Sorry I am such a sporadic poster; yesterday I finished my glorious 10-day Minnesota vay-cay followed by a delayed flight and crappy metro service, meaning I was to bed really late, to work really early, and at class really late. I have class tomorrow too. I can't wait to sleep.
More later, FO SHO!
8.27.2007
8.16.2007
8.12.2007
I'm always surprised when I go out with Akon because I always learn a lot of new and interesting things about him. He called me when he was in Friendship Heights and said he was getting his car cleaned, but he doesn't have a car so you can imagine my confusion when I listened to that message. So I called him back later and asked if I wanted to get ice cream. I did. Obvs. Sans the fact ice cream is too many points. We got coffee instead and were just talking for a few hours. He has been so many places there is an endless supply of stuff to talk about, so it's always fun.
I asked him if he bought a car because I was wondering what he was talking about earlier. He started to explain to me this story that I can barely comprehend. Akon spend 2003 in Iraq with the British military. He was in graduate school at the time he had to leave, so he left his car in the care of his then girlfriend. When he realized he was going to be in Iraq for at least a year, he called her and they kind of broke it off, seeing as that there was no real future with their relationship being somewhat premature for a trans-Atlantic committment. So she has his car and she used it (which was fine with him) while he was abroad. When he finally came back, she had met someone new and Akon didn't want the car back. He said it would be too strange to drive a car that his ex and her new bf drove around in all the time. He transferred the title to her even.
I asked why he had the car today. Apparently his ex was out of town on business and left the car in the wrong zone and asked him to come and pick it up so it wasn't towed. So he came to get it and decided he wanted to get the inside and outside cleaned. So he did. I tole him how amazed I was that he just GAVE someone his car which he described as "nice". His reply was something along the line of "eh, it's just a material possession, I can always get another."
So anyways, Akon was walking me back to my car post coffee and Barnes and Noble time. I asked him if he wanted a ride to his car, and he said sure. So I drive him a few blocks to his car. PEOPLE, HIS CAR THAT HE GAVE HIS EX GIRLFRIEND FREE AND CLEAR WAS A BRAND NEW BMW. Akon just rolled away in his wheels (like the real Akon, mind you!) like it was nothing, and he was going to drop the car back somewhere near her home. Not only did he give her a new 2003 BMW, he took it out of the wrong zone, cleaned it, and gave it back to her. WTF MATE. WTF. WTF. WTF. Maybe I should date him forever now so I can get his apartment...Not a bad idea, eh?!?!?!
Anyways, I think Akon thinks its funny that I just don't understand all of this. After all, the nicest car I ever owned is my current car, a 2003 Honda Accord. No offense to my lovely family sedan (I do love her!), but Akon has a BMW AND a LAND ROVER in Essex, England. Holy fricken smokes. I can't even barely believe it. Does anyone else think this is insane?
Anyways, I really enjoyed weekend #1 of 3 from academic committments. The next two I will be in MN, so what could be greater than that? The other good news of the week is that my work is paying for one of my fall classes. Yay! The bad part is that I signed up for another class (putting me at full-time) because it works out really well with my loans. This means four months of academic hell, but after December, I will only have to be part time for the rest of my academic career. I have class two nights a week now and some weekends, so it will be a tough semester. Still, I think I can handle it one last time.
Strange day. I better get to bed....work at 7:30am is NOT an easy feat!!
I asked him if he bought a car because I was wondering what he was talking about earlier. He started to explain to me this story that I can barely comprehend. Akon spend 2003 in Iraq with the British military. He was in graduate school at the time he had to leave, so he left his car in the care of his then girlfriend. When he realized he was going to be in Iraq for at least a year, he called her and they kind of broke it off, seeing as that there was no real future with their relationship being somewhat premature for a trans-Atlantic committment. So she has his car and she used it (which was fine with him) while he was abroad. When he finally came back, she had met someone new and Akon didn't want the car back. He said it would be too strange to drive a car that his ex and her new bf drove around in all the time. He transferred the title to her even.
I asked why he had the car today. Apparently his ex was out of town on business and left the car in the wrong zone and asked him to come and pick it up so it wasn't towed. So he came to get it and decided he wanted to get the inside and outside cleaned. So he did. I tole him how amazed I was that he just GAVE someone his car which he described as "nice". His reply was something along the line of "eh, it's just a material possession, I can always get another."
So anyways, Akon was walking me back to my car post coffee and Barnes and Noble time. I asked him if he wanted a ride to his car, and he said sure. So I drive him a few blocks to his car. PEOPLE, HIS CAR THAT HE GAVE HIS EX GIRLFRIEND FREE AND CLEAR WAS A BRAND NEW BMW. Akon just rolled away in his wheels (like the real Akon, mind you!) like it was nothing, and he was going to drop the car back somewhere near her home. Not only did he give her a new 2003 BMW, he took it out of the wrong zone, cleaned it, and gave it back to her. WTF MATE. WTF. WTF. WTF. Maybe I should date him forever now so I can get his apartment...Not a bad idea, eh?!?!?!
Anyways, I think Akon thinks its funny that I just don't understand all of this. After all, the nicest car I ever owned is my current car, a 2003 Honda Accord. No offense to my lovely family sedan (I do love her!), but Akon has a BMW AND a LAND ROVER in Essex, England. Holy fricken smokes. I can't even barely believe it. Does anyone else think this is insane?
Anyways, I really enjoyed weekend #1 of 3 from academic committments. The next two I will be in MN, so what could be greater than that? The other good news of the week is that my work is paying for one of my fall classes. Yay! The bad part is that I signed up for another class (putting me at full-time) because it works out really well with my loans. This means four months of academic hell, but after December, I will only have to be part time for the rest of my academic career. I have class two nights a week now and some weekends, so it will be a tough semester. Still, I think I can handle it one last time.
Strange day. I better get to bed....work at 7:30am is NOT an easy feat!!
8.08.2007
Can someone please explain to me how baggy clothes just got cool as I am finally getting into good physical shape? Seriously, the trend this year is baggy tops and I am not liking it. I think most of them are quite cute but are not so flattering. BOO!!!! End rant.
This morning a momentus email sending my Volunteer Management professor my final exam marked the period of 18 days of scholastic freedom. This means I have to cram all the fun from an entire missed summer INTO 18 DAYS! Luckily, I actually think that is going to happen as I am so excited to come home and go to Rachel's wedding. Besides the wedding, I am going to go to the MN State Fair, celebrate my sister's 30th birthday, go out to lunch with my MF pals, see my Gustie and high school pals, and maybe go to Duluth (I loves me some great lakes)!! Ahh, the excitement is increasing exponentially!
It was 103 degrees today with a heat index of 110. It is 10pm now and it is still 92 degrees. Talk about the dog days of summer. Today at Union Station, the Fruit2O promotional people were handing out free drinks (gotta love the crowd promotions right by work!) and I drank three bottles throughout the day. I was glad they were there too because there are a lot of homeless and somewhat crazy people that hang around Union Station, so at least they got a lot of free cold drinks.
I now have to sit and think about what I am going to do with all my free time. GOTTA LOVE IT!!
This morning a momentus email sending my Volunteer Management professor my final exam marked the period of 18 days of scholastic freedom. This means I have to cram all the fun from an entire missed summer INTO 18 DAYS! Luckily, I actually think that is going to happen as I am so excited to come home and go to Rachel's wedding. Besides the wedding, I am going to go to the MN State Fair, celebrate my sister's 30th birthday, go out to lunch with my MF pals, see my Gustie and high school pals, and maybe go to Duluth (I loves me some great lakes)!! Ahh, the excitement is increasing exponentially!
It was 103 degrees today with a heat index of 110. It is 10pm now and it is still 92 degrees. Talk about the dog days of summer. Today at Union Station, the Fruit2O promotional people were handing out free drinks (gotta love the crowd promotions right by work!) and I drank three bottles throughout the day. I was glad they were there too because there are a lot of homeless and somewhat crazy people that hang around Union Station, so at least they got a lot of free cold drinks.
I now have to sit and think about what I am going to do with all my free time. GOTTA LOVE IT!!
8.05.2007
Holy Hannah (as my Grandps would say), I am now done with class for the summer. All I have left to finish is my essay for Volunteer Management (the class I finished today) and I will be home-free for 2.5 weeks. I can barely believe the fact that I made it through nine credits and did not die. The first part of the summer was much more difficult, so now I feel like I have actual free time. Whoa baby!
Yesterday it was seriously 97 degrees here with a dewpoint of 70. Do I complain how hot it is in every blog post? Probably, but seriously there is no way a human can actually function like this outside. It doesn't help that it is about 60 degrees inside my work (I'm not complaining here) so there is never any appropriate clothes to wear except to dress in layer and haul them around if you are too hot to wear them. Hauling around clothes and books and my crap is not fun when it is this hot.
I liked Volunteer Management slightly more than I thought; it was only worth the one credit I got though. The prof was nice but really repetitive and slow-paced, and basically was telling us not to stress about the final. While that was nice of her, I like to be challenged in class (although this class might be an exception). Regardless, it was a fun class as I had a lot of the same girls in my class as earlier in the summer, including a Luther grad who knows some of my friends. YEAH!
Last week seemed to be crazy busy at night. Probably because on Thursday night I went to a retirement party for work that started at 3 and I didn't leave until 9:15 pm. 6.25 perpectual hours of happy hour was quite fun (I only had one drink, a shot with my boss...ha!) but my coworkers are a hell of a lot more fun when they are drunk. As a matter of fact, I think we should make drinking at work a condition of employment so my job is better. All in favor? AYE!
On Monday I had dinner with a fabulous Gustie pal who just moved into the area. We went to Open City, my favorite place in NW, so you can't really complain about that. Akon and I are going out on Wednesday to celebrate being done with class. I will try to take a picture so you all understand how lucky I got with this one. Seriously.
Only 11 days until I come home, holla holla holla (thanks Johnny Legend)!!
Yesterday it was seriously 97 degrees here with a dewpoint of 70. Do I complain how hot it is in every blog post? Probably, but seriously there is no way a human can actually function like this outside. It doesn't help that it is about 60 degrees inside my work (I'm not complaining here) so there is never any appropriate clothes to wear except to dress in layer and haul them around if you are too hot to wear them. Hauling around clothes and books and my crap is not fun when it is this hot.
I liked Volunteer Management slightly more than I thought; it was only worth the one credit I got though. The prof was nice but really repetitive and slow-paced, and basically was telling us not to stress about the final. While that was nice of her, I like to be challenged in class (although this class might be an exception). Regardless, it was a fun class as I had a lot of the same girls in my class as earlier in the summer, including a Luther grad who knows some of my friends. YEAH!
Last week seemed to be crazy busy at night. Probably because on Thursday night I went to a retirement party for work that started at 3 and I didn't leave until 9:15 pm. 6.25 perpectual hours of happy hour was quite fun (I only had one drink, a shot with my boss...ha!) but my coworkers are a hell of a lot more fun when they are drunk. As a matter of fact, I think we should make drinking at work a condition of employment so my job is better. All in favor? AYE!
On Monday I had dinner with a fabulous Gustie pal who just moved into the area. We went to Open City, my favorite place in NW, so you can't really complain about that. Akon and I are going out on Wednesday to celebrate being done with class. I will try to take a picture so you all understand how lucky I got with this one. Seriously.
Only 11 days until I come home, holla holla holla (thanks Johnny Legend)!!
8.01.2007
Well, I hope all my friends and loved ones are safe in Minneapolis. I've gotten to speak to most of you, but my phone is working only sporadically (I'm assuming becuase I have a 651 area code). Hard to believe an entire bridge collasped in a state touted for its quality roads in spite of the weather conditions. Hope you are all okay!
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