my favorite call from the ballpark was:

beer beer BEER beer beeeeerr!

it doesn't look like much in print, but i swear. try it out. shout it a time or two. use it when ordering a cold one, when answering what you'd like for lunch, when asked what you want out of life, or just randomly for a kick.
it's a real pick-me-up.

i don't know which way i'm going, i don't know what i've become

i just killed and flushed a big spider. sometimes when i do that, despite the fact that this one was very, very dead before it reached the bowl, i get all paranoid that it's going to be resurrected, swim back up the pipes, and climb out of the toilet to attack me the next time i go to the bathroom. i blame that damn "itsy bitsy spider."

renea and i just watched some episodes of "freaks and geeks." that's what i got for living 27 years. jessica meyer tried to get me to watch that show for months before i finally gave in. man do i wish i had listened sooner... jess, i will never doubt you again. i tried to explain the other day that my hesitancy came from a belief that this show was of the same caliber as "saved by the bell." which, while i watched when it was on, i never really got into very much. because it wasn't good. but freaks and geeks wins. watch it right after you get home from seeing "the last mimzy."
jess, do you remember that time we watched high school musical and made t-shirts? patrick, do you ever wear the t-shirt we made you?
at the time these memories (and t-shirts) were being made i knew they'd be good ones.

i'm going to play on an intramural softball team. i don't think i have ever hit a softball in my life. my solace comes from: 1. knowing that most of the other people playing don't care at all and will potentially be high at all of the games; 2. the only other girl i know who will be playing is still recovering from a broken kneecap and can't really run. it's going to be an awesome season.

why does nursing school have so much paperwork every quarter? reduce, reuse, recycle. come on, uw. seriously...

news from the home front

i have been slacking and for that i'm sorry.

florida was so very nice... it may have been the best vacation ever. thank you, sunshine state. and thanks cara and dwayne. you sure know how to show a girl a good time.

so it turns out they didn't kick me out of school after all. also, in an ironic twist of events, the teacher who was threatening this has been put on probation herself. i can't decide if this feels like justice or obligation, but i guess i'm just glad somebody actually listened.
i think this quarter is going to be better in every way. classes seem like they're going to be more like what i'm used to: lots of theory and ideas and paper writing. the tough science is done, bitches.

i kind of feel like i'm almost done with this program. there are 11 weeks until summer, then fall i may or may not go to thailand, winter quarter i'll be in costa rica for sure, spring i do my full-time practicum, then i graduate and take the boards. when broken down like that it is totally manageable.
or mangeable. i mean, a person could eat a plane if it's in small bites...

anybody want to run a half marathon with me in may? i'd love some company.

from the ballpark

the announcer, beginning with a benign comment, finishes with a surprise:

"will the owner of a silver mazda 6 with florida license plates X_6 47_ please report to us because...

YOU'VE GOT THE DIRTIEST CAR IN THE LOT!
uncle chick's car wash wants to help you clean things up a bit, so they're giving you a free car wash at any participating location."

spring training is fun.

2 down

i'm in tampa.

SPRING BREAK, BABY...
WOOOOOO!!!!

my brain is melting.

my brain is melting.

there are some days that should probably seem important but just aren't.
like today.
i need to make a list with 27 things on it. mae, help me out here...
i don't really have time to think about it anyway because there's way too much information to try and make my brain remember. sometimes it scares me and i think i must have some kind of neurological deficit. i know i have seen this information before; i even have notes on some of the slides. but i swear to you i have never heard those words before...

4 days and counting.

fun comes in green

the race was a lot of fun. but the weather sucked. thank you, pineapple express. at least you made it "warm," even if it was grey and wet.

what we should have seen:
complete with mt rainier in the background and the water and bright orange cranes to the right.

what we actually saw was grey. lots and lots of grey.

then renea and i went to lunch. we think the place was run by a cult. for real.
now it's time for study study study.

oh, you know...

used bookstores might be my downfall. i can't believe there was such a long period of time when i didn't read things for fun. now i'm known amongst my peers as the girl who has time to read for fun. here are some of the things people in my program have said about me so far this year:

-"well, you're my new little discovery."
-"noooo... with your personality you've got to be at least 5'6"!"
-"who's liz?" "you know, the girl who reads books for fun."

i often wonder what in the world people must think of me. and i feel very surprised after the mess that i was last quarter that any of those people like me at all...

and yet a few of us are running in the st. patrick's day dash tomorrow morning. we get to run on the viaduct. i hope there's not an earthquake because apparently we would all die. but i'm looking forward to it, nonetheless. it's one of the loveliest views in the city.

well kids, with the time change it's pretty late so i'm off to bed. g'night.

if you're gonna spew, spew into this

i'm not allowed to tell you yet but i know what it is.

patrick: grab a beer and call me sometime. we'll suspend reality and pretend i'm there.

there are some pretty rad people out there who also feel lonely right now. i wonder if that's why we're friends; we have this idea, this vision, or this experience with friendship and how it should and can be, and the options before us just don't measure up. i would even say that they make me feel more lonely than just being by myself would. it's nice to know i'm not the only one dealing with this.

remixes: good or bad?
what about covers?

i heard southeast engine got signed. it's about damn time... i hope they come out here on tour. i would make all the nerds go out and see them.

that bread pudding's gotta go. it's making me feel kinda funny.

i'm wide awake it's morning

thank you, john in the morning. you've been helping me for years.

sometimes i feel like a fortune cookie.
a fortune "cook-e."
oooh... sorry about that.

it is my last day of class for the quarter. after today i never have to take pathophysiology or pharmacology again.
that is totally worth waking up for.

the weather is here, wish you were beautiful

two days like this in a row? short sleeves, sunshine, free baseball games... it's enough to make a girl think it's spring.

on the other side of 45th is an amazing view of lake washington. matthews beach is down there and next time i'm going down to run along the water in the park.

mania. days like this cause it.

dinner. days like this make me hungry.

hey lyndsey bot--thanks for the hookup. also i kind of wish i could try your pig.

you may remember him as "kevin."
mae and j--i just might have a rootbeer float in your honor.

today was a keeper

i never realized how interesting the walk home from the post office is.
first there is a drum shop on the corner--i'm not really sure how you can afford to pay rent in such an expensive part of seattle solely on the sale of djembes, but it seems to work for them. then there is some sort of martial arts studio where 15 people were heartily attacking the red and black punching bags as i passed. then there was a sight that slightly resembled a zoo exhibit, or a scene from "it's a small world" to me: a large plate glass window, behind which were several small children with headphones on, seated at keyboards, clapping their hands. and finally, there is a larger-than-life, shiny statue of an italian pizza chef with a protruding potbelly and a giant "thumbs up" beneath his ridiculous mustached face and chef's hat. all of this in a single block.
i like our neighborhood.

today was one of the best days in ages. i rode my bike to school and only needed to wear a t-shirt and vest. i brought a hoodie for when i got there, but didn't need it at all today. there were a few hours of unadulterated sunshine in the afternoon, and i got to take a delightful nap basking in it outside, facing the fountain and mt rainier (which remained hidden behind all of those far-off clouds). i ran all the way up 45th to see what is on the other side. it was worth it.

i'm sleepy and fighting off some sort of plague. i have a lot to do still, so i'm off.

"put on whatever makes you attractive,
if it's not you then do it for the sake of fashion,
your friends like a certain you;
that's who you've go to be."

-pedro the lion

listen up

what would i do without music?
there are certain songs associated with most important parts of my life.

this is from my new favorite album. if i had the means i would buy it for everyone i know.

i went running in the slough today. (not like "slough" from the office; this is pronounced "slew" and is really just a marshy swampy nature area with boardwalks and nice trails.)
i used to live in one of those butter colored condos across the street. after almost a month on the sofa of the one-bedroom it was a dream to get my own room again. i listened to the barenaked ladies and the indigo girls and sarah mclaughlin then. man am i glad those days are over...

i might be moving to a new home. it's hard to tell.

it's time for some ice cream. and maybe an episode of heroes. tv online will be the death of me.

it is finished.

i never have to do med-surg again unless i decide i want to. i probably won't.
next quarter is childrens. i think i might actually even like it there. the buildings are named after animals.

physical therapy kind of hurts. it's a good thing they're really nice.

"in the end i was the mean girl, or somebody's in between girl"