Blarg. I am having all the earmarks of an allergic reaction, but I don't know what I could possibly be reacting to. I didn't put on any perfume. I'm afraid it might be my Tinkerbell shirt because the symptoms started shortly after I put it on . . . So now my head is full of snot and my eyes are itching like crazy.
Which of course made for a great phone interview with Bill Cox who will be my employer this summer. Hooray for answered prayer! My parents were amazing at working to get me a job! :D Thank you parents! My hours will be from about 10:00 to 5:00 on weekdays (occaisionally 9:00 to 5:00 or 10:00 to 5:30, and I'll work the occaisional Saturday from 10:00 to 4:00. I start the 13th of June. I'll basically be a go-for and just an around-the-office helper. Mostly I'll be delivering documents to various locations around Yakima, so look out roads, here comes Bonnie. :D
I stayed up 'til three last night talking with Christine and playing Crazy Eights while listening to classical music. We're such uber nerds. ;) Lydia came in later as well. Christine is pretty much my only close friend who didn't go home for the weekend, so we've been spending a lot of time together. Hooray for that. :)
Finally, it is now official. I am most totally and efficiently addicted to a game from PopCap called Chuzzle. I downloaded it from at least four different sites to get the free one hour trial as many times as I could, but then I ran out of individual threads and I couldn't trick any of the new downloads into thinking that I still had the free trial left, so I bought it. Sad, strange little Bonnie. It's a lot like Bejewled except you move whole rows instead of simply swapping gems and instead of gems you have little creatures that look like koosh balls that explode when you line up three or more. :D It's lots of fun.
Okay. Now I am going to go change my shirt, take a nap, clean my room, and study. Hooray for the life of a college student . . .
The Congested Chuzzle Challenger
It's me, happy!
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Future Plans and Future Plants
Today is the most beautiful I have ever seen in Seattle. I'm going to wear capris today. :D Yay! Capris! I sincerely hope that Seattle doesn't ruin everything by misting all over tomorrow. ;)
First off, there is reason for much rejoicing! Andy has gotten himself a new blog for the summer! :D Hooray! Now we can all read his creative stories and comment to our heart's content and his utter annoyance. ;) (Just kidding Andy.) So go and check it out. :) I'm sure it will be awesome though it will probably contain a fair amount about cherries. ;) There's a link to his blog over with the others now.
I am not working today. One reason is that the Honors Convocation is going on, so the library is closed. The other is that my boss is in a bad mood. :\ He didn't want to come up to the door and get me. :( He has some stressfull stuff going on right now and the new image we're making for next year is kicking him in the pants.
My room mate and I are going to try to cover an entire wall of our dorm next year with CD's. :D So far we have about 60, and need about 600 more. (I did the calculations.) It would be quite the look if we could pull it off. ;) I mean come on, when else in my life would I get to have a wall covered in CD's? Never that's when. So I'm gonna try to go for it! This means that I may have to start a used CD drive amongst my family and friends. ;) We'll see what actually ends up happening. We might do butcher paper instead. Or cover the door with CD's. Whatev. :)
I have two new additions to my happy little family here in my room. Gertrude and Gretchen are the bean plants that we were doing experiments on in biology. I rescued them so they wouldn't just be thrown out afterwards. They are not extremely pretty, nor are they edible, and you have to watch out for the sticky synthetic cytokinin still smeared over some of their lower buds, but they're already fitting right in. I bought a bigger pot to put them in, and I am determined to make a trellis for them out of chopsticks, tape, and rubber bands. :D The second addition is my algal pet. :) It's a tradition of Dr. Nelson's to give out alga in little bottles of nutrient-rich water to all his students (he is a phycologist after all). I've heard they're extremely hard to keep alive for very long, so I'm already eager to attempt it. ;) I named my algal pet Fyki after the Greek word for alga, "fyki." ;) I am strangely delighted with this name. It fits little Fyki so well, seeing as he is a mass of cute little round balls. The most astonishing thing about Fyki is that those balls you can see are single cells. Very BIG cells. Neat-o . . .
I also registered for a major last week. Three cheers for plant biology!!! :D I'm pretty much in since my biology gpa is above a 2.5 (pfft! You'd think the requirements would be a little more stringent . . . ) I am considering a minor in Spanish, but we'll see how that works out. I'll probably contact someone in the Spanish department next year to find out which classes I would have to take for the minor.
Okay . . . what else is of note? Group last night (worship night with speaker) was pretty cool. We had some of the people who worked on Halo come in and talk. One guy wrote the music, which I sadly still have memorized from watching Adam play it all the time, another lady was some sort of art consultant, and the third person I have no idea about. I think he's some sort of business manager or something . . . Anyway, it was fun and they were all interesting to listen to.
I'm really starting to become eager to head home. I only have two actual final finals since one of my classes will be substituting a final paper in as the final. (Hooray!) So, I should probably figure out when my finals are to see if I can have my parents pick me up any sooner. ;)
Chemistry is going . . . okay. I'm pretty certain I'll pass if only because I have an extreme aversion to the idea of taking this class again. I'm not smart enough mathematcially. He expects us to draw conclusions that I don't even come close to understanding. This class is for people far more seriously studious than I. However, I will continue to do the best I can and I hope this will be enough.
Next year, I am taking an English class, Organic Chemistry (which is supposedly the most evil class in the whole biology major, but I don't really see how it can beat inorganic chem), an O-Chem lab, of course, a class called "The Theater Experience" which promises to be wholly boring but will fulfill a humanities credit, and most importantly, some biology practicum credit. :D I get to work in the greenhouse ten hours a week! Yayayayayayayayay! Plus, it's upper-division credit, so ya can't get too much of that. :)
The Plant Pal
First off, there is reason for much rejoicing! Andy has gotten himself a new blog for the summer! :D Hooray! Now we can all read his creative stories and comment to our heart's content and his utter annoyance. ;) (Just kidding Andy.) So go and check it out. :) I'm sure it will be awesome though it will probably contain a fair amount about cherries. ;) There's a link to his blog over with the others now.
I am not working today. One reason is that the Honors Convocation is going on, so the library is closed. The other is that my boss is in a bad mood. :\ He didn't want to come up to the door and get me. :( He has some stressfull stuff going on right now and the new image we're making for next year is kicking him in the pants.
My room mate and I are going to try to cover an entire wall of our dorm next year with CD's. :D So far we have about 60, and need about 600 more. (I did the calculations.) It would be quite the look if we could pull it off. ;) I mean come on, when else in my life would I get to have a wall covered in CD's? Never that's when. So I'm gonna try to go for it! This means that I may have to start a used CD drive amongst my family and friends. ;) We'll see what actually ends up happening. We might do butcher paper instead. Or cover the door with CD's. Whatev. :)
I have two new additions to my happy little family here in my room. Gertrude and Gretchen are the bean plants that we were doing experiments on in biology. I rescued them so they wouldn't just be thrown out afterwards. They are not extremely pretty, nor are they edible, and you have to watch out for the sticky synthetic cytokinin still smeared over some of their lower buds, but they're already fitting right in. I bought a bigger pot to put them in, and I am determined to make a trellis for them out of chopsticks, tape, and rubber bands. :D The second addition is my algal pet. :) It's a tradition of Dr. Nelson's to give out alga in little bottles of nutrient-rich water to all his students (he is a phycologist after all). I've heard they're extremely hard to keep alive for very long, so I'm already eager to attempt it. ;) I named my algal pet Fyki after the Greek word for alga, "fyki." ;) I am strangely delighted with this name. It fits little Fyki so well, seeing as he is a mass of cute little round balls. The most astonishing thing about Fyki is that those balls you can see are single cells. Very BIG cells. Neat-o . . .
I also registered for a major last week. Three cheers for plant biology!!! :D I'm pretty much in since my biology gpa is above a 2.5 (pfft! You'd think the requirements would be a little more stringent . . . ) I am considering a minor in Spanish, but we'll see how that works out. I'll probably contact someone in the Spanish department next year to find out which classes I would have to take for the minor.
Okay . . . what else is of note? Group last night (worship night with speaker) was pretty cool. We had some of the people who worked on Halo come in and talk. One guy wrote the music, which I sadly still have memorized from watching Adam play it all the time, another lady was some sort of art consultant, and the third person I have no idea about. I think he's some sort of business manager or something . . . Anyway, it was fun and they were all interesting to listen to.
I'm really starting to become eager to head home. I only have two actual final finals since one of my classes will be substituting a final paper in as the final. (Hooray!) So, I should probably figure out when my finals are to see if I can have my parents pick me up any sooner. ;)
Chemistry is going . . . okay. I'm pretty certain I'll pass if only because I have an extreme aversion to the idea of taking this class again. I'm not smart enough mathematcially. He expects us to draw conclusions that I don't even come close to understanding. This class is for people far more seriously studious than I. However, I will continue to do the best I can and I hope this will be enough.
Next year, I am taking an English class, Organic Chemistry (which is supposedly the most evil class in the whole biology major, but I don't really see how it can beat inorganic chem), an O-Chem lab, of course, a class called "The Theater Experience" which promises to be wholly boring but will fulfill a humanities credit, and most importantly, some biology practicum credit. :D I get to work in the greenhouse ten hours a week! Yayayayayayayayay! Plus, it's upper-division credit, so ya can't get too much of that. :)
The Plant Pal
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Relay For Life
I'm so sore that I'm waddling like a duck and so tired that caffeine isn't helping to alleive my urge to avoid being awake for more than two hours at a time, but I am quite thoroughly happy. :D Relay for Life was a blast. It was a fun-filled 20 hours. :) I spent the majority of my time goofing off with Stephanie and Lydia and Kristen and Emily. We enjoyed being the most annoying people walking on the track and even dared to get into tricycle crashes and sing loudly and skip happily.
There was even a period of time during which we were tent rescuers. We were camping in Husky stadium which is astroturf, so we weren't allowed to use tent pegs. This made more than one tent unsteady. We saw a tent falling over and it didn't look like anyone was around who had any claim to it, so we ran over and tied it to a hurdle. :) It was fun watching the people come back and see their tent standing up. By the end of the event, I believe a total of three hurdles had been utilized. Everyone was experiencing tent problems. It was raining hard and extremely gusty. Both Lydia and I were almost murdered by tent awnings. You know, the kinds without walls that are extremely susceptable to wind gusts. Anyway, Lydia was almost killed by an awning when we were rescuing the anonymous tent. It flew up over the tent behind us and almost landed on top of her. I was almost killed during the time that I spent as a tent prop. Our tent had a big rain cover on it which was catching the wind like a sail. The rain had stopped, so eventually we got smart enough to remove and just let the wind blow completely through the tent. Anyway, I was almost killed when another awning took flight and smashed half of the tent. I screamed, of course, thinking the tent was blowing over, and was rather surprised at the apparent bend in the laws of physics when the tent popped right back up again. Emily ran in to see if I was fine, and I was, so she went off to secure the renegade awning. Overall a smashing time.
Then, there was the Luminaria. It didn't start out extremely well. The Luminaria is a time to remember those loved ones who have passed away because of cancer. The idea is that the lights in the stadium are turned out and candles in paper bags with the names, and sometimes pictures, of the loved ones put on them. I made one for my Grandma Burke. The only problem was, it was still rather gusty. I stomped out more than one burning bag as they were tipped over. It was kind of funny and more than a little of a detractment from the intended mood to watch hesitant people trying to blow out the fires. Very few suceeded and by the end there were more piles of ash than bags left of the momentos in the areas where the bags were exposed to the wind. At first, I thought that my little remembrance of Grandma Burke had burned before I had gotten a chance to see it, which upset me just a little, but then Alisha told me she had seen it up in the bleachers which I hadn't even known held luminarias. So, I made my way up there, and found this small token, and I cried. I don't cry out loud when I'm in public or really even when I'm around people at all, but there were tears running down my face. Even so long after her death it's hard to acknowledge that she's gone. It was a moving time and I'm very glad I got to participate.
My whole weekend consisted of mainly Relay for Life. Other than sleeping and studying for my biology test tomorrow I have done little else. Oh, I almost forgot to mention a few stats on Relay for Life. The UW Relay for Life was the highest grossing online campaign. This means that though we didn't raise the most money of any campaign in the U.S., the largest portion of our proceeds came from online donations. Hooray for a computerized generation. ;) Total, we raised a little over $181,000, no small sum. :) I heartily encourage anyone who ever has the opportunity to particapate in Relay for Life to do so. You won't regret it. Most likely . . . you can't be feeling sick or it's not much fun. Poor Stephanie was feeling sick. She went home early.
And on a final note to clear up some confusion, I did not mean to imply that having a goodly amount of rain is what makes a city a "real" city. I meant to say that a city is a real city when it does something wholeheartedly. Take Yakima for example. When it's hot in Yakima, MAN it's hot. So that's what I meant about Seattle. I wish it would be either hot or cold, not any of this stealthy mist stuff. Although, I'm not entirely certain I shouldn't have kept my mouth shut. We had quite the tempest while we were at Relay for Life . . .
The Exhausted Emphatic Entity
There was even a period of time during which we were tent rescuers. We were camping in Husky stadium which is astroturf, so we weren't allowed to use tent pegs. This made more than one tent unsteady. We saw a tent falling over and it didn't look like anyone was around who had any claim to it, so we ran over and tied it to a hurdle. :) It was fun watching the people come back and see their tent standing up. By the end of the event, I believe a total of three hurdles had been utilized. Everyone was experiencing tent problems. It was raining hard and extremely gusty. Both Lydia and I were almost murdered by tent awnings. You know, the kinds without walls that are extremely susceptable to wind gusts. Anyway, Lydia was almost killed by an awning when we were rescuing the anonymous tent. It flew up over the tent behind us and almost landed on top of her. I was almost killed during the time that I spent as a tent prop. Our tent had a big rain cover on it which was catching the wind like a sail. The rain had stopped, so eventually we got smart enough to remove and just let the wind blow completely through the tent. Anyway, I was almost killed when another awning took flight and smashed half of the tent. I screamed, of course, thinking the tent was blowing over, and was rather surprised at the apparent bend in the laws of physics when the tent popped right back up again. Emily ran in to see if I was fine, and I was, so she went off to secure the renegade awning. Overall a smashing time.
Then, there was the Luminaria. It didn't start out extremely well. The Luminaria is a time to remember those loved ones who have passed away because of cancer. The idea is that the lights in the stadium are turned out and candles in paper bags with the names, and sometimes pictures, of the loved ones put on them. I made one for my Grandma Burke. The only problem was, it was still rather gusty. I stomped out more than one burning bag as they were tipped over. It was kind of funny and more than a little of a detractment from the intended mood to watch hesitant people trying to blow out the fires. Very few suceeded and by the end there were more piles of ash than bags left of the momentos in the areas where the bags were exposed to the wind. At first, I thought that my little remembrance of Grandma Burke had burned before I had gotten a chance to see it, which upset me just a little, but then Alisha told me she had seen it up in the bleachers which I hadn't even known held luminarias. So, I made my way up there, and found this small token, and I cried. I don't cry out loud when I'm in public or really even when I'm around people at all, but there were tears running down my face. Even so long after her death it's hard to acknowledge that she's gone. It was a moving time and I'm very glad I got to participate.
My whole weekend consisted of mainly Relay for Life. Other than sleeping and studying for my biology test tomorrow I have done little else. Oh, I almost forgot to mention a few stats on Relay for Life. The UW Relay for Life was the highest grossing online campaign. This means that though we didn't raise the most money of any campaign in the U.S., the largest portion of our proceeds came from online donations. Hooray for a computerized generation. ;) Total, we raised a little over $181,000, no small sum. :) I heartily encourage anyone who ever has the opportunity to particapate in Relay for Life to do so. You won't regret it. Most likely . . . you can't be feeling sick or it's not much fun. Poor Stephanie was feeling sick. She went home early.
And on a final note to clear up some confusion, I did not mean to imply that having a goodly amount of rain is what makes a city a "real" city. I meant to say that a city is a real city when it does something wholeheartedly. Take Yakima for example. When it's hot in Yakima, MAN it's hot. So that's what I meant about Seattle. I wish it would be either hot or cold, not any of this stealthy mist stuff. Although, I'm not entirely certain I shouldn't have kept my mouth shut. We had quite the tempest while we were at Relay for Life . . .
The Exhausted Emphatic Entity
Friday, May 20, 2005
All stand for Brownies!
It is raining HARD outside the window right now. The trees are shaking around from being hit with such force. I have to say that this is the first times I've seen Seattle actually go all the way and fully RAIN, not this wish-washy mist stuff. Ah well, it's already turned to mist again. You were a real city for a second there Seattle . . . you were there . . .
Anyway, I've got Catholicism on the brain today because I had my UFDN presentation on the Catholic church we attended today. It's been in my thoughts so much today, that when Emily had just sat down with her brownie and Stephanie and Lydia were about to leave, instead of saying somehing like, "Wait for Emily to finish" or, "We can let her eat that before we go" I instead commanded, "All sit for brownies!" Hee. It was pretty funny. I was walking around all dressed up for my presentation and noticed just a few more doors opened for me. Dang shallow school . . . grml grml. ;) Ah well. Oh, did I mention, by the way, that the inflammatory anti-Christian atheist in our group showed up to our presentation this morning drunk and hung over? :D (fakey smile) It was awesome how she almost ranted her way through her portrayal of the catholic church history, saying how judgemental they were and how stiff. In spite of SPU's lifestyle expectations, she was talking all about her experiences on the previous night before the class started, all because she's "transferring anyway and doesn't care" All I can say is that I can't believe how stupid some people can be. She's going to need some major help in the next few years. Emily is definitely on my prayer list. Not because she's particularly easy to love, but because she needs prayer right now. She's kicking against God because of the hypocrisy she sees in the church. I pray that somehow she won't end up kicking so hard that she falls on her face, but I think that might be the only thing to wake her up. Other than Emily, our presentation went fairly well except for a slight disorder of slides in the art section.
I'm registering for my classes for next fall soon and it could be . . . interesting. I met with my factualy advisor (now Dr. Nelson, lucky man) and we went over what I might want to take. I might be doing a practicum credit next year, which would be good because it would get me some upper division biology credits. :D We shall see.
I really, really want to see Star Wars but probably won't get the chance until I go back to Yakima. Things are getting busy up here with finals coming up. I need to talk to my parents about more job opportunities . . . we're still working on that . . . this could be a bad situation. I would definitely have to take out another loan if I don't get a job.
Anyways, I'm off to hang out and avoid studying for my biology test on Monday.
-The Prideful Presenter
Anyway, I've got Catholicism on the brain today because I had my UFDN presentation on the Catholic church we attended today. It's been in my thoughts so much today, that when Emily had just sat down with her brownie and Stephanie and Lydia were about to leave, instead of saying somehing like, "Wait for Emily to finish" or, "We can let her eat that before we go" I instead commanded, "All sit for brownies!" Hee. It was pretty funny. I was walking around all dressed up for my presentation and noticed just a few more doors opened for me. Dang shallow school . . . grml grml. ;) Ah well. Oh, did I mention, by the way, that the inflammatory anti-Christian atheist in our group showed up to our presentation this morning drunk and hung over? :D (fakey smile) It was awesome how she almost ranted her way through her portrayal of the catholic church history, saying how judgemental they were and how stiff. In spite of SPU's lifestyle expectations, she was talking all about her experiences on the previous night before the class started, all because she's "transferring anyway and doesn't care" All I can say is that I can't believe how stupid some people can be. She's going to need some major help in the next few years. Emily is definitely on my prayer list. Not because she's particularly easy to love, but because she needs prayer right now. She's kicking against God because of the hypocrisy she sees in the church. I pray that somehow she won't end up kicking so hard that she falls on her face, but I think that might be the only thing to wake her up. Other than Emily, our presentation went fairly well except for a slight disorder of slides in the art section.
I'm registering for my classes for next fall soon and it could be . . . interesting. I met with my factualy advisor (now Dr. Nelson, lucky man) and we went over what I might want to take. I might be doing a practicum credit next year, which would be good because it would get me some upper division biology credits. :D We shall see.
I really, really want to see Star Wars but probably won't get the chance until I go back to Yakima. Things are getting busy up here with finals coming up. I need to talk to my parents about more job opportunities . . . we're still working on that . . . this could be a bad situation. I would definitely have to take out another loan if I don't get a job.
Anyways, I'm off to hang out and avoid studying for my biology test on Monday.
-The Prideful Presenter
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Geekette (That's what Moog just called me)
Well, I've finally decided to take a break from my homework and start up the ol' blog machine again. . . . What sound does a blog machine make? "Whine whine whine!"? ;)
Speaking of whining . . . gah . . . chemistry . . . gah . . . math . . . there is currently a message on my dry erase board that reads, "Yar . . . math be the devil's plaything." And that about sums it up. I don't like math, I never have, and I never will. This chemistry class seems so over my head and it's not the last complicated math class I'll have to take. I'm planning on taking statistics next year. Statistics . . . Well, enough of the whining. Just pray that I'll get through my chemistry class with a good enough grade to qualify for a biology major. We're apparently being given the opportunity to apply for a major in next week's lab section . . . wow . . . scary.
Anyways, as some of you may already know, I was in California this weekend for my sister's graduation. It was great to see her. :D You know what else was great? The weather! It didn't rain! Not at all! You know what it did in Seattle on Monday? Rained! You know what it did in Seattle on Tuesday? Rained! Can you even guess what it did in Seattle on Wednesday? Well, it was sunny, but that's beside the point! The weather in California was beautiful! Hot and sunny, just the way I like it! I have summer fever coming out of my ears after this visit! I was able to swim! Swim, people! I was never cold except in excessive air conditioning! It was so great! I was so happy just to be in the SUN!!!! ~falls over gasping~ . . . Man, I miss Yakima and the people in it. I'm ready to be home.
Other than the weather, which I thought was great but my grandmother didn't, there are a few other things of interest that occured this weekend. The first of which is . . . my sister is getting married in Washington! She wasn't going to originally, but she changed her mind. :) I'm excited. The second occurence is that I got to fly in first class for the first time in my life! It was amazingly fun! :D They served us drinks in glasses that were actually made of glass! Then, they handed out cups of warmed nuts including almonds and walnuts. When dinner was being served, they first laid cloth napkins over everyone's trays like a tablecloth. Then, dinner was brought out on a tray that contained separate plates. My tray had a plate of salmon salad, a slice of chocolate cheeescake, a roll, and a napkin with silverware rolled up in it, including a plastic butter knife (you know those terrorists and their dangerous butter knives). I was surprised they didn't wash our hands for us! Oh oh, and on top of the very spacious seats, the gadgets are a little bit cooler up front. They have music stations that actually play something besides elevator music and the tray folds out from your armrest, not down from the seat in front of you (it's really awesome and comes out in like six steps!) ;) Anyways, the Schilperoort family was taking pictures and being goofy the whole time probably annoying the regular first class flyers. Oh, by the way, we didn't actually know we were in first class until we boarded the plane. When my dad bought the tickets for us to go back to Washington, all the coach seats were apparently sold out, so they upgraded us to first class for free! :D Yay!
Aaaand what else is new? Oh yeah! Relay for Life is this weekend and I'm very excited. I leave at 11:00 on Saturday and come back at 12:00 on Sunday. It will be tons of fun! We get to stay in tents and eat junk food and take long midnight walks. :) Thanks so much to all of you who supported me in the fight against cancer! I raised quite a bit of money compared to many on my team. ;)
Bonnelia Schilpaceae (yes that is indeed my own scientific order and family, don't ask)
Speaking of whining . . . gah . . . chemistry . . . gah . . . math . . . there is currently a message on my dry erase board that reads, "Yar . . . math be the devil's plaything." And that about sums it up. I don't like math, I never have, and I never will. This chemistry class seems so over my head and it's not the last complicated math class I'll have to take. I'm planning on taking statistics next year. Statistics . . . Well, enough of the whining. Just pray that I'll get through my chemistry class with a good enough grade to qualify for a biology major. We're apparently being given the opportunity to apply for a major in next week's lab section . . . wow . . . scary.
Anyways, as some of you may already know, I was in California this weekend for my sister's graduation. It was great to see her. :D You know what else was great? The weather! It didn't rain! Not at all! You know what it did in Seattle on Monday? Rained! You know what it did in Seattle on Tuesday? Rained! Can you even guess what it did in Seattle on Wednesday? Well, it was sunny, but that's beside the point! The weather in California was beautiful! Hot and sunny, just the way I like it! I have summer fever coming out of my ears after this visit! I was able to swim! Swim, people! I was never cold except in excessive air conditioning! It was so great! I was so happy just to be in the SUN!!!! ~falls over gasping~ . . . Man, I miss Yakima and the people in it. I'm ready to be home.
Other than the weather, which I thought was great but my grandmother didn't, there are a few other things of interest that occured this weekend. The first of which is . . . my sister is getting married in Washington! She wasn't going to originally, but she changed her mind. :) I'm excited. The second occurence is that I got to fly in first class for the first time in my life! It was amazingly fun! :D They served us drinks in glasses that were actually made of glass! Then, they handed out cups of warmed nuts including almonds and walnuts. When dinner was being served, they first laid cloth napkins over everyone's trays like a tablecloth. Then, dinner was brought out on a tray that contained separate plates. My tray had a plate of salmon salad, a slice of chocolate cheeescake, a roll, and a napkin with silverware rolled up in it, including a plastic butter knife (you know those terrorists and their dangerous butter knives). I was surprised they didn't wash our hands for us! Oh oh, and on top of the very spacious seats, the gadgets are a little bit cooler up front. They have music stations that actually play something besides elevator music and the tray folds out from your armrest, not down from the seat in front of you (it's really awesome and comes out in like six steps!) ;) Anyways, the Schilperoort family was taking pictures and being goofy the whole time probably annoying the regular first class flyers. Oh, by the way, we didn't actually know we were in first class until we boarded the plane. When my dad bought the tickets for us to go back to Washington, all the coach seats were apparently sold out, so they upgraded us to first class for free! :D Yay!
Aaaand what else is new? Oh yeah! Relay for Life is this weekend and I'm very excited. I leave at 11:00 on Saturday and come back at 12:00 on Sunday. It will be tons of fun! We get to stay in tents and eat junk food and take long midnight walks. :) Thanks so much to all of you who supported me in the fight against cancer! I raised quite a bit of money compared to many on my team. ;)
Bonnelia Schilpaceae (yes that is indeed my own scientific order and family, don't ask)
Monday, May 09, 2005
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Homestar on NPR
Hahahaha! So, Janelle and I were listening to NPR on the way up to Seattle, and who do they feature on NPR but the Brothers Chaps and their popular creation!? It was so amazing!! They had quotes from Strongbad e-mails and the Brothers made some comments, it was great! They even featured the part of the Strongbad e-mail that talks about public radio! :D I was stoked!
Anyway, for those of you who don't know, I went home for the weekend to surprise my mother for Mother's Day. :) It was awesome. The look on my mom's face was priceless and so was Adam's double take when I said, "Hey Adam" as he walked in the door and he replied "Hey Bonnie" took a couple more steps and said, "Whoa!" It was great to be home. 'Cept seeing everyone home gave me a summer break jones like no other! I want so badly to be done with school but I still have a half a quarter left . . . :\ Anyway, I got home thanks to the generosity of Andy's dad who was coming up to pick up Andy, but also drove Andy to and from Moyer so he could go to the Moyer Hall banquet with me AND he drove me home. He's so nice. :D Thanks Pastor Rick!
The banquet on Friday was a BLAST. At least I had fun. I hope Andy tolerated it too. ;) I basically just danced around like a silly goose while he just smiled and shook his head. They played the Romanian pop song that's been going around "Numa Numa." That was hilarious. :D I got made fun of for putting too much cream and sugar in my coffee (A point on which I'm very sensitive. I'm sure most of you have heard my chocolate argument by now. I swear I'm going to hand Andy a piece of baking chocolate one day and tell him it's dark chocolate just to prove my point . . . ;) Heh. Just kidding Andy. . . . Maybe.) We also had fun playing around with the sword one of the "pirates" from first Moy-arr had brought. :) Sword discussions are always fun. ;) We took lots of pictures, acted goofy, and made memories. This dance was better than high school dances by about a factor of a bajillion. Nobody was worried about being cool although some people still aren't very comfortable with dancing ~cough, cough-Laura-and-Andy-cough~. I will definitely be doing this again next year. :D
And Annie, there's a letter coming soon. I just have to write it . . . I'm sure it will be filled with delightful/creepy art work. ;) Until next time,
The Haggard yet Happy Home-Goer
Anyway, for those of you who don't know, I went home for the weekend to surprise my mother for Mother's Day. :) It was awesome. The look on my mom's face was priceless and so was Adam's double take when I said, "Hey Adam" as he walked in the door and he replied "Hey Bonnie" took a couple more steps and said, "Whoa!" It was great to be home. 'Cept seeing everyone home gave me a summer break jones like no other! I want so badly to be done with school but I still have a half a quarter left . . . :\ Anyway, I got home thanks to the generosity of Andy's dad who was coming up to pick up Andy, but also drove Andy to and from Moyer so he could go to the Moyer Hall banquet with me AND he drove me home. He's so nice. :D Thanks Pastor Rick!
The banquet on Friday was a BLAST. At least I had fun. I hope Andy tolerated it too. ;) I basically just danced around like a silly goose while he just smiled and shook his head. They played the Romanian pop song that's been going around "Numa Numa." That was hilarious. :D I got made fun of for putting too much cream and sugar in my coffee (A point on which I'm very sensitive. I'm sure most of you have heard my chocolate argument by now. I swear I'm going to hand Andy a piece of baking chocolate one day and tell him it's dark chocolate just to prove my point . . . ;) Heh. Just kidding Andy. . . . Maybe.) We also had fun playing around with the sword one of the "pirates" from first Moy-arr had brought. :) Sword discussions are always fun. ;) We took lots of pictures, acted goofy, and made memories. This dance was better than high school dances by about a factor of a bajillion. Nobody was worried about being cool although some people still aren't very comfortable with dancing ~cough, cough-Laura-and-Andy-cough~. I will definitely be doing this again next year. :D
And Annie, there's a letter coming soon. I just have to write it . . . I'm sure it will be filled with delightful/creepy art work. ;) Until next time,
The Haggard yet Happy Home-Goer
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Kinda Forgot I Have a Blog
Sorry that I kinda forgot that I have a blog, but I've been pretty swamped recently. But now, I'm going to take Annie's advice and tell about my awesome weekend with her and Sally. :D
It started out on Friday when the chicas came to SPU. They dropped off Sally's stuff and then we hit the town. :) We went down to the pier and ate at Ivar's (which Sally had never eaten at) then came back to the dorm after a little more exploring of shops in the area. Annie's parents went out to see a movie, and we stayed in and drew amazing creatures and watched a girly movie. :D Then Annie's parents picked her up to stay in the hotel with them, and Sally went to bed while I went out mermaiding!
Yes, I broke the law. Two, actually. The first law broken was trespassing because we were in a park after it was closed, and the second was yes, indecent exposure. Mermaiding is skinnydipping. I am now officially a member of the Mermaiding Club. :D Man, that was crazy stuff. A group of about thirty girls decided to go. At first, we didn't think we would be able to do it the night that we had planned because when we got to the park, it was full of GUYS! Hispanic males to be precise. I don't know if there was some sort of shading dealin's goin' on in the park, but what other kinds of dealin's go on in a park at the hour of two in the morning? I mean, we were there for shady dealin's. ;) Anyway, after freaking out for about ten minutes, eventually the people left, and we went for it. Man, that water was cold. But now, if I'm ever playing that game "I Have Never" and someone says, "I have never been skinny-dipping," I would have to put down a finger. ;) That would get some fun looks. :P
Anyway, after we returned to SPU, I crashed into bed and didn't regain consciousness until about fifteen minutes before Annie called the next morning. We had planned to meet at Pike Place Market the next morning (because Sally had never been there) so she was calling to let us know that she and her mom were there. So, leaving them with instructions to check for us at the front under the sign every fifteen minutes, Sally and I got ready for the day and road the earliest bus we could. We arrived at Pike Place Market, watched fish-chucking for a few minutes, and then Annie and her mom found us. :) We spent several hours wandering the market, savoring all the classics including "Hands of the World" which I have great memories of from the Back to School Bash, the magic store, where we got to witness a demonstration because a tour group came in while we were there, and one of the little knick-knacky type stores where Sally bought a toy dog for her father because she knew he would hate to add it to his collection. Silly Pickle. After that, we hung out at Elliot Books for quite some time while Annie's mom went shoe shopping. Man, you start doing some weird things after being in a book shop for more than two hours. ;)
And to close the evening, we went to The Spaghetti Factory (which I had never eaten at before, and I don't know if Sally had). Other highlights of this week included me getting my own food nickname. Bon Bon Scalloped potatoes. Yup. Sally already had hers "Salad Graham Cracker" and Annie made hers up on the way over "Banana Roll". Personally, I think food nicknames are awesome. Everyone should have one. :)
Alright, I think that's enough blogging to satisfy the masses. Pray that I'll be able to find a summer job, everybody. Could be rough tryin' to find one that will let me start so late. And of course, keep praying for the Kroll and Schilperoort extended families.
The Busy Bon Bon Scalloped potatoe (Do you guys spell potatoe with an "e"? I always have.)
It started out on Friday when the chicas came to SPU. They dropped off Sally's stuff and then we hit the town. :) We went down to the pier and ate at Ivar's (which Sally had never eaten at) then came back to the dorm after a little more exploring of shops in the area. Annie's parents went out to see a movie, and we stayed in and drew amazing creatures and watched a girly movie. :D Then Annie's parents picked her up to stay in the hotel with them, and Sally went to bed while I went out mermaiding!
Yes, I broke the law. Two, actually. The first law broken was trespassing because we were in a park after it was closed, and the second was yes, indecent exposure. Mermaiding is skinnydipping. I am now officially a member of the Mermaiding Club. :D Man, that was crazy stuff. A group of about thirty girls decided to go. At first, we didn't think we would be able to do it the night that we had planned because when we got to the park, it was full of GUYS! Hispanic males to be precise. I don't know if there was some sort of shading dealin's goin' on in the park, but what other kinds of dealin's go on in a park at the hour of two in the morning? I mean, we were there for shady dealin's. ;) Anyway, after freaking out for about ten minutes, eventually the people left, and we went for it. Man, that water was cold. But now, if I'm ever playing that game "I Have Never" and someone says, "I have never been skinny-dipping," I would have to put down a finger. ;) That would get some fun looks. :P
Anyway, after we returned to SPU, I crashed into bed and didn't regain consciousness until about fifteen minutes before Annie called the next morning. We had planned to meet at Pike Place Market the next morning (because Sally had never been there) so she was calling to let us know that she and her mom were there. So, leaving them with instructions to check for us at the front under the sign every fifteen minutes, Sally and I got ready for the day and road the earliest bus we could. We arrived at Pike Place Market, watched fish-chucking for a few minutes, and then Annie and her mom found us. :) We spent several hours wandering the market, savoring all the classics including "Hands of the World" which I have great memories of from the Back to School Bash, the magic store, where we got to witness a demonstration because a tour group came in while we were there, and one of the little knick-knacky type stores where Sally bought a toy dog for her father because she knew he would hate to add it to his collection. Silly Pickle. After that, we hung out at Elliot Books for quite some time while Annie's mom went shoe shopping. Man, you start doing some weird things after being in a book shop for more than two hours. ;)
And to close the evening, we went to The Spaghetti Factory (which I had never eaten at before, and I don't know if Sally had). Other highlights of this week included me getting my own food nickname. Bon Bon Scalloped potatoes. Yup. Sally already had hers "Salad Graham Cracker" and Annie made hers up on the way over "Banana Roll". Personally, I think food nicknames are awesome. Everyone should have one. :)
Alright, I think that's enough blogging to satisfy the masses. Pray that I'll be able to find a summer job, everybody. Could be rough tryin' to find one that will let me start so late. And of course, keep praying for the Kroll and Schilperoort extended families.
The Busy Bon Bon Scalloped potatoe (Do you guys spell potatoe with an "e"? I always have.)
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