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winona time..... [August 21st, 2006 @ 4:08pm] well i am back in Winona once again. its nice hopefully i will get to some some people before school starts but on the other hand i moved into a new apartment and i have no roomates until this weekend so it is super super boring :( and at night it is scary because i am a big pussy! and scared of everything ha. anyways starting classes on the 28th so that should be somewhat exciting. i am just so bored right now i cannot even stand it!!!!! 1; leave comment.

hey everyone! [August 18th, 2006 @ 1:30pm] [ mood | content ] [ music | imogen heap ] well ok i have not been on here in months. i am terrible. anyhow i am going to try and start updating again and we will see how that goes. well whats new with me....im going to be a junior this year, its going by so fast i can hardly believe it, and my little sister is graduating now that i really cannot believe. i still have all my amazing friends! school is going pretty great i worked my ass off this year and pretty much lived in the library but it was worth it because i finally got all A's, i have been waiting forever for that! so i got to keep my scholarship :) anyways i took drawing this year as a class and i guess i had forgotten how much i loved it because i have kind of starting doing that again and doing some painting also. i want to do some sports this year so hopefully with all my jobs and classes i can still make time for it.i have been home all summer just hanging with all my old friends and working of course. i am leavin for winona on Sunday i feel like summer just started yesterday ugh. anyways i have missed all my LJ friends and i really hope everything is going good with all you guys i am going to try and talk with you more often this year! hope everyone is great! 2; leave comment.

[February 26th, 2006 @ 2:59pm] [ mood | enthralled ] [ music | Flipsyde-US History ] well all i can say is things have been very busy and i am having a rough time with classes and i am kind of in a jam so until i figure this out it might be awhile until i update....but i just wanted wanted all my LJ girls to know i miss them immensely and i will be back, i hope you ladies are doing great! <3 <3 1; leave comment.

im so boring..... [January 13th, 2006 @ 8:15pm] [ mood | bored ] wow i am such a loser. its Friday night and i am sitting in my room making cards ugh. my original plan was even loserish....i was planning to go to a coffe place a read but they close at 7 whats that about....this is a college town its common sense for a place with large amounts of caffiene to stay open late huh? bleh. i really just need to get myself a life i mean seriously this is just no gooooooood 1; leave comment.

A Day In The Life... [January 12th, 2006 @ 10:28pm] [ mood | tired ] [ music | BloodHound Gang-Uhn-Tiss uhn-Tiss uhn-tiss baby ] well my first day of classes is officially over, and it actually went very well. first off all my friends all met for breakfast this morning which was nice and we talked about Gregory's trip and how he is now a certified divemaster...i am oh so proud of him :) and yeah we just talked and ate it was grand, and then shuffled off to class. my first class was Drawing. i was sooooooooooooooooo nervous for this class i have no idea why because it is one of my passions i just was nervous. anyhow it is a 3 hour class, but the professor is great and so far from what i see of him i think i am really going to enjoy the class, and i cannot wait until i get to go back on Tuesday, 3 hours can be a bit long but i am sure it will fly by once i get into a specific project. after that i sold a couple of books and went back and read for awhile until my night class. so at around 5ish i went back and had another class which was the discipline management systems of Special Education Ld and Dd or something like that. anyhow its a 405 level course which was pretty intimidating, but it went all right i can tell it will be really tough but i already have a load of respect for the prof. he just seems like someone i could learn so so much from. the only thing that went wrong was he made us get in front of class on the first day to practice our introduction to students technique. i had to say..."Hello My name is Ms. Brand, i will be your instructor for the semester, and i am really looking forward to it." i know it sounds so simple right...WRONG it was so hard we had to nail perfect we had to stand straight our hands on our sides scan the room, and after we were done saying the sentence we had to stand there silent for 5 seconds it was TERRIFYING...and of course with my luck i was the first and so i get up there and just burst out laughing hysterically, second time i stuttered third i talked too fast and then finally i got it, but man it was rough.pretty much the whole room laughed at me three times in a row...great huh....just sounds like me. anyhow despite that it was good. and even though it seems like an odd technique to use i think it would really work, so yeah thats my first day. tomorrow i have no classes because my tai chi does not start until march so i am going to sleep in and then walk to the store and buy pineapple and then work on my drawings and Sped homework so i have it all done for next week. hope everything is great with you all <3 leave comment.

[January 11th, 2006 @ 10:27am] [ mood | content ] [ music | augustana-stars and boulevards ] taken from monkeysmooch i confess that in 2005...( Read more... ) yeah thats a year of boring old me :) leave comment.

[January 10th, 2006 @ 5:09pm] Taken from babybonkerz87 The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about each other. Some of us haven't even met in real life. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but that you have no idea about. Ask away. Then, post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you. leave comment.

back in winona and already tired [January 10th, 2006 @ 5:01pm] [ mood | lonely ] [ music | Tokio Hotel- Durch Den Monsoon ] well i am now back in Winona, and already lonesome. yeah i love it here and i love all my friends but damn sometimes is can get lonely as shit around here :( so anyhow i had an extremely busy xmas break and i had things going on constantly so if i did not get to see you or talk with you i apologize i just really did not have the time and i am sorry. so yeah tonight i will just be settling back into things and prolly just curling up with a good book. hope all is well with everyone! ps send me letters....i love mail so so much :) Whitney Brand 3470 Lourdes 457 Gould St Winona, MN 55987 leave comment.

[January 5th, 2006 @ 6:24pm] [ mood | restless ] [ music | Bebo Norman-The Hammer Holds ] well my life has been here and there and just all over the place. this year has definately been a year of decision and just figuring things out. was a good year, hard but good. well lets see i have decided to start updating again now that i have this beautiful layout made by my lovely jenny! i am on break for christmas now and it has been wonderful, marie came to visit, and we had the best time like always, she really is part of the family haha. i miss waking up to her every morning " HEY WHITNAAAAAAAAY I AM SO FUCKING HUNGRY!!!" haha i miss her so much and she has only been gone like 3 days :( anyhow, Laura is home again so i have been hanging out with her, and i have gotten to spend a ton of time with my jenny which has been just amazing because she makes me so happy, and i have hung out with melissa too which is great she is so funny, oh i love her! and my carmencita...she is the best, and i have just gotten to see everyone like jon, duck and kyle and just everyone it has been so nice i do love my friends! anyhow, things have been hectic and right now i guess you could say im in a bit of a rut, but i am going to be positive about it, because i am sure everything will be great! i go back to Winona on Monday i think, which will be nice because i really miss Becky Leah and Lys. so yeah. basically my whole break has been making party with marie and sleeping until noon. unfortunately i have been feeling a tiny bit lonely right now, its a little crazy because i really don't have time for that shit so i am just blocking it out. unless anyone is interested in taking me out on a date bring it on! haha. i know i am ridiculus. anyhow i do not really want to go back to school at all the only good thing about going back is being able to see my winona ladies otherwise bleh to that! well hmmmm tomorrow night i am having a sleepover with my little kelsey, and then hopefully on Saturday i can hang with jenny melissa and carmen and maybe even m's too, good times. anyhow thats me right now, boring life, but your reading about it so it can't be all that bad :) 3; leave comment.

[December 7th, 2005 @ 10:43am] [ mood | indifferent ] well. long time no update. sorry guys i have been so busy !! anyhow it is the week before finals so i have a ton to get done. i have to try and finish making everyone's christmas presents too holy moly. i love Christmas so much, but man it is stressing me out this year. anyhow just wanted to let you all know everything is great in the life of Whitney, just a little busy. <3 1; leave comment.

[June 8th, 2005 @ 7:52pm] [ mood | exhausted ] well guys i know it has been a zillion years since i have updated but i have been really busy and i just wanted to let you all know i am out of school now and will not be updating much if at all over my summer break until i am back at school again in august so im sorry for not commenting and being a bad LJ friend but i am quite busy handling 2 jobs, friends, and family responsibilities/commitments hope all of your summers go well i miss you all so much and i cannot wait to talk with you again! <3 3; leave comment.

[May 10th, 2005 @ 1:30pm] Be honest. ♥ you can comment anonymously or not your choice....but this seems fun i wanna see what you guys think!!! comment bitches!!!! <3 xx I _____ Whitney. xx Whitney is _____. xx Whitney needs ______. xx I want to _____with Whitney. xx Whitney can ______. xx Someday Whitney will _______. xx Whitney reminds me of _______. xx Without Whitney, _________. xx Whitney can be _______. xx Whitney is always _______. xx Worst thing about Whitney is ________. xx Best thing about Whitney is ________. xx I think Whitney should _________. xx If Whitney was an animal, she would be a ______. xx Right now, I bet Whitney is thinking about _______. xx Whitney makes me want to _______. xx If I could spend the day with Whitney, I'd ____________. xx Whitney is the _________. xx If I could be Whitney for a day, I'd ______. xx I want to give Whitney a ________. xx The song _____ by _____ reminds me of Whitney. 5; leave comment.

[May 4th, 2005 @ 11:33am] its my last day here.....and im excited to be going home....but im soooooooooooo sad at the same time :( leave comment.

[May 3rd, 2005 @ 5:27pm] [ mood | giggly ] i actually got this website from my friend emily's page but i thought it was such a beautiful inspiring idea that i thought you guys should take a peekaroo.... http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ BTW--> i have decided im going to make a book with all my secrets in it and make each one decorative so it seems as if i am putting it somewhere else instead of inside me, and i think i really like this idea... anyhow you MUST check out this site and send something in because it is abso-toot-ly awesome 1; leave comment.

[May 3rd, 2005 @ 12:05am] [ mood | sad ] [ music | best of friends-fox and the hound ] well it has been 8 months since my grandpa died, and i really thought by now it still would not hurt so much, but it still does, no one really understands the close bond i share with them, all i can say is that im still as upset as i was during the first week of school. i miss him so much i CANT STAND IT, getting up everyday and seeing his brown sweater hanging on my wall just kills me i miss hearing his voice, and i miss his nasty tobacco chewing and his vulgar mouth,i just miss him so much uuuuuuuuggggggghhhh i want him back so badly, which is completely selfish because this summer when he was here was awful, i think part of the reason i am having such a hard time getting over this is not only because i was so close to him, but it kills me to remember that he was mad at me when he died, it is the worst feeling in the universe, it hurts more then anything else i can even bare to think of,i just miss him so much, every single thing reminds me of him, and that just makes it harder, every time i see any kind of animal especially birds i think of him for this entire year it seems he is all i can think about, im sorry im being such a baby i just really wish i was stronger like some people, because i really feel like im never going to get over this, i miss him so much it hurts to even breathe when i think about him because i have to try so hard not to cry.......i just miss him :( 2; leave comment.

[May 2nd, 2005 @ 3:40pm] [ mood | tired ] [ music | bryan adams-here i am ] ok i found the coolest tees and i think you should all go check them out.... www.bustedtees.com they are quite humerous!! its finals week so i dont have much time to post sorry guys! :( 1; leave comment.

[April 30th, 2005 @ 1:53pm] [ mood | stressed ] [ music | Ben Lee-Begin (a MUST listen to) ] wow yeah i know i have been sucking at the updating....sorry....this week coming up is finals week and i had my last day of classes yesterday so yes, im feeling pretty BLEH at the moment anyhow just wanted to share these two sites with you, one of them is a friend of mine from high school who i rarely talk to but try to keep in touch with, saw her in august and she has an apartment in maplewood so anyhow that was the last time i saw her i drove to her place a week before i came to college so she is one of the sites, and the other is my closest friend here besides becky, and thats alyssa so yeah these to ladies are my favorite artists i LOVE LOVE LOVE there stuff, and if i had a website to show you jennys stuff i would, beause her art is AMAZING she has this absolutely BEAUTIFUL painting of a huge wave that i just LOVE, but she doesnt have a website so i can show it, but she is my number one artit OF COURSE, hmmmmmm maybe i will make her a site to put her stuff up, who knows anyhow, check these ladies out!!!! LOVE YA'LL http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/k/r/kristina03/kristina03.html ^ thats kristina's art from my high school....also one thing about her work is, to some you may see it as dark, or unconventional, but if you really look at it and see the feeling behind it, its amazing i promise, but you have to keep an open mind if your not really into unconventional art you know http://wylie.deviantart.com/gallery/ ^ thats my closest college friend, alyssa ENJOY HOMIES!!! 2; leave comment.

[April 25th, 2005 @ 8:16pm] NEW LAYOUT! made by my lover jenny !!!! she is THE BEST!!!! i would be such a lost cuase without her woof you have no idea!!! i miss you my love! otisjoe otisjoe otisjoe otisjoe otisjoe otisjoe otisjoe 3; leave comment.

[April 23rd, 2005 @ 10:41pm] [ mood | sad ] A twelve-day-old female baby gorilla grabs the finger of her care taker Clara Beatty at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, April 20, 2005. The baby gorilla was born April 8, 2005, at the Zoo to Timu, the world's first test tube gorilla, who lost interest in her baby seven hours after giving birth. *just though i would share this with you guys since it made me feel a little better after a bad day!obviously, not the part about the mom not liking it but the picture in general 6; leave comment.

[April 23rd, 2005 @ 12:41pm] [ mood | dorky ] just wanted to tell ya'll that i have 3 messanger things now hoofta...because i had to find a way to keep in touch with all my college friends over summer and my best bud beck only has MSN so i had to get that but here are all my names for them AIM-OtisGus04 Yahoo-Whinniebaby08 MSN- not sure if it is done by my email or what but here it it The_Breath_That_Fills_Your_Soul@hotmail.com *i know it is long but every one was taken and i didnt wanna keep doing it over again and i kinda knew noone would have this haha so yeah there you go guys....i have turned into such a computer geek ever since WSU gave up these notebook laptops!!! 2; leave comment.

[April 21st, 2005 @ 4:43pm] [ mood | distressed ] i am SO STRESSED urgh this identity theft stuff is a bitch!!!! im not going to have any money for a way long time and finals are coming and we have a group presentation to do, my parents are mad at me it seems about the money stuff even though it is not even close to my fault AT ALL how could i have anything to do with it.....im so stressed i seriously think i am on the verge of a nervous breakdown, thank goodness im good at hiding it otherwise everyone would think i wasa major biotch! leave comment.

i HATE condescending voices!!!! [April 21st, 2005 @ 2:56pm] [ mood | cranky ] UGH my nose piercing just broke INSIDE my nose.....OOOOOOOOOUUUUUUCCCCCCHHHH when is this bad luck streak going to end im like about to break something yuck yuck yuck!!!! on a lighter note: this is my schedule for next semester(i think) 000216 PHIL 110 02 Critical Thinking M W F 1:00P- 1:50P  MI 334  000242 POLS 120 02 Intro to Amer Politics  M W F 10:00A-10:50A  MI238  000642 BIOL 104 02 Env/Soc/Conserv  M W F 2:00P- 2:50P  SL120  001089 CE 200 01 Career/Life Decision T H 2:00P- 3:30P  SO AUD  002190 PER 144 10 ACT Intermediate Yoga T H 9:30A-10:50A ME 300 PS- LAUREN-i have already taken nearly all the required gen ed's with the exception of 3 and those 3 are what i am taking next semester, i have already filled all of these gen ed requirements... Basic Skills- Written Comp- ENG111 Oral Comm.-SPEECH Mathematics-STAT 110 PHYS Ed- need to take HERS 204 ( gonna blue card i think and if not then thats the only one i havent taken) but i am also taking yoga in fall 2005 Art & Sciences- Humanities- US History Humanities- Literature & Nature Natural Sciences W/ Lab- BIO 118 Natural sciences- Astronomy Social Sciences- Psych 210 Social Sciences- Fall 2005- Intro To american politics Fine & Perf. Arts- Art History II Unity & Diversity Critical Analysis- Critical Thinking fall 2005 Science and social policies- Env/Soc/Cons BIO fall 2005  Global Study-for this class i am required to take an education program so cant take it till im in it Contemp Cit/Dem Inst- career/life decisions fall 2005   and those are all the required gen ed's that i need according to my Advisor so yeah im good to go on those.....if there are others i need i am not allowed to take them until after admission to the program, the ed program is really tight here and there is a buttload of stuff you have to do, so all of the gen eds im required/able to take i am either taking currently/in fall/or have taken previously so yeah thats why i cannot get more credits because my class choices are extremely limited, there is almost nothing i am allowed to take until after admission to the pro because i have been working on my gen eds since the beginning not my major stuff...   leave comment.

[April 20th, 2005 @ 6:14pm] [ mood | melancholy ] well....the last few days have been anything but easy...so im sure you have noticed i have been quite off, pretty weird or crazy acting, well sorry i have just been dealing with a lot in the past couple days, identity theft for one thing which is definately not something i need to be dealing with around the time of finals and registration, i will spare you all the details of the past few days because i dont want to go and rant on you guys...so yeah i pretty much cracked last night and it was prolly the worst i have had all year so that was really not good, so yeah things just arent going well we will just put it that way.  not really sure what started it all but the identity theft and the massive massive amounts of money that i dont have being spent could have added to it, so now i have to file a claim and charges and what not, it is a real pain in the ass especially now, and they just spent so much money UGH so now i have pretty much negative negative negative money right now, so no Guster concert for me on friday....which really sucks because i was kinda looking forward to going with lauren and hanging out with her but things just dont always work out the way you want them to. anyhow got home from school today and still felt below crappy and i just promised myself i wouldnt break down this time, so i basically went on a cleaning frenzie, haha i pretty much packed up my whole entire room, which was not the smartest considering i still have to live here for another 2 weeks. but yeah anyhow thats me right now....im a mess....sorry for complaining but everyone has to do it....havent gotten much sleep in the past couple nights either so i am feeling really sick.  well enough of this sad woe is me shit.....hope you are all have a good week, cannot wait to come home and spend the summer with most of you especially you benny baby!!!  love you all bunches!!!   leave comment.

[April 20th, 2005 @ 8:35am] [ mood | indescribable ] Have an Awesome 4*20 everyone!!!!  wish i was home to hang with you!!! leave comment.

[April 19th, 2005 @ 9:19am] holy moly haha so yesterday i had stupid lab and i walk in and the guy has dead animals laying on the tables....yeah not good....anyhow i held the CUTEST MOST ADORABLE hissing cockroach ever ahahaha this was great it was just walking around on me just lovin it hahaha and someone tried to take him from me and he hissed at em it was good stuff haha sorry it just made my whole day! all right so yeah i know that was random but you know.... leave comment.

[April 18th, 2005 @ 11:00pm] [ mood | restless ] [ music | the killers-mr brightside ] well last night i talked to Nathan it was great, even though he infuriates me BEYOND ANYONE ELSE i swear holy moly no one can fight with me like this kid, and the weird thing is i love it i like being able to fight with someone and not worry about whether or not it would mess things up, haha i have known this kid since 4th grade haha he was my 4th grade boyfriend then i was a complete jerk to him but anyhow we have become really close over the past few years kuz his younger sister is my younger sister's best friend, but yeah i am so PROUD of him gosh he really has turned himself into a man it is crazy, he got his emt or mt not sure what its called liscence and he is taking the FIREMAN test in a couple weeks and then in like a month he is going to start paramedics school, so proud of him, but yeah i havent talkd to him in awhile, for awhile he was obsessed with becoming a fighter pilot he even took me to a few air shows, this guy can fly a plane AMAZINGLY ugh scared me just looking at him doing all this stuff. but anyhow it totally made my day to talk to him yesterday because him and i havent talked in like 2 months so yeah, usually w end our conversations with one of us hanging up on the other abruptly because of a random arguement war, but this time we didnt it was weird, for once we didnt not fight.....but yeah is it comepletely odd that i love being infuriated by this kid haha, he has a gf now too who sounds great because she is just simple and he said the relationship is going nice and easy which is good because hes had some drama queens in the past, well anyhow worked on my fucking 10 pager tonight went to target with sarah and leah ate at perkins with them while all 3 of us flirted with this little 5 year old boy, gosh he was ADORABLE, totally loved it, so tonight was pretty good my week has been stressful to say the least but i have realized whatever take it because everything happens for a reason and stress can only make us stronger in the long run. im pissed at myself though because i ate a cookie tonight BAD....i guess i can try to work it off tomorrow ugh even though it is hot and disgusting out....my room is a mess and i really need to clean this week or it will get even more out of hand. anyhow thats pretty much it hope all is good with you guys miss ya <3 1; leave comment.

[April 18th, 2005 @ 9:54pm] just wanted to say :SO SORRY: for the recent rants....i know i suck.....it all seems dumb but when it comes all at once its stressful, im sure most could have handled it however i am A PUSSY, so weak, cant handle anything so yeah soooorrrrryyyyyyy leave comment.

[April 18th, 2005 @ 7:48pm] yeah wow it has been just a lovely wonderful day....actually NO it has been awful.....somehow someone got a hold of my debit card(even though it is still safely residing in my wallet) and spending money UP THE WAZOO damnit now i am out 200$ plus the 100$ they charge for the overdraft, UUUUGGGGHHHHH identity theft is one of my biggest fears it is so scary to me and of course this just HAD to happen around the time of finals......SO STRESSED 4; leave comment.

[April 18th, 2005 @ 4:35pm] all right well i ofiicially HATE liking boys,i just do, because everytime i do its like i break the lock on the door of me and anyone and anything can get in and have the potential to really break me down. UGH i just want to join the peace cor and go off to Africa and avoid all of these stupid feelings all together 6; leave comment.

[April 17th, 2005 @ 11:45pm] [ mood | crushed ] [ music | mark cohn-man of the world ] here are some pictures from this weekend at home ( Read more... )   4; leave comment.

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