saturday was a good time. it was great to see tony again, and the others who flew up for the party. i had always heard tony talk about the yearly "shed party" when we were dating. it was neat to actually experience it. who would've thought i ever would?
i got to meet all his buddies up here. they are all nice. i can say that for tony and most of his friends, they are genuinely nice people. very chill and easy-going. don't let little things bother them. it might be the mass amounts of pot some of them smoke. but tony is like that naturally. haha.
they're coming to mpls in late march for a bike thing, so i'll see them then.
kelsey and i had fun on the drive over and back.
we decided to make up a story about something outrageous that happened while we were in milwaukee just to screw with everyone. we're only going to tell one or two people and then let it grow and fester and become a really big exagerration of what we said.
if anyone else asks us, we're going to say "listen, i don't want to talk about it."
i'm pretty sure that earlier this morning it was so cold that the cable went out. the internet/phone was out from like 1am-??. then when i woke up i saw that the teevee was out, but the computer was back.
they're both back now, and i'm just guessing about why they were out since it's likely the coldest day thus far.
hope my car starts for class today!
i'm doing my informative speech on the shar-pei. should be easy enough, though i will ahve trouble referencing any sites or books for info since all of it is off the top of my head. i'll just take random quotes from different things.
i hope i get a close parking spot at school this afternoon. i don't want to walk too far!!
elsee
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
meet your meat
if i ever were to consider not being vegan anymore, all i'd have to do is watch the video "meet your meat".
i tried watching it yesterday and i couldn't even get a quarter of the way through before i burst into tears.
i'm not trying to push propoganda on you or anything... the video *is* made by peta... but it is accurate based on many unbiased studies as well. the videos themselves are completely true... the voiceovers are what need to be taken with a grain of salt.
probably you shouldn't even watch it. it's horrific.
jonah's sick so he's not going with me to milwaukee. kelsey's still coming, though. she's seeing some of her friends [she used to live in milwaukee] and i'm going to tony's party.
then i'll probably nap for a few hours at kelsey's friend's house [tony is having 15 guys sleeping in his house, not my idea of an ideal sleep situation] and come home.
my friend steve is going to let the dogs out for me once while i'm gone [he's met them a few times, knows the importance of keeping echo seperate, and walter doesn't HATE him].
i got a c on my first test for cultural anthro :( i am not happy with myself. i tried really hard to remember everything, but it didn't work out. the test wouldve been open online until wednesday, but i thought i was ready for it, so i took it last night.
guess not. but now i know the types of questions that will be on the tests from now on, so i will know what to pay attention to.
i've lost about 5lbs so that is good.
walter is basking in the window's sunlight.
walter's momma
i tried watching it yesterday and i couldn't even get a quarter of the way through before i burst into tears.
i'm not trying to push propoganda on you or anything... the video *is* made by peta... but it is accurate based on many unbiased studies as well. the videos themselves are completely true... the voiceovers are what need to be taken with a grain of salt.
probably you shouldn't even watch it. it's horrific.
jonah's sick so he's not going with me to milwaukee. kelsey's still coming, though. she's seeing some of her friends [she used to live in milwaukee] and i'm going to tony's party.
then i'll probably nap for a few hours at kelsey's friend's house [tony is having 15 guys sleeping in his house, not my idea of an ideal sleep situation] and come home.
my friend steve is going to let the dogs out for me once while i'm gone [he's met them a few times, knows the importance of keeping echo seperate, and walter doesn't HATE him].
i got a c on my first test for cultural anthro :( i am not happy with myself. i tried really hard to remember everything, but it didn't work out. the test wouldve been open online until wednesday, but i thought i was ready for it, so i took it last night.
guess not. but now i know the types of questions that will be on the tests from now on, so i will know what to pay attention to.
i've lost about 5lbs so that is good.
walter is basking in the window's sunlight.
walter's momma
Friday, January 25, 2008
it's a heat wave!!!
it's going to be in the twenties/thirties this weekend!!! break out the flip flops and tank tops :) just kidding... though i bet i'll be wearing just a hoodie over my shirts for a few days.
i emailed andrew and told him "happy birthday" before you even called me, daddy.
i am getting more and more interested in anthropology as time goes on. i don't know if i'm interested in just forensics, though. cultural anthropology is really really interesting, though it takes a phd to be able to be an instructor or work in a musuem or anything, usually.
speaking of which ih ave to go take my test for the first few chapters. it's online. bye.
elyse
i emailed andrew and told him "happy birthday" before you even called me, daddy.
i am getting more and more interested in anthropology as time goes on. i don't know if i'm interested in just forensics, though. cultural anthropology is really really interesting, though it takes a phd to be able to be an instructor or work in a musuem or anything, usually.
speaking of which ih ave to go take my test for the first few chapters. it's online. bye.
elyse
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
i don't have a title
i am trying to think of a topic for my informative speech. that is the first speech we are doing. i am set to give mine on february 12.
i know that for my persuasive speech, i am going to discuss veganism and its health, moral, and environmental benefits.
i'm considering bipolar disorder as the topic for my informative speech. i'm not sure, though.
the lady across the street had some kind of leak in her house, and it required the gas company to dig into the street in front of my driveway. the guy was nice enough to plow the side of my driveway/yard so that i can still get in and out.
there is something out there thawing the street so that they can dig on thursday.
my dogs are going to thrilled. i'll be at class until noon, so i imagine they'll be starting while i'm gone, and there will be a whole lotta barking going on.
i don't have much else to say.
yse
i know that for my persuasive speech, i am going to discuss veganism and its health, moral, and environmental benefits.
i'm considering bipolar disorder as the topic for my informative speech. i'm not sure, though.
the lady across the street had some kind of leak in her house, and it required the gas company to dig into the street in front of my driveway. the guy was nice enough to plow the side of my driveway/yard so that i can still get in and out.
there is something out there thawing the street so that they can dig on thursday.
my dogs are going to thrilled. i'll be at class until noon, so i imagine they'll be starting while i'm gone, and there will be a whole lotta barking going on.
i don't have much else to say.
yse
Monday, January 21, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
cold snap!
well, it's -5 right now. the cold snap really won't end until friday, when it's supposed to reach 20. the high will be around <5 until thursday, and then it will be 12.
tony and i had an argument on thursday night, and last night was his birthday party. i texted him at 4:00 to see what time everyone was meeting up, and he didn't answer. a little while after 8:30 i said "well, have a happy birthday anyway."
he texted me back and said "oh, we're meeting at 9:00." well, thanks for telling me 15 minutes before it happens.
i decided to just not go. there was no point in going when i didn't want to, and it really wouldn't have been a good time traipsing around the city in -15 degree weather.
the argument was stupid. i picked him up [he asked me to] and we went to eat with tony classic and bryan, and then we all decided to go to kelsey's. i decided since it was 12:30 that i was just going to go home. i had class at 1:00 friday and i didn't want to stay out late and end up sleeping until i had to leave for class.
so the conversation was like this:
me: i think i'm just going to go home. i have class tomorrow.
him: what time?
me: 1:00.
him: i have to be up before that.
me: okay.. well i don't want to sleep until class.
him: but you drove me here.
me: i didn't volunteer to drive you. you have a car of your own that you could have driven. you know i go home earlier than everyone else most of the time.
him: okay, fine, i'll take a cab. i just don't see why you won't hang out for a while.
me: because i don't want to! [[said in maher-speak]]
him: i don't see why you're getting snippy with me.
me: because i told you i'm going home, and you're giving me a hard time about it.
at this point we arrived at kelsey's and i let him out and went home.
i don't think i did anything wrong. anyway, i really don't care at this point. now that i have school, i am at least busy sometimes and don't have to rely on other people to entertain me.
i had a beer thursday night, and before that it was the gin and tonic and week before on thursday.
tonight i'm hanging out with jb for a while and then possibly jonah. well hopefully jonah.
i made really really really good peanut butter/chocolate cookies with chocolate frosting today. and i drew a whole lot.
all in all it was a good day off!
tony and i had an argument on thursday night, and last night was his birthday party. i texted him at 4:00 to see what time everyone was meeting up, and he didn't answer. a little while after 8:30 i said "well, have a happy birthday anyway."
he texted me back and said "oh, we're meeting at 9:00." well, thanks for telling me 15 minutes before it happens.
i decided to just not go. there was no point in going when i didn't want to, and it really wouldn't have been a good time traipsing around the city in -15 degree weather.
the argument was stupid. i picked him up [he asked me to] and we went to eat with tony classic and bryan, and then we all decided to go to kelsey's. i decided since it was 12:30 that i was just going to go home. i had class at 1:00 friday and i didn't want to stay out late and end up sleeping until i had to leave for class.
so the conversation was like this:
me: i think i'm just going to go home. i have class tomorrow.
him: what time?
me: 1:00.
him: i have to be up before that.
me: okay.. well i don't want to sleep until class.
him: but you drove me here.
me: i didn't volunteer to drive you. you have a car of your own that you could have driven. you know i go home earlier than everyone else most of the time.
him: okay, fine, i'll take a cab. i just don't see why you won't hang out for a while.
me: because i don't want to! [[said in maher-speak]]
him: i don't see why you're getting snippy with me.
me: because i told you i'm going home, and you're giving me a hard time about it.
at this point we arrived at kelsey's and i let him out and went home.
i don't think i did anything wrong. anyway, i really don't care at this point. now that i have school, i am at least busy sometimes and don't have to rely on other people to entertain me.
i had a beer thursday night, and before that it was the gin and tonic and week before on thursday.
tonight i'm hanging out with jb for a while and then possibly jonah. well hopefully jonah.
i made really really really good peanut butter/chocolate cookies with chocolate frosting today. and i drew a whole lot.
all in all it was a good day off!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
hahahah
this site.
at first i thought it was real.
until started to read some of the things.
either it is fake, or the maker is fucking insane beyond compare.
http://www.thedogisland.com
Some favorite quotes:
-"Dogs LOVE hurricanes, too, which we recently discovered!"
-"Every now and then some dogs gang up and kill and then eat another dog, but this is just natural, and it's okay for it to happen now and then"
-"I have been placing microphones in the caves on the island, and in several different places. The dogs understand what is going on, and they are beginning to play with the sounds they are able to create."
-"Today a black lab couple were drawing circles together in the soft sand on the island. They were showing their daughter and she started to draw them too!"
-"A rather elegant great dane is always consulted before any disputes are taken too far"
-"They are beginning to create sub socities in the trees." (the little dogs)
at first i thought it was real.
until started to read some of the things.
either it is fake, or the maker is fucking insane beyond compare.
http://www.thedogisland.com
Some favorite quotes:
-"Dogs LOVE hurricanes, too, which we recently discovered!"
-"Every now and then some dogs gang up and kill and then eat another dog, but this is just natural, and it's okay for it to happen now and then"
-"I have been placing microphones in the caves on the island, and in several different places. The dogs understand what is going on, and they are beginning to play with the sounds they are able to create."
-"Today a black lab couple were drawing circles together in the soft sand on the island. They were showing their daughter and she started to draw them too!"
-"A rather elegant great dane is always consulted before any disputes are taken too far"
-"They are beginning to create sub socities in the trees." (the little dogs)
at the tea garden again.
i have two hours between classes on wednesday so i imagine you will see a lot of "at the tea garden" postings.
i think i'm really going to enjoy my world religions class. today we were put into groups and discussed ethical and metaphysical issues. he was trying to put us into groups with numerous different opinions, but it didn't work out that way. everyone in my group generally agreed on things.
two of the girls and i talked up a storm about every issue, and we agreed on pretty much everything, so that was nice. the biggest disagreement of the entire class was over animal rights issues, and that's because i'm a vegan and everyone else is omnivorous. it wasn't even an argument. we just didn't agree on it.
things are creeping along slowly with the "crush". i'm not really sure what is going on to be honest. we are both busy lately so whatever. if it works out, cool. if it doesn't, i'll be fine. i am sure we will be friends.
the dogs have been doing well with me being gone. i realized echo LOVES stuffies with squeakers in them. for a while she'll carry one around like it's her baby. then after a while i guess she gets bored with it and rips it open and pulls out the squeaker. but for a while she's very gentle. i will have to get her some so she stops stealing hunee's.
i decided not to go to the job interview at value village, though. school is actually keeping me busier than i'd imagined. at least for the first semester i'm just going to concentrate on my classes.
tonight i guess i'm going out with tony after class. i haven't been out in a while, so i guess it will be nice. though i really don't feel like it, he's feeling neglected since i chose to spend time with jonah saturday night instead of staying out later with him. so it would be the nice thing to do.
i have another 20 minutes to kill before i have to head back to school. i guess i'll read the city pages.
student elyse
i think i'm really going to enjoy my world religions class. today we were put into groups and discussed ethical and metaphysical issues. he was trying to put us into groups with numerous different opinions, but it didn't work out that way. everyone in my group generally agreed on things.
two of the girls and i talked up a storm about every issue, and we agreed on pretty much everything, so that was nice. the biggest disagreement of the entire class was over animal rights issues, and that's because i'm a vegan and everyone else is omnivorous. it wasn't even an argument. we just didn't agree on it.
things are creeping along slowly with the "crush". i'm not really sure what is going on to be honest. we are both busy lately so whatever. if it works out, cool. if it doesn't, i'll be fine. i am sure we will be friends.
the dogs have been doing well with me being gone. i realized echo LOVES stuffies with squeakers in them. for a while she'll carry one around like it's her baby. then after a while i guess she gets bored with it and rips it open and pulls out the squeaker. but for a while she's very gentle. i will have to get her some so she stops stealing hunee's.
i decided not to go to the job interview at value village, though. school is actually keeping me busier than i'd imagined. at least for the first semester i'm just going to concentrate on my classes.
tonight i guess i'm going out with tony after class. i haven't been out in a while, so i guess it will be nice. though i really don't feel like it, he's feeling neglected since i chose to spend time with jonah saturday night instead of staying out later with him. so it would be the nice thing to do.
i have another 20 minutes to kill before i have to head back to school. i guess i'll read the city pages.
student elyse
Monday, January 14, 2008
hello from the tea garden!
well i am waiting for my world religions class to start at 3:00 so i am drinking tea. yes i changed my classes again but NOW my classes are finalized. so i have two classes tues, weds, thurs and one class mon and fri.
world religions, public speaking, cultural anthropology, contemporary world history- issues, and comparative government. okay so those are kind of cop-out classes but i decided i should ease into school since it's been so long.
plus those go towards my transfer curriculum and/or liberal arts degree, so it's not like they are useless.
now that the infection and puncture wounds on my finger have healed i have put it in a splint because i keep hurting it when i do things. it is really hard to type and write but i will deal with it for a few days. i can feel where the bone is fucked up.
the dogs are probably going to get really pissed when they realize i am not home as often as i was before. i expect some presents at some point in the form of feces.
it's going to be cold this week. today the high is 15 and by friday the high is 5. i was going to walk from the tea garden to school but it is too cold in the shade to do so.
that's just about all i have right now. love yous!!
elysee
world religions, public speaking, cultural anthropology, contemporary world history- issues, and comparative government. okay so those are kind of cop-out classes but i decided i should ease into school since it's been so long.
plus those go towards my transfer curriculum and/or liberal arts degree, so it's not like they are useless.
now that the infection and puncture wounds on my finger have healed i have put it in a splint because i keep hurting it when i do things. it is really hard to type and write but i will deal with it for a few days. i can feel where the bone is fucked up.
the dogs are probably going to get really pissed when they realize i am not home as often as i was before. i expect some presents at some point in the form of feces.
it's going to be cold this week. today the high is 15 and by friday the high is 5. i was going to walk from the tea garden to school but it is too cold in the shade to do so.
that's just about all i have right now. love yous!!
elysee
Sunday, January 13, 2008
wear a funky, funky eyepatch
well, i'm getting excited for school. it will be very nice.
i changed out my math class because it would have been really really inconvenient to have a class early in the morning on tuesdays/thursdays and late in the evening. i will take math next semester instead. now on tuesdays/thursdays, i have two classes, on right after the other, and i am out of school by noon.
i haven't met anyone up here yet that i really can't stand. i guess that's normal because there are very few people that i do not get along with, in general.
ever since cliff left me in september, i haven't had even an inkling of romantic feeling [a crush, if you will] for anyone, despite many willing suitors.
but! as of thursday i can say that ^ is no longer true. i will not get ahead of myself, but i am optimistic.
the best thing: he's a very passionate vegetarian. the worst thing: he's an aquarius.
more on this as [god-willing] it progresses. i am constantly on guard now, though, so it will be progressing very, very very slowly.
when the weather gets better, i will ride my bike to school sometimes. it is only eight miles, which i have ridden before, numerous times. i'll be taking the bus sometimes, too. at least for my morning classes. the evening classes i can't because the buses don't run to crystal after a certain time, and i don't want to be stuck in the city without a ride.
i will hopefully find someone willing ot watch the dogs for a few days in march so that i can visit florida. amanda and mike are both workign full time now to save money to eventually move, so they won't be coming up here any time soon.
ms. bun bun [my rabbit] has litter trained herself. all i did was give her a litter box, and now that's what she uses.
who says rabbits are stupid???
elle
i changed out my math class because it would have been really really inconvenient to have a class early in the morning on tuesdays/thursdays and late in the evening. i will take math next semester instead. now on tuesdays/thursdays, i have two classes, on right after the other, and i am out of school by noon.
i haven't met anyone up here yet that i really can't stand. i guess that's normal because there are very few people that i do not get along with, in general.
ever since cliff left me in september, i haven't had even an inkling of romantic feeling [a crush, if you will] for anyone, despite many willing suitors.
but! as of thursday i can say that ^ is no longer true. i will not get ahead of myself, but i am optimistic.
the best thing: he's a very passionate vegetarian. the worst thing: he's an aquarius.
more on this as [god-willing] it progresses. i am constantly on guard now, though, so it will be progressing very, very very slowly.
when the weather gets better, i will ride my bike to school sometimes. it is only eight miles, which i have ridden before, numerous times. i'll be taking the bus sometimes, too. at least for my morning classes. the evening classes i can't because the buses don't run to crystal after a certain time, and i don't want to be stuck in the city without a ride.
i will hopefully find someone willing ot watch the dogs for a few days in march so that i can visit florida. amanda and mike are both workign full time now to save money to eventually move, so they won't be coming up here any time soon.
ms. bun bun [my rabbit] has litter trained herself. all i did was give her a litter box, and now that's what she uses.
who says rabbits are stupid???
elle
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
wow!
sorry it has been so long! i got signed out of my blog account and couldn't remember the password. i fixed it now though.
things have been going okay up here. i have been exercising but i am still fat. i am not sure what else i can do. i have been watching what i eat very carefully, as if i didn't do that before.
my finger isn't swollen anymore. it still hurts a whole lot. other than the end of it, which i can't feel at all.
school starts on monday. i pay for classes tomorrow. i'm excited.
i am seeing "sweeny todd" tonight with a guy who just moved here from iowa. i'm thinking it will be a good movie. johnny depp never disappoints me.
i had a gin and tonic last night, and that was the first time i drank since before new years. i've been out at the cc and at kelsey's and stuff, but i have just drunk sprite while there.
people act like it is hard not to drink when others are drinking, but it is very similar to not eating a delicious looking dessert at a restaurant because it isn't vegan.
plus i don't have an addictive personality, so it makes it a lot easier to stop doing stuff like that. though i can't think of any addictive substance that i've stopped using except alcohol. i mean, besides cocaine and black tar heroin.
the snow is melting because it's been so warm lately. i'm not sure when it's going to snow again.
eeeeeelyse
things have been going okay up here. i have been exercising but i am still fat. i am not sure what else i can do. i have been watching what i eat very carefully, as if i didn't do that before.
my finger isn't swollen anymore. it still hurts a whole lot. other than the end of it, which i can't feel at all.
school starts on monday. i pay for classes tomorrow. i'm excited.
i am seeing "sweeny todd" tonight with a guy who just moved here from iowa. i'm thinking it will be a good movie. johnny depp never disappoints me.
i had a gin and tonic last night, and that was the first time i drank since before new years. i've been out at the cc and at kelsey's and stuff, but i have just drunk sprite while there.
people act like it is hard not to drink when others are drinking, but it is very similar to not eating a delicious looking dessert at a restaurant because it isn't vegan.
plus i don't have an addictive personality, so it makes it a lot easier to stop doing stuff like that. though i can't think of any addictive substance that i've stopped using except alcohol. i mean, besides cocaine and black tar heroin.
the snow is melting because it's been so warm lately. i'm not sure when it's going to snow again.
eeeeeelyse
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