spring break alright

it has been quite the week... i dont even know what to say but it feels like it is officially the longest week ever. it started two wednesdays ago where after class i went to the rock gym and was able to go top lining (rock climbing with ropes) for one of my first times. i have been bouldering (climbing with no ropes) the last couple weeks so this was a nice change. i was able to learn a lot from my friend and also get belaying certified, which i was pretty excited about. on thursday i skipped the last day or school before break to go for a nice day of snowboarding. this trip was the most eventful by far because due to traffic and stops i had the ability with a friend to have a dance party (yes a dance party) in the middle of I-70 with some random people from alabama. it was the most amazing experience of my life. it wasnt dirty dancing, dont get me wrong family, but just a little harmless dance moves to some techno coldplay. this event was seen by many cars around us and even by soem guy videoing us on his iphone- that was a little creepy.

friday i left for good old seattle where i would spend the next few days with me mama and my cousin katie. this trip was pretty fun but also had a lot of downtime which was good. we got to eat at a number of delicious restaurants, which i am now thanking myself for at the gym. we also did some fun shopping. my mom and i went to the goodwill outlet (who knew they had them!) here all of the clothes were in giant bins that you had to dig through and was a complete madhouse of people. but the first item i did grab was a polar fleece pink northface jacket, that was in perfect condition. this jacket, normally at 150 dollars, i paid for by the pound which ended up costing me about 88 cents im guessing. the best bargain of my entire life. my other favorite shopping was at rei where i got a sweet sleeping bag (charlotte) which im taking to romania, and also a nice mountaineering backpack, which they molded to my body, also for my trip. and thanks to my new membership and tax exempt, i saved quite a bit of money.

on the trip i also got to see my cousin jason and his two daughters. we drove a hour to get the beautiful town of olympia which was filled with enormous trees and lots of greenery. we went out and had a nice lunch. the girls were so cute and funny it and it was so nice to see them since it has been a number of years.

after the trip i returned back to colorado where i had a nice time. i was alone in my apartment so i got to work on some homework, do some cleaning, get in some nice runs to the park, and also just some down time to watch my new favorite tv show GREEK. it is amazing really. there were some other people im my stairwell so i wasnt completely alone but it was still so refreshing to be back in colorado.

saturday morning, i made the four hour trek west to grand junction to surprise nick for his twentieth birthday. we had a lot of fun and it was so good to see him after a week. the weather was nice the first day so we spent some time outside and with his family. sunday was his birthday so we went out to breakfast with his family and some relatives and then went to his grandmas house to have cake and presents. that night there was an a storm with the most amazingly huge lightening strikes. we were able to watch it from his living room because it has a view of the valley and it was terrifying but beautiful.

this afternoon (monday afternoon) we left to drive back through the pass to denver. after about two hours of driving there were cops lined up blocking of the road. we overheard them saying to someone that there was a bad snow storm and fatal accidents so they had closed off the pass. we called home to see if there was an alternate route but, of course, there was an accident on that road too. so we turned around and drove two hours back to grand junction where we got to at about 7 tonight. we are going to leave around 7 tomorrow morning and hopefully it will be a much easier, and safer, trip.

tonights pretty thrilling though... nick has been writing a paper the last few hours so i have been able to take a nap, watch tv, and get a few other boring tasks out of the way. hahaha..amazing. but despite all of this, it was worth it to come see him. so that was my spring break, and it was extended a few days (which i dont mind) but im still ready to get back home now!

constructive criticism

In high school they taught us that we needed to start adjusting to teachers we didnt like then because in college it would be so much worse. i never believed that they were actually right.

i have been working hard on this paper i have for my research writing class. the whole semester my professor hasnt been the kindest or most respectful towards me i feel. her responses on my papers have not been very constructive and i have been getting let down a lot. every time i leave her class im in the worst mood. so the classes main focus is writing this one long research paper for the whole semester. I changed my topic about two weeks ago and have been working hard researching on it and gathering information. we had a four page rough draft due this week and today we each met with her individually and had meetings about our paper.

i thought that she was finally going to be pleased with me because i had put so much effort into it. She even stated off nice, "I like your new topic" "I was worried about your last one" And then for the remaining 15 minutes of our meeting she ripped my paper and my self-esteem apart. I was actually proud of my rough draft come to find she gave me a 30 out of 40 on it and went off about how my sources werent good enough, my reasoning wasnt good enough. She said she would be shocked if i would be able to pull this off in time. She said that i would "actually" have to put some effort into it. little does she know that i worked my butt off. her only advice for me is to "go to the library" oh thanks, real good advice.

guh, so im spending the day reflecting, trying to tell myself that im not a horrible student, and even if she doenst realize how hard i worked, i still can. and there are going to be a lot worse people i encounter in life so i better get used to it.

You Will All Be Famous One Day

Why will you be famous? Because you are going to know the girl who changed the world. thats right ladies and gentlemen, im going to change the world. i dont know how, i dont know when, but i do know that it will be for the better and that it is going to happen. ill keep you posted on how the progress goes, but just know, that i am in the process of becoming the person, who is going to change the world.

garden state..maybe only mom will understand

im taking a break from editing my ten page paper in the union. im listening to the garden state soundtrack and it made me think of my mama. and then it made me think of the movie and its amazing quotes. so here are some amazing quotes from the movie that, mom, you can reminisce over.


Sam: Hey, I recognize you.
Andrew Largeman: Oh, did you go to Columbia High?
Sam: No, not from high school, from TV. Didn't you play the retarded quarterback?
Andrew Largeman: Yeah.
Sam: Are you really retarded?
Andrew Largeman: No.
Sam: Ooh, great job man! I really thought you were retarded. I mean, you're better than that Corky kid and he's actually retarded. If there was a retarded Oscar you would win, hands down, kick his ass!

Sam: You're in it right now, aren't you?
Andrew Largeman: What?
Sam: My mom always says that, when she can see I'm like working something out in my head, she's like, 'you're in it right now' and I'm looking at you're telling this story, and you're definitely in it.

Olivia: Sam, I thought I told you to take the metal wheel out of the hamster cage.
Sam: Oh! I forgot!
Olivia: [holding up a stiff brown lump] Well, you forgot, and now Jelly's dead.

Andrew Largeman: I think we've corrupted this innocent girl enough for one day!
Sam: I'm not innocent.
Andrew Largeman: Yes, you are! That's what I like about you, okay? And I don't want this guy taking you to some sketchy quarry in the middle of Newark to find crack whores huffing turpentine or pit bulls raping each other or whatever else is down here!
Mark: Man... that's the most worked up I've ever seen you.
Sam: He's protecting me.
Andrew Largeman: So?
Sam: He *likes* me!
Andrew Largeman: Don't be cute.
Sam: He's my knight in shining armor.
Andrew Largeman: Don't talk about knights around Mark, it's a sore subject.

Sam: OK, so... so... sometimes I lie. I mean, I'm weird, man. About random stuff too, I don't even know why I do it. It's like... it's like a tick, I mean sometimes I hear myself say something and think, Wow, that wasn't even remotely true.

Sam: You don't realize, this is good, this doesn't happen often in your life. We can work this stuff out. I want to help you, you know? We need each other...
Andrew Largeman: This isn't a conversation about this being over, it's, it's... I'm not, like, putting a period at the end of this, you know, I'm putting, like, an ellipsis on it, cause I'm- I'm- I'm worried that if I don't figure myself out, if I don't go like land on my own two feet, then I'm just gonna to mess this whole thing up, and this is too important. I gotta go... you changed my life in four days. This is the beginning of something really big. But right now, I gotta go.

Andrew Largeman: I don't want to waste another moment of my life without you in it.

Sam: You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life I swear.

Sam: This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing.

Andrew Largeman: Hey Albert
Albert: Yeah?
Andrew Largeman: Good luck exploring the infinite abyss.
Albert: Thank you, and Hey, you too

Sam: If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

back to blizzard

so yesterday i was outside tanning soaking up the sun in 85 degree weather and such right?? well today it is back to winter. in the middle of the night we were attacked by a snow storm that covered the roads, the cars, the buildings and we are back to 15 degrees. yeah that is a 70 degree difference. (i think? im no math whiz) i didnt know that it was possible for the weather to change that drastically in less than 24 hours. what the heck.

tan the moon

i just want you all to be thoroughly jealous. today i am sitting out side under the beautiful sunshine while it is beaming down on me and bronzing my skin in eighty five degree weather. it has cooled off a little bit from earlier and though i was enjoying it my body can not acclimate to this type of heat. it is enjoyable though and i wish more than anything there was a beach five minutes away that i could go play at. maybe i should move?