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| | You know you're from Kansas City when...
...you know that Kansas City is actually two cities in two states, Kansas and Missouri, and you make sure people know which one you're from.
... if you live on the Kansas side, you think Missouri drivers are pokey and frustrating. If you live on the Missouri side, you think Kansas drivers are crazy and erratic.
... you know just how fierce the KU vs MU rivalry is; and that you'd best pick a side and stay loyal.
... your airport is known as KCI (Kansas City International Airport) yet, the airport code is MCI.
... you tell visitors that your city is the "City of Fountains" and they look at you blankly because no one outside of the city has EVER heard it called that, even though we do have over 200 fountains sprinkled throughout the city.
... you've given the following answers: "Yes, we have tornados." "No, I don't know Dorothy." "No, I've never met the Wizard and I've never been to Oz."
... you whined through the 90's about Marty ball and now wish he was back so the chiefs could just make the playoffs.
... you Christmas shop at the Plaza and ice skate at Crown Center in the winter.
... you know better than to try and drive through "the triangle" at rush hour.
...you've been told that you're going to hell or asked to help a guy put a "down payment on a cheesburger" when walking through the plaza.
... you know to get off the interstate if you're headed into downtown and the traffic report says there's an accident at the Benton curve.
... you know Leawood sucks.
... you've jammed with the Hari Krishnas in front of Barnes and Noble.
...you know what color gunther cunninghams awful glasses are.
... you've had a skyscraper at Windsteads.
... you remember how awesome Ward Parkway used to be, and now complain that you have to go to Town Center
... you've said "but we were in Missouri, so the cops just let us go"
... you very rarely actually go downtown, unless you're going to a convention at Bartle Hall, a concert at Kemper, or a play at one of the downtown theatres.
... you've barhopped in Westport.
... you brag about having the only WWI memorial in the nation, but neglect to tell people it looks like a cock and balls.
... you've ridiculed the giant shuttlecock sculptures on the lawn of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art to your local friends, but defended them to out-of-towners.
... you have ever defended dick vermeil for being such a cry baby.
... you've bragged to others how close you live to the Meth capital of the world, but thank God its still far away enough to not make you feel white trash.
... you think Johnson County folks are a bit pretentious (even if you are one).
...you've had Brian Busby come to your school to talk about Weather.
... you've had a Gates BBQ employee scream at you, "May I help you?"
... you've gotten in a fight in gradeschool over the MU/KU allegiance.
... you call cure and/or Nativity "our lady of the lexus".
... you know who Tech N9ne is, and freak out during "We reppin KCMO, the fellas and the ladies know"
... you know who Belly Boy is.
... you've endured the Monkey Lady.
... the term "Wyandotte County" itself has made you laugh.
... you know where the Appleby's house is.
... and George Brett's house.
... you brag you're from the Missouri side.
... you keep the fact that you're from KCK a secret.
... you're driving directions always involve Ward Parkway or State Line.
... Wyandotte County confuses the hell out of you.
... you're mad because Nebraska Furniture Mart used to delivery to Kansas City for free, all the way from Omaha, but now that they have a big new NFM store right here in KC, you have to pay for delivery.
... you think that every year is the year the chiefs will win it all.
... you've spent many a day riding rides and eating park food at Worlds of Fun.
... you've watched the American Royal parade and rodeo and sampled BBQ at the annual cookoff.
...you'll only buy a drink at a baseball game if it is advertised by a man yelling "LEEMONADE LEEMONADE LEEMONADE"
...you know the royals suck, but you refuse to let any Cardinals fan forget about the 1985 world series.
... you know that KC has a jazz district down at 18th and Vine, but you've never been there.
... you can't find a steak worthy of your pallette outside of KC.
... you know that if you don't get to Suicide Hill by 8 AM, you're gonna get nothing but dirt.
... you know the name Buck O'Neil needs to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame....NOW.
... you know that Union Station wasn't always so lame.
... you have had some of the best bbq in your life... at a gas station.
... one of your guilty pleasures is Go Chicken Go, despite how disgusting it really is.
... you've eaten a meal that was delivered to you by a model train.
.. regardless if you're from the suburban wannabe KC area, you still tell people from out of town you're from KC; and that's because it sounds so much worse to say you're from Shawnee Mission, Leawood, Overland Park, Liberty, Harrisonville, Belton, Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Mission Hills, Olathe, Odessa, Longview, Grandview, Raytown, Merriam, Riverside, Kearney, De Soto, Fairway, Gladstone, Excelsior, Leavenworth, Ottawa, Prairie Village, Raymore, Bonner Springs (hahahahaha), Parkville, Tonganoxie, Unity Village, Westwood, Peculiar, or Riverside. I mean come on, how lame is that?
... you and your friends have been talking about stealing a 69 South sign for years.
... you are wary of Flush Creek.
... you still call it Sandstone.
... you've played football on the median of Ward Parkway.
... you can tell a "Lin Elliot" joke.
... you think Windsteads craps all over Steak and Shake in Quality and Taste.
... ...you think St. Louis sucks, and HAVE POSTED ALL THE REASONS WHY.
... you've celebrated the turning on of christmas lights with about 100,000 other drunk people... every year.
... you take the back way to Kauffman/Arrowhead by passing by LC's Barbeque.
... you've drank at Loose Park at night.
... you know how to make (and have consumed) a Caribou Lou.
... you went to Knights of Columbus dances.
... you know that fireworks sustain Riverside.
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| As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to let us down probably will. You'll have your heart broken, probably more than once, and it's harder every time. You'll break hears too, so remember how it felt when someone broke yours. You'll fight with your best friend and maybe even fall in love with them. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast and you'll eventually lose someone close to you. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every 60 seconds you spend angry or upset it a minutes of happiness you'll never get back. | | |
| Jackie’s tips to make you a successful student
· DO NOT hit the snooze button in the morning. If you do, you tend to be more tired then if you just get up the first time.
· Eat a good breakfast. Cereal will give you a lot of important nutrition you need for the day, and orange juice is full of vitamin C which has been proven to help you concentrate more in class.
· Pack your backpack and get your clothes ready the night before. This is a time saver and you are less likely to forget something.
· Bring a small snack to school and eat it in the morning before lunch. Snack suggestions include dry cereal, pretzels, nuts, and granola bars. Be sure to watch your serving sizes! And don’t forget your bottle of water!
· Eat a light lunch, like a sandwich or a salad. Avoid fatty, fried foods. Fast food has been proven to make you hungrier, and it drains your energy. Drink WATER!
· Always keep gum in your backpack. If you forget your morning smack at home, chew on gum instead of getting unhealthy food from the vending machine. Always drink water!
· In class take good notes and pay attention! Highlight anything your professor repeatedly says, because that is a good sign it is really important. Also highlight vocabulary words.
· After class look back over your notes. This has been proven to help put the information into your long term memory. Be sure to make flash cards for all the important information your need to study for the exams!
· While studying at home or doing homework, put on classical music, quietly. This will help you focus and concentrate. If you listen to loud music with lyrics you will become very distracted and loose your concentration. NEVER study or do homework with the tv on.
· Write all of your assignments in your agenda as soon as you get them. Be sure to check your agenda everyday!
· Make a list of all the assignments you have for each class and their due dates, making sure you put them in order, and post it on your wall. Then you know exactly what you have to do and when it is due. Cross off assignments when they are completed.
· Break larger assignments up into smaller parts by giving yourself due dates for each one. Work on it parts at a time, rather then doing it all last minute.
· Do your schoolwork before anything else! Do not turn that TV on unless you are finished! Your schoolwork should be your top priority!
· Stay organized! Ask questions if you don’t understand something! That is what your professors are there for!
· If you study your notes everyday after class, then when it is time for the exam, you won’t have to cram the night before, just look over your notes.
· MOST IMPORTANTLY: PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS! NO DAYDREAMING OR DOODLING OR TALKING WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU. You might actually learn something in class, and you will do better on your exams. | | |
| Words of Inspiration
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
He who thinks himself the wisest is generally the least so.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling when you feel like stripping your gears.
You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
There is no man living that cannot do more than he thinks he can.
Look at everything as though you were seeing if for the first or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the think which you think you cannot do.
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once.
The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.
Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere.
Ok for all you people who come to my site and this is all you see, TOO BAD FOR YOU. Everything except this is protected, so you are out of luck if you were planning on reading all my stuff. | | |
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