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My abs hurt from laughing. Summer is finally here with just a select few people. We tried to go wakeboarding today because Sears got his boat back but no luck. Things seemed unchanged, post-strut repair and all. He was fairly upset so we took the boat back and started drinking at around 7pm tonight. I love me some pinot grigio and clay pot. It's been lonely here, I have to get used to people leaving again, this happens every summer. Then I get used to the solitude and then it's already fall and I hate when it gets crowded. This is my last summer here in Waco, feels a little weird. I'm going to try and make the most of it.
If I have any Houston friends still which I feel like is non-existent, can we please arrange a long needed get together? Maybe a beach trip or cocktail dinner, anything? I really need to catch up on things. I know I've been busy but this is and always has been important whether I realized it or not. Please respond to this and try not to screen this entry?
Call me wine-o.
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If you haven't told everyone you know about the April 29th Global Night Commute, then get started on it. Also, I've emailed all my professors about showing the video or talking about it in class to reach a bigger base, so I'll do you a favor and help you out with all the dirty work. Just cut and paste this.
Dear Professors,
I'm writing this email for your support toward the children in Northern Uganda. I'm not asking you for your money, only your time. You may or may not have heard of the Invisible Children organization. If not here is a brief discription - the kids in Uganda, aging around 6-17 are being kidnapped and forced to kill for the Lord's Rebel Army, an organization that has been around for over 20 years trying to overthrow the government. These children are forced to walk miles into town to sleep together safely in numbers. On April 29th in 136 U.S. cities including Waco, thousands of people are mimicing these children and walking with them into their own downtown areas and spending a night as they do. The goal of this movement is to raise awareness and ultimately end Africa's longest running conflict by facilitating a change in the policies of the United States government in regards to the situation.
This link has the schedule for the night.
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/media/pdfs/GNC_details.pdf
For Waco we'll be meeting at the Ferrell Center on Saturday at 7pm.
All I'm asking of you is 5 minutes of your class period to either show one of these videos or tell your students about this event and get them to do something that will save lives. We have been blessed ten-fold here at Baylor, it's time for us to give something back. Doing this one small thing is going to make a huge difference.
These are a couple video links to the event promotions.
This is one of the original filmmakers in Washington discussing GNC.
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/mailers/gnc/video/large.html
The original GNC trailer
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovement/globalNightCommute/
This is a fun musical spoof.
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/mailers/gnc2/video/large.html
The orginial website
www.invisiblechildren.com
Let me know if you have any questions, if you need someone to come talk about it I can arrange that also. Encourage them to come out even for a couple hours to learn more about it if they can't or don't want to sleep in the streets.
Also, the Invisible Children filmmakers will be on Oprah on Wednesday at 4pm so stay tuned! This is a huge step!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME!
~Grear "Tygrr" DosRemedios~
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I'm challenging everyone to do this one thing in their daily lives. I constantly hear all kinds of talk and opinions and I'm tired of hearing why you're all so angry about the different reasons for the state of the world when you sit back and do nothing. Guess what? everyone and their mom feels the same way. Myself included, shut the hell up and do something about it. You all have the internet that has the world at your fingertips so you have no excuses. The next time you even start arguing some injustice, the second you spit something out, you think of some way you can help change that and dedicate yourself to it in a way that doesn't include giving someone money. Money is too easy, give your time and mind and body. Until then, keep your opinion to yourself till you show something for it. Otherwise, we're all worthless and no better than the next guy, point is - nothing is being done. The world would be in a much better state if we actually produced some action for all our ideals. Don't pat yourself on the back and think you're better than the next guy who's not as educated or aware of the worlds problems - you don't deserve it until you become active. It takes a lot of effort so quit being lazy and prideful. Get off your damn self-built soap-box and learn to live your passions.
Sorry for the harshness, it's pent up frustrations.
Now that I have that out of my system - I've been toying with an idea for a while now and I've come to a conclusion/epiphany tonight that will decide my future permanently. I think I'm going to work for the United Nations when I graduate with an African focus because they need the most help (OBVIOUSLY). My love for Latin America will have to wait till I'm old and decide it's a retirement option or Africa gets out of it's horrid hole and South America becomes the next priority. Whichever comes first. It's completely out of the blue but it feels right, more right than interning for IC in Cali which still may happen even next summer depending on how my UN pursuits go. I feel like there will be a summer gap between graduation and the actual job start date. The UN is really intimidating which is the only reason I've ever shied away. I don't know why I've never though about working for them. My main impression of them being mainly political and economical (which of course they definitely are) hasn't been very attractive to me and I've always had a biased view of them. I don't like politics and economic analysis garb but it's intertwined with business so much that I'll end up dealing with it anyways right? What are they really other than how well you can bullshit with another person while getting what you want (in this case for an actual good cause)? I could probably talk my way out of a paper bag and then sell it to you. (What does that mean?) Who knew things would change so drastically? I guess race engineering just wasn't in the cards for me. My conscience wouldn't and couldn't handle that job/lifestyle knowing the atrocities going on around the world without doing something to change it. Speed can only fulfill so much and for so long. I've come a long way and I'm glad I listened. Insane divine dreams and voices, weird prayer situations that I've been told about never worked for me. Call it instinct, gut feelings, impulse, inclinations, a sense, an urge, or dwelling on something like ideas or coisas. These are the signs I follow because at least for me, in this silent manner, God communicates with me. I appreciate the nature of this relationship and for this I am glad it exists at all.
Pros: I can find my place because there are so many departments and concentrations, I can focus on the business development in these third world countries so they can catch up to everyone else which I want to do, I get to travel and most importantly what I do will impact the world on a global scale which will be the most fulfilling because I won't feel a void of not having done enough. There's always a reason for certain burdens being placed on you, don't shrug it off - all of you, face up to em despite your fears. Biggest perk: Networking for this has been dropping in my lap unexpectedly, everyone knows everyone and the united nations is everyone.
Cons: I might have to give up some of my selfish pleasures for a greater good. Something I'm not completely foreign to even at this point of my life. I'd be more spontaneous and fun if I wasn't forced to be so responsible. I should sell that as a bumper sticker as sadly true as it may be for most. I'd make mad cash. There's the added pressure of influencing so many people which my decisions which hopefully won't be wrong. Mistakes will be made, I just hope they're on a smaller scale when done. Besides, I work my best under pressure.
The cost advantage is going to be completely worth it, and if this supposed to be like I think/know it is, then there won't even be any.
"It's your world." - Something so trivial sounding yet quite an epic statement the more I think about it.
I'm coming...
There's a theory of the lottery syndrome, it documents histories of winners and their fates. They are mostly, in my opinion, attributed to lack of self-control. I thought about winning the lottery the other day and the effects it would have on me. It was the first time I thought about financial freedom and had it lead to thinking about how destructive it would be to me as a person and my purpose in life. It steals genuine purposeful passions and replaces them with meaningless unfulfilling temporary joys. It doesn't matter how strong you think you are, you will succumb to the selfishness and sin that dwells inside you that you try so hard to fight. It really does ruin lives You will never again hear me wish for a ton of money, maybe small helpful amounts to pay off loans and stuff sure, but nothing I could live off. I hate to say it but money really does makes the world turn around and always will. It will never change but we can help each other survive with it in our lives. Maybe it'll go through a cycle and bartering will come back into style. Just kidding, that would be downright stupid and it would also mean that the world ended and only 10 people survived.
Truth: I'm very grateful for my hectic life and obligations and responsibilities. It fuels the passion inside me to keep pushing no matter how tired I get, to hold onto hope that keeps me wanting to make global change possible even if it is one person, and to get up and try again even after countless struggles. He has given me more patience and strength than I ever thought I would need and He always will. If you really analyze your life and the decisions and circumstances that have taken place, you can see Him answering your need for guidance and leading you in the right path. Not necessarily easiest, but right. Sometimes you have to learn abstract lessons before you get to where you're supposed to be.
Sorry for the long entry, just avoiding doing my business writing work plan and this is also a huge bearing for me to undergo in the fairly soon future and has been rattling my brain non-stop for far too long. If you've read all this, thank you for your time friend, leave any initial thoughts you might have about it. Positive or negative, I'd appreciate it.
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I officially turned 21 tonight.(!) I decided to go to Scruff's tnonight and am currently d.r.n.k .typing. Hunter bought be my first legal drink ever - Vodka Redbull and that followed with 2 mixed Jager shots and a guiness (which didn't taste as good as a Dublin one of course because - educational lesson - guiness doesn't travel well). Hunter, Tim, Chad, Joy. Staffan, Murcielo, Cathlene, Logan, Baker, and David were there at some point. I was really happy to see them. I don't know what the definition for real friends are but the ones that are there to celebrate with you in the time of need definitely are. I don't know why I even brought my wallet. Josh the half owner even hooked me up because of Logan. I think I might work there eventually. He liked me, I'm really glad to not be a Baylor girl. New poll: how many of you think I could break up a fightr?
p.s. still d.r.n.k. typing. Please come to the official party tomorrow, I'll lend more details about the aftermath later.
Truth: I'm coming to Houston this weekend, Friday and Saturday. Please take me out somewhere where I can get beligerent with you *cough* all my Houston homies. I miss you guys, we need to catch up. Big reunion?
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February 2nd, 2006 (Thursday)
Remember this date!!!
This is the day I turn 21 and I want you all in my company as I slowly morph into a belligerent cliche college student that I'm well overdue on. I'm not sure what the details are but we will meet somewhere for dinner and mosey over to Treff's for Piano Man. After that we(I) will probably bar hop over to Cricket's, Bogart's, Scruff's and who knows where else I might unleash my belligerence on an unsuspecting bartender. I'm going to do this with or without you people, I would like witnesses though so show up and look swanky. I know I'll be pimped out. But not the ghetto kind.
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Okay I know you've been patiently waiting in anticipation so here it is...
THE OFFICIAL ITINERARY for le Birthday (02/02/2006)
5pm - 7pm : Birthday Barbeque at the Green House (On 11th right behind the Ghetto HEB).
7pm : Depart for free drinks at Cricket's and Bogart's.
8pm : Arrive at Treff's for Piano Man.
12am : Arrive at Scruffy Murphy's for last call.
2:30am : Pass the eff out.
9:50am : Wake up just in time for class feeling miserable and probably regretting the night before.
Seriously, all of you. Do what you need to, I love you guys and would love to see your faces. It's just a stupid excuse for a reunion.
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I don't know what home means anymore. I feel like I have about 5 of them at the moment. In any case, I'll be back Tuesday night at around 8pm in Waco, Texas. If you're in town please come by the Green House because I would love to see you guys. Maybe we can go out to dinner or something. Clay Pot anyone? I miss that place!
The next few weeks are going to be really hard. It hasn't hit me yet. I really don't want it to.
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Oh Dios mio! I´m finally here in Madrid. I just feel better being here, España has a nice vibe to it.
Let´s see, after Florence we went to Napoli and saw the Isle of Capri. It was gorgeous, we were at the top of a mountain on a sunny day with 360degree view of ocean. We took a ferry, cable car, bus, and finally a chair lift to get all the way to the top. I´d love to live up there if I could. It was ridiculous. I missed out on Pompeii because it was raining and Pisa because of a train strike. I´ll come back to those as well as Cinqueterra some day. It´ll be a reason to return to Italy. I don´t have many of those these days.
Yesterday was THE day of miracles though, 3 huge ones in a row. Sometimes, when you ask God for a miracle, He likes to throw one your way. I liked yesterday, we traveled mostly but it was good for the soul.
I have 9 days to see Portugal (Lisboa, Fatima, y Braganca) and Spain (Cordoba, Granada, Sevilla, Madrid y Barcelona). I´m so excited. This feels like home to me. Plus, its nice to have other brown people around you.
p.s. I really want to go sailing here.
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Intense week of head on reality. Ask me about it in detail when I get back. Here are the highlights:
1) Rachelle had a 1GB memory card from her old camera. Long story short: I have a new camera. Best idea I've ever gone forth with. I'll keep telling you why...
2) Coldplay = His dancing and singing was overwhelming, 40 minutes recorded on camera. Coldplay house party anyone?
3) Berlin, Germany = Ro's brother's apartment, Dave the tour guide, understanding where Germany as a country stands right now, cute ghey men, hospitality - the kind Jesus taught us, being carded for the first time ever in Europe when the drinking age is 16 and all I wanted was a BOTTLE OF WINE.
4) Prague, Czech Republic = the most beautiful city EVER, absinthe, cheap food, halloween?
5) Osweicim, Poland = Almost missing our stop (also referred to as the funniest story yet), Sleeping in the smallest, shadiest train station, Auschwitz, the sickest feeling as I walked through a graphic and explicit museum in one of the barracks, for the first time realizing the extent and massiveness of the war as I stood in the crematorium and my mind still not being able to comprehend the atrocities, Krakow brochures?!, Polish bartenders.
6) Budapest, Hungary = we have 6 hours, disappointing Bath house, longest walks ever, Kerri?!, random book store, "this is nothing compared to Prague."
I walked into a random bookstore in Budapest and asked if they had English books. The lady led me over to 2 shelves. After 10 minutes I finally found this book with red felt and a picture of a tree with gold trim. Gorgeous. It was called "The Voice of the Sea." The most amazing pieces of literature are in it. I joined Stephanie outside after I purchased it. This was the convo...
S: What'd you get?
T: This book! is awesome! It's got this red felt cover on the outside...
S: So you judged a book by it's cover?
T: *Lost it but found it several minutes later when she realized the brilliance of the moment*
Outstanding to say the least...
I'm really glad I wasn't in Maastricht for Halloween. Sadly, some people I happen to know appear to be total irresponsible idiots. Another reason why Americans shouldn't come to Europe if they can't control themselves. I hate how stupid alcohol can get.
p.s. I haven't showered in 3 days soooooooooooo...I'm going to go do that now. Bye!
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Random Gentle Love Dreamer (RGLDf)
Loving, hopeful, open. Likely to carry on an romance from afar. You are The Window Shopper.
You take love as opportunities come, which can lead to a high-anxiety, but high-flying romantic life. You're a genuinely sweet person, not saccharine at all, so it's likely that the relationships you have had and will have will be happy ones. You've had a fair amount of love experience for your age, and there'll be much more to come.
Your exact opposite:
The Stiletto
Deliberate Brutal Sex Master
| Part of why we know this is that, of all female types, you are the most prone to sudden, ferocious crushes. Your results indicate that you're especially capable of obsessing over a guy you just met. Obviously, passion like this makes for an intense existence. It can also make for soul-destroying letdowns.
Your ideal match is someone who'll love you back with equal fire, and someone you've grown to love slowly. A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad. Though you're drawn to them, avoid artists at all costs.
BEWARE: The Hornivore
CONSIDER: The Gentleman, The Loverboy, The Boy Next Door |
Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid - Free Online Dating.
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I got to register when I woke up at 1pm today. That was nice, no alarm clock or anything. These are the classes I plan on taking next semester. All 19 hours.
MGT 3325 - Management
POR 1402 - Portuguese
INB 3305 - Global Business
BUS 3315 - Business Writing
ACC 2303 - Accounting
BL 3305 - Business Law
I went to Luxembourg Sunday by myself. The train ride up there was gorgeous beyond belief. All the trees are changing colors so as the mountains swept by all I could see were shades of green, yellow, orange and red complimented by a setting sun. Occassionally I'd grab a glimpse of a creek running through. One of the best train rides I've had so far scenery wise(save Germany?). It wasn't a normal train either, it had compartments, so I managed to steal an entire one to myself. Best. Sleep. Ever. I got there and it's just an incredible city. There are so many levels to it. There's a fortress in the old city that is the main attraction. It has a cute little guide all around that you can walk, all in French though. Takes about 2 hours I'd say. There was the most(I hate to say it) romantic walkway when you got to the lower level. It had a still river way on the left and lamps over it. It was just beautiful, even in daylight. I couldn't imagine it at night.
Europe is such a nostalgic and romantic place to be in general. It does an old heart good.
The car thing didn't work out this week, which is good I think. Getting to LeMans was going to cost too much for being there only a day. I requested a BMW tour too late and didn't get in touch with Mark soon enuogh for the RUF tour. I do have management questions for about 10 more chapters due though, so it's all well and good. Mark just ended up giving me HP Leib's contact number so I could call and meet him when I'm in town. I'm going to be so nervous to meet and even talk to him. This guy owns RUF! He's supposed to be really nice though, so that's comforting.
p.s. Coldplay in 2 days!!!
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Um yah so how's that for drama in Europe? It's always crazy here, wouldn't you know it. By the way, you know that 20 page, 7000 word paper I had due at 6pm today? Yah it took about 18 straight hours of work. I've never worked so long and steady in my entire life. I haven't slept since Monday and I'm going on till Thursday at probably 5pm. Final in World History tomorrow at 9am and Philosophy paper due at 5pm. I'm going to compare and contrast how I solve a math/logic problem in Western Philosophy with a math/logic problem solved through Indian Philosophy. I'm just excited to do some math instead of writing papers. My writing is horrible. I have no concept of sentence structure, I don't think you people understand. Run on is my middle name. I'm really excited that school is over tomorrow though. I think I'm going to Luxembourg sometime this weekend. Next week is machine week for me, I'm the only one excited so I'll be traveling alone. I'll be visiting LeMans, France for the historical racetrack and Museum. Also Stuttgart, Germany for BMW, Mercedes and Porsche dealerships/factories. Mark I really hope you can get me a tour of the RUF factory. I also have Ducati and Ferrari lined up when I go to Italy. I'm sad I won't have a camera but no one really cares but me in the end anywyaz.
Funny of the day:
*everyone talking*
Ro: "I'll give you 5 euro to throw that ice cream at Hunter"
Tygrr: "5?! Seriously?! I'll do it...*holds hand out to shake on it*"
*Ro and Tygrr shake hands while Hunter carries on convo with others*
*Tygrr throws entire ice cream cone at Hunter's last clean white t-shirt*
Hunter: "What the hell?" *manages to catch cone before it hits the ground*
Tygrr: "What?...It's 5 euro...pass that back here..." *continues eating cone*
Ro: "Are you seriously still gonna eat that?"
Tygrr: *inspects cone* "Yah...looks alright, don't want to waste it."
Hunter:"I can't believe you just did that...this better not stain my shirt...go get me some ice cream, you owe me that much"
Tygrr: "You are a woman."
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I had a really strange "experience" the other day. I was scurrying around this near death experience website and reading all these different personal encounters. It was really interesting how similar their experiences were. I love reading about this. I stumbled upon one that really caught my attention. This lady spoke about her time, specifically one encountering Jesus and God. She was in the afterlife long enough to ask (Them?) questions about life and everything else in between. It especially hit me hard because she stated questions and answers on this site that I naturally think about daily and come to pretty much the same conclusions every time. Conclusions that may not be genericly Christian friendly, but conclusions that made sense to me rationally and were more religiously open-minded. As I was reading this, I couldn't believe how identical our perceptions were. I mean, it's not stuff that others haven't thought of, but it's various MULTIPLE views of mine that have somehow become closer to being real than ever before in this one little webpage. How often are your perceptions and rational thoughts of Jesus and God and the world right on even once. You never really know, but for the first time it's encouraging even if it some random stranger on some random unofficial site. I don't know why but...it was one of those things you know? Maybe I'm being naive, who knows. It's something to think about though. I sure have been.
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I love the Maraboes Rugby Team. They're hilarious and I got to hear some of their inside "hazing" policies which are hilarious. Let's just say its gotta be embarrassing to be a Chicken. Even worse to get the Shit House award. Poor Ollie. Hooray for Matt at his first game getting MVP. No one knows what any of this means so I'm gonna stop now.
We found a random Dutch boy called Martin after the game when we were leaving. He was lost and stopped being friendly. In fact he started getting angry and crying. We took him to Sue cause she spoke Dutch. She handed him off to someone else and all was well.
Finals this week and hell will end Thursday at 5pm. I'm going out for sure, it'll be a good night...I can feel it.
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