So here is the greatly desired update after a week or more of business and silence.

First let’s talk about food.

Scoops
I really love Fritos Scoops. The corn chips that make dipping easier…I don’t dip them in anything I just love the taste. Corn chips are the greatly under appreciated little brother in the world of snack chips. the problem with scoops is the size of the bag that they come in…it is a glorified vending machine portion. I need a bag that can fill up my lap and keep sustaining me with salty corn goodness for days. The one main thing that I like about scoops is their ingredients: Corn, Corn Oil, and Salt…that’s it..no wierd preservatives…just the basics…

Pancake & Sausage on a Stick
Raelson brought home Chicken on a stick when he got back form Thanksgiving, I had him beat in no time flat. I came home with Jimmy Dean’s Pancakes ‘N Sausage on a Stick. Basically it is a corn dog without the corn or Dog… now it is sausage and pancake. They are tasty and individually wrapped to fit my busy Schedule. I like breakfasts that are ready in a matter of minutes that I can eat while I’m driving!

Papers
I always write my papers the night before they are due. I have tried to get early starts on them, but it never works out. Last night I wrote a 6 page paper on the spectacle of the exaggerated muscluar male body and it’s connection to masculinity in action films of the 1980’s using Commando, Bloodsport, and Roadhouse as case studies. I finished the paper at 7:30 this morning. I sit in my living room (the basement is too cold since We haven’t turned the heat on yet) huddling by the fire researching and typing on my old crappy laptop. I listened to a good 4 hours of music. The problem with writing a paper on my crappy computer is that the disk drive doesn’t work. I have to send myself all my papers over the internet, or course our house doesn’t have internet, so I have to go to Beaner’s coffee shop to connect there (for some reason it won’t connect at school) I guess this works out though because I usually need the dose of caffeine to wake me up after pulling an all nighter. The nice thing about last night was that I didn’t have to be at school until 2 today, so I got time to get in some quality hours of sleep (with my cat sleeping on my bed) before I had to get things turned in. So in conclusion…if you ever want to go out to coffee some morning…come with me after a good session of paper-writing

Pictures!!!

I have the cutest cousins in the World!

Snow on the day before Thanksgiving

Snow Berries…

and finally, 3 pictures from this big West Michigan news story. to learn more about my specific interaction with this story, go to my brother Joel’s sight where he talks about it.

thank you and have a nice day.