halloween is coming!

Tonight there's a costume dance here but I don't have a costume!So my friends and I are going to go to goodwill and see what we can find. My boyfriend and I are planning to dress up as Peter Pan and Wendy, but depending on what we find I might be Tinkerbell instead. We'll see how it goes!

Then tomorrow, we are going to wear really ugly awesome Halloween sweaters and knee high Halloween socks all day and go to a haunted corn maze in Yakima (hopefully). After that we're planning on staying up all night watching movies.

Who knows what we're going to do Sunday... So far no plans have been made. We'll seeeee!

Hope everyone has a fantastical Halloween!

WOO!

There's snow in the hills!!

 

action packed weekend!

This weekend was homecoming weekend! I feel even more tired from the weekend  than I usually do from the week...

On Friday there was the homecoming dance. The theme was dance through the decades, so they played music from the 60's all the way to the 90's, intermixed with an occasional newer song. It was soooo fun! We danced until the dance was over at midnight, then went back to my friend Kara's dorm and watched Sleeping Beauty. Didn't get to bed until about 2 in the morning.

Then Saturday it was Kara's birthday, so I got up at about 10 and walked to Safeway to get her a chocolate cake. My friend Loren and I wrote her name on it in frosting. Then we all went to the football game. Loren and I left at half time so we could sneak into Kara's dorm and put up streamers, but our attempt at a surprise party failed because she came back before we could finish setting up. Once she came back, Kara, Loren, and I went and got a movie and when we got back to the dorm we had cake and opened presents. Then we watched a couple movies and once again, I didn't go to bed until about 1 in the morning.

Today was my friend Loren's birthday! Kara and I blew up a ton of balloons and threw them all around in my room, then invited him over and we all hung out in my room for a bit. Then we went and ate dinner at the cafe near my dorm and  then we went to Kara's to play some video games for a bit. Then Loren had to leave because his roommate was taking him out for a birthday dinner, so Kara and I sat around for a couple more hours and played Guitar Hero.

And now I have been studying for my history midterm for the past couple hours. I think I'm going to go to bed now though, there's not much more preparing I can do.

UGH and I missed office hours AGAIN so I didn't get a chance to pick up the package my amazing grandparents sent me! These office hours are so inconvenient, it's RIGHT during the time when I'm either eating dinner with my friends or doing some activity on campus. Oh well, I shall plan to get it on Tuesday, since tomorrow during office hour time I will be at monday movie night in the student union.

philosophy

In my philosophy class we have been talking a lot lately about the end of the universe. My professor takes the stance that Tolstoy takes in his piece, "My Confession", where he talks about life being like the parable of the well, with a dragon at the bottom, a beast at the top and man clinging to a tiny branch in between. Tolstoy basically says that the inevitable death  ruins the goodness in life, which in the well scenario would be honey on the branch to which man clings. My professor takes this stance. He seems to think that if we're all going to die anyway, why do anything?

A friend of mine brought up a good point though, that I can't seem to get off my mind. He said, if we're all going to die anyway, why not do all we can? I love this idea, and it's been floating around in my head for a while now. I can't seem to let it go, so I just keep thinking about it. I think that experiences are all we'll have when we go off to another place after death, so why not take some good ones along? And even if we don't go anywhere after death, if we just lay in the ground and rot, at least someone still living might remember us for living life to the fullest every day and maybe they'll make an attempt to do so as well.

tuesdaaaay

today was pretty tiring, but still a lot of fun! only had 2 classes today, but then I went to my friend's university 101 class with him because it's really funny and basically just a big joke of a class so I sat in on it. Then we went to fred meyer and goodwill to shop for some stuff for halloween and to get a soccer ball, since nobody in our group of friends has one. We played soccer for about an hour and  then we went and ate dinner and now I'm back at my dorm doing homework!

Twas a good day! But now I'm extreeeemely sleepy

pumpkins and bo burnham!!

Carved pumpkins this weekend! They turned out really great! I brought one back to college with me, I'm going to put it in my window with a glowstick in it since we can't have open flame in the dorms.

On saturday my friend Loren and I helped out with Kailea's birthday party up at the ranch. She's basically my favorite camper EVER, she's so nice and helpful!

ALSO on saturday my friends and I went to a comedian's concert and we got to meet him!!!!

Mine is the super glow-y one next to the peace sign one!

Homeward Bound!

Today at about 4:30, my friends Kara, Loren, and I are all going to be heading home for the weekend! On saturday, we're going to a concert in Seattle, which is going to be sososososo fun! And then on sunday we're all carving pumpkins at my house and having festive halloween food, like the classic CIDER BEEF STEW that I lovelovelove and can't live without!! I'm really glad to be seeing all my animals again and to be hanging out with all my friends and family! Hope everyone else has a good weekend! Updates on monday or maybe tuesday!

rain rain rain

It's finally started raining here! Up until yesterday it hadn't rained at all since I got here. It also snowed a little, but since it wasn't quite cold enough, none of it stuck.

Yesterday was definitely one of the most epic days of college so far. One of my friends, Tom, is playing indoor soccer. So a couple of my friends and I went to Fred Meyer to get white t-shirts to make Team Tom shirts with so we can cheer him on from the stands. Right next to Fred Meyer is the Ellensburg Goodwill, so we stopped in there for a bit too. We ended up finding really bad AWESOME festive sweaters for Halloween, and since they were only four dollars each we all got one. Wait 'till you see the pictures from Halloween, it will be epic! After that we went to the Dollar Store and had all sorts of fun there!

Today is going to be very busy. I have 2 classes, which will be over by 11, and then I need to study for a big philosophy exam and then go to the library to write a paper and then go to my friend's dorm to make our Team Tom shirts and then go workout and then go to Tom's game tonight. Somewhere in there I'll maybe find some time to eat???

Rice Cooker Recipes

Since I have a rice cooker and it's easy to clean and cook in, I've been looking up recipes of things to make in just a rice cooker. I have a macaroni recipe that I'm very excited to try, just have to go to the store to get noodles, cheese, and milk.

Weekend was good, hung out with my friends and watched Disney movies!

The weather is getting colder and colder here, I love it! I took some pictures of the leaves and whatnot yesterday because the orange and red leaves are so pretty right now!

Played intense Spoons and Egyptian Rat last night! It was so fun, I was actually winning for a change! Then the 5 of us who played went up to Kara's and watched The Office, which was AWESOME.

This morning Kara and I went to the Rec Center and worked out. Ran for a bit, lifted weights for a bit. I feel reeeaaal good now! I think that's pretty much it for news...

Exciting News!

There was a job fair for the Summit at Snoqualmie today in the Ballroom here at Central, and so my friend and I went in with our applications all filled out and ready to go. There were a lot of people there so we had to wait in line to get interviewed, but it wasn't too bad. I sat down to talk to the guy about being a ticket scanner (the person who stands in the line and makes sure everyone has paid  to be there haha) and he looked  through my application and talked to me for about 2 minutes and  then said, "Congratulations, you get the job!"

So my first day is November 21st!! I'm so excited, now I can better pay for next quarter AND I get a free lift pass, so I ski free!!! Best day of college so far? I think yes!!!

only one class today

Yesterday and today, my philosophy class was cancelled because the professor has been sick! So today I only had one class, which was history and the rest of the day I've spent cleaning up my room since it's gotten pretty messy. I'll post some pictures eventually when I get around to taking some, but don't hold your breath! haha

Weekend

I went home this weekend! My dog was soooo happy to see me, I feel bad leaving him again.

Friday night we went to a family friend's house and she made delicious dinner and we talked about college and her husband bought us all nike sweatshirts! Mine is really pretty light green and it's warm and soft and I'm really happy about it! On Saturday, mom and I went to Fred Meyer, where I bought a purple jacket to keep me warm in the winter time. Also on Saturday, my friends and I went up to Monroe to see Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D, then we bought some yarn in ben franklin and I taught my friend Erin how to knit while we baked Halloween cookies back at Kara's house. It was really fun!

Today I went to my brother's soccer game. They lost pretty bad, but it was still a fun game to watch because all the player's on Nick's team are pretty good now, so it was at least entertaining! Then I went to the Mac Store to see about getting a new iPod, which should be coming in a couple of weeks! YAY!

And now I'm back in Ellensburg! I really like it here, the scenery is amazing and fun to take pictures of because the sky is so dramatic - especially around sunrise and sunset!

Some of my sentences may be a bit mixed up and run-ons, but I'm in a hurry to get to homework before bedtime!

funfun

Last night was really fun. After my last class of the day was over at 1, I went back to my room and ate a cup of noodles because I wasn't feeling too well, and my other friends were still in class. Then at about 7, my friend Kara and I were planning on meeting at her place to watch another scary movie, and then my favorite TV show The Office.

Instead of watching the scary movie, we sat in the crowded cafeteria and played some very intense card games with some guys we had just met. Then at about 8 we decided to play Extreme Spoons, or Suicide Spoons which is a REALLY fun way to play, look it up if you want to know more, it's hard for me to explain!

Then at 9, we all went to Kara's room and watched The Office and the show that comes on after it and then I rode my bike back to my room which is REALLY far away from everything, it's up in the corner of campus by the football field. When I got home, I found out that there's a creepy guy stalking girls on campus, which just totally freaked me out since I'm out here in the corner of campus not near anything!!

So needless to say, I won't be staying out after dark too much more in the near future...