21 May 2007

yay for summer...class

i actually kind of like my summer class. it's not what i want to do, it's just another hoop to jump through for the college of education, but at least it breaks up the day. not that i wouldn't rather just be outside in the beeeeeeeeeeautiful weather, mind you. today i get a full day of the job that pays well, so that's good. i'll need it to pay for my summer class. it's a good thing that i'm not going to lilies this year, there's no way i could afford it. it's doubly sad since my friends, Doom and Hagan are now royalty, and the theme for the even is King v. Queens. i hope that they can both make it down, as i can only imagine the fun that they would have.
this weekend was wonderful. i got to hang out with the family and sca people at the same time! and i got to eat mom's roast - always a nostalgic and special treat! (and i have the leftovers for sandwiches!) i miss my mom and family A LOT. good thing i'm going home in a couple weeks for the littlest sister's 21st b-day! and i have that friday off, so i can be there longer! yay!
i don't know how long my parents will be living in our house anymore either, so it will be good to go home while it is still there. i guess there is some large corporation trying to buy almost 6 sq. miles of land where my parents live, and they are going to build something huge. the governor is all to glad to help them out, but no one will tell anyone what is going to be built. one newspaper reported that when asked if this is something his mother would be proud of him bringing into our state, the governor said, "my mother is dead." hmmm. the only details that anyone knows is that they want to build something that would use TONS of water, would take 3 years and 10,000 people to build, would employ 2,000 people in high-paying jobs, and would be centered in a 2-mile block with the rest of the land as a 'buffer zone.' my did thinks that this buffer zone will then be sold to executives who would then have the voting rights should something need to be built in the center. mind you, i only know about this through my dad, but it's still scary. what would they be putting up that they won't tell people about, and would take so much to build?
i don't like it. i don't like it at all.
*here is the link to an article in one of the papers covering the story*

3 comments:

Carlee said...

Oooh. The land-buying thing is scary! Nailz and I are locked in a debate whether it is an oil refinery (her idea) or a nuclear power plant (my idea). To use that many gallons of water means that there probably is a cooling tower involved. Wow. I wonder if there is any way to stop this? Or at least find out what it is....Wow. Damn the man! *is mad and shakes fists at sky*

rachel said...

yup, it's odd. the other thing that it may be is some type of ethonol plant. everyone's pretty hush-hush about it.

Anonymous said...

It looks like Nailz is right.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19226739/

It'll be sad to see the old place go.. but that is a shit ton of jobs.