long way from freedom

Oh, where has the month gone? I never seem to have the "time" to update, meanwhile I'm getting plenty of spider solitaire time in--I was on the verge of deleting it, but I can't...I haven't even made it up to 2 decks yet. On January 31st, we said goodbye to our dear friend Andrea...because she's going to Australia, the lucky girl!!! We thought we'd show her what a good time was: we took her to modernized, the best thing since the compilation album Spirit of the Sixties (H, you know what I'm talkin' about!). Here is proof of that night: Yep. The week before reading week was trying for my family. My grandma passed away on February 12th. My aunt, uncle, and cousin (Hi Meg!) came in from out of province to be here, and while it was nice to see them all, it wasn't the ideal situation. Here are some pictures to commemorate her life--we played these and others at a slideshow at her funeral.

Grandma Loves Kitties

Min (Middle) in younger years

Grandma and Me (and highwaisted pants, I know, I know)
Artsy picture, courtesy of Daddykins

Steve had been looking forward to going skiing and I didn't want to let him down, so we still went to Asessippi that weekend (Feb 13-15). It was so cold on Saturday that it felt like 2 trucks had run over my feet, so we packed it in early that day. We woke up on Sunday to a windchill of -35, so we cut our losses and headed back to the city, but not before taking a few more pictures

Nice, Steve

The rest of my reading week was uneventful; in fact, I think it was the worst reading week in history for actually getting reading done.

Aaaand that pretty much brings us up to date. I finished my last midterm of the year today, now only 3 group projects, 5 presentations, and 4 finals to go! *sigh*. At least I have summer to look forward to. My March will be coming in like a lion...haircut, the Waking Eyes, lots and lots of work and school!

mashed potato, wha wha!

If it's not one thing, it's another, right?

My big computer is broked, so I'm on the little baby sapphire, which is just a
s well, since I'm in my jammies, watching House, and getting little homework done.

In the past 3 weeks:

-Manitoba Showcase (Jan. 8) was fun, except for some rugrats sitting beside us who thought it was fun to flash cameras at us throughout the entire show. I was ready to rip them out of their hands and stamp on them. Such is what happens with a free show in Winnipeg. It's too bad that the Waking Eyes only got one song, but at that, it was great--way better than the Acoustic version of All Empires Fall that they did for a magazine website.
-Heather's partay! (Jan. 9) dressed like the Hives--or rather, H and I did! Sushi was delish, bowling was fun--and free.


-AC/DC!!! (Jan. 17) whooohooooo! The trip was fun, less some "bros" who put a serious dent in the bus's clean air, had a weird fascination with Sade's Smooth Operator, and were unbelievably awake despite our 5am return time.

Bryan wasn't always amused.

A little Highway?

Let There Be Rock

That band still puts on a great show. I was a bit disappointed with the crowd though; perhaps all Fargo crowds are like this---not excited in the least. Here's hoping for a Winnipeg show in the summer: maybe there are more hosers in Winnipeg?

-Sammy Roberts! (Jan. 22) Always a good show! And the Nuge was so dancey, it was great.I think I'm going to bring a sign that says "NUGE" next time, haha
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-Modernized on Saturday (Jan. 24) was so much fun! What could be better than Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Nancy Sinatra, The Beatles, the Isley Brothers, and all by request? Good times.

Anywho, I'm going to save this puppy to add pictures from my other computer later (which, at the moment, is now working--but for how long) and off I go to do more homework.