Ok, so maybe not more details, 'cause it's really none of your business. But dinner, nice evening, the works. It was really, really great. And that's all I have to say on that topic right now.

In other news, I have a cold and it's starting to move to my throat. Just thought you'd like to know.

Good day.

Tonight I'm celebrating my first real Valentine's Day ever. I'm excited. More details to follow.

I am a cuddler- Yup

I am a morning person. - negatory

I am an only child. - negatory

I am Catholic. - negatory

I am currently in my pajamas. - negatory

I am currently pregnant. - negatory

I am currently single. - negatory

I am currently suffering from a broken heart. - negatory

I am okay at styling other people's hair - negatory

I am left handed. - negatory

I am married. - negatory

I am addicted to my myspace. - negatory

I am online 24/7, even as an away message. - Unfortunately, yes

I am very shy around the opposite gender at first. - Hard to say....maybe

I bite my nails. -Yup

I can be paranoid at times.- Yup

I currently have a crush on someone. - I guess you could say that

I currently regret something that I have done - Yup

When I get mad I curse frequently. - Depends if I'm at school or not

I don't like anyone. - negatory

I enjoy country music. - negatory

I enjoy jazz music. - yessir

I enjoy smoothies. - Yup

I enjoy talking on the phone - Depends on who is on the other end

I have a car. -negatory

I have a cell phone - Yup

I have/had a hard time paying attention at school - negatory

I have a hidden talent - negatory

I have a lot to learn - Yup

I have a pet. - Yep

I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal - Probably

I have a tendency to fall for the "wrong" guy/girl - negatory

I have all my grandparents - negatory

I have at least one brother - Two of 'em

I have been to another country - Yep

I have been told that I am smart - Yep

I have been told that I have an unusual sense of humor - Not so much unusual, but that I don't laugh much.

I have OR HAD broken a bone - I think I broke my nose in basketball.

I have Caller I.D. on my phone. - Yep

I have bathed someone - negatory

I have changed a diaper - negatory

I have changed a lot over the past year. - Big time.

I have done something illegal. - Yep

I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color -Nope

I have had major/minor surgery. - Yup

I have had my hair cut within the last week. - Nope

I have had the cops called on me - It was a while ago, but yes

I have mood swings - Yup

I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life - A general idea, I think

I have rejected someone before. - Amazingly enough, yes

I have seen The Lord of the Rings trilogy. - yessir

I have seen the television show The O.C. - if I had more time, I'd watch it

I have watched sex and the city - Never seen a whole episode (the 2YG owns them all)

I like Shakespeare. - To a degree, but what English major could not?

I love to cook. - negatory

I like to sing. - Yep

I love Michael Jackson - Nooooooo

I love sleeping. - It's one of the few joys in life.

I love to play computer games. - Yup

I love to shop. - negatory

I miss someone right now. - Yup

I own 100 CDs or more - Nope

I own and use a library card - Yup...kinda....I usually check out the books myself

I practice a religion that is not considered mainstream - negatory

I read books for pleasure in my spare time. - Yup

I sleep a lot during the day. - Yup

I strongly dislike math - Yessir

I was born in a country other than the US. - negatory

I watch soap operas on a regular basis. - negatory

I will try almost anything once. - negatory

I work at a job that I enjoy.- Meh....the library isn't that bad.

I would classify myself as ghetto. - Ha!

I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. - no

I am currently wearing socks. - Yup

I am tired. - negatory

I love to paint/draw/sketch/sculpt - If doodling counts as drawing, then yes

Ok, first here's Last week's Column. It's a little bit ironic because I'm not going to give money back to the school myself, so I guess I could be called a hypocrit...but it was pretty much impossible to write against the issue when i actually have the facts. So it goes.

Here's This week's column. For all of you non-wartburg folk, Mr. Wartburg is a competition that is pretty much a spoof on Miss America. The point is pretty much to see 4 guys from each year in school (freshmen, soph, juniors, and seniors) make a fool of themselves and whoever has the most points at the end of the night wins. This year it was actually somewhat significant because it was the first time in the competition's history that a black guy won. Craziness.

In other news, I'm not sure if it's just this town or if it's all of Iowa, but there is a frighteningly large amount of crows on our campus. Sometimes when I'm walking back from work in the library, I'll look up at the tops of the trees and see literally hundreds of crows blanketing the trees. It's scary. It's creepy. Crows are evil. Just tonight I was walking back from the 2YG's room and a tree right next to me exploded and huge black mass flew away. I blocked out the moon. It was straight out of a book like The Dark is Rising. In fact, it may give me yet another "dark" story idea. I'm not sure what my problem is. I just wish I could put aside my weekly column writing for a little bit, so my mind can think creatively....instead it's constantly spinning a new way to look at the campus....and actually this next week I'm looking past the campus and writing about the wonderful George W. Bush. We'll see how that goes.

Man, last week was just a whirlwind week. I had crap due all over the place....and it wasn't getting done. I was supposed to have a column due Wednesday, but I had a speech early Thursday morn. to prepare for, so my column got shoved to the side...and then I realized that my idea was absolutely awful. I just kept on thinking how terrible it was as I was typing it, and finally I emailed my editor and was like "my column sucks big time, and I really don't want it to get published, so can I skip out this week?" Of course she said no, 'cause she was counting on me, but she gave me an extension...and I talked with some people, and I improved my idea and it was all good.

The speech was good as well, even though I found out literally 10 minutes before I had to go, that I couldn't use notecards. Great. So I had prepared with notes, and then had to wing-it. It nearly wasn't long enough, because I couldn't remember everything I was going to talk about, but I survived. Whatever.

Oh yea, and the reason why Wed. was so crazy is because the 2YG had several really important events to do that day, so I spent a good 3 hours with her keeping her calm and then just spending a little quality time with her...so I didn't get started on the speech until about 2 hours later than what I was planning on. AGH! But I had to do that because she went back home to South Dakota this weekend, so it was one of the few moments I had with her. And now it's the week again and she's way busy and I'm....whatever...but we won't see each other much. But it's ok, 'cause this Friday we're celebrating Valentine's Day...and without telling you ANY details, it's going to be amazing. Wowzas! As my brother would say, I dropped a few dunkets!

Anyway, tomorrow my newest column will be posted online and I'll provide the link to that one and my one from last week at the same time, for your reading enjoyment.

Also, here's an awesome pic of the 2YG and I from New Year's eve. A lot of you have seen this most likely, but I really like it...so here: