Tuesday, February 27, 2001
"on the banks of the red cedar there's a school that's known to all. its specialty is winning, and those spartans play good ball..."wowzers, i'd hate to be a badger!
as if the four times times the spartan basketball team pummelled them last year weren't enough... they really need to learn to stand up for themselves. (i hope i don't have as many badger fans reading this as illini fans... eek!)
and speaking of illini... *we're* about ready to hang our fourth consecutive big ten champions banner from the rafters of 'the bres'. let's see what you kids can do to give us sole ownership of that title, k? that'd be greaaaaaat...
"...fight! fight! rah! team, fight! victory for msu!"
for jarrad and brian: check out friday, february 23
and here i thought the MSU references were the best part of 'american pie'...
Monday, February 26, 2001
one would think things could only possibly suck so much before someone hands you a break... no such luck, i guess.
i know... i know. i'm sorry.
it's just i've felt so trapped at home lately that i can barely stand to stay there at all... let alone if i have a few days off... just enough to wander a little.
so, last weekend, yes. i took off for niagara. and where am i now you ask? iowa city, kids. i made a reletively impromptu journey to visit the one, the only, safaribrian.
we had good fun watching a million movies, visiting his grandparents, eating at chick-fil-a and 'chotchke's', playing skeeball (or 'ice ball'), laughing at B in the batting cages, skating on our own private ice 'rink' in the middle of campus, and just basically hanging out and doing a whole lot of nothing.
but, now the weekends over and i have to return home. bummer.
the good news though, kids is that you'll get more tasty texty updates from me since i'll have nothing better to do, eh?
Thursday, February 22, 2001
GO HAWKS!
'the mike' has a badass new redesign in the works but he is taking his sweet time. why don't you harass him a little for me so we can get the finished product up already, eh?
Wednesday, February 21, 2001
ok here's the rundown:a) computers suck
b) i got a pimp parking spot just now
c) i haven't eaten an actual meal in over a week
d) i am way underpaid
e) it's all about me
f) dawson's creek tonight
g) temptation island tonight
h) grammy's tonight
i) will britney take it all off?
j) i lost the stamps i bought last week
k) slaughterhouse five is taking too long to read
l) i need an apartment for this summer
m) i'm a hundredaire
n) i wish there was an internet search engine for boys
o) in my mind i'm goin' to carolina
p) there is no thing
q) i'm proud of myself
r) i'm disappointed in myself
s) i really like vegimax sandwiches from blimpie's
t) i do not fear parasites
u) i am afraid of the dark
v) i am afraid of the future
w) i believe there is something bigger and better out there
x) i don't believe in myself
y) if i were my mom i'd be pregnant right now
z) computers sucks
Tuesday, February 20, 2001
i wish i could snap my fingers and put a smile on your face. (i snapped... did it work?)
(photo from msuspartans.com)
Monday, February 19, 2001
this'll tide you over 'til i get my new pics ready to go:and a quick shout out to jarrad, who is way too adorable to play john merrick... but that's why it's called acting, right?
Sunday, February 18, 2001
i'm camped out in a computer lab on campus so i can catch up on my blog surfing. elise pointed me here. it's a super cool site demonstrating the 'community' aspect of weblogs. i was even more excited when i found my own site in there. fun fun fun.
Saturday, February 17, 2001
so i left yesterday for an impromptu trip to niagara falls. i thought it would be a nice getaway... an escape from this oppressive reality and maybe a chance to do some thinking, brainstorm a little.i don't know how productive it was... i had no major epiphanies, but i saw some beautiful sites and traipsed across a foreign land all by myself.
i have some beautiful pictures to show you, but it might be a couple days. that reminds me... i still have pics of B's visit to show you as well...
anyway, more tomorrow... i promise.
and, i am so so so sorry... as i believe i mentioned before... my regular computer is having techinical difficulties and we're taking our sweet time getting that worked out so posts have been few and far between. i haven't abandoned ALL STAR or any of you! just bear with me a tiny bit longer, k?
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
but it's not so bad...you're only the best i ever had.
you don't want me back...
you're just the best i ever had.
-vertical horizon
ouch ouch ouch
FYI: i am a forgiving person.
i'm so unable to 'go to bed angry' or even walk away angry. not when it involves people i care about. sure, there's that whole 'this could be the last thing i ever say to them' thing... but how realistic is that? i just can't bare to leave things... crappy.
it puts a little smile on my face to know i'm not the only person like that. it's nice to know that the thought of me being mad at someone would keep them up all night, so rather than deal with that they'd just as soon call me and explain to me that this just won't do.
it's just a nice feeling. i mean, think of your friends. your very best friends... and just how much they mean to you. think of the things you would do for those friends if you had to. ANYTHING, right? think of the importance you put on those people, those relationships... how much you respect and admire them.
now for just one second think of this: someone out there feels the exact same way about you.
*warm fuzzy*
Monday, February 12, 2001
wow... it just came to my attention that i need a valentine! how sad. any volunteers?
i totally just picked up a copy of 'heathers' for $7.95. how exciting. add that to the fuzzy 'reticulated giraffe' print pillow i just bought and i've had quite a shopping day!
WANTED:
the slightest clue what i want to do with the rest of my life. reward.
Sunday, February 11, 2001
and on the 'life stinks' front:my little computer buddy here has a nasty little virus. i can't even keep him alive long enough to download some antibiotics for the poor guy.
*sigh*
oh! also, did you see what mickey mouse got me for my birthday? my very own theme park! yeah!
i'd apologize for being a web-slacker this weekend... but i'm so not sorry.
brian came out for a visit from iowa and it was sosososososososo good to see him! i miss that kid. we went to the detroit zoo in the pooring rain. that was good fun. we also partied with some of the girls and saw traffic and the emperor's new groove (again). now, sadly, bri is on his way back to iowa.
photos of the weekend should follow shortly.
Thursday, February 08, 2001
happy mmmmmday to me!
Wednesday, February 07, 2001
you'd think someone frequently described as 'always thinking', even witty or funny, could think of something better to say the love of her life when he stops in her store than, 'do you need to pick up batteries for anything while you're in tonight?'
some of us are doomed to live a life less ordinary. the wisest man i know (my dad) once told me that while some people's lives follow the straight and narrow... a pretty even keel... his life had been a great series of peaks and valleys, highs and lows. (he drew a diagram at this point) when i am at my lowest i remember his words... and i wouldn't trade my darkest god forsaken valleys if it meant losing the view from the mountain tops.
i am doomed to live a life less ordinary. the beaten path is clearly not for me. i am special, and i am different, and i have a magic all my own. what may seem like freedom to others is my prison... if i jump i might fall, but i might fly to heights others haven't dreamed of... and that is a risk i am not willing to be intimidated by.
you are 'doomed' to live a life less ordinary. don't you dare stop to consider the judgement of those who cannot break the mold. don't let the straight and narrow, the even keel, tell you what is right for *you*. you have gifts that *you* can not yet appreciate... how can you expect the world to appreciate what you have to offer?
you are lost because you know you have a destination... a destiny. you are discontent because you know you can be better, can be more. you are scared because you are different and you feel alone.
you're not alone. you're magic.
now that i have taken my moment of silence i *again* leave you with this question:
if michigan state is so 'OVER-RATED, OVER-RATED'... why do the (few) teams that beat us immediately rush the court when the game is over?
i mean, *we* only rush the court after good games with worthy opponents... (and such opponents are few and far between.)
Monday, February 05, 2001
StepheeJoy: i shouldn't even be talking to anyone from the state of illinois :) big game tomorrow... hahahahlameguy9: oh yeah were gonna kick your a$$ :)
StepheeJoy: *cough*raaaight*cough*
lameguy9: so does the silly girl have a pic
StepheeJoy: of course she does... but you have about as good of a chance as seeing it as the illini have of winning tomorrow...
lameguy9: :(
StepheeJoy: admitting you have no chance to win?
StepheeJoy: ha
since my birthday is on thursday (have you sent my presents yet?) i thought i'd take the time to recount one of my favorite birthday stories. and it doesn't even involve *my* birthday! i must've been about 10 or so at the time... (geez, that was a long time ago)
so it's my mom's birthday (april 28th, for those of you who care). my sisters and dad and i are shopping at meijer... picking up last minute birthday goodies like candles, and a lovely professionally decorated cake. now this was a good 15 years ago but i'd be pretty safe in wagering that it was some sort of yellow cake with white frosting and lovely light blue flowers surrounding the personalized message: Happy Birthday, Mom!
now we are kind of a do-it-yourself family so having a professionally decorated cake was sort of a big deal. picture adorable and excited girls ranging from about 10 to about 5 years old. aren't we just precious? (sorry, bri) we're dancing along side the cart as our dad pushes it to our car... no doubt at that time one of our many chevy station wagons.
while delivering this wonderful edible treasure to the car, one of the cart's wheels hits a pothole in the parking lot. tragedy strikes. in a slow motion movie-like manner the cake box is tossed into the air only to land heavily on it's corner in the bottom of the cart. everyone gasps. picture three precious girls, wide-eyed with hands covering gaping mouths... not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
the lid is opened... the lower left hand corner of the cake is oozing out of the box. Happy is intact... as is Mom! some of the flowers have survived. Birthday is fading fast... there is little the rescue team can do. now picture three precious girls with sky blue frosting sprinkled with yellow cake crumbs on their faces.
now stop just a moment. think real hard. what would *you* do in this situation? the birthday dinner is approaching fast...
well, dinner must have gone off without a hitch... i have no clear memory of it. the table is cleared, the lights are dimmed. the candles are lit. picture three precious girls writhing with anticipation as dad brings out the magical birthday cake. at the first sign of candlelight rounding the corner, the girls errupt in a chorus of
Happy Mmmmmday to you!
Happy Mmmmmday to you!
Happy Mmmmmday, Dear Mommy!
Happy Mmmmmday to you!
Sunday, February 04, 2001
let go o'your heart, let go o'your head, and feel it now-david gray, 'babylon' (~4k)
do you know how long it has been since i have felt anything other than ache and longing? carefree contentment doesn't come so easy anymore. and that's something i used to value the most about myself... it's so time for something new.
and i'm not really talking like a couple weeks or anything... it's been forever... AAAAHHHHRG
*blush*
Saturday, February 03, 2001
i don't have to work til tuesday. that is such a liberating feeling. i mean, i'll probably go in for a few hours tomorrow, but i don't have to and i can come and go as i please... now if i can only manage to be the least bit productive on this nice long weekend. i'll start by trying to wake up before 2pm tomorrow... (oops)
Friday, February 02, 2001
so, yay! that B finally updated/'redesigned'... and another yay! cuz i love that kid and i'm his biggest fan no matter what decisions he makes.
i have the fattest cat on the planet. gi-gungous is actually the best word to describe him. he is actually named after food... baba ganouche. we call him baba or bob for short, of course... cuz what cat doesn't have a nickname, eh?
Thursday, February 01, 2001
we have a walmart!
yeah, so i got this quote here and he got it here and he got it... ok. anyway. i wanted to share.
"computer games don't affect kids; i mean if pac-man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
- kristian wilson (nintendo Inc.)
arby's new 'marketfresh' sandwiches are yummy... (when you don't find paper in them, of course.)
-i expect way more out of website for such a large company.
hey there! click here to
A) see a really really scary webpage &
B) vote for dustin smith for football MVP
thank you!
woohoo! only a week til my birthday (did you order me presents off my wishlist yet? -not you, mike!-) and that means only a week 'til bri comes out to visit! yeah!
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