you always wondered

what would happen if your whole college lost power?
i know!
ask me how!
but not really, cause i still don't know how it happened. we'll probably get an email from campus safety tomorrow saying that some kid biked over the central line of power for southern california.
but really, the whole block didn't have power for a solid 3 hours or something crazy like that.
it was kind of tornado-y too which was strange- blustery and dark.
when i mentioned that to the california people they looked at me like i was crazy and then i had to explain what a tornado drill was and demonstrate correct tornado drill positioning (hands over head, up against wall type thing).
never thought i would do that ever again.

homecoming

(girls from my hall at the decades dance)
= in-n-out tailgate.
win.
and laguna beach today.
not even sunburned.
...a lot.
double win.
our homecoming was fun- we had a great decades dance and i wore my mom's fabulous dress from the '80s but talking to my mom today about Norcross' homecoming was a little weird. it's feeling old and sad you're missing it but glad that you've moved on all at the same time. kind of a weird mix of emotions.
but looking forward, i have another midterm tomorrow, all of mine are just starting and it feels like everyone else has been done for weeks. more time to study? kind of?
i really don't work that hard, although i really don't have to. most of what i'm doing just kind of comes naturally or is easy to begin with. aka walk/jog. and health. i really feel like we should be able to test out of health with some kind of IQ test.

PS- i don't think there is ever a time that "party in the usa" is not being played somewhere on my hall.

midterms

'nuff said.
i'm actually not worried about any of them, it's just the desire to do well that makes them stressful.
also, i forget how much i like the shins.

hey-o!

I'm going to start using this thing i think- mass communication makes it so much easier to keep people updated and while it's not really personal, i think it's a good general resource because when everyone lives so far from each other and is so consumed with their own lives and school it gets pretty hard to maintain any kind of connection.
so hello interwebs!
nothing is really going on in my life right now, everyone's hit their stride and things are regular with classes and commitments. while that certainly makes things easier it also makes things less than exciting in a lot of respects. routine is comforting but it also kills our imagination i think, so i'm trying to keep my weeks in line but break out a little on the weekends. there is no lack of things to do in socal certainly. last weekend we went to a taping of America's Funniest Home Videos and got on the front row so if you're not busy December 12th, turn on ABC!
everyone has asked me if APU has lived up to my expectations, and truthfully i came in to college with no specific goals, no real expectations that i could pin point, and no five year plan to direct my life with, i so can't say wether it's really lived up to anything for me or not, but it has certainly changed me.
you don't realize a lot about yourself until you're really alone. this summer was a huge learning experience for me and put me really far ahead of a lot of other people going into college i think, but things really come into focus for you when there's no one else to distract you from it. i wouldn't say that APU has stretched me beyond where i've been academically or mentally or emotionally or spiritually really, but the nature of experiencing all of this by myself has really forced me to call myself on a lot of my own stuff. i'm listening to God's prodding and promise of a better tomorrow if i get through today, and i've been changing myself instead of waiting for someone else to push me into change which has been a lot harder, taken a lot more discipline, but i think i'm living a better story because of it, and that's gratifying.