So its probably time to update...
But what can I say, its the holiday season. Full of family activities and lots goin on. Its really been a great few weeks at home, I'll try and fill you in on some of it.
Did some last minute shopping during my first week/weekend home, my spending was really limited this holiday season because I haven't been getting any hours at the bike shop, grrr. Got to see some relatives from up north who I hadn't seen in awhile.
Two friday's ago, my good friend Kristen from MSU stopped by my house on her way back from school which was totally awesome. We hung out and talked for a bit because I hadn't seen her since Halloweentime.
Didn't do a whole lot the rest of the weekend, all of it is getting pretty sketchy at this point. This past Tuesday I drove up to Saginaw for the day to see my girl, it was awesome. Never really been to Saginaw before to it was cool to see Stacy's town and where she grew up. When I was up there she gave me my Christmas gift which included this awesome men's cologne from Victoria Secret along with a HUUUUUGE XXL bag of Peanut M&Ms which rocked and also a neat picture frame which she made herself and glued bottle caps all around. Needless to say I was very thankful and super excited. Unfortunatley I knew after that day it would be awhile before I saw my girl but I was glad that I was able to see here even it was just for a day. Kinda jealous, right now she is in nice 68 degree weather in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico... boo!
Although Stacy was in Mexico on Christmas day, I was there in heart... I'll explain. Earlier in the month she had shown me online her hotel and where she was staying so I was able to get an e-mail address of the reservations manager there. I had been in contact through e-mail with this mexican dude named Miguel from her hotel and made arrangments to have a flower bouquet made up and sent to her room for when she arrived Christmas day. She called me today and she totally loved it. :-)
Again, didn't do too much over the past week. I was able to hang out with my good friends Conor and Scott and we saw some movies at the local theatre. I saw Oceans 12 for the second time and then the next night we went and saw Meet the Fockers.... such a great movie! Conor also let me drive his new car - 2005 Chrysler Crossfire R/T w/ manual transmission... way to fast of a car for that kid, haha.
Had a nice Christmas Eve, hung out most of the day and then went to church service around 6, came back for some good food that my parents had ordered through Williams-Sonoma
and then we opened a few gifts. Christmas day was fun as most of them usually are, opened presents in the morning and then went over to my relatives place in Birmingham for Christmas dinner and all that stuff.
Sunday we went to my Aunt Janet's house for a 2nd Christmas get-together with my dad's side of the family which was great. I love getting pure cash from relatives, its awesome.
Didn't do a whole lot today. I put my old iPod up on eBay so if anyone is interested, feel free to bid. Since I had gotten a $100 gift certificate to our local mall I decided to splurge today and get a new phone since my old one is a huge "pile", as Kristen would say. I went to the Nextel store and purchased the sleek silver i830, and i totally love it... fits great in my palm.
Work called this afternoon and offered me some hours for tomorrow and Wednesday which is great because the cash is getting low. Plus I'm going to need money for New Year's Eve partyin at Kristen's place on the Ile!!
Check the moblog for some updated pics... peace kids.
-jw
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Google in 10 years
This is just a prediction, but who knows? Google usually tends to be secret with their future plans and ideas. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
-jw
This is just a prediction, but who knows? Google usually tends to be secret with their future plans and ideas. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
-jw
Sunday, December 12, 2004
You Know You're From Michigan When
You Know You're From Michigan When...You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
You can identify an Ohio accent.
Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.
Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.
You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
The Big Mac is something that you drive across.
You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
You bake with soda and drink pop.
You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.
Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.
You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.
You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.
Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.
Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.
At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.
You know what a millage is.
Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.
You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
You know what a "Yooper" is.
Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done
Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit
"Up North" means north of Clare.
You know what a pastie is.
You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.
The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.
Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.
Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Michigan.
-jw
You Know You're From Michigan When...You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
You can identify an Ohio accent.
Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.
Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.
You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
The Big Mac is something that you drive across.
You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
You bake with soda and drink pop.
You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.
Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.
You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.
You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.
Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.
Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.
At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.
You know what a millage is.
Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.
You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
You know what a "Yooper" is.
Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done
Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit
"Up North" means north of Clare.
You know what a pastie is.
You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.
The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.
Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.
Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Michigan.
-jw
Monday, December 06, 2004
Straight ahead Captain! Right on to finals week
Last week of classes.. wooo!! Life is movin fast as usual. Let me try and fill you in whats been going on in the last week.
The past week had been filled with the norm, schoolwork and studyin. Didn't do a whole lot on Thursday and Friday as far as partyin goes. Watched a bunch of movies with Stacy. Friday evening I took Stacy out to Applebees for dinner because we both felt like getting away from the monotonus dorm food. I had an amazing sirloin steak with melted bleu cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, mmmmm. We came back from dinner and watched a movie if I can remember correctly.
Slept in relatively late on Saturday and hung around until 3pm when Stacy and I accompanied Jeff , Heather, and some other people to the CMU Basketball game in honor of Heather's 20th birthday. Stacy and I left the game before the end so we could make it back to the dorm in time to get to downtown Mt. Pleasant by 6:45. In downtown MTP this weekend the city was holding an annual event called "Dicken's Christmas" which is an event that includes a christmas parade, activites, street vendors, and opportunites to donate to charities. We were offered by our RA Shanay to volunteer so we did.
Although when we first signed up I didn't think it would be much fun standing out in the cold but suprisingly I had a very good time. Because we volunteered later in the evening they event people didn't have a whole lot for us to do at first. After awhile one of the ladies got a call over the radio saying that they desperately needed people to monitor some of the barricades at one of the intersections because cars were driving through and kids were in the streets (they blocked off most of downtown for the event). So they assigned Stacy and I to traffic duty which I wasn't to happy about at first but it ended up being ok and I got to spend some quality time with my girl while feeling good that we were helping out with a charitable event.
After volunteering we grabbed a H&R (hot-and-ready) pizza and headed back to the dorms and just crashed, I was suuuper tired from the long day. Sunday was filled with total procrastination, which wasn't too bad. Some college procrastination during each semester is acceptable I believe.
For this week, it was a nice monday to start off the last week of classes. My computer and music classes were cancelled which left me with only 3 classes to attend instead of 5 which is a relief. Two papers due later this week in accounting and economics and also my last accounting test on Wednesday. Once all of that is over the studying begins for finals. After finals... Novi here I come!
Look for a few more updates before I depart MTP. Also keep your eyes open after the new year... there may be a blog remodel in my future ;-) (Check out kevinrose.com for examples)
-jw
Last week of classes.. wooo!! Life is movin fast as usual. Let me try and fill you in whats been going on in the last week.
The past week had been filled with the norm, schoolwork and studyin. Didn't do a whole lot on Thursday and Friday as far as partyin goes. Watched a bunch of movies with Stacy. Friday evening I took Stacy out to Applebees for dinner because we both felt like getting away from the monotonus dorm food. I had an amazing sirloin steak with melted bleu cheese and garlic mashed potatoes, mmmmm. We came back from dinner and watched a movie if I can remember correctly.
Slept in relatively late on Saturday and hung around until 3pm when Stacy and I accompanied Jeff , Heather, and some other people to the CMU Basketball game in honor of Heather's 20th birthday. Stacy and I left the game before the end so we could make it back to the dorm in time to get to downtown Mt. Pleasant by 6:45. In downtown MTP this weekend the city was holding an annual event called "Dicken's Christmas" which is an event that includes a christmas parade, activites, street vendors, and opportunites to donate to charities. We were offered by our RA Shanay to volunteer so we did.
Although when we first signed up I didn't think it would be much fun standing out in the cold but suprisingly I had a very good time. Because we volunteered later in the evening they event people didn't have a whole lot for us to do at first. After awhile one of the ladies got a call over the radio saying that they desperately needed people to monitor some of the barricades at one of the intersections because cars were driving through and kids were in the streets (they blocked off most of downtown for the event). So they assigned Stacy and I to traffic duty which I wasn't to happy about at first but it ended up being ok and I got to spend some quality time with my girl while feeling good that we were helping out with a charitable event.
After volunteering we grabbed a H&R (hot-and-ready) pizza and headed back to the dorms and just crashed, I was suuuper tired from the long day. Sunday was filled with total procrastination, which wasn't too bad. Some college procrastination during each semester is acceptable I believe.
For this week, it was a nice monday to start off the last week of classes. My computer and music classes were cancelled which left me with only 3 classes to attend instead of 5 which is a relief. Two papers due later this week in accounting and economics and also my last accounting test on Wednesday. Once all of that is over the studying begins for finals. After finals... Novi here I come!
Look for a few more updates before I depart MTP. Also keep your eyes open after the new year... there may be a blog remodel in my future ;-) (Check out kevinrose.com for examples)
-jw
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