Are you serious‼? A Chronicle of Incredulity and Wonder.

**beanbag** · 10-14-2003, 01:06 AM

hmmm...I kinda feel like I'm writing to nothing. oh well. today was okay...amusing stuff happened. confusing stuff, too, but then I always complicate things that are really quite shallow and easy. oh well...that's why I have guy friends to sort things out for me lol.

umm...I can't think of anything else to write at the moment and I should sleep soon because I have arabic tomorrow morning at 8. no more skipping for me!

I leave you with this for today...

my friend: For some reason your name reminds me of bed bath and beyond.

ma salama.

bingsWRX · 10-14-2003, 02:00 PM

wow...that was a short one. anyways, i haven't been on in a while. thursday was the last, and i think wednesday was the last time i wrote something. i don't have a computer at home...at least not yet. so for now, i just use the computers at work. i went on a hay ride this past friday with the college kids from church, so that was fun. we had campfire, and made smores...it was a good time. not really a whole lot goin on for me this week. i'm getting my car fixed tomorrow...hopefully, and then thursday we're gonna have extended worship for the small groups bible study that i attend. did you have fun at arabic class today?

have a great day!

Brian-Alexander · 10-14-2003, 06:05 PM

hey bings welcome to cgr oh yeah i got 800 post now...go me!

**beanbag** · 10-15-2003, 01:15 AM

hey Bings, it sounds like your week has been going well. the hay ride and everything sounds like such fun!

it brings back memories of 8th grade before my best friend moved away.

today went pretty well. I went to class and I ended up being ahead, so while everyone else was doing the work, my ostatha went over my stuff and for the most part it was right. so today after I got home, I sat down and worked into the next lesson. we'll see how right I was...probly not very right because I didn't read all the directions...

class was pretty good this evening, too. I got into a bajillion debates with these guys in my class (some of them are quite young, and very intelligent!) about different things...it was fun. debate is the stuff life is made of.

umm..I can't think of anything else besides the fact that I'm taking a break from cleaning my room and am falling asleep at the keyboard...

ma salama!

**beanbag** · 10-15-2003, 11:09 PM

ladeda...today was okay. there were some bumps this morning, but otherwise my day went fine.

wow...this is going to be a really short post *gasp* because it is now 9:09 pm and I have to call my teacher and talk to her, and then sleep, and then get up at 6:30 tomorrow morning for class.

brilliant thought of the day: I can bellydance for my speech on assyrians in class next week!

...not.

that kind of brings to mind the "hanging bellies" of babylon. *falls over*

ma salama!

Brian-Alexander · 10-16-2003, 08:36 PM

bings you need to make a blog it will make thee b section a better place with some bling....lol haha hehe i mean bing....

**beanbag** · 10-17-2003, 12:37 AM

weee I'm really tired...sleep is seeming nicer and nicer and nicer with every passing minute. oh well, I get to sleep in tomorrow.

today was okay...I went to class *yay me* and learned some stuff, which is a good thing because that's what you're supposed to do in class.

and then tonight was okay, too. one of the girls led worship this evening...she did really well; she was nervous so she kept making side conversation, but people live and learn.

the only other thing I did today was go and get my picture taken for the directory at my former church (my mom and brothers are still actively involved there, so my mom said people might still need our number from the directory) which I thought I didn't need to do. but then the real reason for picture time came out...my mom wants to send my grandparents a family picture of us, so she figured this was as good a time as any. and of course, it makes sense that she and my brothers should be in the directory because they're still involved at church, and people might wonder if my dad and I weren't in there. they'd probly be all nosy and say "did you get a divorce?" "did Sabrina go off to college?" "did Sabrina run away?" "is it those rebellious teen years?" and stuff like that. actually, they probly wouldn't but I still like to say they might.

okay I'm showing too much of the real me (eeek!) so I'm getting out of here.

ma salama!

bingsWRX · 10-17-2003, 02:08 PM

hey there! today has been terrible so far. i locked myself outta my house! normally i double lock my front door, and this morning i locked the bottom lock, went to pull my keys out for the deadbolt, only to realize mykeys were inside. i was able to get a ride out to my friend's work to retrieve my spare keys! and then i get to work, and my password for the SIPRNET was expired. and the day just went on from there. oh well, i only have one more hour and then i get to go home. ooops...someones coming. gotta jet

bing

**beanbag** · 10-19-2003, 12:24 AM

ugh I'm sorry to hear about your day yesterday, Bings.

mine was fairly decent both yesterday and today..

I went shoe shopping and bought super-cute shoes muaha (not like anyone cares lol). they're 40's style...they're also 3 inches tall lol. 4, if you measure from the back. I was surprised my mom liked them, but she loved them and was like, "you should get them!" I'm also surprised she was cool with the height...I was like, mom, these are 3 inch heels, and she just shrugged was like, "you're 16."

my parents will never cease to amaze me. today, my mom pulled the ultimate jaw dropper...I went to UC Davis (near Sacramento, for all you non-Californians) for their preview day. my college plans have been sliding back and forth between transferring to Davis as a junior or going away to a private school in Virginia as a freshman. so, last night before I went to bed, I prayed that God would show me the direction He wants me to take with my life, and to provide me with some answers. (this is where God grins at me and says, "yeah right, my child.")

I found my way into the activities and majors fair with my mom, and headed on over to the int'l relations table. I talked to the people over there and told them I'm planning to major in int'l relations (big grins, nods)...I also tell them I want to specifically focus on people and cultures (bigger grins, more nods)...I then tell them my specific area of focus is the middle east. *bang!* (the older woman starts shaking her head.) she was like, "no. this isn't the school for you. we do not have a good arabic program...you will be frustrated and disappointed and you'll have wasted your time. we are strongest in latin america and the far east...we have very limited middle eastern classes. I would suggest Berkeley or UCLA."

well, it was obvious that Davis wasn't the place for me, so my mom was like, "let's not waste our time here. let's go check out Berkeley." I stopped dead in my tracks. in all the colleges I've looked at (and I've looked at tons...most of them are either tiny obscure colleges in the middle of nowhere (with internet access, of course.

) or they're huge, ivy-league colleges I could never, ever afford) Berkeley had never even entered my thoughts! I mean, come on...Berkeley...it's like the nut capital of the land of the fruits and the nuts (as my ozarkian grandpa likes to call my fair state)...they tried to pass legislature stating it illegal to sell anything but completely organic coffee.

so anyways, I hadn't ever actually visited Berkeley...I hadn't really needed to, or so I thought, it's infamous...everyone knows about those weird Berkeleyans. let me tell you...I completely changed my point of view when I actually drove through the town and walked around on the campus. I totally love it...you can walk everywhere, the campus is just...there. it's like...huge, but...I dunno, you just have to see it. it's not breathtaking, like some campuses, but it has so much character. and the thing I love the most about it is the near east department. I could live there! they have an entire class dedicated to Gilgamesh! (no, not my bird...the legendary king.

) it was amazing!

my mom is going to take me back for a guided tour and I'm going to meet with advisors and professors and see what I think. (I'm checking out Stanford, too, but I'm not too optimistic about that one.) but...it's just awesome. the thing that surprised me the most is my parents' attitude though. my mom was like, "yeah, Berkeley has a great program, blah blah.." and I was like...what about the liberals?!...and my dad said, "Berkeley is among the top schools on the west coast.." and I said what about the liberals?!

they finally answered what about the liberals...my dad had two points...

a. they feel they have raised me to be uncompromising in my moral beliefs, and they aren't worried about me morals-wise.

b. I tend to stay away from weirdos, so they aren't worried about that, either.

later on my dad said there's a big assyrian union on campus, and there are a bunch of christian organizations and stuff. and then he said if I go off to the christian school in Virginia, I'm gonna come back with a boyfriend/husband (so he thinks...*rolls eyes*) whereas if I'm at Berkeley, he thinks it less likely.

but yeah, my day was full of surprises. I never know what to expect from my otherwise oh-so-predictable parents. all in all though, it was great. I saw a lot, learned a lot, and got to have some alone time with my mommy while we were driving over there and walking around the campuses.

okay this has been long enough. ma salama!

Brian-Alexander · 10-19-2003, 09:18 AM

hey bings you could make your own blog instead of just posting in beanbag's blog it would be cool to have your OWN blog

**beanbag** · 10-19-2003, 11:58 PM

I have mastered the art of procrastination. I should receive an honorary degree..."Procrastinatory Studies and Techniques", or something like that.

Anyways, here it is, currently 4 minutes till 10, and I have not done my speech homework. *waits for the applause*. I wasn't going to write anything tonight, but I figured I should record this for the future, so I can look back and see what a bad student I am.

ma salama...

**beanbag** · 10-21-2003, 01:46 AM

yay, my 200th post in my own journal...how exciting.

okay...it's a quarter to 12 and I need sleep. I also need to record some arabic tapes for my oustatha for tomorrow, cuz I told her I'd definitely have them for her by tomorrow. only one problem...my tape recorder won't read the cd and won't record onto the tape. oh well...I'll find a way to get around that. I can't not have them, though...I promised her this a week ago!

anyways, I need to be studying my arabic right now instead of sitting online and slacking off lol. oh well, I'll get around to it sooner or later.

random thought of the day: I love Noise Ratchet.

*skips off*

ma salama!

**beanbag** · 10-22-2003, 12:31 AM

what to write, what to write...

I'm super-tired. I'm more tired tonight after having taken a 2 hour nap this morning than when I don't take a nap. quite weird. oh well, I guess it's a good thing. here's my chance to try to fix my sleeping habits by going to bed before 11. my mom will be quite shocked.

today was kind of okay...I finished learning the alphabet and assorted markers in arabic class this morning. I heard this is where it gets hard- we have to start in on the grammar. I don't even know the parts of speech in english! I will say for myself that I'm a pretty good writer, but I couldn't tell you how to construct a sentence using perfect present tense and past perfect participles and prepositions and the like (can you tell I don't know what they mean?). I really don't wanna learn, either, cuz that would take the fun out of writing. I mean, I know the basics, like the subject, predicate, etc. but not any of the stupid, meaningless, fancy stuff. maybe this is why I dread having to take english 101 so much...

okay, anyways...tis time to sleep.

ma salama.

**beanbag** · 10-25-2003, 02:13 AM

wow, it's late and I'm tired. and I have to get up at 20 till 6 in the morning. why? because I am a genius and enrolled myself in a class from 8-5 tomorrow and the saturday after. oh well, it's a credit and I have to learn cpr/first aid anyways.

but yeah. today was okay...some funny/weird stuff happened. I was going to kinko's with my mom, and we were driving along in the parking lot, and this woman was putting stuff into the backseat of her car...her clothes were rather short, and my mom was like, "is that a skirt?!" so we were trying to figure out exactly what it was she was wearing, and she suddenly bent over to put something down in the back. yes, in fact, it was a skirt.

that's actually the only funny thing that happened today. besides the fact that the ENTIRE (okay, so maybe I exaggerate by a few hundred people) young assyrian community here in town was congregated at starbucks. that is, the ones who can't drive and aren't allowed to date (yeah, right. aren't allowed ). they're all jr. high/freshmen age, except for a few other ones. it's kind of annoying...everytime I go there I see someone I know. usually it's my cousin, but today I saw these guys who are somehow distantly related to me...somehow. but yes, it's quite interesting. it doesn't only occur in my town. other towns with substantial assyrian populations also have that going on. it makes me not wanna go there. so I didn't...I went to jamba juice instead, and got to see MORE jr. highers with their little girlfriends out on pseudo dates. am I disgusted? oh, no. am I angry? why would I be? am I completely baffled? umm...yes! whatever happened to kids not dating until they were...older?? I see all these little jr. highers and early highschoolers with their cell phones and their girlfriends/boyfriends out and about drinking coffee (don't they know they won't get any taller?) and wandering the streets at 10 pm, waiting for their parents to pick them up from their dates (this is the thing that amuses me. I refuse to date anyone until I can drive by myself.). my brother will definitely not be doing that!

okay anyways...enough ranting. this is all for tonight.

ma salama!

**beanbag** · 10-27-2003, 12:45 AM

ladeda.

yay, I'm now CPR certified. well, that is if I didn't miss more than 8 questions on the test. but I don't think I did. alot of the questions repeated themselves lol. I should be certified though, cuz I had to get up before 6 to go that darn class! next week is first aid...bring on the blood. *faints*

anyways...today has been quite good, actually. my family from down south is up here till tomorrow...they came to steal my auntie away and take her home.

they were gonna go back today (they're crazy!) but they couldn't because the highways were blocked cuz of the fires going on down in so.cal, so they were forced to stay till tomorrow.

well, it's 10:45 and feels like 11:45 and I'm craving ice cream.

ma salama!