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Name: Mari
Birthday: 12/1/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: people, Jesus, percussion, running, cooking, trying to be creative, etc.
Expertise: professional Underwater Hungarian Basket Weaver. It's true.
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Member Since:
4/25/2004
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| So here I am. Trust me. The thought of updating this has crossed my mind...somewhere in me I feel really bad about even updating this. I feel like I should be doing more productive things with my time, like running, practicing, reading for classes, catching up with old friends, etc. But you know what? I'm still going to write in this thing, dang it!! I need to be taking a shower because I'm going to the 10:45 service at Austin Stone this week (I accidentally overslept for Hyde Park Sunday school....oopsies!).
Thanks to everyone for the nice messages regarding my last post. Many of you even called me and offered a place to stay until the house got its locks changed. Thanks so much. We ended up getting the locks changed by this REALLY dumb ass guy who liked talking more than he did fixing the locks. One week and much insanity lost later, he fixed the doors, somehow after having to saw the dead bolt to the front door in half....don't ask...
The day after I had the house scare, I got to go to South Carolina to visit my grandparents, whom I have not seen in at least two years! I knew it would be nice, but WOW! It was so beautiful out there. They live right along the coast, and the beach is literally like a 10 minute drive from their house. I just love the ocean..I think there is something very romantic about it. Maybe the fact that the ocean is basically a road to a place where the land, the people, the language, is completely foreign to America. All it takes is crossing the ocean. And then the ocean itself...I just love the waves and the motion of the water when it moves. When it's completely still, it almost looks like glass. Sorry, that was my ocean tangent....anywho, it was absolutley beautiful and of course I got to spend wonderful time with my grandparents who really are the most awesome, hip senior citizens I have ever encountered. Like, they aren't super "in" with the times (pop culture and such), but the thing is that they just do their thing, and somehow manage to keep up with current events, music, technology, etc. It's really cool. After I went to church with them, we went out and got some brunch with a bunch of their friends. Seriously....they were so cool!!!
Okay, if I don't want to be disgusting for the church service I better get a shower in. More will come soon though, and I hope everyone's semester is starting out smoothly...mine is smooth...just really hard. Anywho, take care  | | |
| So, last night around 3am I was sleeping when I woke up to the sound of something in the front yard. At first I just figured it was an animal, but I heard soft, subtle footsteps on to the front porch. The window right by my bed looks directly into the front porch, so I think whoever was there was literally within a few feet of me. At this point I couldn't be so certain it was a human until I heard a key get inserted into the lock of the front door andI heard a man's voice make this weird grunting noise when he couldn't get in. It was absolutely terrifying. I sat in my bed, shaking and hoping so much that he would not be able to get inside the house. He didn't make it inside. I wasn't sure what to do. I slowly turned on the lamp by my bed within a few seconds of hearing him try to get in. I think that might have driven him away. It was so scary though. I felt frozen and defenseless.
After turning on the light, I called Matt hoping he would answer, just so I could not be alone. When he didn't answer, I decided it was silly for me to just wait on another person to wake up, so I called the police. After describing to them what happened, I slowly walked out of my room into the dining room. I remember that on Friday when some electricians came to work on the house, I told them I would put an extra key right by the front door just in case they needed to get in for any reason. When they were done, they put the key under the front door mat. "What nice people," I thought. I really thought they were putting it there to be nice.
So anyway, I slowly creeped to the front door and turned on the porch light. I peeked outside the front door and did not see anyone. I was too terrified to open the door though. What if someone was there waiting for me? I was completely alone in the house- Steph and Jess were out of town. I called Jessica, who was in San Diego, because I knew she would at least be able to calm me down and keep me company before the cops came.
When the cops finally came, we looked underneath the door mat for the spare key and it wasn't there...I feel so stupid. How could I be so trusting?!
No, the dude wasn't able to get in. They tried. I was completely alone. I don't really feel safe anymore. I just can't stop thinking about what would happen if they had gotten in? When I heard them try to come in, I was completely paralyzed. I was like a deer in the headlights that knew what was coming but was in too much shock to even move. Thank goodness nobody got in. I'm sorry this is such a depressing post. I promise I'll do a recap of Christmas break soon, because it was AWESOME (you know who you are!!)! I just don't know if I can be alone like this anymore...I need a hug. | | |
| So yes, it has definitely been a while since I have posted in here...but I guarantee that things have overall been well, just extremely busy. First off, I was able to go home for Thanksgiving!! It was so relaxing, and I pretty much just hung out, spent time with the fam, and ate some yummy Thanksgiving food!
Oh! and my birthday was last weekend!! It really did make me smile when so many of you posted all the sweet stuff on my facebook wall. It definitely made that day enjoyable! So a group of us went out to the Clay Pit for dinner and it was so awesome!! We had some super yummy Indian food- so for anyone with an itch to try something new- definitely check out the Clay Pit. They have really interesting martinis and such at their bar too.
Emi came in this weekend...and she just left  . I really don't get to see her very often, so it's really great when she comes and we just hang out. She went to Hyde Park with me this morning, then we hung out at my house and watched like 2 1/2 movies on TV then went to Austin Stone with Jessica. After church Jess and I went with a bunch of her friends to Trudy's and it was so fun!!! We were all laughing pretty hard the entire time...good times were had. Okay, I have a question. Has anyone ever had 151 rum? Tonight they had $3.75 mojitos so I got one, and I got it with 151 and it was DISGUSTING!! I seriously thought I was going to light on fire for just sipping on it. I didn't know if it was just a really strong rum or what, but I ended up sending it back and got a mojito with melon rum instead....and it was yummy! Yo recommiendo!
After this week I am officially done with this semester...I am going to be LOVING this break so much. I honestly just plan on hanging out and hopefully catching up with some old friends! SO! Lemme know if you want to hang out!
okay, I'm watching Mummy Returns right now and I keep on getting distracted...so I'm going to get to that. But take care and I hope everyone is getting to the end of the semester okay! night night | | |
| Okay, so I NEVER thought I would do one of these things, but I saw it on Jeff's facebook and I suddenly feel compelled to do one...I have officially hit a new low! So here it goes...
Current Location: Austin, Texas
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: dark, dark brown
Height: 5'-4"
Right Handed or Left Handed: left
Your Heritage: Japanese-Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: my black Diesels
Your Weakness: chocolate
Your Fears: failure, loss of loved ones, violence
Your Perfect Pizza: margherita pizza from Buca di Beppo!
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: run a half-marathon!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: tee hee hee!
Thoughts First Waking Up: when can I fit in a nap today?
Your Best Physical Feature: smile
Your Bedtime: between 11p.m. and 12:30ish
Your Most Missed Memory: going to the beach when my family lived in California
Pepsi or Coke: Coke, but I don't really drink soft drinks if I can help it.
MacDonalds or Burger King: GROSS!!!!
Single or Group Dates: definitely group at first, but single dates are nice too
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: NASTY!!
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolat! As long as it's dark and it's NOT Hershey's! That stuff is so gross...
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: most of the time no, but things slip out
Do you Sing: heck yes! Quite horribly I might add...
Do you Shower Daily: i try to...is that gross???
Have you Been in Love: yeah
Do you want to go to College: well yes, i'm here
Do you want to get Married: yes, but only if I find someone I'm 200% certain I'm supposed to be with them.
Do you belive in yourself: most of the time
Do you get Motion Sickness: yes, quite badly actually
Do you think you are Attractive: most of the time
Are you a Health Freak: Some people say I am, but I don't think I am.
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: YES!!!!
Do you play an Instrument: percussion and piano
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: haha, yes but it was a cigar for a special occasion!
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: eeewww! That's just nasty!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: I've been called a flirt...never a tease though.
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: no!
How do you want to Die: either in my sleep or some really awesome way, like getting sucked into a tornado or swallowed by a crocodile
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I'm never growing up!
What country would you most like to Visit: Thailand
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I like them all
Favourite Hair Color: Doesn't matter...EXCEPT if you're a redhead....if you're a redhead I probably think you are insanely hot!!...yeah definitely like the redheads.
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: taller than me.
Weight: doesn't really matter, just not grossly obese I guess!
Best Clothing Style: completely comfortable
Number of Drugs I have taken: none...although I was exposed to way too much second hand pot smoke at ACL...ugh that stuff is so nasty, no offense if you smoke pot.
Number of CDs I own: I dunno!
Number of Piercings: 2- my two ears!
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: hmm, nothing really I guess. I mean, there are things in my past I wish I didn't do...but I'm still here...so I guess it doesn't really matter if I regret them or not
Okay, that was fun! Anyone else feel like doing one?? You KNOW you want to!! | | |
| I could go on and on about how awesome PASIC was, but I really don't have the energy to put everything in here! Here are some very quick highlights...
-UT Percussion Ensemble THREW DOWN! I was so nervous leading up to the concert, but I just went out there and decided I was going to have the time of my life...and that I did .
-The Keiko Abe Masterclass/Concert. Dang. She was so inspiring. I was truly changed after seeing her and her group play. Fortunately I ran into the woman that designed the Yamaha 6000, Keiko Abe's marimba, and she brought me backstage and introduced me to Keiko! I seriously can not put that experience into words...it was so amazing I had to keep myself from crying. wow.
-Dr. Burritt- I am so proud to be part of his studio. He is such a wonderful person, an amazing player, and a great friend.
PLUS I got to see and meet lots and lots of wonderful people. Seriously! Even if I was only able to spend just a brief amount of time with you- I'm sorry we couldn't have actually been able to hang out, but with everyone wanting to hang out with everyone else, it's hard to juggle everyone. I know we'll all see each other again
So pretty much from here my semester should be a little less stressful...I have the bulk of my music history research paper written, and I have to write a bunch of stuff for my counterpoint class. Anyways....I promised I would update...but I'm seriously pooped and I need my beauty rest. So on that note, more fun insight coming soon....night night everyone | | |
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