Hows my little offbeat?

First.
I will be in the twin cities soon for a limited time.
I might call you. Call me if you want.

This holiday time of year has so far swept right under my feet almost without knowing entirely. Its like I am preoccupied with something and I just have not felt holiday-ish. People would say merry christmas to me and I would just respond with an unsteady 'thanks' until I was actually breathing down saint nick's neck I couldn't bring myself to say "Merry Christmas" back to someone. I think I dished out a total 6 verbal Merry Christmases. Evidently Christmas came and went without much anticipation and hooplah (minus seeing my family that was a long time coming and missed) and now new years eve is showing its ugly face tomorrow and I will be working and ringing in the new year with the phone. If it wasn't for people calling at work reminding me of its quick approach, I might have forgotten about this one altogether.
So needless to say its been a strange 'feeling' break thus far. A good strange though. Indiana was good, I am happy I saw all of my family, I raked in some good booty from santa too!


I named this little guy Gunter (say with best german accent)
Its one of those vaccuming robots, its nothing short of mesmorizing.

I've been listening the shit out of Stadium Arcadium's Mars Album the last few days at work.
I am currently in love with the 3rd track Hard to Concentrate.

I just finished the first of hopefully 3 books over break, Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz. Fantastic.
Up Next: Fahrenheit 451


Have you ever encountered someone that you thought of them smiling made you smile?

Hows my little '06 year ender?

2006 has been a good year so far. Since it has began i have been an accepted graphic design student I have began a bike riding habit and had my bike stolen and seen my stolen bike in the wild, 3 times since. I decided to like beer and can now enjoy a guinness even. I even left the country. To date 2006 has been a good one. I have a few more days of it filled with work, which is the first job i have worked at for over a year straight through. go me. and here is the breakdown of my year end review.

Best song: Wet Sand – Red Hot Chili Peppers
It still gives me goosebumps I love it so much
Best movie (in theater): Over the hedge, borat, and Casino Royale
Much love for these three
Best movie (saw): Running Scared
Paul walker CAN act, crazy.
Best Album: Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili peppers
I ‘m still not sick of it
Best concert: Both Flogging molly shows.
All fantastic for their own reasons.
Best music video: OKGO – Here it goes again.
The treadmills, come on it really was clever and amazing.
Best Party: Black and white potluck.
So many friends at my house, good food, and lots of love
Best Bar night: The night in may when I met Anne for ‘a drink’ at Sir Ben’s
We ended up dinking much much more singing kerokie and skinny dipping in the lake, but did NOT barf, yessssss.
Best toy: Kite tube
Flying 20ish feet in the air and falling off, painful yet exhilarating.
Catchiest Tune: Fergalicious – Fergie
This was a close call between this and Hips don’t lie by shakira


Events of note:
Hospital trip in july
Not sure what happened to get me there exactly but dehydration helped a lot
Meeting Flogging Molly
A dream come true more or less, flogging molly arguably my favorite band
Trip to Ireland
First time overseas was definitely one to remember.
Parents moving to Indiana
They got up and left the house I grew up in. It will be missed
Exploring the tunnels under Duluth
Jason and I were bored so we crawled around on Duluth’s bowels, twas good.
Summer of 06 was the best since I began high school I would imagine.
Obligations included working and riding my bike. Fantastic.
Finding out I have a paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
Who needs a heart anyway? Well since this I have cut my energy drink intake by about 87%
Began making wine as a hobby.
Its so cool to be able to tell people I made this wine.

Hows my little great sleeper?

School is done for the semester.

Thank god, this semester I have had a bunch of projects that haven't been interesting and I half assed most of them and still did pretty well.

except for one class...there is always that one class.

one senior semester down....three to go
yay.

so remember a couple of years ago when i made myself a mythical creature?...a very naked one.
it horrified most of you.
Well, I'm going to do it again because I think that i have gotten better at photoshop and it will look cooler.
SO. if you know of any good mythalogical creatures that would be interesting done in my (naked) likeness tell me, and I will consider it.

Black and White party was super fun, it was a mini-thanksgiving for me seeing all you cats who managed to come. THANK YOU!!

I am going to Indiana for a christmas whoopie. I am excited to see my family! But not so excited about indiana. Thank god for Tivo though =)

I actually had a (weird) dream last night that my parents were playing an elaborate joke on me about moving to indiana and really had a house in minnesota. I was really mad in the dream and hid from them and the found some local football game where I met someone I had ran into at a gas station earlier in my dream. (for some reason people in this town liked hitting tennis balls and raquetballs with basebats into farm fields) and I talked to them until I went looking for my parents. on my way back to finding them I saw a big ship come into a harbor and an announcer said it was carrying flesh eating ferrets. except these ferrets were way crazier and had lots of sharp teeth and prefered getting around by swimming in puddles. Then I found them and we went back to our house but it was being washed out by some firemen because the plumbing back up and there was poo all over. then chip magicly appeared so I played fetch with him with one of the numerous tennis balls that was in the nearby farm field, and that was fun.
It was a pretty elaborate dream last night, but thats what i get for sleeping for about 12 hours-ish, and man do I feel great about it.
Oh, and that myth that people don't dream in color is definatly not true because the tennis balls were all bright green. and chip was...chip colored? and the bear was brown.

Hows my little giant sigh?

I went and saw the new bond tonight. very good flick.
the opening chase scene was stellar and my new hero is the guy bond chased.

I still have quite a bit of schooling to work on...BUT
that will be put on hold for an amazing weekend of being surrounded by great friends.

Those who want to know when I will be in the cities next, I'll tell you when i know.
Most likely that will be either the day before, the day of, or the day after I arrived.
Depending on whom I decide I need to see first.
I CAN tell you that it will be sometime after new years though.

It rained in duluth today.
IT RAINED IN DULUTH.....TODAY!!!!
Thats right, Duluth MinneSNOWda
Last year I think I had skied more than once at this point.
Lame.

Hows my little I dont know him?

This past week I have waved at AT LEAST three people that i don't know.

A full out wave, you know, where my elbow leaves the comfort of near my ribcage while my hand makes repeating arc motions.
I usually get the typical response of a curtesy smile in return just after I realize I don't know said waved person, and they don't know me.

I even heard one girl say to the guy she was walking with, *I have no idea who that is*

ackward.
I think I need my eyes checked

Hows my little perfect harmony?

I was supposed to get a whole lot done a school today.
I was there before noon even.
All of that was foiled
By a button
or lack
there
of.




Damnit

tomorrow?

Hows my little firestarter?

Note to self.

trying to make a new candle out of old candles is not a good idea.

Hows my little speed racer?

what a week!
I got back from Ireland and landed on my feet running. I am very sure I didn't get myself on irish time between the staying up late the getting up early and the many naps that were taken...which was good for when I got back I needed to do A LOT of homework. And homework I did. After wishing Anne a TTFN at Red Star I slept when I woke up began the ass kicking at school. But i got a whole lot done this weekend AND was able to get at least 8 hours of sleep each night...so that was good.

Saturday Jason and I explored the snowy outdoors and took lots of pictures (maybe ill put some up later).
Last night I went out on a date. It was great, we have lots in common which is super exciting, second meeting is scheduled for later this week.
The rest of this week and next can be taken at a leasiurely pace thank god.

We are having a black and white potluck at our house on not this saturday but the following one. it shall rock, if youre reading this, youre invited.


If you click on the Irish Sister link (on the right) you can get some more pictures of my visit to ireland