Bottomless Pits

2005-08-16T00:11:00.000-06:00

I've narrowed down the list of colleges I'm applying to...
-NC State
-UNC-CH
-UNC-W
-NC State
-SMU
-American
-??? I feel like I should apply one more place, but I'm not quite sure where

School starts back up soon. I'm happy about this, because it will give me something to do, but its also kinda bad cause it means I have to get serious about doing all my applications, not to mention if I want to row competatively I have to get really serious about that- ie. start doing 2ks once a week and pester the hell out of coaches via e-mail.

Not feeling to great today, so no exercising... maybe I should do some of my summer reading?

Will made the soccer team, which is kinda suprising, considering he hasn't played competatively for like two years... but I'm happy for him none the less.

Went to the Pat Green/Gretchen Wilson/Kenny Chesney concert on friday with my sister and cousin. It was awesome, yay for lawn seats! I don't know what I would do without them (my sister and cous). Sometimes I think they know me better than I know myself.

2005-08-04T18:46:00.000-06:00

Today I went to crew early, to do a 2k with coach Shaffer, because I haven't done one all summer, and need better times if I want to have any chance of rowing in college. AND I FINALLY BROKE 8 MINUTES! I got an 7:57.7, and I intend to lower that even more before spring season.

2005-07-27T23:18:00.000-06:00

-Having no AC during the hottest days of the entire summer is not a good... to escape, my mom and i have been going shopping and driving around, because anything is better than sitting at home and sweating. We're supposed to be getting it fixed, but the guy can't come until Monday and Tuesday.

-Today my dad bought a new truck, its really cool. Its another ford F150, except its a new model and its dark blue. So now we have four cars, which means I don't have to share stevie with my siter any more, because she gets my dad's old truck, because shes older. THe suburban isn't that bad any way. Shes only taking the truck to school for the first semester of college (she is going to the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort), so I hopefully I'll get to drive the truck after Christmas. I need help coming up with names for the truck if anyones got any good ideas.

-Coach Schaffer is doing a crew camp next week, which I'm gonna go to I think (now that I don't have to share a car!)

i'll post pictures of the car, puppy, etc. soon

2005-07-19T14:50:00.000-06:00

This summer I've been trying to get myself organized and figure out where I'm gonna go to college, and what the heck I'm gonna do when I get out of college, and heres what i've come up with so far (please don't laugh)...

possible colleges:
NC State
Drexel
UNC-CH
UNC-W
American
SMU
Lehigh
Boston University
Bucknell
Northeastern

possible majors:

criminal justice- i could become a police officer or something along those lines

nursing- i would do this with/through ROTC where ever i end up going

physical therapy/sports medicine

pre-med- i'd go into either pediatrics or orthopedics

journalism- not so sure about this one, because it would most likely require me to work in a cubical

2005-07-16T21:24:00.000-06:00

Ok, so taking 2 days off from erging and my diet was not such a good idea, won't be doing that again.

Got the Harry Potter book last night/this morning at Barnes and Noble with Sonja. We were gonna go to Borders on Six Forks, but they didn't have any unreserved copies. It was a lotta fun tho, we walked around the mall, read trashy magazines, drank coffee, and stuff. The book is really good so far; I'm almost half way through it.

Got scores from AP exams back today, I'm not gonna say what I got, but I DID do really well in US History, even though I was taking advanced.

2005-07-15T14:44:00.000-06:00

UPDATE!!!!!!!

Summer has been good so far...

-Flew up to Buffalo with my sister to get my new puppy (if you don't know the whole story just ask, but i will spare those who know it and not post it)
-rowing camp with coach schaffer
-Went to CRRC with leslie, and Sonja... one word for ya- prostidude
-Went to the beach with my dad's side of the family, 16 people in a 4 bedroom 3.5 bathroom house
-Hung out with my cousins
-Went to the beach with my mom's parents, which was not so much fun, but hey i ended up reading 5 books in the 7 days of that trip!
-Did a whole lotta nothing, yay for being lazy!
-This week i finally got my butt into gear and started working out again, and holy crap i'm out of shape
-Went to a Harry Potter party/movie thing with les, sonja, and martha at Kaye's last night, which was a lotta fun

COMING SOON: PICTURES
ALSO COMING SOON: NEW TEMPLATE

2005-03-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

So after rereading it, I realized one of my more recent posts, it sounded like all I was doing was bitching about how much my life sucks. My life does not suck that much, and even if sometimes I feel like it does, I really shouldn't bitch about it. And if there is someone who got the impression that I was trying to blame all of my problems/issues on them, I'm sorry, I wasn't. You are in no way the cause of any of my problems/issues.

2005-03-12T20:08:00.000-07:00

I took the SAT this morning over at Millbrook. Holy crap its a big school, and there were so many people there to take the test. I found which trailer I was supposed to be in, and while walking over there, I saw so many people from my elementary and middle schools. It was very weird, I don't know if any of them recognized me or not, because I've changed a lot (or at least I think so). Although there was one girl who I know recognized me, and turned around and walked in the other direction... oh well. When I got into the room inside the trailer where I was supposed to take it, there were more people from elementary and middle school, many of whom looked exactly the same. I really hope I did well, so I don't have to take it again, but I may have screwed up the essay (damn going off on tangents too much).

5 more school days until spring break

PS- I really miss being friends with you.

2005-03-11T19:01:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since my last post, sorry to those of you who actually read this (all three or four of you).

The past two weeks have been full of really big highs and lows, nothing really in between.

+I told someone how I felt
-I'm pretty sure I hurt them pretty bad, otherwise they might still want to talk to me
-I wasn't able to fully explain myself to them because, they are a good, caring person that it was very difficult to get out the few words that I did
+Coach said that there would be a WV4+ and a MV4+ and any body with 2k times under 8:00 for girls and under 7:00 for boys would be guarenteed spots in those boats
-I found out I'm doing terrible in math
+Got a good grade on my huge US history paper
+My sister came home
-She was home for like 12 hours
-Taking the SAT tomarrow
-Scared shitless
-Realized that I cut my hair in an attempt to not feel depressed about things, and it didn't work
-I really want my hair back
-Realized I'm not the same person I was when the school year started and I'm not sure I like who I am now

2005-02-03T21:38:00.000-07:00

Where my hair went... http://www.locksoflove.org
I kinda miss it, but it will grow back, and at least I did something good with it. Crew starts on Monday, which is really good, but kinda scary at the same time because we have a 2k test sometime during the first week, I suspect it will be Monday, but I really hope not. Maybe after crew starts back up I will feel like me again and remember who I am, but who knows.

2005-01-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

What do you do when one of the few people in your life who understands you, barely ever talks to you anymore??? And when they do, its because you started them, it seems like all your conversations are very one sided.

2005-01-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

I realize Martha posted this or something like it a while ago, but I thought it was pretty funny, so here it is again, but the funny thing is that it seems fairly acurate for the most part:

Cox:

It's pretty obvious what traits a cox must adopt and tries to learn to do a good job in this most unique position in the athletic world. I'll pass on the leadership stuff, napoleon complex garbage, and point out a secondary characteristic or two that coxes unintentionally inherit after riding in the box for a while.

They can't drive a car anymore. They take 10 miles to change a lane, oversteer, can't find the brakes, and yell to the car a lot. This has nothing to do with the coxes' former driving ability. Stick Richard Petty in a cox seat for a while, they'll take his drivers license away. Coxes also begin to squint a lot, no loss in vision, they just squint.

Stroke:

'It's a tough job but only I can do it.' The meekest, most frightened non-rower in the world - when plugged reluctantly in the stroke seat, stays meek up until the first few strokes. The first few paddle strokes, a thought grows in the wimps' sniveling little mind that this job is his/hers for life. Back on the shore, the real personality will percolate back to the surface. 'I hope you guys could follow me ok'. In the boat they're thinking: 'stop rushing, you weenies!" Strokes are born and made to be the most competitive person in the boat by far, and if they stroke long enough, become overly competitive in everything they pursue, or don't pursue.. Don't expect to finish a game of Monopoly, Risk, or Golf with a stroke. The only one that can beat him to the chow line is the three man (more later) because the stroke was delayed trying to put more oars away in the rack than anyone else.

Seven:

The seven seat is the Bitch Niche. I don't know if whining, overly bossy, big mouthed complainers are born, and I can't believe that the cosmic effect of this seat could possibly be so instantaneous, but you could teach Mother Theresa to row in a tank, stick her in an eight at seven for the first time, and as the stern four is rowing away from the dock, she'll turn around and yell at the bow four to 'set up the f*cking boat'. The longer one rows at seven, the more sophisticated and complex the bitching becomes, changing from a crude verbal rowing suggestion to the six man in the early stages to long winded level-voiced reasoned treatises after every piece explaining why the crew is slower now than last week. Ever wonder why when a coach drives up shell-side to ask how a piece went he says: 'So how did that go, fellas? -Not you seven.'

^ I'm not that bad am I????

Six:

If you bred Arnold Swartzeneggar with a Golden Retriever, you get a six. Six is also Seven's yin. The gentle giant, gorilla in the mist. Six absorbs most of seven's bitching and keeps it from moving through to the rest of the crew. Six nods and agrees a lot. It is a hard thing for a normal person to row six. It seems like such a great seat, you're in the stern, the boats more stable here, but you are done with a rowing career at six, you find you been used. Sixes are characterized by great competence in execution of rowing and life, but poor self confidence and a propensity to self-flagellation. Take your 3 year stroke out of the stroke seat and stick him/her at six for a week. This will be the first time you ever hear him/her say: 'My fault, fellas', at the end of a poor piece. Sixes meditate. Sixes marry, go to work for, and lend their power tools to sevens. This support system keeps sevens with thriving businesses, mates they can walk all over, and a garage full of power tools at their disposal that they don't have to fix when they break.

Five:

God. Yahweh. Allah. Buddha. It's not that the five seat IS those things, it's just that's how (s)he gets treated. Five's stool don't stink, the catches don't hang. They're the older brother or sister that gets special treatment, and has no idea. If a photo is taken of the crew, five will look great, everyone else is caught with shirtaills out, and snot on the lip. At heart and soul, five forgets to change oil, pay phone bills, and turn in the forms to the IRS. Five is an example of what happens to a bum that is treated like a king, they act like one. Five has the greatest delta between image and reality. The fortunate thing is that the unearned unabashed worship lasts only as long as the time on the water. Five's on his own back at home. Five wears aviator glasses.

Four:

The Amnesia-seat. Take a genius with a photographic memory. Row said genius at four. Listen to him ask for the third time in the same warmup. 'How many of these 500s are we doing?'. Four seat is not stupid, just has immediate and catastrophic memory loss. At a start and 20, four settles at 21 because in the time the cox yelled 'settle in two', he forgot. In a Novice boat where the seats have been removed and cleaned, it'll be four's that went back in backwards. Four will forget to tell the boatman about his(her) stripped rigger nut - usually from the time he is told by the coach, until he arrives at the boatman's bench wondering what he's doing there. On that first day on the water as the ice is breaking up, who is rummaging around the back of the boathouse looking for a sweatshirt? Four is why racing shirts are handed out on race day.

Three:

Late in the water. Late to practice. Late to class. Late to work. Late out of the water. Late to his date. Late to the team bus. Late for everything but chow line. There is no competitiveness involved here, just an uncanny knack to have the first three rowers into the dining hall stopped by friends for a brief discussion while three breezes on by to the tray stack. Three generally gets assigned a sitter.

Two:

Lean to the Left, Lean to the right, stand up sit down fight fight fight. Cheerleader. What is amazing, is to sit at four or five after a particular piece - seven is whining about the balance, the spacing, no swing, rushing: two is back there with pom poms saying: ALL RIGHT GUYS! LETS DO THAT AGAIN!.... Two calls out names of power 10s. 'Awright guys - OAR CLASH TEN!' If he says something funny, he repeated something the bowman prompted him with.

Bow:

Comedian. The bow seat creates a strange fatalism. They know that in a catastrophic collision, they'll be the only one to die or get paralysed. Consequently there is a constant quiet stream of one-liners that two or three could probably hear if two were not cheering loudly. If the bow is joined by a cox in a front-loader, this trait completely disappears, since someone is now likely to hear him joke about three being late, five not pulling hard, or the coxn's course looking like a signature. (S)he can be humorless and witless off the water, but on the water when there is breath to spare, you're sure to catch a chuckle if you listen.

2005-01-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

You Are a Warrior Soul

You're a strong person and sometimes seen as intimidating.
You don't give up. You're committed and brave.
Truly adventuresome, you are not afraid of going to battle.
Extremely protective of loved ones, you root for the underdog.

You are picky about details and rigorous in your methods.
You also value honesty and fairness a great deal.
You can be outspoken, intimidating, headstrong, and demanding.
You're a hardliner who demands the best from themselves and others.

Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

2005-01-19T22:11:00.000-07:00

usual day:

amount of time it takes to get to/from school: 25 minutes

today:

School let out at: 1:00

Picked up with carpool by my dad: 3:50

Got home: 9:25

Yay for no school tomarrow, it will only be a 2.5 day school week now!!

2005-01-17T20:46:00.000-07:00

They said change your clothes
She said no I won't
They said comb your hair
She said some kids don't
And her parents dreams went up in smoke

They said you can't leave
She said yes I will
They said don't see him
She said his name is Bill
She's on a roll and it's all uphill

She's a wild one
With an angel's face
She's a woman-child
In a state of grace
When she was 3 years old on her daddy's knee
He said you can be anything you want to be
She's a wild one
Runnin' free

She loves Rock and Roll
They said it's Satan's tongue
She thinks they're too old
They think she's too young
And the battle lines are clearly drawn

She's a wild one
With an angel's face
She's a woman-child
In a state of grace
When she was 3 years old on her daddy's knee
He said you can be anything you want to be
She's a wild one
Runnin' free

She has future plans and dreams at night
When they tell her life is hard she says that's alright

She's a wild one
With an angel's face
She's a woman-child
In a state of grace
When she was 3 years old on her daddy's knee
He said you can be anything you want to be
She's a wild one
Runnin' free

^^ I love that song

a cookie to anyone who can tell me who sings it

2005-01-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Got in an argument with my parents this morning, apparently I:
-need to get my priorities straight
-spend too much time on my social life
-have too many other things going on to spend as much time as I do on the computer
-don't have high enough grades
-need to learn how to take tests better

On a happier note, crew starts in less than a month! Carolyn's coming back to crew, which is very good, and should bring down everybody's erg scores cause there is competition now, not just 8 girls. Erg sprints are in like 2 weeks and I'm not ready, but thats ok, I'm working on it.

If you know anybody who might want to sign up for a Saturday erg session, please encourage them to, because no one has signed up yet.

2005-01-08T20:45:00.000-07:00

I drive my boyfriend fucking crazy, and ya know what?? I'm sorry, but its freaking hilarious.

2005-01-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

My sister just left to go back to Duke. I may get to see her in a couple of weekends for her birthday, but other than that I won't see her again until she gets out of school for summer break or maybe Easter, depending on what she decides to do.

2005-01-05T20:40:00.000-07:00

Yeah so its official... I am a fuck up

you know your a fuck up when you...
-manage to screw up multiple midterms after studying your ass of
-screw things up with a guy you like, and who likes you (or at least used to)
-you haven't gotten on the erg in over 2 1/2 weeks and intend to go to the erg sprints in about 20 days
-one of the few things that makes you happy is the sight of your bed, cause when your asleep you don't have to think about these things

2005-01-03T18:17:00.000-07:00

Ok so yeah, all the posts from when I was in Florida, I was bitching. Sorry. Florida really isn't really all the bad, I was just missing people here a lot, even if I didn't/don't act like it. I'm really sorry.

On a lighter note this: http://www.row2k.com/Camps/crrc/ is where I'm going to camp this summer!!!

School starts back up tomarrow, which is good b/c I get to see all my friends again, but we also get midterm grades back, but I suppose there is nothing that can be done about those now any way.

To whom it may concern: Thank you for putting up with me, even when I may not be very easy to be around or put up with. Thank you for listening to me, even when I'm bitchy. Thank you for being patient.

2005-01-02T20:00:00.000-07:00

dumblondegrrl (9:58:23 PM): sure
dumblondegrrl (9:58:37 PM): if you wanna stay racist
dumblondegrrl (9:58:40 PM): against mexicans
WEIRD1eleven (9:59:03 PM): hey now, i didnt say mariachi bands were a bad thing
WEIRD1eleven (9:59:12 PM): my dad played for one once
WEIRD1eleven (9:59:24 PM): by once i mean lotsa times...but he wasnt mexican
WEIRD1eleven (9:59:30 PM): still isnt
dumblondegrrl (9:59:36 PM): hahahahah
WEIRD1eleven (9:59:37 PM): you cant GET mexican
dumblondegrrl (9:59:43 PM): didn't think so
WEIRD1eleven (9:59:50 PM): naw i totally tried one time
dumblondegrrl (10:00:11 PM): really???
dumblondegrrl (10:00:33 PM): leslie as a mexican... that would be interesting
WEIRD1eleven (10:00:51 PM): yeah, i closed my eyes, some say i looked constipated, and i just thought about mexicanleslie, but i couldnt do it
WEIRD1eleven (10:01:00 PM): my powers were not strong enough
WEIRD1eleven (10:01:07 PM): ahah, yeah, with the red hair and all

2004-12-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

Its New Years Eve, and where am I???? sitting at my grandparent's computer in Florida! Its so exciting, and to think, I could be at home right now, going to first night, hanging out w/ people, one inparticular...!!! Today my sister and I got so bored that we made a buncha key lime pies and went on a 5 mile walk to the inlet down the beach, then came back and cloud bathed cause there was no sun out. We drive home the day after tomarrow, I really hope the traffic isn't bad like it was on the way down.

2004-12-30T00:42:00.000-07:00

I FINALLY GOT AIM TO WORK ON THIS COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

2004-12-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

So, today was about the same as yesterday, but sunnier. I really wish i were back in Raleigh, I really miss Raleigh, well maybe not Raleigh itself, but the people and things that are there. My sister and brother are the only things that keep me from taking the suburban and driving it all the way home. I suppose its not all bad being here, my grandparents do have a lot of fruit trees in their backyard and for the past couple mornings my sister and I have made fresh squeezed orange juice, which is so much better than the concentrate stuff. And we're probably gonna make key lime pie and lemon merange (yes i realize i can't spell) pie either tonight or later this week.

PLEASE e-mail or call (919-606-5495) me and save me from dying of boredom!!

2004-12-28T19:07:00.000-07:00

Ok so yeah, I'm in Florida- West Palm Beach to be exact. We got here yesterday after 14 hours in the car, 2 hours longer than we were supposed to be cause of traffic. Woke up today and went running with my sister, which was kinda nice, but also showed me just how out of shape I am. It was cold (for here) and cloudy all day, so we didn't get to go swimming in the ocean or the pool that is in my grandparents backyard. Spent the entire day reading wishing the sun would come out. But its ok, its supposed to get warm later in the week. I have my cell phone, even if I don't have aim, so call me if you get bored, cause chances are I will be too or e-mail me (my e-mail address is kmeyer1223@yahoo.com in case if you didn't know). I have limited access to a computer- which means my grandparents own one, but I'm not really supposed to use it that much.

2004-12-26T16:43:00.000-07:00

My Christmas in a nutshell

Friday (christmas eve)

-woke up to my mother screaming about how my sister and I should be more helpful and clean up before our Aunt, Uncle, and cousins get here
-Went on a pre-christmas eve dinner run w/ emmie
-Came back helped make dinner
-Relatives come, we all eat ham, roast beef, 2 kinds of potato salad, and assorted other things until we can eat no more
-Go to church with relatives
-Come back to open presents from them and my dad's side of the family
Got:
-$$/gift cards
-A CD
-stuff from the body shop

Saturday (christmas day)
-Wake up after sleeping in fairly late and wait for the rest of my family to wake up
-Open stuff from parents/mom's side of the family
Got:
-$$
-A subscription to rowing news
-Gone with the wind on DVD (yay!)
-A squishy pillow
-A trip back to Boston to go to the harvard rowing camp again (YAY!!)
-and there is prolly other stuff, but i just can't remember

-Lay around eat leftovers from christmas eve dinner
-Go to relative's house in Durham
-Eat (more!! eek) Christmas dinner
-Feel like a rolly polly

Yeah so it has become very apparent to me that Meyer family holidays revolve around cooking and eating really good food, this is not such a good thing if I decide I want to row lightweight in college, but oh well.

Tomarrow morning I leave for Florida, and don't come back until really late 2 days before school starts, if you love me, you'll call my cell and help me keep some shred of what will have formerly been my sanity!!!

2004-12-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

So today i officially turn 17... its kinda scary cause that means I can get into R-rated movies and I'm one year closer to not needing parental signatures and such. I got a new pair of birkenstocks (yaaaaay) from my parents and $$ from the grandparents. Any ways, I spent most of the day with emmie shopping, trying to figure out what to get my family, and after like 5 hours we found something for everyone in our family except eachother.

ps. I have the coolest friends
pss. I also have the best boyfriend

2004-12-17T22:57:00.000-07:00

UPDATING TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so i haven't posted in like oh 3 or 4 months... sorry to anybody who actually checks every now and then to see if i will ever update, BUT NOW I AM duhn duhn duhn!!!!!!!!

Today was the first day of exams, I had US history and Algerbra II. US was a whole lotta writing, but i don't think i majorly screwed it up or anything, which is a good thing. I wish I could say the same for algerbra tho, it wasn't that bad, but I am pretty sure I mixed domain and range up... oh well, it over. Don't have to worry about any of that till next year!!!!!!

So here is my week... in case i don't get a chance to update

Monday- german/english = DAY OF HELL, from what I've heard the english test is really hard, and there is like 2 or 3 different essay type things and 20 vocab words and literary terms. german will be freaking hard no matter what I do, because when I think I know it, I don't, but I will study my ass off this weekend any way.

Tuesday- Newspaper/apes - ehhhh, not that bad, I can get a 70 in newspaper and still have an A, so i think i'll survive. And apes, I'm gonna figure out how to do the stupid calculations and npp and gpp and all that other crap if it kills me, and hope for the best.

Wednesday- Giftwrapping for crew in the morning over and Brier Creek!!!

Thursday- My 17th birthday!!!!!!!! Hanging out with the family, going out to eat, and christmas shopping

2004-09-05T15:43:00.000-06:00

Its labor day weekend. 3 day weekends make me happy. I have done almost nothing. On Saturday, I went to a dog show at the fair grounds, and I won my class, which means I now get to move up to the open senior class (yes i realize this means absolutely nothing to most of you, but hey it was a big thing for me!). After the dog show I hung out with my dad for the rest of the day, which I haven't done in a while, so it was fun. Today I basically sat around and felt crappy, and did homework. Tomarrow I think I'm hanging out with my sister shes done with class, I haven't seen her since she left almost a month ago, so that should be good.

There was a rant here, but it really wasn't very nice, and for anyone who actually saw it- sorry.

2004-08-21T12:13:00.000-06:00

Been quite a long time since my last post. Since then, school started, crew started, school got pretty hard, and we did a 4k at crew.

Junior year is really hard. I have so much more homework than I did last year. Its going to be a really long year. But I really like most of my teachers, I'm not quite sure about Ms. Chalifoux though, she seems kinda spacey.

My sister goes back to school tomarrow. She moved most of her stuff in on Wednesday. Its going to be really weird without her. Last year, I had a hard time with it. I hope its going to be easier this year. If i m usually crabby or pissy this week, that explains why. Even since we were little, we've shared a lot of things, like clothes and cds, and now we have to divide up who gets what, its really weird, kinda like a couple getting divorced only not.

2004-08-03T09:00:00.000-06:00

Actual classes at RCHS start exactly a week from today... how scary is that??! This summer has gone by really fast. I can't believe there is only a week left. And the closer it gets to school starting, the more scared i get of junior year. There is so much hype around junior year, about how it is so hard, and how it is the most important year of your high school career. And to my knowledge, I have hardly any of my friends in any of my classes except for german, and english... i think. Once school starts there will be no more time for the simple things that summer is all about, like going to the beach, going to the lake, reading books that aren't for required for school to my hearts content, and spending a ton of time with my sister before she goes back to school at the end of August. OK, enough whining/complaining. There are up sides to school starting back up... crew starts, i will probably get to start driving myself to and from school on crew days sometimes towards the begining of September, i get to hang out w/ people who live on the other side of town that i don't usually get to see during the summer again.

2004-07-27T17:45:00.000-06:00

Coach Schaeffer is doing a camp next week for potential RCHS novices to kinda get to know what rowing is, so... If YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON CREW AT ANY POINT NEXT YEAR, HAVE THEM E-MAIL HER ASAP. If you need her e-mail, ask me. I put that in big letters b/c so far she only has 3 kids who are doing it, and needs more to have a decent camp, which btw varsity can help with.

2004-07-25T23:00:00.000-06:00

Got home from the beach yesterday. The beach was good, i got tan(not really on purpose), and read a whole lot of books that weren't required for summer reading (about 5). A couple of days before we left for the beach, i got my drivers license, which didn't mean much until my parents said my mom was getting cadillac from my grandparents sometime near the end of August... so i might get to drive after all.

I can't believe summer is almost over, 2 weeks from today we go to school for the book sale... wow this summer has gone so fast. The good thing about school starting is crew starting again (i know... obsessed). Junior year is gonna be really scary tho, b/c everyone i've talked to says its insanely hard.

2004-07-12T16:23:00.000-06:00

This morning I had one of the best times I've ever had at crew. The boat swamped, we swam. Don't think I'm some sort of sicko who enjoys seeing the team's stuff destroyed and people get hurt, b/c nothing was destroyed, nothing got broken, no one got hurt. We had 6 people no cox, and coach didn't feel like switching 2 people out of a 4, so she was like 'well its all good, i'll cox, and we'll do lots of pices. Here was the line-up we were in coach, applesauce, big john,grant ,will, xan, me. So we were kinda doomed from the start for putting the heaviest people in the stern. So we take the boat out and are in our warm-up when, this massive wake from some wake-boarders hits us, and we take on some water, not a big deal... or at least thats what we thought. So we continue rowing down to the end of the lake, when we see the wake-boarders and are like 'okay we'll stay on this end of the lake if you stay on that end.' So we take it up all six and start rowing, then coach says something about how we're just gonna start heading into the dock, and the people towards the bow are like what??!! why???! Then she says 'okay bow pair drop out and start bailing', and Xan and I are even more confused, then we look at stern pairs riggers, which are slowly making their way down into the water. At this point the water is begining to reach the bow end of the boat, and then people in the stern start jumping out, and then the most of the bow jumps out too, that is everyone except will, who thinks it would be fun to stay in the boat. It was quite funny. So while everyone was swimming next to the boat, which happend to become swamped smack dap in the middle of the lake (how convenient), we are like wow what are we gonna do, and coach keeps telling us don't take your oars out, b/c the boat will sink if you do and keeps checking to see if anyone was freaking out, which no one was, b/c we all found it quite amusing. So we start yelling and screaming at the wake-boarders to come and help us, and after like 5 minutes they come over and everyone gets in their boat, and coach ties their ski tow line thingy to the riggers and we make our way to the dock. So we get back to the dock and attempt to drain the boat as much as possible, and then take it back to the racks. After the boat is put away, coach tells us there is a hole in the stern of that boat (i think it is in the top part where there is that vinal-ish stuff, and thats part of the reason we took on a lot of water. It was a really exciting morning, and the first time I've ever gotten to go swimming in lake wheeler. That was a mighty long ramble, my apologies to non-crewies and crewies who could care less.

2004-07-11T13:42:00.000-06:00

Summer is almost over... how sad, especially since my brother is coming to RCHS this year :-/

On wednesday at crew my finger popped, while we were rowing, and i didn't really pay any attention to it, b/c it didn't hurt, but then after crew thursday, i could no longer feel part of my finger, and i still can't.

Tomarrow I'm going back to Raleigh Community, to do more volunteering aka wheeling around a buncha guys with tattoos who are all drugged up. There is only one problem with volunteering... YOU DON'T GET PAID! Duh! I really should have thought about that before I commited to doing it. I mean not that I don't sorta enjoy it and it looks good on college resumes, but being broke is no fun.

6 days till the Kenny Chesny concert w/ my sister Claire and Elena!
2 days till my parents will take me to the DMV for the second time to take the drivers test (now that i can finally do a 3 point turn in a fricking suburban!!!)

2004-06-30T15:51:00.000-06:00

Wow this is my first post in almost 3 weeks. Boston was AMAZING. It was so unlike any city i've ever been to, it wasn't as friendly as Philadelphia, but the river was awsome. It went right through the city, and had lots of bridges with crew graffti all over them, from the local teams. The coaches at the camp were so good. Almost all of them have been on the national team at least once, one of them even knew coach schaeffer, and they video taped us so that they could go through and analyse ever part of our stroke, which really helps. We use the Harvard women's boat house, which was huge, and had the most boats in one boat house that I've ever seen. After rowing till around 5ish, the people who were boarding went back to the dorms which we were staying at, which were ok, Leslie (aka los) and I had a corner room (3 window rather than just 2), which we shared with a girl from Pine Crest crew in Florida, who we hung out with for most of the week, and then left without even saying goodbye, and then there was another girl in a small closet-like room, which was attached to ours, she was shy and slightly annoying. Any ways, from 5-9:30 we were allowed to go pretty much where ever, within Harvard square, which is pretty big, but they wouldn't have known if you had gone else where. There was an Urban Outfitters there, which I must say, is one of the coolest stores ever, I got 3 shirts and spent under $25 (yay!). I highly reccomend this camp to anyone who rows. I think I will prolly go back next year.

Coming soon... Beach trip pics

2004-06-10T19:47:00.000-06:00

3 Days till Boston

2004-06-09T20:48:00.000-06:00

4 days till I leave for Boston for rowing camp w/ leslie, it will be my first time riding a plane without parental supervision, kinda scary. Report cards came yesterday, I didn't get anything I wasn't expecting, but I managed to pull out a B on my german exam which is damn close to a miracle.
If i don't post for like 2 weeks, don't get upset ::cough Marth:: ::cough Joe::, because the day after I get home from Boston I leave for the beach.

2004-06-06T16:15:00.000-06:00

Sixteen
by: No Doubt

You've been a juvenile
With a dolphin smile
With no elbow room
With your body in bloom
You've had your little backyard
Protected by big walls
You didn't dare look over
'Cause you've been too small

Now you're finally sixteen
And you feelin' old
But they won't believe
That you got a soul
'Cause you're only sixteen
And you're feeling real
But you can't seem to cop a feel

Why do they have to force us
Through this metamorphose
Little butterfly
No matter how you try
You'll be segregated
You're gonna be closed off
You're callow and you're green
'Cause you're caught between

You're only sixteen
Try to cross the line
But your little wings are intertwined
You're only sixteen
And you're such a tease
And there's nothing you do
That can really please

"These children
They're not really bad most of them
They're just products
Of rotten neighborhoods
And bad family situations"

You know you can't forsake it
So sit back and take it
You see you're just not ripe
So don't try and fight that

You're only sixteen
You wanna catch a peek
But they look at you
Like you're such a freak
Well you're only sixteen
With a lot to say
But they won't give you
The time of day

You're only sixteen!
You're only sixteen!
You're just sixteen!!
You poor little thing.

I dunno if anyone else likes No Doubt, but I do, and this is one of their older less well known songs, but its still good.

Wow this must be a record or something for me... 2 posts in one day.

2004-06-06T11:26:00.000-06:00

Blog posting time!! Besides I think if I don't post something soon, Martha will be running at me with sharp objects. I can't believe it, but a week from today, I fly to Boston for the Charles River Rowing Camp. Does anyone know what the weather is like in Boston... b/c I have no clue what clothes to bring. Then, I get home, and leave for the beach (Emerald Isle) with my relatives form Arizona and Durham the next day, 17 people in a 4 bedroom house is always fun. But before I get to go on my trips I have to get through this week. I'm doing the morning practice/workout with Coach Schaefer, which is awsome, and I highly recommend going, but I have to get up at 5:30 if I wanna get there on time. And this week I start my volunteer work at Raleigh Community Hospital, which is no longer called that, but Duke University Health Care Raleigh Hospital. I'll be there from 12-4 Mondays and Wednesdays for pretty much the rest of the summer.

2004-05-26T14:00:00.000-06:00

2 Days of exams down. 1 day to go! I've really forgotten what a pain exams are, I'm so happy they are almost over. I have english and newspaper tomarrow, i heard english wasn't hard (i hope that they're right), and in newspaper we aren't having any exam. Yay for summer.

2004-05-19T13:51:00.000-06:00

Including today there are only 6 days till finals. holy crap. so much to study so little time.

good things:
-My little brother is gone for the next 2 days on a class field trip to the beach
-Summer is only 6 1/2 days away
-Martha's crew cook-out on Friday
-its 85+ degrees and sunny out
-sun tea
-my volunteer work at the hospital starts soon
-new blog templates

2004-05-16T17:46:00.000-06:00

Wow its been a long time since I've updated, but it seems like I've been busy since I last updated. Got home the night before last around 8 from a regatta in Philly, I was only an alternate, but thats ok, it was still awesome!!! There were around 5,000 rowers there from as far away as california and Canada. The guys there were really hott for the most part too (think McCallie boys times like 50). The boat placed 21 out of 46 which is really really good, but you had to be in the top 19 to make it to semis.

There are only 4 real days left of school, which is really nice. But teachers seem to be loading a ton of review work on, and there is so much review I have to do on my own. Blah. I can't wait for this week to be over.

2004-04-23T14:30:00.000-06:00

YAY!!!!!!!! ITS FRIDAY!!!!!!! And there are only like 4 more weeks of school left including exams I think!! Yesterday at crew we were introduced to our new coach for next year... her name is Christine Shaffer, she rowed at UNC, coached the novice team at Rutgers for 2 years, and is like 6 feet (haha who's the amazonian now?!). Its all very exciting. And on Wednesday we began to seat race for the V4 and coach put me on starboard side, so I never even had the oppertunity to race against the only person that I might have been able to beat (Xan), but Robin did beat her which is good... we're supposed to finish on Monday but who knows what will happen then.

2004-04-08T11:34:00.000-06:00

just a question...So what do you do when

you are walking along with your dog minding your own business when someone honks at you, and as they drive by you see that it is your best friend from middle school's dad, and your old friend who abandoned you when she went to another high school and became anorexic and got a bf and didn't tell you and who on her birthday you brought her a nice present that she didn't even thank you for, hops out of the car (in front of her house) with some really preppy looking girl with a humungous nose and says "hey nice to see you its been a while, how are you, we were just about to leave for the beach"

any ideas?

2004-04-07T17:26:00.000-06:00

Reasons why today rocked
-Going and getting Easter candy at Target to help feed the 12 Duke Lutherans + 1 Duke Sister + 5 relatives who are all coming over to eat Easter dinner with my family on Easter Sunday (the duke lutherans are coming to my house to eat Easter dinner b/c duke has no Easter break and most of them live far away)
-GORGEOUS weather (75 degrees OH YEAH!)
-Sitting out on my hammock in the gorgeous weather reading a book
-Going to my interview for a volunteer position over the summer at Raleigh Community Hospital
-Getting a volunteer position at Raleigh Community Hospital... yes I queen of disasters is going to work at a hospital over the summer
-Missing crew practice (well re-rigging boats but same difference) because of my interview
-Eating beef lo-mein and moo-shu pork left-overs
-Hearing the song Red Neck Woman on the radio (hey its the little things right!?)
-Finding out that Leslie got into the Charles River Rowing Camp (aka Harvard rowing camp) also... so now I m definately going to Boston this summer!!!!!!!

2004-04-05T12:19:00.000-06:00

Wow what a weekend. We got back from our regatta Sunday at 2:30 (3:30 with daylight savings time) and i m finally conscious enough type. I love regattas and the fact that spring break began on the day we left just sweetened it. The regatta was in Gainesville, GA at the same spot where they held the '96 Olympics, so of course the venue was awesome. There was these HUGE step like things that was like a grand stand and my boat pulled our uni's down half way and layette down on then with our pillows. The night before the race (Friday night) my boat made shirts, on the front they said The Fatties in the skinny and had 8 pigs then on the back there was a big pig with my name in it. Not many people understood them but that's ok. Our boat didn't end up doing very well but we still had fun.

Hope everyone is having an awesome spring break!

2004-03-30T11:53:00.000-07:00

Yay its blog updating time (because we're in the language lab of course)!!! I find it sad that lately the only time I have to update my blog lately is when we're in the language lab. oh well. I spent Saturday and Sunday with my sister and my cousin at Duke. It was awsome! Michelle (my cousin) and I decided if we were going to get the full college experience while we were at Duke with Emily then we should of course gain the freshmen fifteen, and we just might have succeded. First we put on our bathing suits and went to hang out at duke gardens and attempt to get tans, after that we went to Ben and Jerry's (ohhhhh so good) where I saw Dr. Marschall, who was going to a birthday party at the restraunt next door, and it turns out she lived in the same dorm as my sister when she went to duke. After ben and jerry's we went back to emmie's dorm and braided our hair and hung out for a while till it was time to eat more. For dinner we had milkshakes (i had a strawberry one) and an uber good pizza- pesto sauce, cheese, mushrooms, onions, and bacon...oh so good. Then we went back to her dorm and made cookies to take to her lutheran group party/get together thingy-which was really cool, there were lots of really smart lutheran college kids, but I suppose that was to be expected. I think we got to sleep by like 3, college people have really weird hours, em was saying she went to sleep later than 12 usually and didn't usually have to get up till after 10... ah it seems so nice.

2004-03-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

In newspaper right now. Dr. B is sick so, everyone is slacking off. Today at crew we're supposed to be doing a 2k, and coach put me in a group with the best ergers on the team... eeeeek. I have a bad head ache and don't know if I really want to go, but I know I really should but really don't want to, and there are these massive blisters on the back of my heels (damn those stupid frumpy dog show shoes!) Bah. Yesterday and saturday I was at dog shows at the NC State fair grounds, it was really fun. Saturday Sonja came with and got to see all the crazy dog show people, and I won against a girl with a Bedlington terrier, but she beat me on sunday, but thats ok, because now I only need one more win to move in to open senior! And on Saturday ruger and I got a gift certificate for a dog shop at the show, with which I promptly bought him a huge fleecy bone with 2 squeekies in it.

2004-03-16T12:05:00.000-07:00

Its Tuesday... which means we're in the language lab in german currently. Tomarrow I have 2 quizzes in english and 1 test in chemistry. I am fairly ready for the chem test, but not so sure about the english quizzes. Anyways Leslie and I were talking about line-ups for the girls team and here is what we came up w/ (well mostly Leslie, but still), tell me what you think (crewies that is), and these are in no particular order

Martha would be a alternate for all the boats, because I believe at least 1 person is unable to come to every regatta
WV8+ WV4+ WLw4+
Leslie Rachel Callen (only cox left w/ out a boat)
Rosa Rosa Nicki
Jennifer Jennifer Iris
Xan Xan Jillian
Megan Mego Dianna
Me
Sonja
Robin
Angela

The Raleigh Circut (sp?) shows start on Wednesday or Thursday and last till Monday!!! I show on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday at 3:00 but will probably be there around 1ish so I can see other breeds, and Sunday at 8:30 (blech!)... if you like dogs you should really come and see me. The shows are in the Jim Graham Building at the NC State Fairgrounds. Here is a link to the schedual

2004-03-09T11:54:00.000-07:00

In the language lab in german today... time to update the blog the blog again!

hi. This is Sarah. I am never ever having a baby. Or being a house wife. I'm gonna go out make a lot of money, adopt foreign kids, and collect a large male harem. Thankyou and good day.

Yeah german class is interesting... we must find other ways to entertain ourselves. Just finished a chem test that I studied really hard for, but I studied the wrong stuff, I mean I studied most of the right stuff but I forgot about one or two things but oh well. nothing I can do about it now. Today we our on land at crew, I suppose thats a good thing b/c its kinda cold.

2004-03-07T19:41:00.000-07:00

Em came home today from Duke!!!! I am so happy! Its been a while since I've seen her and have really been missing her lately. Its been really weird this year not having her around... I mean its the first time in my life when shes been gone for more than a week at a time, its odd not having her to help me w/ homework like she has done for the past 10ish years, and having someone who enjoys almost all the same things I do (dogs, cooking, country music, killing things, etc). Tonight after she got home we made chocolate chip cookies (yes I owe Leslie 2+) and listen to music, which is one of the most relaxing things to do.

2004-03-04T16:49:00.000-07:00

Life is good. I didn't have all that great of a school day but after school I went outside and everything just seemed to get because it was so nice out. We didn't get to go out on the water at crew, but the novices did, even if it was for like 15 minutes before the coach boat broke, thats ok. Least they got to go out and coach says that she knows whats wrong with the coach boat and we can go out for the full time tomarrow. Also coach is gonna weigh us soon, and I have to be down to at least 135lbs soon, its not that much to loose, I'm fairly close. But that means drinking atleast 2-3 nalgenes a day.

3 days till Emmie comes home for spring break!!!!!
1 week till then Raleigh Circut shows at the NC State Fairgrounds (I think)
1 monthish till our first regatta in GA

2004-02-28T20:19:00.000-07:00

Just got home from seeing Love Actually at Raleigh-wood (equivilent of the $1.50 theater w/ more food) which was very good, christmasy but good and happy! I should be working on my enlish essay (bah!) but instead I m updating my blog and looking at rowing shirts (i know... obsessed/cult). My favorite is the one that says "Help keep America beautiful, stop making men's unisuits"... couldn't agree more, that is except for McCallie and possibly UNC's crews.

2004-02-27T16:38:00.000-07:00

Today school was canceld. I was happy that I got to sleep in till 9 for the first time in a while. But I'm really not looking forward to making school up, and we're loosing valuble practice time for crew. I got really bored of hanging around the house, and avoiding my english paper that is due monday and writing up my proposal for a paper for ELPS, so i convinced my mom to take me to Old Navy, which was good. I got a new pair of jeans and a really cool "motor-cycle jacket".

2004-02-26T14:47:00.000-07:00

Wow today we got out at 12:30 ish b/c of all the snow that is supposed to me coming, but right now there is not more than 2 inches and none of it is sticking to the ground/street. I wonder if there will be school tomorrow... I kind of hope so because I don't want them to have to add any days on to the end of school or go on Saturday again. Also I m really bored right now and suprisingly enough I'd almost rather be at school or crew, well definitely crew but not so sure about school. But I can't believe that we didn't get to go to 5th period (today was an ex day- we only go to 1st,3rd, and 5th periods) b/c there was a chem test and I studied so hard for it and now I have no idea when I'll be taking it. BAH oh well.

2004-02-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

Currently I m trying to avoid studying for my huge-ass chemistry test, so I decided why not update my blog! Anyways today was ok, nothing incredibly bad happend which is good I suppose. I got a personal best on my 2k (an 8:17.2 !) yay! On the way home from crew we almost got into an accident b/c some stupid person voomed out into our lane from no where and Nicki had to swear, and we just barely missed hitting the other car...I m still a little shaken up.

2004-02-25T08:38:00.000-07:00

I m currently in ELPS and we are supposed to be doing a stupid scavenger hunt and I got frusterated (i know i know i can't spell). Its really sad that the only time lately I have to update my blog is during class, oh well. Today we have more erging at crew (blech) and that will be very interesting considering a lot of people are sore from practice yesterday and the day before. But we get to rig boats on Friday and that makes everything better. AND tomarrow is an ex day which means I have half the amount of homework that I usually do, so maybe I'll make brownies or something... because brownies make me happy!

2004-02-24T12:01:00.000-07:00

Wahoo I m in german class right now in the language lab (ha!) we never get anything done in this class... oh well. There is crew after school and they have been saying that it is supposed to rain, which will be interesting if does, as I only have a tee shirt and shorts. We had erging yesterday... 6 x 500 meters w/ about 5 minutes rest in between, that was interesting to say the least b/c I really hate doing interval work on the erg, but I suppose it will help me in the long run. Sarah J. says hi.
Frau Mensch is playing the "Angel Song" that we're going to do for german day, the lyrics are on Madelines Blog we (me, Madeline, Allie, and Sarah possibly) get to sing the angel's part, aka the chours, which will be interest granted none of us can actually sing.

2004-02-21T15:28:00.000-07:00

wow can't believe that i m actually hopping on the blog bandwagon...