Today, Barb is feeling: colder than a penguin being pushed into the sea.

so today is Friday.... and i am SO excited.
i have to work and such over the weekend, but it will be nice to have some down time again. last night since it was the first night this week that i had nothing to do, other than homework, i went to my cousin matts house and had dinner. he made grilled pork, homemade mashed potatoes, gravy, and canned green beans. it was great!it was really fun to be able to hang out with him, he is like in my top 3 favorite cousins so it was fun times. i watched Lock, Stock, and Two smoking barrels while i was there. good flick.

so guess what else i did yesterday?
i called and registered for my Unicycling classes.
i have paid. that means that it is official. i am going to learn.
so when i called my mom and told her this, she was very proud of me. we got to chatting and she brought up the time when i was taught to golf. i had no patience whatso ever with golfing. as i look back, i think it is because i am just not really interested in golfing. you walk around, swing your club, hit your ball. that is like baseball with walking to me. and i don't really like baseball. never really got into the sport.

now 2 sports that i really like is our football, and european football (soccer to us) now there you have people trying to hurt you kinda, and you have offense and defense and i just like those better than some other sports. now i will watch baseball, no problem there, but i can't really watch golf. i just find golf boring.

so yea that is my random rants of sports stuff for today.

Today, Barb is feeling: like spirling into the deep dark abbyss of nothingness.

so i am totally feeling better, still coughing up that phlemgh now and again, but for the most part i am better, so that is good.

but the weather SUCKS!
now it looks like it would be nice, it is cloudy, dark, overcast, and looks like rain. but it is HOT out. yes hot with CAPITAL letters. the humidity needs to break and then it would be better, but we had rain last night and that didn't help much. alright im not going to lie, it didn't help at all! so like just sitting in class and all you are doing is sweating profusley and not moving, that is just bad.

but now i am upstairs in the student center working at the Student Services desk and let me tell you, i have never been more excited for air conditioning than today! just sleeping works up a sweat, and last night i was contemplating just sleeping out on our couches so i could get some sleep.

and of course with all the humidity in the air, my hair is just going crazy! i showered last night and everything and put my hair up so it would look cute this morning, and none of that worked! i feel all yucky from sweating all over the place in Stats... bleck

so next tuesday i should be taking my Uni classes. unicycle for those of you who haven't talked to me in a while. that is right, i am again following in my big bro's footsteps and starting to uni. it will be fun. i will hurt and sweat like a mother, but i think it will be worth it!

Today, Barb is feeling: in pain.
so i am still sick, but getting better. i have been able to cough more and more crap up and out so that is good. but yeah.

so my mom send me this email forward. now normally i am not big into forwards and since i am lazy, i decided to just put it on my blog for EVERYONE to see!


To find your new name....

The following is excerpted from a children's book, Captain Underpants And the
Perilous Plot Professor Poopypants, by Dave Pilkey, in which the evil Professor
forces everyone to assume new names...

1. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your new first name:

a = snickle
b = doombah
c = goober
d = cheesey
e = crusty
f = greasy
g = dumbo
h = farcus
i = dorky
j = doofus
k = funky
l = boobie
m = sleezy
n = sloopy
o = fluffy
p = stinky
q = slimy
r = dorfus
s = snooty
t = tootsie
u = dipsy
v = sneezy
w = liver
x = skippy
y = dinky
z = zippy

2. Use the second letter of your last name to determine the first half of your
new last name:

a = dippin
b = feather
c = batty
d = burger
e = chicken
f = barffy
g = lizard
h = waffle
i = farkle
j = monkey
k = flippin
l = fricken
m = bubble
n = rhino
o = potty
p = hamster
q = buckle
r = gizzard
s = lickin
t = snickle
u = chuckle
v = pickle
w = hubble
x = dingle
y = gorilla
z = girdle

3. Use the third letter of your last name to determine the second half of your
new last name:

a = butt
b = boob
c = face
d = nose
e = hump
f = breath
g = pants
h = shorts
i = lips
j = honker
k = head
l = tush
m = chunks
n = dunkin
o = brains
p = biscuits
q = toes
r = doodle
s = fanny
t = sniffer
u = sprinkles
v = frack
w = squirt
x = humperdinck
y = hiney
z = juice

Thus, for example, George W. Bush's new name is: Fluffy Chucklefanny.


I just though that this was funny, and so here is my whole familys names.
We are the Farkledunkin Family
Dorfus Farkledunkin
Boobie Farkledunkin
Doofus Farkledunkin
Sleezy Farkledunkin
Dorfus Farkledunkin Jr.

just so you know, that goes in order; dad, mom, joe, jim and me.
so yea, if you want, figure out your name and post it for me!!!
that was we will all get a good chuckle

Today, Barb is feeling: tired and sick.

so i am sick. there is this like 48-72 hour bug that is going around. i am pretty sure that i have it. i have the soar throat, headache, achy body, coughing up stuff, but it is mostly clear. so i guess that is good atleast. all last night i was going through the hot and cold flashes, and that sucked let me tell you!

so yea, i don't feel good and all i want to do is sleep.

Today, Barb is feeling: so freakin excited it is CRAZY!!!!!!!!!

so it is monday morning, and guess what?
i have wicked good news!

The Ike Reilly Assasination and The (Olympic) Hopefuls are coming to River Falls!!!!
I am so uber uber excited to see them both!
For those of you who are not up to date with my music stylings, go here
www.thehopefulsmusic.com
www.ikereilly.com
those are their respective sites.

so yea, there will be random rants and raves about these bands before and after when they come and play here. so just be prepared.
my monday is so good!

Today, Barb is feeling: tired, worn out, and just out of it.

so i know that it has been a long while since you have heard from me. i h ave not dropped off the face of the earth. just the opposite in fact. i have been very busy the last month or so. so lemme play catch up for you all.

Joe and Kim came back from Switzerland. they had fun and have lots of stories and pictures. they were also really nice and brought me back a shirt and a swiss army knife... in purple. for those of you who don't know, purple is like top three colors for me. right up there with blue and green. it is always a hard decision when it comes to those so they made an AWESOME choice.

we had our churchs annual buffalo roast. it was a raging sucess. the new thing this year was we had a dunk tank and dad did screen transfers with the laptop computer and printer then took the picture using my camera and viola! a picture taken of you today at the buffalo roast!

i FINALLY moved in the my apartment. i am still kind of living out of like my clothing boxes but eventually i will move into my drawers. all my important stuff is hanging in my closet, so yea.

school starts tomorrow.
i don't really want to think about that. i feel like everything is coming so fast that i am a little overwhelmed. but i think that after the first wee is over with, the schedule will be settled into and things will become hopefully stress-reduced.

this is for my cousin christie,
we have Mike Malloy from AirAmerica coming to campus in a week.
he will be here tuesday night and i hope that i can go and see him.

oh yea, my van died.
last wednesday or thursday ( i don't remember it was a really long time ago) i tried to start my van and it didn't work. so i called mom and dad and they said to call Swede's (local car repair place) and have them tow it and figure out what is wrong with it. so i called and they towed it and fixed it and so i am waiting today until i can go and get it. i should be able to get it very soon, like in a half hour.
i hope.

ok then, i will talk to you all later yo!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: excited.

so mom and alice left for Vegas today.
so i move in on saturday to the new apartment.
work is still going really well.

jim and kristene have pretty much everything moved into the house and it looks good.
joe and kim are currently unicycling in the Alps. it is pretty crazy. but so far so godo for them.

i dont know, there is nothing else going on.

cori and brett had there baby Shiloh. she is a really big cutie! i keep trying to remembeer to call them and see what is going on, but i keep forgetting. i did talk to Brett for like 2 minutes but i need to call them back.

i dont' know what else is going on, but if anythign happens, i should post it
later

Today, Barb is feeling: super uber good!!!

so i just got back from seeing my new apartment. and it is wicked cool!!!
granted it is farther away from campus that i wanted. it is like 2 miles away, but they do have parking on the streets and i am thinking that i can get a bike to ride during int fall and then more when spring comes around. but for the winter, i don't know. i think that between the 3 of us, we need to se if there can be any car pooling that can be done to and from the campus.

so yeah, i have a place to live and so that is really nice!

Today, Barb is feeling: tired.
dad and i dug up this little part of the front yard. granted we went farther down than over, but it was fun. haven't had a good diggin episode in a long time.

work is going good.
jim and kristene went back to beaver Dam to hang out there and be in their house.

happy belated fourth of july.

Today, Barb is feeling: pretty good.

so kristene got her job at Wayland academy so that means that i will hardly ever see jim and her anymore. i will admit that i really like having jim and kristene and sen at home with us. i will miss them a ton when they leave. but they will be getting a house that Wayland will pay for. the only thing they have to pay for it tv, internet, and phone. so that is really wicked good for them. but it sucks for me because i will never see them. yea i know that they will only be like 3 hours away, but between their lives and my life, i will pretty much see them as much as i would have when they were on Saipan. like joe lives like 10 minutes away and i only see him once in a blue moon.

so blah blah blah. enough.
things are still going well.
getting the room in order a littel bit more everyday.

Today, Barb is feeling: hot, slightly tired, but happy.

so jim and i are cleaning the basement.
ok `correction, jim is cleaning and i am just helping to sort through the clothes.

i am done with training for the sportsmans guide and tomorrow is my first official day on the job. and then i have 2 days off and then 3 days on.

the cleaning of my room occurred.
kristene and i got everything, and i mean everything out. think clean sweep.
and then we put some things back in the room and re-arranged it. while we were taking a five minute break, it started to rain, so all the boxes had to be brought back in the house. pretty much as soon as all the boxes were in, the rain stopped. so i just have to go through the boxes and make the final decisions as to what is allowed back in the room and what i can get rid of. i already got rid of a bunch of stuff that jim and i took to the thrift store today.

i am washing all my clothes so i can finish going through them and put waht i want to keep in my room and give away the rest.

this weekend it is just jim and me. mom and dad went up north with their church friends for a canoeing weekend. kristene is with her dad going to washington dc to help her sister move all her stuff since she has a job in Okinawa, japan. and then we hope that kristene will hear about her job on thursday and then she should be coming back sometime towards the end of the week.
alrighyt, then,
laters!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: great

so guess who totally has a job!!!!!!!!
YEAH BUDDY! that would be me!

i went in for my second interview today at 2.30 and before 3.00 i was totally employed!!!
how freakin awesome is thath!?!?!??!?!
i am now employed at the sportsmans guide and i get to start on monday with training!

ahhh, it feels good to be employed again

Today, Barb is feeling: frustrated... yet again!

so the possible job is at sportsmans guide.
but i did apply at Borders Books. so i am not sure what is going on.
Sportsmans Guide is frustrating me because they are just kinda of giving me no answers.

so yea, it sucks.

Today, Barb is feeling: great!

so i think that i have a job!
i had my first interview today, and they want me to come in and have a second interview today. so that is good news. and they were talking about the training that is starting nest week and the fact that they don't know how much training i will actually need, but i will be getting paid and so that is a very good thing. and i have 32 hours for sure that i will be working; monday, thursday, friday, and saturday nights. monday, thursday, and friday are 2.30 until 11pm and saturday 1.30 until 10 pm. so my nights will be shot, but that is aok with me. but i can have another night if i want it. so i am debating about taking another night, but i dont know.

so what do you think? should i pick up another night?

Today, Barb is feeling: ignored.
people don't leave messages.
does that mean people don't like me?
that people have stopped reading my blog...

Today, Barb is feeling: ok.
hey all, so guess what?
i think, Think, THINK, that i might have a job. now i don't know for sure yet, but i should know by monday for sure.

i have decided that i have a few new tv shows that i am addicted to.
so the first is
Fire Me... Please!
it is a show where people go to a new job for the first day and trys to get fired as close to 3 pm as possible. it is so incredibly funny!

the other show that i really like is Clean Sweep.
i think this is becuase i am getting ready for the "Clean Sweep" that Kristene and i are going to be having here at the hosue for Mom. we have decided that we are going to make mom clean the house of her stuff and get everything sorted to that she can live in a clean house. our idea is to do the living room, dining room, kitchen, and porch. the kitchen and dining room should not be that hard, it is the porch and living room. so if anyone has some free time and wants to be indebted to me for the rest of my life, lemme know and you can come and work with us!!!

later

Today, Barb is feeling: FRUSTRATED!!! frustrated to the extreme!

i feel like i can't get a job anywhere.
tinucci's doesn't want me.
tennis doesn't need me.
schneidermans still have a few days to get back to me.
best buy is just giving me the runaround like there is no tomorrow.
caribou has enough people, but may need me when they open up.
i applied at Supermoms, and so we will see about that.
i just feel really bored and frustrated.
i want a job. i need a job. and i am a hard worker and should be hired. but the world is conspiring against me. grrrr

Today, Barb is feeling: kinda sad

i am still here.
i am still trying to find a job.
Jim and Kristene are back and so that is really fun.
they brought back their dog Sen. and so that is fun.
yea, there is not much going on.
jim and kristene are leaving for beaver dam today in a few hours.
they have spend the first week here. it was reall funny, on tuesday they got here and like no more than 2 hours after Jim got into the house, he got a call for an interview at Breck school. apparently they are a very houghty toughty school to teach at. and so on friday he had an all day interview there. we are not sure how it went. but he spend all day there.

and so they are leaving to go to Beaver Dam. kristene has a job interview with the school there. so she has an interview there to work at the school. so we don't know when we are going to know about who gets what job and where they are going to live. i hope they live here in the cities, but it all depends on the job situation.

so jim and kiristene will be in beaver dam for like about 2 weeks. the first week is for the job interview and for kristenes reunion. then the nest week there is a family reunion on the East Coast for kristenes family and so they are doing that also. after that, they are coming back here in Newport.

joe and kim are doing good. they are training for their huge month long uni europe trip. the house is doing good. they have a really nice rhubarb patch that we get rhubarb from every once in a while. so yea that is them.

ummm, Cori is VERY pregnant and she is going to pop soon. so that is exciting that we get another baby that i will know! ok then

Today, Barb is feeling: good but starting to get bored.

so i have been back for just over two weeks, and Best Buy has kinda been giving me the run-around. so that sucks. and i have applied at Jo Ann Ect. so, i need to find a job!!!!!

so if anyone knows of a place around the Woodbury area that is hiring and isn't food service, just lemme know!

so the transition coming back from Scotland has been kinda strange.
i still miss all the things that i really liked and enjoyed in Scotland. but i am glad to be back home with the rents.
i think that i might have a place to live in the fall so that will be wicked cool!
umm yea.

BARB IS HOME!!!!!

yep, barb is home now.
(and has been since last friday)

the transition had been a bit weird, but i am getting used to it again.
she had the best time in the whole world and once she is done paying off this trip, she is going to start saving up to go back again!!

6 hours and counting.......
and i am on my way back to the states.

Today, Barb is feeling: tired.
we just got done with a two and a half hour deep clean. it was fun and it went by fast, but it was hard! lots of bending and reaching and climbing on countertops (that was fun!) so yea, well, i have three of my grades back,
Ethical Leadership - B
Human Resource Management - B
SCC - i got a C... a 79 and there is no way to challenge for that last point! GRRRR (serious issues had by ALL with that class and just so everyone knows, the average in the class was a 72, so i am above average.... but i wanteed a B!!!!! and i worked damn hard for it) alright, now that the venting is over, the last grade that i am waiting for is my Gothic Lit grade. it is very possible that i could get an A in the class and have my 3.0 that i was working for.... so yea, cross your fingers for me! i should find out tonight at out party.

ok i need to go and clean some more.... i leave tomoorow.....lots of tears lie in wait.
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: saddened but happy.

i know, how can that happen? to feel sad and happy all at the same time.
well very easily.
i am sad to leave Scotland which feels so much like my home.
but i am happy to go back to my other home!
i miss my mom and dad, and friends, and church, and just everything there, but i know i am going to miss scotland too! i am torn. i want to be happy to go home, but i just can't be. i want to be sad to leave, but i just can't be.

i know i am one screwed up chickie.
so yea, as of right now.. we have a 36 hours and counting before we have leaving for the states again.
i will be back, probably with tears streaming!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: sad, stressed, and i kinda want to cry.

so i am sad.
today is monday and i am sad because i am going to have to leave here soon.
soon equals like 4 days from now. we leave on friday morning.

so i am stressed.
today is monday and i am stressed becaues it is finals week.
i have three finals to take. two tests this week and a paper that was a take home that i need to finish.

so i kinda want to cry.
today is monday and i kinda want to cry because we are leaving in four days and i don't want to go home!!!!!!! as much as i miss all my friends and family, i want to stay here. i want to come back here and just live here and stay here and never ever leave. just make everyone come to see me. we had our Host Family Dinner last night. it is just a time to get everyone together and for some people to say goodbye. there were some people who stood up and said what having a host family ment to them, i almost burst into tears twice. i get to see me 'mom' tonight and then again on thursday for our going away dinner. i am going to cry alot then.

i need to get back to studying. later!

Today, Barb is feeling: sun burn but GREAT!!!!!!!

ok oik ok, this is for all the people who are wondering about me
I AM STILL ALIVE

yes i am sorry to say, but there is no reason to rush over and see me.
i am alive and now fully healthy again. but i am sunburned now... so go figure.

yes i have spent the last 4 days on the Mediterranian. it has been spectacuarl.
totally not on the list of places to go, but whatever! it was cheap and beutiful!!!!

ok so... lets see what have i done since London...
umm not a lot.
i have spend a TON of time on homework as the end of the semester is coming soon. I went and saw Dracula. it was really good. since we have been reading it in my Gothic Lit class. it was an updated version with cell phones and email. i liked it.

the computer is acting funny, so here is the basci run down of spain.
got there tuesday
slept, ate, swam, drank
we went to the Mediterranian Sea on Thursday and spent the day there, hence the burn
then on thursday nigth we had a 4 am fire alarm. it sucked alot.
i hated running down the 5 flights of stairs in my pjs, at the same time trying not to scream in pain since my burn was still new and hurt like a mother!
yea it sucked.
then friday we stayed in the room. spent time on the balconey, took a nap, toop a quick swim.
watched 2 movies.
then saturday we woke up early and came home. we left spain at like 10 am and just got back around like 7.30 ish

ok later! going to go and spread more aloevera on me
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: slightly under the weather... yet again.

so i think that i am allergic to London.
i came back from London this weekend and i am feeling sick again.
i don't know what it is, but i guess i can't live in London. that is ok, because i wouldn't want to anyways.

so yea i am still alive. and i am sorry that i have been remiss in blogging for those of you who look forward to it every morning and it becomes your highlight of the day.

so yea, i was in London. we took the train and stayed in the bad hostel. we did a bunch of sightseeing. we decided that we saw Camilla on her way to the wedding. we were at Buckingham Palace and down the road there were all these police and people were gathering. and then there was like all the traffic being stopped and suddenly there were these 5 cars (really NICE cars) pulling out and they had like 6 police on motorbikes with them and so we were standing there and trying to figure out who it was, and we saw one female in the middle that had really poofy blonde hair and a bad hat on. we decided that it was Camilla. especially if you looked at what she got married in.!!!
http://www.msn.co.uk/htx/royalweddinggallery/
just go there. that was like EXACTLY what we saw. and so we decided it was her.

Today, Barb is feeling: tired, smelly, worn out, in slight bit of pain, and excited to be back home!!!

i am back in the palace.
i have been back for about an hour so there is no worries about me being lost somewhere.

here, and will stay for a while
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: great!

so i am still alive and here in Dublin now.
had a great week traveling around Ireland.
met some very nice people, met like 2 very mean people.

but all in all, it was a great time.
i am in a internet cafe now in Dublin and nicole and i just got done doing a bit of souviner shopping. i got something for my dad today, so i think that i have him taken care of. just need to think about the rest of the fam now/

om then, i will talk to you all later and have TONS of pics and TONS of stories to post, so it will take a while!.

love you all!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: slightly under the weather!
boo hoo!
it is easter and i am kinda sick.
i have a stomach ache thing and i feel like i am going to throw up.
this is like the third easter in a row that i have not been feeling 100%.
but i am Dublin right now.
sitting at the hostel computer.

quick update,
flew to London, while in airport met kilted 3 scots. did get phone number of Tony, will try to stay in contact with Craig and Graeme also
in london, people suck.
nicole and i got stuck in a train for an hour when it broke down,.
we wandered around, got lost, got found, and took a trip on the Thames.
now in Dublin.
tomorrow we leave for the Paddywagon tour.
leave me comments!!!!!

love you all and happy easter!
-b

Just so you all know, this coming week is my Spring Break.
I may or maynot be able to contact you via email or blog.

But that does not mean you cannot comment or email.
I should be able to check the email every few days.
Thanks and have a good week and a half!

-barb

Today, Barb is feeling: hot and sweaty again, but that is expected, it is HOT here!
it is gorgeous out right now! i love it!

ok, so continuing on from the Durham and York trip.
we left really early on Friday to get to Durham. we drove alot. when the picked up Christine who would be our guide for the days. she is really smart and knows alot, but her voice kinda irratates me. but what can you do? so we got to Durham and ran around for a long time. it was fun. i got a bunch of really cool pictures and all in all it was just good. there really wasn't anything that stoof out to me that i can remember at Durham. then we got back on the bus and went to York. we got there and checked into our hostel. there were two rooms for the females. one room (the one i was in) held 18 females. it was alot. the other room helf 16 females. so we checked in and got our beds and then we went exploring. we decided to have dinner at the itailian restraunt and it was wicked good! homemade and everything! yummy!
after that we decided to go on a ghost tour of York. it wasn't scary or anything, but it was HYSTERICAL! the guy who did it was just a stitch and made himself be really serious. it was a great time. then after that we got kinda lost. there was some drama between the chiefies in the group and it just wasn't good. but then we got back to the place we were going to meet the rest of the group, it was an 80's club. i was saddened. i had forgotten to bring my ID with me and even though you had to be 18, it you didn't look over 21 then they carded you. i figured that since i have never really been carded there would not be a problem. WRONG, problem. they asked to see my ID and since i didn't have it, i had to go back to the hostel. sad. but that was ok, becasue then i didn't smell like smoke alot and i had a chance to read some of my book Dracula for class. i went to bed around like 1 and the bed was horrible. it was the kind of bed where if you move a quarter of an inch, you can feel a new spring poking you. it was bad and since i am a roller, i kept waking up. so needless to say, i did not get a good nights sleep.

the next day after i woke up and had my breakfast and got dressed and ready for the day, there was some more drama. sarah had originally been in my group since there was only one spot left in the other group with the biggest number of our group, but then it would have been me, sarah and eric. but alas, someone (who shall remain nameless) moved sarah and just decided to tell her in the morning. so she told me and i will admit i did not like it. i was very annoyed. and so i just removed myself and Cassandra and went around with Claire and her boys Ryan and Jack. so it was me with my professor and her kids wandering around York. we decided to go on this Viking thing. it was really cool. i figured since i have some viking (i do mom and dad right? like the whole scandinavian thing) we were going to stop and we did. it was £6 but it was worth it! i have some really funny pictures that i am going to put up as soon as i can. i think that will be a big thursday and tonight plan. so i made it worth my £6. and after that we had to meet up with the rest of our group and we got to tour the walls and the outer ramparts. after that, we had a quick lunch and met everyone at York Westminster. it was cool. we got to run around with our tour guide and got to take a TON of photos. we did that and then after that we had some free time to just run around with before we had to meet up again and hop the bus back home. so i wandered around with Carolynn and Breanna. it was cool because we just kinda got lost. but then we started on our way back and since we still had a little time, i decided to pop into the York Art Gallery that was having its grand re-opening that day. it was amazing! i knew there was a reasont that i loved art. so i was there for like half an hour with the girls and after that we had to get together to walk to where the bus was waiting for us.

after we got on the bus and got settled in, we were off. on the way home, we did this Quiz that was fashioned after the Pub Quiz, but the headings were Durham, York, General history, and general knowledge. the team was me, claire, eric, and sarah. we ended up in second place. by 2 points. we were sad becaue the first place prize was playing cards. but we got keychains instead. and then we got to watch a movie on the way home. The Incredibles. such a good film! i hadn't seen it and so i was so excited that i watched it again the next day!

yea, after we got back to the house at like 10pm, there was a bonfire that was going on and so i was there for a while. since i was tired i decided to go to bed around midnight. it was a good nights sleep. i was very excited to see my bed and pillow again.

alright, that is long but what happened.
i am going to lunch now!!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: tired and hot.

i just got done with lunch prep which means that it is monday again.
well the weekend was good,
friday we left for Durham at like 6 am. which wasn't bad since i had gotten only like 4 hours of sleep the nght before.
let me backtrack to thursday for ya
it was good.
st pattys day.
not that big over here unless you are Irish.
so i work up, class, lunch, blah blah blah.
i went so see the Woodsman. it was good. i went to see if all by myself and so that was a big thing for me to be able to go and do something by myself. so i was proud.
then after that when i got the bus back from Edinburgh i went to my moms house and had diner. it was yummy! we had soup, and like the chicken-bacon thing with corn on the cob and potatoes and the dessert was this fudge thing that was WICKED! then after that i hung around the house and talked to her and played with her dog. after a while i decided that i should go home. it was about 10pm. i figured that i could get a good nights sleep for the coming trip. but after i got back to the house, i relized that i needed to go to the cash machine and get some money. since it was kinda scary and dark i made Robert come with me. we were walking and decided that we would stop and introduce him to my mom and the dog, Maisey. since he has never had a good experince with a boxer. on the way there, we ran into desiree and so she invited herself along too. so it was the three of us knocking on my moms door at like 10.15. i knew she was still awake since i had just left her like 10 mins before and her lights were on. so we were there until like 11. when we decided that we needed to get going. from there we went to the cash machine and got some money. on the way back Robert decided that he was STARVING and so we stopped and he got a pizza and i got a pop. des got gralic bread. when we got back to the house we sat down and chomped away. so like barb didn't get into the room until about midnight. and then sarah was still awake and was going to take a shower and so we decided to have a shower party so we both took one. and that means barb wasn't back in the room until 12.45 . of course i decided to read for a while, and so that out me going to bed at 1.20. and i woke up at 5.15 so i could finish packing and everything for the coming 2 days.
that was my thursday. friday and saturday will be coming. i need to go and eat lunch.

This was a non-sober post.
It has been removed for the safety of all involved.

Needless to say,
Barb did not get her Resident Assistant position for the coming fall.
She is slightly confused about where she will live next year now.

Thank you.

P.S.
barb says that people need to post stuff!

Today, Barb is feeling: saddened..... tear

so i got my letter today about me being an RA.
i did not get it.
but i did get the Desk Assistant and WOW leader.

Desk assistant is what i was doing last year at the Info Desk and i love it.
WOW leader is just an orientation leader for the new students.
so it is not bad, but not the best either.

but alas, poor barb. she did not get RA.
oh well.
but this does mean that i will have more time for studying,
more time do work at Best Buy (hopefully i can get back when i come back),
and more time for myself in general.

the only draw back is the fact that now i need to find a place to live for the coming year, and preferably people that i will want to live with.
so, if anyone is looking for a roommate in the general River Falls area, lemme know.
i know that i should have waited until after Pub Quiz, but i couldn't help myself.
oh well.
i think i am going to go and have a few drinks tonight then.
maybe a pint and a shot. yeaaaaa, that sounds good.

Today, Barb is feeling: kinda sweaty.
i just got done with lunch prep and it was good!
i got to do the vegetables and do stuff with the pizza that we are having for lunch.
i am excited, we also get the really awesome cream of chicken soup.

so yea, and it is REALLY nice outside right now, so i think i might have to run into Dalkeith just so i can be outside!
i did get some pictures up, if you haven't already checked.

tomorrow is st patricks day.
one of my roommates Emily left yesterday for Ireland.
the group of us (some drama there) are going to start really early in the afternoon drinking because we need to be up and sober at 5.45 the next morning, friday, because that is when we are hoping on a bus to take up on the overnight Durham and York trip. i am excited. i guess York is like one of the top three places you need to see if you are even in the UK. so i am in the UK and i am going to go!
personally i think that i am going to go and see the Woodsman.
stars Kevin Bacon and his wife Kiera Sedgwick.
i have heard that it is a good movie but a VERY touchy subject. kevin plays a pedophile who is recovering from being in jail and so i want to see if i can get someone to come and see it with me.
i think i will ask Claire, one of my profs, to see if she wants to go and see it.

i am supposed to get an email sometime today about if i got the RA position for this coming school year. it will be nervous. i have decided that i cant check my UWRF email until after Pub Quiz because i don't know if i will want to be super excited or sad.
so yea, i will let you all know later!

ok then,
LUNCH TIME!!!!! here i come pizza!

Today, Barb is feeling: mad because she has to walk up and down like the equilevant of 4 stories to do laundry.

today is saturday and what has barb done?
watched Dirty Dancing 2 Havana Nights
done 2 loads of laundry
and now i am going to do a bunch of pictures.
so yea, go and check that out in a while.

who is the anounomous person who posted the 50 top bands in Scotland?
i wanna know!

Today, Barb is feeling: like all ... that ... jazz.

i just got back from seeing Chicago in Edinburgh!
it was so so so so so so so SO good. i want to go and see it again!
alrighty, so the ghost, the man and the trip. whew!
it was a busy weekend.

the ghost,
so the day that we had all day on Skye we were out all day, from like 8 am until about 6 pm. when i got back, Sarah and i went up to our room, because we were put in the same room. when we got there, my bed had been made and all my stuff and pjs were folded and put on the chair. sarahs bed hadn't been touched.
didn't think much of it. we just thought that they didn't have the time to finsih the other bed.
later we were playing cards with paul, troy (the man), and some others and we were asking them what their jobs were. troy dealt with washing and cleaning and paul was mainly reception. i asked who made the beds. they looked at me like i was smoking crack. i explained what had transpired and they just looked at me and said, are you in room eleven? yea i am. you have a ghost. apparently there have been a few different times where people had awoken during the night and had seen a elderly women petting their hair. not scared, but just confused. when they said stuff in the morning, that is when it was told that there wasn't any one but a ghost. paul also said that there was one weekend that he was all alone in the house and the room below number eleven and he could hear stuff being moved around. the only thing to move around is the chair, the beds are like super glued to the walls. so yea, we had a ghost. i didn't wake up to any elderly women petting me,
yea, that is pretty much the whole story about the ghost. there is kinda more, but i will tell you more about the ghost and troy next time. i want to go to bed now.
laters!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: like she wants to put off all her homework until i have to leave!

but i can't.
i am trying to put off doing homework as much as possible, so yea, i don't think that it will last much longer, but i can try!

this weekend was a BLAST!
i met a man, Troy, unfortunatly there was no exchange of contact info... to bad because he was an aussie! yum!

ok, so we did Isle of Skye over the weekend with macbackpackers, and it was SO COOL!
i didn't want to come home. even though my room was haunted. but that was just awesome too. well i need to go and do homework and i will leave more later,
what do you want to know about?
the man or the trip ?

Today, Barb is feeling: like no body likes me, everybody hates me, so i guess i will have to go and eat worms!!!!!

in case you don't get that, go back and read the previous post and comments.
it was posted by my announomyous (now many more 'n' s do you think i could fit in the word?) comment-maker.

i wonder who the person is. i have suspicions, but in all reality, i have no idea because i really have no idea who all reads my blog thing. so the mystery remains.

but people really like me.... don't they?

Today, Barb is feeling: like a suppa-duppa bouncy ball that was just taken out of the package!

barb is good
barb is still working on the pictures, slowly but surley they are being added. i try to do like one new album every few days, so yea hopefully there will be more up tomorrow. just in case you need a reminder of where to go...
barblind.com
go there. or be square. or circly if you want.

so yea, we have Macbackers this weekend. it is three days of traveling around the country.
it is three days and we get to go to the Isle of Sky and stop at a bunch of different places along the way like Loch Ness, Inverness (maybe) and a bunch of other places that i am not sure about.
then the weekend after that is the Bowhill trip thing. and then the weekend after that we are hopefully going to Durham and York for an overnight trip.

lets see... spring break is almost done being planned.
then the weekend after that we are taking the train down to London and taking a few tours and going to see Stonehenge and all those fun places around the London area. so that will be a great time. i have to go and study some more now.
bleck to the studying!
please leave me comments. i feel unloved when i get nothing. :-(

-b

Today, Barb is feeling: like she got run over by a deer.

what did barb do yesterday?
she walked, climbed, stretched muscles that don't get stretched.

so what did i do,
we had a house trip to the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle
so to get to wallace monument (from here on out referred to as the WM) you have to walk up this HUGE hill. it is like a 55 degree angle and it just keeps going up. but when you reach the top you get an amazing view. but does the walking stop there? oh no. i then walked up the 246 stairs to get to the top of the actual WM. this is the tiny spiral stairtcase that in order for two people to get up, one needs to hug the wall whilie the other squeezes by. so we went up the 246 stairs, up and up , up, up. and up some more. then there were levels every 80,70,60,34 steps.
first level was about William Wallace, and it had his sword. second was the history and the people who were involved, and the third was the other places that a WM had been erected. and the last level was the very top where you could look out and see for MILES and MILES all around you. it was absoltuly amazing. the views that i got were spectacular. just wait until i get my pics up!

then after that we went to Stirling Castle. now we are talking a castle that has been around since like the 1400's. it is absolutly specatular also. unfortunatly, before we went in, my batteries almost died and so i saved them for special pics only, but i was able to have my friends take some pics and will send them to me. there are some pictures that are just breath taking in the views. the castle was so huge, it is the biggest that i have seen yet. it was really interesting to learn the history behind all the buildings. it was really fun becuase what i did, was i got a self guided tour that was on tape so i could just go off on myu own and explore what i wanted to see. it was so magnificant. with the head phones on i was able to run around and explore what i wanted to see and get background about the buildings and stories about what happened in them. it was awesome. i have decided that i am going to buy Stirling Castle and live in it.

ok, so it is saturday morning and it is possible that we will be going to a film festival this afternoon in Edinburgh. so that should be a good time.
my toe is feeling better for those of you who want to know.
i don't remember all the questions that i asked but i was just going through a slight time of sadness. but that is all over now and i am back and better than ever!!!!!

so who is going to send me some mail?
i have yet to get anything even a letter from people! that saddens me. i think i migh thave my mom and dad send me a little care package. just the basics like mac and cheese, pictures of them, maybe like grape nuts and just some other stuff like that. not too much, but just enough to get me through. but they will need to send it soon since it takes like 2 weeks to get here. so, MOM AND DAD, wanna send me a package? :-)

laters all!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: a bit tired

i hurt my toe
i think it is actually an infection. i was cutting my toenails and now my big toe hurts. it has a red bump on it. it hurts after i press on it. i dont know what to do. so any and all input would be appreciated. we should hold a contest, what should barb do and the winner get a prize!! like a postcard from me!
yea i think that sounds good.
contest is a go!

so barblind.com is up and running, but you can't yell at joe, because i haven't given him my pictures to put up yet. so yell at me instead. i think that either tomorrow or wednesday i will have time to put stuff up online. i have homework to do for most of tonight.

so yesterday i got to talk to both my mom and my dad and even my grandma! it was a good time had by all. so as i sit here at the computer, with my flipflops on so my toe can get air and stay dry i wonder who is missing me back at home.
what is it like back there without me?
will i get my Resident Assisstant position that i want?
will i get the infodesk position that i want?
is Best Buy in dire need of my special help that only i can give it?
do people at my church even know that i am not there?
do i look sad sitting here hunched over with my hood on?
what is the time air speed of a swallow?
can i mentally connect with my computer so i dont have to type, i just have to think?
am i really sad, or do i just think that i am because i am not at home?
if i found a clean needle and poked my little red bump on my toe, would i get puss and would it feel better?
do i wallow in self pity this much at any other point in time?

hummmm
interesting set of questions, i wonder what my answers will be tomorrow

later!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: tired but excited!!!!!

so on sunday there was a reception for the people who have host familes.
i was there since i have one.
my mom and dadnever showed up! I was an orphan. I was sad.
But! i get to meet my mom today!

Michelle (my host sister) and I are leaving the palace around 3 ish to go and see if we can find out where she lives. it will be interesting. she sounds really fun so that excites me.

yea i am tired but that is because it is really early here still, its about 8:30 and all i want to do is go back to bed. but i can't. i have to take a shower and get ready for lunch prep.
i do lunch prep every monday and wednesday.
on monday i figured out that Henri, our chef, hates me.
Why would someone hate barb? you might ask, well i have proof!
Henri locked me in the frig.

it was actually an accident and he feels really really bad about it, but now i can look back and say it was funny.
it wasn't funny when it was actually happening because it scared the crap out of me since i didn't know if there was a release from the inside (i know now that there is). but DAMN! I went into instant panic mode and started yelling and pounding on the door. after about 2 seconds of that, Henri opened the door and was really really sorry. he apologized like 6 times to me that day. it was cute. so, we have scary, funny and cute. i know, weird story.
for those of you who want, i will be taking a picture of my frig. and will hopefully have it up on a website soon.... (hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge, joe)

laters!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: like i have wicked cake building skills!


You are Pedro Sanchez and love holy chips.

Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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Today, Barb is feeling: a little sad.
today is valentines day.
will you be my valentine?

i cant be that sad, after all i am in Scotland!
so god news, i have decided what i want to do for spring break.
i am going to London for 2 days and Ireland for 7 days. there is this tour company called www.Paddywagontours.com
and they have a 6 day tour of all of ireland for only £180. which is really good because that includes the places to stay and all breakfasts and even the enterance fee's to the places where normally you would have to pay to get into. so i decided that since the airfare from Edinburgh to London isn't that bad, only like £3 and then from London to Dublin is only about £8 and then from Dublin to Edinburgh is only like £12 then it is a really good deal. i know people who have booked only the flights and it is more than that. i know a couple people who are going to spain and just the flight there was £250. so i kinda figured that i picked a good choice.
my other choice was to do Amsterdamn for 3 days, Berlin for 3 days, and Prague for 3 days. but i didn't have to see those places, and i REALLY wanted to see Ireland the most. so i think i did good.

yestrerday we were supposed to meet our host families, but i was an orphan. :-(
my fmaily never showed up., so i have to call them tonight and figure out when i am going to meet them. ok, well,m short and sweet.

laters
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: tired, happy, excited, good all in all!

so we have had a crazy past 2 days.
yesterday we went and spent time in Edinburgh just because there really wasn't much else to do. we walked up and down the Royal Mile looking for Sara because she said she was going to meet us at the Edinburgh Castle, which is HUGE. So as Charles and I walked, Erica and Lexie went to the National Musuem because they had a thing they had to do for class.

charles and i never found sarah, (she did get back to the palace ok) and the musuem closed at like 5 so erica and lexie were only there for like an hour.
prior to that, we had gotten a quick lunch and as we were walking around we saw a bus and car collide, hit, wedge together. i don't really know what happened but the car and bus were closer than a you ever want to see them. and then we heard a crunch! not good. but it looked like the car and bus were both ok.
other than that, we just walked around all day.

today on the other hand, we went to Roslyn Chapel in Roslin.
if any of you have read the DaVinci Code, that should sound familar.
it is a really really really old church that when some maurauders were in the area and were trying to desroy everything, they came to the chapel and just couldn't bring themselves to destroy it. and so it has stood. it is made of all rock and just BEAUTIFUL!

i have some pictures and such.
then today after we went up and down some of Princes street and just walked around. it is now about 7 pm and i am tired since i have been up since about 7 am. while we were walking, we came across a used book store, which excited me! i found a book that sounded interesting and so i picked it up. depending on how i like it, maybe i will bring it back to the states with me, but if not i only paid a pound and a half for it and i could leave it here inthe library.

so yea, i will talk to you all laters!
oh!!!!!

Barb Lind
WIS - Spring 2005
Dalkeith House
Dalkeith, Midlothian
Scotland EH22 2NA
United Kingdom

that is my address to my palace!

Today, Barb is feeling: slightly under the weather.
not enough to warrant much other than lots of water and a few cough drops, but enough to make me want to sleep the whole night through. from about 6 until 7am. but atleast now i am well rested and pretty much starting to really have my body adjust.

so i just got done with breakfast.
breakfast is from 7:30 am until 8 am.
then classes at 8:30, 10:30, lunch at 12:15
that the the morning schedule, i dont have the afternoon schedule set fully in my mind yet.

so we got assigned jobs in the palace, and i get to do Monday and Wednesday lunch prep. so that will give me something to go and it is working with Henri our chef. he is so FUN!

so yesterday i had my one class of Ethical Leadership.
it will be a good class, and then i had my SCC, Scottish Culture Colluequim class.
that will be an interesting class. there aren't really any class classes, we meet like a total of 5 times the semester. but we have to write a paper and make a presentation about Scotlanda and what not. so it will just include all the stuff that we do here and all the trips and all that stuff.

the today i have Human Resource Management.
and then later tonight i have Exploring the Brtitish Gothic Novel. it will be 3 hours once a week on Tuesday nights, but i think it will be good.
and then my wednesday i will have lunch prep and ethical leadership.
and thursday i will have H.R.M.

as you can tell, i only have 4 classes, (12 credits)
now when i first came over here, i had 5 classes, 15 credits. then when we had orientation going on, Mary (our Resident Director, who has been here for 8 semesters) told us that we should all think about taking 12 credits. there were some people who were taking 17 or 18 credits! Mary said that taking more than the 12 credits is more trouble than it is worth. she said that there are always people who come crying to her halfway through the semester about not being able to do everything that they wanted to do becuase of all the work. now, the 12 credits includes the internships that some people are doing. this means that they have the SCC class, one required Brit class, and then internship. now when i was told this, i wasnt sure if i wanted to drop the one extra class that i had. but i decided to becuase then i would have been in BOTH literature classes and they weren't allowing anyone to do both since in Womens Lit, we would have read about 6 books and then in Gothic Novels we are going to read about 7 books. there is only one person that is in both, and that is my friend Sarah because she is an English Lit major and she needs both of them. so yea,
i am trying to remember what else i have for you all but i can't remember.
i will talk to you all laters!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: good but in a little pain

so today was the trip to Edinburgh, sorry about the spelling.
we had a scavenger hunt to go on for different stuff that we needed to take pictures with, amswer questions with, such like that. my group gave up about half way through which frustrated me, but since it was nine against one, i had to give in.

so the little pain is my back.
i don't know why, but today it has been really hurting. i took some tylenol and that helped for a while, but i don't know what else to do if it keeps hurting like this. it is not extreme pain, but it makes it hard to want to move around. i think it might be because of the beds. they are horribly hard! i feel that i would get more support and cushion sleeping on the floor! but i don't know what to do about that. so hopefully, either i can adjust or the pain will go away.

so i heard from Joe today. he get me my birthday present! wanna know what it is?
www.barblind.com
he says that it isn't up yet, so i will let you all know when it is going and working and has all the pictures and stories and evrything up.

well, it is just about midnight here, which means it is just about 6 back home. i have to go and get ready for bed. we start classes tomorrow. my first class isn't until 10:30, but i will need to wake up and get breakfast. so i will proably be back tomorrow!

good day to you!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: like a million bucks and then some!

so guess where i am?!?!?!?!?
huh huh huh?
well, just to help you out, i am in SCOTLAND!!!!!! it is amazing so far.
i have been here for about 3 hours in the palace, and we have our rooms and we just got done eating lunch. i am living with 5 other females in one room. good thing is that the room is very big. my bed is by the window and so i will be able to look out it every morning. i also have a window that will open there so i will be cool no matter what.

so i am working on figuring out how to post my pictures on either this website or my website from school, so i will let you know.

i will be spending the next 3 months living in a palace in SCOTLAND!
it is amazing. and i am so excited to be here, but you probably wouldn't be able to tell since i have not slept since 7 am yesterday. it is about 8 am in the states now, and it is actually 2 pm in the afternoon here. we are 6 hours ahead here. they say that is it best to try and stay awake as long as possible before you fall asleep because then you can fall into the time here and it will work better.

the palace is amazing. it is 4 floors. the 4th floor isn't actually used anymore because it used to me the servants quarters, and i don't know what exactly happened, but one of the main guys here said that if we wanted, he would take us up there and show us around.

we have 2 horses that are running around in our front yard. just past that, there is a big jungle gym/swingset made for big kids. it looks like it would be fun.
my brain is so filled right now, that i don't know what else to say.
i love you and miss you all.
i will include my email, addy, and phone numbers next time which will hopefully be tomorrow.

love you and miss you!!!!
-b

Today, Barb is feeling: still alive

yes it is true, i am still alive.
i have not dropped off the face of the earth.
i am still alive and kicking

i am working as much as possilble to save money for scotland.
i an cleaning my room.
i read the first part of my book on scotland that i got from joe and kim. it is rellay interetsting and i like it alot! i know of all the places to go and see now! :-)
i haven't started on the castle book that i got, but i still have time.

i got Napoleon Dynamite from jim and kristene for christmas. i love it.
it is one of those movies that you either love and think it is the best movie in the world, or you wonder what you just wasted an hour and a half of your life watching. i love it.

i got clothes from mom for christmas. i actually got to go and buy them with her so really like then all. and i got a new raincoat too!
dad gave me money and i used some of that for fun, some for the raincoat, and the rest was either in the bank or just little stuff, like a pop here and there while working at Best Buy.

new years was fun.
i was over and brett and cori's
we had a TON of food for the few of us that were there and we sat around and played games and talked and had lots of fun! crys, tom, allysa and i all slept over. it was fun. tom and crys had there bg blow up mattress which is like a bed, and then allysa had her moveable crib thing and i got the couch. after that i made breakfast for them, and it was enjoyed all around.

since then, i have fully moved out of they apartment.
i am trying to think about what else i have done since then....
when i remember more, i will let ya all know.

Today, Barb is feeling: sweet

so i got a 3.0 this semester which is good.
i am working still as much as possible, prettymuch moved out of the apartment.
had a good christmas.
got some good stuff for scotland..
an unbrella, some books, a new purse, clothes
all in all, it was very good.

umm it isnt much, but i will have more later.
after new years for sure.

Today, Barb is feeling: really really really really really good

why?
because she knows most of her grades!
in BLAW, i passed! i got a C
in Marketing i got a B
in CSIS i got a B
i should be getting an A in my family comm.
and i should be getting either an A or B in Management.

what does that mean?
barb will get a 3.0 this semester!!!!!!!!!
or possibly even better! :-)

Today, Barb is feeling: stressed, tired, hungry, happy, confused, tired, sad, stressed...
yea so that is me in a nut shell right now

what, you might ask, is the reasoning behind barbs fluctuating moods?
one word ladies and gentlemen, FINALS!

yes it is that time of the year again, finals are upon myself.
but with finals comes the knowledge of Christmas, Neww Years, my birthday and then the oh so blessed event, barb going to SCOTLAND!!!!!!

yep yep yep! i leave either on the 2nd or 3rd of Feburary. going to be very excited.
talked to my bank people about getting a loan and i can get one, the interest rate is kinda high, but i need to talk to momma and see if she would co-sign on it, and then the interest rate might go down. and if that doen'st work, then i am supposed to try taking my name off as a co-signor and leaving her name on, but the loan would still be in my name and everything. so i need to talk to momma about that tomorrow.

confused yet?
i am
my eyes hurt and so i am going to go home and sleep and study and clean. not in that order mind you. :-)

later yo!

Today, Barb is feeling: tired, but good

so this is the last Tuesday of class for me this semester.
next tuesday is our 'study day' and Wednesday, thursday, Friday, monday and Tuesday are our finals. it is a new schedule and kinda weird, but works for me.

so last night we had our Gender Equality Meeting, and after we were done we just sit there and talk about what is going on in our lives. and they decided that we want to throw me a going away party. now, this would be like, the very last saturday in january which would be the 28th, i think. and we were debating where we should have it. and Paul and i were thinking the same thing. what about jake, phil, adam, and janes house? half of me wants to ask them because i think that they would say yes, because we have almost all the same friends and it would give them a reason to throw a party. but then its like, its not my house, and it would be my party, and like i would feel bad asking them and i don't know. but i decided that i would run my idea past Jake, see what he thinks, and then figure it our from there.

so i might have a going away party, i might not. i want it in a place that allows me and mine to drink, and since not all are of age, that leaves a house. but where?!?!?!?!?!

but other than that, i am doing well in classes.
things are progressing along nicely.
and i am ready to go back to bed.

Today, Barb is feeling: amazing!!!!!!

i am so fully excited!
so i have been trying to figure out my grade for my business law class. (my BLAW class is really the only class that i am kinda worried about) and guess what?
i can totally get a C!!!!! i am fully fully excited about this fact. it will be super. granted i still have work my butt off, but i will pass and with a general knowledge of what i am doing!!!
so how great is that?!?!?!?
so so so so so so so So SO SO excited. :-)

oh yea, all my other classes are going great also.

Today, Barb is feeling:


I'm worth $1,432,571.97!
How much are you worth?

Today, Barb is feeling: silly!


i love my brother Jim!!!!!!
check out the comment that he posted for the last blog i did.

it is so funny!
one night at the bar (i think it was thursday night) , we decided that we were just going to annex texas from the US. i mean, mexico had it to begin with, so we will just give it back. then we started thinking, maybe we should get rid of Florida and some of the other down south states. what we decided is that east coast, like Cali and everything we will keep. and then we will take the New England states and like MN and WI and some other northern-midwest states and just break off. we decided to either break off and start our own country, or just join canada. but we decided that all the other southern states and such will be call 'The United Bush of Religious Fanatics-land" (name is pending)

so that is my rant for the day.

-b

Today, Barb is feeling: very very very scared for the next four years of my life.

so yesterday Adam and i were talking and this was our conversation

A - So, how ya feeling?
B - Not so good.
A - Oh yea?
B - Yea.
A - Whats wrong?
B - Well, i feel a little sick, scared, disheartened, suicidal.
A - Yep, all the signs of a true liberal.

so maybe not so suicidal but it did enter my brain for like, 3 seconds.
other than that, i am just really worried about what the world will look like when these next four years are over with.

i got this email from my friend Phil today,

Democrats,
Today, like many of you, I am sick from the election results, but I have hope and see many points of optimism.

It is an amazing feat that we doubled the number of students who voted at Rodli, as compared to 2000. The number was 1708 to 852. And, when I say that is a feat *we*, the democrats, accomplished, I say so because our numbers helping out with the New Voter Project was many, compared to the one republican involved with the group—one out of the many conservatives were registering students, rallying the vote, and simply begging students to vote, like we did. Why is this? The republicans knew that if young voters vote, Kerry would win. Because of our effort, we won Pierce County. It’s very promising we still have our rock-star senator, Russ Feingold. We won Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Most importantly, over this year we all made some good friends and met some cool people. Personally, I feel very fortunate to have met all of you. That’s the thing about being a liberal though, isn’t it? We are all nice and accept everyone.

Our organization is a standout because we have a woman as our president. Would you ever see a woman in charge of the CR’s?

No.Speaking of the CR’s, we must remember some of them are good people. And, because we are nice, we accept everyone’s point of view. . .but some of those people are real assholes. But hey, *WE BEAT THE COLLEGE REPUBLICANS!* Our campus voted Kerry.

It is okay to hate Jake Duesenberg. It is okay to hate him because he is not a person, but a summation of an ideology. Jake has no thoughts of his own, but thinks whatever the party tells him to. Jake is not a bad person for being a republican, Jake is a bad person because he is the biggest douche bag I have ever met. He is an asshole. He is a hypocrite. He is coward. And for those of us that have had the dismay to have a personal interaction with Jake know all these statements to be truths.

So, stop by my house anytime for a drink (if your 21, of course). We’ve had a great year so far, and the next semester is going to be awesome. We have more work to do. I’m ready. I’m pissed, and fired up. Do not let the douche bags win—as my roommate, Jake Jonker says—peace to all, god bless (any god or no god), and let’s keep on rocking in the free world.

just so you know, Rodli is the polling place for students on campus.
CR's is College Republicans.
The New Voter Project was a effort that was put together to increase the number of voters.
When he says 'we', it is in reference to the College Democrats.
Jake is the co-pres of the CR's and we don't like him.

later yo!
-b

ps - anyone want to marry me and take me away to like Canada or Europe? :-)

Today, Barb is feeling: like the world will be mine again soon!!!!!

the country will be back to normal soon.
we will take back the white house.

so i went and voted today. i was awake at 6 am. that may not be so good. because then i will be sleepy later tongiht. but i will be at Bo's N Mine tonight. the Peirce County Dems have rented it out and we weill be there watching the polls roll in. it will be great

so do you want to know what my billionaire name is?
Frida Market.
i got it off www.billionairsforbush.com
interesting site,

Today, Barb is feeling: so very excited!!!!!!!!!!

so i have my costume narrowed down to 2 options.

one - tornado
gray with little houses and stuff that tornados pick up tied on with string
two - weather report
dark blue bottom, light blue top with cotton balls stuck to it, water bottle with squirter. when people ask what i am, squirt and say, partly cloudy with a chance of showers.

so, now it is just a matter of picking one.
what do you think?

lets see.... there was a reason that i was coming here..... something i had to tell you..... oh yea!



I GET TO GO SEE KERRY!!!!!!
and that is wicked cool! now in the off chance that you might not know who i am talking about, let me clear it up for you. that would be John Kerry. as in the Future president of the USA. just to be clear about that. i had to do some creative time moving around, but it works. and that is all that matters. :-)
and you want to know what is better?
not only i don't have to drive because we are car pooling, so that means less gas and money spent. but get this it is free to go to it.

free, it that not the BEST word in the english language?

:-)

Today, Barb is feeling: harazzled

people are being dumb today. they call and treat me like dirt. i should just hang up on them all.
i am at work, if you didn't know.

so the dabate are over and i can say with resounding confidence, that bush is dumb and kerry kicked his lillywhite butt from here to the moon and back.

so halloween is just around the corner.
i need an idea.
so, we are going to play the
"you-need-to-make-a-comment" game!

comment topic -
What should Barb be for Halloween?
and the best idea and the idea that i take will have blogs devoted to them! and maybe even a picture!!!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: tired, but awesome!!

so i just got done with a rousing game of raquetball with Nakait and Liz. it was supper fun.

my head hurts everytime i try to think about jims number/word thing. so i gave up for the time being.

later

Today, Barb is feeling: ok...... should be better, but i'm not.

so yesterday i came home becuase it was the day after moms birthday and we were all going out to dinner together. the other reason that i came home is because Cori's mom wanted to get a GPS. i told her that we could meet at Best Buy and get it together. i ended up not getting out of class on time and then there was traffic and weather. so i got there like half an hour late. i felt so fully bad! and so i couldnt find her. she had just gone ahead and bought one anyway.

but the dinner with mom, dad, joe and kim was fun. we went to Bennigens. weird food, but good. REALLY good baked potato soup.

after that, Joe, kim and i went to the best buy in maplewood to get the Clerks 10th anniverary dvd. then both joe and i went and got gas.

lets see what else have i done lately.......
studied alot. i had a family communication test last week and a marketing test on thursday.
i went and joined the Whole Earths Food Co-op here in town. they have the cheapest milk in the world!! it is a dollar and eighty five cents for a gallon! yea baby!




so get this, apparently Hotmail is expanding their storage in order to compete withe the Gmail from Google. and i went to check my email today and i ususally have like, 78-85 percent of my available storage used, and all i had was one percent used! i was shocked!

http://news.com.com/Hotmail+to+offer+250MB+of+free+storage/2100-1032_3-5245523.html

go there.
it explains alot more.

Today, Barb is feeling: sad :-(

i think i may have scared the annonomous poster away.
:-(

the other reason i am sad is because the 'rents and i were going to go to Olive Garden tonight for dinner (they have the all you can eat pasta for 8 bucks) but last night dad called and told me that they couldn't make it. which works out in a way because i have a bunch of homework that i have to do still since i didn't get it all done last night. but man, would have going there been a fun break from studying!

but i was looking forward to my angel hair pasta with alfredo sause and the italian sauage. yum.
so i think i will have to settle with spaghetti and sause from a can. :-(

maybe i can get cheap meat at the store, right cheap meat, that is like saying healthy candy.
maybe i can OH! i think i have some meat for hamburger helper, i could cook that. and since i do need to go and buy parmesan cheese, i could get some generic alfredo sause,
hummmm, maybe i can substitute some things and still get most of it!.
so that would be spaghetti, alfredo, and meat. i think i could live with that. i would need some vegetable. maybe a side salad.
dang, now i am really really hungry!
after class i am going home and figuring out what i am doing for lunch.
STARVING i am.

Today, Barb is feeling: sorta frustrated.

so i want to know who the person is who is commenting!!!!!!
ok, so do i actually know you?
are you a member of my family? like blood related?
or a friend?
do you go to college with me?
did we used to go to school?



There are few people in the world to be so bold as to post comments on a blog as Anonymous. To do so would surely be a breach of some sort of conduct code. I shall give you 3 hints to the identity of this lone poster who takes advantage of the Anonymous comment feature.
1. They have a first name and a surname.
2. The first and last letters in thier surname is in the alphabet.
3. Thier first name has a quantity of letters between 1 and 10.
By Anonymous, at 9/12/2004 06:46:55 AM


TELL ME!!!!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: good.
so today was the first class cancelled for Speech.
she was sick today so i only have one class my Organizational and Behavioral Management.

that is soon. at like 12:20.
it is in the Whyman Education Building. it is the first class that i have had in this building. it is the newest building on campus. nice, clean, air conditioned.

so people, when you are going to post, give me a name please!
like for when i dedicated a blog to cori, someone said, i laughted i cried, it was the feel good hit of the summer, and last blog when someone corrected my spelling.
now normally for the spelling i would assume that it is my mother, but she would leave a name or actually it would be 'the MOM'

so hummm.......?
it is friday today.
i got internet set up for the apartment!!!!!!
wheeeeeeeeee!
i am excited. i got Vis to help me with it. thanks vis!
i also got paid today!!!!
so that is always good.

i have to work tonight, until 11 and then i have to be back at Best Buy at 7 am tomorrow for a dang meeting. bleck. but then i have the afternoon off, and then i have to get back to River Falls because i am working at the InfoDesk for Amber since she work at Caribu conflicts with InfoDesk. then on sunday i have church and then a birthday party for Lisa-pie! she will be one! a whole one year old! and she is SUCH a cute baby. i dont' think there is a cuter baby out there. and i have seen ALOT of babies. and then after that, i think Jimmy and i are getting together to hang out for a while because we haven't seen each other in FOREVER.

so yea, that is all from me here.
have a good weekend all!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: good and hungry!!!!

so it is like 5 pm, and it just dawned on me that i have not eaten anything today.
mom came downstairs not to long ago and asked about food. and my stomach just grumpled.
so we are going to find someplace to eat at that has outside dining.

school - started
school - sucks
work at infodesl - fun
work at Best Buy - not so fun
roommate, Talee - cool
flatmates, Judy and Kia - very quiet and keep to themselves
Bush- bad president
barb - hungry
barb - going to eat
barb - washing clothes
barb - pox on humanity

Today, Barb is feeling: a bit tired. and old!

so we have all these new Freshmen here.... and i feel so old!

but this is the next post and it is dedicated to Cori!!!!!
so, lets see.
i met cori i would say about 4 years ago or something like that.
she was dating my friend Brett that i had known forever from church.
but right from the getgo i knew i was going to like Cori. she was very cool. and very friendly.
we saw each other here and there whenever a church function would come up and we would hang out together there. then DUN DUM DUM! marrige bells on the forefront!
the wedding of Cori and Brett was announced!
it was a very very cool wedding. my brother joe did the ceremony and it was only like 15 minutes long. it was SO amazing. it waas perfect! then they had a very nice party afterwards. lets see..... from that that i think is when we really started hanging out together on a semi regular basis. we would play games and stuff alot.
that is how i met Cori's friends Tom, Crystal and their beautiful baby Alissa.
since then they have bought a great house that is very nice and perfect for them.
that is also where we always go and hang out and play games and watch tv. they recently got this game, it is like a "Eye Game" or something. it is a camera and you have to stand in one place and move your arms and stuff to make points and do stuff like that. the game that was most played last time i was there was 'Washin Windows'. it is a crazy game. but fun fun fun.

there is alot more about cori that i could tell.
like she and i feel the same way on a lot of political issues.
she is expanding her cooking talents.
she has a job that she doesnt like that much. she grooms dogs and like 2 days ago a dog scratched her cornea. :-( stupid dog!

Today, Barb is feeling: overwhelmed! (and loving it!)

so i know that you can be overwhelmed, and i know you can be underwhelmed. but can you ever just be whelmed?

first person to name that movie and post it will have the next blog devoted to them!

so there has been alot going on.
it is getting to the end of August. that means....
SCHOOL!
but before that, just a recap of things i have done in the month since i have been here.

i went to Duluth and did support for Joe, Kim, Andy, Irene, and Karl on the uni's. unicycles, cokers to be specific. they have really big tires so it is easier going long distances. and mom went with me. humph
once there is was ok. i met Karl. i like Karl. he is nice and available. but joe refuses to tell me how old he is. all i know is that Karl has owned a house for a while. past that, joe says HE IS TO OLD.
old schmold. what if Karl is the one? did joe ever think about that? what does age have to do with anything?!?!?!? i am 21 now. that means a legal adult in all views of society and law. when i asked joe if Karl had a girlfriend, joe said he was going to tell Karl that i wanted to know. i don't think he did. and i wanted him to.

lets see, past that. i work
i play, i eat, i sleep, i wash, i cook, i clean, i go out with the girls.
i don't have that fun of a life right now.

"when im washin' windows"
that is for those who know about it. :-)
i still have it running thru my head.

my cousin Christie is in town, which roX! with a capital x.
she and i are going to hit the town wednesday and spend the better part of the day together. then we get to go and pick up Trevor (her husband, and my kick butt cousin-in-law) at the airport at like 1 in the morning on thursday. it will be fun fun fun! the few times that christie and i do get together and hang out we always have a good time. i wish they lived closer, but NO they get to be beach bunnies out in Cali, oh well! even more of a reason to go and visit them!

so right now i am at River Falls at my cushu campus job. but what? school doesn't start for over a week barb, what are you doing there? you ask yourself. well. i got an email from Deb who wanted to know if i wanted some hours before the training and i jumped on them!

so that is right now.

Today, Barb is feeling: tired

i am not dead.
i swear it!!!!

i am just tired.

Today, Barb is feeling: happy for my parents who have been married 30 years (tomorrow, the 3rd of August) and for Tom and Crystal who have been married two years (tomorrow, the 3rd of August) . funny huh? :-)

so my blog has been requested an update about the lunch that i had with Ed.
It was ok. it was me, dad, ed, this guy grant who works under ed, and another guy in the Tech Dept. i dont' remember his name, but he was asian, very quiet and very cute.

Ed told me that he couldn't come with us to the drive in movies because he had to work his other jobs. he works at the Apple store in the MOA, and he does something else for his city. but he had to work at the Apple Store.

might have lunch again on friday. but you never know.




GUESS WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Joe and Kim bought a house!
can you beleive it!?!?! it is a nice looking house. it was put on the market on Friday and the they made the offer on Saturday, and the offer was accpeted on Saturday also. it was a good day. i need to go to bed now. i get to spend tomorrow with grandma.
i will let you know how that goes!
and then lunch with Crystal and 'Lissa-Pie on wednesday!!!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: G-R-E-A-T!!!

so for a while i only have 12 credits for the coming semester, but i knew that if i waited a class i need would open up and guess what?

barb has 15 credits now!!!!!!! wheeeeeee

this is a good thing.

work on friday, sat, and sun.
it sucked all the days

Today, Barb is feeling: as giddy as a school girl!

so i was on my way here to write and what do i see? but my blog and my blogs alter ego have posted things for me! i just love the fact that my blog talks to me. it is great!

so today is thuirsday.
quick recap of this weeks events.
on saturday night me and a bunch of my friends went to the Drive In.
I invited Ed, but he never called me.
the movies were, I Robot (which is wicked cool!)
Dodgeball (really funny)
The day After Tomorrow (i didn't like it, to many plot holes and the fact that it is a disaster movie)

sunday i slept and didn't go to church.
monday my mom put me to work. and i think i had to go to work too
tuesday my mom was a slave driver and made me work to. NO, tuesday is the day i had to work, not monday.
wednesday i worked at home and went to see Ruth and the dogs that i will be dog sitting for in a week or so. dad also went and got a new convertible. NICE. it is a pretty dark green with a black top. oh yea, joe and i fought too.
today is thursday. i had to work. mom and dad went out for dinner with Grandma. and i think that is about all that happened.

now for this coming weekend,
friday i am going to lunch with Dad and Ed. it will be interesting to see what happens there.
friday night i work, saturday night i work, and i might even be working sunday night. i am not sure yet, i might work for my buddy Tap. (and just so you all know, for some reason we have all started calling one another by our names backwards, so Tap is actuallt Pat. and i am Brab. it is a weird media thing, dont worry)

so that is about all from here.
but i got this thing from my amazing friend Cori and i just needed to have you all look at it!

i have gotten this before, and i just think that everyone should at one point in time, see it and appreciate it.
i call it The Twenty-One Things People Should Know Before They Die.


ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk t o. As you get older, theirconversational skills will be as Important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all youwant.

FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.

FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreamsdon't have much.

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's theonly way to live life completely.

TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer,smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve greatrisk.

FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect forothers; and Responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate stepsto correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it inyour voice.

TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.

Today, Barb is feeling: her heart fill with joy for Vis and her brain go to mush

so,  today is a banner day in the life of Barbs blog. 
Da Vis commented!!!!!
that means that he has visited and actually using his computer for something other than work or games.  i am so gosh darned proud!!!  kinda like when a mom watches her baby take those first steps.  hi vis.

HA HA HA HA HA
i am going insane. 
i wrote a note to Ed.  a NOTE!!!! 
not even like an email or something, but a note!
i invited him to come to the drive in on saturday with me and my buds.  and in it, i gave him my number.  dum dum duuuuu.........

i am not weirded out yet, but i can garantee you that everytime my phone rings and it is an unknown number, i will jump out of my skin!!!

so i like the look of my blog now.  i like the blue color and all the squares and everything.  what do you think?  read my previous blog and comment

Today, Barb is feeling: like a change is in order

so what do you think of the new  format and color scheme?
comments?
please lemme know!

Today, Barb is feeling: MAD!!!!!!!!!

so i just read the Project Greenlight Screenplay that won, and it SUCKS!
they had the top 6 and 4 of them were really really good.  but the one that they picked, was CRAP.  it blows and it incredibly dumb.

now that we are past the venting portion of the blog,
it seems that my blog is talking to me, (see day befores comment section).

i have been abit busy.  this weekend i was up at the Shepard cabin for saturday thur monday.  it was great fun.  lots of food, cards and friends!  and then monday we came back and didn't do anything.  tuesday i worked and that was about it.  today is wednesday and today is moms cataract (sp?)  surgery.  it happened this morning at like 7 am  and so now she has a patch over her one eye.  it is funny.  she kinda looks like a pirate.  but the patch is silver not black.  so my dad and i were talking about making it black for her.

lets see.... what else has been going on with me....?
ah yea, i had lunch with Ed!  it was great fun.  he brought a buddy of his with so it was cool and no really weird odd moments.

there, is that a good enough entry for you blog?  are you going to keep talking to me?  :-)

Today, Barb is feeling: well, wondering more. wondering what happened to all the boy bands and members.

so i was watching the MTV all music video channel today and i saw a NSYNCK music video., that got me thinking. what ever happened to all those boy bands that were all the rage a few years ago?

well, there is still Justin, and Nick (with dumb wife Jessica) but what ever happened to the rest of the band mates and all the other boys?

there was like 5 in both NSYNCK and Backstreet boys, and then 98degrees and LFO and i think there are a bunch of them that i am forgetting, but what happened?

lance at one point in time wanted to be an astronoaut, right? and JC put out another CD by himself. but what about the others? there was joey and what was the other ones name? what happened to them? are they trying to get more music together, or are they like flipping burgers at McDonalds because they didn't save thier money. Joey tried to act. he was in MY Big Fat Greek Wedding, and didn't Lance try somemovie about a girl and a subway car?
but you never have heard of them since.

and then the Backstreet boys!
WHEW!
you haven't heard ANYTHING from any of them in a LONG time. i don't even think thatany of them tried a solo career. wait... didn't Nick try it?? so where are those guys?

and then 98 degrees. the sucked to begin with. now you see Nick and his wife jessica ALL over the place! but you never see anyof the other guys.

and LFO. they had one song. summer girls. so i don't think that we can even count them in this.

well, yeah.
i got to have Lunch with Ed today!!!!!

Today, Barb is feeling: EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=2&vote=00155

it is about the Constitutional ammendment to the constitution to define marrige and everything.

needless to say, 50 nays to 48 yeas
with the next president and vice president not voting.

WHEEE to the NAYS!

Today, Barb is feeling: good.

so i know that i haven't been here in a bit. i am sorry for that.

lets see, what has gone on since i was last here.

mom and dad are home from Saipan.
i am working (little but atleast working)
had a good 4th of July with all my friends at Tom and Crystals.
sorry christie, i haven't seen Farenheit 9-11 yet. i really really want to, but cori and i are supposed to go and see it sometime. i think i need to get on her for that. both cori and i have basically the same political view (as does christie) and so we both want to see the movie. i think i will need to email cori and find out what day she doen't work and go and see the Matinee that day.

BUT!
get this,
so about a week ago, i was working the New Release table in the front of the store. it is right bewteen the doors and where the wireless-PDA stuff is. i was glad to be there becasue then i can talk to my friend Mandy. and there was this guy there for like almost an hour getting his phone set up and taking care of all of it. since he was working with mandy, i was talking with them also. because i didn't have anything to do. both mandy and i were of the same thought, that the man was scrumptous. after he left, mandy told me that he got is phone number. she was excited and so that was good. but the next day, she told me that they talked and he was asking about me, and wanted to know all this stuff about me. sadly mandy didn't know much, because she and i have been working together only like a month. when i heard this, i was confused. i am not a person that people ask about. people always ask me about outher people. so i was confused.

then today she told me that she and the guy had talked again, and again he was asking about me. even said 'she's cute' (in reference to me). again. CONFUSION
i don't think this guy remembers who i am!
but, since mandy and i were talking about hanging out some time outside of work, we exchanged numbers. she also told me that the next time the guy asked about me, she was going to give him my number. so i figured why not! what is there to lose. still not totally sure what will happen if anything, but no worries. i will keep all updated as to anything that occurs. ( i have a feeling that nothing will happen because the guy was GORGEOUS!!!, but why not?!?!)

Today, Barb is feeling: tired and hot

the day has been a success!!!!!
i am back from the Taste of Minnesota and have nothing broken, sprained or even hurt!!!!
huuuzzzaaahhhh!

but my cheeks do sting a bit.
they got sun. sun sun sun!
so my rosy apple red cheeks are now from sun, not laughing.

Today, Barb is feeling: nervous

today i get to go back to the Taste of Minnesota and do security again.
i am nervous.
last year i was there like 4 hours and i sprained my ankle.
i am scared that this year it will happen again.
but my parents wont be there to meet me at the doctors office and take care of me.
this makes me nervous.
so for all you out there in computer land, send me good vibes all day long.
and pray that i keep my feet flat on the ground.

and a work of warning.
i am taking like, 12 phone numbers with me, so if you get a call from me, it means you need to come and get me at my doctors office.

remember,
GOOD VIBES