i feel the need to give people something to do on my site.. but no one joins.. but timmy of course.. oh well :P

oh yeah!! welcome home party for timmy:

july 1
vball & cookout and stuff

lemme know if you wanna come.. might need couple bucks from whoever is eating cause we're poor and broke and stuff :P

my horoscope for today:

"Soothe and medicate yourself privately."

yeaaah.. so my horoscope tells me to develop an addiction.. just great :P

new game fun on my website:

Name that Tune

if you know the songs.. you can sign my guestbook with your answers.. or email 'em to me.. we'll see who can get the most :P then i can post more later... and these are all songs on my playlist (*hint*)

maybe tomorrow is counting on me to learn my lessons today

tip toe back to the place where you say so

tick tick boom here me banging down these back streets

you float like a feather in a beautiful world, i wish i was special

hello i've waited here for you everlong

or would you just keep on walkin' down to the turnaround

learning to chance it again, play on, play on

angels come a flyin' i hope i gotta little more time

keep on wearing your braclets

little latin lovers drinkin gin mello yello heeeelllos

believing in yourself almost as much as you doubt

if you don't expect too much from me you might not be let down

there's dancin behind movie scenes

and the one's the mother gives you don't do anything at all

breakin' rocks in the hot sun

and we rise it's like strawberry fields

you're barely missing me, i'm missing you

you're empty eyes seem to pass me by

a cigarette rests between her lips and i'm staring at her tits

you're two floors down getting high in the background

who uses a machette (sp?) to cut through red tape

man i feel mold. it's prom night and i am lonely

seven years of bad luck; the good things in your past

can you colorize my life, i'm so sick of black and white

so amy and i are going to revolt against jim and tom for playing mini-golf at the new place without us by.... playing mini-golf at the new place without them and getting more holes-in-one.

yeah, so there. and get chicken without bones. so ha :P

just kidding.

road trip to maryland at the end of the summer!! woohoooo... should be fuun and interesting of course. anyone who wants to join us, feel free :)

just like jello, there's always room for more!

song to download:

Shove this Jay-O-Bee - Canibus featuring Biz Markie (from Office Space)

so 94west promises to be much fun this year. once i get a bed it will be much funner as well..

in other news.. don't do #2 if you're not sure the toilet works. there will be jokes made about it all night during taboo. haha. and we are master plumbers. kinda sorta.

it's finally starting to feel like home! with magnets galore! :P

not really much else exciting going on.. i saw the aftermath of a guy on motorcycle who got hit by a car today outside of work. not fun. and people stole stuff, not fun either.

but i'm good. so that's happiness :)

i've decided i need more excitment in my life. in general. i don't quite know how i'm going to get it yet, but somehow.

until then, gimme some ideas..

i'll be in woo this weekend with jen and jocelyn!! yay!! i have to work so i have less time with them.. but still, some is better than none! especially in 94west! yay :)

TIB: the unofficial acronym of Team Infinity and Beyond

let's think of the other 'fun' things TIB could stand for:

Testing Is Bunkific
Trying in Bed
Tom is Bob
Travelling in Briefs (or Boxers)
Timmy is Baird
Topography is the Bomb
To Itch Badly
Ten Igloo Bandaids.

i suck at this :P help me!!

"It's the spirit here that counts. The time may be long, the vehicle may be strange or unexpected. But if the dream is held close to the heart, and imagination is applied to what there is close at hand, everything is still possible."-Robert Fulghum, Maybe, Maybe Not

"Murphy's Law does not always hold, says Grandfather Sam. Every once in a while the fundamental laws of the universe seem to be momentarily suspended, and not only does everything go right, nothing seems to be able to keep it from going right. It's not always something as dramatic as the long bomb or the slam-dunk that wins ball games. Ever drop a glass in the sink and have it bounce nine times and not even chip? Ever come out after work to find your lights have been on all day and your battery's dead but you're parked on a hill and you let your old hoopy roll and it fires the first time you pop the clutch and off you roar with a high heart? Ever pull out that drawer in your desk that has a ten-year accumulation of junk in it--pull it too far and too fast--and just as it's about to vomit its contents all over the room you get a knee under it and stagger back hopping on one foot doing a balancing act like the Great Zucchini and you don't lose it? A near-miss at an intersection; the glass of knocked-over milk that waltzes across the table but doesn't spill; the deposit that beat your rubber check to the bank because there was a holiday you forgot about; the lump in your breast that turned out to be benign; the heart attack that turned out to be gas; picking the right lane for once in a traffic jam; opening the door of your car with a coat hanger through the wing window on the first try. And on and on and on and on."-Robert Fulghum, Maybe, Maybe Not

change-o-plans = bedtime!

so my theory is that i'm bored tonight and i don't have to work tomorrow so i should try and conjure up the fun things that i have been promising from my website for a while. here goes nothing. i'll post once i actually add some fun stuff. let's see..

music on
turn it up
ready to go.

long weekend of battlecry-ness including the robot splitting in half among other things. it wasn't pretty but it was damn fun :P cause we made it happen through all the crap and won the whole damn thing with 121 and 311 "like a bat out of hell.."

we'd still love to win one with 151 though.. they are a crazy good team and tons of fun too.. that's what river rage and bash for are though i guess.

and all these insane first people have to start learning to love playing rough.. it's the way the game is and everyone got babied by the lovefest of last year that they forget the fun way it used to be.. yay for the finals.. woohoo.

this week i have basically no hours at work so i'll be in woo fixin' gompei2k2 and moving stuff into the apartment, etc, etc. 'cept for on monday and thursday. call up the cell or email me and we'll do something..

song(s) to dl:
Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
Tangerine Speedo - Caviar
A Praise Chorus - Jimmy Eat World

*let's out be giant sigh of relief*
*falls asleep*

we won battlecry 3. it kicked some major ass. more story later. more sleep now. :P

did you ever have one of those times when you just wanna say 'grrrr..'

grrr for the past
grrr for the present
and grrr to the fact that the future doesn't exist for that moment
maybe cause you were dumb in the past
or maybe cause you were smart
but you'll never know
because you don't know if not reacting then
was better on worse than now
cause you can only see one side of the coin
was it heads i win
tails you lose
or was i always the loser with a 2-headed coin
who's to know
who's to tell

but you
so grrr to you
in the past
present
and non-existant future
grrr to the non-realities
grrr to the truth
grrr to not knowing
if i should be regretting
grrr to regretting that i want to regret

grrr to the fact that you're worth it
and grrr that you'll never know
that i think you're worth regretting
what i may or may not have done right in the past
but prolly couldn't even change now

grrr to not even knowing i want it to change
grrr to the fact that it is my indecision
or denial
or whatever
that caused the inaction of the past
the blah of today
and the of the future

grrr.. :-/

Woke this morning wonderin'
if I slept any at all
I can't quite remember the struggle so big
forever feelin' so small
Took all my strength just to get out of bed
as the ache in my heart
went straight to my head
I just can't keep my feet on the ground
I guess we all learn the hard way
I guess we all fall down

Sometimes the answers don't fall from the sky
sometimes they hurt too much to hear
and sometimes you sweep the truth under the rug
and deny when it reappears
I know there's no use in rottin' away
When it's hard to hard enough to stand up and stay
That I can't keep my feet on the ground
Yes, we all learn the hard way
Yes, we all fall down

I wish I could find a road out of this place
Somehow I lost my way
I want to show you the light in my eyes
and the smile upon my face

Maybe tomorrow is counting on me
To learn my lessons today
I'll start by taking a step at a time
and stop throwing my lessons away
I'll give myself up and I'll brush myself off
and take back some of the pride that I lost
cause you can't always keep your feet on the ground

Guess we all learn the hard way
and we all fall down.
Oh, we all learn the hard way
Guess we all fall down.

We All Fall Down by Bekka Bramlett

beautiful song!

The funnest website ever: www.fridgedoor.com

not really, but i already have $40 worth of magnets i want.. woo-freakin'-hoo

god i love stats pages. then i get to see things like the IP addresses of people who view my website.. like "police6.wpi.edu". who at the wpi police department is looking at my website. do i do illegal things? am i just that cool? are they just that bored? i have to wonder. but no one signs the guestbook. disturbing. indeed.

funny story--

scene: riding gun in jocelyn's car with her and jen.
time: little past midnight
place: 94west parking lot

pulling into parking lot
jocelyn: oh, can i park there? pointing to right next to the building
colleen: yeah, but don't block me in meaning don't park so close my door doesn't open
jocelyn: why? where are you?
colleen: in the car!

maybe you had to be there for it to be funny. but it was. all sorts of good fun. but apparently not as much fun as the red ford with the duster attached to the roof and the 6 bouncy kids.

dispatch kicked ass last night. all sorts of fun sitting in the 'jocelyn lally high school reunion' section. damn straight. gto gto.

and we were kick butt shoppers today. $135 dollars and all sorts of cool stuff for the new apartment. it only gets better. 94west, the place to be!

off to explorer the technicalities of the verizon phone service system. if it doesn't cost for you to call me, i'll hook you up with our new # :P

for now, i leave you with these words of inspiration:

'life is like an escalator, going up and down, that eventually brings you nowhere'

song(s) not to download:
Escalator by Strangefolk
Water by Strangefolk

song(s) to download:
Happiness is all the Rage by the Promise Ring
Sell My Old Clothes, I'm off to Heaven by Saves the Day
Fall Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket

haha.. in crazy online test boredom mode.

Discover your past life

Hamster
Come out and play — in your previous life, you were a hamster named Vladimir. Here's what we know about you: Born on the plains of Siberia, you spent your early years weathering harsh winters, drinking vodka, and attending committee meetings. Determined and headstrong, you always got your way when push came to shove. But it wasn't all darkness — no one knew how to let loose and have a good time better than you. You were the reigning Twister champ, and you always emerged victorious from the Bolshevik's annual Dance-a-Thon (your signature step, the Funky Chicken, was a huge crowd pleaser). As you were also quite the health fanatic, you developed and patented a set of exercise wheel fitness videos that quickly became all the rage in Siberia. Your commercial success led you to denounce Communism and head for the States, where you ultimately provided the inspiration for a wacky Web site and song.

Right Job, Wrong Career: Discover the career that's right for you:

colleen, the Right Job for you will allow you to be: Strategic and Creative
You need a job that lets you use your powers of persuasion as well as use your imagination.

Ultimate Personality Test:
colleen, you're a Skydiver!

Your personality is actually determined by two personality sub-types — your primary, or dominant sub-type, and your secondary sub-type. You are a Skydiver which means you are a Seeker / Golden. Your primary sub-type is defined by "Seeker" characteristics and your secondary sub-type is defined by "Golden" characteristics.

That means you're open minded, extroverted, free-spirited, and independent. Chances are you're pretty liberal. You're like a magnet for love and affection. People adore you. And, thanks to that healthy dose of self-confidence, you're super-flexible.

How do we know all this? How do we know you're a great leader at work? Or that you're a self-starter and will always volunteer to take on a job? How could we have divined that you're an excellent communicator and tend to spread your enthusiasm to others?

Because while you were taking the test, you answered four different types of questions — questions that measured confidence, apprehension, willingness to take risks, and your focus on experience versus appearance — the primary traits that determine your personality. Based on your responses, we determined your personality type, Skydiver.

And that's just scratching the surface.

Which candy heart are you?

Be Good

It's not too surprising that "Be Good" is what your candy heart says. You've probably been hearing it all your life. From your third grade teacher, to your last serious relationship, there's just that little bit of mischief about you that keeps people on their toes. Could be the glimmer that your eyes get when you think of doing something you're not exactly supposed to be doing, like sneaking the last cookie from the plate or secretly filling your glass with the final sips of wine?

Were your parents reluctant to leave you at home without a chaperone? But overall, it's that impish sense of good fun that keeps people enamored by your charm.

People can't help but want to be around you. So when loved ones throw their arms around you, they really do mean it — even if their parting words are always, "Be Good".

What's your true color?

You're yellow, the color of joy and energy — two things you definitely bring to everyone around you. It's hard for anyone to be sad or lonely in your presence; your sunny disposition and cheery outlook just won't allow it. The warmth of your personality shines through in the kindness you show friends and family (and strangers, too). Always ready with a lighthearted joke or heartfelt compliment, you know how to make people feel good about themselves, so they can't get enough of you. Yellow is a warm and inviting color for a warm and inviting person — you!

So I heard this funny story... :P

the unprecedented, and nearly impossible happening the shaver household tonight during scrabble..

Game #1: coll takes mom by a landslide, which included using all seven letters to make a mean "fairies" and turn 'lint' into 'flint'
c: 413
m: 283

Game #2: mom starts out ahead, but coll comes back and out on top AGAIN even after mom thinks she's cheating, recalculates the score, and finds out coll gave her 10 extra points
c: 370
m: 289

Game #3: despite fatigue, mom insists on a 3rd bout to prove that college has not paid off. it looks good for mom until the end approaches and cauli squeezes out one last victory
c: 343
m: 323