ridiculousness

I had to buy a business analyst calculator for my finance class...the prof said it would cost 29.99 at the MOST ... nope i paid a lovely 42 bucks for it- a little puny piece of plastic. We use it to calculate interest rates and payment periods and how much we'd need to save if we wanted to buy a 150,000 Ferrari when we turn 30. First of all, no one SAVES to buy a Ferrari. you just BUY it. and how many Ferrari's are there in the midwest? none. SOUTH DAKOTA? none. man I'm really on my soap box now. I think it's stupid- and I even like tedious math problems that involve money (ok, i love them). I could have put that 42 bucks in the bank for the two years I will be in college- at 3% interest that's $44.56 - $2.56 more than I have now. If I kept that in the bank until my 50th birthday, that's $101.95. All calculations were done on that way too expensive calculator. Ok so maybe it is handy.

smart

i am watching runaway jury right now. it is soooo good! one of my favorites. john grisham is such a great author. the way he designs the plot is amazing. granted the movie makes the story more real but to come up with something so intricate, especially involving the legal system, is awesome. it's so crazy how the lawyers in the movie think they can control everything - from the jury selection to people's attitudes about them, like spilling mustard on their tie to make them look 'simple.' i would love to come up with a story half as creative as that!

internet!

finally! our farmhouse has internet after a month of living here. sooo that means i have a little time to blog once in awhile.

basically, we are in the 4th week of school. craziness! can't believe it. classes are going decently. life gets slightly stressful sometimes, but i LOVE not having class on fridays. tuesday night business finance from 6-9 sucks, but it's good because it causes me to focus all at once.

enough about school. boring! writing for the volante...is fun. stressful, but fun. newswriting is different but better than the opinion column. i just don't have many campus connections so it's hard to find people to interview.

yeah i should do some homework. all for now.

project!

i have limited internet usage this summer so check up on me & the summer projects that 3 of my friends are on at:

http://usdsummerproject.blogspot.com

weird weather

I was on my way home today from town today in my parents new car, and about halfway there I noticed some rather large clouds starting to form. I had on black sunglasses so I guess they looked more ominous than they really were. I was about to turn onto the gravel road approx 2 miles from my home, but I had to stop after turning because there was a truck that had pulled over. Two guys got out and grabbed some coats and a cooler out of the boat and put it in the back of the truck under the covering/case thingy, so I had to wait for them to get going again. the driver noticed me and waved, he was nice about, not a big deal. anyway, during all of this the storm clouds moved in and the wind picked up. when i was a mile from home it sprinkled just a few small drops, then i watched as the wind swept across the crops in a HUGE torrential downpour!! the guys ahead of me slowed way down but even by the time I pulled into the driveway, it was still pouring down in sheets. i drove up to the garage, carefully manuevering around joel's basketball hoop that had been knocked over. I couldn't believe the wind was strong enough to knock it down, because it was held down by two tractor weights, 70 lbs each. must have been a strong wind! it didn't break or get bent, so that was lucky. also lucky i got stuck behind the slow truck & boat, otherwise I would have probably been driving up to the garage when the storm hit and it could have fallen on the car. scary! no one was home so i found it really strange that all the doors were shut, but i soon realized the windows were open and the pressure had closed the doors. the storm also demolished one of our bale racks. it was really old and crappy, and had been hooked to one of our newer ones. check that out!! nothin left but broken boards, bent nails & a crooked frame. it also bent the hitch of the new rack, which you can kinda see in the picture. I am just thankful that was all that happened!! all in all, a really weird day.

lifelong ambition

i have finally made up my mind about what i am going to do with my life. i am going to be a troubadour. just hang out on the street corner or in a park, singing my songs in some random, small town in the midwest. hopin' to make it big, but not really carin' if i don't. you think medora has a troubadour? :]

songs for my summer

i recently got my hands on casting crown's cd "Lifesong," and i have to say, i LOVE it. i can't help but think of my summer when i listen to two of the songs:
you could call "While You Were Sleeping" my motivation for my summer:

United States of America, Looks like another silent night
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we're lying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again, and leave us slumbering where we lay
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King
Will we be sleeping
Will we be sleeping


And "In Me" is my prayer for this summer:
If you ask me to leap out of my boat on the crashing waves
If You ask me to go preach to the lost world that Jesus saves

I'll go, but I cannot go alone
Cause I know I'm nothing on my own
But the power of Christ in me makes me strong
Makes me strong

Cause when I'm weak, You make me strong
When I'm blind, You shine Your light on me
Cause I'll never get by living on my own ability
How refreshing to know You don't need me
How amazing to find that You want me
So I'll stand on Your truth, and I'll fight with Your strength
Until You bring the victory, by the power of Christ in me