Well, I suppose I can tell you a little bit about the rest of my day yesterday. It was pretty uneventful until the evening hours. Right before small group, we had a mini Seder dinner. Rachel's mom made us a ton of delicious food and there were about 12 of us that came and just had a good time eating and hanging out with each other. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to have some leftovers before Rachel came to get them. Haha.
Today I didn't do much of anything. I walked outside without a jacket and it was wonderful. It was so awesome seeing people sitting on the quad doing homework or just being with friends.
The reason I am sitting here blogging instead of playing ultimate frisbee with the church kids is because I gave blood and I have to wait 4 hours before I do strenuous activities! It was my first time giving blood and I am glad I didn't faint. haha. I didn't watch the needle go in but I did look and see my blood going into the bag and stuff. My right arm felt weak which was weird. I know it's because my arm was being deprived of oxygen and stuff. OH! And the tube sitting on my hand felt warm because the inside of your body is 98.7 degrees so that was kind of cool. I know that's kind of gross so I am sorry if you are squeamish.
I got another letter from Zahara the other day!!! She put a new picture in the letter and a picture that she drew. It is precious. The letter was written on January 8th and got to me March 25th so you can get a good idea of the turn around time. I still have yet to get a letter from Lillian. I think one may come soon. I will be writing both Zahara and Lilian to tell them the good news about Colorado! I hope they get my letters. I wish there was some way of knowing or that we could send e-mails back and forth. I'm all for technology connecting the world.
Well, as of tomorrow there is one month of classes left. That is insane.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
I have discovered true love
As a kid I was definitely an advocate of the phrase "well if you love it so much, why don't you marry it?"
Well I think it is appropriate to say that I LOVE the new blog I just found. I may or may not have found it Facebook stalking people and I couldn't really tell you how it came to my attention but it's the blog of a girl that graduated from my high school when I was a sophomore and headed off to Julliard. Her New Year's resolution was to try 52 new restaurants in 52 weeks. Amazing.
First of all I was intrigued by this blog because it is so clever and well written. If only I had more wit, then maybe people would actually read the ramblings I call my life. Or maybe it's just the fact that she emphasizes important things by bolding them or making them really big. Oh the curse of always having to look professional.
Secondly, ummm it's about FOOD. Food that I want to try. Food that makes your mouth water by just reading about it. Food that looks like the kind of thing you would eat so much of you would probably have a food coma (which is just fine by me). She is such a good critic too! She really knows her stuff. I only wish my Dad and I had started doing this years ago! Seriously, who doesn't want to read about food.
Thirdly, people actually read her blog and look forward to posts. I have only been a reader for a day and I am ready to become a "follower" according to blogspot. Big step. I wish that people would look forward to reading my blog. I don't think my parents even read it anymore (well we will see now, won't we).
Needless to say, I spent my entire 8am class catching up on the past 3 months worth of restaurants that I missed out on. I'm excited to see where else this girl goes. If you want to check it out go here!
That being said... I could definitely marry this blog and I would have a beautiful life reading it.
I didn't read my Bible yesterday. It wasn't a bad day, something just felt not right all day. I won't be skipping that again. I love God time. :-)
Well I think it is appropriate to say that I LOVE the new blog I just found. I may or may not have found it Facebook stalking people and I couldn't really tell you how it came to my attention but it's the blog of a girl that graduated from my high school when I was a sophomore and headed off to Julliard. Her New Year's resolution was to try 52 new restaurants in 52 weeks. Amazing.
First of all I was intrigued by this blog because it is so clever and well written. If only I had more wit, then maybe people would actually read the ramblings I call my life. Or maybe it's just the fact that she emphasizes important things by bolding them or making them really big. Oh the curse of always having to look professional.
Secondly, ummm it's about FOOD. Food that I want to try. Food that makes your mouth water by just reading about it. Food that looks like the kind of thing you would eat so much of you would probably have a food coma (which is just fine by me). She is such a good critic too! She really knows her stuff. I only wish my Dad and I had started doing this years ago! Seriously, who doesn't want to read about food.
Thirdly, people actually read her blog and look forward to posts. I have only been a reader for a day and I am ready to become a "follower" according to blogspot. Big step. I wish that people would look forward to reading my blog. I don't think my parents even read it anymore (well we will see now, won't we).
Needless to say, I spent my entire 8am class catching up on the past 3 months worth of restaurants that I missed out on. I'm excited to see where else this girl goes. If you want to check it out go here!
That being said... I could definitely marry this blog and I would have a beautiful life reading it.
I didn't read my Bible yesterday. It wasn't a bad day, something just felt not right all day. I won't be skipping that again. I love God time. :-)
Hmmm
So I was walking to class today and I held the door open for the 3 people behind me. They all looked at me with surprise and thanked me. It is so unfortunate that people expect others to only think of themselves.
TODAY!
So today I have decided to never eat at the Southside dining center ever again! Between the appetizer bar and french fry bar, I am thoroughly disgusted with the amounts of grease and fat that this dining center is suggesting I consume everyday.
Tonight, I went to Watterson's dining center and I must say, I had a fantastic meal that consisted of red pepper hummus with baked pita and a burrito made to order. Delicious! I also found out the other day that the egg substitute that they make in place of eggs here for breakfast has 70% of the cholesterol you should have in a day in 3 TABLESPOONS! Who eats 3 table spoons worth of eggs, huh? That's insanely ridiculous and awful. Bleh.
I also got to go out to coffee with Liz! We had an awesome talk. She has been all around the world and it was really cool to hear about where she's been and just get to know her better. I think I might want to do that for at least part of my life if not all. We will see what happens.
That being said, I have not decided on a major yet and I don't think I'll decide that for a while. I have time which is nice.
OH! Almost forgot...this weekend we watched all 6 Harry Potter movies. It was an awesome time!
The End!
Tonight, I went to Watterson's dining center and I must say, I had a fantastic meal that consisted of red pepper hummus with baked pita and a burrito made to order. Delicious! I also found out the other day that the egg substitute that they make in place of eggs here for breakfast has 70% of the cholesterol you should have in a day in 3 TABLESPOONS! Who eats 3 table spoons worth of eggs, huh? That's insanely ridiculous and awful. Bleh.
I also got to go out to coffee with Liz! We had an awesome talk. She has been all around the world and it was really cool to hear about where she's been and just get to know her better. I think I might want to do that for at least part of my life if not all. We will see what happens.
That being said, I have not decided on a major yet and I don't think I'll decide that for a while. I have time which is nice.
OH! Almost forgot...this weekend we watched all 6 Harry Potter movies. It was an awesome time!
The End!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Bah dum bah bah bah!
If you can figure out what jingle those random words go with, I'll give you a cookie.
Finally, it's Friday. It wasn't a stressful week, it was just a week that I wanted to be over. Meh, whatever.
My brother made it into Nine! Way to carry on the Olsen name, broha!
What else. OH! Tonight at 8/7c on ABC Jamie Oliver (from The Naked Chef) is starting a new series called Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Oliver was 2010's TED prize winner.
"The TED Prize is designed to leverage the TED community’s exceptional array of talent and resources. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individuals who receives $100,000 and, much more important, “One Wish to Change the World.” After several months of preparation, they unveil their wish at an award ceremony held during the TED Conference. These wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact."
If you don't know what TED...
"stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The TED Conference, held annually in the spring, is the heart of TED. More than a thousand people now attend, the event sells out a year in advance, and the content has expanded to include science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. Over four days, 50 speakers each take an 18-minute slot, and there are many shorter pieces of content, including music, performance and comedy. There are no breakout groups. Everyone shares the same experience. It shouldn’t work, but it does. It works because all of knowledge is connected. Every so often it makes sense to emerge from the trenches we dig for a living, and ascend to a 30,000-foot view, where we see, to our astonishment, an intricately interconnected whole."
It is a phenomenal website that everyone should check out. The talks on this website ( TED.com ) are inspiring. I hope to go to at least one of these talks one day. Tickets cost $700 a piece (and you have to pay to get out there) but with that $700 the TED community can afford to put all of the talks that the rich, elite people get to see online for us common folk who just enjoy pure knowledge. Love it. It's a great idea and an even greater cause.
If you wanna check out past TED prize winners you can click here.
Well that's all I got for now. I will talk about a super fun late night walk I took on Tuesday but it will be a separate post cuz no one wants to read THAT much information in one post.
Finally, it's Friday. It wasn't a stressful week, it was just a week that I wanted to be over. Meh, whatever.
My brother made it into Nine! Way to carry on the Olsen name, broha!
What else. OH! Tonight at 8/7c on ABC Jamie Oliver (from The Naked Chef) is starting a new series called Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Oliver was 2010's TED prize winner.
"The TED Prize is designed to leverage the TED community’s exceptional array of talent and resources. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individuals who receives $100,000 and, much more important, “One Wish to Change the World.” After several months of preparation, they unveil their wish at an award ceremony held during the TED Conference. These wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact."
If you don't know what TED...
"stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The TED Conference, held annually in the spring, is the heart of TED. More than a thousand people now attend, the event sells out a year in advance, and the content has expanded to include science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. Over four days, 50 speakers each take an 18-minute slot, and there are many shorter pieces of content, including music, performance and comedy. There are no breakout groups. Everyone shares the same experience. It shouldn’t work, but it does. It works because all of knowledge is connected. Every so often it makes sense to emerge from the trenches we dig for a living, and ascend to a 30,000-foot view, where we see, to our astonishment, an intricately interconnected whole."
It is a phenomenal website that everyone should check out. The talks on this website ( TED.com ) are inspiring. I hope to go to at least one of these talks one day. Tickets cost $700 a piece (and you have to pay to get out there) but with that $700 the TED community can afford to put all of the talks that the rich, elite people get to see online for us common folk who just enjoy pure knowledge. Love it. It's a great idea and an even greater cause.
If you wanna check out past TED prize winners you can click here.
Well that's all I got for now. I will talk about a super fun late night walk I took on Tuesday but it will be a separate post cuz no one wants to read THAT much information in one post.
Monday, March 22, 2010
58
This is the 58th time I have decided to let people know how I am doing. The 58th set of moments of my life that I don't want to forget. So here it goes... 58 things that have happened to me in the past week since my last blog post in no particular order.
1) Had my first day back from Spring Break
2) Tried to choose classes without having a major
3) Decided that I wanted to be a Marketing and Business Administration Major
4) Decided that I didn't actually know what I wanted to do with my life yet and I didn't have to decide that quickly
5) Started planning for LT
6) Discovered something called Connect by Hertz where you can rent a car for a few hours. Sounds pretty awesome.
7) Went on a walk in 64 degree weather. It was beautiful
8) Saw tulips blooming
9) Had a great talk with one of my best friends, Rachel, after small group and we got to realizing that Judaism and Christianity aren't as different as we thought. It feels good to no longer be ignorant.
10) Had a choir concert
11) Went to dinner with my family and had leftovers the next day (eggplant parmesan.. SO good)
12) Got to have my brother stay with me overnight in the dorm so he could experience my version of the college life.
13) Had dinner with the two fabulous girls who are on the worship team with me
14) Made someone feel awkward. haha story of my life!
15) Realized that when I took the train home I left the keys for the van in my pocket and so my parents had to find the spare in order to drive it all week. I also realized that I forgot my epic awesome toothbrush and comb at home
16) Held the car keys for ransom until I got my items back from my parents safe and sound this weekend
17) Was visited by Max, another one of my best friends.
18) Skipped math class on Thursday when I have a test tomorrow with no other review classes in between
19) Had bible study a bunch!
20) Had Sunday Night Prayer and It was amazing and beautiful and God really spoke to me about what he wants for Cornerstone and the leaders there
21) Thought about staying single purposefully for the next 6-7 years so I can just focus on what God wants me to do in that time
22) Thought about what in this life would make me happy. I couldn't really think of anything specific that would make me happy in the future. I just know what makes me happy now
23) Considered taking a job that wouldn't let me do worship band
24) Didn't take the job
25) Consistently woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep for a while. Go insomnia!
26) Consistently woke people up with text messages that I sent late at night
27) Started re-watching the 3rd season of Heroes so I can get back into it
28) Found the application that my Dad makes my potential boyfriends fill out... those of you who have dated me are brave souls
29) Was excluded
30) Was told I was not allowed to transfer or even consider transferring to another school
31) Talked to Max's mom on skype bahaha
32) Tried to study for math
33) Fell asleep on my math book while studying
34) Stayed up till 4am
35) Tried to convince my dad to pay for my ear piercing
36) Heard birds singing in the morning
37) Have discovered that I am engaged to God and it's awesome
38) Have realized that I have to travel around the world when I am older. No settling down for me!
39) Have made the hallway into a freezing wind tunnel because I opened my window and my door
40) Was given a delicious M&M cookie!
41) Tried to hold August's hand awkwardly and got denied
42) Had it almost snow on the official first day of Spring
43) Was called Freckles....multiple times. Bleh
44) Considered eating some of my Dinosaur Egg Oatmeal
45) Had KK walk into our room, while a boy was here, in a towel. I died of laughter and fortunately she did too
46) Reminisced about High School
47) Went to Women's overnight-er
48) Discovered that I don't make time for God much less anyone else who isn't on the ISU campus because it's kind of hard to make the time for those people even though I love them. I don't want to do that to God either. I demand his full attention but I don't give Him my full attention
49) Re-focused
50) Discovered that I want to have an amazing conversation with Liz, a new person at Cornerstone who has traveled around the world.
51) Have missed Sam Duda and the joy she brings to my life
52) Have been happy that KK is my roommate :-)
53) Got a pedicure
54) Have started actually having a memory finally!
55) Had fun hanging out with my brother and friends and showing him that drinking isn't fun and that sober fun is way cooler
56) Made some new friends
57) Made KK's bed
58) Drank Peach Iced for the first time in a long time... satisfying
1) Had my first day back from Spring Break
2) Tried to choose classes without having a major
3) Decided that I wanted to be a Marketing and Business Administration Major
4) Decided that I didn't actually know what I wanted to do with my life yet and I didn't have to decide that quickly
5) Started planning for LT
6) Discovered something called Connect by Hertz where you can rent a car for a few hours. Sounds pretty awesome.
7) Went on a walk in 64 degree weather. It was beautiful
8) Saw tulips blooming
9) Had a great talk with one of my best friends, Rachel, after small group and we got to realizing that Judaism and Christianity aren't as different as we thought. It feels good to no longer be ignorant.
10) Had a choir concert
11) Went to dinner with my family and had leftovers the next day (eggplant parmesan.. SO good)
12) Got to have my brother stay with me overnight in the dorm so he could experience my version of the college life.
13) Had dinner with the two fabulous girls who are on the worship team with me
14) Made someone feel awkward. haha story of my life!
15) Realized that when I took the train home I left the keys for the van in my pocket and so my parents had to find the spare in order to drive it all week. I also realized that I forgot my epic awesome toothbrush and comb at home
16) Held the car keys for ransom until I got my items back from my parents safe and sound this weekend
17) Was visited by Max, another one of my best friends.
18) Skipped math class on Thursday when I have a test tomorrow with no other review classes in between
19) Had bible study a bunch!
20) Had Sunday Night Prayer and It was amazing and beautiful and God really spoke to me about what he wants for Cornerstone and the leaders there
21) Thought about staying single purposefully for the next 6-7 years so I can just focus on what God wants me to do in that time
22) Thought about what in this life would make me happy. I couldn't really think of anything specific that would make me happy in the future. I just know what makes me happy now
23) Considered taking a job that wouldn't let me do worship band
24) Didn't take the job
25) Consistently woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep for a while. Go insomnia!
26) Consistently woke people up with text messages that I sent late at night
27) Started re-watching the 3rd season of Heroes so I can get back into it
28) Found the application that my Dad makes my potential boyfriends fill out... those of you who have dated me are brave souls
29) Was excluded
30) Was told I was not allowed to transfer or even consider transferring to another school
31) Talked to Max's mom on skype bahaha
32) Tried to study for math
33) Fell asleep on my math book while studying
34) Stayed up till 4am
35) Tried to convince my dad to pay for my ear piercing
36) Heard birds singing in the morning
37) Have discovered that I am engaged to God and it's awesome
38) Have realized that I have to travel around the world when I am older. No settling down for me!
39) Have made the hallway into a freezing wind tunnel because I opened my window and my door
40) Was given a delicious M&M cookie!
41) Tried to hold August's hand awkwardly and got denied
42) Had it almost snow on the official first day of Spring
43) Was called Freckles....multiple times. Bleh
44) Considered eating some of my Dinosaur Egg Oatmeal
45) Had KK walk into our room, while a boy was here, in a towel. I died of laughter and fortunately she did too
46) Reminisced about High School
47) Went to Women's overnight-er
48) Discovered that I don't make time for God much less anyone else who isn't on the ISU campus because it's kind of hard to make the time for those people even though I love them. I don't want to do that to God either. I demand his full attention but I don't give Him my full attention
49) Re-focused
50) Discovered that I want to have an amazing conversation with Liz, a new person at Cornerstone who has traveled around the world.
51) Have missed Sam Duda and the joy she brings to my life
52) Have been happy that KK is my roommate :-)
53) Got a pedicure
54) Have started actually having a memory finally!
55) Had fun hanging out with my brother and friends and showing him that drinking isn't fun and that sober fun is way cooler
56) Made some new friends
57) Made KK's bed
58) Drank Peach Iced for the first time in a long time... satisfying
Monday, March 15, 2010
Coward
We have just determined that if you can't find a raunchy on facebook, you can find them on myspace. haha It was extremely amusing.
Well I'm back from break and I'm happy to be back. Today went really fast and I just realized that I have to sign up for classes for next year tomorrow! Crazy.
As I was walking home from class, I saw something that called to me. It said initial me! Leave your footprint, a hand print! What will be your legacy?
Yep. It was a HUGE patch of brand new cement... I didn't listen to the calling. I wish I had. It would have been awesome to walk by that everyday and think. Yep. I'm awesome. Now I will walk by and think Yep. I'm a coward. So sad. Till later!
Well I'm back from break and I'm happy to be back. Today went really fast and I just realized that I have to sign up for classes for next year tomorrow! Crazy.
As I was walking home from class, I saw something that called to me. It said initial me! Leave your footprint, a hand print! What will be your legacy?
Yep. It was a HUGE patch of brand new cement... I didn't listen to the calling. I wish I had. It would have been awesome to walk by that everyday and think. Yep. I'm awesome. Now I will walk by and think Yep. I'm a coward. So sad. Till later!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Spring Break
So, I am sitting in Caribou just hanging out and stuff because no one else has spring break this week. I have found things to do though like drink coffee and work and watch grass grow....
No but seriously it has been a pretty good spring break. I got to go to dinner with S and Galanis last night and then Galanis and I watched Saving Silverman. I have never seen it before...quite good! Then today I got to go to lunch with Matt! I love him and it made me kind of miss musical.
Worked at 4:30am today.... WOOT!
I can't stand people who waste your time. My mom this morning (love her btw) didn't come on time to pick me up and then proceeded to go run other errands when it was clearly her fault that I was going to be late. I just think that time is the thing that people have the least of. The least each one of us can do for each other is respect their time. I think our world would be a better place.
Alright. Have you ever been listening to a song and really payed attention to when the singer breathes/the sound of their breathing? You should listen for it. It will drive you nuts and for a few days, that's all you'll be able to hear. Like I just listened to "They Weren't There" by Missy Higgins and she takes these INTENSE breaths in between some of her phrases. It makes me totally understand why choir teachers emphasize the "silent breathe" and scattered breathing. It would sound SO much better.
Now I think I'm going to study for Bio. That sounds like a good idea. *Sigh*
No but seriously it has been a pretty good spring break. I got to go to dinner with S and Galanis last night and then Galanis and I watched Saving Silverman. I have never seen it before...quite good! Then today I got to go to lunch with Matt! I love him and it made me kind of miss musical.
Worked at 4:30am today.... WOOT!
I can't stand people who waste your time. My mom this morning (love her btw) didn't come on time to pick me up and then proceeded to go run other errands when it was clearly her fault that I was going to be late. I just think that time is the thing that people have the least of. The least each one of us can do for each other is respect their time. I think our world would be a better place.
Alright. Have you ever been listening to a song and really payed attention to when the singer breathes/the sound of their breathing? You should listen for it. It will drive you nuts and for a few days, that's all you'll be able to hear. Like I just listened to "They Weren't There" by Missy Higgins and she takes these INTENSE breaths in between some of her phrases. It makes me totally understand why choir teachers emphasize the "silent breathe" and scattered breathing. It would sound SO much better.
Now I think I'm going to study for Bio. That sounds like a good idea. *Sigh*
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Where does the time go? I wrote a draft for my next post a week ago with the intent of finishing it but now it's been a week since I did that and I am JUST now blogging. How sad.
Well I guess two weeks ago this Friday, I had family dinner! No, not with my biological family, with my real family (haha jk mom and dad!). It was really fun. Katie made a delicious pasta with angel hair pasta, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes. I will definitely be hiring her if I ever have to cook for an army because we had SO much pasta that we ate (and there were 11 of us) and we still had like 3/4 of the food left.
Then that week Sunday, the Cornerstone worship band played at Grace Church. That was pretty cool. We ate outside because it was warm (enough...) out! YAY! This past week has been gorgeous outside and I have been able to ACTUALLY see the blue color of the sky. So awesome.
I guess I will just jump to Friday. I got to go see Katie in her Everyone's a Little Bit Diva cabaret. It was hilarious and a lot of fun. Then I woke up yesterday and headed home for Spring Break. I already want to go back to school haha. Oh well. Hopefully there will be some exciting things about this week that will happen. Until later!
Well I guess two weeks ago this Friday, I had family dinner! No, not with my biological family, with my real family (haha jk mom and dad!). It was really fun. Katie made a delicious pasta with angel hair pasta, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes. I will definitely be hiring her if I ever have to cook for an army because we had SO much pasta that we ate (and there were 11 of us) and we still had like 3/4 of the food left.
Then that week Sunday, the Cornerstone worship band played at Grace Church. That was pretty cool. We ate outside because it was warm (enough...) out! YAY! This past week has been gorgeous outside and I have been able to ACTUALLY see the blue color of the sky. So awesome.
I guess I will just jump to Friday. I got to go see Katie in her Everyone's a Little Bit Diva cabaret. It was hilarious and a lot of fun. Then I woke up yesterday and headed home for Spring Break. I already want to go back to school haha. Oh well. Hopefully there will be some exciting things about this week that will happen. Until later!
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