since i'm past due...

since i'm way over my posting limit (haha, jk) i thought i woud post a few fun and exciting posts before I left for TURIN :) :) :)

Thank you to everyone who has contributed physically or mentally to making my birthday awesome! esp to mari -- for holdin my hair, SORT OF! :) Being 21 is fun, but it doesn't really feel any different. But that's ok, it feels funny to be further into my twenties, but such is life.

Currently I am FINISHED with my fall semester at MI Tech and now I'm working A TON to get some $$ saved for Italy. I'm probably going to be coming home Dec. 23rd for Christmas and leaving soon there after, so if you'll be visiting the BL area, be sure to let me know!! :)

As of now.. I'm in Iron Mtn visiting Adam. It's kind of boring being here during the day while he's at work, but that's ok, i've been watching a lot of CMT (country music television) hehe, just kidding -- well, not entirely. I have been semi productive on my trip down here.

I've discovered that Iron Mtn is pretty lame.. even compared to houghton. maybe it's just cuz i don't know the area very well, but so far, i'm not overly impressed... oh well, I'm headin back to houghton tomorrow and SNOWBOARDING :) but for now, I'm gonna go work on some Christmas cards!!

Ciao!

Happy Birthday to my Meegan!!!

this time my away msg was too small to carry all my words!


happy birthday to my bestest friend in the whole wide world!!
who saved me from pink glasses and my wardrobe of sweat pants.
who rocked that whole igloo building back in mr. merriman's class.
who had so many damn girl scout patches that you could have built a small town out of them.
to the girls who got two holiday dinners because we had to go to both together!
to the girl who watched the frog get eaten by that big fat stuipd duck.
to the girls that spent hours and hours with beefcakes on the floating dock.
to all the rollerblading, the running and going to sweet papa bears!
to making pajama pants-- and other trips to ben franklin's for spur of the moment craft ideas.
who was the best "b" in softball that i've ever seen.
(btw, u have a very hot butt in the shortstop's opinion)
to my favorite pumpkin carver and best car driver i know ;)
(don't fall asleep anymore while driving)
from blue showers and fun dip to missing the call from A.Starr and those tight cowboy pants.
from ARCADIA HILL to all those late night phone calls about stupid boys.. oh man.
bumpin' in the blazer and singing the bad boy song at the top of our lungs all the way to TC town and back.
to pickin my ass up from the airport!
and we can't forget the fun times had in blue mtn :)
(I'm gonna miss that place this yr!)
to the best policewoman in training there will ever be!
i love you for everything meegan!
and most of all because we're every other year friends ;)
<3 always, a.starr

Halloween antics!

Two nights of tremendous parties and costumes galore. College costumes are always better and more creative than any costumes around.. For instance, I saw someone dressed up as a wine box -- including a working spout. Amazing.

Well, halloween was fun, even though it hasn't really happened yet, but for some unlucky students studying must commence. Tomorrow we plan on getting a group together to go see Saw II, should be a good time :)

I totally touched a snake last night too! It was pretty crazy too, a foot long boa constrictor.. uck.. hehehe.

More photos.

Sample of the festivities:

halfway through...

School... sucks.. but everything else is goin great! I can't wait to get on the plane to Italy!! I might even start preparing a little bit more for what cultural/language differences might await me. I've been told that may be a smart idea... haha..

As for everything else, I think I'm kinda bummed that I'll have to miss a winter in Houghton. I hear this one is going to be a doozey based on the above average temp of Lake Superior. Sounds like many a days at Bohemia! :(

On the highest note of my semester, I'm in this journalism class.. and if our stories are good enough, they get posted in the Houghton newspaper -- The Daily Mining Gazette. So far, my article on the Keweenaw Brewing Company was published and turns out my article on new mountain biking courses will be in this saturday!! I'm two for two!

Well, that's all i've got for now.. sorry these updates are lame and less exciting :( I'll work on that..

So... it's about that time...

Well, since it's been almost a month since my last post, i've decided to grant you all the greatness of my ramblings. :) jk. This semester is turning out to be way busier than i had hoped for. But it's ok, the countdown to Italy has begun :)

Here's a shocker, it's October 3rd and I'm sitting in my chair in a pool of sweat. It's seriously way too hot outside to be healthy -- for an October.

I've been undergoing a lot of personal reflection recently, not so sure what i've come up with, but maybe some changes are what's in store. I can't wait to go back to b-town and visit all the old classmates.

In other news, I've been camping at least once a week for the past three weeks, I like it :) And today I saw a girl running and didn't even flinch, I can safely say I've lost all desire to exercise again, Mari help! Speaking of Mari, we've decided that the best thing for Jake is to make him a corporation with part owners. Currently there are six of us in on the gig, if you'd like to be part owner of Jacob please send a detailed resume to me and we'll schedule an interview ;)

That's all folks, sorry for the randomness!