1 Year Ago

One year ago I went in the ditch. It wasn't much fun! We had a huge ice storm but some how it seemed like a good idea to drive back to Moorhead. I made it to just past the entrance to Itasca State Park then went in the ditch to avoid rear-ending someone. My dad and uncle Jeff came to pick me up, but traffic was really backed up because two snow plows had gone in the ditch. A tow truck driver came and drove my truck out of the ditch so i was at least on the road again, even though i was almost too scared to drive. But i eventually met up with my dad and uncle so that my dad could drive me the rest of the way home. I had left at around 2 pm and got back after 8 pm. That was a long day! Classes ended up being canceled on Monday and half of Tuesday so I didn't miss much, but I still waited until Wednesday to come back. Hopefully I don't have to do that again!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Eat some turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy and some stuffing, then pass out on the couch, then wake up for the pumpkin pie! Just kidding! Anyways...have a good day everyone!

A great idea for spoiled dogs like mine

This is my dog Chuck. As many of you know, he's very spoiled. He has his own couch, he gets ice cream, sleeps in my bed when I'm not there, gets tons of snacks, and drinks out of the bath tub faucet. In fact, he *only* drinks out of the bathroom faucet. Every night when my family starts to eat, he goes into the bathroom and barks until someone comes in and turns on the water. It gets pretty annoying.

I found the perfect solution to this problem! It's a drinking fountain for a dog! Where the water constantly circulates. I got the idea of looking for this when I was watching letterman tonight and there was a chocolate lab that could drink out of a standard human water fountain. I thought it would be perfect if we could teach my dog how to do this and then get a drinking fountain for our house (a little impractical). So I found this, I think it's pretty cool.

PS1 + PS2 = PS3?

So what do you get when you combine a playstation 1 and a playstation 2? Well duh...a playstation 3! Just kidding. This wonderful item was found on ebay. It was one of those things that made me say "huh." Earlier this week, I found a real PS3 for over $500,000!!!! I was shocked, why would anyone spend that much on it? I don't get it.

White & Nerdy

"Weird Al" Yankovic's music video from his new album "Straight Outta Lynwood" (in stores Sept. 26) Ok, so maybe more of the younger people will know how the real version of this song goes (Ridin' Dirty), but I thought that it was pretty funny

Summer 2007

As many of you know I work at the box office at MSUM, and I hope that I will still be working there this summer. I really enjoy working there, it's not a terribly difficult job, most of the people are pretty friendly, and I get good hours. So anyways...I was putting the shows for next summer into the theatre today and I thought that I'd share them all with you. Just let me know if you want to see them and I'll get you some tickets.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

June 12-15, 2007

This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as "the relationship." Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting to love and marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set. This hilarious revue pays tributed to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, "Say, what are you doing Saturday night?"

Prelude to a Kiss

June 19-22, 2007

Charming and highly original, this fantastic comedy focuses on the wonder and confusion of love in a romantic metaphysical thriller cleverly disguised as a light comedy that slowly evolves into something dark but surprisingly beautiful. The story revolves around a couple that meets, falls in love, and gets married. But at the wedding reception something mysterious and supernatural occurs and a story that began as a familiar comic romp turns into an insightful examination of modern relationships.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
June 26-29, 2007

This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political sidestepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's Cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution. Surprisingly innocent, the humor and good nature of the piece makes it cheerfully inoffensive. A tale told with such liveliness, comedic wealth and detail that cheifly concerns Texas politics one can't help but be drawn inot the world of the Chicken Ranch as it prepares to face its final call.

A Streetcar Named Desire

July 10-13 and 17-20, 2007
The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject--so far as possible--the realities of life which she is faced and which she consistently ignores. The pressure brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by the eartly and extremely "normal" young husband of the latter leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and, in the end, to madness. Beautiful and tragic, the words of Tennessee Williams echo through the alleyways of this timeless classic revealing to us our own fragile nature in the face of societies demands.

Guys and Dolls

July 25-28, 2007

Guys and Dolls tells the story of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives. Nathan Detroit bets his pal, Sky Masterson, that he can't make the next lady he sees fall in love with him, and when the next "doll" happens to be the prim and proper neighborhood missionary Sarah Brown, the stage is set for an evening of high spirited entertainment, set to the toe-tapping beat of Loesser's superlative score. Featuring spectacular favorites such as "Luck be a Lady," "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat," "Adelaide's Lament," "If I Were a Bell," and of course the wonderful title song "Guys and Dolls."

Notice Anything?

Well, I hope that you do. Incase you don't, I'll tell ya. I changed the look of my blog again. I can't find one I like, but I guess that this one is pretty good. So yah...

As always happens, I wasn't entirely happy with my schedule so I changed it. But I'm still not entirely happy with this one. I realized that I didn't have to take one of my classes so I changed it to a class I did have to take. Unfortunetly I don't like the time its at. So here's my new schedule.

Monday and Wednesday
Nutrition (9 AM!!! Yuck! Also on Friday! Yuck!)
Design Fundamentals
Drawing/Environmental Designer

Tuesday and Thursday
Architectural History II

The nutrition class is the only one that changed. I'm not required to take a health class here at MSUM, but NDSU requires it. So I had to look for a class that transfered over there that met their course requirements. The class I wanted to take didn't fit into my schedule, so I got stuck taking nutrition. I'm not entirely happy that it's at 9 am on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I really tried to get away from the Friday classes, but I guess you can't always get what you want. But atleast I only have one class that day and it's early so I have the rest of the day to do nothing.

Spring 07

This is a picture of the Lake Point Tower in Chicago. It's a really cool apartment building! It's just kind of inspiring to me!

Anyways...I just got my schedule figured out for next semester and I'm pretty excited about it.

Monday and Wednesday
Design Fundamentals
Drawing/Environmental Designer

Tuesday and Thursday
History of Architecture II
Computer Applications for Engineers and Technologists

Friday
NO CLASSES!!!

I honestly enjoy not having classes on Fridays. This semester I only have 1 class on fridays, so it's not too bad, but it's still nice not to have to think too much! Plus I get a 3 day weekend every weekend!

I am only 4 credits away from being a senior, those summer classes really helped me. But just because I'm almost a senior does not mean that I am any further ahead than any one else in the architecture program. All of the classes are sequential and it takes 5 years no matter what so I'm stuck at the first year. After the first year, the architecture program is highly selective, meaning that I need to have pretty good grades to get in. I'm hoping that I can make it through this semester and the next and get into the program next fall mainly because I have no classes left to take and there aren't any classes I can take over agian to improve my grades. So I really hope things turn out great!

Well, hope that you all have a wonderful week!

Election Day

Well I voted! Actually I voted a few weeks ago. I sent in an absentee ballot. I am proud that I am able to vote and I encourage everyone who can to vote!

I'm only sad that I didn't get the "I Voted" sticker.