¡Bienvenido!

Everyone always says it is....and I'm sure it is in the sensethat it helps us all mature and move on, something essential in life. However, people move, people pass away, people get boyfriends/girlfriends, people get engaged, it's just so weird. It seems like it happens so fast.

I don't know that I've changed, I'm sure i've " grown up" and " learned lessons" and what not but I'm still the same. . . .

Pickle and I were dissecting my love life and we didn't really come up with anything - thanks for the effort though, Pickle. Well, we did establish that :
1. I'm a very independent person
2. I'm cynical when it comes to love
3. I'll make a move but I won't follow through

it's so tricky. . . I guess the only reason I'm evaluating it really is because of the change going on around me. But also, if I'm one of those people in love saying " baby" a year from now...someone please punch me in the face




In other news . . .

I went and saw the Pitchforks with Lindsey, Matt, and Pickle and it was AWESOME! Duke is so absolutely gorgeous and I want to be there always. Did you know that Duke saved my life? they totally did and if you wanna hear the gory details you shoudl ask me

Speaking of a capella, tonight I went and saw Cadence, Melinda's group and they were sooooooooooooooooooo good!!!! Melinda you rock, seriously. I had never heard her sing and she rocked my socks off!!!


I think 2 songs that always make me emotional are when you say nothing at all, and wish you were here (pink floyd). Well that and Proud to be an American - the song they sing whenever your family member gets deployed for war....I mean seriously, why? WHY? woudl you do that? So now whenever I hear it


anyway I'm contemplative and thinking with my emotions too much right now so I'm gonna stop b/c I'm grossing my own self out so holla!

So I'm in the best mood EVER (as you can see by my title). I was up till oh....about 5 last night but I'm done with my two hardest exams and I'm pretty sure I annihilated both

Also, I don't have to work OR take an exam tomorrow!!!!!!!!!
Oh. My. Gosh. A free day?!??! are you kidding me?!?!??!? I know...it's crazy!! I'm so excited b/c I haven't been able to hang out w/anyone or have fun ever so all of you shoudl call me tomorrow - ALL OF YOU! AH! And then I'll pick my favorite person to hang out with bwahahha

ok anyway, I'm also very excited because Grant gave me a Pitchforks CD and Melinda gave me a Cadence CD and they're both SOOOO good and I can't stop listening to either. So now I'm all motivated to arrange my songs

So far the songs I want to arrange are:
Edwin McCain - I'll be
Blackstreet - no diggity
TuPac - I ain't mad at cha/Blackstreet - don't leave me girl (they have the same backgrounds)
Doobie brothers - blackwater
Boyz II Men - Thank You

I also want to arrange a song that we can sing and I can dedicate to Grandma Rahe.....she would have LOVED to have seen us perform


Also I wish we coudl sing Romeo and Juliet b/c I <3 <3 <3 that song (do you remember that song Laura? *tear* )

ok I'm done talking about it - I'm gonna go get on that

But also - most important announcement of the year: BEN FOLDS IS COMING TO DUKE and I'm so there I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait! I heart him and I might just fall over - only this time...I want to try to meet him (yeah right).

okbye

much love,
Katrin

p.s. good luck on exams!!!

I can't sleep and I really need to b/c I have to open tomorrow at Starbucks...


*sigh*

I thought I'd write until I got tired so here I go...

First of all you shoudl come to Denver over break....seriously! I'll be there from about the 17th until the 1st (I don't know what my new years' eve plans are yet) but the invitation;s always open. We can play pool and go canoeing, I won't let you fall in I promise! Really though, you know my number, come on by

I was thinking about how only my family and some random people call me Katie and I think it's precious. I started going by Katrin in the 6th grade when " Happy Birthday Katrina" was written on the board and I erased the a and was like " it's Katrin" for the 209834032894th time in my life. From then on I just started going by Katrin.

ok sorry - boringest story EVER but I'm trying to be boring

hmmmmmmm boring boring boring.

I coudl tell you about when I almost died or when I got shot at or about Estonia orrrrrr about that time I threw up blood and hallucinated from getting my tonsils out or about my sister or maybe even my dogs

I dont' know I quit....I'm gonna go actually write, that works better. Then I can write about the stuff that's really on my mind, which is probably why I can't sleep


okbye
Katrin

Hello all! Let me tell you - it is nice to be home.

My dad is out of the hospital but still has staples and a cathater (I don't know how to spell that and I"m sure you wanted to know) but he's doing well. He should be out of work for another 2 weeks or so. And he can finally eat real food! w00t!

So I had this dream the other night that I was at a gas station with Lindsey in my car. I filled up my tank and replaced the nozzle or whatever and it was still going! (inside the contraption....not spilling everywhere) So then I go back to my car and it's Tyrone's car instead and Lindsey says "I'm driving." I was like "ok" So Tyrone is over to the side of the gas station in my car and comes over and sticks a half-full venti caramel frappuccino in the gas nozzle thing then drives away in my car.
So then Lindsey follows him and we're on the windiest most scariest road ever and I kept sticking my feet in the air and every time I did the windows would all fog up.
My dreams cut from scene to scene...and all of a sudden I was in at the gas station at Kilbourne and Central and this guy was there. In my dream I could see him vividly but all I know now is that he was my height or shorter, had blonde hair and was a drummer. I was surprised he wasn't tall...I <3 tall men, but then again it's my subconcious so you never know. Anyway we drove to his apt. and he was telling me over and over that he had to go " fix some things" and " tie some lose ends" but he was coming back for me because he loved me so much and blah blah blah, then he traced my scar with is finger and said " its beautiful...you're beautiful" and in my dream I pulled my shirt down over my stomach (where my scar is) and gasped and then I woke up.....

::whoa::

And that, my friends, is what's in my brain.

Well I hope you all had a Happy Kwanzaa, Christmas, and CHannukah.

I got the second Musiq Soulchild and Soulive CDs YAYY!!!


Anyway that is all....gotta go finish makin dinner!

much love,
Katrin