School Memories (cont.)

Aug. 8th, 2008 11:55 am 08/08/08
August 8th's will come around many more times however it will be awhile before we get another 08/08/08. It's the only one that I will likely live to see. Today is a special day!

Aug. 7th, 2008 01:47 pm IQ Test
We were taking IQ tests at work....this is what I got.

YOUR IQ SCORE IS: 123

A score of 124 or higher is required to qualify for membership in the Higher IQ Society.

Doesn't that suck!! So close. I retook it and got a 120 so I guess I'm just not smart enough. Oh well.....Since the average IQ is 100 I'm above average so that's a positive!

Aug. 7th, 2008 10:49 am Aquasox, Behind Closed Doors, Discrepancies, and Romantic Destiny
Aquasox Game
Britt and I went to an Aquasox game the other night. Our tickets were free thanks to a coupon so I couldn't complain! The seats were pretty good and we had a great time watching to game and people watching! My grandma called right before we got to the game and told me the papa was at the game too! Since grandpa left his phone at home, there was no way for me to call him so i wander over to the bleacher and asked the crowd if anyone knew me....eventually I found gramps and right behind him was sitting Christian! It was crazy! A good night full of fun.

Behind Closed Doors
So J-term RAs....words can't describe them.....Anywoo, Tyler and I were asked to help out with Behind Closed Door during for the J-term RAs training. We said we may be able to but only if no one else could because we didn't know our schedules. We were told that we probably weren't needed but that they would tell us if they did. Later that week I recieved an e-mail that had the Behind Closed Door times and which RAs were assigned to which rooms. Lo and behold, Tyler and I were on the list in a room together although we were never officially asked and told we were doing so. I went to go show Tyler and he was pissed. Ends up that he didn't even get the e-mail so he wanted to boycott the training.....I convinced him otherwise though.
So we showed up for Behind Closed Doors. Tyler and I were assigned the policy of opposite gender room restrictions. We set it up that I was in Tyler's room after hours, not as his girlfriend like most would have suspected, but as a fellow classmate working on a project with him. It was pretty funny because the room we were assigned it had some pretty crazy books so Tyler started reading them really loud so the people outside the door could hear him. When Tyler brought up asexual production and I started bickering with him, you just heard people laughing outside! Then there would be the knock and Tyler would let the "RA" in. They would ask us if we knew what time it was and we would just freak out that hadn't known it was so late which meant we had even less time to get our work done than we had originally thought. They asked us to move to a lounge, but we argued we needed a computer and only had a laptop. It was great! People had no idea what to do with the two of us! I am going to miss my RA buddy!

Eric, Heather, and I
Eric likes to pop peoples backs. I don't mind Mr. Griebenow pushing on my back so I would lay down on the floor and he would sit on my butt to crack what needed to be cracked. One evening, like usual Eric was popping my back so were was in the hallway. All of a sudden from behind me I hear Heather Brooks exclaim panickedly "Alex and Eric! What are you two doing!" I guess Eric straddling me looked a little wrong but him and I had never thought a thing about it! We just started laughing and explained to her what we were doing! She said she was relieved because she thought we were getting it on in the hallway! Oh so funny!

My Romantic Destiny
Heather Brook is dating Carl Pierce. This is significant for this reason. Carl Pierce was a Foss RA his Sophomore year and RAAD of T-stad his junior year. Heather is the same. RA is Foss her sophomore year and T-stad RAAD her junior year! Now its my turn. I was a Foss RA my sophomore year and will now be the T-stad RAAD for my junior year! Creepy huh?! Carl and Heather are dating which means that I am destined to fall in love with a male RA in Foss this year who will be the RAAD of T-stad next year! It's fate as Carl and Heather would say! I guess I'll jsut have to wait and find out.

Aug. 7th, 2008 10:44 am Multiple Demensions
I wish never to be one demensional.
The whole offers so many things that I want to latch on to and try as many as I can.
I don't want to just be the nurse, the traveler, the mom.
I want to be multi-demensional.

Another random thought..... I like the sound of the word "Babushka." Who doesn't?

Aug. 5th, 2008 04:02 pm Britt, Eric T, and the Cabin
Britt's Creepy Phone Message
So my fam is out of town. Because I feel bad that Britt is sleeping on an air matress at home, I invited her to stay with me for a few nights. She has to wake up at 5am and I don't have to wake up until 7am, I decided to read my book out in the living room so she could go to bed back in my bedroom. A little time goes by, when the phone rings. It's 11pm so I figure it's got to be my parents because no one else would call this late. I answered with the standard "hello" only to hear a creepy, low voice respond with "do you want to play a game?" Before I could even think about what to do, I hear the person on the phone start laughing and then chuckles echoing down the hallway! When I figured out it was Britt, I yelled "I'm going to kill you!" and jump on top of her! She deserved the beating! Scared me half to death....

Weekend at the Cabin
I has a nice relaxing weekend at the cabin. Got to do alot of reading and floated about on the floatees. Two things I'd like to recall. First was when we were driving back to the cabin. My mom was driving while my dad's boss was in the passangeres seat. My sis and I were in the back. I had never met the woman before so I introduced myself and she seemed really nice. Anywoo, on the way home, my mom asked how meeting Britt's grandma had been. I explained that her grandma was kind of wierd because she just stared at you, look you up and down. Then when her grandma finally said something, she had the lowest croaky voice I have ever heard come out of the little woman! I started explaining how her grandma was a smoker and she sound like shit.....that is, until my sis nudges me and pointed at dad's boss's wife and pretended to smoke! Yeah, she is a smoker so here I was basking smokers with one in the car! So embarassing. Second recollection to the weekend was me dropping my sunglasses in the lake!! It sucks! Oh well. I'll just buy new ones.

Eric's Infamous Bracelet
Moved in to Foss. Opening Weekend was a zoo. Some how I got roped into helping RHC burn rope bracelets onto residents....Everyone needed their hall identifier so there I was, melting the rope and then smashing it together. Burnt you pretty good if you weren't careful. Eric Troftgruben....I love that kid....didn't have a bracelet so I went to work. Did the best darn job out of all the other people! Months went by and his didn't even fray, let alone fall off like everyone else's! All year that thing held on and lookd about at good as it did the first day! But then it came! The day I wished would never come! It was time to move out of Foss and therefore, Eric had decided, time to remove the bracelet! He brought special music to my room that was so epic words can not even explain it. With scissors in hand, as the music began to build and build, I prepared myself for the nip! Right as the song peaked, the scissors snapped, and the rope fell to the ground. It was tragic! I nearly cried. The end of an era. I damn good era.

Aug. 5th, 2008 02:57 pm Nap Time
Have you ever been lying down somewhere cozy, eyes closed, relaxed, just thinking about possibilities,.....? Then has it ever popped into your head "am I sleeping right now?" Those 20 minute naps where you're not completely out. You are just "resting your eyes." Is that sleeping? Can you be thinking and asking questions cohertently while you sleep? Ever time I find myself in this state I wonder whether I'm asleep or not but there's never a way for me to really know. It's a beautiful state, don't get me wrong, but I still question its legitimacy.