Hey Everyone,
Chelsea here, I just finished my last final. I am so unbelievably excited to go home tomorrow morning. Eric's teachers decided that they were going to give all of their finals early, so he got to home on Saturday. Lucky! (Napolean Dynamite).
I haven't posted by myself in awhile. Just to catch everyone up, my birthday(November 18th) was pretty fun. It went pretty much the same way as Eric's did, except that I had to go to class in the morning and afternoon. The pianist that plays for my dance class's birthday is the same day as mine, so we sang happy birthday to her, and then I hugged her and we reveled in the fact that it was both of our birthdays...fun stuff.
My aunt Chukkie, uncle Al, and cousin Nathan were kind enough to have us over to their house on Sunday, November 16th for birthday celebration. It was so nice of them, Eric and I really appreciated the thoughtful evening. It's always fun to hang out with family, and our cousin Nathan is a great kid. It's fun to play games with him because he has such a beautiful imagination. You never know what he'll come up with!
Our parents and cousin Lexi came to visit us on Saturday, the 22nd for a joint birthday celebration. We had intended to go to the zoo or aquarium, but we didn't really have the time. Instead, we showed Lexi around the campus because we wanted her to see what college life is like (Lexi will be 12 in January, so she's got a little time), we had lunch at the Ram in the U Village (which was very busy because it was Apple Cup day!), and we ended up going to the Burke Museum and the U Bookstore. It's always fun to see family!
The weekend before last was Thanksgiving. We had a lovely dinner with on Thursday with our uncle Tony (Dad's youngest brother), aunt Mintie, and step-cousins Johnny and Julie.
On Friday night, I went with my best friend Kaylie and her parents to the Festival of Trees. Every year, businesses around the community decorate and donate elaborate Christmas trees and wreaths which are auctioned off on Friday night. The Vern Burton Gym is decorated and restaurants all over Port Angeles cater. It's so festive and beautiful. I used to dance at the Teddy Bear's Tea on Friday morning, which is a fund raiser for kids, but my ballet school eventually stopped doing that. The trees stay up for the whole weekend, and then volunteers deliver them on Sunday. All of the proceeds go to Olympic Memorial Hospital. Some trees sell for up the $3,000, although bidding was a little lower this year due to the failing economy.
On Friday afternoon, our cousins Jessica and Andrea, uncle Dick, cousin-in-law Chris, and Jessica and Andrea's kids Hannah, Stella, and Abby came for a Christmas extravaganza. They usually come closer to Christmas, but Andrea is pregnant and due shortly after Christmas, so we wanted to make sure that they were here well before her due date! It is always so much fun to see our family, and we had such a great time. We baked and decorated Christmas cookies, exchanged some gifts, and overall just hung out and had fun.
On Sunday, we all went up to Golden Years, which is the care facility that our dear Granny Duncan has been living at for the last two and half years. She has lived the last ten years with an Alzheimer's-like disease. She had not been doing well, and had recently developed some kind of infection. My cousins, siblings, parents and I got to say good-bye, which was so meaningful for us because she unfortunately passed away the following evening. Our grandmother was such an amazing and influential person, words cannot describe what she meant to my family and to our community, which she served tirelessly for many years. We love her very much and are so happy to know that she can finally be at peace.
After we said our goodbyes to Gran and the rest of the family, we headed back to school. Today was my last day, I just had to do my history 261 final, so I am officially done for the quarter. I can't promise any consistent blogging over the next couple of weeks, but we'll give it a try. Happy Holiday season everyone...although I'll be seeing most of you who read this within the next week. Remember to tell your family and friends you love them every chance you get!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Metajokes
I have recently discovered the joys of "metahumor" or jokes about jokes. Here are two of my favorite ones from Wikipedia:
"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?"
"A finite number: one to perform the task and the remainder to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question."
"Three people of different nationalities walk into a bar. Two of them say something smart, and the third one makes a mockery of his fellow countrymen by acting dumb."
And finally a limerick:
There once was an X from place B,
That satisfied predicate P,
He or she did thing A,
In an adjective way,
Resulting in circumstance C.
I laughed so hard when I read these. I hope you all enjoy them too.
Eric
"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?"
"A finite number: one to perform the task and the remainder to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question."
"Three people of different nationalities walk into a bar. Two of them say something smart, and the third one makes a mockery of his fellow countrymen by acting dumb."
And finally a limerick:
There once was an X from place B,
That satisfied predicate P,
He or she did thing A,
In an adjective way,
Resulting in circumstance C.
I laughed so hard when I read these. I hope you all enjoy them too.
Eric
Friday, November 21, 2008
Some weird things
Hello, Eric here with a few odd things from today.
First, in Swedish there was a funny quote from my teacher today. In English we can say things like "I love to dance" and mean "I like dancing" but you cannot say that in Swedish. He was explaining that to us today using a character from our textbook from America named, of all things, Betty. "Betty är från USA, så hon säger 'I love to dance'" When I got to the English part he put his hand on his forehead and affected his best girlish pose and used his most feminine voice. It translates to "Betty is from America so she would say..." You may have to have been there, but trust me, it was funny.
Also, since tomorrow Eric is being visited by his family, today is laundry day. So when he went to do the first load, imagine his surprise when four of the five machines against the closest wall to him were on (unusual for the middle of the day) and each one had 21 minutes left AND each one was set for bright colors, which is a bit unusual anyways (there are three laundry settings whites, colors and bright colors) So after he started his load he stuck around and watched. Sure enough, the one on the far end turned to 20, then a few seconds later the next and then the next. Someone was apparently doing 4 loads of bright laundry. But it gets weirder. When he came back to put his laundry in the dryer, one of the four machines was doing a normal load for someone else. The other three had not been opened (there is a different display on the machine after it has been opened.) Eric tried opening one to see, and there were no clothes in it. Or the other two. That means that somebody ran four machines but only had clothes in one of the four.
Also, if you are wondering why I'm blogging when I should be cleaning, the reason is that some people are filming something right by the garbage and recycling bins in the lounge area. I'm not sure what they're filming, but I'm going to wait until they're done to finish emptying my bins.
So there you have it, peculiar happenings and yours truly.
First, in Swedish there was a funny quote from my teacher today. In English we can say things like "I love to dance" and mean "I like dancing" but you cannot say that in Swedish. He was explaining that to us today using a character from our textbook from America named, of all things, Betty. "Betty är från USA, så hon säger 'I love to dance'" When I got to the English part he put his hand on his forehead and affected his best girlish pose and used his most feminine voice. It translates to "Betty is from America so she would say..." You may have to have been there, but trust me, it was funny.
Also, since tomorrow Eric is being visited by his family, today is laundry day. So when he went to do the first load, imagine his surprise when four of the five machines against the closest wall to him were on (unusual for the middle of the day) and each one had 21 minutes left AND each one was set for bright colors, which is a bit unusual anyways (there are three laundry settings whites, colors and bright colors) So after he started his load he stuck around and watched. Sure enough, the one on the far end turned to 20, then a few seconds later the next and then the next. Someone was apparently doing 4 loads of bright laundry. But it gets weirder. When he came back to put his laundry in the dryer, one of the four machines was doing a normal load for someone else. The other three had not been opened (there is a different display on the machine after it has been opened.) Eric tried opening one to see, and there were no clothes in it. Or the other two. That means that somebody ran four machines but only had clothes in one of the four.
Also, if you are wondering why I'm blogging when I should be cleaning, the reason is that some people are filming something right by the garbage and recycling bins in the lounge area. I'm not sure what they're filming, but I'm going to wait until they're done to finish emptying my bins.
So there you have it, peculiar happenings and yours truly.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Goodbye Garfield, Hello Eric
Eric was talking to his friend John the other day, and he recommended an awesome and hilarious website. http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/
The creator takes old Garfield cartoons and edits Garfield out completely, showing just how bored/depressed/insane Jon Arbuckle really is.
On another Eric-related note, Eric is getting to celebrate his birthday 4 times this year. FIrst he had a fun birthday evening with his friend Cristina, whos birthday is about two weeks before his. They excahnged gifts and hung out at Barnes and Nobles for several hours. He got her little mini stuffed animals versions of Shigella, Lyme Disease and Bad Breath. (She's interested in nursing and so Eric thought they might be useful learning aids) SHe got him a book he'd wanted called Phantoms in the Brain and a box of Andes mints. It was a fun evening.
Then Eric celebrated with Chelsea on his actually birthday. After Swedish she "surprised" with an expected celebration in his room. We had balloons and party hats, champagne glasses filled with Dasani water. Chelsea got Eric Season 1 of the Big Bang Theory and he also got a 50 dollar gift card to Barnes and Nobles. Needless to say, within two hours of recieving the card, he had spent most of the money on it. Eric also got birthday cards from the 1st grade class he had worked in for a couple weeks. One girl wished that he would get 100 percent on all his tests. That evening the Linguistics club had a game night so Eric played taboo with a few Linguistic Undergrads, we call ourselves: THE UNDERLINGS.
Then last weekend Eric and Chelsea's aunt Chuckie (Laura to those of you unfamiliar with family nick-names) uncle Al and cousin Nathan had them over for dinner. Eric got a book of swear words in foreign languages and Chelsea got a moleskine notebook for London. Since he turned 21, Eric had about half a shot of Sake. Oh that's living.
And finally this weekend Eric's Mom, Dad other Sister Rachel and cousin Lexi will come visit for yet another birthday celebration. Who would have ever expected he'd be so lucky?
Oh and as a side note, Eric decided to write this blog in third person, despite being the only one writing it. More blogs will be on their way after this.
The creator takes old Garfield cartoons and edits Garfield out completely, showing just how bored/depressed/insane Jon Arbuckle really is.
On another Eric-related note, Eric is getting to celebrate his birthday 4 times this year. FIrst he had a fun birthday evening with his friend Cristina, whos birthday is about two weeks before his. They excahnged gifts and hung out at Barnes and Nobles for several hours. He got her little mini stuffed animals versions of Shigella, Lyme Disease and Bad Breath. (She's interested in nursing and so Eric thought they might be useful learning aids) SHe got him a book he'd wanted called Phantoms in the Brain and a box of Andes mints. It was a fun evening.
Then Eric celebrated with Chelsea on his actually birthday. After Swedish she "surprised" with an expected celebration in his room. We had balloons and party hats, champagne glasses filled with Dasani water. Chelsea got Eric Season 1 of the Big Bang Theory and he also got a 50 dollar gift card to Barnes and Nobles. Needless to say, within two hours of recieving the card, he had spent most of the money on it. Eric also got birthday cards from the 1st grade class he had worked in for a couple weeks. One girl wished that he would get 100 percent on all his tests. That evening the Linguistics club had a game night so Eric played taboo with a few Linguistic Undergrads, we call ourselves: THE UNDERLINGS.
Then last weekend Eric and Chelsea's aunt Chuckie (Laura to those of you unfamiliar with family nick-names) uncle Al and cousin Nathan had them over for dinner. Eric got a book of swear words in foreign languages and Chelsea got a moleskine notebook for London. Since he turned 21, Eric had about half a shot of Sake. Oh that's living.
And finally this weekend Eric's Mom, Dad other Sister Rachel and cousin Lexi will come visit for yet another birthday celebration. Who would have ever expected he'd be so lucky?
Oh and as a side note, Eric decided to write this blog in third person, despite being the only one writing it. More blogs will be on their way after this.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
This Week In Pictures
This week was a little bit weird since we had the Veteran's Day holiday. Instead of observing it on Monday the 10th, we of course were given Tuesday off which made us think that Tuesday was a Saturday and Wednesday was a Monday. Last year, Veteran's Day was on a Sunday so we got that Monday off, which happened to be Eric's birthday. This year, Eric's birthday was on Wednesday.
This quarter has been going by way too fast. We almost forgot that our birthdays were coming up. Normally we'd go home the weekend between our birthdays, but we couldn't, and due to some pressing family issues, no one could come and visit us. So, our delightful mother sent Chelsea a "surprise-party-in-a-box" for Eric. Chelsea skipped her afternoon class (English 302) and she and Eric hung out all day. We had a birthday party in Eric's room and went out for lunch. Since Eric got a Barnes and Noble gift card in the mail, twe also went down to the U Village, and he wasted no time spending most of it, although he did purchase a book to give to a foster kid for Christmas.
It was Eric's 21st, so we did have some lovely plastic champagne glasses. Don't worry though, we were just drinking water:
Chelsea had two tests this week, one in History 261 and one in Dance. Both were pretty easy, since she had studied and prepared for them ahead of time. Eric also had a Swedish quiz which he thinks went pretty well.
Last night, we went out to dinner with some friends of Chelsea's, which was pretty fun. We ate at one of the many thai places on the Ave, although we'd never actually eaten there before.
I guess that's about it, nothing too exciting going around here...Chelsea's birthday is on Tuesday, so maybe something super fun will happen for that, but we're not promising anything. Today is our cousin Andrea's birthday, so Happy Birthday Andrea!
More camera fun:
This quarter has been going by way too fast. We almost forgot that our birthdays were coming up. Normally we'd go home the weekend between our birthdays, but we couldn't, and due to some pressing family issues, no one could come and visit us. So, our delightful mother sent Chelsea a "surprise-party-in-a-box" for Eric. Chelsea skipped her afternoon class (English 302) and she and Eric hung out all day. We had a birthday party in Eric's room and went out for lunch. Since Eric got a Barnes and Noble gift card in the mail, twe also went down to the U Village, and he wasted no time spending most of it, although he did purchase a book to give to a foster kid for Christmas.
It was Eric's 21st, so we did have some lovely plastic champagne glasses. Don't worry though, we were just drinking water:
Chelsea had two tests this week, one in History 261 and one in Dance. Both were pretty easy, since she had studied and prepared for them ahead of time. Eric also had a Swedish quiz which he thinks went pretty well.
Last night, we went out to dinner with some friends of Chelsea's, which was pretty fun. We ate at one of the many thai places on the Ave, although we'd never actually eaten there before.
I guess that's about it, nothing too exciting going around here...Chelsea's birthday is on Tuesday, so maybe something super fun will happen for that, but we're not promising anything. Today is our cousin Andrea's birthday, so Happy Birthday Andrea!
More camera fun:
Monday, November 10, 2008
The Animal Campus
If you take a stroll through the UW campus, you'll most likely see a wide variety of animals. There are cute, fuzzy little grey squirrels everywhere. Plus, it's fairly likely you'll see mice, rats, raccoons, Canadian geese, and ducks. Last year, Eric and I were walking to the Ave (that's University Avenue, for those of you who aren't hip to the cool UW lingo) and a hawk flew right out in front of us, with a mouse in its talons!
I thought of this incident, because as I was leaving my 302 class about a half hour ago, there was an enormous hawk just sitting on the ground right outside of Sieg Hall. It was such a beautiful bird. I just wish I had my camera with me!
I thought of this incident, because as I was leaving my 302 class about a half hour ago, there was an enormous hawk just sitting on the ground right outside of Sieg Hall. It was such a beautiful bird. I just wish I had my camera with me!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Making Up for Lost Time
Hey everyone, this is a Chelsea solo-post (not to be confused with Han Solo). I know we need to catch everyone up, so now's my chance.
School: As everyone knows, I have three classes: Dance 101, English 302, and History 261. School has been going fine, but I find this to be a particularly boring quarter, which may be why our blog has been slow as of late. There's just nothing that interesting going on around here!
Dance 101 is usually pretty fun, but it's 101. It's really basic stuff. When I started, I was a little bit out of shape so the simplicity of the class was a nice was to ease back into it, but I wish we could do more advanced things now. I am excited though, because we got discount tickets to see Alonzo King's Lines Ballet at the end of November, which is really amazing. It's like ballet and martial arts combined to make a performance medium, focusing on the lines and shapes that the body can make. It's really cool. Other than that we are going to start working on group choreography soon, so I'd better find a good group.
English 302 is a required class for English majors, so I'm glad that I'm getting it done. The title of the class is Critical Practice (see why I've been putting it off?) and the theme for the class is always up to the teacher. For this class, it's Electronic Literature and the Future of the Book. *pause for emphasis*. The only thing we've really read are essays and a book called Electronic Literature: A Critical Approach, which is all about how books may someday become obsolete. It's frustrating because I don't agree with most of it (I'm a big book fan), and we have to "read" works by new media authors from a disc that makes my hard drive sound like it's either about to take off into outer space or explode. Some of the works that are supposed to be considered "electronic literature" don't seem very literary at all, but more like a computer game. Oh well, I'll make it.
History 261 is technically called Crusades Through Arab Eyes. It's extremely interesting, but a lot of information to be thrown at someone all at once. I have a research paper due pretty soon. Lucky for me, the English majors in the class seem to have a leg up on the history majors in the writing department, so the paper doesn't seem to be too difficult to write. I just have to be motivated to get it done.
The last two weekends, Eric and I have gone home. My friends Kaylie and Craig are kind enough to pick me up at the ferry, and Eric tags along so that he can save some money by eating at home. On the 24th, Kaylie's family was having their annual pumpkin carving party, which I was invited to. It was a lot of fun! We went to Albertson's and grabbed some pumpkins and carved some lovely designs. Mine was a classic pumpkin, with a cute little smile, but Kaylie, Craig, and Marcea's were more elaborate. My friend Riley's was a bit...abstract. After we carved pumpkins, everyone just hung out and had fun together. Kaylie's cousin-in-law, Ross, was watching Wheel of Fortune so that he could practice. He recently took a trip down to California to play Wheel of Fortune. I guess he did pretty well, but he's waiting until the show airs in December to let everyone know how much he won. I will definately be watching! Plus, I hope the people on the show don't edit out the part where he kisses Pat Sajak on the lips! The next day, we drove all over town because Kaylie was taking senior pictures for Marcea and Craig. It was a gorgeous weekend, and a perfect time to get some photos.
I also got to go home for Halloween. I didn't get back in the time to dress up, but I did go to the half-time show at my old high school's football game. We are notorious for sucking at football, but the dance team did a remake of the skeleton dance that I did my sophomore year, which was very cute. Mostly, I went to see Kaylie's sister Marcea. She is in the marching band and they did a really great Halloween show to Thriller. It was awesome! Other than that, we visited my house and handed out some candy to cute little children in costumes, which is really what the holiday is all about right?
We decided to stay at our dorms this weekend. On Friday, we hung out with some friends of mine named Freddie and Lew. Yesterday, we had a twins day which involved going out to lunch and visiting the U Village. Today, we might visit the Burke Museum again.
As far as exciting things on campus go, on October 30th you may have heard that a man lit himself on fire in Red Square, which is a main thoroughfare of foot traffic here at the UW. I was with my friend Freddie in the Suzzallo Library (which is on Red Square) when it happened. We didn't actually see the man on fire, but when we tried to leave fifteen minutes later, we were trapped in the library because the police had roped off Red Square and wouldn't let anyone in or out. A bunch of people were standing around outside the taped area which was full of cops, fire trucks and vans, and an ambulance. There was a pile of blackened stuff, which turned out to be clothes. We had to go through another library and then around the back way to get out of the building. We were on site and we didn't even know what was going on. We kept hearing rumors abour a protestor, but nothing concrete. As our classmates began to trickle in, we heard that a former UW employee, a 61-year-old man has doused himself in gasoline and lit a match, burning himself alive. There were a lot of rumors as to why he did this (my favorite being that the Russian mafia was after him), but the truth is no one knows why he did it. He was rushed to Harborview, but died there later that day. My heart goes out to his family. I can't imagine what would prompt anyone to want to go in such a horrific way. I also feel for those people who had to watch it happen; that must have been traumatic. I'm glad we waited long enough to miss it!
Well, that's about it. I hope that everyone had a safe weekend! I'll make sure Eric catches you up with his life soon.
And in case you guys are wondering what Eric and I do with our spare time...
School: As everyone knows, I have three classes: Dance 101, English 302, and History 261. School has been going fine, but I find this to be a particularly boring quarter, which may be why our blog has been slow as of late. There's just nothing that interesting going on around here!
Dance 101 is usually pretty fun, but it's 101. It's really basic stuff. When I started, I was a little bit out of shape so the simplicity of the class was a nice was to ease back into it, but I wish we could do more advanced things now. I am excited though, because we got discount tickets to see Alonzo King's Lines Ballet at the end of November, which is really amazing. It's like ballet and martial arts combined to make a performance medium, focusing on the lines and shapes that the body can make. It's really cool. Other than that we are going to start working on group choreography soon, so I'd better find a good group.
English 302 is a required class for English majors, so I'm glad that I'm getting it done. The title of the class is Critical Practice (see why I've been putting it off?) and the theme for the class is always up to the teacher. For this class, it's Electronic Literature and the Future of the Book. *pause for emphasis*. The only thing we've really read are essays and a book called Electronic Literature: A Critical Approach, which is all about how books may someday become obsolete. It's frustrating because I don't agree with most of it (I'm a big book fan), and we have to "read" works by new media authors from a disc that makes my hard drive sound like it's either about to take off into outer space or explode. Some of the works that are supposed to be considered "electronic literature" don't seem very literary at all, but more like a computer game. Oh well, I'll make it.
History 261 is technically called Crusades Through Arab Eyes. It's extremely interesting, but a lot of information to be thrown at someone all at once. I have a research paper due pretty soon. Lucky for me, the English majors in the class seem to have a leg up on the history majors in the writing department, so the paper doesn't seem to be too difficult to write. I just have to be motivated to get it done.
The last two weekends, Eric and I have gone home. My friends Kaylie and Craig are kind enough to pick me up at the ferry, and Eric tags along so that he can save some money by eating at home. On the 24th, Kaylie's family was having their annual pumpkin carving party, which I was invited to. It was a lot of fun! We went to Albertson's and grabbed some pumpkins and carved some lovely designs. Mine was a classic pumpkin, with a cute little smile, but Kaylie, Craig, and Marcea's were more elaborate. My friend Riley's was a bit...abstract. After we carved pumpkins, everyone just hung out and had fun together. Kaylie's cousin-in-law, Ross, was watching Wheel of Fortune so that he could practice. He recently took a trip down to California to play Wheel of Fortune. I guess he did pretty well, but he's waiting until the show airs in December to let everyone know how much he won. I will definately be watching! Plus, I hope the people on the show don't edit out the part where he kisses Pat Sajak on the lips! The next day, we drove all over town because Kaylie was taking senior pictures for Marcea and Craig. It was a gorgeous weekend, and a perfect time to get some photos.
I also got to go home for Halloween. I didn't get back in the time to dress up, but I did go to the half-time show at my old high school's football game. We are notorious for sucking at football, but the dance team did a remake of the skeleton dance that I did my sophomore year, which was very cute. Mostly, I went to see Kaylie's sister Marcea. She is in the marching band and they did a really great Halloween show to Thriller. It was awesome! Other than that, we visited my house and handed out some candy to cute little children in costumes, which is really what the holiday is all about right?
We decided to stay at our dorms this weekend. On Friday, we hung out with some friends of mine named Freddie and Lew. Yesterday, we had a twins day which involved going out to lunch and visiting the U Village. Today, we might visit the Burke Museum again.
As far as exciting things on campus go, on October 30th you may have heard that a man lit himself on fire in Red Square, which is a main thoroughfare of foot traffic here at the UW. I was with my friend Freddie in the Suzzallo Library (which is on Red Square) when it happened. We didn't actually see the man on fire, but when we tried to leave fifteen minutes later, we were trapped in the library because the police had roped off Red Square and wouldn't let anyone in or out. A bunch of people were standing around outside the taped area which was full of cops, fire trucks and vans, and an ambulance. There was a pile of blackened stuff, which turned out to be clothes. We had to go through another library and then around the back way to get out of the building. We were on site and we didn't even know what was going on. We kept hearing rumors abour a protestor, but nothing concrete. As our classmates began to trickle in, we heard that a former UW employee, a 61-year-old man has doused himself in gasoline and lit a match, burning himself alive. There were a lot of rumors as to why he did this (my favorite being that the Russian mafia was after him), but the truth is no one knows why he did it. He was rushed to Harborview, but died there later that day. My heart goes out to his family. I can't imagine what would prompt anyone to want to go in such a horrific way. I also feel for those people who had to watch it happen; that must have been traumatic. I'm glad we waited long enough to miss it!
Well, that's about it. I hope that everyone had a safe weekend! I'll make sure Eric catches you up with his life soon.
And in case you guys are wondering what Eric and I do with our spare time...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
More Quizzes
I'm just killing a little bit of time before I have to go off and tutor, so I decided to take a few more quizzes.
Geek Quiz:
26% Geek
What's really awesome about this quiz is that I got some of them right by making educated guesses. Therefore, I guess making educated guesses makes you geekier than normal!
Geek Quiz:
26% Geek
What's really awesome about this quiz is that I got some of them right by making educated guesses. Therefore, I guess making educated guesses makes you geekier than normal!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Chelsea's Quiz Results
Hey guys!
I took the color and country tests, but when I went to post my results, they ended up expanding and covering the previous blogs. It was weird, so I deleted the post.
So, my color results: 54
And, my country results: 80
I apologize for sucking at this blogging thing. We usually try to post on the weekends, but we've been at home for the past two so it's been a little difficult. However, things are winding down and I hope to catch you up soon. Have a great day!
ETA: Ok, so the links were working this morning and I retook the quizzes to see if I could get the posts to work. I did a little better on the country quiz than I did before...sorry :-)
Colors:
54
Country:
99
I took the color and country tests, but when I went to post my results, they ended up expanding and covering the previous blogs. It was weird, so I deleted the post.
So, my color results: 54
And, my country results: 80
I apologize for sucking at this blogging thing. We usually try to post on the weekends, but we've been at home for the past two so it's been a little difficult. However, things are winding down and I hope to catch you up soon. Have a great day!
ETA: Ok, so the links were working this morning and I retook the quizzes to see if I could get the posts to work. I did a little better on the country quiz than I did before...sorry :-)
Colors:
54
Country:
99
Eric's quiz scores
Winter Wear
Hello everyone! Thanks for checking our blog. I know it's been too long and you all need your Braunsey fix. So here it is.
Today I walked into my Swedish class, I was barely on time, about half a second before the class started. I hurried to my desk and when I looked at the teacher I saw something strange. He was bundled up. Really bundled up. He had on two hats, two jackets, three shirts, two pairs of pants and a duffle bag full of other clothes. What was the point? We were learning about articles of clothing in Swedish today and whenever we got to an article, he'd take it off and show us. Granted he stopped when he got down to Jeans and a T-Shirt.
Well that's it for now. More soon....we promise...again.
Today I walked into my Swedish class, I was barely on time, about half a second before the class started. I hurried to my desk and when I looked at the teacher I saw something strange. He was bundled up. Really bundled up. He had on two hats, two jackets, three shirts, two pairs of pants and a duffle bag full of other clothes. What was the point? We were learning about articles of clothing in Swedish today and whenever we got to an article, he'd take it off and show us. Granted he stopped when he got down to Jeans and a T-Shirt.
Well that's it for now. More soon....we promise...again.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Quick News
Hey guys. We haven't been on here for a while, but my sister informs me that she has figured out how to get pictures on here, so we may have a picture blog soon. We're pretty busy this week, but we'll try to have a real post soon.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Tagged by Jessica and Andrea
So, this is Chelsea's first solo venture...she'll have to go to class in about 15 minutes, but that leaves just enough to time to be tagged, doesn't it? She'll try to include the other Braunsey twin as much as she can.
Five TV Shows I Watch:
1) Scrubs (This show is brilliant, Eric has all of the seasons that are available on DVD so we often watch them from start to finish, just not in one go)
2) BBC Robin Hood (A perfect union between Chelsea's love of all things British, and one of her favorites stories/storybook heroes. It's ridiculously good....oh, and Eric's watched them, so that counts, right?)
3) The Twilight Zone (The really clever, old black-and-white episodes. There is always a Twilight Zone marathon playing on the Sci-Fi channel for the New Year. We can't wait.)
4) Red Dwarf (An early-90's sci-fi comedy...and Chelsea doesn't really even like sci-fi. It's just so funny, one can't help but love it.)
5) Big Bang Theory (There may be other shows that one of us likes more than the other, but we recently starting watching this one , and it is just too funny for words. We highly recommend it.)
Five Favorite Restaurants:
1) Olive Garden
2) Pho Tran (out of the hundreds of pho places within the vicinity of our dorm, this is the one we usually end up at).
3) Shalimar (really delicious Indian food)
4) The Oak Table (Chelsea's best friend's family owns this. It's very good...Eric would probably say Okasan's or the Asian Bistro).
5) Fultano's (a pizza place in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Chelsea's just remembering this place because it was so good...she hasn't been there in about twelve years).
Five Things That Happened Yesterday
1) Chelsea went to Dance 101 and Eric went to Japanese and had a map quiz.
2) Chelsea went to History 261 and had a map quiz, Eric went to Swedish and learned how to say "ham" and "hot dog" (ask him sometime, it's pretty cool).
3) Chelsea's new face wash leaked all over her backpack and ruined her phone, Eric allowed her to use his phone for the evening.
4) Chelsea tutored a student for English 109 and Eric did some homework.
5) Chelsea and Eric watched Big Bang Theory together.
Five Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1) Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas (This part may be a little copy-catish)
2) Andrea's new baby (yay!)
3) Going to London for spring quarter
4) Payday
5) The Chamber Dance Concert tonight
Five Things I'm Worried About
1) My 302 paper that's due next Wednesday (not too worried, it's just so boring, I know I'll have to BS my way through most of it).
2) That this school year will go by too fast.
3) My 261 research paper. A 15 page paper, and the draft is due on October 24th. We just started class! How can we possibly know enough yet to write an entire research paper?
4) My friends back home (bigs hugs and sympathies for Ashley and her family after the recent loss of Ben due to a stupid drunk driver who still had her car after 3 DUIs!)
5) Being able to save enough to be in the UK for 3 months.
Five Things On My Wish List: (more cop-cating)
1) World peace
2) A cure forterribe diseases
3) Someone to do my research paper...someone who really cares about Saladin? Any takers? Anyone?
4) Good health and happiness for all my loved ones
5) More time to dance would be splendid
Five TV Shows I Watch:
1) Scrubs (This show is brilliant, Eric has all of the seasons that are available on DVD so we often watch them from start to finish, just not in one go)
2) BBC Robin Hood (A perfect union between Chelsea's love of all things British, and one of her favorites stories/storybook heroes. It's ridiculously good....oh, and Eric's watched them, so that counts, right?)
3) The Twilight Zone (The really clever, old black-and-white episodes. There is always a Twilight Zone marathon playing on the Sci-Fi channel for the New Year. We can't wait.)
4) Red Dwarf (An early-90's sci-fi comedy...and Chelsea doesn't really even like sci-fi. It's just so funny, one can't help but love it.)
5) Big Bang Theory (There may be other shows that one of us likes more than the other, but we recently starting watching this one , and it is just too funny for words. We highly recommend it.)
Five Favorite Restaurants:
1) Olive Garden
2) Pho Tran (out of the hundreds of pho places within the vicinity of our dorm, this is the one we usually end up at).
3) Shalimar (really delicious Indian food)
4) The Oak Table (Chelsea's best friend's family owns this. It's very good...Eric would probably say Okasan's or the Asian Bistro).
5) Fultano's (a pizza place in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Chelsea's just remembering this place because it was so good...she hasn't been there in about twelve years).
Five Things That Happened Yesterday
1) Chelsea went to Dance 101 and Eric went to Japanese and had a map quiz.
2) Chelsea went to History 261 and had a map quiz, Eric went to Swedish and learned how to say "ham" and "hot dog" (ask him sometime, it's pretty cool).
3) Chelsea's new face wash leaked all over her backpack and ruined her phone, Eric allowed her to use his phone for the evening.
4) Chelsea tutored a student for English 109 and Eric did some homework.
5) Chelsea and Eric watched Big Bang Theory together.
Five Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1) Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas (This part may be a little copy-catish)
2) Andrea's new baby (yay!)
3) Going to London for spring quarter
4) Payday
5) The Chamber Dance Concert tonight
Five Things I'm Worried About
1) My 302 paper that's due next Wednesday (not too worried, it's just so boring, I know I'll have to BS my way through most of it).
2) That this school year will go by too fast.
3) My 261 research paper. A 15 page paper, and the draft is due on October 24th. We just started class! How can we possibly know enough yet to write an entire research paper?
4) My friends back home (bigs hugs and sympathies for Ashley and her family after the recent loss of Ben due to a stupid drunk driver who still had her car after 3 DUIs!)
5) Being able to save enough to be in the UK for 3 months.
Five Things On My Wish List: (more cop-cating)
1) World peace
2) A cure forterribe diseases
3) Someone to do my research paper...someone who really cares about Saladin? Any takers? Anyone?
4) Good health and happiness for all my loved ones
5) More time to dance would be splendid
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tip of the day
Here is Chelsea's first college success tip. Don't purchase face wash and then have it leak all over your cell phone to the point where it is unusable. Trust us on this one. It's not a good idea. Eric adds that washing machines aren't good for them either. He tried that out this summer. So remember kids, keep an eye on your phone.
A few quick Eric-flavored bits
Hello everyone, Eric of the Braunsey Twins here. A few quick things about my day. First off, in Swedish we do a lot of singing. We learned the alphabet song a few weeks ago and now we've graduated to drinking songs.
Tomorrow is my meeting with the Speech And Hearing Sciences Deparment. For those of you who don't know, I am currently majoring in linguistics and interested in going into speech pathology. To do that I'll either need to get a double degree and be here at UW for a few more years, or finish up with linguistics and then do a year of prep classes to get ready for the Masters. Either way I'll end up going to get my masters degree from that department. Tomorrow I'm going to discuss my options with the department advisor and figure out what I'm going to do.
So in the words of the Swedish song, Helan går. Which doesn't mean goodbye, I just thought it sounded cool.
Tomorrow is my meeting with the Speech And Hearing Sciences Deparment. For those of you who don't know, I am currently majoring in linguistics and interested in going into speech pathology. To do that I'll either need to get a double degree and be here at UW for a few more years, or finish up with linguistics and then do a year of prep classes to get ready for the Masters. Either way I'll end up going to get my masters degree from that department. Tomorrow I'm going to discuss my options with the department advisor and figure out what I'm going to do.
So in the words of the Swedish song, Helan går. Which doesn't mean goodbye, I just thought it sounded cool.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
One for the road
Whew. Three blogs in one day. Don't worry, this'll be short and sweet. We've decided to do a post of the day. With things like TV game moment of the day, or tip of the day etc. This is TV Game moment of the day. Heard outside the building of Eric's Japanese class:
"It's the internet, so you'd think it wouldn't get boring. But it did."
"It's the internet, so you'd think it wouldn't get boring. But it did."
We're Baaack!
Hi everybody! We're sorry about the delay, but when little green men in a spaceship offer you something to eat besides dorm food, you can't really say no can you? And notice, we're saying, "we". This blog is so awesome, it takes two people to write it!
Ok, so we weren't abducted by aliens, and we have a lot of territory to cover since we haven't blogged in about ten days. Sorry! It's kind of like that story about the prodigal son... execpt there's two of us...and only one of us is a son.
So, we're in the midst of our third work of school, and things have gotten progressively busier for the Braunsey Twins. Eric's Japanese class has gotten slightly easier now that he understands what's going on, and his Swedish class has gotten slightly harder now that they are getting into more difficult grammar than "hello" and "goodbye". His history class has stayed the same, as they only meet two days a week.
Chelsea's dance class is really fun. The main teachers for Dance 101 are new, grad students, and a lot of fun! Even though it's a basic dance class, it's just as much fun as an advanced class with a lot less thinking to do. Since it's at 8:30 in the morning, Chelsea has fallen into a more productive sleeping pattern. And since she's essentially not a morning person, dance really helps to wake her up in the mornings! Plus, most of the students in the class are athletes who want to get a VLPA credit, so it makes her look extra graceful in comparison. English 302 was interesting for one day, but then it drifted back into dull territory, so there is nothing to add there...except that Chelsea has to turn in her first paper next Wednesday. History 261 is a pretty interesting class. It's technically called "Crusades History from a Middle Eastern Perspective". The professor for that class is a German guy, with a heavy accent and very interesting sense of humor. It makes his lectures more interesting, although he often has to search for a word if he doesn't know it in English. On the first day, he introduced himself and when the class was expecting to hear, "Hello, I'm professor Sh-war-tz" instead, he said, "I'm professor Sch-var-tz...with no 't'".
As you all know, there's more to college life than just class and school work. Chelsea has been known to hang out with her friend Freddie, her dashing twin brother, and her roomates, but she has spent every evening of this last week training for her new job, or working. For those of you who don't know, Chelsea tutors student athletes before, between, around, and after classes. Last Wednesday, she had to go to Meet Your Tutor Night in which she had to sit around a group of long tables with about 80 other tutors for 2 1/2 hours, greeting the student athletes as they came in. She ended up talking to the guy next to her, who is a grad student at the UW. He was...interesting...to say the least, and although he asked her if she wanted to get a beer with him, she doesn't forsee anything romantic happening between the two of them in the future...perhaps because she does not enjoy beer. She started officially tutoring on Monday, with a group of student athletes who are taking Drama 101. Now, the people in charge of the tutoring program made it sound as if the students needed help taking notes, getting organized, and budgeting their time. While that may be the case with some student athletes, many of the students that Chelsea works with are freshman, and freshman students are required to have tutors. So, tutoring some of them is a bit difficult because they already have a system down. Oh well! At least she gets paid!
Two weeks ago, Chelsea went back to Port Angeles for the weekend. Eric, now flying solo enjoyed some alone time. He watched an entire Chinese detective show on DVD, To Catch the Uncatchable. All that screen time can get a bit boring, so Eric exlpored a bit and ended up making a new friend. While taking a walk, a Danish girl named Julia asked him where a good place to eat was. Eric wasn't busy, so the two ended up hanging out for a few hours. They had a few odd things in common. Eric is a linguistics major, who switched from Asian studies, whereas Julia is a Chinese Studies major who swtiched from linguistics. They exchanged numbers and got together for dinner on Saturday and plan to get together sometime in the future. Also, while staying with Aunt Chuckie and Uncle Al this summer, Eric got to go to the family pig roast where he met distant relative Molly. Although Eric is still not sure how they're related, that didn't stop them from hanging out on Monday. Molly, her friend (whose name escapes Eric. It may have began with a D. Let's call him Deuteronomy) and Eric went out to a Taiwanese bakery. Later on Eric will interview Molly and translate what she says into Japanese for a homework assignment. Eric is looking forward to it. Also the twins went to Aunt Chuckie and Uncle Al's house for dinner on Sunday. It was delicious. The twins played Eragon and Robin Hood games with cousin Nathan, ate tacos and ice cream, and even got to go to a few interesting stores around town. You haven't lived until you've been to a store that sells bacon flavored mints. Eric didn't buy them, but he did get a lolipop shaped like Lenin's head.
So there you have it. Our lives so far. And if you'll excuse us, I think Dutroy is calling us back to the mother ship. Live long and prosper.
Ok, so we weren't abducted by aliens, and we have a lot of territory to cover since we haven't blogged in about ten days. Sorry! It's kind of like that story about the prodigal son... execpt there's two of us...and only one of us is a son.
So, we're in the midst of our third work of school, and things have gotten progressively busier for the Braunsey Twins. Eric's Japanese class has gotten slightly easier now that he understands what's going on, and his Swedish class has gotten slightly harder now that they are getting into more difficult grammar than "hello" and "goodbye". His history class has stayed the same, as they only meet two days a week.
Chelsea's dance class is really fun. The main teachers for Dance 101 are new, grad students, and a lot of fun! Even though it's a basic dance class, it's just as much fun as an advanced class with a lot less thinking to do. Since it's at 8:30 in the morning, Chelsea has fallen into a more productive sleeping pattern. And since she's essentially not a morning person, dance really helps to wake her up in the mornings! Plus, most of the students in the class are athletes who want to get a VLPA credit, so it makes her look extra graceful in comparison. English 302 was interesting for one day, but then it drifted back into dull territory, so there is nothing to add there...except that Chelsea has to turn in her first paper next Wednesday. History 261 is a pretty interesting class. It's technically called "Crusades History from a Middle Eastern Perspective". The professor for that class is a German guy, with a heavy accent and very interesting sense of humor. It makes his lectures more interesting, although he often has to search for a word if he doesn't know it in English. On the first day, he introduced himself and when the class was expecting to hear, "Hello, I'm professor Sh-war-tz" instead, he said, "I'm professor Sch-var-tz...with no 't'".
As you all know, there's more to college life than just class and school work. Chelsea has been known to hang out with her friend Freddie, her dashing twin brother, and her roomates, but she has spent every evening of this last week training for her new job, or working. For those of you who don't know, Chelsea tutors student athletes before, between, around, and after classes. Last Wednesday, she had to go to Meet Your Tutor Night in which she had to sit around a group of long tables with about 80 other tutors for 2 1/2 hours, greeting the student athletes as they came in. She ended up talking to the guy next to her, who is a grad student at the UW. He was...interesting...to say the least, and although he asked her if she wanted to get a beer with him, she doesn't forsee anything romantic happening between the two of them in the future...perhaps because she does not enjoy beer. She started officially tutoring on Monday, with a group of student athletes who are taking Drama 101. Now, the people in charge of the tutoring program made it sound as if the students needed help taking notes, getting organized, and budgeting their time. While that may be the case with some student athletes, many of the students that Chelsea works with are freshman, and freshman students are required to have tutors. So, tutoring some of them is a bit difficult because they already have a system down. Oh well! At least she gets paid!
Two weeks ago, Chelsea went back to Port Angeles for the weekend. Eric, now flying solo enjoyed some alone time. He watched an entire Chinese detective show on DVD, To Catch the Uncatchable. All that screen time can get a bit boring, so Eric exlpored a bit and ended up making a new friend. While taking a walk, a Danish girl named Julia asked him where a good place to eat was. Eric wasn't busy, so the two ended up hanging out for a few hours. They had a few odd things in common. Eric is a linguistics major, who switched from Asian studies, whereas Julia is a Chinese Studies major who swtiched from linguistics. They exchanged numbers and got together for dinner on Saturday and plan to get together sometime in the future. Also, while staying with Aunt Chuckie and Uncle Al this summer, Eric got to go to the family pig roast where he met distant relative Molly. Although Eric is still not sure how they're related, that didn't stop them from hanging out on Monday. Molly, her friend (whose name escapes Eric. It may have began with a D. Let's call him Deuteronomy) and Eric went out to a Taiwanese bakery. Later on Eric will interview Molly and translate what she says into Japanese for a homework assignment. Eric is looking forward to it. Also the twins went to Aunt Chuckie and Uncle Al's house for dinner on Sunday. It was delicious. The twins played Eragon and Robin Hood games with cousin Nathan, ate tacos and ice cream, and even got to go to a few interesting stores around town. You haven't lived until you've been to a store that sells bacon flavored mints. Eric didn't buy them, but he did get a lolipop shaped like Lenin's head.
So there you have it. Our lives so far. And if you'll excuse us, I think Dutroy is calling us back to the mother ship. Live long and prosper.
My room
Cough Cough. I make my way through the disorganized mass of books, laundry and paper that is my room. I finally make it to the chair in the center which faces my laptop. I open it brushing away all the cobwebs. I access the blog and begin to post...
All of that is just my (Eric) way of saying, long time no see. A quick lesson about college, boys and girls. It keeps you busy. Between classes, homework and amusing ourselves time can fly by and before you know it it's been over a week since you've posted. So here is a quick one about my room. ( A bigger joint venture is in the works, so stay tuned for an even greater blog, headed your way soon)
So my room has been the same since I've been here. Hansee Hall, Leary Wing, 103 blah, blah, blah. It's a single room, so I don't have to worry about my roommates, it faces a bathroom with a closing, locking door and shower. (A nice difference from the rest of the building where showers are tiny stalls in a semi-open area.) So what is the downside, Eric? I hear you asking somehow. It's all revolves around the old saying, location, location...you get the idea, location. My room has two hot water pipes running floor to ceiling, which without insulation keeps the room as warm as the best sauna in the business. I have insulation, but even so it gets a bit hot from time to time. So I naturally like to keep my windows open during the day. This leads me to, depending on your sense of humor, either the most serious or most funny problem with my room. It faces a little place I like to call Greek Row.
That's right folks, my dorm faces the street that the frat houses are on. So whenever there is a frat party, kegger, mixer, social event, or Thurday (I recently discovered there is a little event known as 'Thirsty Thursdays'. You can guess why) I get to hear the drunken ramblings of frat boys and their girlfriends. Now these fall into categories, which I'll describe for you now:
1. Yelling stupid things. I once hear a guy and his girlfriend get into a very loud arguement over Doctor Pepper, the catch that was all they said. Or more accurately yelled. "Dr. Pepper!" "Dr. Pepper!!" "DR. PEPPER!!!" .
2. Giggling + Running sounds. This is usually the girls domain, but I've heard guys do it too. A loud laugh and what I can only asume are foot steps. This is less funy in and of itself, but it usually heralds the beginning and ending of a stream of drunk people. It's like they send these people out to herald the arrival. It's one of those mysteries of nature, beautiful in it's way.
3. Incoherence. By far the most common, this happens for a number of reasons. The drunk people are all talking/yelling/being stupid at once and drown each other out, which is only fair as each one has already drowned themselves. It can be because my curtains are usually closed and somehow block a large amount of sound. And sometimes it's because drunk people don't make the best oraters.
4. And now my personal favorite, The drunkboys choir. Inside every frat boy, apparently, there lives a chorus boy just waiting to get out. After enough imbibing, these melodious men prowl the streets half yelling half singing. It's almost like the people who do Gregorian chants went on a communal wine binge and started chanting popular songs. But let me add, these are not the songs you'd expect college age boys to sing. For example, Oh Canada. You are the wind beneath my wings. That song is all the more touching when chanted by four guys who don't know all the words and cover this up by skipping parts or yelling randomly over parts they don't know. And of course, they did a Christmas special, singing the entire Jingle Bell Rock song around the Holidays last year. It was remarkable, they didn't miss a beat. "Jingle Bell time is a swell time to rock the night away" Heart warming, really.
5. And then of course there are your mundane, garden variety conversations and speech snippets, but these are less memorable, so I have no real examples.
And there you have it, a list of the five sorts of folks you'll hear outside my window if it's open around midnight. Have a great day and a joint venture will be posted soon.
All of that is just my (Eric) way of saying, long time no see. A quick lesson about college, boys and girls. It keeps you busy. Between classes, homework and amusing ourselves time can fly by and before you know it it's been over a week since you've posted. So here is a quick one about my room. ( A bigger joint venture is in the works, so stay tuned for an even greater blog, headed your way soon)
So my room has been the same since I've been here. Hansee Hall, Leary Wing, 103 blah, blah, blah. It's a single room, so I don't have to worry about my roommates, it faces a bathroom with a closing, locking door and shower. (A nice difference from the rest of the building where showers are tiny stalls in a semi-open area.) So what is the downside, Eric? I hear you asking somehow. It's all revolves around the old saying, location, location...you get the idea, location. My room has two hot water pipes running floor to ceiling, which without insulation keeps the room as warm as the best sauna in the business. I have insulation, but even so it gets a bit hot from time to time. So I naturally like to keep my windows open during the day. This leads me to, depending on your sense of humor, either the most serious or most funny problem with my room. It faces a little place I like to call Greek Row.
That's right folks, my dorm faces the street that the frat houses are on. So whenever there is a frat party, kegger, mixer, social event, or Thurday (I recently discovered there is a little event known as 'Thirsty Thursdays'. You can guess why) I get to hear the drunken ramblings of frat boys and their girlfriends. Now these fall into categories, which I'll describe for you now:
1. Yelling stupid things. I once hear a guy and his girlfriend get into a very loud arguement over Doctor Pepper, the catch that was all they said. Or more accurately yelled. "Dr. Pepper!" "Dr. Pepper!!" "DR. PEPPER!!!" .
2. Giggling + Running sounds. This is usually the girls domain, but I've heard guys do it too. A loud laugh and what I can only asume are foot steps. This is less funy in and of itself, but it usually heralds the beginning and ending of a stream of drunk people. It's like they send these people out to herald the arrival. It's one of those mysteries of nature, beautiful in it's way.
3. Incoherence. By far the most common, this happens for a number of reasons. The drunk people are all talking/yelling/being stupid at once and drown each other out, which is only fair as each one has already drowned themselves. It can be because my curtains are usually closed and somehow block a large amount of sound. And sometimes it's because drunk people don't make the best oraters.
4. And now my personal favorite, The drunkboys choir. Inside every frat boy, apparently, there lives a chorus boy just waiting to get out. After enough imbibing, these melodious men prowl the streets half yelling half singing. It's almost like the people who do Gregorian chants went on a communal wine binge and started chanting popular songs. But let me add, these are not the songs you'd expect college age boys to sing. For example, Oh Canada. You are the wind beneath my wings. That song is all the more touching when chanted by four guys who don't know all the words and cover this up by skipping parts or yelling randomly over parts they don't know. And of course, they did a Christmas special, singing the entire Jingle Bell Rock song around the Holidays last year. It was remarkable, they didn't miss a beat. "Jingle Bell time is a swell time to rock the night away" Heart warming, really.
5. And then of course there are your mundane, garden variety conversations and speech snippets, but these are less memorable, so I have no real examples.
And there you have it, a list of the five sorts of folks you'll hear outside my window if it's open around midnight. Have a great day and a joint venture will be posted soon.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The TV Game
Hello everyone, remember back in blog one (a week or so ago) we said that every once in a while our blog would venture into the solo territory? This is one of those times. While this is a one-Braunsey post, the seeds for it have their roots in Braunsey cooperation. Allow me to present the following dialogue
Chelsea: Eric, we should blog about the TV game sometime. Try to remember any funny instances of the TV game so we can use it later.
Eric: Mm. Okay.
So what is the TV game? I thought you'd never ask. One night, Eric ( the author of this post, who coincidentally likes refering to himself in the third person from time to time) was watching TV one night and bored stiff. Between popular reality show redone in a slightly new location and sitcom with an attractive yet naggy wife and overweight yet laidback husband Eric couldn;t find anything interesting on. Not to be discouraged he made up a game. You at home can play to. All you need is a TV and a quirky sense of humor. Remotes help but are not necessary. Here is what you do, watch one channel until you hear a really good line, then switch quickly to another channel to see if the two channels match up. Usually this ends in failure, but once in a while produces gems like:
Indecision can lead to...bombs! and rockets!
You just walk into your closet and say...male baboon.
After some fine tuning Eric taught the secrets of the game to his friend John, and they played for hours on end. Chelsea came back to find her brother and his friend channel surfing methodicaly and laughing hysterically, they taught her the game and the rest is, as they say history. When the Braunsey twins first came to UW one year ago, they didn't have a tv in their rooms. So how could we adapt the rules? We made up a new game, calling it the TV Game, but in reality it was more like the taking-things-people-say-out-of-context-with-humorous-results game, but that was too much of a mouthfull plus it alerted others to our game. So we just called it the tv game, but now it was just things out of context.
Eric studies linguistics here and one of the first things you learn in that class is that most of the things people say have never ever been said before. Our games are proof of that. For example:
Person1: How is the architecture here?
Person2: It's tight!
It took him forty years to get married and she ended up being taller than him!
(sounding annoyed) It was supposed to be this really amazing cheese factory
And from this weekend, Eric went to the bookstore (where his ATM is located, a strategic location if ever there was one) and as he was leaving two teenage (or maybe early 20's) girls came rushing in, giggling as teenage girls do, and one very excitedly said to the other:
Hey let's go get some lanyards!!
So if you ever find yourself bored while wacthing television, just remember the Braunsey twins and try the TV game out for yourself. You won't be disappointed.
And just for fun I played with the TV that I have in my room this year:
(from an infomercial about a juicer) we gave the children what every child needs to become healthy... a big ol' pat on the back (truck commercial)
Chelsea: Eric, we should blog about the TV game sometime. Try to remember any funny instances of the TV game so we can use it later.
Eric: Mm. Okay.
So what is the TV game? I thought you'd never ask. One night, Eric ( the author of this post, who coincidentally likes refering to himself in the third person from time to time) was watching TV one night and bored stiff. Between popular reality show redone in a slightly new location and sitcom with an attractive yet naggy wife and overweight yet laidback husband Eric couldn;t find anything interesting on. Not to be discouraged he made up a game. You at home can play to. All you need is a TV and a quirky sense of humor. Remotes help but are not necessary. Here is what you do, watch one channel until you hear a really good line, then switch quickly to another channel to see if the two channels match up. Usually this ends in failure, but once in a while produces gems like:
Indecision can lead to...bombs! and rockets!
You just walk into your closet and say...male baboon.
After some fine tuning Eric taught the secrets of the game to his friend John, and they played for hours on end. Chelsea came back to find her brother and his friend channel surfing methodicaly and laughing hysterically, they taught her the game and the rest is, as they say history. When the Braunsey twins first came to UW one year ago, they didn't have a tv in their rooms. So how could we adapt the rules? We made up a new game, calling it the TV Game, but in reality it was more like the taking-things-people-say-out-of-context-with-humorous-results game, but that was too much of a mouthfull plus it alerted others to our game. So we just called it the tv game, but now it was just things out of context.
Eric studies linguistics here and one of the first things you learn in that class is that most of the things people say have never ever been said before. Our games are proof of that. For example:
Person1: How is the architecture here?
Person2: It's tight!
It took him forty years to get married and she ended up being taller than him!
(sounding annoyed) It was supposed to be this really amazing cheese factory
And from this weekend, Eric went to the bookstore (where his ATM is located, a strategic location if ever there was one) and as he was leaving two teenage (or maybe early 20's) girls came rushing in, giggling as teenage girls do, and one very excitedly said to the other:
Hey let's go get some lanyards!!
So if you ever find yourself bored while wacthing television, just remember the Braunsey twins and try the TV game out for yourself. You won't be disappointed.
And just for fun I played with the TV that I have in my room this year:
(from an infomercial about a juicer) we gave the children what every child needs to become healthy... a big ol' pat on the back (truck commercial)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
First Day
For some reason that title, "First Day", reminds me of the movie Airplane.
Old Lady: Nervous?
Ted Stryker: *Nods* Yes.
Old Lady: *Pats Ted on the writst* First time?
Ted Stryker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.
If you haven't seen Airplane, I'd suggest it. It's a hilarious movie, and a bit of a favorite in my family. If you have seen Airplane, good going!
So, now to get back on topic...today was our first day of school. Chelsea has Dance 101 (which her roomate tried to talk her out of since she said it would be way too easy) at 8:30 in the morning. It was alright, even though there was very little actual dancing...mostly just jumping and running around, but the teachers are very cool. Out of about 45 students in the class, only about 10-15 of them are male. This isn't a big surprise, but when the instructor was calling out names, the first three guys in the class were named Courtney, Rene (I'm assuming it's not spelled Renee), and Shelby. Courtney, who is quite a meaty guy, immediately said, "I go by Court." *Beats chest* Very manly! Chelsea also has English 302 which is technically called Critical Practice. 302 is a required course for English majors, so there are 302 classes being taught every quarter. Unfortunately, this quarter, the topic of Critical Practice is "Electronic Literature". Needless to say, although the professor is a nice guy, the class is boring and will probably continue to be that way for the rest of eternity. *Sigh* At least it will be done.
Eric had a language-packed day today. He only had two of his classes, but they were both language classes, Swedish followed directly by Japanese. Since he is a linguistics major, he has to take two languages. He already speaks Japanese, but decided to try Swedish as well. His Swedish class was pretty cool, he learned how to say things like, "hello" and "my name is Eric". Japanese was fun as well, but he spent the first 5 minutes of class trying to find the room. He had written down the wrong room number and was looking for room 201, but his class was really in 242. The funny thing about the situation is that he had his class in Mary Gates Hall...and there is no room 201 in MGH. In fact, the rooms go from 231 to 241 to 251 to 287. Weird. Chelsea thinks it's funny that her dance class is in Meany Hall. Meany is kind of an unfortunate surname, don't you think? Teasing fodder for sure!
Eric has all 3 classes tomorrow, including Japanese History. Chelsea has dance again at 8:30, but instead of English 302, she has History 261 which has to do with the Crusades. She thinks tomorrow sounds infinitely more fun than today. Whereas Eric likes nothing more than a good language class, so he thinks tomorrow will be about the same.
We promise to post some pictures soon!
Old Lady: Nervous?
Ted Stryker: *Nods* Yes.
Old Lady: *Pats Ted on the writst* First time?
Ted Stryker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.
If you haven't seen Airplane, I'd suggest it. It's a hilarious movie, and a bit of a favorite in my family. If you have seen Airplane, good going!
So, now to get back on topic...today was our first day of school. Chelsea has Dance 101 (which her roomate tried to talk her out of since she said it would be way too easy) at 8:30 in the morning. It was alright, even though there was very little actual dancing...mostly just jumping and running around, but the teachers are very cool. Out of about 45 students in the class, only about 10-15 of them are male. This isn't a big surprise, but when the instructor was calling out names, the first three guys in the class were named Courtney, Rene (I'm assuming it's not spelled Renee), and Shelby. Courtney, who is quite a meaty guy, immediately said, "I go by Court." *Beats chest* Very manly! Chelsea also has English 302 which is technically called Critical Practice. 302 is a required course for English majors, so there are 302 classes being taught every quarter. Unfortunately, this quarter, the topic of Critical Practice is "Electronic Literature". Needless to say, although the professor is a nice guy, the class is boring and will probably continue to be that way for the rest of eternity. *Sigh* At least it will be done.
Eric had a language-packed day today. He only had two of his classes, but they were both language classes, Swedish followed directly by Japanese. Since he is a linguistics major, he has to take two languages. He already speaks Japanese, but decided to try Swedish as well. His Swedish class was pretty cool, he learned how to say things like, "hello" and "my name is Eric". Japanese was fun as well, but he spent the first 5 minutes of class trying to find the room. He had written down the wrong room number and was looking for room 201, but his class was really in 242. The funny thing about the situation is that he had his class in Mary Gates Hall...and there is no room 201 in MGH. In fact, the rooms go from 231 to 241 to 251 to 287. Weird. Chelsea thinks it's funny that her dance class is in Meany Hall. Meany is kind of an unfortunate surname, don't you think? Teasing fodder for sure!
Eric has all 3 classes tomorrow, including Japanese History. Chelsea has dance again at 8:30, but instead of English 302, she has History 261 which has to do with the Crusades. She thinks tomorrow sounds infinitely more fun than today. Whereas Eric likes nothing more than a good language class, so he thinks tomorrow will be about the same.
We promise to post some pictures soon!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Quick Recap- Part 2: Saturday-Sunday
Hey there, welcome to the second installment of our weekend recap.
Saturday:
When Eric woke up on Saturday, it was already raining, and that set the tone for the rest of the day. Not that it was a bad rain, it was actually quite pleasant. It just didn't let up for the rest of the day. Perfect zoo weather, don't you think? The girl at the front gate thought so too! When we arrived at the Woodland Park Zoo, the girl who takes our hard-earned money (or our dad's) said, "This is a great day to visit the zoo. The animals are more likely to be out when it's raining." We thought, "Yeah right", but smiled politely anyways. Turns out it was true. The only animals that weren't out in full force were the humans. There were a few other people there, but it was less crowded than usual...even considering the group of 15 that we were a part of (15: Chelsea, Eric, Father Braun, Mother Braun, Rachel, Uncle Al, Aunt Chukkie, cousins Jessica, Andrea, Nathan, Hannah, Stella, and Abby, and friends Freddie, and her Dad Doug).
Eric wants to mention that Chelsea's umbrella was broken already, and his broke when he opened it. So, we got new umbrellas at the zoo gift shop. Eric's head was too big for the cheaper kiddie umbrellas, so he had to get one of the more expensive ones. Chelsea, however, has a very petite head (Chelsea's words, Eric thinks tiny is more accurate) and she chose a cute little penguin umbrella. It was awesome because it had a little penguin head sticking out of the top and little flippers on the sides. Plus, she got to compare it with the small children who passed by. Chelsea will not be using this umbrella at school. Eric's was also penguin themed- a row of penguins walking along an Antarctic (Antarctican? Antarcticarian?) landscape.
We got up close and personal with some awesome animals such as nocturnal porcupines, giant bats, lice-eating/hand-holding gorillas, sleeping jaguars (we let them lie), birds that ate right out of our hands, yawning anacondas, and a mound of Brazilian cockroaches the likes of which no kitchen has ever seen. It was fun to share this all with family and friends, but as the day wore on we were getting tired. So, we decided to find a place where we could just sit down and rest. This magical place ended up being the Historic Carousel. The twins' older sister Rachel rode a horse with cousin Stella (2 1/2), Chelsea and cousin Nathan (10) rode horses next to one another, and Eric and cousin Hannah (4) rode a horse. The horses had plaques stating their name and who donated them. Chelsea (who LOVES names), noticed that Nathan's horse was called Charlie and so she began investigating the names of the horses around her. Eric (who just has a platonic relationship with names) doesn't remember the name of his horse, but he decided instead to ask Hannah what their horse should be named. Hannah, who is known for coming up with the best names for her dolls and other toys, decided to give her horse a name of the same caliber, Celery. Can you think of a more appropriate horsey name? We sure can't! Inspired by Freddie's dad, Eric took a number of pictures on his camera phone. If we can figure out how to put those pictures on the computer, we'll post them for all to see.
Sunday:
Sunday was a day for relaxing and getting things organized in our rooms. Eric likes this Chinese bakery which is really more a cafe, where you can get chinese food, pastries, bubble tea, etc. They serve a Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken that will knock your socks off as well as an awesome selection of milk tea. It's got a very collegiate feel to it, and is stocked with board games. So, the Braunsey twins decided to play LIFE, which is always fun. During our first game of LIFE (which was actually on Friday) Chelsea's best friend Kaylie called to say that she had passed her written test and is now fully licensed to do hair! Hallelujah, she is done with the petty crap at the Hair School and can move on with her life! She definately deserves it. Way to go Kaylie! However, when Chelsea explained that Kaylie had already passed her practical test, Eric (in proper Eric fashion) said, "Practial test? Did she also have to pass an impractical test?" Ah Eric, always the literal thinker. An example from the impractical test is: A 32-foot cyclops with a tuft of blue hair wants a perm, what do you do? If that's not funny to you, then I have to say that you really had to be there. We are a bit quirky and crack each other up all the time.
If you like quirky humor, we also have a great story about Bartell's, which is the corner drugstore that is just a short walk from out dorm. When we need to get a few small items, we usually shop there. We stopped by the other day, and Eric (of course) beelined straight for the tea isle. Eric was observing the inspirational quotes on the tops of the Yogi Tea boxes. The first box was for "being regular"...in other words, pooping on schedule...and the other was simply a ginger tea. The tea for "being regular" had an uplifting quote about being there for others. The ginger tea's quote said, "Just sit down, relax, and wait for it. It will come." We thought those quotes should be switched. What do you think?
The rest of the day we spent just hanging out, doing the laundry, etc. We also met our RA (resident advisor) Kristy, who was going around, knocking on people's doors and introducing herself. She met both of us in Eric's room, and since we were still on a slight energy high from our first hilarious venture into twinly wit (blog style) we were more charming than ever. Kristy said she was looking forward to being our RA this year because we were so funny together. She also said that she has a hard time with names and would have to refer to us as "the twins". No arguments there.
So there you have it, that was our weekend. From now on, we will not be chronicaling our every move, but just mentioning hilarious highlights and points of interest. We just had to set the stage, so thanks for being patient with our initial novel-length blogs. Excuse us, we're going to do some more awesome things so we'll have something to blog about later.
Saturday:
When Eric woke up on Saturday, it was already raining, and that set the tone for the rest of the day. Not that it was a bad rain, it was actually quite pleasant. It just didn't let up for the rest of the day. Perfect zoo weather, don't you think? The girl at the front gate thought so too! When we arrived at the Woodland Park Zoo, the girl who takes our hard-earned money (or our dad's) said, "This is a great day to visit the zoo. The animals are more likely to be out when it's raining." We thought, "Yeah right", but smiled politely anyways. Turns out it was true. The only animals that weren't out in full force were the humans. There were a few other people there, but it was less crowded than usual...even considering the group of 15 that we were a part of (15: Chelsea, Eric, Father Braun, Mother Braun, Rachel, Uncle Al, Aunt Chukkie, cousins Jessica, Andrea, Nathan, Hannah, Stella, and Abby, and friends Freddie, and her Dad Doug).
Eric wants to mention that Chelsea's umbrella was broken already, and his broke when he opened it. So, we got new umbrellas at the zoo gift shop. Eric's head was too big for the cheaper kiddie umbrellas, so he had to get one of the more expensive ones. Chelsea, however, has a very petite head (Chelsea's words, Eric thinks tiny is more accurate) and she chose a cute little penguin umbrella. It was awesome because it had a little penguin head sticking out of the top and little flippers on the sides. Plus, she got to compare it with the small children who passed by. Chelsea will not be using this umbrella at school. Eric's was also penguin themed- a row of penguins walking along an Antarctic (Antarctican? Antarcticarian?) landscape.
We got up close and personal with some awesome animals such as nocturnal porcupines, giant bats, lice-eating/hand-holding gorillas, sleeping jaguars (we let them lie), birds that ate right out of our hands, yawning anacondas, and a mound of Brazilian cockroaches the likes of which no kitchen has ever seen. It was fun to share this all with family and friends, but as the day wore on we were getting tired. So, we decided to find a place where we could just sit down and rest. This magical place ended up being the Historic Carousel. The twins' older sister Rachel rode a horse with cousin Stella (2 1/2), Chelsea and cousin Nathan (10) rode horses next to one another, and Eric and cousin Hannah (4) rode a horse. The horses had plaques stating their name and who donated them. Chelsea (who LOVES names), noticed that Nathan's horse was called Charlie and so she began investigating the names of the horses around her. Eric (who just has a platonic relationship with names) doesn't remember the name of his horse, but he decided instead to ask Hannah what their horse should be named. Hannah, who is known for coming up with the best names for her dolls and other toys, decided to give her horse a name of the same caliber, Celery. Can you think of a more appropriate horsey name? We sure can't! Inspired by Freddie's dad, Eric took a number of pictures on his camera phone. If we can figure out how to put those pictures on the computer, we'll post them for all to see.
Sunday:
Sunday was a day for relaxing and getting things organized in our rooms. Eric likes this Chinese bakery which is really more a cafe, where you can get chinese food, pastries, bubble tea, etc. They serve a Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken that will knock your socks off as well as an awesome selection of milk tea. It's got a very collegiate feel to it, and is stocked with board games. So, the Braunsey twins decided to play LIFE, which is always fun. During our first game of LIFE (which was actually on Friday) Chelsea's best friend Kaylie called to say that she had passed her written test and is now fully licensed to do hair! Hallelujah, she is done with the petty crap at the Hair School and can move on with her life! She definately deserves it. Way to go Kaylie! However, when Chelsea explained that Kaylie had already passed her practical test, Eric (in proper Eric fashion) said, "Practial test? Did she also have to pass an impractical test?" Ah Eric, always the literal thinker. An example from the impractical test is: A 32-foot cyclops with a tuft of blue hair wants a perm, what do you do? If that's not funny to you, then I have to say that you really had to be there. We are a bit quirky and crack each other up all the time.
If you like quirky humor, we also have a great story about Bartell's, which is the corner drugstore that is just a short walk from out dorm. When we need to get a few small items, we usually shop there. We stopped by the other day, and Eric (of course) beelined straight for the tea isle. Eric was observing the inspirational quotes on the tops of the Yogi Tea boxes. The first box was for "being regular"...in other words, pooping on schedule...and the other was simply a ginger tea. The tea for "being regular" had an uplifting quote about being there for others. The ginger tea's quote said, "Just sit down, relax, and wait for it. It will come." We thought those quotes should be switched. What do you think?
The rest of the day we spent just hanging out, doing the laundry, etc. We also met our RA (resident advisor) Kristy, who was going around, knocking on people's doors and introducing herself. She met both of us in Eric's room, and since we were still on a slight energy high from our first hilarious venture into twinly wit (blog style) we were more charming than ever. Kristy said she was looking forward to being our RA this year because we were so funny together. She also said that she has a hard time with names and would have to refer to us as "the twins". No arguments there.
So there you have it, that was our weekend. From now on, we will not be chronicaling our every move, but just mentioning hilarious highlights and points of interest. We just had to set the stage, so thanks for being patient with our initial novel-length blogs. Excuse us, we're going to do some more awesome things so we'll have something to blog about later.
Quick Recap- Part One: Thursday-Friday
Hi everyone!
It's us again, Chelsea and Eric, the Braunsey twins. We're hanging out in Eric's room, about to try some awesome Orange Dulce Organic Tea.
For those keeping score at home, here's a quick weekend recap to get you guys up to date on the whirlwind adventure that is our college experience (for those of you thinking about going to college next year, we will add lots of colorful details to entice you to join us at the UW). This series of posts will probably be the lengthiest blogs we do as it covers several days and is full of superfluous details, so please, bear with us. Future posts will not be so long, we promise! Note: we mean "quick" in a relative term...like on a geological scale.
Thursday:
Let's start at the beginning. On Thursday morning, Chelsea went to bed at 1:30 after having said goodbye to her most beloved friends (who she misses like crazy by the way), and got up again at 4:30. Father Braun (that's our dad, not a Catholic clergyman) had insisted that we pack up the truck the night before, so we were ready and able to embark on our journey at 5:30...or so. We drove straight onto the Kingston/Edmonds ferry and made it to the E1 parking lot by 8:30. However, the U was just not prepared for the Braunsey twins. In fact, it was as sluggish as we were. (Although, Eric the Younger, was not all that sluggish. He didn't go to bed so late like Chelsea always does. Like most young men his age, Eric enjoys nothing more than taking a nice long bath complete with fragrant bath salts. For this particular bath, Eric didn't bother reading the instructions on the salts. He dumped the entire contents of the bath salts into his bath, giving him three times the recommended amount of bathly goodness which meant that all day long his skin was soft, supple, and smelled amazing. He read in the bath and ended up in bed by 11:30. Eric also made a cup of tea the night before and left it steeping, leaving him with a cold beverage for breakfast with a powerful kick of caffeine). Eric's check-in time was 7:30-9:30am, which meant that he checked in around 9:25 after having waited for a good hour in the parking lot. Chelsea checked in right after him.
Although Eric chose to stay in the same room as he had last year, Chelsea wanted to get away from her previous next-door neighbor...which was a storage closet full of strong-smelling chemicals that wafted into her room everytime the janitor decided to clean the bathroom. So, she moved into a lovely quad room with 3 roomates. Luckily, one of her roomates has a lot in common with her and had been there for a few days due to marching band practice. Another roomate moved in shortly afterwards. The third girl had been unreachable and none of residents of room M111 knew anything about her. Turns out she was a freshman (in a 20+ dorm), who had just flown in from South Korea. The poor thing was put into a room with 3 upper classmen who did not speak her language, had to go directly to freshman orientation the next day, and had previously been unable to register for classes. Oy Vey! Luckily, her roomates are a group of sweet, sensitive girls who go our of their way to help her feel at home. Go us!
As for the more practical side of moving in, we almost have packing down to a science now. Note: the word almost. It's true that it took us an evening to pack everything that will last us for a year, but it felt like the truck was much less crowded than it was last year. Packing took less time, and once we got there we knew where everything needed to go. However, as Eric was unpacking his belongings, he came to the startling realization that he had forgotten his bed padding, his comforter, a change of blankets, a change of pillow cases, and (less importantly) his nail clippers. So, for two days Eric relied on a thin bedsheet and a quilt to get him through the night. Thankfully, the Braun parentals were already planning on the making the trek to Seattle on Saturday and were able to supply us with everything that we'd forgotten.
For those of you who don't already know, Chelsea has accepted a new job as a student tutor for athletes struggling with English and Drama (because we all know how uncreative football players are). She had orientation for this new job on Thursday at 1:00 for 4 hours...which was probably informative, but considering she had had about 3 hours of sleep, she's not quite sure...Don't worry, she starts tutoring in about a week. The twins also met up with one of Chelsea's good friends from last year, Freddie, and her dad and had a lovely dinner with them at Thai 65. They got their food almost immediately, but ended up chatting for nearly an hour.
Friday:
About this time last year, Chelsea said, "Let's go to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. It's just a short walk from our dorm." To which Eric replied, "Yes, it's free for students. All we have to do is flash our Husky Cards at the door. It's an excellent way to support our school and spend a fun-filled afternoon." After they were done filming the promotional video for the Burke Museum, Chelsea and Eric got back to reality and said, "Well, next weekend will be better." And it was. So was the weekend after that, and the one after that. Soon, the school year had passed by and they hadn't even come close to crossing the threshold of knowledge. So this year, they made a special point of visiting. Since they both love museums and learning new things, it was fun. Plus, it's just a really cool place. It's not too big, so one afternoon was just the right amount of time to experience it all. For those of you considering the UW next year, it's free and it's a pretty nice place. As a matter of fact, the Arctic exhibit was so amazing that Eric broke down and bought the Idiot's Guide to the Arctic and Antarctic at the UW bookstore which he had had his eye on for almost an entire year.
We hope you've enjoyed this first installment, it will be less painful from here on out we promise! Once Chelsea locates her camera, there may even be some pictures. We are hungry and are going to get some food, by the way the tea was delicious. We highly recommend it to anyone who wants to give it a try.
It's us again, Chelsea and Eric, the Braunsey twins. We're hanging out in Eric's room, about to try some awesome Orange Dulce Organic Tea.
For those keeping score at home, here's a quick weekend recap to get you guys up to date on the whirlwind adventure that is our college experience (for those of you thinking about going to college next year, we will add lots of colorful details to entice you to join us at the UW). This series of posts will probably be the lengthiest blogs we do as it covers several days and is full of superfluous details, so please, bear with us. Future posts will not be so long, we promise! Note: we mean "quick" in a relative term...like on a geological scale.
Thursday:
Let's start at the beginning. On Thursday morning, Chelsea went to bed at 1:30 after having said goodbye to her most beloved friends (who she misses like crazy by the way), and got up again at 4:30. Father Braun (that's our dad, not a Catholic clergyman) had insisted that we pack up the truck the night before, so we were ready and able to embark on our journey at 5:30...or so. We drove straight onto the Kingston/Edmonds ferry and made it to the E1 parking lot by 8:30. However, the U was just not prepared for the Braunsey twins. In fact, it was as sluggish as we were. (Although, Eric the Younger, was not all that sluggish. He didn't go to bed so late like Chelsea always does. Like most young men his age, Eric enjoys nothing more than taking a nice long bath complete with fragrant bath salts. For this particular bath, Eric didn't bother reading the instructions on the salts. He dumped the entire contents of the bath salts into his bath, giving him three times the recommended amount of bathly goodness which meant that all day long his skin was soft, supple, and smelled amazing. He read in the bath and ended up in bed by 11:30. Eric also made a cup of tea the night before and left it steeping, leaving him with a cold beverage for breakfast with a powerful kick of caffeine). Eric's check-in time was 7:30-9:30am, which meant that he checked in around 9:25 after having waited for a good hour in the parking lot. Chelsea checked in right after him.
Although Eric chose to stay in the same room as he had last year, Chelsea wanted to get away from her previous next-door neighbor...which was a storage closet full of strong-smelling chemicals that wafted into her room everytime the janitor decided to clean the bathroom. So, she moved into a lovely quad room with 3 roomates. Luckily, one of her roomates has a lot in common with her and had been there for a few days due to marching band practice. Another roomate moved in shortly afterwards. The third girl had been unreachable and none of residents of room M111 knew anything about her. Turns out she was a freshman (in a 20+ dorm), who had just flown in from South Korea. The poor thing was put into a room with 3 upper classmen who did not speak her language, had to go directly to freshman orientation the next day, and had previously been unable to register for classes. Oy Vey! Luckily, her roomates are a group of sweet, sensitive girls who go our of their way to help her feel at home. Go us!
As for the more practical side of moving in, we almost have packing down to a science now. Note: the word almost. It's true that it took us an evening to pack everything that will last us for a year, but it felt like the truck was much less crowded than it was last year. Packing took less time, and once we got there we knew where everything needed to go. However, as Eric was unpacking his belongings, he came to the startling realization that he had forgotten his bed padding, his comforter, a change of blankets, a change of pillow cases, and (less importantly) his nail clippers. So, for two days Eric relied on a thin bedsheet and a quilt to get him through the night. Thankfully, the Braun parentals were already planning on the making the trek to Seattle on Saturday and were able to supply us with everything that we'd forgotten.
For those of you who don't already know, Chelsea has accepted a new job as a student tutor for athletes struggling with English and Drama (because we all know how uncreative football players are). She had orientation for this new job on Thursday at 1:00 for 4 hours...which was probably informative, but considering she had had about 3 hours of sleep, she's not quite sure...Don't worry, she starts tutoring in about a week. The twins also met up with one of Chelsea's good friends from last year, Freddie, and her dad and had a lovely dinner with them at Thai 65. They got their food almost immediately, but ended up chatting for nearly an hour.
Friday:
About this time last year, Chelsea said, "Let's go to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. It's just a short walk from our dorm." To which Eric replied, "Yes, it's free for students. All we have to do is flash our Husky Cards at the door. It's an excellent way to support our school and spend a fun-filled afternoon." After they were done filming the promotional video for the Burke Museum, Chelsea and Eric got back to reality and said, "Well, next weekend will be better." And it was. So was the weekend after that, and the one after that. Soon, the school year had passed by and they hadn't even come close to crossing the threshold of knowledge. So this year, they made a special point of visiting. Since they both love museums and learning new things, it was fun. Plus, it's just a really cool place. It's not too big, so one afternoon was just the right amount of time to experience it all. For those of you considering the UW next year, it's free and it's a pretty nice place. As a matter of fact, the Arctic exhibit was so amazing that Eric broke down and bought the Idiot's Guide to the Arctic and Antarctic at the UW bookstore which he had had his eye on for almost an entire year.
We hope you've enjoyed this first installment, it will be less painful from here on out we promise! Once Chelsea locates her camera, there may even be some pictures. We are hungry and are going to get some food, by the way the tea was delicious. We highly recommend it to anyone who wants to give it a try.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Hello World
Hi,
We're the Braunsey Twins! I'm Chelsea, and I'm Eric. These are the details of our college life.
We are both seniors at the University of Washington, although Eric will be staying well past his senior year to complete a double major (linguistics and speech and hearing sciences). Chelsea is majoring in English and also taking dance, and will be spending her spring quarter studying abroad (in London).
The reason you're reading this is that everybody and his (or her) mother has been telling us to start a blog. Boy, that mother can be pushy! Since neither of us has enough drive, motivation, or gumption to start a blog on our own, we decided to create a joint one. Plus, we just work so well together that it's almost inevitable...and we spend the majority of our time together when we're at school.
This blog is a one-stop hub of information for keeping up with our busy and fascinating lives, getting useful tips on college and life skills, or just reading some quirky and amusing anecdotes. For example, as I'm typing this, Eric is reminiscing about an English teacher he had back in middle school who was convinced that the word "anecdote" should really be pronounced "an-eh-seh-dote". True story!
Now, we aren't ALWAYS attached at the hip. While the blogs will most likely be written as a collaboration, sometimes Eric will write a blog by himself, or sometimes Chelsea will add a blog. Just keeping you guys on your toes!
So, join us for pizza and punch in the break room and let's get blogging!
Sincerely (because we'd never dream of being insincere),
Chelsea and Eric (The Braunsey Twins)
We're the Braunsey Twins! I'm Chelsea, and I'm Eric. These are the details of our college life.
We are both seniors at the University of Washington, although Eric will be staying well past his senior year to complete a double major (linguistics and speech and hearing sciences). Chelsea is majoring in English and also taking dance, and will be spending her spring quarter studying abroad (in London).
The reason you're reading this is that everybody and his (or her) mother has been telling us to start a blog. Boy, that mother can be pushy! Since neither of us has enough drive, motivation, or gumption to start a blog on our own, we decided to create a joint one. Plus, we just work so well together that it's almost inevitable...and we spend the majority of our time together when we're at school.
This blog is a one-stop hub of information for keeping up with our busy and fascinating lives, getting useful tips on college and life skills, or just reading some quirky and amusing anecdotes. For example, as I'm typing this, Eric is reminiscing about an English teacher he had back in middle school who was convinced that the word "anecdote" should really be pronounced "an-eh-seh-dote". True story!
Now, we aren't ALWAYS attached at the hip. While the blogs will most likely be written as a collaboration, sometimes Eric will write a blog by himself, or sometimes Chelsea will add a blog. Just keeping you guys on your toes!
So, join us for pizza and punch in the break room and let's get blogging!
Sincerely (because we'd never dream of being insincere),
Chelsea and Eric (The Braunsey Twins)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)