Tues. Jan 30th

Mon. Jan 22nd

So, wanna here what happened to me last Friday? It's pretty gross. You may want to leave before you read this. I'm not kidding. Really, it's pretty sick. Any little children reading this should run away now. Anyone who is pregnant or who recently had ear surgery should leave now. Anyone who is of the faint of heart or who has a pacemaker should turn the other way. This is your last chance.

Is anyone still there?

....hmmmmmm..... well, anyway, here's the story. I'm taking a mid-morning snack on Friday. Some delicious raisins! A healthy, filling, wonderful snack, right? Uhhhhh... So I open my little raisin box and begin chowing away. At times I thought the raisins tasted a little sour. Oh well, I'm just too hungry to care, right? So I'm now down towards the end of the box. I just had this really funny tasting raisin so I look down at the nearly empty box. And what do I see?

...A bug leisurely crawling around my raisins! I threw the box down in fear of noticing 20 other of its friends hanging out, too. My first thought was of throwing up. But you don't understand (or maybe you do) what an unappealing thought that is to me, so I pushed the urge away. All I could do is sit there with my hand covering my mouth in complete shock! A minute later I yelled: "I ATE BUGS! AM I GOING TO DIE?!" The general consensus was no, but only because they weren't colorful bugs.

After washing my mouth out and drinking 3 cups of water, I wrote this email to my friend, Nick:

Subject: UGH!

Oh mi goodness!
I just ate a couple of bugs!
:-P
Oh, I might DIE! They were in my raisin box and I did not notice them and they camaflouged right in and I ate them! I KNEW my raisins tasted funny! UGH! I looked down in the box and there is this bug crawling around...
I'm... feeling.... light.... headed....
luke at alle thee prettee colers zooming ayrownd I musst catch.........

OK, well, so I didn't really have hallucinations, but I coincidentally got pretty sick all day Saturday. Any relation? YOU figure it out. Any doctors in the house?

Just let me give you this little piece of advice. Never EVER EVER eat raisins without looking first in the box... closely. That's it. Goodbye for now.

Wed. Jan. 10th

So what's the point of this story, you're asking...? Well, I'm trying to win tickets again, for something I desperately want, and I'm having NO luck! 'What tickets?', you're thinking. 'Could it be Alanis Morisette, Bush, Tori Amos, who???' Well, no. This time it isn't for a band, but for a football game... the Packer/Cowboy game in Dallas next Sunday. A very popular radio station is giving tickets away this week. They've already given 2 sets away and there's only 1 set left! The problem is, you need to be the 15th caller when they play this special promotional blurb to qualify for the drawing, and... once again... I'm having no luck!

Want to know the funny thing? The first time I heard about the contest was Monday morning at 6:50 a.m. when my radio alarm went off. Quickly (although still half asleep), I picked up the phone and dialed. Second try and I was through. The phone was ringing! I was going to win!

'uh, no, sorry, Katie... we just want to TEASE you'

I was caller 14! AHH! Just one away! I wasn't too upset seeing as I was still half asleep and seeing as it was only the first qualifying calling-in thing of the week. I had many more chances!

Monday at noon the radio station ran this thing called a super bonus hour where anyone who faxed from 12 to 1 o'clock would be qualified. I was so happy! I was sure to be qualified, right?

WRONG!

My fax wouldn't go through, the line was too busy! So in a last ditch effort, I emailed the DJ and begged to be qualified over email since my FAX wouldn't go through. She emailed back and said she'd drop my name in. I was very happy! Later that day I tried again to be the 15th caller and I was number 10. Oh well, I still had a chance.

So, at 4:30 Monday afternoon they did the first drawing. The DJ says: "And the winner is Kate..." (long pause) ... (my heart is beating 1000 miles an hour) "...Dayno!" My heart sunk. Oh, I was so close it seemed. Such a cruel thing that the winner would have the same first name as me (or close enough). But I wouldn't give up! Later on that night I was caller number 4... each time I was getting a number lower and lower.

Now it's Wed. night and two sets of trips have been given away and I am still ticketless! I never once yesterday or today have gotten through to get any number at all. Why is that? Well, I know there's really nothing any of you can do, but atleast you can share in my misery with me- if only for a minute or two while you read this.

Please send me your sympathy and keep your fingers crossed that at tomorrow's (Thurs.) drawing at 5:45 p.m. CST the winner they announce will be none other than

Fri. Jan. 5th, 1996!

Guess what?! I had a fantastic new year!!!!!! I hope you did too!

I need a story to tell you! Oh! Guess what I saw last weekend? FOUR ROOMS! It was really cool! Have you seen it?

My favorite is the third room with Antonio Bandaras-- don't worry, I won't tell you what happens because I know you're going to see it. Did you know that Tim Roth (main character) is really cool? AND a very good actor. He does an EXCELLENT job.

Let me give you a little hint about what it's about, just like if you saw a commercial for it, I won't tell you more than that... the movie takes place at this hotel where Tim Roth (Ted) is the BellBoy. He has adventures dealing with 4 different rooms of the hotel. ALL of which are hilarious! The rooms feature stars such as: Madonna, Antonio Bandaras, Quentin Terrantino and Bruce Willis.

Now, mind you, bad language and partial nudity must not offend you in order to like this movie. This movie is rated R, so the kiddies can't go, sorry!

Before I leave, the game must live on!! (I do notice that only a select few of you choose to play this game, though. Why is this? Do you just never know the answer or are you too good to play... NICK!) :-D

heh heh... this is a good one. Good luck and good evening...