The Practice of Slowing Down

This is what I needed to read tonight it was posted on another blog and I think we all should keep this in mind. Follow the link below and listen or read the essay. It won't take long, but its worth it.

Slow Down

Me Procrastinate??

So I have a paper due tomorrow at 3pm. There have just been so many other things I would rather do than research and write a paper. I'm dreaming of the day when I could just type a paper up in a couple hours and turn it in. No real work, no real research. Now I have a whole book outlining how the paper should be formatted. There is running heads, citations, authors, tables, statistics, journal articles, abstract, title pages...
Anyways its my fault I should have started writing it before Thursday. Other than that life is good. I played volleyball last night for the first time in at least 2 years. It was not a pretty sight, I had fun though. It has been in the upper 90s the past few days here in Pullman, summer has arrived.

A Comcast Technician Sleeping on my Couch

What great service!

It's Summer!

Summer officially arrived this week! The week flew by, its already Friday!! The fact that its Friday is both good and bad, its bad because its one day closer to my paper being due (school during the summer is a bad idea), it is good because well it's Friday!
I have spent a lot of time over in Moscow at the dog park with Cooper. He loves going and playing with the other dogs. My little white dog is a BULLY! He picks on any dog that will let him. He does not really know how to make friends.. Poor puppy. He did get invited to a birthday party though. Mia, the terrier, is having a party on Saturday evening. There will be homemade dog biscuits and cupcakes for the dogs. Its a very exciting summer here in the Pullman/Moscow area!
I have watched a few of the World Cup soccer games. That is an exciting game! I was drawn in and could not turn away. It would be awesome to actually be in the stadium where they play the games. I have a few neighbors who are big soccer fans, and they were fun to listen to cheering at the T.V.
That is the gist of what is going on in my life currently. Nothing too exciting, just school mostly. I have been out of work for a few weeks. I turn 21 in just over a month! I've started counting down. Lynette is here for ALIVE at WSU, she starts school in the fall and I'm very excited to have her in Pullman.
I hope everybody is doing well, making plans for an exciting summer. I hope to hear from you all at some point.
Take Care,
Steph

Danger!

Man runs through neighborhood naked, gets shot at

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A marriage-minded man ran naked through his neighborhood, trying to show his hesitant girlfriend that taking risks is important.
He got more than he bargained for when he ended up being chased and shot at.

The couple were discussing marriage early Wednesday when the woman said she wasn't sure if she was ready, according to Ann Arbor police reports.

After running naked across the street, the man ducked into some bushes when he spotted a couple walking.

A 28-year-old man spotted the bushes rustling and bare feet underneath, and drew his .40-caliber handgun, and ordered the naked man to come out, according to police.

The naked suitor ran away, but the armed man gave chase and eventually fired a shot, police said. The naked man fell to the ground, suffering minor injuries.

Police arrested the gunman on charges of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon. The naked man was not arrested.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The moral of this story is to be careful where you go in your birthday suit! What I wonder is are the naked man and the hesitant girlfriend going to get married?

Father's Day

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there! Especially to my father, who is amazing. I am so blessed to have such a patient, understanding, loving dad. He is wonderful, unfortunately I could not be with my dad today :( Very sad. Dad I love you, miss you, I will see you in July.

It's June Really?

Hard to believe it is June with the weather lately... Where's the SUN? I figured out how to have trivia on my blog; do you know the answer? If you get the question right... Well give yourself a pat on the back! If not better luck next time.

"We have been given two ears and but a single mouth in order that we may hear more and talk less."
- Zeno of Citium

Now that was hail!

I got up early this morning, not because I had somewhere to be, not because I wanted to. Mostly because of the hail. It was nickel size hail and there was a lot of it. Cooper was very worried about all the noise it was making, and I was worried about my car. All of the autoglass companies must love hail storms! Anyways, I found some interesting facts about hail, check out the link below. If you scroll down the definition it tells you about some very large hail storms, very cool. Check it out.

The Tree Stand

I went camping and on that trip we found a tree that had a hunting stand on it. At first all we could see was a white plastic chair up really high in a tree. Of course the burning question, "why is there a chair on that tree, in the middle of a forest?" Not being a hunter I had no idea that hunters put chairs in trees.. Anyways, after exploring a little (following a trail) we found the tree in question. The next question was, "How does the hunter get all the way up there?" In order to answer that we had to walk up to the tree (imagine that). Well these hunters had found a very logical solution and had placed large nails leading all the way up the side of the tree. This picture is of me testing the nails to ensure that they fulfill their responsibility of getting one to the "tree stand".
The questions left unanswered are does the hunter who uses this tree stand drink alcohol while up there? I could see serious negative consequences from those two activities. If so how would the hunter, in question, get off the tree stand drunk? That first step could be a real problem...
It was a fun trip into a national forest in Idaho, we had great weather and a better view. There are other pictures from this trip if you go to the my pictures link, to the left.

My Photos

I find new things everyday. I now have my photos up on the web all you have to do is click on the link that says "My Photos" on the right under "Links". I mainly have some pictures from the camping trip I went on over memorial day weekend to Idaho. Feel free to check it out.

Charmed Woman Marries Cobra in India

"A woman who fell in love with a snake has married the reptile at a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India's Orissa state, reports said.
Bimbala Das wore a silk saree for the ceremony Wednesday at Atala village near the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.
Priests chanted mantras to seal the union, but the snake failed to come out of a nearby ant hill where it lives, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said on Friday.
A brass replica snake stood in for the hesitant groom.
"Though snakes cannot speak nor understand, we communicate in a peculiar way," Das, 30, told the agency."

This is no joke. I had no idea that you could marry a reptile! Its a story you may need to read to truely believe.

Charmed woman marries cobra in India

Attn: Skateboarders

I have been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks now. I was sitting in the grass one sunny afternoon in Pullman and I see this skateboarder coming down the street, following directly after him I see a cop. Who promptly instructs the skateboarder to pull to the side of the road. I was fully curious at this point. Did they know each other? Was there a warrant for the skateboarders arrest? Hmmm. Well it turns out that there was no warrant out for his arrest, the cop pulled him over for running a stop sign! Yeah! He even tried to get the guys ID. I could not believe what I was witnessing. So for all you skateboarders out there, especially those in Pullman. Here is how to stay out of trouble with the police, and what you should have if you happen to get in trouble.
1. Don't Drink and Skate; there could be serious legal consequences!
2. Look both ways before crossing the road or going through an intersection (may want to have a friend guide you across the street).
3. Stop at all stop signs you may encounter and only cross the street when it is clearly your turn.
4. Wear a helmet, you may want to add elbow, knee, wrist and shin guards also.
5. Don't apply makeup or fix your hair while skating.
6. Remember your drivers license (just in case).
7. Last but not least; try not to run into a car or pedestrians. If you do serious charges may be brought against you.