Right now i’m at Starbucks with Caitlin and Whitney. My notes for that accounting test, which will take place in less than twenty-four hours, are sitting un-studied in my lap. The idea was to isolate myself with my accounting notes, where I would have no choice but to study them…that worked for about three minutes, until i realized, hey! - i could write a quick blog. Obviously i have my priorities all figured out.

So…at this very moment Whitney, our pre-med major, is telling us with great excitement what happens when you bleed. And I’m sitting here nodding, typing, and thinking, i really have no idea what you’re talking about, but yay for blood clotting…i think.
A similar event took place yesterday. This time I was studying in Caitlin and Whitney’s room where I learned all about the wonders of the kidney. (and by studying, i mean my lap was supporting the weight of my very closed accounting book, humm…i think i see a pattern.) Anyway, apparently the kidney does this automatic process with these little loop things, all facing inward, that take water and stuff down this tube deal that looks like a hunk of meat, then it takes the stuff out of the water and exchanges it with other stuff and changes it into something else that travels some more to a place where it is used by even more tube things and converted into a bunch of little doohickeys that are evidently really important to my survival. and i’m just thinking, Thank God for involuntary muscles.

This is how studying goes most of the time. But I really enjoy it. Keeps life interesting.

that is all.
maddness

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Oh joy, it’s time for finals and what am i doing? definitely not studying…
so, my finals schedule this semester is quite unique. i say unique because i can’t decide if i like it or not.
i have decided to describe it to you in the form of a recipe.
A. because i like food and
B. because i want to

First, on Wednesday begin pre-heating your oven to cram-hundred and sixty-five degrees. Around 6:30pm on Thursday, break open one ACCT-1302 and place it in a large saucepan. Sit and stare at it for 2 hours; then stir rapidly for the final hour. Here I recommend chewing on the handle of the stirring utensil whenever necessary to relieve any tension or nervous energy. At 9 o’clock Thursday night toss the ACCT-1302 mixture into the oven. For best results, dream about ACCT-1302 all Thursday night.

Wake up the next morning and quickly drink one ECON-1311 at 9 am. It’s best if you just swallow, don’t even taste it. Even though it seems really too much to chug, I promise you won’t choke. It is infused with AP (awesome professor) and memorized formulas that guarantee smooth travel down the esophagus. Once you’ve finished ECON-1311 fret for five minutes before franticly remembering the oven should still be cooking at cram-hundred and sixty-five degrees.

Promptly, at 2 o’clock drizzle one tablespoon of MIS-2301 over a bowl of mixed emotion and gently place it in the oven next to ACCT-1302, which should be a nice light shade of forgotten. When placing MIS-2301 into oven remember that this particular serving of MIS-2301 counts for about a quarter of your meal so you need to make sure it is done correctly.

Once ACCT-1302, ECON-1311, and MIS-2301 are finished, let simmer for six days before removing a frozen FILM-1301 from the freezer. Yes, six days of waiting. These hours could perhaps be well spent turning the oven down to calmly-studying and sixty-five degrees, but this step is not necessary. On Thursday…again I must stress six whole days later…I will now hit the spacebar on my keyboard six times to show you really how long you must wait______okay, that’s a terrible example, but you get the idea. At 8:30, take FILM-1301 out of freezer and puncture the film on FILM-1301 to vent before placing dish in the microwave. Cook for three hours, and don’t worry about periodically rotating it because I’m pretty sure by now all microwaves have that amazing little technology that spins the little dish on its own, so we can stop putting “rotate" in the little directions on the back of the little packaging. Suddenly remember that you actually really enjoy FILM-1301, and it – being infused with AP, GC (great class), and VI (very interesting)– usually turns out fairly well.

Finally, once FILM-1301 has finished heating, worry for a total of one minute about all ingredients. Then, turn down the heat, and leave the kitchen until next year. In the mean time, pop open one huge can of winter break and enjoy!

I guess I can say that my schedule is not bad. I actually sort of like the six-day break in the middle. It’s pretty fun being on campus, in the dorms, with no schoolwork to do. Although, I live close enough to San Antonio that I could just go home; then show up on the last day of exams and take my film final.

that is all.
maddi

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That’s some high-level mathematics people. For the non-math majors out there in Internet land, that equation means this last weekend was jam packed with awesomeness. On Friday, I got to webcast a Trinity Women’s basketball game with my buddy Leda. It was insanely fun. For almost two seasons, believe it or not, this little 5’2’’ point guard actually played on the bball team; but I decided to hang up my jersey in January ‘07 to pursue acting. Yet, I still had time to build great friendships with the players and coaches, which came in handy during the commentary. I won't let my modesty get in the way of mentioning that Leda and I made quite a team.

YOU: Wow! Not only can I absorb inherent wisdom through her written words, but now I can also listen to her melodious voice over the Internet.

ME: Yes, you can! Just go to the Trinity Athletics website, find out when the women have their next game, then just listen in at that time and you might be lucky enough to catch my brilliant insights into the game of basketball.

YOU: Yay! Thank you so much.

ME: You are welcome.

Friday night, I baked cookies. Bam! I am a cookie baker. A chef of the cookie variety. double Bam! Okay, so Kaki and Caitlin did most of the work, while Alex and I tried to figure out what was wrong with Bentley’s Internet connection. (Kaki, Caitlin, and Alex are some pretty amazing folk who live on the hall, and Bentley is my computer’s name: Bentley, Bentley McDuff.) But, and that is one big BUT, I decorated seven of the eighty cookies, and man were those seven cookies sexy.

The pictures don’t do them justice. What were the cookies for you ask? Is it so wrong to bake cookies just for the sake of baking? No! but they actually had a purpose…and i’ll get to that in a sec, i promise.

Saturday afternoon I was fortunate enough to attend the callback auditions for Dangerous Liaisons, one of next semester’s main stage shows. Not only was the stage bombarded with wonderful talent, but also these were the most efficiently run callbacks I’ve ever been apart of. We were there and up on stage when the director needed us, and we were dismissed when he didn’t – it was great.

We left the discussion of the cookies earlier, and I promised I’d return to them. Your patience has paid off. Saturday evening we surprised Philip, yet another friend (yes, i know, i have many), at the Mennonite Church for his potluck birthday bash.

And what did we bring to the dinner? None other than seventy-three normal cookies, and seven extremely sexy cookies. (now, here i only speak to the cookies’ appearance; their taste was in a whole other realm of goodness. Kaki’s dad happens to be an expert cookie chef, and some of that expertise has rubbed off on his daughter, who managed to bake these cookies to a gooey goodness – no matter what you say Caitlin, they were done enough.) At the party, the eating was followed by general shenanigans, which included dancing and rolling about on a dolly for furniture. After the madness, I returned to my room, where my roomie, Janet, and I finished the evening out with our new favorite movie, Chocolat.

Sunday held yet another blast of awesomeness with filming for FOUND, Vespers and cast list postings…however, due to the length of this blog and my lack of desire to continue your enlightenment, i’ll save that tale for another time. So that’s my weekend, take it or leave it – end of story. Bam!

that is all.
Madinanigans

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