wifi and foxes

January 21, 2006i'm at starbucks.  downtown chicago.  waiting on darin to finish taking the GRE.  just a couple more hours left... but he graciously gave me his ipod and laptop - so this is actually very entertaining.  and i LOVE to people watch in the city!  i just sit here and stare.
you know what urks me?  i tried to get online when i first got here (at 8) and they have that t-mobile hotspot thing.  that stuff is EXPENSIVE.  then a couple hours later, as i was avoiding homework, i decided to search for other wireless networks.  there's like THREE free ones in this area.  why the heck charge me $10 when i can easily get it for free.  good thing i'm smarter than the average cassie.
last night it snowed - really big, wet snow.  i know y'all got out at home the other day for "snow" but really.  sometimes i just wish so badly that you could see this stuff.  it was amazing!
also - i ran into a fox in the quad on thursday.  they say there are actually 2.  a FOX.  no joke.  strange, huh?
so far i have all but 1 short paper finished for this week.  being this ahead of schedule is slightly scary.  i have plenty of time to finish that last paper right now, but i really feel like i just can't be that good.  it's an identity issue.
ok - maybe i'll try.

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January 19, 2006

so i was in the fitness center this morning and tv #3 caught my eye...

"A Houston pastor is putting a new spin on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPods, telling his Baptist congregation that the simple gadgets contain a religious lesson: Life can also be simple.

'The reason the outside of the iPod is so simple to use and so beautiful to look at is because of the way they designed the inside of the iPod,' Metropolitan Baptist Church Pastor Sal Sberna told his congregation Sunday during his second of four sermons on iPod Theology.

'All you do on the outside is push the little button, drive the wheel and pick what usefulness you want out of your iPod,' he said. 'And so when Jesus talks to us about simplification, it must start on the inside.'"

anyhow - fox did a big ole interview with him this morning.  very interesting.  i love a good analogy!  check out the Metropolitan Baptist Church website!  you can download his sermons!

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January 15, 2006

well.  it's been a month.  i don't think i could begin to update.  how bout a top ten list...

TOP TEN HAPPENINGS SINCE DEC 16... (creative, i know)

10.  finals ended!  5 As, 2 Bs for the entire semester - pretty good for my second toughest semester ever! 

9.  spent 3 weeks in tennessee - the much-needed break i've been waiting for!  and much-needed warmth!

8.  got to see my incredible little brother and his gorgeous girl in their homecoming presentation and basketball games

7.  hung out with some of the many greats of my murfreesboro past... man, i miss y'all.  i love my old roommates more than i can describe.  i miss the days when i could just crawl on their bed and pour my heart out.  but it always amazes me how easily we slip back into comfortable conversations.  those are true friends.

6.  booked the best reception food EVER.  and had lots of fun with flowers, cakes, chairs, dresses, tuxes, chicken salad, music... :)

5.  spent Christmas with my mom's entire family - it's been a while!  and it was great to catch up

4.  extra time with darin and the family is always fun!  not to mention showing off the fiancee more than usual around town

3.  spent almost 20 hours with laura!  less than one day in the past 6 months is sad... but it was an incredible 20 hours!

2.  PASSION.  different than any other thing like that i've been to, especially last year's.  i've never had an experience like this time before, but i sure needed it.  and it was also great to have kevin and emily drive down and join us! 

1.  found the PERFECT dress.  i mean PERFECT.  which is great because i have the PERFECT man.  i cannot wait for 173 days to pass!

there you have it!  and now it's back to real life... but this semester is going to rock.  i just know it...

see ya brit lit

December 16, 2005

so i stayed up until 4 studying... then got up at 6:30 and did the same... pretty much solid until the final at 10:51... and i got a PERFECT SCORE!  pretty sure that is the most i have ever studied.  and i am proud.  :) 
2 more papers... and this semester is gone!  (like a soldier in the civil war... bangbang)

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December 15, 2005

photo from bouclee