Just some fun thanks to Jay

Bored? ((Over 100 questions))
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[x] Part 1 -- The Basics [x]
What's your name? ::	Stephen
Birthplace ::	Nebraska
Age ::	21
Age you act ::	21 I guess
Current location ::	Nebraska
Eye color ::	Hazel
Hair color ::	Brown
Right, lefty or ambidextrous? ::	ambidextrous
Zodiac sign? ::	Scorpio
Height? ::	5' 10" or so
[x] Part 2 -- Describe... [x]
Your heritage/nationality ::	Euro Combo
Your hair ::	Varying brown with fading redlights
Your fears ::	Loss, the unknown
Your perfect room ::	Piano, stereo, nearby pool, large yet comfy
What you practically do in a day ::	School, homework, music, TV, computer
[x] Part 3 -- What is/are... [x]
Words you overuse ::	?
Phrases you overuse ::	?
Your first thought when you wake up ::	How long can I keep sleeping?
Your greatest accomplishment ::	Making it to where I am today/who I am today
Something you want to do ::	Touch people's lives with my music
[x] Part 4 -- This or that [x]
Pepsi or Coke ::	Cutting back--maybe Pepsi
McDonald's or Burger Kings ::	Neither (Burger 'Kings'?)
Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera ::	PLEASE! Christina 100%
Chocolate or vanilla ::	depends
Adidas or Nike ::	Adidas all the way baby
Black or white ::	i dunno
Bills or Coins ((Think $$$)) ::	bills of course
Burgers or hot dogs ::	both
Egypt or France ::	France
Rock or rap ::	rock
[x] Part 5 -- Do you...[x]
Smoke ::	no
Cuss ::	yes
Sing well ::	yes
Sing in the shower ::	yes
Talk to yourself --a lot-- ::	no. yes you do. no i don't! do too!
Believe in yourself ::	yes
Like taking these longass surveys? ::	yes
Play an instrument ::	Yes-piano and trombone
Want to go to college? ::	Already there
Want to get married? ::	yes
Want to have children? ::	yes
Think you're a health freak? ::	borderline
Get along with your parents ::	Clarify get along...
Get along with your siblings? ::	yes
Think you're popular ::	Ha.
[x] Part 6 -- In the past month have you..[x]
Gone out of state ::	no
Drank alchohal ::	no
Smoke ::	no
Get high ::	no
Done any drugs ::	no
Eaten an entire box of oreos ::	yuck
Been on stage ::	yes
Gone skinny dipping ::	no
Been dumped ::	no
Dyed your hair ::	no--might in the next month though
Stolen anything ::	no
[x] Part 7 -- Your friends! =D [x]
Craziest ::	Billie
Loudest ::	Toss up
Most shy ::	Cheryl?
Blondest ::	Billie, though she's not blonde
Smartest ::	dunno
Kindest ::	all
Best personality ::	hard to choose
Most talented ::
Best singer ::
Most ghetto ::
Drama Queen ((or King XP)) ::	Cass
Pain in the ass ::	Cass
The one you just want to strangle to death ((Homer Simpson style))::	Cass
Funniest ::	Billie
Best person for advice ::
Dependable ::
Trustworthy ::
Druggie ::	none
Most likely to end up in jail ::	none i hope
Person you've known the longest ::	Dustyn
[x] Part 8 -- The Last... [x]
Last dream ::	can't remember
Last nightmare ::	lots of odd ones lately
Car ride ::	to a nearby town
Last time you cried ::	couple weeks ago
Last movie seen ::	The Phantom of the Opera
Last movie rented ::	Finding Neverland
Last book read ::	Bible
Last word said ::	no clue
Last curse word said ::	no clue
Last time you laugh ::	yesterday
Last phone call ::	can't recall
Last CD played ::	Tori Amos-To Venus and Back
Last song you listened to ::	Jason Mraz-Summer Breeze
Last annoyance ::	homework
Last IM ::	Raf-whom I barely know
Last weird encounter ::	dunno
Last person you hugged ::	Mom
Last person you yelled at ::	Dad
Last time you wore a skirt ::	give me a break
Last time you've been evil ::	mwahahaha--all the time
Sarcastic? ::	ALL the time
Last time you fought with your parents ::	Monday?
Last time you wished upon a star ::	when i was 7 probably
Played Truth or Dare ::	never
Spent quality time alone ::	Easter Break
[x] Part 9 -- I swear this is the last one! -- Randomness [x]
Are you talking to someone on AIM ::	no
Do you feel lonely ::	yes
Ever TP'd someone's house ::	yes
How about egging someone's house ::	no-that's much worse
Do you not like dislike not like me? ::	say wha?
Ain't Eminem and 50 Cent just fine? ::	no
Yo Momma ::	shut it
Ever been so hungry you felt like you could eat the person next to you? ::	sure.......
What do you think of George Bush? ::	Not one of our brightest
Any secret fetishes? ::	If I told, they wouldn't be secret
Do you like to wear chains? O_o ::	no
How many languages do you speak? ::	2
Damn.. are your fingers tired? Cause mine sure are! ::	no
Glad this is over? ((Say yes and I'll stalk you =P)) ::	yes--wait...
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Happy Easter

Well, another Easter has arrived. Like last year, the Good Friday weather was cold and gray while today is warm and sunny. Funny how the weather always seems to echo the mood of those two days for us. I went to Holy Thursday mass, Good Friday service, and part of mass today. Everyone is meeting here after church and having a big dinner. Lisa made baked Alaska cake which looks great--she shaped it like an egg (kinda) and put pink whipped cream over it instead of white. Crystal brought deviled eggs (ew) and something else. Mom made ham and 2 veggies. Dad was in charge of his usual---more chips and crackers than we'd ever eat in a day, sliced cheese, and the rest of the 'relish tray'. The table is set with 6 settings of glass dinner plates, crystal goblets, and brightly colored bunny napkins. There are matching paper plates for the dessert.
The Easter bunny stopped by in the wee hours of the morning too. Our baskets from ages ago have been lined up in front of the faux fireplace and have had candy, chocolate bunnies (the smaller, thin ones---Easter bunny picked up on our heath kick) and a plastic egg in each basket with money inside.
I have some homework to do today and tomorrow, which will be my last day of Easter Break. My voice coach is gone this week so I don't have my Tues/Wed lessons. I also have an article to complete for the April 1st deadline of our campus paper. I'm finally getting published! Gotta get my campus employment stuff all set up too. Lisa is 27 this week and we're going to a local vineyard for wine tasting and a tour. Should be interesting.

Have a great week everyone,
Stephen

Happy Anniversary!!!!!

Today is the 1st anniversary of my blog!! Thanks to all who have read faithfully over the last year. A great deal has happened since I began typing this, which you can see by the archives. I can't quite get my head around the fact that I've had this going that long...it really doesn't seem like it. My mom didn't believe me when I told her. Since I started this, Billie, Cheryl, and Jonathan started blogs of their own (not saying they are copying or anything...) and Jay has changed his. Kyle-in case you ever read this, your blog was the main thing that inspired me to write my own--not sure why, but it was. Too bad yours didn't work out so well in the end...some people are jerks.

Tonight I had an audition for a music scholarship. I sang "Music of the Night" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera". Since it was a short notice, I had no accompaniest and sang a cappella, but it sounded very good. I was nervous, my hands went numb and I started to shake a bit, but the sound was as good as I'd ask for. I'll let you know if they award me with the scholarship or not. (Pray hard!)

I used another Christmas gift certificate to buy "The Phantom..." movie soundtrack. It was on sale at Best Buy, so I got the full length, 2 disc version for the shortened, single disc price. The guy charged me the full price so I showed him the page I had printed out showing the sale price on bestbuy.com. Nice to be prepared in case someone wants to rip you off, which is what I expected. He discounted it and I still have a few bucks left on the card!

Also, out of all poems submitted to CU's poetry publication, only 25 poems were selected to be printed in the 04/05 edition. Out of those 25, 2 are mine!!! I'm very honored and excited--this is my 4th college level publication with my poetry selected for printing. Here's hoping for the critic's choice award!

I have more to do---I'm singing with the guys at chapel tomorrow.

Much love, thanks for reading and keep it up!

Stephen

Here's to the week...

Hey all. Just watched "Hellboy". Much better than I had expected and it has a very good lesson. Nice to see an action movie without every cliche being used, without constant swearing (there's almost none), and an actual MORAL message! Of course, there's an underlying Catholic theme in the hero's powers and goodness, which makes me especially happy when most films to come from Hollywood depict the religion as something negative (bad priests, using faith as a mere 'crutch', etc.).

I had an excellent week this week and kept myself very busy. Saw a comedian last night--quite good. Next week will be a busy one too. Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, I have music scholarship auditions Monday, I sing with the Men's Chorale at chapel on Tuesday, and I have an exam in World Civ. II on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are off for Holy Week, as is the following Monday. Prayers would be appreciated. I'll try to remember you guys in my prayers tonight.

That's all for now, I will keep you up to date and everything.

Steve

And Spring Break Comes To An End

Well, I never told you about my open mic night in detail, but if you must know--IM me on MSN.

Tomorrow I go back to my regularly scheduled classes. Spring Break hasn't been exactly thrilling, but it's been great to get away from the classrooms for a while. I saw Cheryl for the first time since MMC (2 years ago) which was very cool. Hopefully I didn't bore her or talk her ear off. I would love to have my other MMC buds down sometime as well, perhaps this summer. My mom got to see Cheryl after all, being that she came home Sunday after being with my grandma. Grams is doing well after her heart surgery--they put 3 stints in to open blocked vessels. She sounds good and just might be feeling better than she has in a long time with improved ciruculation. On Thursday I saw the film version of "The Phantom of the Opera". I have loved this opera (musical) since I was very young--at least 1st grade. I got the original cast recording on cassette tape from 'Santa' and listened to the tapes all the way to and from our family vacation to South Dakota. My 3rd grade piano recital piece was a 10 page 'easy piano' version of the main song. I saw 2 versions, including Webber's on stage. Needless to say, I was worried the film version wouldn't live up to expectations. I must say though that I really enjoyed it. Some lyrics changed, a new melody has been added, and some events are slightly switched in timing, but it works perfectly for film and pays homage to the original production. Yesterday I went to Lincoln and bought some stuff using gift certificates I've had since Christmas, which was a fun, delayed present. I got a green shirt that says "Stumble Inn" with a shamrock on it for St. Patty's Day (and my love of Ireland). And so ends my break. Throw in some homework and you have the picture.
Thanks to Jonathan for FINALLY signing the guestbook (I've only been online a year now).
Song of the Day: "Music of the Night" from the Phantom.
Much love,
Steve

I always knew I was dramatic....lol

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This cold is like the energizer bunny...it keeps going, and going, and going...

Hey all. I've been sick for 3 1/2 weeks, which has made me care less about posting. I have read and responded to comments though. I went to the ER yesterday to get a strep test since the clinic was closed. After an hour or so there (in the just-opened, all new wing of the hospital) I went home and waited for the call. A 1/2 hour later...strep test was negative! So...it's not flu, it's not strep, it must be a bad cold. I'm taking Tylenol Cold for the daytime and getting fluids, vitamins, etc.
Cheryl is here in town!!! We haven't seen each other in 2 years and 1 month, so I'm very excited. She called last night but we are gonna end up meeting today. She's staying with her bro when she's not with me. I hope I don't get her sick--my grams told me not to be kissing her! Gotta love Grams. She just got home Friday from an angioplasty she had done on Thursday. It was a sudden thing none of us expected. They opened 3 blocked blood vessels and didn't have to do open heart surgery--THANK GOD. She was even answering the phone yesterday. She sounds tired and a bit rough, but she's got her usual attitude, which is great.
Dad bought Girl Scout cookies. I've eaten 2 1/2 boxes already. Another box went to Iowa with mom and Lisa, who brought Grams home from the hospital and are staying until tomorrow afternoon. That leaves 1 1/2 boxes left that I'm trying to avoid. Good news--I lost a few pounds. I'm still trying to get back into the shape I was in at MMC (physically only thank you--we can leave the emotional baggage) and even improve upon that.
It sucks Lisa and Mom probably won't see Cheryl unless she stays a bit longer than planned. I'll get her bro or someone to take a pic of us--I never had one taken at MMC.
Well, gotta get my hair washed, take a vitamin, warm up my voice since Cheryl wants me to play and sing for her, and take it from there.

Song of the Day: "Almighty God" by Amy Stroup. Very simple, pretty song in the style of Sixpence None the Richer.

Until next time,
Steve

Very short

Hey all. Still sick--in week three I feel worse than ever.
Cheryl is coming down for Spring Break this coming weekend--woohoo!
I drank chocolate milk this morning and as I was chugging it back, I realized it was horribly sour. Now I really feel sick.
I'll go into depth later, but-----I PERFORMED AT OPEN MIC NIGHT AND IT ROCKED!!!! YEAH!

peace,
SB