boulder. bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. gross. all other alcohol drinks taste bad too. if i can taste the alcohol, it ain't good. second, i have used ethanol in every single lab i have worked in to kill every living cell on my bench. it ain't good. third, alcohol binds a certain amino acid in your brain which is what makes you sick. i learned this handy fact in my organic chemistry class. (i'll have to look this up again to be more specific.) fourth, when i'm drunk, i can't drive. i like driving. therefore, i don't like drinking. fifth, when i drink, i be stupid. i don't like feeling stupid. i don't know why people like feeling stupid (this is for the i-drink-to-get-sick people). for some odd reason for some people stupid=good. i like feeling smart. i like knowing what i'm saying or doing. i like being in control of myself. i don't like blaming the stupid things i do or say on something else, that i really gave to myself anyway, so it's actually my fault.

these are just my thoughts, a lot of you won't agree- i'm not saying you have to. but just so you know, i'm probably not going to be drinking with you in the future. i'm already drunk off life :)

ok, no more depressing stuff.

i'm planning something that will hopefully be awesomely cool, and some of you will be in on it. some of you won't. just cuz. you should probably already know if you're in :P

here's a movie theatre story for you all. so when i'm ticket-tearer person, people often come up the stairs with their hands full of concession stand stuff and usually i have to take the tickets out of the palm of their hand while they're holding a drink or on the underside of their nacho tray or whatever, but today, today was different. so this lady and her guy were coming up the stairs and she was holding a bag of popcorn in one hand and she told me her hands were all buttery and the tickets were right there in her pants pocket so could i... yeah. we all got a good laugh outta that one.

you know, suddenly, when you're wearing a name tag, people have this compulsion to stick your name into the small talk. but only when you're working or something. when you're at a convention or another event, not so much. weird.

ok, so the love question didn't have a whole lot of response. i'll try again. yesterday i watched lady in the water and i got to thinking about world peace, no more violence, and all that stuff. actually, i've been thinking about world peace for a while now, especially since i started practicing the nichiren buddhist tradition. so what do you guys think? world peace. plausible? impossible? completely ridiculous? a good idea? utterly unnecessary? absolutely essential? entirely too optimistic?

shopgirl by steve martin

verraten — 2006-07-31T02:07:16-05:00

i finished reading shopgirl by steve martin in a day. the day after phillip gave it to me. definitely recommended, it's awesome, but not for the virgin ears/eyes of the sexually un-exposed and verbally clean, i'll tell ya that much. the content book is not what comes to mind when someone mentions "steve martin," however, it's pretty easy to recognize his voice in the words. it was made into a movie that i haven't seen yet, but now i really want to. anyways, pick it up, it's not that long, it's very enjoyable.

big update on my homepage

verraten — 2006-08-07T03:08:24-05:00

just spent the last few hours spiffin' up the homepage. there are still a few things missing and out of date, but by and large, i'm happy with it as is. it's not very fancy though. phillip's old site was much better than mine- mine actually looks like it was done by an amateur, which i guess is what i am. anyways, visit, comment/critique. i'm going to sleep.

big update on my homepage

verraten — 2006-08-07T03:08:08-05:00

ok so i lied about going to sleep. just a recap of the last couple days.

friday- big dinner with some close friends at opal restaurant. lots of fun! however, i forgot to mention the big reason i actually held it. it was to thank each and everyone of them (you, if you're reading this) for being my friend. they (you) have all been there for me at one point or another, so thank you. also, thanks for putting up with me. i know i have been very difficult in the past and can be difficult sometimes still. after dinner was starbucks chatter (the banana coconut frappuccino is mighty tasty!) and walking around downtown and talking about random things.

saturday- worked from 545pm (i was actually supposed to start at 6pm, but i thought i was late! oops!) until closing at 1130pm. i got to work concessions, finally, after a couple weeks of tearing stupid tickets, so that was fun. and my drawer came out even. yay!

today (sunday)- watched little miss sunshine, which i recommend to freakin' EVERYONE!!!! not to sound corny, but this movie will make you want to laugh and cry throughout. it was so funny and clever. and the sad parts were very convincing. almost every character was perfect- good acting, lines, emotions, everything. absolutely wonderful movie. if you see one movie this summer, skip superman, skip descent, skip ricky bobby even (although i really want to see that one too!), and see little miss sunshine. go. now.

back in boulder!

verraten — 2006-08-20T02:08:19-05:00

actually, i've been in boulder since the 13th. hell yes! finally! at first they put me in stearns b/c the darley towers weren't ready yet, but i've been living in my darley "super single" room (a double room just for one person) for a couple days now, and it is awesome. new furniture, twice the space, two times everything (including desks, chairs, beds, and closets), and it's right across from the bathroom. sweetness. i just moved in my computer today, so that's why i haven't been online for a while.

for the past week though, i've been going through hall council president training. lots of talking, but i'm learning and having some fun. meeting some really great and interesting people- the other hall council presidents are so much fun! last year, i didn't get along with the rha execs at all, but now that i've been hanging out with them for a while, they're actually a lot of fun- i was completely wrong about them last year. i think it's just the politics of it all that gets in the way.

i had to make door decorations for the hcps and the rha execs so i finished those today. then i had to make some for the freshmen who are coming early to attend the cu stampede, a leadership camp rha is holding. for the stampede door decs, i traced the cu buffalo onto yellow pieces of construction paper and outlined it in sharpie. then i thought, it looks kinda stupid if the buffalo isn't colored in, so i spent the last hour coloring in 15 buffaloes with a big, black sharpie marker and writing names on them. needless to say, my eyes are watery and i have a little headache. never again.

now i have to go hang them up and then i'm going to bed.

a class-y week and the question of happiness

verraten — 2006-09-07T02:09:11-05:00

so now that the welcome activities are over and done, classwork just come crashing right down. it's the storm after... the storm. eh. already behind, as usual. well, i'm definitely doing better on the staying up later part. last semester, i got so tired around 10, now i can stay up until midnight. yay, i'm growing up!

classes so far have been pretty good. my immunology prof is going really fast though. and the reading for my religious studies class is very dense. and thus, i haven't really started reading it. physics is ok, the class is more fun than i thought it would be, but the online hw is getting to me. either i entered it wrong, or i make a stupid mistake, or something. biochem is proving to be harder than i thought it would be, but interesting. also more memorizing than i thought. my cellular basis of disease class is cool- no tests, just pop quizzes on readings and presentations and a short paper. sorry- boring paragraph. i'll move on.

went to my first buddhism meeting of the semester since i missed last week's. tonight, we listened to rita's experience, talked about the basics a little, watched the intro video, and went into small discussion groups to talk about happiness.

so i guess that'll be my next big thinking question. what is happiness? or rather, what is happiness for you? are there elements of happiness that are common to everyone? how do you know when you're happy?

the "drunk bus"

verraten — 2006-09-09T04:09:28-05:00

so glad it's friday! it has been a pretty busy week, but i think i'm getting back into the swing of things. i'm finally actually reading for classes (believe me, that hasn't happened for a very long time).

i had an awesome catch-up talk with dave- someone i worked with my freshman year in the dining hall. he is now managing the new deli/burrito place in our dorm's common building. it's pretty awesome, i recommend any student in cu-boulder to come check out the 2-1-3 out at will vill. dave is one of the most approachable and interesting people i have ever met. he's also an mcdb major, but he's in no hurry. he's just working, studying, and living life. i always like talking to him.

then i hung out with tony on the hill and, it being friday night, the bus was full of drunk/high people, or people ready to be drunk/high. now, as you all know, if you're been reading my blog, i have decided not to be a hardcore drinker. yes, i've tried drinking/partying, because i don't like it when i haven't tried something and think badly of it, unless it's something that's a lot more dangerous than alcohol. to tell you the truth though, i do like the social scene- i like hanging out with all my friends and, sometimes, not having to think about anything complicated at all, and meeting lots of people. and i even like a crowded house full of fun-loving, somewhat intoxicated people. i do not, however, like it when people drink themselves sick and drink way beyond their limit. repeatedly.

so i was on the bus with tony tonight, and this guy sitting next to me on the ride back home was completely not in control. he was swaying like crazy and i swear, i thought he was going to throw up all over himself and me. i was ready to jump out of the seat and bolt if i saw any indication of vomiting :P

anyways, i'm not here to preach. well sorta. i'm saying when you go out and drink, go ahead. i'm all for it, but don't drink beyond what your body can take. i've drank way beyond my limit a few times in the past and i was scared for myself each and every time. i can't handle being scared like that anymore. yes, i want to have fun and live life, but i also want to be alive. anyone who's been paying attention to the news will know that cu has that reputation for being a major party school. honestly, i don't think we can stop underage drinking here and any money promoted to that cause will probably be wasted. but i would like students, especially freshmen, to starting drinking smarter, to have a set limit (not just "ok, i'm gonna take it easy tonight"), to bring someone who will look after you (whether or not you have to drive home), and to still have fun.

eh. my rant is over and i'm tired.

oh wait- if you like cookies, good cookies, check out boulder baked- they make the best cookies i have ever had (besides maybe mrs. fields). mmmmmm... yummy!!

funny frat video

verraten — 2006-09-09T07:09:08-05:00

this video is hilarious!!!

long survey thing

verraten — 2006-09-10T03:09:26-05:00

Name:	Mallory
Birthdate:	7-20-86
Birthplace:	NY, baby!
Current Location:	Boulder, CO!
Eye Color:	brown
Hair Color:	dark brown
Height:	5'3'
Weight:	110 lbs
Piercings:	ears
Tatoos:	not right now, but thinking about it
Boyfriend/Girlfriend:	nope, I'm happy being single right now
Overused Phraze:	I use "like" more than I want to
*FAVORITES*
Food:	chocolate
Candy:	chocolate
Number:	7
Color:	blue
Animal:	tigers!!
Drink:	Dr. Pepper
Alcohol Drink:	NOT beer, something strong, if anything. I don't really like the taste of alcohol
Bagel:	chocolate chip
Letter:	L...? I guess...
Body Part on Opposite sex:	hm... most things I spose
*This or That*
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke
McDonalds or BurgerKing:	McDonalds
Strawberry or Watermelon:	either
Hot tea or Ice tea:	either
Chocolate or Vanilla	guess what?! chocolate
Hot Chocolate or Coffee:	hot chocolate
Kiss or Hug:	both
Dog or Cat:	dog
Rap or Punk:	don't care
Summer or Winter:	summer, I love warm weather
Scary Movies or Funny Movies:	either
Love or Money:	both
*YOUR...*
Bedtime:	I get sleepy around midnight normally
Most Missed Memory:	iono
Best phyiscal feature:	iono
First Thought Waking Up:	what time is it?
Goal for this year:	to be more friendly and to not get so angry all the time
Best Friends:
Weakness:	I hate disappointing people.
Fears:	not living a full life
Heritage:	asian
Longest relationship:	haha, 2 months, pathetic, I know...
*HAVE YOU...*
Ever Drank:	yes
Ever Smoked:	never
Pot:	never
Ever been Drunk:	yes and it wasn't pretty :/
Ever been beaten up:	no
Ever beaten someone up:	no
Ever Shoplifted:	yes
Ever Skinny Dipped:	no
Ever Kissed Opposite sex:	yes
Been Dumped Lately:	no
*IN A GUY/GIRL*
Favorite Eye Color:	no preference
Favorite Hair Color:	no preference
Short or Long:	hm... i kinda like that shaggy, emo hair thing, but really, as long as they're not bald and as long as it's not past their shoulders
Height:	taller than me, which isn't hard...
Style:	most anything
Looks or Personality:	funny, fun-loving
Hot or Cute	both
Drugs and Alcohol:	no drugs, some alcohol is ok
Muscular or Really Skinny:	medium to muscular
*RANDOMS*
Number of Regrs in the Past:	regrs?
What country do you want to Visit:	lots! including India, Egypt, Italy, and more!!
How do you want to Die:	haven't given it much thought and I don't want to.
Been to the Mall Lately:	no
Do you like Thunderstorms:	yes
Get along with your Parents:	sometimes
Health Freak:	a little
Do you think your Attractive:	sometimes
Believe in Yourself:	most of the time
Want to go to College:	already here!
Do you Smoke:	no
Do you Drink:	sometimes, but not so much anymore
Shower Daily:	yes
Been in Love:	no
Do you Sing:	try to
Want to get Married:	someday
Do you want Children:	haven't decided yet
Have your future kids names planned out:	nope
Age you wanna lose your Virginity:	I dunno... before 25 I guess, but there's really no rush
Hate anyone:	unfortunately

haha... I'm an idiot

verraten — 2006-09-11T12:09:41-05:00

so today, before my dad and brother came to visit, i locked myself out of my room. right after i had decided to take a shower. yup, had to go outside and then to the commons to get a spare key card. in my robe. lots o' fun, haha. then after my shower, my dad and brother came and brought my little tv and dvd player so i can now watch movies! yay! then we watched an episode of firefly and went to target- got a floor lamp, cheap chopsticks, sticky tabs, and cheap scissors. we ate an early dinner at chez thuy's, an pretty good vietnamese restaurant on 28th. then i did my physics lab while watching hero and did some hall council stuff while watching pulp fiction, which is still playing. hm, really gotta do some laundry. tomorrow.

getting hit in the head with a plate. a plate.

verraten — 2006-09-11T11:09:49-05:00

ok so funny story- i was waiting in line to go eat lunch, which was taking forever, b/c people like to go through the line like it's an art gallery- hm, do i want to eat that mac and cheese? it looks kinda good, but i'm not sure i'm in a mac and cheese mood. what about those fries? they look ok. now how many do i want. gotta do it slow so i don't spill any. oops, spilled some anyway. should i take them? nah, well maybe... and on and on. so i was getting pretty annoyed because i had a very small breakfast this morning and my tummy was making very loud noises in class (sorry!). so as i bent down to pick up a tray, the guy in front of me hit me in the head with a plate. a plate. and not the plastic ones, those heavy ceramic ones. he was passing it to his friend and wasn't looking. he said sorry and all that other junk, but i just wasn't in the mood, so i told him not to worry about it, just get your shit, and get your food, so i can eat. ok, so i didn't say that last part, but that's what i was thinking.

had 2.5 meetings tonight (0.5 of which was just to plan with the president of one group). ran a pcr reaction, which i just remembered i forgot to take out and put in the fridge. b'oh! ah well, i'll go early tomorrow morning. the rha meeting went pretty well i think- i had full attendance from all my reps- excellent!! that felt pretty good. hopefully, we can keep this up. also, 2 of my reps got elected to funding board, whereas last year, no one from will vill was on funding board.

sapp meeting was unnecessarily long. some people just talk too slow and too long repeating things. gar, say it once, i get it.

anyways, i kinda have a headache and i gotta study for class tomorrow and such.

i have a disease!!

verraten — 2006-09-25T11:09:44-05:00

haha, just kidding. i did, however, just find something called mallory-weiss syndrome and i thought that was interesting. of course, it's some guy's last name, but still. i have a disease ;)

one of the best movies i have ever seen

verraten — 2006-09-29T01:09:10-05:00

an inconvenient truth. and it really is. i saw it for the first time tonight at a school screening. amazing. many parts of it were so moving that i almost cried several times. and i'm generally not a crier at movies. right now, i feel as if i can do so much to help alleviate global warming and right now, i really want to do everything i can. i just hope this feeling stays with me. i'm not going to preach to you all, i just strongly recommend that you see it.

jesus saves

verraten — 2006-10-08T08:10:15-05:00

so yesterday, being the nerd that i am, didn't really know that there was a game that day, well, i guess i knew seeing as how the homecoming parade was the day before and everyone was wearing a cu buff shirt today. but anyways, i didn't really care about the game yesterday, so i went to campus to do some science in the lab where i work. this was about at halftime. it turns out i can see the jumbotron of the football stadium from my window at the lab, with the score and time and such. buffs were down 7-10. eh. i went on my merry little science way and did some cloning and started paying attention when the buffs and baylor were tied at... i think 24-24 at the end of the 4th quarter. now, if any of you have been paying attention to college football, cu has been losing every single game this season, so it was gettin' kinda exciting there. buffs end up losing in triple overtime. like i care. the funny part (for me, at least) is coming up. as people were starting to stream out of the stadium, a man with a megaphone and a big yellow sign that says "JESUS SAVES" starts yelling at people as they go past. haha, jesus saves, but he still can't save the buffs from their losing streak! i couldn't really hear what he was saying from my window (it doesn't open), but i was thinking, that no matter what he was saying, now is probably not a good time to start recruiting people to join your religion. cu just lost their 6th or so straight game in a row, they aren't going to be receptive to someone yelling at them and they certainly aren't going to believe in any miracles. anyways, that was my funny story of the... yesterday.

in other news, i received my serenity dvd in the mail yesterday and i'm rearin' to watch it sometime tonight if i finish all my hw. sweet!! it'll be exciting!!! i've watched it once before, but i had never heard of firefly much less seen an episode at the time. now that i'm almost completely obsessed with firefly, i'm betting i'll appreciate the movie a whole lot more :) for those of you who haven't seen either, go watch it!!!

back from the dead :)

verraten — 2006-12-12T01:12:17-05:00

yup, so it's definitely been a long while since i've posted. here's quick rundown of what i've been up to: school (of course), village council president, firefly (the tv series) obsession, kendo classes, resigned from presidency, school. are you serious?! that's all i've been up to?! no, not really, there's a whole lot of other stuff in there, but it'll take a long while to talk about it all and i don't think you want to hear it all... whoever's reading this... if you're curious, just ask. i might elaborate on it when i have more time. anyways, i really just wanted to post up one thing, becasue truthfully, it's been a hard semester, definitely not one of my best since i started here at cu. so, i got the following in an e-mail a couple weeks ago, reread it tonight, and thought 1) well, i've had a hard semester, i'm more than a little grumpy, which is to say my basal level of anger is a lot higher than normal, having had more than one emotional/mental breakdowns in the past few months, and this made me put things in perspective and calm down a bit, and 2) even though i'm not christian, i think it's just a good message to put out there.

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she's blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He's always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry him.

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, "Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?" The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him.

Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying, "Just take care of my eyes, dear."

This is how human brain changes when the status changes.

Only few remember what life was before and who has always been there even in the most painful situations.

Life Is A Gift

Today before you think of saying an unkind word, think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food, think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife, think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life, think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children, think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house, when someone didn't clean or sweep, think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive, think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wished they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another, remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one Maker.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down, put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around.

Life is a gift: LIVE IT, ENJOY IT, CELEBRATE IT, AND FULFILL IT!!

the barry gibb talk show

verraten — 2006-12-21T04:12:35-05:00

this video is hilarious!! i can't stop watching it! one of snl's funny ones. i don't really like justin timberlake, but he did a good job with snl on this episode, so i definitely like him more than i used to.

to get you thinking...

verraten — 2006-12-21T05:12:58-05:00

a reminder that no matter how bad our lives may get, at least we're still alive.

although this photo was taken 12 years ago, hunger is still a huge problem all over the world.

learn more here:
bbc article about hunger in africa
world vision
poverty facts and stats
the miniature earth

kevin carter and his photograph

verraten — 2006-12-22T05:12:36-05:00

someone asked a question in my las post about why kevin carter didn't help the girl while he was there. i was also wondering why he didn't, so i looked him up on wikipedia and found the following:

In March 1993 Carter made a trip to southern Sudan with intentions of documenting the local rebel movement. However, upon arriving and witnessing the horror of the famine, Carter began to take photographs of starving victims. The sound of soft, high-pitched whimpering near the village of Ayod attracted Carter to a young emaciated Sudanese toddler. The girl had stopped to rest while struggling to a feeding center, wherein a seemingly well-fed vulture had landed nearby. He said that he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the vulture would spread its wings. It didn't. Carter snapped the haunting photograph and chased the vulture away. However, he also came under heavy criticism for just photographing — and not helping — the girl:

"The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene." [2]

The photograph was sold to The New York Times where it appeared for the first time on March 26, 1993. Practically overnight hundreds of people contacted the newspaper to ask whether the child had survived, leading the newspaper to run a special editor's note saying the girl had enough strength to walk away from the vulture, but that her ultimate fate was unknown. On April 2, 1994 Nancy Buirski, a foreign New York Times picture editor, phoned Carter to inform him he had won the most coveted prize for photography. Carter was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography on May 23, 1994 at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library.

He later confided to friends that he wished he had intervened and helped the child. Journalists at the time were warned never to touch famine victims for fear of disease. This criticism and the death of a close friend, Ken Oosterbroek, who was accidentally shot and killed in Tokoza on April 18, 1994 while covering township violence, may have contributed to Carter's tragic suicide. On July 27, 1994 Carter drove to the Braamfonteinspruit river, near the Field and Study Center, an area he used to play at as a child, and took his own life by taping one end of a hose to his pickup truck’s exhaust pipe and running the other end to the passenger-side window. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the age of 33. The last person to see Carter alive was Oosterbroek's widow, Monica. Portions of Carter's suicide note read:

"I am depressed ... without phone ... money for rent ... money for child support ... money for debts ... money!!! ... I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings & corpses & anger & pain ... of starving or wounded children, of trigger-happy madmen, often police, of killer executioners...I have gone to join Ken if I am that lucky." [3]

cabin fever

verraten — 2006-12-28T06:12:51-05:00

i am so bored, i just watched tv for 4 hours. it's all cold and snowy outside and i have no car and i don't really feel like studying or reading anymore. my brother's no fun, since all he does is play starcraft/age of empires all the time.

you know what? i was just thinking about all the things i didn't feel like doing and i realized there's actually a lot of other things that i could/want to do!

have a good winter break everyone (who's in school)!!

a little update

verraten — 2007-02-21T03:02:11-05:00

so what have i been up to this semester?

mostly school, lotsa procrastinating, a little work on the side, and some fun as well.

i've been in a great big funk for the last semester and a half and i'm just trying to figure out how to get myself back to where i was. so i dropped the village council president thing, since that was just draining all my energy last semester. i started going back to buddhism meetings. less facebook/myspace procrastinating (though i just discovered that willvill has the law and order svu discs that we can borrow, so... yes, i have been watching more of that than i should have been :P )

i seem to have lost the drive i had freshman year. i haven't gotten a 100 on an exam since fall 2005. i pulled my first all-night last night since freshman year. i could usually do these no problem but sophomore year i was freaking exhausted and i had no idea what it was. hopefully i can get back into the groove (that's what i've been telling people for the past year). sigh...

i did buy my first video camera though :D i have a cool idea for a movie, but it's just an idea and it'll probably take a lot of time, so it might have to wait until summer. if anyone with more experience wants to help, that would be cool...! (yay smileys!!)

anyways, let me know what you're all up to (you 3 people who read this).

does this annoy anybody else??

verraten — 2007-04-19T12:04:26-05:00

i saw this comment on youtube for regina spektor's fidelity music video:

me4muzik (7 hours ago)
ho my frend told me 2 check out hur vid cuz i lukd a hell of a lot lyk hur,ths chik is cool! she's..difrent,noones dun anythng kwite lyk it

ahhh!!!! this stuff drives me crazy!!!!!!! :P

ok i have a test i gotta study for now. i promise to post an actual entry soon!!

there it hope...

verraten — 2007-04-20T07:04:26-05:00

i meant to post this a while ago, but i've had a busy week... ok, so i was at the mall with my dad and my brother and as we were entering this boy, who was probably 11, maybe 12, was holding the door open for his parents. and he kept holding the door open for a man who was hauling 3 large bags and talking on the phone, and he kept it open for us to enter, and he did it smiling. i thanked him and thought... how many 12 year old boys hold the door open for people? not many that know of. not even 12 year old girls hold the door open. and then i thought, wow, there are still people in this world who are kind enough to just hold the door open for people. and not for family or for someone they're dating. a complete stranger. or perhaps i just live in a hostile world.

:)

verraten — 2007-04-24T05:04:58-05:00

i want to be somebody's summer

argh

verraten — 2007-05-10T04:05:09-05:00

i just wrote and turned in the worst 10-page paper ever in the history of everything.

what the hell?!

verraten — 2007-07-05T04:07:58-05:00

it's so sad what people will write about these days...

i guess it's just one of those days/weeks/mont...

verraten — 2008-02-28T05:02:38-05:00

well, i kinda feel like talking to someone, but am not sure who, so i guess i'll confide in you, mac computer in the library, and you, internet people who chance upon my ancient and ignored online journal.

so, lately i've been feeling like life is coming too fast and things are just falling apart. i know my life is cake compared to others-- i have food, clothing, housing, and i get to go to college without having to take out loans. but my last semester here, which i thought would be one of the most fun in college, has turned out to be much more than i can take. yeah, i procrastinate, but really not too much more than i have in the past. and i've already dropped a few extracurricular activities already.

i work in biological research lab here on campus and i wanted to defend an honors thesis this semester, but my experiments haven't been working at all and i haven't gotten data in two years. i know i can write an honors thesis without data, but i really don't understand what i'm doing wrong. they just aren't working out and i've been getting more down each time an experiment doesn't work, which has happened countless times. over two years. plus, i defend in about a month, and really haven't been able to start writing it. i have no idea when i'll be able to start because i just have so much going on.

let's move on to my med school applications, which are going nowhere (and yes, i'm pre-med, and am completely aware of all the associated stereotypes). my application essay is a disaster. i have no idea what i'm writing and how to write it. i have a draft, it's absolutely terrible and need to start over completely. also, i am nowhere near getting all my materials in for the committee letter.

i applied for teach for america and got an interview, which was awesome, but my dad is completely incapable of understanding why i want to do tfa. fyi, my dad is a doctor and is all up in my business about med school (side note: he did not push med school on me-- this was my choice; i honestly don't think it matters what i go into, my dad would probably still be too over-protective and all busy-body about my life-- if you know any traditional asian families, you know should what i'm talking about). my dad didn't even want me to take time off after college, he wanted me to go straight to med school, but i insisted on taking a year off. i don't think he understands that i want to live my life, not just work all the time, but for my dad, work = his life, and i think he wants the same thing for me.

those are the main worries. there are other things, but i won't go into them.

anyways, all these problems have been here since the beginning of the semester, and for a while i thought i was dealing with them alright. i had a couple freak-outs, but i was actually getting some things done for a while. and then it all came crashing down yesterday.

i am competitive. let's start with that. but i try to keep it internal b/c i know it's annoying when someone is just always competing with everyone. even i get annoyed by people like that. anyways, i found out last night that a guy i don't particularly like (because he's freaking arrogant, wordy, and repetitive) got a higher score than me on the mcat. there's not a whole lot of people i'll admit i'm better than, but i'm pretty sure i'm better than him. when i saw the score, which he surreptitiously snuck into an e-mail forwarded to me, i couldn't think. i fell apart. i was in the lab at the time and had just found out that yet another one of my experiments had failed so was definitely not ready to see that e-mail. i honestly felt sick. i got so angry and my somewhat dislike for him turned into pure hatred. for about an hour, i did absolutely nothing. i went to one of my favorite places on campus and just sat there, stewing in my own anger, hating him and hating myself for not doing better. hate is a strong word, but that's what i felt at the time. intense, undiluted anger, which turned into sadness and hopelessness. nothing else i was doing made any more sense. i felt like i couldn't handle anything anymore. i went home, watched a movie, and fell asleep (even though i needed to study for a test i have on friday (tomorrow).

i woke up this morning and for the first time in my four years here, i felt like giving up. i felt like doing absolutely nothing for the rest of the day and for the rest of my life. i felt broken.

somehow i got myself out of bed, on the bus, and into my first class, but that feeling is still there. a heavy sadness, threatening to show itself, even here, in the library, in front of all these people.

i don't actually know how i'll feel when i see that guy (because i have to see him tonight at a meeting), but i haven't been able to re-open that e-mail since.

i just feel like i could just completely fall apart at any minute. i haven't been able to concentrate on anything and i still have that freaking test tomorrow, which i haven't read for. and it's a stupid in-class essay, which i am horrible at.

well, thanks for reading, if you finished. and if you have something bad to say, have compassion and please don't say it. i guess i should get back to studying now.

stop

verraten — 2008-04-22T05:04:58-05:00

i feel like everyone's talking about it-- all the time. loudly and around me. just stop.

funny professor and i'm a slacker

verraten — 2008-04-28T02:04:24-05:00

my indian religion professor is so funny. today at the beginning of class, she was looking through her overhead sheets and couldn't find the first page, so she decided to start lecturing and asked her ta (john) to look for it. so he's looking through a stack of overhead sheets and she starts lecturing and suddenly realizes that the first sheet is already on the projector.

my lit paper is due today at 2pm, and i have my intro paragraph done. i think i'll just turn it in tomorrow for a lesser grade. i've been trying to get the paper done since last thursday, but haven't been able to get started. well, i did get started, but then furthre reading revealed that my proposed thesis was false. ha. start over? nah, let's work on a presentation in a class i'm taking pass/fail and work 4 hours making a video that no one in class could even hear. i'm such a slacker. :P

(pre-) med school adventures

verraten — 2008-07-18T06:07:18-05:00

so i finally submitted my primary application for medical school. on what i'm pretty sure is the last possible day to get it processed in time for my committee letter to be written. whew!

originally, i was going to apply to 10, maybe 15 schools. much less than the average (which i think is around 20). i ended up applying to 20. $730!! ah well, such is the sacrifice we make for our dreams, eh? actually my dad ended up paying for most of it. he does have a lot more money than i do...

at some point i'll find out which schools liked my primary application enough to send me a secondary application. hopefully that will be soon. first, the application service has to verify all my information, grades, test scores, etc. then i get to request my committee letter/recommendation letters. those get sent to the application service and then the entire application is sent to my schools. who send me another application. fingers crossed.

i don't know if that process made sense the way i said it.

anyways, to celebrate, i'm going spend money at the apple store (.com). my dad gave me a $500 apple gift card (yeeha!) for my birthday. it's from grant money, so it's less of a deal than it he'd paid for it out of pocket. i went to the apple store, but there wasn't anything these that i needed or wanted. i thought about getting an iphone, but i'm sure those will get even cheaper in the future and i already have a cell phone. on verizon ;) i was also thinking about a camera, but i have one of those also. not as good as some in the store, but i'm not much of a photographer, so it's not a big deal. i wanted speakers, but the ones in the store were ugly. or for ipods. which i don't have. so to the online store i went. here's what i've found so far:

coolio messenger bag/backpack hybrid that's supposed to be pretty comfortable
pretty speakers, small but works well for its size (i don't need huge ones anyway)
microphone, because the one in my macbook stinks and this one's pretty :)

i haven't made these my final purchases yet, i'll look around for a bit longer.

my first white hair!

verraten — 2008-07-31T03:07:17-05:00

so i was in the bathroom at work just now, and i found my first real white hair. fully white, from root to end.

i'm getting old and i'm only 22 :(

I'm Back!!!

verraten — 2008-12-04T09:12:21-05:00

Wow, so it's been over 4 months since I last posted. About something kinda trivial too. Hehe.

Anyways, much has happened, dear Mindsay journal + 2 people who actually read this. I've taken up knitting! And it's taken me by storm!! My knitting adventures are now on Blogger.

What else? Med school applications! I hate them! I've finished every one that I want to apply to except one - Mount Sinai in NY. I've gotten interviews at Colorado (already did), Washington in St. Louis (already did), New York Medical College, and Harvard (both in February). Yay! I've gotten rejections from Mayo, UCSF, UCSD, and Case Western, and I think another one, I can't remember. Boo. I'm still waiting on NYU, Cornell, Columbia, and Creighton. I'm sure you can tell where I really want to go, geographically, that is.

What else? Work. And more work. But it's all good. I enjoy it, though every now and then I have a bad day.

Hmm... I thought there was more. Oh well. I guess work and applications and knitting has taken up a lot of my time lately.

I do have a rant though. Christmas songs. I hate them. Well, hate is a strong word. I don't enjoy them. ESPECIALLY when they are played 24 hours a day for an entire month on the radio, in stores, in restaurants. They have this sick and twisted way of embedding themselves into your head and then coming out your mouth. Boo. And my coworker, starting on December 1, has begun playing Christmas music from his iPod and from KOOL 105.1 (or whatever radio station that plays Christmas music all day long) in the office throughout the entire workday. And I suspect he'll keep playing them until Christmas comes. More BOO!! I mean, playing music on Christmas Eve/Day or the couple days before is fine. But do you really have to claim the entire month of December? And even the second half of November for crying out loud!! No other holiday permeates throughout society as much as Christmas does. Don't get me wrong, I like Christmas - OK, so I'm not Christian, I just like getting presents, whatever - but I don't think it has to take over December.

Whew, glad I got that out.

The Shade of My Rainbow

verraten — 2008-12-09T07:12:12-05:00

Your rainbow is intensely shaded orange, white, and green.

What is says about you: You are a contemplative person. You appreciate a challenge. Others are amazed at how you don't give up. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Stolen from valentinaxxx

yes!!!!

verraten — 2008-12-25T05:12:28-05:00

this was in my e-mail inbox today: "Dear Mallory Chan: Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Admissions Committee is offering you a place in the freshman class matriculating in August 2009. ... blah blah blah and some other stuff." it is an excellent holiday present.

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