Should I be bob marley for haloween?

So, me and Lea rock at Peggle. Its this video game. We beat a bunch of frat boys who spend a large amount of time playing it. Coolio. I just got tired of that post being up. Whats new in your lives? Are any of you married or pregnant? (my mom asked me that the last time I was on the phone with her. I wonder if she seriously expects one or the other...) Anyways, bethany, whats it like to be in a relationship for a year? We need to have our september girl date.

K.D.

So today in my intro to engineering class...

I showed up late because I am the dumb kid who didn't read the paper telling me where to go correctly :( I was quite sweaty from being lost for so long outside in the hot. But, I was late with this kid who's bike broke, so that was cool. Being late with someone is better than being late alone. Except his legs were way longer than mine, so I had to like, half jog to keep up with him. Then I walked with him after class, so now my thighs hurt from over stretching to keep up with long legged Kris. Anyways, the teacher was an Indian guy who told me about materials and aerospace engineering, or something like that. Bottom line: he didn't talk about rocket ships enough. Other than that he was pretty cool. Plus he was department head, not some T.A. who's a 5th year senior. I liked the authority, but wished that there was a bit more student perspective. But he was funny and I really enjoyed his accent, so that was awesome. Then I went inside a room where noise didn't reflect off most of the walls. That was really cool. Apparently there are only like 3 of those in the U.S. But to me it mostly looked like a bunch of bed foam made into walls. I guess it prolly was a little more sophisticated than that. Although I am still not sure. Anyways, I want to work at NASA and build rocket ships. Maybe. Or I would like to work on cold fusion. Or possibly become a boat engineer/builder and live in the keys. My dad would like that last option. So would I, I suppose. Although if I love my vocabulary class enough I might become a linguistics/classics major and spent all of my days knowing too many languages and not doing anything useful for society except teaching other people things that are useless to society. Why can't I just major in eating chocolate and loving Rise Against?

On a different note. Lea and me are going to SO MANY CONCERTS!!!!! We're goin to All-American Rejects/Taking Back Sunday, The Almost/This Providence, Silversun Pickups, Paramore, and prolly next big thing if 97X ever announces who's playing. Hopefully Rise Against will be there. I have a probably unhealthy love for all things Rise Against. And Tim McIlrath. That one's really unhealthy.

Finally, the gators about to stomp Tennessee, and for once I don't have to taunt Bethany about it, but rather I can share the joy which is Urban Myer/Tim Tebow with her. What a lovely day.

K.D.

P.S. Bethany, you must come see the apartment since we painted. It is like a new apartment. Friday I'm thinkin about going to the soccer game since we play FSU. Holla if you wanna come if I'm goin.

My Dad did this:

It's pretty awesome. It reminds me of me.

CARL

NewNewNewNewNewNewNew. Post.

I met him down by the bay,
he said life is a stranger
that won't go away.

He took me by surprise,
and I felt for the first time,
what its like to be alive

I’m a soldier,
but I don’t know how to fight.
I’m your best friend
but I’m scared to see you tonight.
I’m the darkness,
but I want to be the light.
oh how I want to be,
oh how I want to be.

I met him down by the sea,
said I look like someone he knew.
I said I don’t know anyone,
so how could I possibly know you?

He touched my hand ,
finally I understand
what it means to be here with you.

The Hump Day from Hell is finally OVER!

Walked around campus all day in heels because I had to dress up for ROTC. I did enlistment paperwork from 4:30-6. ROTC Lead Lab from 6-8pm. Physical training until 9:30. I am still kinda sick, therefore I almost died running the mile and a half. Walked home in the dark. Got home. No keys. Had to get a temporary key from RPCC. Flash drive with homework for tomorrow was on my keys. I just hope they turn up soon!
However, I did have fun making a robot with lego mindstorm in my intro to engineering lab.

CARL

So today in my intro to engineering class...

We had a ping pong race. It involved moving pong balls the farthest distance using various supplies while keeping cost low. Bethany, when you do industrial and systems, if they have the same activity, use rubber bands to make a catapult for half of your attempts. We did that and my team won, by like a lot. We got lollipops for doing so. Don't name your team blue ballz, you won't win the name game. I also learned that I don't want to be an industrial/systems engineer. Big surprise. Just like how I don't want to be an environmental engineer.

Also, after engineering, I got to walk and conversate with my hot cute crush that pretty much doesn't talk to other people. YAY. Consequently, when it was time for me to stop walking, I did not, in order to keep on with the conversation. Then I wound up walking a long time and making Lea come get me. But anyways, walking together after class is improvement from silent trying to flirt I should say. YAY again.

K.D.

snap yo fingers

Skipped my first class today, and it was a double class too! i set my alarm badly and when i realized this i was gonna be like 10-15 minutes late and so, i didn't go. so for everyone not bethany or kelsey, i have a story. I started dating this guy named john here. he's nice and probably the most social person i know. anyway we have been hanging out and all that and things have been moving along and whatnot, but i am not entirely happy, we don't have really anything in common, we don't spend time just us together and he isn't what i want. so, i was talking to bethany and kesey and telling them this yesterday. later kelsey and i were talking and i finally got to the conclusion that i should end it. anyway, i was feeling pretty crappy a while ago about all of this then i found this cool article while i was wasting time and i though since it made me feel a lot better maybe it could be of entertainment or something to everyone. i especially love number five.

In the six weeks or so since my wedding, I’ve had a chance to reflect on how my life has changed as a married woman. There are a few subtle differences (extra ring on my left hand, saying the phrase “my husband,” cooking with fancy pots and pans), but the truth is, life hasn’t changed much. Drew and I lived together almost two years before tying the knot, so other than opening a joint checking account to save our wedding money and deposit cash into once a month for future travels, we haven’t done much differently as husband and wife than we did as boyfriend and girlfriend. But when I think way back to my days before Drew, when I was still very much a single gal, it occurs to me that while there were certainly things I loved about my single life, if I had a chance to live those days over, there are several things I’d do differently the second time around. After the jump, the top five things I’d do if I had a “do-over” on my single life.

1. End bad/boring/unfulfilling relationships as soon as I felt bad/bored/unfulfilled.
Years later, it still boggles my mind when I think of the amount of time I spent in relationships well past their sell-by dates. Fear of loneliness, fear of hurting another’s feelings, naively thinking things would magically get better all kept me with guys who were oh-so-wrong for me. All that time I spent going nowhere with those guys, I could have spent going somewhere with those hotties I always made eyes with on the train. I could have traded in boring Saturday nights in front of the TV for nights out with friends that actually made me laugh and feel good about myself.

2. Date outside my race more.
Odd that as someone who actually prefers darker-skinned men, I dated mostly Caucasian guys when I was single. What’s that all about? I wouldn’t trade my husband for anyone in the world, but it would have been nice to learn more about other cultures and experience different relationship dynamics with guys outside my own race when I had the chance.

3. Cry less.
God, the tears I cried over dumb boys and pointless relationships — what a waste! I barely remember some of their names now, but at the time, the trauma of unrequited like—like, not even love! — was so overwhelming, so all-encompassing, I wasted weeks upon weeks in my twenties crying over boys who would prove to be barely a blip on my radar in retrospect. Every time a guy let me down, I worried I was one step closer to living my life ALONE forever, rather than seeing it as one step closer to the guy who finally WOULDN’T let me down. All that time I could have been riding my bike instead of drying my eyes — it certainly would have been a lot more fun.

4. Travel more.
My coupled friends always took the best vacations and rather than joining them or getting together a travel group of other single people, I told myself, “Some day, when I’m in a good relationship, I’ll take trips like that, too!” And now I DO take great trips (Drew and I have traveled to China and Costa Rica together, on Friday we’re headed to Portugal and Spain for our honeymoon, and we already have exciting travel plans for next year), but why on earth did I think I had to be in a relationship to take a great vacation? Just thinking about all the solo trips — not to mention vacation flings — I missed out on makes me a little sick. I’d definitely take a do-over on this.

5. Always trust my gut.
I used to think my gut was a bully — that it simply didn’t want me to be happy. Why else would it turn on nearly every guy I brought home? Eventually, I stopped listening to it altogether. Oh, what a mistake! Dear gut, I’m sorry! I was wrong, you were right. They were jerks/liars/cheats/morons/Republicans. I’m sorry I ever doubted you and if I had the chance to do it again, I’d listen to your every utterance and take heed
~wonkY coMMa

i've never missed a stranger before... like you.

(267): so then you were screaming "GIVE ME KELVINS!" and heating things up in the microwave and no one knew what you wanted

(902): Take one last look at my face, because I'm drinking it off tonight.

(773): I wonder why dictionaries dont have indexes to help find the words easier.

(812): McDonalds has hash browns for only a quarter!....how many u want?
(1-812): All of them

(773): you turned on the Care Bears movie at 5am and kept screaming "I CARE"

(850): the reason why you were crawling on your hands and knees from room to room last night was because you thought the ceiling fans were chasing you...
(1-850): that makes sense.

I got a job.

Imma be a cashier at Cheeburger Cheeburger in the Reitz Union. Not the best deal in the world, but hopefully it'll pay the bills. ~bj

Oh UF, how many ways do I love thy, Let me count the ways...

1. Free tye-dye in front of Turlington
2. RUB events, like the bands at the Orange and Brew tonight
3. An archery CLUB!!! And, hot guys that also enjoy archery ;)
4. Free printing in the Reitz
5. Free food in many forms
6. Cool bands at homecoming, OAR anyone?
7. Legal vandalism
8. Buses everywhere to anywhere
9. Orange and Blue are flattering colors haha
10. Awesome fraternities like DU and awesome people who are in said fraternities. Like eric who always hurts himself, and gio who is uber tall, and sean who is amazing at math and a good dancer to boot, and jacob who was so drunk he called me both sara and liz, of which i am neither, and bryan who is really cool, and josh who i am a homegirl to, and kyle from NJ, represent! and art, and art 1/2 lol, and dillan who reminds me of josh orendorf, and matt who has the same fight club poster that i have, and kade who is always chill like a polar bear.
wC