do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars

what a crock.  monopoly is stupid, i mean, is it realistic that you can build an unstoppable empire with only 23$ in your bank account.  really, you cant.  oh wait, my sister did.  she bought and stole like two whole sides of the board today and built a hotel on every single one.  Jailtime was your only relief from massive payment rates.  Its crazy.  i had three of the four railroads.  all of the yellow spaces,  all the utilities and, two of the red spaces and i still get my ass handed to me.  i think the only reason she won was because i am not financially confident.  i dont mortgage things because i have never been forced to consider those terms and situations in real life.  its crazy.  when she started boasting about her win, i told her to use her skills in monopoly in real life so she wouldn't bitch about not having a new garage door...then i felt bad and told her i was sorry, but for a second i was really pissed.  lol. most of you know that i am a very competive person, i dont like to be joked with or messed with while i am in deep competition mode, its just not my thing.  One of my most competitive moments was this past christmas break at an Amber Moore party.  Me and a Mr. Gowdy were playing Jenga and it was pretty intense...it really was.  I was deep in the game, and he was trying to break my focus.  he eventually did, and i was pissed.  i have a hard time letting things go sometimes.  i will never forget the sense of loss i felt that night, if i had, i wouldn't be mentioning it now.  Today was pretty damn close to being the most intense competitive moment ever for me, but for my sister's sake it wasn't.  lol.  her boyfriend was rooting for me, in that annoying non-helpful way, but he meant well deep down.  lol.  ah well, you have to let go, right?

 Today i went with my sister, her boyfriend's daughter, and her boyfriend's lil sister to Wave Craze in Granger.  that was the worst "water park" i have ever been too.  Ideal Beach was looking pretty fantastic compared to this dive.  Its an oversized swimming pool with a wave mechanism.  it goes and waves come out or whatever, but they aren't that big.  Then there is a two story water slide that goes about 1mph into the wave pool.  but they can't do both at the same time.  so the wave pool will go for about 10 minutes and then they stop the waves and reopen the slide.  there is a lil water fountain thingy kids can run in...but if you think about it...why would you have that at a park without rubber on the ground.  kids running around on wet cement is not a good idea.  at least i dont think so.  i spent most of my time in my lounge chair under an umbrella, with a hole in it, reading my book.  But somewhere along the way the kids playing mini golf behind me in the KOA Kampground complex seemed to distract me with there craziness.  All in all i would say it was a good day, interesting and educational.  Oh and when a lil black child named vinnie helps you remember why you dont like to swim in public pools life is really going your way.  something to think about. 

Jammies+curly haired Erin= Crazy Havana Nights with Diego.
we rented Dirty Dancing:Havana Nights and ate KFC takeout while the storm rolled through.  It was fabulouso.  The movie is terribly cheesey and awesomely sexy!  Its just as fantastic as the original dirty dancing, horrible acting and all.  Despite the bad one-liners, and too hot for Cable dance scenes....Diego Luna is still a-ok!  el es muy caliente!  Viva la Cuba!

thats it for tonight.  i talk entirely too much about things that, to normal people, have no value what so ever.  i am so glad i am not normal or one of those people!  i love me!  i love you!  keep it real!  let me know how things are with ya...sign the guestbook, be a gem!  muah!  til next time...

...privileged smart girls+poor deep boys= same tired story line
but,
....privileged smart girls+poor latino deep boys= same tired story line with naughty dancing!

 

i am a resident..its official

Hey yall!  i am listening to Jamie Cullum, and they say he is the one man british music invasion...well i would have to totally agree.  i am extremely happy with my 8.99 purchase from kmart.  he is like a cool, hip, lounge singer type, which is totally awesome.  i suggest if you like anyone from peter cincotti to jason mraz, you should totally check him out.  two thumbs up from shanny B!  I haven't been social lately because i have been ill.  I just slept off a fever earlier in the day and i had had it since thursday night.  Missed a day of work and a night of work, i went today knowing i couldn't afford to miss anymore days or nights.  But by the time the end of my shift this morning, i felt about 50% better and then i napped before kmart and woke up almost 100% better.  so it makes me feel good, that all i needed was sleep and not medication or blood tests or anything of that sort.  I need to get back in the social scene but by this time next week i will be in Orlando with my church.  so i wont be back into the social "weekend" scene til august.  that kinda sucks but hey, thats alright.  i am available during the week...haha.  Since i was just hanging out all day friday i was hoping that would be the day i received my housing from IU, and it surely was the day.  I am in Forest!  Lindsay and Danielle are in the same building, so thats cool.  I got my Co-op and i am pretty sure Erin is my roommate but they dont disclose that information just yet.  Thats the area i wanted so i am pleased.  so is my mom, she liked that one better over some of the other ones, like wright and teter.  Sorry all you central folk.  Its exciting.  In about over a month i am on my way to IU, i just can't wait til a month from now when i can quit both my jobs.  i am done.  thats it.  i hate work.  all of it.  lol.  Lately i am a little disappointed in myself that i am not making a better effort to be friendly with my friends.  i guess i am giving off the, "i am not happy" vibe when i am around my friends.  but i really dont mean to give that off.  i really am happy.  i guess i am just in new territory.  i am feeling all these new and different feelings due to the fact i am moving.  so i guess that consumes most of my time.  i know that you earlier graduates know what i am talking about, and i just can't put my finger on it right now.  i really do like hanging out with all of you, it does make feel happy.  I just am just expressing my happiness differently i guess.  lol.  I do miss not hanging out with the highschool gang though.  all of em are off doing their own thing, i want to hang out with em.  Like Collin, Drew, Ed, Danielle, Lindsay, Jo, and all the other kids.  They are all doing their own thing like me, but i hope we all find some time to hang out this last month or so, cuz time is almost up and as cliche as this sounds, i dont think i will be seeing alot of em for awhile.  so if any of you read this, dont be a stranger!  and i wont be either!  well i guess i have babbled long enough.  i am gunna catch some z's.  check ya later.  til next time...
...dont forget who got you to wherever you are! 

a shot glass and a mrs. potato head?

This is what it has come down to. I am beginning to sort and pack things up. I look at what i am putting into storage together, and i come across a Mrs. Potato Head sharing a small lil bag with a shot glass from Vegas, a shot glass i stole from my brothers friends house. the more i think about it, i think i will keep both and let them continue to share shelf space at IU, i think its a good touch. good things come into my head when i think about IU. I am truly excited to go, the excitement is greater than the fear at this point, i think thats a good sign, but i still have 6 more weeks to go til i leave so, maybe things will change, they probably will. I feel really good about the people i am going down with, i was hesitate at first but i think it will be nice to know i have familiar faces with a lending hand there for me to turn to. its comforting. i know, i will branch out, thats really what college is about, but that doesn't mean i have to loose touch with my local friends, so bring it on. i dont know why i was thinking about that, it just came to mind when i was sitting here. lol.

i went to the dunes with beccy today, we only stayed an hour, but it was a solid hour. we braved the cold and wind to endure two games of MASH (a fortune teller game...lol) I am going to marry Orlando Bloom and he is going to be a lunch lady and i am going to be a park ranger, we will have two kids, one of which will have pointy ears like an elf and the other a missing tooth. I will only receive 6000 a year for income which also includes a giant jar of pickles. it seems promising. Oh my favorite part, i get to drive one of those really old lil mail jeeps, that will be fun. Beccy gets alot of money and gets to be an artist. Her husband will be a rent-a-cop and she gets to drive a jetta and live in an penthouse. but the only downer is she has siamese triplets. the one in the middle is attached at the head to the one on the left and attached at the knee and down with the one on the right. good news is, she has alot of money so they are successfully detached, two have concave faces and the other has one leg. the price you pay for individually. this game was really detailed, but it was really fun. We also saw Shrek 2 at Movies 14 it was good, i had already seen it but it was nice to go with bec cuz she hadn't seen it. Tom is back in town so that made her happy.

Beccy and Cat leave for colorado on saturday, it makes me sad. they are super fun and basically 75% of my social life, which means i am not very broad, but they are gunna be gone for an extremely long time. Ellyn is already in colorado, and she is always good to talk to. thank god for the internet. I wont see all of them til august cuz as soon as they get back i go to Orlando for a week with church. we get back the last day of July. so i need to expand and go see people new, just because i am left with no other choice. have fun girls!

thats it for now, bed time. i love yall. summer is almost half way over, enjoy while its here. til next time...
...give hugs, not drugs!

hm, smart dumbass or dumb smartass....decisions

What am I supposed to do? I need education, not preaching. I love all of you pro-bush and anit-bush people, but give me facts not slander or opinions. I dont know. Michael more is one of the above i just can't think of which. He is a brilliant film maker but i just dont know. I feel like a sheep in this huge flock...do i go graze or do i follow the shepard? (bad analogy) but ahhhhhhhhhh! My anger makes me sad, and my sadness makes me angry! The Eels say it best, These are rock hard times! til next time...back up your opinions. Feel confident with the way you feel about an issue.