In Light of a Year

END

2010-03-10T18:19:00.001-08:00

three hundred and sixty-five.

Well, here it is. My final picture.
Looking back on the past year, and this project, most people do it to improve their photo skill. I wish I had the time to have done that through this. But I am happy with how it all turned out. It was a big year for me. Senior show, graduation, becoming an "adult," moving to St. Peter, college. This project became more of a way of documenting that year and its nice to have a way to look back on it all. I had no idea what to do for a picture today, but I kinda like this one. Its a pretty good representation of the friends I have here, odd, quirky, weird. Amazing. So I figured I would end with a picture of them (most of them). This way, you kinda know what I will be doing for the rest of my life (or until I decide to do another blog). I'll be with these crazy kids. That is, when I'm not in the theatre. Which I am now. And therefore I should focus... it is a rehearsal and all.

Signing off
-L

Two

2010-03-09T21:52:00.000-08:00

#(yes, I failed AGAIN. Even on my "recount" yesterday should have been 363) THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR.

I checked my mail today, and this was the only thing in there. Its my invite to our Mafia party next weekend. You have no idea how excited I am to dress up like Al Pacino. Its gonna be an awesome time. And look at this. You even get a semi-decent picture out of the deal. I have NO IDEA what I'm gonna do for tomorrows picture... wish me luck.
-L

Three

2010-03-08T14:32:00.000-08:00

#whatever.. the count is off. Technically this should be 362, so I'm going with that.

Sorry for the boring picture. After a full day of class, going straight from class to dinner, then from dinner to rehearsal till ten I didn't have much homework time. So here is a shot of me scrambling to get some Stats for Econ/Management done. (I didn't. Luckily it's not due till Wednesday).
Better picture tomorrow. Promise.
-L

ADVENTURE!

2010-03-07T21:55:00.001-08:00

As the last weekend for my blog, this one pretty much rocked.
I'm still puzzled on the counting thing because I started last year March 10th, yet as far as my counting goes I will have only done 361 pictures. So I think I miscounted. But I'm stopping Wednesday either way...
only 3 more. CRAZY.

#358
Today was such an adventure. Started out with breakfast at BC's house with him and AC. French toast. SO GOOD. Then AP, JC, and NG picked me up from his house to go to HK's ice show in New Ulm. She is AMAZING at skating. Don't let her tell you anything different. On our way back we decided to stop and see Hermann the German (pictured above with J) and we got one of the best quotes of the day. J: "So is Hermann Norwegian or something..." A:"Hes German you idiot" and yes, this was legit. Not sarcastic. We also stopped at J drive because it was a street with J's name. So we took pictures there. Then we got back to GAC, went to dinner, and then I went to AB's building with costume shop people and a few others to watch the Oscars. All in all an awesomely fun filled day.

#357
I call today BB and LG(thats me)'s day of theatre fun. We met at our theatre around 11:30. Drove to B's house to eat some amazing cookies. Then went to Urinetown at Normandale to compare it to ours. (Ours was better if you ask me. And no, I'm not being biased). Went back to B's for a delicious home cooked dinner. Then went to Far Away at Hamline (again, to compare, and again, ours was better). Then we drove back to St. Peter while belting Urinetown songs and select others. It was such a fun day.

#356
Chill Friday. Had dinner with the girls (MC and HD pictured here). They all went to LineUs while I went to Arabian rehearsal. After rehearsal I went to BB's house with a good portion of the cast (and others) for a scattregories night. So much fun.

And exhale.

2010-03-04T15:05:00.000-08:00

Busiest 5 days ever. I feel like I say that a lot. But it really was. Here is the past (almost) week.
p.s. for some reason I feel like this isn't adding up right... I think I missed counting somewhere...
technically I only have ONE MORE WEEK.

#355
So both Tonka and Gustavus were playing HUGE hockey games last night. Tonka won 7-2. GAC lost 1-2 in overtime. We had a gold out and EAR was most definitely gold. I got past all my tests and papers today and therefore I can breathe again. Yay!

#354
Crazy how in one day the stage can go from Urinetown to Arabian Nights. Yes, I know this is two days later... but the stage looked like this on Monday too. I just forgot to take a picture of it.

#353
So, I was doing homework, and these guys walked by. Freaked me out a little bit. But kinda awesome at the same time. Arabian started today. Its gonna be SO. AWESOME. I can't even tell you.

#352
Closing Day. So sad. The troop from Tonka came to see the show. It was good to see them all. Then we did strike and had one final dinner together in the caf as a cast (and crew...) Here is BE and myself.

#351
PROM!! We had our cast party tonight. It was prom themed. And the theme of the prom was "toxic" complete with green lime sherbert, a green carpet (as opposed to a red carpet), and a dry ice fountain. It was AWESOME. Also, my section saw the show tonight. I was glad they all liked it. Here are BB and KB "doing experiments" at the photo spot. Nicest two people you will ever meet.

#350
Photo call for Urinetown! I got some awesome pictures (at least I think so...). It was an intense show BB (the cop on the left) got hit with his mag light, started gushing blood onstage. Luckily it was right before intermission so we got him cleaned up then he finished the show, and photo call, and went to the hospital to get 5 stitches above his eye. What a trooper.

Wait a minute.

2010-02-28T22:13:00.001-08:00

Hi friends,
It's been a CRAZY weekend here. Shows. Visitors. Closing. Strike. Homework. It's been hard trying to find time for it all. But I have pictures! Fun ones too =] They are coming, and SOON! Hopefully today (Monday). Though it may not be till after my 3 exams and paper on Wednesday. Gosh dang this school business....
Hope you all had a great weekend! I know I did.
-L

Oh, Pick-up rehearsals.

2010-02-25T07:31:00.000-08:00

#349
While wandering around the theatre today I found the blueprints of our theatre. I also found the blueprints of St. Olaf theatre. So now I can always creep on KN. =] Also, pick up rehearsal today.. most interesting moments of my life. So. Much. Fun.
-L

Post Secret

2010-02-24T07:29:00.000-08:00

#348
Here on campus we have a post secret wall (if you don't know what post secret is check it out here). I saw this one and took a picture to send to all my skater friends. Today was the one day I had off this week. Homework catch up day.
-L

Macro...

2010-02-23T20:04:00.000-08:00

#347
ARABIAN STARTED TODAY! We had our first read through. It was awesome. I'm pumped to work on it. I was gonna take a picture at the read through, then got too wrapped up in listening so I forgot. After practice I started cracking down on my macro homework.. so. many. graphs. Here is a small portion of the several I did. Yay economics... >_<
-L

Date night!

2010-02-22T20:00:00.000-08:00

#346
I had date night with KB tonight. MUCHO fun. We watched Mamma Mia because we had been singing it all week during tech and shows. Though we talked during it more than watched it. It was a good time. Sorry for the boring picture. I totally forgot to take one till late.
-L

Wardrobe Women.

2010-02-21T17:41:00.000-08:00

#345
Pre-show and during the show I spend my time with these two lovely ladies. AB and BE. We have some good times. They are the costume people. They have some mad skills in the sewing department. And I love them. Very much. (which is a quote from the show...)
-L

Dungeon

2010-02-20T17:39:00.000-08:00

#344
Since we opened... I'm done with Urinetown quotes.

While waiting for the trap door scene I explored our costume stock. Its a CREEPY long tunnel (thats part of the schools old tunnel systems... I think) and the costumes are all lined up. Its CRAZY. Someday I will explore. Tonights show, not so good... but still fun.
-L

Back in the good ol days

2010-02-19T17:36:00.000-08:00

#343
"This is Urinetown! Always it's been Urinetown! This place, it's called Urinetown! That was our show."

After opening night (which went awesome) we had a cast party at the theatre house. Oregon Trail themed. It was tough to pull together a costume. Here is BB and CM chillin.
-L

Design

2010-02-18T17:31:00.000-08:00

#342
"Why did I listen to that man? Why did I listen to the nature of his plan? And when he talked I should have balked I should have walked I should have ran!"

This is BP. He designed the set for Urinetown. I took his picture for the design board out in the lobby. He has some skill. Tonight was preview. We had an audience of about 20 and it was AWESOME.
-L

FINITO!

2010-02-17T20:19:00.001-08:00

#341
"You're stepping up to where it's sunny. Step on the poor! Don't be the bunny!"

My cast photo project. Finally done. Yay me! And BB for coming up with the most kick ass idea ever.
-L

Stop and smell the [tulips]

2010-02-16T21:38:00.001-08:00

#340
"Tell her I love her. Tell her I'll always be with her and I will see her in a better place where hope is always new."

They were giving out flowers for P-ball (presidents ball) promotion today. So, of course, I grabbed one. Tech was LONG today. Or maybe I'm just getting more and more tired. Which is the more probable cause. Its been a long, trying week. And its only Tuesday. What?!
-L

Mr. Strong

2010-02-15T20:01:00.000-08:00

#339
"You are wrong, Mister Strong, you and your socialistic throng. If the people pee for free they'll push the system to the brink. If today there's spillage tell us how tomorrow will not stink!"

Took the last of the cast photos today. This one was thrown out but I kinda liked how it turned out so I just edited it. This is RB. a.k.a. Bobby Strong. I may have mentioned that before. After I took this he ran off with my camera and took the following picture which I love. At least I think it was him. Otherwise props to whoever it was.

-L

It's a trap!

2010-02-14T20:47:00.000-08:00

#338
"Follow, into the open air. Far from squalor and noise. Follow, someone is waiting there. Someone who shares all your hopes and your joys"

Yes. We have a trap system. And instead of me typing the description. I'll just show you =]

Kinda makes you want to come see the show, huh?
Enjoy!
-L

Presenting

2010-02-13T23:06:00.000-08:00

#337
"It's a privilege to pee. Water's worth its weight in gold these days. No more bathrooms like in olden days. You come here and pay a fee, for the privilege to pee"

The cast of Urinetown! Well... most of it. BB is working on the display cases in the lobby so I helped her out today by taking pictures of the cast and editing them. So its gonna have an Andy Warhol type feel to it. Its turning out kinda awesome, I think.
-L

p.s. Did I mention its tech week... if you haven't noticed yet.

Baby lights!

2010-02-12T21:25:00.000-08:00

#336
"Look at the sky! There's a great big heart there. There's a heart in the sky, there just is, don't as why, it's the sky."

There is your Urinetown quote for the day. During dry tech today I did nothing but run a fog machine twice and learn about our trap system. Fun stuff... I did get some homework done though so that was good. While turning on the fogger I saw these lights. They are about 8 inches tall. SO CUTE. They don't look that small in this picture. But they are. All day rehearsal tomorrow. I need sleep to prepare for this...
-L

What IS Urinetown?!

2010-02-12T14:38:00.000-08:00

#335
"What is Urinetown? Urinetown's the end! A swift and brutal punishment no need now to pretend."

Saw the crew view last night (Thursday). Act one was struggling a little bit but act two kicked some ass. I found out I will be running a fog machine and a trap door through the show. So I won't have that much to do... which could be either good or bad. I have yet to find out. But either way, I'm a fan. You (at least those of you coming) will hopefully enjoy it. =]
-L

shopping anyone?

2010-02-10T20:11:00.000-08:00

#334
I'm officially running out of things to take pictures of in my room. Going back to graphic design. I designed this shopping bag for a store I created called Lotus. I got 20/20 on this. =] Yay me!
-L

Overload of awesomeness

2010-02-09T19:01:00.000-08:00

#333
Oh. My. God. What a day. My 9 am class was cancelled due to snow. So I stayed in this morning and watched Friends. Then went to my 1030 am. Had lunch with the entire section which never happens at lunch. Saw some people that I haven't seen in a LONG time. Walking back to the dorm (cause I was done with class by 1120) we had HUGE snowbanks so HK decided to scale one. It was epic. Then I did homework, got ahead in almost all my classes cause I know I'll fall behind during tech week (which starts in 2 days). So yeah. Three cheers for a good day!
-L

The cosmos

2010-02-08T21:03:00.001-08:00

#332
While waiting for our food to digest at dinner before going to work out. CS and HK whipped out their latest Cosmo issue and started reading. It was amusing. First day recap: Stats- should be ok. Lots of Excel work which will be nice to learn. Macro- gonna be rough. But I feel like it will be a nice thing to learn and know. And I need it for my major... Myth and Meaning- PUMPED. A class about myths. Doesn't get much better. Arts Management- so epic. BB is in it along with some other theatre friends and its taught by MM our tech director and we love him. So much so BB and I even brought him an apple for the first day of class (cause we are suck ups like that. I'm sure MM thought we were crazy).
Bed time... I gotta get used to this whole getting up before 9 thing.
-L

Supa Bowl

2010-02-07T19:49:00.000-08:00

#331
I honestly was all for the Colts winning. But now that the Saints won, I really don't care... So yay to the Saints! Back at school. Spring semester starts tomorrow. I'm taking Macroeconomics, Stats for Econ and Management, Myth and Meaning, and Arts Management. Its gonna be a load but I'll deal with it. Here is NG and MC. New Moon is our on campus movie this weekend and the section is quite excited. Though I will not be able to go due to the fact Urinetown tech starts this weekend. (yay!)
-L

les fetes

2010-02-07T11:25:00.001-08:00

It was a weekend of parties in our house this weekend.

#330
Once my friends from school left Saturday morning I headed over to Benilde St. Margarets to watch Tonka compete in the one act competition. They did a show called Patient A, all about AIDS and the story of Kimberly Bergalis. It was really good. It was a close competition but Tonka once again claimed 1st for the third year in a row and they are all headed to state come Thursday. I wish them all luck. I then came home and decided my picture should be one act based so I took a picture of an old 1st place medal from a one act a few years ago (and the certificate in the background).

*bonus picture* My parents had a party with a bunch of friends. I was summoned from my room to take a picture.

#329
I had some of the section girls over on Friday, then we all ventured off to EP to see Dear John (which was ok, but the book was way better). After the movie I took SF, NG, and HD to Excelsior (mostly because NG had never been there) and we walked around the town and on the frozen lake. NG and SF were quite amused by these signs.

-L

Tag.

2010-02-04T21:16:00.000-08:00

#328
Today was fun. AA came over to watch a movie. I went to JL's to catch up. Then to DN's to watch Grey's Anatomy and to steal Friends season 7. Why? Cause its the season with Tag. I love Eddie Cahill. I'm lazy. Again... heres me! yay!
-L

Going back to [not] my high school

2010-02-03T20:30:00.000-08:00

#327
I went to my high school today. Though, after the construction, it does NOT look like my high school. Its soooo different. And its nice but I don't know how I feel about high school kids not paying 40,000 dollars a year having a nicer student union than I do. And I (and my parents) are paying a LOT of money. Anyway... Had a lovely family dinner with my PIC's family tonight. Good times.
-L

Snappy

2010-02-02T20:40:00.001-08:00

#326
So, I started cleaning my room tonight after a lovely mother/daughter date to Leap Year with SF and her mom. While cleaning I found my old film camera. First camera I ever owned. And it has half a used roll of film in it. You have NO IDEA how curious I am to see what it is... Also, its a Canon. Loyal since day 1.
-L

Touring Week

2010-02-02T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hello all! I am now on touring week. Its basically a week off of school between j-term and spring semester. Sorry I got lazy and didn't update. But here ya go!

#325
I spent most of my Monday watching Friends. Then went spinning with mother. It was rough. Then I went to KN's house to hang out with her cause she is home this week too. It was good catching up with her. On my way there I stopped at the Arts Center to visit PH. I love the arts center.

#324
Went to Avatar again. Again. Seen it 3 times now. Yay me! It was still good.

#323
Back in Tonka for touring break. HR came over for a bit and we just did some catching up. He found this pot quite amusing.

#322
GIRLS NIGHT! Most people had gone home by now so those of us left had a girls night, ate good food, and watched Friends then had a sleepover in HK's room. None of us wanted to be in a picture since we were all in sweats and not in a good place for pictures, so here was the set up of the evening.

#321
Thursday night was our section party. Some of us first went to the Forensics showcase. We have an AMAZING speech team. For movie night we watched Just Friends and munched on some frost your owns and chips and guac from Chipotle. SO GOOD. Here is SF and EAR (who was working on her knitting).

-L

look what I can do

2010-01-27T21:33:00.000-08:00

#320
As CS and I were getting ready to go to Lund tonight, HK started running around doing acrobatic tricks. I didn't have a camera, so I had to use my phone. Someday I'll get a more exciting picture up. Promise. Especially since I have 45 days left. WEIRD. p.s. I also feel weird not having a partner on this project anymore (ahem... PH...) so I'm alone for the home stretch. Lame. But awesome that I'm gonna make it.
-L

Poster x 13

2010-01-27T15:17:00.001-08:00

#319
Good news is they liked my poster. YAY! The bad news... I had to spend an extra 6 hours working on it cause Amy (the director) didn't like my original color scheme. So here are all the posters I made. They are all different in some way. There are 13 of them. And these are only the printed ones. I have more on the computer. My eyes started to bleed (not really... but they wanted to).
-L

Post-game...

2010-01-25T20:58:00.000-08:00

Ok... I finally cooled off. Probably due to the wind today.

#318
Here is where I post up during class. My poster design is on the computer. You can kind of see it. I'm happy with it. WINDIEST DAY EVER. Seriously. I have never experienced such wind. We (Gustavus) was even featured on fox 9 news because of it. Crazy!

#317
Here is us... pre-game. Fricken game. We watched it in the caf. The caf was SILENT for about 5 minutes after the game. Just SILENT. It was sad.

-L

Vikings...

2010-01-24T19:45:00.001-08:00

Not pleased. Just not pleased.

I'll post tomorrow.
-L

Crafts

2010-01-23T22:35:00.001-08:00

#316
We had a chill night doing crafts. CS made valentines, I worked on my posters for class, and AP did her knitting (she is making mittens. They are epic). I'm exhausted. And I still have wings on my back from last night... fricken costume
-L

Vancouver 2010: GAC style

2010-01-23T07:55:00.000-08:00

#315
I found myself at a theatre party Friday evening. It was an olympic themed party. I suggested to some people to go as a quidditch team and thats what we did. I was a golden snitch. It was actually quite epic. Other costumes: Russian rowing team, Apollo Anton Ohno, Shawn Johnson, a ping-pong table, figure skater, you get the idea. Anyway, these five people showed up as the Olympic rings. They are dancing in this picture (as you can see), but they posed as the rings earlier. I just liked this picture more. I love theatre. Thats all.
-L

BONUS!! Voila, Quidditch team.

Photoshoots!

2010-01-21T23:05:00.001-08:00

#314
So, in order to work on my poster I had to take some pictures of a few people in the show. Voici RB. Il est Bobby Strong dans (en?) la piece Urinetown. Excuse my french. Anyway, I've been editing the poster for about 3 hours now. Yes, my eyes have started to bleed. In this picture, I edited out a broom he was holding. Yay for photoshop magic. Ha. Time for sleep... now that its 1am.
-L

You're In Town

2010-01-20T20:33:00.001-08:00

#313
In class today we had 4 projects assigned to us. Sketches due Friday. I'm trying to not freak out. I have some ideas though so.. I should be good. Yay! Anyway, we were advised to watch rehearsal for Urinetown to get better ideas for the poster. So thats what I did. They did a push-through of act 2 and I almost died I was laughing so hard. Get your tickets. Its gonna be a great show.
-L

p.s. I counted. 52 days left. WEIRD.

B-I-N-G-O

2010-01-19T21:08:00.001-08:00

#312
Yeah, I played bingo. Sadly I was the only one in my group that didn't get a bingo. But oh well... you win some you lose some. I even brought my camera to bingo to take a legit picture. The only problem, I forgot the memory card in my room... yup.

-L

So... heres the deal

2010-01-18T21:37:00.000-08:00

I got really lazy over the weekend... so here are the updates!

#311
Graphic Design class. WOO. I love it. I spent about 5 hours on this today. For fun... it won't be used for anything. But I had fun doing it. And I plan on finishing it too. (As in putting in dates and times of when Dance in the Arb is..)

#310
This is my "I'm half asleep and I just realized I haven't taken a picture yet" face. So here is me... half asleep.

#309
Spent the day watching Princess Bride with AA. (Funny I have a friend AA and a friend BB. I'm waiting for a CC...). It was really fun. Then I colored for a while. Then the section went to Where the Wild Things Are. It was ok. I don't know if I would see it again though.

#308
I went to BE's house tonight. We watched (500) Days of Summer and just hung out. It was really fun. We are an odd bunch.

#307
Its baaaaaaacck. Yes, SF finally found a poster of her most favorite show ever. Life is good.

-L

Lunch time.

2010-01-13T22:13:00.000-08:00

#306
Lunch today was epic. CS and HK decided to make a tower. By the end of the whole ordeal we had the attention of the entire caf and a few people even whipped out digital cameras to take a picture of it. The thing was HUGE. I also got my grade back on my first j-term project today. 20/20. Yay me!
-L

Spare time

2010-01-12T20:09:00.001-08:00

#305
Well, I have a lot of spare time. Especially since I'm in a class that doesn't have homework since we need the computers in the class to work. So what do I do? I make bracelets. And watch Grey's Anatomy. Hard knock life, right? I know..

-L

Its all greek to me

2010-01-11T21:19:00.001-08:00

#304
Keeps all evil eyes away.
-L

And as promised... meet our fish.

Sorry. Its hard to take a picture of the fish.

A what?!

2010-01-10T23:12:00.000-08:00

#303
Roomie surprised me today by telling me we got a fish. I would have posted a picture of the fish (which is nameless as far as I know) but by the time I got back to my room tonight she was already asleep so I couldn't turn the light on.
I promise a picture tomorrow plus a picture of our new fish.
-L

High School (again)

2010-01-09T21:11:00.000-08:00

#302
So, pretty much I've had this same picture before but... I actually made it this time so.
Did you make a wish?
I did.

#301
Yup, I went back to high school. Kinda. BB had a party. It was themed. High school stereotype. I went as a prep. So basically I felt like I was back at high school. Some of the costumes were sick though. I had a great time. Here is SF (as a gangster) with her friends A and M (they were visiting from her high school and both went as preps)

-L

Arabian

2010-01-07T21:16:00.000-08:00

#300

So. Anxious.

-L

Colors of the [water]

2010-01-06T21:24:00.001-08:00

#299
So much for that Pocahontas song. Another chill day. I donated some of my time, and my awesome sewing skill, to the theatre costume shop today. I was visiting some friends and Drea, the person in charge, told me if I wanted to stay I had to work. So I did. I replaced some elastic, attached some suspenders, and sewed on some name tags. I felt pretty cool. Went to Lund again. I'm getting back into my 3-day training mode. I can tell. I feel weird if I don't walk or run now, even if its only been 3 days. Its like I relapsed or something on some sort of drug. But its a healthy one! Watched a movie with some of the girls. MC was working on her watercolor project for class.
-L

Knitting

2010-01-05T20:09:00.001-08:00

#298
We are all getting real intense about this work out thing here in 3C. HK and I got up and went to Lund (the fitness center) this morning. She skated, I walked and read (I'm reading Dear John. It's REALLY good). Went to class. Took a nap. Worked on some homework. Watched Fantastic 4 (I realized how bad of a movie that really was... I don't know why I liked it so much). Went to dinner. Then half our section went back to Lund where I ran, walked, rowed, ran, and walked some more. I still have to do my pilates before I get to bed. Yeah. I'm getting into shape this January. Its gonna happen. AP is in the knitting j-term and she has been working on her scarf for the past two days and is getting pretty good at it now. I got some new "actions" today for photoshop so I had fun playing with those.

-L

Give me a B

2010-01-04T21:00:00.001-08:00

#297
O-R-E-D-U-M. Whats that spell? J-term. So. Having class from 10:30-12:30, lunch after, I got my homework done by about 2. And it was fun homework. After that I had NOTHING to do. No one does. I ran/walked for over an hour today. Started pilates. Watched a movie and a half. Its only the first day and we are complaining. Its gonna be a LONG January. But its a nice way to ease back in to what will be a hell of a spring semester. HK and I are getting up to exercise at 7:30 so I'm going to bed. January is officially "Gustavus get in shape" month.
Peace all
-L

BAC @ GAC

2010-01-03T21:43:00.001-08:00

#296
Clever title huh. Yes, I am once again sitting in the comforts of my own dorm room. Its nice being back. I missed everyone and it was fun to catch up. After a day of cleaning and packing I got back to school around 4:30. Unpacked, got some food, and watched part of The Tutors with SF. As the night went on more and more people got back and we all just ended up talking. Classes start tomorrow. I have one class during j-term. Graphic design, Monday through Friday 10:30-12:20. Pretty easy, huh.

-L

It's not easy being green

2010-01-02T20:54:00.000-08:00

#295
Or so says Kermit the Frog. I spent my last day basically cleaning and watching movies. Went to Avatar again this time with DN. Also went to Up in the Air with KR my "crazy aunt." I also finished watching Iron Man. Good times were had. I did a number on my room today too. I cleaned. And I mean cleaned. It still looks a tad messy but I got rid of about three bags of stuff. I'm quite pleased. I took a picture of a tree today when I got home. I head back to school tomorrow! Yay!
-L

p.s. new blogs for you all to follow. my [ex]PIC is re-attempting his since he gave up after he failed. DN started one which you can find here. SB also started one which is right here. Enjoy!

Two-thousand and ten.

2010-01-01T22:34:00.001-08:00

#294
Happy New Year! As a new years resolution, BB and myself (or more myself with the help of BB) have decided to be more legit this year and try to do one legit thing a day. Originally I was going to do the polar plunge (jump into lake Tonka this morning) but that didn't happen so then I planned on going to Avatar with DN, but it was sold out so we watched Pocahontas and I started to finish this project I started earlier over break. The goal is to fill the wall. So if you have any old magazines you don't want (hint, hint)... I finished off the night hanging out with SF. We watched the Little Mermaid and I am now watching Iron Man. Cause its awesome. Hope you all had a great New Years!
-L

Goodbye 2009

2009-12-31T23:27:00.000-08:00

Well here it is. My final post of the year two thousand and nine. Crazy right.
Maybe my new years resolution should be to use an actual camera.. not just the one on my phone... for my blog.

#293
New years eve! Went to Sherlock Holmes today (movie #5 if you are still counting) it was really good. Funnier than I thought it would be. Here is a picture of SK and I toasting the new year at one of the parties we went to. Yes, I promise this was taken before midnight.

#292
Went to see Avatar today. EPIC movie. We saw it in 3D and the glasses were pretty intense (shown here). See it if you haven't already. Also, my PIC's family came over for dinner. We all had a good time.

#291
I spent a good portion of the late night cleaning for having my PIC's family over on Wednesday. In the process I learned how to fold napkins in at least 3 ways. Pretty legit if you ask me. Also, went to New Moon tonight. I hadn't seen it yet, but it wasn't too bad.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-28T15:01:00.000-08:00

Here is part one of my break! I hope you all had a great Christmas.

#290
Movie #2. No, not the Prince of Persia. The Princess and the Frog. =] But I do want to see this movie (also by Disney). I'm going through a Disney phase right now. =]

#289
Wow, lame picture. I went sledding and even had a camera in my pocket. Just failed to take a picture. I was going through this after sledding... school semester 1 in notebooks and papers. Woo.

#288
I started my movie marathon. We went to see Avatar but it was sold out so we went to Invictus. SO GOOD. I recommend it.

#287
CHRISTMAS! I hit the jackpot in my own personal opinion. Moosejaw, North Face, Disney, Converse. Can't complain.

#286
After Christmas eve with the Grossmann family, the bro and I did a board/photo sesh in the new snow. With the new jump. =] Too bad the camera didn't like to focus for me...

#285
SNOW! Snow storm of '09 hit. I quickly learned to love 4 wheel drive in the truck. Excel looked SUPER pretty in the snow.

#284
My dad likes christmas lights. A lot. (Though, I do too). I was running to find something to take a picture of and I saw this out the kitchen window. Woo!

#283
COOKIES! I went cookie CRAZY. I probably made over 50 cookies in the span of about 4 hours. Plus a batch of chex mix. It was insane. And they were goooooooooood.

Santa?

2009-12-21T13:02:00.000-08:00

#282
So, I had a take home final I had been working on. In order to actually get it done I spent a lot of time at Dunn Bros in Excelsior with less distractions. As I was working, who walked in but Santa. Weirdest most awesome experience ever.

-L

First semester. Check!

2009-12-20T09:14:00.001-08:00

I am officially 1/8 done with college. Crazy right. I figured since I'm home now I should update. So here ya go!

#281 (plus 2)
Happy 16th Birthday bro! In order to celebrate some of his friends and some of my friends came over to board/ski outside. It was a fun night. (I added a few pictures to make up for my laziness and my missing a day)

#280
I'm in the hood. (ha.) I'm BAAAAAACK. In Tonka, that is.

#279
So.... I know I deserve a lot of crap for this because I gave my PIC a LOT of crap. But I missed today. =/ I was NOT pleased when I realized that I did. I apologize.

#278
No class today! Lots and lots of studying though... So we found little things very amusing.

#277
So we have a decorating contest at school. This is how we decorated. We like lights. If you couldn't tell. We didn't win though. =[

#276
Our room got christmasifyed. It looks awesome. I love christmas lights.

#275
As a study break we sat and made snowflakes. These are INTENSE snowflakes. But so much fun to make.

#274
Went out to take some pictures today. I had fun playing with bokeh and Christ Chapel.

#273
So, we have a hot guy wall in our section. JC was hanging out and he felt like he should be on the wall... so we had a little photo shoot. Yes, this picture will ultimately make it on the wall.

#272
Here was another, "crap I need a picture day" SF likes to jump in on days like that.

Hell week.

2009-12-13T22:31:00.000-08:00

I feel like I write more apology letters now than picture posts. I'm sorry for that.
We are now in the thick of finals (well kinda, finals start Thursday but I've been studying for them for about a week now) so I'm apologizing. But chances are you wont be getting pictures till Friday.
Maybe I will update on Wednesday just cause we don't have class (so we can study all day). But I need to actually do well on these finals so studying comes first. I figure thats a legit excuse... right?

-L

Oh what a week..

2009-12-09T17:08:00.000-08:00

Here are the updates... I basically fail at life for getting pictures up on time now.

#271
SNOW! We had a snow day today =] Well, more like the campus was shut down till 11:30 so I still had class at 1:30 but hey, I got to sleep till 9:30 so I'm not complaining. I then spent the whole afternoon in the library doing nothing (though I did take this picture from there). It was great. Now our section is having a movie/secret santa party =]

#270
I went down to the wellness house today (BB's house) (it has an official name but I could never spell it so I'm not gonna try). I took their christmas picture and it was a great experience. I then spent too much time editing it and learning how to use photoshop. It also started hard core snowing while I was walking down to their house... that was fun. (BB you once again are my picture of the day!! Cause I know you are reading this).

#269
DECORATIONS! We spent the day decorating our section, well the evening, and we only started. But we had a good time. Here is AP with her santa hat. She is adorable. Thats all. And our section is starting to look GOOOOOD.

#268
C in CC!!! (aka christmas in christ chapel). Most amazing experience of my life. Legit. I almost walked out crying I was so blown away. Then Gustavus Choir was singing outside after the show and it reminded me of singing Choral Benediction with the theatre people and.. well.. all in all it was an emotional night. (Yes, mom. Its true). p.s. notice the very tall person standing in front of me...

#267
When I got back to school my ex-PIC wanted to see a poster for the next show here at GAC because I LOVE it. So here it is. I'm going to the show tomorrow and I'm SO excited!!

#266
IN THE HEIGHTS! Went with my ex-PIC and DN. Then saw a ton of people there. Not the same as seeing it on broadway with the original cast. But still amazing.

Tis the season.

2009-12-03T12:22:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm back from my LOONNNNNG hiatus. Here are the pictures you missed. Sorry my phone has kind of become my primary tool of taking pictures. I'll work on that one...

#265
I got bored in my theatre class today and I started drawing and ended up drawing this. The skaters all lost a friend LE a year ago today. So they were all in my thoughts. (Are... in my thoughts).

#264
Day of studying. Class 9-10, 10:30-11:30 then I rewrote an essay till 1:30 when I had class from 1:30-2:30 then I went to the library, worked till 8, went to an extra credit movie from 8-9 then did more work in my room from 9-12 when I went to bed. BUSY day. I ate on the run...

#263
As if the Chapel didn't look pretty enough, now they have lights up everywhere around it getting ready for C in CC (which I am going to on Sunday =] ) They were rehearsing as I took this. I kinda felt like a creeper.

#262
While we were all away on break they put christmas lights up. =] It's fun walking around at night here now. (well, more like 5 since it gets dark so early now).

#261
Last minute picture right here. I was about ready to go to bed after getting back to school. So yay! Back at GAC.

#260
PENCIL WARS. They started again. Oh... and it was snowing while I took this. =]

#259
Went to coffee with LT and LW. Black friday. Woo! It was fun catching up with those two. (Even if this isn't the most attractive picture...)

#258
Happy thanksgiving!! Here are some of the cousins. I love turkey. I had soooo much food on thanksgiving. It was ridiculous.

#257
Let me just tell you. Appreciate your bed right now... college ones don't compare. (And I have a pretty comfy college bed).

#256
We are now a ping pong playing family. It's true. The things that happen while I'm away at college.

#255
Well, I got another care package. =] This was one of the things in it. Though I may be a college student, I acted like a 5 year old when I saw I got this game. SO MUCH FUN.

-L

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-29T21:11:00.000-08:00

Ok, so its a few days late...

Just wanted to let you know that I will post soon. Very soon. Tomorrow hopefully. (Tomorrow being Monday). But I just got back to school and am exhausted from the weekend (which was quite fun) so... I'll get those up for you soon. =]

p.s. I feel I should tell you. My PIC epic fails at life. He missed a day of his blog... falsely accused me of also missing a day (which I have NOT) just because I said I win this project. Which I do. Because I HAVE taken a picture every day. Yay me!

Hope you all had an amazing weekend/Thanksgiving!
-L

New Horizons

2009-11-21T06:35:00.001-08:00

#254
Here is part of my monologue. I interviewed my high school director, wrote this, and have to perform it for an audience on Saturday (as I'm typing this... about 6 hours) I'm kinda freaking out about it, but oh well... wish me luck!

#253
If you can't tell by this picture... I was running out of time. But peppermint bark is my favorite. I always get some during the christmas season (even if it hasn't been thanksgiving yet...)

#252
Photo call. =] I got some decent pictures out of this day. This is also one of my favorite numbers. (Its just a great show overall).

#251
Last day of tech. I ran around with my camera getting some test shots for photo call. This one reminds me a lot of the dance shoot I did with my PIC and KN a while back. But its my favorite number in the whole show. And I just struggled photo wise that day.

-L

Tech! (again...)

2009-11-16T22:08:00.001-08:00

Well I am now entering what WILL be the busiest week, well, ever. Its tech again. I have well a lot. I just don't want to think about it all right now. So here are the past few days. (p.s. fingers crossed I will get some awesome dance shots this week... be ready for those =] )

#250
Dance tech tonight. Didn't do much, but I got to see some of the dances I missed when I skipped on Friday. I was watching from backstage when CD stepped in front of me to watch. But it made a sweet picture. (If only I had a legit camera and not just a phone.. this could have been way sweeter.)

#249
I got another "never leave" message when I got back to school Sunday. It was from SF this time.

#248
I drove back to GAC for the day for Dance Gallery tech. I did absolutely nothing. But I was really excited to see a sweet light set up. =]

#247
I went home for the weekend!! To see The Scarlet Pimpernel (which. was. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. like. wow. I'm STILL amazed.) So I went to say hi to everyone before the show. Here is a picture of me and EF.

#246
I sent this to KN (who goes to St. Olaf). GAC had a swimming meet against them this weekend and someone put this on their door and I laughed, and thought of K. Hence why I sent it to her.

-L

Astronomy break

2009-11-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

#245
I feel like all I have been doing recently is Astronomy. Gotta get that grade up... So in order to take a break from studying about stellar parallax and general relativity I decided I should post from last night. About 11:30pm last night I realized I had yet to take a picture. So I said "shoot, I haven't taken a picture yet today guys!" SF immediately poses next to me just waiting for me to open my photo booth app on my computer. So thats what happened. Back to astronomy.. then production meeting... then experiment for psych... then a theatre troupe thing... then more astronomy. Good thing tomorrow is Friday. (Too bad I have more homework than I have time for this weekend...)

-L

Mail!

2009-11-10T20:34:00.000-08:00

#244
Well.. instead of homework, actually, as a homework break, I wrote some letters tonight. I am fans of them personally. They should brighten these peoples days by the epicness of the letters. =] I even decorated the envelopes a little bit. Back to homework.

-L

Pele

2009-11-09T20:12:00.000-08:00

#243
I spent a good 4 hours in the library today. On the third floor (which is the silent floor). It was amazing. I got some homework done and found some books for my research project. By the time I talk to you next I will be quite knowledgeable on the legend of Pele, the goddess of fire, or volcanoes. Whichever way you prefer to look at it. =]

I love old books.
-L

Closing weekend.

2009-11-08T19:51:00.001-08:00

#242
We put up some New Moon posters in our section today. They. Are. Hot. Here is a picture of AP and SF... and Taylor Lautner.

#241
CLOSING! The show is done. Finally. (Though secretly, I miss it). The final show went well, strike was terrible. My hands look like they were eaten by a lawn mower cause of the fricken staples we had to pull... The cast party was amazingly fun. I won a Tony award (awards the seniors give out every show) for "The Artistic Hand" award. I won thanks to the pictures of the show I took and the doodles I draw backstage. I was also initiated into the theatre by the people who live in the theatre house. I swore to "take away all stage management opportunities from actors." Seems easy enough. Aaaand. I kinda want to live in the Peterson house one year (thats the theatre house). It was a fun night. Here is a picture from the party. I didn't take very many, and this isn't the best one, but its all good. Here is EB, AA and myself.

-L

November!

2009-11-07T07:59:00.000-08:00

Can you believe I've already been at school for 2 months?! Crazy. Sorry I haven't been posting... or taking good pictures... (or editing the actual good pictures...)

#240
This may be my favorite picture in the whole blog. BB and I got cards from our stage manager last night. He is 20. Lets not forget... and this is the picture he drew on B's card. We laughed about it for a long time. Its just the most amazing art work ever. Haha. In all honesty though, they were really nice cards. So I shouldn't be making fun of it, or him.

#239
Sorry this is hard to read. But I walked out of the show on Thursday and found this written on the sidewalks EVERYWHERE. It was promoting the Wellness fair we had here on Friday. It was awesome. And made me smile.

#238
I went to talk to T today about future shows. She doesn't like me much. Or so I thought... I walked away with this. Its a gel sample book. So if I ever need to order gels... I have a way to do so. (I'm still laughing at the fact that I have one...)

#237
Down to the wire on a picture today.. Here is SF AR and myself. I pretty much live in their room. Its awesome.

#236
SUCH A NICE DAY! I went out with AA to take some pictures. He is in parkour and can do crazy awesome stuff so I took some pictures of him jumping off rocks. I got some other good pictures today, I just need to edit them still...

#235
All my friends came to see the show today! It made me really happy. And my parents were there too... obviously. We all went out after the show to TGI Fridays. (SO GOOD). When I came back the Febreeze team (SF and SB) were out. It was comical.

#234
HALLOWEEN! After the show I went to a house a girl in the cast lives in. There were a lot of cast people there, we all had a good time. Here is a picture of the Kardashians. (or SF, NG, and HD).

-L

Madness

2009-10-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

Thats what this past week (and then some was). Busiest week of my life. Thats all I gotta say, and I've had some pretty intense weeks. Here is the recap. (Normal drill. First picture is most recent).

#233
OPENING NIGHT! My plan was to run around and take pictures with everyone. But then MB came to visit and she was around when I was gonna take pictures so this is the only one I really got. Here is RB. One of the nicest kids ever. Legit. We have a good time jamming out before the shows.

#232
If there is one downfall to this show, its the bruises. They are redic. And painful. And they don't go away cause they have no time to heal over. We just keep moving set and they keep getting bigger. Here is a picture of BB's bruises.

#231
Photo call =] I got to be one of the photographers. It was AWESOME. I got a ton of good shots. I'm really happy with them all. (It was hard to pick just one). Here is a picture of SJ. He plays Todd in Far Away. He is real good.

#230
EL-WIRE! My PIC and I have been wanting some of this for FOREVER and we are using it in our show. Ironic no?

#229
Quote from MM (our TD). "I don't expect this to be a very prop intensive show." I've never had to deal with so many props in my life. Legit. Its redic. (I feel like I've said that already in this post). So BB and I took this picture for MM and CD (the Stage Manager) as opening night gifts.

#228
Here be CD. The SM. I'm still not happy with how this was edited. But oh well.

#227
Running lights! Yay!

#226
Some of the section before we all split ways for fall break. (I missed them like crazy over break)

#225
This is all I had time for. I tried to get a picture at 11:11 to make a wish. But I was too slow...

#224
Breast Cancer awareness day! Pulled out the self timer on this one. =]

There is the update =]
-L

Apologies

2009-10-22T21:20:00.000-07:00

Just gonna be straight forward on this one. It is now officially tech week. The chances of me posting this weekend and week are slim to none just cause I will be spending all my time in the theatre or doing the homework assigned to me this weekend. Sorry. =[

-L

Homework break...

2009-10-21T10:57:00.001-07:00

For the first time in a long time my PIC posted before me... I gotta get back on my game. Here are the past two days. I have todays picture taken, I'm just too lazy to upload it right now. Its coming.

#223
Around 11:30 last night I realized I hadn't taken a picture... so this is what you get. Here is SF and myself. Being awesome.

#222
SK and I had a good chat about GJ Monday night. I miss him.

Time for class!
-L

Back at GAC

2009-10-19T15:33:00.000-07:00

#221
After hauling all my books, laundry, weekend, etc. gear up the stairs this is what I saw written on my white board. It made me really happy. I missed my 3C girls this weekend. A lot. We then went out for ice cream (in the caf). Then I crashed on click clack for the night cause I was too lazy to make my bed. Yay me.

-L

Apple orchards!

2009-10-17T22:01:00.001-07:00

#220
What an epic day. Started off with pancakes and HIMYM. Went to work (and was put to work for the 10 minutes I was there). Went to Scarlet Pimpernel fight choreography rehearsal. Then went to the APPLE ORCHARD with SB and DH. It was EPIC. We had a great time. After that I went to Caribou with them. Then drove around a bit while talking to SW. Then I hung with HR in Excel while watching the sunset. It was fun talking to those two. I hardly ever see them or talk to them now. Then JW came over for dinner and a movie. It was a very full and very fun day. =]

-L

Deja Vu

2009-10-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

#219
If you remember, a while ago I had a picture of K and S making hats. Minimal set. Black stage. Well here, a few weeks later, things really transform. We have set. Painted stage. We start tech next Thursday. Its gettin close... we are starting to panic a little more than we were before. But I love tech, so I can't wait.

-L

p.s. Back in Tonka. Missing GAC already.

More theatre jazz

2009-10-15T20:39:00.000-07:00

I kinda feel like its all I've been doing lately. My life is back to normal apparently.

#218
Today was hat rehearsal. The hats are EPIC! We needed music, and lights. CD had no idea how to run the systems so he called me for help. I've never seen our systems. Who got them up and running? Yup. =] I felt pretty good about myself. The rest of rehearsal was the same old same old "what on earth is going on."

#217
Rehearsal was awesome. Everyone was so chill. I had a great time and it put me in an amazing mood. So awesome in fact, I danced all the way home. Yes, it happened. This song started playing (Halo/Walking on Sunshine - Glee) and I couldn't help but rock out to it. I got a few weird looks, but thats cool. I'm awesome.

-L

time

2009-10-14T15:09:00.000-07:00

Well I have a second of time. So here are the past two days (today not included..)

#216
Like I said yesterday, theatre is insane. I'm at rehearsal every day for about 3 hours plus whatever else I have to do outside of rehearsal to get ready for the next days rehearsal. But I love it. So this is not me complaining, more just stating a fact. Anyway, here is part of our script (with my blocking notes and changes written in). This is from the narration during act 2. Its an odd show, but a good one. Come see it =]

#215
Well. This is what I (and a lot of other people) woke up to Monday morning. Snow. And lots of it. It snowed all day Monday. It was kinda fun. I liked it a lot in the morning, not so much in the afternoon, then I liked it again walking out of rehearsal Monday night. Posting this two days later though... the snow is gone.

-L

ARGGGG

2009-10-13T20:42:00.001-07:00

So, I have been running around the school going INSANE. Theatre is CRAZY. I have so much to do for it. Plus school and homework and whatever else I need to do... so busy. So thats why I haven't posted yet this week. Pictures are coming. I promise. I still have to take a picture for today... gotta get on that.

But I'm still doing better than my PIC so, yell at him first.

-L

Homecoming 2009

2009-10-11T14:26:00.000-07:00

First homecoming weekend here at GAC! You know the drill by now, Friday is last, Sunday first.
Beat 'em, bust 'em. (Thats our custom). Gusties will shine!

#214
Didn't do much today. Just homework... So during a homework break I decided to organize my script (finally... it was really starting to bug me) then, just for fun, I switched out the filters on my camera to my blue one and took some pictures. So yeah... besides the text, this photo is straight from the camera.

#213
GAME DAY! We actually won. Though I left in the middle cause it was SO COLD. (There was snow on the ground when I woke up...) But this is the only picture I took. (featured in this is HD and NG). Went to a magician at night. CRAZY good. Then came back and just hung with the girls.

#212
Friday was coronation and variety show. It was amazing. We almost didn't go, but I'm so glad we did. Here is the SAE frat doing a "harder better faster stronger" dance. It was impressive. The two people I knew up for King/Queen didn't win. But thats ok. Its still exciting that I actually know people on court after only being here for a month. After the show we watched the Hannah Montana movie, and laughed at it the whole time. (It was terrible, don't waste your time).

-L

Care packages

2009-10-08T20:41:00.001-07:00

#211
I was hangin with some girls in the section today. SF got a care package from her dad a while ago and we all broke into it today. We had a good time mixing different flavored jelly beans to make a flavorful concoction. Here is SF with her jelly beans.

-L

Twins!

2009-10-07T21:23:00.001-07:00

#210
EPIC twins game yesterday. So today my section went to Kato to get Twins shirts =] We all gathered around the TV at 5 to watch the game tonight. Not as exciting as yesterday... at all. But we can pull through, right? Here is EH and AP trying to do homework while watching the game. (Its a hard thing to do).

-L

Nobel Conference

2009-10-06T20:30:00.001-07:00

#209
The Nobel Conference started today. Its all about water. Woo. It real exciting... yeah... It actually is a big deal. I shouldn't be so blase about it. We had a few nobel peace prize winners talk today. That was kinda cool. Could I tell you what they were talking about. Nope.. But I saw this sign in the caf and laughed out loud. So I had to take a picture.

#208
This is what a real ghost light is supposed to look like... just fyi for all you Tonka peeps.

The coming of home.

2009-10-04T22:14:00.000-07:00

Well I made my way back to Tonka town this weekend for homecoming. It was a well... interesting... weekend. But I had a TON of fun. Here is the recap (p.s. Sunday is the first picture, Friday is the last).

#207
Today was a chill day. Had pancakes with my dad. Did some homework. Ran to Target for stuff for school. Hung with DN for a bit. Hung with my PIC for a bit. Dinner with the fam. Back to GAC! Once I got back I went to TGI Fridays with the girls. We had a great time. They bought me dessert. =] It made me happy. (And it was REALLY good). Anyway, all the parking spots were taken by our building so we parked on the other side of campus. On the walk over we took way too many pictures. This may be my favorite. Our inside joke for 3C (my section) is gangst. This is a total gangst shot. I love my girls.

#206
DANCE DAY! Went to Pimpernel rehearsal just for fun (GET TICKETS! Its gonna be good). Hung with my PIC. Went to take pictures for my bro's dance group. Here is KB and MC. We found rakes and had some fun. Its my favorite picture of the night. My bro looked dashing. I must say. I then hung with SK for the rest of the night. We went to FAME (It's good. I recommend it) and watched disney movies all night. =]

#205
GAME DAY! We CRUSHED Edina. 14-0. It was awesome. And fun to see everyone again. After the game I hung with JA and HR. We went grass/mud sledding (minus sleds) then went to Perkins for some pancakes and pie. Mmm...

-L

...

2009-10-01T21:08:00.001-07:00

#204
Its been a long day. Rain all day. Class. Rehearsal. Studying for my astronomy test. Etc. So here is my picture. Yay. (I just got out of the shower...) KK jumped in while I was taking it.

-L

le theatre

2009-09-30T20:15:00.001-07:00

#203
Walked out of the theatre after practice today camera in hand. I was ready. For what? I have no idea. But this is what I shot. When I have more time I'll edit the fricken sign out of the background cause it makes me mad... But this is my new home. The Evan and Evelyn Anderson Theatre. Yay!

-L

Christ Chapel

2009-09-29T20:32:00.000-07:00

#202
Well... I pulled out my real camera tonight. YAY! This is all I got though before I froze...

I need my tripod.

-L

W.I.N.D.Y.

2009-09-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

#201
So, they always say winters are brutal here. And you always know that they will be, and you say they will be but you never really grasp the concept of how brutal they will be until it starts getting windy. It was SO WINDY here today. It wasn't even that cold but the wind made it way worse. And I know the rest of the state is windy... In St. Peter the winds were at about 40mph. But the thing is, GAC may be in St. Peter, but its not on the same level as the rest of the town. Its on a hill. With very little protection from wind. So we are guessing that the gusts here were about 50mph. It was rough. So yeah, now I know first hand its gonna be a brutal winter... Not exactly looking forward to that.

-L

Visits! Electronically...

2009-09-27T13:59:00.001-07:00

#200
200 days. Wow. Thats a lot. Anyway, my PIC was gonna come visit me today but he got pneumonia (boo) so we have been chatting on skype for a total of 2:17:00 right now. But in total its been about 3 hours. Even when we aren't talking its fun having him there. Its like he is here visiting anyway. He takes part in conversations, meets my new friends, etc. Yay for skype!

-L

Um...

2009-09-26T16:32:00.001-07:00

I have no ideas for a creative title on this one...

#199
Football game today! We played St. Johns. We got owned... thats all.

#198
Day of visitors. SB came down for the afternoon/evening. We had lots of fun. It was great to see her again. I missed her. LOTS. Then the second SB left MB pulled in. She is here for the weekend. Its been fun.

-L

p.s. going through theatre withdrawal... and its only been 2 days without rehearsal... thats not a good sign.

Band photo.

2009-09-24T20:14:00.001-07:00

#197
Well, we were having another one of our homework/computer parties tonight and I got bored with homework, realized I hadn't taken a picture, and asked those around me to join me in Photobooth. So here is HD and AR. We decided this picture looked like a band photo, so thats what it is now... if we ever start a band... which most likely won't happen. But you never know.

-L

Rehearsal

2009-09-23T20:09:00.001-07:00

#196
I totally creeped hard core to get this picture. Well, kinda. Anyway, here is a shot from rehearsal for the fall show here, Far Away. The leads, S and K, were in the middle of making hats. Its an odd show. But I've learned to love it.

-L

Cali

2009-09-22T19:54:00.001-07:00

#195
I had a good day. A real good day. RP came home from cali yesterday and he brought me a present. =] It made me happy. He sent me a text asking me what my favorite color is and so I told him yellow. And this is what he brought me back. Its a magnet that now lives on my fridge in my dorm. Its awesome. Off to the nightly TrueBlood screening.

-L

Stage Management

2009-09-21T19:49:00.001-07:00

#194
Well, today I was walking to talk to MM, my advisor for the fall show here, but he wasn't in his office. Boo. So when I was walking out I saw our newly posted calendar. Under almost every day was some funny comment. This was my favorite (though it was hard to pick) and this is why I love my stage manager for this show. He is an actor who is stage managing for credit for his major. Which makes this all the better. Through the ever constant war of which side is better --acting or tech-- we techies legit racked up some points for this one. (p.s. dry tech is the same thing as paper tech for you Tonka peeps). Its been a good day. Now... on to homework. Woo...

-L

The second weekend

2009-09-20T17:13:00.000-07:00

Ok its actually my third weekend here but the first was so busy and planned for us that it feels like a second weekend. Anyway, here is the weekend in a nutshell! (p.s. Friday is the last picture. Sunday is the first).

#193
Second day of camping. We woke up and walked to the field we star gazed in. There were some boy scouts there playing hide and seek so the guys decided to jump in and play. Good spot, huh? We did a bunch of hiking too. EPIC view. I'm for sure going back.

#192
Off to Taylors Falls for our camping trip! Our class, Evolution in Hawai`i, went for the night to study geology. We had a great group in our van (we now call ourselves the van clan). This is LM. She is from Hawai`i (she has taught me to do things like add the accent in Hawai`i and say slippers instead of flip flops, among other words that are different). Day one of the trip. Drive there. Set up camp. Cook burgers over the fire. Star gaze. Let me tell you. Star gazing with no light pollution AT ALL is EPIC. I'd never seen so many stars (add in the milky way and jupiter plus two kids who are in astronomy and you got yourself quite a star gazing night).

#191
Went to the Twins game. We won 3-0. Twas epic. And a lot of fun. Then came back and watched Hercules with MKK. Also lots of fun. Nothin like a good Disney movie. =]

-L

fesitvities

2009-09-17T20:56:00.001-07:00

#190
Remember the furniture war... yeah. Well, I opened my door this morning to find this. The furniture from EVERY section in the building. There was a LOT of furniture. It was covered in silly string, as were the bathrooms. It was a mess. But well played. We are plotting revenge. Then tonight some of the girls in our section made animal signs of the animals we look like (I look like a seal apparently...) It was a GREAT night. I even managed to get most of my homework done. =]. Here are two pictures. I couldn't decide which to post. So its a bonus day. WOO.

-L

True Blood

2009-09-16T20:12:00.001-07:00

#189
Sorry for the lame picture... I'm sitting in my neighbors room watching True Blood right now (its addicting...) and I realized I hadn't taken a picture yet. So.. this is what you get. =]

-L

Spontaneous

2009-09-15T20:46:00.000-07:00

#188
I made a spontaneous (kinda) trip to Tonka today to see my PIC. The reason? Long story. But either way it was good to see him. I had the idea of this picture in my head for a while now. I listened to the song (Your Hand in Mine) and it kinda came to me. But this isn't how I pictured it. So I'll attempt again later. But for now, it works.

-L

Recoup

2009-09-15T08:02:00.000-07:00

#187
While getting breakfast yesterday morning I decided to grab a vitamin water (cause the drinking water here is nasty... it takes like licking a metal pole) So I was looking for a new kind to try and I found this one. Peach-Mandarin. Sounded good. And let me tell you. It is good. It was also fitting. After doing hours upon hours of homework each day, we all need a little time to recoup.

-L

Stars and Planets

2009-09-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

#186
Well this my friends is Jupiter. Yup, the planet Jupiter. I made friends with the people who run the Observatory on campus. They have this thing that attaches your camera to the telescope. Its intense. If I had more time I would have played with it more but this was taken around 10pm and I wanted to come back to sleep. (Its been a long ...long... day) So I'll go back eventually and play around more. But for now, Jupiter.

-L

Its war.

2009-09-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

#185
WOO I am now officially 2 days past the half way mark. Yay!
So long story short. The guys in 3H stole our furniture from our section and we wanted it back (cause otherwise we have nothing to sit on...). So we trekked over around 9:30 to get it back. Here is some of the girls taking the couch back. 3H's CF was trying to stop us... but failed. Though he did declare war on us. We totally have our couch back now though and its awesome. I then went to Angels and Demons (good movie) then came back and hung with some people from the section and select others. It was an epic night.

-L

auditions

2009-09-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

#184
Well, my work in the theatre here at GAC started up yesterday. I spent a total of about 7 hours helping with auditions and let me tell you... I didn't do much. Theatre is gonna take over my life here. I can tell already. Anyway, here is a shelf of scripts and monologue books from the theatre office.

-L

college life

2009-09-10T19:34:00.000-07:00

#183
Again... no time for pictures today. I spent over 4 hours doing laundry over 7 hours doing homework (and I'm still not done...) so... I just took a picture of our door! On our door are our signs for the section and orientation group and our white board. Complete with inside joke (gangst) and note from RP. I talked to him a ton before we came here and I haven't hardly seen him since we got here... so he stopped by but I was showering. So I will get to hunt him down tomorrow...

#182
I have no time to take pictures anymore. So here is sunset from my window... pardon the screen.

p.s. I made flickr blog two days ago. It was quite the accomplishment. =] Yay me!

-L