SNOW!

I woke up this morning and looked out the window, and what do I see? Green grass, a whole lot of green grass, but with snow! Okay, so by snow I mean barely enough to make a snowball, using all that fell over night! But still, you are missing the point, this is the first snow fall of the year in Wichita, which is really depressing because when I talked to my family, they got hit with a snow storm in the Soo, which is one thing that I really miss. Its damn near December and you can still see the grass down here. Three hours north of here runs I-70 running east-west into Colorado and a part of that interstate was closed last night because of snow, why couldnt that happen here? Stupid warm weather....grrr.
A month from now it won't matter because I'll be home in Michigan where there will be foot upon foot of snow and I'll be thrilled.

the day before Thanksgiving

This year is the first year that I will not be spending Thanksgiving with my family. At first thought, one might say, oh that's too bad, or oh I'm sorry, etc. etc. However, I would like to take a quick moment to tell you all it sucks to be all of you that are spending time with your families. You have to get dressed, I can stay in my pajamas if I want, you all get turkey, I get steak (yeah, STEAK!), You have to travel, I have to travel to my couch and watch the Lions play Atlanta (which is great because I haven't been able to watch much Lions football this year, please refrain from any comments, I will always be a Detroit sports fan (Lions, Tigers, Wings, and Pistons) even down here in Kansas).
That is all, and don't forget to thank your local Native American for saving the white man from starving that first year (What a mistake that was. :o)) Enjoy your time with your families and eating your turkey...I'll be on the couch with my steak.

OVER THE LINE!

So this weekend, Andrea, Jason, Pam, Marc, and I (see, I have some friends) went bowling. A good old time was had, although it took a couple of frames to get use to a new lane (I had a score of 14 in the first four frames of the first game, not good at all), and it was a Saturday night so it was loud and there were annoying high schoolers running around everywhere, but other than that it was a fun night. HOWEVER, two things occurred at this bowling alley that rarely happened at DonDee up in the Soo. 1.) The people in the lane to our left (the lane we shared the ball return with) decided to use about ten balls for five people. What the fuck? And after they were done, didn't return any of them. How annoying and rude. Honestly, what the fuck? 2.) Lane ethics. You know how if you are up ready to bowl, generally the person on your left and right should (and usually do) wait for you. Oh no, not Saturday night. Come on now, be courteous to your fellow bowlers. If you are ever bowling, don't just run up there and throw the ball down the lane. Make sure that the person to your left and right are not bowling, and then proceed. It makes for a much better time and it makes you a better bowler in the eyes of those who share the lanes with you, and for the love of god, return your balls to the racks when you are done. By the by, I ended up with a 339 average (102, 130, 107), not too bad.

the best movie I've seen in five years

I just got back from seeing Good Night, and Good Luck. And this movie is phenominal. There is no other way around it. The story, the acting (some awards are in order), the directing, the script, everything was top notch. Honestly, this movie is now my favorite, and that is saying quite a bit. The one thing that makes this movie great is that it is in black and white, something that draws the audience into it. Televison wasn't in color in the 50s and I think that Clooney deciding to do this movie in B&W gives you a great sense of "being there". Great movie, and it should win some Oscars, and if not oscars, definatly golden globes and some awards from the screen actors guild. This was an independent film, and it didn't have tons of explosions, so I don't know if it'll win any oscars, but I can always hope...

and the rest....

Here are a couple more pictures from this summer and the last summer...



On the left is Carolyn and on the right is Katie. Two very wonderful people that I worked with. This picture was taken at the 2004 vintage baseball game which is played on one of the oldest regularly (I hate saying that word...I get tounge tied) used baseball fields. Yes, they are proudly promoting Mackinac State Historic Parks in their Victorian dresses, but with work also comes play as you will see in the second picture of them...















There really isn't anything that needs to be said about this picture...













I just love this picture that Matt took this summer. I think mainly because the sun reflecting off the water actually looks like a snow covered plain because the water is so so so calm. And the reflection looks really cool. It gives you a sense of what I saw for about eleven months of my life the past two summers.

What I did the past two summers.

Picture time, WWWWWHHHHHEEEEEEE! I just got around to putting some pictures that Matt ,MSHPs photo intern, took this summer from a CD onto my computer. So here are some of my favorites that I was given.


What you are starting down are three Springfield .45-70s. First manufactured in 1873 and used for twenty years by the United States Army. All the rifles that we used at Fort Mackinac were original. Left to right is Craig, Paul, and me. The uniforms that Craig and Paul are wearing are the dress uniforms inspired by the Prussian army of the 1880s. The spiked helmet gives that away. And I am in fatigues or everyday dress, just a little different from the Civil War uniforms that they are usually associated with.





All the guys that I worked with this summer. All lined up facing the Mission House, which is where I lived for the past two summers. The water behind us is Lake Huron. Can you believe that every morning I woke up and saw that? It was great. Left to right are the soldiers: Trace, Joe, Geoff, Ben, Craig, Brent, Paul, and Me. If you look at Geoff and Ben's rifles, the bayonets are visible, but its kinda hard to see on the rest of our rifles, but they are there.







This is the last picture that I'm uploading today. It's just us marching in the Lilac Parade. But it does give a better sense as to what the rifles look like with the bayonet attached to it. Yup, we're a bunch of dorks, history dork mostly, but you have to understand one thing. We played with cannons and rifles all summer. How fucking cool is that?

did you ever have that problem...

have you ever had that problem where you don't have too many friends around and you can't find a job? well step on in to the boat which i have been sailing in for the past month. Still no job, but I've put out a few apps. Still not a whole lot of friends other than Andrea's, but not all of them i like. There are about four of the people that she hangs out with that I really can deal with and the rest...well, the rest are the rest. They all work together and I can't seem to fit in. Fuck em all. :o)

I put in my first application for a real world job at a children's museum called Exploration Place. Didn't apply for anything in particular, just a job would be nice. You know with financial stability and whatnot. And if worse comes to worse, its the holiday season and so places are looking for seasonal employees so I guess I could go work at a store if this job hope doesnt work out.