Unveiling the thoughts and amusements of Willis

a great bumper sticker I saw on campus last night

I'd rather play Rugby and lose, than win in Softball.

I went and saw The Passion of the Christ last night. I have not seen such a long line in the theater ever!!!! It reached to the middle of the parking lot. I brought a bunch of people from campus and we all barely made it in. The 200 people theater was packed out!

It was pretty silent in there. Very overwhelming. I squirmed. I cried. I prayed. He was innocent. He never did a thing! He went through all that for those laughing soldiers who scourged Him. He holds the Power. Go see the movie.

Our computer has been down for awhile, we got a virus. So now I am sitting at the college's computers, all sweaty, because I just got out of the gym. My wrist is finally healed enough that I can lift again! I've done so much cardio work and leg lifting since I hurt my wrist, that now my arms are screaming at me. Nope, no more vacation for you.

I'm still loving my job at Greek Peak. I've been snowboarding a ton - strange isn't it? I still love winter and wish it would last a very long time! Go back to bed groundhogs!

I've got down Josh Groban's song "To Where You Are"! I've been playing it on the piano and singing it, and it's really coming together. We won't talk about my other pieces...

Well I'm a big girl now - at least I like to pretend I am - I got a cell phone and a credit card. Ooooo... So, what are you doing tonight?

a quote from the sis

"I like it when Teresa drives. Because no matter what time we leave, we always get there on time."

I'm back home! After a few delays, my family picked me up from the airport and took my out for my birthday dinner... Ichiban's Japenese resteraunt!!! It's awesome there, the chef comes out and tooks right at your table. You sit all around a huge skillet that he cooks on. He's amazing, he flips knives everywhere, juggles eggs, flips shrimp tails into his pockets and hat... it's so fun! I gave him mad props for his Patriots wear! His hat and kerchief had Patriots all over it. So what do you think of that team, eh? They kick, huh? Come on let me hear it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I watched the game down at Grandma's amidst all the Panther fans. But who won?? It was the greatest game I've ever watched. I did a little victory dance at the end and my relatives all through popcorn at me.

Jimmy, Michael and Shannon met us at Ichiban's and we bashed it up. The waitresses came out and sang Happy Birthday in Japenese! And I said "comenichiwaw", which some fruit told Dad it meant 'hi' in Japenese.

It's good to be home. Back to snow and ice and snowboarding!

Well I did it. I went and saw Les Miserables!!!! WOW. WOW. WOW. Absolutely incredible. They came down here to Broadway at the Beach.

I turned 19 today. Sad. I'm becoming an old fart.

I finally made it down here to Myrtle Beach to visit my Grandma. My flight was cancelled three days in a row due to snow. We got 2 ft in 48 hours! From what I hear, it's still going on. Down here it's been cool - or so they say - feels great to me! My awesome red-headed friend Jessie Long came and saw me the first weekend I was here! She's from August, GA, I met her at STEP.

I walked down the street and saw squirrels running up and down a tree. A little further I saw a cat sitting in a driveway. I said to the cat "If you want dinner, there are some squirrels down the street!" A little further I walked, and a dog ran out and barked at me. I said "I don't know what you're barking at. But if you want dinner, there is a cat down the street!" Awhile later I walked back down the same street and saw the dog sleeping peacefully in the sun. I never found the cat or the squirrels.

I haven't written in awhile (no DUH willis). I sprained my right wrist really bad and it's slowed my typing down quite a lot. I landed a jump wrong in the snowboard park. You should see my handwriting - it's atrocious! So no, maybe you shouldn't see it. Advil come to mamasita!

I went to Rochester this weekend for a friend's birthday party. Sarah and I went up Saturday and came home last night. When we got back my cousin Elizabeth was here! She just got out of the Marines boot camp last week. It was great to eat pistachios and hear her stories of yelling DIs. I wore my Marines shirt just for her. haha

She walked in with her shoulders back and her head high. She smiled just a little to proove she was a 'nice' person, but her stiff back prooved her to be 'higher than'. She sat and talked and laughed just enough for everyone to like her, but little enough to keep her 'cooler than' status. The way she carried herself demanded everyone's admiration and submissive friendship. Once in a while she met with someone just like her. And a great dislike would fester in her bosom for such a person. She thought them rude and cold. She kept up her facade until final submission prevailed from the other person, or she wrote them off like she didn't care if they were her friend or not.

But what was on the inside of her? Did she care? Why was the 'cool' mask so important to keep up? What gigantic effort would it take to break her down to a real, genuine girl?

"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might
as well dance."

For the first time I tried a skirt-over-pants combo. I wore black stretch pants with a big blue Irish scarf/shawl wrapped around. It felt awesome. I wonder how it looked?

"I dreamed that seven fat cows were grazing on a luscious hill. Then I saw seven scrawny cows come up and gulp down the seven fat cows! What does the dream mean? I must know!

Then I dreamed that I was standing in front of a large group of people in my underwear. What was that about?"

By the way HAPPY NEW YEAR to all persons who's eyeballs are looking at this screen! Yes that means YOU.... Alright now I'm happy because I feel like a cheesy radio announcer.

YES. Ted and I went to Syracuse and we bought a spankin' brand new K2 Luna board! YES. I am way phsyched! I can't believe it! God is too good to me! I got some new '02 Burton bindings for it too. Way good name brand stuff. Sarah, Ted, Jim and Mike all pitched in money to help me out, since they were all a ton madder than I was about my old board getting jacked. So yeah, God is providing for me, and I don't deserve it. I almost feel guilty taking that money from them. I mean, come on, who's fault was it anyway? No ones! All I say is that theiving dude better become a Christian from that "John 3:16 Reborn?" sticker I had on there. Funny thing... Ted was saying how he told his fellow workers in the Rental shop how my board was lifted, and they were all like "Alright if we see a Nitro board come through here, we're taking that kid down with a ski pole." Ted told them "Yeah and you better save him til my sister gets here. Then you better call in the police way in advance cause you know bad stuff is going to happen when she gets here." And they were like "Wait and she works in the Welcome Center?" And Ted said "Yeah man she can be all smiley and sweet and professional, but man you rub her the wrong way too hard and that's it!"

I don't think I would hurt that kid, I'm over that. Thankfully I've mostly grown out of my severe anger/revenge problems I used to have as young fool.

Man I am so blessed though to have this suave board! I can't get over it. I don't want to think about how much cash I forked out, but hey, I'll have it for a long time. Though somehow I feel I will cry the day I get a scratch in the bottom. And Ted was such the best how he helped me out with shopping. The salesman I got it from was perfect too. It was the third shop we hit. He was real personable and was an overflowing cup of info. He sounds crazy good on the snow too. He instructs and also is a sponsored rider. I told Ted "I don't want to go anywhere else, I really need to buy a deck from this guy."

YES.