Happy BDAY Kevin

Happy birthday to my brother. I'll try to call later when Kelly is around and I can use her cell phone.

Last night was black tie, willamette's big formal dance. it was a pretty good time, but the most interesting part of the evening was the food before. We decided to go to an Egyptian restaurant because we had never had it before. I thought it would be a lot like Turkish food - ya know, lots of kabobs. They did have Kabobs but they also had a lot of lamb and veal too. I went with the chicken kabobs and kelly got some funky amed meatballs and we split it. not bad.

tonight the guys are playing muddy kickball on the quad. it is going to be fun. then who knows..

have a good one

Vday

Here is reason number 2 in this recent blog series that I will be happy to graduate.

College ruins Valentine's Day.

Now, I'm not huge on Valentine's day anyways because I think we should all love each other all the time, not just when the florists and candy companies tell us we should. But at Willamette and across the country, the feminists pick Valentine's day for their big event: the Vagina Monologues.

The Vagina Monologues are a bunch of monologues with women talking about their vaginas. I have no problem with feminists, but I don't see why they have to turn Valentine's Day into Vagina Day, pass out Valentines with vaginas on them, and even hang cardboard vaginas in the trees all over campus. (Willamette should take a look into how many of the high schoolers who go on tours here on Valentine's day with the vaginas in the trees actually come back...)

I've been to them so I'm not being close-minded. But why do it on Valentines day? Valentines day is awful for guys anyways. I mean, I don't mind showing Kelly I care, but since EVERYBODY is doing it the same day everything you do seems more like a competition with the guys than something special for the girls. So you stress out trying to find something sweet enough, something creative enough, something better than the other guys. Then, instead of enjoying the activity you planned or the evening you envisioned, you get to hear girls you don't know talk about their vaginas... not me. not this year. February 14th will not be vagina day for me, but you other guys have fun.

As for Kelly and me, we will be partaking in our favorite ice cream, Black Raspberry Avalanche, watching a movie, studying together, and laughing at all the people who had an evening focusing on vaginas instead of on each other.

quote of the day

"Condolezza Rice is a girl born out of slave ancestry who should know not to trust the white man."

~ Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since the 1970s.

...says the man who caused a famine in his country by destorying all the white farms that produced a huge majority of the nations food supply.

I can't believe I'm writing my thesis on countries that work like this!!!

Bowling

So Thursday night we had our first pledge meeting and activity, which was bowling. I just want to give myself an online pat on the back with my new personal record of 132. hells yeah.

this weekend was pretty busy between matching up pledges with big brothers and writing my thesis, but now it is over and i'm going to sleep.

hmmm. sleep

Clarification

So when I said Bracken and I were giving up food after 9pm for Lent I didn't mean I wasn't eating for ALL of lent. It means no more late nate binges. It isn't good for you anyways. I appreciate all the worrying about Bracken and me starving ourselves, but we can eat all day - just not after 9pm.

It is a healthy thing to do, especially since I don't usually eat healthy after 9pm anyways!

So STOP WORRYING!!!

Screw WU!

Some days I love this place and then some days I can't wait to get the hell out of here! Here is my SCREW WU for the day.

I've been printing off a lot of stuff lately as I am doing my thesis research and putting together the binder for the new pledge class of my fraternity. Apparently I've been flagged and they busted me for printing multiple copies of something and took my name. I wasn't printing anything that wasn't absolutely necessary, but they decided to take my name and cut me off from printing or something (not quite sure what they're doing with my name). Gee Willamette. I'm sorry for being an involved academic.

Hey, maybe those jerks are right. It isn't like I'm trying to research a 70 page paper or help bring new members into one of campus' most active student organizations.

SCREW WU

Goodbye food

In the interests of both Lent and the Return to Excellence, Bracken and I are giving up food after 9pm for Lent. However, we do get one exception per week.

Of course, tonight was Mardi Gras so we shoveled in one last late-night Muchas burrito. mmm...

I've never been so excited for Easter, but I don't think that's the point...

off to study...

Sweet revenge

I would like everyone to know that the wound I suffered yesterday has been avenged. I mightily defeated my worthy foe in back to back games today.

boo-yah

a racquetball can mark my side, but humiliating defeat scars the soul.

Racquetball is NOT for the weak...

I don't think I have to tell you how painful this was. My new obsession this semester is my roommate bonding time over racquetball. We play for a little over an hour every day. Today I hit a good shot and turned around just in time to see Bracken, who was standing about three feet from me, wind up and return it straight into my side. That ring you see was dark purple for while and now it is just pink and raised. Hurts like a you know what...

but i'll be back on the court tomorrow...

Sad way to lose...

Here are my thoughts on the Superbowl for what it is worth. First off, it was a game I didn't care too much about because my beloved Broncos went out in the first round. I wanted to see a good game and it was very close to that. With 5:30 left the Eagles were down by ten points and had the ball. One would think they'd play fast, try to score, and then onside kick to get the ball back ASAP. For the non-football fans "playing fast" means passing the ball to the sidelines so you can get out of bounds and stop the clock. Instead they did short passes to the middle of the field, letting the clock roll all the way past the two minute warning before scoring. RIDICULOUS. By the time they got it back they were down by three with about thirty seconds left. What did they do from their own 4? Short and in the middle. clock rolled. obsolete interception. end of game.

if they are going to call plays that bad they deserve to lose... so congrats to the Pats, the new NFL dynasty. Judging by the last couple dynasties, the Cowboys and 49ers, you have a lot to look forward to.

GO BRONCOS

It's been a while...

Hello world,

It has been a while hasn't it, but I decided I'm going to get back to it. It is hard being so far away from so many people you love all the time and it is nice to hear something from them often, even if it is just in the form of a little blog comment. It is nice to know that people are thinking about you and I like to show people I'm thinking about them too.

Mom- I'm proud of you and I'm glad you survived the move. I love knowing you are back with family! Now, go get a job :)

Gma and Gpa- I miss you a ton and thank you so much for Christmas. I hope Kevin gave you our present to you (and let you know it was from me too!) I hope all of your projects are going well and I hope I get to see you sometime soon. Take care of each other!

Dad- I can't believe you are taking the plunge next week, but I guess I'm not in a position to give you any crap for it seeing as how I'm getting married as well. Have fun at the basketball game. Hopefully it is a good one for you.

Kevin and Danny- Fun to see you guys in Maui. Keep working hard but don't burn out. See yu guys in May but it would be cool to hear from you before that.

Friends from Palmer- It is weird to email back and forth without knowing when I'm going to see you. We didn't really get a chance to say goodbye so let's just not say goodbye and we'll bump into eachother soon enough.

You guys are all in my thoughts. Have fun watching the Superbowl. I don't really care about the teams this year so I hope for a good game and better commercials.