Tuesdays . . .

For most, it's Mondays. For me, it's Tuesdays.

Got back to school safely, got through two days of classes, a midterm and I'm about to start the MOUND of homework.

Duane, I do not ask trivia questions to get others to do my homework. I take the trivia questions off my notes from classes, therefore I already know the answers, thank you very much.

Karen and Jocelyn were mostly right: the third estate (98%) left the Estates General called by Louis XVI and walked down the street to a Tennis Court and declared themselves the National Assembly. Louis promised to give them one vote per delegate if they would come back to the Estates General. They went back but then rumors started flying that king was lying.

Indeed, google is a wonderful thing!!! So is Prof. Claspill, he is AWESOME. He takes what most people think is a boring subject and makes it SO interesting!!!

Okay, I'm off to do homework now, but first:

Trivia question: what were the rumors that started to fly after the third estate returned to the Estates General and what did they do about it?

Love you all!!!

Cpt Skippy

Well,

So I've spent the week at home, and it has been interesting to the least. It's really kind of crazy; they tell you that moving to college will take lots of adjustment and that you should expect setbacks and all that, but that when you come home, everything will even out. Moving to college was no problem for me, really. I didn't have lots of problems, I lucked out and got great roommates, I love my life at school. But then I come home, and I have to adjust. I didn't have to adjust when I moved to college, I have to adjust when I come home for break!!!

Anyway, so this week has been good, crazy, but good. And I, of course, have gotten nothing done.

On the subject of comments, I was really excited to get four comments on my last post!!!! CMC - I don't really like white geese either . . . I've never seen a white goose, but whatever. Anna, the trivia question is coming, I promise!!!! Lesa - thanks for pointing out the typo, note I fixed it!!!! And to you, Miss Nicole: just because you don't think that geese are exciting doesn't mean that they're not. I happen to like my geese and I will appreciate you not dissing them.

I'm going back to school tomorrow; and, as usual, I wish I wasn't. Two weeks before vacation, I'm all excited about coming home. Two days before I leave to come home, I wish I was staying there. Then I get home, and I'm here for a day and I half and I want to go back to school. And then I settle in and get happy, and then I have to go back to school. And I'll get to school and want to come home again. ARG!!! Just like me isn't it? Always wanting what I can't have (Josh Groban for instance!!! LOVE his voice!!!) and finally wanting what I had after it's gone . . . (Becc - any ideas?)

Point being, I'll be back at school tomorrow - I get to drive, I'm excited!!!!! And then, it's back to the grindstone: homework, work, work, and homework.

And, yeah. So I'm done now. Love to hear from you!!!!!!

Coming next time: a child of the 90's. Thanks Lesa!!!!!!

Trivia: Who can tell me what the "Tennis Court Oath" of 1789 was and who made it and why they made it?


Love from,

Cpt. Skippy

Geese,

Tell me how sad this is: I have to come home to post this, which I've been meaning to most for a while, what's funny is that it's about school!!!!

Every day at the same time, our SIMPSON Geese (really, they live on campus and we all see them all the time) wander out across the edge of the baseball field and graze. What cracks me up is that it happens every day, and they're SO cute!!!!! So the point is, I've decided to share the Simpson Geese, with all of you!!! Especially those of you who remember that year that the two summer missionaries from Mississippi ran from the geese at Buck's Lake!!!!!















That's the view from outside my window.
















Aren't they cute????



Love from, Skippy

Olympics and trivia

I had a question about the trivia: it doesn't matter if it's your own knowledge or if you were helped by Mr. Google himself; just brag if you already knew it, and tell the truth if you googled it!!

Anna was right about the Latin words, as was Lesa - they are the Olympic motto!!!


I would appreciate the continued prayers for my family. Tomorrow Mom and Dad and I are going to San Francisco for doctor's appointments. Please pray.

Thanks!!!!

Skippy

And the title for this post shall be:

Who cares? It’s just a title. Okay, so apparently it’s been a while since I posted. I didn’t believe it, but it’s there in black and white, I haven’t posted since last Saturday, that’s 8 whole days. Sorry!!!

So 1^st – I’m HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I get to spend a WHOLE week at HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that the important news is taken care of; what has happened this week? Well, first off it seemed to drag on FOREVER. Monday I had an RHA meeting and nothing else happened. Tuesday (Valentine’s Day) my roommate’s boyfriend took the three of us (my roommates and I) out to eat at Taco Bell, we had our own little candle and he spilt wax everywhere. Wednesday I got two whole free pizzas – YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday I watched the Mummy, again. Friday I worked for 4 and a half hours, and then went to Ashland to see Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale” – it was AWESOME!!! And I don’t like Shakespeare!!!! Saturday I came home!!!!!!

See, so even though I didn’t post, you didn’t miss anything!!!!

Trivia update – Jocelyn had the right answer to the Black Hole of Calcutta question. Karen, oh sorry, Anonymous posted her own trivia question: who composed the theme song to the Olympics? Is there a 2nd rendition? So now I get to answer a trivia question!!!! The theme song for the Olympics was composed by none other than Mr. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Saving Private Ryan, Jaws, Pearl Harbor, Home Alone, Superman, JOHN WILLIAMS. Not to mention the 100 (literally) other things he composed. There is however no 2^nd rendition.

And now it’s my turn: "Citius! Altius! Fortius!" What does it mean and where is it from?

And with that, bye all, I hope you have a WONDERFUL week!!!!!

Skippy

Just a note...

To say a couple of quick things:

1st - it's SATURDAY and the SUN is SHINING!!!!!!!!!!!

2nd - Indeed Jocelyn!!! You did answer the trivia and you answered it correctly (numbers were different but accounts always differ.)!!! And what have you won for correctly answering the trivia question? Another question: did you know that or did you google it?

3rd - what Karen?

4th - it's SATURDAY!!!!

5th - I have homework.

Love you all!!!

Skippy

Praise God!!!!

Why you ask? For several reasons: because of who He is, because of what He's done, because of what He's going to do, and because IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!

No one has answered my trivia question yet, so I'll give it until Monday, and then I'm telling you all the answer. I'll even give you a hint: Calcutta is in India. And if Karen can google the Lancasters and the Yorks, you should be able to google Calcutta.

As all of you should know, next week is Valentine's Day; so this week has been spent making Valentine's for every girl I know and a cute little holder thingy to put on my wall. The best part is that on Valentine's Day, I will be going out to dinner with Jen (my roommate) and Melissa and Brandon (our third roommate and her boyfriend)!!!!! Because Brandon decided that he was going to take us all out to Taco Bell. I'm SOOO excited!!! It's going to be SO much fun!!!

I have a complaint to make: today I went to check my mail, and once again, my cute little mailbox was empty. I have been at school since the end of August, and I could probably count on my fingers how many pieces of personal mail I have gotten. So whether it's a postcard from some cool place you've never been, a good book you think I'll have time to read, or a box of crackers, I would like some mail. No pressure.

This weekend is going to be crazy: tonight I have to go shopping with RHA (Residence Hall Association - we do stuff for the whole dorm) and then go to a 2nd Floor Valentine's Day party; tomorrow I have homework - lots of it - hopefully sleep, and the RHA is putting on Cafe Irwin (All dorm event, lots of food, a bunch of college girls, you do the math.)

Next week doesn't look too bad - I only have a test and a quiz and another quiz and another quiz and maybe another test. But no classes on Friday because it's SPRING BREAK!!!!!! And then Friday night I'm going to Ashland to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival again, and then on Saturday I'm going HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Only 8 more days!!! Okay, I'm going now, got to get ready to go shopping. I wish you all the best of weekends, don't have too much fun without me!!!!

Oh, and please keep praying.

Love from Cpt. Skippy

Hold your head up to the sky, why?

For some reason - mostly because I'm listening to a Josh Groban song with those lyrics . . .

First off: I would just like everyone to know, that my shortest sister has answered the trivia question correctly: Lancaster was Red, York was white; however the internet would not allow her to comment. So I have been instructed to say that she not only answered it correctly, she answered it first (this is straight from her email) "so that every one that enjoys your blog will know for sure that intelligence DOES run in the family" . GO Karen!!!!!

Other than that - lots of homework, lots of regular work, some serious freakout sessions, a not so good night in the cafe, and an early bedtime tonight.

Love you all - please keep praying.

Captain Skippy

Trivia: What is the origin of the phrase "Black Hole of Calcutta"?

Ummm. Peanut Butter!!!!

Since Saturday I:

• Got to see a really funny really old movie.
• Got most of my homework from last week done.
• Went to an RHA meeting.
• Worked the basketball games on Tuesday (GREAT GAME SIMPSON BOYS!!!)
• Got LOTS more homework.
  
• Worked 3 hours in the library.
• Gone to a class meeting - FREE PIZZA!!!!!

So that's about it. Nothing exciting going on . . . although I did look at the calendar today and it is exactly, EXACTLY three months until my birthday!!!! There's only 87 days left until school's out - no I did not count, some else did and told me that. And, here's the best part - 15 days until SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm only a little bit excited about that . . . can't you tell?

Nothing else that I can think of is going on . . . my beds a mess and I really need to vacuum, but I've taken too much time from homework to post this, so I guess that'll have to wait!!!

G2G, nose to the grindstone and all that.

Cpt. Skippy


Trivia question anyone? English monarchy - why did the House of Hanover become the House of Windsor?