The Man in Black
Mood:  bright
So as I was waiting for the bus today I saw Devil Kid. However, this time he was not pacing around but rather leaning complacently against the garbage can. What does this mean? I don't know.

However, it occured to me, as I was listening to The Gunslinger by Stephen King on the bus, that Devil Kid is not Devil Kid at all, but the Man in Black. The one the Gunslinger is following across the desert. But not Johnny Cash's "Man In Black." Wouldn't do to confuse the two.

So I made a friend in Animal Nutrition. We are both left-handed and take a front row seat in our education. He's also in my Chem class, but sits way up at the front. I'm still debating whether I want to be that close to the action.

Tuan found me waiting for Chemistry this morning. He woke me up in time for my class so that was fun.

You never notice know how many blind people are in a city until you ride the bus.

Love Gretel

P.S. Crinoline to Calico is the best book I've ever read. Even better than Cousin William.

Chaos in order
Mood:  amorous
Now Playing: Groovy Kind of Love
The morning was rather uneventful. I almost made it the whooooole way to the U which my cappuchino safely in its cup, despite Colin's jostlely methods of driving. But two blocks from the parking lot, my coffee finally found freedom.

OH! And Jane recognized me as we were getting on the bus!

Lab went okay. Except it went late and I missed the early bus. Jessie and I had horses from hell. One didn't want to be palpated and ran back to her stall and stepped on my foot. The other freaked out when Jess tried to get her. Sooooo, we joined another group instead.

I decided to take the 6 home instead of waiting an hour for the 114. Never again. That's the bus from hell. Aaaaaand the batteries died on my cd player. But it did give me time to entertain daydreams.

Oh and on the way home from the bus some kids were singing a scategorical song which got stuck in my head. I was most distraught. So for all of you out there. . . " be a ***edited*-- I realized that the lyric I was going to put on could be horribly misintrepreted so I censored it*** your hand."

Anyway; that's about all, my chem book came, so I feel much relaxed.

Love Gr-goyle.

Chem Time
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: Lay You Down - Conway Twitty
Yeah for another day of education.

I still couldn't sleep after relaxing and hanging out with Colin in the park last night. (Even after satisfying my usual late night cravings for bananas and some form of bread!) So I read Cousin William which I got from the Magrath Library earlier (one of the only things in that library under PS). It's like the best book I've ever read. Everyone should rush out immediately and find it. If you don't do that, well there's always the Esperantan film Incubus starring none other than William Shatner.

Let's see Animal Nutrition, interesting, however it was less than eventful.

Chem was also a non factor. I could write more about the guitar man, who is the sprinkles on my Chem donut , then about Chem. Although I did plan out my elemental room, complete with killer crabs, while trying to drown out the "likes," "totallys," "reallys," "no ways," and other such expressions from the freshman girls next to me.

Anyway, Chem lab, was much more interactive. My partner Nick and I rocked the lab, and were out of there in time for me to catch the express. Unfortunately there was no Devil Kid today. He's the filling of my bus donut .

So until next time:

Love Gretel

Siiiiigh
Mood:  quizzical
Now Playing: Holy Water- Big and Rich
I only use quizzical b/c they don't have tired and I spent like an hour taking my pre-lab and pre-lecture quizzes for Chemistry. That class is uber-craptacular.

Siiiigh. But I refuse to let it make me mad anymore.

Sooo. Liz and Jillian and I had a sleepover last night out in the tent. We cooked hobo dinners in the fire pit and roasted marshmallows. No campfire songs though.

Argh; good thing for Big and Rich. I couldn't make it without them.

Liz, J and I went down to the Edina Mill park. I almost caught a crayfish in the creek. But I missed my chance and he jetted away under a rock.

Then I noticed a big dead fish in the water stuck up in some rocks. I decided to set it free so I got a big stick and let the water take it. It traveled down stream a little and got caught up under a big log. I tried to get over there to free it, but it didn't work out so well-- I decided since you couldn't really see it anymore that that would have to do.

Anyway; that's about all that I feel like mentioning.

Love Gretel

Just another day in Paradise
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: My Happy Ending- Avril
Yay for the first day of school. New college, new location, blah blah blah.

Colin drove me down there an hour earlier than he had to be there and helped me get to St. Paul and find my first class. I was uber-nervous, and prolly would have been late if I'd have had to find it myself and take the bus! So I'm uber-grateful to him.

Once I got to class (Equine Anatomy and Exercise Physiology) we all sat around for quite a while, cuz the prof was late. Anyway; she droned on and on about the syllabus like we couldn't read. Sigh.

After that I had a big break. I went down to Minnepolis and was going to get my U Pass but the line was dissapearing into the horizon, so I opted out. Instead, I found my next class (American Indian Oral Traditions) and sat outside persuing the bus schedules, figuring out my options for getting home.

A ladybug decided to grace me with it's presence as I sat there and crawled all over my backpack.

I went inside and found me a lefty-desk. It was in the back row, but I was okay with that. We got some intro info and learned how to think like beavers.

After that I was late to my next class (Animal Production Systems) It sounds uber-lame and boring. And I don't have to take it. So I might not.

We got out pretty early, so I went and got. . . MORE BUS SCHEDULES!!! Muwah- ha ha ha. I meandering back down to the Vet Med building and sat outside- musing over maps, snacking, and filling out my new voter's registration. Now I don't have to get an absentee ballot. Lucky me!

I still had 35 minutes before lab, so I went inside and started writing in my journal. I didn't have time to finish before I had to go back outside for lab. (Equine Anatomy and Physiology)

Miracle of miracles, the prof was NOT THERE!! Even though the entire class was. I sat down and started writing again. Then some morons came out and decided to smoke upwind of me so I was littered with ash and had to breath the toxic second-hand fumes before I finally gave them a dirty look and moved.

Finally we went to the Teaching Barn and pulled out some horses. Our group had Sierra. We had to write down all the anatomy we knew on some sheet. We didnt' really need the horses, but whatever. Then we got a mini lecture on anterior/posterior; medial/lateral, blah blah blah, I was bored to tears and just wanted to GO HOME!

When I was finally released from that agony I booked it on down to the CMU to get my U Pass, praying that the line was not long. And it wasn't! I was so happy.

I made it over to the buses, figured out which ones were coming and made it one without incident. The 114C was the first one that came so I took that one. That took me to Uptown, where I transferred to the 17C. Some dude sat next to me for a while and he had the same dragon shirt Wilson has.

Anyway. I made it without incident or hardship or getting lost so I was grinning the whole way home. I was cutting through the steps on the hill so I wouldn't have to walk around the dead end. I was just thinking, "Gee I hope the people who live here don't come out here and get mad at me for cutting through their yard. . ." When. . . some dude came out the house and I was like. . ohhhhh maannnnn!!!.... "Uhhh, do you mind if I cut through your yard?" (As I was already halfway through it) But he was nice and didn't care. So that was good.

Anyway; here I am, and here I'll be.

Love Gretel

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Blech, Too many Jalepeno Chips
Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: Stacy's Mom- Fountains of Wayne
Well, congrats to Rayrul for her newly opened world of blogging. I wish I could say the same of Jesus-Maria, but also he is but a poor cactus. Though for some reason, he is blog-worthy. And on a plus note, you prolly won't have to learn any html at all, thanks to Angelfire's new setup.

I just went out to check the mail and lo and behold my final book at arrived! Yahoo! No pretty pictures though. And I'm pretty sure that it smells funny.

Chantel just got home from school; boasting of two snowcones. Camille missed the bus this morning. So I had to give her a ride. Then I just stayed up and read and finished Alta and the same for Cannery Row.

I saw Dodgeball the other day with Colin and Nicole. It was really good if you liked Zoolander too. But of course nothing compared to the superior Hero.

So what to do, what to do? I'll prolly go pump up the old bike tires and ride somewheres.

Later and Love, Gretel Vaughn

Mood:  on fire
Now Playing: some country gospel I think
All right, well to satisfy the Gretel fans out there I guess I make an entry.

The Ren Fest was fun. The same as ever I guess. Lizzy was given a quest by Frodo and Pippin. She had to deliver a letter to Bilbo Baggins.

We watched some different shows and walked around, all the usual things.

Anyway, got things to do and people to see

Love Gretel

Back by Popular Demand
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: Wild West Show- Big and Rich

Uh oh, looks like angelfire has gone a little "LJ" to attract more users. Oh well, guess I'm not complaining. Unless they're emoticons are really lame. . . I mean come on, with options like "vegas lucky" or "accident prone," who can go right?

On other notes I'm back in the land of ice and snow. Most things are looking put together for my first semester at the U. I just have to find out whether I really need the 3rd edition of my chem book or if the 2nd will do.

The Ren Fest is coming up and I have no idea what I will wear! So to avert certain fashion tragedy I guess I will look into things today.

Other than that today I'll just do some random stuff, maybe get a book started. Fascinating stuff, ay?

Love Gretel

Returrrrn of the Jedi.

I'm back.

More to come.

Vacation

This may be the last entry for a while. Wilson and I are leaving for a road trip tomorrow. Hopefully we'll end up in California. And back home again.

I'll post updates from the road as I can, otherwise, I'll see you in MN in early August.

Love Gretel