jig jiggity jig

to begin this post, a haiku.

oh, to spend time here
winter break in nappanee
there's not much to do


i believe that accurately sums up my break so far. and i don't mind it. one bit. i haven't accomplished anything. at all. well, unless you count watching hgtv with mom and eating her cookies an accomplishment.

it's nice to be home again, even for only a few days. i've missed my family... even brian.
i don't have to wear flip flops to and in the bathroom. i don't need my ipod to cancel out the muffled sounds of some generic chick flick playing next door when i'm trying to fall asleep. i don't have to wait in line for a shower. i can eat fresh produce!! i can drive places, and not be afraid that kate will run us off the road. i can watch as many decorating shows as i want.
and do i even need to mention this?















one of the material objects i've missed most. warm. fluffy. amazing, yea, heavenly. not raised to the ceiling for maximum floor space.
it's good to be home.

and it will only get better. tonight we're meeting martin for dinner. which hopefully means the taj, naan, and tandori chicken. then, after a quick shopping trip, i'm going to see my beloved stacy lane!!! oh how i've missed her. i don't know what we'll do, but i don't care. i just want to hug her. sadly, tonight's the only evening she'll be here... she's going to iwu to stay with jacki tomorrow. i guess i'll give her an extra hug for jacks. if only sharon was here as well. sigh. she has to be all cultured in france, though. summer seems sooooo far off.

as much as i love college, it's almost as if i'm living in two separate worlds that rarely, if ever, mix. college life, home life. college friends, home friends. college food (ick), home food (yay). even the time zones are different. i think after this transitional year things will improve. aka i'll be out of the dorms and into an apartment. hopefully. i think that will give me more of the independence i've been waiting for. having my car on campus will help, too. and since this post has no direction, i suppose i'll end it now and go make a shopping list or something constructive like that... .

improvised dining utensils

today was a good day.
an intense day, but a good one.
today was my spoons 4 forks debut.

for you clueless non olivetians, spoons 4 forks is our improv comedy troupe. it's pretty popular here on campus, even though it's really just a handful of glorified drama nerds playing theatre games. we had a pretty full house tonight, probably 100+.... which i'd say is quite a bit for a group of random kids running around and speaking in odd accents.

it's still pretty strange to think that i'm a member of the troupe and not the audience. this performance came so quickly... auditions were only two weeks ago, and we've been practicing twice a week since then, with an extra one earlier today. basically, we "newbs" had 5 practices before the show. not that you can really practice for an improv show. that fact didn't help my nerves at all. regardless, i feel like we all did a pretty good job. lots of laughs. our president/leader/groupmommy of sorts, matt, said that this show had the most consistent audience reaction ever - we didn't really have any dead games and the energy remained pretty high throughout.

good to know.
looking forward to next month's performance.

that, and sleep.
especially after 6 hours of improv.
like i said, intense.

an ode to the bandwagon

everybody's doing it...
church friends, school friends, those i have come to know and love.
blogger, eh?

i've departed with my 868 day old xanga and made the switch.
i'll admit, i have considered switching before, but xanga and i have had a pretty long relationship.
stacy lane was really the only one keeping us together (eventhough recently my updates have been sparse) and now that she's on blogger, there's nothing holding me back. and now i can subscribe to her's and sharon's and others. hooray.

plus, anyone can comment on my site, not just fellow bloggers, like it was in the xanga world.
and that's just plain neat.

so....
be prepared. for a blogging revolution. with REGULAR updates, mind you.
friends, romans, countrymen - lend me your ears!