Hellllp! There's a pirate after me!

Ransom my arse!

Greetings from MSUM

That is all.

PLUGS INC

OAK HAUNTED HOUSE
Monday, October 31st
5:30pm-9:30pm
Oak Hall Basement
$5 - regular admission
$3 - 12 and under/BSU student with ID

and afterwards...

LINDEN/BIRCH HALLOWEEN PARTY
9:00pm - whenever
Monday, October 31st
Linden 2nd Floor Lounge
Free Free Free
Snacks, Games, Costume Contest, Music, Pumpkin Carving Contest results...
FUN! FUN! FUN!

Temptation

Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring

"Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same." Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban

Some quotes stay with you, and this is one that's stuck for me.
It's taking me forever to read this book... here's the reason:
"He dint say no moren that. The crowd 1/2 of them larft out and 1/2 of them syd deap."
He didn't say more than that. Half the crowd laughed out loud and the other half sighed deeply.
Hoban succeeded in making the reader slow down and process what he wrote.
I'm enjoying the book and it's the first one I've read written in a different dialect, but it's definitely a challenge.

To the master bedroom where the vampires feast

What do you do when someone you thought you knew, turns out to be someone else? Someone you've always considered a caring friend... What do you do when your friendship deteriorates to harsh words? When suddenly you find yourself pushing buttons before you realize they're there? When your buttons are being pushed and you can't think rationally?

Happy Birthday Chris
Happy Birthday Ashley
Happy Birthday Loralyn
Happy Birthday Jo
Happy Birthday Steve

I know 5 people with birthdays this week. 5 out of 7 days this week.
What are the chances?


You are Kermit the Frog.
You are reliable, responsible and caring. And you
have a habit of waving your arms about
maniacally.

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS:
"Hi ho!" "Yaaay!" and
"Sheesh!"
FAVORITE MOVIE:
"How Green Was My Mother"

LAST BOOK READ:
"Surfin' the Webfoot: A Frog's Guide to the
Internet"

HOBBIES:
Sitting in the swamp playing banjo.

QUOTE:
"Hmm, my banjo is wet."


What Muppet are you?
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From my laboratory in the castle east...

I'm looking into schools where I can get a PhD in Education or English. So far the best I've found is a degree in Adult and Higher Education from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT.
/love Montana
/fear getting PhD
Hummm...
PhD = another 3 years (minimum) + learning a new language = Eeeep!
But I want to teach at the University level - this is something, which becomes abundantly clearer every day – and therefore I must have a PhD. The good news is I might be able to get a teaching fellowship/graduate position, where I would teach classes while taking some of my own. This is exciting because I really want to get into the classroom. I spoke to a professor about my future today and he gave me some great advice, helped me get my thoughts organized and such. :)
I have a couple of years to think about this (or at least another year), but I'm one of those crazy-planning people who has to know the who, what, where, when, why's and how's of everything. That's not to say my plans don't change a hundred times before I actually get there ;)

Things to do:
*Decide on class schedule (register Monday)
*Get car washed
*Follow up on portable proxima
*Wednesday - 10am meeting, 12pm meeting
*Set up computer for B
*Email csd about computers
*Ask about job for Spring semester for V
*Follow up on microphone
*Finish reading Riddley Walker
*Type paper for LC (due Monday)
*Get goodies from Res Life
*Finish halloween dress for Monday
*Thursday - meet with V for Monday nights presentation
*Friday - buy goodies and decorations for Monday's Halloween Party
*Saturday - Tri-College RA Conference in Moorhead
*Sunday - bowling, set-up for party
*Monday - register, present, and set-up for party/contests
*Help Aya if I have time =0)

Ohhh Aye Said the Sailor...

Castpost rocks.

Finally found a place to upload my Pirate Party Video.

Enjoy!

Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?

I'm getting in the spirit, dontcha know ;)

I really hope the future of the world isn't left entirely in the hands of businesses.
I'm looking for pumpkin donations from local businesses for the pumpkin carving contest I'm in charge of (dorms). I called a couple of the local grocery stores and got 5 donated. Easy cheesey, "Hey I'm with so and so and I'm hoping you might be interested in..." Reults: Sure... and No... I needed 5 more, so I called our local big business: greetings & transferred, wrong person, they didn't know how to transfer me so I called back, transfer, wrong person, they put me on hold for 5 mins trying to figure out how to transfer me, hang up, call back, transfer, right person! but she tells me I have to fax a proposal to them and it goes through a committee for approval and then they call me back to let me know if it has been approved.... seriously... for 5 pumpkins.

BAH!

Aspen Comic

Hmmmm....

I could be the last to know...

New HP4 Trailer

Click HERE

Wooooooooooot!

I'll find out how much you really care...

Currently reading:


Watched a hilarious Aussie movie starring Paul Hogan... Strange Bedfellows. Great stuff.

Forgot bowling update - didn't bowl this week, but we're still number 1.
Woot! Woot! Woot! Woot! Woot! Woot! Yaaaay!

There is someone in my family to whom I have never been close. This person has travelled a great deal and I only remember seeing her about 8-10 times in my life. We've never spoken outside of these sparatic visits. I'm sending her an email this week. I'm quite nervous about this, not sure how she will respond. What if she wants nothing to do with me? That would hurt... a lot.

Make that 33 states!!!

Thursday morning I had a quick presentation with my group for E-Rhetoric and that night I did a short presentation for my Post Apocalyptic Fiction class. I tied in ASL and Deaf Culture with Octavia Butler's Speech Sounds and I think it went pretty well... I was really nervous at the beginning though. Strange... Put me in a room with 30 kids and I'm fine, but a dozen adults and I get the jitters big time. Oh well, it went well and it's over with now. (just two more for that class and two more this week).

Friday flew by, though I do recall going to see The Fog with Aya.

Saturday: Aya, D, and I drove 3 hours to Duluth. We walked around the harbor, saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on the Omnimax, cruised through the mall where I bought the new Fall Out Boy CD, and we went to the Ship of Ghouls/Haunted Ship, then drove the 3 hours back home. Had lots of fun!

Oh! and we went over this cool bridge to Wisconsin! And that's my 33rd state, or should I say 33.5? Does D.C. count for .5? :) Woot! Woot! Woot!

Comic #3

My musings continue.

Poor Smurfs

Interesting tactic.

Neato Spakito

I have a comment from someone in Columbia....
Too bad I can't understand a word of his blog ;)

The Llama of Laughter

Ok... so I found a photo blog from a guy in Wellington, New Zealand (see links to the right) and I was browsing through some of his older posts when I found this picture from Jan 2002. I started giggling and I couldn't stop. I don't think it's supposed to be that funny, but for some reason I find it hilarious. That llama is having a seriously bad hair day, but he's so flipping cute!

Earth Abides

I'm currently reading this book for my Post Apocalyptic Fiction class. And minus the things the dogs and cats may or may not be eating... *cringe*... I really am enjoying it!
The book was first published in 1949, but it's kind of creepy to be reading it now - when so many parallels can be drawn to current times.
Plague wipes out mankind when hears biggest fears are focussed on war and threats from other countries... But then again... it could be a biological warfare - gone wrong...
You go George R. Stewart!

We're still number 1!

Bowling Update: We held our first place position from last week and we won all of our games tonight so we're STILL NUMBER 1!!!

Went on a hay-ride this afternoon - got to pet the horses and a good-sized German Shepard. Sang some camp-fire songs and roasted marshmallows.

All-in-all it was a good weekend.

Now... back to work!

Happy Endings

So when Aya and I moved back in with her mom in May her cat Ari had been gone for a week - just up and disappeared.
We called around everywhere looking for her and nothing - no sign of her. We gave up and decided she was gone for good. We were all sad, including me - even though she wasn't my kitty I still loved her - and I was sad for Aya and her mom.

This past week a cat showed up at Aya's mom's house and she looked a lot like Ari, but her mom wasn't 100% sure because this cat was just half the size (Ari was a - well rounded kitty). Aya and I went out to look at the cat today and it IS Ari! Half her old size, but just as lovable and definitely the same cat. How insane. She's been gone for 5 months... Disappeared without a trace and no sign of her all this time but she's back now. If cats could talk I think this one would have quite the tale to tell.

So long, and thanks for all the fish

So sad that it should come to this

I watched The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy today... finally! and I really enjoyed it. Reminds me of an onion. Plus - dolphins, gotta love the dolphins, second smartest creatures on earth!

We tried to warn you all, but, oh, dear
You may not share out intellect
Which might explain your disrespect
For all the natural wonders that grow around you
So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish!

Oh.... and next time you drive by Country Kitchen check out what they've got sitting out front.

Curiousity Hooked the Girl

I'm not sure how long it will last, but I have joined the Facebook community.

Snow Snow Snow Tiddly Snow Snow Snow

A long time ago,
Way back in history....
Ok so it was this afternoon - I totally saw SNOW!
/bounce
I wish it had been true-pure snow - not the stuff that turns to rainy-slushy-goop as soon as it lands. BUT! It will come. And soon my world will be covered in sparkley-white goodness.

Donated blood today. I always forget how uncomfortable it is, but then I just remind myself I'm doing a good deed and as the lady said "We love your blood type!"

Word of the Day: Kitschy - Pretentious bad taste, especially art-related... I hear it a lot in place of tacky.

Why is it word of the day? Because it tickles my funny-bone every time I hear it.

It's Snraining on my Parade

They promised me snow! Where is it? Huh? Huh?!
All I see is snrain.
Bah... it will come sooner or later.

Fall Colors

The Truth of Blogging

If you read this blog you probably know more about me than most people. At the same time, there's so much more to me.
I guess that is true of other blogs as well. Most of the blogs I read are so much more than mine; more detailed, more political, more personal, more ---- more. But they're not all... just more.
I restrict my own writing when I blog. My parents read my blog, my friends, my teachers, people I barely know, people I may never know. I leave out names of people (with the exception of those who have their own blogs & names out there) and I don't give great details on certain parts of my life.

I'm not sure what the point of this post is... pretty much like all of my other posts :) I'm just thinking online.

Last year at this time I had just gotten back to NZ from Sydney. Was it really a full year ago since I sat in the Opera House watching The Barber of Seville.

Craaaaaazy!

Degrees of Separation...

My mom called me this morning from Taos, NM. They were just finishing their packing and about to head home from the Wool Festival.
She told me of a woman she saw, a woman pushing a twin-stroller. The woman was holding a little boy, with flaming orange/red hair. (Mom loves babies, so of course she was interested) She took a closer look at the woman and found beneath the hat and sunglasses - Julia Roberts.
hehehe
Neat!
Now... is that one degree of separation for me or two? Hmm... I think it's one.

Bowling update....
We're number two after last week and we tied the team we played tonight. Hopefully we'll at least stay in second for this week's ranking. I bowled, but I wasn't up to my usual, granted that's not so high either, but really I pretty much sucked. I definitely earned my nickname this week - Mother Gutter.

Pirate Pics

The Host...


The Old Married Couple...


The Performers...


The Birthday Girl...


Walking Backwards...


The Blogger...


Great pics Jamie :)
This is what I have... and I have some video, but no place to store it... :(

A Pirates Life for Me...?

I just returned from my first "Pirate Party."
And an interesting party it was. I was surprised at the number of people I knew and was well-entertained by their drunken escapades. Enjoyed the company of some of the sober-people and terrorized the drunkards with a scary-symbol-banging-monkey.
Before the party I had dinner with R and before that I went to see Serenity with Aya, D, R, and another ra.
And before that (this is the best I can do at almost 3am) Aya and I had lunch and got my hair cut and coloured - which took 2.5 freaking hours. I have entirely too much hair. Had 4 inches cut off it and you can hardly tell :P

Loved Serenity.
Love the hair.
Lots of Pirate love at the party.
Was good...

And if JK is looking for his hat - I have it.

Yo-ho-ho-A pirates life for me.