Tonight

... was a strange night. But a good one.

There were several reasons why this night was strange.

#1. I made a casserole.

I have never made a casserole. Hence, the creation of said rachel-made tuna noodle casserole was quite unique.

#2. Courtney came over!

Courtney has only been to our house once. So, her second coming (to use a biblical term!) was an event to be remembered. It was oh, so wonderful to see her pretty face :). I don't get to hang out with her enough.

#3. Our neighbors arrived demanding cookies.

Our neighbors are a bunch of boys living two houses down. We opened the door to our calm and peaceful house, and about 7 boys traipsed in, requesting cookies that had evidently been promised to them at a previous time. Apparently Lauren had told them that I was going to make cookies, and they came expectantly. So, we whipped up some good ol' chocolate chip cookies and fed those boys. It was a little bit of an odd atmosphere though... because they brought a couple guys with them that half of the girls here had never met before... So everyone didn't know everyone and there was a lot of nervous laughter and phone-checking. And so, we sat: 13 people in our tiny living room, laughing at nothing. [don't get me wrong, though. i loved having them over :) I thrive off slightly awkward situations. THRIVE. Hah.]

#4. We played spoons. With 13 people.

Self-explanatory. All the boys cheated badly. All the girls lost. It was bad. There were several spoon fights and we all discovered a new viciousness in Lauren.

#5. All of the boys threw cards around for about half an hour.

John, one of our neighbors, knows how to throw cards really hard. It's some kind of mutant gift. Soooo him and his buddies literally threw cards at each other across the room for a looong time.

#6. I told them the troll story.

I'll have to blog about this later. It is quality.

#7. Whitney and Josh arrived.

Bearing expensive instruments! Yaaaaaaay! We had a short, quality time with them.

#8. Everyone left.

And we picked up cards and did dishes.

#9. I sent an email to my boyfriend.

It is still a novel idea to me. :)

#10. I'm actually using correct capitalization in this blog post.

The strangeness of this day is complete.

bubble tea

It's been a while

Hello Readers,

I am sitting here and pretending to do work while I listen to the joyful laughter of my little roommates. We have all gotten our little dinners. Rach and Ellen had fishsticks. Delectable. Brielle made Parm Chicken. Even more delectable. I snagged some of all the delectableness. Anyhow. So this is just another normal life. Rachel is reading Ellen her pride and joy of all her past blog posts. While Ellen listens, while thinking all along about how she should be studying for a test. But Rach enjoys reading about tooting Asian men and dwarf sons at the mall. So she sits and listens and says, "that is amazing Rachel." Brielle is contemplating doing pushups. I can just tell. Oh Joanna. She has not moved houses. But she is practicing piano. And I am making a literacy center for all the little children in my class tomorrow. A sink full of dishes. Food everywhere because we all like to eat. Books out as if we are actually getting work done. Throwing out a whole trashcan of old food we found in the fridge. And then silence as we all do our little tasks. This is the life we live. The day to day. Wonderful life. And we enjoy EVERY moment of it... no matter how simple.

TODAY IS BRIELLE'S 18th BIRTHDAY. We love birthdays. You will see the sign I made for her this morning. She loves it. We all love Brielle here at the house. Today, I was at the gym with her. She JUST got her ID replaced TODAY from loosing it a month ago. And in the matter of a few minutes, she lost it again! Oh Brielley. A nice girl fbed her and found it. But really, Brielle has brought much joy to us all. I can honestly say I cannot imagine life without her.


Oh. And our kitchen table and chairs are getting taken away. No comment about how we feel about this point. We are saddened. Deeply saddened. This table has been the center of much fellowship and fun. We love our table. Donations are welcome for a new table. Because we are all poor college students.

Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой

lydia brought my attention to this gem of modern musical videography.
it is worth every second and is HIlarious.

computer snatcher

i am presently seated at footnotes cafe, reading psalm 52.

a guy just ran up to where i'm sitting, said "oh man, i'm such a jack***. i can't believe i left it here" and promptly folds up my computer and starts to take it away.

seeing my confused expression, he said "oh... oh.. is this yours?! oh i thought it was mine. i just lost mine. oh. ah." and ran away.

that's just a snapshot of my day today.

the rest of my day shall consist of class and studying.