Quote o' the Afternoon

"The moral of this story is- don't make muffins while you have a can of PAM and a can of furniture cleaner on the same counter..." -My Mom



Furniture Cleaner and Cooking Spray...not the same thing. :0)

Quote o' the Day

"He lived in Japan. Yeah, in Shanghai." - Kenley Stringer

The Awful Waffle House

Saturday, February 25, 2006


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By Relient K
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Remember the good old days when I used to make fun of Diane, Kenley and Lori for staying up late all the time and not getting any sleep?

I was just thinking about that.

Today I came home from school and I decided I was going to take a nap, but then Lori got on ICQ and I just got this great new phone card that's kinda like, the longer you talk the cheaper the minutes become kind of thing, and so I called her and we had to talk for a long time because then I would get a better deal and anyone who knows me knows I'm always looking for the best deal, so when I got off the phone it was like 6:00 and I almost considered just trying to stay up until it was time to go to bed, but that didn't happen. I fell asleep on my bed and at about 11:15 my phone started ringing and it was Shannon and she said that they were at Kenley's house about to play games. I like games. So I went.
We played Cranium and Shannon and Kenley won but only because me and Diane let them. Haha. Then we just sat around acting out all the green cards and Kenley was acting out "evolution" and it was about the funniest thing I've ever seen. Shannon got it on video so when she sends it to me I'll upload it so you all can see it. It was like this interpretive dance, flower growing kind of thing. Amazing. I had to act out "reproduction." What kind of charades question is that? Gosh. Oh, and Diane is really good at guessing "humdingers."
Then I was hungry because I had never eaten dinner so we went to Waffle House and that was, um, educational...I don't think I'll ever be able to eat at a Waffle House again. But that's okay. I learned some things at Waffle House. I will share them with you.

1. One should never wash vegetables with actual soap. When one does, the vegetables taste like...soap.

2. Low rise jeans should just be outlawed altogether. They're fine when one is standing up...You know, in the Old Navy commercials they never show their little models sitting down. That is where the problem lies. Sitting at the bar across from us were three people all of whom's butts were half showing because of their lack of clothing. Ain't nobody wanna see dat.

3. Saturns are very dent resistant. This is a good thing. Especially at 3:00 in the morning.

Well, it's now 4 a.m. and I'm going to go back to sleep. I was thinking about the fact that I probably wrecked my sleep pattern because of this nap and then I realized, I don't have a sleep pattern.

Arrivederci!

Obey your thirst

It all started because of some really good sweet tea. You see, I drank like three glasses of Mrs. Laura's sweet tea and it occurred to me that I hadn't drank any water that day and I've been trying to drink more water because your body's like 107% water or whatever they tell you and I always forget to drink water during the day. So Mr. Don went to go pick up Melinda and Josh from Bible study, Mrs. Laura went to grab the phone and I was alone with my empty glass and this-

- You know what I'm talking about. It's the refrigerator with the little "CRUSHED,CUBED,WATER" buttons. Naturally, I picked myself up from my chair and put my glass under the WATER button, seeing this as a perfectly good opportunity to hydrate myself and heed to the wise words of that little Sprite guy with the giant afro, "Obey your thirst."
There was only one problem with my plan. The refrigerator must have thought I was really thirsty because my cup was full and there was still water pouring into it. There was water pouring into my cup, down my arm, and right onto the floor. I had long since abandoned the lever that made the water pour out. There was no stopping this refrigerator. I could hear its voice in my head, "You people just take, take, take. Is that all I'm here for? When was the last time you dusted behind me? Am I invisible? Well, you know I'm here now! I'm pumping out water and there's nothing you can do about it!" Such a bitter refrigerator. Everything in the refrigerator started looking like this-


Okay, well, maybe not that bad... but that's what it felt like. I screamed, "MRS. LAURA!" and she came in the kitchen and said, "Oh no! We don't use that because it's broken! We've gotta turn off the water!" That darn bitter refrigerator. I could see it laughing underneath it's offwhite marblish plastic coating. We were filling up buckets of water and attempting to dump them into the sink before they overflowed, but I'm afraid it was a losing battle. Then Mrs. Laura went and got a trashcan and took the bag out and stuck it next to the refrigerator. I grabbed a Chick Fil A cup and punched a whole in it so that the water could flow through it and into the trashcan. That worked pretty well, but the water was still pumping. We tried to move the evil refrigerator out, but it was too heavy and the floor was really slippery. So Mrs. Laura tried to turn the water off outside but it wouldn't turn off! Go figure. But luckily, just when all hope had been lost and Mrs. Laura figured she'd have to serve dinner in a scuba suit from now on, hope arrived! Mr. Don raced through the door and after unsuccessfully trying to turn the water off outside, moved the refrigerator and turned the water off from there.

Mr. Don...but with hair.
And so the land was saved and everyone lived happily ever after. Even the refrigerator was happy after the group cleaned behind him. However, he did receive 6 months probation and 75 hours of community service. I think he's going to be doing some cooking with the Stove for that. Anyway, the moral of this story:
1. Be careful of disgruntled refrigerators
2. Fire escape plans are great, but water escape plans are important too. Everyone should have a escape window at the top of their ceiling just in case the water gets that high and you need to get out.
3. Just stick with tea. Or Sprite.

It's Morphin' Time!

So, Leritchka and Jenna are sitting on my floor making some amazing bracelets right now. Jenna just said, "Mine's gonna be pretty." I'm excited about it. They're intense about these bracelets. Intense like the circus. Or maybe intense like camping. I think it depends on who you ask. Maybe intense like the Orange Revolution "museum." That's about the only things I can think that go under tents. I asked Jenna and Lerah. That's all they can think of too. We just had bible study at my house and that was pretty awesome. We talked about I John and how we can have assurance of salvation and good stuff like that. I John is a great book. It's one of those small ones that's kinda towards the back so I miss it a lot of times. You know, those times where it's time to spend some time with God and you do the whole "let me open up my Bible and see where I end up" thing but you always end up in Isaiah or Jeremiah because they're freakin' huge and they're kinda in the middle. Yeah, you know you do it too. I think I read Isaiah more than any other book because of that...I didn't realize that until just now. Hmmm, and that's why I always miss Genesis. It's at the beginning. Maybe I should flip my Bible around and then I won't know if Revelation's in the front of the back. Wait, then I'll still end up in the middle. Maybe I should just start reading through the Bible again and then I wouldn't have that problem.
Moving on...We had game night at Shannon's last night. And of course the camera came along.































That's about my favorite picture ever. Embrace the ugly pictures, Calyn...

Quotes o' the day

"We should probably pay attention. Let's write in Russian." -Jenna Myrick

"'Cause, like, when I get in 12th grade I figure my life will be pretty much over." -Josh Sapp
(later) "So, Josh, I'm in college. Does that mean my life is pretty much over?" -Me
"Well, yeah." -Josh Sapp

I LOVE TANYA AND ZHENYA!

Girls, you make me feel so special. Thank you. :0)

Y'all are the best!!!!

A Lunch Excursion

Well, me and James went and got lunch today...at 4:00. Better late than never, right? But of course, when one is going to lunch and one has a camera it is only natural to write Tanya and Zhenya's names with one's food.

So that is exactly what we did. And we debated whether James should get his lip or eyebrow pierced. I say lip. He says eyebrow. Although, I don't think either of us really care that much one way or the other.

In other news, I stopped to talk to my friend Peter on the sidewalk today and stood in a pile of traveling ants. They were making their way from Landis Green by parade to a less crowded destination. Frisbee players were everywhere. However, I messed up their parade route so they proceeded to bite me all over the feet. It was not pretty.

I'm at Jenshka's house now and we just wrote our third script. Lerah came over. Yay! I'm going to go eat peanut butter M&M's now. Arrivederci!

New bumper sticker campaign

Go ahead, Todd. Make fun of me.

Pictures...because we are just that awesome

Jenna, decked out in her winter outerwear

Jenna, Brandon, Chris and Dusty the dog

Finally, we got a good one

Observations From Today

Okay, I was thinking today that I should make a post because well, I haven't posted in a while, but I don't really have time so we're gonna make this quick.

Here are Calyn's observations from today:

1. Hip hop dancing is much harder than it looks. If you are white you're already at a severe disadvantage and if you're white, red-headed, uncoordinated and a terrible dancer, your chances of doing well in hip hop aerobics are slim to none.

2. Don't go to Taco Bell expecting exceptional service. Go to Taco Bell expecting cheap...tacos.

3. Jerry Rice is a good football player. He is not a good dancer. He needs to accept that. Go play with your superbowl rings, Jerry.

4. Once it is February it is high time to have all Christmas decorations put safely away in the attic. My neighbors still have giant nutcrackers, light up reindeer and a blow-up snowman in their front yard. that is unacceptable. Maybe they're getting an early start for next year.

That is all for today. Arrivederci.

Ice, Ice, Baby

Okay, I realize this will not be exciting to most of you at all, but there's ice outside right now!!!!!! I would just like everyone to know that it is 28 degrees F outside right now (that's below 0 for all of you Celsius fans) and that, although it is nothing to be compared to other places, puts us on the map, I think. Tonight we had tribal council at Beef O' Brady's and that was pretty awesome. Then we came back to the church and continued it. I need to go do a bunch of homework, but I'm gonna post some pictures. Arrivederci!

Look! You can see my breath!

You can see Jenna's breath!

Ice, T & *!!!! Ice!

Diane, Kevin, David and Kenley

Todd saying something very important

Yay!!!!

Me and Jenna