Love and Memories

80 Reasons why we love our life at SAU (strictly, this year and not really in any order):

1. Homecoming Dance
2. Arbor Games (Hairspray is the best for sure)
3. Jessica was on Homecoming Court (8 votes)
4. Grizzly Man ("That there bear was full of people.")
5. Mattress Surfing down the stairs of Village E
6. BFFWNC (Little Miss and Misters...)
7. Superbowl Party (Ian sleep talking)
8. Kate's suprise party (A dingo ate your baby, mate!)
9. Tennis (watching and playing. mostly watching)
10. Blue Gnoo (We fooled soooo many people)
11. Pizza Buffet (wait for it...)
12. Lunches with Justin Slager
13. Relay for Life (Pablo was kidnapped, but we got him back)
14. Tigers game (11 runs in one inning!!)
15. Lunches with Justin Slager and Cody (aka Stinkbomb 3000)
16. Hollywood Squares (Jessica won a gas card!)
17. Winning our Advertising Project (twice, suckas!)
18. Scene It tourneys (The Toys Are Back in Town...)
19. Floor Hockey Championship Runner Ups (Jessica = 13 goals. Erika and Kate were the best defense EVER!!)
20. Blow Out Bash (no injuries this year. yes.)
21. IRON MAN!!! (we're not kidding. It was a GRREAT movie).
22. The end of the writer's strike for our favorite TV shows
23. Mental breakdowns (they ended in laughter. Don't worry.)
24. Victory over Brian and Zack in Office Trivia (yeah. we won't let that one go)
25. America's Next Top Model (We. Are. Cool.)
26. Bingo Night (Jessica won. Again.)
27. Lip Sync (Justin, JD, and Jon totally got robbed - as did Brian and Nate - there's your shout-out, brian :D )
28. Hi ho
29. Fondue Party
30. Office/Friends/Psych/Heroes/Project Runway marathons (Yeah. We don't know how we got anything done either)
31. Thousand Foot Crutch Concert (one word. Jessie.)
32. Dinner parties with Kris, Andrew, Justin, and JD (Always having trouble w/the oven)
33. Chinese/Taco Bell/McDonald's/Pizza/Cougar Den Runs
34. Applebees Birthdays (Matt and Jake. Enough said)
35. Small group (you know who you are)
36. Open hour rounds (bringing "gifts" to Justin)
37. Being Heroes (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rllgwJqP9XI)
38. Joe Freshman (http://youtube.com/watch?v=F_dc1ia0rjg)
39. Nail polish and M&M spills
40. The lists and 11
41. Ian licking a pile of salt
42. Going to free movies on Saturday morning (Shrek the Third, Surf's Up)
43. 7-11 runs and sparkling juice
44. Village Christmas
45. Goodwill (Dancing Grannies, bowling balls, and keys locked in the car)
46. Andrew's dreams and poems
47. Dan in Real Life (that was a love/hate experience - loved the movie, hated the people behind us)
48. UGuide training
49. Erika getting into the art show both semesters
50. Making fun of Andrew Baden (it really does make our lives complete)
51. Justin Slager (he makes our lives better, it's true)
52. Slumber Parties (You do NOT need plastic surgery on your heart)
53. Ice cream, cookies, tacos, popcorn chicken in the DC
54. Sharing wardrobes
55. Being Ramboed
56. David Blaine Street Magic (cheeeeeeeze-itz!!!)
57. JD VanAwesome and the All Stars (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ilcNcIQz9xM)
58. Ramen Noodle
59. Listening to "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus with Andrew (http://youtube.com/watch?v=EYfrF6w0YXY)
60. Drive-in movie on the soccer field
61. Facebooking
62. "Watching" Cool Runnings with Andrew and Ian
63. Brian and Dave inventing games involving apples and forks
64. Mario Kart tourneys (and all N64 games)
65. Paparazzing
66. The Puppet Show
67. Being able to wear sunglasses and flip flops again
68. Hammer walk with Dave
69. We love the number 69. This is Kevin's (from the office) favorite number. Therefore, ours too.
70. Getting to be around our best friends all the time :)
71. Porchfest (http://youtube.com/watch?v=RK64cTg5300)
72. Bobbly Ball (so many black eyes, so little time)
73. Witch Hunting + the Haunted House (for Erika. not Jessica. Jessica's a pansy.)
74. Justin and Kate fighting
75. When you ask Justin for the salt, he throws it down the table like it's nothing
76. Going into Jackson with Dave
77. "You're evil like a hobbit" - Dwight K. Schrute
78. Movie nights
79. Frosty Boy trips
80. Hat Parties



Things we hated:
1. Joby Saad
2. Comedian Night
3. Joby Saad
4. Leatherheads (Yes. it really was that bad.)
5. The grease dispenser outside of the DC (smelly to the MAX)
6. Justin Slager (he's the worst)

*Disclaimer: For those of you who think that we actually think Justin's the worst, it's ok. Justin's one of our favorite people and we really don't hold any animosity toward him. But that doesn't mean he's actually not the worst. He is ;)

Pop

We had the munchies. So we decided to go to the Cougar Den. This is what we went in for:


This is what we came out with:

Gotta cash in the Cougar Cash, baby!!

We are the Champions

Girls Rule. Boys Drool.

Brian and Zack thought they could defeat us. Little did they know that they had started an epic battle. And they were about to be obliterated.

Last October/November, we made a bet. Jessica vs. Zack. Erika vs. Brian. On facebook, there is this application for the show, The Office, and you can play a trivia game on it. Being that all four of us are pretty big fans of the show, we decided to hold a contest. The original bet was to break the top 500 trivia players by the end of the month. Erika and Jessica accomplished this in a week.

So the bet changed a little. And the stakes went up. Whoever was ranked the highest by Christmas would win and the loser would buy them McDonald's.

Jessica ended up being ranked #65 and Erika #67. Zack and Brian weren't even in the 60's.

The sad thing is, for all of November/December, the application had run out of questions for Jessica and Erika, and not for Brian and Zack.

And yet, we still won.

So they had to take us to McD's. But they didn't even until last week. It just goes to show who the real procrastinators are.

We had a great time. And we have the pictures to prove it.

And to illustrate this point about guys not being competitive and being losers, we have this quote from Andy Bernard:

"[holding in anger after losing contest] I am okay if I lose every single contest today. Honestly. Because I see these contests as an opportunity for me to demonstrate what a good sport I am. Mallard! [throws a rock at the duck]."

Good sports. Bah.

Being winners is where it's at. As you can tell by the look of sheer disappointment with himself in the pictures of Zack and Brian.

How Far We've Come

We can't believe it. In less than a week, we're gonna be seniors. Erika's already done for the year and Jessica only has one more exam to go. And then (fingers crossed) we're gonna be seniors.

However, this is not the point of this blog. The point of this blog is registering for classes.

Not really, but because we got our schedules registered on time, we got to go to the Year End Blow Out Bash.

The Blow Out Bash is basically a party to celebrate the end of the year with pizza, prizes, live music, and inflatables. We even got to hear JD VanAwesome and the All Stars preform one last time.

Now, before we get too far into this blog, I know that some of you are like, "What? Have we been decieved? In the last blog, they said it was the last time they'd hear JD VanAwesome and the All Stars!!" This is true. However, if you all were actually true fans of Mr. Van Valin, you would know that every time he plays with the band, they "end" their set with "Never Return." But it doesn't really end. There's always more. So really, this was the only way we could pay tribute to JD. We had to emulate his likeness. So, thanks for trying to be smart alacks. Too bad we were prepared for that. Gotcha, suckas!

Now. On with the blog.

Andrew won finger-flingers. Huzzah! He also hit about a million people with them. Someone needs to work on his aim...

Jessica won peanuts (Gross. And then she gave them away to JD. Not because he's gross too, but because he likes peanuts), a Facing Away cd (she already has one, so she gave it to Molly to spread the joy), and two gift certificates.

There was also a nice variety of inflatables this year. Last year they had a human fooseball apparatus, but that got nixed this year because Jessica fractured her foot playing it during last year's event. (And she's only a little sorry that she spoiled the fun for everyone this year who was looking forward to that. Advice: Always wear shoes while playing human fooseball.)

There was also a bull ride, and in order to get Andrew to ride it, we had to promise Andrew that we wouldn't make fun of him for the rest of the week (it was on a Thursday, so we only had to hold out until Saturday night - when the week ENDS) or we'd owe him $0.11 for every time we slipped up. We never did. We are awesome.

So, that's pretty much it. We made a video and we hope it works for you. If not, we will probably cry. A lot. Or just go here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=BcQybt0ghY4)

Also. Please note Justin Slager's face in the video. He didn't even try to make that face. Thus, making it the best picture of him. Ever. Even better than his kindergarten school picture.

Bubbly

One of the cool things about nights at Spring Arbor is just kind of sitting back and watching them develop. 

For those of you that don't know, SAU has an open and closed hour policy. That means guys aren't allowed on girls floors and vice-versa except for certain times of the week. Sunday night is one of those times! Yessss. :o) Our room is always a party room. 

Tonight Austin, Andrew, Caitlynn, and Heidi came over, and after an episode of Friends, we decided to watch Home Alone 2. No, it is not a strictly Christmas movie - it's great no matter what time of year. :o) Instead of a couch or futon in front of our TV, we have a bed. The futon went home for the year. Austin, naturally, decided that it would be a good idea to watch the movie from under the bed rather than sit on it like most normal people. Jessica had quite the roller coaster ride sitting above him. 

Anyways. After the phenomenal movie, which is just as funny as the first time we watched it, Andrew and Austin got a little cozy. Hah! 

Aren't they cute? ;)

Sometimes things get out of hand. And believe it or not, we aren't even talking about the cuddle bunnies. We're talking about the fact that we've had milk in the refrigerator for 4 weeks. Gross. We know. But once it's been in the fridge for that long, there's really nothing you can do about it. At least there's nothing that we want to do about it. 

So it just kind of sits there. Growing its own ecosystem. 

And then Austin comes along. We thought out of any of our friends that he'd be the one willing to clean out our milk container for us. And guess what. He did! Cause he's the greatest and saves our lives everyday. 

It was quite the daunting task. Daunting and smelly. So Austin needed to take the proper precautions:

1. Put hood up

2. Tie hood as tight as possible - only eyes can be visible, mouth and nose must be at least partially covered at all times. 

3. Put on goggles (sunglasses will work if they are big enough - Jessica's will do fine)

And then he was ready to take on the enemy. 

He dumped the milk out (yikes), and then poured about 1/4 inch of soap into our milk container. Now, keep in mind that we have the bubbliest (Yes. All of our blog titles are relevant) soap in the world. Austin quickly discovered this as the whole sink begin to fill with suds. The more he tried to use the milk container to rinse the suds away, the more suds appeared. It was basically Suds City in our bathroom tonight. 

When you have this many suds at your disposal, there is really only one thing that can be done when they will not go down the drain - take them out of the sink. Then! you can 1. Throw them at people 2. Blow them at people or 3. Make beards with them. You get the picture. 

Peace out. 

PS - We know TJ Hensick. He went to our high school. If you don't know who he is, google him. 

PSS - If anybody has seen Jessica's keys, let us know. Cause she hasn't seen them and would like to know what they look like. ;) But for real, she lost them. 

Never Return

We say it year after year. The worst band should be thrown into the fire.

That's right. Last night was bandfire. But without the fire, due to poor weather conditions. But don't worry everyone (because I know some of you were probably contemplating suicide over finding that out), it was in the FIREside. So it's kind of ok. And they got us pizza. More than ok.

There was a screamer band led by Jake Sinkovitz (fun fact: he was also the co-host of Porchfest), an acoustic performance by Rob Vischer, and a PHENOMENAL performance by JD VanAwesome and the All-Stars.
Screamer music kind of makes us want to die a little inside, as you can tell by the look on Erika's face. No offense to Jake though. It was a fine performance. We just don't like to be yelled at.
Rob did a really good job too. His theme was about risk, mostly the kind brought about by love. His songs were kind of sad, but it's ok because he has a girlfriend, so it can't really be that bad. We're not worried about him. He did a great job. And gave us free CD's. Yes.

Then came JD. Yeeeeesssssssss.
Mark Dusseau took over for Jeff Smith, who recently moved to Indiana, so it wasn't the original All-Stars, but it was still good. We miss you though, Jeff.And speaking of Jeff, Steve Smith (yup. they're related) was on the drums and had a SWEEEEEET drum solo and also makes the BEST faces when he's drumming. He's always fun to watch.

However, this performance was slightly bittersweet, because we think it's the last time JD will ever perform with these guys. Or for SAU.

And this sucks hardcore.

He sang all of our favorites, though, and even sang a new song (Why?) which we really loved. He's really the best guy. Pretty much the opposite of Justin Slager. And speaking of Justin, JD gave us a preview of the song that he's singing at Justin's wedding. And Justin wasn't even there to enjoy it, which pretty much makes him the worst. Again.

Oh. Before we forget, we took a picture with fellow blogger, JAMES GRANT!! Shout-out!

Lastly, Andrew was bored the whole time at Bandfire. And we made fun of him. But even that didn't revive his spirits like it usually does.

On a final, totally unrelated note, we found this quote. And it makes us laugh out loud. So we thought we'd share it with you.

"We're going to send Jessica Simpson to the Democratic National Convention." - President Bush joking with the press about the star who took flak for being a jinx at boyfriend Tony Romo's Dallas Cowboy games.
We always knew George W. had it in him :)

Eighth World Wonder

Believe it or not, our blog really isn't the eight world wonder. Porchfest is.

For all of you newbies, Porchfest is kind of like a glorified variety show that is put on by Ormston, one of the oldest dorms on campus.

Porchfest is a big deal. We're not even kidding. Last year, we got in line an hour early and barely got seats. This year, we were there 1 1/2 - 2 hours early and we were only seated in the middle. Like we said, Porchfest is a big deal. Don't even judge us.

The picture above is a picture of us with our SWEEEEEET friend, Austin. He just cracks us up all the time. Phenomenal friend. Right there.

But Austin wasn't the only friend who waited in line with us. Caitlynn, Lenora, Cassy, and Andrew were there too, but somehow, we never managed to get a picture with all of us...so here's kind of a combo. We know it's hard to comprehend, but we have faith in our readers.


So, this may sound kind of mean, but both Erika and I believe that last year's Porchfest was our favorite, but this year DEFINITELY had some pretty hi-larious moments. Erika's favorite was Erin and Ephraim cleaning up some contemporary pop songs for the Spring Arbor Campus and Kelly Ashton doing a Mad TV skit about dancing. I'm gonna say that my favorite was the Father Abraham rap. Probably because I have so many gangsta qualities. And the one boy was wearing a Rasheed Wallace jersey. Awesome. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=RK64cTg5300)


However, this year was quite monumental because we both got HOTDOGS this year!! We split one that they threw into the crowd freshman year, but this year, we both got to indulge. Andrew caught a perfectly wrapped hotdog for Jessica (much to the chagrin of the girl sitting behind us who kept eyeballing Jessica after she got the hotdog) and Erika got a bun. And then someone threw a hotdog (no bun) that hit Jessica, so it was perfection, because Erika's hotdog experience was now complete. Yes.

So that was pretty much Porchfest. Awesome. Also, we took this picture of a sasquatch.