Thanks to all who prayed for my grandmother, I think it probably kept her alive longer than she would have been if no-one was praying. She died last night, it was kind of unexpected, we thought she was actually doing better. But God took her home around 8:00 last night...my family is taking it pretty hard, so if you're still into praying they could use it.


posted by Tracy 22:00

I discovered today that I know way too much about rocks....well minerals actually, but they look like rocks to me.... We had to identify ten minerals in lab today, and I didn't even use the chart for most of it. I was rattling off names, like I pickin' knew what I was doing! I'm not thrilled about this, I haven't learned that stuff since eighth grade....and I just happen to remember it all? Why in the world did that stick with me, and not the stuff I'm marginally interested in? I had a rock collection when I was in elementary school, and I think it still exists somewhere in the dark and scary basement of my parents house. In fourth grade a bunch of us would sit on the blacktop by the gravel edges and dig for quartz....I'm discovering that I'm a real loser. The teachers would yell at us, which was dumb because while everyone else was playing football, and swinging, we were trying to apply what we were learning in our science classes...God forbid we do that! The joys of public education.... I'm still not thrilled about this geology class, but maybe I'll actually do okay....that would be weird.

The Super Bowl was boring...the commercials weren't even that great. I kind of wish that I would have just stayed in my apartment and cleaned my room, and did homework. Now I really don't have time until tomorrow afternoon when I'm supposed to be getting my nanny school paperwork done. I know...it's a hard life isn't it? Whatever...

So I finished this Russian movie today called The Thief...it was really good, but incredibly depressing. Our teacher warned us, but I guess I wasn't quite prepared. It kind of put a downer on my day. Why are there stupid people in the world? I think I'll stop there, if I keep going I will go on this tirade about bad parents, and abused children. And we don't want that now do we?


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posted by Tracy 18:18

"It is one of the world's favorite fruits, but the banana hasn't had sex in years and its days may be are numbered.

Without scientific help the sterile, seedless fruit could disappear with 10 years, according to a Belgian plant pathologist.


Emile Frison, the head of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain in Monpellier, France, said the fruit lacks the genetic diversity to fight off diseases and pests that are plaguing banana plantations and only biotechnology and genetic manipulation may be able to save it.


"Frison sees it as the only hope for the banana," New Scientist said on Wednesday.


Without assistance banana production could drop and mark the beginning of the end of the fruit.


"We may even see the extinction of the banana as both a lifesaver for hungry and impoverished Africans and as the most popular product on the world's supermarket shelves," the magazine added."

From Yahoo News 1-17-03





War, violence, drugs, murder, suicide, banana's vanishing from the earth....just when you thought it couldn't get worse.....It did.... dun dun DUN!!!! Oh I'm really afraid now, I was wavering with the whole Iraq and North Korea thing, but now I have been pushed over the edge! Is this a sign of the end or what? Isn't it somewhere in the bible? The moon turning to blood, the waters drying up, famine...the disappearence of the banana, and then the world ends? It's gotta be in there, and it's here folks! We're done for! But they say that it may be able to be prevented with assistance! Do they mean like Banana sex classes or something? Do we need to get to the supermarket, and buy a few bushels and introduce them to each other in hopes that they will hit it off, and enjoy a night of wild flaming passion? Sure they call it biotechnology and genetic manipulation, but what they really mean is the starting banana singles groups, and weekend getaway deals all in hopes of encouraging the banana to get it on!
So if the world is successful in this quest to convince the banana to be fruitful and multiply, are we going to be prepared to deal with the consequences that could possibly come about? STD's, babies being born out of wedlock, divorce, excessive bruising? Have we really thought this through completely. Sure we can open banana crisis clinics, or just make a lot of incredible banana bread, but are we really in a position to travel this new path? I don't think so....









posted by Tracy 06:55

So yes I'm back, I've been back for several days now, I just haven't given any time to my lonely journal...oh the humanity.... Our venture to to the land of cheese was quite amusing! There are strange people residing in Wisconsin! But they do have those wonderful irresistable cheese curds!! Gotta love them!! We must find them and eat them! I didn't quite manage to take over anything while I was there...their people are hard to sway, and the monstrous waters of Lake Winnebago were hard to tame....or something like that. We learned many valuable lessons while we were there, how to deal with a child who's throwing up chunks that look surprisingly like cheesy potatoes au gratin, how to amuse one's self in Fond du Lac, how to go bowling with a three year old, you should never decide to go around Chicago via back roads and hick towns in Wisconsin and Illinois, it is possible to go 85-90 in a 65 mph zone, even when it's snowing and not get a ticket, and Bowling Green is definitely a very boring place! But I really didn't need a trip to figure that out! For details on any of the above topics or other aspects of our adventure, just ask!
I began my final semester yesterday! As long as things go well until May, I will be officially out of here! You have no idea how wonderful it feels to say that!I I filled out my graduation application today, and found out that I could do a sociology internship this semester just by keeping a journal and writing a paper dealing with my own job! The things you can do if you just seek out a department advisor rather than just a general one! Craziness!
I do have a pretty big prayer request though! My grandma is in the hospital and I guess she's not doing well at all. Her kidneys have stopped functioning, and she's on dialysis. She's really scared, and feeling pretty awful. If anyone who reads this gets a chance and could pray for her that would be wonderful! She survived breast cancer this year, and the doctors didn't expect her to do so well, and now suddenly her potassium levels are all over the place and major organs aren't functioning. Please pray for her!


posted by Tracy 15:00

THE DIARY OF JOSIAH THE SUICIDAL HAMSTER.....

"I think I'm fat, that girl who lives outside my cage keeps picking me up and telling me how cute I am. I know she's lying, there are so many hamsters out there in excellent shape, what's my problem? I am in an exercise program where I'm placed in a large plastic ball, and am free to go where I please, but I just don't think it's doing anything for me. I think I need some weights, or an ab machine....hmmm...I sit in this cage day after day, eating sunflower seeds and corn, does she have any idea how fattening that stuff is? Couldn't she bring me a side salad or some slim fast? I don't think it's even worth it anymore, I think I'm going to jump tonight. That second level has to be good for something. I'll make her shell out the money to find a casket big enough to hold my grotesque body....yeah...the world will listen then...."

Okay, so I think my hamster is suicidal...He keeps jumping from his second story...I can't figure out what's up. I really don't want to come home to a dead hamster...that just would not be cool.
Tomorrow Jamie, Brandi and I are off to the cheese state to find the elusive Amyjill! It will be terribly exciting! We're going to have hordes of Cow Tipping fun!! You just wait and see! If we don't come back with a criminal record, then we did everything wrong! But before I do all that, I have to go back to work...I don't think it will ever end. I feel like I've been living there for years, even though it was just the weekend. The things I do to see my friends....


posted by Tracy 20:49

So I have no life on this snowy Thursday night. I guess I could have one if I would get on the phone and call someone, but I don't think anyone's around. I've spent my evening, wandering my apartment, cooking, watching a documentary on the Waco tragedy, and wishing that the cable internet connection would work again....thrilling...
I had a wonderful time with Kay this weekend and for the beginning of the week. There wasn't a ton of time to do anything, but it was good to have her here again. I had someone to sing with, which i something I've been missing lately. Next week I will be off to the bustling metropolis of Fond du Lac Wisconsin to see the infamous Amyjill! This is very exciting! It's going to be a fun road trip and a wonderful week! I'm sure I will keep ya'll posted on the happenings. All the mischief we'll manage to get ourselves into. As long as there's Jamie, there will always be mischief....Take it from one who knows!



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