Respond with comment that includes you answers.  This quiz is tough, so be prepared.

Outkast or Kanye?
Plaid or Pinstripe?
Death Cab or Rilo Kiley? or Postal Service?
Sprint or Other?  (Oh, please.)
Mozart or Beethoven?
Backstreet Boys or 'NSYNC?
Messenger or AIM?
Radiohead or Coldplay?
Johnny Depp Edward Scissorhands or Johnny Depp Pirates?
Indie or Billboard?
Math or English?
Carrots or Spinach?
Red or Black?
Guitar or Piano?
Dinner or Movie?
Desktop or Laptop?
Grunge or Pop Punk?
Music or Book? (You better get this right.)
July or December?
Soundgarden or Rage? or Audioslave?
Chocolate or Carmel?
80s/90s/or Present Madonna?
Lauryn Hill or Alicia Keys?
Justin or Usher?
Nick or Jessica? or Ashlee?
Dog or Cat?
Coke or Pepsi?
Duke or North Carolina?
Nude or covered? (Ha!)
Bagels or Doughnuts?
80s/90s/or Present U2?
Joaquin Phoenix or Jaimie Fox?
X-Files or Lost?  (Yikes!)
Beef or Chicken?
80s or 90s?
E-mail or Blog?
Mini or Nano?
New York or Chicago?
Friends or Seinfeld?
DVR or TiVo?
NES or N64?
Rosie or Ellen?
Popsicles or Ice Cream?
George or George W?
VH1 or MTV?

You're done!

It's time talk about how excellent Christmas break is.

If you're in school, break is like one huge deep sigh when you just...don't...think.  For three weeks I can stop writing 3 papers per night and not fall asleep stressing about the 500 things I have to do in the next week.  It's brief but satisfying.

Christmas break brings loved ones back for a visit:  fun people you went to high school with and family members you may or may not like (no matter).

Christmas break also means long and fullfilling movie/TV on dvd marathons.  This could include musicals, multiple theater visits in one day, or watching shows for 5 hours straight.  Who cares what it is as long as it's anything but homework.

Let's not forget the biggest even of the year...my birthday!  Yep, on the 21st I'll be 21.  My golden b-day.  Don't worry, I'm not party girl.  I mainly just like the idea of being able to tell people that I'm an official "adult."

Oh, there's Christmas and New Year's Eve, too.  Those two days are also fabulous.

There are just too many grand things to count.  So, anyone else ready for a break?

I've seen alot of cats lately.  There was one walking by the front of our door the other night.  I yelled "kitty, kitty" quite a few times-it just kept running.  I wonder why-there's no way I could have scared it with my shrieking!

Then on campus last week I saw another one.  It was just there.  Nothing special.  Lastly, I always see Midnight, the "church cat."  He/she always hangs out around my church every week.  I think he/she is possibly 75 years old because everyone remembers him/her.  I actually have no idea.

The other week our weird neighbor lady was sitting in front of our door with her 2 birds.  I had no clue what was going on until I looked out the window after I heard this high pitched "Oh, you such a cute burdie!"  There were also other disturbing noises and cooing.  She left eventually, but it's still a mystery to me.

I like strange stories.  Don't you?

Guess what? I finally bought an iPod.  I'm quite pleased at its amazing capabilities.  It's a 30G, so it can hold up to 7,500 songs.  At this point I have 10.45 gigs of space filled.  It can also store all my photos as well as any music videos or TV episodes (like Lost) I purchase from iTunes.

I named it DJ Junior.  It's sleek, black, and powerful.  Similar to Batman.  It's my new technological love.  I think I'm going to go admire it right now.

Thanks for reading and be sure to check out my new picachure featuring DJ Junior!

Recently, the residents living above my apartment have been extremely loud for no apparent reason.  Usually on Saturday and Sunday afternoons they cause annoying, repetitive "thuds" above my room.  These thuds continue for hours upon hours.  At times I have sat on my bed waiting for the next group of thuds...and of course, they come.  Could they be dropping shoes every 30 seconds?  Jumping up and down?  Throwing objects at the carpet?  I have absolutely no idea.

Many a time my roommate tells me of random noise they make while she is alone during the evening.  Sometimes it sounds like they push chairs around for fun...or stomp back and forth...or allow a herd of buffalo to gallup through their hallway.  Whatever.

Anyway, today we decided that we were quite fed up with hearing their constant conmmotion after a man began playing his guitar and singing BADLY in the kitchen above us.  (And by fed up I mean irrate.)  So, this is what we did.  First we took the top of a broomstick and raked it back and forth across the air vents at the top of the walls.  While doing this, we screamed very loudly "AHHHHHH" or "SHUUUUT UUUUP."  As my roommate bestoyed the noisy terror of the broomstick, I ran through the rest of our apartment and slammed every door closed.  Lastly, we both make racket in our kitchen.

At this point, we waited silently for them to respond or stop their noise.

Instead they made even more noise to combat our attempts.  And, apparently they purposely knocked on counters and threw chairs around on thier kitchen floors while I was gone again.

All I have to say now is...it's soooo on.  Here begins the War of the Floors.

read this blog.  There may some juicy things you might want to know.  I stole this from Paige, she inspired me. Thanks.

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you? No one...but I know alot of b-days on the 21st's of every month.

2. Where was your first kiss? on a dance floor (don't ask)

3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property? no

4. Have you ever hit someone of the same sex? yes, not with hostility, though.  I kicked boys in 3rd grade w/ my cowboy boots.

5. Have you ever sang in front of a large number of people? heck yes, when I won Winter Dinner with my amazing rendition of "Constipation"

6.Whats the first thing you notice about the opposite/same sex?  oh...hair, definition of the chin, booty, I like good looking hands, too-is that weird?

7.What really turns you on? sense of humor and love for Jesus

8.What do you usually order from starbucks? nothing

9. What is your biggest mistake? putting things off

10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? not really

11. Say something totally random about you? Once I kissed a dead moose (on a wall)

12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? yeah, Hilary Swank, I don't really see it, but strangers have said so

13. Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?  Nope

14. Did you have braces? for 2 years

15. Are you comfortable with your height? yes, i like being 64 inches

16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the opposite sex has done for you? I'm not a fan of romance really, but i guess...roses

17. When do you know it's love? love is sacrifice and an action, so both of those

18. Do you speak any other languages? fuego. ensalada. lavar.  mantequilla. and I had 2 years of German  Ganz Toll!

19. Have you ever been to a tanning salon? yes

20. What magazines do you read? Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, sometimes Spin

21. Have you ever ridden in a limo? yep...4 times

22. Has anyone you were really close with passed away? not really close

23. Do you watch mtv? sorry I do, Real World-total guilty pleasure

24. What are some things that really annoy you? popping knuckles, overprotection from parents

25. What's something you really like? music...collecting it

26. Do you like Michael Jackson? only his music, old school music

27. Can you dance? OF COURSE...pop it to lock it, break to make it

28.What's the latest you have ever stayed up? only like 6am

29. Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die? nope

30. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? yes when i broke my nose

31. Do you actually read these when other people fill them out? not always


FIRSTS
First best friend: Erin Anderson since the womb

First Car: 94 Ford Escort, still have Jackson my baby

First big trip: Disneyworld 1994

First flight: i was an infant, don't remember where I went, i may have yaked though

First time skiing/Snowboarding: Jr. High, Iowa, it was very lame

First ticket violation: speeding for 37 in 25...took STOP class

First job: Hy-Vee, like almost everyone, I wasn't a sacker, however

LASTS
Last car ride: from class to home this afternoon

Last kiss: over a month ago

Last time you cried: oh geez...really cried? sometime earlier this year maybe

Last movie watched:  The Life Aquatic

Last food you ate: DaVinci's

Last love: summer

Last temptation:  not going to class...oh, i so did though

Last item bought: groceries

Last annoyance: a guy in the kitchen (at work) not delivering salads fast enough

Last time wanting to die: never

Last concert: The Killers on August 10th, totally rockin' 

Last phone call: to my mother

Last time at the mall: yikes, maybe 3 weeks

Last song you heard: "A Sort of Homecoming" by U2

Last TV show you watched: Killer Instinct...The X-files of the new millenium, but NOT as good whatsoever

One word of advice: never eat potato salad at a picnic, it might contain deadly pathogens. (Nutrition 131 today)

I've been listening to Kanye West the last couple of days in anticipation for his 2nd album coming out the 30th.  The more I listen to him rap, the more I just want to bust my own rhymes!  If you read the following, I'm sure you'll agree:

Celli' ringin', Ima blingin'
but ain't got no ice,
L-town, southside
ain't no place for flippin' lice!
Holla, I'm out!

Ice and lice-it doesn't get much more difficult I'd say.

Also, school is monday and I've been in denial this week.  Although I do get moderately excited when I buy school supplies or purchase another track jacket.   Maybe I'll carry a lunchbox this year...or maybe I'll get kicked in the neck.

Okay now everyone needs to comment on Tommy Lee Goes to College.  Making fun of a smelly metal drummer is certainly great for UNL (sarcasm).  Continue...

Here's some stuff:

Buying groceries is always a weird experience for me.  I usually have to dodge middle-aged woman coming out of an aisle.  The last two times I went to put my cart at the end of the belt so I could load my food up, an old couple felt the need to leave their cart in the exact wrong place so I had absolutely no room.  How kind of them.

On the 3rd of July I tore open a teddy bear and stuffed it full explosives and soaked it in flammable cleaner.  It was on fire.
On the 4th of July a parachute exploded in my face.  I was not on fire.

I've decided that I'm going to collect vinyl.  So far I have:  The Best of Blondie, Blondie; Make It Big, Wham!; Thriller, Michael Jackson; Flashdance;  War, U2.  Next I'm looking for Duran Duran and Madonna, maybe some Nirvana if it's not too expensive.  Any suggestions?

"Profound U2 Lyric of the Blog"

 And you hunger for the time
 Time to heal, desire, time
 And your earth moves beneath
 Your own dream landscape

 "A Sort of Homecoming" The Unforgettable Fire

 That's all.

I think I might start blogging more since it's summer now.  I'm not even sure if anyone cares to read these, though.  But, whatever, here I go.  I feel I must list things that I love about summer:

REALLY late nights, garage sales, seeing people again who were away at college, hairless legs (particularly mine), air conditioning, popsicles, the anticipation of waiting for Lost to begin again, playing extremely great music in my car while driving over the speed limit, hanging w/ new friends I've recently made, and basically the lack of responsibility I'm allowed to have for so very few months.

Crap.  Real life is not 8 months of class and 4 months of freedom.  In all honesty, I've come realize that I'm actually pretty content as a college student. It suits me. I like staying up late, I like serving people for a "living," and basically doing whatever the heck want, within reason though, b/c I have to remember I'm an unofficial adult.

I'm starting a new thing called "Profound U2 Lyric of the Blog."  Read below and ponder.

Boys and girls
Go to school, and girls
They make children
Not like this one

"Out of Control"  Boy

 

So it's my second day of spring break and I'm not really sure what to do. Should I be a good student and read ahead and do all my work tonight? Nope! I refuse, because, dag nabit, I'm on stinking spring break. But, sadly, it's something like 40 degrees outside. Not so spring-like. I did some laundry, I think I'll clean my fish bowls, and then I dunno. I have so much free time that I'm currently typing way more than I ever have on this blog thing. I'm open to suggestions, please!