Jenna’s Birthday

It was Jenna’s 21st birthday tonight.  Courtney and I got up early (5:15? yikes!).  We made pancakes and hashbrowns and hot chocolate.  Jenna came and we ate it from breakfast.  It tasted so good. 
Then we had some early church, and then we went downtown Cambridge, and then we came back and I had a nap.  […]

Feedback needed, please

I have a dilemna. 
I really want to stay in England for a couple more weeks in May.  The entire house is going to Germany to play soccer against the German Lutheran seminary the last weekend in May.  I’m not going to make it to Germany over break, and I’d like to see it.  And apart […]

I’m a heavy sleeper, and that’s not always good

Well, son of a gun.  Apparently there was a level 3 earthquake last night at around 1 in the morning and I slept right through it!  Cyndy and Aaron woke up, but did any of us girls?  No.  The house was shaking pretty violently for about 10 seconds, I guess, but none of us girls […]

Stuck Inside of Mobile, Part 2

If you’ll recall, Cat Power’s sultry version of “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” is a pretty good cover of Bob Dylan.  But Bob Dylan is also pretty darn good.  Sometimes I wish I lived back then.  What an adventure that would be!  But then I wouldn’t be right here, right now.  How absurd!  […]

the only two things you can be sure of in life are tea time and taxes

Today Flat 8 girls (that’s the Concordia girls, for future reference) hosted house tea. We’ve been planning for this sucker for a long time, and today it finally happened. It was beautiful. The menu was as follows:
- BLT’s on Courtney’s fresh-baked baguettes
- Blueberry and Raspberry Scones with clotted cream
- Apples with home-made […]

Survival Techniques in the Wild, Wild Weat (or, this is what happened in Bath)

Well, wouldn’t you know it, the fact that we didn’t try and contact any couchsurfers till three days before our trip meant that none of them could take us in! With this knowledge, we still set out bravely early on Saturday morning to conquer the noble city of Bath. Our party consisted of […]

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“and our hands marked with death, with the blood of the man”

WASSUP.  So we’re going to Bath this weekend and I think I’ve been corrected by British/Finnish people about how I say it like, twelve times this week.  I hope we don’t mess it up!  Exciting developments have taken place for this little trip:  we could not find hotel rooms, hostel rooms or travel lodges for […]

A Serious Argument Against the Use of the Shuffle Function

*Disclaimer: This is SUCH a load of garbage written on a Saturday night because everyone is lame and doing homework and probably listening to their ipods on shuffle*
These days everyone knows best. We can decide what is most beneficial in terms of our lifestyle and our vocations. We can creatively assemble our own religious systems […]

Dramatic Monologue

I just got back from another successful run.  Something about the air out here makes running ever more enjoyable.  I think today may be the closest I’ve ever come to a runner’s high, EVER.  My favorite route to take now is to go north on Huntingdon, the road Westfield is on.  It’s busy for awhile, […]