Dec 28
I’m home, in one piece and without speeding ticket!! w000000000000000t
Dec 27
Heading home tomorrow 
My own bed, my own cat.. CABLE.. FAST INTERNET!!!
*swoons*
My own bed, my own cat.. CABLE.. FAST INTERNET!!!*swoons*
Dec 24
It took me 14 hours to drive 650 miles. That averages out to just under 47 m.p.h. My average speed from KC to St. Louis was 73 m.p.h. Yowch.
About halfway between Columbia, MO and STL I called my mom and she warned me that I-64 was closed in Indiana.. ..apparently 20 inches of snow is a lot After I got through STL and was in Illinois the snow started showing.. there was only one over-turned semi in the median, I’m not sure why he was over turned because up to Mt. Vernon, Ill. the roads were fine. Once I got past Mt. Vernon and saw the electronic sign that said “I64 CLOSED AT INDIANA BORDER” I started to worry. The roads in Mr. Vernon were crap - they’d only had a dusting compared to what I was heading into.
The further into Illinois I traveled the worse the roads were. I stopped at a rest-area since I had filled my bladder up when I was having lunch in Mt. Vernon and that almost turned out to be a Very Bad Thing! First off, the ramp into the rest stop was not plowed at all, but at least it was packed enough from earlier traffic that it was drivable. Well I get up close and the way is blocked by a truck and a couple of minivans. Oh well - I park my car on the side and trudge my way up to the visitor center which is FULL of truck driver who are stranded. Once I’m done taking care of business I head back out to my car, hop in and start backing my way out of the entrance ramp back onto the highway. Oh shit, a truck is trying to make its way in, and of course if he does that he strands every one in front of him since the way out is blocked. GRR. Luckily he recognizes what is about to happen and manages to back his way out and park elsewhere without stranding the few of us who are brave/stupid enough to keep going.
About 15 miles outside of Evansville, Indiana there was so much snow on the highway that my car (remember, I drive a MINI) was bouncing all over the place. Average speed at that point was about 20 m.p.h. I had to slow down to less than ten at that point. Two miles later traffic stopped. I sat in one spot for probably 30-40 minutes watching the outside temperature on my instrument panel drop from 8 ºF to 0 ºF. Every once in a while someone would drive past, and I heard sirens at one point as well. I was really close to an exit ramp, so I just turned around and went West in the East-bound lane and exited from the entrance ramp and visited a little town that was up next to the Interstate. I parked and exchanged pleasentries with other motorists, then I went inside for a bit to warm up and stand (been in my car SITTING too damn long already!). I got back into the car after a bit and headed up to the highway to see what was going on, and cars were actually moving at that point so I went back down and started heading out. I called my mom with an hourly update and told her that things were finally looking good again and NO sooner had I said that I heard a ding and my low tire pressure light started to flash. Grrrrr.
Ten miles per hour for the next 15 miles. I64 was like an obstacle course - people just left their vehicles where they were! It was good times, except that I was only going 10 miles per hour and I was still two hours at NORMAL speeds from Kentucky, and it is about another hour and 45 minutes at normal speeds to the parents house once I get into Kentucky!!
Luckily tho, a bit outside of Evansville the highway was cleared up enough to be able to go 30-40 m.p.h. at a lot of points, and it was also cleared up enough to safely pass people who didn’t want to go over 20. I even managed to find an exit that was clear enough to get off and check my tire pressure, which luckily was all 4 tires low on pressure (it was 3º outside) and not a flat! So I gassed them up (air is a mixture of gasses!!), along with the car (I fueled up about 8 times on this trip, almost all of them 5 gallons or less.. never miss an opportunity to pee or get gas in this kind of weather!!).
Once I made it through southern Indiana and got into Kentucky the roads were nice and clear with an occasional patch of snow or ice. Speed moved back up to 60-90 (depending on road conditions) and I made it to the parents house at 12:30 PM EST (or 11:30 PM CST). I got on the highway at 9:30 that morning in Kansas. Fourteen hours.
I better get some good presents this year.
Happy Holidays from Me & Mr. Bigglesworth!!
About halfway between Columbia, MO and STL I called my mom and she warned me that I-64 was closed in Indiana.. ..apparently 20 inches of snow is a lot
After I got through STL and was in Illinois the snow started showing.. there was only one over-turned semi in the median, I’m not sure why he was over turned because up to Mt. Vernon, Ill. the roads were fine. Once I got past Mt. Vernon and saw the electronic sign that said “I64 CLOSED AT INDIANA BORDER” I started to worry. The roads in Mr. Vernon were crap - they’d only had a dusting compared to what I was heading into.The further into Illinois I traveled the worse the roads were. I stopped at a rest-area since I had filled my bladder up when I was having lunch in Mt. Vernon and that almost turned out to be a Very Bad Thing! First off, the ramp into the rest stop was not plowed at all, but at least it was packed enough from earlier traffic that it was drivable. Well I get up close and the way is blocked by a truck and a couple of minivans. Oh well - I park my car on the side and trudge my way up to the visitor center which is FULL of truck driver who are stranded. Once I’m done taking care of business I head back out to my car, hop in and start backing my way out of the entrance ramp back onto the highway. Oh shit, a truck is trying to make its way in, and of course if he does that he strands every one in front of him since the way out is blocked. GRR. Luckily he recognizes what is about to happen and manages to back his way out and park elsewhere without stranding the few of us who are brave/stupid enough to keep going.
About 15 miles outside of Evansville, Indiana there was so much snow on the highway that my car (remember, I drive a MINI) was bouncing all over the place. Average speed at that point was about 20 m.p.h. I had to slow down to less than ten at that point. Two miles later traffic stopped. I sat in one spot for probably 30-40 minutes watching the outside temperature on my instrument panel drop from 8 ºF to 0 ºF. Every once in a while someone would drive past, and I heard sirens at one point as well. I was really close to an exit ramp, so I just turned around and went West in the East-bound lane and exited from the entrance ramp and visited a little town that was up next to the Interstate. I parked and exchanged pleasentries with other motorists, then I went inside for a bit to warm up and stand (been in my car SITTING too damn long already!). I got back into the car after a bit and headed up to the highway to see what was going on, and cars were actually moving at that point so I went back down and started heading out. I called my mom with an hourly update and told her that things were finally looking good again and NO sooner had I said that I heard a ding and my low tire pressure light started to flash. Grrrrr.
Ten miles per hour for the next 15 miles. I64 was like an obstacle course - people just left their vehicles where they were! It was good times, except that I was only going 10 miles per hour and I was still two hours at NORMAL speeds from Kentucky, and it is about another hour and 45 minutes at normal speeds to the parents house once I get into Kentucky!!
Luckily tho, a bit outside of Evansville the highway was cleared up enough to be able to go 30-40 m.p.h. at a lot of points, and it was also cleared up enough to safely pass people who didn’t want to go over 20. I even managed to find an exit that was clear enough to get off and check my tire pressure, which luckily was all 4 tires low on pressure (it was 3º outside) and not a flat! So I gassed them up (air is a mixture of gasses!!), along with the car (I fueled up about 8 times on this trip, almost all of them 5 gallons or less.. never miss an opportunity to pee or get gas in this kind of weather!!).
Once I made it through southern Indiana and got into Kentucky the roads were nice and clear with an occasional patch of snow or ice. Speed moved back up to 60-90 (depending on road conditions) and I made it to the parents house at 12:30 PM EST (or 11:30 PM CST). I got on the highway at 9:30 that morning in Kansas. Fourteen hours.
I better get some good presents this year.
Happy Holidays from Me & Mr. Bigglesworth!!
Dec 22
OMG!!
Biology: A
Chemistry: B
Photography: B (too many late projects for an A)
Psychology: A
Chem Lab: B
Term GPA: 3.46
w00t!!!!!!!
Biology: A
Chemistry: B
Photography: B (too many late projects for an A)
Psychology: A
Chem Lab: B
Term GPA: 3.46
w00t!!!!!!!
Dec 20
I know these recent pictures aren’t the best, but it is a LOT easier to use KangaMoto to take the pics and snag them using BlueTooth than it is to dig out my Canon G2 and fuss will all of that rigmarole.
Dec 20
I decided to try cleaning/unpacking etc. since you know, no school to worry about anymore..
Cleaning my room is like an archaeological dig for Indiana Jones..
Cleaning my room is like an archaeological dig for Indiana Jones..
Dec 19
Well it’s Sunday, nearly noon. So far my body has survived the Chemical-Ali onslaught of intoxicating things on my system. The only thing that makes me want to vomit right now is MSN messenger’s as for the ‘Passion’ movie on my screen. Its bad enough that I live in a red state, I DONT NEED YOU PUTTING YOUR SAVIORS FACE ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN. How about a nice pic of a cock or something?? Nothing too extravagant - just some feathers and a beak.
All of the pussies in the house are going INSANE today. Mr. B is walking around making his little needy meows (I think he learned all the neediness from my ex) and then running like a mad man and/or trying to trip you at ever corner. Tucker is flying around like he’s got a firecracker up his ass and Romeo is just.. well Romeo is ALWAYS special. But we love him.
We have our Xmas tree too!!
All of the pussies in the house are going INSANE today. Mr. B is walking around making his little needy meows (I think he learned all the neediness from my ex) and then running like a mad man and/or trying to trip you at ever corner. Tucker is flying around like he’s got a firecracker up his ass and Romeo is just.. well Romeo is ALWAYS special. But we love him.
We have our Xmas tree too!!
Dec 17
My friend Mike sent me this picture that some guy had as his Avatar in a web-forum he was reading:
Dec 17
Amber Alert issued after fetus removed from mother’s body
Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 10:10 AM EST (1510 GMT)
(CNN) — Missouri authorities issued an Amber Alert for an infant who may have survived after a woman was slain and a fetus removed from her body.
Bobbi Jo Stinnett, who was eight months’ pregnant, was killed Thursday afternoon in her home in Skidmore in northwestern Missouri, the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department said.
The initial Amber Alert said that “the fetus was extracted from the victim.”
A statement from the sheriff’s department said the fetus was removed by the same “person or persons” who killed Stinnett.
Authorities said Stinnett was killed at around 3 p.m. (4 p.m. ET).
The alert said that the suspect “has blond hair and [is] possibly driving a red vehicle.”
It advised people to look for bloody clothing or towels and said the infant could have health issues and would have a freshly cut umbilical cord if alive.
Authorities said that Stinnett was a white woman and the offspring also was believed to be a white female.
Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 10:10 AM EST (1510 GMT)
(CNN) — Missouri authorities issued an Amber Alert for an infant who may have survived after a woman was slain and a fetus removed from her body.
Bobbi Jo Stinnett, who was eight months’ pregnant, was killed Thursday afternoon in her home in Skidmore in northwestern Missouri, the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department said.
The initial Amber Alert said that “the fetus was extracted from the victim.”
A statement from the sheriff’s department said the fetus was removed by the same “person or persons” who killed Stinnett.
Authorities said Stinnett was killed at around 3 p.m. (4 p.m. ET).
The alert said that the suspect “has blond hair and [is] possibly driving a red vehicle.”
It advised people to look for bloody clothing or towels and said the infant could have health issues and would have a freshly cut umbilical cord if alive.
Authorities said that Stinnett was a white woman and the offspring also was believed to be a white female.
Dec 15
Ok - the Psychology final went very quickly - I am unsure if this is good or bad. 96 questions in under thirty minutes, and I was able to answer each of them fairly quickly. :O Good news is I got a 94/100 on my paper - which I handed in late (d’oh). I’m perfectly happy with a C in that class. I hated every moment of it, and I can’t wait to sell my book back for it.
Finished most of my Holiday cards today and just need to mail them out!!
Now I get to focus full attention onto my Biology class. Only 60 pages of PowerPoint handouts to go through. :O Oh well - it is my final final for the semester!! I have two parties this weekend lined up and I think I’ve got it set up so I don’t have to drive at all
YAY
Finished most of my Holiday cards today and just need to mail them out!!
Now I get to focus full attention onto my Biology class. Only 60 pages of PowerPoint handouts to go through. :O Oh well - it is my final final for the semester!! I have two parties this weekend lined up and I think I’ve got it set up so I don’t have to drive at all
YAY