Egg Nog Challenge 2007

I arrived just in time last night to be the last sampler of both homade nogs and store bought nogs. There were 10 total, 5 homade and 5 from the store, with the winner being Southern Comfort Nog.
SoCo players with the SoCo nog.

Then a little trip around a few blocks in circle.

Federico Garcia Lorca

So tomorrow I am to give a presentation over a Spanish literary work of my choice, and I chose to examine a poem by Federico Garcia Lorca called "Llagas de Amor." I normally wouldn't make a post about something school related, I suppose with the exception of the post directly below this one, but I really thought that this poem in particular was beautiful. So, if you like this kinda thing, I have posted the spanish version first, and then the translation of it. Be mindful though that my spanish is still somewhat rocky, so don't judge if the translation isn't perfect, just let me know and I will make the proper adjustments. I had trouble translating line 6, if anyone could help that would be great.

LLAGAS DE AMOR

Esta luz, este fuego que devora.
Este paisaje gris que me rodea.
Este dolor por una sola idea.
Esta angustia de cielo, mundo y hora.

Este llanto de sangre que decora
lira sin pulso ya, lúbrica tea.
Este peso del mar que me golpea.
Este alacrán que por mi pecho mora.

Son guirnalda de amor, cama de herido,
donde sin sueño, sueño tu presencia
entre las ruinas de mi pecho hundido.

Y aunque busco la cumbre de prudencia
me da tu corazón valle tendido
con cicuta y pasión de amarga ciencia.
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SORES OF LOVE

This light, this fire that devours.
This gray landscape surrounding me.
This pain from a single idea.
This anguish from the sky, world and time.

This weeping blood decorates
Already without pulse, lubrica tea.
This weight of the sea that strikes me.
This scorpion dwelling on my breast.

They are the garland of love, bed of hurt,
Where without dream, I dream of your presence
Among the ruins of my collapsed chest.

And even though I seek the summit of prudence
Give me your veiled heart hanging
With hemlock and passion for bitter knowledge.

I just want to be done.....school refuses to end.

Fall

The weather in Northwest Arkansas has been positively beautiful up until yesterday. Though quite busy with school I still managed to get out a little bit and enjoy it. My mom and step dad just finished building this fancy tree house that connects to their house, so I went up and lounged in the hammocks for a while. Quite peacefull really.
In front of Old Main while walking to my car.
From the front.
Three hammocks to choose from, though only two at a time fit.
Lounging.
Annie chillin' on the railing.

If you will

I really just can't get enough of this girl you will find with this link. Make sure you watch it with another person, otherwise you might doubt that she doesn't actually switch directions but that it's all in your head. I'm not completely sure I buy that this tells a whole lot about left or right brained folks, but it's kinda fun nonetheless.

After you watch the first link, you can go here and find out what's really going on with her. I saw here rotating counterclockwise at first, but now I can move her any direction at will.

Missouri Loves Company

A pretty good weekend I'd say. A little chilly Saturday morning, but as the weather warmed up so did we. It was a great last tournament for the fall, and I can't wait until spring.

The squad.

The three lovely Texas ladies that picked up with us.

Not a bad party.

On the way home, there is always something fun provided for us at gas stations.

Harvest Moon 17

I think these about sum it up.
After 7 games, 4 parties, and 2 hours of sleep.
This guy was staying at my place.

Hammered

Last Week

-Birthday
-Clouds
-Tournament in Norman. Placed 2nd.

Not a bad week.

In contrast to an earlier post. Maybe nobody else is interested in this photo, but I like it.

Central Regionals

So after a little Ultimate in Rolla, MO this weekend, some of us headed on down to Tulsa to watch Central Regionals. It was great seeing some friends that don't live in Fayetteville and getting see some competitive play. Congratulations to Karl and his team who are headed to Nationals!
Karl making a layout bid for a D, which worked for second, but believe it or not the orange fellow caught it.
The quality of this photo is horrible, but I was standing all the way on the opposite end of the field and it was cloudy out. They scored right after this.
Sun going down after a day full of spontaneous downpour.

Spoon

Spoon played tonight at the Greek theatre on campus and it rocked pretty hard. The best part for sure was when it started pouring down rain and they played right through it. Water was splashing and flying off of the drum symbols and down towards the front row we were all getting drenched. Awesome.

What else is a girl to do when she hasn't had a table in hours?

Here are some photos from around the square while there was an Arkansas game and no one came to eat at Tims.

Flight of the Conchords

If you're into it

Poor little thing that my cat left barely alive in my kitchen.

Sometimes, you just have to be patient.

Rookie Ride

So Karls tournament in Tulsa actually turned out really great. SoCo took 2 teams with 9 girls on each, though admittedly 5 of the girls total don't play with SoCo, they just aided us in taking 2 teams rather than one. Both teams went 5-1, loosing only to each other. In the end team SoCo X beat team SoCo Y with a final score of 7 to 6. Needless to say SoCo won the tourny, placing first and second. We have some great rooks coming in, I'm stoked to get the season started.
Here we all are(both teams), in all of our glory.
Watching games after ours had ended and hungrily waiting for dinner.
3 of our rooks learning something new.

I'm glad I'm a vet these days.

Labor Day Weekend Trip to Michigan

For Labor Day Weekend this year my best option seemed to be to get on a plane and spend my time in Michigan. As posted previously, Josh lives right on lake Mitchell in Cadillac, and he invited up several of his Chicago friends for a 3 day long shindig.
Matt on the big ride.
Smores by the campfire.
For the weekend, the 12 of us split up into 2 teams and battled it out in the form of games. There was pool, ping pong, beer pong, darts, flippy cup, disc golf, cards, water ultimate and much much more. In the end, the Wet Burritos claim to have won, but everyone really knows that Algae Eaters were the true champions. This is a photo of my squad.

Slug or Caterpillar?

Right now I'm leaning more towards slug, but I'm really just not sure exactly what this little guy is.

More

Cute little guy

Again out at the Smith property

Johnny Paycheck, Armed and Crazy

With songs like, "Just Makin' Love Don't Make it Love," and "Me and the IRS" I'm beginning to wonder how on earth it is that I havn't managed to pick up this guys album yet. Armed and Crazy is on my list.

Chels