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The toilets here at Iowa Western are amazing. Yeah, I know ‘of all the things to talk about…’ well I’ll tell you why I chose this. I had a breathtaking revelation when sitting upon one of these toilets, or ‘toilets from heaven’ whichever you choose. My revelation was that I could be making money from blogging. Duh! Why hadn’t I ever seen it before (I mean the toilet tabloid hanging on the back of the door)?

So now here we are, me typing this portion of the sentence and you reading it just because you can. It’s amazing how many times I could state the obvious in this and get away with it.

But yeah, on a different subject, we’re only just over a month into the school year and most people I know are already sick of school. I’d better leave room for reasonable doubt here though; maybe I just hang with the slackers (sorry Eric…). I hope so. I would hate to be the only geek in school who’s enjoying every minute of it.

Yes, I did just admit to enjoying my classes. There’s something about this optimism that always catches people off guard. When they give me their sideways ‘WTF?’ looks, I tend to shrug it off with the excuse that I was home schooled up to this point. It usually works…

Speaking of optimism, I believe I’ve discovered why the Nebraskans are so dang proud of their beloved Huskers. Though I have only been attending IWCC for a month or so, I find myself nurturing this insatiable urge to randomly scream, “I’VE GOT REIVER FEVER!” in the halls. Usually, I don’t, but only by wrestling myself and pinning my mouth shut. I can tell you, spectators of this rather bizarre scene often disassociate themselves with me immediately afterward.

Well, not to change the subject again, but everyone, it’s Saturday. Yup, I know, exciting isn’t it? It’s amazing how polar opposite kids and adults are on this wonderful day. Kids wake up extra early to watch cartoons; adults wake up mid-afternoon to get ready for Saturday night festivities. Kids eat cereal until it comes out their nose; adults try not to eat so they will look great for their hot date. Ha ha! I just totally had you going! You thought I was going to write some long boring piece on Saturdays! How lame do you think I am? Oh… yeah…

On another note, I hate math. I know this shouldn’t be new, and it probably isn’t, but I’m saying it right now anyway. I dunno, I feel like I’ve been out of my mind ever since I learned that the Underoath concert is this Wednesday. W00T!!!! Makes me happy! And Halloween is almost here too, which is another exciting, amazing, exhilarating event. Nyah, that’s just the sugar buzz.

 At any rate, I have a short list of announcements.

Announcements:

First of all, and if you don’t already know this I pity you, no school Monday or Tuesday!! Yes that’s right NO SCHOOL!!!!! Isn’t it an outrage? I say we all go on strike and show up at our classrooms anyway then just sit around until we would normally be let out. Who’s with me?!

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Alright, alright, I get it, I get it. School haters. Oh well.

My next announcement is actually about Halloween. Look guys, in case you haven’t seen the signs in the cafeteria, you can donate toys and candy and stuff to help kids have a great Halloween this year. It doesn’t take much from each of us to make a huge difference so come on, help someone out. Trust me, it’ll feel better than any party you go to this year

But at any rate, you better get an early start on picking that perfect costume and (for some of you) putting on make-up. I mean, if you want it to look like you’re a witch with a long crooked nose without a mask, you’d better get layering that foundation. But, while most of you will be attending parties, I am still young enough to go trick-or-treating with my friends. All I can say is HA HA SUCKA!! Last year it was so cold my foot went numb… but the candy was totally worth it.

Now it’s time for my….

B100p3r 0f 7he w33k:

Okay, fortunately this blooper didn’t happen at school. It happened at work (which is so much better huh?). Okay, so I work Customer Service at Super Saver half the week (the other half I’m cashiering). Well we have a small video department and, when someone opens a new account with us, we have to call the home phone number to make sure it’s legit, right? So for some reason Jess, a girl I work with, had me do the calling.

The people making the account swore no one would answer the phone because (and I didn’t know this at the time) only their grandma was home and she wouldn’t answer. So I was lulled into a false sense of security. My thinking went something along the lines of, ‘Okay, dial number, let it ring three times… alright one… two…’ “Hello?”

Someone picked up. I stood there for a forever long ten seconds with the phone to my ear. I didn’t say a word; I hadn’t the faintest idea what to do. Then I dropped the phone, covered the mouthpiece and said, “JESSICA! SOMEONE PICKED UP! WHAT DO I DO?!?! WHAT DO I DO???”

She stared at me for a minute and then said, “Well tell them you had to call and confirm a number!” I nodded, got back on the phone and mumbled something of that sort. The lady hung up. Meanwhile, Jess and the two customers were laughing. Jessica was trying to put in their credit card number but she was laughing to hard to do it. I hotly insisted that it was not funny, that I’m terrible on phones, and why the crap had she made me do it in the first place?

Eventually she calmed down and finished with them, while I stomped away to do cans. After the customers left she came over to me, stood in front of me, looked me straight in the eye and said, “WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO?” in a perfect imitation of me. Then she burst out laughing. Then ever afterwards, like yesterday, they have randomly poked fun at me for it. Yesterday I did something along the same line and Crystal, my manager, was like, “let me take this one. WHAT DO I DO?” with the motion of me holding the phone and everything (because directly afterward Jessica had told EVERYONE what happened). Then she, Jessica, and Ashley all laughed. I kinda had to laugh too, even while I was protesting that it was not funny and talking on the phone is harder than it looks.

Seen something funny? Want to see it as my blooper of the week? Then send it to me at my email SaraHaldeman@msn.com and see if it makes the cut.  

I found out, when you have round white scars on tan skin, it appears as though you are spotted. I know; random. This is another point where people usually disassociate themselves with me. If you haven’t yet, I’ve gotta give you a high five for being such a great friend, even if I’ve never talked to you before. Just walk up to me in the hall sometime and stare at me for a moment and if I don’t put out my hand for a high-five, just kinda hit the back of my head and tell me to stop spacing out. If I don’t offer my hand for a high five then, I may be dead so you should probably call 911.

Well, that about looks to wrap up this blog. Oh wait, I almost forgot. Okay, so my boss, Chad Thomas, insisted that we post a picture of ourselves. Sucks huh? So here’s mine and if you laugh at it, I will find your class.

                                            

                                  

                                             

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