I am the "Chifforobe"

Have you ever tried to decide what someone would be if they were an animal or a cartoon? Maybe I'm just weird (well, there's actually no maybe about it), but I thoroughly enjoy such things. I remember last year on choir tour me and a couple of other people came up with an animal for pretty much everyone in Madrigal. It's hilarious what you come up, but I will not give any examples (in order to protect the innocent).

Last semester we were having a random conversation at dinner (like always) and somehow we got on the topic of people being cartoon characters. Now my favorite Disney movie is Beauty and the Beast, so I must have mentioned something about it. Jenn pondered and finally said, "You would be the chifforobe!" (I'm still not convinced that "chifforobe" is a word, supposedly it's another name for wardrobe ... who knew?) I thought about it, and I finally replied, "It's true!" And if you know me and you know that character in the movie, we're a lot alike, but hopefully not in looks!

So, now my challenge to all of you is to discover the cartoon character within yourself. (Oh yeah, I could so be a motivational speaker) Or maybe you've been told you look or act like a certain animal. Either way, I want to know about it! If you're having issues coming up with something, just ask one of your best friends and they may kindly tell you that "you're the chifforobe." This will be fun guys!

Thoughts on Valentine's Day ....

Well, it's Valentine's Day. Yeah. I'm what you would call Valentine's neutral, that is, I'm neither for the holiday nor against it (that's why I'm wearing blue). I am not going to start running around like some crazy people trying to find someone to call my "valentine." And I'm also not going to go in a state of mourning for the rest of February. See, I'm just ... neutral.

Right up there with sending a girl wilting, glittery roses from your local gas station, the worst thing to do for a girl on Valentine's Day would be to send them a singing valentine from the academy! I know what you are all thinking, "But, Melissa, nothing says I love you like having 16 year olds sing 'you are his valentine, his only valentine ...'" Call me crazy, but I don't think it's really the way to a girl's heart. On the other hand, if you are seeking to thoroughly embarrass someone, have at it!

Well there you have it. I hope you all have a wonderful day, whether you have a "special someone" or not. Chances are, if you're reading my blog you have someone that loves you ... ME! (unless you're just a random person reading this that I don't know, in that case I'm sure you're a wonderful person)

More importantly, God has a love for us that surpasses any love that we'll experience here on this earth! "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love" (Jeremiah 31:2)

Carpe Diem

Well we certainly "seized the day" this weekend. Me and four of my favorite people left campus at 4:00 Friday (attempting to avoid artist series) and returned around 4:00 Saturday. You'd be surprised at all the things we did within those 24 hours!
First, we went to the Mars Cheese Castle, which I've been wanting to do since freshman year for some reason (maybe because I like cheese or maybe I just thought it'd be funny). That was a good time, in spite of the fact that the employees probably thought we were crazy (rightly so). I love cheese.
After that we went to Julie's house in Illinois. Jenn was excited because we had spaghetti. But we also watched some of the opening ceremonies of the olympics, which was ... interesting. Honestly, who thinks of some of these things, especially the men with the flaming hats! Anyways, then we watched You've Got Mail (well, they did, I'm apparently 85 years old and can't stay up past 11).
Saturday we got up and Julie's mom made us breakfast, then we went to Krispy Kreme (since Julie and her mom both work there). Yeah, we won't go into any of the events surrounding that adventure, I'll just say we sure had donuts ... yeah.
And then we went to the Jelly Belly factory. That was interesting. Me and Karin, apparently being the smart ones, didn't try the "mystery bean" that the shady looking employee was handing out. The other 3, however, are still getting over the fact that they ate brocolli jelly beans (yeah, pretty much sick, huh).
Well, then we came back to campus. Who ever said there's not enough hours in the day? I think we proved that theory wrong! We had a good time, but I think that after typing this out and putting everything into perspective I have realized one thing ... pretty sure I'm going on a diet :).