Spring Break, One Week Late

Tomorrow I am leaving the state to attend the Festival of Faith & Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I am going to hear some of my favorite musicians perform, such as Sufjan Stevens, Neko Case and Anathallo, and attend the conference. My friends and I are driving out and will be there through Sunday.

I can't wait to get out of here-

What weather!

Wow! Did someone invent a weather time machine?

I'm digging it, even if it is only for today. Spring break is over, but it already feels like summer-

Spring Breakin'

I'm in the throes of spring break! What does this mean?

-work, work, work!

I'm at work all day today, all day tomorrow, all day Wednesday, part of the day Thursday, all day Friday, and Saturday morning.

But- I've also allotted time for fun. This past weekend I went out with friends to the Walker Art Center and then we went back to a friend's house for Pizza Luce and television. Saturday morning I worked, I ran in the afternoon and went to a party with a friend in the evening. Sunday morning we went on a walk and ate bananas and toast, after which I went shopping and went for a run. In the evening I hung out with a friend and called it a night early (1am) because I had to get up early this morning to run before work.

Now I am working on campus until 3:30, after which I go to my off campus job until 7:30. Immediately from there I'm going to see the Grinnell College choir perform (a friend from high school is in it) and make dinner with a friend (I'm house/dogsitting for a friend and since they have a nice kitchen, I plan to take full advantage of it!). Tomorrow night I am going out with friends for a birthday. Wednesday night I am meeting up with a friend for dinner, Thursday I'm doing the same (sort of), and Friday I might be going to Duluth. That's as far out as I've planned right now.

Well, now that you have enough intimate details to satisfy even the most rabid blog reader, I need to get back to work. Adios-

I witnessed Eyewitness News-

Today we toured local television station KSTP Channel 5 for my Journalism class. We went behind the scenes, met the anchors, saw the newsroom, and learned about how a local television station operates. It was fun to see faces I've seen on a television screen or billboard "up-close-and-personal" (well- as personal as they got in the Q&A format, which isn't saying all that much). It was a nice break from the regularity of the classroom (just as our tour of KFAI radio was), and it even got me maybe thinking about broadcast journalism just a little bit...

sun fun

what a beautiful couple of days
I spend a lot of them inside but am always in search of ways
to go out, and I find them
on the way to work
between classes
ah, I'm feeling fine
sprung on spring
and many a good thing
busy busy
as can be
but hell, even that can't bother me-

college yum

eating poptarts past midnight
northfield nights by computer light
working on homework
(well, between extended stays of distracted play)
sorry these blogs have been so pointless lately,
readers:
I'll be back with real updates once this weekend is through-

saturday in the library

yawn-
I've been here too long

studying books and books on books and looks
original sin
I don't know where to begin-

too much studying is drying my brains
will make good trail mix for professors some day.

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been studying all night-

the sun was very nice when it finally came out today. oh boy, I cannot wait for spring.

busy week. midterms! ahhhhhhhhomework!

I can't wait for the weekend, always workin' for the weekend, a little downtime to relax inbetween papers and research proposals.

oh yeah, I covered a concert on for the paper on tuesday and interviewed some bands. it was a blast. my article will follow-

A look back on College Dems-

It has been quite the busy year for us in the Augsburg College Democrats! I was not heavily involved last year, but with the excitement of an impending midterm election (and a growing sense of social responsibility fostered in my education) I jumped in head first and joined up to serve as the Secretary and a member of the executive board.

To raise voter awareness and increase turn out on Election Day, we organized a flurry of activities in the weeks preceding the election, including tabling in the Christensen Center, movie and pizza nights, and a voter registration concert featuring three on-campus bands who volunteered their services to open up for the main act. To headline the show, we scored award-winning local band The Alarmists, who played an electrifying and crowd-pleasing show.

We also brought in the now-elected candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in our district, Keith Ellison, on campus as he was running his campaign to speak and answer student's questions in a lunch forum. On Election Day, we took scores of students over to the polls and celebrated our hard work and electoral successes as the results came in at the end of the day.

Our efforts have slowed down considerably following the election due to busy schedules, but we are working to remain a visible presence on campus and will continue to do so throughout the year. After all, a victory in politics is never a sure thing, and even when we have won, it doesn't stay that way for long unless we continue to work for what is right.

buried alive!

My life has been buried beneath a snow drift.

I think I need to invest in a pair of boots. These chucks just aren't cutting it-

Gee, I wish I could bypass this "in like a lion" business and get on to the "out like a lamb".