Well, after my long absence, I think it is finally about time that I start blogging again. I'm away from home, back at school, and people won't know what I'm doing otherwise. :)
Tonight I went to an outdoor worship service that was totally awesome. :) I'm very glad I came to SPU. You aren't always able to find such cool experiences elsewhere. This whole week is full of cool CFE stuff. It's celebration week. Also I was kind of hyper at the beginning, so I was having fun with Lydia and Christine. We made up our own PBS show. ;) We're the stars and we'd be awesome. Like human Teletubbies. Six-year-old Britains would love us.
I have discovered that I left several items of great import back in Yakima. Among the most vital . . . my pillow. Sleeping last night was interesting. But hopefully, Shannon, who is visiting Yakima this weekend, will be able to retrieve the things I forgot from my house, and bring them back up to me. That would certainly be nice . . .
And finally and most importantly of all, I have an announcement. I am participating in the UW Relay for Life in May! :D It's a walk-a-thon to raise money for cancer research. If you would like to donate money to support me and the cause of cancer research, or if you're just curious, you can go to this website Bonnie's Donation Page. Click on "Sponsor Participant" and enter my first and last name. :) I'll be sending out e-mails to try to find those people interested in donating funds. I'm excited to see what the Moyer ladies can accomplish in the fight against cancer. :D
The Fund-Raising Female
P.S. Annie, I am so writing you a letter soon. ;) I am extremely far behind.
It's me, happy!
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Scrounge!
This whole week has been pretty busy in this last blitz leading up to finals. I was studying and working for a large part of Saturday and will be doing the same today. Saturday wasn't all work, however. I took at least one break as you can see. ;)
Blowing Bubbles
There was also a fun late-night activity put on by Moyer that night. Scrounge! A city-wide scavenger hunt. :) It was pretty exciting. Laura was the driver for our team. Melissa and I wore our labcoats and goggles and Laura and Christy were the "lab mice" with little whiskers and noses painted on their faces. (Teams got extra points for dressing up.) We didn't win, but we didn't get lost, so we ended up at least even in the end. :) Laura has a picture of our group on her blog if you want to see it.
The power also went out for a little bit yesterday. Not as cool as it could have been, since Moyer's emergency lights were working, unlike Hill's. ;) The power was back on by the time we came home from Scrounge.
I also just got on something called The Facebook. It's basically a giant white pages of all the college students in the state of Washington. Well, not all of them. Digipen's not in there. ;) But guess who I found on there? My cousin Kelly! :) She's living in Queen Anne (close to SPU) and I didn't even know it! It was great. :D
I worked in the toddler's room today and it was a lot of fun for the most part. These kids were the first cuddlers I've come across . . . I haven't realized how much I've missed cuddler kids. These are the kids that plunk down in your lap without a second thought when you're reading them a book and push up next to your legs when they're afraid and hold on to you when they're crying. I guess the groups I've been working with have all been too old for that kind of thing. Anyway, so today in toddlers we had Sam, who at two-and-a-half can read "big brown bear" without any prompting! O_O He is freakishly smart. We also had the story of Jesus dying on the cross as our story this week, and when asked what the cross in the picture was, Sam promptly replied, "T!" ;) Then we had little Julian who was very sweet and unassuming. Then there was adventurous Shaun. He enjoyed finding the path of quickest descent from the top of the slide which usually meant skipping the slide altogether. It was hilarious to watch him throwing himself in the general direction of the slide and not caring whether he actually hit it, or just went straight to the floor. Last of all we had Mimi. Poor little Mimi. While using a chair as support for standing up, her hand slipped, and she bonked nose-first onto the corner of the chair. There was wailing, there was blood, but she was a brave little girl. She was okay by the end of the service.
Okay, now I had better get to studying. My first final (biology) is on Monday at one. My second (UCOR) is at eight on Tuesday, and my third (chemistry) is on Wednesday at three-thirty. I'll see some of you during spring break. :) I'm looking forward to it.
The Studious
Blowing Bubbles
There was also a fun late-night activity put on by Moyer that night. Scrounge! A city-wide scavenger hunt. :) It was pretty exciting. Laura was the driver for our team. Melissa and I wore our labcoats and goggles and Laura and Christy were the "lab mice" with little whiskers and noses painted on their faces. (Teams got extra points for dressing up.) We didn't win, but we didn't get lost, so we ended up at least even in the end. :) Laura has a picture of our group on her blog if you want to see it.
The power also went out for a little bit yesterday. Not as cool as it could have been, since Moyer's emergency lights were working, unlike Hill's. ;) The power was back on by the time we came home from Scrounge.
I also just got on something called The Facebook. It's basically a giant white pages of all the college students in the state of Washington. Well, not all of them. Digipen's not in there. ;) But guess who I found on there? My cousin Kelly! :) She's living in Queen Anne (close to SPU) and I didn't even know it! It was great. :D
I worked in the toddler's room today and it was a lot of fun for the most part. These kids were the first cuddlers I've come across . . . I haven't realized how much I've missed cuddler kids. These are the kids that plunk down in your lap without a second thought when you're reading them a book and push up next to your legs when they're afraid and hold on to you when they're crying. I guess the groups I've been working with have all been too old for that kind of thing. Anyway, so today in toddlers we had Sam, who at two-and-a-half can read "big brown bear" without any prompting! O_O He is freakishly smart. We also had the story of Jesus dying on the cross as our story this week, and when asked what the cross in the picture was, Sam promptly replied, "T!" ;) Then we had little Julian who was very sweet and unassuming. Then there was adventurous Shaun. He enjoyed finding the path of quickest descent from the top of the slide which usually meant skipping the slide altogether. It was hilarious to watch him throwing himself in the general direction of the slide and not caring whether he actually hit it, or just went straight to the floor. Last of all we had Mimi. Poor little Mimi. While using a chair as support for standing up, her hand slipped, and she bonked nose-first onto the corner of the chair. There was wailing, there was blood, but she was a brave little girl. She was okay by the end of the service.
Okay, now I had better get to studying. My first final (biology) is on Monday at one. My second (UCOR) is at eight on Tuesday, and my third (chemistry) is on Wednesday at three-thirty. I'll see some of you during spring break. :) I'm looking forward to it.
The Studious
Monday, March 07, 2005
The Adventures of Loopy Laura and Batty Bonnie
Hee! Laura and I were attempting to fix her computer tonight. I was being very helpful dancing around to the soundtrack of That Thing You Do and blowing bubbles out the window. But anyway, Laura's computer was a mess. To quote Annie quoting Strong bad, "It was diagnosed with serious problems" ;) She had absolutely a TON of spyware on her computer and it was making her online experience a pop-up minefield. So we had fun trying to install the original programs (the programs that Laura was supposed to have installed at the beginning of the year, bad Laura! Bad!) so that we could use the one of the two that she didn't have. The one spyware removing program she did have was being defeated by a particularly smart piece of spyware. Every time Laura tried to run a check on her comp, it would shut down the computer. O_o Fortunately, the other program blocked the one spyware program that was blocking Ad-Aware, so things are all good now. I hope Laura has learned her lesson and will now perform regular check-ups. ;)
One might be wondering what could be making me so hyper as to blow bubbles out the window? Well, the girls at dinner were getting a little crazy. There were some Moyer guys at another table making a tower out of paper tri-fold advertisements, so we decided to make one out of cups. It was very noisy when it fell and we were all cracking up. :) Then, Lydia and I decided to go co-op undercover to take out the guys' tower. We rolled up napkins and hid behind a pillar. Lydia on the left, 'cause she's left handed, and me on the right. The only thing missing from our stealth plan was actual stealth. The guys totally saw us coming. Oh, that and aim. Neither Lydia nor I hit it, although I was close. ;) Sad, I know. Anyway, the guys just laughed at us and we didn't attempt to knock down their tower again. We were loud all the way back to Moyer. It was nice just to laugh. :)
I got my biology test back today and did not do as well as I had hoped. Sadness . . . that's never good when it happens in the class that is your major. :( But, I've done well on everything else and the biology class has a remedial assignment that you can do for one test, so I'll do it on this one. Disappointing . . .
I now have my work schedule for next quarter and I have one heck of a crappy shift. I get the shift from five to eight on Wednesdays which means no Gwinn dinner that night unless I order a sack dinner. Sack dinners are the same thing . . . every week . . . So we'll see how that works out. :-\ My other shift is closing on Monday, which I enjoy because it's pretty quiet.
I dressed a little too cool for the weather today, but it wasn't too bad. I think I'm just being optimistic, as usual. ;)
I need to do some laundry. Pray for my finals next week, guys.
The Wry Worker
One might be wondering what could be making me so hyper as to blow bubbles out the window? Well, the girls at dinner were getting a little crazy. There were some Moyer guys at another table making a tower out of paper tri-fold advertisements, so we decided to make one out of cups. It was very noisy when it fell and we were all cracking up. :) Then, Lydia and I decided to go co-op undercover to take out the guys' tower. We rolled up napkins and hid behind a pillar. Lydia on the left, 'cause she's left handed, and me on the right. The only thing missing from our stealth plan was actual stealth. The guys totally saw us coming. Oh, that and aim. Neither Lydia nor I hit it, although I was close. ;) Sad, I know. Anyway, the guys just laughed at us and we didn't attempt to knock down their tower again. We were loud all the way back to Moyer. It was nice just to laugh. :)
I got my biology test back today and did not do as well as I had hoped. Sadness . . . that's never good when it happens in the class that is your major. :( But, I've done well on everything else and the biology class has a remedial assignment that you can do for one test, so I'll do it on this one. Disappointing . . .
I now have my work schedule for next quarter and I have one heck of a crappy shift. I get the shift from five to eight on Wednesdays which means no Gwinn dinner that night unless I order a sack dinner. Sack dinners are the same thing . . . every week . . . So we'll see how that works out. :-\ My other shift is closing on Monday, which I enjoy because it's pretty quiet.
I dressed a little too cool for the weather today, but it wasn't too bad. I think I'm just being optimistic, as usual. ;)
I need to do some laundry. Pray for my finals next week, guys.
The Wry Worker
Saturday, March 05, 2005
The People on the Bus Go Up and Down
Last night I went to Andy's house at the last minute for the second weekend in a row, 'cept this time was even more last minute. We had both had kinda crappy days the last couple of days (me for chemistry reasons) so it was nice to just relax for a bit. Since Andy and I both have class on Fridays, I arrived in the evening and left that same evening after a few hours. Still, the trip was free because I had a bus pass (not left or late this time ;) Hurrah!) so it wasn't that big of a deal to just pop over. I was, however, about a half-an-hour later than the bus schedule said I would be because of traffic. Poor Andy was outside for forty-five minutes waiting for me. :( He looked so worried looking at the two busses that had just arrived, wondering whether or not I was going to get off of one of them, that I ran off the bus without paying! Fortunately, the bus driver had seen that I have a card that's good for a month when I tried to pay while getting on the bus, and so he decided to just drive away. :)
Andy and I went to 7-11 to get some dinner, and on the way there Andy found a five dollar bill by the side of the road! Thus ensued a large number of jokes about rich people in Redmond driving around in Redmond in convertibles with bundles of money in their hands. ;)
My bus trips all involved some fun people. :) It was great. On the trip to Andy's apartment, I was sitting across the way from a lady who reminded me a little of my mom. We didn't even really look at each other until this teenager with his pants sagging about to his knees walked on and stood between us. I looked at the lady across the way with a sort of, "Kids these days . . . what are they thinking?" And she rolled her eyes and smiled in a humorous way. Later when she got off a older gentleman boarded. He reminded me of my Grandpa Stan. He talked to me about the water shortage they're expecting this summer and of the snow pack and a guy in Arizona in the 1900's who payed five dollars for one bucket of water. ;) He was great. On the way back to SPU, there was a guy sitting behind me with his headphones on. He was obviously into the melancholy tunes he was listening to because he was singing along to such great lyrics as "I'm not bringing you candy" and "I can't fly anymore" It was especially humorous because I don't think he realized how loud he was singing, nor how off-key. ;)
And that was my Friday. My Saturday will be all about writing a paper and doing chemistry homework. And possibly going to Fred Meyer's. Have fun next week all you lucky spring breakers!
The Tickled Transit-Taker
Andy and I went to 7-11 to get some dinner, and on the way there Andy found a five dollar bill by the side of the road! Thus ensued a large number of jokes about rich people in Redmond driving around in Redmond in convertibles with bundles of money in their hands. ;)
My bus trips all involved some fun people. :) It was great. On the trip to Andy's apartment, I was sitting across the way from a lady who reminded me a little of my mom. We didn't even really look at each other until this teenager with his pants sagging about to his knees walked on and stood between us. I looked at the lady across the way with a sort of, "Kids these days . . . what are they thinking?" And she rolled her eyes and smiled in a humorous way. Later when she got off a older gentleman boarded. He reminded me of my Grandpa Stan. He talked to me about the water shortage they're expecting this summer and of the snow pack and a guy in Arizona in the 1900's who payed five dollars for one bucket of water. ;) He was great. On the way back to SPU, there was a guy sitting behind me with his headphones on. He was obviously into the melancholy tunes he was listening to because he was singing along to such great lyrics as "I'm not bringing you candy" and "I can't fly anymore" It was especially humorous because I don't think he realized how loud he was singing, nor how off-key. ;)
And that was my Friday. My Saturday will be all about writing a paper and doing chemistry homework. And possibly going to Fred Meyer's. Have fun next week all you lucky spring breakers!
The Tickled Transit-Taker
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Chemistry Test of Death
Gah . . . my online chemistry test is KILLING ME!!! Want to see one of the problems? Hmm?!? . . . Well that's too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!
For the reaction:
C2H5I (l) + KOH (aq) -> C2H5OH (l) + KI (aq)
formula needed: k=Ae^-Ea÷RT
Ethyl iodide (l) + hydroxide ion (aq) yields ethanol (l) + iodide ion (aq)1) Calculate the rate constant for the reaction at 35C if the value of A is 2.10E10 and the activation energy is 68.8 kJ/mol.
2) Write a pseudo reaction rate expression for this reaction.
formula needed: rate=k[C2H5I]^m × [KOH]^n
3) A solution of potassium hydroxide is made by dissolving 0.500 grams of potassium hydroxide into 200.0 mL of solution. Next, 1.500 g of ethyl iodide is dissolved into 150.0 mL of solution. If equal volumes of the two chemicals are mixed, and the pseudo rate law from #2 holds true, what is the initial rate?
Hooray for the entire second question on the test . . . so freakin' hard . . . I'ma work on it as much as I can tomorrow. It's due Friday at five. Wish me luck.
For the reaction:
C2H5I (l) + KOH (aq) -> C2H5OH (l) + KI (aq)
formula needed: k=Ae^-Ea÷RT
Ethyl iodide (l) + hydroxide ion (aq) yields ethanol (l) + iodide ion (aq)1) Calculate the rate constant for the reaction at 35C if the value of A is 2.10E10 and the activation energy is 68.8 kJ/mol.
2) Write a pseudo reaction rate expression for this reaction.
formula needed: rate=k[C2H5I]^m × [KOH]^n
3) A solution of potassium hydroxide is made by dissolving 0.500 grams of potassium hydroxide into 200.0 mL of solution. Next, 1.500 g of ethyl iodide is dissolved into 150.0 mL of solution. If equal volumes of the two chemicals are mixed, and the pseudo rate law from #2 holds true, what is the initial rate?
Hooray for the entire second question on the test . . . so freakin' hard . . . I'ma work on it as much as I can tomorrow. It's due Friday at five. Wish me luck.
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