i'd be in big trouble...

Right.  so we're reading this short story by Chekhov for my Russian class.  and i'm reading along thinking that i'm picking up on everything, thinking i'm doing a pretty good job with my translation, and then yesterday we discussed the first part of the story as a class.  well APPARENTLY there was this whole part of the story that i completely missed--i understood it to mean that basically the Gubov and Anna were standing around in Anna's apartment and there was an awkward silence and she was moving with a nervous and anticipatory demeanor that reflected the awkward and naive way she spoke.

so i learn in class yesterday that they definitely weren't "standing around" the apartment.  they were "doin' the booty!"  big trouble, right?  duuude, if i'm mistaking "standing around and being silent" for "doin the booty all russian and awkward"...then i can't even imagine...that kind of mistake will get a person in a world of trouble.  bad news bears.

in other news, America's Next Top Model?  holy crap, this past week when they were doing their "sexy" crawls...i'm sorry, but Heather looked like the creepy dead girl from The Ring.  Not even joking.  with her blinding white skin and her dark hair and her blank expression.  gross. 

and did anyone see her do the wall-slide?  her eyes were rolling back in her head and it looked like she was having a seizure. cmon!  that's not very modely.

wednesday night tv is the best.  i'm addicted to gossip girl.  my family would be ashamed.

squirrels

the dinner a'fare is a really good idea.  i went there with nathan and we put some food together and now we have a shit-ton of food in our freezer just waiting to be eaten. 

i go to GHP on the 6th.  that's swell.  i can't waaaaait to see eleta again.  i haven't seen that girl in over 3 years and i miss her real bad.  i'm pretty pumped about going.  i'm not pumped about the smoke.  especially since the smell of the smoke is gonna mix with the smell of ass that blankets valdosta.  oh well. 

we had to call the fire department last night at like 11:30 because our washing mashine was filling the house with smoke.  it was kinda silly.  and i had kind of a lot of laundry to do seeing as how i have to pack for next week.  so that's dumb.

nathan came to visit last week and i like how every visit is ALWAYS better than the last.  i had a lot of fun!!  we're planning on going whitewater rafting in august with my brothers and my cousins. 

my uncle was ordained to the deaconate.  that's totally sweet.

i decided not to color my hair.

my fingers are healing.

i've been doing 5 miles a day--and i always manage to attract really creepy creepertons when i'm running.  way to be.

i've been watching "the biggest loser" marathons on the style network.  i'm really lame.

what's with MTV showing really shitty shows lately?  all they play is The Real World and Run's House.  Come ON!  let's see some NEXT marathons. 

my lips are chapped beyond chapped. they hurt real bad.

you should pin money on her

I just talked to my brother, and he was telling me his favorite birthday related story.  he said that he was in a gas station and there were two women there, one had money pinned on her.  the other woman (her friend) said:

it's her birfday.  you should pin money on her because it's her birfday...one time on my birfday people pinned money on me, and i had enough money to bail a mothaf***a outta jail AND by myself a new dress.

i just about peed my pants. 

i like not studying for my finals. 

i finally have a pro team to cheer for

yep.  the cleveland browns.  they're my team.  i'm glad that's settled.  and my baseball team?  the cubs.  and my basketball team? oh who the hell am i kidding...i hate basketball.  i wish there was a way they could all lose.

meanwhile, my paper isn't writing itself like i had anticipated.