Not Your Average Jane

"Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." - Henry Peter Broughan

Or

"The greatest glory consists not in falling, but rising every time we fall." - Anon.

That second one I especially like just for its inspiration factor.

So yesterday morning and Tueday morning I woke up to Pat Green, pretty sweet deal... I was wondering how that could be and when I woke up this morning I hear that its a university run radio station and from 6 to noon it only plays Americana. Go U of O! :0) COurse the fact most of the kids here if they're not from Central America or Arkansas are from Texas (mostly Dallas) so I really shouldn't be surprised... Yet, I am.... :0)
So night b4 last Amanda and I were watching Free Willy 2 (it was the only thing on TV, so sue me!) and towards the end we were discussing how it seemed like Willy never got hurt, regardless of what he did... This started a discussion about Superman and how he never got hurt. So I bust out with the Super Willy and we started giggling like mad women.... Kelpt that up for the rest of the movie... Earlier that day I'd been talking to a friend of mine about a professor (whose been wheel chair bound since college due to polio) and we kept looking around, since we were about 200 yards away from her office, and JC (also in a wheelchair) said I hope Dr. ____ doesn't walk in. He caught himself and we looked at each other and bust a gut... So yeah Tuesday was a good day for laughs... :0)
Right as I went to bed last night I started thinking... There are companies that make radios that only play soothing sounds that help you sleep and I was wondering if they made one that had 'Sounds of the City'.... I doubt it seriously, but its weird not being in a big city sometimes, especially since mom moved so close to downtown and I hear them more ofter than usual... Oh, well, I'll live.... Just going to have to fall asleep with the TV on low volume as usual.... Thats about it for this afternoon... I'm off either to Walmart, nap, or do laundry.... Lucky me.... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 1:34 PM 0 Comments

So my picks for the Academy Awards (just put the ones I thought would win).....

Best Picture

LOTR

Achievement in Directing

Peter Jackson

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp, need I say more???

Best Supporting Actor

Dijimon Hounsou, one hellahot black man and an incredible actor, first in Amistad and then in In America

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Keisha Castle-Hughes -she made me sob (not cry sob) she was so believeable as Pai....

Best Supporting Actress

Renee Zellwegger, gotta stick with my hometown girl here...

Best Original Screenplay

In America or Finding Nemo

Best Adapted Screenplay

LOTR

Best Animated Feature Film

Finding Nemo, though it may be Brother Bear

Achievement in Art Direction

LOTR or Girl with a Pearl Earring (haven't seen if, it just looks incredible!!! Colin Firth is ALWAYS good... :0)

Achievement in Cinematography

Girl with the Pearl Earring

Achievement in Costume Design

Girl With The Pearl Earring or LOTR

Best Film Editing

LOTR

Achievement in Makeup

Pirates or LOTR

Best Original Score

LOTR or Finding Nemo

Achievement in Sound


LOTR

Achievement in Sound Editing

Pirates or Nemo

Best Visual Effects


LOTR

Pretty much LOTR in almost every category its nominated in.... :0)
Few other nominations I just made up:

Best Snuggle Buddy -
Nathan, Sean, Molly, or B

I might go with Molly just cuz she's my favorite dog at the moment.... Though Nathan's nakedness is nice as well.....

Most Classic Kodak Moment:
Me - NYE, Nathan and Treasures, Chi-chi (who also goes by the name of Sean) at the Nathan's apartment, or B and House of Pies

And the winner is... Chi-chi!!!! Dude, boys in bras are hilarious!!!!!! Especially when they're drunk and dancing.... :0)

Most Kick Ass Event of the Year: NYE, 4th of July, camping in NB, or Padre for PG

I'm going with going to Padre or NYE... Good times, good times....


Okay, Thats it for now... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 10:32 PM 0 Comments

I read in Galleywinter that someone’s cat died today and there was this awesome outpouring of sympathy and support for him. That to me was just amazing. Made me wish that I had found Galleywinter when Tiffy died 2 and half years ago. Then again I might not have been able to do much productivity wise, shoot I couldn’t have I know. I was barely able to pack and I don’t remember anything between the day she died what happened after we buried her and the next week when I went back to school (I know I packed up my car, drove 10 hours, unpacked my car and got stuff out of storage). I don’t know what else happened that week. In fact I really don’t remember getting registered and going to class, but I know I did it. I don’t remember much until the first weekend back when I broke down on Heather’s couch. It’s not just my horrible memory, I really, REALLY don’t remember what happened. I was in shock, I was in denial and I was blaming everyone. She was 12 years old, I shouldn’t have been surprised but there is NO way to prepare for death. Sure she had been sick, but that doesn’t guarantee death. If it did I’d be dead a million times over… :0) Between the acid reflux, playing hooky, injuries, and cramps, that’s got to be a good 2 dozen times… Not including all the times I came close, being an accident-prone child (and yet I never broke any bones! Mainly it was stuff like skinned knees, sprained joints, pulled muscles… Pretty sure I tore something in my knees but it doesn’t bug me too often so I don’t sweat it…). But I was also a tomboy, which might have contributed to that… :0)
Oh, I figured out why I like Sharon Osborne today! She reminds me of my best friend’s mom… Whose like my 2nd mom… Except Sharon’s a bit more out there than Mrs. T…. :0) Ms. T. is the way with Disney the way Sharon is with dogs... She also loves to talk in that baby talk voice, which may contribute to why watching Sharon, makes it a bit like home, with an English accent... :0)Neway thats about it 4 now... Laters...

posted by Ali @ 11:29 PM 0 Comments

I woke up thinking this morning and I couldn't go back to bed. For some reason I couldn't get it out of my head... Ok, enough with the rhyming stuff... So yeah I did wake up thinking about some stuff... Someone told me last week that I shouldn't base my opinions/politics on stuff my dad believed and after going through a very thorough 12 step program (or not) I agree. So I go to thinking where do I stand (insert ye olde country song "You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything" by Aaron Tippin) on certain political issues... So I came up with a little listypoo...

1. I'm Pro-Choice (always have been)
2. Bush sucks, I don't care if he is from Texas, he's just a good ol' boy trying toprove to his dad he can do it, too. Sure he handled things after 9-11 admirably, but I still don't see the connect bewteen Osama (who is still on the loose) and Saddam.
3. The U.S. should take care of its own business before trying to stick our noses in other people's bidness. It's arrogant and Godlike and its wrong.
4. More money should be taken from other programs and put into education (this could also be 3 B) and other programs geared toward children. This is not because I plan to be a teacher, but also because teachers get little respect as people tend to misinterupt their job descriptions. Being a teacher is not a 40 hour a week, 9 month a year job. Most vacations are spent in workshops and lesson planning, and constructing units that will be interesting to children, as well as maintaining their classrooms (i.e. bulletin boards, arranging furniture, etc.) and also put a good chunk of their own cash into making said classrooms better and more comfortable for students.
5. I believe in protecting the environment but not at the expense of the economy (does that make any sense?). Cows are good, mad cow disease is bad.... What possessed people to feed animals other animals of the same species? That's just cannibalism and humans don't have the most glowing resume for that.... If it affects humans that way, don't ya think it will animals too?
6. Recycling is good and I try to do it.
7. In no way I am I treehugging, PETA loving, Greenpeace wannabe.
8. I am a liberal Democratic who is open to new ideas and enjoys learning new things.
And this last one isn't so much a political thing so much a thing about myself in general... I will always be an idealistic optimistic wench... Sure there were about 3 monthes of working retail where I wasn't but out of 13 monthes, you're bound to have some times you don't like your job... Also if you have a correction, different opinion, or just want to bitch at me in general (I can take it believe me) my email address is sunnychic78@yahoo.com.
Okay, I'm going to make dinner.... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 5:27 PM 0 Comments

So last night I received my first obscene phone call.... That is my first obscene phone call on my school/land line and it was someone I didn't know... (yes a few of my friends have done it playfully and vice versa...) I don't mind, in fact it was rather complimentary to me, once I thought about it. Of course it was at 4 A.M. so my thinking at the time wasn't real clear... Let me explain briefly. About 4ish this morning, my roommate taps on my door, saying the phone had rung and it was for me(waking me from the deep contented slumber where the only reason I would get up would be to go the bathroom). So I mutter hello (course it sounded more like an incomprehensible 'lo) and the guy on the other end is like "I need some poon tang!!!" He was drunk and he made another comment about how he had heard I was good in bed in dirty detail... I simply hung up. He didn't identify himself, except to rustle some paper by the reciever and stutter his name, which I couldn't hear or process, but I figure it was someone on campus, since my number's in the directory but not the white pages and none of my friends (with the exception of my family) have that number, they all know to call my cell 1st b4 anything else cuz I usually always have it with me...). So, this afternoon thinking back on it, I'm starting to think that he was complimenting me since I haven't slept with anyone up here in at least 2 years (Slept (James, O'Neal, and them don't count that was simply falling asleep in the same room not full on cuddle fest)OR had sex... I've been keeping a low profile at school). So yeah this guy saying rumors were floating around about me I choose to take as a positive and not a negative, just becase if I did take it as a negative that just wouldn't be me. It would also make me really paranoid about being at a small school and knowing how fast and furious and ruthless rumors at this place can be... So I choose to ignore it and just focus on other stuff. Besides I'm sure it was a one time deal. If not then I'll take it up with George or Joe and if I have to President Niece or CPD.... At home I would be really paranoid just cuz Houston isn't known as the safest of places and my attitude there is WAY different than here. There's only one lock on the door here compare to the 3 at home (WITH a security alarm)... So yeah, just a tad bit different...... Oh, yeah, and for some reason Galleywinter isn't working tonight, I tried restarting my computer but that didn't help any.. Darnit... I guess I'll just go to bed then.... Laters!

posted by Ali @ 12:54 AM 0 Comments

So I got back from the movies about an hour or so ago... Mel and I went to see Win A Date With Tad Hamilton... A good chick flick, with just the right amount of cheese... So yeah, classes today, my 11 o'clock got canceled so I only had the 10 and noon... And I couldn't stop watching the clock... It is Friday after all.
Yesterday had class till 11 then proceeded to waste 45 minutes of my life in a meeting I didn't need to be in, though I did get to see some people I hadn't seen in a while. Like since before Christmas.... I got a part in the mail for my computer, since the sound still doesn't work, but its the wrong part so I have to call Dell and bitch at them some more... They sent me a part to go inside the CD ROM and I need a wire for the external hook up. While I was in the bookstore opening it, Adam thought my package from Airborne Express said ABORTION Express... Cracked me up beyond belief... We got to talking and he doesn't remember the last time he saw Peaches, so I'm thinking he's not avoiding me, just doing other stuff (sleeping, smoking, and being a lazy arse sort of things...). So I may give him a call hasta manana and see if he can fix my 'puter for me.... Then later on in the afternoon, I worked on a bulletin board for Intergrated Methods -Language Arts & Social Studies (one of my ed. classes) with Kristin for almost 2 hours and still didn't finish it till this morning... She pointed out to me I was wearing my CCRW Got Weed? shirt and later I realized I was ALSO wearing my Miller Lite, Champange of Beers baseball cap. Then I realized to my growing horror that I had been all day.... To both of my education classes! What will they think of me as a potential teacher while I go around wearing beer/pot paraphanalia (sp?)? I guess its a good thing I'm going nontraditional certification and graduating in May... :0) NEhow I suppose thats it for this evening... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 11:15 PM 0 Comments

"The only thing you're perfect at is being yourself." -
Meghan Barry

Another quote from my daily calendar... I'm really digging this thing... It's got tons of stories and quotes and stuff that are funny.... Tommorrow's is Eleanor Roosevelt and I originally heard it in the movie The Princess Diaries.... "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Another really good one... :0) Also very true.

I discovered that the shaving cream I've been using for the last week or so is the same one my dad used to use, while he was still alive. I don't know how I know it, I just do. Its like I smelled it and it was familar and I just couldn't place it but today it hit me... It's Daddy's old shaving cream... Kind of made me tear up... But in a good way. Sort of the way Aramis cologne does... It's weird even after over 10 years that I can still miss him so much.... Weird, but nice... I was always a daddy's girl and spoiled to boot... All my sisters and I had to do was ask with a pout, "Pleeezz, daddy, I neeeeeed this." And we usually got it. I can't remember one single occasion where he actually said no to us.... We had 3 dogs at one point cuz he couldn't say no to all of us wanting our own dog.... Mom sort of had to be the disiplinarian and still is to this day, but not nearly so bad as what we thought she was... No its more like loving guidance with a bit of bossiness thrown in... All 3 of us got our bossiness from her.... :0)

Let's see.... Guy drama.... Wow, I actually have some!!! A friend of mine, let's call him person C... Thinks that Person D (another friend of mine) and I were serious when making sexual innuendo... Sure we came on a bit strong, but nothing unusual, at least not for me... :0) So now person C won't hang out with us any more or at least thats what person D thinks... I'm not sure myself.... But I'm going to talk to him in the next couple of days and find out for sure, cuz goodness knows I don't need any drama, boy or not in my life...

Thats about it for now....
No wait my Wade Bowen dream!!! Now, I don't remember all of it but it wasn't at all sexual. All it was was he and I eating birthday cake... I don't know whose birthday it was and there was no food fight, but it was sort of weird... Maybe cuz of that Wave on Wave parody I did last week? Who knows? Now thats really it... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 11:39 PM 0 Comments

So I got my first graduation present today... Though I don't actually get it till May, I was told its waiting for me... Mom got me a 1 karat diamond necklace in the shape of a heart at Market in Dallas... She never got my message about the fake Louis Vuitton, but its all good, she knows I've wanted her necklace for a very, very long time.... So as she said, now she doesn't have to die for me to have it, the one she got is the daughter of hers. Kind of appropriate since I'm her daughter....
I was watching TV last night and while I was on MTV a preview for 2night's Osbournes (which I completely missed) came on and Ozzy was talking about having a hobby. He was like, "Sharon, you buy dogs as your hobby. I want to buy a gun... Then you can buy the dogs and I can shoot them...." Or something along those lines. Now I love dogs, but the way Ozzy said and the fact it was Ozzy that said it, made it hilarious....
I was at Walmart earlier and of all the things I could possibly find, I found Mom's brand of Tofu pups (meatless hotdogs) and I almost bust a gut when I saw the Walmart version of the 'health food section'... Some mushrooms, lots of Tofu and tofu products, and some salsa and guacamole... Though I'm not sure who those last two are health food... Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Anyway thats about it for now... Laters.

posted by Ali @ 11:35 PM 0 Comments

So I've watched Amistad in honor of MLK day, but that's about it since we didn't have class, I slept late and was lazy in general. Read a book I got at Hastings, dropped some bills off in the mailbox, ate at Subway... That sort of thing. I called Cingular to find out why I was being charged 10 $'s more than usual... Turns out I was paying for text messanging and directory assistance, both of which I thought was included. $1.21 for directory assistance and $7.20 for text messanging... 10 cents a message! So I called Customer service and changed my plan a bit so I get 100 text messages for 2.99.... I don't want to even think about what my next bill will look like since that one ended 12-21 and the amount of text messages I've sent since then.... New Years Eve at the Firehouse alone will probably be astronomical!!! Oh, well, I'll deal with that when it gets here... Thats it for now. Laters.

posted by Ali @ 7:44 PM 0 Comments

I got to thinking yesterday morning… Actually its what woke me up in the first place… I was thinking about living in San Marcos versus living in New Braunfels and I was thinking if Mark lived in San Marc, how funny that would be, but if the Brauns lived in New Braunfels… Well, that would just be freaking’ hilarious… Course that might just be just me that thinks that’s funny, but isn’t that all that matters? :0)
In other news, this school sucks, but what’s new there? Sure we get today off, but we only had a lousy 3 weeks for break, its 10 hours away from home, its overpriced, we have dial up, since they’re too cheap to hook us up to cable which we’ve proven is actually cheaper… But that’s not the worst of it. It seems as though no one has been able to answer my questions. At least not till after the 28th of this month when the academic council meets. So I’m stuck in limbo till then, actually it’s whenever they deem it necessary to tell me what’s going on or I go demand answers. Which do you think is more likely? If you picked the latter over the former than you’d be correct. I don’t have it in me to just sit on my laurels and wait, the 29th(it’s a Thursday) I’ll be in the admin building bugging the heck out of the registrar, the vice president, the academic dean and even the president if I have to. Because by golly, I’m graduating in May with flying colors, and I won’t let some professor’s mistake keep me from it.
Also Friday I learned that I like talking about myself and all my LD/ADD stuff. I like comparing it with others’ experiences and to inform and just to generally share what I’ve been through because of it. It’s not the first time I’ve realized this, since I’ve participated in panel discussions about it, but it was firmly reinforced talking to a friend of mine about her kids who have ADD (2 out of 3 – imagine that!) and comparing my experiences and hers with her kids. It was a really cool moment.
But this weekend in general has been fairly uneventful, went to the animal shelter (had trouble not taking home the world’s cutest dog… :0) ), went to see Cheaper by the Dozen with Steve Martin (very cute – really funny), slept late, watched videos, went to Russellville (Hastings, and Long John Silver with Mel), and to Walmart (of course). I was really silly and bought Finding Nemo on VHS... So now all my Disney movies are on VHS and I have Finding Nemo on DVD and VHS... Go me,huh? All in all a pretty normal weekend, bored out of my gourd. I was going to call Peaches, but never did. Oh, well. Tonight its homework and catching up on stuff I recorded off of TV last week (lots of Sharon and The View), Lucky me, huh? Laters.

posted by Ali @ 3:03 AM 0 Comments

Not much of note today.... Class till noon (in my 8 am class there are actually 19 guys and 2 girls - I counted. Only about a 4th of those would I even consider dating, most are baseball players....), Galleywinter for awhile, Walmart, Movie Gallery, and home... Housecleaning and unpacking.... Thought about going to Hastings, never got out the door... Made dinner, watched TV, and hungout on Galleywinter.... I'm afraid I'm a wee bit addicted now... Oh, well, I'm not paying for internet access, the school is... hehehe.... :0)
Only a few really interesting things that happened today is I saw an old friend in town and that got me to thinking about some stuff one of my roommates told me... She thought he had a thing for my last year, after I had a crush on him, as always seems to be the case for me.... I asked her why she thought and she said it was 'just a feeling' so now I can't quit thinking about him, is that not insanity? Oh, well, I'll live as always.....
Dell was supposed to call today and hasn't.... So I still have no sound on my computer... So still no GWE radio... *sniff sniff* :0(
I have to wait until after the 28th of this month to learn whether or not I'm officially off academic probation and homefree for graduating in May, as well as getting out of the JLC and into the Student Support Services instead.... That really sucks.... I think I'll go to Hastings 2morrow after class.... Cheer myself up with a new CD or 2..... We have Monday off and I had thought about going to Dallas but I think I'll just stay here and annoy Peaches and sleep late instead.... :0) Laters....

posted by Ali @ 10:26 PM 0 Comments

Ok, so I've been thinking.... (A dangerous proposition I know) I've decided a few things... 1. I would rather say that my mom lives in the River Oaks section of town than say her new place is in Midtown... Midtown isn't that great... Whereas River Oaks, kind of impresses people. Then again I could say she lived in Montrose, THAT would say alot... :0) 2. The week of April 12th and the entire month of March must have really bad weather or something cuz I know a shitload of peeps with December and January 12th B-days... Seriously, there are at least 12 I can think of in December just off the top of my head, and 4 on the 12th of January... What's that tell ya? :0) 3. I'm addicted to the Galleywinter forum.... I can't quite going back every couple of hours and I just discovered it like Sunday.... Thats pretty bad... 4. I knew it would rain yesterday, as I washed my car on Monday and without fail the day after I wash my car, it ALWAYS rains the next day...
Los Lonely Boys were on Conan last night... They were alright. I'm not sure why I like them, I just do... They don't look like they would sound good live but who knows, it might just be me.... Pat was supposed to be on GAC tonight, I don't know if I just missed it or what cuz I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean in the living room and taping Angel in my room at 8 and 9... So I'll have find out about it 2nd hand.... Bleu and Stoney are playing at the Surf Club next week and Becca has already promised to take pics when she goes... Those two are just hilarious together... They play off each other and its just classic.... Maybe I'll get lucky and she'll call me when they play like she did last time... Maybe I'll get even luckier still and they'll play together while I'm home in March, I know Wade's in Houston one day that week... Shoot I'd just like to see Bleu again and again and again.... I'd like to do a few other things to him as well, but we won't get into that here.... ;0)
So I'm in class today and my 11 o'clock class is Inclusive Legal Practices and I realize how much it is like my high school government class, only geared more to the educational aspects.... In my 10 oclock class, Behavior Management, I actually did the assignment early without realizing it... I also, unwittingly, drew it like my mom's classroom 2 years ago when she was teaching 3rd grade. BTW the assignment was to draw our ideal classroom.... :0) NEway I'm off to bed (early I know) but I have an 8 am class so my alarm's set for 6... Ew... At least there are 16 or 17 semi attractive males and only 2 females... Reminds me of home where the ratio is 6:1... :0) Lucky me huh? :0) Laters!!!!

posted by Ali @ 10:45 PM 0 Comments

So I did it... I procrastinated doing homework last night and wrote Wade on Wade just like I said I would... It's pretty much the same words, with some structural changes and it sounds a bit dirty which in my opinion makes it funnier. Also its only a rough copy adn I was just playing with the words.... Here it is...
Mile upon Mile, he’s got no direction
He’s just playing the same ol’ game
He’s just looking for some kinda redemption
Just afraid to say your name
So caught up in pretending
What he’s seeking is always true
He’s just looking for a happy ending
All he’s looking for is you

And he came upon you Wade on Wade
You’re the reason he’s still here
Is he the one you were sent to save
And he came upon you Wade on Wade

He wandered out into the water
And thought that he maybe he would drown
He knew exactly what he was after
He knows about going down
And that’s when he found you
Not afraid any more
You said,” you know I always had you, baby”
Just waiting for you to find what you were looking for.

Chorus

Wade on wade, wade on wade

Chorus

He made the clouds break and the angels cry
You ain’t gotta walk alone
That’s why they put him in your way
And then he came upon you Wade on Wade.

Chorus

Repeat Chorus

Pretty bad huh? I let a few of my friends hear it and they laughed... So yeah... Just wanted to share... :0)
More laters.....

posted by Ali @ 7:06 PM 0 Comments

"You'll never reach your destiny when only traveling on the shiny days...." - Unknown

Another one from my teacher calendar.... Very true as well... If you don't move forward how will you ever reach your goals, ya know? Its sort of like the one where it something about you'll never reach your destination when your standing still... I find this only helps reinforce my New Years Affirmations (not resolutions, affirmations.... Resolutions I break far to easily... I've explained this already..... After New years eve...).

So Thursday Pat Green plays in Little Rock and Ragweed plays in Ft. Smith on Friday... And I just found out about them... So surprise, surprise, they're sold out... Oh, well, I'll live. I might get to see Willie Nelson over Spring Break, if I can get a ticket to the rodeo... More than likely not, but its all good...

Today was the first day of Tuesday Thursday classes and I have an 8 o'clock, but at least I'm done by noon... In my 8 o'clock however, I am one of only 2 girls and there are about 15 guys... I like them odds.... Though most of these guys are sophomores and juniors, some are only fair to mildly attractive so maybe not... We'll see... I took the world's greatest nap today... From about 5 or so till about 7, when a friend of mine called to tell me his computer had crashed... I HAD set my alarm but it didn't go off, so it was definitely a good thing he called...

I went to Walmart earlier to get some school supplies and the fog was nearly overwhelming... It was scary as all get out when you can't see things you know are like right there cuz the fog was hiding it... But I got home safely and soundly so its all good...

I have a 3 day weekend this weekend, the school is doing a bowling night on Friday and a dance on Saturday, but I'm not sure I'm going to either... I was thinking about going to Dallas and meeting up with my mom and sister and hanging out, but who knows....

Speaking of school sponsored stuff... A guy named John Rush was playing here (independent music guy the student activities board had brought in) and I got there just in time to hear a really good story.... He met Pat Green in Nashville a few years ago when he (Rush, not Pat) was playing at this bar and Pat drives up in his tour bus with his band and everything and Rush thought nothing of it cuz it was in Nashville and everyone seemed to have those things... He said Pat put 40$'s in tips in his jar and asked to play a song or 2, Nash let him and sat down to drink a beer... After a few songs Pat asked if he could play some more and Rush told him sure, he'd never been able to get paid and drink beer... While he was telling the story I was thinking then obviously you've never been to a Texas musicians' gig, cuz they all seem to... But the funny thing (no that wasn't it) was that he called Pat a cross over artist, he didn't really play country it was more like country rock and I was like finally someone in Nashville recognizes good music! Its about damn time....

Anyway that's about it for now I have about an hour of homework (and I'm going to try to make up more Lyrics to the newest hit song, "Wade on Wade"... hehehehe.... :0) ) to do so I better scoot... :0) Laters.

posted by Ali @ 11:01 PM 0 Comments

An honest 7 year old admitted calmly to her parents that Billy Brown had kissed her after class. “How did it happen?” gasped her mother. “It wasn’t easy,” admitted the young lady, “but three girls helped me catch him.”

This is one of the reasons kids just make you smile, ya know? They remind you of when life used to be simple.... That’s part of why I want to teach. That’s from my year long teacher calendar, its got a bunch of little stories and stuff about teaching. I don’t know if they’re supposed to be inspiring, but they are. At least to me.

So anyway, I got back to Arkansas Saturday night and went to bed at like 11:30 and slept till noon Sunday. I wasn’t tired or anything… (sarcasm) So lets see, Thursday night I spent debating whether or not to go see Mike McClure at the Firehouse… I wound up doing laundry instead… I love Mac, but I gots to have clean clothes too! :0) Friday I spent running last minute errands all over the Houston area… Ok, so it was around the Galleria and River Oaks, but that’s my idea of what the Houston is… :0) Friday night saw Return of the King with Mom as we were the only 2 people I know who HADN’T seen it… So after 3 and a half hours I was thinking, good movie, kinda long, and GAWD I GOTTA PEE!!! Exactly in that order no less… :0) The drive back was long and tedious once again. I got started late since Mom wanted to talk to me about school and Spring Break… We’re thinking about driving through the hill country and seeing if we can find any early blooming bluebonnets… That would just be kick ass… :0)
So I get back Saturday, see Los Lonely Boys on Austin City Limits, fell asleep (out of pure exhaustion not cuz they’re boring – cuz they definitely are not!) about half way through… So Sunday was spent unpacking (still not done) and watching TV… Saw that Tupac video, Dying to Live, and I got to thinking about something one of my friends said and I found myself agreeing emphatically… He said that 2Pac was a prophetic like or psychic, man, cuz its like he saw his own death… How insane is that? On top of that the video is just haunting and just plain… sweet….
Also found something really funny on one of my Yahoo groups, or was it galleywinter.com (I can’t remember) where Wade Bowen was being made fun of, which is ALWAYS fun… Blamo said,"If Wade had a clone he could stand on his clone's shoulders and you could call him Wade on Wade." That so just cracked me up… And according to someone else, Wade said it when he was drunk and just imaging that just made it even more hilarious…. I also read a bunch of stories about the Big Ski Trip in Steamboat.... Some funny shite went down.... ;0)
So today was the first day of class… Cheapest tuition and books ever, seriously…. A little over 8,000 for tuition, room and board and just under 200 for my books… Pretty sweet deal… Classes so far seem manageable, though I have an 8 oclock 2morrow morning, but I’m done by noon… So in a way its good, but it also sucks… Oh, well, I’ll live and I may even eventually adapt! :0)
In other news, I finally washed my car… First time in monthes… I spent like an hour washing and drying and Windexing the beast… And now she’s all pretty and ready to go… Where I’m not sure, but we’ll figure it out when we get there! Laters!

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So I had like 7 hours of sleep last night, more than night before last by I was awoken at 9 this morning by a ringing phone.... I didn't get to it, but it woke me up... Turns out to be my sister's best friend/roomie wanting to see if my mom was home... Then my mom's best friend (also my best friend's mom) called and asked if mom was home, she forgot mom started school... I can completely understand why she would with all that's been going on in her family... Then I called Linz's roomie and promised to help her out, so I got up and showered and changed clothes. When I called her back she said it was all taken care of... Then my advisor from school called and we spent a good 10 minutes on the phone... I go back to getting ready for the day and the phone rings AGAIN and its the car repair place saying Lindsay should bring her car in ASAP... So I spent 2 hours trying to get ahold of her and we dropped her car off about 1 or so and went out to lunch and then to the Galleria... They didn't have my Kate Spade refills... The woman there was like we no longer carry Kate Spade paper products... As if paper were revolting and the fact it was Kate Spade even worse... So we come home so Lindsay can grab her face wash and then I drop her off at her apartment down the street... I came home, checked my email and get on my messagers for a few minutes.... I got to talk to a friend of mine I hadn't talked to since before Christmas Break... I gave him some really great advice (it involved Britney Spears and weddings - I called it pulling a Britney... hehehe...)... :0) Then I went to Target and bought some stuff I really, really needed... Face wash, shampoo, that sort of thing.... :0) I came home and did a bit of cleaning before going to Krogers.... Came home, made dinner, cleaned up the kitchen and going to go watch either Finding Nemo or 7 Brides For 7 Brothers.... Wait a sec, I rented Uptown Girls! (How could I forget???) So yeah I'm off like a prom dress... Though, I didn't go to my prom, so my senior formal dress didn't come off in that sort of fashion as I went with a friend who had a girlfriend and I'm not that sort of girl.... So once again I'm gone, laters!

posted by Ali @ 9:09 PM 0 Comments

I've had an interesting day to say the least... I took Lindsay to the body shop (by MHS over half an hour away from the townhouse and her apartment on I-10 no less... We got off at Wirt and took Westview, brilliant idea there... All 5 schools on that street had just let out so there was traffic there too.... Lucky us, huh?). She had to get her side mirror checked as well as some other stuff... Turns out they can't do any of that without the new mirror which doesn't come in till 2morrow... They told us to bring it back 2morrow between 2 and 3. I asked her (after stomping my foot childishly, of course....) if she could get anyone else could take her, turns out her current boyfriend is working as may her roommate, who just got back from London (England).... So I may be delaying my trip to New Braunfels till Thursday. Depends on her roomie's working situation. So after we were done there we went to the mall and went to Abercrombie & Fitch and Skankever 21... Oops I meant to say Forever 21... :p So at A & F we run into Linz's old manager Kyle, he confused me with Lauren, the best sort of confusion I think, she's really pretty, tall, blond, skinny... Book smart, but not very smart about everyday stuff.... Though she does know a lot about MTV shows and SNL.... :0) But yeah, Kyle, hottie.... *fanning self* Nice body, dirty blond with light blond streaks (probably fake), and did I mention nice body? Lindsay told me he had gotten her current man's old job as district manager and that they used (her boyfriend and Kyle) used to be friends as well as roomies, when Mike (Lindsay's boyfriend) quit A & F told Kyle to quit speaking to people who 'didn't work at A & F any longer'... That was just wrong of them, but the asswipe actually did quit speaking to Mike, how putrid is that? But anyway, we met Mom at Starbucks in the mall and as it turns out I went to high school with one of the girls that worked there... Been awhile since I've run inot anyone from high school... Probably last time I went to see John Price play at some club or another, it was a virtual high school reunion.... So after that I went over to Marshall's and Loehmann's and Ross's looking for a new gray sweatshirt jacket and black aerobic pants... Found the pants, but not the jacket... I'll go to Old Navy and see what they have 2morrow if I don't go to NB.... Also need to get my eyes checked b4 I leave town as well as go to Needless Markup (also known as Neiman Marcus) cuz I need a new 2004 planner refill for my Kate Spade planner... So many things to do, so little time....
Last night mom told me that my best friend's entire family is pretty bad off at the moment... My best friend is having surgery on Friday, her father's recuperating from cancer and cancer treatments, and her older sister just had a miscarriage after trying for years to get pregnant and being pregnant for a month... There was a heart beat at her doctor's appointment last time but she went in the other day and no heart beat to be found... They had to do a DNC, pretty much a removal of the fetus, or an abortion... But the fetus is already dead and it can be unhealthy for the mother to wait for it to abort naturally, as on occasion it won't... (God I learned alot in my Early Childhood class last semester.... :0) ) Only her mom and younger sister are completely healthy (knock on wood)... Poor girl...
Tonight I've been reading about suicide among teens and some other that just made me think... If I died tommorrow who would remember me? Would I have regrets about things I hadn't done or said? The answer to the latter is yes... Though I can't say I know many people who could answer no to that question.... Mainly I regret things I haven't said to people I care about, and I wonder would they know how much I care about them, friends, family, or just guys I'm attracted to even? Things I haven't done... Oh, boy, they aren't too numerous to name I just can't think of a good example of one... I'm not contemplating death, its just the unlived life, you know? What do you want to do that you haven't done? Or said in a particular situation that would have sidelined a fight or posssibly begun a romance.... Makes me wanna do it all, see it all, feel it all...... I want to take life and squeeze every last bit of joy, love, hate, envy, sadness.... Everything there is... Just squeeeze it till there's nothing left.... Perfect song for the moment came on, Walt Wilkins "Night Rain City" on GWE Radio... Main line is "It was one of those moments.... You can keep for the rest of your life..." How appropriate for my frame of mind... :0) NEway thats it for this evening.... Laters...

posted by Ali @ 9:29 PM 0 Comments

So I watched the movie version of the play Hair the other night and realized that I have never seen a movie that covered so many social issues... Stuff like the Vietnam War, racial issues, hippies and stereotypes associated with them and a whole lot of other stuff, but by the end I was sort of depressed... So I watched Almost Famous, cuz the stupid DVD player wouldn't let me watch Finding Nemo.... Darn electronics... Last night Mom, Lauren and I went to Hugo's for Lauren's birthday, not till next Monday, but she goes back to Ft. Worth tommorrow so we celebrated last night. Then we went to the Museum of Fine Arts for the last night of the Heroic American exhibit and I actually saw the original Starry Night by Van Gogh, my most farotie painting ever.... It was smaller than I had expected, kind of like the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris... Today I'm off to the Galleria to run some errands and maybe tommorrow or the next day I'll go to New Braunfels... Who knows? :0) Laters!

posted by Ali @ 1:29 PM 0 Comments

Egads a New Year!!! Is it 2004 already? What happened to 2003? It was here and then it was gone.... Well, Happy Belated New Year then everyone.... Personally I'm still recovering from New Year's Eve. Not the drunk hang over type recovering, as I only had half a glass of champagne, but more the fact I didn't get to bed till after 3 in the morning and my body's not used to that schedule anymore... I'm getting old, don't ya know? I'm in bed by 1 usually.... :0) But anyway New Year's Eve.... Oh, my.... It was a freaking blast! My friend Becca was supposed to come up here from Corpus but she got sick and couldn't, so I went to the Firehouse by myself. Not a huge deal as my few friends here in town don't like going to bars like that, they prefer more of the club type places or their own living rooms.... Sillies.... NEway, NYE rocked my socks off! Brandon Ryder, Randy Rogers and Bleu Edmondson all played there and it was soooo incredibly great! First time I've seen Bleu play since last summer, second time I've seen Randy Rogers, and first I've seen Brandon Ryder.... Brandon did 2 hours or so of playing then Randy and band (including the ever adorable Brady Black) and just after midnight Bleu and the boys took the stage... Coby got to do the count down, but he did it in such a Coby like fashion, very dramatic faces and pauses for effect. Then Bleu started to play and I swore I was over him in the first 5 minutes he played, and then he smiled.... Darn that man! He's just got the worlds most devilish smile where it looks like hes planning some form of mischief and he wants you to join him and then hes just having so much fun on stage on top of that, how can you not love that? :0) He did one of my faves, Soul Shine and as an encore he did one of my other faves, A Good Thing.... Too bad he didn't do either of my others, 2 Penny Vengeance or Live Oak Lullaby, but maybe next time.... I haven't hear him do Soul Shine since the summer of 2002, or so I think.... Anyway Randy and Brandon got up on stage with him for a song or two and Randy kept coming back and just laying his head on either Bleu or John Mike's or Coby's shoulders.... At one point he even kissed Bleu on the cheek it was soooo cute... Bleu kept yelling at the audience sing along if you know the words and came back for like 4 encore songs.... He was like I can stay here as long as yall want me.... That was just sweet! At one point during the very last encore song he got down in the audience (what was left of us at 2 am) and was standing next to me just watching his band, that was pretty cool too... :0)
There were some really rude people there too who kept pushing and shoving and jumping around, I got elbowed in the boobs more times than I can count, but I wound up talking to some really sweet lady up front and another girl and her boyfriend, so it was all good.... Oh, I forgot to mention, Randy during his set was talking to a couple of people up on the balcony and it turns out there was a couple who had been married 43 years... 43 years, man, thats a long time.... Neway everyone applauded them and then he launched into Blow up doll and someone brought out a blow up doll that got tossed around.... All in all a good time.... So I got home about 3ish.... and barely managed to wash my face and change clothes b4 falling into bed...
Ok, so someone asked what my resolutions were for this year... I had 3, but I'm down to one....
1. Don't curse (broke it about 12:15 when Bleu said something about are yall having a good fucking time.... I yelled back Fuck yea!), now been amended to don't curse so much.....
2. Eat Healtier (not going to jeapordize myself and say lose weight, just eat healthier)
3. Can't remember #3, but I'm sure I broke it too...... :0)
So yeah thats about it for now.... Laters!!!!

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