The Inner Ramblings of Lauren

KATE MONSTER: I wish I could go back to college. Life was so simple back then. NICKY: What would I give to go back and live in a dorm with a meal plan again! PRINCETON: I wish I could go back to college. In college you know who you are. You sit in the quad, and think "Oh my God! I am totally gonna go far!" ALL:  How do I go back to college? I don't know who I am anymore! PRINCETON:  I wanna go back to my room and find a message in dry-erase pen on the door! Ohhh... I wish I could just drop a class... NICKY: Or get into a play... KATE MONSTER: Or change my major... PRINCETON: Or f--- my T.A. ALL: I need an academic advisor to point the way! We could be... Sitting in the computer lab,  4 A.M. before the final paper is due,  Cursing the world 'cause I didn't start sooner,  And seeing the rest of the class there, too! PRINCETON: I wish I could go back to college! ALL:  How do I go back to college?! Ahhhh... PRINCETON: I wish I had taken more pictures. NICKY: But, if I...

Just because there needs to be proof. 

So, Julie did a dessert thing with the PTA for the twin's school the other day. I went with her to pick up Shannon from school and to help Julie clean up from the dessert thing. So, we go into the front office and Julie's talking to the lady behind the front desk and there are two other women standing in the back talking. They both recognize Julie, and I hear one of them say, who's that other person with her, and the other lady says, and I quote, "must be her daughter". HILARIOUS! It happened to be Julie's 28th birthday that day. There's only a four year age difference between us. Seriously, someone thought I "must be her daughter"? Now I keep calling her mom. Ha.

Here's my adventure across the country, from Pennsylvania, stopping in Idaho, and ending in Utah.  Mary was the first to drive.  I took the wheel after a while Leaving Pennsylvania and entering Ohio. (We stopped at every state sign, minus Illinois, because there wasn't one.) A picture of Mary and I, with me driving Leaving Ohio and entering Indiana. I like our shadows. I'm on the left, and Mary's on the right.  You get a little stir crazy after being in a car for a while.  Mary and I at a restaurant in Chicago. We got great pizza.  The night we were in Chicago was New Years Eve, so we went to the Navy Pier for fireworks and music and dancing, etc. So much fun.  Inside the Navy Pier. Mary and I inside. Leaving Illinois and entering Iowa. Apparently the world's largest truck stop is in Iowa. Who knew.  Leaving Iowa and entering Nebraska.  Did I mention that you get stir crazy after a while? Leaving Nebraska and entering Wyoming.  The next day we made it to Rexburg, Id...

Within the book Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman, he poses a list of 23 questions that he wants to ask people to see if they can be friends. I love these questions, so I will share them now. 1. Let us assume you met a rudimentary magician. Let us assume he can do five simple tricks--he can pull a rabbit out of his hat, he can make a coin disappear, he can turn the ace of spades into the Joker card, and two others in a similar vein. These are his only tricks and he can't learn any more; he can only do these five. HOWEVER, it turns out he's doing these five tricks with real magic. It's not an illusion; he can actually conjure the bunny out of the ether and he can move the coin through space. He's legitimately magical, but extremely limited in scope and influence. Would this person be more impressive than Albert Einstein? 2. Let us assume a fully grown, completely healthy Clydesdale horse has his hooves shackled to the ground while his head is held in place w...