Katrina storm pics

I feel like a soccer mom!!!!!

Hi everybody!! I know it has been a while since I have posted, but things have been very hectic here. Well, I am back in Mississippi, living in Hattiesburg where the main campus of USM is located. Its about an 1 hour 10 min drive. The university has put us up in the family housing dorms, mind you I had told myself that I would never live in a dorm again, and these were getting ready to be tourn down, so they are not the nicest. And they are right across from frat row :(, now some of the students here were like, yay that sounds great!! They obviously do not know me!! First, I am not big into the frat boys, 2nd saturday all i could hear was there loud music playing (it sounded like i had a sterio turned all the way up in my dorm room :( ). I walked into this place and it was like a scarry freshman year flashback, but i didnt have all the cool new stuff this time. The apt came with a bed, fridge stove, it lacks a kitchen sink however, so dishes are washed in the bathroom sink, atleast there is a bathroom sink. So i had to go out and buy a shower curtain and all that kind of stuff and lots and lots of antibacterial stuff and bleach!! But its a place to stay for free and it is not a tent, so its not so bad. There is however a long drive (hence the soccer mom comment). The university is allowing us to use two departmental vans to transport the students back and forth (so we dont have to pay), which is very nice of them. And the majority of the students up there are the foreign national students who either cant drive or can drive but because of insurance purposes cant drive the departmental vans. So, everymorning both vans load up and i ask everyone if they have their badges (and usually someone has to go get it), so i totally feel like a soccer mom with kids, then it is off to starbucks so i can wake up, and then drive then begins. It kills so much of the day, it rather sucks, but i like to drive, I cant read or write in a car (i get sick), so atleast driving gives me something to do!

Anyway, cell phones still dont work here -- it took me 4 days to get in contact with my mom, so many towers were destroyed that its hard to get throught. If anyone has called me -- i dont know it, because my phone doesnt give me my messages till like 4 or 5 days later. Now every once in a while it works ok, but not very often.

Then there is the internet, the buildings here do not have ac, so the internet stuff and servers can not be run all day, because of them over heating -- so we have limited internet access... depending on how hot the building gets and what not. It should be fixed sometime this week -- Oh I hope it gets fixed, it is hot as hell in here!

Anyway, my days are filled with catch up for class, lots of reading and trying to repair this place. A good bit of the labs and offices were damaged, so charlotte's (my advisor) office is in the hallway across from my office. so things are quite hectic.

well thats a quick update -- ill do more later when i have time

KATRINA

http://community.webshots.com/user/jik24601 --- pics from katrina -- i will be adding more later

RIP GEORGE!

So, I went to the beach today to lay out and to start reading the latest Harry Potter book. I know, I know how could I have not read it already? Well, I was waiting for a time when I didn't have a large stack of school papers to read, cause I knew I would choose Harry over School and that is bad! So, I deferred reading it till now. So, as I was laying there this little dark green lizard comes running up and hangs out next to me. He hangs out for a while, I give him some of the granola I was eating. And we bonded, I named him George. So we hung out for a while more, he mad excellent beach company. He then decided that he was going to go down to the water for a little swim and to enjoy the water lapping over his toes. So as he makes his way down to the waters edge this crow flies up, lands next to him and eats George in one large GULP! :( Stupid crow, dumb "circle of life" crap! Biology sucks, and poor George, the last thing he saw was the inside of a crows mouth.

So this blog is dedicated to my beach companion George. He was a good lizard and will be missed by all!!!! RIP GEORGE!!

Place to live rant

Sorry, I need to complain for a moment :)

Well the department has decided to start classes on the 19th of September, the main campus is resuming classes on the 12th. Since many of the students (mostlikely including myself) do not have a place to live, the university is renting apartments for those who need it, and some of the faculty who have extra rooms will be letting some of us live in their spare room. Now these are amazing gestures, but Hattiesburg is an hour away :( and ill bet money that they are gonna make some of us who go up there share a room. Now I don't know this for sure -- but I'm guessing. There is a reason I live alone people... and I've never shared a room with anyone - - and I don't particularly want to start now. And for living with a professor, I just think that would be weird and awkward... Especially with some of them!!! Wouldn't you just feel wrong coming in after midnight... and then I don't think that I could relax, I would always feel the need to be reading some journal or working on my prospectus, I couldn't just sit down and watch TV :(. And it looks like that whichever of the two I get, it it going to be a while before I can move out. The apartments in Slidell have long waiting lists, and the rest on the coast were destroyed. So, either I will have to go farther north -- like I can afford the gas to drive to school every day, or just live with people or with an advisor. Now I know I am sounding bitchy!!!!, and it is absolutely wonderful for both the university and the professors to be putting us up like this...but :(. And I'm am sure IM not gone get a choice as to who IM living with, if I live in Hattiesburg ill probably share an apartment with the few people I really don't like, and if I live with an advisor ill probably get Charlotte or one of the Russians. I wouldn't want to live with Charlotte, because well she is my advisor, I need some time away from her... and her husband and her tend to put me in the middle of their little jokes ("hey jenny, go tell Allan this..."), which is fun at work, but it wouldn't be fun all day. Or if I get placed with a Russian (they are very nice men, and have very nice wives) but they smoke like no tomorrow! I don't think my lungs could handle it. OH well, we will see how this goes!

Update

Hey. . . so it looks as if I am going to be staying in myrtle beach for a little while. . . I can work for bath and bodyworks again (I worked there during undergrad) and I am sure if I ask Scott or Erik one of them would have some work that I can do... So it looks like I am in myrtle beach for a while, sorry Amanda ;). . . I heard from Charlotte today (my advisor) and it appears all who stayed at stennis are safe. . . the roof had a leak but it was fixed and they had water and electric, however FEMA has taken all of the diesel so the generator will not beable to run past tonight, so they are all leaving stennis for elsewhere. Charlotte says she has no idea about school and what is gonna happen. . . she is heading to Old Miss (Oxford Mississippi) for a week, and then if it appears that things are not better by then then Allan (her husband) and Charlotte will be going to san Diego (allan's family lives there). . . so . . . who knows. . .

with new orleans continuing to worsen and people still being trapped there, all aid and crews are being sent there, so no one is working on the Mississippi coast, so it may be a long time before we can go back... Some have even suggested Feb. . .but who knows. . . no one knows. . .

Aww

Bay St. Louis: A rusty patchwork quilt of foundations, scraped clean of their houses, all that's left of choice homes, prized for their water views

how poetic -- this was in the sun herald paper, this is all that they say about my town :(

SHIT

www.wlbt.com you can find aerials of the bay area. . . there is nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I now know something. . .

Well, i still do not know much. . . but Bay st. louis has been completely destroyed! SO IT IS OFFICIAL I AM HOMELESS!!! But that is all I know, i still do not know about school, and because of down cell towers and the phone lines being so busy, i can not get a hold of other students, i know where two are, and then myself, but no one else, the lines at stennis still do not work. . . i read today that bay st louis is so bad, they are going around and spray painting large red X's on houses with dead people in them. . they do not have enough refrigerater trucks to remove the bodies, i dont know what i am going to do if i go back and see large red X's, i dont think i could handle that. . .oh well, that is all i know, i am sitting in a coffee shop in Myrtle Beach, the one where i used to study. . . its just weird to be back, but good at the same time. . .i will let post more when i know more

I KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it is official, I know absolutely nothing. The right side of Katrina's eye passed right over my house, so that means lots of wind and lots of rain and storm surge. So, as of now all that the papers and news people say that Bay St. Louis has sever flooding. But that is all that is known. One paper said "DO NOT RETURN." So I know there is flooding and not to return. What I would like to know, and cannot find out is how much flooding and if my apartment is flooded or if it is even standing. Who the Hell knows, why nobody knows. So I am in this state of uncertainty, I am assuming the worst, but my state of mind would be much better if I just knew. No matter what happened, if I knew then I could start to plan, and I could figure out what it is I will do. I am a planner, I like to know what is going on and what I am going to do about it, so not knowing kills me!!!!!!!!!!

I do not know if classes are going to start up anytime soon, I do not know when we will be allowed back to the Bay, I do not know if I am homeless or not, I do not know if I need to place a claim into State farm, I do not know. . . . . .

So, tomorrow I am heading to Myrtle Beach!! I still have a few friends there, and I think hanging out there and catching up with some old friends will really help me distract my mind.
Hopefully it will do the trick, because right now all I want to do is curl up in a ball and cry. Not because I may be homeless, but because I just do not know and there is nothing I can do about it. I hate that more than anything in the world. I would be ok if everything I owned that was left behind was washed away, and if I had no place to live, just as long as I knew that is what happened. But alas, that is not the way it is. . . The news keeps on talking about New Orleans and Alabama, but what about the state in between, you know the one called Mississippi. And when they do mention Ms (its rare), they mention biloxi, which is about 30-45 min east of where I live, so that is a world of difference when it comes to the amount of damage done.

I just don't know. . . hopefully I will be able to get some sleep --

Poor New Orleans

Katrina -- note she is bigger than any single southern state.













Well, its official New orleans if FUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It appears as if the eye will be right over new orleans or just to the west of it. so either category 5 winds or storm serge. Either way, i may not have a home soon. the storm surge is looking to be about 20+ feet, and well. . . say goodbye apartment. Oh well, I have renters insurance, so I get to buy all new stuff!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO. Oh well, I just hope the people who got stuck in New Orleans or those who were not able to leave are ok. The name Katrina will never be used again. :(

Anyway, I am here in Georgia, IM thinking it may be a few weeks before we are allowed back in the area. . . So im thinking of heading on over to Myrtle Beach, Sc. I have people there that I can stay with. . . plus I am already almost half way there so why the hell not. :)

Oh well...

Evacuation!!!!!!!!

Well, it looks like Katrina is heading strait for New Orleans, which means Bay st. Louis will be on the eastern side of the storm. . . therefore we will get the storm surge and lots of rain, oh and probably some flooding as well. So, it looks as if I may be using my renters insurance, hum.. . I have been wanting some new stuff:). Oh well, so I have evacuated to Georgia, I have an aunt who lives there. It was a long 6 hour drive but I got out before they started evacuating, so traffic was not to bad. So, now I just get to wait and see. . . I might be homeless soon :(

yah, i am still bored :(

Your Favorite...

1. gum: any gum will do
2. restaurant: anything italian
3. drink: cherry coke, vanilla coke, dr pepper, coke (in that order)
5. type of weather: warm and sunny
7. thing to do on a half day: sleep in and watch tv
8. late-night activity: hanging out with friends, late night wally world run :)
9. sport: soccer
10. city: um. . . i really like innsbrook austria
11. store: um. . . borders, they have books movies and cd's :)

When Was The Last Time You...
12. cried: two mondays ago
13. played a sport: volleyball at amandas :) two fridays ago
14. laughed: today, i laugh alot
15. hugged someone: today
16. kissed someone: today
17. felt depressed: two weeks ago
18. felt overworked: im a grad student -- that is the normal feeling
19. faked sick: ?? i dont remember
20. lied: i try not to lie

What Was The Last...
21. word you said: tired
22. thing you ate: cupcake, its one of the girls at work had cupcakes for her birthday
23. song you listened to: Collie man, by slightly stoopid
24. thing you drank: smootie (home made, yum)
25. place you went to: school
26. movie you saw: Life aquatic
27. movie you rented: life aquatic

Who Was The Last Person You...
28. hugged: joe
29. cried over: ray
30. kissed: see 28
31. danced with: i havent danced in forever
32. shared a secret with: i dont know, i usually do not keep many secrets
33. had a sleepover with: joe
34. called: joe
35. went to a movie with: ray
36. saw: beckey (office mate)
37. were angry with: ray
38. couldn't take your: i dont get this one ???
39. obsessed over: no one

Have you ever...
40. danced in the rain: yes
41. kissed someone: yup
42. done drugs: nope
43. drank alcohol: yup
44. partied 'til the sun came up: the entire time i was in cali
45. had a movie marathon: ohh. . .that one has been a while, i dont remember
46. gone too far on a dare: hum. . . dont remember
47. spun until you were immensely dizzy: couple months ago
48. taken a survey quite like this before: oh yah

::My Life::
49. name: jenny
50. gender: female
51. birthday: april 30, 1982
52. relationship status: single
54. occupation: graduate student

::Play::
55. I'm feeling: happy
56. I'm listening to: slightly stoopid/ beckey talk on the phone
57. I'm doing: a survey
58. I'm talking to: no one
59. I'm craving: pizza
60. I'm thinking of: hum. . . wouldnt you like to know ;)
61. I'm hating: nothing

62. love is: confusing, hard, i just dont know
63. my first love: a guy named joe (different from the afformentioned joe)
65. love or lust: lust . . . tom
66. best love song: not a huge love song fan
67. is it possible to be in love with more than one person at the same time? I wouldnt know
68. when love hurts, I: cry/get angry
69. is there such thing as love at first sight: nope, lust yes, love takes time to develope

::Opposite Sex:: (or same sex)
70. turn ons: nice eyes, nice back, can make me laugh
71. turn offs: people who are self centered
72. do your parent's opinion on your gf/bf matter to you: yah
73. what kinda hairstyle are you into: varies, depending on the person
74. what is the sweetest thing a girl/guy can do for you: its simple, just be there
75. where do you go to meet new people: um, somewhere new
76. are you the type of person to "Holla" and ask for numbers: depends on the situation

::Picky Picky::
77. dog or cat:: i like both, but dogs are better :)
78. short or long hair: long
79. sunshine or rain: depends, sunshine if i am going to be out and about, but rain if i can curl up in bed and just listen to the storm
80. hugs or kisses: both are great, but if i had to pick one . . . kisses
81. summer or winter: summer
82. written letters or e-mails: written letters, but i rarely write any anymore
83. playstation or nintendo: im a mario fan:)
84. car or motorcycle: depends on the car or motorcycle
85. house party or club: house party
86. sing or dance: both if i am alone, neither with other people around
87. freaky or slow dance: slow

::Lately::
88. how are you today: happy but bored
89. what pants are you wearing right now; fav jeans
90. what shirt are you wearing right now: blue shirt, nothing fancy
91. what does your hair look like at the moment: straight -- it is always that way
92. what song are you listening to right now: um, the cd just ended. . .
93. how is the weather right now: hot/humid
94. who was last person I talked to on the phone: joe
95. last dream I can remember: i cant remember

Me

(random pic from cali)



Ok, I am at school, its Friday and I do not want to do anything -- so these are what I am filling my time with :) -- enjoy . . .


Name:: Jennifer
Nickname:: jenny, kookie, cookiedall
Location:: Bay St. Louis, Ms
Gender:: female
Birthplace:: Virginia Beach, VA
Birthstone:: Diamond
Birthday:: April 30, 1982
Sign:: Taurus
Righty or Lefty:: Righty
Screenname:: jik24601


** your looks **

Height:: 5'4"
Weight:: I really do not know
Shoe size:: 6
Hair Color:: brown
Hair Length:: pretty long
Eye Color:: hazel, so they can be more green or more brown, or sometimes a gray
Size:: ???
Glasses:: contacts mostly
Braces:: middle school
Piercings:: ears
Tattoos:: nope, and no thank you


** fashion**

Where do you shop:: lately I don't shop, but when I do wherever there are close on sale
What do you usually wear:: jeans and a t-shirt
What kind of shoes do you wear:: flip flops
Do you wear a watch:: yup
Color you never wear:: pink
Color you wear at least once a week:: Blue
Something you wear everyday:: watch and flip flops
Do you wear make up everyday:: nope
Make up essential:: none
Most cherished piece of clothing:: fav jeans
You wouldn't be caught dead wearing:: pink
Do you wear belts:: yes
Do you wear hats:: when I am doing field work
How many pairs of shoes do you have:: I don't want to count that high


** music **

Favorite kind of music:: rock/heavy metal/oldies, most everything but rap
Least Favorite:: rap
How many CD's do you have:: I don't know, not enough -- you can never have enough
Last CD you bought:: the newest by Slightly Stoopid
Whats in your CD player right now:: AFI
Do you download music:: sometimes


** Favorites **

Color:: blue
Number:: 3 --- its the magic number
Season:: spring and fall
Ice cream:: ben and jerry's new york super fudge crunch
Website::http://www.illwillpress.com/
Quote:: "we are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams"
Store:: best buy
Band:: to many favs
Singer:: to many favs
Rapper:: dont do rap
Group:: to many favs
Song:: currently it is Callie Man by slightly stoopid
Movie:: way to many to choose one fav
Actor:: denero, pitt, cage
Actress::
Kind of movies:: all types
Place to be:: hanging with friends
Time of day:: night
Clothing Brand:: not big on labels, only matters if I like it
Animal:: cheetah
Food:: mango's and manicotti
Holiday:: Halloween
Shape:: oval
Restaraunt:: anything with good Italian
Fast food place:: don't eat fast food
Boy's name:: hum??
Girl's name:: loreli
Word:: omphalaskepsis
Month:: April
Candy:: caramel


** love and relationships **

Sexual Preference:: boys
Boyfriend or Girlfriend:: single
Crush:: don't have any right now
Do you believe in love at first sight:: no, lust at first sight -- yes, but it takes time to develop real love
What do you look for in a guy/girl:: someone who can make me laugh, someone who gets my sense of humor, a cuddler, someone who is willing to do most anything for his friends (that is a sign of a good guy!), nice eyes (they are connected to the soul), strong arms . . .
Best physical feature:: eyes and back
Best hair color:: doesn't matter
Best eye color:: doesn't matter -- but I really like green eyes


** randoms **

Do you paint your nails:: toe nails
What color is your tooth brush:: purple and gray
What's on your desktop:: pic of flowers that I took
Do you like roller coasters:: oh yeah
Do you do drugs:: nope
Are you a virgin:: there was a day, but that is long gone:)
Do you have any pets:: fish
What time do you go to sleep:: usually pretty late

People are so selfish!!!!!!!!

I apologize, I need to vent for a minute. . .

So, Hailong is our new Chinese student and he is currently living in Bay St. Louis, where most all of the students here live. He can not buy a car, because he does not have his social security number yet (usually takes a couple of months after the paperwork is filled out). So, all of the students who live in the area were asked if we could take turns driving him to and from school, until he can buy a car. There are atleast 10 students in the bay area, so everyone could drive him once every other week. . . no big deal, right. Well this e-mail asking people for help was sent out last week (monday). . .apparently I am the only student who has volunteered to give him a ride to school. I don't even think the person who sent out the e-mail is going to help. That is what pisses me off about people here. . . they are willing to get together if there is free beer involved, but they refuse to help anyone out. I personally was raised, that if someone needs help. . . you help them, so I honestly just do not understand this kind of selfishness. Where does it come from, and what makes people think they are above helping peole out. I do feel better knowing, that their bad karma will eventually come back to haunt them, and they will (with time) get what is coming to them. . . but anyway I am the only student willing to help out another student. So, needless to say I am a little pissed off and disheartened by this whole thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I apologize for the rant -- thanks :)

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Weekend

random pic ;)










This weekend went well. I helped move most all of Amanda's stuff into her new room. There are just a few things left to move, like a fish tank, but she wanted to do that later. The weekend went off without a hitch, only one casualty -- Amanda's shin was attacked by the new house, but I think that was the house's way of saying welcome :). But other than that all was good. Joe even got a bed out Amanda's move, so now he owns one bed, computer, clothes, two knives, two mugs and a sheet. He is moving on up :)!!!!!!!!!

I also now understand Amanda's frustration with the graduate students there. Amanda had a goodbye party for one of the students that just graduated, and the party started to winde down at about 10:30 and everyone was gone by 11:00 ish. WOW!!!!!! In Myrtle Beach we didn't ever start the night before 10:30, let alone end it by then.

Zombie

So, after a night of next to no sleep. . . . I go into school and realize that I am about as useful as the walking dead. I was able to do a few things, like acid wash bottles of winkler titrations and wash sediments for picking. . So basically the tasks that I could teach a monkey to do. I did however, almost fall asleep at the sink as I was washing sediments. . . Oh well, so I have come home early and taken a nap. . . So I will be go to go on the drive to Amanda's. I am helping her move this weekend. . . I am so excitited, I love moving stuff. . . Especially when it is not my stuff. Yah I am weird, I know :)

Hum. . .

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It looks like I am avoiding the north. . . wonder If that has anything to do with the cold??? Well It looks to me like I need to do a road trop in the Northern U.S., anyone up for a road trip ??

Fun Games

So, I am currently playing this great game called, where do I know you from. This guy John Franklin (from my home town) sends me a message on my myspace account, he said "I think I know you but how". . . So, I know that I know him. . . but I just cant place where from. It was obviously from King George, he graduated my freshman year. . . So now we are playing the game of "who did you hang out with". . . its a fun fun game. . . I just wish I knew the final answer :)