Maria and I just got our new computer from UPS today! Our old computer died on us, so we bought a new one direct from dell. Once i get it set up, along with out wireless network, we'll be on here a bit more again posting and reading on the Anderblog..

Anyone need any spare parts for their computers? Some of the things I have that i'd be willing to sell cheap include a router, a case with a maybe working power supply, and maybe a sound card. If anyone is interested shoot me an email.

have a great friday!

oh man

it is like ten after 8 here on friday morning. I have a paper due in CIS lit today. that is the only reason I am up now. I worked on it for a couple of hours last night before going to bed, but because of tennis etc, i was too tired to finish. Oh yeah, I still have some math hw to do.

so there was this class that I signed up for at south or applied for I should say. maybe some of you will remember me talking about it. well, I complained my way in. I am going today to my councilor to get my classes changed for next year so that I will be in that class. yippeee.

European Vacations

Hi, Lynda! How was Italy? Do you have pictures?

Guess what? My brother Terrell and his girlfriend Jen are going to Sweden. Terrell's friend married a Swedish woman and moved there, so Terrell and Jen are going to go visit them. Also, they are godparents of the friend's child.

Murray beat Washington 17-12

This pic is in today's Pioneer Press Metro Section.

banana umbrella

norris, liv and I all went to the twins game today. it was a lot of fun. the twins won 8-3. norris had a diamond view ticket fom rich. then we used other tickets to sneek down. it was tight. then we went to the convention grill which norris repeatedly referred to as a diner. the food was great, but not quite as good as the conversation! peace.

Sunday

Liv and I attended mass this morning at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church as part of the final project for her U of MN World Music class (Joel was a lector at Corpus Christi so couldn't attend with us... in fact, as we took the car, he had to bike to church). We had a very interesting two hours. I was afraid we would be the only white people there, but the congregation was about 60% black/40% white. The pastor was a 50ish white man with an Irish name who led the congregation in its gospel singing, called out lines, and exhorting us to sing, "Now, one step higher! Now one step higher and louder!" He also spent a lot of time mentioning all the sick and dead by name and relation (such as "great-auntie") to parishioners, including those in Africa. It was jam-packed and hot and some women actually had fans from a funeral parlor. During the passing of the peace, everyone left their seats and greeted everyone in the whole church. Anyway, it was cool, but you can see why it took two hours.

Peaceful Scene

I visited Grandpa's grave last night, it was so peaceful and serene out there (except for the occassional plane landing at the airport). It just reminded me of how much Grandpa is missed by all of us. I took some pictures of the area, and wanted to share one of them with you:



See more pix at Photographica.

Peters b-day celebration

Hi All,

Pete and I checked our calendar and the date that works best for us, Joel, Teresa, Mark and Nancy is Sunday May 23rd. May 22nd was also a possibility, but my brothers wedding is that day so it wont work out for us. A couple other possiblities were May 29th, or May 30th (Memorial weekend). However, I dont think Pete would like to wait that long to celebrate. But, if that date works better for people, then we would rather do that and have everyone there.

So if May 23rd does not work for anyone, please let me know. Otherwise, we will just tentatively plan on doing it that day.

Of course

Regarding my appreciation for the Atheist headstone, I'd either have to enlist or find someone to COPY the veteran headstone for me. The modification I had in mind was changing the "A" to a cross (of course people could assume the "A" was for Anderson).

Looking around on the website Peter provided, we were able to locate Betty's grave location, something we've wanted to find for a while. Knowing the right spelling of her last name (ROGNLIEN) was tricky, but it was also hard because her full name was Ethel Elizabeth Rognlien.

Misc.

Okay, I will have a birthday party for myself on May 2. Perhaps we will fulfill my life's ambition and dance around a Maypole.

Peter, we don't remember you asking this question because we (and Matt and Janelle) know where the grave is, but your method is probably better anyway as it is hard to describe to anyone else. We are pretty good at finding Fred and Mae's and Ernest and Anna's graves, but once wandered for about an hour trying to find my grandparents'. When my parents were in Pensacola recently, they visited the national cemetery there and were surprised at the differences. There were many more religious symbols than we see at Fort Snelling and we had to look them up on the VA website to figure out what my mother was describing over the cell phone (http://www.cem.va.gov/hmemb.htm). Joel really likes the atheist one, so is thinking about modifying it... Also, at the Pensacola cemetery, the markers for cremated individuals had space for a short blurb on the bottom. They saw "Gone fishin'" and "Big Momma."

Grandpa's Grave

I had asked a while ago if anyone knew how to find Grandpa's grave at Fort Snelling National Cemetary. No one really seemed to know so I tracked down a website that had information about the locations of the graves of veterans. For those who are interested, here is grandpa's grave location:

ANDERSON, FRED G
SSGT US AIR FORCE
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 12/28/1942 - 10/31/1945
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/25/1922
DATE OF DEATH: 10/27/1989
DATE OF INTERMENT: 10/30/1989
BURIED AT: SECTION N SITE 2818
FT. SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY
7601 34TH AVENUE, SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS , MN 55450

To find the graves of other veterans, you can go to:

http://www.cem.va.gov/

Birthday celebrations!!

Hi Everyone,
I have an idea! We could celebrate Teresa's on May 2 and then have another party
Mid-May for Peter out in Shakopee. Then we could see each other twice in a month. A 50th birthday is, after all, pretty important! 28 is nothing to sneeze at either, of course. I'm already planning the candles... actually, it's somebody else's turn to think about that. As to dates, I think we are open (at this time, at least) on May 15, 16, 22, 23.
We'll be planning our small group schedule for May soon, so maybe we can decide and then we'll keep that date available for family. Thanks for a great Easter, J. & T. The pictures were great and thanks all who brought yummy food. It was great to see you Jerry and Russ. Love, Nancy

sweet victory

what up thugs. this is stevie. today we had our first tennis match of the season. we played maple grove at powderhorn park. I resumed my post at 2nd singles, and did so in striking fashion. I won 6-0 6-0 against some kid. he wasnt that bad though. the team won 7-0. it was really cool. our next match is against north, so it should actually be alot easier. well I am going to go do something else. peace.

Peter and Teresas b-day get together

Hi Everyone,

I just received an e-mail from Teresa about our picnic/BBQ and what dates work best for people. She had suggested May 2 and said that seemed to be the only date that worked for everyone. However, we were planning on having it later in the month of May since it probably wont be warm enough and the weekend of Peters birthday is also the weekend of Mothers Day. So, could everyone please check their calendars and let me know if either another Saturday or Sunday later in the month would work? We would like to have it during the day probably starting at around 1pm or so. If this doesnt work for people, then maybe we wont be able to have the birthday get together over at our place. But, dont fret, we will definitely have a get together if it doesnt work this time, sometime later this summer.

Thanks everyone!
~Maria

Happy Easter from Buford Avenue!

oncourt offcourt

norris and I worked out on good friday. it was fun. we went to the club, ran a mile and lifted weights and stuff. then we went to lake calhound and ran around it to lake of the isles. then we went over to cedar lake and back to calhoun. it was fun and we ran about 5 miles, 6 total. we are getting in pretty good shape. maybe we will represent sweden in the upcoming olympics... peace.

Good week

What a lot of nice postings on the blog recently!

I just got an early 50th birthday present from Health Partners--a message to make a colonoscopy appointment.

yo yo yo

Well, I guess I should post something here every now and then.
I liked NYC a lot. A lot. I also liked Barnard to the same degree. Speaking of college I got my SAT scores (2nd time) back today and I got a 670 on both sections. Good balance I believe. Not like this will decide my future forever, but I just thought I'd put it down.
I'm in the play at my school and rehearsal is "killer." You tennis people think you have it hard, try this for once. We are doing The Canterbury Tales in modern English. It will be very cool. I am the Wife of Bath.
Well, that's all for now. Holla back.
Livvi'i

Hey to everyone on the stevieblog. Thanks to Ingrid for posting the picture of 251 Wilton Dr. w/blooming azaleas. Y'all come see us, it's nice down here. Lynda's is in Italy on trip organized with recorder playing friends and is having a good time. The Andersons south are planning our own trip to NYC in May when Mae graduates from the Columbia J-school. Happy Easter to everyone...

John

twins win

youre right mom, it was quite a game. you did fail to inform the family that I attended the game. thats right, I was there for all 15 innings. twins won 7-6. I dont really wanna talk about it right now, I am too tired. and I have to go to lunch. peace.

How about those Twins

While listening to the Twins game on WCCO I got all the dishes washed that the guys used while Mark & I were gone to Illinois!! When we were in Illinois we finished a new bathroom on my parents' first floor (painting, not plumbing or electrical work) and Mark did great work for my sister... putting together cabinets and putting up curtain rods.
We were happy to see that her mailbox is still standing, which Mark put up in the dark of night. It indeed looks like a beautiful spring in Georgia! Good night, All... Nancy

Springtime in Georgia

Bet New York isn't as pretty as Georgia, and that y'all are all cold up there in MN...



This photo courtesy of Dad aka John.

Just Flew Back From NYC....

(yeah, and are my arms tired...)

Good trip to NYC, but even better to be home. Looks like we missed the good weather here, and that the week ahead in Minnesota will give us the same cold spring weather we had out east. It was interesting seeing Ground Zero how... underwhelming it seemed - like just another big construction site. A block away we found more striking the exhibit at St. Paul's chapel:
Out of the Dust, all about the part their chapel played in the days after 9/11.

Also interesing was the tribute at the New-York Historical Society, by Christopher Evans, a spherical painting of the view from the south tower:

Back to St. Paul

We're glad you're keeping us so informed of everything going on in your (and Norris's) life, Stevie. Yes, we were in NYC and had no Internet access (except through Joel's Palm Pilot which doesn't lend itself to long blog entries). Of course, Liv loved Barnard/Columbia and had a lot of fun hanging out with Emily L., including attending three classes. Joel and I stayed at the Excelsior Hotel which turned out to be beautiful with a great location (I had booked it through Expedia and they had changed the hotel three times so we weren't too confident). We overlooked a park surrounding the American Museum of Natural History and at the other end of the block was Central Park. There was a dog run right across from us and so we saw many New Yorkers and their dogs--one set in matching raincoats and hats! Joel and I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art TWICE and saw "Madame Butterfly" at Lincoln Center. Liv, Emily, and we all met Mae for lunch on Saturday in the Columbia area. And we talked to Terrell on the phone twice, even though he couldn't get us into BMG for free.

It's good to be home.

happy spring break

hey guys. I am like the only person who ever says anything on the blog. this is ridiculous. I guess that joel, teresa and liv are in ny and my parents are in Ill. but still. norris and I went to the club today. boy oh boy was it fun. we did some upper body and lower body workouts and stuff like that. then we ran a mile and did some abs. upon leaving the club we went to lake calhoun and ran all the way around it. we think that it is a little over three miles but we dont know exactly how far it is. we saw his boss and her friend erikah. I think she had a thing for me but I'm not quite sure. then we went to noodles and norris graciously treated me to the pasta fresca. it was really good. then we got some jamba juices. whoo what a day. well see ya later. peace.

freedom

my parents will be going out of town to visit my grandparents, so I guess I will have the house to myself for the most part. apparently tom is going to be sleeping here while they're gone, but you know. peace.

I kind of just felt obligated to post something since it had been such a long time since anyone else had.

here i am with a needle in my arm

i am at memorial blood center typing one- handed because instead of watching a movie i can go online... wonders never cease! they treat one very well here... i'm supposed to be squeezing the little inflated ball i have in my hand so the blood will not stop coming. if i forget, alarms sound, so i need to be careful. i am giving platelets today, so i'll be here a couple of hours.
i love these portraits of fred and mae. how pretty she is. i was remembering yesterday how we used to celebrate our birthdays together with betty also on the 23rd. i'm glad that now i have someone to celebrate with me again, maria!
i didn't put my b-day greeting to you on the blog on sunday, sorry. the pic of the atlanta folks was lovely too!
i'm glad your surgery went well, peter.
i suppose y'all have noticed that it has been awhile since i have piped up on the blog. i enjoy checking in often to find out what my son is doing at school... and the pictures you post of me are certainly flattering...
oops... my alarm is going off. i forgot to squeeze. i bet you all wish you were here. they just put a nice warm pack on my neck... ahhh! talk to you again soon. nancy

nice photos

matt, thanks for putting those up for us, those are really neat.. I've downloaded them and will be printing them..

for those of you who are interested, i downloaded matt's photos below and restored them a little bit (taking out scratches, creases, etc). I can email them to you or bring them on a cd if you're interested.. (here are kind of how the restored ones look:



p.s. i had surgery on my arm today to remove a lump that has been causing some pain. They removed it and stitched me up again in about 15 minutes. It turned out to be a Lipoma, a fatty mass. I'm doing just fine now though.

Fred and Mae Portraits

To celebrate our Dad (or Grandpa's) 82nd birthday today, I am posting these two handsome portraits of Fred and Mae. I saw these pictures hanging in John and Lynda's den while Janelle and I were visiting them, and they were nice enough to let me scan them at a local camera store. If you would like to download these images, please click on the link below. I will leave the high resolution pictures up for a few weeks.

Anderson Family Photographs

Detective Kokomo

Detective Kokomo is on the case....

....apropos of nothing. Just a picture we took of Koko lounging around.

tales of a dying generation

hey guys. the birthday party was alot of fun. we all had a fun time playing imagine if. what a fun game! today I have been reading "no longer at ease" by chinua achebe. its a really good book. I am supposed to finish it by 6th hour tomorrow and I still have like 94 pages left. thats not too bad I guess. in my freshman year I read the book "things fall apart" by the same author, so it is pretty cool to keep the cycle going. oh yeah, and I have the biggest project of the year due in chemistry tomorrow and I havent even started. i think I have like a 10 minutes presentation to give and everything. well whatever. who knows. maybe I will sneak into the library tomorrow to give a report on how it turned out. maybe not... peace.

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Happy Birthday Maria and Nancy!

We had a wonderful time over at mom and dad's house tonight.. Happy Birthday to the Birthday girls.. maybe next year you'll be able to share your cake better :)

Back from Las Vegas

Maria and I had a wonderful time in Sunny Las Vegas, Nevada last week. We left Minneapolis - 20 degrees and windy and landed in Las Vegas 80 degrees and sunny. What a difference a 3 hour flight can make!

While we were there we had the chance to enjoy all sorts of activities. One of them was watching the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino (see the picture below). The fountains would go off every 15 minutes, and the water would shoot into the sky in choreographed movements with the music.. It was one of the most beautiful things we've ever seen. The picture you're looking at was taken from the top of the Eiffel Tower Replica that they have at Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino

Some of the other things we did while we were there include going to a show done by the Cirque du Soleil (Mystere), visiting the various casinos, going to the red rock canyon, going to see Sigfried and Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, visiting the Hoover Dam, and much much more.

To view some more pictures from the trip go to:

Pix1
Pix2
Pix3

greetings from the confines of south high school

hello. this is the youngest anderson male, stevie. I am writing to all of you from within the thick walls of south high. it is approximately 2:25 p.m. on friday the 19th of May, 2004. today, I do not have a sixth hour. therefore, I have come to the media center to post some good stuff for all of you to read. I am not supposed to be in here right now. I an unlocked door to sneak in. it is usually locked, but for the past few days it has been unlocked, so I have used it to sneak in hear a couple of times. yesterday I had a debate about stem cell research in my philosophy class. I did really well(I wish I could say the same for my other team members...). anyways, I found it to be an interesting topic. in the debate I was pro stem cell research, but I still have not decided on a position for myself in real life. I am leaning towards pro stem cell research at the moment, but this may be due in part to my spectacular performance arguing for it. I was just wondering what other people thought about it. if anyone is interested or whatever, you could just send me an email about it, sort of like tom's presidential election thingy. my email is s_tv@juno.com peace.

The Real St Patrick

I found this interesting post about the real St Patrick behind St Patrick's day. It is a real "Indiana Jones" story as the author puts it.

St Patrick

Happy Birthday Mom!! What, are you 35 now?

Love, Peter

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Nancy, Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day Nancy. I am really looking forward to our birthday get together on Saturday. Sorry to hear that Janelle wont be there. We will miss you and thanks for the birthday wish.

Hopefully I'll see the rest of you on Saturday!

Happy Birthday, Nancy and Maria

Happy Birthday! I'm sorry I won't be at the party on Saturday. I'm going to a women's retreat.

Happy Birthday and God bless you.

Janelle and Matt

Happy Birthday Nancy! From the farthest corners of the Solar system!




Here you can see them towing the banner past Sedna, the newest planet in the System!!

happy saint patty's day to all

well gee golly, I didnt think that I would be the only one to post greetings on this holiest of holy days. I am especially surprised, since our family has been so overrun by catholicism. just kidding. I think it is wonderful that we are becoming so diverse! norris and I always trade religous jokes about the free church vs. the catholic church. its all in good fun. well I gotta get goin. peace.

Working for the UN

Hi all:

I've been corresponding with my friends at WHO about doing more work for them. Except for my June travel expenses, I have not been reimbursed for anything I've done yet, however (about $1,500). I have submitted two invoices under my APW ("Agreement for Payment of Work") contract, but have yet to get a check. Supposedly, the system is just very slow. SO, my friend Philippe asked if I'd like to go under a WAE ("When Actually Employed") contract. I said "sure," only to be engaged in many more vexations. After providing them with a CV, they requested detailed documentation on my qualifications as a website evaluation expert (which was hard, as I have none--they are the ones who made me one!) Then today I received an email with an attached "Medical Clearance Certificate" which requires me to undergo a complete "United Nations medical examination" (complete with chest x-rays, checks for "troubles nerveus ou mentaux," "sang dans les selles," and examination of "organes genitaux.") This is to verify that I could withstand possible work under "difficult field conditions in areas having many health risks."

I think I am going to offer to work pro bono.

wow

liv, thats cool. I do know parker von sternberg. he is a pretty cool kid, only a freshman though. I am pretty famous for that tennis ball incident because our coach had banned tennis balls. it was super cool. I do know john, pretty well actually. yeah, well I guess I am gonna go sleep or something. peace.

speechy keen

Today was a "small team" speech meet. It was in Brooklyn Center. It was fun. I won first place in my category (extemporaneous Speaking). I also met some folks from Mpls. South. I said "Hey, do you know Stevie Anderson?" and one of them said "Yeah! At our cross-country banquet he barraged our coach with a bag of tennis balls." and I said "That's him." It was pretty cool. Stevie, do you know a guy named Parker? He has blonde hair and wears glasses and a corduroy suit. He is also cool. I will email you a story about him. Do you know his friend John either?
Well, that's my ramble.
Livvi'i

today

yo I'm at school. I dont have a sixth hour on fridays, so here i am in the media center. it is really boring. last night I stayed up until 2.00 am and then got up at 7:15 am, all for the sake of hw. boy oh boy it was harsh. but hey it all turned out ok. tonight I am goin to a party at some tennis girl's house from apple valley. it is gonna be pretty silly though. I am gonna act like a thug from minneapolis, but I guess that wont take much acting will it? well I gotta run. hobos are chasin me. peace.

Nice weather

Andersons in Georgia! Andersons in Georgia! (via Ingrid)



Sigh. I miss those early March outdoor breakfasts...


What's up with all the blank posts, guys?

yo whats up. I am trying desperately to procrastinate as long as possible before I have to write this paper and journal thing for school thats due tomorrow. this class is hard. pretty much every single person gets basically straight A's but not here. lots of people, including myself, are getting B's and C's on lots of the assignments, but just because he grades so hard. I am actually hoping to get a B on this assignment. what a world. oh yeah, there was this thing in spanish. we were supposed to make up some presentation in the language of spanish, you know. so anyways mine was actually coming along great, and then my teacher lost all of my work that I handed in to her, so basically I have to start over from scratch. it is actually kind of a blessing in disguise, because now I dont have to present tomorrow, and I can concentrate my efforts on this english paper. oops, I forgot about that. see ya later. peace.

Our Atlanta Trip

Pictures from our Atlanta trip click here.

sup

well, I had a fun day at tennis. I worked out for a while afterwards. I ran probably 2 1/2 miles. it was quite a journey. I hope norris hasnt given up on me as a workout buddy. I think he must be mad about when I forgot my swimming suit and he didnt get to use his 55 cent towel. norris, if youre out there, I'm sorry. well I have to go. duty calls! peace.

Thanks to all that have responded to my political inquiries. If you are interested in results please e-mail me at

Brokendownheroes@hotmail.com

Viva Las Vegas!

Well, we're off to Vegas this afternoon for a week of sun and fun in the city of neon!

In case anyone needs to get a hold of us we're at the Polo Towers on the strip, phone number: (800) 692-8555. Have a great week everyone!

tennis woes

yo, what up. I went and played at the tennis tournament at flagship athletic club. I lost to nick hansen and it was pretty awful. I dont really wanna type about it right now, ok. so anyways I was lookin around, and man, the facilities are much nicer there than at northwest. it makes northwest look like a minneapolis park building. lots of free towels. anyways, I am pretty sleepy, so good night.

Loch Ness.... Shakopee..... What next?




Yes, thanks to photography, we're now able to learn about and see evidence of things we might never encounter in real life! Not only do we know the Loch Ness monster exists, but now those of us in far off places (like St. Paul) know that there really IS an Anderson household in Shakopee!

Game Night in Shakopee

It was game night last night at the Anderson's in Shakopee - here we are after playing catch phrase - did stevie fall asleep?:



I think mom (Nancy) won almost every game we played..

p.s. tom's email is brokendownheroes @ hotmail.com - right tom?

Politics....con't

Hello! Tom, to e-mail you, wouldn't it be really cool if we knew your e-mail? And don't you obviously know I'm a Nader supporter. (Just kidding) But on a real political news watch, yesterday I attended my "ultra-liberal" caucus. It was super fun. Oh, did I mention about getting elected as Associate Precinct Chair? Well, I am. I like to say this is step 3 towards being president. (Step one: being born in the United States, Step two: Getting out of bed)
Today I may get my "written critique" back from my music audition. I am expecting it to say "Why did you even waste my time. Love, Sister Rose."
----Livvi'i

Politics

Hey Family,

Hello Gustaf- Your swedish influenced english is better than 86 % of the American Andersons. Also, I thought it was quite nice that you have found us on the internet and posted with us. Just as a note of warning- don't ever take anything my little brother posts as serious or in any way important. And Liv (whose ultra-liberal politics come out more on her blog, since it may or may not be censored here) is just going through a phase- whatever that means. I'm just kidding, of course you know that. The new game I propose is this: help Tom decide who to vote for for President. You can e-mail him privately because we like to keep politics off the blog. I'll report back anonymously what the tally counts is: Like (3 votes for Bush, 4 for Kerry and 12 for Andre the Giant).

Whaddaya say?

Gustaf- whose Sweden rooting for? Never mind.

Tom

la familia de naranjas...

so I went to school today. it was pretty boring. in my third hour class there is this kid who is really weird. we were in groups today discussing a chapter in this book that we read. he was reading part of it out loud to his fellow group members and he kept saying aquanus instead of aquinas. I corrected him, but he just continued saying it incorrectly.
I went to tennis and this guy gave me a tennis racket just like my other three. it may not sound like a big deal, but it is a 120 dollar racket. thanks bilbo. his name isnt bilbo, but I suspected that some of my readers may have become bored with my trivialities by this point. peace.

Remembering Betty Anderson

February 28 Nancy and I attended a memorial service for Betty Anderson sister of my late mother in law Roberta Worrell. The event was held at the St Anthony Park Nursing Home where Betty resided until her death about two weeks ago at age 91 years . Her daughter Karen Anderson Singh had called us and invited us to the service. Betty played cello and was a member of the Minnesota Orchestra 1952-1979. Apparently she was one of the first female musicians to join a major symphony orchestra. Karen and several friends shared memories of Betty and a young woman played seveal musical selections on the cello. Karen, formerly a violist with the Milwaukee Symphony, is living at the Augustana Apartments in Minneapolis.

Just a note

My mom was right. I think I messed up because I was waiting outside the room with my brother, while everyone else was there with their parents who were yelling at them. The group before me was all piano, so you could hear it through the walls and the parents kept making comments like "Oh, no. She's going too fast, don't we always tell her to slow down?" [sigh]. But whatever, I met Sr. Rose.
Livvi'i

Norris

I just wanted to mention (as Norris never would) that he was named "2003 Team Player of the Year" for the Rosedale Marshall Field's store.

And our little Livvi'i was invited to audition for her music school's honors concert. She said she messed up, though. Probably because her parents weren't even available to drive her to the audtion, being too busy playing up in Osseo!

yo what up.

so I made a decision about next year. today I signed up for another college in the schools class. it should be pretty good. there is still a chance that I could get into the Humphrey VOICES class that I was talking about before. well, whatever.

I went out to northwest of course today. I played tennis for a couple hours and then worked out. I didnt do much though, except eat a bag chili cheese fritos. then I played basketball for like an hour. well, I am pretty tired so I am going to go watch some tv. peace.

I'll pray for him Janelle.. Our thoughts are with him..

Hi, Everyone,

Please pray for my grandfather. He had a stroke, and is in the hospital. Thanks.

Janelle

its all good

hey guys, I dont think I will take any college classes. there are some classes that I have to take at south that I havent taken yet. I still need to fulfill those specific credits, so I wouldnt be able to do full time at the U anyways. there is still a chance that I could get into Humphreys. if I dont, I will still have some pretty good options.

so norris went and worked out at northwest and everything. anyways, on the way there we were driving on blaisdale ave. in the southern direction towards lake street. as we were going past the supervalue/kmart parking lot a homeless man went running along, under, over, around and through the street. he was being chased by some unidentified persons. it appeared that the man being chased had stolen something but it was not clear what. I have a grip of homework to do tonight, so I better start drinking my coffee. nightie night. peace.

stevie---my mom has a smart idea. you should do pseo, like your brother, my brother and me. it's fun. yay! liv

Stevie

Stevie:

Based on your current frustration and frequent boredom, why not consider applying for full-time PSEO classes next year? The application deadline for the U of MN is April 1 (http://www2.cce.umn.edu/ahs/programbackground.htm)

Auntie Teresa

hello

so here I am at school. there was this class that I was hoping on taking next year, but I was not accepted. it was really dumb. I went and talked to the teacher of the class and he basically told me that they did a random drawing. since I talked to him and everything there is still a possibility that I could still get in to the class. today we had to register for classes for next year. I didnt really do it though. the lady told me to think about it for a a couple of days and come back to her. so, basically I am skipping the rest of my third hour. peace.

Meet Us in Osseo! Meet us at the Play!

Teresa and I are playing in the pit for the CrossPlayers production of "Meet Me in St. Louis." We had two performances this last week, and there are four more, 2/26,27,28 at 7 PM and Sunday 2/29 at 2. Click the logo below for details, plot summary and more info:

Hello! Nice to hear from you, Gustaf!
Dad (aka John) has been riding a new kind of recumbent bicycle lately (this is him in front of our house):


Nice outfit, Dad. I've been busy with Graduate Recruitment Weekend this weekend--the Delph lab as "Friends" poster was a big hit. I'm enjoying my role as Phoebe!
Bye,
Ingrid

Gustaf

Gustaf--what a nice surprise!!!

We would love to have you visit again. And we would love to visit Sweden (and will someday). Did you receive email from Sandy Williams recently? Dale and Sandy's son Jonathan is planning on visiting Sweden and wants to study Swedish.

We have been curious about the picture on your mother's Christmas card... can you explain exactly what it is or what it represents? Is it a Yule tomte or Santa standing in a bowl of coals, chestnuts, or candy?

Your English is great. Don't take English language lessons from our blog... especially not from our inner city high school students, Stevie and Liv.

gustaf!!!

GUSTAF!!! WOW!!! YAY!!!
Tom---I am doing a project on Cuba for school (planning a trip) could I make some copies of some pictures of yours or something or advice or whatever. You can email me at livand@aol.com rather than write it on the blog for everyone to see.
School is very boring. Especially health. Luckily I have the idiot to teach me, so we do just a little busy work and he yells things like "Crack don't smoke itself!" and "The Big One's coming up! March 17th! I'm half-Irish [pause] Big Ma's 100%" Oy vey.
----Livvi'i

old school

Hey everyone,
Gustaf, it is pretty chill that you posted some stuff on the blog. I cant believe that it was 1998 that you were here. 6 years ago, where does the time go?
so today I got up at 6:10 to do homework. I have gotten into the habit of doing so because I am so tired after tennis that it is just easier to get up early than stay up late. It is good because I can have a good breakfast and today I even made coffee. the hw that I got up to do was an essay for an application for a class that I want to be in next year. it is for seniors and it is kind of exclusive. I dont think I will have any trouble getting into the class, even though I am a bit of a slacker. English and Social Studies are my favorite and best subjects and thats what this class is. it is a block class actually. well, anyways, the application was due today. after school I am going to tennis out at northwest. after tennis I am planning on working out with danny and christina, but I dont think that they will fill norris' size 13 shoes. well, I think that I am going to go do some reading now. ms. hoyt said that I could do whatever I wanted, since I finished my assignment so quickly. peace.

Tom, Stevie and Norris

Tom, we are glad you are safe... it sounds like a horrible experience. It's good you have a big heart, but maybe next time you shouldn't immediately run outside when you hear gunshots. Just a thought.

Stevie, I did not tell Norris what you wrote about him. He happened to be here and I told him to read about Tom on the blog. However, I will tell your classmates what you think of them.

el dia de nuestro amor

hola familia,
tom, are you ok? wow, I know that you are physically unscathed, but I am sure that there will definitely be lasting emotional consequences stemming from this horrific experience of yours. anyways, this is stevie. I am in fifth hour right now. it sure has been a while since I have been in the computer lab for one of my classes. this time it is chemistry. I am supposed to be researching alfred nobel and his invention of dynamite, but you know. my class is so ghetto. it is unbelievable. everyone in my class is really dumb, I just hope that they don't glance at my computer and read all of the horrible things I am saying about them. it probably doesnt matter much anyways, since they wouldn't understand most of the vocabulary that I use in my high class talkin. I am back to normal pretty much with regards to my physical activities. I played tennis everyday last week, and am planning to do the same this week. norris and I have been working out together. it is alot of fun to make fun of the people there. one guy looks like billy graham. the resemblance is remarkable. so anyways, we are getting into pretty good shape I think. norris is pretty strong. he was better than me at the free weights. but to tell the truth(dont tell norris that I said this, that means you teresa) he cant do a set of pull-ups to save his life. well, I better get going. ms. hoyt just walked by and I had to pretend that I was looking things up on google. she already likes me, since I am the only one in her class that does my work, but I still am going to try to stay on her good side. peace.

pete, did you say two bedrooms?... when are you going?

At 2:00 I hear the gunshot and looked out my window to see the woman screaming. I grabbed my phone and ran across the street and the suspect was gone. The woman, who was the girlfriend of the dead man, was sprawled over his body and I will spare you any details, but I was right there standing over them talking to the 911 operator and trying to ask the woman questions. So I saw the victim very close up and so there is a very graphic image of the whole thing burned in my mind.

I am doing okay though, at first the image was relentlessly with me, but I have come to be able to control it now and am happy to be feeling quite fine.

that is all,

Tom.

Tom,

we're all very thankful that you're safe after that horrible incident.. were you interviewed by the police? Did you see the man who was shot, and was the suspect still around when you went out side? We'll have to talk more about it later.. hope you're doing ok after all that..

Maria and I are going to Las Vegas March 7th-14th. Maria's parents generously allowed us to use a week of their banked timeshare time. We'll be staying at the beautiful Polo Towers right on the Vegas strip (next door to the MGM Grand). Click here to view.

We got a huge 2 bedroom/2bath/full kitchen suite, so we'll be living in luxury all week. Here is our room's layout:



We can't wait! Any suggestions any of you have on places to go/see are appreciated.

http://www.kstp.com/article/view/127842

You may have heard they just caught the suspect in a double murder case in Minneapolis.

One of the murders you can read about happened outside my living room window. I heard a shot and a woman screaming for help, ran outside, saw the victim and made the 911 call. I am okay.

Tom

Older than dirt...

Thanks for the b-day wishes. It was great to see the picture from BRAG 1994, 10 years ago this summer. It's been raining non-stop down here for days, but at least it's way above freezing. I guess I'll go down and ride in the basement. I'll try to get a picture of me on my new (used) 7 foot long bike -- long as a car and almost as comfortable. We're looking forward to seeing Matt and Janelle in a couple of weeks. Have fun everybody...

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Here's hoping that this year you find the ideal way to locomote!

Best wishes, Ingrid
(7 foot recumbent bicycle, maybe?)

Happy Birthday John!

Another Birthday!!

    

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Deployment

More prayers needed...

Many of you know my friend (and former dental assistant) Kris. Her husband Brian is being deployed to Iraq next month for 18 months. She and her younger daughter Kara are having a hard time with this.

More Ander-pseudo-celebrities...


... the Ander-bournes from Halloween 2002

Wait, so now we've got Tom as Justin Timberlake and Norris as Ed Norton/Brad Pitt? As long as we are comparing ourselves flatteringly to good-looking celebrities, here's how my lab sees themselves (we made this for our lab poster for recruiting new graduate students, a yearly event):



Ingrid

Fight Club

Tom, your Fight Club reference made no sense to everyone over at 2344, except me, so I wound up having to act out the major plot of the film for them. The first time I went to Norris's (and really, most times after that) I kept thinking that Norris's alter ego would blow the place up...maybe Norris should start going to support groups.
Livvi'i
p.s. Its good that Norris rarely reads this.

hey ya

Best male pop duo!

Strangely enough, while looking at Norris' people magazine in his bathroom on Sunday, for the first time I thought to myself-"For Pete's sake, I look like Justin Timberlake!" note the rhyme in my thought. I have also been told I look like Heath Ledger. Norris your pad is real nice, just don't be carried away by your possessions (did I see Fight Club).

Thomas

grammys

While watching the Grammy's last night, my mother (aka "Auntie Teresa") kept saying anytime Justin Timberlake came on screen "My stars, he looks like my little nephew Tommy" (not a direct quote, I just wanted to make her sound more outdated, it probably actually included a "fo shizzle" or two). Judge for yourself. For the first time ever I might concurr with her.
Livvi'i

speech meet speech meet speech meet

speech meet speech meet speech meet
Today was my first speech meet. Yippy. I got an A and two Bs. Good for a first time. I can tell you the whole story tomorrow if you wish.
----livvi'i

def poetry jam

so today at school we were visited by the fine folks from def poetry jam. there was a rumor that Russell Simmons was going to be in attendance. disappointingly, he was not. still, the program was a smashing success. it was really cool. maybe I'll tell some of you more about this experience of mine at a later time. peace.

hey, i'm sitting at Excell Academy in a chair made for a five year old in a computer lab filled with children in the after school program, doing their homework. that's all. See you all Sunday. Tom.

Thanks

Thanks for all of your kind wishes, I'll see you at Norris's place on Sunday!

Matt

happy birthday

Happy Birthday, Matt!
I would have sent this wish earlier, but I was locked out of our house all day. I hope you had a great day! You certainly are blessed with a wonderful wife and a lovely home and of course such a nice family! Nancy

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Matt!! Now you can say, with



Jack Benny, "I'm 39!".

Happy B-day

Hey Matt, have a happy birthday. tom.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Matt! :)

Janelle

hey guys

hello ya'll. this is of course stevie. today was my first day back at tennis. it was pretty painful. I was disappointed at the level to which I have sunk. I was not able to hit serves, overheads or backhands very well at all. a couple of times i tried to go all out on some backhands and they really really hurt alot.
I actually checked to see if i was bleeding. but other than that, its all gravy. peace.