Kassie Update V

(OH SNAP THE FIVER!)

jenna.
I want
your letter
mmk?
and
I want
you
to write about nelson mandella
like woah
mmk?

Holy crap, I have so many photos to post.
I hope you enjoyed the wasabi story!!!!

WHERE TO START? IT'S BEEN TOO LONG!

Friends:

Ryan and I have been conferring via snail mail since I arrived in SF! It's pretty awesome. He uses the typewriter I got for his bday, and I use stationary I have. We've gotten about 200% closer since I moved, which is crazy!

Gunner and I are about the same closeness, so that's good. we chat on the phone every now and again.

Rachael and I....it's weird, we haven't chatted in about two weeks. It's both our faults, really. She's super busy all the time, with hw and her sister being engaged! It's one of those situations where I'm busy when she's not visa versa. Eek! But I don't think it's affecting out friendship in the sense that I know when we will talk next we'll blabber on no problema.

Leah and I haven't spoken since I left except for occasional messages via facebook. Grr.

Nathaniel and I chat ALOT via MSN. Isn't that crazy?!

Alex is driving me absolutely bonkers. I really don't have feelings for him anymore but he obviously does for me. It's awkward and I really should tell him straight but I feel like it would be mean. yuck. He and I definetly not as close as before. Want to hear something crazy? Since he got to college he's now a partier AND he's a pledge in the fraternity Sigma Nu. I was really suprised.

College Friends:

Liz and I have gotten pretty close. Most of the time I like her more than Amanda, but she has some character flaws that really piss me off. It's easier for me to talk to her than Amanda too, and we're more into the same activities. She's super smart too.

Amanda is so effing emotional. It drives me crazy. She reminds me of Courtney in the way that she's like "I'm going to be like THIS from now on" but of course there's no follow through. and she's so messy. but she's super sweet and funny.

Samantha is hilarious! She's super fun and great to be around. I think if I lived with her I'd find plenty of flaws like I have with Amanda and Liz though.



Me, Sebastian and Samantha! at like 2am one night.

Sebastian. I'm not so sure I'd call him a friend. He's more on "buddy" level. I donno. He's super cool tho.
SEVEN FEET TALL. HOLY CRAP.

Adam doesn't make any sense. I think I did something to really annoy him because he doesn't talk to me like he used to. but whatever, he's adorable.

Steve is actually a friend of Liz's, but I'm slowly working on seducing him. He's super duper funny. and cute. eeek!

School:

Fashion Illustration. I'm definelty improving in that class! I just need to schedule my time better!

Visual Merchandising. I am PWNING this class. Except for quizzes. Fucking hell, I hate hate hate tests. They mess up my grade hardcore. I did really well on my midterm project presentation, I know that! Not so sure how I did on the midterm exam tho :(

Intro to Fabrics is PWNING me. I really suck.

Intro to Fashion Business is ok. The teacher doesn't really know how to teach. eek!

In general, I'm not applying myself fully therefore only doing OK.

Other FUN Stuff!

Besides the Wasabi story, the most interesting that has happened was ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. I went to a midnight showing last saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was sooo much fun.
We've been planning it for awhile, and it really all came together nicely! :)
Most of us dressed up as specific characters wooo!

PHOTOSTORYTIMESam and Samantha came to Amanda, Liz and my dorm around 8pm.
The game plan:

1. Meet Steve and some of Liz's friends outside the Pine St Dorm at 8:30
2. Walk to Steve's sister's apartment, get dressed and do makeup there.
3. Leave to go to Clay Theatre at 10:30
4. ROCKYHORRORTIME

What actually happened:
Sam and Samantha show up at 8:15. We're running late, of course! haha! We all decide to get mostly dressed in our outfits, minus makeup. I put on my tights, skirt and bodice. I put my Tower of Terror shirt on over my bodice because I thought it was halloween-y :). I put on flats to walk around in, and put makeup, satin black gloves and my heels in my purse. Samantha got decked out in her maid outfit minus makeup and heels. Amanda got decked out as well but minus makeup, but wore her boots. Liz wore everything but makeup. Sam really only had these cool glasses that he got when he, Amanda and I saw Nightmare before Christmas 3D! woo!



Sam being nerdy :)


Samantha gettin purdy

We didn't end up leaving the dorm until about 8:45. Steve and Liz's friends weren't there yet grr.



Liz and I killing time. That pic didn't come out.

Then Liz's friends showed up. They were 3 girls, none of them very social with us at all. but whatever! Steve finally came down as well, and said we ought to meet up with some of his friends down the street. We got to the corner of Pine and Leavenworth, where we were to meet them, at about 9:00. They didn't show up until about 9:20. We all walked to Steve's sister's and she was super nice! Some of the kids started drinking, rum and cokes and cheap beer mostly.
Then the chicas started to get ready!



Me, Samantha and Liz


Nick and another of Steve's friends playin guitar :)

Have you ever heard the song "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords? It is hilarious! I convinced Steve and Nick to perform it. I was grinning like an idiot, it was so funny!

Here are some lyrics, so you can get a feel for the song:
Girl, tonight we're gonna make love.
You know how I know, baby?
'Cause it's Wednesday.
And Wednesday night is the night that we make love.
Tuesday night�'s the night that we go and visit your mother, but Wednesday night is the night that we make love.
'Cause everything is just right conditions are perfect.
There's nothing good on TV.
Conditions are perfect.
You lean in close and say something sexy like,
"I might go to bed I've got work in the morning."
I know what you're trying to say baby.
You're trying to say,
Oh, yeah. It's business time.
It's business time.

(Your father must be appaled by your choice of friend. JUST WAIT UNTIL HE SCROLLS DOWN AND SEES MY COSTUME!
hahahahaha
My sister saw these pictures and asked if I was trying to give our dad a heartattack.
whoops!)

Then on the walk to the theatre....Liz's friends were pretty drunk as well as Steve. Then they started blazin' which was interesting haha.
At one point Steve asked me to hold some of his stuff in my purse, and dropped half of it, missing my HUGE purse completely. So we got left behind a bit. He asked me "Am I wasting my time with Liz?"
I was really glad he asked this question. It has been super obvious that he was pursuing Liz, and Liz was not interested AT ALL. And she was sending pretty clear signals too! I knew she was becoming annoyed with him. So I told him, "Yes, yes you are." And he was like, "Alright. Thanks."
The other reason I was glad he asked was because I've got the hots for him, even though I've tried really, really hard not to. I never understood why Liz wasn't interested in Steve, because I think he's a pretty cool dude! But whatever.

We made it to the theatre at about 11:20, ten minutes before they started selling tickets. Not alot of people were there, suprisingly. So at 11:30 we got our student-priced tickets and got an AWESOME place in line, right at the corner of the building. The the pictures began. These are only a few. Samantha and I took about a total of 60 pictures the whole night, from my dorm to the theatre.



WOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH!


Liz and I


the group! minus Liz's friends. and minus Steve's because they didn't come.
From left:
Steve as Rocky
Amanda as a Transylvanian
Liz as Columbia
Me as Floorshow-Janet
Samantha as Magenta
Sam as Brad (only really the glasses are Brad-esque).


Amanda kissed me on the cheek ^_^

At one point in the night these two guys, one dressed as Rocky and the other as Dr. Scott, asked our section of line "Who HAS NOT seen Rocky Horror at Midnight?". And me, being the honest fool I am, raised my hand. The Rocky grabbed my wrist and told me, "Ooooh, you shouldn't have raised your hand." And I was really perplexed, and simply asked, "....What?"
Rocky (and it turns out he was the Rocky of the cast! haha!) said to me, "Don't worry, we're just going to draw all over you."
Oh god.
The Dr. Scott walked over to me and shook my hand and asked if I had seen RHPS before, and I said no. Then he pulled out a lipstick and said to me, "I think you need a bit more" and I was like, "No, I'm good," turned my head and showed him the cheek imprint from Amanda, "I'm got some riiight here."
He laughed and said, "Let me emphasize it a bit." And drew a V for (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Virgin on my cheek!



Rockin the V ;)

Overall it was a pretty awesome night, and definitely the time when I was most out of my shell!

So, to summarize:

random friendship fluxuations

should be doing hw instead of this blog

rocky horror is awesome

seduce steve

Love you madly!
♥kassie

2/50 Ain't Bad

Derek in His Fancy Duds

It's tough to capture a good photo of the little guy. - He doesn't sit still for 2 seconds. This photo turned out pretty good (1/50). The window in the backgound forms a halo around his head, proving that photos can lie. :-)

Kassie Update IV

JENNA
HOLY CRAP
NELSON MANDELLA
did I just spell his last name wrong?
BUT HOLY CRAP
my life is so boring in the shadow of yours :(
You do insanely amazing things

.....whereas I do amazingly insane things
example:
I ate two lumps of wasabi tonight.

We were at Sushi Rock. "We" being Sam, Samantha, Liz, Amanda and I.
And I said to Sam, in the middle of dinner, "Hey, Sam, if I ate this lump of wasabi, would you pay for my dinner?"
He laughed and told me no.
"Ok, what if I ate this lump of wasabi AND that one?"
"Hmm...if you chew this lump of wasabi for three seconds, and then immediately eat the other WITHOUT water...then yes, yes I'll buy your dinner."
"Alright then!"
And then we shook on it.
And I ate the first one, counting in my head ONETWOTHREE. But when I hit TWO Amanda started counting out loud on her fingers, "One...TWO...Thr--" and I shoved the second one in my mouth.
Almost passed out.
My face was burning up, my eyes tearing up and I was gagging so much I almost couldn't get the second down.
Then I did. I took HUGE sips of water, breathed sporadically and stole a bunch of Liz's rice.
And drank more water.
Everyone was pretty much shocked that I actually ate all that wasabi. Liz and Samantha were cracking up.
I breathed out, and said, "That was so worth it."

Our server came around when I was slightly recovered, and Samantha informed her we wanted checks.
"Seperate?" She asked.
"Yes," I piped in, "But HIS and MINE are together."
and Sam was like, "Nice, sealin the deal."
And Samantha told me I was crazy.

Then I found five dollars.
Except not really ^_^
but I saved about ten! HA!


Ok I'm actually too exausted to continue. I've gotten about 10 hours of sleep the past 3 nights.
I'll update, with some photos, in the next day or two!

LOVE YOU LOADS
--kassie

new calling card

I have a new calling card for you (much better per-minute rate). I sent the access number and PIN in email to you. You can also call me or your dad.

10/22 update

Hi, there! I hope you're enjoying your homestay!

Today is Grandma and Karen's birthdays. Grandma told me to tell you that she and Papa are enjoying reading your updates, and can't wait for you to get back so they can hear you stories an see your pictures. Grandma says to take a picture every day. I agree -- even if it's of the place you stayed that night or where you met for classes. I went to dinner last night with Karen and family for her birthday. We went to a new sushi place on Lake Bellevue, where Grandma Gerry used to live. Dinner was very nice, and it was nice to see everyone.

Interlake JV Girls soccer beat Sammamish, 1-0. Yea!

Interlake football is on a hot streak, winning its last two games! They beat Sammamish 33-7. Yea!

I'm going to order your IHS sweatshirt without your name unless you tell me otherwise. I posted a link to the website so you can see in an earlier post.

Seahawks (finally) won again, 33-6, against the winless St. Louis Rams (hey, you gotta take a win where you can).

Just saw this when looking for the Seahawks score. They award $2500 scholarships to two football and two girls soccer players who do community service. You should try for it next year! http://www.seahawks.com/qlc.aspx

Two figher jets flew over Lake Sammamish four times on Saturday. WEIRD!!!

Stephen Colbert announced he is running for President, but only in his home state, South Carolina. :-)

Dumbledore is gay, says J. K. Rowling.

Fires raging out of control in southern California. Students at Pepperdine University had to be evacuated.

Have any packages arrived yet?

I hope you're enjoying sharing your adventures with your host family, and are showing them pictures of your family, dogs, friends, etc. Have you played soccer with the kids?

Love you!
Mom

Fall in the Canyon & Derek Before the Fall ( - not really -)

fyi: calls to cell phone ok

I checked with Verizon, and I'm not charged extra when you call me from outside the country using your calling card. So, you can still call my cell phone. Of course, if it's at night or early in the morning, call the home phone first.

Love you!
Mom

a few things ...

Here's the link to the IHS Class of 2010 sweatshirt designs. Let me know what you want.

Also, I updated the puppies' blog with pics and emailed you the phone number you asked about.


Finally, if you can watch youtube, check out this video from J-Bay, http://youtube.com/watch?v=bWauuX_1KH8&mode=related&search=rolf%20jana%20duijker%20duyker%20south%20africa%20jeffreys%20bay The cool stuff starts at about 30 seconds.

Kassie Update III

OMG!
I was sooooo excited when you posted that bulletin on myspace! egats!
And I am suprised I'm the only one posting. I'm sure Alberta could put my long posts to SHAME. haha.
I hearted your blog! and I commented! but it says it needs approval..but w/e :)

Also, when your mom sent out an e-mail about you, she attached the link to this site, which immediately made me think "oh snap, pretty much everyone and their dog can read about my life in-depth now." but I don't care, really, because it's for you! and this is better than my e-mail because I can attach photos here :)

I wanted to send you a luna bar, because you said you wanted snacks, but I didn't.
I'm lazy like that.
I hope this post, and future ones, compensates!


So.
Since the last post,
so.
much.
has happened.

Geez, where to start!
Well first of all
two weeks ago
turns out
David has been in a relationship with this one girl for almost two years, and they had a fight and broke up right before college then he met me and decided to see if he could move on from her so basically I was a rebound and he is back together with her. he told me that the more time he spent with me the more he realized he was in love with her.
so that was two weeks ago and I'm so over it.
But I can't really be friends with him, because he lied and used me. bummer because he was such a cool kid.

But that friday I met this really cool guy Justin but he lives in San Diego. We've chatted on the phone quite a bit. Even though he seems super nice and cool, I'm super super skeptical because of David. I'm still my optimist self, but my trust levels have plummeted. it sucks!

There is this cool kid Sebastian in my Business class. He and I have chatted in class and during breaks for the past few weeks, and we get along well. He cracks me up. Last thursday Samantha and I ran into him at the shuttle bus stop outside 79, and we were all chatting and his bus came...and I decided that I want this kid as a friend for reals. he had his cell in his hand and I was like "Give me your phone, dude." and he was like "What?" and so I grabbed his (huge-ass and bulky) phone and put my number in haha. He was like, "Putting your name in?" and I replied "Yeah" and he said "Good." Then I gave it back and he got on the bus. He called me a few seconds later to give me his. I know he went home this weekend, so I didn't hear from him at all.
I told alex all of this and he said that Sebastian more than likely got the impression that I'm interested in him. I think it's because I'm so forward. But whatever, I hate dancing around the whole "phone number" ordeal.


Classes are going ok, I have midterms ALREADY next week. EEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can you see flickr accounts?
I just made one to see if that would be easier fo r my family to see pics I put up.
my flickr
There's photos from this summer till now.

What else...This weekend was so effing busy.
ERIK came up and suprised me!!!!! ack!
He's in oakland for a job interview, and suprised me saturday morning.
So naturally I felt obligated to entertain him. It was pretty fun, but also inconvienient. I was going to really be on top of homework this weekend, but ack! it didn't quite work out because he took up all of saturday and 3/4 of Sunday.
And it was awkward because it was clear that he still has feelings for me whereas I am not interested in him at all.
But I got some kick-ass photos!!!! haha because I took him up to Chinatown, and Haight/Ashbury and Pier 39. He saw most of the tourist spots haha. I'm an awesome guide.

Skipper darling, miss you and love you!
My laptop is dying! and I'm at a cafe!
So I might upload photos later.
Can't wait to see you and hear from you again!
Stay safe!

--kassie

10/7 update from mom

Hey, I just read your blog! I'm glad you were able to update it and tell us what's going on. Everything sounds so interesting, fun, and amazing! I can't wait to hear about the Zulu wedding ceremony. And, of course, see pictures of everything!

A few updates ...

Puppies. I can't wait to see the puppies. I'll take some pictures of them when I get home and post to the blog.

Maui has been really hot, but nice. I got to the beach about half the days, but it was pretty quite -- not too many tourists at this time of year.

Grandma just got home from her trip to Mexico with Aunt Leona and Aunt Terri. They had a great time! Makes me want to visit Puerto Vallarta soon. Papa's doing well, despite the next item.

And lastly, because they deserve to be last, the Seahawks. Today was so painful to watch, I'm glad I was helping set up Papa's new computer and distracted. They had a total of 141 yards, about 30 of which were in the 2nd half. Seneca Wallace who replaced Hasselbeck part way through ran for 10 of those 30 in a single play. The defense was on the field 41 minutes out of 60. The worst part was that it was against Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. Of course, all Steelers fans now feel totally justfied in having the Super Bowl handed to them by the refs two years ago. It was UGLY!

Oh, btw, I sent 3 small packages and 1 envelope. Hopefully all 4 will be waiting for you when you arrive in Cape Town. I hope you enjoy(ed) the Garden Route, are having a great time, and studying hard! Talk to you soon!

Love,
Mom

10/3 update

It was great talking with you today! I hope you all had an enjoyable time at the orphanage playing with the kids.

Soccer: Varsity lost a close one yesterday to Newport, 1-0. Don't know who JV did. The US Women's soccer team got smacked by Brazil a few days ago in the Women's World Cup, 4-0. There was quite the scandal when Hope Solo, the goalie who had played recently was replaced for the Brazil game by Briana Scully, who played in the Olympics and previous World Cup games. Ms. Solo blasted Sculley after the loss, saying the coach made the wrong decision and she would have made the saves. Her public hissy fit was rewarded with a benching, and she missed the semifinal match when US beat Finland 4-1.

Seahawks: Won a fun game on Sunday against San Fran, 23-3. Seahawks had six sacks (seemed like 16), intercepted SF twice, recovered 1 of 5 SF fumbles and watched as SF penalized themselves into negative yardage the first half. I don't think SF got a first down until the third quarter. Rocky Bernard sacked their QB on their first drive, then did his signature shoulder pump dance. Fun to watch. Unfortunately, he injured the SF QB who will be out for several weeks. That's what the guy gets for letting a 300+ lb person tackle him. Rocky went out later in the game, limping, but he came back in the game before the end.

Other football: Papa and I watched a lot of football last weekend, including the Huskies almost pull out a huge upset against USC who is rated #1 (or was) in the country. Green Bay won, with Bret Favre throwing two touchdowns to take the record for most TD passes ever. Green Bay, Indianapolis (and Payton), and the Cowboys are the only undefeated teams at this point, all 4-0.

Top Chef: I just saw the Bravotv.com site and know who won without watching the show. Spoiler alert: if you don't want to know, skip ahead to next item! Final four down to Casey, Dale, Hung and Brian. Brian sent home. Next up, Casey, Dale and Hung work with famous chefs to create a 3-dish meal, then get the curve ball to do a 4th dish with Howie, CJ and Sara M, respectively. Casey sent packing. Down to Dale and Hung. You know who I root for. Guess who won?

Beach: I went to the beach today. Pretty deserted -- I guess Sept is the time to come. They closed the Kaanapali beaches over the weekend because there were packs of sharks 5-10 ft from the water's edge. Trudy and her friends were swimming, wondering why no one was in the water. Oops!

No update on the puppies. :-( I'm sure they're doing fine. Hopefully, Emma and Pooka have stopped barking at all of the other dogs. And, at least Emma can't find any rocks to eat. :-0

Love you! Have a great week!

Love,
Mom

Emails

A quick note to let you know that I've fwd'd emails to your gmail account in case you still have troubles reading your hotmail. And, you might want to check your Facebook and MySpace pages. You've received mail saying various people, including Kate and several from Landmark, your 2nd cousin Stephanie, and friends from school have posted things (I've just seen the titles of the mails; haven't read).