Sunday December 22, 2002

Back from O-Town!
1982:

20 years later:

Monday December 9, 2002

Stabbing Westward
I got a 6 month internship on the west coast. Meet me in LA ^.~ ! Although I'll be making 2 1/2 times more $ than I did in Orlando, the takehome pay after rent and taxes comes out to be the same :( (darn rent!)

Saturday December 22, 2001

8:56 PM
Hooray for graduation or something like that :-I

Saturday December 15, 2001

4:46 PM
QUICK UPDATE (yeah, it's been ages, I know)

1. I graduate tomorrow :-| I guess I should be more enthused, but too many things are being thrown in my face at the same time.
2. I am going back to Orlando for a "semester"! Surely this trip to the happiest place on earth will help repress my pending post graduation depression. I get to ham things up as a character performer and *hopefully* get extended the offer to portray my all time favorite character: Mulan
3. Don't ask me what I'm going to do with my degree when I return from FL
4. Tripod changed their policy so that no one can view my picture directories... I am currently too busy to make pages for these pictures... maybe someday if you're nice to me.
5. I plan on doing some Flash projects when I get home. Check back soon! I'll also clean up these links and such.

Oh yeah, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS and stuff!

Friday July 20, 2001

8:55 PM
Ok, I know, a month after that last post and I STILL haven't updated... I'm working on some new design ideas, but that might be a while. Here's a random picture to tie you over:

Me, my buddy Jared and the obnoxious Norway troll

Oh, and here are some of my summer movie opinions:
Scary Movie 2: aka "The First One Was Better"
Moulin Rouge: aka "Newfound Respect (well somewhat) for Nicole Kidman"

Wednesday June 13, 2001

5:12 PM
Ahh! It's time for an update, eh? Well that should be happening soon. I miss Disney pretty badly but have been getting whatever fix I can from disneyalumni.com.

Monday January 29, 2001

11:36 PM
I will be leaving for Florida a little over 8 hours from now. Forecast for Orlando: High 79, Low 61. Forecast for Chicago: High 39, Low 36.
Hehe, as Eric would say, "Suckers!"

Sadly, since I will only have limited internet access, I may not be able to update this page too much, but I'll put up a new one with internship journal crap :)

Thursday January 18, 2001

3:18 AM
I finally made a buddy icon... yippie! :-)

Hmm... today I woke up really late, chatted with my UIUC buddies, slept a lot, and called an old classmate I haven't really talked to since 8th grade.
Bored me looked up people from my hometown on Yahoo! profiles and found Brian. Turns out he dresses up as the mascot for the Chicago Wolves (IHL). I got a last minute invite to play rat ice, and knowing how much practice I needed, I went to get my ass kicked by a bunch of stinky, bitchy old guys. Actually some of them were cool. I'd never been to such a hardcore pickup time, though. They actually kept score on the board and bitched and bitched to people who weren't playing so well. I played like complete poopy.

The guy next to me, Dave, asked me how old I was:
me: "How old do I look?"
Dave: "I dunno..." pause "...14?"
ouch. The guy next to him thought I said 13. Do I really look that young?!

I MISS YA GUYS AT U of I!!!! :(

Monday January 15, 2001

2:53 PM
Here are some numbers that shape this past weekend:

22: approximate number of HOURS on the road
72: approximate number of minutes on the ice
1: number of months since anyone on the team has had practice/touched a puck
5: the number of times I asked which state we were driving through
2: the number of dirty joke cards I bought from the mall in Quad Cities
3: the number of times I sang "Iowa Stubborn" from the Music Man while we were driving through IA
1: the number of times I accidentally sang "Iowa Stubborn" when we were actually in Nebraska
2: the number of grilled chicken sandwiches I ate from Culver's Custard Cup and Butterburgers
2: the number of goals I scored the second game
>3: the number of goals I wish I could score during a game
4: the number of hours I stayed up in the hotel room watching the Mtv Undressed marathon (like a bad train wreck, I didn't want to watch but couldn't look away from the bad plots and even worse acting)
27: the number of "Pure Moods III" commercials I saw while watching above said marathon

All in all, the weekend was a lot of fun. The other team was really friendly, and I got some reading done.

Saturday January 6, 2001

2:56 AM
I ice skated earlier for the first time in what seemed like ages and realized how badly my figure skates need to be sharpened.
Kevin introduced me to this wonderful site.
I saw a bunch of movies for the first time including: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, Scary Movie and Princess Mononoke.
People find my site searching for the oddest things... I think one person looked up "Tripod sorority sucking" at Google.com and my site came up. Scary.

My guestbook has been lonely lately, please sign it :)

Friday December 22, 2000

2:18 AM
The other day I was looking for "Blind Date" on UPN, and instead they had some battle of the sexes-type game show with none other than JD Roth (best known for his stint on "Fun House") hosting it. I felt bad for the poor guy. He looked very malnourished... a skinny body with a gaunt semblance of the chippery young looking JD Roth we've all grown to love back in the heyday of the late 80s. No, I'm not on crack, I am just tired and got the epiphany.

Tuesday December 5, 2000

12:24 AM
Aside from the hockey filled weekend exhausting me, I realized that I have the coolest set of friends anyone could ever ask for (sappy enough yet?). I have to cram for a test, so I can't write much right now. I shall post the pictures from the event later. My favorite comment: "as if it [Bop-it] was a hard gift to get you... it's like buying a coke addict a mirror and some straws."

Thursday November 30, 2000

6:09 PM
I am now a Bop-It addict. What seemed like an innocent toy for the ice arena staff had to be literally peeled away from me before I temporarily quit cold turkey. Eh, sorry about the lame exaggeration.

The quad was host to an array of beautiful architecture projects this week. Unfortunately one of the cylindrical pieces was torn from its home and set right outside the union. I was not stopped from climbing inside of it and rolling around, almost rolling into a complete stranger. I am sure this scared the people facing the other way as it appeared as if the structure was rolling on its own. Kinda like a mexican jumping bean. Except the structure rolled, not jolted; and it contained a human, not an insect. (or so they'd have you believe).

Thursday November 9, 2000

8:15 PM
Happy 19th birthday Kim! Happy 21st birthday Steve and Dan! (Sorry about that ECE291 MP due today)

I think I'm getting sick. It was such a sucky day outside.

Tuesday November 7, 2000

1:38 AM
I keep forgetting to add that I got my powerbook Friday. I haven't named it yet, though... any suggestions?

My hockey stick blade is specifically engineered to help me miss every easy pass that comes my way. Either that or I was completely just sucking in practice tonight. I was hoping it was the first suggestion.

Tuesday October 31, 2000

11:17 AM
Happy Halloween!

I didn't have time to be original this year, here are some pictures of my costume from last year, tho.

Sunday October 29, 2000

1:35 PM
My first overnight away game trip proved to be a success.
Hannah gave me the nickname of "ghetto fabulous" due to my bizarre getup... I pulled the shell of my pants to hang lower, tucked in one side of my jersey into my waistband, had two different colored skate laces and two different gloves. I probably looked more like a fool, but it's all in good fun. Plus I was intimidating ;)
Private jokes of the weekend:
~Someone referring to the newer, younger Rachel on the team as "little Rachel" and me referring to myself with "what, as opposed to the big, fat orca Rachel?" *joking*
~Sporatic time-killing trip to Naughty but Nice, 3503 E County Rd S, Beloit, WI (hey, I wasn't the one driving :))
~9 of Hearts (eww)
~Man, you lack depth perception!

38: shots on goal for Whitewater, game one
5: shots on goal for Illini, game one.
4-2: win for Whitewater, but hey, look at our goalie's save percentage! Of the 5 shots we had on Whitewater, 2 of them went in... and both from the same move I pull every time:
I get the breakaway, skate up and pretend to shoot forehand pull in the puck and use my backhand. She fell for the move 3 times, but I can't complain since a goal is a goal.

Game 2 we tied 2-2, I think we had even less shots on net (4?) yet 2 went in. I completely played out of position as a defenseman, but had a few breakaways (unfortunately a bit of a puck hog) and scored again. At one point I skated into the offensive zone and the D got me at a bad angle so I skated around more looking for a pass and ended up zigzagging and losing the puck (d'oh!)
I was happy with the way everyone on my team played. I figure this Whitewater team was much nicer than the team last year, but they were still really cheap with their sticks. I was completely flattered to find out that in the stands the Whitewater fans were yelling "Don't let number 8 get the puck! Watch number 8! Someone get on number 8!". I may not have gotten a hat trick, but I did get 3 unassisted goals playing defense in 24 hours :)

I got home in time to check out some halloween parties. I love looking at costumes. I thought the best ones I saw were the Clark Kent with the Superman shirt sticking out beneath his dress shirt and the Luigi from Super Mario Bros.
Cheesy pickup line of the night: (two guys dressed in ref shirts standing together):
"Hey, come in here, how'd you two like to be double teamed?"
NASTY! Oh, but I'm sure if they ask enough girls (like say 50) in one night, one of them will be lame enough to take them up on an offer.

I have to edit this dang entry, it's too long.

Wednesday October 25, 2000

11:32 PM
18: number of "I agree with Mark" t-shirts spotted by Dervon today.
1: number of "I don't agree with Mark" t-shirts spotted today

At dinner I was joking about how "I don't agree with Mark" t-shirts should be made, and just as I said it, I saw a guy wearing one, hehe. Great timing :)

Although a bit on the humid side, today was a great day. I even fed birds without getting my finger bitten (flashback to childhood trauma story).

I should be studying for my test tomorrow that I haven't studied for yet...

Mmmm... gummi bears are great.

Tuesday October 24, 2000

12:28 PM
Relative to the earlier comment, I received this link from Siobvan which is definitely "wrong on so many levels".

1:13 AM
private joke of the day:
"I need to make change for a 10" (don't ask)

Siobvan-squeak-laughing-inducing observation of the night:
Apprently "pop star" Jessica Simpson confesses, "I love to fart." on some Mtv thingy. What's up with that? Who loves to fart? What's next? "Man, I just love taking a shit." or "Don't you just love getting the runs!"? Kinda bothering, eh?

Monday October 23, 2000

11:06 PM
Listen to my buddy Danny's interview on british radio here :) (you'll need real player to play it)

I hate feeling bad about stuff.

The weather's been really nice for being falltime.

Tuesday October 17, 2000

10:53 PM
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, start (or select, start if you want two players).

That's the Konami code for those of you who forgot it.

I remember back when I was 9 years old and I wanted to work for Capcom or Konami. That's what partially made me decide to major in stupid computer science. Ugh. I shouldn't have decided so soon.

Monday October 16, 2000

10:40 PM
Don't you hate when you wait outside for 7 minutes with a hockey bag on your shoulder the whole time (since the pavement is muddy) and the bus whizzes by you so you have to walk 20 minutes home alone at night carrying your hockey equipment? I was not very chipper about the whole ordeal.

Saturday October 14, 2000

2:42 AM
some stranger than fiction stuff of the night:

~ purchasing Willy Wonka brand "Oompas"... yummy candy goodness.

~ roommate doing an impression of Cartman doing an impression of Britney Spears

~ referring to drunk/possibly high rambunctious hockey fans:
Dervon: "Rachel... that guy smells funny."
five minutes later...
Dervon: "Rachel... that guy smells 'special'."

~ guy showing my roommate a trick with money and the ref yelling at us on the balcony from the ice saying "you know that's not legal" (she was ready to jump on the ice and kick his ass)

~ sporatic singalongs of "let it be"

~ getting a browned lime chucked at my head (it missed, phew!)

~ kitten licking "itself" (ack! cover eyes!)

~ car turning the wrong way on a one way street

~ girl wearing skirt that was waaaaaaaaaay too short (I would appreciate it if you would cover your ass, please.)

~ funny smelling bus driver

Ok, so I guess you had to be there for most of the stuff for it to be amusing, but oh well.

Tuesday October 10, 2000

7:43 PM
Trips to Walgreens never cease to be eventful.

Purchased at my Walgreens run: tissues, paper towels, blow pops, hugeass bag of twix, measuring cup and 16 oz shaker for "dressings, chocolate milk and powdered drink mixes" (aka "cocktails").

Random girl asks another random girl if she's over 18 so she can have cigarettes bought for her.

List dropped by sorority girl had condoms listed first followed by safety pins. What the...?

There is proof that people still SUCK. Yelled at me from a red coupe full of guys: "Is your p*ssy slanted?" I am still hoping that I just misheard that.

5:11 PM
Milk-spouting-out-of-nose inducing comment of the day:
Dervon (holding apple): "I just feel like chucking this apple at someone."
It wasn't even funny, but remind me not to drink milk when someone's speaking nonetheless.

Friday October 6, 2000

6:40 PM
A misunderstanding rivaling a "Three's Company" episode:

me: "I want to get a girdle, I'm sick of my pads conveniently shifting every time I fall on the ice."

sebastian: "That's really sick, I really didn't need to know that."

me (just realizing what I said): "Oh dear, I am talking about HOCKEY PANTS, not that..."

Speaking of which, I got to work net crew for the hockey game for the first time that night. That really really kicked ass since I actually got to watch the whole game :) Props to Julie (did I spell that right?)

Tuesday October 3, 2000

12:53 PM
Seen chalked on the quad today:

"Everyone loves Bush"
"I LIKE BUSH"

Oh, those wacky Republicans!

Monday October 2, 2000

6:52 PM
Ok, there is something seriously wrong with Urbana if it's 6:51 PM and on network tv they have a television ad for some www.iam18.com site. Eww!