...That's what all of our television network stations are telling us. Severe thunderstorms mostly, but I think a few counties have tornado watches. We love storms in the Clark household, well with the exception of my little sister Jennifer who, according to her twitter "less than <3s thunderstorms." When the storm started naturally my Dad, Mom (both former meteorologists) and myself peered out the nearest window and/or screen door and watched the massive lightning, heavy downpour, and then finally the hail.
It has been crazy lately. I started back at Panera this week -- I can hardly contain my joy :). It hasn't been too bad, but every day further proves to me that I'm ready to start my career. I've almost completely furnished my apartment, my guest room is finished, kitchen is finished, my living room (except the TV) is finished, and my bathrooms and master bedrooms are about 1/2 finished and I am so excited about that. Everything is starting to come together, it's been a lot of fun. Kind of stressful, but mostly fun. I picked out my couch today and it is the most perfect bright light blue micro-suede couch ever and I love it. I'm extremely excited to move, I'm ready for a fresh start.
In more important news, I paid $45 for gas this morning....in my TWELVE GALLON TANK in my 97 Nissan Sentra -- I. was. pissed. The pump stopped and I glanced up at the price gauge and I almost passed out. I've been comparing smaller SUVs and this morning my decision was made -- I'm getting a Prius. Gas prices are absolutely out of control and I wish that I could follow my complaint with some logical solution to the problem of the gas prices. I've heard all the arguments about who the blame should be laid on for the wallet-raping but I honestly can't say that I've been too impressed with any of the theories I've heard. But I do know that if prices don't drop the American people, especially the middle class are going to be hurting and pretty severely too. Although, maybe the higher prices will start a push towards better public transportation systems like they have in larger metropolitan areas (DC, St. Louis, etc.) and in Europe. I'd love to live in a city where I wouldn't HAVE to take my car if I didn't want to.
Here's to hoping!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
My Six-Year-Old Self
As you all know I just graduated a few weeks ago, and I'm staying with my parents in Omaha, Nebraska until I move for my "real job" in July. I'm loving being home and I'm terribly excited about moving into my first place that I can call my own in a couple months. I've found the apartment and I'm getting more and more preparations finished (i.e. bedding, cookware, etc.) for the move. Today's task has been to go through all of my old stuff and decide what to throw away and what to keep. I've found several keepers, several things for the trash, and several things to eBay. Among the keepers is what I'm about to share with all of you, my journal from when I was six. It was 1992, my Dad and thus, my family, was stationed at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.
There are pictures to go with each of these entries but it will take longer for me to put those up as I'll have to devise a way to do it since our scanner is ghetto. Note: Everything following this is written exactly how it was in my journal -- cute six-year-old misspellings and all. I have made some clarifying notes next to some entries in {brackets}.
September 8, 1992: First day {first day of first grade}
September 9, 1992: Happy
September 10, 1992: Birthday {September 10th is not my birthday, nor either of my parents', nor my kid sister's...who knows.}
September 11, 1992: Weekend {I'm surfing in the picture I drew with this one}
September 15, 1992: Trees
September 18, 1992: {There are no words with this entry just a picture of someone crying. Me and my Mom think this is probably the day my Dad was deployed to Somalia}
September 21, 1992: I dreamed
September 25, 1992: If I could fly {the picture with this is particularly hilarious}
September 30, 1992: I feel happy when my dad coms hom love (or maybe leve) {this entry confirmed the Dad deployed to Somalia suspicion from three entries previous.}
October 2, 1992: I like Fridays because we go to gym to because.
October 6, 1992: I wish I could Hav Iscrem. {Ice cream???}
October 9, 1992: After school I like to go to gym after gym I go hom.
October 14, 1992: My favorite place is Disny Wurld and go to ThuD Math rul kusr Dr. {I have no idea}
October 16, 1992: I would to learn he {not sure if that actually says 'he'}
October 21, 1992: My favorite person is Jen. {Jen is my sister, this was after the first 2 1/2 years of her life where all she did was scream, but before she was old enough to make me realize that we would become close-to-enemies until I graduated high school.}
October *: Drugs are bad because they can mec you sick {that's right boys and girls, drugs with make you sick}
October 27, 1992: I am scared when i am all by mysef. {I don't know where I would have been by myself at the age of 6}
October 30, 1992: For Halloween, I am a cat. {the 'c' in 'cat' was backwards}
November 3, 1992: If I were President I would I would Tel all the piPsl to the WhiTE House {again, I have no idea, but note the date, apparently I was a pretty politically conscious child.}
November 4, 1992: Who won the President election Bill Clinton {again, politically conscious}
November 10, 1992: The nicest place is First Grade. {Wasn't it though? Snacks and recess -- what more could you ask for?}
November 12, 1992: If I were five years older I would babsit. {I did baby-sit a lot as a teenager -- a little foreshadowing}
November 13, 1992: I had a terrible day today {I probably missed my Daddy}
November 17, 1992: I like to read because its Fun. {I still think reading is fun}
November 20, 1992: School is importart because you lrn {I love the irony of spelling the word "learn" wrong in this sentence}
November 25, 1992: I can't wait till my brThday.
December 1, 1, 1992: My favorite movie is Batey and the Besty {Beauty and the Beast, maybe?}
December 4, 1992: My favorite stuffed animal is my cat and my dog. {I don't think I had a cat or dog stuff animal}
December 8, 1992: All I want for Chris is a Cat and Dog and for My Mommy and Daddy and Jennifer and me and ukol and my ant and my gapoy and gamoy. {Dad, apparently, was not home yet}
December 15, 1992: I want to give my Mom an Dad a reng Dalareng. {No idea what that last word is}
December 16, 1992: My favorite Christmas song is rockin ora the christmas tree.
December 22, 1992: My New Year's Resolution is Not tock bak to mom. {I'm wondering if this was prompted by a letter from Daddy encouraging me to help Mommy.}
January 4, 1993: Christmas was nice because I got a hed bad. {I got a head band. I'm glad that over the years I've kept the characteristic where it's the little things that make me smile (i.e. a head band)}
January 6, 1993: Don't talk to strangers because they are bad and tel yor Doddy and mommy.
January 12, 1993: Boat {ADD much?}
January 20, 1993: I hope the new President is nice {I should have also hoped that he'd keep it in his pants.}
January 22, 1993: Something good to me is vechvol and froot. {The only reason I knew I was talking about vegetables is because of the accompanying pictures.}
January 26, 1993: I would like to be a pilot because it's fun. {I have always loved airplanes, the sound they make and flying}
January 29, 1993: Mrs. Smith has a neat Job because it's fun.
February 1, 1993: when it rains i feel mad {I like rain}
February 3, 1993: I would like to be a herdresr. {Evidence that I was calling hair "her" way before it was cool to do so. I should be getting royalties.}
February 5, 1993: Lifesavers
February 12, 1993: I wish I was home.
February 19, 1993: Georg Washington is important because he was a General
February 24, 1993: I will save money for a home and a cat and dog. {Little Miss Independent}
February 26, 1993: I am excited because I am happy.
March 1, 1993: The wind was so strong that it blod the tree uy way. {This picture is also entertaining.}
El fin. I hope you all enjoyed that as much as I did.
There are pictures to go with each of these entries but it will take longer for me to put those up as I'll have to devise a way to do it since our scanner is ghetto. Note: Everything following this is written exactly how it was in my journal -- cute six-year-old misspellings and all. I have made some clarifying notes next to some entries in {brackets}.
September 8, 1992: First day {first day of first grade}
September 9, 1992: Happy
September 10, 1992: Birthday {September 10th is not my birthday, nor either of my parents', nor my kid sister's...who knows.}
September 11, 1992: Weekend {I'm surfing in the picture I drew with this one}
September 15, 1992: Trees
September 18, 1992: {There are no words with this entry just a picture of someone crying. Me and my Mom think this is probably the day my Dad was deployed to Somalia}
September 21, 1992: I dreamed
September 25, 1992: If I could fly {the picture with this is particularly hilarious}
September 30, 1992: I feel happy when my dad coms hom love (or maybe leve) {this entry confirmed the Dad deployed to Somalia suspicion from three entries previous.}
October 2, 1992: I like Fridays because we go to gym to because.
October 6, 1992: I wish I could Hav Iscrem. {Ice cream???}
October 9, 1992: After school I like to go to gym after gym I go hom.
October 14, 1992: My favorite place is Disny Wurld and go to ThuD Math rul kusr Dr. {I have no idea}
October 16, 1992: I would to learn he {not sure if that actually says 'he'}
October 21, 1992: My favorite person is Jen. {Jen is my sister, this was after the first 2 1/2 years of her life where all she did was scream, but before she was old enough to make me realize that we would become close-to-enemies until I graduated high school.}
October *: Drugs are bad because they can mec you sick {that's right boys and girls, drugs with make you sick}
October 27, 1992: I am scared when i am all by mysef. {I don't know where I would have been by myself at the age of 6}
October 30, 1992: For Halloween, I am a cat. {the 'c' in 'cat' was backwards}
November 3, 1992: If I were President I would I would Tel all the piPsl to the WhiTE House {again, I have no idea, but note the date, apparently I was a pretty politically conscious child.}
November 4, 1992: Who won the President election Bill Clinton {again, politically conscious}
November 10, 1992: The nicest place is First Grade. {Wasn't it though? Snacks and recess -- what more could you ask for?}
November 12, 1992: If I were five years older I would babsit. {I did baby-sit a lot as a teenager -- a little foreshadowing}
November 13, 1992: I had a terrible day today {I probably missed my Daddy}
November 17, 1992: I like to read because its Fun. {I still think reading is fun}
November 20, 1992: School is importart because you lrn {I love the irony of spelling the word "learn" wrong in this sentence}
November 25, 1992: I can't wait till my brThday.
December 1, 1, 1992: My favorite movie is Batey and the Besty {Beauty and the Beast, maybe?}
December 4, 1992: My favorite stuffed animal is my cat and my dog. {I don't think I had a cat or dog stuff animal}
December 8, 1992: All I want for Chris is a Cat and Dog and for My Mommy and Daddy and Jennifer and me and ukol and my ant and my gapoy and gamoy. {Dad, apparently, was not home yet}
December 15, 1992: I want to give my Mom an Dad a reng Dalareng. {No idea what that last word is}
December 16, 1992: My favorite Christmas song is rockin ora the christmas tree.
December 22, 1992: My New Year's Resolution is Not tock bak to mom. {I'm wondering if this was prompted by a letter from Daddy encouraging me to help Mommy.}
January 4, 1993: Christmas was nice because I got a hed bad. {I got a head band. I'm glad that over the years I've kept the characteristic where it's the little things that make me smile (i.e. a head band)}
January 6, 1993: Don't talk to strangers because they are bad and tel yor Doddy and mommy.
January 12, 1993: Boat {ADD much?}
January 20, 1993: I hope the new President is nice {I should have also hoped that he'd keep it in his pants.}
January 22, 1993: Something good to me is vechvol and froot. {The only reason I knew I was talking about vegetables is because of the accompanying pictures.}
January 26, 1993: I would like to be a pilot because it's fun. {I have always loved airplanes, the sound they make and flying}
January 29, 1993: Mrs. Smith has a neat Job because it's fun.
February 1, 1993: when it rains i feel mad {I like rain}
February 3, 1993: I would like to be a herdresr. {Evidence that I was calling hair "her" way before it was cool to do so. I should be getting royalties.}
February 5, 1993: Lifesavers
February 12, 1993: I wish I was home.
February 19, 1993: Georg Washington is important because he was a General
February 24, 1993: I will save money for a home and a cat and dog. {Little Miss Independent}
February 26, 1993: I am excited because I am happy.
March 1, 1993: The wind was so strong that it blod the tree uy way. {This picture is also entertaining.}
El fin. I hope you all enjoyed that as much as I did.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Teh neu apartment
I founz it.
For those of you who don't speak Lolcat that means I found my new apartment. And I am totally pumped. It's a two bed and two bath, 1100 square foot apartment. It has a switch-on fireplace and plenty of space. I've already started dreaming up different decor ideas because I'm a huge geek. I cannot wait.
For those of you who don't speak Lolcat that means I found my new apartment. And I am totally pumped. It's a two bed and two bath, 1100 square foot apartment. It has a switch-on fireplace and plenty of space. I've already started dreaming up different decor ideas because I'm a huge geek. I cannot wait.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Shhh....I'm hunting apartments.
Well, as Andy so aptly pointed out in the comment section of my last blog, I am now graduated and I do need to change my About Me page. I figured I had a few days to do that since I didn't realize that anyone actually read this stuff, but apparently they do, so thank you Andy, I'll have that fixed as soon as I finish this blog entry. :)
So, yes, I graduated on Saturday and it was amazing. And as goofy as this sounds, it was everything I thought it would be. Sure the ceremony was boring but I was sitting next to friends so it didn't matter. I got to see tons of friends accomplish their goals. And I even danced back to my seat -- that is not a lie. Leaving friends on Saturday night was a lot easier and harder than I expected. Easier in the sense that I knew it was going to be hard, usually when I move (which I've done 17 times, and will do 4 more times between now and my 23rd birthday) I just deny that it's going to be hard. But this time I just embraced it, so I knew it was going to be hard so it was easier in that sense. But it was harder than I thought it would be because I felt like I was prepared for it, but only realized that by becoming more open to the idea of it being hard that it was going to be that much harder because I allowed myself to feel it then when it was happening and not just the next time I wanted to call someone to hang out.
So, I've been in Illinois where I will be working to find apartments and I'm having so-so luck. I've found a few that I really like, but are a little more than I'd like to spend, affordable, but I'd prefer to save. But so far, the ones that I've found that are more my financial style are...well...pretty crappy. As my Mom would say "not somewhere that I want my baby to live." We'll see. We've got one more day of searching, but I do have two places that I really really like so far.
Well I'm off, more updates later, I need to change my About Me section before Andy comes after me.
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Edit: Picture addition June 21st, 2008
The family and me after the ceremony.
My roommate Rachel and me. She was also one of our Big Red Mascot hence the goofy looking hands.
My roommate Jessica and me.
Basketball extraordinaire & friend, Courtney Lee, and me before the ceremony. Best of luck in the draft Courtney!
My friend Tyler and I after his commissioning.
Allie and me at her graduation party the night before the big day. Have a great time in Israel, love!
So, yes, I graduated on Saturday and it was amazing. And as goofy as this sounds, it was everything I thought it would be. Sure the ceremony was boring but I was sitting next to friends so it didn't matter. I got to see tons of friends accomplish their goals. And I even danced back to my seat -- that is not a lie. Leaving friends on Saturday night was a lot easier and harder than I expected. Easier in the sense that I knew it was going to be hard, usually when I move (which I've done 17 times, and will do 4 more times between now and my 23rd birthday) I just deny that it's going to be hard. But this time I just embraced it, so I knew it was going to be hard so it was easier in that sense. But it was harder than I thought it would be because I felt like I was prepared for it, but only realized that by becoming more open to the idea of it being hard that it was going to be that much harder because I allowed myself to feel it then when it was happening and not just the next time I wanted to call someone to hang out.
So, I've been in Illinois where I will be working to find apartments and I'm having so-so luck. I've found a few that I really like, but are a little more than I'd like to spend, affordable, but I'd prefer to save. But so far, the ones that I've found that are more my financial style are...well...pretty crappy. As my Mom would say "not somewhere that I want my baby to live." We'll see. We've got one more day of searching, but I do have two places that I really really like so far.
Well I'm off, more updates later, I need to change my About Me section before Andy comes after me.
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Edit: Picture addition June 21st, 2008
The family and me after the ceremony.
My roommate Rachel and me. She was also one of our Big Red Mascot hence the goofy looking hands.
My roommate Jessica and me.Basketball extraordinaire & friend, Courtney Lee, and me before the ceremony. Best of luck in the draft Courtney!
My friend Tyler and I after his commissioning.
Allie and me at her graduation party the night before the big day. Have a great time in Israel, love!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Graduation Day
Last night, I slept on a windowsill.
The family descended on my house on Thursday evening after a very long car ride all the way from Kansas City, MO to Bowling Green, KY for the glorious occasion that is my college graduation taking place this afternoon at 3 PM. Got the entire apartment loaded up into my family's three cars (including my car) and we're ready to get the heck out of dodge tomorrow morning. That is, of course, after I take my obligatory diploma picture with Dr. Gary Ransdell, the president of my fine, fine university.
So the family descended and it's been a pretty peaceful time of togetherness which is ALWAYS good news. LOTS of good food -- including Red Lobster and my promised steak dinner. Both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. Today however, is my (and subsequently theirs as well) last day here in Bowling Green so we'll all be parting ways. Although I am rather convinced that three days is just the right time for extended family to be together. Long enough to catch up but short enough to not want to kill each other.
Well I suppose I should probably get to getting ready, not sure what we're doing before commencement but I know I've got my friend's commissioning at 1 o'clock and then graduation at 3 o'clock and I need to find something to eat -- not to mention my computer battery is dying.
Ta ta!
The family descended on my house on Thursday evening after a very long car ride all the way from Kansas City, MO to Bowling Green, KY for the glorious occasion that is my college graduation taking place this afternoon at 3 PM. Got the entire apartment loaded up into my family's three cars (including my car) and we're ready to get the heck out of dodge tomorrow morning. That is, of course, after I take my obligatory diploma picture with Dr. Gary Ransdell, the president of my fine, fine university.
So the family descended and it's been a pretty peaceful time of togetherness which is ALWAYS good news. LOTS of good food -- including Red Lobster and my promised steak dinner. Both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. Today however, is my (and subsequently theirs as well) last day here in Bowling Green so we'll all be parting ways. Although I am rather convinced that three days is just the right time for extended family to be together. Long enough to catch up but short enough to not want to kill each other.
Well I suppose I should probably get to getting ready, not sure what we're doing before commencement but I know I've got my friend's commissioning at 1 o'clock and then graduation at 3 o'clock and I need to find something to eat -- not to mention my computer battery is dying.
Ta ta!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
So, I just got a phone call from Robert Schwartzman of Rooney to say hi and congratulate me on my impending graduation from college. And no, that is not a joke. It's one of the cooler things to happen to me recently. My sister went to their show since they were in my lovely town of Omaha and she got him to call me from her phone, it was pretty neat. So, thanks to Robert, I was already having a great day and it was a pretty awesome way to top it off.
I've been working my tail off this week. Papers, studying for exams, taking exams, finishing up loose ends, the whole bit really. And I. am. tired. It's ridiculous. And I am desperately out of motivation, not a good symptom for this time of year. I am so much out of motivation that I have actually been having to incentivize nearly everything I've had to do this week.
I made a deal with myself that if I got my studying for the two exams I had this week out of the way, prepare all my study materials for next week's finals, write the entirety of the rough draft for my paper on shield law, finish loose ends at work and with PRSSA that I was allowed to take Thursday (today) off. It was hard and quite frustrating but I did it.
My morning started with sleeping in, well as much sleeping in as a person who is accustomed to waking up at 6 AM everyday can sleep in. Ran to Starbucks for a Venti Skim Hot Chocolate and then headed to the nail salon to get my long awaited pedicure, it was glorious. I did have to make a stop by class but that wasn't too bad, there were cupcakes there.
From there I spent the afternoon with Ryan at Panera and walking around the nature trails in Bowling Green -- I actually jumped a fence in my dress today! I'm pretty self-impressed by that, especially since I managed to not break anything. But I had NO idea that Bowling Green was that pretty. Oh my gosh, it was gorgeous out there and the smell of burning wood...smelled so good.
After that with was dinner and drinks on Bart, one of my faculty advisor's for an organization I'm in and then it was Iron Man with the boys which was an a-maz-ing movie. I loved it. In fact, it's probably one of the better movies in the superhero genre that I've seen. Although, it'll be hard-pressed to beat Dark Knight if it's as awesome as it's being made out to be.
So in the matter of 5 days I will be DONE with college. Praise the dear Lord in Heaven. I'm totally stoked.
The Westboro Baptist Crazies are headed on their way to Bowling Green, look out for another spirit-filled blog on that, I'm sure it'll be interesting.
I've been working my tail off this week. Papers, studying for exams, taking exams, finishing up loose ends, the whole bit really. And I. am. tired. It's ridiculous. And I am desperately out of motivation, not a good symptom for this time of year. I am so much out of motivation that I have actually been having to incentivize nearly everything I've had to do this week.
I made a deal with myself that if I got my studying for the two exams I had this week out of the way, prepare all my study materials for next week's finals, write the entirety of the rough draft for my paper on shield law, finish loose ends at work and with PRSSA that I was allowed to take Thursday (today) off. It was hard and quite frustrating but I did it.
My morning started with sleeping in, well as much sleeping in as a person who is accustomed to waking up at 6 AM everyday can sleep in. Ran to Starbucks for a Venti Skim Hot Chocolate and then headed to the nail salon to get my long awaited pedicure, it was glorious. I did have to make a stop by class but that wasn't too bad, there were cupcakes there.
From there I spent the afternoon with Ryan at Panera and walking around the nature trails in Bowling Green -- I actually jumped a fence in my dress today! I'm pretty self-impressed by that, especially since I managed to not break anything. But I had NO idea that Bowling Green was that pretty. Oh my gosh, it was gorgeous out there and the smell of burning wood...smelled so good.
After that with was dinner and drinks on Bart, one of my faculty advisor's for an organization I'm in and then it was Iron Man with the boys which was an a-maz-ing movie. I loved it. In fact, it's probably one of the better movies in the superhero genre that I've seen. Although, it'll be hard-pressed to beat Dark Knight if it's as awesome as it's being made out to be.
So in the matter of 5 days I will be DONE with college. Praise the dear Lord in Heaven. I'm totally stoked.
The Westboro Baptist Crazies are headed on their way to Bowling Green, look out for another spirit-filled blog on that, I'm sure it'll be interesting.
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