Went to the Como Zoo this morning and looked at a bunch of caged-up animals. I feel bad sometimes walking around looking at them and then saying “poor tiger” or “poor birds.” But in actuality, this zoo gave most animals a lot more room than I’ve seen in other zoos… Omaha in particular. Actually, Omaha [...]

Tootsie rolls must be making a killing this year, as the majority of candy obtained at the parade was regular, chocolate tootsie rolls. But we got a bunch. Mom and Dad were feeling self concious because people kept dropping candy at their feet. We did pull in a bunch, despite an over-zealous mother next to [...]

The first half of my day was spent trying to mount my inverter under the hood of my car. There is practically NO space under a Ford hood for something that big. Plus we didn’t have enough ramps to get under the car and find a way through the firewall. So it’s back under the [...]

As of 5 o’clock this afternoon, I am finally starting my week-and-a-half vacation. Unlike previous summers where I’ve just had a lot of free time, this summer I’ve been working at least 20 hours a week and taking a class. But now I have a full week-off paid from CyRide, and am spending it all [...]

Well, someone paged me the other day saying I never update. This made me sad because I meant to update more regularly (like I said). On the other hand, I was like “hey, someone’s reading my page!” So any way, in honor of my text message, I’ll make a couple entries and back-date them to [...]

So for the first time this summer, Amanda actually came down here for the weekend. Got to show off my surround system.. yay! :-) That, along with a projector checked out from ITC, turn my room into a virtual theater…. nice. Anyway, Amanda and I fell into our old habit of eating out way too [...]

So apparently, Iowa State Singers are going to go on an all-expenses (hopefully, mostly) paid trip to LA next February for the national ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association) convention. I guess it’s the next step up for last spring’s South Dakota performance, which I unfortunately missed because I was dreadfully sick. Everyone in the choir [...]