oh remeber the good ol' days when we used to blog about petrified wood and semaphores? i feel not geek-squad like at all right now, although the other night at this party we were trying to set up the solar system by using people, but then everyone got so dizzy trying to spin and rotate at the same time that we had to abandon our model. so then we went on-line and found the nasa web page, and got to look at the earth from different locations from all of the different satelites orbitting. it's pretty neat-o. still haven't found out the exact length of a lunar day. anyone know?

job interview on friday! ah, it's going to be 3 or 4 potential applicants in a mini-interview style. a bit nerve racking? um, yeah. what should i wear?

alright, another quick one from me.

you guys have such fun lives! whine whine whine. i want a fun life. i hate transition! i hate the thought that i really should retake gre's if i want to get into any of the grad programs that look intresting. woe is me. mini crisis. hate gre's.

s-i'll call you tonight, and i won't whine. i promise.

love jules

ok. i've read about all your adventures. and i wait anxiously to hear about how stephanie's surgery went.

my life is completely insane. completely.

i sorta kinda woke up with a boy in my bed (in joe's guest room, mind you) on saturday morning. his name is paxton. he just graduated from george mason university. and he ended up being very talky (bad). that didn't stop joe from making us all pancakes though. i'm glad i'm not awkward in those situations.

what else? i shaved my head again. yup. i'm a badass. so i scowl a lot. and moisturize. several of the other rhodents have asked if i play football. or if i'm mean. one told me i radiate happiness. i'm bad at scowling.

i hope everyone's CDs have arrived by now.

last night we had a dinner party thing at this ridiculous house in great falls, virginia. imagine 10,000 square feet of martha stewart madness. i spent about an hour talking to lord waldegrave of north hill (i think that's it...don't these people have first names). we discussed my thesis and his family's marrying habits in the 18th century. weird.

all the other scholars seem pretty darn cool. a girl named somjen from cornell is particularly fun. some cuties. some very not so much. the girl from howard is great. she wants to go out dancing tonight. i'm exhausted, though. ok. gotta go lunch at the capitol now. i don't like being all dressed up all the time. cheers.

hey all! how was the weekend? greg, any news on stephanie?

things are good here. one more day of teaching after today. i think i'm ready to be finished. i'm definitely excited about chicago, and have one job prospect that might lead to something, so i'm definitely excited about that. i'll let you know when i find out more.

not too much excitement over the weekend. had some family time and just a lot of lounging. i watched adaptation with my parents last night. fun movie, i recommend it.

i'll try to talk to you all before i leave, as i still have access to free long distance. i'm not sure what the chicago situation will be like yet. i may have to dive into the world of cell phone.

love you, jules

also lost for words. i'll certainly drop a card in the mail and be thinking of her. thanks for letting us know greg.

love, julie

i also enjoyed the canuck bit more, but in general my fondness for those two animals only increases.

cat cat is insane with his little "cans". is everyone still reading get fuzzy? i love it more and more daily.

well, after anthony starting the wednesday off with that blog, how can you not smile. things are really going fine here. 4 more days of school and then i leave for chicago! my mom is driving me there next week and i will be there by thursday. between now and then, the social calendar is filling up. it's so crazy and soon and i don't have a job yet, but i have some savings so it'll all work out(knock on wood). i'm uber excited.

g-i tried calling last night but you weren't home. hope to have time tonight.

s-yes, things sound crazier there now than when i was there. maybe you're yom kippur weekend will give you some solace.

m-??? where are you

a-when do you leave again? sometimes i'm a poor listener, especially when talking on a cell phone while walking down broadway.

love, jule

wow. so much to read. sorry about being generally, well, missing from the blog. i've been running around this city like a chicken with its head cut off.

speaking of immitation being the most sincere form of flattery--i think greg's ability to always find a free meal has rubbed off on me. i've been eating 4 times a day just to meet the demand for my precious precious bubbatime.

i'm SO sad i didn't get to new york. it sounds like, between shopping, drinking, and pancaking, you two had a blast. next time. and no comment on being tyler durden (sp?).

amanda has been great. she sends her love. and she says "vegetables are what food eats." whatever that means. i've been to the tombs twice to eat (and nonce to drink) thus far.

i woke up drunk yesterday morning after a monday night of partying like a rockstar. ow. the only 3 things i remember from the night:
1)ian taking his shirt off per a bartender's request
2)the cute bouncer who was from portland and just graduated from gonzaga university
3)ending up in a shower with some republican representative's chief of staff.

i'm not kidding. what's happening to my life? i feel like it's been coopted by some weird (and gay gay gay) movie. soft focus photography and fancy watermelon cutting are next.

knitting is going well. it brings me great pleasure.

oh. amanda also says, "the only natural enemy of the hole is the pile." i think we need to go now.

love you all,
bubs.

greg,

i can relate. malone will suck the life blood out of anyone. just try to dive into something, anything. what's happening with the possible job, and what about your friends that are around? you'll be fine once you create a little stability for yourself that is self-sufficient. i'll give you a call later tonight and we'll chat.

personally, what i've found is that sleep is what i am diving into right now, still trying to catch up after the crazy nyc weekend. so last night in my deepest REM, i clearly had a shannon dream-6 or more people crammed into a car, after we had picked up two scantilly clad women hitchhikers, someone sitting on the drivers lap, when Madonna's justify your love came on...well you can just use your imagination from there. there wasn't a beat of hesitation, as soon as we heard the song it was clear what would happen as we were driving along at 60+mph.

thought you'd all appreciate that.

yesterday was mike and katie's anniversary. i called them last night and left a message. i had to call our apartment last year to get the number and i talked to tess. she seemed nice and said things were going well. she's working at the nativity school.

love to you all. back to chem.
jules

s-just wanted to let you know that i got home in tact. amazingly enough, burlington wasn't a let down after new york. it was a beautiful flight and i had a good night with j and d, and suz. although she is having some boy issues, or rather boy insecurities, but they'll work themselves out. anyway, thanks for a great weekend shannon, it was fantastic, and i have the coolest shoes now!

i'm back at school, ready to teach another class. and in typical julie form, since i can't find the right chemicals for this lab exemplifying chemical and physical reactions, i've opted instead to do a similar change that uses candy rather tahn chemicals. good thing they get their new teacher in about a week. i have 5 and a half more days as a teacher! and just as i was getting the hang of it too. i now have my mornings down so i get all my class prep done with more than ample time to email and blog. i'm even thinking of starting some grad school stuff this week.

talk to you all soon. i'll try to get on the phone this week while i still have free long distance.

love, jules

hi all. things are well here. we're going over conversion factors in class and (fingers crossed) i'm heading to nyc tomorrow after class.

i just got an earful in the teacher's lounge about the teacher union, so i do find my interests at school after all, even if chemistry isn't one of them. just kidding. it is interesting to me, and i really don't even mind the teaching. not always the hugest fan of labs, but they go pretty quick.

i'm actually going out tonight with a friend that's in town! i think we're going to have dinner. it's very exciting for me to break my shell and get out of the house. thank god, because at times it feels more and more like a prison. but now that i know i have an apartment starting october 1st that i've put a deposit on (i sent it out yesterday bern), i think i can manage for another 2 weeks.

that's all for me. things are good but tame. they're definitely not scandalous, and maybe not even weird! how sad. oh, but one last thing. i watched west wing last night, the one where john goodman takes over, and i'll tell you what, it was just as good the second time around. can't wait 'til next wednesday.

love, j

shannon, this has become just "our" discourse page as of late (:P to the rest of you), so i just thought i'd tell you that you've officially strayed away from the mac house title. you are clearly now "just scandalous". those poor janitors finally seeing just how boring their life really is.

where is everyone? so little blog love. things are better today after some sleep and a nice chat with my mom and shannon last night (way to go on the priest S!). i'm ready to get out of dodge though. i'm getting antsy. oh, have i already said that a hundred times? whoops.

i get to see shannon and anthony in a little over 72 hours! yea, yea, yea!

i think my phone interview went okay, but i'm not holding out huge hope. i really, really like the sound of the job, but teh whole phone conversation seemed a bit dull.

that's about it from here. hope to hear from you all soon.

love jules

not much to say, grumpy day, boring material to teach. had good, but short weekend with jvs and am now tired. will take nap directly following phone interview.

love to you all,
julie

ps can't wait to see where bucky's from tomorrow.

i'm on for nyc, just booked flight-get in a laguardia at 9pm approximately friday. so excited! call you early next shannon to hammer out details.

love to you all,
j

hi all. i hope for nyc still, but with this damn teaching job, i can't leave the north country until 4pm friday afternoon. i'm looking into cheap flights right after i finish a quick blog. our computer is on the fritz, so i'm at the library, but i may get kicked off soon. thank god the libs so close

so, class is good. my morning class is 10 peops, so it's easy and comfortable. afternoon is 18! and they kick my ass. it's just so many eyes! but i figure it will prepare me to TA in grad school some day where the material will undoubtedly be much more difficult and the students more pressing. i only have 4 periods a day, so i have another 5 for all my class prep, so i don't have to bring work home. it's sweet.

i plan on heading to maine this weekend to see jv's. long car trip (6 hours), short weekend, but malone is starting to eat me alive!!! it's so boring. work is fine, but i miss coming home to energy. and my parents abandon me every night! they are quite the social butterflies, always having dinner meetings, etc. sometimes they invite me, but i often decline, not really wanting to here about diabetes, heart disease, etc.

more soon. i'll check out that story bubba. i'm going home to make cookies for the jvs. oh, one more exciting thing. bern you'll appreciate this- i have a job interview with kerry sullivan at lakefront housing on monday for the tenant organizer position. i'm decidely psyched.

love you all,
jules

i know, julie! i was reading the onion (for the first time in a month, i should add) and read that article first. i didn't have the heart to keep reading. it was admittedly a good piece, but it still almost made me cry.

oh. and that story in i thought my father was god that almost made me cry is called 'table for two' and it immediately follows mathematical aphrodesiac.

what's the molecular structure of glucose?

i booked my ticket to new york today, shannon. i'll call you this weekend to give you more details.

heart,
bubba.

sad onion article you could read-stupid wal mart http://www.theonion.com/3935/opinion1.html

amazingly harsh new york time editorial on dubya.

that is all.

so, i am now a 23 year old, golf playing chemistry teacher. so far i hate the golf and am pretty sure i'm done with it, so i guess i'm just a chem teacher. i start wednesday. who would've ever thunk it. i've got the position through september 30th.

hope you are all well. i'm going to my dad's Kiwanis meeting tomorrow to talk about all y'all and JVC and how i've been ruined for life. i'm going to bring our collage :)

love you, julie

it's rainy in spokane today. and cold. very welcome weather.

i don't really have much to say. i leave for DC in a week and i'm horribly underprepared. i really just wanted to post a link to this little article, so y'all could read the different reactions to mr bush's speech last night.

chug-a-lug.
bubb-a-lug

thanks all for the birthday love and the messages! i'll return all your calls soon. my parents and i got back around 9 last night and i was tired after hauling 30 pounds of gear in and out of the forest. but it was well worth it. we found some great trails. and the dogs found some great poop, but i'll tell you all about that when we talk, anthony already got the story ;).

but now i'm home and i'm 23 and i am ready to teach in malone, but nobody called, so i have another lazy day to catch up with blogs and the such.

a-can i get the summertime and whoopty cd too? and sublime, the sublime album?
b-yea apartment! hope i get a job soon.
g-yea REI! i love camping and fun freeze dried, dehydrated food.
m-scabies huh? yuck. we'll compare notes on gross skin diseases.
s-i can't wait to come to this crazy nyc. my mom took me shopping for my birthday, so i hope i'm somewhat prepared. no more non-consumerist jv lifestyle for me.

love you all. thanks for the birthday wishes.
love, jules

check and check on the CDs, B...sounds like plenty of excitement for you of late.

B (especially, but for all) i went and saw the order tonight. i'm curious how y'all liked it. crazy catholics. but at least we have a sense of wonder, eh?

good news article on americorps

aaron sends his best wishes to you all.

heart,
bubba.

wow, shannon. a peruvian and an aussie? the most exciting thing in my life right now is the prospect of going to the fair this evening. i think aaron is coming by for one last farewell. so we can count on my being in tears by the end of the night. at least i'm predictable. just three things from me right now, i swear...

1) CDs. just to confirm...

G- summer, end of summer, whoopty, dar compilation
M - summer, whoopty, beauty of the rain
S - summer, end of summer, whoopty, dar
B - have you not told me yet?

2) has anyone seen the hours? i watched it last week with katie and i haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. i think i may go buy the dvd today. wow. oh. my friend brandon's girlfriend (more on her in a few weeks, wink wink) was wicked impressed that i knew the wow thing. but she inserted cool between wow and mom. i can't wait to show it to shannon in a couple weeks.

3)i was watching a press conferrence of tony blair's last night. i still don't like him. i think he's kinda weaselish. BUT i will say that he's brilliant. first of all, i can't imagine the monkey ever getting in front of reporters and saying anything remotely as articulate as mr blair. then, just to blow me out of the water, he fielded his own questions from the media...and was just as articulate. i think the closest mr bush has gotten to an original thought during his presidency is "we're gonna git them evil doers" or whatever he said. shudder. i must go to the gym.

love, hugs, and fairy dust...vomit...
anthony.

here's a fun sight for you all to check out when you have some time, http://www.dubyaspeak.com/war.shtml


hope everyone is doing well. i'm on the verge of considering being a housewife. i'm starting to get comfortable being at home. my OCD could come out in a big way and i could start alphabatizing spices and cleaning a new room everyday (with no pressure of finding a job or getting into grad school), then stop around 4:30 or 5 and have a good beer or glass of wine while cooking dinner. then after cleaning up after dinner i would sit around and read interesting, intellectual, cosmopolitan things, before retiring early, so i can get up to exercise, make my hubby breakfast and start the day again. oh, and i could spend some days planning vacations too. one for each season! it sounds quite nice.

clearly it may be time to get out of malone. i dont' want to get too comfortable. i may be becoming a hermit. when i go to the store with my mom i get giddy to see people though, so i think that's a good sign. my head turns at every mildly attractive guy, and you know me and my age estimation, i'm quite sure i'm looking at all the 17 and 18 year olds, who i'm sure to be teaching next week.

s-do you have a cd burner? if you do, i would love a copy of your jack johnson cd. my mom bought one for me tonight (nice mom), but then i got the wrong album. whoops.

ok, can't write anymore. it stopped making sense.

love you all, julie

hope everyone is doing well. i must go back to my cosmopolitan tom robbins now.

ok. bubba is back from the abyss. i still haven't caught up on my mac house blog reading. maybe tomorrow morning. still working on the CDs. it wasn't helped by having lost my summertime mix. i'm still in the process of downloading all the songs that need to go on it. thank goodness i had them written down. blah blah blah. enough excuses.

banff was amazing. amazing and cold. it got down to about 35 most of the nights we were there. muy cold. and we didn't see any bears.

but we did hike to this amazing undeveloped lake that was about 5 miles from the highway that runs north of lake louise. and about halfway along the trail (which was otherwise very low-impact) we come across a 35 foot wide, glacier fed river. so we took off our shoes and slowly waded across. the lake was worth it. my god. no development. far enough from the highway that you couldn't hear anything remotely unnatural. just mountains. and a lake so mint green it looked fake. and mountains and glaciers and trees. and sex. HA.

oh. geek squad event...we visited what the canuckians call the "triple crown." it's the triple continental divide. rivers flow from it (it being the columbia icefield) into the pacific, atlantic, and arctic oceans. amazing. there was a pretty cool crow there.

after banff came seattle. which was great. it was awesome to hang out with my friend brandon and his family. but his sister's car got robbed when we were in a supercool bar. so that was kinda lame.

now i'm back in spokane, relaxing and trying to get my shit together enough to head to the east coast.

i'm arriving in dc on the 15th. i think i'll head up to new york thursday or friday. probably friday, because of the coolest geek squad thing EVER...

joe figini's company is doing something for the library of congress. so he's convinced some mucky muck there to take me on a tour of the stacks. how excited am i? oh so excited. so very excited.

ok. dinner time. i need a shower. that will come after dinner.

love you all.
bubs.

PS I'm making black eye skillet peas for dinner.

yea, my room is clean! yea, yea, yea! i think i really may suffer from OCD.

i might have a job through the end of september with a permanent sub job at a local school teaching chem. it sounds a bit scary. more details to come

s-yes, straight guy was great, although i don't think my dad found it as amusing as i did.

b-i talked to patrick yesterday about the apartment and things seem ago. i just need to call him today. i'll try you tonight to see how work is and everything else.

hope to hear from the rest of you soon. where are you all? greg, when are you blogging the grits and applebutter recipe?

love, j

ok guys. no more cranky messages from me. i just had a great weekend with my fam at star lake. the topper was definitely "guess the schnauzee". one person would sit on a stool and shut their eyes. the timer would start and the person would be brought each of the four dogs individually and would have to guess which dog it was just by petting it and feeling it. we all took turns and i got them all correct with the winning time of 13 seconds!!!!

there were other highlights of the weekend as well, but really, it was just a lot of eating, reading, biking, swimming, and hiking. it was wonderful and luxurious and it makes me realize i've been going through people withdrawal. i have so much more energy and am so much happier when there is a full house around. so i'm reenergized and ready to tackle job applications and school applications and so excited about bern and my possible apartment with becky and meghanne. move in date is looking good for october 1st, i think, so with an end in sight for living in malone, i think i'll be just fine, and no more shingles! (they're almost cleared up)
oh, and i just talked to dan shu, and i'm so excited. i am not going to be able to see him, but still i'm excited to have talked to him for the first time in nearly 3 years!


s-your life sounds fantastic and stressful. you should watch out for shingles! i can't wait to hear more (i think i wrote that last time, but it still holds). go for the aussie.

m-i hope to talk to you soon. it's been a while.

b-i have been in contact with patrick. i'll re-fax that application tomorrow.

a-thanks for the pic, i haven't tackled trying to post it yet. i'll save that for another day

g-what have you been up to? haven't heard from you in awhile.

love you all
julie