chill out

i understand that harry potter creates a certain kind of mania, but "chill out" people. our store and my employees did an amazing job of taking care of you. think of it as christmas in july, because that's what it was like. expect a line. expect to wait to get your book. don't yell at us, because you decided to come on the night that 1500 other people were going to be at too.

all i can say now....is "i'm glad it is done." my feetsies and my legsies hurt a lot afterward. and i probably smelled like a bear in the wilderness.

nice dream

the other night, i dreamt that i was in high school again. it's sort of a reoccuring dream for me, but i think it was mostly sparked by the upcoming 10 year reunion.

anyway, i was back at my old high school. except...it didn't completely look like my old high school. you know how those dreams go. so i was walking up to the lockers, and i stopped in front of a row of lockers blocked off by some velvet rope. i stop and do some weird turns, and then i start speaking. i mean, people are asking me questions and i am answering them. and then i give this speech about what i will do for them....yada yada...if i were elected. by this point in the dream, i am assuming i am running for class president.

the weirdest part of the dream, though, was that everyone that was in the audience was not anyone i recognized from high school. it was more like going to high school with a bunch of people that were really good friends with tim burton and helena bonham carter.

well, whatever i said appeased the people. i won. senior class president. eat it.

so it is

i sort of figured, but i wanted to make sure...

Your Score: Joe Normal

43 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 47% Dork

For The Record:



A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.

A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.

A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.


You scored less than half in all three, earning you the title of: Joe Normal.



This is not to say that you don't have some Nerd, Geek or Dork inside of you--we all do, and you can see the percentages you have right above. This is just to say that none of those qualities stand out so much as to define you. Sure, you enjoy an episode of Star Trek now and again, and yeah, you kinda enjoyed a few classes back in the day. And, once in a while, you stumble while walking down the street even though there was nothing there to cause you to trip. But, for the most part, you look and act fairly typically, and aren't much of an outcast.



I'd say there's a fair chance someone asked you to take this test. In any event, fairly normal.



Congratulations!





Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

for laura

this is the most recent picture of our house that i took. it was in march during that freak snowstorm in the midwest. can you say "suck?"

why wasn't it like a john hughes movie?

so my class reunion is nigh. this summer actually. when i first heard about it, i was so turned off by the idea. but now...i am intrigued. one of the girls i went to high school with is in charge of it, and she started a myspace page for it. i am amazed at freaked out by what everyone looks like and does now. some went really far and others stayed in the same place.

anyway, to tell you the truth, i really hated high school. it was all the stereotypes of a john hughes movie, but with no happy ending where the popular girl falls for the criminal or the jock for the freak. if only. there were just a lot of mean people, administrators & teachers included, and it was tiring. at one point, i just gave up on trying with most people. i just concentrated on getting out of there--focusing on just school and watching lots of movies by myself.

but now i am torn. should i go? should i keep away? there are a handful of people that i'd like to see, but at the same time i feel like it would be completely weird. anyone else go to their reunion yet?

maybe, just maybe...i should pretend i invented something...like post-it notes...

good lesson today

today at church, i was reminded of the parable of the prodigal son and the commandment to write in your journal. i'm really bad at writing in my journal, and i could definitely compare some of my behaviors to the prodigal son...except eating from the pig trough thing...

so, i decided i would do better. that is, not be so wasteful. one of the first things that i am going to do is get better at writing in my journal. even if it just a little bit at a time. one of the greatest things about having blogs is that this sort of counts too. but...what would happen if i didn't have a computer anymore? i would always have a piece of paper or something else i could write on. tablets? maybe.

one more in japan

here you go. more. and....i'm spent.