if he doesn't find me handy, he'll at least find me handsome.

I've become a muffin pro, I make my own meals and I can fix the dryer. Look at me go!

About a month ago we had to get our dryer replaced because the original conked out on us. However, when I went to use the new one for the first time, I discovered that the tubey thingy on the back was not securely attached so it came off and the dryer ended up blowing hot air into our bathroom/laundry area! If the only roll of duct tape wasn't in the car with Johnny at work I would have fixed it right away, but it was and so the job got put off. But on Monday, November 21st, I - Leinani, a girl with zero experience fixing dryers - rolled up my sleeves, rolled out the duct tape and fixed that sucker! 

Here's the original patch job... No good. 

My patch job! awesome! 

Yeah! 

I think Red Green would be proud.

Yeah!

Don't go stealing my power... or my toilet.

You know what grinds my gears? (I'm not even bothering with an introductory preamble, I'm just jumping right to the point. That's how ground my gears are)

I hate it when I'm looking for a place to plug in my lap top and I walk by someone who's sitting by a plug in and they're using their laptop, but IT'S NOT PLUGGED IN!! I hate it when someone without a laptop is sitting by an outlet too, but they don't have a laptop, so they don't know what it's like to base your choice of study spot on where the nearest outlet is. They don't know any better.

But someone with a laptop knows. They know what it's like to be working on your computer and to see your battery meter shrink smaller and smaller and the sudden urge you have to find a plug-in. I don't have that luxury anymore. My poor battery has lived its life and it can no longer function for more than 10 minutes without life support - I mean - an electrical outlet.

So to see someone sitting near a plugin I need with their laptop on their lap not being plugged in is like a cruel joke. It's like they're saying, "haha, look at me! I can work on my laptop without needing to plug it in because it's new and expensive and young and beautiful and BETTER THAN YOURS!".

It's like being hit by the sudden urge to go to the bathroom and you run around looking for a bathroom and when you find one, you can't use it cause it's already in use. But the person inside isn't even doing anything because they just wanted a spot to sit and read the newspaper!

That's why I love the newly renovated pool observatory at the school. They put in more plug-ins. More plug-ins! Finally, something the university has done that makes my life better.

Now I've just got to find a vacant bathroom and my life would be good...

better than gold

As you may or may not know, the Pronghorns went to Nationals again. And we placed 4th for the second year in a row.

Really, to be ranked nationally at fourth place is pretty good. But after winning gold 3 years in a row, people tend to judge us a little more critically for getting 4th. It is sooo annoying when people find out I play for the rugby team and they say,

fan: "You guys are awesome! You won gold this year, didn't you?"

me: "Well, no. We placed fourth this year, but we played some solid games and we're proud of what we did."

fan: "You mean you didn't win?? Why not? I thought you guys were supposed to be the best!"

me: "We are the best. Have you seen any other UofL teams going to Nationals? I didn't think so."

To me, it doesn't matter that we didn't win nationals again this year because I seriously feel like this is the best team in the world. Besides, we're gonna take it next year - just you wait.