imisslaura

I'm a dino

2012-01-11T12:13:00.001-08:00

Here are the lyrics to Laura's first dubstep song. I'm so proud of her! Wish I could have seen her perform it live.

Two Waldos in the mix!

2012-01-11T12:07:00.001-08:00

one day, October 30th, I called Laura on the Skype, and we were both dressed up as Waldo. What a coincidence. great minds think alike, right? i miss you Waldo!

laura blogs

2012-01-11T12:02:00.000-08:00

i accidently stumbled on this blog about laura...wierd. mine is better.

google images?

2011-10-05T21:55:00.000-07:00

i google image searched laura van gerpen today and a picture of my little sister and her boyfriend was the first picture. how wierd is that? the second picture was john moore. hmmm.

GO KOREA

2011-10-04T22:17:00.000-07:00

Today, in honor of imisslaura week, i wore my "go! korea" socks! Laura brought me these when she came to visit. here are a couple pictures of them.

front view

side view.

KANTKANTKANT

2011-10-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

Reading the Prolegomena always reminds me of laura. I remember Laura had to read it when she was taking Concepts of Freedom From Kant to Agamben. I'm reading it for a different class, but I bet it sucks just as much no matter what.
Here is a picture of the copy I'm reading.

Heart Shaped Food

2011-07-30T23:38:00.000-07:00

On Valentine's Day, Laura likes to make heart shaped food. I got to make heart shaped sandwiches with laura once. she told me that one year she made heart shaped falafel! A few weeks ago Aaron Mendelson came over and we made falafel sandwiches for dinner. we both remembered Laura's heart shaped falafel so we decided to make some of our very own falafel shapes. We even made an L-shaped one! L for Laura!
here are some pics of our dinner. Maybe some day I'll have the opportunity to make heart shaped falafel with Laura!

Valentine's Day 2009!

Aaron with Falafel Sandwich!

Falafel Shapes!

mudslides

2011-07-30T23:31:00.000-07:00

korea is getting insane amounts of rain. i hope laura and everyone else is okay. i just read this article in the NYtimez.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/world/asia/28korea.html?scp=2&sq=korea&st=cse

2011-07-14T03:02:00.000-07:00

my baby's got the bends

2011-07-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

chilling in yankton with jisoo listening to the bends...laura's favorite radiohead album. man i miss her.

<3<3<3
jamz

TI-86

2011-07-03T10:32:00.000-07:00

why doesn't T.I. rap about TI calculators...seriously there could be like a commercial where T.I. raps for Texas Instrument.
"you can graph whatever you like"

so, i posted this ^....(like a couple of weeks ago)

then, all my followerz be complaining that this is irrelevant and that it has nothing to do with laura...well, if you think this has nothing to do with laura, you have not seen us get seriously low singing/dancing "you can have whatever you like." get real. it's like our song. when it comes on, i always wish laura were with me to tear up the dance floor.
like, look at this dance party pic. we take T.I. very seriously.

brunch

2011-07-03T10:02:00.000-07:00

laura loves brunch, and i love laura and brunch...so it's perfect. laura and i always used to go to brunch together. some of our fav brunch spots are hard times and the seward cafe. last time laura was in america, we went to pizza luce to get brunch. it was delish. i'm @ pizza luce right now eating brunch with jisoo and being here/eating brunch reminded of laura. i miss her soo much. here is a picture of vegan brunch from the internet. it looks a lot like my brunch.

2011-06-22T14:51:00.000-07:00

at pizza luce one day, laura, dave, and i were trying to figure out sundried tomatoes...this is what we came up with. i wish laura were here to help me come up with other theories. like seriously, what the fuck is a clock?

TI-86

2011-06-20T23:17:00.001-07:00

why doesn't T.I. rap about TI calculators...seriously there could be like a commercial where T.I. raps for Texas Instrument.
"you can graph whatever you like"

Blogging again

2011-05-31T12:10:00.000-07:00

Hey all, so it's been a while since i've posted, but that doesn't mean i miss laura any less. I've been busy, but now it's summer and i have way more time to blog about laura.I hope you are all as pumped as i am.

here is a picture from a book that my roommates got for me. Summer means sunflowers and sunflowers always remind me of Laura. She really likes them. I bet she would love one of these outfits too!

NUTRITIONAL YEAST

2011-02-26T19:03:00.000-08:00

laura introduced me to nutritional yeast a couple of years ago. it's amazing, and whenever i eat it i'm reminded of laura. i need to buy some because laura gave me this amazing recipe for vegan mac and cheese. i went to trader joes the other day, but they don't sell nutritional yeast :'(
LAME!
but, i ate some at cafe mac the other day. it was my first time at cafe mac all year! i love cafe mac, and so does laura. i used to bring laura to cafe mac all the time, and one time when i was sick and could only eat liquids, laura made all these creative soups using cafe mac ingredients. i miss her so much!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
plz come back!

2011-02-07T16:08:00.001-08:00

Ahghhhh! Laura is here! We went to coffee news earlier with her parents and now I'm waiting for Laura at the campus center! Pictures coming soon.

LAURA IS COMING TO AMERICA TOMORROW!

2011-02-06T10:09:00.001-08:00

AHHHHH
I get to see Laura tomorrow!
ican'twaitican'twaitican'twait.
i'm freaking out.
ahhhhhhhhh!

sweater!

2011-02-01T21:59:00.000-08:00

so today i am wearing a sweater that laura let me borrow. i've had it for a little over a year now, and i absolutely love it. i didn't bring it with me on study abroad, but i'm so happy to be reunited with it now that i'm back in america. it is a lot colder here so this sweater comes in handy. laura loved this sweater...i love it too, and i love laura.
here is a pic of me wearing it.

GERMAN FASHION HOUSE

2011-02-01T20:36:00.000-08:00

when i lived in jordan, i lived pretty close to this place called the german fashion house. it was just a tailor-shop, but it reminded me of laura...just like anything related to germany does. laura was a german studies major and she speaks german very well. she taught me how to say ich bin ein doner!
anyways, here is a picture of the german fashion house. noelle took this one for me.

sunflower seeds

2011-01-31T20:35:00.000-08:00

i saw this bag of sunflower seeds at cosmo's house this summer.
laura loves sunflower seeds and she is really good at eating them super fast.
both sunflower seeds and cosmo remind me of laura!
we always used to eat sunflower seeds when we drove back to yankton together.
i drove back to sd with ross once this summer, and he was a terrible sunflower seed eater.

wish you were here laurz.

daveradio!

2011-01-31T20:32:00.000-08:00

dave radio!
dave radio is playing the smiths right now. natch.
i couldn't listen to DR while i was on study abroad, and i bet laura can't listen to it in korea either. i can't wait until laura gets back so we can listen to dave radio together.
go bjork!

laura's car!

2011-01-31T20:26:00.000-08:00

i snapped this picture this summer! i was driving with dave and i saw this blue honda civic in minneapolis. Laura drives a light blue honda civic!
i miss cruising around in laura's car so much. the person driving this car was pretty creeped when my flash went off, but it was totes worth it.

also, laura says "totes" all the time.

hanging with james on the grate.

2011-01-31T20:22:00.000-08:00

here is a picture of me and james last summer. we hung out on the grate and chatted all day. we talked a lot about laura because the grate was one of her favorite places. laura and james are bffs, and both james and the grate always remind me of laura. i remember hanging out at the grate when i came to visit laura at macalester when i was just a sprout.
man i miss laura.

2011-01-31T20:06:00.000-08:00

dood,
i miss laura sooo much!!!
i went out this weekend with hadley and we drank black label in honor of laura.
black label is laura's favorite kind of beer.
i can't wait to see her! here is a picture of a black label sweater. i bet Laura would love this!

2011-01-19T19:02:00.000-08:00

laura and i both live in the future!
well...i don't anymore because i'm back in the U.S., but when i took this picture i lived in the future.
here is a picture of my birthday-time in korea!

post secret

2010-12-11T02:14:00.000-08:00

I haven't looked at post secret in a really long time, but i decided to check it out today...post secret always reminds me of laura because she showed me the website, and we used to look at it together.
today as i was browsing, i found this post and it reminded me of laura.
miss you!

2010-10-25T13:42:00.001-07:00

I miss you Laura.

art for laura

2010-10-03T09:21:00.000-07:00

One day i was hanging with James and Hadley, and we decided to draw these pictures for Laura. the three of us each drew one section of each picture, but we couldn't see what the other sections look like. I hope laura likes these!
hadley made the head, james made the body, and i made the legs

i made the head, hadley made the body, and james made the legs.

james made the head, i made the body, and hadley made the legs

we all miss you, and we hope you likes these as much as we do!

missing laura from amman

2010-09-22T23:50:00.000-07:00

here is a picture of me thinking of laura at the weird barn thing on I90...laura and i used to drive by this barn together all the time. man i miss her...

2010-09-22T22:49:00.000-07:00

i miss laura like crazy and i try to call her most days...but she never answers! t his is the longest time i've gone without talking to her. maybe she doesn't like me anymore. i remember those articles about long distance friendships, and i knew it wasn't going to be easy...but for real. i need laura.
please answer my skype calls.
I'm bissed.
just like this guy!

FANCY KBL!

2010-09-07T17:05:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't keep up with my blog, the KBL (Kirk Basement Lab) is where me and laura used to do our homework all the time. i Still do my homework here, but now laura is in Korea...we've done so many all nighters together in the KBL. i decided to go to the kbl one more time before i go to jordan. Macalester bought all these new fancy computers! it's crazy, and i don't know how i feel about it. here is a picture of one of the new computers in the KBL with my blog opened up.
i wish you were here laura!

Hanging With Merrill and Sandy Part 1

2010-08-31T10:51:00.000-07:00

I love hanging out with Laura's parents Merrill and Sandy...we always talk about Laura, and whenever I see them I think about her. Last time I was at home, Merrill and Sandy took me out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Yankton called El Tapatio. they have reallllly good guacamole called Guacamolazo that the three of us shared, and when we finished eating, i got to take the leftover guac! It was a huge bummer that Laura and Emily couldn't be there with us. :( on father's day last year, Laura and Emily took Merrill to El Tapatio. Maybe next father's day we can all go together.
Here is a picture of part of the menu. that's the Guacamolazo we got!
i miss u laura.

Arizona Iced Tea

2010-08-31T10:23:00.000-07:00

Laura and I always used to drink Arizona Iced Tea together. She actually introduced me to all the delicious teas and juices of the Arizona Tea Company. Whenever I drink Arizona Tea I think of Laura. Last summer, laura and i would go to LuLu's to get Arizona Tea. I miss her sooo much!
The other day when i drove to Yankton I stopped at a gas station and got a Mucho Mango Arizona drink. I took a picture of it with my cell phone so i could post it on my blog, but my phone is being crazy so I'll upload a picture from the internet.
Also, while I was at the gas station Ross got sunflower seeds and we ate them on our way to South Dakota. Laura used to eat sunflower seeds all the time, and we would always eat them together while we were driving! Ross is really bad at eating sunflower seeds...If laura were here, she would have taught him how to eat them better. :(
here is a picture of lulu's and a mucho mango arizona drink.
the only picture i can find of lulu's is on google maps...

RIVERBOAT DAYS PICS COMING SOON

2010-08-26T13:53:00.000-07:00

I left my camera in Saint Paul last weekend so I used my mom's camera to document riverboat days. I'm now back in Saint Paul so I'll upload riverboat days pictures as soon as I make it back to Yankton. Also, all of my August Pictures should be posted within the next couple of days!!!

SCOTT HEIDEPRIEM FOR GOVERNOR

2010-08-24T12:40:00.000-07:00

on saturday I walked in a parade for scott heidepriem's campaign. it was so much fun! Laura would have loved to be there. Scott Heidepriem's son Sam went to Macalester with us. I got to meet his parents, play with a cowbell, and was even rewarded a Scott Heidepriem T-shirt! Don't forget to vote for scott for governor in november! laura will probably have to vote absentee. to learn more about scott heidepriem visit his website www.scottheidepriem.com
here is a picture of all the parade volunteers with the Heidepriems!!!

2010-07-31T15:07:00.000-07:00

i have a lot more to post, but i'm going to go celebrate my birthday time...it's coming up in three minutes. also, i just wanted to let laura know that while i was blogging today i listened to daveradio. daveradio always reminds me of laura.

ICEES FROM SUPERAMERICA

2010-07-31T12:46:00.000-07:00

Laura loves coke flavored Icees. she would get them from super america all the time. the other day, before we all went to the beach we stopped to get icee's. i didn't get hte coke one because i think they are gross, but i was still reminded of laura. i can't wait to get an icee with her! here is a pic of j, nick, and emma getting their icees.

ALMOND MILKKKK yummy

2010-07-31T12:44:00.000-07:00

i tried almond milk for the first time recently. it's soo good. i never would have known about it if it weren't for laura. i wish i could have shared it with her. i wonder if there is almond milk in korea?

no one like laura

2010-07-31T12:42:00.000-07:00

remember when i blogged about bubble tea a long time ago...well i bought some bubble tea from the asian grocery store, but i have no to make it with so its been sitting in my room for like a month. :(
wishuwerehere. here is the mix that i got. it's papaya

laura's bag

2010-07-31T12:40:00.000-07:00

I have been using laura's bag a lot this summmer. it's sort of like carrying laura around with me, but not really at all. I miss laura. here is a picture of her bag with my things in it. the bag is in yankton right now. i washed it because i want to take it to study abroad. i hope laura lets me!

Soju

2010-07-31T12:36:00.001-07:00

When Ji Soo came back from Korea she brought some soju with her. Soju is a korean drink, and when we drank it i thought of laura, naturally. i wish laura were here to drink soju with us. miss you. here is a pic of the soju. it's funny. it comes in plastic bottles.

CARS AND COUNTRY MUSIC

2010-07-13T11:48:00.000-07:00

a long time ago, when laura lived in Saint Paul, we had to go to Tires Plus to get Laura's oil changed. we dropped her car off and then went to Cahoots until it was done. Yesterday, I had to get my oil changed. I went to tires plus, and while I was waiting they played so much country music. Laura would have loved it. It was super sad being there all alone though. I wish Laura would have been there to wait with me and listen to country music. :(

long distance friendship.

2010-07-12T16:11:00.001-07:00

maintaining a long-distance friendship is really hard. i never get to see laura when i want to...skyping is inconvenient on my shitty computer...i don't get to talk to here very often...we sleep/are awake at different times. laura lives in the future. when i do get to talk to her it's hard to understand because of all the static fuzzy sounds...it's just hard. luckily, i've found an understanding community that helps me cope. in addition to my blog community, i use other websites like http://www.life123.com/relationships/friendship/long-distance-friendships/keeping-up-long-distance-friendships.shtml and www.squidoo.com/longdistance-friends. there are inspirational pictures, quotes, poems, and stories about long distance friendships. they really help me realize that, even though laura lives across the world from me, she is still my friend.

here are some quotes that i found...they pretty much all apply

* The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. Sir Francis Bacon

* There is no distance too far between friends, for friendship gives wings to the heart. Unknown

(my heart totally has wings) friendship is like red bull.

* "I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance."

* "A friend allows you distance, but is never far away."

brighter." Anonymous

so those are the quotes that i found...they are all like major truth bombs.

i also included one of the inspirational pictures. i edited it a little.

Catch Up.

2010-07-12T15:52:00.001-07:00

hey all, sorry i haven't posted in such a long time. i've been super busy, but that definitely doesn't mean i haven't been missing laura like crazy. In fact, i've been missing laura even more than usual. I have a lot to post about, so get ready for a July full of reading about how i miss laura! here is a picture of the two of us at laura's going away party!

baking

2010-06-16T12:06:00.001-07:00

yesterday i went to jonathan's house and we made delicious vegan chocolate walnut fudge. we used the vegan sugar that laura gave to jonathan when she went to korea. it was sort of like we were baking with laura? i wish she could have been there though. they were super tasty. we couldn't have done it without laura's sugar. here is a picture of some vegan sugar!

korean ramen.

2010-06-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

So ji soo just got back from korea and she brought me some vegan ramen. it's super tasty. i wonder if laura has tried it. hard to say really, but if she hasn't she totally should. i'll upload a picture of one of hte packages. yummy yummy. the koreans are way better at ramen than the americans. laura used to experiment with american ramen to make it better. she was such a good cook. :(
missssssyoulaurz.

2010-06-13T14:44:00.001-07:00

here i am being sad at the tea garden.

bubble tea

2010-06-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

today i was thinking that i should go get some bubble tea from the tea garden. i immediately thought of laura. the first time i had bubble tea was with laura. it was during my first week at macalester. laura took me to the tea garden and then we went to her house and did homework/moved laura's stuff inside. the tapioca pearls were scary at first, and i got a stomach ache, but overall, it was a solid experience. later in the year me and laura made bubble tea together. it was soooo delicious. i need to go get the supplies so i can make some. i can't really remember how. i wish laura were here to do this with me...i'm too young to make bubble tea alone. :(
i wish laura could give me some tipssss
here is a picture of bubble tea. i have a picture of mein front of the tea garden that i will post later.

2010-05-27T00:57:00.000-07:00

Sup all...it's 3am and I can't sleep.... :( I wish I could call Laura. I miss her so much! I'm posting on my iPod right now so I'm not going to say much because typing on this thing kinda sucks. At any rate, I miss laura! Laura always used to say "at any rate." I wonder if she says that anymore...

Driving

2010-05-23T23:52:00.000-07:00

on saturday i had drove from MSP to Yankton. It totally sucked. i used to make the trip with laura all the time and we had a really fun time, but i had to do it all alone. it was a total bummer. it was hard not to think about laura the whole time. we always used to listen to country music. laura loves country music. when i was driving i listened to country music between sioux falls and yankton, and i heard some songs that me and laura had such a good time singing. most notably this john michael montgomery song called sold. i think its lauras favorite...either that one or watermelon crawl...hard to say. they are both pretty awesome. listening to them without her was bittersweet... i cant wait to make the trip with laura in the future. everything is so much more fun when laura is around...the jolly green giant and the jesus is lord sign aren't the same without her i can't appreciate them by myself...you can listen to sold on youtube if you go to this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-KO1VcyT4 Here are some pics..the jolly green giant and the jesus is lord sign

Spring fest last year

2010-05-18T11:08:00.000-07:00

i didn't get to go to spring fest this year because i had to work :(
last year was a blast though.
we had such a fab time with the photo booth!
miss uuu laurz. when you get back we have to go to a photo booth together!

founders day

2010-05-18T11:04:00.000-07:00

last year when it was founders day (macalester bday) me and laura went to the goodwill and found awesome dresses to wear. this year, founders day sucked. i didn't want to go, i didn't like my dress, and i was doing homework until really late. everyone was drunk except for me, and laura wasn't there. last year we had so much fun :( here is a picture of all of us. those were the dayz. miss you laura! xoxo

GERMAN PICNIC

2010-05-18T11:02:00.000-07:00

When laura was at Macalester she would always take me to german events. my favorite event was the german studies picnic! last year we had so much fun. sadly, laura was out of the country this year during the german picnic, but i went anyway. i had at least 5 times more fun when laura was there, but it was still a good time. here is a picture of professor david martyn making burgers. so cute!

lalalalaura!

2010-05-14T12:13:00.001-07:00

laura, i got a 4.0 and i'm soo excited!!! thanks for talking to me all the time when i was sad during my all-nighters! miss you love you. i'll do some real posts soon. xoxoxox

bday time

2010-04-28T13:11:00.000-07:00

last post for today i promise. i just noticed that it's my birthday time! laura always used to celebrate my birthday time with me. i'm a little bummed about my bday time right now because it means i have class in twenty minutes, but oh well. i love my bday time! since laura is in korea and she lives in the future, my bday time happens four times a day. i can celebrate twice, and laura can celebrate twice. it's sweet, but i would rather only celebrate it twice a day with laura. :( here is a screen shot of my birthday time!!!

ikea-kidwithdave

2010-04-28T13:07:00.000-07:00

i went to ikea on sunday and there were sooo many daves. there was a whole display of them and natch, i thought of laura. :) here is a picture of a little kid with a dave. super cute!

SPAA NIGHT

2010-04-28T13:01:00.001-07:00

so i'm super stressed out because i have way too much homework... way too many papers to write and math tests to take, and i really want to have a spa night and relax. i was about to call j to see if she wanted to have spa night with me, and i remembered when we had spa night with laura. LAURA LOVED SPA NIGHT! i hope she can still have spa nights in korea, and i hope she will have a spa night when she gets back to america. missss you laurrrz. xoxo bots . here is a picture of me, laura, and ji soo having a spa night. we kind of look like monsters.

2010-04-27T06:23:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I've been super busy, but I haven't forgotten you Laura miss you <3

LAAAAURA COME HOOOOME

2010-04-13T12:12:00.000-07:00

today is one of those days when i really miss laura... i had class at 8am, i'm lonely at work, and it has been rainy and cloudy all day. if laura were here we would probably be doing something together to keep each other company like having a tea party, hanging in the library, or watching law and order. man i miss those days. whenever i hear the law and order theme song i get a little teary eyed because it reminds me of cozy evenings sipping tea and watching tv with no worries in the world. *sigh* everything was just so much more lighthearted when laura was around. sort of. i mean laura complained a lot too. she's really good at it, but i miss that about her too. good thing there is skype. skype has to be one of my favorite things of all! here are some pictures one is of the skype logo...in the sky because "sky" pe ...and the other is of law and order people. you can also click on this url to listen to the theme song....don't cry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9oNBJEtNU

Dave

2010-04-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

alright, so this is going to maybe be a long post, but its important. about a year and a half ago when i first moved to macalester, laura lived with dave. they each had there own rooms in a cute little house, but laura didn't have a bed so she slept with dave. hilarious right? adorable? awesome? something. anyway, laura's parents came for her birthday to buy her a bed, and we went to ikea to pick one out. we ended up being there for like 6 hours, and by the end of it, laura still didn't have a bed... so her and dave just kept sleeping together. i maintain that neither of them really wanted laura to actually get a bed because they enjoyed sleeping together, pillow-talk, and waking up next to each other every morning. regardless, we were at ikea...all day...this was my first time there, and i noticed that ikea names all of their products; you can get a floor lamp named kroby or a rug named alvine. anyway, me and thevangerpens were walking through the store...and we see this lap top work desk named dave! and seriously, of all little tables i've ever seen, this is the most dave-looking table of all...we thought it was pretty funny...we laughed about it and sent a picture to dave...i haven't really thought about the whole thing since then. until today. the office i work in has been doing some remodeling recently. we got a new couch, and we're planning some more renovations; it's a work in progress...today though,i walked in the office, and there, in front of one of the chairs, was a dave! it didn't have a label on it, but i knew it was a dave! i asked my professor where he got it, and he told me ikea! it's actually a pretty nice work station. i used it to do homework today, but it felt a little weird. i was so excited! i really wanted laura to get a dave when we were at ikea...or maybe i wanted her to get dave a dave. i can't really remember. but anyway, here is a picture of a few daves in different colors. the one we saw was white. the one in my office is white too. enjoy. i miss you laura. xoxo

We Didn't Start the Fire

2010-04-08T19:05:00.000-07:00

The first time laura i listened to 'we didn't start the fire' together was when i was in high school. laura was visiting home from macalester, and we were driving to Vermillion to go visit Emily. I was soo impressed because laura knew every word to the song! I used to try and learn them when i was little because janine said she would give me $20 if i did, but i was never successful. i realized how cool laura was, and we've been friends ever since...probz before that too, but this day was defining. every time i hear 'we didn't start the fire', i think of laura. when i was driving with ed, ben, and jon from yankton to MSP on monday, we listened to this song. i told them all about laura's knowledge of the lyrics, and couldn't stop thinking about her. when laura comes back to america, i'm totally going to listen to this with her. maybe i'll even know the lyrics by then!
check out this sweet website to listen to the song, and you can click on any of the lyrics and learn more! enjoy.

http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm

2010-04-08T12:02:00.000-07:00

Dear all, sorry I haven't posted in so long. I'll update tonight...I'm on my iPod right now so Im not going to do a full post. I know you all miss reading about how i miss laura, but check later today :) missulaura

bah

2010-03-31T10:43:00.000-07:00

LAURA!! I SUCK AT DOING HOMEWORK WITHOUT YOU.
PLEASE COME BACK TO AMERICA!
dave radio isn't working so i have to use pandora, i dont' have one of the books i need for my class tonight, and i don't know what i have to do for my classes tomorrow. i really want a 4.0 but this week might ruin it :( I wish i had some of this 4.0 energy drink stuff.

John Moore.

2010-03-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

John Moore is moving back to Minneapolis! Laura introduced me to John Moore, but I never really got to know him until recently. I knew a lot about him though, because Laura would tell me stories. My favorite john moore story/attribute is his novel dance: The john Moore. It's a pretty fun dance. laura and i taught all of our friends at macalester how to do it. One time we did the john moore together at first ave before laura moved to korea when i was too scared to dance with anyone else. This weekend I got to do the john moore dance with john moore. I felt sooo honored. Here is a picture of John Moore dancing. He isn't doing the John Moore in this one, but i bet he did it at some point that evening.

gchatttting

2010-03-25T19:01:00.000-07:00

I was looking through my old gchat conversations and found some from last year when laura was at macalester with me. it makes me really sad when i think about how we just got to hang out allll the time! we would have study parties together, and i would spend the night at her house and then go to class in the morning. Here is one of our chats from a night that we had a study party!

Watermelon Crawl

2010-03-25T18:37:00.000-07:00

when i was in sd over spring break i heard country music for the first time in a really long time. the last time i heard any was probably driving with laura. we loved to listen to country music when we drove to south dakota together. laura's favorite song is Watermelon Crawl. it's really great, and when i heard it on the radio, i was sooo excited. you should all listen to it, and if you have time you can even learn the line dance from youtube videos. here is a link to a pretty good video of the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW-1Pha0KoE&feature=related

i miss you laura
ENJOY!!

2010-03-16T14:36:00.000-07:00

Sup. so it's been a while since i've blogged, and i feel bad about it because i've been thinking of laura a lot lately. i'm going to try to post more often, but i've been being kind of lazy...

i'm in yankton this week. I always think of laura when i'm in yankton, because we hang out all the time when we are home. i've been pretty bored without her though. i haven't really left my house since i got home...i went to the dentist, the post office, and cork n' bottle, but that's about it. I'm going to go visit laura's family tomorrow, but it wont' be the same without her there.

In other news, I was surfing the interweb this afternoon, and I came across a picture of a crazy TV Tower which i found out was in Prague...it's called the Žižkov Television Tower. it's basically like three giant cylinders with three different like room areas that are in the interstices of the cylinders. the best part of Žižkov TV Tower are the little crawling baby sculptures on the towers! it looks so crazy! When I saw it, I thought of Laura because she visited Prague when she was on study abroad. I wonder if she saw this crazy tower. And maybe "flat jamila" saw it too!(when Laura was in Prague she drew a picture of me and took it around the city with her) Anyway, i'll post a picture of "flat jamila" and laura in prague and a picture of the TV Tower!

peace, love, empathy,
jamila

study break

2010-03-07T23:48:00.000-08:00

hello laura missing community!
So i'm on my third all nighter of the semester, and I'm pretty bummed about it. I have company though. Eric, Ji Soo, Maddie, Andy, and Mandy are here. It's a typical kirk basement lab crew. I just wrote 120 words so it's time for a break. the all-nighter is going okay, but i need to get more productive...i'm not quite in the zone yet. Naturally, I'm listening to dave radio while i work; it's playing radiohead right now, and I also stopped at super america to get Jim Beam barbecue flavored sunflower seeds. me and laura used to eat sooo many Jim Beam barbecue sunflower seeds when we stayed up all night. Laura is really good at eating sunflower seeds...she's super fast...probably the fastest sunflower seed eater i know...except maybe my sister, but it's a tough call. anyway, i was just you thinking about laura, and i wanted to post. i think about laura a lot when i stay up all night. last time i stayed up all night i posted on my blog 3 times!! beh. i miss laura.
anyway, this is a picture of Jim Beam Barbeque Sunflower Seeds...note, they are soaked in genuine beam whiskey, and I didn't get carded when i bought them!

2010-03-07T20:59:00.000-08:00

Today when I looked at the temperature and it said 45 degrees I got really excited not only because 45 degrees is a comfortable temperature, but also because 45 is one of my favorite numbers. It hasn't always been one of my favorite numbers, but when I used to watch TV with Laura we would laugh about KSTC-TV, Channel 45's motto thing which is basically whisper-singing "forty-five" it's really fast and totally hilarious. ever since the time when I first heard this motto, I get really excited when I see or hear the number 45 and generally i whisper sing "forty-five," and it makes me really happy. 45 comes up a lot more than one would think... speed limits, guns, temperatures, times, how old people are...it's some crazy stuff. My dad recently turned 46, but the whole time he was 45 was hilarious! Anyway, if laura were here we would have sung the motto together when I saw the temperature. I'm having really mixed emotions toward 45 right now...it makes me happy, but it also makes me sad that laura isn't here...it's tough because i do really enjoy that motto...anyway, I tried to find a video of the 45 song to post, but I couldn't find one so instead you can visit some of my favorite websites about 45.

http://kstc45.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_%28number%29

homesick

2010-03-04T21:23:00.000-08:00

so today i'm feeling pretty homesick, and when i'm homesick i think of all the great times i had in yankton with laura. we used to hang out at our houses which were really close to each other and go to the fry'n pan. we also loved to do other things like make dinner, watch tv with laura's parents, plan adventures, and hang out in my basement. on this map pink square number one is my house, and pink square number two is laura's house. we lived so close to each other! when i was a sprout i would sneak out and walk to laura's all the time! if you follow the yellow line, that's the path i would take. then we would go to the fry'n pan (pink box number 3) the green line is the path we would follow to get there. I miss laura and how close she used to be to me!!!

Rosssss

2010-03-02T15:27:00.000-08:00

Sup.
so i've haven't posted in a while because i've been pretty sick. When i'm sick i miss laura like crazy because she would take care of me. Last semester when I almost died it was laura who took me to the ER... I don't have that anymore so i might go home for the weekend. Anyway. I wanted to post a picture of Ross in a basement because last time i talked to laura she told me that she missed ross and basements. well laura, i miss you, but here is a picture for you!
xoxo
jambotssss

jealous much?

2010-03-01T11:05:00.001-08:00

and i haven't washed that cheek since...

BAHAHAHA

2010-02-23T05:05:00.000-08:00

a whole new meaning to VAnGerpen sandwich.
you guys totally love each other

SKYPE FROM THE KBL

2010-02-23T04:17:00.001-08:00

we did homework together on skype, because i was sad and alone

2010-02-22T22:42:00.001-08:00

now it's playing bjork...natch.

2010-02-22T22:27:00.000-08:00

today i'm staying up all night for the second time this semester...not too bad compared to last semester, but still is a total bummer without laura. laura was a classic all-nighter buddy. we had so much fun listening to dave radio, doing our homework, and taking short study breaks....i'm in the kirk basement lab all alone. i wish laura were here...
i took a screen shot of dave radio. right now it's playing bright eyes. laura loves bright eyes...i love laura.

2010-02-19T16:28:00.000-08:00

One day when laura and i were in the kirk basement lab, we decided to take a study break and answer 100 questions as if we were the other person... i had to pretend to respond as laura and she had to respond for me. anyway, one of the questions asked what does your name mean and, what were you named after? laura responded: beautiful, named after beautiful people everywhere. if laura were here, i would tell her that her response to that question is one of my new favorite pick-up lines...probably second to: If looks could kill, you'd be a weapon of mass destruction.

post it

2010-02-16T07:49:00.000-08:00

not having laura around has really messed up my semester. i can't get anything done anymore...laura was always a pro at helping me plan out everything i had to do. with her around i was so much more rigorous. we used to write down things we had to do on post-its and hang them up in laura's room. i would have to call laura to have her take my post-its down when i finished something, but it worked, becuase i was held accountable you know? i miss her sooo much. this is a picture of a wall covered in post-it notes...our post-it wall wasn't quite this elaborate, but you get the picture.

2010-02-15T01:27:00.000-08:00

it's 3:25 in the morning...about ten minutes past my birthday time, and i'm really missing laura. i'm freaking out about study abroad...i sort of decided that i'm going to leave the country in may and not return until january...that's seven months away from home! no fry'n pan, family, macalester, hard times, or anything i'm familiar with. my friends are trying to talk me out of it, and i'm really scared of committing that much time away from people, but i don't know what to do! laura help me!? bah.
i wish laura were here. she knows what it's like to be in another country for an extended period of time. i don't! bahhh.

2010-02-14T11:54:00.000-08:00

on friday i got to talk to laura! it was so nice to hear from her. she told me about a korean game called baskin robbins 31...the game is pretty fun, but i wish i could have played it with her. :( bummer.
skyping with laura is nice though. my camera sucks or i don't really know how to use it, but here is a picture of me and laura skyping. i'm the little picture in the corner.

2010-02-11T19:49:00.000-08:00

so, my post for yesterday was super lame, but i was really annoyed. I'm annoyed today too, but for different reasons... Today, J asked me if i wanted to go to hard times to do homework, and i was like yeah for sure...then we both realized that we can't really go because the buses stop running too early, and it wouldn't be worth going for such a short time...ugh. what a nightmare. now we just have to stay at macalester...again! okay, so i don't want this blog to be about complaining anymore, but seriously! when laura was here, she would always take us places. we went to museums, restaurants, grocery stores, and even hard times! those were the days! i miss you laurz

here is a picture of some randos at hardtimes

bahhh

2010-02-10T21:06:00.000-08:00

bahh... i'm super stressed today. Me, Maddie, and J are trying to figure out where to live next semester, and we all want to study abroad, but we don't have people to sublet for us. it's so frustrating! if laura were here she would have really good advice, because she had to deal with the same problem.
ahh! miss her!

2010-02-09T12:50:00.000-08:00

Today I checked my SPO (student post office), and I had a postcard from Laura! I was so excited. I really miss her. When Laura was here, we used to sing a song about checking our SPOS:
from my dorm to the SPO, My dorm cross grand to the SPO, ahh SPO SPO beeeeep, ahh SPO SPO got mail...The song is sung to the tune of Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz' song Get Low. I think our version could be called Get SPO.

2010-02-08T18:03:00.001-08:00

long ago, back when laura was around, we used to sneak joel dykstra stickers on people's backs. it all started when we stole a roll of stickers at a rock the vote concert. this is a picture of how we successfully sneaked a sticker on sam. if laura were around, i would tell her that last sunday i found those stickers and put one on dave's coat! i'm so sneaky! i miss you laura.

me and laura

2010-02-07T19:53:00.000-08:00

this is me and laura on valentines day last year. we were so happy together! this year i will be spending valentines day alone :( manimisslaura

First post of all!

2010-02-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

today i'm really missing laura, and i wish i could visit her. she's sick, but the koreans are still making her go to work! if i were in korea i would make laura some soup and tea. actually, laura would probably make me soup and tea, because she's really good at it...i would do the dishes. laura used to make me soup and tea all the time! even when i wasn't sick. those were the days.
i miss you laura!