BigTen

Looks like Nebraska is going to the BigTen!

I hope Notre Dame will follow!  Missouri or Rutgers would be great as well.  I’m going to laugh when Iowa State has to join the MAC, CUSA, or Mountain West.  Sounds like most of the Big XII will be heading to the Pac10.  This could make for a fun time for football in a few years!

I’ve been having a blast lately.  Starting to plan summer this Friday!  Hopefully the weather will be nice so I can go to the Res tomorrow afternoon after class.  We shall see.  My new swim trunks still are in the mail.

This weekend was awesome.  Hopefully this next week of school will be pretty relaxing! Last week without tests!!

I love my friends!

i lost a step and i'm falling into you
you know exactly what you do
she's adorable as hell
she's got me begging on my knee

surprise!

Woah! I thought you were joining my team.

On the bright side I got my tax return today. :-)

skool

Everyone will be done in a few weeks and I will still have to go to class!  Ahhhhh!  June 25th is my last day.  I am kind of winding down already; that isn’t really a good sign.  Classes get a bit more relaxed after finals week.  The worst week is over; I survived it.

Matt Nathanson Sunday was awesome.  He played one of my favorite songs: Fall To Pieces.  But did not play my other favorite: Answering Machine.  Oh well.  It was fun to go to.  This week has been a lot of fun.  Softball yesterday was a great time; had a pretty amazing catch.  Nothing too exciting in my life right now, just thought I’d drop in.

Apparently I’m pretty good at hooking my friends up!  Was the DD tonight; had a lot of fun.  I think I could have kids at some point after dealing with those clowns.

And if somebody tells you
You're not enough
If somebody tells you
You're not good enough
If somebody tells you this,
It isn't just
Just, I'm burning out
And I'm calling all the bluffs

day of studying

I have a lot of tests next week.  I’ve done some ground work this week so I feel a little more comfortable.  I think today there will be a good amount of free hours spent at the library.  It is just one week of my life; that’s nothing.

happy easter!

This week is going to keep me busy (I hope anyways!).  I want to be able to go to the Motion City concert on Thursday, but I have two tests Friday.  Not sure how that is going to work out, but I’ll find a way (I hope)!

I was a bum this weekend.  I should have done more cleaning or something more productive.  I did get laundry done, and I had a good Easter dinner.  I’m hoping that tomorrow’s quiz isn’t too bad; I think we only have a few more.

fun

I had a great time this week.  I don’t know how it could have been any better.  Quizzes and tests went well; great time at the concert and bbq.  I hope to have some fun tonight.  I’m not really sure what I’ll be doing but we’ll see where the night takes us.

I had a good conversation with a classmate the other night.  I think someone finally listened to me and could relate to what I was saying.  I don’t think anyone has quite the same experience around me.  I am glad that she was able to boost my confidence a bit.  She knows what she is talking about too.  Hopefully it’ll be a plus in the future.  I like having people to talk to.  So far there aren’t that many around me; and the ones that I tried to talk to weren’t willing to open up.  But I’m glad someone will listen.  I need to figure out what I want to listen to on the way downtown tonight.

Lovin’ life :-P

spring!

I think the weather finally has turned.  Snow no more.  I think winter is my least favorite season.  Summer and spring are tied, but fall is the best.  I am already excited for the nice weather though!  It looks like this year is going to be a lot of fun.  This week should be great.  The Rocket Summer is coming to Iowa City Wednesday… now I just need to find someone who will go with me.  I have someone who said, “Yes” but who knows what will happen.  I’m excited though!  Woot.

I went to Avenue Q yesterday.  That was also a lot of fun.  It was very good; I think from it I realized that we all go through the same events (more or less) in life, but we just experience them in different ways.  I don’t know what to think though.  Should I defy that?  Should I just accept the things that are all true to each life we live?  Right now I say, “No”.  But right now is just a snapshot.  Things will change as I get older and the importance of different things changes.  Shrug!  I’m pretty content with where I’m at right now.

Time for bed!

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

movin’

I really need to get out of this town.  It has been too long.  Everything about my past is just here.  I’ve started living for myself, and I just really need to move out.  Three more years.  I’ve always wondered what would have happened if I got into Nebraska.  I probably would have moved; even though that would have been tough, more money, and not really logical.  Iowa City is a fun place, but I’m just ready for something more my own.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get the chance to just get my feet wet. Three years.  I love my future and all of the new people I’ve met; just not my past.

Hope the new grass you seek
Is greener than the greenest green
And if it's not, or if it is
I just hope you'll be
At peace, at least

curiosity

I’ve been thinking lately; I don’t wanna grow up!  I’ve always had a childish attitude.  Lately I’ve realized that I’m not ready to be old; or if I am I think I just want to be single.  Currently I don’t have a crush on anyone.  I’m not really looking for that in life right now.  Couples don’t really disturb me; when someone in my class gets engaged I feel like it is expected.  I don’t feel that it is expected of me.  I’m not really sure I even want that in my life anymore.  Things just seem so simple right now.  Class; friends; studying.  I’m pretty complacent.  I just like having friends.  I don’t have as many close friends as I did in undergrad, but I don’t really feel like it is necessary.  I want to open up, but that will come.  I wish that there was just one person that I could talk to; but I like talking to women and I don’t want to intrude on any of their relationships.

I guess I’ll just have to wait until they’re all married; most are engaged, but marriage the other guy shouldn’t feel threatened.  It isn’t my intention to steal them.  I just want someone to talk to.  I miss having all my girls around.  Sigh. 

weekend fun

Yesterday was a blast.  A few of us went out for the drag show; what a great time.  It was wild and crazy.  I don’t think I’ve had that much fun in one night for a long time.  Tonight is going to be fun too; party bus!

I surprised Maranda today.  I don’t really know what she thought!  I hope her boyfriend doesn’t get more upset because I treated his woman to a Valentines Day gift.  It was a joke of course, but it couldn’t have been any more humorous.  That is the way he should be treating her anyways; so I guess he can think of it as a gift.

Also cheesecake bakeoff was a success.  I had good texture and crust; works for me.  I Think the votes were split about 50/50.  I’m glad I didn’t get killed!  It would have been a rough day.  Everyone liked the cheesecakes.

I best be going soon to catch the bus; I have been really hungry tonight and I have had a lot to eat but I’m still hungry. :-/

school

So I’ve been back at school for three weeks.  I haven’t started studying like I was before yet.  I have to this week though; two tests next week.  I think I’ll be okay.  The days are a lot more full; we’re constantly busy.  I need to get more sleep at night I think.

I am eating healthier now.  I invested in a crock pot to be able to make easy “healthy” meals while I am at school.  So far it is working; I still dabble in fast food, but not nearly as much as it was last semester.  I’ve lost some weight since the holidays.  I guess that means it is working.  I could really use a nap right now ;-)  We have our most confusing class Wednesday on afternoons. Sigh.  I’ll make it!  I made it this far so I guess I can do anything.

orange bowl!

Bowl game tonight!

Go Hawks!