tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23850109851309911432024-02-20T01:56:24.238-05:00Kathryne's Optimism Initiative<center>A day without laughter is a day wasted.<br>~Charlie Chaplin</center>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02699903382024338864noreply@blogger.comBlogger649125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-13116442396984129142011-11-28T23:01:00.001-05:002011-11-28T23:01:08.052-05:00nap timeWe had nap time... I mean, meditation time with the lights off and lying on the floor... in PE today. BEST GYM CLASS EVER.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-39889713861208809272011-11-25T23:10:00.000-05:002011-11-25T23:10:38.280-05:00leftoversIt's after Thanksgiving. We ate lots of leftovers today that were better than what we actually ate yesterday.<br />
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I also got to see my roommate play volleyball, which was awesome, even though we lost :(<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-9598537600983905152011-11-22T23:36:00.000-05:002011-11-22T23:36:37.535-05:00GrandparentsI have arrived!<br />
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I am going to sleep now.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-17084676335529242522011-11-20T23:36:00.001-05:002011-11-20T23:36:59.152-05:00phonespoke to four lovely people on the phone today.<div><br />
<div>notably missing:</div></div><div>Mom</div><div>Megan</div><div>Rachel</div><div><br />
</div><div>you guys need to reappear!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Kathryne</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-54231817780189701322011-11-18T00:02:00.000-05:002011-11-18T00:02:07.814-05:00LotR Board Game!We must destroy the ring of power.<br />
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If we fail, we fail together.<br />
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And if we sacrifice our life, it is so that the ringbearer might not be found by Sauron.<br />
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But then, maybe we all make it to Mordor unscathed, and things just start to go wrong and we die one by one anyway... sigh! Still fun :)<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-46137310081243081262011-11-16T21:52:00.000-05:002011-11-16T21:52:45.516-05:00Messiah!Messiah choruses = GORGEOUSNESS. Chorale practice is kind of... FUN... now.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-71480404261964189292011-11-15T23:47:00.000-05:002011-11-15T23:47:12.404-05:00study breaksAfter working allll day, several things made me smile:<br />
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-break to visit Meghan and discuss Madeline L'Engle and Tolkein.<br />
-two lovely breaks to talk on the phone<br />
-break to get raspberry hot chocolate and discuss the Russian/Polish/French languages and Christmas carols<br />
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...now back to work...<br />
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SO CAN'T WAIT FOR BREAK. (but oh wait, I will have a project-worth-30%-of-my-Physics-grade to do then? wonderful...)<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-3150715746616127702011-11-09T21:56:00.001-05:002011-11-09T21:56:22.946-05:00windIt is very windy today. My hair looks terrible but I had fun.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-50637953416092209652011-11-04T16:57:00.001-04:002011-11-04T16:57:27.892-04:00retreatISI retreat this weekend :) super exciting.<br />
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see y'all Sunday.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-69712004193880745132011-11-03T00:03:00.000-04:002011-11-03T00:03:38.672-04:00still aliveI promise. Just reallyubersuper busy.<br />
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8:30-12:35 class.<br />
12:35-1:10 lunch.<br />
1:10-1:55 Russian homework.<br />
1:55-2:45 Russian.<br />
5:3-6:30 advisor meeting.<br />
6:45-8:40 chorale.<br />
8:40-9:05 dinner.<br />
9:05-10:30 Bible study.<br />
10:30-12:00 grocery shopping, friends, homework, class scheduling?<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-42781280643532355912011-10-31T23:10:00.000-04:002011-10-31T23:10:48.525-04:00halloween...very few people dressed up today. It was sad.<br />
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But I had a good day. Watched movies (read: took naps) in two of my classes, including golf. 'Twas a very Russian-filled day... lots of homework, plus Russian Club conversation tables, plus Russian lit discussions with Molly. We can't decide which Chekhov play to read over break.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-35514923380555400702011-10-24T22:12:00.000-04:002011-10-24T22:12:33.304-04:00happy103% on my Physics midterm. NO CURVE. joyjoyjoyjoy.<br />
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also, I thought I failed my Stats midterm, but it turns out that, thanks to THAT curve, a 55% is a C. Which is a pass. I got (slightly) better than a 55%, but still not high enough that I want to post it on the internet.<br />
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Aaaaaand, today was just happy. I did laundry and played Words With Friends (11 games as of this morning o.0) and felt overall very much like a college student.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-50727786645387800702011-10-23T21:02:00.000-04:002011-10-23T21:02:00.864-04:00my phoneno longer works at all. it's very sad. I can't listen to voicemails or talk using the ear speaker. I have plugged/replugged in the headphones multiple times... powered off and on... reset... restored... I have to do laundry tomorrow! I don't have time to go to OIT!!!<br />
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oh well.<br />
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today was still good. I went to do some volunteer work at a place that serves breakfast to underprivileged/homeless people with Vienna and some Vision folks.<br />
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then I carved pumpkins.<br />
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now I am going to bed.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-50226385537771936102011-10-18T23:46:00.000-04:002011-10-18T23:46:24.224-04:00record-settingOverslept by like an hour, then spent 7.5 hours talking to Christine. I think that's a record.<br />
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And small group was kind of great as well.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-51855591996655316592011-10-18T01:14:00.000-04:002011-10-18T01:14:43.808-04:00dancing3 hours of dancing... 2 hours driving through some pretty sketch parts of town... loving every minute.<br />
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I hardly stopped smiling tonight, basically.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-70654120618428289042011-10-16T22:40:00.001-04:002011-10-16T22:40:51.378-04:00home^^yeah, that<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-19756673896808137432011-10-03T22:54:00.000-04:002011-10-03T22:54:29.304-04:00WEATHER!!!<3<br />
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Today was sunny.<br />
About 65 degrees.<br />
It made me happy.<br />
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Golf wasn't half bad.<br />
We got out really early.<br />
Learned to putt! (again)<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-26601873448955172192011-10-02T22:54:00.000-04:002011-10-02T22:54:20.796-04:00HaikutoberIt's Haikutober<br />
And you can expect to see<br />
Lame ones for a while.<br />
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Because I will try<br />
To keep this thing up, I guess<br />
For the whole month long.<br />
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Written it is fun,<br />
But spoken it's annoying,<br />
As found at dinner.<br />
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However, I say<br />
It makes very int'resting<br />
Facebook comment threads.<br />
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And speaking of which,<br />
Skype + Megan + Hannah<br />
= mass explosions.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-87860327840210495922011-10-02T00:36:00.000-04:002011-10-02T00:36:20.854-04:00SaturdayI think I got 3.5 hours of sleep last night?<br />
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I am very sleepy right now. But I had a good day, hanging out with ISI people and doing photo scavenger hunts and "watching the football game" and stuff like that.<br />
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I think I will go to bed now.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-75656283817310962942011-09-30T00:17:00.002-04:002011-09-30T00:17:57.030-04:00coming to terms...with the fact that it might be okay to get a B+ every now and then *cringe*<br />
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ISI was awesome though, and I am really enjoying telling my Katie-got-run-over-by-a-bike story.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-18021738023725019272011-09-28T21:53:00.001-04:002011-09-28T21:56:16.677-04:00run overYep. TODAY, I was run over by a bike.<br />
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It was probably the funniest thing that happened to me all day, aside from doing relatively okay on a midterm for which I had not exactly done much reading...<br />
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So I was power-walking to Chorale, because I was late. I caught up to one of the tenors on my way there, and we continued half-jogging together. As we neared the performing arts building (which is practically off-campus and a really annoying place to have practice), I hear someone approaching at a relatively fast speed (thought flash: bicycle?) yelling something I didn't understand (thought flash: is he saying "move"?). Instinctively, I move to the right side of the sidewalk where the other guy was also walking. Pass on the left, yes?<br />
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...uh, no. Turns out he WAS on a bicycle, he WAS going very fast, he WAS yelling the German word for "late," and he IS the secretary of Chorale (free excused absences? I think so...). And it's a really good thing I am a weather wimp and was wearing rain boots even though it was hardly drizzling. As it is, I just skinned my knee a little and think it's kind of hilarious DON'T FREAK OUT PLEASE MOM.<br />
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So after I had totally wiped out on the sidewalk he jumped off of his bike, tried to help me up and apologized about 50 jillion times. From the rest of Chorale's reaction I guess it's not every day the secretary runs over a freshman.<br />
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Also, I passed my swim test and now am stuck in... golf. Could my life get any funnier.<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-91115934309606519452011-09-27T23:48:00.000-04:002011-09-27T23:48:24.662-04:00cards and swing dancingToday I am going to say that David made my life a happier thing. Because he sent me a really really incredibly o.0-inducing piece of artwork that was a birthday card. And also because, if not for him, I would probably know next to nothing about swing dancing, and I certainly would not have a swivel step worthy of compliment, and TONIGHTEEEEEP was really amazing at swing club.<br />
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So thank you, David :)<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-65824339647741433402011-09-26T23:11:00.000-04:002011-09-26T23:11:16.864-04:00workworkworkthis week is going to be reallyreally crazy. It doesn't help much that I also have awesome things like "apply for scholarships!" and "find a ride home for fall break!" and "get a flu shot!" and "go grocery shopping... in the rain!" thrown on my to-do list.<br />
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REGARDLESS, I am not depressed at all. Today in swimming I learned that I could have/now can pass the test using sidestroke (which is really good, because I know it, it uses the least energy of all "front" strokes, AND I don't have to put my face in the water and risk losing my contacts/contracting an evil disease from the pinkeye infected goggles. I'm dead serious.)<br />
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I also had great luck in finding a good friend who happened to be sitting by himself at lunch at the same time I was about to resign myself to sitting by MYself.<br />
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I also am not despising this Philo paper. Who knew?<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-21329405008276953982011-09-25T23:33:00.000-04:002011-09-25T23:33:37.854-04:00catch-upI FIXED MY FINANCIAL RECORDS AND THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPYYYYYYYYY also I responded to like 5 emails that I received about 3 weeks ago and just never dealt with. Also talked to David, Grandma, and Dad on the phone.<br />
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Also, went on an apple spree at lunch. Apple cinnamon tea, apple juice, apple crepe, apple pancake, and bacon I pretended was also ...applewood?<br />
And at dinner I realized just how many people I "know" and just how few people I KNOW. But "know" often leads to KNOW, no?<br />
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KathryneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385010985130991143.post-18292717927826361802011-09-24T23:34:00.000-04:002011-09-24T23:34:35.359-04:00Cure for all illsEpic Brownies.<br />
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Disney Movies.<br />
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Charleston.<br />
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