flailying.

I watched everyone else do it. It looked so simple and so easy. Except everyone else was either flailing or flying off like little lemmings, with little cute "ahs!" and "oooahs," just like the little cartoons on the game Rick used to play. When Greg finally gave me permission to get off the bike and change into my suit, I was so excited to try it! I was going to show everyone how it's done. First I had to warm up, and hope that they were still doing the drill. They were!

I climbed up the ladder and stood on top of the high diving boards. Then it hit me what I was about to do. I started to breathe a little more quickly, panic squeezed my heart. We had folded up one of the mats we stretch on and put it on the end of a diving board. Then there was a hose squirting water on it, so to make it really slippery. It was simple enough: Run at full speed onto the makeshift slip'n'slide, and do a perfect dive into the water.
Two keys to this drill: Keep your body low, because if you jump onto the slip and slide and a steep angle, the board will push you up, causing your legs to fly over your head and make you back flop. Hard.
Key number two: If you do key number one successfully, keep your body TIGHT in line, and you'll be just fine! Simple, right?

Right.

I look up to realize I'm the last one going, and EVERYONE is at the bottom, watching ME. "Okay, this is it. I'm finally going to do something diving-oriented well." I visualized my approach, the landing, everyone cheering.

Well, everyone did cheer... I ran maybe a little too hard, flopped onto the slip'n'slide from a little too steep of an angle. The diving board belched me out, I thought I was doing great until I realized that I was facing the ceiling...and I hit the water with a perfect-10 backflop.

Wait for it...wait for it... I pop up, everyone's cheering....wait for it...wait for it... my colossal tidal wave hits the gutters and disappears...wait for it...

aha!

OWWWWWWWWWW!

But, of course, I don't let anyone see that it really, really, really hurt. I smile and say, "well, I'll have to work on that." And inside my body was screaming at me, "NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN!"

Just buy one of these

For those of you who have mice problems: buy one of these frogs. I couldn't watch the video for more than a minute, though. I was listening to the song...

*ADDITION* So, dad asked me if this really would happen in the wild. After googling and looking around, I've discovered that these frogs are commonly known as "pac-man" frogs. (I wonder why...) What I found the most interesting was the fact that these frogs digest their prey in their MOUTH. MMMM!
Lara from the site The Hungry Frog Web Page says:

"These frogs can definitely handle mice as a meal but not as a staple diet! I have seen one too many pac-man's being grotesquely over weight b/c there owner ownly fed them mice. Rodents are very high in fat and I would recommend that you only give your frog mice once in a blue moon as a "treat". My frogs would love for me to give them mice all the time but it is really not that heathly for them. My frogs eat mostly fish (very high in calcium)."

I don't know about you, but these frogs in the video seem overweight. They're HUGE!

And to the question whether this really happens in the wild? Well, that's not distinctly answered. Pac-man frogs apparently eat anything that can fit in their mouths, including other frogs and snakes.

Tampering with HTML code

yes, if you look at my blog, you can tell I have been tampering with the HTML code in my blog layout. I hope to find a perfect look soon. I'll be experimenting lots, so just warning ya.

Facebook...

So, I have come to the conclusion that deleting my facebook account will make my life easier and free up some time.
However...when I go to delete my account, the only option facebook will give you is to "deactivate" your account. It's like putting your computer in the sleep mode. It doesn't really shut down. By deactivating your account, facebook saves all of your information, and you are still visible to the world. I wanted to DELETE my account, deleting all my activity, all my footsteps, everything.
I googled how to do this particular task. Everywhere it said you had to call customer service, or e-mail facebook. One particular person had to threaten facebook with legal action before they did anything. One source suggested you delete every friend you have, every picture, everything you ever posted. For one being on facebook for 1 1/2 years, that is a LOT of stuff, a daunting task.
Luckily, I found a group on facebook that helps you through the process. Only from here did i find a link that led you to a page on facebook saying "do you really want to delete your account?" I knew I found the holy grail. I clicked on it, only to have a message telling me that it will deactivate my account, wait for 14 days, then it will delete everything. If you log in even once during this time period, it will cancel the process.

I think facebook secretly wants to take over the world, and the first step is to make sure that everyone onboard can't leave. They're betting I'll be tempted to check facebook in the next two weeks. Well, they lost one possible candidate for brainwashing.

first snow and library

Yestermorning, I found the day to be bright, clear, and with a quarter of an inch on the trees.

After breakfast I emerge upon a snowstorm!!! It snowed for hours.

After practice the snow finally stopped, and the sun came out. I forgot my camera when we were stocking the stadium. It was a BEAUTIFUL view of the entire city/valley! Everything white and crystal clear, with the most radiant sunset.

This is a random leaf I saw this morning and happened to have my camera.

My friend and I decided to explore the new sections of the library we've never seen before. This was one of my favorite spots. At the time, the power was out all over campus, so it's dark in the library. This section I'd like to dub "The Sloth Area." There were soft cushiony chairs everywhere, but not one of them were available. All of them were occupied by a sleeping student. Not one of them was awake.

Ceiling of Marriott library. Quite artistic. Whoever designed this building knew what they were doing.

Psychology 1230=AWKWARD!!!!

So, I take this class on mondays from 6-9 pm.
Today's topic was "Love and Relationships among adolescents."
Usually we break into groups of 2-3, and discuss something. Today we had to discuss our relationships when we were teenagers, what boyfriends (girlfriends) you had, and to look back and see how that relationship helped you grow and develop, whether it was healthy/unhealthy, etc.
Two members of our group talked a lot. One said nothing at all because they know nothing of the subject. I won't tell who was who.