I like scaring little kids

Yeah, last night I was at First B terroizing middle schoolers. It was so fun! Of course, they have absolutely no respect for authority, but that's exactly why it is so fun to totally freak them out. Of course, I got a little freaked out myself at first, because it was dark and we were in pretty much the whole church. That place is huge, and I still don't know my way around all of it. The boys didn't really get scared, though. They actually started fighting back when we would tag them. Julie got put in a headlock twice! Then the kid faked an asthma attack and collapsed on the floor. Dianna said she was going to pose him so that when he stiffened he wouldn't fit in a coffin, but he grabbed her and she kneed him in the temple. I guess that's just the danger in this sort of event. Oh, and Laura Rasmussen was there (she used to live in Brookings). I caught her twice in the first round and she called me mean. Hah!

Back at school we watched Mulan and stayed up late talking. I'm so glad we get an extra hour tonight for daylight saving time.

-Kim

Yeah, um, no good title today. Sorry.

So last night I was at a concert of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and it was amazing. Every time I go to something like that it makes me think, "I wish I could play like that." They did this really modern piece that was kind of weird. It involved them shouting nonsense sylables in rythym with the notes they were playing. It was actually really cool, but funny at the same time. It made me think of David. Especially the first violinist, because he was just really into what he was doing the whole time and looked as if he might fall out of his chair from the excitement. Also, it was great fun just hanging out with Sam for the evening. She's so cool, and I need to get to know her better.

Let's see, on Wednesday night I learned two very important things:
1. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an awesome movie
2. I should never drink coffee. Honestly, it doesn't affect me the way it does other people. It made me feel like my head was floating, and I really couldn't concentrate on anything. So, it's back to the hot chocolate at Java City for me.

I think that's about it for now. I need to go eat lunch and go see Adam's colloquium presentation about chaos theory.

-Kim

Return to the Salad Bar

You know, it's funny how even though everything changes, it all stays the same. I worked Saturday with a girl who had been hired after school started. Even though she was newer than me, she knew how the bigger better bar worked and got to be in charge. But she was actually really nice and we found things to talk about for our entire shift. Then today I worked again with the older ladies. Deb called in sick, which was actually a relief. That meant Lynette was in charge, and she's not scary at all. It was actually a slow day, so we had no trouble keeping up in spite of having fewer people. Oh, and I made a discovery. Cutting with a dull blade is not the most dangerous, as we would be had to believe. In fact, the most dangerous is to be used to cutting with a dull blade and suddenly be handed a nice sharp one. Yeah, all summer I never hurt myself, bu tnow that they've got new and sharpened knives, I made my thumb bleed today. Kind of badly too, so we'll see how that turns out.

So, what have I done thus far on break besides work? Well, Friday night I didn't make it to the RemedyDrive concert, Kevin and I decided it would be better just to stay home and relax. I can tell you for sure that I do not get enough sleep at school. Here I slept in and actually had dreams I could remember. That might be most of my problem at school, i never ever get enough sleep.

Anyway, Saturday was Hobo Day, so I had to go to the parade. The Pride was awesome, as usual. Though, i couldn't spot any of my friends in the crowd of uniforms except for Kody, and he doesn't really count. Oh, I saw Dan Bielfelt, he's kind of hard to miss. The high school actually has a decent color guard this year, which I was very pleased to see. But they're still using the same parade song. Honestly, can't we get a little variety? Patriotism is all well and good, but there's more than one song that fits the bill. Okay, I'm rambling, back to the parade. I learned what they did with our old marching band uniforms. They gave them to the middle school. Well, the coats at least. I don't know what they did with the pants, I always wanted to keep a pair of those pants, they were cool, with a red stripe down the side. Oh, but they have cooler hats then the high school. The middle schoolers get red berets to go with the red baldrics and capes of the coats. I am definitely jealous. It makes me want to form a marching band at USF just so we can have cool uniforms. Well, that wouldn't be the only reason, but it would be ompossible with our numbers and budget anyway. We left the parade when it began to snow.

And lets see, I also spent all Sunday afternoon figuring out John Locke. Today I wrote my paper, and I just hope it makes sense. My dad will read it tomorrow and we'll see. I still have to write my Brit Lit paper. I figure I should turn it in early since I intend to skip class the day it's due to see Adam's colloquium.(I can't spell that word...) I also still need to finish dealing with my laundry and get things packed up to come back to school, which is a bigger job than it sounds like. I won't bore you with the details.

At any rate, I have not had time this weekend to see my Brookings friends, for which I am very disappointed. I shall have to try again next time I'm home.

-Kim

Pumpkin Carving Madness!

So, yeah, tonight was fun. The play was a dark comedy, and the most laughter came when a couple of characters dropped dead on stage. It was all very funny though, and Emily did an awesome job. So did Amanda, who played the deaf paraplegic who could talk. The only part that really weirded me out was the game show scene, but that was because they were dressed as planets. Anyways...

The Dating Game was fun, though not entirely what I expected. Adam was by far the best contestant--he had a rose for the girl he picked! It was so cute, and I wish I had had my camera at the time.

But the best part of the night was random pumpkin carving craziness. I joined Adam, David, Scott and Todd, who had claimed a rather tall and skinny pumpkin. After an offhand comment from me about their design resembling a rocket, they decided to actually make it one. And then I had to cut the smaller pumpkin open since Todd was having issues with it. David was painstakingly adding detailto the back of several pieces while Adam and Scott put as much fire on the thing as they could. In the end it actually turned out really well. I would put a picture up, but I still haven't figured out how to do that. Perhaps Dianna will post one or show me how.

At any rate, I need to go to bed now. My voice has continued to get worse, and I need to perform tomorrow.

-Kim

I hate allergy season

If you've been around me at all in the past couple of days, you'll know what I'm talking about. I still don't know what I'm allergic to, but apparently there's a whole lot of it right now. My sinuses are all congested, which leads my ears to fill with fluid if I don't keep taking the extra sudafed. Yes, extra. I OD on sudafed every stinkin' day just to keep my head clear and uninfected. But, yeah, all the phlegm (sorry if this disturbs you) makes my throat rough, and can even upset my stomach. So, basically, it's like being sick without an actual treatable cause. And of course it would hit me the worst on the weekend of Hymnfest. My voice sounds absolutely terrible. I just pray I can sing tomorrow.

In other news, my parents took me to Plato's Closet today, where I found the coolest new shoes. (Yes, Jesse, more shoes) I am definitely going to have to go back there sometime.

And I would just like to say that my violin teacher, Maria Peters, is pretty much the coolest person ever. I've learned so much since I started taking lessons from her. She tells me clearly what I need to fix, and she's so supportive in everything. And she gives me all sorts of new music. Right now the piece I'm learning she calls "gypsy music." It has three difficult sections, but it all sounds really cool. At the begining I play over an octave's worth of nots all on the G string. That's 6th and 7th position! (If any of you understand what that means) And then there's one place that's almost all double stops (two strings at the same time) and another that's all harmonics (sorry, there's no simple way to explain this one). I should be able to get this one ready for one of the earliest departmentals next semester.

Well, I think all that's left is a preview of tonight's events. We're going to see Emily in the play tonight, which should be pretty cool. And then it's the Sulli Party Dating Game. I'm sure we'll have a lot to blog about after that. So, until later.

-Kim