Celebrating the last day of March

It's been a pretty great Saturday! Kaitlin and I went and ate lunch with some of our friends. After she,Megan, Katie and I were going to ride bikes with Lauren and James but the Rec didn't have any. We ended up walking to Lions Lake Park. We hung out by the geese and Morgan came and met us there. James was throwing rocks into the lake and hit a goose on the head so of course we couldn't let him forget it. We are pretty sure he stunted the goose for life. We swung on the swing set and tried to hang on as best as we could on the merry go round. We decided to run to McDonald's after. I was very pleased to have my strawberry shake. When we got back, James, Kaitlin and I watched an episode of the walking dead that Kaitlin missed from yesterday. Derrick, Russ, and Kaci came over and we watched another one. Then when they went to eat, Megan came over and watched Spongebob with us. We went and ate dinner at 6 like usual. Justin, James, Megan, Kaitlin and I took a walk around campus which ended up being pretty interesting when you put those people together. We stopped on the president's lawn for a minute and Kaitlin and Justin dueled with pieces of bark they broke of the tree. We then discussed the multiple punishments that were going to happen to them for taking the bark off such as shots being fired or the president sending people after them lol. There was no one on the football field so we sat on it and all talked for a while. Through out the whole walk we sang a bunch of songs. Everyone came back to my room and we played Just Dance for over an hour. I dominated if I may add but on sway Justin and I got the exact same score. I thought it was crazy when when Kaci and I came within 4 points one time let alone tie. Katie came over and played. When we got done, we watched the very end of the Ku vs Ohio game which Ku won so now they will play Kentucky for the championship. Kaci and Derrick came over and we watched the final episode of the Walking Dead. Now we have to wait until probably the fall for it to come back on. At least Glee will be back on in 10 days to help fill the wait. I got some bible reading done today. Tonight's question is what is your dream job. Well I would love working for SOMO somehow, ideally P.R., if not that then it would be taking pictures for a magazine like National Geographic where I could travel the world and do what I love :). Well I am off to bed. Good night!

V necks

It's Friday! In studio today, we got to play with medium format cameras which are so cool. They are bigger and heavier than dslrs so it would be hard to get a good picture with them and keep them steady. After studio, Katie and I went to the gym. I went and ate lunch with my friends like usual at noon. There was a turtle in the water tunnel in the rock wall outside Ellis but its blocked off so you can't get down there and I didn't have a tank so Kaitlin and I could keep it in our room anyone :/. Dana and I worked in the Studio this afternoon on low-key portraits. We used each other as our model and got to work with new lights which was fun.My teacher finally graded our last assignment and I got an A :D. I came back to the room and worked on my paper and magazine cover. I got to talk to my mom for a little bit. Then I went to dinner with my friends. They were going to go to the Greek step show but it didn't start till 7 so we hung out on the quad for an hour. I came back and met Derrick at Ellis while the others went to the show and Derrick and I went on a walk. It was a such a gorgeous day for it. We came back to my room and watched the Walking Dead with Russ, Kaci and Kaitlin. Katie came over after awhile and we watched Failure to Launch. Tonight's question is what are your 5 favorite drinks? 1) strawberry lemonade, 2) cherry dr.pepper, 3) raspberry iced tea, 4) raspberry watermelon slushes, and 5) juice of almost any kind. After typing these, I am sensing a fruit theme lol. Tonight's blog title comes from a long talk about them,mentioning Russ's every time he wears it including today  and then Lauren was telling us tonight how Sean had to have a one for something to eat next week. When he found out that they were a lot more low cut then men's, he was like I don't know, I have never worn a woman's shirt before. Thank goodness!Pretty great Friday if you ask me :).Well I am off to bed.Good night!

Knucklehead McSpazzatron

What a great Thursday it has been! I seriously can't thank God enough for the day he has given me. This morning when I woke up I studied a little bit more for Ecology. I answered a movie trivia question on the UCM facebook page and won a free movie rental from the "redbox" and a bucket that I can get free popcorn out of anytime I go to the theater that they just put into the Union. Kaitlin gave me a piece of ginger gum so I knew the test was going to go well. It didn't seem to hard and didn't take very long. Lauren and I stopped at the housing office to get applications to be OA's(office assistants) for next year. Then Kaitlin and I watched the Spongebob Squarepants movie. Tonight's blog title is a name they called Spongebob in the movie. I knew all the names so I was quoting it and Kaitlin told me I knew it a little to well. With as good a mood as I was in, I didn't want to go to P.R. and ruin that but when I got there he didn't make us take our quiz and let us out 25 minutes early. I picked up my prize from the union and then went to lunch with everyone. I was wearing my red shorts with a blue stripe on them and as soon as I got to lunch I automatically got called a traitor because the others thought I was switched over to being a ku fan already. That was not my intended idea of wearing them today lol but I am sure Derrick didn't mind. After lunch, Kaci, Russ, Derrick and I went to Wal-Mart so we could shirts that we were spray painting for something to eat. When we got back, Derrick came and hung out with me all afternoon :). We watched Knight and Day and got to talk a whole bunch which was nice. I went and ate dinner with my friends at Todd at 6. Sean's brother, Kyle was here for a visit so he got to hang out with us for a while. After dinner, Russ, Kaci and I went to CCH and sprayed our shirts. When we got back, Derrick came over and Kaitlin was back from work so we all watched some more of the Walking Dead. We still have 6 episodes to go in the season. The five of us and Megan went on a walk around campus and then said our good nights. I am going to do my bible reading and then head to bed. Tonight's question is what are your five favorite songs? 1) Beautiful Things- Gungor , 2)Cannons by Phil Wickham, 3)The Best Thing-Relient K 4)Thunder- Boys Like Girls and 5)Party Rock Anthem- LMFAO. Well I am off to bed, good night! :)

May the odds be ever in your favor

Its Wednesday which means its that much closer to Friday! We had a demo in studio for our next assignment of low key portraits. I came back to the room and took my quiz online and read the next chapter for small group. Katie and I went to the gym. It was definitely nice to work out even if we didn't agree at the time after not doing it for over a week. Derrick happened to be at the gym the same time we were playing basketball. He came over and hung out with me for a little bit before our 2 p.m. classes. I had to go to Race, Class and Gender today so I could turn my paper in and wow we had some interesting discussions. I had small group after but it ended up being only Kaci, Kirstin and I again. We read out of Ruth in the bible and talked about it. After small group, I looked over the Ecology study guide a few times and then finished the first Hunger Games book.Tonight's blog title is something they say alot in the book. It was great and I would recommend it to anyone. The movie and book actually followed pretty well. I went and ate dinner with my friends. Justin gave me like a whole bunch of questions to answer and then he had Katie answer them as well. I went to DIG with my friends and Derrick :).We sang beautiful things,the stand and grace like rain which are some of my favorites. After we discussed Something to Eat that will be on campus next week and I am helping with it a few days. Sean, Lauren and I studied for Ecology. Staying focused is always a hard problem but we powered through. Kaitlin was working on her homework in the lounge too so neither of us was in the room when it started raining. I suddenly remembered the window was open and sprinted upstairs but everything near the window was drenched already. There were no papers on anything like that near there so it dried pretty fast. I read for P.R. tomorrow and now I am going to go to bed so I am not too tired for my test. Tonight's question is the opposite of last nights. What are your 5 least favorite foods? I definitely hate mustard with a passion! I also don't like horse radish, liver and onions( I am sure mom is laughing at this because she always tries to taunt me with it), chicken gumbo, and asparagus. Well good night!

Ginger gum

This morning I decided to be a good kid and go to Ecology. She actually let us out a half hour early so I sat in the union and worked on my study guide. I went to P.R. after which was probably the worst part of my day because before break we took an editing test and passed them back today. I did not do to well but thank goodness it wasn't worth very much. I didn't feel too bad because the whole class did bad. I went and lunch with friends and my boyfriend. Katie got her pictures developed from Florida so she let me look at them at lunch. They were really good. After lunch, I put the final touches on my paper for Race,Class, and Gender and did a little bit of studying for ecology. Then I went to Editorial which was pretty boring except we went over shooting DSLR video which seems like it could be cool. He did let us out 45 minutes early which was nice so I was able to get ahead on my bible reading. Sean and Lauren came over and we finished the study guide. We went to Todd and ate dinner with a bunch of our friends. I left the others and came back because I was skyping with Ashley at 7. We talked for an hour and she even got to meet Derrick because he was coming over to watch the Walking Dead. Kaci got done with class and came over too. I had just told Ashley that it had been a while since I talked to Liz and Jac when it wasn't very long after that Liz called me. She told me about this oppression tunnel that Truman made and in one of the rooms it talked about Spread the Word. She told me how glad she was to have a friend like me who cared so much for SOMO. It was so sweet of her and it made me proud to know that a difference is actually being made with the R-Word. Kaitlin, Derrick, Kaci and I watched a couple episodes of the Walking Dead tonight. Dalton came in and watched for a bit. Before I was going to dinner, Jauan shot me with his water gun to make up for yesterday and then Dalton got mine and shot me a bunch tonight. So much for bringing the water gun back from break lol. Kaitlin gave Dalton some gum and he was like o this ginger gum taste nasty. He called it that because Sean White is on the package. Then we got on the subject of ginger discrimination and how it was actually rude to call someone that in some areas. Kaci and Derrick left after the Walking Dead was over for the night. Now I am going to try and read some more of the Hunger Games. This apparently is not a good idea since I have been dreaming about it for the last couple nights. Tonight's question is what are your five favorite foods? I would have to say steak, strawberries, chocolate, grapes and bbq chicken :) Well good night!

pause...pause

It's Monday which usually I am dreading but today was a great day. Studio was a little boring. I came back to the room and finished my race,class,gender paper and worked a little on my ecology study guide. Kaitlin and I went to lunch with the others. Derrick and I made a trip to Wal-Mart after lunch. Then we came back and hung out in my room until our classes at 2. I made Derrick watch Spongebob lol but then I turned on Sports Center. I knew that Kaitlin would ask if a boy had been in the room. Molly and I went to Race, Class and Gender which ended being kind of interesting because we were talking about racism and the teacher was making musical references to West Side Story. She was like oh you probably don't know this song but I knew all of them :). When I got back to the room, Kaitlin was like who was watching baseball. I was like actually it was basketball but still she noticed. I went to Forum where we had a mounting demo today so class didn't last very long. I came back and read for P.R. tomorrow I went to dinner and ate with my friends. Then Derrick and Kaci came over and watched the Walking Dead with Russ, Kaitlin and I in my room. We made it through 2 episodes but then the 3rd one started pausing alot-thus tonight's blog title. Finally after we paused and let it catch up a few times, we finished it. I had a great time hanging out with my friends and my boyfriend :).  Mom called so I got to talk to her for a few minutes. I did get to read some more on the hunger games but haven't quite finished it yet.Tonight's question is what was your most memorable summer. This would definitely be Summer of 2010 when I went with Team Missouri to the Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, NE. I was Mandi's P.R. assistant and got to help her cover Missouri in all the sports. I had so much fun hanging out with all the athletes and taking pictures of them competing. I have probably mentioned this several times before but I am not sure. Well I am going to try to read some more hunger games then off to bed. Good night!

You peed on our futon

Well I am back in the burg after a great Spring Break! This morning I got up and went to church with my family. I got hold Tennley during church and she kept putting her hands on my face and playing peek a boo. She gets cuter all the time. When we got home, Jon, Lyndsi and Casen came over for lunch. I can't believe how big Casen is getting. He runs around saying full sentences and so adorable. He was playing on the small tractor outside and hooked my mom's empty hanging flower put to the back and pulled it around. I chased him around the yard until it was time to eat. Dad grilled pork steak for us :) After we ate, they left and I packed up my stuff to go back to school. Mom took to me to Kaci's since I was riding back with her and we were on the road. I packed in about 3 and a half hours of the hunger games on the way. I am almost done with the first book. Kaci and I went straight to dinner to eat with the others when we made it back then we unpacked our stuff. We made a trip to Walmart. Then when I got back, Derrick and I went on a walk. I am very happy to say that Derrick and I are now dating :). God brought a pretty great guy into my life even if he is a ku fan ;). We walked all around the campus and talked  then he walked me back to my room. I unfortunately have a paper due this week and a test to study for so I started on my homework. Kaitlin got back and we caught up. Kaci and Russ came over and hung while I worked more on my paper. Tonight's question is what movies do you never get sick of watching. This could be a long list but my top five are: the Blind Side, Soul Surfer, Date Night, the Benchwarmers, and Steel Magnolias. Well I am going to try to finish my paper tonight and maybe even the Hunger Games before bed. Good night :)oh tonight's blog title comes from Kaci dropping her peas on the futon lol.