loved & lost

polka_my_heart @ 2006-01-26T22:03:00

2006-01-27T04:04:07Z

chaminade seniors! trust me, you'll want to see this:

http://apply.loyno.edu/undergraduate/freshmen/

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2006-01-07T11:14:00

2006-01-07T17:16:08Z

so im back in new orleans. it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo great to be back, but the devastation is very evident.

tonight: swamp stomp!! woohoo!!

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2005-12-04T22:03:00

2005-12-05T05:57:13Z

if you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. it can be anything you want: either good or bad. irl-memory or e-memory.
when you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people remember about you.

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2005-11-29T20:32:00

2005-11-30T04:25:40Z

ah!!!! im gonna be the junior ring sponsor for two wonderful girls!!!! im soooo excited!!!

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2005-11-28T21:37:00

2005-11-29T05:34:27Z

thank god this semester is almost over. only a few more weeks left!

as rocky as this semester has been, i think im gonna miss LMU, my job, and the fact that im so close to my family.

december 9th - last day of work
december 16th - last day of finals
december 18th-22nd - vacation with my family in yosemite
december 25th - CHRISTMAS!!!
december 27th - leave for new orleans
december 29th - arrive in new orleans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

polka_my_heart @ 2005-11-20T15:04:00

2005-11-20T22:59:45Z

it's been way too long since ive updated. a lot has changed, this semester is a lot different than i thought it would be.

37 days until i leave for new orleans. 37 days until happiness. school is gonna be awesome next semester. here's a little poem thingy i got from a friend:

give me a king cake smear
give me a beignet kiss
give me a french quarter morning that looks just like this

give me the endymion krewe
give me the times-picayune
give me a drunk and lazy crawfish boil in muggy sticky june

give me a six pack of dixie
give me some assorted abita beers
give me a city where it only snows once every 10 years

give me a green neutral ground
give me a mardi gras ball
give me a medium rare burger at my grand old Port of Call

give me a glittery drag show
give me the streetcar line
give me the House of the Rising Sun
give me a Tchoupitoulas sign

give me a shrimp and oyster poboy
give me lovebug season in May
give me my New Orleans-
I will definitely stay.

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2005-08-30T23:54:00

2005-08-31T05:13:54Z

ive escaped hurricane katrina & im alive.

on saturday morning i awoke to my roommate & sorority sister, allie, saying "get up! school's cancelled!" naturally i was like "hell yah!" cuz i didnt realized katrina was headed for new orleans. just a day earlier on friday they were projecting it would hit alabama and geogia, and completely miss new orleans just like hurricane ivan did last year.

we turned on the news and started flipping out. the eye of the hurricane was supposed to directly hit us. last year, though, they said the same thing and we ended up evacuating for a week and nothing happened. so, allie and i thought that we would be out of school for just a couple of days. our parents said to pack up our stuff and leave.

thankfully, i drove my car out to new orleans, so we waited in the extremely long line for gas and headed west. it took us THREE HOURS to go only 20 miles. traffic was a bitch, but we finally made it back baton rouge and into mississippi. we got to arkansas on sunday afternoon and were planning on staying with my great aunt for a couple days until the storm passed (we thought i'd only be a day or two).

as monday morning approached, we had to accept reality. our beautiful city and school would not be the same. new reports showed pictures of houses, streets, and businesses that we recognized. it was so surreal. "ive been there!" we'd shout. weird.

seeing as we thought we'd be back at school in a couple days, we (along with EVERYONE) else only packed about three or four days of clothes. sitting in our lovely SECOND STORY dorm is all of our clothes, laptops, pictures, tv's, refrigerators....EVERYTHING!

although it reallyyyy sucks that we dont have enough clothes to last a week, we know that we are definitly lucky to be alive. people were trapped on their roofs, bodies were floating around our city, and some guy in the superdome committed suicide. geez.

this morning we realized that it would be months, if not the whole semester, before we could get back to school, so we left arkansas and drove up to kansas, where allie lives.

im staying with her family until morning, and then we're driving home to los angeles on monday morning.

unfortunatley, it looks as if school is not going to resume until next semester. allie's gonna live with me until then and we're both gonna get jobs out in cali and maybe take a night class or two.

as great as it will be to see all of my friends and family in california, i wish i was back in the city i love...new orleans. although, ive only been there a year, it seems like i grew up there. that city is now my home, and i hope and pray that it's okay.

the situation is only getting worse, and i hope to God that something changes. please pray for new orleans and everyone who is now homeless.

polka_my_heart @ 2005-05-08T16:11:00

2005-05-08T21:12:40Z

You know you're from California if...

- You make over $250,000 a year and still can't afford a house.

- It's sprinkling outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

- Your child's third grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze.

- You've been to a baby shower for an infant who has two mothers and a sperm donor.

- You can't remember... is pot legal?

- You pack shorts and a T-shirt for skiing in the snow, and a sweater and a wetsuit for the beach.

- A really great parking space can move you to tears.

- The guy in line at Starbucks, wearing the baseball cap, sunglasses,and looks like George Clooney, IS George Clooney.

- Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

-When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

- Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in drag

- It's sprinkling out, and there's a report on every news channel about "THE STORM!"

- Over 85% of the cities, towns, and streets start with San, Los, El,La,Santa,De La, or De Los.

- Two overcast days in a row drive you mad.

- A family of four owns six vehicles.

- Thanks to modern medicine, the senior citizens look younger than you do.

- Everyone who lives here knows that hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and snowstorms are way worse than earthquakes, which are, after all, over almost as soon as you realize what's happening.

-The fastest part of your commute is down your driveway.

- Even if the store is across the street, you drive there.

- All highways out of the state say: "GO BACK"

-If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.

-The Terminator is your governor.

-Both you AND your dog have therapists.

-You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

-Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

-You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.

-A low speed police pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.

polka_my_heart @ 2005-05-01T20:47:00

2005-05-02T01:48:34Z

ATTENTION CLASS OF 2005

where are all of you going to college next year??

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-11-30T18:30:00

2004-12-01T00:38:59Z


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rainy days make me happy.

in half an hour i have a res life meeting. i hope it goes well.

okay, now i really dont feel like posting anything, but here's a pic just for the hell of it:

polka_my_heart @ 2004-11-28T23:11:00

2004-11-29T05:18:41Z

oh so true:

Take the quiz: "What does your birth month reveal about you?"

February
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislike unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

so being the excellent procrastinator that i am, i found this really great website (http://www.iqm.ro/beatles/beatles.html) in which you can download tons of beatles songs!!! ive been sitting here for over an hour listening to all the great songs. god, i love it! im in such a good mood now. but i reallyyyyy should START my philosophy paper that is due tomorrow!! eek!

anyways, thanksgiving was great. seeing my family and all my favorite friends was absolutely awesome. too bad i was only home for five days.

yesterday, my family and i got a christmas tree. my mom didnt want me to miss out getting it, even though it meant getting yucky by christmas. how sweet. getting that tree makes me want christmas even more.

these next three weeks are gonna be a killer...

polka_my_heart @ 2004-11-23T02:23:00

2004-11-23T08:24:36Z

an ode to fire alarms at 2am:

FUCK YOU!

thats all.
now lets see if i can go back to bed...

p to the s: being on the 10th floor fricken sucks when you have to walk down 10 floors and then 20 minutes later, you have to walk back up those 10 floors cuz the elevators were shut down. grrrr....

polka_my_heart @ 2004-11-12T15:24:00

2004-11-12T21:24:33Z

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041112/D86AIH0O0.html

what'd i tell ya?

2004-11-04T03:53:29Z

ahahahahahahahahhaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6704292

polka_my_heart @ 2004-11-03T10:36:00

2004-11-03T16:36:37Z

our country is going down the crapper.

lets move to canada!

polka_my_heart @ 2004-11-01T19:28:00

2004-11-02T01:33:03Z

to y'all who are 18 and registered to vote, PLEASE go out and vote tomorrow!!! it is your civic privilege and DUTY!!!!

anyways, thats my plug for today but anyways, i think im really addicted to this facebook thing. ive found soooooo many fricken people from my past (middle school, elementary school, club softball, etc.), its crazy!

i went trick or treating last night and got a crap load of candy. i miss my friends back in cali but i wish they would call me. im sick of calling and leaving messages and never getting responses.

seeing my parents sad makes me sad and hopeless. i feel trapped.

i need to write a paper, but i dont want to. i want to go out tonight and just let myself go, but i cant. bleh.

i need to escape.

those werent from today, but i though they were really pretty and that you might like to see them

polka_my_heart @ 2004-10-26T15:47:00

2004-10-26T20:48:10Z

yay, i have a facebook now!!

add me and i'll add yall back!

:)

http://www.thefacebook.com

polka_my_heart @ 2004-10-25T19:19:00

2004-10-26T00:21:58Z

so im back from retreat and overall it was just okay. kairos was better in some respects but awakening was wayyy better than others. whatever, my group won the GOLDEN SPATULA prize, so we rock!! go SWEEPA's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the sucky part of the retreat was the fact that i go fucking SIXTY bug bites!!!!!! ewwww! bleh.

my grades suck, so im gonna go to the gym and then study study study.

p.s. congrats to nade for winning the homecoming game!!! and congrats to queen carolyn!!

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-10-17T19:13:00

2004-10-18T00:03:48Z

yo!

well im in the airport in dallas right now updating this stupid thing.

this weekend was fun. i was in portland yesterday and today for my uncles wedding. it was fun and i really like my new aunt.

okkay. real update later,this keyboard sucks and i need to board my plane to new orleans.

<3 colleen
:)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-10-05T15:00:00

2004-10-05T20:01:01Z

yay, i have a new phone!

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-10-01T11:19:00

2004-10-01T16:20:31Z

did chaminade really change the homecoming game from the 15th to the 22nd????

if they did, that sux cuz i was flying out to see it on the 15th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........can you say "money down the drain..."???

polka_my_heart @ 2004-09-30T22:06:00

2004-10-01T03:10:49Z

i just got back from the debate watching party with jordan. fun fun fun. oh and i got a bumper sticker that says: be a smart ASS, vote democrat! hahahhaa. soooo great!! :)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-09-24T19:40:00

2004-09-25T00:42:21Z

tonight should be fun. im going to the 3rd best frat party in the country - "red tide" put on by the alpha delta gammas's (adg's). so that should be fun.

yay, i looooooooove this school.

:)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-09-22T23:49:00

2004-09-23T04:53:07Z

still have a shit load of work to do tonight before my EIGHT O'CLOCK class tomorrow!! eek!! but....

yah, that was probably boring to you, but you know we rock.
god, i love my friends here.
:)

polka_my_heart @ 2004-09-20T22:22:00

2004-09-21T03:22:56Z

everyone at loyola add shak!! irishkenya