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Tripping and Falling

Thursday, June 28, 2007

By Andy Allen

It is not often that I don’t have much to say.  This, however, is one of those times.  I sincerely, have nothing of worth to say.  Instead, I’ll just ramble on for a paragraph or two and probably make no real impacting, deep statements.  So I guess what I am trying to say is: don’t expect too much.
Have you ever been walking by yourself and you accidentally trip?  You don’t fall down or anything, but you do that awkward stumble thing that makes you look like you are on roller blades for the first time. I do that all too often.  However, each time I do it, I make this weird smile thing afterward to make it look like, “Man I know I am an idiot but it’s still cool because I’m just going to shake it off like nothing just happened.” And as you look around for the people to read that look on your face, you realize that no one is around anyway to see either your stumble your look that you felt compelled to conjure up?  Then you make another face of slightly embarrassed that you went to all that trouble to make yourself look like less of a fool but also you’re humored by the whole situation.  At this point however, you’re also thinking to yourself, “Man, I really think and talk to myself entirely too much.”
Like I said, nothing of worth to say.

Andy Allen

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a real entry

By amy

Hey y’all.  I hope there are tons of people reading these, because I am about to tell you what is really going on around here.  No, we’re not eating our poop; no, we’re not arguing over which Disney princess is the hottest; we’re not even eating pickles.  We are actually doing some work....

Guess what we did yesterday.  We packed more than 2000 folders full of information for you and your parents!!  It was a party, tell you what.  It’s all about the ######## line.  And then we ate pizza.

Things are definitely getting crazy around here.  We have a whiteboard full of tasks, which we cross off as we go.  Don’t you love crossing things off to-do lists?  It’s probably one of the most fulfilling and satisfying things you can do.  So, I guess we’ve been feeling REALLY fulfilled all week.  Yeah.  That’s a good way to look at it.

Do you know what an air-bazooka is?  Unfortunately, everyone in the office now does.  Andy’s favorite activity is to shoot a blast of air at us when we least expect it.  But hey, whatever “blows your hair back.” Literally.  (Get it?  Bwahaha.)

Alright, time to get back to work.  Gotta cross some more things off the list today.

Get hype for Calvin.

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

By Karen

Well. I hope that the beginnings of your summers are going well. I just have this feeling that the summer is going to fly right on by. Things are busy here in the office. We are busy working on the passport programs. There is only two and a half more weeks until the first passport!

Here are some of the highlights from the office this past week. First, Amy and I created a new group game called Parachute Scuttle. I promise you it will change your life… or perhaps your college career… or perhaps your passport experience. Any ways it was pretty funny when Amy and I “scuttled” around the office. Also, right now I hear Disney songs in the background and I hear voices singing LOUDLY! But I think the highlight of my week so far was playing a three hour long game of uno. I do not think I have ever played UNO for that long. It was a new version of UNO called H2O Uno. Yup. Exciting.

Well. Enjoy your summers. I think fondly of the time we will share at Passports together. Perhaps we will have time for a short game of UNO? 

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Sandals and Summertime

By Michaellynn

So I got to talking to some people today about buying new sandals.  My favorite flip flops (which I’m obviously wearing right now) are perfectly formed to my feet, held together by duct tape, and three years old.  But I can’t buy another pair of sandals, because it would take another three years to make them as comfortable as these ones, and then I’d be back in the vicious cycle all over again.  While I contemplate this more, I think I’ll just continue to wear my favorite flip flops until they completely disintegrate.

I’m so excited for the first Passport!  It’s coming up in a little over two weeks, and I can’t wait for the program to start.  As I look over the mess that is my desk, I can see how far we’ve come, and how much we have left to do (more done than not, thankfully).  I’m continuously amazed at how much happens behind the scenes that you don’t know about until you work with the wonderful people that make it happen. 

I also love watching the Calvin WebCam (http://www.calvin.edu/resource/cool/webcam/).  It’s fun to watch people play games or relax on the Commons Lawn.  It’s also cool to watch people during the winter making snow sculptures - I think my favorites were this year’s squirrel and cupcake. 

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