Lovely "Phantom" Randomness

Feeling shocked, horrified, and cheated.

My roommate and I went to Wal-Mart yesterday afternoon to pick up a few much-needed items. High up there on the list were ant traps, more for her sake than mine. Although we'd not spilled anything that one would expect to attract ants, her side of the desk was covered with them, and I had a few on my side too.

So while we were out, we picked up a 4-pack of those raid ant traps and set one on each side of the desk, relieved that our problems would soon be over.

Well, this morning I woke up and turned on my lamp only to see dozens of tiny little sugar ants crawling around my side of the desk. They were everywhere - everywhere, that is, except for inside the ant trap!

Disgusted and confused, I looked at my roommate's side of the desk. There were, maybe, five or six ants there. NOT FAIR! I set out another ant trap not far from the previous one.

If I were a biologist, I'd be having such a good time right about now, because it's as if these ants are intentionally mocking me. I've yet to see one ant step into the traps, but they've walked the entire vicinity. "Ooooh, this smells pretty! But we're too smart for that, ya stupid human!"

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This is getting ridiculous. When I get back from classes, they had BETTER be gone.

- Maddi

Wake Me Up When September (and October and November...) Ends

OK.
It's official.

I'm sick of classes, homework, and papers.

'Nuff said.

- Maddi

Angsty ramblings, Mark Nizer, and Scribblers

I didn't think I'd ever get to this point, but here I am. I'm really missing home - legit. College life is great, don't get me wrong. But it's starting to wear on me. The very act of trying to keep up with everyone and everything at *every* moment is exhausting and discouraging.

Thank God for weekends.

Yesterday Mark Nizer, a professional juggler, performed a show at campus. I can't begin to describe how amazing it was...but then, I'm a huge fan of pretty lights, 3-D images, and "Oooh, shiny!" moments.

Mark Nizer likes to play with lasers, toilet paper, unicycles, machetes, electric carving knives, and (of course) the traditional juggling ball. Memorable acts included juggling a bowling ball, an electrical carving knife, and a propane lighter at the same time; attaching lasers to a Chinese yo-yo and using it in the dark; juggling two machetes and eating/juggling an apple while on a unicycle; playing songs with his juggling balls on a mini-keyboard; etc.

Some parts were in 3-D, so we got these nifty glasses that some of us continued to play with after the show. (Myself included. Yes, I am a dork.) One of the funnier parts of the show was actually the credits, which basically made fun of us all for sitting there watching them just because they were in 3-D. Pssh...seriously, the letters were POPPING OUT AT US! How could I not stay for that?!

Anywho, after that I played cards and Catch Phrase with some friends/random people until ten minutes before curfew. Ran back to the dorm with my friend Caitlin and made it there just in time.

On the agenda today...

- Study date with my boyfriend

- Tailgate party

- Football game? (Do I really wanna watch us get obliterated by Alabama State? O.O)

- Movie night: The Princess Bride

Oh, yeah! And I've found a club!! There's a creative writing group called Scribblers that meets every Tuesday night. I went to their first meeting and loved it. They're very laid-back, fun people - they're talented, too! I wanna read some of my writing to them, but I dunno when. They're so good that my work seems so unimpressive. :(

Here's your video - "Live Life Loud" by Hawk Nelson. (Actually, no video. Just the song.)

Have a wonderful weekend!

- Maddi

Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades...

Hey, hey!

I'm so lazy when it comes to blogging. Part of that is because I've been so busy with homework and stuff. Argh.

But I'd be lying if I said that college life is *all* homework. Quite the contrary. I'm having a blast here with my new friends!

Here's what I've done thus far...(in no particular order)...

- Played in the fountain several times

- Watched "Digimon" for the first time (yes, I'm sheltered, I know :P)

- Had an X-Men movie marathon (we still haven't seen "Wolverine" yet, though)

- Went puddle jumping with my boyfriend...twice in one day

- Auditioned for the homecoming musical and made it! I'm in "Thank You Very Much" and a few other scenes :D

- Auditioned for the Pied Pipers' (a children's theatre group) and the chorus...but didn't make it. That's OK, though.

- Pigged out on Chinese food with my peeps

- Played cards in the student center

Yes, yes...you're probably thinking all of this is very mundane. We are in Searcy, after all.

The thing is, it's the people I've been hanging out with that makes moments like these so amazing. In the past month, I've been surrounded by more friends than I could have imagined I'd have here, and I'm so grateful for them. :)

Oh, yeah. And one more thing. I'm (hopefully) going to Japan this summer!! Me, my boyfriend Dale, and my childhood friend Caitlin learned about an overseas conversational English program called Let's Start Talking, and we're thinking that we'll do that next year! YAYYY!

Well...that's all I have for now. But of course I wouldn't leave you without a video. This one is "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay. Enjoy!

- Maddi

Fell in Love

Hey all!

So, in chapel they had a slideshow that played this song in the background. Words cannot describe how much I love it, so I'll just shut up and post it for your enjoyment. :)

Don't you hate it when...

...when you WANT to blog something, but your computer won't acess it for whatever reason.

And then once Blogger starts working again, you can't think of anything to blog about?

MLIA.

- Maddi