PACKERS IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!

YEAH BABY!!!

Christmas #1

Because of my family, we usually have 3-4 Christmases every year. Usually it's my mom's dad, my mom's mom, my dad's side, and our own. This year we combine our own with my mom's dad. Won't go into detail as to why that is just now.

OK we did my dad's side of the family yesterday, and I GOT THE ATHF DVD!!!!! AND A STEAK N SHAKE GIFT CARD!!!! AKJGLKDJGLKDGLKJSD!!!!

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Oh I forgot to mention if anyone from GB reads this regularly please call me or IM me if you have cable and I can come over and tape a show for like 15 minutes around 10pm Sunday night....

List #1

Over the next few days I've decided to make a series of lists. Here is my first:

Favorite TV sitcoms! (by year order)

1. I Love Lucy. A classic. Still funny 50 years later. Especially the home movies episode :)
2. Dick Van Dyke. Mary Tyler Moore introduced wearing pants to women.
3. The Brady Bunch. That was like the "Full House" of a generation ago.
4. Family Ties. Introduced the world to Michael J. Fox, and how even kids can be conservatives which is cool (although he was somewhat of a yuppie)
5. The Cosby Show. The best sitcom ever (although I Love Lucy comes close.) Randomness and seriousness... GREAT combination not matched yet.
6. Full House. OK I know cheesy city but I grew up with this show and so it was funny.
7. Salute Your Shorts. THE BEST KID'S SHOW EVER.
8. Friends. Of course.
9. Will & Grace. Hilarious.

Home!

I'm home now. But I am once again mad that I am not in UChoir because I heard from Ari that Preble is singing with Millikin in Appleton and Mrs. McAllister was like "Is that Spencer's choir??!??!" and Ari was like "No" and everyone was bumming.... Not that I'm not happy that I'm in Chamber but it's moments like these that make me upset.

Juries and other things.

Juries went better than I expected. I got a B-, so that was kind of surprising since one of my friends who did awesome got a C. And Hadi gave me the highest grade an individual teacher has ever given me on a jury so that was kind of cool.

I saw Nunsense II with Garrett today. It was just like Nunsense I. It was alright. I didn't enjoy it as much as Garrett does, mainly because I am not Catholic, but some points were funny (the funniest part was when she was doing impressions and she lifts up the sash over the habit (and it's white underneath) on one side, so she says "Michael Jackson: Before, and After) when she turns her head.

Now the other things. I haven't even been christmas shopping yet, and I'm broke, so I am going to be working my butt off to buy Christmas presents, and hopefully make enough money working and for Christmas to pay off my credit card bill (which is kind of high, not like outragiously high but high enough, and I've used it twice since convincing my parents I wouldn't use it again....) and still have enough spending money for tour since I don't recall if lunches and dinners were included, plus I'm spending a day in Indy so I'm going to be needing money then.

COUNTDOWN
39 hours
2 finals
1 paper
2 rehearsals
1 performance

SURVIVOR ENDS TOMORROW... I can't wait to see next season, they are bringing back people!!!

OOOO I FORGOT COUNTDOWN

Yes my preciousssssss

4 days
3 finals
0 juries!
1 paper (part of a final)
1 time to cheer for the Bears (ever)

So yeah Juries went fairly well today; I sang kind of week but hell I was freaking nervous! BUT I DID WOHIN MEMORIZED COMPLETELY!! And I nailed the birds (which I was happy it was on there since I love that song). So it went pretty well. I also wasn't sick which half the people in there were. But it was funny it was in a line in the front row: me, cory, tony, jacob, and clayton. And we like always had mini-conversations in between songs, or like comforted each other since like every other person was sick; complimented, and laughed at the occasional sexual innuendo (Tony's song "you must meet my wife" the line about coming to life or something......) Jacob of course had that goofy grin on his face anytime he hears a sexual innuendo in an art song or any piece or music for that matter. Our minds were in the gutter.

So yeah I am kind of upset since my orchestration was unable to print out. It's all done; I emailed Dr. Shaw but he didn't respond so I'll just see him at the final tomorrow (if there is one I was thinking this was the final but I think we are going to use the final time to discuss) so that's cool because that way I can finally print it out and show people. I did the entire like 88 measures of that song..... it took me forever but I got it done. And I'm happy.

Dead Day = unproductive

Except I finally finished my orchestration. But I didn't work on juries as much as I wanted to. I have to memorize Wohin. One of the things that helped Terry (my voice teacher) was to write down the words. Well here goes.

NOTE THE GERMAN IS SPELLED TOTALLY WRONG.
Ich hört ein bachlein rauchen
Woll aus dem felsen quell
Hin ab zum tale rauschen
so frish unt wunderhell
ich veiss nicht wie mier vurde
Ich den mir ratt mir gab
ich musse auch hin unter mit meinem vanderstab
ich musse auch hi i in unter mit meinem vanderstab
Hin unter unt immer veiter
unt immer bache nacht
unt immer fricher rauseh
unt immer heller der bach
unt immer frisher rausche
unt immer heller der bach
ich veis nicht vie mir wurde
Oh bachlein sprich wohin
wohin sprich wohin
Du hast mit deinem rauche
mir ganz berausht und zin
du hast mit deinem rauch
mir ganz berausht und zin
Was sag ______________ (the line I ALWAYS forget)
Das kann kein rauch un zein
Es zingen voll die nixen
Tief unten ihren rein
es zingen voll die nixen
tief unten ihren rein
Las zingen gesell las raushen
Unt immer frolich nacht
Es gen ya mulen rader
Geden bache nacht


I know some are wrong but I remember more than I thought I did.

Millie 1990-2003

I get a note that says that Millie is really sick so they are putting her to sleep today at 3:30. At least she won't be suffering anymore...

It's OVER!!

Wow. Yeah I'm so glad this Vespers is over. It's so weird we worked our butts off and it was so hard and we all hated it going into it but now reflecting back on it I have to agree with everyone that this Vespers was pretty awesome. Minus the fact that a lot of us (excluding me thank the Lord) were sick and some couldn't even sing. But we got through it. I'm going to be so sad next year when it's my last vespers.

I just got some really sad news from my mom. My dog is really sick and we are going to have to put her to sleep over the holidays. I don't want to think about it but she is an old dog; we've had her since she was 1 and a half and that was like back in June 1992. So she was born December 1990. She's 13. which is really old for a dog; that'd be like 91 in dog years. So anyways, she was ok while I was home but I guess she has gotten worse; she puked all over our living room while my parents came to visit and my mom is afraid we are going to have to get new carpeting. I don't want to think about it; I'm going to be really sad because Millie was a part of our lives for so long. I remember when we got her... how excited we were... I'm really sad right now not anticipating the emptiness that's going to be in my life... I don't think I'm prepared for such a loss... no one really close to me has died; the only real relatives that have died while I've been alive were two great-grandmas that I didn't really get extremely close to, my great-grandma's sister when I was 4 so I'm the youngest person who remembers her and that's just barely, and a couple other elderly people that I don't know how I'm related to but I didn't really know that well. I'm really not looking forward to that day but I guess it's inevitable.

A GREAT quiz.

It got me though!!! I only got a 70. But the thing is there are songs that I had never even heard of (I.e. guns and roses, ac/dc, etc. I hate those bands.) Plus the context is REALLY hard to take it out of. So try it!

2 down, 2 to go.

Woah. Yeah Vespers Vespers Vespers. What more can I say? There were things good about both of them, and screwy things about both of them.

The fam came to the first performance. It kind of sucked because I only got to see them for about 10 minutes before and after the show, because they had to get back so Aunt Barb and Uncle Jim could go to a party. So no Steak 'n' Shake this year. Wah. But we nailed the Gloria (Forbes' baby) and There is No Rose (silence until after the song was over, then coughcoughcough which is ALWAYS a good thing.) We kind of screwed up on I Saw Three Ships but that was because Tim played the pitch before the clapping was over and not everyone heard it. Noel kind of screwed up too but that was just wrong cues and stuff. All and all a good run.

The second performance went pretty well too. Nice historical fact that this year is the first year we have a Saturday evening performance. It was pretty apparent, there were more empty seats then there usually are. But hey there were some on the Saturday afternoon performance too. Last two years all 3 sold out and there were no empty seats. So we sold more than last year but not sell out. I Saw Three Ships went better. Noel went better. It was kind of funny because there was this kid babbling in the front row and I was trying so hard not to laugh it was hilarious. I think the evening's performance was better but there were some iffy things with other songs that we didn't sing. The Symphony of Carols DID go better, I felt, the evening. Gloria was kind of the same with both. The only problem is no one is watching Dr. Holmes when he brings the rest of the choirs in so everyone is singing at different tempos. But the rest of the song is good. Magnificat went better this afternoon because I didn't trip on the stairs. Wait was that going up? That was going up. But I think it went better this afternoon anyway. I don't know why.

OK so on to non-Vespers stuff. What do you think of the shoutbox? I think it's interesting. It's just a test, but let's see what happens. Also, this is what Mitch, who is a Bears fan like I am a Packers fan, hardcore (it SUCKS not being able to watch the whole game tomorrow because of Vespers) wrote on my dry erase board:

"The Packers will be forced to wear dresses, then poop out their helmet which will be shoved down their throats without ketchup."

And that's how I shall end tonite.

Vespers is taking over my life.

Seriously. All I dreamt about last night was Vespers. One dream consisted of Dr. Holmes dividing the choirs in half, and he gave one half "Dixit Maria" and the other half "Praise to the Lord." I was so happy I got Praise to the Lord I was like I FINALLY get to sing this. Then I opened the music up and it was hard as hell with like umpteen ledger lines.

The other dream I remember was a little longer. It was really late, like midnight, and we were still at rehearsal but we were still active. Me, Stephen Needham, and Eric Glawe stepped out for a sec, and when we went back in Chamber had moved and we had no idea where to. So we were running everywhere trying to find them; we ran across the stage while another group was singing. Then we found them, they were in the loges but the loges looked more like a balcony or an arena or something. Then there were people in animal costumes playing Christmas carols on instruments. I remember Jon Pessin (a percussionist in real life) was playing cello passionately on stage and Tim Weber was next to me but his animal head was off, and he was playing french horn, and Sarah Staudt was like not wanting to wear her bunny costume. And our group played Mannheim Steamroller's version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" which is weird in itself because WE ARE A CHOIR...

Well back to life, back to reality.

IT IS SNOWING AND STAYING ON THE GROUND!!!

Vespers is KILLING me

I have been so exhausted lately. I'm supposed to have a mandatory meeting with MVOP at 6 tonite, but I'm not going. I'm considering not being in MVOP next semester. I'm really thinking about it, and I love it, but it's just takes a lot of time up upon which I can be doing more important stuff. Plus it's not really good for my voice.

Anyways, the real reason I'm not going, and another reason I'm skipping my comp class (the first being we are just working on our compositions anyways) is that CHAMBER IS GOING TO BENNIGANS!!! I have never been to Bennigan's before, and I didn't realize Decatur had one. Green Bay doesn't even have one. So I'd rather go to that, naturally.

My voice is sore right now. I'm resting it, I'm going to try not to talk much and drink lots of water and stuff because I have a voice lesson tomorrow and I'm thinking he's going to make me sing. Plus, Vespers is in THREE DAYS. I want my voice better by the time that comes around. MAN I wish I hadn't lost my brita water bottle. That would make my life a whole lot easier right now.

And hell week begins

So begins another week of vespers rehearsals every night. And woo I am excited. No seriously I am exhausted right now. I have a big paper due tomorrow and this is the least amount of motivation I have EVER had on doing a paper. It's really important I do it but my mind is saying "no don't do it it's stupid you already presented on it". I heard it had to be 10 pages long. I already have a couple done but it is all incomplete and just ideas. I'm probably going to try and work on it for about another hour before I go to bed; I haven't really even unpacked from being home yet. But seriously I can't keep my eyes open right now. I am going to try and get at least one or 2 more pages done, and my source page, and be through for the night. I can finish it tomorrow afternoon.

OK so what did I do when I was home?

WEDNESDAY
Got home. Laid down and watched Aria's Friends DVD again (she has season 2 and that Smelly Cat episode is the best ever). Ate manicotti with Grandpa and Barb. Played Rook. Taught family Euchre.

THURSDAY
Did a lot of nothing. Helped prepare dinner with Uncle Mike and Great Grandma. Watched Packers humiliating loss. Ate turkey. Felt tryptophan flow through my body. Got over it. Played Shove-It.

FRIDAY
Worked. Made money. Did some of my homework at work so I could feel like I got something accomplished this weekend. In all actuality I got about a quarter of what I wanted to get done done this weekend. But I guess I am satisfied.

SATURDAY
Got the tree. Decorated it. Started my paper. Practiced.

To be frank I thought the weekend flowed by way too fast, and I didn't get enough sleep because my mother decided to wake me up every morning at 8:30 instead of letting me sleep in like she usually does. She's getting really scatterbrained lately but that's no excuse. Still I didn't lash out at her, because 8:30 is a kind of normal time to get up but it's like she woke me up and let Ari sleep in sometimes... I don't know I just wanted sleep and she's like "Spence do you want french toast for breakfast?" And I"m like "Sure" when I should have been like "Woman let me sleep"

Screw the paper one more page and I'm asleep

Tudor Concert

It went ok. I mean it wasn't the best. But we got through it all right. It was kind of nervewracking having all of those important Millikin people right next to us. Dr. Holmes right to the left, and Dr. Luxner right behind us. It was REALLY hard for me because I was on the end in the back row of guys, and we were tilted the other way so I couldn't hear ANYONE. I couldn't even see Prof. Carberg. So I had to judge it by ear. Now from the little I heard we were ok. But Jacob's dad recorded it so I'll hear it on Tuesday.

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!

THANK YOU KAREN KLEIN!!!
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For those who don't know capstone is a really really useless class basically asking you what you are going to be doing in 5 years and telling you what may happen or something like that; I don't know because I DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE IT!!!!!!

Almost there.....

All I have is this concert tonite at 7:30 and pack and sleep and I can GO HOME!!!!!!

Another survey? Who would have thought?

Ah, but it is a MUSIC survey so that's more like it.

1) Makes you wish you knew how to dance: "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior (yeah Ryan I know it's the same but hey I feel that way too)
2] Makes you happy: "Don't Worry" by Rebecca St. James
3] Reminds you of an ex-lover: I never had a lover, but probably "Kiss the Rain" by Billie Myers.
4] Reminds you of an ex-friend: Same as #3
5] Makes you cry: "Why" by Annie Lennox
6] Makes you laugh: "The System is Down" by Strong Bad (off the CD - DANCING ROBOTS!!)
7] Makes you ponder life: "You're the Voice" by John Farnham or Rebecca St. James
8] You never want to hear again: "THE WHOLE WORLD" BY OUTKAST. I HATE THAT SONG FOREVER AND EVER.
9] You once loved but got sick of: "Blue" by Eiffel 65... yes I liked that song but they overplayed it so much now I pretty much hate it. I still love the color blue though.
10] You love by a band/artist you hate: "Work It" by Missy Elliott - it's like 1 of like 2 rap songs I like. I wouldn't say I love it though.
11] You sheepishly admit to liking: "Someday" by Sugar Ray; I don't like them that much anymore.
12] You'd do anything to see played live: "Subdivisions" by Rush. Then again, I'd do anything to see Rush live.
13] Reminds you of your childhood: "Jump" by The Pointer Sisters - Earliest song I remember hearing
14] Sums up your teenage years: "Jesus Freak" by DC Talk... They need another album soon.
15] Most people like but you hate: Anything by Matchbox 20. I HATE Matchbox 20. Although the guy sings better than he used to (he's not singing in his throat anymore...)
16] You love the lyrics of: "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals - I love that one about Marilyn Manson at the end because I hate Marilyn Manson. Either that or "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
17] You used to hate but now love: "Hanging By A Moment" by Lifehouse... I didn't really get into it until after the song's popularity died down and now it's cool
18] Is best played in the car: "Clocks" by Coldplay.
19] You like to fall asleep to: Anything by Enya. She's so soothingly cool.
20] You like to wake up to: "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior. OK yeah I've said this already but it's so upbeat I can't not dance when I listen to it even in the car
21] You love, and that you wouldn't know if it wasn't for someone: "Magic Power" by Triumph (thanks mom)
22] You love the video more than the tune: "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior (that squirrel and yes Ryan same as #1)
23] Is good to listen to whilst holding hands: "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel (I don't know! I have never held hands with anyone because I HAVE NEVER HAD A GIRLFRIEND!!)
24] Makes you think of sex: "Work It" by Missy Elliott
25] You love to hear at clubs: I've only been to a club once, but one song I love to dance to is "Scatman" by Scatman John and that song is a little older for club style but it is SO AWESOME
26] Is not your "typical type" of style but you love anyway: "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson. I heard it in my 20th century music class when we talked about modern women composers... it's so weird but I love it (especially the ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah......).
27] Reminds you of your siblings: "The Memory (I Won't Worry)" by Jason Mraz. Aria is like obsessed with him so yeah. If not that then "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart or "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q.
28] Reminds you of the one you want but can't have: "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz
29] You can sing really well: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. OK yeah this is the song I ALWAYS sing at Karaoke, and when I sing it at Karaoke, it's the only time I can hit that really high Bb Freddie Mercury sings.

See I hate these things because they always assume you've had a girlfriend before... that's it I'm asking someone out before the school year is out... I would say before the semester but there's no time left

Decatur TV is once again stupid

OK, since WHEN do they show high school football instead of NFL football? They always show high school football on the public access station on cable, and usually in the afternoon, not on FOX at NOON on SUNDAYS! Except of course in Decatur. I guess I have to go to the holiday inn tomorrow...

Holy wah

This Strong Bad CD is absolutely awesome! Well worth the 12 bucks I paid for it. It's very fast paced and I'm going to listen to it again after I get some late lunch :)

Coca Cola nad Pepsi should learn from all natural sodas

OK I opened this bottle of Reed's all natural ginger ale (It's good but it's an aquired taste) on either Sunday or Monday. I left it in the fridge and forgot I had it in there until now. I thought it was flat, so I shook it a little and it remained so. So then I start walking down the hall to pour it down the drain, when it starts foaming at the top! I drank som AND IT IS STILL AS FIZZY AS BEFORE!! HOLY CRAP! Now the difference between this and coke or pepsi (besides the fact that it is all natrual and in a glass bottle) is that the bubbles are tiny like champagne bubbles, whereas coke bubbles are humongus.

That was my random thought and discovery.

So yeah, really.

I had opera rehearasl tonight. I knew before that we would be standing still for almost an hour, but I was thinking, "Yeah I stood still for choir concerts for most of my life. This shouldn't be so bad." Well I had forgotten that during choir concerts, especailly boy choir concerts, we were eitehr done, or moved after like 3 songs, maybe 4 at the most. This was totally different, and I feel it right now. That was HARD and my legs still kind of hurt. I should go in slippers next time since my tennies made my feet fall half asleep after the second time through it.

This is a week from hell. Sunday was Vespers. Tonight was opera. Tomorrow night is vespers. Wednesday night is opera. Thursday thank God I have nothing going on. Friday MVOP is singing. Saturday nothing, then Sunday, MVOP Church day and Vespers rehearsal.

In all honesty, I am considering taking a break from MVOP for the rest of the semester. I'm not going to be there Wednesday for rehearsal, but I think I'll go on Friday, and if it strains my voice I'll not go on Sunday. I'm trying to conserve my voice, and I can't really do that in MVOP, being gospel music and all. Plus with all of these concerts, not to mention some sort of choir rehersal every week day, I'm exhausted already and it's only been two days. And about 75% of the Vespers tunes we are singing are like right in my break. I hope when the show is put togetherI will like it better, since from what I have seen already I don't think I'm going to be enjoying Vespers as I did the first two years.

Speaking of which, our new piece we got today in chamber SUCKS. It's a butt-easy butt-boring version of I Saw Three Ships. I knew we were going to be singing a version of I Saw Three Ships but come on Dr. Forbes, you should know better! We should be singing something cooler not some really boring traditional version with nothing exciting in it that one woudl expect in a high school Christmas concert. I thought for a split second about arranging my own version of it, one that is cooler, then handing it to Dr. Forbes and say "Sing THIS version instead." We are singing two other really cool pieces but this new one has got to be a joke. I like the carol, I HATE the arrangement. The arrangement would probably be going into the "Throw away" pile if I was doing annotations on it for Secondary Methods. And NO ONE LIKES IT. So why do it? Do a cooler version like UChoir did of Ding Dong Merrily on High last year. Not a stupid version that the freshman choir at Preble could do. I mean, the men aren't even split up! It's BUTT EASY. And not exciting at all. Unless he takes it like really really really fast or soemthing and knowing Dr. Forbes he won't because he's a very passionate conductor who takes things really slow sometimes.

So I'm really exhausted right now. How much more can this little body take? It better be a lot.

I ORDERED IT!!!!

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY I AM SO EXCITED LOL

I do like this key...

Eb major - you are warm and kind, always there for
your friends, who are in turn there for you.
You are content with your confortable life and
what you are currently achieving; if you keep
in this state you will go far.


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Never again

What a weekend. I went home to see Ari's musical. So, I skip Human Development and leave at 1. I hit Milwaukee rush hour, but luckily it wasn't that bad north as it was south. I get home around 7ish. So I make good time. Then at 9:30 me and dad saw the Matrix and the MOVIE WAS AWESOME but the sound sucked so my dad complained and I probably will have to see it again but the movie was seriously awesome.

Saturday, I worked for 3 hours and then got flowers for ari. Uncle Mike, Angie, Regan, and Matthew came to see Aria as well. And OH MY GOD.

Last night's musical was SO WORTH the drive. It was the BEST MUSICAL I HAVE EVER SEEN AT PREBLE. The orchestra was awesome, the stage was awesome, the cast was INCREDIBLE. And not only Willie and Megan. But WOW ARIA CAN SING! I had no idea she could sing that well. And I mean everyone was just awesome and I wanted to cry. The cast was crying when the show wasn't even over yet (although it was a good spot to cry) and OH MAN I AM SO PROUD OF PREBLE. Even if next year there is virtually no one I know there anymore (these guys were freshmen when I was a senior, so I no noone at preble after they graduate) I am considering going. Probably not, because the musical here will probably be the same week.

The only way I will even CONSIDER doing this again is if I have time, and if I think it would be worth it. Hence, hopefully I will have time to see Cabaret and the play next semester. Because I as well haven't gone the last three years. Unfortunately, I"m sure the play will be the same weekend as finals. And I have two finals on Monday. So yeah. If it is the week after I'd be able to go. Cabaret is usually in March or April but never when I am home. I did get a chance to see sort of cabaret last year since I was doing observations, I got to judge cabaret auditions.

OK I have Vespers rehearsal in a half hour, I have to put stuff away. I drove back in less than 6 hours, like 5 and a half hours or something. So yeah. My car needs rest. My body needs rest.

It's windy

yeah it is. My presentation went well and my conducting went ok. So I'm happy. OK bye.

I HATE THE EAGLES, DONOVAN MCNABB, AND COLD RAIN

Everyone calls McNabb a superstar. You want the truth? He sucks except for like three plays, and those three plays happen to win the game. WHOOPDEEDO. And I am mad at the Packers for giving it away in the secondary. And I hate cold rain EVEN MORE now. If it was not raining the Pack would have won. If it was SNOWY the Pack would have won. But NOOOOO. It had to be rainy and slippery, and Favre's thumb had to be broken so he couldn't hold the ball, and the STUPID REFS had to not dry it enough, except when it was in the Eagles hands. GRRR. Oh well. Even with fumbles Ahman ran well. But STILL. We HAD this game. We HAD it. And then the stupid Eagles had to come back and win. I AM REALLY MAD right now. Leave a message because I don't feel like talking to anyone right now.

I am mad

After a good Saturday (the MVOP concert went well) my sunday has sucked because I can't get into like half the classes I need to get into! They either have some stupid prerequisite error or are closed (I NEED to get into Choral Tech; and it's closed. What's with that?) And the problem is, I can't really take anything else. I don't want to be taking Music Ed Practicum until next semester. I HAVE to take Ethno at the closed time because Piano Skills for teaching is at the other section's time. I HAVE to take Ed Psych but stupid prereq error. I want to take composition but stupid prereq error. I HAVE to take Choral Tech but it is already closed; there are only 10 spots open in that class! There are tons of music ed students. I bet I can list them: Cory, Jacob, Clayton, (Chad, Jason, and Rachael if they didn't take it yet), Kate, Breanne, and Wendy. Those are probably them. If the three seniors I listed already have taken it, then it's probably Jarvs, Matt, and Vanessa. So I'm the odd one out. I NEED to take it. Otherwise I won't have enough classes; I only could sign up for 14 credits, and 4 of them are 1 credit classes, so that bills me 12 credits, the lowest you can get to be full time. If I don't get into these classes, I will be considered a part time student, I'll lose my scholarship, and all this other bad stuff will happen. Now, I'm not worried about getting into Choral Tech, I'm sure Dr. Holmes is anticipating on signing a lot of copies of schedules; there are more people who need to get in. I mean there are at least 20 of us in Secondary Methods. Comp is simple. Ethno, if I explain to her my situation, she'll probably sign it. I am a little worried about Ed Psych, though. It says on muonline that I need to take content area exam to get into that and I haven't yet. Although, Cory took that and I don't believe she took that yet. So I think I'll be OK, but I don't know the teacher at all. I HAVE to get all this done tomorrow.

Registering would be a LOT easier if I didn't register at 12:30 like I did, I should have registered at 9 when muonline came back up. 3 1/2 hours and the classes are closed. DGHJSLKDJGLKSDJFLKS

Say hey, it's a good day

Yesterday was a GREAT day. I mean one of the better days of my life. One I won't forget soon.

OK. D woke me up because it was like 20 minutes to my class, and I slept thru my alarm. So thank God for him. I got to class only about 5 minutes late. Secondary methods went well, Chamber Chorale went well (chamber love!), and then the class I dreaded because I had to present: Human development. Surprisingly, our presentation went really well. We had a good response from the rest of the class. Then I went to the store and got some stuff, and they were selling pomegranites at Kroger so I got one. I haven't had a pomegranite in a couple of years but OH THEY ARE SO GOOD.

At 4:30, I met Odell and Natalia and we went to Pastabilities to see Shanti. That was so much fun. We had good food and Shanti talked to us quite a bit at first because it wasn't that busy. We had so many weird conversations and stuff, it was great. I hope we do it again. The food was pretty good too. After that I had an MVOP rehearsal, our last before our fall concert (which is today, I'll talk about that later). After that I headed to IV and it was a good meeting. Nice and deep, lots of worship, a good speaker (the guy from word of life), and a good time.

After that we went bowling. I bowled with Phil, Joe, Jenny, and Erik. It was awesome. We had fun. I was going crazy because I forgot to take my pill but I don't care everyone was acting crazy. I was so bad though because of it. ANYHOO, I bowled a 70 the first time (sucked), then 100 the second time. It was awesome because I wanted to bowl at least 100 and get at least 1 strike. I got that strike the 9th frame, I believe, maybe it was the 8th but I got a spare either right before or after it. It figures I start bowling good right at the end of the last game. It was fun anyways.

Finally a group of us headed to Amanda's apartment, because it was her 21st birthday. so we headed over there, had cake and ice cream, and watched Amanda open her presents. Then we played 500 for a LONG time. It was a lot of fun. I was up until 4:15am and people were going to play ANOTHER game while I was leaving. So D and Caleb are still in here sleeping at 1:30 but they were up until like 6 I'm sure. So I kind of figured.

OK the MVOP concert is at 5, I meet in the arrival court in like an hour. So pray it goes well! This was a GREAT end to a long couple of weeks for me.

My glove compartment is a piece of shit.

I'm so sick of this. OK the lock on my glove compartment doesn't work. So? No big deal right? YES BIG DEAL, as it is stuck in the LOCKED position. So the only way to get to my car stereo, which is locked in there, is to pry it open, which is just a major pain in the ass. I am SO SICK of doing that that I just brought my car stereo inside tonite. I would much rather leave it in the car, because that way I don't risk leaving my stereo behind, and having to go back inside and get it, as often is the case. I just hope it's fixable. problem is, I have to wait a week.

Some previous quotes of the day, including todays:

Nov. 4:
Prof. Carberg: What's the difference between a countertenor and a castrati?
Spencer: One of them has tools.

Dr. Forbes: I told the women in my choir to go get em, and it worked, I had the entire football team in my choir the next year.
Cory: What do you allure them with?... OH the girls!!!

Nov. 6:
Bobby: FUCK me!!! (After dropping his pizza)

Spencer: Yeah, the voice is priceless. You can always buy a new instrument but you can't buy a new voice.
Jessica: Unless you're Ariel.

So yeah....

The Matrix Revolutions comes out tomorrow and I REALLY want to see it... however Wednesday is like the worst day for me to see a movie so I'm probably not going to see it until maybe this weekend... perhaps Sunday.

Anyways I'm still going back and forth about my hair. It doesn't look REALLY bad, but on the other hand it's not good. It is jsut ok. So maybe next weekend when i go home mom can redo it Sunday morning.

Hmmm

So it doesn't look as good as when mom did it. But hey for my first time ever self-applying hair dye, I think I did an all right job. It doesn't look like crap. When I first came out of the shower it did, but now it doesn't.

I'm toying with the idea of completely dying it next time.

I am highlighting my hair right now.

I just hope I do as good of a job as mom did... but my hair looks as it did when mom did it, all sticking up and stuff so I know I"m on the right track. I'm going to be blonde again!! Awesome. Anyways... yeah it's raining right now and getting colder! WOO HOO!! Advising day is a great day today, a nice break for a long week to come:

Wed.
MVOP Rehersal, our last major one before our concert sat.

Fri.
Human development presentation with Breanne and Matt. We will be working on it probably Wed. or Thurs.
MVOP Dress Rehearsal, just a run through.

Sat.
MVOP Concert.

Sun.
Register for classes next semester online.
First Vespers rehearsal, 7-9

Mon.
Human Development CD assignments due.

Wed.
Vocal Pedagogy Presentation with Breanne and Rachel.

Fri.
GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND TO SEE ARIA SHINE IN THE MUSICAL!!!
Be back in time for Vespers rehearsal on Sunday.

So yeah that's my outlook for about the next 10 days.

Weirded Out!!!!!

Yeah, so I was defragging my computer, and all of a sudden the power on my side of the room went out. The TV stayed on, and Dustin's side was on. However, my side wasn't. So I was confused. I called UIC, they said I had to wait until tomorrow to call the physical plant. Then about a half hour later Kim and Harmony from downstairs called me and asked if I had half power and I'm like yeah. So I think it just affected 112, 212, 312, and 412. Then about a half hour after that the power came back on.

It's so hot in here since the heat is on from when it was cold about 3 days ago. I hope all the complaining that has been going on doesn't work, because it's supposed to get cold again on Wednesday. It's going to get up to close to 80 tomorrow. But then it's supposed to get down to about 55 on Wednesday. So if they are stupid enough to turn on the AC tomorrow I'll be mad.

Concert went well

Our concert went really well today. Except for sing joyfully. SO I'm happy. That's it.

I love my Green Bay Packers!!!!

(stolen from Sean)

Told you the Vikings are goin down, bitch. HAHA!!!! PACKERS BEAT THE VIKINGS IN THE METRODOME!!!! YEAH BABY!!! I LOVE THE PACKERS!!! It's all uphill from here, guys!!!! KEEP IT UP!!!

:)

:)

It STILL didn't.

ARGH and I said cheese curds about 5,000 times!!! Oh well.

Well it didn't. Let's try something else.

Cheese curds!! OK, let's try cheese curds. Cheese curds are something I have been craving for a long time because I didn't have any over fall break. And cheese curds are so good. Everyone is like bring down some but they aren't as good raw. I'm more of a cooked cheese curd guy. Cheese curds are so good if anyone ever comes to Wisconsin you have to have them. Cheese curds are still good raw though. I wish they had cheese curds in Illinois. Cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds cheese curds . Wisconsin is the best state because they have cheese curds.

OK THAT better change the stupid topic in the ads to something that has to do with Wisconsin or cheese curds.

Oooo!

I'm naked. Naked but squeaky clean. Because I just got out of the shower.

Why did I post this? Because I want to see the ad change to something that has to do with naked people.

MVOP

This is what I commented in another blog whose owner is also having choir troubles.

Now our concert is next saturday. But regardless, the soloist from one of my songs didn't show up. And by the time my turn to direct my songs came up, basically all the guys except 1 or 2 had left, and a few of the others had left as well. Usually rehearsal ends at 9 but I forgot that we had the chapel until 10, and the first song was done at 9 so I thought we were done. And then I thought I would just go over the other one first thing next wednesday when everyone would be there (hopefully). But the president of the organization said that I had to do it. So I did and went home after prayer. Today I got an email saying that the directors and exec board had a meeting and they said I should have been there (I did not know about that meeting no one tells me anyting) and then they said that it looked bad for me to say it was 9 I'll go over the song next week. OK so many people were gone, I'm going to have to go over everything again next week for people who weren't there. How are we supposed to go through it smoothly on friday if this keeps happening? If you are going to be in an organization you should be commited to being there and if the absences were excused I should have known about it. So yeah I'm kind of mad now too.

In all honesty, I do see their point, but at the same time it's hard for me to go over things again and again if people aren't showing up. Allison should let us know if people are going to be gone. And random people shouldn't leave in the middle of the rehearsal. And Tamara has a good point in saying that people wouldn't stay if I was ready to go, but regardless, a lot of people had already left. How are we supposed to have an effective rehearsal if not everyone is there, including my soloist? It's almost not worth it.

Lax on quote of the day for a reason.

No one has said anything funny lately. Although, in Tudor today we were in Kaeuper and the stage door opened mysteriously. It was a little freaky, and Jacob was like "... must be the ghost of KAEUPER!!" and then Prof. Carberg started playing the theme from Halloween on the piano. Then it suddenly did it again and we were all freaked out and then another professor stuck her head through it was hilarious we all laughed. OK that's all.

Why can't it just stay cold.

I'm mad at the weather. After days of coldness, when finally it seems like it's going to stay cold, it's supposed to get up to 75 tomorrow. and stay that way for a few days before it gets cold again. ARGH WHY CANT IT JUST STAY COLD ok goodnight.

Yeah I know.

It's been two days since I last posted here. The reason? Not much has been happening. I mean, I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after Fall break.

I'm thinking about redesigning the colors of my blog again. I don't know what to, but I'm going to think about it. Maybe play with some things a bit more, making it more my own thang. I don't know.

Well something nice happened today. Because Uchoir is on a mini tour, Dr. Forbes cancelled secondary methods. That was a nice surprise after vocal ped. We seriously cheered. So a group of us ate lunch in the caf. It was ok, but the talking thing was the best part of it. Kari talked about Prof. Hesse's wedding for a while, and we got into some great conversations. Then after we wrapped up some cookies and wrote Dr. Forbes a little note to give to him as we went to choir. That was funny.

I'm not really into Halloween. It's just kind of boring. I mean, finally it's cold at this time of year, like I"m used to (although it's supposed to warm up again... when is it going to be consistently cold or consitently warm? NEVER.) I just want it to snow and get ready for Thanksgiving. I love snow on the ground at thanksgiving. Not necessarily like a foot of snow like I like at Christmas, but just enough to blanket the ground white, but with some stuff still showing through. Like a dusting. And the air is chilly and you can smell the cold. I like that. In all honesty I'd rather be cold and get warm, because when you are cold you can get warm by using blankets and stuff, but when you are hot it's hard to get cool.

Yeah I changed subjects about 200 times but hey it's my blog deal with it.

Oh yeah Quotes of the day.

I am starting quotes of the day. Check it out!

"You sound like anemic butterflies!"
~Dr. Forbes

"I know a lot of people say 'That's totally gay' but no one ever says 'That's totally lesbian.'"
~Me

Weber did this survey and so now I have to do it.

Although, he does have a point the spelling and grammar suck.

SIMPLE QUESTIONS:

1. Full name: Spencer Paul Lent
2. Nickname: Spence (yeah so creative)
3. Eyes: Green
4. Height: 5'7" Hair: brown
5. Siblings: Aria, 17
6. Do u like 2 sing in the shower? yes
7. Birthday: April 20, 1983 (yes that is 420, yes that's Hitler's birthday, no I am not associated with either)
8. Star sign: aries or taurus depending on the astrologer
9. Address: Hessler 212
10. Sex: male
11. Righty or lefty: righty, right-o!
12. Wut do u want in a relationship most: understanding and trust
13. Maritial status: single
14. Do u have a car? yep, and I love it.
15. Wut kinda car do u have/want? Whatever as long as it's blue

FAVORITE QUESTION:

16. Movie: Misery, Matrix, Red Violin, and like lots of others
17. Song: Subdivisions by Rush or Clocks by Coldplay
18. Band/singer: Rush
19. TV Show: Aqua Teen Hunger Force
20. Actor: Samuel L. Jackson
21. Actress: Kathy Bates
22. Food: Italian
23. Number: 238417893287
24. Cartoon: Aqua Teen Hunger Force
25. Disney Character: Just any one that is funny
26. Color: Blue

LOVE LIFE ETC:

27. Do u plan on having children: yes
28. Do u want to get married: yes
29. How old do u want to be when u have ur first child? mid to late 20s
30. How old do u want to be when ur married: mid 20s (before our first child)
31. Would u have kids before marriage: oh. I guess I should read ahead. No.
32. Do u have a b/f or g/f: no (Although I'm looking ;))

EITHER-OR (PICK WHICH ONE YOU PREFER)

33. Music/TV: MUSIC!!!
34.Guys/Girls: GIRLS!!!
35. Green/blue: BLUE!!!
36. Pink/Purple: Purple
37.Summer/Winter: Winter
38. Night/Day: Night
39. Hangin Out/Chillin: Same thing, unless by Chillin you mean being cold so hangin out.
40. Dopey/Funny: Funny

GENERAL STUFF

41. Weird saying u have? Sweet/Tight/Dude/Yo
42. wut school do u go to? Millikin
43. Have u ever taken drugs? no, except ritalin and that's legal
44. Wut's a major turn on for u? sense of humor
45. How far would you go on a first date? maybe a kiss at the end
47. Which 5 people would u trust the most? God, Parents, Bobby, Garrett, Dustin
48. Do u believe in soul mates? Um.. I think so...
49. Is it right to flirt if you have a bf/g/f? As long as you are flirting with your bf/g/f
50. Wut was the last thing you cried over or got teary about? I don't remember I hate sad stuff as is the state of this survey...
51. Wut's something about guys/girls you don't get? As Weber says, Guys are jerks, but girls change their mind every 2 seconds.
52. Are you happy? Yes
53. Why? Because I'm over halfway done with this survey
54. Wut's an object you can't live without? music
55. Love or lust: LOVE.
56. Silver or gold: Silver.
57. Diamond or pearl: Diamond. And yes Weber, these SHOULD be in the either or section.
58. Sunset or sunrise: Sunset
59. Have u ever gone skinny-dipping: no way
60. Do u sleep with stuffed animals: no
61. Do u have any piercings: nope
62. Wut colour underwear are u wearing right now: red
63. Wut song r u listening to rite now? the hum of my computer
64. Wut are the last four digits of your phone number? 3566
65. Where would u want to go on your honeymoon? Europe like in the mountains and Germany and Austria and Italy and stuff
66. Who do u want to spend the rest of your life with? My wife...
67. Football/soccer: FOOTBALL. Unless you mean do you call soccer football or soccer in which case I call soccer soccer.
68. What makes you happy? Friends Family Happy stuff
69. Do u wear contacts or glasses? yep
70. What's the best advice given to you? Be who you are and be proud of it.
71. Have u ever won any special awards? National Choral Award in HS, and the Kumquat Award in HS
72. Wut are your future goals? To teach in an ideal setting
73. Worst sickness u ever had? Walking Pneumonia and Bronchitus at the same time (ew)
74. On the phone or in person? In Persona
75. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs, unless you are talking Hersheys, in which case Kisses
76. Wut song seems to reflect you the most? There are about 100 of them so I'll save you and myself the time of naming them.
77. If you died tomorrow who would u leave everything u own to? Probably you so my brain would be included so you would have the sense not to write these quizzes so long and so stupidly and so mistake-ridden.
78. Do u have any enemies? MEAN PEOPLE.
79. Wut is ur greatest fear? Dying before I'm an old man
80. Would u rather be rich or famous? Famous although both corrupts people.
81. What time is it in Alabama: 3:36 PM
82. Have u ever been in love? No
83. Have u met Santa? What that was random.
84. If E.T. knocked on ur door holdin up a peace sign askin 2 use ur phone wut would u do? Give him my sister's cell phone and tell him to go to Cellcom to activate it
85. When was da last time u talked bot how u REALLY feel wit someone u can trust? What did you just say? Anyways I REALLY trust God, yo.
86. Do u have any pets? Millie (I miss her she's at my house)
87. Wuts your email address? asdf@asdf.com
89. Are u an alcoholic? Yeah I get drunk every night and puke all over you THAT'S why you are so stupid!! I get it now!
90. Who sent this to you? Weber
91. Wut do u think of this person? He's cool
92. Do u want ur friends to write back? Yes but that's probably not going to happen
93. Do u believe in love at first sight? I don't think so.
94. Which is better, League or Union? I don't know.
95. Name all ur friends? that's not really a question...soo...everyone but you (Weber's answer is too funny so it's staying)
96. Wut would u do if a person of the same sex tried to hit on you? I probably would just tell them I'm straight but if they are giving me stuff I'd keep it.
97. Wut religion are you? Christian
98. Do u agree with religions? Yes and denominations probably; I think just being Christian is good enough don't you think?
99. Are you one of those people who wait 4 thingz 2 happen, or go out &make things happen? I wait
100. Wut is da thing u look forward 2 da most in ur life? Just having a good time I guess... I don't know stop asking me these stupid questions?

Yeah and you are stupid person who wrote this quiz spell these things correctly! And I bet you are related to the girl on the domino's phone who said "Ow special is 14 dollas and 99 cen" and the telemarketer who said "Is your mother there?" "No, she's not" "K, BYE!" except bye was "BAH!"

It was to be expected.

My life is rated PG.
What is your life rated?

I SO don't want to spend it.

New 20!

Why am I so depressed?

Why am I so depressed about not living in the Woods? I mean I'm probably in denial here. I just want to live in a place for a good price and stuff. Eveyrone already has plans which SUCKS. Everyone I asked is either already signed up or doesn't want to live there. The only way I'll live on campus next year is if I get into Oakland and that's about a 1% chance. Otherwise I'll probably live in a house. Garrett was talking about if he doesn't get into Oakland he'll live in a house and so I'd like to live there then. Either that or possibly with Weber; that option still is open to me. Or maybe main street apartments... I talked to Rob and he said it wasn't bad. I do know that it's cheaper than the Woods but you don't get cable or Internet Access. Which sucks. That's why I want to live in the woods because it's off campus and you get both included. So... yeah. I'm kind of bummed. There are only a few rooms left. To be honest I'm kind of mad at Tom and those guys because they didn't tell me until the day before and I brought it up, so they probably wouldn't have told me otherwise... figures. I don't want to live on campus next year because I don't want to pay room and board; I wanna cook.

The Woods

If anyone from Millikin reads this and wants to live in the woods with me next year contact me ASAP because there are now only 10 upperclassmen rooms next year. I want to live in the woods because even though it is a little more expensive it's all inclusive (cable, internet, phone, utilities, etc.). Otherwise, I'd live in a house with Weber but that doesn't have those things except utilities included in rent. So yeah I really want to live in the woods. JUST CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED A FOURTH PERSONA!!!

Woah

I just read Jacob's latest post in his journal and I have realized I feel the same way. I mean I never do anything, and I feel like my friends avoid me sometimes, and when I am around them, I almost doubt their sincerity, because in reality they think I'm the most annoying person in the world. I try to be funny and friendly because that is who I am. I'm just goofy and nice. I don't know. I get that feeling that Jacob has about people being mad at you, but instead of mad it's more like annoying person stay away from him kind of feeling with me.

I don't know. Today was not my day. Packers lost, I found out I"m not rooming with they guys I thought I was, so now I'm back to square one with what to do for next year (I'll probably just end up living in East/West apartments, I'll have to talk to Rob), I couldn't go to the movie with Garrett tonight because I had to go to a flute recital (which was actually in retrospect quite interesting music) for comp class, and I was pretty much depressed the whole day until this evening, and to top it all off, I have a midterm for Secondary Methods tomorrow and I have studied not enough. I'll just have to hope for the best and pray my head off that I don't go crazy these next few days.

I may be driving home after all. Molly's two front tires were flat, so I may be driving Molly and Hilary home instead of Molly taking us. I'll just hitch a ride come Thanksgiving. But that means I need to clean my car. My car inside is dirty. I just vacuumed it two months ago! Not even! And it is filthy. As is my room. Problem is, both car and room, vacuum is very hard to come by. I'll get a hold of one before I go home. I can't wait to go home. I was craving, in the flute recital, specifically, Dykesville Bowl burger and cheese curds. And yes, Dykesville is an actual name of a town about 15 minutes outside of Green Bay but OH MAN their food is good. I'm eating there fo sho this weekend.

Just for you, Tracy.

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I hate the Rams

I don't care. Every time the packers lose, I hate that team. Stupid Rams. At least it wasn't heartbreaking like last week, but ONCE AGAIN, the Packers played good football. This time their running game was stopped. The Packers need to learn how to outsmart the defense and keep the ball moving, and RUSH THE QB ON DEFENSE! Although that was much better this week. It seems like one or two critical elements are missing every week. Hopefully this bye week will give players a chance to rest and stuff; they need all they can in two weeks when they play the worst team in the world, the Vikings. In a dome. The packers struggle in domes, as evidence this week. Domes should be banned. Domes suck. I mean you have a hard surface, and that magic of outside-ness is lost. And the stupid vikings won again!!! I HATE THE VIKINGS. Culpepper, Moss, and Hovan. Grr.

Teams I hate (updated)
1. Minnesota Vikings
2. Chicago Bears
3. Kansas City Chiefs
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5. St. Louis Rams
6. Atlanta Falcons
7. Dallas Cowboys
8. Philadelphia Eagles
9. San Fransisco 49ers
10. Throw the Vikings in again for good measure



Packers need to step it up, they are always just one step behind or when they are ahead they run out of steam too soon.

Church again.

So yeah I decided to sing with MVOP this morning but my throat hurts so I'm not going because of my throat. Annette called and I just said I wasnt feeling well and that was the truth. I have a headache and my throat hurts, but gospel singing is so hard on the voice sometimes that I didn't want to risk hurting my vocal chords. Anyways I'm probably going back to sleep.

I hate how I feel right now.

I just feel eh. I mean, it's like my brain overloaded with too much information and exploded and I'm left just feeling nothing. It's like nothing and everything at the same time. I don't know. I guess I'm sort of debating whether or not to go to church with MVOP tomorrow. Churches that MVOP go to start really late (we are meeting at 10, probably won't meet until 10:30, and church won't be starting until 11 or something), and goes on for 2 and a half hours, whereas I'm used to church being done with by 11:30 or so after about an hour and a half long service. Maybe even earlier. And the thing is, I get so much more out of the shorter services than the longer services. I don't want to call the churches Black churches because that seems wrong in my mind for some reason, but I guess predominantly African American churches are like that. I'd rather go to church with Dustin tomorrow and lie about not feeling well or even purposefully oversleeping. Going to church with MVOP feels more like a burden because the last few times I went with them I got nothing out of it. I get more out of Bible Study or IV. Plus the Packer game is on at noon tomorrow, and it's an important game. In Green Bay, church always ends before noon. Dustin who is VERY spiritually active I'm sure is thinking "This guy is not in tune with Christ" but church going in Green Bay is a lot different than church going in Decatur for about 4 months out of the year, because you don't have a team that is so much a part of the town and brings the town together.

It's not like I don't like going to church but I dont' know. I'm just getting a eh feeling. I'm thinking about just driving and going to a church tomorrow. Or something like that. Someplace where I won't fall asleep since the speaker stops after every two words and explains things in ways I don't understand. But to give that credit it's a lot more interesting that SOME churches I've been too. I'd rather go someplace like Bethel, or GBCC. Hartland, where Dustin used to go, sounds a LOT like Bayside, and has 180 and stuff. Too flashy for me there. GBCC is almost the limit. My ideal church is a great worship service and a great speaker. GBCC has a great worship service and an ok speaker. Bethel had an ok worship service and a great speaker when I was there. I need someplace like that combined. Hmm. There was always that list of churches at IV, and I remember some of the names of them, maybe I'll look in the phone book and just drive to one of them tomorrow. I think that's why I'm feeling the way about MVOP church days. I don't get anything out of the service and it just makes me feel outcast when I see all these people weeping and jumping up and down and I'm not feeling anything. I'd rather go someplace and learn and go deeper in my relationship with Christ, like I've been doing lately. If anyone at MVOP asks I'll just let on a white lie or something; I mean I feel kind of bad but 1. I want to learn something when I go to church not be bored and 2. I dont' want to miss the football game.

I feel better now.

Christmas List:

a. Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVD (Nov. 18)
b. The Two Towers Special Edition DVD (Around that time too)
c. The Matrix Reloaded DVD (WIDESCREEN)
d. Homestar Runner clothing (Hoodies, hats, shirts, no preference, just a variety)
e. MONEYS

The end... for now...

Illinois Drivers...

USE YOUR FRICKING TURN SIGNAL WHEN YOU MERGE A LANE!!!!

Thank you.

Decatur Children

OK normally I'd be at men's choir right now but I'm skipping it today for a few reasons:
a. It's not for credit
b. I have other things to do today
c. I was late getting back from Johns Hill tutoring with Chip

Speaking of which, the drive back was way more eventive than the drive there or the actual tutorage. After tutoring Chip ran into a lady from Ragtime which he was in last year so they chatted and then after that we couldn't get out of the parking spot because a stupid lady would NOT move her car. When we finally got out, first a kid almost ran in front of us, and then WE SAW A BOY PEEING IN THE FRONT YARD. At first I thought it was a hose, like some guy was watering the lawn, since the stream was really high. Then I thought the boy was pretending to be peeing with the hose since it was like that. Then driving by (thank God his back was to the road) I saw his pants were open. Chip was like "Tell me I didn't just see that." It was gross. Shouldn't you be in school or on the way home from school or something, kid? And regardless of that SHOULDN'T YOU BE ON A TOILET OR SOMETHING? That's just WRONG.

FIFIFIFIFIFIFIFIFIFIFIF

I went to the first and most likely only Five Iron Frenzy concert of my life tonight and it was WICKED AWESOME. First this guy sang and he was good he reminded me of Caleb or John Mayer. Then Holland came up and they were good, and people were moshing even during them; or attempting to at least. Then Bleach came up and people moshed and I was moshed over to the middle RIGHT IN FRONT! Talk about lucky. Then FIF came on and it was awesome. And the guy broke the ceiling it was great.

Nice night

Go red sox and cubs!

OK bible study was amazing. Then I watched the yankees lose. Then I went to the midi lab where I got most of my composition done. Then I went back and now I'm going to watch the rest of Frequency.

I HATE THE CHIEFS ESPECIALLY JEROME WOODS

Stupid Chiefs HAVE to come back in the 4th quarter and get all of these unanswered points to tie it up and go to OT. They absolutely HAD to remain undefeated. Stupid Jerome Woods HAD to intercept Brett Favre and take it back for a TD, then had to come back and cause Ahman to fumble. It's all his fault the Packers lost. I HATE THE CHIEFS and I hope it is the Pack vs. the Chiefs in the Super Bowl because the Packers are going to beat them just like they did in Super Bowl I.

Teams I hate (in order, and only football teams):
1. Minnesota Vikings
2. Kansas City Chiefs (up 9 points from never)
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
4. Atlanta Falcons
5. Dallas Cowboys
6. St. Louis Rams
7. Arizona Cardinals
8. Philadelphia Eagles
9. San Fransisco 49ers
10. Chicago Bears

Chicago isn't higher on the list because they suck, and I like that because it makes it a guaranteed win against the Packers.

I forgot about the POT LUCK that was on monday

I just realized I forgot to talk about IV potluck three days ago and how i laughed so hard because Amanda pushed Joe and it didn't even sway her and I was the only one laughing. And then Weber grabbed her by the throat (soft) and she just kept talking like his hand wasn't around her neck, and just nonchalantly unpried it and stuff and I thought that was funny too. It was funny. OK i just wrote that so I would remember it a week from now or something.

November 18th

AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE DVD COMES OUT! PARENTS IF YOU READ THIS THAT IS A BIG HINT HINT

I don't know what to write

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My idea for a television network.

Here is my idea for a TV network, and I'm copyrighting it so if any channel like that comes on I better be getting royalties.

A channel that shows old Nick shows before 1998; shows like You Can't Do That On Television, Salute Your Shorts, Alex Mack, Welcome Freshman, the first and second generation of Nicktoons like Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko, and The Angry Beavers, old game shows like Nick Arcade and Wild and Crazy Kids, Hey Dude, Roundhouse, even Mr. Wizard.

Now that's not enough. Also we must show retro 80s Saturday Morning cartoons like Denver The last Dinosaur, Garfield and Friends, My Pet Monster, Smurfs, Snorks, maybe even Alvin and the Chipmunks, etc. and also shows like Fraggle Rock and stuff. You know, the good stuff we grew up with that we miss today and no one shows it because they would rather show crap like Spongebob (the worst show ever made).

C. 2003 Spencer Lent

What do you think? I'm liking it. it needs a little more, possibly, but comment on this please :)

Missing archives

OK there are more than just April 02 missing. April 2003 and September 2003 are missing too.

Nope.

What is going on?

Testing

Just testing something; my april archive is missing and maybe if I post again (hence republishing it) it will show up.

For my reference

MOVIES I WANT TO SEE:

OUT IN THEATERS
Out of Time
Lost in Translation
School of Rock
Matchstick Men
Pirates of the Carribean (yes I haven't seen it yet which is appalling but I can see it for free next month)

IN SECOND RUN
Finding Nemo
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Bruce Almighty

COMING SOON (some of these don't come out until may)
Mystic River
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Runaway Jury
Shattered Glass
Matrix Revolutions
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King!!!
Peter Pan
Hidalgo
Man on fire
Shrek 2

Random Thought #1842

I was just thinking about that relaxation thing that was on the plane to England. There was newage music playing in the background and this british guy saying "Re LAHHHHX". It was so funny.

Mullets

Wow what a crazy night. After Intervarsity we were crazy enough especially Steph and me tackling each other and stuff like that. It was crazy. Then a group of about 7 or 8 of us all headed to Weber's apartment and we played poker. That was CRAZY too. Before we left I don't know how we got to talking about mullets but I mentioned that I had a mullet in 3rd grade and they called me "Mullet Man" for the rest of the night; and Steph kept shooting this suction dart gun thing at me. I almost won poker but Heather won and she barely won; she came back from almost nothing. It was a lot of fun. Wild and obnoxious.

Oh and I'm definately going to see Five Iron Frenzy here at Millikin on the 14th. Weber is one of their biggest fans as is Josh (Weber's actually going to their last show in Colorado), but Josh said "Spence here's your song" and played "The Phantom Mullet" for me. I probably shouldn't have cut my hair last week.

My life is boring

There isn't anything to talk about! I went to class. Whoopee. Oh yeah no guy emailed me back about observing their lessons, except two that said theirs were at times during times I specifically stated in the emails I sent out over announcements that I had classes during. Fun times; I'll lose points on the journal again. No HUGE deal, since I have been doing well in vocal ped. That's vocal pedagogy for you non-music ed majors out there. If you need help on knowing what the parts of the larynx are, all you premed students out there and stuff, just talk to me and I can talk about the arytenoids all day.

A Unique Situation has been brought upon me...

Brian, Tom, and Mitch said I could be their fourth guy for the Woods if this guy doesn't decide to room with them. Which would be nice, but the only things are that I know they are nice guys but that's about it; I don't know them EXTREMEMLY well, and in my opinion it's so early to decide something like this, and also I'm not sure if I want to do this right away or wait until I talk to some music ed people to maybe room with them. I'd have to talk to some people.

Doing the same assignment twice SUCKS.

Warning, swearing and ranting ahead. For those who aren't used to me swearing and stuff and don't want to read on, I'll give you the G rated version. The computer wouldn't let me do anything in the MIDI lab, so I got really mad. For more specific and raw details, READ ON...






OK I am really pissed off right now. I went to the MIDI lab about 8:30 to do my orchestration assignement, which is orchestrating a piano piece into a wind quartet. It took me a while to find a computer with hyperscribe working but I finally did. So, I am using Finale and I try hyperscribe on this computer and it doesn't work as well as I thought so I thought ok I may as well hand click it in, no big deal. I spend about two hours doing that, maybe a little more, from about 9-11ish or so. I get done, and go to print it. No printing happens. So I ask the guy and he says send it to the faculty computer. I find I am unable to do so because timbuktu is not installed or something on this particular computer. I'm thinking "What is going on here?" So I try to email it to myself through groupwise. The computer freezes (mind you the computer froze about 3 times when I tried to connect to the internet earlier). So I'm about to scream at this thing. I tried both Netscape and IE and both froze the computer. I found Timbuktu in the harddrive but it wasn't connected to any of the other computers. So I got stuck with a piece of SHIT computer. I was ready to throw that piece of shit ass out of the window. It was very hard for me to stay calm. I'm venting right now about that ghetto ass piece of shit computer that wouldn't do shit because it is fucking dumb. Needless to say I am LIVID right now about the whole situation because now I have to redo everything BY HAND or something; I could try using finale notepad on this computer maybe I'll do that. But still I have to do it again. It wasn't easy. And I'm PISSED AT COMPUTER 19. MILLIKIN PEOPLE WHO USE THE MIDI LAB. DO NOT USE COMPUTER 19. IT IS A GHETTO LAME ASS PIECE OF SHIT COMPUTER THAT WILL DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO BECAUSE IT'S A RETARDED MORON.

Thank you for putting up with my lewd comments.

THE BEARS STILL SUCK!!!

The above says it all.

Remember Light Brown M&M's?

I do. I remember when they put in the blue M&M's replacing the light brown ones. That was what, 5 or 6 years ago already? And then I thought they were going to put purple ones in. I remember there was this vote. I wanted teal M&ms but people voted purple. But that hasn't happened. I saw them for a while but no more. Hmm. I also like peanut butter M&M's.

That was my random thought of the day, concieved in my very boring human development class.

Hmm...

Dustin and I are doing a spiritual experiment. I was flipping through the channels and we stopped at BET, and they had this infomercial about healing and miracle spring water, along with a book about prosperity. Then after that one was done there was another one, with prett much teh same thing, instead it was a healing cloth. So that got us thinking... are these REAL people REALLY healing REAL people using REAL power from God or are they false prophets? Dustin was looking for a flaw in their ministry and really found none. And what do those books say? That's what got Dustin the most thinking. What got me thinking was the emphasis of the miracle spring water and the miracle cloth. Those two commercials run so parallel it's scary. So we called the numbers to look into them and see what they have to say spiritually.

Not again...

Yes, this is my fourth entry today, but who cares.

I go to turn the volume up on my speakers, and discover that one of the hooky things disconnected from the wall. Crap. Which means that something happened, but at least the shelf didn't fall down. They held for about 3 weeks and the other is fine still. So I had one extra sticky thing left, so I put it on. I'm supposed to leave it on the wall for an hour but screw that for now. So I hang the bracket on the hook and put the support under it, and set the shelf on there. It was too low. Crap. So I have to go to menards again for more sticky hook things, but I'll probably have to get two more hooks because I doubt they are sold seperately which is stupid. But what I have there will work for the time being at least.

I didn't.

I decided not to go to the laundromat. It's hella expensive. And now I really have to pee.

Sigh... FINE ONE MORE.

1. Favorite band? I hate this question. There are too many.
2. Favorite band-aid? I guess band-aid..?
3. Favorite colour? BLUE.
4. Favorite colour for a television set? Black or maybe gray... i wish they made blue tv's
5. If you were a donut, what kind would you be? Iced Pershing, BABY!
6. Why do you start crying if you look at the sun for too long? Because you are blind now!
7. David Duchovney or Brad Pitt? Brad Pitt. I know Steph would chose the former, though!
8. If you could be a SuperFriend, which one would you be? I would have to guess Bobby, since he's the best roomie I ever had. I've had some great roomies mind you but he was the best!
9. Do you eat fish? I'm from Wisconsin. Of course. Perch is the best.
10. Do you think we should take Mexico quickly by force, or through years of duplicitous negotiations? I like Mexico, especially the cheapness of it. If we take it over everything would be expensive. So no.
11. Do you think God hates homos? God loves everyone. Even homos.
12. Do you think it's offensive to call people who choose a homosexual lifestyle "homos"? Only if they don't like it; I personally call them "gay".
13. What's your sign? I have this Fanta poster in my room...
14. What do you want out of life? Longevity and fullfillment
15. What do you want out of your social life? Fun.
16. What do you want out of your bank? FREE MONEY!
17. Which do you put on your eggs: catsup or ketchup? Ew. Just salt pepper and toast that I can dip it with.
18. You're too young to drink aren't you? Yes... less than 7 months though! And I've already delved a bit.
19. What do you sing in the shower? EVERYTHING.
20. How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop? I actually counted once when I was like 10, and it was over 1,000.
21. If you were a Tim Burton movie, which would it be? Edward Scissorhands.
22. Do you sell moonshine on the black market? Ew. I'm not TOUCHING that stuff after the everclear event last year...
23. You find a sizable, lavender lint ball (with a hair going through the middle of it). Do you give it to your girlfriend? Uh... prolly not. See, I don't have a girlfriend so that kind of defeats the purpose.
24. Summer dress or long black skirt? I'll say summer dress because I like to dress nice in the summer.
25. When I say "1980s," what's the first song to come to mind? Take on Me
26. When I say "poor fashion taste," what do you think of first? A person the opposite of my sister, the fashion queen
27. When I say "Bananas in Pajamas," how do you most want to respond? AHHH!
28. Will you hit me as hard as you can? No because I don't want to join Fight Club.
29. Who would you pay NOT to live with? An asshole
30. Do you get along with ethnic people? Yes
31. When I said "ethnic people" just now, were you afraid? No
32. Quick, cold shower or cozy bubble bath with vanilla-scented candles and lilac soap? Bath. I love baths.
33. Would you rather be a Beatle or one of the New Kids? BEATLE. New Kids on the Block SUCKED.
34. Have you ever kissed your mom... in that way? That's disgusting.
35. If, because of entering into the Witness Protection Program after providing testimony of your intimate knowledge of the dealings and activities of the notorious Gambino crime syndicate, you had to change your name, what name would you pick? Kyle Glatt
36. Have you ever awoken with a horse head on your bed? OK this is more random than even me. That's scary.
37. How much do you like kitties? They are all right.
38. Do you have any regrets? I don't know.
39. Do you have any regrets involving kitties? That we didn't get Lucy declawed and then she got all weird peeing everywhere and then we had to put her to sleep...
40. What slogan or colloquial phrase best describes you? "Bizzare."
41. Are you a traveller? Yeah!
42. Are you a peach? No. But I do like the song "Millions of Peaches, Peaches for me."
43. Are you a glue stick? ...
44. Would you surf? Yeah that would be fun!
45. If you could have one literary figure-come-to-reality fall indefensibly, unassailably, and just plain madly in love with you, whom would you prefer him (or her) to be? Juliet. Juliet is always hot.
46. Do you ever misuse the word "unassailably" yourself simply because it sounds cool? No, but my premature side would say "heh heh... unASSailably"
47. Are you a registered voter? Yes.
48. If you were, would you be a Libertarian? No. I vote conservative before I vote republican though, although that usually means voting republican.
49. I didn't think so. You didn't know so.
50. What's your favorite hymn? How Great Thou Art.
51. What's your favorite him? Are you calling me gay.
52. What about her? Now you are talking! But I'm still not saying as she may be reading this right now and I'm not ready to divulge that info to her.
53. Are you shy? Sometimes.
54. What is your honest opinion of basset hounds? HUSH PUPPIES ARE COMFY.
55. What's your scam? That one time when I did that and tricked those people playing mafia.
56. Under what circumstances would you devour a plate of rocky mountain oysters? How do oysters get up to the rocky mountains? ANSWER ME THAT QUIZ MAN.
57. Under what circumstances would you join the circus? Ew.
58. When did you first realize that you were not a midget clown? Huh?
59. When did you first realize that you were not a seal? That one time I tried catching the ball and I caught it.
60. Best potential for a boyfriend/girlfriend: fudgsicle, creamsicle, or 50/50 bar? 50/50
61. High-end blockbuster or edgy art film? Either. Love both.
62. Did you know that llamas spit? Yes I did.
63. In gangsterland, would you ride shotgun or running boards? Running boards because drivebys always hit shotgun people.
64. Do you really like gin as much as the rumours say? I've never played gin.
65. If you could be a puck, who would you most want to slapshot you? Anyone I guess. I asked Joe to wrestle me on Friday. I can take it.
66. Recognizing your fashion prowess, could even you make a tube top or pedal pushers look good? I HATE tube tops. That always reminds me of the price is right when the lady went down and her boobs popped out of her tube top.
67. How often do your parents embarrass you? 87% of the day, and 87% of that time is my mom.
68. How often does your brother embarrass you? Never. I've never had a brother.
69. How often do your so-called wives embarrass you? That one time she threw that picture frame at me and I had to go to the hospital
70. Are you Asian? No
71. Why not? Because I'm not
72. And what's did you have for dinner? Pizza!
73. Would you ever try a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with shredded beef? ew.
74. Favorite colours to be found on your barber's pole? BLUE AND RED. You gotta have blue and red for barber's poles, and a barbershot quartet.
75. Goatee or sideburns? Goatee.
76. Do you fear babies or rabies more? Rabies.
77. Can I be in your posse? Possibly but you can't be more random than me the butterfly of souls.
78. Thong or g-string? Ew.
79. What's your favorite boiled cabbage joke? Ew.
80. Thinking as would a praying mantis, under which circumstances would you devour your mate? I thought the female devoured the male... wait... AHHH
81. Rice: steamed or fried? steamed
82. Music: vocal or instrumental? VOCAL
83. Are you black? No.
84. Are you sure? Yes.
85. If you had to be a sexy mermaid, in which of the seven seas would you prefer to reside? Mediterranean
86. What about if you were an ugly mermaid? Dead
87. Love: can you spell it out in 25 words or less? HELL no.
88. If you were to be a Mark Ryden painting, which would you be and would you hope that he painted more sausages in it? Who is Mark Ryden. Is he Oscar Meyer?
89. Boxers or briefs? Briefs but they have to be COLORED. No whitey tighties.
90. It's Tattoo Day! Where and what? NONONONONONONONONONONONONO.
91. Do you think Bruce is an inherently gay name? BRUCE LEE IS NOT GAY.
92. What would you put on a necktie? Ew.
93. John Cusak or Mel Gibson? John Cusak because he's funny in Sixteen Candles.
94. What will you do for your next publicity stunt? Run off screaming "THERE IS NO SPOON"
95. Favorite colour for a paper bag? Gray
96. Would you rather be a Spice Girl or one of the Go-Gos? Neither, because I'M PROUD OF BEING A MAN.
97. Spectator or player? Depends on the activity.
98. Paper or Plastic? Whatever.
99. If you could be a ninja turtle, which one would you be? Leonardo because he had the swords
100. Are you glad it's over? YES AND NEVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN YA PUTZ!

So, yeah.

I overslept church again. That sucks. I mean how am i supposed to find a church when I keep oversleeping it? Then again, how am I supposed to wake up before 10 if I go to bed at 2? Answer me that.

Anyways, I'm going to do an experiment today. I'm going to try a laundromat. I know I know... It's probably more expensive. But there are a few around here and I'll stop at all of them and see. Then I'll bring East of Eden with me and read it while my stuff washes or something. I haven't read any of that in about a month, when I went back to school. I also might get my haircut today. I have all of this spare time on my hands since the Packers don't play today, they play tomorrow night. Against the bears. WHO SUCK.

You all know I'm turning up Happy Schnapps Combo tomorrow night when the Bears lose. Even though the song is about 13 years old (they talk about Jim McMahon in it... or Jim mahon if you will) it's still a guilty pleasure. The only polka song on my computer is "The Bears Still Suck" by Happy Schnapps Combo. Download it. It's fun.

I miss Oakland

After IV at the SPEC last night we played Mafia and Jenny WON! That was a weird game. But anyways,we had to move to Oakland to play more games and we played the couch game and it was not fun because people were cheating. So then after that we went to Christina's apartment and played Phase 10 I DIDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF PHASE ONE. But it was fun anyways. I was REALLY hyper last night. It was weird.

Anyways, at Oakland I got really upset. Why? Because there is ONE PERSON IN MY ROOM. ONE PERSON. SHOULDN'T THERE BE TWO? I think people should disallow one person signing up for double rooms. That really pissed me off. I wanted to be in Oakland this year with Garrett again, but there was no room because two many crapheads signed up for one person rooms. GRRRR..... I downgraded because of those jerks. I really enjoy Dustin's roommate company but it would even be better if it was in Oakland. I MISS OAKLAND 2! I MISS MY KITCHEN. I MISS MY LOUNGE. I MISS MY ROOM. WAHHHHHHHHHHH

Sign my guestmap!

I have one. It's not showing up for some reason. Maybe I had to publish it. But hey it's awesome thing like a guest book only it's a map.

I hate Wednesdays

Wednesdays are the longest days of my week. I feel like collapsing now, but I still have MVOP. Oh well. At least this is in reality my only really busy day of the week. Thursdays and Fridays rock, Mondays aren't that bad either. Tuesdays are OK, but they are slightly busier, especially from 2-5:30. But hey. That is the life of a music ed major. And I expected busy days, even with my lighter load this semester. At least it's not like this every day, and I'm kind of used to it since Wednesdays were my busy day last year as well.

Brian who lives across the hall (the one who I was slightly mad at IMEA last year; I've gotten over it) is really into Prog Rock as well and let me listen to Liquid Tension Experiment 1. Wow that album rocked. I like the 2nd one better though. Man, I HOPE they release a new album sometime. I saw Tony Levin had a solo album out and perhaps I should listen to a few tracks from that because if it's anything like LTE I'm going to wanna get it, since LTE is one of my favorite bands now. I'm sure you who read this know that by now, but I can't stop talking about them. My dad who is in a band and knows these things and probably is the one who influenced me most on my liking of prog rock didn't know about them. So yeah.

Speaking of which, I wouldn't mind joining a prog rock band. I could sing and play keyboards. I would first have to GET a keyboard. But I've been thinking about it lately and I really want to join a band. I'd like to try and get some of my creative juices flowing.

Outkast sucks

I guess today they release their new album... PEOPLE THEY SUCK!!! Listen to something else at the top of your radio. I hope they don't do that like they did freshman year. See the entry on Friday, April 26th 2002 too read where I first express my disdain for Outkast.

Liquid Tension Experiment

I want Liquid Tension Experiment to release another album. I mean, why did they have to stop making music after only 2 albums? True, 3 out of the 4 of them are in Dream Theater, but still! I like LTE better than Dream Theater! It's awesome! They need to make a 3rd album soon.

I HATE THE ARIZONA CARDINALS!!!

We SUCKED today. I'm so upset. When our defense rocked, our offense sucked. Then when our offense got something started, our defense sucked. WHAT IS WITH THAT!?!?!?!?!??!?! I am so depressed and upset right now I couldn't even eat dinner. I know it shouldn't get me this upset but it was just WE WERE SO CLOSE!!!! ARGH>dfjasdlkgjh;laskdjhladfrbkcvnlkgh7234g96oi

Yeah, translation.

My last post was really weird. OK here is what I was going to say.

I haven't called him yet, but Odell and I were going to go to the Holiday Inn to watch the Packer game. Now that I know where it IS. Last week I went the wrong way on the highway. It's still too early to think about, but I wouldn't mind having Odell as a roommate next year. However, since he's a sophomore next year he's probably going to dorm again.

Dustin was talking next year like we were rooming together again in an apartment in the woods next year. Not that I don't like Dustin because he is awesome, but it's WAYWAYWAY too early to talk about it. He was saying the woods started getting leases like next week. No way. It's not even OCTOBER. Plus, since I'm a senior I was thinking about getting an apartment or a house living with people who are also senior music ed majors, since that way we could help each other on teaching strategies when we student teach, go to classes together, things like that. I just want to make my last year (next year) here at Millikin a great one.

I'm going with MVOP to Main Street church today. I went there last year and it is a good church, but not the one I'm looking for, so I'm going with Dustin next week.

WHY AM I TYPING IN THIS!?!?!?!?!?

It's almost 3. I need to go to bed. But I am just stupid. EVERYONE I AM STUPID!!!!!!!!! Gah.

I still have to call Odell. We are supposed to go to the thing tomorow

Cool

Miss Wisconsin got 2nd runner up in Miss America!! She is from Green Bay. I remember Lauran (who is Miss Green Bay) talking aobut her when she won miss wisconsin. Oh man congratulations to her and all of those young women. What is SO WEIRD now is that all of those women are very close to my age now, only a few years older. I remember watching it when I was like 10, and that seemed so OLD! Wow.

Let's see what else has happened. Oh yeah I went to karaoke after IV last night and rocked the house singing Bohemian Rhapsody. I hit that high Bb I was happy! We had so much fun. After that we went to Christina's apartment and played nintendo and then scum and Dustin was ALWAYS the president.

I've said I never want to go to LA..... but.....

That has all changed now. They updated the paradise lost site by Eric Whitacre... OH MY GOD. I HAVE TO SEE IT. It's world-premiering in February in Los Angeles and tickets go on sale at midnight October 1st... OH MAN I HAVE GOT TO SEE IT. I mean I'd go to LA just to see that. I wouldn't care about anything else. Just a 1 day trip to LA. Yeah right. Although that would be simply amazing... ideally it would be with all of us Eric Whitacre geeks (i.e. me, Cory, Jacob, Lauran, etc.) going together.

I am a random man.

Poodles are cool. Like when they are on the poodle skirts that were worn in the 50s like when we did Bye Bye Birdie and they wore poodle skirts and Chip was like Elvis and I was Albert which is not Albert Schweizer or Albert Taylor which Albert Taylor Theater here at MU was named after like Millikin was named after James Millikin who was some guy I have no idea what he did.

I MISSED IT!!!

I feel terrible. I missed See You At The Pole for the first time since 6th grade. This would have been the 10th See You At The Pole I went to. AND I MISSED IT. :(

THIS MOVIE NEEDS TO BE ON DVD

If it's not soon I'll go nuts

Counter check

I'm thinking about changing my counters to the ones that sarah has on her blog. That tells you more and stuff! Should I?

Wednesday is supposed to be hump day, which is supposed to be good, right?

Tomorrow is Wednesday. I hate Wednesdays. EVERY YEAR Wednesday is my suck day. I have TONS of classes and extracurriculars and nothing to do and crap. ARGH.

Shoo be doo....

Yeah, that about sums it up for me right now. I don't even know why I am posting, I have nothing to write about. Maybe I'll make this a seinfeld post. Or wait! I haven't done this in a while!!!



Yeah that makes my day a lot less boring.

I'm sick of politics.

OK I've seen like 4 things today about the war and how much it costs and how our president sucks and stuff. I'm sick of it. I mean, I can see why many college people are upset with it. When Clinton first became president, we were like 10. And then 8 years later, when politics DID matter in our life (when we were 10 it wasn't as important), Bush came around and changed everything. So, people focus on the bad things Bush did and put all of their emphasis on that instead of some of the good that he did. In a sense, people did that with Clinton too, although I agree with a lot more things that Bush is doing. I'm not even going to touch the war, because that's such a huge issue. But I'm going to say that I'm pro-life, and Clinton doing that crap legalizing partial-birth abortion is just bull, and I'm glad that with Bush in power that will end. I think abortion is wrong because you are killing another life. The only way abortions should happen is if the mother is in danger, and perhaps if she was raped. Although, whats to stop her from putting the child up for adoption, when so many people can't have kids.

Now being a future educator, I don't agree with some of the things bush is doing to education. I don't believe the no child left behind thing is all good, especially the enforcing of standardized tests. Tests only show how good of test takers kids are. Different people take in knowledge differently, and show they know it differently. My sister gets all As on her homework and stuff, but doesn't do well at tests. She gets reasonable grades; but bombs the ACTs. Tests I think are a load of bull (I'm saying this and I'm good at tests so I'm not saying it because I'm bad at them) and we should find another way to measure peoples knowledge.

I know I know I'm probably going to get some heat from this post but I just want to let you know that I can't take in politics very well ESPECIALLY mudslinging politics and people dissing the other. I'm more interested in deep political conversations, and more into listening rather than speaking because I'm not a good speaker. If you are going to leave a comment about politics and stuff, don't be giving me lists or reasons why Bush is so bad, or asking me to tell you what good the war is doing, or whatever, because frankly I'm sick of it and I don't want to start an arguement. I believe what I believe and people should accept that rather than trying to make me believe something else.

DECATUR TELEVISION IS STUPID

OK once AGAIN. The stupid people have chosen to show the Rams game instead of the Packer game. This didn't happen last year! I was able to watch almost every Packer game on TV. But NOOOOOO they had to schedule Packers games at the same time as Rams games for the first three weeks. WHY OH WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It makes me so upset. Oh well, at least I'll be able to watch it in 15 days when the Packers are on monday night football...

Still pissed at nfl.com

Swearing ahead.... but I have to let my emotions flow and truly, this is what I feel NFL Field Pass is.

I don't know why nfl.com had to make that NFL field pass piece of shit. I mean, why do I need to PAY to listen to the Packer game? It's so stupid. I never had to in the past, and now all of a sudden I have to. It's bullshit!!! And it's expensive!! 10 bucks a month. I hope no one buys it so they lose more money and then they have to get rid of it and make broadcasts free again. It's CRAP! I don't know why the NFL absolutely HAD to do that. Why why why? I mean, what if that was the only way you were able to get the games you wanted, and you were a poor college student? Now, you are forcing them to pay to get what they want. I guess you can't get ANYTHING for free nowadays... not even the fricking RADIO.

Prayer is an awesome thing.

What a night. So I go to IV, and it was fun. We had a humor night and everything was out of order. Then the men had a thing going on and we watched Game of Death (the bad 70's version, not the one they just made the way Bruce Lee intended). So we are watching Game of Death basically making fun of the movie when someone gets a call on their cell saying that there are fire trucks in front of the New Halls. So we decided to pray for them. While we were praying it was confirmed that the TKE house had a fire and someone had to go to the hospital. We decided as a group to walk over there and pray in front of TKE and pray for the guys over there. When we got there there were fire trucks in front of the place. The house wasn't damaged much, I couldn't see any fire or smoke or anything. But there were people crying and in a state of shock and disbelief. We gathered around a group of TKEs and just comforted them and prayed for them, and it was an awesome thing. They confided in God to help them as a brotherhood to get through this tragedy. Afterwords we prayed some more and it was just an undescribable feeling I had. I don't know how to explain it. On one hand, I'm in shock about what happened, on the other I'm glad that we were there for them and that something good will come out of this situation. It was cool - we brothers in Christ were praying for the brothers of TKE. I hope everyone there is OK, but since we are such a small campus we are going to be affected by this for a while.

Anyways, whoever reads this, whether or not you read this, say a prayer for Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. They are hurting and they need all the help they can get right now. I know what we did helped give some of those guys at least a little comfort in this confusing time.