Author Archive for allison

clemson won!

08Nov09

And strangely, my life is as lame as before the game.


This is going to sound nuts, but sometimes all I want is those desolate stretches of SC 28 where there is no radio or cell phone reception. I know where I am and where I’m going, and everything is familiar.
Is that weird?


When I was overwhelmed in high school, I would skip class and drive home, stopping at New Moon for a chocolate chip muffin and root beer. I would go home, eat half the muffin, drink the root beer, and take a nap. When I woke up, I’d finish my homework and the muffin. It was [...]


I’m sure you’re going to love real life.

Watch your stapler!

(PS to everyone who is not Matthew: Matthew got a job offer in Surrey. He is rule!)


House Expands Federal Aid to College Students
“Today’s vote was about expanding the size and scope of the federal government through tens of billions of dollars in new entitlement spending and the elimination of choice, competition, and the innovation of the private sector,” [Representative John Kline of Minnesota] said. “This job-killing legislation is rife with hidden [...]


16Sep09

My back hurts.
August seems to have disappeared from this blog.


erstin

20Jul09

I have impressions of Texas and Austin. Here are some of them:
Texas: US 79 S. While driving here, mom and I got tired of the interstate, so we got off of it just after crossing the border into TX from LA. We figured it would also be more direct, since we then wouldn’t have to [...]


terrifying

19Jul09

Last night was the first time I’ve ever been afeared for my life while on a bicycle. There was a scavenger hunt in the afternoon that culminated in a beer at Scholz’s Beer Garten in downtown Austin, and by the time I saddled up for the ride home it was 9 or so. It was [...]


13Jul09

me: Compose a sentence using the word brogue.
Matthew: I find an Irish brogue to be a most pleasing accent.
me: Check your definition.
Matthew: I should don a stout brogue and deliver a swift kick up your backside for being so picky with your definitions!
My leg is twice its normal size.


july 4 part 2

09Jul09

Alan uploaded all my pictures to his picasa, so feel free to browse them.
A few gems:

Brooke the wagon-puller, with brother, friend, mother.

A happy camper.

Brooke found someone else to pull.

I love how you can see all the way down her throat.

Glowstick fun

A work of fire
And that’s all, you can find all these and the rest on [...]