this is the way the escalator holds the cart in place... so it doesn't tilt... and it rides up all the way alongside the people escalator...  

this is the fun cart escalator featured in 2-story target stores... there is a 2-story target in portland and there's one north of seattle... it makes for a fun random thing you don't see everyday... when amy was here visiting, she didn't get to push a cart onto the escalator... i don't know who's to blame... but these pictures are for her!!! 

way past my bedtime...

there's so much stuff running through my head... so many random blogging ideas... so little energy left in the day... i think my problem is that i don't want to take a lot of time to write about each one... but they don't really fit together in any form... so i guess i'll just write random thoughts...

friday's show - i went to hear my friend's band play (a friend from school)... it was a pretty small crowd... but it was a great show... i really do love live music - and they did a great job of making it fun and playful... plus they're really talented... it was cool... i was glad i went... i have some mixed emotions from stuff surrounding the show, but nothing that i want to talk about so openly...

the wedding... actually the reception... okay, to be honest... last summer, i was kind of interested in the guy... he's a great guy... i'm really happy for the two of them... a lot of people who were at the wedding knew that i had been interested in him... they kept giving me this look that said, "i know that you wanted it to be you..." and then they'd touch my arm or give me the christian side-hug and say, "are you okay?" it was weird... if i hadn't been okay with it, i wouldn't have been at the wedding... they are great for each other and i couldn't be happier for the two of them...

also at the reception... i was sitting there, listening to the music, eating cake... when all of a sudden, i tuned into the music... the song was "lady is a tramp" by frank sinatra... i understand that the word tramp has different connotations depending on context, culture, time period... i don't know if it was a compilation cd that they didn't really listen to... maybe it has special meaning... it just seemed so weird... someone commented... "top ten songs you don't want played at your wedding reception... it'd be on the list..." maybe it was just me... it seemed weird...

i had the funniest movie quote of the day on here... but it seems a bit crude... i just realized my grandma might be reading this... don't want to offend... but it's so funny... but i'm not going to put it... i'll think about it...

tonight, i got an unexpected-let's-hang-out phone call... which was cool... i went to portland and went to target with a friend... we shopped for baby shower gifts and other random stuff - mostly stuff i needed for the house... laundry detergent, fabric softener... that sort of thing... i got some other fun stuff, too... so much for my low-key, hanging out at the house with no one around and doing laundry night...

spirng break is this week... which doesn't really mean anything other than i don't have to be at school late tomorrow - i still have to work regular hours... i wish i could just work until 11 tomorrow like i do most tuesdays... but i will have to work a normal work day...

one of the actors that was on the show freaks and geeks (a great show) was just on the show "yes, dear" - cool...

i made "dinner" last night - a friend came over to watch movies... i made pizza rolls... i burned the roof of my mouth bad... and it's so sore... everything i hate today was painful... all because i wasn't patient to wait for the pizza rolls to cool down...

okay - i don't really have a point... i think i'm going to draw the line now and go to bed... i'm so tired!!!

hate it...love it...

i decided this weekend that i hate and love weddings the same amount at the same time...

i love weddings because i love the symbolism of the ceremony... i love the roles of the attendants... what their "jobs" mean... i love the symbolism behind the father giving the bride away... the lighting of the unity candle, the vows... i love the way i've seen every groom look the first time he sees the bride in her dress...

i hate the way it feels... i hate the way that there is so much emphasis put on the ceremony that we forget to pray for the marriage... that the day is nothing compared to the lifetime that a couple is going to spend together... i hate the formality of it all... i hate sitting there thinking it's never going to happen to me... i hate that i always cry - even if it's not sad... always...

i'm thinking there might be other stuff that i hate and love at the same time the same amount... but i thought i'd throw that one out there... it hit with full force this weekend...

kinda like friday...

today is thursday... the end of the day on thursday... as soon as i finish this blog entry and print off some directions for my fun trip this weekend (hopefully), then i'm heading home... tomorrow is friday... most fridays are good fridays, but tomorrow is GOOD FRIDAY... which means i have a day off of work... this is the first holiday of the year (of 4) that i've actually gotten to take off - don't have to show up at all... get to sleep in... good times... good friday... :)

plus, tonight i get to go have cold stone with the sr. high young life leader that i haven't met before... i'm looking forward to some good ice cream with a girl i know is cool because people have said i remind them of her... she has to be cool... :)

plus, i'm going to seattle tomorrow... i love seattle... i love going out of town... love road trips... (this is why i could never live in hawaii... where would you go?) a friend's band is playing in everett tomorrow night... i have to wait on a chair being delivered to me - my favorite chair in the world - it's getting to my apartment sometime tomorrow afternoon... i have to wait on it before i can leave on my road trip... so hopefully it will get to my apartment soon so i can get on the road to everett...

then... saturday, i'm off to a wedding... i worked camp with them, went to school with buck... it should be great... i am going to the wedding with heather (i hope!) and we are hopefully going to get to hang out, too... outside of the wedding...

then sunday easter stuff at my church will be a crazy fun long day...

then spring break for school is next week - too bad i still have to be at work... :(... but i don't have to think about that for 3 more days!!!

i hope a wonderful easter is experienced by all, as well as a terrific weekend!!!

long overdue...

i realized earlier this week that i haven't really cried lately... not that i'm used to crying everyday or that i miss it - but i definitely need random days where i kind of cry my eyes out and the next day everything is okay... so i haven't had one of those in a long time... yesterday i kind of cried a little... and that made me think it's coming soon - i thought that maybe today (which was tomorrow) would be my day to cry and cry... and you kn0w - just the opposite happened... i've laughed a whole lot today - at random stuff, some not-so-random stuff... and just kind of thought funny thoughts in my head during class - and in discussions with people... it's like i've had this attitude where nothing is going to get me down... and i like that... i've snorted an excessive amount today... and it's been nice to feel joy when i thought i was going to have sadness... i'm not sure why i thought i would - but i'm thankful i didn't...

random sentences... i wish i could write normally - today's just random... i'm going to go home and watch gilmore girls, even though it's a rerun - and even that won't get me down!!

oh, oh, i'm walkin' on sunshine and don't it feel good?

i knew it...

this was the email from cameron (my boss) titled "prophet robyn"

From one news account:

On Sunday evening, the day former hostage Ashley Smith told a press conference that reading an excerpt from the book to suspect Brian Nichols was a turning point in ending her captivity, the book ranked 54 on the Amazon.com bestseller list. By Tuesday it was No. 2, behind a pre-order of the new Harry Potter book due out in July.