belly laughs

OK, I'm in class right now and just got a GOOD laugh so thought I'd share.

I'm in a radiology/imaging class, and we're looking at x-rays of the pelvis. We're looking at a female pelvis and my teacher (a 60-something year old man) is trying to get us to name structures on the image and says "what about this - does this look like anything you've ever seen?"

Matt yells out rather loudly, "VAGINA!"

HILLARIOUS FOLKS...HILLARIOUS.

Steelers Win

So, my boyfriend just won a bet we had. There was some good trash talking along the way...but his team pulled it out in the end. Anybody got any good Valentine's dinner ideas? haha. :-)

You just think you know me....

So, I got one of these "getting to know your friends" email....and I have a test on Tuesday - so why would I not fill it out instead of study? haha.

1. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES? White with blue and green around the outside

2.WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? Rapid Interpretation of EKG's, Orthopedic Assessment and lots of other text books -- and slowly but surely, when I have time "My Friend Leonard" by James Frey

3. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE? I usually put her in a black skirt on Sundays, she prefers red the other days of the week. The skirt gives her a little "freedom" to run around, it's not as confining as blue jeans.

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Hmmm...I LOVE games...all of them. I'm a big fan of Cranium, Taboo and Scattegories...and Battle of the Sexes is really fun too if you're playin' with the right people.

5. LEAST FAVORITE SMELL? the smell that dog pee makes when it's been sitting on the carpet for a long time, or when it's turned that gross "sour" smell -- yikes that's a bad one.

6. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU GET
UP IN THE MORNING? I usually turn off my alarm and think, man I wish I had a few more minutes.

7. FAVORITE COLOR? I don't discriminate...but I'll be honest, I usually tend to gravitate towards green

8. LEAST FAVORITE COLOR? I'm not a playa hata

9. HOW MANY RINGS UNTIL YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? depends on who's calling. :-0

10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? If I tell all of you, you'll steal it...and I don't want there to be hundreds of Nebukkenezzer's running around...I mean, uhh...crap.

11. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? chocolate

12. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST? well, I used to not speed....but then I became friends with people of bad influence -- (throat clear...Erin and Bri)

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? No, but I do like to cuddle with things, whether it be a person or a pillow or an animal, but no, no stuffed animals at the present time make their home in my bed.

14. DO YOU LIKE THUNDER STORMS? mmm hmmm....they are NICE

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? I drove my sister's 89 Toyota Corolla while she was away at college - but my first very own car was a 91 Honda Prelude...."Prey" was her name and we were tight.

16. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? Sho' do.

17. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Traveler of the world to hangout and meet people and see beautiful places. I'm pretty sure I'll have that job one day - but I'm still trying to figure out how to make money doing it - haha. (I'll be accepting donations - so feel free to mail your contributions - they will be tax deductable)

18. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY COLOR HAIR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? What are you trying to say? My natural color is bad??

19. IS THE GLASS HALF FULL, OR HALF EMPTY? What glass? I've always been trying to figure out what glass everybody's always talking about. If you have any idea where I can find this "glass" please let me know...or if you have any information of it's wherabouts I will be offering a cash reward.

20. FAVORITE MOVIE(s)? WAY too many great ones to name. But I will throw a couple out there: Remember the Titans, The Sandlot

21. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? I do, and I pride myself on that...I worked hard in keyboarding class in High School -- whereas I'm sure all those slackers that were in my class playing Solitare the whole time are going to have carpal tunnel syndrome one day very soon...muhahaha.

22. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? my computer case and not too much else...I'm sure there's a little dust taking up residence under there too, if I'd have to guess.

23. YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 10 - (14 comes in second)

24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Anything Clemson is playing, college football, college basketball, and cheerleading...seriously, I love to watch cheerleading on tv.

25. YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST INTENSE PAIN? I'm pretty much invinsible....kinda like Chuck Norris.

26. PERSON MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? stupid question.

27. PERSON LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL? I cheated...it's not an email.

28. KETCHUP OR MUSTARD? Can I choose Honey Mustard?? (but i'm a big fan of all condiments...except mayonnaise...I draw the line when someone's about to plop a big scoop of lard on my sandwhich)

29. BURGER OR HOT DOGS? Depends on my mood....and how hungry I am, because let's be honest - one hot dog isn't gonna fill this girl up.

30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? fall or spring --- or well, any of them aside from winter....I am NOT a fan of cold weather....at all.

31. THE BEST PLACES THAT YOU HAVE EVER BEEN? In the arms of the one I love....

what? I'm such a nerd. I'd have to say the Grand Canyon was really cool...sitting in the President's Suite at a Phoenix Suns game was cool, going up in the crown of Lady Liberty was fun, going atop the Empire State Building wasn't too shabby, Key West...INCREDIBLE, Washington D.C. is nice, but seriously, anywhere that I've ever been where I'm surrounded with people I love is absolutely the best thing in the world.

32. SCREENSAVERS ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW? I don't have a screensaver, it just turns black, but my background is a picture of my nephew, who is quite possibly the coolest kid in the world, with shaving cream all over his face holding a razor, pretending like he's a grown up like his daddy.

33. FAVORITE FAST FOOD? Chick-fil-A, Arby's or Wendy's

34. YOUR BIRTH NAME? Katie Marie Hogue

There ya have it folks...a lot of things you never wondered and probably don't really care about concerning this kid named Katie....but you sat there and read them anyways. You must have a test tomorrow too. haha. Amazing. Y'all have a good one --

who knows?

I have a test tomorrow, so seriously, what else would I be doing but writing in my blog? haha. I'm pretty terrible sometimes about doing anything but studying.

Today on my way home from school, it was nice and warm in my car from sitting in the sun all day, so I had the windows down and was driving over the connector with the sun shining down while blaring some Norah Jones - and it was absolutely FABULOUS. She has quite possibly one of the most relaxing, pure voices I've ever listened to and it's always a treat when she happens to be on the CD I'm listening to.

Today in lab I got to "play" in people's armpits....it's not as bad as I was expecting - it's funny how you don't even really think about the "grossness" or embarassment of things when you're focused on what you're doing from a medical standpoint. Kinda like in anatomy lab when we were doing the...uhh....reproductive region --- and you walk into the lab and see....uhh....a lot of....uhhh....you know. You think it'd be awkward, but when put in the situation, it's not at all.

In church on Sunday there was a missionary from China there - and it was really cool and somewhat eye-opening to hear her pray in Chinese. Made me realize once again that Christ isn't a white, middle class guy that only speaks English....funny how that view sometimes gets painted or clouds your mind. I mean, I obviously know He's not....but it was really nice to hear someone of a completely different culture than mine praying to the exact same God in a language I had no clue about....and know that He hears her prayers just as He does mine. It was awesome.

I had a REALLY encouraging talk with AJ on Sunday night -- and it was so good to hear her voice knowing that she was all safe and sound back home from her travels afar. I haven't even begun to hear her trip stories or adventures, but am excited to get to sit down with her soon and talk, perhaps this weekend....or when she comes to stay with me in Charleston -- yaaaaay!

I also had a pretty great conversation today with Bri. It's nice to have conversation that makes you think...where you challenge and are being challenged at the same time. Good times....

Erin is coming to the east coast in a month!!!!! YAAAAAY!!!!!!!

OK, well - that was a random assortment of thoughts that trickled through my brain as I was typing....aka, avoiding studying.

Oh yea, there was a guy last night sitting across from me in Starubucks who looked EXACTLY like the main character from Office Space. It was absolutely crazy....I should have asked for an autograph.

OK, I'm really finished now. Have a good one, everybody...I'm off to study...........gotta whoop up on my test tomorrow, like Sleeve did to his today. :-)

"A Day in the Life - Katie Hogue"

Well folks, it's the moment you've all been waiting for....a glimpse into a day in my life. That's right, I created a "documentary" in a manner of speaking using snapshots from my day, January 25th, 2006. I hope you enjoy....

Goooooodmorning sun! (this is a view from my back porch).



This is me pimpin' it on the way to school....heeeere we go!






Another shot on the way to school....meet my lovely passenger (also my "documentarian" for the day) Heather "H-boogey"Blackwell.





Holdin' it down at the bus stop...you know how I like to work it. haha.


My morning email check before class starts. I mean, uhh...this is me reviewing my notes before class begins since I'm such a studious person.

Professor Sword - also known as "sworddo" or "psword" doin' his thing after class....(he didn't know I was taking this....but genius me didn't turn off the flash - haha).

I was lucky enough today to be a part of the "collagen family" as Dr. Morissette called it. He was trying to make a point about the resiliancy of collagen due to the way its structured -- so called 5 of us up to demonstrate. (this is a recreation after class, because well - we couldn't whip out the camera during class). Don't we look like some STRONG covalent bonds?? You know it! From now on you can just call me "Katie Collagen" ---- orrrrr not.

Well, we were on our way out to Johns Island to a farm for a lab we had...and Wendy's was callin' our name. FYI: Frosty's with mixin's are GOOOOOOD (as you can see from Rachel's facial expression - haha). Cheers!

"harses, harses, harses..." -Sleepless in Seatle

what a GORGEOUS day at the farm...it was awesome.





Me and Mr. Horse. This is a self-taken photo...a talent I've found I possess - others can attest. haha.

We nickednamed this horse "massteter" because well - he had HUGE masseter muscles (those are the big muscles in your jaw you use to chew). He was cool....as you can see by the thumbs up gesture. haha.

Yep - I'm walkin' down Hwy 17 - a major highway in Charleston wearing goggles. It was pretty classic, so I thought I'd pull out a model pose (classic) for this documentation.

Well, we left the farm and had to come back to school for a water aerobics class for school. (I know, I go to the coolest classes EVER). We were going with an action shot here - trying to get a shot while I was in the air makin' the big jump -- buuut my documentarian (Heather) snapped it a lil' too early. It's ok - you can imagine the plunge...it was fabulous.

Well, after I got home from water aerobics (around 5ish) I took a nice long HOT shower since I was still in a wet, cold bathing suit. Grabbed a lil' soup, and headed out the door to the library for Bible Study. Here are the cool gals that attended - Danielle, Jess, Corey, Shelley, me and Scoobs. Good times....

Well - I got back home, watched a lil' American Idol - created this lil' (ok REALLY big) documentary - and now I'm hittin' the sack. Goodnight to all, and to all, a good night.

COMING SOON.....

"A Day in the Life -- Katie Hogue"

Get ready, it's gonna knock your socks off....

(I'm hoping to post my "documentary" tonight...so go ahead and get excited)

"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation." -Psalms 5:3

This morning I read this verse and for some reason the word "lay" just jumped out at me. I began wondering what it might look like to "lay" my requests before God each morning, how I do that, and what implications it may have.

I was drying my hair, and thinking about these things when I realized that my blinds were still closed. I usually keep them closed when I get out of the bed because it's still dark outside, then I get in the shower, and by the time I get out the sun usually begins peeking up over the horizon, so I ALWAYS open them to let the daylight in. (It's actually one of those lil' idiosyncracies of mine - if it's daylight outside, the blinds are definitely going to be open). So, I am drying my hair and realize that I haven't opened them yet, and it should be time for it to be getting light outside. I turn off the dryer, and walk to open my blinds, and I realize that I can't see anything outside because of the dense fog that has settled right outside of my porch.

The first thing I thought of is the word "lay." The fog was settled in so thick and covered absolutely everything, seeming to just be "laying" there so soft and still. That is exactly what the Lord wants us to do. To spill ourselves out, to lay our requests - no matter how thick they may be - at His feet and be still and wait in expectation for Him to deal with them in the way He chooses. Just as the fog is sure to rise, the Lord is sure to handle our requests, carry them, and lift them in His time. We are just asked to lay them before Him and wait.

Seems so simple....

so often I make it so hard...

random? yes.

snapshot

I feel like this picture is a pretty accurate portrayal of my weekend in many ways. (If you can't see it well, I think you can click on it to make it bigger). I wish I had more time to write, right now, but it's late and I have an 8 o'clock class in the morning.

This is me frolicking (literally, frolicking doing leaps and things of the sort) in the sand at the beach today, flyin' my kite. There was such a sense of freedom, of playfulness, of sheer delight, of exhileration, of life, and of just raw fun. It was relaxing...and well, this picture is just plain metaphorical for a lot of things. I'll let you interpret them for now, and perhaps I can elaborate a little more later. I guess in a nutshell it was a time filled with relaxation, fun, hanging out with friends, shopping, going to the rodeo, hillarious games of charades, football, horeshoes, kamakazi kite flying, great conversation, and just plain goodness. It's kinda funny that the times that were the greatest were those in which there wasn't necessarily much "doing" but the times when there was just great conversation. I guess it's not too surprising though, those are always the best times in life.

I hope your weekend treated you equally as nice, or even better.

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Tonight was definitely a windows rolled down, heat cranked up driving night. That is one of the best feelings in the world, and it was oh so nice.


I want to build a tree house with my husband one day.