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Name: Kate
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Birthday: 10/21/1982
Gender: Female
Interests: concerts. listening to music. travelling. writing. reading. procrastinating. being opinionated. observing the world from a distance.
Expertise: psychology major at MSU
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AIM:  bleuskies8
Member Since:
6/5/2001
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| So since pretty much everyone I know has switched over to LiveJournal, I'm primarily posting there nowadays. I'm going to keep this site and still occasionally post things, but if you want to see regular updates visit my LiveJournal by clicking here.
Hopefully the majority of you will follow me to my new place :)
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| Ohh I should not be updating right now... I should be writing the SOC 481 paper from hell. But somehow (imagine that) this updating business sounds much more entertaining.
Last night was fantastic. Why, you ask? Well, because it was Test Night for fall training at the Ear. I was really needing to reconnect with everyone, and that's just what I got to do :) To sorta echo Angela's earlier post... I am so grateful that I discovered the Ear last semester. I feel like this organization has given me much more than I could ever give back in return. Going through training was life changing; I feel so connected to my entire training group even now. Training itself is such a unique, indescribable experience that no matter what I always feel like my training group has an understanding of me that no one else could. And it's similar with Ears in general... I swear, being a part of this place is like automatically gaining 50 new friends :) It's just amazing. I want to stay in E. Lansing just so I don't have to leave this behind :)
So, coming back from my tangent a bit... Test Night was fabulous. I got to know some of the new trainees, took part in the ritual smearing of pizza sauce/ranch/other condiments all over their tests (teehee), got slightly inebriated, had a few sing-a-longs and a couple of asses in my face... hehe... good times, I'm telling you ;)
Ahh how I love training time. It makes me all warm and fuzzy and connected. And just think, we still have the Y-TRAP to look forward to! :D
Now I'm off to continue my attempts at putting a dent in this goddamn paper >:o
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| So I almost got up this morning for my 12:40 class... but then remembered that it's cancelled today :D There can't be many more feelings in this world better than that. I'm really not doing a lot today either... just one class at 3, then paper writing until after training ends, at which point it will be time to chill with my favorite D'Ears at Art's Bar :)
Yesterday was pretty good too. I was almost late for aerobics, but I ended up making it on time miraculously. It felt good to work out again after a long break, but holy crap did that class beat the crap out of me... I dunno what my deal is :P I think it may quite possibly be related to activities that took place on Monday night (let's just say lots of munchies disappeared *wink, wink*) but I was so easily worn out and winded yesterday. Not so cool.
After aerobics I just chilled out here waiting for the Comcast guy to come and fix our internet... which incidentally ended up happening AFTER I left for the evening. But whatever, I got a bit of work done on my paper, though not nearly enough. So yes, we have working internet now (YAY!) although it's still being funky on my computer... probably a settings issue or something.
Sooo then last night I ended up going out with Phil and his many friends to a show. It was in just about the weirdest yet coolest location you can imagine - the attic of this like, pawn shop/electronics store looking place. The first band who played was pretty generic and crappy, but it improved from there. This Day and Age were halfway decent... kinda pop-punkish, and I didn't care much for their CD, but as far as live shows go they were pretty good. Then the Spill Canvas came on... and I admit, I was skeptical about them. I'm not generally a big emo fan... a lot of it is a bit overdramatic for me and I find myself rolling my eyes a lot :P but this was really good. I had Phil burn me a copy of their CD, which I'm listening to now actually. It's quite good :)
Anyway... now that I'm done rambling about my semi-mundane life... I will go take a shower. Later, kiddies.
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| "what's the point - of all this pointless proximity - if you won't talk - take me for a walk - through a little story
til I get to know you - I ain't gonna show you nothing - wordlessly - whatchoo think this is? - you think that that grin - gonna get you in - where you wanna be?
do I have to stand under your little cloud - just to get near you - baby can't you help this little girl - not to fear you - why don't you just talk - take me for a walk - through a little story
and tell me - why should I keep you - if you won't keep me company?"
~ Ani Difranco : Company ~
Today was fabulous... I just want to run up to everybody and hug them. Ok, maybe not EVERYBODY, but you know... :)
At the start of my Women's Studies class this morning someone suggested we hold class outside, so we all piled out of Bessey and sat in the grass beside the Red Cedar River. It was kinda hot but soaking in the sunlight was great, and MSU's campus is so beautiful. We had a great discussion about Marxism, patriarchy, our experiences as women (and as guys with perspectives on women, to give the three males some credit). It was just so cool. In that class there's such a camaraderie... we have these amazing group discussions and I actually speak up all the time in there. I feel really heard and connected there... and a large part of me thrives on feeling that way. So yeah, great start to the day.
Once we left there I walked from the river up to Grand River... did some perusing at the used record store. I was hoping to find one of Ani DiFranco's newer albums used, but they are amazing so no one was silly enough to sell them back (damnit). Well once I got that idea in my head there was no stopping it... I wandered down to CD Warehouse and ended up buying two at full price... hehe. Oh well, my one and only expenditure for this week, hopefully. Anyway, after that I walked back down Grand River to my Sociology class, where we finally got some crap cleared up about this mystery paper we have due, and I'm feeling much more confident about that... so yet another load off of me.
Finally I got back home and had to take off for my 2nd week at Ele's Place. It went really well also, I was quite happy. We had eight kids tonight, but there's also five facilitators, so I don't feel as much like a babysitter as I did last year. Plus all of the kids are great... even the one troublemaker is charming in his own way. There's one little girl in particular that I feel a connection with... tonight during activity time she wanted to draw my picture, it was cute. I feel so much more comfortable with my co-facilitators this year too... I dunno, it's just nice to feel more like I belong; more like I'm able to make a difference.
On the way home it was just me rocking out to my new Ani CDs... which is what I'm doing currently as well. I dunno. I guess it doesn't sound like that much of an amazingly great day... but it was. I was just feeling very friendly and optimistic and full of energy... talking to random people much more than I EVER do. Finding myself humming as I walked.
It was just one of those days where everything seems right in the universe. Where you can't imagine yourself wanting to be anywhere but where you are. Where every insignificant thing seems fitting, and right, and satisfying.
Someone tell me how to bottle this mood, I'd be rich... :P | | |
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