Alert! Alert!

Sorry about the Giant chicken picture. I don't have time to change it back.

I am in the library writing my Crockett paper. I am pretty sure it has no solid argument whatsoever, but I am kind of having a good time writing it. I have two more pages to go.

I still need to write my Women's History Paper that was due today. It is not even started yet, but I think I know where it's going to go? Maybe?

This Morning at 3:15am I awoke to sirens, and, "Alert! Alert! This is an emergency!" We had to go down 13 flights of stairs after jumping out of bed. When we got into the hallway it smelled like burning plastic. I really enjoyed the experience. It was fun seeing everyone in the stairwell, and then gathered outside. Of course it was pretty scary, but I guess I have been desensitized by fire drills. That's probably a good thing. I used the disruption as an excuse to sleep in.

Yesterday, Erica and I filled a pot she got from the free table with dirt, and put 4 little trees in it. We hope that we can grow them into Bonsai trees.

Here's something from Francis Galton that we read in Crockett's class. It is from, "Statistical Inquiries into the Efficacy of Prayer."

"Of a similar kind is the bitter cry of the hare, when the greyhound is almost upon her; she abandons hope through her own efforts, and screams-but to whom? It is a voice convulsively sent out into space, whose utterance is a physical relief."

He then goes on to be sexist... but we don't have to talk about that.

I just really like it because it's a view on prayer that I hadn't encountered before. The hare who never speaks in it's life cries out to something when death is upon them. Even if you refused to believe any superstition your entire life, would you cry out?

Chauncey Wright

I am following Josh's blog, which makes him happy, and his quick thoughts on indulgent complacency that get me a tinglin' for revolution make me happy in return. Pretty good deal in my opinion.

Today I found a new boyfriend. His name is Chauncey Wright, and he was born in 1830. He was part of the conversations with William James, and Charles Darwin that helped to form the structures of pragmatist thought in America. I must learn more about him.

Jenny and my facilitation went well, and after I played my trumpet and ran on a treadmill to burn off all of my excess energy that I would otherwise be channeling towards unproductive distractions. It feels great. After the gym I ran into Colin in the library and read last week's chapter on CHAUNCEY WRIGHT.

I was going to do taxes, but it's bed time.

Short Blog

My Blog posts are too long.

It is nearly 2:00am on Monday morning. Jenny and I just finished writing up our facilitation plan for class tonight.

Today after Megan left, I went to bed until 2pm. Erica, Matt and I went shopping for Fabulous Glam outfits, and I didn't get to work until 10pm, even though I had intended to work all day.

I skipped French on Friday to go with Megan to Iowa to Visit Coe. Coe is cool. It's a lot like Augsburg in size and liberal artsiness, but it felt far more like a traditional private school. After my couple days there, I find Augsburg to be more socially aware, more progressive, and simply better.

I really enjoyed my time there though.

After getting back yesterday, Jenny and I went to First Ave. Erica helped to dress me so I wore a black dress, fishnets, yellow go-go boots and a yellow belt. I was so fabulous. I made friends on the light rail.

2 more weeks until this is all done. Ah!

Spring Fever

It's definitely kicking in. I'm crazy, and I am pretty sure everyone else is crazy. My hypotheses for why are:
1) Sudden influx of DAYLIGHT has caused our bodies to produce a lot of different chemicals that we aren't used to yet
2) We've been following the same routines for 7 months, with the same people, and now the end is in sight
3) GORGEOUS WEATHER

I don't think we deserve the gorgeous weather. It's going to get spring/summer all worn out by the time it gets here.

Also, with the whole 7 month thing... I can't imagine having a real job where that could easily turn into 7 years.

Anyway, I have been taking drastic measures to combat the craziness.

Mostly in the form of Playgrounds.

After band tour, when band finished, a group of us got together and went to Riverside park to play hot lava tag. That was a couple weeks ago, and it was about that time again. Last week when I went for that walk with Anna, we found a playground on Franklin by the Co-Op. It is a tall playground, with 4 slides, and artificial turf. It isn't very big, but it was a good choice.

I lead the way and Colin, Steve and Magnus came with. It was raining when we left, so by the time we even got there, we were pretty wet and cold, but that only enhanced the experience. We took off our shoes and socks, and ran around getting acquainted with the equipment, and then Steve was the first brave enough to try one of the slides. The slides are already tall and steep, but since it was raining they became super dangerous(awesome). Steve shot down the slide at break neck speed, and crashed on his back at the bottom. He then repeated the process on the other slides.

At first I didn't go that fast because my pants were still dry, but after the first slide, I was so soaked that I too could fly down the slides. At the bottom I would usually land on my feet, but when I took the straight slide, I crashed on my knees and almost knocked some teeth out.

Then we swung for a while, and finally, we played tag. We didn't do hot lava tag because it was too tall. We played like normal until Colin hurt himself and the came dissipated. We also wanted icecream.

The Franklin Freeze Reopened on April First, and we got really excited when we passed it on the way to the park. Colin and I had been there before, but Steve and Magnus hadn't. It was the perfect way to top off more than an hour at the play ground on a fine spring day. I was going to get Cheesecake icecream, but since Colin already decided on that one, I got Maplenut instead. After much deliberation Steve got Orange, and Magnus got Chocolate.

This is important because on the way out we decided that a good way to try all the flavors would be to go one by one all around the poster. That way it would be easier to keep track. Since we all started together, we all have to start on the flavors we chose and work our way around. We will eventually overlap with eachother, and be able to compare and discuss, and never again will we have to go through the difficult process of deciding which flavor to get.

Ah.

When we got back I had to get ready to be picked up for Ali's birthday party. Alan picked me up at 4:30, and we went to Stella's Fish Cafe for Happy Hour before dinner. Then we met up with more people at Benihana's for dinner. I had never been there before, and it was nice. I don't think I would really want to go there again though. Afterward, we returned to Ali and Mitch's and ate cake.

NOW, It's Saturday morning. In half an hour, I am going to go to the music building to practice the Easter Music I need to play with Kelly tomorrow. She is picking me up at noon, and we are going to the easter service rehearsal. The main easter piece has 4 sharps, and I am pretty scared. I hope it sounds good when the two of us play it. I haven't practiced the hymns either, because they seemed easy. Let's hope that I was not decieved!

When I get back to campus, I will have some down time, and at 6, Robin from my Latin American History class last fall, and the trip to Nicaragua is going to pick me up. We are going to go out for coffee, and then go to Orchestra Hall to see GILBERTO GIL! We read a whole book about him and the Tropicalia movement in class, so this is bound to be great. I am really excited.