i'm tired. it's raining outside. i slept through kickboxing and ate too much candy today.
I get to go to the Dance Majors concert tonight!! then I'm going out with my roommate!
today is a day that is both good and bad.
19.5.05
18.5.05
so today has been a block of classes, and then eating, and hanging out with guys named Brian. Or Bryan. That joke doesn't work too well in print. But yeah, I had dinner in Brian's cluster, and then Bryan came and we had dessert at the 8. I got a piece of chocolate cake that was, like, bigger than my head. No joke. I ordered a piece of cake, and the guy handed me this dinner plate, and I was kinda like, "huh, maybe he accidentally gave me a steak or something," but no. He definitely gave me a gargantuan piece of cake. I tried to share it with other people, but Bryan bought a double cookie squish-up, which as anyone who lives on North Campus can tell you is quite a challenge to eat. It's a huge mound of vanilla frosting sandwiched in between two chocolate chocolate chip cookies. So he was set for dessert, and as a result most of my giant chunk of cake remained on the plate. Eh well. So then Bryan and I hung out in my room and chatted for a while. It was really nice, because Bryan and I view things the same a lot, and when we do disagree with each other, we can listen and usually learn something from each other because we agree on so much normally.
That last part didn't really make sense, but it did in my head.
Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can't make it over to get tickets for SIFF. There are going to be some great shows, but I might just end up buying individual tickets instead of a student pass. I don't mind paying a little more for convienence. (spelling?)
Time to either go running, or do homework. Right now it looks like running will win.
That last part didn't really make sense, but it did in my head.
Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can't make it over to get tickets for SIFF. There are going to be some great shows, but I might just end up buying individual tickets instead of a student pass. I don't mind paying a little more for convienence. (spelling?)
Time to either go running, or do homework. Right now it looks like running will win.
17.5.05
As this quote is finally leaving my AIM profile, I figured I'd post it here:
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. -Carl Schurz, general and politician
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. -Carl Schurz, general and politician
15.5.05
So - the Shins concert. It was great. I had the most fun... I guess I'd forgotten how much fun big concerts can be. I guess the last time I'd been to one with a "mosh" pit was the Maroon 5 concert last year. This one was even crazier, especially toward the end, with lots of crowd surfing and jumping around. I knew all of the songs from "Oh, Inverted World" and "Chutes Too Narrow", so it was fun to sing along to them, even though I had to be careful to save my voice for my gig on the following day. The Shins also covered some song (I think it was "Strange Magic"), they played a new one, and they played one of their older songs from the "Nature Bears a Vacuum" EP, which I've heard but I don't know the words to, so I wasn't tempted to waste my voice on any of those songs. There were a few sucky parts of the concert, none of which were the fault of the Shins... first, we waited a long time in a hot, sticky crowd of bodies to see them. Once they finally came on, Ashley decided she wasn't going to make it through the night in the mosh pit, so she got out. I admit, it was more than a little oxygen-deprived but once the Shins got into their set, it was awesome and there was no turning back. The other really dumb thing that happened was the small circle of frat boys who sweet-talked their way past these two girls and then called them names behind their backs, and then proceeded to talk on their phones to get this one other girl to come over to them who was "totally worth it" because she was "soooo hot". It was distracting and rude, and I really wanted to grab the idiot's cell phone and hurl it out of the pit. Instead, I jumped around more and sang the lyrics really loud so as to be equally distracting and annoying. I think it worked. Eventually, the crowd shifted so I was away from them. Still, though. What jerks.
Also, the Brunettes, a band from New Zealand that opened for the Shins, were great, and I would like to see them again. I've got their stuff downloaded now.
Our own gig at the Trabant Chai Lounge went pretty smoothly. A few songs were not up to snuff, but I think that we will know exactly what to work on for our gig coming up next week. (It's at Ian's at 9 PM SHARP!!) We even acquired a groupie, who showed up late but wants to catch the rest of our set. We really need to set up an e-mail list or a website at least. But since we're not going to be a group for much longer, there's not really much point. Oh well.
The Senate played last night after us, and they were magnificent as usual. They played some new songs and some old favorites. They'll be playing again on the 28th at Ian's Domain, a concert which I shall surely attend if I'm not off hiking or something.
Must go study now for my bio midterm, because I've been out of the homework loop for about 3 days now, what with the Cinco de Mayo make-up celebration on Thursday, the Shins on Friday and the concert last night. Later fellas!
Also, the Brunettes, a band from New Zealand that opened for the Shins, were great, and I would like to see them again. I've got their stuff downloaded now.
Our own gig at the Trabant Chai Lounge went pretty smoothly. A few songs were not up to snuff, but I think that we will know exactly what to work on for our gig coming up next week. (It's at Ian's at 9 PM SHARP!!) We even acquired a groupie, who showed up late but wants to catch the rest of our set. We really need to set up an e-mail list or a website at least. But since we're not going to be a group for much longer, there's not really much point. Oh well.
The Senate played last night after us, and they were magnificent as usual. They played some new songs and some old favorites. They'll be playing again on the 28th at Ian's Domain, a concert which I shall surely attend if I'm not off hiking or something.
Must go study now for my bio midterm, because I've been out of the homework loop for about 3 days now, what with the Cinco de Mayo make-up celebration on Thursday, the Shins on Friday and the concert last night. Later fellas!
12.5.05
7.5.05
I once dated a guy in high school. A few friends of mine likened his style of dating to Schroedinger's Cat. The analogy, as they explained it to me, was this: Schroedinger had a cat in a box, along with a radioactive isotope of unknown half-life. As soon as the isotope decomposed, the cat would die. The thing is, you wouldn't know if the cat was dead or not until you opened the box. So, until the box was opened, the cat was both dead AND alive.
As soon as I heard this, I realized that this was perfect for the guy I was seeing. Nobody but he and sometimes the girls he was interested in knew who he was dating at any certain point. And if you weren't one of those elite few, it appeared that he was dating all of them, all of the time.
Don't know why I chose to write about that today. Just seemed like it was time.
As soon as I heard this, I realized that this was perfect for the guy I was seeing. Nobody but he and sometimes the girls he was interested in knew who he was dating at any certain point. And if you weren't one of those elite few, it appeared that he was dating all of them, all of the time.
Don't know why I chose to write about that today. Just seemed like it was time.
6.5.05
Liebe Kyla, wir freuen uns Ihnen sagen zu können, dass Sie an der Universität Ihrer ersten Wahl - Tübingen - studieren werden und vom Stuttgarter Club betreut werden.
Yay! This means that I for sure have the scholarship for Germany, and that I'll be at my institution of choice in Tuebingen. Rah!
Sie erhalten vom Verband eine Bahncard 50 zusätzlich zum Stipendium. Außerdem trägt der Verband die Kosten für die Seminare (eine kleine Eigenbeteiligung wird abgezogen).
I also get a train ticket, and they'll pay most of the seminar costs in Berlin. :)
Anyway, I have to go now. but I thought I should update, since it's been a few days.
Yay! This means that I for sure have the scholarship for Germany, and that I'll be at my institution of choice in Tuebingen. Rah!
Sie erhalten vom Verband eine Bahncard 50 zusätzlich zum Stipendium. Außerdem trägt der Verband die Kosten für die Seminare (eine kleine Eigenbeteiligung wird abgezogen).
I also get a train ticket, and they'll pay most of the seminar costs in Berlin. :)
Anyway, I have to go now. but I thought I should update, since it's been a few days.
28.4.05
i looooooove kickboxing. it is seriously the greatest. what other workout activity could I do that I actually want to get up at 8 am every morning for? and remember, for me, 8 am is early. I usually don't have class until 10:30. but don't you think for a second that i get 10 hours of sleep a night. haha. ha. no.
my bio midterm is tomorrow. i'm frightened for multiple multiple choice again. our professor told us to treat the questions as "a series of true-false statements". Yeah. a series of statements in which if you circle only one of the right answers, you get a third of the points. and if you circle one right and one wrong, you get no points. dumb dumb dumb.
i was reading a few random blogs and lj's today (i'm at work and there's nothing to do, what can I say) and stumbled across this. It has some funny moments in a satirical sense, most of them taking place during the controversy. if you're bored, i'd recommend jumping back into the archives. the rest of the stuff isn't as good.
in the other, more mundane lj's I read, I realized that there are so many people who are EXACTLY THE SAME. it's the ugg-wearing, britney spears-loving, self-important people who think they're so cool, but in fact they're just like everyone else. it makes me want to scream at them to go get some originality. what's left nowadays, though? and how much like all of them am I?
there's no combination, no words i could put on the back of a postcard
no song that I could sing
but I can try for your heart
our dreams, they are made out of real things
like a shoe box with photographs
things you can throw love in
love is the answer at least for most of the questions of my heart
like why we're here, where do we go
and how come it's so hard
it's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
i tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together
mmm it's always better when we're together
yeah well look at them stars and we're together
well it's always better when we're together
yeah it's always better when we're together
Jack Johnson - Better Together (i may have to post more lyrics from this song at a later date)
my bio midterm is tomorrow. i'm frightened for multiple multiple choice again. our professor told us to treat the questions as "a series of true-false statements". Yeah. a series of statements in which if you circle only one of the right answers, you get a third of the points. and if you circle one right and one wrong, you get no points. dumb dumb dumb.
i was reading a few random blogs and lj's today (i'm at work and there's nothing to do, what can I say) and stumbled across this. It has some funny moments in a satirical sense, most of them taking place during the controversy. if you're bored, i'd recommend jumping back into the archives. the rest of the stuff isn't as good.
in the other, more mundane lj's I read, I realized that there are so many people who are EXACTLY THE SAME. it's the ugg-wearing, britney spears-loving, self-important people who think they're so cool, but in fact they're just like everyone else. it makes me want to scream at them to go get some originality. what's left nowadays, though? and how much like all of them am I?
there's no combination, no words i could put on the back of a postcard
no song that I could sing
but I can try for your heart
our dreams, they are made out of real things
like a shoe box with photographs
things you can throw love in
love is the answer at least for most of the questions of my heart
like why we're here, where do we go
and how come it's so hard
it's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
i tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together
mmm it's always better when we're together
yeah well look at them stars and we're together
well it's always better when we're together
yeah it's always better when we're together
Jack Johnson - Better Together (i may have to post more lyrics from this song at a later date)
27.4.05
last night Anna called me as I was leaving a cappella rehearsal. she had questions on the German homework, so I told her I'd come over in 20 minutes and we could finish it together. As soon as I hung up the phone, I promptly forgot about it and went to go study bio at Ian's. This all happened at about 9:10. Later on at about 11 I came back to my room and called Jeff. Halfway through the conversation, I suddenly remembered about Anna, and I looked at my cell phone and saw that there was a message. Of course I felt really bad that I had forgotten, so I listened to the voice mail message. What I heard cracked me up:
"Hey Kyla, it's Anna. Yeah, when you said you were coming over.. I couldn't remember whether you said 20 minutes or 20 hours, so it'd be great if you could call me. Bye!"
oh man.
"Hey Kyla, it's Anna. Yeah, when you said you were coming over.. I couldn't remember whether you said 20 minutes or 20 hours, so it'd be great if you could call me. Bye!"
oh man.
26.4.05
funny aim convos... you know i've had these while I was supposed to be studying...
BlakMetalKrieg: hey, richie's softball team at gonzaga is named "Off in the Shower"
KillahKyla: off in the shower?
BlakMetalKrieg: because you can't beat Off in the Shower
lochnessrockster: no way
lochnessrockster: the doorbell?
KillahKyla: yes!
KillahKyla: idiots!
lochnessrockster: i wont rest
lochnessrockster: not until justice has been restored
i guess a lot of things seem funny when I'm tired.
BlakMetalKrieg: hey, richie's softball team at gonzaga is named "Off in the Shower"
KillahKyla: off in the shower?
BlakMetalKrieg: because you can't beat Off in the Shower
lochnessrockster: no way
lochnessrockster: the doorbell?
KillahKyla: yes!
KillahKyla: idiots!
lochnessrockster: i wont rest
lochnessrockster: not until justice has been restored
i guess a lot of things seem funny when I'm tired.
dudes
today was long and drawn-out and without pause.
some things happened to me, and i thought I might share, since this is my blog and i can say whatever I want. Here they are, in no particular order:
-As I was helping clean up after Teen Feed, I spilled a cup of chocolate milk. It pretty much fell directly on my foot, and i was wearing flip flops, so it was milky nastiness on my foot. Awesome.
-Anna asked me what happened to my mother. I don't remember the last time anyone asked that. I was really pleased with the way she asked it - like she cared enough to know, and that it was important to know.
-Jack Johnson's new album has become my favorite. I can never go back once I hear a new album of his. The old one just isn't as good.
-Some college kids got mad at me for the parking prices for the soccer game. It was only 4 dollars, and there were 5 of them in the car. Not like they couldn't afford it. I told them I don't set the prices; I just work there and nothing more. One of them retorted with "well, I go to college." As if I don't. Jerk. This emphasises even more how much i empathize with entry-level workers. it really isn't their fault.
-i declared my major first thing this morning. no more "pre-major" for me. I'm a full-fledged Cell and Molecular Biology Major at the UW. Go me!
now it's time for bed. kickboxing tomorrow morning!!! but i will tell some stories from this last weekend when I get the chance. they are funny, and my sister requested one in particular. :) :) :)
when your mind is a mess, so is mine
i can't sleep cuz it hurts when i think
my thoughts on a piece with the plans that we make
chances we take
they're not yours they're not mine
there's waves that can break
all the words that we said and the words that we mean
words can fall short, can see the unseen
cuz the world is awake for somebody's sake
now please close your eyes woman
please get some sleep
and know that if I knew all the answers
i would not hold them from you, no
all of the things that i know
we told each other
there is no other way
Jack Johnson - No Other Way
today was long and drawn-out and without pause.
some things happened to me, and i thought I might share, since this is my blog and i can say whatever I want. Here they are, in no particular order:
-As I was helping clean up after Teen Feed, I spilled a cup of chocolate milk. It pretty much fell directly on my foot, and i was wearing flip flops, so it was milky nastiness on my foot. Awesome.
-Anna asked me what happened to my mother. I don't remember the last time anyone asked that. I was really pleased with the way she asked it - like she cared enough to know, and that it was important to know.
-Jack Johnson's new album has become my favorite. I can never go back once I hear a new album of his. The old one just isn't as good.
-Some college kids got mad at me for the parking prices for the soccer game. It was only 4 dollars, and there were 5 of them in the car. Not like they couldn't afford it. I told them I don't set the prices; I just work there and nothing more. One of them retorted with "well, I go to college." As if I don't. Jerk. This emphasises even more how much i empathize with entry-level workers. it really isn't their fault.
-i declared my major first thing this morning. no more "pre-major" for me. I'm a full-fledged Cell and Molecular Biology Major at the UW. Go me!
now it's time for bed. kickboxing tomorrow morning!!! but i will tell some stories from this last weekend when I get the chance. they are funny, and my sister requested one in particular. :) :) :)
when your mind is a mess, so is mine
i can't sleep cuz it hurts when i think
my thoughts on a piece with the plans that we make
chances we take
they're not yours they're not mine
there's waves that can break
all the words that we said and the words that we mean
words can fall short, can see the unseen
cuz the world is awake for somebody's sake
now please close your eyes woman
please get some sleep
and know that if I knew all the answers
i would not hold them from you, no
all of the things that i know
we told each other
there is no other way
Jack Johnson - No Other Way
24.4.05
i'm in oly! and the tradition is that i blog at the office! always! even if it's a short post...
sing me sweet, sing me low
say you'll never let me go
this has gone on long enough
waiting for wonderful
sing me sweet, sing me low
say you'll never let me go
so won't you stay
and never fail
never let me go
Matt Nathanson - Sing Me Sweet
sing me sweet, sing me low
say you'll never let me go
this has gone on long enough
waiting for wonderful
sing me sweet, sing me low
say you'll never let me go
so won't you stay
and never fail
never let me go
Matt Nathanson - Sing Me Sweet
21.4.05
hmm. at work. very bored. boss is out of office for lunch and my job is to "answer phones". one call in the last hour. i am also listening to my iPod, which Jo does not like. she hasn't ever caught me yet, so i'm not sure what her wrath on that issue is like, but rest assured it wouldn't be good to have her come back from lunch and see me with headphones in. "don't worry, the volume is down really low so I can hear if the phone rings." that might not fly.
mmm, i have peanut M&Ms ready for me to eat if I get hungry/bored. I'm not really hungry... but I sure am bored.
what's been up the last few days... lemme see. Not a whole lot, really... i planned to go to bed early last night so that I could get up and have a lot of energy for kickboxing this morning. of course, that didn't happen... i took a long nap from 7 to 10 last night, and then got up and studied biology in the library for a good 3 hours. Then I could have been in bed by 1:30, but i spent a half-hour updating my chem lab notebook. So it was 2, and then my roommate and a friend of hers from down the hall took a break from their architecture project to come chat in our room. The three of us got into a discussion about gay marriage, which was good, and enlightening, and engaging, like any good informed argument. but by the time they left again it was 3:15 and I only got 5 hours of sleep. thank goodness for coffee. well, and plus, we had a sub for kickboxing this morning, so the exercise wasn't as strenuous as usual, which kinda made me mad... i felt like i wasted my time by going down there. but rest assured, it will be back up to its usual level of butt-kicking awesomeness when Elizabeth comes back on Tuesday.
speaking of chem lab, Ashley and I ran into my TA Steve today after chem class. Steve is quite possibly the coolest lab TA ever, and he and Ashley and I had fun last quarter in lab together. now that Ash can't take organic lab this quarter, i'm the one who gets to talk to steve bi-weekly, and Ashley usually only gets to hear the stories. Which is why running into him today was such a momentous occasion, because she never sees him anymore. It's really a shame that she can't take lab; it's really fun with all three of us there. Granted, I wasn't as efficient last quarter in lab for that very reason. But this quarter is super fun because of the unknown determinations. (do I sound like a dork for saying that?) No, but it's really true: we have access to all these chemicals, and 3 hours to just play with them. I could spend an entire lab period creating a series of small explosions in my chem hood and no one would say a word. Of course, i have to determine the structure of my unknown at some point in all of that, but my unknowns have been delightful - moderately challenging, but easy enough that it only takes about 7 tests to figure out exactly which substance is my unknown. plus they make good derivitaves. i hope writing all this down doesn't jinx me...
my unknowns have been named Apu, Han Solo, and Ralph. (when I got that last one from Steve, all I had to say was "Tastes like burning!" in a high-pitched voice. He knew immediately what unknown i had chosen, and gave it to me. it's a solid. boo.)
in other news: i've called jeff twice in the last week. i'm going home this weekend to work at Dad's new office. it would be a good idea to call the Languths at some point, since i have a calling card at the moment. i've been eating healthier than normal and it makes me feel good about myself.
boss is back. time to work!
mmm, i have peanut M&Ms ready for me to eat if I get hungry/bored. I'm not really hungry... but I sure am bored.
what's been up the last few days... lemme see. Not a whole lot, really... i planned to go to bed early last night so that I could get up and have a lot of energy for kickboxing this morning. of course, that didn't happen... i took a long nap from 7 to 10 last night, and then got up and studied biology in the library for a good 3 hours. Then I could have been in bed by 1:30, but i spent a half-hour updating my chem lab notebook. So it was 2, and then my roommate and a friend of hers from down the hall took a break from their architecture project to come chat in our room. The three of us got into a discussion about gay marriage, which was good, and enlightening, and engaging, like any good informed argument. but by the time they left again it was 3:15 and I only got 5 hours of sleep. thank goodness for coffee. well, and plus, we had a sub for kickboxing this morning, so the exercise wasn't as strenuous as usual, which kinda made me mad... i felt like i wasted my time by going down there. but rest assured, it will be back up to its usual level of butt-kicking awesomeness when Elizabeth comes back on Tuesday.
speaking of chem lab, Ashley and I ran into my TA Steve today after chem class. Steve is quite possibly the coolest lab TA ever, and he and Ashley and I had fun last quarter in lab together. now that Ash can't take organic lab this quarter, i'm the one who gets to talk to steve bi-weekly, and Ashley usually only gets to hear the stories. Which is why running into him today was such a momentous occasion, because she never sees him anymore. It's really a shame that she can't take lab; it's really fun with all three of us there. Granted, I wasn't as efficient last quarter in lab for that very reason. But this quarter is super fun because of the unknown determinations. (do I sound like a dork for saying that?) No, but it's really true: we have access to all these chemicals, and 3 hours to just play with them. I could spend an entire lab period creating a series of small explosions in my chem hood and no one would say a word. Of course, i have to determine the structure of my unknown at some point in all of that, but my unknowns have been delightful - moderately challenging, but easy enough that it only takes about 7 tests to figure out exactly which substance is my unknown. plus they make good derivitaves. i hope writing all this down doesn't jinx me...
my unknowns have been named Apu, Han Solo, and Ralph. (when I got that last one from Steve, all I had to say was "Tastes like burning!" in a high-pitched voice. He knew immediately what unknown i had chosen, and gave it to me. it's a solid. boo.)
in other news: i've called jeff twice in the last week. i'm going home this weekend to work at Dad's new office. it would be a good idea to call the Languths at some point, since i have a calling card at the moment. i've been eating healthier than normal and it makes me feel good about myself.
boss is back. time to work!
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