Things not so good. I stupidly went down a hill that was too big, and ended up wiping out. Soooo now I have a broken left wrist (thank GOD it wasn't my right) and a pretty beautiful bruise on my knee. Luckily I had my helmet on, or it could have been worse. I'm visiting the orthopedic guy on monday to get it cast and see if it needs pins or surgery, ick. I don't know if I'll be able to work yet, right now I'm pretty much one-handed, I'll have to talk to my boss on monday after the doc's.


P.S. the board is fine, I did manage to crash it into grass, instead of it rolling clear down the hill.

I thought this was kinda interesting...

When I created the heavens and the earth, I spoke them into being.
When I created man, I found him and breathed life into his nostrils.
But you, woman, I fashioned after I breathed the breath of life into man because your nostrils are too delicate. I allowed a deep sleep to come over him so I could patiently and perfectly fashion you.
Man was put to sleep so that he could not interfere with the creativity.
From one bone, I fashioned you. I chose the bone that protects man's life.
I chose the rib, which protects his heart and lungs and supports him, as you are meant to do. Around this one bone, I shaped you...
I modeled you. I created you perfectly and beautifully. Your characteristics are as the rib, strong yet delicate and fragile.
You provide protection for the most delicate organ in man, his heart. His heart is the center of his being; his lungs hold the breath of life. The ribcage will allow itself to be broken before it will allow damage to the heart.
Support man as the rib cage supports the body.
You were not taken from his feet, to be under him, nor were you taken from his head, to be above him. You were taken from his side, to stand beside him and be held close to his side.
You are my perfect angel.. You are my beautiful little girl.
You have grown to be a splendid woman of excellence, and my eyes fill when I see the virtues in your heart.
Your eyes... don't change them.
Your lips, how lovely when they part in prayer.
Your nose, so perfect in form. Your hands so gentle to touch.
I've caressed your face in your deepest sleep.
I've held your heart close to mine.
Of all that lives and breathes, you are most like me.
Adam walks with me in the cool of the day, yet he was lonely. He could not see me or touch me. He could only feel me.
So everything I wanted Adam to share and experience with me, I fashioned in you; my holiness, my strength, my purity, my love, my protection and support.
You are special because you are an extension of me.
Man represents my image, woman my emotions.
Together, you represent the totality of God.
So man... treat woman well.
Love her, respect her, for she is fragile. In hurting her, you hurt me. What you do to her, you do to me. In crushing her, you only damage your own heart, the heart of your Father, and the heart of her Father.
Woman, support man.
In humility, show him the power of emotion I have given you. In gentle quietness, show your strength. In love, show him that you are the rib that protects his inner self.

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( Recurve Bow and Stunt Kite!!!!! )

Hey people, guess what the other word for the on-ramp onto the highway is? You guessed it, the acceleration lane! And guess what! That means you're supposed to use it to accelerate up to highway speed so you can merge safely and quickly, not slow down and hit the brakes! Really, it's so much easier to get up to around highway speed (5 mph under or right on the posted highway speed is usually pretty good), check your mirror for an opening, and then just jump in there! And if there's a car RIGHT where you need to get in, just ease off the gas a tiny bit until the car just barely passes you, and hop right in while quickly speeding up to make up the 5 mph you dropped. MOST cars will let you in onto the highway if you're going about the same speed! There's no need to slam on the brakes, creep up the on-ramp at neighborhood street speeds, or drive really slowly along the shoulder until you manage get your slow ass in there, because guess what, when you do that, you're just an accident waiting to happen. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BEHIND YOU!!! And those people are expecting *YOU* to merge quickly so they can merge too, not wait for your slow ass, as well they are probably also paying more attention to the oncoming highway traffic than they are you.

Seriously, if you are one of those brake-slamming people, take your damn car out and practice highway merging until you get it, because other drivers are getting sick of your crappy merging skills! And if you're one of those tired of bad merging, repost this post!

So, the most totally dude-rad gnar-gnar shredding badical band ever is coming! That's right, The AQUAAAAAABAAATS!!!!!!!! are back! I just bought my ticket :-D


and in other news, I've been really sick, and I went on my youth group's winter retreat, which was fun even though I came back sicker than I was originally

Tagged by charismitainel--In the event I need to bribe people, this could be very useful information. Therefore, I am listing the five most effective things to bribe me with. If you get tagged, your mission is to do the same, then tag 5 more people.

Yarn: Yarn is good, Katy loves yarn - especially in orange, lime green, electric blue, white, or black. And even more especially if it's unusual yarn, not the stuff you find in any regular craft store.

Music: Damnit, Katy wants Showbread's new cd NOW! And/or anything band-related, especially tshirts, stickers, and buttons

Random Useless Crap: Katy likes little weird toys (my favorite right now is my magical grow your own fishtank), awesome stickers, office supplies, kitchen crap she has NO use for, and other assorted fun stuff, especially if it's designed all cool-like. Oh and she loves robots, and little spaceships, and pirates.

Tshirts/shoes: Katy has an addiction to quirky designer tshirts... however she does not like anything resembling those black shirts with a stupid saying in a cheesy white font on the front, they are dumb. And buy Katy a pair of size 8.5 chuck t's and you're her friend for life.

Books (and other ephemera): Katy likes books a lot. Especially classic sci fi novels (for the moment), vintage cookbooks (they're hilarious!), any book having to do with design (graphic or industrial), and vintage astronomy. She also likes random retro stuff. And books with well-designed covers. And she really wants Chip Kidd's autobiography.

I tag everybody I'm a friend of, since there's not that many.



And now for the real post.....


It's weird, ever since I really got into design, I've started becoming a design snob. Seriously. Like, it's started to matter what something as simple as a shoe looks like. I'll notice shoes people are wearing, and go, oh, that one's got nice lines, or that one looks like crap. Also, I've been digging the weirdest things, like, kitchen utensils, lamps, bedspreads, office supplies. I walked into Sur La Table the other day and went crazy over all the pretty colored spatulas. That was weird, I don't even cook. You don't even want to see me in Target, it's like a design paradise over there lately (I love their design ads too! So awesome!). Speaking of stores, I've totally been noticing displays and stuff to see how they're designed, colors used, etc, even if it's something I'm not even interested in. And I've become a tshirt design snob. If it ain't designed well, then I don't like it. Bizarre. Oh and I've started flipping to the back flap of book covers while emptying bookdrop or shelving at the library to see who designed the cover. I guess all this is a good thing though, it means I'm starting to develop an eye for design, even if I've started to be a lot more critical of things. The flip side of all this though is I find myself getting annoyed easily when I see something I could fix myself, but I won't because either I'm allowed to, or it's just not worth it, or something like that. I now have to restrain myself in making signs for work, hehehe

Showbread's new CD Age of Reptiles is almost done being recorded! yaaaaaaaaay! They're going on tour too as soon as they finish, no colorado date yet but I have a feeling they'll prolly come!

I'm super-busy. My grandma is still in the hospital, so I've been doing stuff with that, inbetween everything else going on. Tomorrow I am doing absolutely nothing I hope! Sunday I'm going to church, going to a play, and then going to mewithoutYou, needless to say I may not be awake for work on Monday. Oh well, I don't care, it's my first concert of the year! Next up is The Phenomenauts and Voodoo Glow Skulls on March 7th, yay! Also I'm going (as staff yay!) on my youth group's yearly winter retreat up to the icebox of the rockies, Frasier, Colorado, next weekend. It'll be freezing, but fun!

I need sleep.

.... but I am alive, really.

.... even though I haven't updated much of anything in like forever.

.... I should though.

.... maybe tomorrow I will.

.... won't that be amazing.

.... I got new pillows and bed crap today.

.... it's pretty awesome.

.... goodnight world.

.... chip kidd rocks my socks off.

So I hit the jackpot at the library the other day, and picked up a whole ton of classic sci fi novels and short stories off our donation shelves for FREE, most in mint condition, YAY! Here's a list of what I got:

Yeah, things I've been digging lately - click on the images below to find out more



( Incandescent Burning Lies )

You know you're a 90's kid if...


( Yay for the 90s! )

Just letting anyone who's interested that I have a new LJ for all my christian-based quotes I've collected over the last couple years, you can find it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cordatuslaudo/

4 more days of school, then I"m FREEEEEEEEEEEEE from Red Rocks for good! We talked to our insurance person, and as long as I"m a dependant and living at my parent's house I'm under their policy, so that's just awesome! Also, I'm still covered when I go off to school, as long as I'm going fulltime! Speaking of going away to school, I think I've finally decided on Kansas City Art Institute, Ringling was just too expensive and my parents want me a little closer to home. So it's off to Kansas City, Missouri in the fall for me! Yay!

Wheeeee haven't posted in forever!

The Supertones final show was absolutely amazing, 27 songs in a row! It was like I died and went to a ska paradise. Tony, the Chief, and Jason came out and played three old school Tones songs too, that was awesome! So anyways, I was quite close to the front through John Davis and Bleach, but when the Tones came out crowd crush happened and my stupid pneumonia riddled lungs started acting up and it was just too darn hot (500 people in the Biola gym, it was packed). So I moved to the very back of the gym and found an awesome skank pit and skanked around in that as my poor lungs would allow. Oh and I got interviewed by some chick with a camera, not sure what that was for but hey it was cool. Here's the set list for the show!

Adonai
Escape From Reason
Grounded
Sure Shot
Where I Find You
Go Go Go
Wilderness
O.C. Supertones
Jury Duty
Resolution
We Shall Overcome
Transmission
Prince of Peace
Away from You
Shepherd is the Lamb
Unknown (old school Tones)
Grace Flood (old school Tones)
Hallelujah (old school Tones)
Wake Me Up on Time
Welcome Home
Who Can Be Against Me
Faith of a Child
Little Man
Chase the Sun
Unite
Hold On to Jesus
Come Thou Fount

The rest of the trip was pretty good too, my aunt's really stressed out so mostly I just hung out with her and talked. We went to Philippe's (favorite restaurant EVER, pickled eggs are tasty), and to the Fermin Point lighthouse, and a drive by of the Queen Mary.

Last night I saw my raw rock homies, Showbread. They were awesome as ever, in fact they were so raw they blew the power out in the middle of Dead by Dawn. The drummer, keytarist, and bassist still had power though, so they did SOOOOLOS!!!! It was really funny. In fact, Josh Dies, the lead singer, is prolly one of the funniest guys in christian music today, he's crazy! The fire department showed up about halfway through the concert, not sure what that was about, anyways, Showbread had to stall, again, so Josh did his really really really crazy Krunk monologue improve. Johnstown is now Krunkstown of all things Krunk, btw. Hehehe, and the bassist crashed into Kamie and I during Welcome to Plainfield, Tobe Hooper, he got a little crazy with his mad dance skillz and slipped and fell into the crowd, nearly knocking one of the monitors over. Hehehe. They're so raw. Can't wait till they come back. oh I got a shirt too, since mom hates my other Showbread shirt. this one has a typewriter, and bird, and it's just awesome. Ohhhhhhhh and they played one of their new songs, it was the krunk, can't wait for the new cd to come out!

Ummmm, I'm way far behind in school, eep. I don't know why either, I just have no motivation. I am so ready to escape from red rocks... spring 06 is my LAAAAAST semester, yay, then hopefully I'll be at Ringling (cross my fingers hope to die), or staying here at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, in my own apartment.

That's about it really, till next time!


Ohhhh I forgot, I snagged Showbread's bassist's guitar pick, it was on the floor, yay! I made a necklace out of it.

I just finished the Test from Hell, for my western civ class... ugh... 31 questions, most of them paragraph essays. Took me roughly 12 hours to do, grrr, because half the stuff we didn't cover in the three days of class we've done, or wasn't in the book. And guess what? We have 7 more tests like that to do!

*sighs* I wish I was a better christian... I don't know why I have such a hard time with it, I mean, I know every other person who's a christian struggles, but it just seems like I'm useless at it. I can't even seem to get myself to read the Bible every day. I have been trying to at least pray more, and that's going ok, but my emotions lately are just so out of whack I don't even know what to pray for. This whole thing with Cutler I think has thrown me for a loop farther than I thought it had at first. I wish I'd never gotten so involved with him. I've been thinking about making a commitment to God to wait for my future spouse, but to tell the truth it terrifies me that I might never receive someone because I can't seem to get my christian walk under control and grow in the Lord... *sighs*

I don't know...

Ska's not dead! Muahahhaa!

*coughs* erm, yes, I really should bother to update this thing more. What's happened since the last time I posted...

Summit was awesome! Had a really good time, and learned a lot, even though I didn't get to really do any of the activities besides visit the Air Force Academy. Made some cool friends, shout outs to Ben, Lyndsay, Steve, and all my roomates and small group girls! So anyways, I'm really fired up right now, and I've been trying to read a book a week (on something apologetics), right now it's this book called Lewis Agonistes, on how C.S. Lewis can teach us to wrestle with the modern and post-modern world. It's pretty awesome.

Ummm, I dyed my bangs red, looks pretty cool if I do say so myself. Wish it'd turned out a little bit brighter, but oh well. I 'hawked it for the Supertones concert yesterday up in Greeley, that was wicked. Never ever putting ketchup in my hair again though, smells like crap, and it didn't work, ended up using good ol' Elmer's glue.

Speaking of the Supertones, both concerts here were awesome! Skanked like mad, although now I'm paying for it with pulled calf muscles in both legs, heh. Definitely not in shape for concerts! I think the concert up in Greeley was better than the one here, there wasn't as many idiot middle school poser punk kiddos trying to mosh at a SKA CONCERT! Plus my friend Aaron and a couple of his friends were there and we had fun just being crazy and skanking lots... well, they were there at the one here in Denver, but I didn't hang out with them too much, and the people I did hang out with weren't into the whole dance around crazy in the middle of the pit, except my friend Kamie who surprised me and really got into it (I didn't take her for the crazy concert-going type). Plus we got to hang out for a bit with Mojo of the Tones more up in Greeley, he's still awesome as evah. Don't let him try to tell you he's old, it's all lies ;-) Oh, and I have my plane tickets to go see their final show in Orange County California! It's pure accident that the weekend I'm visiting my grandma is the same weekend they're playing, really ;-)

Wednesday was fun too, Brian invited Paul and I to his sister's going away party, I suspect just to save him from her friends ;-) Anyways, we watched stupid videos on his computer, and took pictures of ourselves holding his sword and lightsaber model, that Paul's gonna do a little photoshop magic to and turn them into lightsabers. Can't wait to see those.

Umm, what else? School's going ok, the bad thing is that I pretty much have to stay up there for 12 hours a day tuesdays and thursdays, and then I come home and crash. Oh well, at least I've got friends up there to talk to most of the day, and lots of books to read!

Ok that's the news, I"m gonna go sleep now.

KATY
K	is for	Keen
A	is for	Arty
T	is for	Trustworthy
Y	is for	Yummy

What a week - came down with pneumonia, ended up staying overnight in the hospital friday night for it, could hardly breath. But I'm home now, and on a stronger antibiotic, that should help, feeling much better already. The bad thing about all this is that I have to miss the first couple of days of Summit :-( Katy is not happy about this. Oh well, my friend I'm going with is saving me a good bed and I should be down there on tuesday or wednesday if I feel good.

The other good thing is that I got out of wearing The Wild Thing costume for the library's 5th anniversary, ha! Apparently it was a pretty bad costume, according to Kamie. Jason got to wear it, hehe, poor guy. I must remember to thank him.

Oh, and my ex-boyfriend is an idiot, I guess he changed his brakepads, and forgot to tighten the lugnuts on his rear tire, and ended up losing the tire on the highway, heh... who in their right mind forgets to tighten their lugnuts? Sorry, I prolly shouldn't laugh, but I just find it really funny for some reason.... oh well.

My screenprinting experiments are going well, my zombaid shirt came out great, and now I'm working on a ska-themed black hoodie. I'd take pictures, but my camera is officially dead (WM thinks the CPU is shot). Which means I gotta save up like $400 bucks to get a good one on ebay. I'm looking at the canon powershot s70, it's 7.1 megapixels with a wideangle 3.6x optical zoom lens, pretty darn nice. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons70/

That's all for now, time for Katy to go lie down again.

Work was chaotic today, the bookdrop is starting to scare me, and my boss wasn't too happy about a certain incident whose details I cannot divulge. Alas. I'm working over at another library tomorrow, will be a nice change from Belmar. And wednesday I will have to work with Jason again, that'll be interesting. I *think* I'm getting over him, I haven't been thinking about him as much since I made my decision on thursday not to pursue anything further than friendship. Even though I'm trying not to be "interested" in him, I think we could still be good friends, and I'd like that better anyways, even though I'm still lonely in a way. Oh well. I am determined not to let anything get me down at the moment, I can't afford it.

Tonight I did a little experimenting with screen printing on tshirts using the tutorial I found here: cheap screen printing method!
So far I haven't actually made my shirt (a replica of the zombAID shirts found in shaun of the dead), I still have a couple more test runs to do before I'm brave or good enough to try anything on my good shirt. But it looks like it's gonna work better than stupid iron-on transfers, hurrrah! If I ever get my digital camera back from WM I'll post pictures.

Now it's back to Stargate and my knitting!

• • Quote of the Day • •
"Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing." - George Sheehan

Let's see if I can keep this thing up, heh...

Nothing much going on over here, been working A LOT and hanging out with friends, and going to concerts. So far I've seen the phenomenauts, the aquabats, showbread, and blindside, and all were wicked awesome! I wish I could see the aquabats again, but I'll be at Summit when they come back in august, grrr... oh well! I have 12 more days of work before I leave for summit in two weeks, I'll be there for two weeks, then I have two precious days to catch up on sleep before it's back to work and school. This semester I'm taking math, geography, western civilization, and drawing, shouldn't be too bad. I managed to actually get everything into two days, so I"ll be working mondays, wednesdays, and fridays, with school on tuesdays and thursdays.

I also applied for a second job this week in the library system, I'm fairly sure I'll get it. It's a circ sub position, basically just filling in for full-time circ staff as needed. I'll get to decide how much or how little I'll be working, so I can still page too.

Anyways, that's the news from over here... I'll post more interesting things in the future!