Hi

I beat Mario III today, er, make that yesterday

This is a cool tee-shirt in case you wondered what to buy for me

Hm, that was going to be all for this post, but i'm getting bored here, online, so I think i'll talk about how Joel and I played frisbee this evening. We played frisbee this evening. It was extreme to the max. I fell...many times. I caught the frisbee as i did a one handed cart-wheel thing of death. Barefoot. It was awesome.

Since I am so bored, and really should go to sleep, but am being unruly and irresponsible, I will now follow up on my first post. I did not get accepted into the new student orientation program (this is actually extremely old news, but boredome led me to read my old posts, and I decided to end the suspence) But, i decided that it would be fun to have an underground orientation where we (the other applicants who did not make the team and I) kidnap orientation groups and then proceed to throw water balloons at the other groups who are not part of the underground movement.

Oh yeah, and for entertainment the other night, my cousin Jessica and I went to Safeway to by fixin's for ice cream sundays.

Family fun!

This has been a welcome weekend after a long, painful, boring, and generally horrendous recouperation. Relatives from Ohio, Oregon, and the West Side congregated at my grandparent's house in Post Falls ID. I went to Silverwood on Friday. It's only $15 if you go at 5:00! That was very welcome. I went to a wedding on Saturday. It was outside. It was hot. After that, we went to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner with everyone. I found myself being operated on by my cousins Jonathan (AKA Joe cool) and Eli, and then Jonny decided to enslave me. Well, I was released, er, released myself and went home. Sunday involved another day and grandma and granpa's where we watched The Fox and the Hound. IT NEVER ENDS! we went to Spokane again today so that I could get the stitches in my mouth taken out and have another appointment with the allergist! hooray. It was hot. Again. Guess what! After Spokane, we went to Post Falls again, ate dinner with the remaining family, and kidnapped some of them. Jessica entertained herself by talking to people on AIM for me. Jonny and Joel are playing Mario III....

Would you like a slice of gum?

It seems that the welt on my arm due to grass is now the least of my concerns. I had to endure a gum graft yesterday. It was very unpleasant, that is until they gave me laughing gas...Supposedly, the pills I took an hour before they cut my mouth were supposed to make me very calm and give me temporary amnesia. They didn't quite have the desired effect, thus the laughing gas. I also remember the procedure. I remember calling the doctor a wimp and giggling as he sliced through my flesh. I also offered him my finger just in case he didn't have enough tissue to do the job. Wow. Um, oh yeah, on our way home, we stopped at the video store where I vaguely remember asking my mom if I looked drunk.
Today, I watched the last of the movies. It was labyrinth, hmmm David Bowie...Maybe I shouldn't have admitted that. Well.

Here I am!

Grass

Well, I am still allergic to grass. I went to a different allergist this morning (Dr. Drain instead of Dr. Morgan). I HAD TO GET UP AT 6:30! What sort of summer activity is that? Anyway, they did a lovely skin test with those cool caterpillar block deals, and I am very much allergic to grass. The gargantuan welt has pretty much deflated and it itches less, but you can still see a bit of redness.

I am also still allergic to cats. I guess there'll be no more Cat in my room. I wonder how he'll handle that.

133+

I now know that I am extremely leet. I began constructing my very own web page with the screamin' html that Joel is teaching me! AND I just made some changes to my page WITHOUT his help! this is amazing.
And now for something completely different....
What's with all of these marriages and babies and things? I just went to another wedding shower yesterday. Already this year 3 couples of my acquaintance have gotten hitched and 4 women-friend-types are with child. (I guess they'd have to be women...hmm)

Let's see just how 133+ i am

A B!

Man, oh man! I just received the first B in my life for a final grade! AND IN MY 2 CREDIT PRIVATE OBOE INSTRUCTION CLASS TOO!!!! AHHHHHHHH. ok, i'm feeling better now, and it is even a B+, so I suppose i'll be ok. I guess I deserve it to an extent; I didn't put as much time into making reeds and practicing those tedious intervals as I should have. I think it was the sixths that really messed me up. I guess this is one more indication that my priority isn't music. enough ranting....I guess, maybe
Wow, it really sounds like i'm a nerd. I know many children would give their frontmost tastebud to get a B+ in something. I don't even know what the rest of my grades are this quarter, I sure hope i don't have to have this agony dragging out much longer. There was a potential to get As in the rest of my classes....at least before finals week. HEY! Cheer up Shelley! You shouldn't be talking about these painful subjects at this time of night/morning....Oh, alright, i'll go to bed. Goodnight!

Home

Well, here I am. My stuff is even unpacked! There sure is a lot of stuff in my room.
Geryond and Cerberus are settling in nicely, and my cat, Bouncer, is glad to have their company. He enjoys following them around when they roll around in their freedom ball on the kitchen floor.
I went down to the vet clinic today to see when they wanted me to start working there, and they said that they actually don't need any extra help this summer. I'm not heartbroken that I don't have to clean kennels, but I am not looking forward to scrounging for a different job.

The tragedy of My Life

I think that this AIM conversation pretty much sums up the exciting events of my recent life, (I'm too lazy to retype it all, so I thought this would be an effective, fun-filled, fresh way of documentation) :

Joel! I just think I did something relatively foolish

what's that?

I sold two of my books back for a whopping total of $6

oh...

one was worth a dollar

well...you can buy two bubble teas...

the guy behind me scoffed when he heard that one was $1, so, I felt dumb that I sold it.
End Part 1

we played Mao at Denny's last night; Pierce hated it. he was mad at me because I kept winning and I guess I wasn't being very consistent, and I kept giving him cards

hahaha

then we played Egyptian Rat Screw

hahahahahahha

and then we ate

him don't like that one

and then Pierce fell asleep...

yeah

so, we moved to another table and threw packets of sugar at him

ah good

and then the server came by and pretended to hit him with a tray and he woke up and looked confused

where was that? Denny's? ah you said that/ok/I'm on the same page now

and then we moved to yet a different table/it was funny/we laughed/and we took pictures with Paul's camera phon/e

quite

and I went to sleep around 3:30

very nice

and I woke up at 8 and couldn't go back to sleep/tragedy of my life

sad

OH/and I went dumpster diving

yes?

and I got a jacket, a clipboard and a large tractor tire tube

ooo

oh, and I got the "Old Faithful" award for band

oh?

it is a pvc pipe didgeridoo/thing/yeah, apparently, I play solidly and am a faithful band member that can blow bubble out of my mouth, and I didn't know this, but out of my instrument too

very interesting

In case you are actually still reading this, Some extra highlights include my acquisition of a case of Ramen and three cans of clam chowder. I also had Chili for brefferes (according to Joel, that is the Middle English spelling)

Imagine: A Weekend Without School

I practically forgot that I still have to apply myself to school endeavors this spring. Mom and Dad came over for the weekend, and I haven't done anything requiring mental strain since. Friday night we watched The Last samurai. Saturday, I went to the Folklife Festival in the Center with some friends, and I met up with my family there around 4. After some more family fun, I came back to my room and then went caroling with my oboe, Soren's guitar and Scot's accordion. We spread Christmas cheer to all of the dorms. After that, we went to Wendy's. Yesterday was also family filled. We went to church, Central Market, and then out to dinner at an Irish Pub. After I said good-bye to them, I took advantage of an opportunity to become more culturally aware. I played Halo with some friends for the rest of the night. This morning, I played with the SPU band at a memorial service. OOooo, and I vacuumed! Well, after dinner, it looks like I will have to return to the world of school..."Physics" homework is scheduled.

So much for playing in the rain

Yesterday it rained really hard and I really wanted to go play ultimate frisbee outside, somehow, this plan magically morphed into a 3 hour game of Trivial Pursuit (the 1981 edition) that ended at 2 in the morning! I think I was so out of it that my competitors were about to forcibly drag me to my bed. Maybe it was the oats....

I made some exciting discoveries today in the realm of Microsoft Word. I didn't know that it was an option to have a blue background with white text. Also, there are various levels of grammar checks it can do! I now have it set on "formal" instead of "standard". Now, it checks for things like cliches and wordiness!

K, it's time to go to class....

Oats and stuff

Well, I don't think today or yesterday were especially boring, but I am having trouble coming up with blog material. I have some rolled oats to eat that I am very fond of, and as a garnish, I bought some OGRE-SIZED M&Ms. That is relatively old news, though still exciting. Speaking of which, I am beginning to be on better terms with Relativity. I guess it is rather cool that the faster you go, the shorter the distance is to your destination.

Ok, I think I have had enough oats for the day, I think it is time for some sleep...

Surprise!

Wow, I came back from class and there was candy corn on my desk! IN MY ROOM! CRAZY, I LOVE CANDY CORN!!!!! I ate lots of it, I hope it was for me, I don't know why else it would be living on MY desk though.

hours have passed since then, and my euphoria has been ruined by Relativity:

so, Alan is standing near a train track and sparks fall off of the front and back of the train car. The light hits him at the same time from both sparks... and Beth is on the train, and passes Alan as the sparks fly...

So, in Alan's perspective, the light from the front spark hits her before the light from the back spark, and the light in her perspective hits her first from the front, even though she is in the middle of the train.

The only way this happens is that the sparks jump at the same time in Alan's reference frame, but in Beth's the front one jumps first
Even worse....it turns out that length may not even be constant!

But no more! I am a Newtonian purist and will not succumb to the evils of this notion. In my realm, time will be constant, length will be constant, and light will never prevail in it's struggle to be constant!

Nantucket Nectars Scandal

Room-mate Kellyn was just analyzing her pomegranate flavored Nantucket Nectar bottle. She is convinced that they are trying to send subliminal messages:
1) Everyone on the bottle was white
2) One man appears to be peeing
3) A man seemed to be surfing in the nude
4) *up for debate* Purple, widowless van that appears to belong to a rapist.

I don't know...She could be overreacting, I am not fully convinced. She thinks that perhaps I am being too Naïve. Let me know if you have noticed any suspicious activity on your juice bottles.

Here! Go here!

http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Shelley%20Shaver

I just want to see my Blog

So, I really should have done some homework today. I am hungry and tired and anxious about my paper and my Orientation Team Leader Application, so I am afraid that in this state of mind, this posing may not be very coherent.

I did decide today that I really dislike oboe lessons this quarter. Good news, though, I got an excellent room with a view for next year. It's location is choice.

Ok, that was fun

Oh, yeah! How could I forget. I spent most of my day day-dreaming about Capoeira and break-dancing. I smell food.........meat! ohhh, i'm hungry.