The Order of the Update
By order of the Katie, Twin to myself, I must update this page. Not that I mind said order, and have issued similar orders to her in the past.
1. An update on the state of my bruised person: I am doing better, my skin may actually look again like it once looked. I hope I don't scar :P But I think I will be ok. My jaw is just about functional again, though I can't eat carrots yet, and My chin doesn't look quite like I was in a bar fight anymore.
2. An update on books: I have nothing to read!!!! (sound the alarms, make the crisis known unto all the land. I have run out of books. I must trek soon to the place of book-borrowing, known also as the Library, and borrow a book. Perhaps another by Terry Prachett, or something by Robert Jordan. I have been meaning to read the Left Behind series as well)
3. An update on the summer: Climbing is fun, though I wish I could get outside more often. Rollerblading is still fun, though I don't intend to fall again. I WANT to go swimming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. An update on the weather: The weather here has been fishy, full of rain and floods, and hench the fish. There have been bad storms this week, but I love the chance to play in the rain, so all was not lost. Still, it is hard to rollerblade in the rain, or climb outside in the rain, and so we need a FEW dry days here sometime...
5. An update on time: It goes slowly when at work, quickly when having fun, and not at all when you are waiting for something (like water to boil for example). It also seems to dissapear in rather alarming quantities--how the bloody hell is it almost JULY!?!?!
The updating has been completed. Katie, your twin is awaiting further orders. (or, awaiting plans for further mischief...you decide) :P
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Sunday, June 22, 2003
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
It came out on saturday. I was laid up with injuries. I read fast. I have finished it today. Took less than 24 hours of total time and about 10 hrs of reading time. I won't way a damn thing about the book, you couldn't threaten it out of me. Or use the threat of pain either. I already have that. It's long, about 900 pages. It's fast read, and my advise is read it when you have a bunch of periods where you won't be interupted, you won't want to put it down. Enjoy :P I certainly did...and I know how it ends.. **insert sticking out of tongue and raspberry noises here**
It came out on saturday. I was laid up with injuries. I read fast. I have finished it today. Took less than 24 hours of total time and about 10 hrs of reading time. I won't way a damn thing about the book, you couldn't threaten it out of me. Or use the threat of pain either. I already have that. It's long, about 900 pages. It's fast read, and my advise is read it when you have a bunch of periods where you won't be interupted, you won't want to put it down. Enjoy :P I certainly did...and I know how it ends.. **insert sticking out of tongue and raspberry noises here**
New "Note to Self"...learn to fall
So it seams that Fridays are injury days now. Two weeks in a row, I believe that makes it tradition. Thist time it was a rollerblading accident. I did a good job on myself too. I made it all great and fine 3.75 laps around the lake, and then BOOM. I fell down. I'm not sure how, but I did. It was a very good fall, I impress a bunch of people and lots of people asked "are you alright", to which I promptly replied "yes" even though I wasn't quite sure. I have scraped up most of my left leg and hip, my left sholder, my chin and my left side of face. I also sprained my jaw (although how I did that I'm not sure. I think it had something to do with slamming my chin into the pavement). Before you ask, no I wasn't wearing pads, and had I been, it might have been a different story. I would have fallen in a different fashion. But, the old addage of fall lightly and roll took over, and I didn't break anything, so it must have worked. I have gotten to deal with Urgent Care and such this weekend, they told me that my jaw was not fractured, like the Ask-A-Nurse thought. They bandaged me up, and I went home and sat for the last two days, reading, and being bored. Today I decided to take the bandages off. OUCH! THe bandages liked my leg so much they tried to take up residence on the wounds there. I had a time convincing them to leave, let me tell you! About an hour and many curses later, I had all the "bandage squatters" off my leg and decided to not let any more take up residence. It's caused for an interesting day of dodge any and all things solid with my left side, but it's worked.
I wanted to go climbing and rollerblading tomorrow, I'll see what, if any, I can do. I still have half a floating holiday to use, though if I continue to injure myself on time off, I am going to seriously consider not taking holiday. (yeah right). Oh well, here's to a diet of iced cream, popsicles, and pudding :P
So it seams that Fridays are injury days now. Two weeks in a row, I believe that makes it tradition. Thist time it was a rollerblading accident. I did a good job on myself too. I made it all great and fine 3.75 laps around the lake, and then BOOM. I fell down. I'm not sure how, but I did. It was a very good fall, I impress a bunch of people and lots of people asked "are you alright", to which I promptly replied "yes" even though I wasn't quite sure. I have scraped up most of my left leg and hip, my left sholder, my chin and my left side of face. I also sprained my jaw (although how I did that I'm not sure. I think it had something to do with slamming my chin into the pavement). Before you ask, no I wasn't wearing pads, and had I been, it might have been a different story. I would have fallen in a different fashion. But, the old addage of fall lightly and roll took over, and I didn't break anything, so it must have worked. I have gotten to deal with Urgent Care and such this weekend, they told me that my jaw was not fractured, like the Ask-A-Nurse thought. They bandaged me up, and I went home and sat for the last two days, reading, and being bored. Today I decided to take the bandages off. OUCH! THe bandages liked my leg so much they tried to take up residence on the wounds there. I had a time convincing them to leave, let me tell you! About an hour and many curses later, I had all the "bandage squatters" off my leg and decided to not let any more take up residence. It's caused for an interesting day of dodge any and all things solid with my left side, but it's worked.
I wanted to go climbing and rollerblading tomorrow, I'll see what, if any, I can do. I still have half a floating holiday to use, though if I continue to injure myself on time off, I am going to seriously consider not taking holiday. (yeah right). Oh well, here's to a diet of iced cream, popsicles, and pudding :P
Monday, June 16, 2003
Note to self...Learn to Stop
So, I am bruised and cut. I had a head on collision this weekend, with a go-cart. The two guys in front of me were goofing around. They spun out but I didn't see it cause I was trying not to spin out with Chris hitting my left side. I look up and there they are. BAM!!! I hit them at full speed, biting my tongue, thrown into my harness and gashing my knee. It's all bruised (you can't see the bruise so well, it's deep) and cut. Luckily I heal fast. That was friday night. Saturday I hobbled around at my brother's graduation. only about 60 or 70 people were there, but that is still a lot of people. I learned how to make kegs of Red bull Vodka (hehe) from my cousin Moose, as well as how to start bonfires with a tennisball on an arrow...that didn't work so well, funny story, have me tell you sometime. I hope to be there for attempt number 2...maybe I'll even live through it. Sunday I did Father's Day stuff, and then I tried out my rollerblades. Learning to stop=good idea. I just about was killed on Allouez Avenue after attempting to brake the way I would on my old blades. It didn't work so well. I got beeped at, but my theory was, I was already going fast in one direction. It was better to keep going taht way than to try to turn and fall down in the middle of the street. I'll try not to kill myself, I promise.
I'm going to the lake tonight to practice going and stopping some more. It's really hot though, so we'll see how fast I go. My knee will factor into that a bit. It's so hard to be inside when it's so nice out. I cna't wait. 25 min and I'm free! Then it will be go away to the climbing gym time. YAY!!!!
Here's to hoping I don't die sometime tonight:P
So, I am bruised and cut. I had a head on collision this weekend, with a go-cart. The two guys in front of me were goofing around. They spun out but I didn't see it cause I was trying not to spin out with Chris hitting my left side. I look up and there they are. BAM!!! I hit them at full speed, biting my tongue, thrown into my harness and gashing my knee. It's all bruised (you can't see the bruise so well, it's deep) and cut. Luckily I heal fast. That was friday night. Saturday I hobbled around at my brother's graduation. only about 60 or 70 people were there, but that is still a lot of people. I learned how to make kegs of Red bull Vodka (hehe) from my cousin Moose, as well as how to start bonfires with a tennisball on an arrow...that didn't work so well, funny story, have me tell you sometime. I hope to be there for attempt number 2...maybe I'll even live through it. Sunday I did Father's Day stuff, and then I tried out my rollerblades. Learning to stop=good idea. I just about was killed on Allouez Avenue after attempting to brake the way I would on my old blades. It didn't work so well. I got beeped at, but my theory was, I was already going fast in one direction. It was better to keep going taht way than to try to turn and fall down in the middle of the street. I'll try not to kill myself, I promise.
I'm going to the lake tonight to practice going and stopping some more. It's really hot though, so we'll see how fast I go. My knee will factor into that a bit. It's so hard to be inside when it's so nice out. I cna't wait. 25 min and I'm free! Then it will be go away to the climbing gym time. YAY!!!!
Here's to hoping I don't die sometime tonight:P
Friday, June 13, 2003
It's the Weekend!!!
Well...almost. The office error didn't turn out to be too much extra work, though I did make that spreadsheet for nothing, since we're using the other one now :P It's still vaguely annoying that I did the extra work though.
My brother's graduation party is this weekend, so I'm heading home to Green Bay. I'll be helping my mom put together a party for 120 or so people. FUN ::sigh:: I don't know who will all be home to chill with when I get there, we'll see.
I get my new rollerblades tonight! Excited I really am. I think I'm going to try them out when I get home. They are friggin sweet. Rollerblade brand Aero9 women's with Abet 7 bearings (aka fast) and a sweet tightening system. And only a bit expensive...score :P
So, until later, have a good weekend.
Well...almost. The office error didn't turn out to be too much extra work, though I did make that spreadsheet for nothing, since we're using the other one now :P It's still vaguely annoying that I did the extra work though.
My brother's graduation party is this weekend, so I'm heading home to Green Bay. I'll be helping my mom put together a party for 120 or so people. FUN ::sigh:: I don't know who will all be home to chill with when I get there, we'll see.
I get my new rollerblades tonight! Excited I really am. I think I'm going to try them out when I get home. They are friggin sweet. Rollerblade brand Aero9 women's with Abet 7 bearings (aka fast) and a sweet tightening system. And only a bit expensive...score :P
So, until later, have a good weekend.
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Office Errors
Don't you hate it when you work really hard on something and it doesn't matter, cause it gets screwed up and you are now going to end up having to redue the work, or do at least as much work to fix it?!?
I do...now to find out how much work I'm going to have to do to fix another person' mistake...even thought it was an honest one. Jeez..**insert sarcasm** I didn't see this coming :S
Don't you hate it when you work really hard on something and it doesn't matter, cause it gets screwed up and you are now going to end up having to redue the work, or do at least as much work to fix it?!?
I do...now to find out how much work I'm going to have to do to fix another person' mistake...even thought it was an honest one. Jeez..**insert sarcasm** I didn't see this coming :S
Monday, June 09, 2003
Back to Work
I had a great time on my vacation, I will write more detail about that at some other time, I plan on getting the pictures developed soon, and then putting them online on my other webpage. I haven't done much work with that yet, but I will soon. I am still in decompress mode from the trip, so I tend to rush out towards physical activity (ie climbing and rollerblading) but not so much towards organizing things in the apartment or working on the computer. We were in London for a few days, and saw most of the sites there (the really big touristy ones anyway) and then headed to Wales to Caernarfon (pronounced ca-nav-orn) and I still may be spelling it wrong, silly me. I'll look it up when I am home. We went castle looking there (best castle I've seen so far) and then climbed a mountain. Then we headed to Scotland, where we were only in Edinburgh. It was a nice bit of a place though, cause Arthur's Seat is just outside of town, providing some great hiking. We saw Edinburgh castle, and went on a walking tour, and did some shopping htere. Then it was back to London (via Leeds and the Armory there) for a night, and what a night. Note to people--stay NOT at the Leinster Gardens Hostel...they make you buy toilet paper, the bathrooms are crummy, and the rooms are well...interesting. We jetted to Ireland for a week, spending time in Dublin and Killarny (county Kerry) doing some hiking in the state park in Killarny and visiting Ross Castle. In dublin we visited Dublin Castle, and the Book of Kells, and did shopping. Then it was back to London for a night, and then after walking in Hyde Park for a few hours while waiting to leave for the plane, it was back to Minneapolis. A busy time, but well worth the trip.
This summer now I have work, 40 hrs a week, sheesh, I'm 3 hours into the first day and I'm bored and hoping for 4PM with every fiber of my being. It's mostly cause the people who give me more than one thing to do are gone. That means I get to work on the project I left unfinished all day, I may even get it done, or mostly done today, if I keep working at an industrious pace. I will try.
I also have to look for a place to live for Sept. It doesn't have to be very close to campus, but it can't be too awefully far away either. There are some options in St. Louis Park, but that is far away and traffic is yuck. I'm thinking still Minneapolis/St. Paul area for me. I'll still be living with Rachel, and there will be just the two of us this year. We will each have our own rooms for the first time since we have lived together, it will be weird. I sense many a sleepover in the same room :P
There is a possible climbing trip in July. I want to go, but have no tent, no sleeping bag, no air thing to sleep on, and most imporantly, no money to buy them. So If I can't go there, I may have to see if I can convince certain people (or person) to go somewhere else for a few days. Who knows. I hope to go to CO though, cause I want to see my little cousin Griffin.
So that is the update on me. Stay tuned, I hope to get more motivated to work on this blog and my webpage and everything. I hope to blog more often as well, if things stay interesting in my life that is.
I had a great time on my vacation, I will write more detail about that at some other time, I plan on getting the pictures developed soon, and then putting them online on my other webpage. I haven't done much work with that yet, but I will soon. I am still in decompress mode from the trip, so I tend to rush out towards physical activity (ie climbing and rollerblading) but not so much towards organizing things in the apartment or working on the computer. We were in London for a few days, and saw most of the sites there (the really big touristy ones anyway) and then headed to Wales to Caernarfon (pronounced ca-nav-orn) and I still may be spelling it wrong, silly me. I'll look it up when I am home. We went castle looking there (best castle I've seen so far) and then climbed a mountain. Then we headed to Scotland, where we were only in Edinburgh. It was a nice bit of a place though, cause Arthur's Seat is just outside of town, providing some great hiking. We saw Edinburgh castle, and went on a walking tour, and did some shopping htere. Then it was back to London (via Leeds and the Armory there) for a night, and what a night. Note to people--stay NOT at the Leinster Gardens Hostel...they make you buy toilet paper, the bathrooms are crummy, and the rooms are well...interesting. We jetted to Ireland for a week, spending time in Dublin and Killarny (county Kerry) doing some hiking in the state park in Killarny and visiting Ross Castle. In dublin we visited Dublin Castle, and the Book of Kells, and did shopping. Then it was back to London for a night, and then after walking in Hyde Park for a few hours while waiting to leave for the plane, it was back to Minneapolis. A busy time, but well worth the trip.
This summer now I have work, 40 hrs a week, sheesh, I'm 3 hours into the first day and I'm bored and hoping for 4PM with every fiber of my being. It's mostly cause the people who give me more than one thing to do are gone. That means I get to work on the project I left unfinished all day, I may even get it done, or mostly done today, if I keep working at an industrious pace. I will try.
I also have to look for a place to live for Sept. It doesn't have to be very close to campus, but it can't be too awefully far away either. There are some options in St. Louis Park, but that is far away and traffic is yuck. I'm thinking still Minneapolis/St. Paul area for me. I'll still be living with Rachel, and there will be just the two of us this year. We will each have our own rooms for the first time since we have lived together, it will be weird. I sense many a sleepover in the same room :P
There is a possible climbing trip in July. I want to go, but have no tent, no sleeping bag, no air thing to sleep on, and most imporantly, no money to buy them. So If I can't go there, I may have to see if I can convince certain people (or person) to go somewhere else for a few days. Who knows. I hope to go to CO though, cause I want to see my little cousin Griffin.
So that is the update on me. Stay tuned, I hope to get more motivated to work on this blog and my webpage and everything. I hope to blog more often as well, if things stay interesting in my life that is.
