Quote of the day: I have more popcorn than the movie theaters.... but I don't like popcorn that much. - Tanker
Carl Quote of the Week:
Me [standing outside the boys bathroom]: I'm going to scare Carl!
Carl [from inside the bathroom]: I can hear you! [.....shut DOWN!]
Song of the day:
It's 3 am. I'm going to sleep. I just wanted to save these quotes for later!
3.27.2009
3.22.2009
Soccer and Recruits!
Carl quotes of the weekend:
Friday: "Conn, we haven't got time for your shenanigans!"
and "Woo!"
Saturday: *taps me on shoulder (while I am looking)* "...F**k!"
Song of the day: Dancing Through Life from Wicked
I don't really have much to write today, I just felt mainly like posting my Carl quotes.
Let's see, what's new and exciting?
H2Omega had our first intramural soccer game last night! It was fun. We lost to Fiji but it wasn't too bad. In fact in the second half it was 2-2. Unfortunately we got owned in the first half. Oh well. Everyone played hard and we had a lot of fun. A lot of us were there, even people who weren't planning on playing. Lots of cheering so it was awesome. The only un-awesome thing is I must have gotten kicked or something because the lower part of my shin in the front is swelling up. It's going to be a huge bruise. The bruise is just starting to show but I could tell last night that it was happening. Oh well. It was worth it. I had fun crashing into those Fiji boys, and it's nothing major so I'm not worried about it. :)
Since we had a recruit last night and today we had a movie night last night after soccer. We watched The Replacements. What I saw was pretty funny, but I wasn't paying that much attention because I played a lot of pool. I like pool but I never get to play. It was fun! And the recruit almost beat Nick C at MEGA Monnopoly! It was close, apparently. Man, does the swim team love MEGA. haha.
We had another recruit from Thurs-Friday. Usually Chase gives the campus tour and I tag along to help/learn the tour. Chase couldn't go on Friday though so I got to lead the tour myself! It was exciting. Nick C and Eric joined me and it was great to have them along. We ended the tour in Paul's office playing mariokart....doesn't get much better than that.
Woohoooooo!
Friday: "Conn, we haven't got time for your shenanigans!"
and "Woo!"
Saturday: *taps me on shoulder (while I am looking)* "...F**k!"
Song of the day: Dancing Through Life from Wicked
I don't really have much to write today, I just felt mainly like posting my Carl quotes.
Let's see, what's new and exciting?
H2Omega had our first intramural soccer game last night! It was fun. We lost to Fiji but it wasn't too bad. In fact in the second half it was 2-2. Unfortunately we got owned in the first half. Oh well. Everyone played hard and we had a lot of fun. A lot of us were there, even people who weren't planning on playing. Lots of cheering so it was awesome. The only un-awesome thing is I must have gotten kicked or something because the lower part of my shin in the front is swelling up. It's going to be a huge bruise. The bruise is just starting to show but I could tell last night that it was happening. Oh well. It was worth it. I had fun crashing into those Fiji boys, and it's nothing major so I'm not worried about it. :)
Since we had a recruit last night and today we had a movie night last night after soccer. We watched The Replacements. What I saw was pretty funny, but I wasn't paying that much attention because I played a lot of pool. I like pool but I never get to play. It was fun! And the recruit almost beat Nick C at MEGA Monnopoly! It was close, apparently. Man, does the swim team love MEGA. haha.
We had another recruit from Thurs-Friday. Usually Chase gives the campus tour and I tag along to help/learn the tour. Chase couldn't go on Friday though so I got to lead the tour myself! It was exciting. Nick C and Eric joined me and it was great to have them along. We ended the tour in Paul's office playing mariokart....doesn't get much better than that.
Woohoooooo!
3.19.2009
D Term Rhythm
Quote of the day: You are a struggle in my daily life. -PaulSong of the day: Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton
I found the chicken on the spit!! Now it's 4 pirate duckies around a campfire with a roasting chicken. yay! Picture courtesy of Colette.
What I haven't found yet is the rhythm of D term. Water polo starts Friday and lifting starts next week. Swimming should too but I'm not sure when it will be. Anyway I'm still confused without swim practice every day. I don't know what to do with myself. Pickup games of soccer and frisbee have been fun but sometimes I can't go. I don't have a schedule for working yet, either. Anyway it's been kind of relaxing and kind of weird. Hopefully next week I'll have a better idea of what's going on. On the upside, I really like all my classes...
MY MACROECONOMICS PROFESSOR IS AWESOME. I had class with her on Tuesday and I really enjoyed. She keeps the mode light and fun. I think it's going to be a great term as far as classes are concerned. :)
Also, I have Wednesday's off. Which is amazing. This week I just kind of chilled out and relaxed. It was nice. I went to visit Karla at Belmont and helped her with her homework. Then I worked for Paul for a while and later watched a film about Louis Armstrong for my jazz history class.
Tuesday wasn't too bad either. Chase gave a presentation that related math to chemistry and it was pretty interesting. A few of the swimmers went to go see it and support him.
Today was pretty chill. I had a meeting with Paul to discuss my off season training. I have to work on my fly and free technique when I'm tired, and also backstroke. Apparently it goes with butterfly. I'm lifting all summer, in addition to running and doing lots of abs. LOTS of abs. And swimming a bit, of course. My (by "my" I mean "Paul told me my") goal for running is to go 5 miles in under an hour. Preferably 45 minutes... It will take a lot of work but I think it can happen. I have 6 months to work on it.
Last night I was walking around with Lee and I noticed this banner.
It says:
"Robert H. Goddard
Celebrating 100 years
WPI Class of 1908"
Fail, WPI. It's now 2009. 101st anniversary of Goddard graduating. Don't get stuck in the past!!!!
3.16.2009
D Term, Day One
Quotes of the day: ALANA WATCH OUT! -Dave and Racheal
I know. I am funny. -Rob
Song of the day: Beautiful Day by U2
Today was the first day of D term. I'm really happy to be back at school! :)
So I haven't written since Friday. hmm. Well on Saturday I didn't really do anything at all. I got some pictures printed because I wanted to put up some pictures from college, and I didn't have any. Now I have plenty. I worked on cleaning my room and got rid of a bookshelf. I moved a couple other things and now it looks like there's a lot more room!
Oh and the most exciting thing that happened on Saturday was that I found the chicken thing that goes with the plastic fire in my car!!!! I happened to look for my cell phone under the passenger seat and found the plastic chicken-on-spit that was missing. So now there are four rubber pirate duckies surrounding a bird roasting over the fire. I said that they are cannibals. My sister said, "No, but now they know what's going to happen to them!" Picture forthcoming, assuming my sister helps me on this. :)
On Sunday I packed to come back to school. I also finished cleaning my room, and it looks awesome. yay! (You don't understand, my room hasn't been thoroughly cleaned since around 9th grade. yeah.) I went on errands with my mom just to spend some time with her, then left for school around 4. Oh, and on the way we had to pick up the rest of my pictures from CVS.
On Saturday I put a bunch of pics onto a USB and took them to CVS to use the picture center. I submitted them and was told they'd be ready in an hour. When I went back I realized I didn't remember ordering all the pictures I wanted. Boo. Turns out only half the pictures I wanted to print made it on to my USB. Not sure how that happened. Anyway Saturday night I ordered the rest of them and they were ready to go on Sunday. Problem solved!
Today was the first day of classes. My schedule this term is sweet. 3 hours a day M-F except Wednesdays, which consist of 0 hours. hahaha.
Jazz history was first, at 11. I love Professor Falco and I think the history of jazz is really interesting, and Lee is in that class too! So overall I think it's going to be a win. =D
Accounting was from 12-2. Juliana is in that class so I'm kind of excited about that. The teacher is funny. She has kind of a sing song voice which I really like. I'm still undecided on this class. It's 2 hours long, but I think it will be at the very least bearable, if not actually interesting.
Macroeconomics is my third class, but it doesn't start until tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes. I don't know if I know anyone else in there. Oh well.
I found out that the reason I got a B instead of an A in stats is because I got a 60 on the last test. Oops.
I checked my mail and the most interesting thing in my box was a letter from the Lost Property Division of the State government. Unfortunately, it was addressed to my box but not my name. Oh well. I gave it back and said "this isn't me." It was a great name though, something like Oggen something-or-other. I wish I could remember it!
I went to visit Paul and talked to him for a while, which was cool. I also worked for half an hour since Paul wasn't there and I was bored. haha. I just put stuff into the computer.
I played soccer with the swim team for a little over an hour. We played a pickup game against some kids who were on the turf too. They were definitely better than most of us, but I'd say we held our own. It was fun and I was pumped to be exercising since I haven't done much since C term ended. I'm going to start lifting soon, and Andrew and I will start swimming next week. I'm also doing intramural soccer and water polo club, which starts Wednesday. We had a really short meeting at 5 to give the members a little info. After that we had "orientation" for everyone teaching swimming lessons. I went to daka with some of the team, then went to MNC!
Monday Night Cribbage was fun, as usual. Berge and I lost but we at least took it to 5 games. We won the 2nd and 4th games. The last game sucked though, we got destroyed. Oh well. Next week will be different!
Oh and I had pancakes for breakfast today, which is always a good way to start. I usually don't go to eat breakfast at daka, but today was different because I had a meeting at 10 for the freshman class board. I didn't eat breakfast but the meeting was short so I had time to eat before Jazz History. yay!!!
To top it all off, it was really nice outside today!! Yay!
I know. I am funny. -Rob
Song of the day: Beautiful Day by U2
Today was the first day of D term. I'm really happy to be back at school! :)
So I haven't written since Friday. hmm. Well on Saturday I didn't really do anything at all. I got some pictures printed because I wanted to put up some pictures from college, and I didn't have any. Now I have plenty. I worked on cleaning my room and got rid of a bookshelf. I moved a couple other things and now it looks like there's a lot more room!
Oh and the most exciting thing that happened on Saturday was that I found the chicken thing that goes with the plastic fire in my car!!!! I happened to look for my cell phone under the passenger seat and found the plastic chicken-on-spit that was missing. So now there are four rubber pirate duckies surrounding a bird roasting over the fire. I said that they are cannibals. My sister said, "No, but now they know what's going to happen to them!" Picture forthcoming, assuming my sister helps me on this. :)
On Sunday I packed to come back to school. I also finished cleaning my room, and it looks awesome. yay! (You don't understand, my room hasn't been thoroughly cleaned since around 9th grade. yeah.) I went on errands with my mom just to spend some time with her, then left for school around 4. Oh, and on the way we had to pick up the rest of my pictures from CVS.
On Saturday I put a bunch of pics onto a USB and took them to CVS to use the picture center. I submitted them and was told they'd be ready in an hour. When I went back I realized I didn't remember ordering all the pictures I wanted. Boo. Turns out only half the pictures I wanted to print made it on to my USB. Not sure how that happened. Anyway Saturday night I ordered the rest of them and they were ready to go on Sunday. Problem solved!
Today was the first day of classes. My schedule this term is sweet. 3 hours a day M-F except Wednesdays, which consist of 0 hours. hahaha.
Jazz history was first, at 11. I love Professor Falco and I think the history of jazz is really interesting, and Lee is in that class too! So overall I think it's going to be a win. =D
Accounting was from 12-2. Juliana is in that class so I'm kind of excited about that. The teacher is funny. She has kind of a sing song voice which I really like. I'm still undecided on this class. It's 2 hours long, but I think it will be at the very least bearable, if not actually interesting.
Macroeconomics is my third class, but it doesn't start until tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes. I don't know if I know anyone else in there. Oh well.
I found out that the reason I got a B instead of an A in stats is because I got a 60 on the last test. Oops.
I checked my mail and the most interesting thing in my box was a letter from the Lost Property Division of the State government. Unfortunately, it was addressed to my box but not my name. Oh well. I gave it back and said "this isn't me." It was a great name though, something like Oggen something-or-other. I wish I could remember it!
I went to visit Paul and talked to him for a while, which was cool. I also worked for half an hour since Paul wasn't there and I was bored. haha. I just put stuff into the computer.
I played soccer with the swim team for a little over an hour. We played a pickup game against some kids who were on the turf too. They were definitely better than most of us, but I'd say we held our own. It was fun and I was pumped to be exercising since I haven't done much since C term ended. I'm going to start lifting soon, and Andrew and I will start swimming next week. I'm also doing intramural soccer and water polo club, which starts Wednesday. We had a really short meeting at 5 to give the members a little info. After that we had "orientation" for everyone teaching swimming lessons. I went to daka with some of the team, then went to MNC!
Monday Night Cribbage was fun, as usual. Berge and I lost but we at least took it to 5 games. We won the 2nd and 4th games. The last game sucked though, we got destroyed. Oh well. Next week will be different!
Oh and I had pancakes for breakfast today, which is always a good way to start. I usually don't go to eat breakfast at daka, but today was different because I had a meeting at 10 for the freshman class board. I didn't eat breakfast but the meeting was short so I had time to eat before Jazz History. yay!!!
To top it all off, it was really nice outside today!! Yay!
3.13.2009
Colette's Birthday
Quote of the day: "Hi, I'm Theresa, and I'll be your server today." - Theresa, our waitress
Song of the day: Happy Birthday, the classic
First off, happy birthday Colette! 16...you are old. Also congratulations on getting your permit. Please don't get into any accidents in my car (or anyone else's) while I am at school (or ever). Thanks.
I baked another cake today! It's chocolate with strawberry jam in the middle. It tastes pretty good. I never realized how long it takes to make a cake until I was baking this one today by myself. It was okay though, I went on the computer and played piano and showered while I was waiting for this cake to bake/cool. And, I learned from my mistake last time and let it fully cool before icing it, and it worked much better and didn't split into pieces this time. And I used a full container of frosting. yum!
After finishing my cake I went to my massage appointment. I've only had one before and I really liked it, so I decided to go while I was home again. It was only half an hour but very nice and relaxing.
Shortly after I got home Colette and mom returned from the RMV, learner's permit in hand. They had gone driving a little bit too. Then she opened her presents. She got a sweet camera from my parents. It's pretty awesome. I "gave" her the movie Wanted, which is her favorite. My mom had bought it for me to give to her... so it didn't require much effort on my part. All I had to do was wrap it. It's cool though, I appreciated the simplicity of the deal.
Later my mom, sister, and I went out for dinner. We went to Smokey Bones and it was pretty awesome. There was this piece of paper on the table that said "Can you guess your server's name? (ask for the number of letters!)" and I was going to, but the waitress beat me to the punch and told us her name before I could ask for the letters. boo. I'm not really sure why the restaurant wanted me to guess, but I was all ready for it until I was foiled. Oh well. Her name was Theresa, if you were wondering.
Once we came home we watched Wanted. It was actually really good and I quite enjoyed it. My sister has been raving about this movie for a while, but I didn't realize until today that it's one I've been wanting to see. I previously hadn't connected the title with the story or actors. Anyway, if you haven't seen it, you should.
Then we ate cake. mmm. It was good. Her friend Sarah had also baked her a cake, and it wasn't too bad. I lit all the candles on both cakes and we sang happy birthday and all that. I actually had some cake batter ice cream with my cake. hah. It was a good combo if I do say so myself!
In other news, my elbow xrays came back normal. So I still have a mystery injury. Super. Also, I decided that my next piano project will be to learn the second section of Joplin's The Entertainer. I already know the first part but I'd like to be able to do more. So, D term that will be happening in Alden, and it will be awesome!
Song of the day: Happy Birthday, the classic
First off, happy birthday Colette! 16...you are old. Also congratulations on getting your permit. Please don't get into any accidents in my car (or anyone else's) while I am at school (or ever). Thanks.
I baked another cake today! It's chocolate with strawberry jam in the middle. It tastes pretty good. I never realized how long it takes to make a cake until I was baking this one today by myself. It was okay though, I went on the computer and played piano and showered while I was waiting for this cake to bake/cool. And, I learned from my mistake last time and let it fully cool before icing it, and it worked much better and didn't split into pieces this time. And I used a full container of frosting. yum!After finishing my cake I went to my massage appointment. I've only had one before and I really liked it, so I decided to go while I was home again. It was only half an hour but very nice and relaxing.
Shortly after I got home Colette and mom returned from the RMV, learner's permit in hand. They had gone driving a little bit too. Then she opened her presents. She got a sweet camera from my parents. It's pretty awesome. I "gave" her the movie Wanted, which is her favorite. My mom had bought it for me to give to her... so it didn't require much effort on my part. All I had to do was wrap it. It's cool though, I appreciated the simplicity of the deal.
Later my mom, sister, and I went out for dinner. We went to Smokey Bones and it was pretty awesome. There was this piece of paper on the table that said "Can you guess your server's name? (ask for the number of letters!)" and I was going to, but the waitress beat me to the punch and told us her name before I could ask for the letters. boo. I'm not really sure why the restaurant wanted me to guess, but I was all ready for it until I was foiled. Oh well. Her name was Theresa, if you were wondering.
Once we came home we watched Wanted. It was actually really good and I quite enjoyed it. My sister has been raving about this movie for a while, but I didn't realize until today that it's one I've been wanting to see. I previously hadn't connected the title with the story or actors. Anyway, if you haven't seen it, you should.
Then we ate cake. mmm. It was good. Her friend Sarah had also baked her a cake, and it wasn't too bad. I lit all the candles on both cakes and we sang happy birthday and all that. I actually had some cake batter ice cream with my cake. hah. It was a good combo if I do say so myself!
In other news, my elbow xrays came back normal. So I still have a mystery injury. Super. Also, I decided that my next piano project will be to learn the second section of Joplin's The Entertainer. I already know the first part but I'd like to be able to do more. So, D term that will be happening in Alden, and it will be awesome!
3.12.2009
Mini Golf and Ice Cream
Quote of the day: The one with the blue hands. - Davis
Song of the day: How's My Driving by Less Than Jake
Today was another good day!
Woke up late ish, and ate peanut butter and fluff for breakfast/lunch! yumm.
I picked up my sister from school and then at around 3 my bff Amy came over and we went to go get Davis for an adventure. We didn't have any set plans, so we decided to head towards Target and see if we could find something to do. At Target I bought a new hamper. So exciting.
We thought mini golf would be a good idea, so we headed over to Dino mini golf close to Target. It was closed. Apparently it's not yet warm enough out for mini golf. Too bad, because it was beautiful outside today. Anyway we drove over the speedbumps a few times and decided to go to Lazer Gate in Fall River. So we got on the highway and off we went. Now, I'm not very good with directions, but Amy seemed to know what was going on and I've driven there before so I remembered a little bit. (a very little bit..) We drove for a while and were in the midst of exiting when we hit construction. Oh boy. We managed to successfully follow the detour and made it to Lazer Gate! Yay! When we got there we realized that laser tag would suck if it was just the three of us. So instead we played glow-in-the-dark mini golf. It was pretty fun. I won. Amy and Davis tied. They have this cool tunnel thing that you walk through after nine holes. You walk on a bridge and the tunnel around you spins. It's pretty crazy. We were falling all over the place. Since we were the only people there, we asked the guy following us around to let us go in the tunnel thing again once we were done golfing. haha. It was just as crazy and fun the second time!
After our mini golfing Davis asked the people working if they would play laser tag with us for free. They laughed at him. Oh well. Worth a try. Then we left.
On the way home we went to Baskin Robbins. I got the "icing on the cake" ice cream because I love ice cream with cake. This ice cream was cake flavored with pieces of cake and frosting etc in it. It was very tasty. After ice cream I dropped Davis off at his house and drove home. Amy had parked at my house, so we hugged and she left.
I bummed around the house for a bit and then I went to Spencer's! His mom promised me chicken salsa the other day, so I of course had to go over there for that and to see my favorite Nutts. I had fun just hanging out with them. The chicken salsa of course was delicious. It never disappoints! We also watched The Office at 9. Then I went home, and here I am!
Song of the day: How's My Driving by Less Than Jake
Today was another good day!
Woke up late ish, and ate peanut butter and fluff for breakfast/lunch! yumm.
I picked up my sister from school and then at around 3 my bff Amy came over and we went to go get Davis for an adventure. We didn't have any set plans, so we decided to head towards Target and see if we could find something to do. At Target I bought a new hamper. So exciting.
We thought mini golf would be a good idea, so we headed over to Dino mini golf close to Target. It was closed. Apparently it's not yet warm enough out for mini golf. Too bad, because it was beautiful outside today. Anyway we drove over the speedbumps a few times and decided to go to Lazer Gate in Fall River. So we got on the highway and off we went. Now, I'm not very good with directions, but Amy seemed to know what was going on and I've driven there before so I remembered a little bit. (a very little bit..) We drove for a while and were in the midst of exiting when we hit construction. Oh boy. We managed to successfully follow the detour and made it to Lazer Gate! Yay! When we got there we realized that laser tag would suck if it was just the three of us. So instead we played glow-in-the-dark mini golf. It was pretty fun. I won. Amy and Davis tied. They have this cool tunnel thing that you walk through after nine holes. You walk on a bridge and the tunnel around you spins. It's pretty crazy. We were falling all over the place. Since we were the only people there, we asked the guy following us around to let us go in the tunnel thing again once we were done golfing. haha. It was just as crazy and fun the second time!
After our mini golfing Davis asked the people working if they would play laser tag with us for free. They laughed at him. Oh well. Worth a try. Then we left.
On the way home we went to Baskin Robbins. I got the "icing on the cake" ice cream because I love ice cream with cake. This ice cream was cake flavored with pieces of cake and frosting etc in it. It was very tasty. After ice cream I dropped Davis off at his house and drove home. Amy had parked at my house, so we hugged and she left.
I bummed around the house for a bit and then I went to Spencer's! His mom promised me chicken salsa the other day, so I of course had to go over there for that and to see my favorite Nutts. I had fun just hanging out with them. The chicken salsa of course was delicious. It never disappoints! We also watched The Office at 9. Then I went home, and here I am!
3.11.2009
Lexington Adventure
Quote of the day: Well, let's just let the pins and balls do the talking, okay? - Lee
Song of the day: All The Small Things by Blink-182
Today was an awesome day! Even though I drove over 100 miles and woke up late. What a recovery, haha.
So, I woke up and the clock said 10:55. I was planning to leave at 10:45. Lame. But no matter, I ate breakfast and got dressed and all that fun stuff (and being in a bit of a frenzy, managed to spill all 16 of the remaining ear infection pills. It's okay though, I recovered them), and left my house, only about 35 minutes late. Oh well. Anyway I drove in the opposite direction of my target to buy gas. Then I drove past my house and was on my way.
Where was I going? To Lexington, to visit Lee. I was supposed to get there at 12 for lunch. I got there at 12:30. The drive was good... except for all the rain. It rained the whole time, and a lot. Oh, and I had the GPS and mapquest directions...but they didn't agree. So I followed the GPS because if I got messed up I knew it would readjust and send me the right way. I got really mad at it though, because it made me get off the highway and go on a road with a bunch of lights (of course I hit all of them red), only to get back on the highway. Whatever. Also, I drove past Lee's house the first time and had to turn around. No big deal though, I turned around and wasn't very far off.
I got there eventually though and we went to Bertucci's. I got my favorite Bertucci's dish ever, the Chicken and Rosemary Ham Calzone (you should try it sometime), and it of course was delicious. After lunch we mosied over to Lexington High School. It was kind of cool. Very different from Taunton High which made it interesting to me. We didn't go visit anyone, just looked around. We did look for one teacher but we couldn't find his class, so I guess he's not there anymore.
Then we hung around at Lee's house for a while and I met his brother for like 20 seconds. haha. We then went bowling and it turns out we are very closely matched. I'm all right at bowling; I usually go like 140 in the first game, occasionally higher, usually with a lower score in the second game because my arm gets tired. Fairly respectable. Lee claimed that he is not very good at bowling, like he's usually lucky to break 100. WHATEVER. I'm pretty sure he hustled me, haha. Results: First game, Lee 145, Alana 142. Second game, Lee 127, Alana 122. SO CLOSE! We decided we're going to have to play more at school. (And I'm going to win next time. That wasn't part of the agreement. But it's going to happen.)
Then we went to the Burlington Mall. It wasn't all that exciting, really, but I'd never been there before so it was cool. It's kind of a big mall. Lee got Chick-Fil-A for dinner but I wasn't hungry (that delicious calzone was HUGE!) so I just got a drink. Then I got artsy and took this picture:
Song of the day: All The Small Things by Blink-182
Today was an awesome day! Even though I drove over 100 miles and woke up late. What a recovery, haha.
So, I woke up and the clock said 10:55. I was planning to leave at 10:45. Lame. But no matter, I ate breakfast and got dressed and all that fun stuff (and being in a bit of a frenzy, managed to spill all 16 of the remaining ear infection pills. It's okay though, I recovered them), and left my house, only about 35 minutes late. Oh well. Anyway I drove in the opposite direction of my target to buy gas. Then I drove past my house and was on my way.
Where was I going? To Lexington, to visit Lee. I was supposed to get there at 12 for lunch. I got there at 12:30. The drive was good... except for all the rain. It rained the whole time, and a lot. Oh, and I had the GPS and mapquest directions...but they didn't agree. So I followed the GPS because if I got messed up I knew it would readjust and send me the right way. I got really mad at it though, because it made me get off the highway and go on a road with a bunch of lights (of course I hit all of them red), only to get back on the highway. Whatever. Also, I drove past Lee's house the first time and had to turn around. No big deal though, I turned around and wasn't very far off.
I got there eventually though and we went to Bertucci's. I got my favorite Bertucci's dish ever, the Chicken and Rosemary Ham Calzone (you should try it sometime), and it of course was delicious. After lunch we mosied over to Lexington High School. It was kind of cool. Very different from Taunton High which made it interesting to me. We didn't go visit anyone, just looked around. We did look for one teacher but we couldn't find his class, so I guess he's not there anymore.
Then we hung around at Lee's house for a while and I met his brother for like 20 seconds. haha. We then went bowling and it turns out we are very closely matched. I'm all right at bowling; I usually go like 140 in the first game, occasionally higher, usually with a lower score in the second game because my arm gets tired. Fairly respectable. Lee claimed that he is not very good at bowling, like he's usually lucky to break 100. WHATEVER. I'm pretty sure he hustled me, haha. Results: First game, Lee 145, Alana 142. Second game, Lee 127, Alana 122. SO CLOSE! We decided we're going to have to play more at school. (And I'm going to win next time. That wasn't part of the agreement. But it's going to happen.)
Then we went to the Burlington Mall. It wasn't all that exciting, really, but I'd never been there before so it was cool. It's kind of a big mall. Lee got Chick-Fil-A for dinner but I wasn't hungry (that delicious calzone was HUGE!) so I just got a drink. Then I got artsy and took this picture:
We went down to Hollister to look for Greg, but he wasn't there. Oh well. Then we went back to Lee's house. I said hello to the folks again and cleaned my car windshield. The inside of my windshield has been dirty for some time, but I really noticed it today. So, being the weirdo that I am, I asked for some windex to clean it off before I left. Lee's parents probably think I'm a freak now, but oh well. We took care of my dirty windshield and I left Lexington.
I got home safe, and finally got hungry at 11 o'clock. I ate cereal for dinner. hah.
=D
3.10.2009
My Old Stomping Grounds
Quote of the day: That's funny because I remember being the table that threw the food.
Song of the day: Dirty Little Secret by the All American Rejects
Today was a day for me to visit all my old places. Namely, my high school and my pool. In some areas lots has changed; in other ways nothing has.
First I went back to THS for a visit. First reaction: EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT. They're renovating it, a process that began right after I graduated, so everything is moved around/closed down/being torn down/new. A couple of my favorite teachers are in different classrooms, and some areas of the school are closed off altogether. Needless to say, it was confusing as hell. I got lost, not gonna lie. Oh well. Eventually I found everyone I wanted to talk to and they were happy to see me. So that was pretty cool.
After pretending I was in high school again I went to the mall for a bit. Then I got a slush and hung around for a while.
Later I went to play water polo with my club swim team. Now, I absolutely love water polo, but it's tough to play when the ages range from 6-18. I was all excited because my bff was going to be there and a couple of my other swim friends who are still in high school, but it turned out to be kind of lame. We played in the shallow end going to short way... I ended up playing for a few minutes, just chatting with my bff for a while, then goofing off a little in the deep end. My bff, sister, and I tried to blow bubble rings. They weren't amazing, but we definitely made progress by the end.
It's always interesting to go somewhere that you haven't been in a while. It's either exactly as you expect it or the total opposite. THS had the same character(s) inside that it did when I left; it just looks different. My pool, on the other hand, looks almost the same (they fixed it up but I've been there a lot since then) but felt different than it used to. Almost like I've grown out of it.
I just got really philosophical for a second. Sorry about that.
Song of the day: Dirty Little Secret by the All American Rejects
Today was a day for me to visit all my old places. Namely, my high school and my pool. In some areas lots has changed; in other ways nothing has.
First I went back to THS for a visit. First reaction: EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT. They're renovating it, a process that began right after I graduated, so everything is moved around/closed down/being torn down/new. A couple of my favorite teachers are in different classrooms, and some areas of the school are closed off altogether. Needless to say, it was confusing as hell. I got lost, not gonna lie. Oh well. Eventually I found everyone I wanted to talk to and they were happy to see me. So that was pretty cool.
After pretending I was in high school again I went to the mall for a bit. Then I got a slush and hung around for a while.
Later I went to play water polo with my club swim team. Now, I absolutely love water polo, but it's tough to play when the ages range from 6-18. I was all excited because my bff was going to be there and a couple of my other swim friends who are still in high school, but it turned out to be kind of lame. We played in the shallow end going to short way... I ended up playing for a few minutes, just chatting with my bff for a while, then goofing off a little in the deep end. My bff, sister, and I tried to blow bubble rings. They weren't amazing, but we definitely made progress by the end.
It's always interesting to go somewhere that you haven't been in a while. It's either exactly as you expect it or the total opposite. THS had the same character(s) inside that it did when I left; it just looks different. My pool, on the other hand, looks almost the same (they fixed it up but I've been there a lot since then) but felt different than it used to. Almost like I've grown out of it.
I just got really philosophical for a second. Sorry about that.
3.09.2009
Shoutout
Almost forgot, shoutout to my man Carter and his website:
http://cardudescars.webs.com
Carter likes to write about cars. Go figure. Anyway I think it's pretty cool that he has his own site about it, so I thought I'd put it up here.
:)
http://cardudescars.webs.com
Carter likes to write about cars. Go figure. Anyway I think it's pretty cool that he has his own site about it, so I thought I'd put it up here.
:)
Amoxicillin and X-Rays
Quote of the day: This looks like it's just a regular old ear infection. -RNP Tomase
Song of the day: Look What Happened by Less Than Jake
Today, after my hair-cutting escapade, I did some other fun stuff.
First, I went and picked up Spencer for lunch. We went to Ruby Tuesday's and upon his recommendation, I had a buffalo chicken burger. It was delicious; he was totally right. yumm. :)
Then, I was planning to take him home, but he said he didn't mind coming to the doctor with me, so we went straight there. The reason I had to go to the doctor was because I have an earache. It started hurting yesterday and didn't go away. Turns out, I have an ear infection in my left ear. So I got a prescription for amoxicillin to clear it up.
While I was with the RNP, I asked her to check out my elbow because, as you know, that's been bothering me too. She said maybe I chipped a bone and sent me downstairs for xrays. So I got xrays on my elbow. Results should come back tomorrow, I think. If nothing's wrong with the bone then I suppose I just continue on with my icing/heating/stimming/therapy-ing and hopefully it will go away. If not it's something really bad like a ligament tear... but I don't think that's what it is.
After dragging poor Spence to the doctor's and xray place with me, we went back to his house. I played rock band with Liv and Carter for a while, and his mom promised me chicken salsa (my favorite meal ever) sometime this week. So Thursday I'm going back over there for dinner. Woohoo!!
On my way back home, I went to pick up my prescription. My conversation with the pharmacist at CVS:
It was SUCH a struggle. I needed some guidance and she sure wasn't giving any. Anyway, I got my pills from the unhelpful pharmacist and went on my way. On the way to the door I looked at permanent hair dye. I didn't buy any today, so I'll have to go back.
Sidenote: I never got around to writing about how the girl's hair dying party went, but it was a smashing success. We had several shades of red and purple, and it was awesome. The best was Manic Panic brand in Bubble Gum Pink and Vampire Red. I got the pink. Some strands of my hair are still colored. I really like it (its not actually pink in my hair) and I kind of want to dye it that color for a while. Hence the permanent hair dye. The day after we did it a couple people that I know and some that I don't know asked me "why everyone's hair is that color today." And by everyone they meant 10 girls on the swim team. Apparently we made our mark on campus, haha. Anyway everyone thought it was really awesome, and I can't wait to do it again next year! The only problem for me, Toni, and Kaitlyn was that we had to swim for a couple days with our hair dyed... oh well. It still worked out great!
In conclusion: lunch = delicious. left ear = on the mend. left elbow = tbd. pharmacist = useless.
Oh well. It happens. At least I got to see Spence and get my wreck of a body on the right track!!
Song of the day: Look What Happened by Less Than Jake
Today, after my hair-cutting escapade, I did some other fun stuff.
First, I went and picked up Spencer for lunch. We went to Ruby Tuesday's and upon his recommendation, I had a buffalo chicken burger. It was delicious; he was totally right. yumm. :)
Then, I was planning to take him home, but he said he didn't mind coming to the doctor with me, so we went straight there. The reason I had to go to the doctor was because I have an earache. It started hurting yesterday and didn't go away. Turns out, I have an ear infection in my left ear. So I got a prescription for amoxicillin to clear it up.
While I was with the RNP, I asked her to check out my elbow because, as you know, that's been bothering me too. She said maybe I chipped a bone and sent me downstairs for xrays. So I got xrays on my elbow. Results should come back tomorrow, I think. If nothing's wrong with the bone then I suppose I just continue on with my icing/heating/stimming/therapy-ing and hopefully it will go away. If not it's something really bad like a ligament tear... but I don't think that's what it is.
After dragging poor Spence to the doctor's and xray place with me, we went back to his house. I played rock band with Liv and Carter for a while, and his mom promised me chicken salsa (my favorite meal ever) sometime this week. So Thursday I'm going back over there for dinner. Woohoo!!
On my way back home, I went to pick up my prescription. My conversation with the pharmacist at CVS:
"Can I help you?"
"I'm here to pick up a prescription.
...
Aubin."
"Do you have insurance?"
"Yes."
...
"I need to see your card."
"Oh. I've never picked a prescription before so I don't really know what the deal is."
***WHERE "..." indicates an awkward pause.***
It was SUCH a struggle. I needed some guidance and she sure wasn't giving any. Anyway, I got my pills from the unhelpful pharmacist and went on my way. On the way to the door I looked at permanent hair dye. I didn't buy any today, so I'll have to go back.
Sidenote: I never got around to writing about how the girl's hair dying party went, but it was a smashing success. We had several shades of red and purple, and it was awesome. The best was Manic Panic brand in Bubble Gum Pink and Vampire Red. I got the pink. Some strands of my hair are still colored. I really like it (its not actually pink in my hair) and I kind of want to dye it that color for a while. Hence the permanent hair dye. The day after we did it a couple people that I know and some that I don't know asked me "why everyone's hair is that color today." And by everyone they meant 10 girls on the swim team. Apparently we made our mark on campus, haha. Anyway everyone thought it was really awesome, and I can't wait to do it again next year! The only problem for me, Toni, and Kaitlyn was that we had to swim for a couple days with our hair dyed... oh well. It still worked out great!
In conclusion: lunch = delicious. left ear = on the mend. left elbow = tbd. pharmacist = useless.
Oh well. It happens. At least I got to see Spence and get my wreck of a body on the right track!!
My New Haircut
Quote of the day: ....I got a little creative. - Ericka from Cost Cutters
Song of the day: Hell Yes by Beck
So, I got my hair cut today. Usually I keep it very short, but I decided this time, since it's been getting longer and I like the length, to just get a trim to keep it healthy. I'm not really sure what happened then. I went to a hair shop I've never been to before. I told the girl to just trim it and do whatever, I'm not hard to please. She asked if I wanted layers. I said one layer, please. She asked about my bangs. I said side bangs, and angle them more, please. At the end she said, "I got a little creative."
hmm. Right now I don't know if I like it or not. The layer in the back flips out a little bit and the bangs go all the way across my forehead. They also look longer than they did before I got it cut, if that's even possible. It is very styled. Actually, it was very styled, but right now it's in a ponytail. I partially unstyled the bangs so there's less of them, too.
You never know if you like your haircut until you shower and style it yourself. So I'll keep you updated. Hopefully this is not a huge haircutting flop. In all honesty I think it looks kind of nice, it's just unlike anything I've ever had before. That's why I am so undecided. After I wash it tonight I'll know whether its a thumbs up or thumbs down haircut. Ah, well.
Ah! 1 pm. I'm off to my buddy's house... we're having a lunch date. Woohoo!
Addition: In other news, I just found out I got a 98 on my last programming test. HELL YES!
Song of the day: Hell Yes by Beck
So, I got my hair cut today. Usually I keep it very short, but I decided this time, since it's been getting longer and I like the length, to just get a trim to keep it healthy. I'm not really sure what happened then. I went to a hair shop I've never been to before. I told the girl to just trim it and do whatever, I'm not hard to please. She asked if I wanted layers. I said one layer, please. She asked about my bangs. I said side bangs, and angle them more, please. At the end she said, "I got a little creative."
hmm. Right now I don't know if I like it or not. The layer in the back flips out a little bit and the bangs go all the way across my forehead. They also look longer than they did before I got it cut, if that's even possible. It is very styled. Actually, it was very styled, but right now it's in a ponytail. I partially unstyled the bangs so there's less of them, too.
You never know if you like your haircut until you shower and style it yourself. So I'll keep you updated. Hopefully this is not a huge haircutting flop. In all honesty I think it looks kind of nice, it's just unlike anything I've ever had before. That's why I am so undecided. After I wash it tonight I'll know whether its a thumbs up or thumbs down haircut. Ah, well.
Ah! 1 pm. I'm off to my buddy's house... we're having a lunch date. Woohoo!
Addition: In other news, I just found out I got a 98 on my last programming test. HELL YES!
3.07.2009
Free Food and Chinese Laundry...
Quotes of the day: Damn you $11 dollar soda! - Colette
...................How do you work it? I'm too dumb to work it! - Colette
Song of the day: Pinch Me by the Barenaked Ladies
Lucky Numbers: 19 11 48 54 25 34
Learn Chinese: Sugar - "tang"
Today was a very good day.
Partially because it didn't started until 12:30.
Partially because I got to do my laundry for free! And by 'for free' I mean at my house instead of at school for $2.50 a load. yayy! I brought only dirty clothes home with me but now they are all clean, which is good because, you know, clothes are pretty important.
Partially because I went out for Chinese food with my sister. I have totally been craving Chinese food since last Sunday at Boys NEWMACs. See, after prelims, some of the girls said to me, "We're going out for Chinese! Wanna join?" That sounded good, so I agreed and we left the pool to go to Tsang's restaurant. When we got there, everybody decided they wanted to get takeout instead of staying to eat...which was silly, because they were just going to go eat at the hotel anyway. Said hotel was 20 minutes in the opposite direction of my house, so I went home without any food. Since then I've been craving it. Today, my mom was working and my sister and I didn't want to cook, so we decided to go out! It was delicious. Definitely a good life decision, haha.
It was pretty fun, too. It was nice to be able to just goof off with my sister for a while. I also learned how to say "sugar" and "potato" in Chinese. But not really. When I say learn I mean "understood for a minute and then promptly forgot." Oh well.
On the way home we stopped at iParty and bought 4 pirate rubber duckys for my dashboard. It needed some new decorations... it used to have a plastic chicken/turkey on a spit roasting over a plastic fire...but I lost the fire, then lost the bird, then found the fire. So for a while it's been only the fire. Now I have 4 rather swashbuckling rubber ducks sitting around a plastic campfire. It's very nice. =D
The picture is kind of dark but you can mostly see what's happening there.
Once we got home we watched the movie the Golden Compass. I really liked it. I remember reading the book a few years ago but not well enough to have any of the movie spoiled.
Overall, a very very relaxing and good day. Woohoo! Let's hope the rest of my vacation days are just as awesome.
...................How do you work it? I'm too dumb to work it! - Colette
Song of the day: Pinch Me by the Barenaked Ladies
Lucky Numbers: 19 11 48 54 25 34
Learn Chinese: Sugar - "tang"
Today was a very good day.
Partially because it didn't started until 12:30.
Partially because I got to do my laundry for free! And by 'for free' I mean at my house instead of at school for $2.50 a load. yayy! I brought only dirty clothes home with me but now they are all clean, which is good because, you know, clothes are pretty important.
Partially because I went out for Chinese food with my sister. I have totally been craving Chinese food since last Sunday at Boys NEWMACs. See, after prelims, some of the girls said to me, "We're going out for Chinese! Wanna join?" That sounded good, so I agreed and we left the pool to go to Tsang's restaurant. When we got there, everybody decided they wanted to get takeout instead of staying to eat...which was silly, because they were just going to go eat at the hotel anyway. Said hotel was 20 minutes in the opposite direction of my house, so I went home without any food. Since then I've been craving it. Today, my mom was working and my sister and I didn't want to cook, so we decided to go out! It was delicious. Definitely a good life decision, haha.
It was pretty fun, too. It was nice to be able to just goof off with my sister for a while. I also learned how to say "sugar" and "potato" in Chinese. But not really. When I say learn I mean "understood for a minute and then promptly forgot." Oh well.
On the way home we stopped at iParty and bought 4 pirate rubber duckys for my dashboard. It needed some new decorations... it used to have a plastic chicken/turkey on a spit roasting over a plastic fire...but I lost the fire, then lost the bird, then found the fire. So for a while it's been only the fire. Now I have 4 rather swashbuckling rubber ducks sitting around a plastic campfire. It's very nice. =D
The picture is kind of dark but you can mostly see what's happening there.
Once we got home we watched the movie the Golden Compass. I really liked it. I remember reading the book a few years ago but not well enough to have any of the movie spoiled.
Overall, a very very relaxing and good day. Woohoo! Let's hope the rest of my vacation days are just as awesome.
3.06.2009
Fern
Quote of the day: I work there... we went out the back way. -Juliana
Song of the day: Stolen by Dashboard Confessional
Last night, I was sitting in my room, and Juliana and Molly entered with a plant. A large potted plant that they kept calling a fern. This plant is clearly not a fern (see first picture, of Molly and Juliana with said 'fern'). Anyway, they stole it from the third floor of the campus center and now it's sitting in my room at the foot of Toni's bed (second picture). haha.
Juliana was so excited about this plant!! I wanted to name it Murphy but she said no. So we named it Fern, or Ferny if you want to be affectionate. Unfortunately poor Ferny became our new roommate on the last day of the term, so he/she? is going to be all alone for 9 days during break. Oh well. Hopefully Juliana watered it well before she left and it will survive the week. At least Ferny is in the company of the 3 unnamed bamboo stalks on my desk. They can be lonely plants together.
As you can see, we decorated Ferny to make him our own. I had these foamy letter stickers from the secret psycher thing for swim, and I wanted to put them on the pot, but Juliana said we had to keep it classy so we decorated Ferny's leaves. One of them says "Fern" and one says "304."
Oh, how I love school. =D
Baruch College
Song of the Day: Ironic by Alanis Morissette
Weird.
So, remember how I had that Baruch College swim cap that I got at ECACs?
Yesterday, I was walking in Harrington on my way to the trainer and there was a basketball team practicing in the gym. What basketball team? Baruch College, of course. Funny how things happen like that. Apparently they are playing in the NCAA tournament against UMASS Dartmouth tonight. WPI is hosting the tournament. Now that I've discovered this college I keep running into it!
That's all. Just thought I'd share how crazy stuff like this happens to me all the time.
Seriously.
It does.
Weird.
So, remember how I had that Baruch College swim cap that I got at ECACs?
Yesterday, I was walking in Harrington on my way to the trainer and there was a basketball team practicing in the gym. What basketball team? Baruch College, of course. Funny how things happen like that. Apparently they are playing in the NCAA tournament against UMASS Dartmouth tonight. WPI is hosting the tournament. Now that I've discovered this college I keep running into it!
That's all. Just thought I'd share how crazy stuff like this happens to me all the time.
Seriously.
It does.
Finals
Quote of the day: I just want to be in a passing bunch! - Nick
Song of the day: Down In Flames by Reel Big Fish
Today, C term ended!! yayyy!!
C term was tiring. Wintery and cold and long. And my classes were kind of boring. I think I did okay in them though. Definitely did well in CS and stats; lin alg, not so much. Oh well. I'm hoping to end up with a B in that class. We'll see.
I'm home now for a week. My schedule next term is saweeeeet! 3 hours of class Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri...Wednesdays off. I can't wait. And no swimming...officially. Definitely will be lifting though, and probably swimming with Andrew. He didn't make nationals, by the way. He was 25th and they took 22. Oh well. 3 more years, 3 more chances! I told him we'd go together next year. THAT would be awesome. Anyway, I'm playing intramural soccer (on the swim team's team, haha) and doing water polo club too. It should be a fun term. It will be nice outside and I'll have lots of time to do fun stuff. woohoo!!
Song of the day: Down In Flames by Reel Big Fish
Today, C term ended!! yayyy!!
C term was tiring. Wintery and cold and long. And my classes were kind of boring. I think I did okay in them though. Definitely did well in CS and stats; lin alg, not so much. Oh well. I'm hoping to end up with a B in that class. We'll see.
I'm home now for a week. My schedule next term is saweeeeet! 3 hours of class Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri...Wednesdays off. I can't wait. And no swimming...officially. Definitely will be lifting though, and probably swimming with Andrew. He didn't make nationals, by the way. He was 25th and they took 22. Oh well. 3 more years, 3 more chances! I told him we'd go together next year. THAT would be awesome. Anyway, I'm playing intramural soccer (on the swim team's team, haha) and doing water polo club too. It should be a fun term. It will be nice outside and I'll have lots of time to do fun stuff. woohoo!!
Elbow Injury
Quote of the day: Apparently it was "my fault" because I was "in the way." Pshh. - Jetta
Song of the day: We Are Broken by Paramore
I don't remember if I mentioned this before or not, but I managed to injure myself swimming. Yes. I injured myself. swimming. in a race. at NEWMACS.
......
I know right?!
Anyway, here's what happened. It was finals of the 200 free relay and I was anchoring our A relay. I was swimming into the wall, and of course I wanted to get there as soon as possible so I stretched my arm out as far as I could and hit the wall pretty hard (after all, it was my fastest 50 free ever). Ouch. I got out, and my elbow was hurting. It mostly just hurt to straighten all the way. I thought it would get better, but it hurt all weekend. It definitely got a little better, but not completely. By Sunday at least it didn't hurt to swim. It never really hurt to race (adrenaline...you don't feel anything) but I could definitely feel it during warmup. I swam through it at practice all week leading up to ECACs, and on Monday of this week went to the trainer. She said I probably 1) hyperextended it 2) strained it a bit and 3) have "soft tissue bruising". Super!
So all week I've been going to the trainer to get stim, ice/heat, and rehab exercises. Little forearm curls and tricep/bicep curls, and this weight on a string attached to a little pole, that I have to unravel and roll back up. Let me just say, my forearms are going to be absolutely ripped after this rehab is over!! While I'm home this week I'll probably do the exercises and ice a little bit... and take time off from swimming. I was supposed to be resting my elbow... but I swam twice this week; I couldn't stay away. Oops. Hopefully not doing any swimming will help it feel better, because going to the trainer all week hasn't done anything at all. It still hurts to straighten and bend all the way. In fact, I think the stim is making it more tender. I don't know... it sucks though. At least the season's over. But really, injuring myself racing at NEWMACS? I thought it was impossible. Apparently, I was wrong.
boo.
Song of the day: We Are Broken by Paramore
I don't remember if I mentioned this before or not, but I managed to injure myself swimming. Yes. I injured myself. swimming. in a race. at NEWMACS.
......
I know right?!
Anyway, here's what happened. It was finals of the 200 free relay and I was anchoring our A relay. I was swimming into the wall, and of course I wanted to get there as soon as possible so I stretched my arm out as far as I could and hit the wall pretty hard (after all, it was my fastest 50 free ever). Ouch. I got out, and my elbow was hurting. It mostly just hurt to straighten all the way. I thought it would get better, but it hurt all weekend. It definitely got a little better, but not completely. By Sunday at least it didn't hurt to swim. It never really hurt to race (adrenaline...you don't feel anything) but I could definitely feel it during warmup. I swam through it at practice all week leading up to ECACs, and on Monday of this week went to the trainer. She said I probably 1) hyperextended it 2) strained it a bit and 3) have "soft tissue bruising". Super!
So all week I've been going to the trainer to get stim, ice/heat, and rehab exercises. Little forearm curls and tricep/bicep curls, and this weight on a string attached to a little pole, that I have to unravel and roll back up. Let me just say, my forearms are going to be absolutely ripped after this rehab is over!! While I'm home this week I'll probably do the exercises and ice a little bit... and take time off from swimming. I was supposed to be resting my elbow... but I swam twice this week; I couldn't stay away. Oops. Hopefully not doing any swimming will help it feel better, because going to the trainer all week hasn't done anything at all. It still hurts to straighten and bend all the way. In fact, I think the stim is making it more tender. I don't know... it sucks though. At least the season's over. But really, injuring myself racing at NEWMACS? I thought it was impossible. Apparently, I was wrong.
boo.
3.05.2009
Chocolate and Raspberry
Quote of the day: Alana, that's a lot of raspberry! -Lee
Song of the day: Let Me Go by Cake (haha...Cake)
Song of the day: Let Me Go by Cake (haha...Cake)
So, now that NEWMACs are over, the dessert challenge is also over! I never fully explained this but basically one day Lee and I decided we wouldn't eat dessert for a week. Then after that week we extended it through Men's NEWMACs. We did sometimes eat dessert for special occasions such as birthdays. Anyways it all started about a month ago.
Finally it's over and I decided about 2 weeks ago to bake a cake in celebration. This cake is chocolate, with raspberry jam in the middle, and dark chocolate icing all over. Let me tell you, it is delicious. I think it is the most scrumptious cake I have ever baked. Yum.
We baked this cake at Lee's apartment, and everything went smoothly except for the raspberry-jam-application. I tried to put the jam on before the cake was fully cooled....oops! It started breaking apart a little, but it was okay because I just filled the cracks with raspberry jam. You can see the cracks in the top picture. As a result the cake oozed raspberry jam when you cut it, but I think it was more tasty because of it and very moist.
The bottom picture is the finished product. Needless to say I'm proud of it!! :)
3.04.2009
Caution: Heaved Walkway
Quote of the day: Does anyone know what "Heaved Walkway" means? -Everyone on campusSong of the day: Long Road to Ruin by the Foo Fighters
On Friday, the administration (or somebody, I don't know) put up like 20 signs around the campus center that read: "Caution: Heaved Walkway". These signs were everywhere in that little area! Granted, the sidewalk was a little uneven but it wasn't that big of a deal. Everyone that I walked by was talking about the heaved walkways. Apparently some ice got underneath the cement and messed it up. I'm not sure but it was quite a sight.
On Monday, when I got back from boys NEWMACs, it had snowed, and I noticed a sign that said: "Caution: Uneven Walkway. Please watch your step". Definitely a more user-friendly but kind of silly that they changed it. I wonder if the snow knocked some of them over or something. Some of the original "Heaved Walkway" signs were still up.
Whatever. WPI is silly. I like it. =D
Synchronized Swimming
Question: If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to also?
Anyway, I was just wondering about this banner that was up at Wheaton. It says:
Now what I want to know is how one synchronized swimmer can be more outstanding than the rest of them. Is she more in sync or something? Paul told me that they do figures and stuff individually too. I don't really know anything about it. Oh well. Just throwing that out there.
Also Lee sent me this picture of the expired elevator from the hotel the boys stayed in NEWMACs. Elevators are expired everywhere!!!
Anyway, I was just wondering about this banner that was up at Wheaton. It says:
1999
U.S. Collegiate Outstanding
U.S. Collegiate Outstanding
Synchronized Swimmer of the Year
Gina Lighthall
Now what I want to know is how one synchronized swimmer can be more outstanding than the rest of them. Is she more in sync or something? Paul told me that they do figures and stuff individually too. I don't really know anything about it. Oh well. Just throwing that out there.
Also Lee sent me this picture of the expired elevator from the hotel the boys stayed in NEWMACs. Elevators are expired everywhere!!!
Boys Newmacs/ ECACs
Snow on the Riley half-wall
Quote of the day: I'm entertained just watching you. -Lee
Song of the day: The Scientist by Coldplay
So, boys NEWMACs was fantastic...lots of great swims. They came in 4th overall behind MIT, Coast Guard, and Springfield. They beat Wheaton by only 5 points...a close one! Lee came in 5th in the 50 free and broke our school record (21.31) and Andrew won the 200 fly in a 1:52., also a school record. Also pretty sweet is that he made the B cut for NCAAs, and we find out tomorrow whether he gets to go to nationals!! I hope he does!
Another cool thing about boys NEWMACs was that it was at Wheaton College...10 min from my house. I went up to Wheaton with my friend Paul on Friday evening, then slept at home Friday and Saturday nights! I timed for Friday finals which was pretty cool. My dad came and picked me up after they were over. It was nice to sleep in my own bed for a couple nights.
I drove myself to Saturday night finals and just hung out on the deck. It was better than being in the stands and easier (obviously) than timing.
Sunday I went to prelims and timed with Toni, then went home for a couple hours and made delicious mac and cheese. My dad dropped my sister and me off Sunday night and I timed again. I took the bus back to school. About an hour after I got back I mysteriously started feeling like I had a cold. lame! So now I'm kind of sick. At least it waited until after swimming finished up.
ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) Championships were Friday-Sunday. It was prelims/finals just like NEWMACs. Both our medley relays qualified, as well as Karen in the breastrokes and me in the 100 fly. Paul decided to only send us Saturday for the 100 fly and breast, and 200 medley relay. Matt acted as head coach since Paul was at Wheaton. So in the ECACs there are a bunch of different teams. Some were division 1. The Navy Academy was there, as well as many other schools.
I traded caps with this kid from Baruch College, which I just looked up and found out it is apparently the "City University of New York City." I've never heard of it, but whatever. He was sitting next to me and asked me to trade. I got a brand new cap out of the deal! It was kind of cool. I also traded with a Navy kid on behalf of Karen because for some reason she couldn't do it herself. Now she has a sweet yellow Navy swim cap! :)
Anyway, on to the swimming. We swam the 200 medley relay and went a few seconds slower than at NEWMACs. I went 26.9 in my 50 fly, not too shabby for an extra week of taper. The next event we had was my 100 fly...pretty much the main reason I was at ECACs. I really really wanted to break a minute and this meet was my last chance for the season to do it. I went 1:00.57. I was so disappointed after. Partially because I didn't reach my 59. goal and partly because I was wondering why I went the same speed two weekends in a row. Next year I need a bit longer of a taper, apparently. Oh well. Karen went a 1:10 in her 100 breaststroke and Toni time trialed a 1:05 in the 100 back. Kaitlyn, Karen, and I time trialed the 50 free and all went kinda slow. I was the fastest at 26.18. Ah well. It's tough to extend your taper for an extra week. I also wore my lzr for the last time. Apparently we are selling them to MIT for Nationals...they can't use their blueseventys but lzrs are allowed (?). Anyway it's good because it cuts the cost of the suits for us a little bit.
So, ECACs were a good experience but I was sad that I didn't go 59. Next season I'll be way under that, guaranteed. I think I'm even more motivated now, if that's possible. After the meet I thought I would need some time off from swim, but I swam with Andrew on Monday (he needed a buddy) and I remembered that I just love to swim. So, minimal time off will be taken. yay.
OH, funny story: On the way to ECACs Matt was driving. Apparently, he doesn't know how to get to Harvard, and the GPS led us astray. So we drove all around Boston with no clue where to go. It was hilarious. Matt was clearly embarrassed but it was funny all the same. :) I like to give him a hard time.
Recap: Very happy swimming is over officially and ended on a fairly good note. Can't wait to get back in the water though. Weird, huh?
Song of the day: The Scientist by Coldplay
So, boys NEWMACs was fantastic...lots of great swims. They came in 4th overall behind MIT, Coast Guard, and Springfield. They beat Wheaton by only 5 points...a close one! Lee came in 5th in the 50 free and broke our school record (21.31) and Andrew won the 200 fly in a 1:52., also a school record. Also pretty sweet is that he made the B cut for NCAAs, and we find out tomorrow whether he gets to go to nationals!! I hope he does!
Another cool thing about boys NEWMACs was that it was at Wheaton College...10 min from my house. I went up to Wheaton with my friend Paul on Friday evening, then slept at home Friday and Saturday nights! I timed for Friday finals which was pretty cool. My dad came and picked me up after they were over. It was nice to sleep in my own bed for a couple nights.
I drove myself to Saturday night finals and just hung out on the deck. It was better than being in the stands and easier (obviously) than timing.
Sunday I went to prelims and timed with Toni, then went home for a couple hours and made delicious mac and cheese. My dad dropped my sister and me off Sunday night and I timed again. I took the bus back to school. About an hour after I got back I mysteriously started feeling like I had a cold. lame! So now I'm kind of sick. At least it waited until after swimming finished up.
ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) Championships were Friday-Sunday. It was prelims/finals just like NEWMACs. Both our medley relays qualified, as well as Karen in the breastrokes and me in the 100 fly. Paul decided to only send us Saturday for the 100 fly and breast, and 200 medley relay. Matt acted as head coach since Paul was at Wheaton. So in the ECACs there are a bunch of different teams. Some were division 1. The Navy Academy was there, as well as many other schools.
I traded caps with this kid from Baruch College, which I just looked up and found out it is apparently the "City University of New York City." I've never heard of it, but whatever. He was sitting next to me and asked me to trade. I got a brand new cap out of the deal! It was kind of cool. I also traded with a Navy kid on behalf of Karen because for some reason she couldn't do it herself. Now she has a sweet yellow Navy swim cap! :)Anyway, on to the swimming. We swam the 200 medley relay and went a few seconds slower than at NEWMACs. I went 26.9 in my 50 fly, not too shabby for an extra week of taper. The next event we had was my 100 fly...pretty much the main reason I was at ECACs. I really really wanted to break a minute and this meet was my last chance for the season to do it. I went 1:00.57. I was so disappointed after. Partially because I didn't reach my 59. goal and partly because I was wondering why I went the same speed two weekends in a row. Next year I need a bit longer of a taper, apparently. Oh well. Karen went a 1:10 in her 100 breaststroke and Toni time trialed a 1:05 in the 100 back. Kaitlyn, Karen, and I time trialed the 50 free and all went kinda slow. I was the fastest at 26.18. Ah well. It's tough to extend your taper for an extra week. I also wore my lzr for the last time. Apparently we are selling them to MIT for Nationals...they can't use their blueseventys but lzrs are allowed (?). Anyway it's good because it cuts the cost of the suits for us a little bit.
So, ECACs were a good experience but I was sad that I didn't go 59. Next season I'll be way under that, guaranteed. I think I'm even more motivated now, if that's possible. After the meet I thought I would need some time off from swim, but I swam with Andrew on Monday (he needed a buddy) and I remembered that I just love to swim. So, minimal time off will be taken. yay.
OH, funny story: On the way to ECACs Matt was driving. Apparently, he doesn't know how to get to Harvard, and the GPS led us astray. So we drove all around Boston with no clue where to go. It was hilarious. Matt was clearly embarrassed but it was funny all the same. :) I like to give him a hard time.
Recap: Very happy swimming is over officially and ended on a fairly good note. Can't wait to get back in the water though. Weird, huh?
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