Cranberry Juice

Happy Halloween!It really didn't feel like Halloween since we all celebrated around here last Thursday.This morning my 9am class was cancelled so I got to go back to bed.When I got up, Katie and I got to sit,eat donuts and watch t.v which was nice to just relax for a bit.Then I went to Foundations where we talked about photojournalism all class.My Freshman Seminar teacher came in and we got to see her harleyquin costume. After class I went and ate lunch with my friends.I came back to the room before class and played some Halloween music.I went to Ideas and Visual Arts was fine. We talked about our final projects.One of the choices you can do a controversy and present it some way so I think I'm going to do the banning of the "r" word. After class I came back to my dorm.I talked to Chris for a little bit then Nora called me to come outside. When I got outside she and Morgan silly stringed me. They got Sean to while I was out there. We came back to my room and I read day 2 on reading the bible in 182 while they chatted. Day 2 was Genesis 8-11 and Job 1-5. When Katie got back from class she,Mike,Nora and I left for K.C. To see Sean M. When we got there he had to leave for a while but we got to talk to his parents. When he got back to the room, we played apples to apples and talked with him. I won by the way just saying. The reason tonights blog title is cranberry juice is because Whitney was drinking a bottle of tonight and then when we walked in Sean's room we saw a cup of what looked like it but it was really blood.Whitney was like darn, I was hoping that was cranberry juice. About 7:30 we started getting hungry so we went to the McDonalds down stairs and got some food. We came back up,said our goodbyes and left. When we got back her we decided to watch a movie. Mike,Katie and I are watching the pursuit of happiness right now. Well until tomorrow!

Dinosaur

I am blogging sort of earlier for me because I plan on going to bed soon so that I won't start off my week tired. This morning I got up and went to church with Lauren,Kaci,Russ and his family. The minister did a great job which I haven't heard a sermon I didn't like yet. We got there a few minutes late and walked in right when they were singing O Happy Day so of course Kaci and I had to do the motions. After church, Russ's parents took us out to eat at Heroes and Justin came with us. Heroes was very good and thank them a bunch for taking us out. It was a good lunch just getting to enjoy each others company and chat. After lunch, we came back to UCC and said goodbye to Russ's family then Russ, Kaci and I watched Glee. I had a hard time staying awake through a few of the episodes. I got some mini naps in between though. We watched several episodes and then around five Katie got back from St.Louis. I know there is times when we get on each others nerves but I can honestly say I missed my roommate this weekend. I don't know how to describe it but it was oddly quiet around here. I get so used to sleeping with another person in the room that when she's gone I feel like something isn't right. So kind of going backwards in the day, this morning I woke up in the middle of the night and had texts from UCM that there was a shooting then the next one said the suspect was in custody. Now before I worry anyone it was not on campus, they just sent out an alert so people could be aware. It was on south street which is a few streets away. There were 2 victims:one with a shot to the leg, one with a shot to the stomach and both are doing fine. It is just crazy to think that something like that could happen near you because coming from a small town I am not used to stuff like that.Ok going back to Katie coming back. So after she got back, we went to supper. It was nice having almost everyone back. After supper I came back and skyped my bestest friend Ashley and then got to talk to my momma for a while.I miss them both but will get to see them this weekend! Then I did some homework and then read day 1 on reading the bible in 182 days. Today was Genesis 1-7. I am so excited about this challenge because I have wanted to for a while and its going to give me the chance to experience the bible fresh and with a new perspective. Tonight's blog title is dinosaur because as I was reading about the ark, I was wondering about if dinosaurs made it on the ark or what really happened but I am going to have to keep reading to know more. It was a great weekend and I feel pretty blessed. Well I am off to bed. Good night!

Air quotes

My morning started out very early since I was supposed to be in Jeff City at 8. I left here about 6:15 and managed to make it to the Jefferson State building without getting lost. I was the main media person for the day so I got to tweet and post to facebook as well as taking pictures. They were going to have me take pictures on the top floor but there were already two photographers up there so I went to the 2nd floor where they were doing the practice repels. Since I was still going to be off ground level, I got to put on the gear like everyone else, put on a helmet and get my camera strapped to me so that no objects would fall and hurt me and I would drop any objects that would fall and hurt someone else. Being at the mini wall was really interesting because I got to see everyone's expressions when they realized what they had decided to do. Some people would be like ya I can do this and then immediately start freaking out as they went down the wall but no matter the person, they all smiled and said they were definitely glad they decided to do it. For a little while during the day I got to go outside to were the crowd was and watch. I got to see many of my SOMO family members and catch up with some National Games friends. Megan Neighbors was there with her baby girl. Her baby has the bluest eyes and is so cute! Over the Edge was just a really great time because I got to hear a lot of stories and make some new friends. I struggled some this morning posting to facebook because my phone was being super great but by the afternoon, I had the kinks worked out. Next year, I am 100% sure that I want to go Over the Edge. After loading pictures onto the computer and saying goodbye I was back to the burg. When I got back everyone was hanging out in Lauren M.'s room. There was an international festival going on in the union so walked over hoping to eat some food but it cost $8 so we went and ate at Todd. Russ's family came up for the weekend so we got to see them. After dinner Justin, Joseph,Lauren, Lauren,Dalton,Kaci, Sean,Morgan, Russ, Russ's brother Kyle and I played Just Dance 2 in my room. We had fun and the guys actually got into not just moving the remote only (cough cough Brett cough cough).lol. Then Kaci, Justin,Joseph, Russ, Kyle and I went to Justin's room to watch Radio! Always a great movie. The others went to the Rec. Russ hit me with a pillow and a board on Justin's bed fell and hit him.Karma haha! Then I came upstairs and chatted with the others for a little bit and now I am going to bed so I am not so tired tomorrow. Random things of the day the guy at the mini wall that told everyone to do had metaphors for everything like your chances of the rope breaking are the same as falling into ice while getting your arm bit off by a shark and winning the lottery. I used air quotes at supper so Morgan and I were joking that we should take air quotes alot. Diane and the others sent 2 boxes of donuts and a half a gallon of juice home with me.Guess where my friends will be at this week.Apparently it was the night of arguing (well not really arguing just disagreeing)with people because I was arguing with Brett on facebook and Kyle about whether cheerleading was a sport. Today was a reminder of why I want to be a photographer/work some in public relations. I love it and working with the athletes. O I almost forgot I got to see Sharlet and Tina today which was awesome because I missed them so much!I miss my whole National Games tennis crew. Well I am off to bed. Good night!

Wicked

Every conversation today mentioned something about the cardinals game.When I got up Mike and Katie were leaving to go home for the weekend. I got up and got ready for class. In foundations we were printing still today.I printed my raccoon picture and one of my flower pictures off. If I would have known a head of time I actually could of went home this weekend for the stuco district meeting but thats ok, I had a great time here. After class I ate lunch with my friends then came back to my room. Idea and Visual Arts was cancelled so I was able to attend the SO college webinar. I learned some great information about it and I am really excited about trying to get one started here. If I could get one started that would achieve both of my goals for the year of getting information out about Special Olympics and spreading the word to end the "R" word. After the webinar, I took a 2 hour nap which was great and I am going to need it since I have to get up at 6 tomorrow. After my nap, I finished my psychology paper and since I didn't have any more homework I watched some t.v. Dalton came in and watched FRIENDS with me for a little bit then we went to eat. They were serving these chicken sliders for dinner and the cook put some sauce on it. Dalton was like o its just butter but when I asked the cook, he told me it was honey mustard. Everyone knows my hatred for mustard so Dalton ate them lol. After we ate, I came back and messed around with photo shop. Then at 5:30 my friends and I ate dinner, this time I actually ate food. I came back to my room after dinner and got ready for the bonfire/hayride. Lauren B. and I walked over to CCH. Then we got in the car with Kirstin and went to the hayride. We jammed out to the Wicked soundtrack on the way there and the way back. The bonfire/hayride was lot of fun because we all hung out,talked, ate smores and drink hot chocolate or apple cider. There were lots of cats there but they were wild so I made it my goal to catch one. I succeeded even though the cat was growling and not happy. I miss my cats from home so much! We took the hayride which was also fun because Kirstin,Heather and I sang a bunch of songs and we looked at the stars. Some people were dressed up in costumes like Sean was Aladdin and Lauren B. was a fairy. Lauren and I wanted to watch some of the Cardinals game so Kirstin was very kind and brought us back in time to see the last 3 innings. The cardinals won 6-2!!!!!!!!World Series win number 11. They deserved it after coming back from being way behind in the season. Then I came back to UCC. Lauren and Sean wanted to watch a movie but I told them I couldn't since I have to get up early but I watched the first 20 mins of the Notebook with them since I love movie. It was a great Friday! Well I must go to bed. Good night!

Halloween Clown Cat

If there was ever a day to be a cardinals fan today is the day. The game started off rough but the cardinals proved why they made it this far.It only took 11 innings but the cards won! David Freese is the hero once again! A lot of people were sure the Rangers were winning it tonight but tomorrow the cinderella story will be complete when the Cardinals are the 2011 World Series Champs. The dorms are crazy right now as I'm sure all over Missouri is crazy. They don't call us the show me state for a reason. Well now onto the rest of my day, not like it matters after that. I only had one class today because psychology was cancelled. O I didn't have nightmares about kittens but I did have a nightmare about snakes. So I went to T and C this morning which I usually dread but there were no critiques this week and we just talked about light room which I can handle. So after class I came back and half took a nap/ half watched t.v. Then I went and ate lunch with my friends. After lunch, I probably should have been productive but I watched To Save a Life which I would say was productive. After it was over I started on my homework, watched some friends, did dishes and the vacuumed so I guess it wasn't a wasted day. At 6 we went to Todd and ate. Then Kaitlin, Russ and I went to Dollar General to get cans so we could get into the Oksoberfest. Russ forgot his cans after he payed for them so we had to go back and pick them up lol. When got back we flipped back and forth between the game and spongebob and just hung out in my room. There were cute little tricker treaters all over because some dorms were handing out candy. At 8 we went to Diemer we went to the Oksoberfest.We ate some food and danced for a little bit then left. We went to Yaeter for the haunted tours. I really don't like haunted things since I was scarred by the Canton haunted trail as a kid but I had Katie or Kaitlin stay by me at all times and it really wasn't even scary. Kaitlin and I didn't go into the scary rooms where screams were coming from but the one room we did go into Sean made a bunch of jokes so it was funny. While we were waiting in line to take the tour, there was this random halloween clown cat so I picked it up and was making cat noises at people with it and it ended up going on the tour with me too. I really wanted to leave it in the haunted 3rd floor like in a window and people would walk by and be like omg the ghost put that cat there. After the scary part of the tour we went to the haunted 3rd floor and saw all the scary stories that have supposedly happened. It was kind of lame but yet it was fun because I was with my friends. After it was over Katie and I came back to the room and had a good chat on the way back. We thought maybe we would get to bed early HA but it was so worth it staying up. Great day! Well I am going to bed, good night!

Purple Tights

Wednesday which means the week is half over.It has actually gone fast. This morning it was pouring outside and 30 degrees cooler. I got to sport my rain boots yet once again. I was hoping my library class was cancelled but it wasn't so I put on a happy face and went to class. When it was over I came back to my room for a little bit and watched Gilmore Girls then I went to Foundations. We just did printing tutorials in class so it went pretty quick. After class I went and ate lunch with my friends. At 1 I went to Ideas and Visual Arts. Third class that she hasn't made my group get up and talk because we either run out of time or she forgets we haven't gone but that is just fine with me. When I got back to my room I took a nap. When I woke up I did some homework and when Katie got back I made her be my test subject for my next photo assignment. Then I lounged around for a little bit. At 6 I ate supper with my friends like usual. This supper was unique though because we were all sitting around 2 square tables pushed together so we played telephone. One time it was Russ is a purple platypus and it ended up I wear purple tights. Russ was right next to me and when I said it to him, he changed it from Russ wears purple tights to I wear purple tights. Then I came back to the room and listened to Christmas music. I know its early but I was just in the mood for it. Kaci, Katie and I all walked over to DIG. We are still talking about David. After DIG Katie, Russ, Kaci, and I walked back. We all got Kaci by throwing leaves at here when she walked out of CCH. Then Russ shoved leaves in my hood and then I held Katie while Russ got her with leaves. Needless to say we all got hit by leaves except Russ. His time is coming though :P. After we said goodbye to Kaci, the 3 of us raced back to UCC. Sam,Chris,Sean M, Nora, Mike,Katie,Whitney, Morgan and I watched The Roommate in Mike's room. It was not that good because the creepy roommate stole the cute little kitten from their room and "got rid of it." I don't know why she did but even  when other people died in the movie, I was still sad about the kitten. The rest of the movie was weird too. I pray for no nightmares tonight. Well I am off to bed.Good night!

Blustery Day

Last night was not a good night of sleep.I set my alarm clock for 7 so that I could get up and register for classes, then go back to sleep. I have this thing that if I set my alarm for something important besides getting up for class that I will wake up multiple times thinking its that time already. I finally did get some sleep however and when 7 came I was enrolled in spring classes. I got everything I wanted except Intro to Studio was out of slots so I have to talk to the professor tomorrow and see if I can get in. I went back to sleep after getting enrolled and woke up to go to Freshman Seminar. That class was fun because we watched some videos about technology facts that were pretty shocking and we watched an inspirational video. Psychology was about as good as it usually is. We are talking about intellectual disorders so we started talking about down syndrome. I hate that mental retardation is the scientific term because it stings every time she uses it and I can't say anything because it supposedly is correct.  After class I ate lunch with my friends, then Nora and I went to small group. I like my small group alot because we can be open to each other. After small group I came back and started a load of laundry then watched some FRIENDS. After doing laundry I straightened up all my drawers and organized everything. At 6 we piled in Whitney's car and went to supper then we came back and Kaitlin, Morgan, Lauren, and I had a Final Destination marathon. We watched the 2,3,and 4th one. It was so windy out today which made me come up with tonight's blog title. It makes me think of Winnie the Pooh and how they would always talk about the blustery day when it was extremely windy. All the dorms are so hot because they turned the heat on last week that now everyone is begging for A.C. The only problem is its supposed to be in the 50s tomorrow and soon everyone will be begging for the heat back. For now I guess we just have to live with it. Well I am off to bed.. Good night!