Blogging for the sake of blogging

HARRRRRROW!!!!!!!

2009-04-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

Hey all and no one,
I was just surfing through the ancient archives of blog land with my boyfriend Joel and decided to post a post.

so update:

-still at WSU, one more year after this month!!! WOOT!
-Going out with the most wonderful guy in the world, his name is Joel Sheppard.
-still being heavily indoctrinated in the ways of engineers, specifically chemical engineering....they don't let us out much.
-I'm 20! 2 decades old......

If anyone reads this I applaud you and think you sould leave a comment, just so I know you stopped by! :)

God bless,

Lis

Hey hey

2008-08-23T19:07:00.000-07:00

Summer done. My internship with 'big oil' over. And I'm pretty glad. I'm not sure if that's where God wants me to work since that's not exactly where my interests lie. But it was a lot of good experience.

I'm back at WSU. And still updating this blog for some reason, not sure. Maybe I'm just ranting to myself. If so, it's still worth it.

I'm living in the appartments off campus this year with a wonderful young christian lady named Naomi. We get along great, though we didn't know eachother too well before hand.

Classes start soon and this is said to be the hardest semester for ChE students of them all. Here we go Lord! But God and I can take it. I pray.

I simply adore all my friends here. I'm pretty sure we can accomplish anyhing together what with ChE, ME, CE, EE, CompE, Vet, RN, Math, Arct, etc majors amungst us! =D

ttyl all! (or is it just me! =P)

Done with 1 solid year of WSU!

2008-05-07T11:33:00.000-07:00

Yep Yep...One year down. 2 to go until I get my BS in Chemical Engineering. I miss WSU already, well my friends lets say. And my church too! God's love flows abundently there!

So I suggest you all go to WSU if you haven't already found a college to attend.

So, uh...My special friend Andrew and I are just friends again. The relationship thing was just not where God wanted me right now. I'm so excited to see where God is leading me. It's a bit frustrating when it effects other people like that though. =\

I'll be working up north this summer at BP for an internship. Pretty nervous about that. Prayers would be greatly appriciated!

Love in Christ,
Elisabeth

Uper-date

2008-02-15T10:52:00.000-08:00

Hi folks. I'm still alive. No worries.

I just thought I'd check my blog out. Haven't done that in a while, and was thankful I still remembered my password.

So I'm surviving ChE at WSU by God's grace alone. I'm attending the Evangelical Free Church here and am loving how they preach God's word and God's Word only! Amen!

Yep, that's me.

Take care y'alls!

The Andrew

2007-08-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone...people have been asking to see pictures of the infamous 'Andrew' that has frequented my speech lately. So, here we are together at a beach up in Hansville area. My mom took this picture! Pretty good! Such a neat tree to frame it. =D

We met in our technical writing class LAST winter. (Seems so long ago now.) He's studying Electrical Engineering at UW this fall, (I know! Rival schools across the state! How annoying...) and is in the Air Force Reserves.

After about 6 months of my knowing Andrew, my dad finally decided he was..."meh...alright." which is A LOT from my dad! So now-n-days you might find him doing random chores, scouting trips, or eating food with my parents until his school starts next month. =P

Love in Christ to y'alls!

Elisabeth

Leah says I must!

2007-08-04T14:39:00.000-07:00

Therefore I must! =D

Hi.
I haven't blogged in....a long time.
Lets see. What's up with me lately?

WSU Y'ALL. That's where it's at. Yup. Because I'm gonna be there as of next saturday! YAY! But I'm gonna miss Western Wa peeps and weather SO much!

Yay, well I just got home from a really awesome 20 mile hike through the olympics! 2 gals and myself ventured up to silver lake and the sumit of Mt. Townsand where there was a sspectacular view 360 degrees around us!

Um...I'm nervous to have a huge life changing event only a week away. I guess it's smaller than something like getting married or having a baby...but it's up there in importance! Hmm...I have to do my own laundry...and keep track of everything. I can do that I hope....eh......i pray!

All my friends here are so awesome!!! I'm gonna attempt to keep in close contact with you all!

So...the saddest thing I've seen this summer is a bunch of bottle rockets left out in the rain. =[
Very sad thing.

Yerp...Leah's here eating lunch next to me! Hi Leah!

Ok...well...here we go folks...

Miss you all
<3 <3 <3

Elisabeth

Happy Pre-Resurection Day!

2007-04-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

30 of the MOST Spontaneous Questions Ever, BE HONEST

1. Where were you 2 hours ago? Prying myself out of bed (Hey it's Saturday!)

2. Who will be your next kiss? First Kiss ya mean? Idk, hopefully someone I'll spend the rest of my life with.

3 Are you wearing socks right now? Yes! Socks make life warm.

4. When was the last time you went out of the state?ummm...last yearish when we went to oregon.

5. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days? HA!

6. What was the last thing you had to drink? pineapple

7. What are you wearing right now? cargo pants, NK choir t-shirt, SOCKS, and black coat that i pretty much live in. =P

8. What was your last purchase? gassoline....OUCH!

9. Does wearing black make you attractive? wellll, it makes me hot! black is the absobtion of all the visible color wavelengths. where as white reflects them all. =P

10. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? A client of my dad's.

11. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week? nope...just live out of what's in my drawrs!

12. Do you have a pet? 2 stupid cats

13. What's the last sporting event you watched? The Superbowl i guess.....well, i've watched and played many ultimate frisbee games since then too!

14. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be? Strongbadia. definitely.

15. What is the last thing you purchased online? um....my SAT scores!

16. Do you miss anyone? of course! I'm a ppl person.

17. Last play you saw? Fiddler on the roof! =D

18. What are your plans for the day? Play with fire. seriously.

19. Ever go to camp?yep yep! long ago though.

20. Were you an honor roll student in school? Yessiree.

21. What do you know about the future? Jesus Is comming! yay! That I know fo sho.

22. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne? not a bit.

23. Where is your best friend located? all over, they're everywhere!

24. Do you have a tan? Washington honey, Washington. Need I say more?

25. What age do you want to have kids? early 20's probably. After i get my degree, a job, and a husband. In that order.

26. Last person who made you cry? Dr. Howell and myself...it was a combined effort.

27. Do you have any tattoos or piercings? d. none of the above

28. What is your mood? lazy/pretending I'm not getting a cold.

29. Are you someone’s best friend? I hope so!

30. What are you doing right now?um....climbing Mt. Everest. Hmm...didn't know there was wireless connection up here! Amazin!

18 !! !! !! WOOOOO!

2007-03-07T21:25:00.001-08:00

Yep yep it's true....I'm 18!

To do list:

1)Regester to Vote!
2)Buy rifle ammo just cuz i can!
3)Buy something under where it says "must be 18 to order" --the words that have disappointed kids for SO long!
4)Iron Oxide + Aluminium + Magnesium + Heat = my 18th b-day present to myself!...boom.=D
5)Eh, finish OC....i guess. May as well.
6)Go to the casino, buy cigars, etc....heck no. But I could legally!!! (no worries folks-this is elisabeth after all)

~elisssssssssssssssssabeth. and don't you forget it. ;)

Scattegories!

2007-02-04T16:27:00.000-08:00

Scattegories!!!

Rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. You also CANNOT look it up in the dictionary or cheat, just go off of what you know.

Your Name: Elisabeth

1. Musician: Elmo.

2. 4 letter word: Easy

3. Street name: Elm

4. Color: evergreen

5. Gifts/presents: e-cards

6. Vehicles: echo

7. Tropical Locations: ellensburg.....yea.

8. College Majors: economics

9. Dairy Products: egg nogg

10. Things in a Souvenir Shop: eye balls (at least at the ye old curiosity shop)

11. Boy Name: Even

12. Girl Name: Elouise

13. Movie Titles: E.T.

14. Alcohol: ethanol

15. Occupations: Elephant trainer

16. Birds: eagle

17. Celebrities: elijah woods

18. Magazines: emo magazine.....um Eleven -I think that's one.

20. Pro Sports Teams: Energizer Bunnies. oh yes.

2007!!!

2007-01-01T21:40:00.000-08:00

1. If you could give just one word for 06 what would it be? Exergonic... means to release energy in the form of work

2. What are your favorite memories of 06? college, hiking, rollar coasters, Princessship, friends, Ultimate frisbee... *el sigh*.

3. From 1-10 how would you rate this year?It gets a 7.

4. If you could change one thing about 06 what would it be? not procrastinating that 20 page research paper. argh...

5. If you could rewind back to one moment what would it be? Pwning the other team in Ultimate Frisbee this summer.

6. Did you make any new friends? YES

7. Do you think any of your friends have changed? very much, and at the same time not at all

8. Who would you say was your best friends overall this year? you know who all are.

9. Who are your closest friends over time?Same as above.

10. Do you have any regrets for this year? a few, but nothin big.

11. Has a lot changed in your life? mmhmm.

12. Do you think you have changed? changed...not too much...just grown up a bit.

13. Do you have a New Years resolution? survive OChem!

Relationships- (whatever)

14. Have you had any heartbreaks this year? nah

15. Did you break anyones heart? not intentionally. hope not.

16. Did you meet someone special? lots of special ppl. what's you definition of special?

17. Have you fallen in love? With Jesus!

In 06 have you:
[] Kissed anyone
[X] Hugged anyone
[x] Been out of state
[x] Gone on vacation
[ ] Failed a class
[x] Been camping
[x] Ridden a roller coaster
[ ] Gone snowboarding
[ ] Played laser tag
[ ] Been out of the country
[ ] Fell asleep crying
[x] Wished you didn't do something
[x] Laughed so hard it hurt
[ ] Had surgery
[x] Been to a bonfire
[x] Made s'mores
[Went tanning
[x] Made a mistake
[ ] Prank called anyone
[ ] Dyed your hair
[ ] Chopped off a lot of your hair
[ ] Broken any bones
[ ]Been in a physical fight
[ ]Played hide and seek
[ ] Been to a funeral
[x] Said something to someone you wish you could take back
[ ] Been to the circus
[xxxxxxx] Shot a gun
[ ] Passed out
[x] Played a sport
[x Only to visit] Been to the hospital
[ ] Been pantsed
[x] Lost your voice
[ ]Gone to the zoo
[x] Been shopping
[x] Cooked your own food
[ ] played paintball
[ ] Gone mudding
[ ] Ridden a motorcycle
[ ] Painted a room
[...maybe] gone four wheeling
[ ] lost someone important to you
[x] Slept for over 12 hours

Merry Christmas!!!!

2006-12-25T14:51:00.000-08:00

Have a wonderfully blessed Christmas everyone!

~Elisabeth

post filler

2006-12-16T12:05:00.000-08:00

Finish the sentences:

1. Tonight I am... going to sleep. again.

2. I am listening to... DC Talk-Into Jesus

3. I talk... to everyone who is aweosome

4. I love... pineapple

5. My best friend(s)... are the best! [understatement of the year!]

[6 is missing?]

7. I've lost... my love of chemistry (only temperarily hopefully)

8. I hate it when people... are stupid.

[no 9?]

10. Marriage is... sacred and special.

11. Somewhere, someone is thinking... penguins otta be their school's mscot.

12. I'll always be... blonde. believe me.

13. I have a crush on... my new green cell phone.

14. The last time I cried was because... I enjoy chick flicks.

15. My cell phone... is freakin awesome!

16. When I woke up in the morning... I drove through about 10 black lights on my way to the ferry. no power.

17. Before I go to sleep at night...I write in my diary.

18. Right now I am thinking about... doing something meaningful with my day.

19. Babies are... cute, love em, but annoying at times.

20. I get on myspace... to stay in contact with friends

21. Today I... drove to the ferry, ate pineapple, and IM'd.

22. Tonight I will... talk to Jenn and/or Andrew L. and/or anyone else

23. Tomorrow I will... go to church??? my parents are in Hawaii...eh, I guess I will go anyway.

24. I really want... To get closer with God. (amen jenn!)

25. The person who most likely to repost this is... Leah! Catherine! Who ever still reads this!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!!!

2006-11-14T22:19:00.000-08:00

I love all things CHRISTMAS!!!!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Egg nog is THE best.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? His elves wrap the presents, everyone knows that, gosh.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White lights up the trunk and colored ones EVERYWHERE else.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Once we did...until it shriveled up and died. Our next guest asked us, with a puzzled look on their face, "why is there a bunch of dead weeds taped to your ceiling?" :P

5. When do you put your decorations up? With someone like ME living in this house??? October 31 y'all!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? roast beast

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Hmm...Will and I bringing down the 25 boxes of decorations from the attic together and setting everything up. One of the only times of the year we got along famously!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? The truth? Are you insinuating I was lied to???

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Never!!! Anticipation is what X-mas is ALL about!!! Eeeeee-so excited!!!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? about 5 strings of lights...or more...and a few boxes of reminiscent ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!

12. Can you ice skate? some...nothing to be proud of

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? my TI-89 calculator-heck yes!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ coming to earth fully as God and man!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?Yummmm.....pie...all sorts of pie....and rice pudding.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Going to Christmas Eve service at church and playing with candles.

17. What tops your tree? A bright, white, lighted star!

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? GIVING!!! Receiving aint bad though...

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "White Christmas"...or maybe, "Mary did you know"...or maybe, every single Christmas song there is. I don't think I can really choose.

20. Candy Canes? Yes.

21. Favorite holiday movie? Again it's hard to choose, so shall name a few: A Christmas Story, The Santa Clause, The Grinch who Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, WHITE CHRISTMAS (uber good one!), Holiday Inn, Etc...etc...

May your days be merry and bright!

God Bless!

WMD's

2006-10-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

I just recieved this from my 9th grade geometry teacher. I have no clue why I get HIS e-mails, but I do, and I don't complain.

A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy
>> > >International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in
>> > >possession of a ruler, a protractor, a T- square, a slide rule
>> and
>> > >a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General
>> > >Alberto Gonzales said he believes the man is a member of the
>> > >notorious Al-Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has
>> > >been charged with carrying weapons of math instruction."Al-Gebra is
>> > >a problem for us," Gonzales said. "They desire solutions by means
>> > >and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents and different angles
>> > >in a search of absolute value. They use secret code names like 'x '
>> > >and 'y' and refer to temselves as 'unknowns' They belong to a
>> > >common denominator of the axis of medieval with co-ordinates in
>> > >every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say:
>> > >'There are three sides to every triangle'."When asked to comment on
>> > >the arrest, President Bush said, "If God wanted us to have better
>> > >weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers
>> and toes."
>> >

hahaha...math is funny compared to OChem! Hee hee hee...yes, I have an OChem exam tomorrow and I'm really nervous that I don't understand the material. Grrrr....not good...must cram.

Washintonians

2006-09-21T19:32:00.000-07:00

You know you're from Washington when:

You feel guilty when you don't recycle.

You use the phrase "sun break" and know what it means.

You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.

You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.

You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.

You've stood on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" Signal.

You understand that if it has no snow or has not erupted, it is not a real mountain.

You can taste the difference between Starbuck's, Seattle's Best, Veneto's, Peet's, and Tully's.

You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.

You consider swimming an indoor sport.

You are well versed in the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.

In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark -- while only working eight-hour days.

You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.

You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."

You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.

You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.

You notice "the mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.

You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.

You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.

You've actually used your mountain bike on a mountain!!

You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.

You knew immediately that the view out of Frasier's window was fake.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Washington.

Here we go again.

2006-09-18T13:38:00.000-07:00

Sitting here in the college library with nothing else to do, I figured I could catch up in blogworld.

Summer was great. Many sunny days of hiking, camping, going to the fair, waving in parades, and playing Ultimate. Fun stuff, eh? Oh, and I can't forget to mention being privileged enough to take many 'flights' in my brother's new Charger. Now that's a sweet ride.

Anyway, to the main point of this post...
Back 2 College! Today was the first day of classes, well some of them. I went to Calc and OChem and all, but the reason I'm sitting here bored is because my technical writing class was canceled. Canceled on the first day-what's up with that??!!! But never fear! She left us a 12 page syllabus to pour over in her absence. Argh. I also found out that it's a "hybrid class", meaning we meet in the class room and online. We are required to submit and comment on writing/readings over a discussion board- that should be interesting.

Hopefully blog posting/commenting will pick up with school in session. Also, I have no clue what happened to my picture on this. It's nothing more than a little red x now. *sniffle*

See/talk to/type to you all later.

~Elisabeth

La Cucaracha!

2006-08-11T14:52:00.000-07:00

Ole! I'm done with those frustrating, fast-passed Spanish classes!!! HOORAY! What I learned from all this was: Don't take 5 credit classes in 4 weeks...not enjoyable in the least. But enough of my complaining-I'm on vacation!!!! YAY!!!

Anyways, I've got 5 weeks of vacation and I'm going to enjoy every bit of it...starting now- with this quiz:

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
"...transformations into other radioactive elements..." From the book: Uranium and Other Radioactive Elements, - My latest reading material from the library.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What's there?
a chair. Yep...a chair.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
A few days ago my brother and I watched "Who's Line is it Anyway".

4. Without looking, guess what time it is: 12:55pm

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time? Dang...12:54pm. :)

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? the refridgerator hummmmm...and the phone ringing.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? Picking the first yellow straightneck squash of the season from my garden! ( yay! Adding nitrogen to my previously stagnant soil REALLY helped!)

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at? Other folks' blogs and fox news.

9. What are you wearing? Clothes. Yep, definitely clothes.

10. Did you dream last night? nope! My mind is finally not stressed over school work! The night before my spanish final however...let's just say it was a hispanic nightmare. lol. :)

11. When did you last laugh? I laughed when my mom laughed at me after I told her I didn't know what a computer mouse was in espanol for my final, so I wrote "el rodente de la computadora". My little computer rodent.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
a calendar...cupboards...exciting, eh? and OH, a fly swatter. Very important.

13. Seen anything weird lately? Weird? Yes. Boys in skirts...I shall say no more.

14. What do you think of this quiz? shouldn't this question be at the END of the quiz??? I'm not sure what I think of it yet.

15. What is the last film you saw? Masters and Commanders-awesome movie!

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy? Two words: College tuition.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know: hmmm...I like trying on old-style hats in stores like Macy's...I never buy them, just try them on and pretend I'm back in time when ladies would wear such things. :)

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? Stop telemarketers from calling my cell phone! Argh! But more importantly, drastically improve communication of God's Word throughout the world.

19. Do you like to dance?
YES! Only dancing of the highest quality though. My three favorites: Waltz, Polka, and Swing.

20. George Bush?
That is not a question. It needs a verb and one of those question type words.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
hmmm....I don't know. There's a lot of pretty names to choose from.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
hmmm....I don't know. There's a lot of handsome names to choose from.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad? Um...only if I married someone in the military or something of that sort. I'd much rather stay in the north-west!

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?ÂWell done, thou good and faithful servant.Â ...I stole Jenn's answer that wastolenen from Leah that wastolenen from the Bible...but wouldn't it be awesome if God would say this when we arrived there?!!!

25. 4 people who must also do this in THEIR journal [blog]: Four, eh? hmm....YOU who are reading this, and your 3 friends that have blogs-but only when y'all have time. This takes a while.

26. What website are you looking at? Well, it's called www.blogger.com/post-create.g......etc...

27. What colour are your eyes? blue-green-grey.

28. What's the first thing you remember doing? um...when I was little, being my big brothers' shadows and following them everywhere until they played with me. hee hee.

29. Who is the biggest influence to something you enjoy doing? wow, probably everyone I've known has contributed in some way to my hobbies I enjoy.

30. If you could be animal which would you be and why? If I had to be an animal I'd probably be a lab or golden retriever of some kind so I could still play frisbee! :)

31. Grab your favorite book. Turn to page 72. What's the first quote on the page? "Why, they're miraculous!" -my favorite book in 3rd grade My Father's Dragon.

32. If you had thopportunityty to do somethinextremelylextremeam what would it be? I would go bungie jumping probably. It sounds like fun.

**If you do this you have to add a question!**

That's all for now...So go enjoy your summer vacation!! I know I will be! :)

Adios mis amigos!

~Elisabeth

Chemistry

2006-07-13T23:14:00.000-07:00

Ok. Wow, it's been a while since my last post. I guess I've been too busy to blog, yet not busy enough to need a place to vent my frustrations, like during the hectic school year.

Anyhoo, that one barista job I told you about, well I had to quit. Yep. You see they kind of forced me into it by making me choose between taking a Spanish exam and working there. My boss said "either you show up to work on the 3rd at noon or there will no longer be a position for you here." Seeing as my priorities lie with my studies I quit. NEVER FEAR.....my side job as a chemistry tutor has taken it's place. I now work 15 hours a week, which is enough to keep my Saturn happy and leave a bit to save for college. Oh also check out these videos of chem experiments...the voices are annoying, but especially the Mg in CO2, igniting NI3, and the ice bomb ones are awesome.

El verano es muy bueno! Me mucha gusta jugar Frisbee Ultimo en el verano. Y tu?

So....I'm done with Spanish 101 as of today. But don't break out the balloons and noise makers yet because 102 starts monday.

So...it has been said and passed down for many generations,(well at least this one), that, in blogland, not worthy is a post if a picture it contains not. :P So in light of my interest in Chemistry...

Ok..so it doesn't have much to do with chemistry, infact it has nothing to do with anything...but it's still entertaining.

Hasta Luego!

~Elis

Guns

2006-06-24T23:24:00.000-07:00

You scored as Assault Rifle. You are soldier. Or you want to be a soldier. Or you just love military-type firearms. You need assault rifle. M16 or AK-47 will do good.

Assault Rifle

88%

Shotgun

88%

Sniper Rifle

63%

Machinegun

63%

Revolver

38%

SMG

31%

Pistol

25%

What Firearm Fits You Best?
created with QuizFarm.com

Hehehe...maybe the picture of the M16 on Will's wall is getting to me. Anyway, I was doing some air rifle target practice tonight off our balcony with our house guests, and then happened upon this quiz on Jenn's cool cousin's blog.

Update on Princessship: Today I road in South's parade. It was lots of fun especially since we were fortunate enough to get nice weather. It got me thinking when a young teenage boy in the crowd yelled out to Queen Jasmine, "Can I be your king?". Why aren't there kings and princes anyway? Is it that guys would never agree to dressing up Norwegianally, being in parades, and subjecting themselves to being community representatives? Gosh, I sure hope I'm not part of some feminazi thing. There's a Queen but no King...how does that work? If there were a king and princes then they should carry swords...for all of those creepy skin-heads out there like those that bothered us at VF in Poulsbolooville (as Jenn calls it).

So, what do you all think, is North Korean's Kim Jong-Il going to be stupid and test his ballistic, long-range missile? Since he's, I think, the son of Kim Il-Sung of the Korean War in 1950, the same unpredictable blood runs in his veins. That's scary. China and the other countries around there are trying to stay on N. Korea's good side for the time being for fear they get a Taepodong-2 heading their direction. Not good. I think Japan's still ticked since 1998 when N. Korea did the same thing but claimed they were firing a satellite instead of a missile over Japan. If the missile does get launched I hope the U.S. intercepts it. I read we have 3 carriers out by Guam and 2 Aegis Warships off the coast of Korea in case. One of these days N. Korea is going to get it.

~Elisabeth~

CARS

2006-06-18T22:26:00.000-07:00

Movie Review:

CARS...once you get over all the charcters being talking cars, it's a really funny movie. Especially, I love how all the little bugs flying around are VW Bettles! Clever. The 'Tractor Tipping' segment was definitely the best! Hehehe...You just have to see it.

Trunk Monkeys

2006-06-17T23:31:00.000-07:00

Hey Y'all,

I awoke this morning, strangely enough, to my brother showing me Trunk Monkey on his laptop. Some of you might not have seen these videos, which are hilarious (at least when I was 1/2 awake), so you should go check it out really quick. **Warning** I don't approve of some of the sketchy advertisement pictures on this web-site. You should, however, watch the videos. Especially the 'Chaperone' and the 'Thrown off a Bridge' ones. Hehehe...

~Elisabeth~

Frisbee Withdraw Fits

2006-06-12T09:53:00.000-07:00

So, 2 days into my job as a barista. They finally let me scoop ice cream-life is good. :) Still most of my job is slave labor ie. mopping, sweeping, washing dishes, etc. The only problem is I work at least one of the Ultimate Frisbee days each week. Drat.

Yesterday, my father and I visited a traditional catholic mass. In Latin too! I have to admit that I was quite nervous to be attending a church so different from my own. At this catholic church they have strict dress code and modesty rules which I thought were awesome. All churches should have them-what's wrong with us anyway? Women all must wear veils over their heads there, which was different for me, but very reverent and humble. All in all the whole mass was quite beautiful. I especially loved the choir that sang from a balcony at the back of the sanctuary. Like an angel choir's music from above.

I took the ACT last Saturday. It was different from the SAT, but I wouldn't say different good. There is a science section on it that I was initially excited about because, you know, it's science-that's what I love. However, when the science experiment excerpts are longer to read than the reading sections that's just not cool. Oh-well, I hope I did well anyway.

Yours in Christ,
~Elisabeth~

Almost done!

2006-06-06T17:23:00.000-07:00

I was going to wait until I was totally finished with all of my finals before I posted...but I couldn't wait.
Yesterday I took a 2hr. Chem final and a 2hr. Calc final --headache central! Ultimate Frisbee that evening helped. All that's left is my qual lab final tomorrow. Then the ACT on Saturday...oh-well.

My mom had James and I come to her history class at the high school today to talk about OC, running start, and James's PSNS internship. Most of those HS kids really couldn't care less, that's for sure. I'm still so glad I'm not attending there. It takes up so much of my mom's time just to get the kids to be quiet and settle down. Such a contrast to college where if you really want to learn you pay the money, buy the books, get to class, and pay attention.

Ok- Now time for a story:

I LOVE SATURNS-they bounce off everything! Today, I was driving James in my Saturn and we were pulling off into a bus turnout along the road I live. This woman was waiting to turn onto the road and mistakenly thought I was turning before I passed her. She pulled out into the road and I slammed on my breaks. James's exact commentary was "Um...stop. Darn." So I wound up T-boning her at about 5 mph. There was just not enough stopping distance. Boing...Unfortunately the woman's car door was bashed in and scratched up -a Toyota Corolla you see. Then after thorough examination of my Saturn we couldn't find one scratch or dent -only my Saturn emblem fell off. The benefits of driving plastic -oh-yeah!

~Elisabeth~

New Job!!!

2006-05-29T11:15:00.000-07:00

First of all, thanks to all who ventured down to the nordic festivities last weekend! It was lots of fun. And, if you're wondering, Lutefisk isn't the most repulsive stuff on earth, it's actually somewhat edable. Though after seeing the winner of the contest eat 4 lbs of the fish jello, I couldn't help but feel a little queasy.

Hey all! I've got a job as a barrista! I'll be working at the coffee shop down town on front street. The one with the internet conection and really good vanilla chai! (Sorry, I must be vague. But I'm sure you all can figure it out.) Anyway, I'll be training there this summer during my spare time.

College Finals are the next two weeks!!! ARGH!! I'm so busy with study groups and homework...it's insane. But I've regestered for classes this summer and fall. This summer I'm taking spanish 101 and 102, which should keep me busy. In the fall I'll be taking Organic Chem and the lab, technical writing (eng 104), Math 125, and a piano class (mostly to get some needed humanities credits, but also because I love playing piano). Oh-I'm also taking a one credit First Aid class one day in the fall, I need to get recirtified.

So, that's what's going on with my life right now. I'll try to get this blog up and running as soon as I can. Links are re-apearing already as you can see.

Catch you all later-
~Elisabeth~

VIKING FEST!!!!!

2006-05-19T09:19:00.000-07:00

That's it! I'm not going to get a new blog address...too confusing. I'll just regenerate this one.

It is my duty to urge you all to go to the Nordic Festivities this weekend in Little Norway if for nothing else but to say hi to me. I'll be here, there, and everywhere at V.F. for the entire time it's open. And do come watch the parade on Saturday (20th) at 2pm (I think). Our convertables are going to be near the begining of the parade, so come early! The parade is going to be especially awesome this year because Jolygood is going to be in it too! Don't forget to sign-up for the running race that is run on the road on Saturday, all of the food eating contests, and the pancake breakfast Saturday morning!

See you all there!

P.S. The Strawberry Shortcake is delicious! You must have some when you come! :)