golf sups. by rachel

I had the best time this afternoon. Seeing as I am home for once, my friend Adam and I had a "hang-out date" today. First we went bowling, where I made like 5 strikes (in 3 games) and even broke 100 once. Yeah, normally I really suck at bowling, but today I was actually decent! Go me! Adam still beat me everytime, but I am proud of myself.

After Holiday Lanes, we went to the mall to eat at the food court. Good stuff. As we were leaving, we went "off-road" in Sears. Lots of fun.

Finally, we went to Winged Deer Park and played frisbee golf. I'd never played before... it was SO MUCH FUN. I suck at it worse than bowling but I had the best time. We really did have to bush whack there a few times due to frisbees landing in random brush piles back in the woods... or the time I threw mine straight into the thorns. Oops.

Hanging out with Adam has made my week so much better. :)

On a sad note, I wish to say a formal goodbye to a dear fish friend, Bodie, who passed away en route to Knoxville on Sunday. You will be missed.

Change of scenery... by rachel

I am now home as well... It is definitely different, but it is good to be home. This morning was crazy. I had to get moved out of my old dorm and into my new dorm across campus. Lots of other people were doing the same thing, so parking was a little tight to say the least. It only took me and my mom and my brother Sam two trips in the van. Carrying the stuff from the lobby up tooooo many flights of stairs in the new dorm wasn't much fun. In the end we made it. And then I finally got to eat the Burger King breakfast that Mom and Samuel picked up for me 3 hrs before.

Once we got home, 4 hrs later... We met my dad and went to dinner at the Firehouse Restaurant where I saw an old friend (congrats on graduating Drew) and my brother and I laughed at each other until Mom and Dad got mad. We entertain ourselves. Samuel was telling me about going to a Fair and riding those rides they screw together a few hours before... Apparently he had a rather thrilling time. THEN, we started talking about when Dad was in the hospital after getting hit by the van when he was riding a bicycle (yes, that really happened, two days after his 50th b-day too!), and he was on so much medication he didn't know what was going on. He had something on his index finger that measured his pulse I think, and it was glowing red. He kept complaining that his finger was red, or he would point to something and end up watching his finger instead. Or when the nurse asked him his name and to identify things in the room after a surgery to make sure he was coherent. He continued labeling things long after the nurse left. "My name is Larry." or "That is a tv." Crazy Dad... I love you :)

I am happy to be home, a change of scenery was needed, but I miss Hannah tremendously. I hope she has an awesomely amazing vacation. I miss everyone else too. I'm talking to Alicia Tissue online as I type this. SAD DAY! I hope this is the beginning of an awesome summer for everyone... you are ALL in my thoughts and prayers.

Almost there...by Hannah

Yo! I am back from vacation. Today I have been unpacking and repacking and then packing some more. It has been uber exciting, as I'm sure you can imagine.
Florida was beautiful. Lots of free time and sun and sand, just like it should be.
I'm headed back to Berea tomorrow morning and I'm really kind of excited! I'm SURE ready to see Rachel and Alicia and the boys! And to clean our tiny room, Rachel. And unpack again.
Apparantly, I was supposed to be at work yesterday. I had voice mail messages and emails that were very indignantly stating that I didn't tell them I wouldn't be at work till Monday. But I guess it got worked out, because I'm going to work Monday...ha.
I'm going to help my mom make dinner and then do some more...packing! I just want to say that...Rachel and I don't have drinking problems and we're really not scared. If someone has a concern or problem with either one of us, just bring it to us and don't be a sneaky coward. Although at this point I can't promise much, we might have a bit more respect for you if you face us.

Sad...by Hannah

Ah, I'm home again...yesterday was so sad! Graduation just kicked butt though, in the graduation realm of things. The best part was probably when President Shinn (yes, that's his real name) granted a degree "by the power vested in me by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania..." which is, of course, the wrong state. Go President Shinn!
After finding a bunch of stuff in my drawers (including some old soap and crackers, thank you RACHEL!) I threw some poptarts on the yard and drove off into the sunset. Then I sat and started at the window all the way home...I wasn't driving, just so you know.
So I'm home, and I'm leaving for sunny Clearwater Beach tomorrow morning at DAWN, and I'll be back in good old Berea in no time at all. Thank God for the summertime and friends who live off campus!
My brother has just bestowed upon me an old camoflauge shirt and my very own Sublime CD that he told me for 6 months he didn't have, so I'm feeling pretty good.
I love you Rachel...I'll talk to you soon!

This is our lobby bush "Hot Ketchup" with a cup Hannah borrowed from Food Service during one of her ice cravings. Hot Ketchup is like... a mascot... or something. The guys had a bush too. Jesse named it "Grave Digger from the Deepest Regions of HELL" but it died and sat outside in the yard on its side for a long time. Leaving our lobby bushes is hard, but perhaps there will be a new bush in our new dorm. Last year was Rufus the Bird Plant, who knows what is next. Anyhow, goodbye Hot Ketchup, we love you!  

All you need is love... once again by rachel

I just got off the phone with Hannah Bean and it made me feel so much better. Having her as my other half here is (as Booger would say) "so totally awesome!" This is gonna be a good summer. God has blessed us thus far, beyond our hopes and wishes, and we need to have faith that He will continue. Hannah made a good point on the phone... even if she didn't mean to... our friendships are so special with these people, we shouldn't worry about having to quit them "cold turkey." We mean a lot to them too. That is such a great feeling... belonging. Now that I have a smile on my face, I am gonna get ready for bed so I can GO HOME TOMORROW!!! WOOT!

it's all over now.... by rachel

I am the only one left. There is no one here. All of the boys are gone. Hannah is gone. Hilary is gone. Alicia Tissue is gone. It is SAD.

Today was graduation. Being in choir and therefore having to sing at both Baccalaureate and Graduation, I had prime seats. :) During Baccalaureate, Josh, Jesse, Bargo, and Brent all sat together and entertained me. Well.... Jesse made faces and watching Brent just made me cry. Knowing that at least most of my boys will be here this summer has kept me sane (as sane as possible anyway). Brent, however, is leaving us for good. It hasn't sunk in yet, I don't think. When we closed with "A Clare Benediction" (one of my favorite pieces), I caught Brent's eye, and lost it. Dr. Bolster (our conductor) lost it too. Everyone was crying.

At the nurses' pinning ceremony this morning, where I saw Angela and Hollee get pinned, Ange and Holls played and sang a song they wrote for the occasion.... absolutely beautiful. Brent and I cried then too. Geez... too much crying.

Today was not only Hollee's graduation day, but also her 22nd birthday. As she walked across the stage to get her diploma this afternoon, the entire choir broke into a rendition of "Happy Birthday" that Hollee will never forget...

Now, I am sitting alone in my dorm room, listening to music. It is so empty and quiet. The part that hurts the most is not only that I can't call the guys and meet them in the lounge to hang out, or go play Mario Kart with them, but the fact that I can never do that again. This is a permanent change. I don't do well with change. I know Jesse, Josh, Jonas, Bargo, Booger, Clay, Alicia, and (of course) Hannah are all gonna be in Berea, but.... it's not the same. I just hope we all get to hang out a lot. Otherwise, I am gonna be uber bored and uber-er sad. These people mean so much to me.

There are so many awesome people in my life. Not only here in Berea, which if you have been reading our blog, you know a little about, but also at home. Kathryn and Myra, my two bestest buds from home, and my brother, Samuel. They are the bomb. Combined with what I have at home, and what I have here.... I am so lucky.

You know, with all the depression and pain and sadness that has been going on in the past month or so, it makes me realize just how beautiful my life has been. And will be. And is, I suppose. Without the sad stuff, i wouldn't know what happy is. The shadows add depth. At least I hope they do. From where I am right now, I just feel like I'm drowning in them.

But I see the light, and it helps me to remember to breathe.

Here's to the nights we felt alive...

Last night we went to a party at Audrey and Aaron's house.

Happy Gradutation to Brent, Jesse, Josh, Bargo, Fran, Jess, Hollee and Angela (from Rachel)!!!!!

Here's what we wish: That we had been here all four years with you guys and we were graduating too!

Showers on the 2nd floor...by Hannah

So they've closed the bathroom on our floor, and we have to go down to the 2nd floor to use the shower or any other bathroom functions. It's absolutely ridiculous- Rach and I have been brushing our teeth in the kitchen the annex conference room, and I think we are definitely some of the smartest 3rd floor girls ;)

We just got back from lunch, and I had about 23 messages from one Martina on my AIM. THANKS HO. On the way to lunch we saw Clay and guess what? He really DOES work at the bookstore. Craziness...I thought Rachel had turned into a really good liar...

Our air conditioner has also been turned off. Or it broke. Either way, it was 82 degrees this morning when I woke up, and it's gotten steadily hotter.

The rest of the day is as follows: I'm going to call my mom, and go take Martina her bag of crap that's been in our room for a month or so. Rachel has choir rehearsal for graduation, and we both have to finish packing. I have to do laundry, probably tonight or tomorrow morning, and we need to clean our room a little bit. It should be really exciting. I have also been informed that we might go see a movie this afternoon, and there is a party tonight.

Ah, the end is coming quickly. Fran just sent an email that made me think about being all teary and such. We love you Fran...and you can come stay with us anytime you want next year and we'll watch Love Actually...

Tomorrow comes too soon, but not soon enough. I'm getting ready to pull of one of my vanishing tricks and not be around anymore...it just sucks too much!

Quite the evening - by Rachel

Tonight wasn't a flop after all... After the honeysuckle dinner, Han and I went to hang out at Jesse and Bargo's new apartment, which is Jaime's old apartment. It has a squishy couch. And a bowl with a melon, some condoms, and some tic-tacs... makes me wonder about Jaime. After chilling there a while, and watching some funny stuff on VH1, we went to Arby's where we got REAL food (as opposed to the stuff they serve in Food Service) and then came back to the dorm. Jesse, Han, and I ate outside because it feels so nice out there. Then Han got the bright idea to jump on ketchup packets, so it looks like a bunch of little ketchup animals died out there. Once we were done eating, and pouring sauce on the concrete ("to see what it looked like when it hit the ground" - Jesse), we ran into Danny and Chris and... ummm.... randomly found a pink hard hat. Sure did. THEN, Jesse, Han, and I went to the park, where Han and I tried to kill each other on the see-saw, and Jesse took the long way down the slide. After walking up the road a bit to crash the contra dance - which was no more - we went back to Jesse's apartment which was full of boys. Watching kickboxing. I don't understand boxing. Although the one guy was named Roufus. That was pretty cool. Now, we are back in our messy dorm room that doesn't feel like home anymore. Han is out reading in the lounge, and I... well, I think I'm gonna go to bed. We've had quite the day, and I am tired.

Honeysuckle dinner by Hannah

I just got off the phone with Treloar...the bearer of all my burdons..thanks 'loar :)
Rach and I went to dinner with THOMAS BOOGER and we love him. We ate honeysuckle and it made my whole day better.
Rachel is currently reading a very educational magazine...haha. And we are packing, slowly but surely. Our room is INSANELY messy. More than on a normal day, at least.
We also made an excurson to the WalMart establishment today, to get boxes and conditioner..woot. We also looked at little boy clothes, and that was fun as always.
We visited Jesse and Bargo's new apartment today and it is TINY...but very respectable, and we had a wild Jonas chase, which was not so respectable.

Later we are headed to Coffee Conspiracy to see a man named...DROK. Not really. That's what Martina calls him. He is playing and singing and such, and they have...coffee!

Today's lesson: Sleep and you'll feel better

Right now: Going to sit in the window and call home and wish I was already gone because it would be so much easier...:)

Goodnight never never land by Hannah (and Rachel)

It's almost 2! Rachel and I just had an awesome talk in the open window with our feet hanging out. I love you Rachel...:) (I love you too Hannah....)
Alicia Tissue moved out today! In her own words...SAD DAY.
Rachel, Hilary and I had a girls night tonight, partly because we needed it, and partly because none of us are 21 and we can't get into the Irish Pub, sorry, keep trying. We went to the big city and had a really relaxing night. Thanks girls!
I also almost died at Taco Bell slipping in a puddle of water. Go me! Just call me Lady Grace...
Rachel just bought a ridiculous amount of poptarts at the campus cafe to use up her "berea bucks" which you cannot buy love with, unfortunately, or she'd be set. So we have breakfast for the rest of our college careers.
I am also happy to report that I am using the knowledge gained in my major classes. Just tonight I referenced an outline of six self defeating behaviors of codependent adults, one of which is called Tap Dancing, and is basically a "manifestation of mistrust in adulthood." WOOOT go me AGAIN.
No storms today! And Alicia signed our guestbook, thank you very much. This post is in tribute to you and your newfound motherhood. We miss you! Our hall is insanely quiet...wonder why...and Dustin keeps wandering around with this lost look on his face, although he claimed to be looking for "pop."

Sweet exhaustion by Hannah

I'm sitting out in the lobby...it's weird to think of how much time I've actually spent out here these past two semesters. I've slept about 6 hours in the past two nights and I'm EXHAUSTED. My family came in today, with all of their loudness and hoop-la. I sent home over half my stuff for the summer. Our room really does look naked now, and strangely, really big. Cardboard boxes and such. "Sad day," says Alicia Tissue.

Apparantly I have inspired Jason to make his own blog!
Go Jason! Take that hat off!

This time next week, I will be in sunny Florida, with my best friend Treloar! Woooot!

So, hanging in there and almost done...which is good and bad and exciting and sad. No storms yet...and not to be cynical, but they are imminent. And don't forget to poke a pansy!

Togetherness (Hannah typing)

Sayeth Rachel: All of the weight of depression from the end of the semester and people leaving can be remedied by simply getting high on the sticky bubble stuff in the hall. This is 2 years in a row that we've done that!
Tomorrow is going to be a better day...my [hannnnnnnnah] mom and dad and little sister, also and confusingly so, Rachel, are coming to help me move some of my stuff!
Highs from today: Dinner, Booger singing the ABC song in spanish and screwing up. Hannah swallowing the Tangerine Altoid thing. Rachel is overdue for a wedgie! Fran asking if she can pack us! Alicia Tissue poking me in the butt with a cheeto! Finding the CD with that song....
Goodnight, and please pray that Alicia's bullet wound will stop bleeding.

Bubbles! 

Moooooo - by Rachel

Packing sucks. For many, many reasons. Not only do I have TOO MUCH CRAP (my desk is finally somewhat clean except for the drawers and I already have almost 4 boxes filled), but I am becoming nostalgic. I hate becoming nostalgic... There is so much of me in all these little scraps of notes from friends and ticket stubs and letters. I have the tendency to live for the future. I hate throwing little notes and stuff away because I know I'll want to look at it later on in my life to remember how much fun I had. Because of that though, I sometimes forget to enjoy everything the moment it is all happening. Now that everyone is graduating, or at least leaving (Jonas moved out today), I'm getting all tense. I care SOOOO much about my friends, and I'm trying not to take any moment for granted, but in the meantime, I'm focusing on how I will feel when it really is all over. I drive myself crazy. On top of that, I think I just care too much. I mean, caring is an important thing, but when you care more than the other end... it hurts. I'm not naive or innocent, I just love my friends. I suppose I would rather be too caring though... like that Jewel song says, "I'm sensitive and I'd like to stay that way."

Dancing in the Moonlight by Hannah

Rach and I are beginning to pack. I started dismantling the magazine look of our room this afternoon. It looks naked, and I feel empty. There are squares on the back of my desk where I had pictures.
We went to the Mexican Hardee's for Jesse's birthday and that was enjoyable. I also had the experience of getting a TB skin test for my job this summer, since I will be working with kids.
I just finished cleaning out my desk drawer with ALL THE STUFF. There was some name we had for it, but I can't remember what it was. I found all sorts of good stuff: a monkey pencil topper thing, a red star from my old computer, a magic appear out of nowhere tool, Jesse's foodservice nametag, and one of those non-potable water things from the bathroom in Draper...haha. Next I will proceed to take down the sign about removing hair from the drain that Martina so obligingly stole from the bathroom, and the sign about bats coming in the window.
Strange moment of the day: Josh asked if he could call me Red, since he's never had a friend he could call Red. I said YES.
I will close with the genius of Don Henley:
A little voice inside my head said "don't look back, you can never look back"
I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?
If those days are gone forever, I should just let 'em go...

Happy 22nd Jesse!  

It's 3:01...by Hannah

It's currently 3:01 on Wednesday (Happy Birthday MexiCAN. Rachel and I looooove you) and I am in the 3rd floor (WOOT) lobby with Alicia Jill Carter Tissue and Martina, who are making some creative and studying Buddhism, respectively. I was studying parent child relations. It was getting me nowhere, so I quit, and now I'm just sitting here with a sticky foot waiting. Waiting for what? I have no idea, I'm just waiting. Ususally when you wait, you know what for, right? Not me. I'm just waiting. I've been thinking about it though, and I think it's okay.

Aren and Mai and Martina are talking about some element of Buddhism in which the mother gives birth to the child through her armpit, and Alicia Tissue is complaining of being sticky as well. She's sticky because she's playing with glue. I'm sticky because I spilled juice on my foot. I have paint and dirt on my legs and feet. They're just beautiful. I like to live life to the fullest apparantly.

Rachel went to bed about 2 hours ago, because she has her Spanish 3 final at freakin 8:00. She's going to ROCK IT like a hurricaine, and then she's done with Spanish and Language lab FORever. Go Pastaroni!

I'm not going to bed quite yet; I'm going to wait around and see what else could happen. No storms yet, but it's just barely starting to rain...and my ships are still sailing.

All my ships are sailing, by hannah

I walked out of the dorm earlier wearing one black flip flop and one red one. This is a very good sign that my mind is elsewhere...but where is it? I go months without my sanity, and finally get it back just to lose it again.

I just got back from the coffeeshop and I'm feeling very much revived. It's wonderful what coffee and some good conversation can do for a mediocre day.

This day has been short in that I haven't been awake too long, but I feel like I've been going about 300 miles an hour and not getting anything done. I guess I have! Right now I'm getting ready to jump back in that icy cold of reality and make myself stop thinking about what could be, or where I should be, and this involves me studying for my Parent/Child Relations final till I go to bed.

Today's lesson: Don't overlook anyone, and don't just live for the future...
All my ships are sailing, but I think there might be a storm coming.

the randomness of college - by rachel

I'm sitting here in my room alone, surrounded my spanish notes for my exam tomorrow morning, listening to Damien Rice - he has such beautiful lyrics. The window is open, so there is a nice breeze cooling down the room. I'm gonna miss this dorm. Besides being convenient for my work (being right across the street), we have had some awesome times here. Last semester, Han, all of the guys (minus Josh who was lucky enough to spend that semester in Rome), and I would always sit out in the lounge that connects our dorms. We played lots of Cranium and Moose Moose. Fun stuff. We also cut facial features out of magazines and stuck them to our faces, or had pimento cheese fights. Normal, random college student stuff. Almost all of my favorite memories since moving to Berea have been my escapades with this group. So many memories - sitting, listening to Jonas play at the coffee house while Hannah wrote a children's story about a potted plant; the theme parties at Aaron and Audrey's house (with Booger dressing up like Mario for the 80's one); watching a chinese comedy with japanese subtitles at Clay's with Jaime translating; my birthday weekend in Gatlinburg with Jesse, Hannah, Brent, Hil, John, and Ashley; Mountain Day Eve at Clay's; listening to Fran and Bargo 'spread the gospel'; reading Dr. Seuss in the lobby with Jonas and Han; picking Josh up from the airport when he came back from Rome and eating together at the Steak and Shake; the Hanson concert; the Mario Kart and Counterstrike (I wasn't half bad either!); Brent's birthday tampon; watching Josh sew patches from all the countries he has visited while waiting on Jonas to get back from Japan; driving to Richmond with Han and Brent to get Matrix tickets; talking with Jesse online while he is in the middle of a test; frisbee!; taking Donnie to the fountain; seeing the finished product of The Boys Next Door and being soooo proud... We really are living the crazy life. And I LOVE it. This summer will be the last one with most of us together... I hope it is an awesome one.

Extra

I also had a very nice walk today...that is important.

Life is suprising- by Hannah

Almost bedtime. Wow, the past four days have been a blur! Tomorrow is TUESDAY (actually it already is, I guess), which makes it a mere 5 days till a lot of our friends graduate. On nights like this, I wish we were in Never Never Land.
Rachel and I spent the evening watching "Waiting for Guffman" in the basement with Jonas. It was very entertaining. I think I'm just starting to realize how different things will be next year. That's pretty normal, I guess. Everything changed this year too. I just think this change will be more noticable, and less by choice than by consequence.

Other than these realizations, I have had the experience of learning to trust my instincts a little bit, and not so much on making myself do something. Does that make sense? It's just that I've been trying to avoid drama all year, when drama is just served to us sometimes. And what really counts is whether or not we label it drama. Not just ignoring it, but letting it be what it is. Maybe that's just part of growing up?

Tomorrow should be FANtastic (just like my Tiger shirt), and I don't think it will rain at all.

oooh la la... by Rachel

That last post was a complete surprise.... thanks Hannah Bean! The past few days have been so much fun. We FINALLY finished "Love Affair." It was a movie made in 1939 and is the one quoted in "Sleepless in Seattle." It was pretty good. Being finals week, Han and I have lazed around a lot.... i mean.... studied. Lately we've taken to walking to Sonic which is just down the road and getting milkshakes and such. It is a nice walk. Just now, we walked to the campus cafe with Alicia (you should know how to pronounce her name by now) who showed off her race car underoos on the way there. Hannah has also been making more headless women art. Sounds disturbing but it is actually really awesome. She even had our hall monitor come by and ask for Han to make her some. What else has been happening? Ooooh, I ACED a final this morning, and I never have to go to language lab ever again. Woot! Hannah also had a very entertaining final this afternoon. Only a few more to go, and we will be FREE. This is gonna be a great summer.

i love rachel

i just want to tell the whole world that i looooove rachel! and this really is hannah, not rachel pretending to be hannah :)

Yesterdaaaay

Hola Mi Amigos. Rachel is currently getting in the shower because she is "pretty dirty" and I am listening to some music and not doing the things I should. Examples of things I should be doing: Calling my mom. Doing laundry. Cleaning my room. Packing my room, for that matter. Doing some dishes that have been sitting there for a few weeks...yuck. Studying for my final. But if I do that stuff before I absolutely have to, I will have wasted this moment that I could be doing anything I want.
Here's what we did yesterday: We went to lunch. WOW. I went to work, Rachel went somewhere else and since I don't really know what all she did....I'm going to make it up. She came back here, el dorm room, and she gave herself a tattoo of a panther on her thigh, while listening to Hanson. The old school stuff. The whole tattoo thing took awhile, then she went outside to read the latest copy of the Wall Street Journal, which she only reads upside down. Then she and some other people (ha) met me at dinner, which sucked as badly as lunch.
The end.

This is the supercool Alicia with the first i that sounds like "tissue." 

Booger (While he's not watching) by Hannah

I would like to note, and I emphasize, that I am not Booger's boyfriend.

This is BOOGER (If you switch the B and the G in Booger you get GOOBER) Likewise, sayeth the Goober, if you switch the H and the H in Hannah, you get HANNAH!!!! 

Oh Josh, I love you....(the poster says "This woman is experiencing social harmony...") 

Why the hell not?

So, Han and I officially avoided food service for one more night. Jesse (her brother) drove us (and Alicia, with the i that sounds like 'tissue') to Wendy's. Alicia proceeded to tell us all about the online escapades with a little boy who wants to role play and call her "big sister." YUCK. We are back now, the drive in the Land Rover was exilerating, let me tell you... we almost ran into a pole. As of right now, Han is putting on yet another kind of lipgloss (this kind smells like Cherry Mary Muffin) and she missed her mouth. I just finished crying. From laughing so hard. At nothing in particular. Life is good.

Hannah's day

Rachel says I need to write something because she just put two things up. In actuality, she put the hot picture of her up, to compensate for the fantastic headwear picture that I put up. HAHAHA. So, my day has been about like this: At 4:30, I had to get up to go pee. This causes a serious problem, because it was really dark, and my bed is way up high. I have to step on my desk to get down, then on my chair, which sort of rocks. So I literally almost died. Then I had to make the extremely hard decision of whether or not to close the window because the birds were so loud. Oh wow, and that was before 5 am! Then I woke up when Rachel's alarm went off, and I didn't really go back to sleep, so I got up and started pestering people. Then I went to lunch with six of the most perverted boys in the world- please don't get them started on Uzbekistan women! Some interesting things that happened at lunch: Booger tried to kill me with his mohawk. We made a rule that Richard CAN NOT under any circumstances talk about bagels. I told Jesse I liked his shoes and I he asked if they were mine, because he just found them in his room. And Jonas hit me! He hit me! Then I came back here and watched a movie that perfectly embodied social harmony. What a day...

this is me (rachel, in front) on a trip with friends on a trip to SC last summer 

Hahaha...and she's not even on drugs... 

Social Harmony

Our friend Alicia (with the first i like "tissue")is insane. She likes death. We started a campaign for social harmony (people getting along and not fighting, etc.) in order to get people to let us draw on them with permanant markers. IT WORKED. Hannah and Alicia sat out in the lobby for a couple hours last week and got like 50 people to put black X's on their left wrist to "support social harmony." If we need to say it, our school is all about social activism. So get your own campus/workplace involved in social harmony and ink poisoning! Fight the discord! The X makes reference to the xylophone, a very harmonious instrument, and to the great Lionel Hampton of the jazz era. And we have a band. Alicia will play the xylophone, Rachel is lead singer and Hannah plays the DRUM STICKS. And Eric is going to play the kazoo. And we shall be called HARMONIOUS DISCORD.

Re: What will they come up with next? -Hannah

Rachel likes to use any toilet that is handy.

What will they come up with next?

Hannah is looking forward to using this when she goes to England to study for a semester in Spring '05.

all about HANNAH... by rachel

Soooo, this is all about Hannah, formerly known as art major, who is now posing as a Child and Family Studies Major. Yeah, I'm scared too. She was my neighbor our freshman year, and somehow we decided we should live together. I must say, it has worked so far. Hannah has definitely broadened my horizons. Especially with her crazy fashion style... yes, Hannah, you make the brown man pants look goooood. SHE is known to say, "Non-alchoholic vodka, bad taste, no purpose." She has also has a lipgloss fetish. We've been through a lot together, and despite the lipgloss fetish, she has been an awesome friend. Thanks, Hannah Bean.

All about the Rachel- by Hannah

GOOD MORNING. Right now, Rachel is walking around our room in her bathrobe with her hair in that sexy towel. Woo. What a thing to wake up to. She is an almost JUNIOR English major with an Appalachian Studies minor. She is both smart and responsible and is known to say things like "Hannah, I don't know why you don't hit me more often!" Now she's dancing. I really don't understand how Rachel and I get along so well. JUST KIDDING RACHEL. I have spent the past 2 years working on making Rachel rebel just a little bit. And yes, I do think it's working. I just can't wait to see what Rachel is going to say about me.

School sponsored dances are so much more fun when you drink vodka on the way there... 

Tiredness

We are tired. And we are going to bed. In seperate beds. Hannah is still ecstatic because she found out she DOESN'T HAVE MONO. Rachel is talking to herself as Hannah types this. And I, Hannah, think this might be the way things go from now on...ahh, life, and finals week.

Yeah...so, these are our friends. They called at 2:30 in the morning so we could experience this first hand...and man, we were SO glad. 

uhhhh

so...we're still having issues. does anyone have any tips for us???

This is the main building on our campus. Except it looks REALLY nice here. 

Okay..

Okay, so we have no idea what we're doing. We've added one picture like four times now and IT JUST DOESN'T SHOW UP. And HANNAH is starting to get mad. OH boy! So lets try ONE MORE TIME.

This is DONNIE. He went to a farm where we're not allowed to visit. Or he died of alcohol poisoning. Or maybe he's okay. We DON'T KNOW. 

This is us back in February, on the first sunny day. And the day Hannah found out she's going to England next spring!!!! 

That's HANNAH and RACHEL.  

Hi there

Yeah so, we're living the crazy life now. Becoming web dorks. Uh huh, that's right. Web DORKS. This is Hannah typing. Uber funness. And Rachel laughing. We haven't done a whole lot today, since it's the weekend before FINALS. WOOT. We did go check out some Rite Aid action though. That was hot. I, being Hannah, finished my TWENTY PAGE research paper today. Well, not quite TWENTY. Rachel, being responsible, finished her's LAST week. That's why we don't take classes together anymore. JUST KIDDING RACHEL STOP HITTING ME. OuCH!. Just now we're not drunk, so we're watching a movie. We don't get drunk. At least not Rachel. (Says Rachel: I PROMISE, mom!)
So, we're out girl scouts.