'what'er we gonna do to-day brain?

'do what we do everyday, pinky....take over the world!!!!'

alright, so im not conquering the world, but i hear the films about Alexander (the Great) are coming out soon. oh god help us...... at least they have 2 completely differnt actors , shud b weird comparing leo decap, and colin farrel, or however u spell that. ha hopefully the action will b good, but doubtful theyll 'live up to' Troy,.......hahahah... 'live up to'...that's not much.... for a classics nerd who would criticize the accuracy the whole time anyway. i want the Aeneid to come out. so there. come on, i can like crappy rip-offs of classic epics and epic heroes!

yes mary, there are replica of the boars tusk helmets somewhere
sarah- u could even go the CYA in the spring- it's mostly juniors anyway, just a thought

i heard the twins lost in their games a while ago, but that the Red Sox are gonna kick serious Yankee ass since their 3 game come back has never been done b4!!! (i listen to the new england boys talk all day long... heh...)

oh yeah, MARY: gophers will always kiick serious badger butt. hands down. mwahahahah... wait for the hockey season to take full force........u just wait......

as for me, between telling myself to thrive on chaos and live for the moment (primarily so i dont get stressed out...) i am trying to get midterms done and do well on tests and stuff. im slowly getting better from my bad cold, which is good too. i found out the wonderfulness of pears today! never liked them fresh/whole b4, until lunch was bad today from the cafeteria....haha..... so yeah, lil discoveries......i tell ya.
bought my bus ticket to Istanbul earlier this morning!!!! i feel so much bertter now that i have it and know where to catch it too, so that's one less stress off my mind. Tessa's not going w/me.... :( but im still gonna have a rockin time. nate is looking into the activites for the week for me/us. im even prolly gonna go to one of his 3 hour Turkish language classes! ooo! ooo! another language to try to get me interested in learning! im really gettin into this language thing,a nd really enjoy learning them all. i guess it's not something u ccan clearly decide u like and/or are good at until youve traveled around, even if a lil bit. so yeah, i again think im on the right discipline of study track.

so it's like in the mid to upper 70's here today w/clear blue skies and i can still wear a tank top and shorts....how bout that you minnesotans!!!! the state guards by the parliment buildings ALREADY changed to their winter garments!!! theyre insane! whatever, ppl wear jackets in 60 degree weather here. i dont get it. guess it's the MN blood. id better retain some of just that if im coming home in mid-December. the change is gona be WEEEEIRD.
i finally talked to catherine on the phone (best friend)!!!! sooooooooo happpy! i miss you girly, love you! that made me soo happy yesterday when a voice was finally there when i tried to call!
well, i had better go, i have a test in 20min and need to skim my notes
take care

a supplication to the midterms:
'trouble get behind me now, trouble let me be'