SECTION 1 - YOU..
+ Known as: lauren, laur, murph, el
+ Birthday: may 26
+ Eye color: green
+ Hair Color: brown

SECTION 2 - HAVE YOU EVER...
+ Fallen off the bed?: yes.
+ Had your heart broken?: yes.
+ Had a dream come true?: yeah

SECTION 3 - CURRENTLY...
+ Wearing: yoga capris and a sweatshirt and my new reef fanning flip flops
+ Listening to: that damn vonage song
+ What should you really be doing?: probably something productive but its semester break.

SECTION 4 - DO YOU...
+ Have any piercings: two
+ Have any tattoos: i'm waiting on that
+ Drive: yes

SECTION 5 - LAST PERSON YOU...
+ Hugged: mike
+ IMed: heather
+ Talked with on the phone: my mom
+ Texted: kara

SECTION 6 - PERSONAL...
+ What do you want to be when you grow up?: a doctor
+ What comes first in your life?: me, and my career
+ What do you usually think about before you go to bed?: nothing...i make it my business to go to bed tired

SECTION 7- FAVORITES...
+ Movie: mmm casino royale was pretty sweet
+ Food: mom's cooking
+ Color: green

SECTION 8 - DO YOU...
+ Like to give hugs: yes
+ Like to walk in the rain: if its not super cold rain
+ Sleep on your side: on my back since the surgery
+ Have stuffed animals: yes.

SECTION 9- THIS OR THAT...
+ Pierced nose or tongue: neither
+ 7th Heaven or Dawson's Creek: dawson's creek when i was in high school, then it got lame
+ Chocolate or flowers: flowers, bright flowers, like the one KJ brought me in the hospital
+ Color or black-and-white photos: depends, but black and white is always more flattering
+ Stay up late or sleep in: chicken or the egg
+ Hot or cold: cold
+ Sun or moon: dusk, or dawn
+ Left or Right: right
+ 10 Acquaintances or one best friend: one best friend
+ Spring or Fall: spring
+ Happy or sad: happy
+ Wonder or amazement: amazement.

SECTION 10: FIRSTS...
First piercing/tattoo: ears
Concert: dave matthews band
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: hmmmmm, what was i like 13,or 14

SECTION 11:LAST...
Last time you cried: um... maybe a month ago
Last hug?: last night, after mike made me mad
Last kiss?: i gave my mom a kiss this morning when she came home from her trip

SECTION 12: CURRENT...
Current mood: lazy
Current food: i consumed pizza today
Current hair: french braid

SECTION 13: WHO...
1. Makes you smile?: my friends
2. Has seen you cry?: very few people

SECTION 14: WOULD YOU RATHER...
1. Be serious or be funny?: i'm always funny
2. Drink whole or skim milk?: skim.whole makes me wicked sick
3. Spend time with your parents or enemies?: parents

SECTION 15: DO YOU PREFER...
1. Do you prefer gray or black?: black
2. Lust or love?: love
3. Sunrise or sunset?: sunrise
4. M&M's or skittles?: m & m's the hard to find peanut butter kind

SECTION 16: ANSWER TRUTHFULLY...
1. Do you like anyone?: not at the present time
2. Do you believe in love at first sight? i don't know
3. Do you miss someone right now?: my bridge friends since its semester break

So fucking much... seriously.

Not to say that today isn't great and all...blah blah blah... I'm content with the direction of my life and all. I answer to no one, which for the first time in my life it might be the only time I've felt like that. I look back on the past 4 years since I left high school and realize how much I've learned.

But I've got even more left to do... I hit me today that in one year I apply to medical school... that scares the piss out of me...but I want it so badly, I can taste it. Like for real, before I used to talk about it, now its almost here. like whoa. plus that white coat is gonna look so sexy with my stethoscope in hand too... oh hells yeah.

is it wrong that i can't stand stupid people? like for real, i'll throw rocks at them... or textbooks...


i've completely lost my momentum for this entry.

as if i had anything worth mentioning at all...

yeah i'm totally shit canning this entry here.

when people show you who they are for the first time...believe them.

Oh do people suck...

guys with passive aggressive girlfriends suck.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got ahold of this on the 'net... loved it, thought it was funny and thought I would share.

College Student

I am a college student. I have a specific shower stall which I refer to as 'mine' and my feet will never touch the floor of it.
I am a college student. I try to rotate stalls in the bathroom so I can read all the material taped to the walls.

I am a MALE college student. I always have more than one condom on hand. Two in one nite? morning after? you never know.

I am a college student. I now fail to distinguish the difference in taste between water and beer.

I am a FEMALE college student. I own a sweater which resembles a bathrobe.

I am a college student. I didn't get my homework done cuz the kid I share a book with wasn't home last nite to get it to me.

I am a college student. Drunken scrawlings on my message board or late nite drunken IM's from friends across campus no longer perplex me.

I am a college student. Somebody keeps stealing my damn message board marker.

I am a college student. I pre-party in my room just so I will be drunk enough not to notice the sub-zero weather when I walk to the bar without a coat.

I am a college student. I pray for hotties in my classes so that I will have a reason to go to that class. i will, however, never talk to any of these hotties.

I am a college student. I can no longer remember what was cooked in those dirty dishes.

I am a college student. I have seen more than one party turn into a strip show.

I am a college student. My telephone number only has 4 digits.

I am a college student. I have spent nites on the floor because I couldn't get up the ladder to my bed.

I am a college student. I see no problem fitting 2 people in one twin size bed.

I am a MALE college student. I know that a gentleman would let her sleep next to the wall. (It's a long way to the floor.)

I am a college student. Answering machine messages are a thing to be celebrated.

I am a college student. I will cross busy streets just to pick up what might be a quarter.

I am a college student. I want a girl/boyfriend that disappears from 9pm-2am every friday and saturday nite, reappearing undressed in bed with me when I get home.

I am a college student. When I see movie trailers on TV, I say 'I can't wait to RENT that'

I am a college student. Going 'out to eat' no longer involves getting in a vehicle.

I am a college student. I don't know half of my professors' names.

I am a FEMALE college student. I use empty beer bottles for vases.

I am a college student. Christmas lights are a year-round decoration.

I am a college student. Laundry bags double as suitcases.

I am a college student. The 'clink' sound that my fridge door makes when it opens makes me very very happy.

I am a FEMALE college student. I have worn my huge fuzzy slippers to the cafeteria. at dinnertime.

I am a college student.....live in a 2 x 2 ft cinder blocked prison with no windows......my roommate has sex, with me in the room.

I am a college student.... I have gained 15 pounds or more since August, most of that is BudLight, my best friend.

I am a college student... I got more ass in the first two weeks of school than in my entire life combined...now I get less than ever. I do the "walk of shame"...leaving his/hers room at 7:00am in the same clothes I was wearing the night before.


I am a college student...I drink Beast from a keg and Busch Light from a can.I will walk in the cold, dark and snow for beer but refuse to go to class in the same weather.

I am a college student...If I am female, I wear a pea coat, black boot leg pants and platform shoes -and have been molested by more than one frat guy on the dance floor.

I am a college student...I have a 2.1 GPA. I have Mono, but don't sleep except during my classes.

I am a college student...I have forgot what privacy is. I never make my 8:00 am class.

I am a college student... I think coffee, cheetos, and Ramen Noodles as being a complete meal.

I am a college student...I forgot about the love-of-my-life-boyfriend/girlfriend at home, as soon as I stepped foot on campus.I go to bed at 2am and get up at 11 am everyday. I promise myself everyday that tomorrow I will get up and go to that class that I somehow keep sleeping through.

I am a college student...My computer is used for two purposes - AOL instant Messenger and MP3Napster. I have gotten in a fight with at least one person in my dorm and we hate each other now.

I am a college student... I think nothing of going to bed at 3:30am on Wacky Wednesday, Thirsty Thursday, Fucked up Friday, and getting up at 8:00am, still drunk, and going to class.

I am a COLLEGE STUDENT... The real lessons I've learned in life are not the pretty "friendship forever" ones. I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in. I've learned that waiting till the last minute to study for finals...really is STUPID. I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just real assholes. I've learned that it takes years to buildup and only suspicion, not proof, to destroy it. I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more fucked up than you think. I've learned that you can keep puking long after you think you're finished. I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities. I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place. I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones who do.

so no one will care.

but i totally love that quiznos baby.

you know the chubby one that sounds like a 40 year old trucker.

frackin' adorable.

Stephie has always been a rowdy ass kicking type of girl.

the girl who you want at your back in a fight, especially when some other girl is trying to start shit, she'd run all over her right quick and in a hurry.

I don't think she's afraid of anything, or anyone.

She's been thinking about joining the military for, well, as long as I can remember. Even as a kid she was more obsessed with it than I was.

She's always been mechanically inclined, and sort of screw off to the "path" that all of us should take.

She's always been faster, bigger and smarter when it came to gut reflexes.

She went to the Army recruiter yesterday, Kane took her. She said he said to the SGT that "with the proper training she could be the one to really take someone out". Newsflash she could kick ass now let alone after they teach her to be lethal.

She made up her mind. She's enlisting. My baby sister, the soldier.

She graduates in less than a year.

She'll wear a uniform in less then a year.

She's going right out of school into the army.

Its weird to think of her like that, but I'm damn proud.

My kid sister, a soldier.

If I see ANOTHER fucking wedding announcement I will flip out and go postal man CRAZY!!!

I met Jenn's Chad today. I was very impressed. He's a sweet kid, very amusing as well. You did good kid.

Vacation is going good. Long days at the beach with intermitten days at work...LIKE RIGHT NOW!!!

doing overall ok, all things considered.

planing on going away for the weekend soon, but am doubtful of those plans.


will continue update shjortly

i want to be on the amazing race...i need a team mate.

disclaimer... 99% of the time, its not the kids, just the people who raise them.



The Basics...

1. If Mummy calls him "sensitive" regard that as a spoiled brat who will throw tantrums, fits, and make your day all around more difficult.

2. If Mummy calls him "adorable" be ready for the ugliest child you've ever seen either physically or psychologically. A varitable piece of work.

3. If Mummy calls him "active" do yourself a favor and get ritalin from that kid in your dorm who's always selling it.

4. If Mummy calls him "sweet" it means they have an unhealthy attachment to mummy dearest and will regard you as the enemy; be prepared for war. A technique: lock all the doors and put the phones up high, he'll run out into the street or call 911.

5. If Mummy calls him "curious" know that he will barge in on you in the bathroom, changing, look up your pants, down your shirt, expose himself, prance around naked, and constantly have his hands in his drawers. They already know what it all is, they just want to know what you call it. Be prepared for impolite questions in public places.

6. If Mummy calls him "independent" know that he's either a: damn near deaf or b: thinks he's just better than you. This one may put you over the edge. You'll have to pull him off fences and other children. He'll soon learn there is one corner of the house that will become very special to him and him alone.

7. When Mummy says he has a "healthy self image" be prepared for the most arrogant little asshole you've ever seen. There is a red carpet and velvet rope under his little feet that you don't know about and don't care enough to find. Best way around this is to execute your routine like a POW camp, deny him food, water, tv and trips to the bathroom until he learns the chain of command; meaning you alone are at the top.

8. When Mummy says "its not that he's a bad kid" well that just means he is.

9. If Mummy calls him "Smart" it means he'll never stop spouting off knowledge, or he'll lock himself away like a mad scientist. If it is the latter, check for hazardous chemicals and then embrace the fact that you can watch hours of lifetime or the history channel.

10. If Mummy calls him "mischievous" it just means he likes to lie, don't put up with his shit.

This is a test post from Photobucket.com

Lets keep it real here for a minute...

A few months ago I got IM with a website anysoldier.com... you know its kinda like 'adopt-a-soldier' like some of us did as grade schoolers in the early nineties for the gulf... well anyways...

My mom, and me too. But I'm giving her all the credit, cuz she rocks major socks... has decided to "adopt" some soldiers of her own... five Army MPs in Baghdad... who live in tents and have for almost a year... and no camping trip could ever compare to this one kiddos... and put their lives on the line.

So... I'm asking all y'all who are up here with me to get a little something and bring it over and we'll send it along. Anything is workable. We don't need your help, so don't think I'm here begging, but yanno, patriotism is in short supply so put the political beliefs aside and spare 5 bucks for some jerky or something and help out 5 guys who live in tents for a year, and get shot at probably daily... and just to nail a tear jerking point home I'm posting a poem that is on their site.

A Simple Letter
A simple letter was written sending a quick hello
Pressed in a sliver of paper, the support she hoped to show
A simple civilian struggled to find words to say
What she held in her heart for those half a world away.
How do you express words to a woman or man
willing to lay their life down, bravely taking a stand?
She addressed it to any soldier and mailed it off that day
One stamp was all it took to get it on its way.

A simple letter was carried over water and dusty land
Finding its way to a camp nestled in the desert sand
It was given to a soldier who took its words to heart
He wrote a quick reply thanking her at the start
The soldier spoke of Army life, his commitment to his call
He shared about the desert, his fellow soldiers one and all
His words showed love for country, soaked deep in every phrase
A true and brave Crusader serving proudly, a soldier always

A simple letter came to her, his message in return
The character of a soldier, she would come to learn
Through his words she understood what drove this soldier on
Duty, Honor, Country, the promise in freedom's dawn
With every word, she realized the oath that he had made
Ensuring liberty for her family, a simple prayer was prayed
"Lord, keep the soldier safe and under Your loving care
Give him wisdom, strength, and keep him constantly aware."

A simple letter connecting two in worlds apart
A better understanding, he would on her impart
The ones who wear the uniform, a flag upon their sleeve
Noble and courageous, together victory they will achieve
Our country's finest, serving so proudly and so brave
Each one a different purpose giving hope to all they save
A simple girl who wrote those words at the very start
Will never forget the soldiers who are precious to her heart.


Meredith Weipert, March 30, 2005

1. Reply with your name and I will write something about you.
2. I will then
tell you what song/BAND reminds me of you.
3. Next, I will tell you who you
remind me of, celebrity/animated or otherwise.
4. Last, I will try to name a
single word that best describes you.
5. Put this in your journal.

my sister left me tonight. i am officially alone.

what will i do.

i don't even have the motivation to make dinner.

what will i eat?

shall i watch boondock saints again?

maybe something else?

je ne sais pas