face to palm, tear to tear, and mouth to tongue

Hey everyone,

I am off to Europe for the summer, and if you want to follow me I will be keeping a blog at 84nights.com

Hope you are all doing well,

Kristin

What one year of your life would you like to re-live, if you were given the chance? 
Submitted by Ross. 

June 2004 - August 2005

living in a barn and traveling around the country and sleeping in my truck with my dog and riding everyday and crying and sweating and injuries and failures and podiums and medals and laughter and love

was a great year.

i am so fucking sore.

like, cannot walk.

but i guess 3 days of 6-hour training will do that.

lollapalooza this weekend!!

i <3 chicago

did frank die???

why hasn't postsecret updated?!

have no fear fellow Voxers, I still read.

you can now use my shortened addy for my site, www.klindy.com

and big hugs to Arrogant & ELIG for what they are going through. at least you guys have each other.

ok, so i have a new computer now, which i am sitting on.

being as how i have to restart with this comp, i figure ill go ahead and do what i have been meaning to for a while - move my blog.

i know, i know, but i cannot stand that vox STILL has not made it to where i can be notified of replies to my comments, and their organization structure is getting slow. plus, after loosing my comp, i want an easy backup system for my photos. so i moved over to my mac account

http://web.mac.com/kristinjlin

I still plan on trying to read my vox friends, like i stilld o my lj ones. so dont forget to come read me sometime, and you can subscribe to my RSS feeds. one is for my journal and one for history stuff, also my photo has a stream. ill be adding book reviews too.

ok well, tty soon.

well, i called everyone. every single cab company in chicago. some people were nice, some were asses, and some sent me to mailboxes that were full. i talked to a guy at the police station that deals with cab stuff, and he was super nice but in so many words said i am screwed.

i am an idiot. i didnt know there was a difference in a meter receipt and just a receipt. blah.

i finally told my parents, and couldnt stop crying bc i am so damn ashamed of my stupidity. they were really nice, but upset i lost all my thesis work and pics from europe (among thousands of others) and all my school work and writing from the past year and a half. i don't even want to think about it. no more music, saved convos, nada.

i went through and changed all the passwords of everywhere i can think of, bc most sign in automatically on that comp.

my parents told me to get a new computer, and in a weird way it worked out bc mom had a surgery last month and just got a check from the insurance company for 1200, which apparently they send to anyone who had to have surgery bc of cancerous issues. unexpected, but will now be used.

i ordered a macbook, i have a mac desktop and now they will be coordinated. sigh. i am excited, but so sad about my other comp. i got a free printer and ipod with my new mac, so i guess that was good.

if my comp shows up (ha, i know, but i like to be optimistic) i can return the mac within 2 weeks for a 10% restocking fee.

anyways, time for a shower and to go train. sigh.

i couldn't get a hair appt today, and it hasnt been colored in ages and has grown into a shabby mullet. i really wanted it hacked off before i had to go do 6 hour training sessions, and i am bummed i look homeless.

chicago tomorrow!

there are 101 chapters in Columbia's A History of the World.

So, I will read 3-4 a day (amidst my other reading), with a goal of completing this by July 25 since I will be out of town and definitely NOT wanting to tow this around.

sigh, here we go.

a list of a few things i would like to do with my life:

- get my PhD
- teach high school
- teach college (of course this will be done while getting my PhD)
- write a history textbook for high schools
- ride as an adult amateur, hopefully around another international
- speak fluent french and german (the french is almost there, the german i start this fall)
- travel. my main thing since i was a kid has been to go to africa for a while. i know, i know, but my mom went a lot (she has a PhD in nutrition) when i was younger and i simply have a fascination.
- adopt. and i don't want to adopt a baby necessarily, i would like to adopt the difficult older kids who no one wants. i think i would rock as a mom.
- work for a non-profit. i would like to work for a think-tank or eventually focus most my time in a non-profit. i like having a purpose.
- be a really good wife. and a really good mom. and a really good teacher.