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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
10:10 pm	VOTE for CCHS!! Vote for Campbell County High School in the Pontiac Performance Challenge. The winning schools' drama department receives $10,000! You can vote once a day Dec 1st through 7th! here: http://www.wlwt.com/sponsors/13990704/detail.html (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
1:01 pm	OUR TOWN INFO Cincinnati Landmark Productions presents "Our Town" at Covedale Center for the Performing Arts. I play "Emily." Performances are November 6-9, 13-16, and 19-23. Thursday-Saturday shows start at 8:00, Sundays are at 2:00. Nov 19 is the only Wednesday performance-also at 8:00. Tickets are $21 for adults, $19 for students/seniors. For information about ticket purchasing go here: http://www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com/ccpa/PurchaseTickets.aspx DIRECTIONS(I don't recommend Mapquesting): Take I-75 North or South to the Harrison Avenue Exit. Once off the Interstate, follow the signs to Queen City Ave. Take Queen City Avenue for approximately 1.75 miles to the traffic light at Sunset Avenue. Turn LEFT onto Sunset Avenue. Follow Sunset Avenue to the first traffic light. Turn RIGHT at the light onto Glenway Avenue. Stay on Glenway Avenue for approximately .75 miles. The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts is on the right. Parking is free in our parking lot which surrounds the building. Location: Covedale Center for the Performing Arts Street: 4990 Glenway Avenue City/Town: Cincinnati, OH Contact Info Phone: 513.241.6550 Email: info@covedalecenter.com (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
11:04 pm	I don't have to work tomorrow and the weather is perfect. I have missed summer so much. There are fireworks going off outside my open window. All I need are some lightning bugs, a baseball game and a banana lime daquiri to officially commence the summer fun. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
9:26 pm	Skiing at Perfect North?? COLLEGE LATE NIGHT SPECIAL (or use your old college ID to get discounts special!) College student nights on Friday February 22 and Saturday February 23, 2008 from 9:00pm - 1:00am. Present a current, valid college ID at the ticket window to receive one late night special: Lift ticket only $20.00 each. Lift Ticket and ski or snowboard rental $35.00. Snow tubing tickets with valid ID are $20.00 for a 2-hour ticket during the 9pm - 1am hours. http://www.perfectnorth.com/in_the_news.php?nID=45 It's a pretty good deal considering it's usually $65 to for a lift ticket and rental. Let me know if you want to go! (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
11:29 pm	There's this song by They Might Be Giants called "Older." While it is highly entertaining, it is actually what I think sometimes. I will be sitting at my desk and suddenly just think "I am an hour older than I was an hour ago...wait-I'm a second older than I was when I started this thought..and now I'm even older than just then! And just then! HOLY COW." In a little over a month I will be 25. A quarter of a century old. And it makes me really happy that this band made a song about my thoughts. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
11:06 pm	Awesome things I've learned today. I love learning things about our planet. I am absolutely fascinated by plants and animals and people and other living things. Today, I learned many amazing things, which I feel compelled to share with you because they are simply too great to keep a secret... The Great Barrier Reef is in danger-we all know this-one of the things threatening its existence is a starfish I believe was called the crown of thorns starfish. They contain hundreds of poisonous spines and are huge and eat coral. And they're hard to kill bc if you cut them, they just regenerate...so if you cut one in half, it becomes two. They have to be physically removed or injected with poison. Usually, they aren't a big problem, bc their eggs don't survive. But fertilizers that run into the ocean provide the perfect nutrients for them, so they increase in large numbers. If the ocean's temperature raises two degrees-the coral will die. Without coral, the fish will die, and so on. Two little degrees! But the coral can protect itself-and hold on to your pants-because this is the coolest thing I have ever found out. CORAL CAN CHANGE THE WEATHER! It exudes a chemical which floats above the surface and increases cloud production, therefor providing shade and lowering the temperature when it gets too hot. Is your mind BLOWN???? A fun theory I learned today was that people are attracted to each other based on their immune systems. We are attracted to people who have opposite immune systems because if we have kids with them, the kids will be healthier. How can you tell an immune system different from your own??? SMELL. Not something you really notice, but your body does-hence the reason your opinion of attractiveness varies from your friends'. Smell is blind, not love necessarily. There's a hot spot in the Earth's core around Australia. As Australia has moved over it, it has pushed lava up to form mountain peaks. Australia moves 5 inches a year-making it the world's fastest moving continent. I felt really inspired after learning these things, and I wanted to share my joy with you. I hope you were equally fascinated. And if you weren't, maybe you should consider posting some of your amazing knowledge to educate the rest of us! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 10th, 2007
10:35 pm	"Sometimes people screw up...and they buy each other wolves." Funny quote from October Road...I don't think I have ever screwed up so much that I bought someone a wolf. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
12:41 pm	( iPod Answers ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
10:49 pm	Stolen from Erin...who also stole it ( Procrastinating sleep. ) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
8:18 pm	Pumpkinfest Circleville is a crazy place on pumpkin weekend. Even though I spent 7 hours in a car, 3 of them trapped in traffic with fellow pumpkin lovers, it was worth it. Jen and I tried lots of pumpkin foods-almost all of which were so awesome. Here's what we found: Pumpkin waffles-not really waffles-shaped like a flower-thin as a potato chip and sweet. Pumpkin corndogs-corndogs, smeared with pumpkin sauce. Pumpkin taffy Pumpkin cream puff Fried pickles-not pumpkin...but you can't not get them. Fried caramel apple slices-not even remotely healthy or pumpkin like-but wow. Obviously, we did not eat any normal pumpkin things like bread or pie or coffee. Really-What would be the point? We also did not eat any suspiciously weird pumpkin foods...like pumpkin burgers or chili. We planned on riding the ferris wheel and didn't want to throw up. We visited the giant pumpkins, gazed at pumpkin saleables, and made fun of the visiting queens (Queen of Moonshine?? of Coal?? Icecream?). We rode the ferris wheel and halfway to the top realized what a terrifying experience it truly was. I'm not really sure why I thought so-I mean, come on-I jumped out of a plane-but still, I could not wait to get down. Then we watched a parade and laughed some more at the queens and philosophied about why Kentucky only went by county queens...we realized this was probably due to the fact that we would also have ridiculous queen names..."Queen of Horses" "Queen of Tobacco" "Queen of Bourbon." Just a few of our ponderings. I also learned that the OSU mascot is a buckeye. Oddly enough, did not know this before, but that could be because I don't like Ohio State. I'm sorry if you do. And I'm REALLY sorry you have such a lame mascot. I mean, how exactly, is a BUCKEYE going to defend itself from a wildcat, or other living creature with moving limbs? Overall-I highly reccommend the Circleville pumpkinfest. It has everything you could want out of fall. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 5th, 2007
7:44 pm	Does it seem odd that almost everyone who played the "Your name Needs" google game got "Needs a home?" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
12:46 pm	Ginny Needs... Search on google for "your name needs" in quotes. Post Results. Here's mine! ( What I apparently need... ) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
12:41 pm	( My Ideal Careers-As Stolen from Phil ) (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
10:08 pm	I did it!!!!!!! I jumped out of an airplane 10,500 feet above the ground!!! And oh my God it was the coolest thing ever. I highly reccomend skydiving here: www.skydiverichmond.com (Richmond, Indiana) Very awesome, laid back, professional skydivers who make the whole experience. Here's how it went down: I got there, signed the waiver (which said lots of scary things about death) and went through training. I was going tandem, which means that I would be strapped to an instructor, so the training time was fairly short, about 1/2 an hour. There were a ton of people going today, and I was pretty far down the list so I had to wait awhile. They had cornhole and food and a living room with lots of couches and a television and magazines, so we hung out there for awhile, watching other skydivers and eating the best grilled cheeses ever. Then suddenly, they called my name. I'm thinking that I have another hour or so before I actually go up, but no. It was "get in the suit, get in the harness, there's the plane, let's go." From the moment I stepped into the plane, I had this feeling of calm like I have never felt before. No worries, just happy peace. We hit our designated altitude, and they open the door. I force my feet through the wind onto the tiny step outside of the plane (which the camera man is already standing on). I get into position, we rock forwards, backwards, and forwards again to fall out of the plane face down, hurtling towards the earth. Still, I am calm. I remember my training, we get into freefall position and for minutes, I am falling through the sky. Oddly, there is no falling sensation. Nothing like going on a rollercoaster. I imagine it's how a bird must feel. Wind rushes against my face, pulling my skin back, and I have to concentrate on breathing, because it's a little difficult when you're that high and it's cold. You can't scream (not that I ever wanted to), because if you breathe through your mouth, your lungs will super expand and you'll have even more trouble breathing. Then, Joe (my instructor) pulled the cord and we float gracefully in the air, observing the perfect view of trees and farmland. He asks if I want to try a spin-Hell Yes. I pull on the left toggle and we spin quickly in the air. We practice stearing and landing, and after about 10 minutes, slide onto the ground. There isn't the flood of relief I expected. I was (and am) just insanely happy. It was great. One of the best experiences ever, and I promise you, there is nothing like it and it is not even close to what you expect. I had the whole thing videotaped and it is so awesome. Friday did a fantastic job and I am going to watch it every day because it is that freakin cool. Let me know if you want see the video, or the awesome pictures Burch took, because I will proudly show them off. I highly reccomend doing this at some point in your life, if not tomorrow. Well worth the money and time. I can't wait to go again and try Accelerated Free Fall-you get to go by your self, with two instructors by your side, not strapped on. Whoohoo! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, September 14th, 2007
10:41 pm	Skydiving Tomorrow at 1:00pm, I will be jumping out of a plane. This was supposed to happen today at 11, but they made me reschedule due to a pilot issue. But now, I'm good to go. I'm jumping in Richmond, IN-tandem jump, which means I'll be hooked to an instructor. I paid for the video, so they'll be taping the whole way down and I will have one kick-ass souvenir. I am so excited my whole body is vibrating. It's better than butterflies, it's like...I know this sounds gross, but if I have to compare it to bugs...it's those silverfish house centipede things. You know how fast they move when you turn on the light? There's a billion of those running through my vains that fast-it is awesome. I am also overwhelmed with happiness because this is so the coolest, stupidest thing I've ever done. I am crossing something off my list of lifetime goals!!! I LOVE when I get to do that! You know how great it is when you make a to do list and keep accomplishing things? How good it feels every time you cross something off? This is that feeling times a million, I feel like I am actually, truly living. Not sauntering through life, but really seizing the moment and doing something that I am going to brag about for the rest of my life. I am absolutely positive I will write immediately after I get home tomorrow to let you know how it went. I AM JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
8:48 am	I'm getting new windows in my apartment today!!! Also, does anyone know of any good (or really amazing phenomenal) deals on computers? And is there any way to get Microsoft Word legally without all the other crap I'll never use? (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 6th, 2007
12:48 pm	Canoe Weekend I had a really fun, extremely busy weekend. Friday night my brother came home, so on Saturday afternoon we went to Goetta Fest and had fun trying crazy things like goetta donuts, pizza and a goetta way. Then we rushed home and left for Dylan's wedding. It was in Ault Park-really pretty, casual but hot. It was a good time. Got home late, went to bed and woke up early for CANOE 07. It was awesome, except now I have many injuries and I'm very sore in the body area. ***Canoeing next year will be the first weekend in August. So don't plan anything then-you have a year's notice. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
12:50 pm	Canoe!! WHAT TO BRING!!! Cooler that shuts tightly. Rope to tie in cooler (in case of canoe flippal) Food for lunch/snacks/drinks (all day on a river-no food places) *pack all food in ziplock bags or it will get wet-lunchables are awesome for this trip. Sunglasses-with attachy things. Suncreen-all day in the sun. Plastic bags to pack wet clothes afterwards. Change of clothes and shoes. Towel Maybe a hat. Wear OLD clothes and OLD securely fastening shoes-flip flops will be lost. Bathing suit for sure. Life vests are provided. Basically plan on the fact that everything you bring will get very wet and sandy-we will be in a river, after all. We tend to stop frequently to eat, swing on rope swings, swim, etc-so it will be a relaxing fun times. DO NOT Bring electronics-cell phones won't work anyway. Wear anything you care about a whole whole lot. Makeup is a lost cause. Campground showers are available afterwards. I think that's about it. I'll let you know if I think of anything else. It's not too late! Let me know if you're coming! Sunday, Aug 5 9:00-Wilder Park n' Ride (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
1:52 pm	CANOE TRIP '07 SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH. 9-5 APPROX. WHITEWATER RIVER. BROOKVILLE, IN http://www.whitewatercanoerental.com/index.asp Bring whoever you choose. It's a big river, you can associate or not associate with whomever you choose. You will need a partner if you want to canoe, a kayak if you don't have a partner. I will arrange car pool pick ups when I have a better idea of who will be attending. RSVP here or on FACEBOOK. It will be about $15, save $3 a week until then and you'll be set. If you haven't ever been, it's easy to learn. Life vests are provided, fairly calm river. A list of must-haves will be posted at a later date. See you there!!! (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
8:20 pm	An update Canoeing is coming up. It is my goal to have a date sometime in July or August by next week. I will keep you posted and send out an invite once I know. The icecream truck man in REALLY annoying. It starts off with this little girl saying "Hello!" which is just weird then plays music and has horns and stuff. And he parks right down the street for about a half an hour. So I hear this girl saying hello every two minutes for 1/2 hour, followed by lame music and horns. Anyway...it's been forever, so here's some stuff I didn't get to until now.... ( TEN random things about me. ) (Comment on this)