Update on Miss Chandleous

I talked to the lovely and infamous Chandle last night, and she's completely unable to update her blog herself or to send e-mail, so I decided to let you guys know how she's doing.
She's staying in a shelter in New Orleans right now (she's been there 8 days, and she's pretty much half done with her duty there) and working with the Red Cross. They're doing a LOT of really good work down there- she mentioned several things, including feeding a lot of people who have not had food. Things are still pretty rough down there, and she says she works till 8 when there's a city-wide curfew. The best part is, that she's the radio lady so she gets on some sort of CB and calls out to all the trucks that are delivering food. "Breaker, breaker, 10-4." HA. I'm trying to remember everything she said- I hope I did our conversation justice. She's coming home (fairly) soon for Christmas. Hooray! Anyway, way to go, Chandle! We miss you! You're the wind beneath my wings. :)

Test your inner geekdom

Go here to take a quiz to see how much of a nerd, geek, or dork you are. Turns out, I am a "modern, cool nerd!" I am exactly 82% Nerd, 65% Geek, and 17% Dork. Let me tell you how completely unsurprised I am.

The best part is, it told me I might enjoy to take a quiz about "Buffy." How'd they know??

What's YOUR percentage?

Platform 9 and 3/4

Ha, ha, this is me and Kristen taking a run at the platform for the Hogwarts Express. We took this picture in St. Louie at (I think) Union Station when we were up there for Kat and Karl's wedding. I am so stinkin' excited for The Goblet of Fire to open this week. That's right- I have tickets to the midnight showing of it. That means I'll be up till (gasp!) 3 a.m. on a school night!! That's dedication, people!
I had a pretty good weekend- we had the mother-daughter volleyball game Friday, which was pretty fun. Saturday I went to the Faded Rose with Kristen, Melissa, Jared and Katie to hang out while JR bartended. Then Melissa and I watched Saw. Kristen, don't ever, ever watch it. I can't believe we almost subjected you to that mess. There's a CLOWN. Clowns are bad. Sunday I helped Jeremy build a TV stand (which looks awesome, by the way) and hung out at his house with him and Jonathan. Jonathan was no help at all to us. I haven't seen "Desperate Housewives" OR "Grey's Anatomy" yet, but I will this evening...
Here's something to keep you amused at work today. Play the Triwizard Challenges!

SKILLS!

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so_every_time_ I_type_a_space, it_deletes_what_I_wrote. Very_fun!
This_must_be_fixed_tomorrow!!

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You_have_to_watch_the_Anakin_Dynamite_movie.
It's_flippin'_hilarious!!

Falcon Pride!

Last night we had a shin-dig to celebrate the end of volleyball at... that's right... CiCi's Pizza. Classy. The girls were sweet- one gave us a CD with pictures of the whole season, and they all chipped in and gave me and Kristen a gift certificate to Chili's. All that's left now is the mother-daughter game on Friday. How fun!

This is after losing our last game. Sigh... Dang that IH!!

I think I'm giving them a stern talkin' to... you can tell how seriously they take it. #7 is about to laugh. :)

"No, seriously, you need to do a better job out there. COME ON!"
Just kidding...

Ehhh... what can you do?

It's just another manic Monday... whoa oh whoa. Here's what I really can't stop thinking about: Star Wars DVD Trivial Pursuit. Who's with me? Anyone...? Anyone...?? See, here's the thing- I have completely come to embrace my geekdom. I went to the opening of Star Wars Episode III with a light saber in tote (yup, one that lit up) and I squealed with glee when the opening song began. I cheered at all the exciting points. I downloaded the Darth Vader Imperial March as my ring tone. I am a true geek. And I'm totally ok with that. I want this game. I have been thinking about it for a week straight when I saw the Target insert in last Sunday's paper, and it was there again THIS Sunday, taunting me. "Buuuuuy me, Elizabeth... buuuuuy me! You know you want to!" I figure no one will play with me, though. Sigh. Maybe Melissa, Kristen, and JR. But when everyone else is hanging out, who's gonna say "OOOH- let's play the Star Wars game??" No one. That's why you people stink. Some of you haven't even seen it. I just don't understand. I don't get it. Look at me! I'm all fired up! And it's not even 8:00! So I've decided I will probably buy this game, and do my best to round up as many geeks as possible at some point. I know you're out there. And I will find you.

Won't you take me to... Funky Town??

Ahhhh... HECK YES!! It is Friday, people. Finally- the weekend has arrived. You can't see me, but I'm doing my Friday dance at my desk right now. It's flippin' sweet, ya'll don't know! Those of you in the Ill Rock, we should do something this weekend. Sounds like everybody's pretty well free.
Kristen and I have our first round of volleyball tournament games tonight. Let's be honest, folks. It's entirely possible that it will be our LAST round as well. GO TEAM!! Other than that, I have no plans. The tournament might extend through the weekend, but we'll see how the girlies play.
Have a good weekend, everyone. Peace out. In the immortal words of the Donald, "Whoa WHOA!!"

Happy Berfday, Jerm!

Happy birthday to the infamous Jeremy! He's officially on the "other" side of the "mid-twenties" now. HA. So I brought this funny old picture of Jeremy in to school today so I could scan it and post it on the blog, but it turns out the scanner here is broken, so I had to go to plan B. I decided to google him and see what came up (see Kat's blog for why I did this...), and the second hit was indeed the Jeremy Spann we all know. It was his work site I stumbled upon- turns out it is quite strange to see your friends as a hit on google. Although the site had some misinformation (it said he went to UALR, not our wonderful UCA), it DID make him out to be highly qualified for his job. Way to go, Dirty!! Anyway, happy birthday, and I hope things are going well on the job up there in Illinois! Be sure to keeps it real!!

Drop it like it's hot, Kat!

Ok, ok. This is the end of the onslaught of Halloween pictures, I swear. But they're just so gosh darn fun! My favorite part of this one is the cat in the foreground looking straight at the camera, appearing to be quite frightened. Is the cat scared of Kat? Ha, ha. Too good. I tried to not leave anyone out. Brooke- I can't believe that you weren't in any of mine. You must have left right before the camera came out. Whoopsies! Sorry!

Thompson was... uh... actually I don't know. Did he dress up? Ashley was Roger Rabbit, and Christy was Jessica Rabbit. Niiiice.

Jared pulled together an awesome judge costume- loved the wig. Katie was Annie Hall.

My favorite part of this picture is the giant cross behind Blue as a priest. Ha, ha. A little side note- Christy called me last night to ask if Blue and Leah were married. She knows someone that lives next door or something and swears up and down that they are. Something you need to tell us, Leah??

Mike, Audra, and Eric

Here Come the Pictures!

Saturday was the long-awaited Halloween party. Eric and Emily- it was a blast! Thanks so much for hosting! I have about a billion pictures of the evening. Here are a few to get us started. Expect others later in the week. To clear up confusion, I was the ice queen from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Everyone looked awesome. Enjoy the pictures!

You know it's a good party when Leah starts this...!

All... my... friends... know the low rider.

Iceman: You two really are cowboys.
Maverick: What's your problem, Kazanski?
Iceman: You're everyone's problem. That's because everytime you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous.
Maverick: That's right! Ice... man. I am dangerous.

Hap, hap, happy Halloween!

Today I have parent-teacher conferences alllll day (you should feel sorry for me- this is sometimes a scary day, especially in this case). But tonight I get to forget all about the pain of the day- for it is time for the annual Oktquickelfest (for those of you who don't know, the Quickels are two teachers here at school). They throw a big German-style part-ay complete with brats and steins. Mmmm! Good!
Tomorrow is Eric and Emily's Halloween party. I will have much posting material for next week, so look out! Can't wait to see (most of you) there! For those of you not attending, sorry you can't make it. Have a great weekend!

This one is fun too! I think I have too much time on my hands today. Who's your 80s heart-throb? Mine is...

Your 80s Heartthrob Is

Jason Bateman

Who's Your 80's Heartthrob?