Lolie

Date: Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend - January 17-20, 2003 Place: Skydive Williston (only 20 minutes from the University of Florida campus) Go here, and click on "Collegiate Boogie". -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Is anyone else planning on going to it? I really want to, but I'm not sure how I'll get down there. [hopeful] Anyone in the WI/IL area have an empty seat in their car? [/hopeful] (This probably belongs in Events & Gatherings, but I never look there, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.) -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Gotta love The Onion!!! I look forward to it every Wednesday! It's everywhere here in Madison, and it's FREE! Makes for great reading in those long lectures. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Hmm... I read the subject and thought you meant pennies, dimes, nickels... I'm dumb. Me? I love change? Both kinds. You'll be used to the new setup in a week, I bet. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

ooh, now that was just harsh... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I was the one that was there the second (really windy) day of the NSL regionals with one of the guys from Booty Surf. I'd been jumping at SDC the day before and needed a ride home from one of the guys. Sitting on the couch trying to do my anthropology homework, to no avail... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I know it's *possible* to be a grandparent at a really young age, but it's not common. I just meant she looks quite young.

Is that an old photo under your name, Sassy? You don't look old enough to be a grandma!!! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Hi! I think I saw you a while ago when I was at Chicagoland! I saw a girl with her arm in a sling and with a yellow A-license card, anyway... She was talking about how it was funny that she had a shirt that said www.skydive.com and had an arm in a sling; the injury needed no explanation. Was that you?

You boys are amazing. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Yeah, it doesn't work for me either; I never end up thinking, "Oh shit." It's more like, "Now? Now? Now?" (The "Oh Shit Technique" doesn't earn my seal of approval, in case you're wondering. I definitely reccommend the horizon technique instead...) -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I think I had a dream about dz.com last night. Seriously. I can't remember what it was about exactly, but I seem to recall something about trying to do a search for a paper and all I could get were "show the boobies" threads... Wonder if it means something? -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I was at a friend's house for Thanksgiving and their kids had a cassette tape of a bunch of Animaniacs songs. We listened to the anvil song (the one about smashing Barney/"Baloney") about ten times... Funny sh!t... It got better every time... Yakko : An anvil's black and shiny Dot : It's very heavy too Wakko : So watch out, my chubby friend YW+D : Or one will fall on you! Baloney: (spoken) On me? Heh hah huh huh! (CLANG!) Dot : (spoken) That wasn't pretty. Yakko : But it had to be done. Baloney: Heh huh huh huh huh! Great song! Heh huh huh huh! Neato completo yippie! Wakko : It's unstoppable!!! Yakko : Call in the National Guard! Dot : Or Tonya Harding's bodyguard! Baloney: Let's sing it again! I lovey-dovey loved it! YW+D : OK! Yakko : It's made of solid iron Dot : It weighs a ton or two Wakko : We know you'd like to meet it YW+D : It wants to meet you too! Baloney: Huh hu-- (CLANG!) Baloney: (spoken) Yay! Let's do it again! Yakko : Now it's gettin' scary. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

I got a postcard from sunshine (in the sunshine) today too! Thanks babe!

A guy at my old dz told me the "Oh Shit" rule. You think you should flare, then you think, "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shiiiiit..." (Flare on the last "oh shit," not after...) But seriously, I think that if you've looked directly at the ground where you want to land for more than two seconds, you've already fixated for too long. It really helps me to keep my eyes moving between where I want to land and the horizon. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Have you ever heard an acronym at your DZ? (Ah, there's one now). In your FJC, you learned about PLFs and AADs. AFF FJCs teach PRCPs, TLOs, GASPs and GAPs, too. At DZs with older gear you'll probaly hear talk about PODs, POBs and PCs. You'll want to know about LPUs and PFTs for those special jumps you may want to make. Don't forget to buy beer when you get your SCR, SCS, NSCR, WSCR, CCR, CCS, NCCR, NCCS, GFF, GW, DFF, DDFF, DW, QDW, etc... Some of these awards are presented to you by CDs or NDs. These people are BOD members of USPA, and some are PIA members. You can meet and talk to CDs and NDs at a GMM. Attendence at a JCC, ICC or AFFTCC is required to get rated as a JM, I, I/E, AFF JM, AFF I or AFF I/E. Before you compete in RW, CRW or S&A you should read SOPs, BSRs, FARs and ACs. Riggers should also read ADs and TSOs. (There's a list here of skydiving acronyms, but it seems to be lacking some basic ones, like ZP, PC, SOS, etc.) -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Does it hurt? I've never given blood or anything before... The only experience I have with needles are my piercings and a few shots. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Didn't you say before that you'd donated plasma? I'm kinda nervous about it... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Besides, I can barely pack my own rig right now... Although I must admit, I know I'll only get better with practice. *sigh* -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

wtf are you guys talking about? it sounds really interesting... -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Yup; I have student loans. And I don't think SDC needs any more packers. -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Me too! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Okay, I'm selling plasma for the first time on Friday. ("How many times can I do this in a week? Twice?! Sweet; that's 160 bucks a month!") I just cashed the last of the savings bonds my grandma bought for me when I was little. ("Yes, I know they're not fully mature. Yes, I know they'll be worth more in a month. No, I still want them cashed now!") Mom just sent me a whole case of ramen noodles. ("If I skip breakfast and eat it for lunch and dinner, it'll almost last two weeks!") I'm applying for a job at the survey center... ("Hi, sorry to interrupt your dinner, but I'd like for you to find it in your heart to give me ten minutes of your time to answer... hello? ...Hello?!") I'm making origami Christmas ornaments to give my relatives for Christmas. ("Sorry Uncle Bob, I know you wanted a circular saw...") I haven't done laundry in three weeks. ("Does this smell clean to you?") I'm running low on minutes on the phone card my parents sent me. ("Hi-it's-Miranda-can-you-call-me-back-bye!") And I've been picking up pennies off the ground. (I've found four so far.) Anyone wanna donate their $0.02? (

[singing] Rudolph, the Red-Nosed....... [/singing] -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.

Someday, when I have a computer of my own, I'll get AIM... (Something tells me I should've bought myself a computer before I started skydiving; I doubt I'll ever be able to afford one now... ) -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become.