My first Facebook birthday

You know, facebook is a lovely way to keep in touch with those who you would normally not call up or to see what is going on in somebody's life. But for birthdays I don't think I like it. I got about 30 posts or messages for my birthday, yet felt cheated out of being called by the people who hopefully would have called me had it not been for facebook. Happy birthday to me, I have a bunch of stuff to read.

Birthday

Hooray. I turn 21 in just a few hours. Sadly, the thing I am most excited about in this whole ordeal is not the drinking or partying, but that I get a new driver's license with a new "I'm not a 15 year old with braces and acne" picture. I sometimes wish that I even remotely cared about going out for my birthday or ever, but the enjoyment just isn't even there for me.

Lovely Neighborhood

Ah, you know Lambuth is located in a great area when the soccer teams' practices are interrupted by three cop cars chasing a guy who proceeds to get out of his car and sprint across the soccer field. At least it was exciting. A bit scary perhaps, but exciting nonetheless.

What Gender should a computer be?

I received this email, and since I hate sending out forwards, yet still thought this was a good one here it is.

A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

''House" for instance, is feminine: ''la casa.'' ''Pencil,'' however, is masculine: "el lapiz.''

A student asked, What gender is 'computer'?''

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether ''computer'' should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that ''computer'' should definitely be of the feminine gender (''la computer''), because
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

(No chuckling... this gets better!)

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine
(''el computer''), because
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.



The women won.

Verbal abuse

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been busy getting chewed out by....um everybody. Ok, not really everybody, but too many people. I went to visit my boyfriend because all my classes for the next day were cancelled except my 2:00, and so was soccer practice.... or so I thought. At 9pm, Coach decides we should have a 6am practice. I was three hours away and tired, so I called him to let him know my situation and he said "OK" Turns out OK means sure, but then you will have to run 3 miles and I am going to suspend you for the next game. Somehow I didn't know that particular definition of the word.

In other news, my mom came to visit and I didn't get to play. Naturally she wanted to know why. I told her, and got chewed out for going to see Bryan. Of course it is always irresponsible to see the people you love.... wait... Anyways, I have been chewed out plenty for the past few days, and am ready to not be any longer.