Chemical Engineering
Generally speaking, chemical engineers are experts in substances and how they react to one another or to various technical processes. Based on their deep understanding of molecules and their interactions, chemical engineers design manufacturing processes for products such as detergents, gasoline, plastics, and synthetic materials.

No wonder I can't get a job... I don't know how to make bombs.

"Wow, there are people in Hawaii?"

Thank you Jess

So yesterday I was faced with a moral dilemma. I needed to use a book under the library's "Reserve" list, meaning that the book can not be checked out. This book was my where I was getting all of my data for my statistics paper. When I got the book, I thought to myself, I could just take it home with me and use it there and then just return it. It was out of date, and didn't pertain to anything someone at an engineering school would be interested in, well, except for me. Nevertheless, I knew that it would be wrong to borrow this book so when I was finished, I returned it to the front desk. Still needing lots of info from it, today I went to go get it once more, but of course, it's missing. Completely MIA from Logan Library. I don't understand. They say it has been "Discharged." Oh, and my paper, it's due Friday, and I only have about a tenth of the information I need. I hate you library staff. Give me my book back!

I Ryan Newman



If only he didn't change his car or got in that wreck... I think he would have won!

As many people know, I don't like football, and I don't like NASCAR, but I was informed, that because I have a driver, I have to like NASCAR more than than I like football. That's fine. I can handle that. I understand NASCAR. I mean, if people who have mullets, drive pickup trucks with gun racks and shoot their own dinner can understand it, than surely I can too. Football's more complicated. The goal is smaller, there are more people the entire time, and they run in different directions.

So yesterday I spent 18hrs straight at school.... Sad, yes, I know.

My hero got me an A on my group presentation! Or maybe a B+....

Only 3 more days until my surprise!

I heart Andykins!

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. (Feb. 22, 1999) - Bell Labs scientist John MacChesney, inventor of two of the world's major technologies for making communications optical fiber, received the 1999 John Tyndall Award today at the international Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference, here.

My Hero!

This morning I decided to partake in a weekly ritual called "shaving". This time, I tried my new shaving gel. I bought it because it was "shave minimizing" ... as my boy can attest to, I do not value smooth legs as I should, so I thought that this would be a good product for me to try. I soon realized why it was shave minimizing. It took me 10 minutes just to get the cap off! So it's not so much that it reduces the need to shave, but rather reduces the desire to shave. Sorry Andrew.

I would like to share something with everyone....

This morning, while working on some stuff on my laptop, sitting next to a certain boy trying to work, his laptop randomly turned off... He asked for a kiss and I told him that he only got one for the day. While he was looking at me, his computer came back on and I said, "Look! Your laptop is back on. Isn't that fun?!?" His reply: "Not as fun as making out. [...] Does that mean I'm not a tool?"

So, I haven't posted in quite some time. Definately not from lack of material, because every 3 seconds I think to myself, "Hey, I should blog that..." But I guess each time it wasn't so blog worthy because I forgot in and now not blogging it. Alas, I will update though.

I asked a friend of mine if she had read my blog, and she said no because she thought it was an on-line journal. Definately not for this one. My random thoughts go on to this page, not who I'm mad at, or who I think is trying to get with my boyfriend. That's too much fun to say in person than to waste posting here. This is more light-hearted and fun to read. So read on Johanna, read on.

Someone asked me for a recent picture and so here's one I'd like to add:




And some tongue quotes:

"It feels like someone's tongue is in my mouth, but it's just mine"
"I can do things I never thought possible"
"I can pop it.... with my tongue"

Holiday Shopping

So today, while shopping at Meijer, I was standing in an isle looking at tupperware because they had those cool little "Clearance" tags on the shelves.
While I was examining this tupperware and trying to figure out if it would fit in my flowered insulated lunch box, a mom with her four kids enter the isle. Naturally, I move my cart as close to the side as I could to allow her to pass. She decides that she's going to stand right behind me. I don't know if anyone knows how narrow the isles are at Meijer, but I'd say that they are only big enough for one cart... two side-by-side is pushing it. So I'm standing there trying to pick out this tupperware, and her kids are whining like none other. I don't understand why kids these days feel the need to talk. They should have their mouths stapled shut. At any rate, these whining brats start running into me, screaming, "Mommy, he touched me!" So to try to avoid this game of tag, I inch closer and closer to the tupperware shelf. Finally, I feel like I'm being arrested because I am completely against this wall of tupperware, not able to move at all from where I was standing because this stupid mother who hasn't realized the joys of a babysitter, has these stupid kids telling her that their tongue hurts. One lady looked down the isle and I tried to motion for help, but alas, in true holiday spirit, she ran away. And the mother didn't even say "Excuse me"

I recommend shopping on-line.


Oh, and my mom's purse was stolen from Wal-mart while she was checking out.

E-mails... what a strange communication device...

So yesterday I got an e-mail from my mom. It didn't say anything about the manic depressive cat or the ghost that we have living in our house and listening to my brother's stereo. However, it was on a topic that has been rather popular recently... my car.

As soon as my sister got home from visiting me, her car died, so now she is driving mine. I'm kinda scared. Not so much because of my sister, but more so because of the other people on the road. My sister is a very conservative driver, and I'm afraid that one of those old ladies in those stupid holiday sweaters will try to run her down while pulling into the Target parking lot in order to get $5 off the Hokie Pokie Elmo. Sheesh!

I think today's e-mail was better though. I'll leave you now with the best excerpt:

"Alas, all is not lost. ThereÂ’s another function called rrefmovie that actually steps through the Gaussian elimination process with you, informing you of when a swap has taken place. I know it sounds kinky, but the function allows you to be a row swapping voyeur."

So while I was in class today, a friend of mine told me that he hadn't drank in 5 days. I thought this was a court order for him to start attending AA meetings after he thought that the police officer was his cat and tried to make him use the litter box. At any rate, that wasn't the case and my dear friend was giving up the intimate relationship to Jose for a sexier body for his police officer....er... cat... or something. This got me thinking about losing weight. Everyone has their opinions. Dr. Dead Adkins says not to eat carbs. The vegetarians (who are normally very thin) say not to eat meat. Weight Watchers says, starve yourself for a week and go out and have a sundae on Friday night. I don't know what the Zone says. But this is what the Pixie says...

Get drunk, work out, and then puke.

It seems to work for all those beauty queens.

I'd like to apologize and explain the last 2 posts...

I was learning how to put images into this thing, and I got a bit carried away. Here are my Christmas presents for this year:

The big blue one is from my Dad, the green one is from my Mom, and the little red one is from my brother. The yellow one off to the side is from Andrew. You may be asking, what's in each of these boxes... I don't know, they are CHRISTMAS presents, meaning I don't get to open them for quite some time. Keep your panties on!

I was asked, "Who is that hottie on your blog?" That hottie is Stat Boy from the highly viewed ESPN show "Pardon the Interruption." I'm going to have his stat babies.

My Newest Pumkin Boyfriend

I want to put pictures on here, but my boy says that I would have to learn how to code, so I'm sorry, but pictures won't be around for a very long time. I know, you're disappointed, but I know you'll get over it. I want a lot of stuff, but Andrew always says no. Eh, these things happen. FYI the Phi Delt chapter at ISU is having a "Buy a Phi" auction tomorrow... I think I should buy one to clean my room....

I'm new to this whole blogging thing, but Andrew says that I'd be good at it. But I don't know any programming stuff, so I can't make it really good, like his. According to some guy who lives somewhere... like Michagan or something, and drives a black Jetta, Andrew has the 2st most best blog. (visit it here) I don't know how he's rating that.... I don't think he went to Rose, so it's probably actually logical, and without a weird whatnot. At any rate, many would say, "You go to that nerd school, you should know how to program!" And to them I say, "I make DAMN good cheesecake!" And tonight I made homemade soup for lots of people, only my little says it's not real homemade, but fake homemade... to her I give a red raspberry!

Welcome to Pixie Dust!