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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
8:03 am	well, this morning was fun.. sam let us out really early because he didn't really have anything to teach us and now I am sittingin the language lab with Mary and practicing some awful Spanish pronunciations; I hate my schedule but I love my life.. yeah, no more papers on the fox ( I don't think the Tess book is much better).. yay high school musical... i need more food Current Mood: amused Current Music: Breaking Free (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 8th, 2005
9:46 pm	I'm making an angry face at the moment, scowling at the computer. I was very angry today. Since no one called me or even emailed me about the postponed basketball game, so naturally I went to school and no one was in the FAC. Then i saw that we had practice later at 3, which really ticked me off, because we never practice on Saturdays and it was right in the middle of hte Uconn vs. Tennesee game, and I always watch that game- every year!! major grrr.... now I might not be able to go to Dorcas, or if I do, I can't stay for very long because basketball wasted three hours of my homework time today and I still have to read four chapters for history. homework time now... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 6th, 2005
4:12 pm	Mary, I forgot to tell you another China story involving my father. Well, we were climbing the Great Wall and my father was winning the race to the end, the place where the ruins start. When he reached the last place, he looked around for a while and then he decided he was bored waiting for us so he started to look around the little tower where the renovations for the wall stopped. There was a box in one corner of the tower that said Guide for Users. Of course, my father was curious to see what it said so he pressed the white button beneath the letters. By then the rest of the fam had caught up with him and we were taking pictures of the hazy scenery. When we heard NeeHao and some other Chinese words coming from the machine, we all looked at Ryan because he was the only who would understand what the voice was saying. "Oh my God, what did you do?!" my mother was incredulous. She started to yell at him to stop touching things because on the other side of the machine were the letters SOS and if you need help, press the button. Ryan translated that help was on the way. Fifteen minutes later, we see these four Chinese guys in military uniform hurrying towards our tower. WE decided that if they asked any questions my father would have to answer them. So we started away from the tower and back down the wall. When we passed the military guys wer realized they were carrying cameras and throwing snow balls at each other. No other emergnecy people came up the mountain so I wondered how effective the machine was. Oh well. My father was saved from trouble. I thought you would enjoy that story (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 1st, 2005
6:38 pm	oh and if anyone has yet to see ocean's twelve and really wants to see it, give me a call because i haven't seen it yet and i heard it was amazing (1 Comment |Comment on this)
6:28 pm	I'm back, but I am very tired as I did not sleep at all on the airplane --> stupid crying babies.. but for once i don't have any plans except to finish my homework and hang up my new scrolls and find a place for my stuffed panda, named Mr. Jo Kung Pao, to sit.. Jenn: Kung pao is an amazing word!! put more emphasis on the pow ; it's a type of spicy chicken and will definitely be used in our fun-words-to-say dictionary.. highlight of the trip: we conquered the great wall even though i am terrified of heights, but i did it and i have pictures to prove it.. another highlight was that i almost died six times in different taxi cabs ( if you ever go to China, you have to use the taxis; the drivers are crazy!! they were driving on the wrong side of hte road, cutting each other off, general craziness).. i have many stories to tell; oh, mary, remind me to tell you the story of my father and the subway, it is a good one i gotta hit the sack and maybe take a shower; personal hygiene has been put on hold forthe last three days so I am very gross at the moment... smell ya later and hope you all had a good chirstmas and new years (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 20th, 2004
10:50 pm	Day 4 of vaca. (day 3 wasn't very interesting) : mother was angry with me --> I didn't pack quick enough and she is provoked by anxiety from pre- vacation stress; she's not very nice at the moment. bought more things for trip such as mini locks so little shifty chinese men can't steal anything from us... yesterday my father was quite the little child, after he tried to hand a blank envelope in the collection basket at churhc because he lost my $20, but then he decided to be generous and put 50 in, but then when we went out to the car, he found the 20 underneath the tire (the story is funnier if i tell it to you) saw noonan at the mall; i wonder if she thinks my brother is a boyfriend; that's interesting... also talked briefly to the bashevkin at barnes & nobles, she was very nice but i think i might have said merry christmas instead of happy holidays --> oops Day 5 ( a prediction): a long plane ride love ya everybody (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 19th, 2004
11:59 am	Day 1 of vaca. : watched dozens of movies Day 2 of vaca. : bought presents for myself consisting of buttload of underwear for trip and crossword puzzles for plane ride Day 3: going to outlets to buy more clothes to wear to china leaving tuesday for china so if i don't talk to y'all before i leave, Merry Christmas (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
9:05 am	As my creative mode has passed( I think listening to Disney's song inspired my creative mode), perhaps I shall share ( diction error) some of the new APCS terminology, according to what I think 1). APCS: (n.) 1. stands for Advanced blah blah blah blah 2. stands for Assassinate Personal ComputerS 2). bugs: (n.) 1. program errors 2. eight- legged things growing in Mary's keyboard 3). Virgin Mary : (n) 1. Mother of Jesus 2. only one who can eat food in the Mac lab 4). Jonathan Ives: computer designer for Mac; designed the iPod; stalked by one Kelly Keenan; member of ?Cyber Elite 5). Colin Sweet: student at RPI; wearer of tight orange vests; discovered the element sweetium and named it after his future daughter, Candy Sweet (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 4th, 2004
2:22 pm	Chilling with Liz Reznikoff in the language lab and trying to figure out this retarded APCS homework, wondering what the point is of taking this class... sounds like a party, doesn't it? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 28th, 2004
10:56 am	At the moment, I am eating pie, chocolate pie; yummy!! Yesterday, I had like the most excercise ever.. me and my fam went to NYC, because my sister needed to do an extra credit project which included going to the Met for her art class.. After we walked around the Met for a while and Meghan analyzed all of the paintings and sculpture for Caitlin, we decided to go and eat, because it had been many hours since breakfast and Meg's bag of mints just wasn't doing the trick.. so we left the Met and walked along Central Park and we kept going and going and going... should I add that we also to pick up Ryan from the airport in two hours when we left the Met; so finally we stopped at the Rockefeller Center for lunch, which is about thirty blocks from the Met.. as you can tell, it was quite a walk.. I was sad because we had passed F A O Schwartz, but my father refused to stop walking... so after we finished eating lunch in Rockefeller we decided to take the subway back to the Met where our car was so the way back we only had to walk six blocks compared to the thirty before... and as soon as we clambered (good substitution for 'got') into the car, we realized that ryan's plane was landing and we still had to get all the way across Manhattan to JFK.. so we were an hour and a half late for ryan, who didn't really care that we were late because we brought him homemade pie so he was happy... then we had to cross back over manhattan to get to hoboken, nj to visit my otehr brother, Kevin, and his friend... so we went out to eat with them, listened to some of ryan's stories, made a list for what we need to bring to china, and made fun of caitlin because she was playing with her food It was a very trying day and my feet were rather tired after walking another ten blocks to dinner and back... it was quite intense, but it made my overall vacation less boring; now i have to finish my lantern poem.. good luck to me; that's what the pie is for (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 20th, 2004
12:51 pm	My grandmother died last night, shortly after we left the hospital. I didn't really know her that well because she came from the laconic side of the family.. she didn't look all that great last night but she was in a coma, so how else was she going to look? And parkinson's (however you spell that one) had damaged her brain so she did not recognize any of us anyways.. But she was the one who was always slow to leave, taking her time until she was ready. I guess she was ready for it this time.... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 19th, 2004
12:03 pm	I saw The Incredibles yesterday and I must say, it was an icnredible movie. I loved it so much, anyone who is going to see it and wants someone to go with them, just call me and give me a date and time and I will be there... I just love animated movies nad guess what everybody, elf is coming out !!!! I'm so excited, i loved that movie... yeah, me and the little kids... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 14th, 2004
8:10 pm	The winter jacket is coming out tomorrow; get ready... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 11th, 2004
1:49 pm	me + cookie = happy Erin me + WISE grade = sad Erin that doesn't really care anymore me + exams = wow, the first semester went very fast! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
10:52 pm	Man, I hate this song: Peter Pan's "We Can Fly, We Can Fly, We Can Fly" --> it's sooo annoying!!It's almost as bad "Its a Small World" (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
12:23 pm	I'm very excited about this costume i'm wearing.. It made all the better considering I'm very tired ( having to stay up late to design the ultimate shifty/ sketchy costume) and trying to recreate the Hamburglar picture I drew for Jackie. It is very time consuming, yes, and I had to cheer up Jackie yesterday at soccer using conversation about kartoffles. My kartoffle was slightly burned last night, yet it stil satisfied my desire for potatoes. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004
6:47 pm	I'm tired, and Stress bear is taking a real beating... (Comment on this)
Monday, October 18th, 2004
1:34 pm	The cleaning lady is lurking behind me... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 16th, 2004
4:50 pm	Uh oh, the Shifty house may be in trouble.. Caitlin might have a stress fracture in her foot, and that's not good, because she relies on sports; it's her life mucluck... (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2004
11:38 pm	trying to kill a fly with a pen isn't my best idea ever, but at least its keeping me awake long enough so I can finish my homework.. ahh the WISE test, I failed, but what made it worse was that I poked myself in the eye right before taking it and then could only see out of my right eye throughout the duration of the test; perhaps that can be my excuse for failing... well, i have been walking into quite a few walls lately so i don't know if it will work with my mother (Comment on this)