Chuck Norris is Kickass!

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Top Ten Chuck Norris Facts(<-----Link)

-Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.

-Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

-Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

-The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

-If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.

-Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.

-Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting implies the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.

-Chuck Norris' blood type is AK+. Ass-Kicking Positive. It is compatible only with heavy construction equipment, tanks, and fighter jets.

-Chuck Norris is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a fucking Indian.

-In fine print on the last page of the Guinness Book of World Records it notes that all world records are held by Chuck Norris, and those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone else has ever gotten.

-There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.

The Blue Man Group

I think this is really cool. I have always wanted to see them in concert. I dig the music they put out on albums and I'm told that their concerts are the best things ever. The album, The Complex is pretty great.

The Blue Man Group's Message About Planet Earth (<---that is a link)

NCA Jams with Kid Rock

Tonight on the Jimmy Kimmel Show the Detroit Pistons Drumline Ensemble will perform the Kid Rock hits “Bawitdaba” and “Welcome to the Party" with Kid Rock himself. One song will appear at the beginning of the show, one at the end. Kimmel’s show is broadcasting from Detroit this week in anticipation of the Super Bowl on Sunday.

The guy on the left is Larry. He was my wing-man at NorthCoast Academy during the 2004 season, what a great wing-man he was. *rolls eyes* He used to always drop his sticks, at really lame times too, not during a stick flip but like during eights or something easy, and he was always in the wrong spot on the floor. His legend is so strong that when a kid messes up in the Willoughby South Drumline (my high school line) it is known as, "Pulling a Larry." (we are good friends now, though) The line is made up of old Drum Corps (that link takes you to the DCI site and directly to the page with the media release about this gig) members from various organizations as well as many Michigan State folks. Larry marches at State and got involved with this Detroit gig as well. I'm pretty sure the Kimmel Show starts around midnight in this time zone.

Don't drop a stick on national TV, Larry!!

Boxers

Today while I was jogging all I could think about is how cool it would be to have a pair of Burberry Boxer Briefs. All I could find was a pair or cotton boxers in the illustrious Bur, but that would. How hot would I be if I wore luxurious Bur around while executing everyday chores!!!! Super Hot, that's how hot!

I did find this boxer and laughed out loud:

Wow.

That's going to be you Luke if you try and kill me in the face...HA!

Here's the picture that Luke's link takes you to, he thinks he looks like a fish:

Timmy

Tim has a blog!! Here is the link to Tim's Blog.

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Signs

Elisabeth truly believes in signs and that they guide you to your future and help you make the right choices regarding that. The last couple of days we've been arguing minorly and a little frustrated by many things. Today when I signed on I thought this was fitting to find:

When I was in Germany and dating another girl, I was thinking of Elisabeth once and later that day I saw a sticker on the side of a mail box that said SA. There's no getting out of this one for me. By the way, her nickname is SA, so that's why it's important to me.

Whimzical

I've had some crazy-o dreams the last couple nights...

#1) Elisabeth's dad called me on the phone to find out my intentions with his daughter. Apprently we had never met and he wanted to talk with me before Elisabeth ever saw me again. We spoke for a while on the phone and then he said, "OK, you sound nice. You can have my daughter for whatever it is you could possibly wish to do her. Have fun."

#2) I dreamt the other night that Luke shot himself. I actually dreampt it happening, not just that it happened, but it unfolded in my mind's eye. This happened while in Michigan and I felt the need to call him to find out, I didn't and with his comments below I'm betting he's not dead. (Unless there's internet in the after life!) I'm sure this would never happen, but it spooked me big time. Luke, don't kill youself with a gun or anything other method damnet!!!

#3) Last night was a long fun one though, it involved Paul Bunyan! I was the manager of a camp somewhere and we managing the forest area for timber to be sold in hopes that it would help pay the bills at the camp. As I was walking through the woods with my axe I ran into Babe the Big Blue Ox. I was shocked, then heard a loud wistle that shook the ground and watched as Babe ran away. Dodger and I, my dog, ran after him only to find Paul. There he was, standing with his red plaid shirt, blue suspenders and full beard weilding a house size axe. He challenged me to a cut off...who can cut the most trees in an hour. I told him the trees we were looking to harvest, those that would generate the most money with the least impact on the camp. He agreed and we went at it. He kicked my ass. I wasn't through the first tree when he finished the rest of camp. I did have fun though AND I got to ride on Babe. I took samples of their foot prints and hung the plaster castings in the lodge. everyone thought they were fake...but Dodger and I knew the truth.

Michigan

Went up to Michigan this weekend with a good friend of mine, Scott. He wrote the drill for NCA my last year there and continues still. He recently moved to Atlanta and drives to the camps in Michigan so it worked out well for me to meet him in Cincinnati and drive the rest of the way together. He recently bought a brand new Nissan Titan. The thing is enormous!! Drives nicely too. Here is his website http://scottallendesign.com He's a freelance artist that works for video game companies.

I took the caramels with me that Elisabeth sent to me. I was giving them away right and left but had a tons-o-buns-o left when I got back...wow!

Michigan was good. I love going up there and seeing everyone. I really hate being so far away and not being able to help out on a regular basis. They look and sound good. The ballad is great and so is the opener. While up there I had a grinder...which is just an gigatn-o sub that's toasted. It was a buffalo chicken and if I go there again, I will certainly buy that again, cheap too.

Ha, I was so excited to go this weekend that I was up at four am on Friday morning! I was rudely wakened by my overly drunken roommate who was throwing up all night and trying to get into my bed thinking it was his. I had to lock my door to keep him out. I got to see my cousin in Cincinnati too! Great weekend.

Enough

If I had five minutes left to live, I would want to spend it in Senior Seminar Class because every second feels like an eternity!!

Dear Lord it's crippling!

Guns and Hoes

Today was a good day, I didn't have to use my A. K. A.

Turns out I'm incredibly great at gun games, specifically

Duck Hunt

Hogan's Alley

and Medal of Honor Allied Assault

Who knew?! Not me, I almost never play video games and even less play killing games. It's unreal. In two player on the LAN or single, I do just fine and hold my own. I don't know what's going on. I don't usually play video games, and I don't use guns all that often, which all my roommates do frequently, but still I'm good. NICE.

Duck Hunt brings back so many memories. It's actually the very first game I played when we got a Nintendo. I remember I was so excited when I finally hit one and it fell to the ground dead and bloodie, followed by the dog picking it up with that joyous music...I love that. I hate it when that flea infested mutt squirts up and giggles at your defeat...cake eater. So when I finally hit that illustrious mallard at age 8 I threw my hands in the air as champion and tore then entire counsol right out of the tv. My Dad turned pail with fright. Fear not, all was well and I continued to play Duck Hunt until round 99 one night with a good friend. I learned tonight that Duck Hunt is an endless game with no victory in sight. I also learned that in the arcade version you could shoot the dog in the bonus round but that is impossible in the home version, damn he has it coming!

Golden Doodles

I found out today that a girl in my class raises Golden Doodles and sells them for thousands of dollars a piece!! They are Golden Retrievers and Miniature Poodles...wtf?! They had to create a platform for the male poodle to access the female retriever!! Here's a photo and a link!

It was funny trying to figure out how the mini male could get it on with the giant female. The prof's face turned red. I thought at first that it was a type of party snack. Apparently the benefit is this dog does not shed at all. They are still very cute, though.

Today in music lit we watched a great movie about the renaissance period. It was so great that the prof himself fell asleep during it infront of the class...head bob and all.

Thongs

My roommate has a scientific research query, and I thought this blog could be used to aid his mission. He thinks that all women have a sixth sense about their underwear and when it's being viewed by others, particularly thongs. He polled four girls recently and found all four of them said they knew when men were looking and would then pull down their shirt.

Women, I summon your knowledge!! Is there a sixth sense at work here? Or are you hips just cold and a shirt pull is necessary?

Please let Urosh know...he doesn't have much of a life!

(This is where a lesser blog, one with map envy, would include a picture of a hot girl in a thong...not me mister, this is for science.)

Odds 'N' Ends

This weekend went wonderfully great! Friday night I met with elisabeth's parents and visited. They were off to watch Amanda cheer in Columbus, so I watched Paige for the weekend. It was odd that the dog wouldn't go to the bathroom unless I was watching. It was a little off putting yet exciting....kidding. Then I got home and watched Batman Begins with my cousin. By far the best Batman out there today.

Saturday I got up early and visited with my grandparents. Then went grocery shopping with my mother, Katie made us grilled cheese for lunch, then I went out to Penitentiary Glen Nature Center in Kirtland to visit some old friends. I miss those people that work there, I don't miss my bosses, they were inept, but the visitors and co-workers were great fun. I got to see Weekend Stacy(ie) I just gave her this address, how's CIA going? Don't be a LURKER!

Supposedly, that is a lurker...DON'T BE THAT, ANYONE!




I went to the opening of WIlloughby's new Court House, also. As I walked in I noticed a car with its window blown out and a tarp duct taped across its opening. Upon further inspection I noticed the ENTIRE DOOR was gone and tarped up. On top of that, there was someone in the passenger seat!! Talk about unsafe! Luke FINALLY met up with us Saturday night. It was nice to see everyone, sorry Jenn couldn't make it out in time. :(

Sunday I finally got to visit with my god mother and hre daughters. Woot. Went to P's house and was offered the gig of writing the drill, very excited. Got a new chair from Lauren and a book, super Woot! Napped, then drove back to school. Good weekend, and next I'm off to Michigan.

Beef

What's the deal with Jack and Jill the nursery rhyme?!

I mean, who goes up a hill to fetch a pail of water?!?!?! Don't they know water is drained to the bottom of elevation until it reaches the water table or nearest creek? No one would even dig a well on the top of the hill...BOTTOM PEOPLE! This rhyme is a crock of pot, we are teaching our children lies, LIES I TELL YOU!! Mother Goose is full of shit.




This map thing is fun, but some people have stooped a little low. I think it's a bit of cheating, placing pictures of hotties and their names in order to attract new readers to their pathetic blog. Sac up and post some interesting material, buddy!

Perfection

The weather was great today. 60 degrees F sunny with a very light breeze. I couldn't believe it. I shouldn't have been given my shorts to Elisabeth to hold onto. It was perfect for outdoor things, like ultimate frisbee, marching, and mowing the lawn. Aww...I miss that smell.

WOOT FOR GOLDEN DAYS!

Regurgitated Boli

Oh man!!! Mammalogy was GREAT today! I walked in rather blindly not knowing at all what to expect today, boy was I excited once I found out. We dissected OWL PELLETS!! How 7th grade is that?! It was wonderful though. It brought back many memories. Like when I won the Mr. Marinelli Kiss Up Award five grading periods in a row. (I got it once before I even had him in class! Man he was creepy, he loved the girls.)

In one pellet I found four skulls and almost an entire skeleton. In the other, no skulls at all :( But I did find an intact tail, including fur, a complete vertebrate, hip bones/sockets, and 7 claws...they were so cute and tiny!

Today has been so awesome so far. I'm sure that my meeting with the senior seminar prof will totally kill my buzz, but whatev! Later tonight I'm going to play Medal Of Honor Allied Assault on the LAN with the roomies.

I'll kill them in the face with my BAZOOKA!

MMMmmm

I love pizza, it's top three on my list of favorite foods...just behind cheese and sandwiches. The pizza here is pretty bad though. I love to eat cheese, I would and do eat cheese often, which is probably why I'm usually backed up :/ Who remembers ecto cooler? I loved ecto cooler, I was thinking about them all through geology lecture yesterday. We were discussing the layers of early organisms and how the advanced ones had three layers, endo, ecto and mezo. All I could think about was SLIMER. Remember squeeze its? Those were sweet too! The greatest part about those were the lids. They would detach and become great fake paper footballs for lunch time extravagance. I played paper football SO MUCH in middle school. I was no good at real football, but lookout. With a paper triangle, I am a king.

We had a silly fire drill this morning in the 28 degree F weather...booo. I wish I had a squeeze it while I was out there. I can't wait for the Olympics, they are super duper fun to watch. I went to bed last night around three b/c the roommates got a new killing game and we were playing LAN tournaments against each other. I was amazed by how much fun I had and how good I was. My weapon of choice is the BAZOOKA. Which reminds me of BAZOOKA bubblegum, which, as a kid I would have killed to get my hands on those with the comics but anymore would give them to even my most hated enemy. Today I'm going to try and fight my winter apathy. I've been sloth like this quarter, not getting anything done at all. Today is a new day, and it will begin to get better.

Drill of the Future

I downloaded drill design software yesterday from Java 3D. It's very nice and intricate. I can see how writing is still going to take a long thought out amount of time, but it also saves a crazy amount going back and redrawing on new paper. There are some great features to rotate, stretch, shrink, etc... the written drill. This saves tons of time redrawing the same shape only in different dimensions. The only issue is I can't save b/c I have a demo. I downloaded some software that records the sounds coming out of my computer as a wav or mp3, is there software that records what's going on my computer screen as a video file? If so, where do I find it?! That would be cool. I want to start sharing this stuff with people, but can't b/c I can't save or send these files with the demo and the software is $650.00 USD!!!! No way Jose, not just to fiddle around with. Any help duders?

Today during dinner, Torry told us all how he once glued his foot to a house boat in attempts to keep a cut on his toe from bleeding out. I almost choked on my food. He said it around everyone that had heard the story but me, so it was really quiet until I finally got the food down and busted out with laughter. Oh, roommates are so much fun!

It's Not a Tumor

So I've been having extreme back pains when I wake up in the morning for about two weeks now. Last week Nancy suggested I look it up on webMD and find out some possible symptoms. They listed strained/pulled muscles, kidney stone, bladder infection, kidney infection or a TUMOR!! I went to the school clinic today to find out the exact cause of said pains. It's not a tumor. (Said like Arnold Schwarzenegger from Kindegarten Cop) Turns out I strained a muscle pretty badly. The Doc told me to take 600mg of Alieve twice a day for a couple days straight. It was nice b/c I don't have insurance and this clinic was free.

Percussion and Love

Love

Elisabeth was here this weekend, for the long weekend. It was super awesome. All day Sunday I felt like she was about to leave, but she didn't! It was such a nice odd feeling to know that she was staying another night. It was also nice to know that the drive she made was the final time she'll be doing it alone. I'll be going down in February and moving in March.

Percussion

Today I started writing some battery warm-ups. I enjoy them immensly. I wish I could post them here somehow, any ideas computer people? I rewrote the eights exercise and combined it with an accent tap exercise I call - Kate's. (It's a long inside story) I also reworked a diddle exercise called Speedy Q. I think this season is going to go well.

Sponge Bob Square Pants - The Movie

Couple days ago I downloaded the movie Sponge Bob Square Pants. The tv show I really enjoy, it's super funny and they actually relate some truth in their characters biologically...which I Super Duper enjoy!! But this movie was junk. We fell asleep within the first twenty minutes! My phone went off and it shocked us out of slumber, after which we retired to the movie again. All of a sudden, SUPREME NOISE AND CRAZINESS!!!!!!!!!!! Turns out we fell asleep again and the movie was over. Since we had it running off my computer we had to turn up the speakers very loud to hear the dialogue at all and once the movie ended it started playing music at an insanely high volume. Oh man, it really scared the crap-o-la out of us. Haha, glad we didn't pay any money for the flick.

Tyler's parents came down today and brought their dog. Very nice people. The dog stayed with us when they went out. It had HORRIBLE gas. I sprayed lysol often.

Mexicana Toro Loco

Elisabeth and I went to dinner tonight at Toro Loco. I found this place a number of months ago and have always wanted to take Elisabeth there. The two of us LUV margaritas and mom and pop like cheap mexican food, so this looked like a prime location for us to spend a saturday night. We walked in and found the decorations to be very similar to other places we've found and enjoyed, even the wait staff spoke broken, if any, english. We sat down and immediatly they took our drink order, we got water to start and searched for a drink menu. To our dismay, this was a dry joint. How the heck does a mexican restaurant stay in business without serving tequila I have no clue. Needless to say, we won't be going back. There method of waiting tables was funny though. It was a free for all, no established structure for which waiter took what table. This made me laugh, but drives Elisabeth (a past server) crazy. Within two minutes five separate people asked Elisabeth if she wanted a new diet coke! They were effective! I was really sad though, no margarita...I had my mouth wrapped around one for about two weeks now.

Nutso Butso

Oh man!! This is horrible! I have been practicing with the same pair of sticks now for a long time, and now they're UNBALANCED!!! It hurts my ears. They both feel very nice still, which I enjoy, but they sound SoOOOoooOOoOoOooOOOoo different!1 It irritates the hell out of me. I think my hands are unbalanced or that my technique is screwed up, but no, it's just the sticks. When I play a roll all I hear is, ooweeooweeooweeooweeooweeoowee........(oo - wee) AHHHH! Help me!

Hatred into Friendship

Last night was VERY rough. Tyler tried getting me to buy him and his friends some spirits, I said no. I hate it when he and his friends drink here. They are very loud and disrespectful of the apartment, the other roommates and Tyler himself. The other two roommates drink here, and I drink with them, and as hipocritcal as it sounds, they are much more responsible. The three of us sit in the room and watch a ball game or a movie and maybe Torri's girlfriend or Nick's cousin comes over to share in our activity...fine. This is a quiet and non-messy situation. There is no chance we are going to get the cops called on us for being loud or racuous. Tyler takes it to the extreme, and did last night. After he tried to con me into getting him liquore...you know "for the team"...he somehow managed to find it and invite the entire freaking campus over. Around 1 o'clock it had calmed down without incident. I felt relieved and ready to fall asleep. But this is when it got even crazier until about 3 am. They were playing spin the bottle the last time I went out to ask them to get quiet.

I was freaking PISSED OFF! I was ready to throw down. His friends are so rude. The one guy, who claims to be his best friend, locked himself in Tylers room and proceeded to have sex on Tyler's bed. And Tyler didn't want it to happen, it wasn't like Tyler was ok with it prior to it happening.

This morning when I woke up I was ready to run into his room and start screaming. I let him wake up on his own and I left a message for him on the fridge, "we need to talk". When I got back from class the apartment was cleaned. This impressed me greatly, seeing as how the last four times he's left the apartment trashed and it has fallen on mine and the other two roommates to clean. When he got home we had a little talk. I expressed my opnions and how ticked I was that he allowed these people into our apartment, trashed it, created way too much noise and how screwed I'll be if anyone is caught. Seeing as how I'm the only over 21, it's me who gets in trouble with the law. But the talk went really well and I think we came to a good understanding. He said he wouldn't allow this to happen again, and that he wouldn't have people over to drink again with Torri, Nick or I around. I thanked him and then we went to dinner together. I feel much better about it. I don't think it'll happen again. I certainly hope not.

Peter

Today in mammology we skinned and stuff a study pelt of various mammals. There was a sugar glider, a few small brown bats, jumping mice, lots of hairy tailed moles, a head hog (named Francisco, not Sonic!), a grey squirrel and a fox squirrel with a SMASHED face and an eye flattened and poking out. I decided to try a mole, it was a medium size and was something I could take with me if I wanted...the head hog you could not. This turned out to be a wise choice. The "hot" girls in the class, who always show up two hours late b/c they are taking another class that conflict with this one, got stuck with the smashed fox squirrel. Oh man, it's a GREAT thing I didn't choose that one, what a stinky! mess.

The mole, and most others, turned out to be way less bloody than I imagined. Another surprise was the amount of force needed to remove the body cavity. It was hard! My fingers hurt a lot from all the tugging and pinching, but it was well worth it.

We had to cut off the head and clean out the brain, which I have never done on such a small animal. Turns out you use a syringe with water. After digging around the inside with the needle, you being to squirt water inside and watch the grey matter flow right out. I will get to have my little buddy, Peter, in about a week. I think he'll make a great travel companion for Oliver...a store bought toy duck that Elisabeth and I travel with and photograph throughout our various travels.

Here's Oliver with a toll booth attendant on our way back from a trip to Michigan in the summer of 2004.

I photographed the mole skinning process, if you are squeamish, don't look at the photos in the next post.

Warning: Blood Ahead!

Seriously, if you don't like blood, Do Not Read On!

Here are the photos I took from the skinning and stuffing we did in mammology

Here is my hairy tailed mole - Peter! I think he was 133 mm long from the last vertebrate in his tail to his snout. I first cut a hole about an inch and a half in his mid underside.
I'm about half way through here. Can you see his tailbones? Getting those out was incredibly difficult. We had to pull the ligaments off the skin and push the feet through. Once the feet were free up to the ankles, we cut them off. This was the feet will remain with the skin.
All that's left here is the snout. The center is where it is still connected. The left side is the skin/fur inside out, the right side is all the rest of his insides.
Here he is separated and I pushed his skin right side out. I used all that corn meal to dry up any fluids during the procedure and rubbed it all over the inside in attempts to remove any extra flesh that would eventually rot and reek if left behind.
Next was cotton stuffing and wire poking. We added the wires so the feet and tail would remain straight.
Here, Peter is all sown up and ready to mount momentarily.
I had to pin his feet and tail down during the drying process. Latter next week I get to keep him. I think he'll make a nice partner for Oliver, our stuffed duck (fake - store bought toy) that we travel with and take photos during our journeys.

Sickly

I feel sick, and after a rousing trip through my buddy list...reading EVERYONE'S info, even those people I never speak to...it's off to bed. I can't stop sleeping, but when I sleep too much my back KILLS with pain. Such sharp pain that it takes my breath away when I roll over. I wish I had insurance so I could go to the doctor. I need an f'ing full-time job.

Uncertain

The sister that hates me called yesterday. I was washing dishes when Nick told me her name was on the caller id. I dropped the dishes, dried my hands and ran to the phone. I feared that something was deathly wrong, we haven't spoken to each other in at least 9 months...exceptions being the occasional put down.

She called to say that Karate Kid was playing on tv and that she was thinking of me. We used to watch that movie a lot as kids. We would even play Karate Kid in our back. Wax off and on, painting fences, drop kicking each other and the like. This is all well and good, but she has pulled this before. I am so aprehensive to be excited or feel good about a possible relationship rebuild that it induces fear. So many times in the past has she wheeled me in, only to stab me in the back from close range, allowing it to hurt that much more.

I hope it's the real deal. The simple fact that she called me is a big step. I'm all for it, it's a stress that should not be on the family. I hope it all works out, I hope we can break tradition.

Answers

What is a mallard's favorite kind of movie?
Duck-umentary

What's the world's smelliest fish?
The Stinkray

What's black white and blurry?
A zebra being chased by lions

Why don't cheetahs ever take baths?
They don't want to come out spotless

What's a bird's favorite fast food place?
Burger Wing

What kind of dog plays with Barbies?
A Doll-mation

What do cows like to read?
Cattle-logs

What do you get when you cross a skunk with a fairy?
Stinkerbell

What do butterflies sleep on?
Caterpillows

What do insects always take to the beach?
Their buggy-boards

Why should you never tell a secret to a pig?
Because it's going to squeal (My fav)

What does Santa say when he works in his garden?
Hoe Hoe Hoe (nice Luke!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I would like to take this time to wish one of very great friend's a very happy birthday! GREG YOUNG! He is exactly one day and one month older than me! Come to think of it, so is Luke!? Wasn't your birthday yesterday ALSO?!? If not, I think it's coming up. Have a good one, both of you! So that's TWO very great friend's birthdays...super!

Me, Greg and Jimmy. (Jimmy was an instructor that year. He was cooking spaghetti in that outfit for us at the end of the year. We were in Buffalo during finals week when this took place in 2001. Greg marched bassdrum 2 and I marched bassdrum 1. We were frequently called the caped crusanders because we would wear our shirts tied around our necks, to prevent sun burned backs, and attempt to fly around and crusade. I was the best man at his wedding, which I think is pretty unbelievable seeing as how we maybe have spent three months worth of days together since January of 2000. Hey! We've known each other for six years this month! Sweet!)

This is Luke inspecting something while in Allentown, PA this past August. All the lights were off and I turned my flash on. I would count to three and everyone would do something different. The first time, Luke looked down his pants! Then, this happened:

It looks like he has three nipples...

Oh, then Tim thought he would join:

Poor Terri.

Happy Birthday!

Ranger Rick, Dude

The greatest Christmas present I received this season was a year's subscription to Ranger Rick. When I worked at the park, I read this mag. every lunch. When I was a kid, I lived off these. So getting it again monthly is sooo exciting to me. My favorite portion are the riddles. I open it and immidiatly check the riddles, I love it! Since I'll be getting this monthly, I'm going to add a new section to the blog, Ranger Rick Riddles. I'll post the riddles monthly, then a few days later I'll post the answers. See if you can guess them prior to their release, BUT NO CHEATING!

(By the way, two editions were here when I returned from break, so here is two months worth of riddles. They also put in the COOLEST cross word and word search ever...I'm a word search junkie, Elisabeth sends me the word search that her apartment complex hands out each month)

Enjoy:

What is a mallard's favorite kind of movie?

What's the world's smelliest fish?

What's black white and blurry?

Why don't cheetahs ever take baths?

What's a bird's favorite fast food place?

What kind of dog plays with Barbies?

What do cows like to read?

What do you get when you cross a skunk with a fairy?

What do butterflies sleep on?

What do insects always take to the beach?

Why should you never tell a secret to a pig?

What does Santa say when he works in his garden?

Next time I'll split these up a bit more, so as to spread the excitement throughout the month.

West Virginia

Has anyone been following the news of the WV mine collapse? Just last night they claimed that the twleve miners were found alive. The scene at the church was crazy with excitement. Tonight they just announced that there was a misscommunication and that only one man survived and the other twelve were dead. (Story) Fights have been breaking out. I was shocked. I'm not sure how something so black and white gets mixed up.

Bitching Ahead!

Oh man. I love that ABC chose to broadcast both USC and Texas' marching bands, but please learn how! Don't ever use the mic that is attatched to the damn camera!!!!!!!!! Use a central mic at all times. That sounded horrible!!!!!!! I mean, with as many errors as I SAW, I can't imagine it was that great, but it sounded absolutely atrocious. For such a HUGE performance, the bands did a crappy job of preparing. Waste of time.

First Day Back

First off, DAH! I wanted to copy that map before all those dots dissapeared! I thought it was a year from the start, not each calender year...DAH!

Back at school again for the last time, only 11 more weeks of undergrad work left...woot!

Last night I watched the OSU game with the guys, super sweet win. And tonight we did the same, what a great game. I can't believe those kickers though. I mean holy cow they missed a lot between the two of them. I've never seen BOTH kickers suck it up so much in the same game. I like both of those coaches so much though, they both look so weathered.

I set my clock last night after returning to the wrong "EM", as in am/pm. So this morning when it should have gone off, it did not and I was an hour late to my first class. At first I felt aweful bad, but then five more students came in after me. HA! Who does that?! It was Mammology and seems like it will be what I expected. There is an optional mammal collection I can hand it, I would have to learn how to skin and prepare a hide though, I think that would be a good skill to have.

Next was Senior Seminar...the king of time wasting. We have these GEP's, which every Univeristy has to "round" their graduates, but I feel they are built in to rip me off. This class is designed, as stated in the syllabus, to give the student an oportunity to build on standard speaking and writing skills that they can draw from when attending the other GEP's. Here's the kicker, this is the last one you take, no exceptions. So how in the world can I draw from this when I'm already finished?! DAH! The teacher is sort of funny. Does anyone know that TBS commercial in the factory with the boss guy preaching to the worker with his belly showing? That's what happened today with this women! She had her hands on her hips and everything!! Other than this class being very lame and consisting of entirely too much work, should be an easy going T/TH. For this class, I have to write an argumentive paper as to why my field, outdoor ed, relates to peace and conflict resolution in thirty pages or more. Any ideas are MORE than welcome.

I started writing the intro to South's potential show today, I finished it too. I'm excited. I also wrote the battery break. I'm glad to be writing for them still. I want to start writing the drill too, I think soon maybe.

Last week Tori's (one of my roommates) car was parked on a hilly driveway when his uncle's truck slide into it when in park. Then, late tonight, he got a call from his cousin, who lives with him, who said that he ran into a stop sign, telephone pole, barbed wire and just missed a house by about three feet...it was foggy. He's bummed out, but we are glad no one is hurt.

Tomorrow is Music Lit and Invert. PaleoBiology.