Today is such a dreary, grey day. I got off work at 2:00 today, and literally as I was walking through the parking lot to my car to go home, it started storming. This always happens to me, I swear! The grey weather makes me feel really sleepy/lazy, so I feel like today is kind of a wasted day.

At least I got some important stuff done yesterday. I registered for another class (this one will start the day after we get back from our 3-week jaunt in FL, yay.), made some calls dealing with financial aid for school, and took Teddy to my favorite antique mall. We didn't buy anything, but sometimes its fun to just look.

I think I mentioned the other day that Teddy woke up with a terrible rash all over his face- well, he went back to the doctor yesterday, and they diagnosed it as poison ivy. We're not exactly sure when he would have been anywhere near poison ivy, but in any case the steroids seem to be helping a lot. His face looks almost totally better (just a little rosy, but the rash part seems to be gone); he just has a few welts behind his ear and on his chest. Poor guy. The steroid makes him really hyper, too, haha.

Anyway, I'm pretty bored so I've decided to do a little survey thingie. Enjoy!

What is your current obsession? Turquoise! Ever since we went to Texas, I want turquoise EVERYTHING! There were TONS of gorgeous turquoise jewelry at the antique mall yesterday, so now I just have to drop a few hints to Teddy..... hahahaha jk!

What is your weirdest obsession? Um...probably my love for all things 'natural'.... which manifests itself in fish skulls that I find washed up onshore, bones I find in marshes, songbird skulls that Teddy has collected, this guy.....we have lots of strange things in our house. My mom says I'm weird.

What do you see outside your window? this

What is your favorite color? It depends on what the object is, but in general its safe to say I prefer blues and greens. Let's compromise and say teal.

What is your weakness? I'm impatient, and I'm also a procrastinator. But it works for me.

What animal would you be? I really don't know.... probably some kind of bird. Or fish. But I'll have to ask someone else what kind of animal I remind them of. I have no idea.

What would you like to learn how to do? Play the guitar! I know I could pick it up really quickly; I just need to sit down and do it.

What do you want to never happen in life? I don't ever want to see anyone I love suffer terribly. But who wants that? Selfishly, I hope that I never have to start all over again. I like the way my life is going, thank you.

What is on your bedside table? The actual table is on my side of the bed,and it has my awesome globe lamp on it. Underneath the table are some big, scary knives that Teddy insists on keeping there 'just in case'. Teddy has a dresser on his side of the bed, and the top of it is filled with his junk.

What’s the last thing you bought? OK, technically I didn't buy it, Teddy did, but I chose it. Last night Teddy was looking on Amazon for a cable that we can use to connect our laptops to the TV (so we can watch Netflix instant-view movies on the TV, of course), and he said I could pick something out so we could get the free shipping....so I picked this. Yay! Technically, the last thing I bought was an $800 Geography class at school. Joy.

What was your favorite children’s book? I had a lot of favorites, but this is the first one that popped into my head. I have a signed copy that I got in 3rd grade.

Who do you want to meet in person? Jacques Cousteau. Or I'd settle for Steve Zissou.

What did you want to be as a child? Like most kids, I wanted to be a marine biologist. It has never changed.

What did you dream about last night? I usually have such epic dreams, but I don't remember any from last night. That may or may not have something to do with the fact that we downloaded a bartending app. for my iPod yesterday, and there is a bottle of coconut rum the fridge.

Which do you prefer, day or night? It all depends, but mostly I prefer days. I get sleepy at night, and I don't like to do much after about 8:00. Haha!

What’s your favorite piece of clothing in your closet? Right now its probably the strapless hippie-looking dress I got in Texas. Its just perfect for summer, lightweight and pretty, and it goes well with just about anything. Oh, and of course my cowgirl boots!

What’s your plan for tomorrow? Not sure yet. I'm off work, so I was thinking, if its good weather I'll take Daisy for a walk over to campus to see Teddy while he's at work; maybe do a little thrifting (gotta keep the shop stocked!), or perhaps go to my parents' house for a bit.

What would you like to get your hands on right now? I seem to be on an accessories kick right now, especially things with natural, organic elements like gemstones, rocks, fossils....

from masaoms.etsy.com

What is your must-have of the moment? I like to change it up most of the time, but the one thing I've been wearing almost ever day is a pair of silver earrings I got at - get this - Walmart last week. They're just really simple, but interesting, and they go with just about everything. Plus they were only like $3.00.

What’s your favorite tea flavor? I'm not much of a tea-drinker, but I do like Starbucks' black tea lemonade and passion tea. That's about it.

If you could go anywhere is the world right now, where would you go? Honestly, I've been thinking a lot about San Antonio lately. I feel like I could have spent another couple of days there. We were only in the city for a few hours, and then it started raining, but I feel like I could have really loved that city. I definitely want to go back there again. I also have a hankering to go to the desert (which is a big deal for me; I've NEVER wanted to go to the desert before!)...maybe New Mexico? It just looks so beautiful.....

In other news, I've been adding/organizing on Flickr, so go check it out. Oh, and I ate this for an afternoon snack.

I finally did a little gardening on Thursday. Grandma came over and gave us this awesome platform-garden thing. I transferred some of my little basil seedlings, and we planted some Jalapeno pepper and mixed lettuce seeds. We also have 2 upside-down tomatoes growing... its really weird, but cool. Grandma gave me a lavender, too, my favorite!

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:

1. Starting work at a new store today

2. Visiting my grandparents (and Texas A&M) in Texas later this month

3. Taking a class at the Marine Science Consortium in June/July

4. Gardening some more

5. Payday!!

6. Yard sales

7. Going grocery shopping this weekend...our cupboards are bare!

8. Going hiking one day soon...

8 Things I did Yesterday:

1. Drove 45 minutes to work for the last time

2. Ran into like 10 people I know at work, which was weird

3. Watched a basketball game on TV (and I think I liked it?)

4. Cuddled on the couch with my little family

5. Ate the rest of my awesome vegan pizza

6. Talked to my mom on the phone for a good long time

7. Got scared because there was a big spider AND a stink bug in my bathroom...at the same time (Teddy caught them and put them outside)

8. Went to bed with one dog on my head, and one dog on my feet.

8 Things I Wish I could Do:

1. Never work again, but still get paid steadily...

2. Graduate from college sooner!

3. Have more time/inspiration to draw or craft

4. Write a book

5. Teach my dog not to bark his fool head off at everything that moves

6. Go thrifting every single day

7. Live near the beach

8. Talk to animals

8 Shows I Watch:

1. Ninja Warrior

2. House

3. 24

4. ESPN Sports Center (OK, I don't really watch it, but its ALWAYS on our TV, and I'm usually sitting on the couch with Teddy while he's watching it, so it sort of counts)

5. Today

6. Carnivale

7. Dead Like Me

8. The Blue Planet

So, yeah...

Whew. I am so glad this week is over. Well, its not really over for ME, since I never get a real 'week-end' but still. I know I got an A on my Lit. quiz, and I think I did well on my Stats exam. Unless of course I only thought I knew what formulas to use, and I actually had it all screwed up....which is a possibility. But I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that maybe I did OK. Haha.

There really hasn't been too much going on around here, besides school-work and job-work. I went to bed by 9:30 last night (no joke) and got up around 6 this morning so I could work on a group project for Psych. I always do my best work at like, 5 a.m. for some strange reason. Its all downhill after about lunchtime, though, haha!

Enough of all that; I really don't want this to turn into a whine-about-school blog (like it sort-of did last year..sorry!). I haven't had time to do any drawing lately, so it looks like there won't be a Sept. zine....I'm thinking a combined Sept/Oct. zine might be in order. Anyway, October is a much more interesting month than September, don't you think?

On the store- front, I have actually been selling out of the Quiet shop this week, which is nice. It gives me great joy to share my treasures with other people, and to know that other people appreciate and find beauty in the same things that I do.

It also occured to me that my Crack the Sky storefront finally has the 'unified' look I was looking for a few months ago. I think my style has evolved to a point where its easily identifiable (at least to my eye), which lends itself to a neat, tidy-looking Etsy storefront. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to squeeze in some drawing time coming up soon, and maybe even some gocco time! I have lots of ideas, I just don't have enough hours in the day! (And actually, if there were more hours in the day, I don't think I'd have the energy to use them, so there ya go).

There has been a lot of this going on lately:

She's finally starting to calm down some and act more like a cat than a kitten. Although she's still itty-bitty (which is what I call her most of the time). I love the cross-eyed-in-love look on her face, and how her head is all squished on my desk. See, I was sitting in my desk chair (where I am right now), and she put herself there. She has been so lovable lately! She literally jumps into my lap, throws herself down, and purrs.... then she gets up, repositions, throws herself against me, and purrs some more. And then, she comes to her senses and bites the crap out of my hands. Yeah, she's definitely still a kitten.

Ooh, last night I was in bed by 7:00, so I popped in the first disc of Carnivale, which arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Awesome!! I don't get HBO, so I had never seen it before. After just one episode, I was hooked! I watched the second episode right after that, and now I'm mad because I'll have to wait a while before the second disc comes! I'm also soooo disappointed that this show got cancelled!! I think I'm in love. Seriously, I had a dream last night about the yellow dress Sophie wears in the first episode.... I was wearing that dress to a "prom" at college. Hahaha. It was a disturbing dream....I'm sooo glad there are no more proms to go to!!

Ha, I can't believe this is still on my computer. This was my senior prom! Hard to believe that's almost 6 years ago! That was my date, Philipp, on the left. He was the exchange student. And that's Bobby, his host-brother and one of my best friends, on my right. Bobby's getting married in December! Boy, time flies. Philipp is coming to the wedding, of course, so maybe we can take an updated picture like this one?! Haha!

Ok, this post is just getting too long! I have to go to work at 11:00 today, so you'll probably hear from me again tomorrow! Have a great weekend!

Can you believe its Thursday already??

Wow. This week has just flown by! Nevermind the fact that it was only a 4-day week (Labor Day); it still went by really quickly! I still feel really strange because I haven't had any actual WORK to do for any of my classes yet. I always have this feeling like I've forgotten to do some huge assignment. Not cool. But I haven't forgotten anything, thank goodness. Just smooth sailing, as it seems..... which makes me think its all going to come crashing down around me at once in a few weeks. Haha!

Anyway, my sis and I got our butts into gear and went to the gym today; hooray! We only worked out for about 30 or 40 minutes, but it was good. We warmed up on the treadmills (for like, 10 minutes, and we were basically just walking, haha) and then we biked for the rest of the time. I rode 4.5 miles, which is less than half of what I normally did last semester, but I know I could have gone farther today. Plus Sabrina had marching band at 3:30, so we just kind of stopped there. I feel good and energized though; and it was fun working out with my sister; so there's my new motivation!

I think I'll definitely be less reluctant to go to the gym once the weather turns a little cooler, too; because when its 95 degrees outside, the last thing I want to do is peel my icky, sweaty gym-clothes off, put my tights and cute dress back on, try to comb my hair back into place, fix my makeup, and go to class. At least when its chillier outside, it actually feels GOOD to have your blood pumping, keeping you warm.

Well, folks, I've got class at 5:00, so I think I might head over to Starbucks for a nice iced mocha... did I mention its HOT outside??

*Read earlier post first!

Woo hoo! My Stat book sold today! Sweetness. And, I sold another zine today! That makes 5 in the past week! *dances around* Now, I need to start working on September.... I'm considering making double-month issues during the semester (as in, Sept-Oct) because of my time constraints....

OK, now back to your normal programming........

I'm cranky today.

Grrr. I'm so cranky. I came home from school between classes because my stomach kind of hurts, its REALLY hot so I wanted to change clothes, and I have a few packages to mail out. I just checked my email and I have a message from the Amazon seller I ordered my Stat. book from... (back story: I bought the book, new, from the school bookstore for like $120. It came with this access-code thing that I wasn't 100% sure if I needed; so I also ordered a used copy online for only $50. Turns out I have to have the access code, and my used copy didn't include one. So I emailed the seller a few days ago to find out if they would accept a return....).......and he said no. But, oh-so-helpfully, he suggested that perhaps I could sell it on Amazon. Gee, thanks, buddy. He's like, "I really need to get rid of that book". Yeah. So do I, now. So, I just listed it in my Amazon shop. Mine is the lowest-priced, so hopefully it'll sell soon. That's $50 I could really use!

On a more positive note, I got a bunch of books I had to order for my Lit class today, so at least I don't have to worry about that. I'm supposed to read through pg. 25 of Frederick Douglass for tomorrow, and I just got the book today. Phew. That's me. Livin' life on the edge.

So... there's not really too much else going on around here. I have to go to the post office on my way back to school later; I've sold 4 zines in the past week! I'm really excited about that.

Now, I think I'm going to have a second lunch, straighten up my forever-messy room, and lay around for a bit. I hope everyone had a nice long-weekend and is having a happy Tuesday!

A Mostly-Productive Day

Wow. Its only a little after 4 o'clock and I've already had like 3 days' worth of productivity. Today is officially my last day off until about Thanksgiving....well, unless I actually REQUEST off from work, which is very probably not going to be happening, since I was interviewed yesterday for a supervisor position...more on that later.

I got up this morning and watched Penelope, which is officially my new favorite movie.

Seriously. And who doesn't want to marry James McAvoy? Umm...I know I do.

I digress. Anyway. After seeing Penelope's awesome wardrobe (see above), I was reminded that today would probably be my only chance to bring in some of my Fall clothes and put away some Summer clothes, etc, etc. That is really no easy undertaking, considering how extensive my wardrobe is, and how little my clothes-storage space is. But I did it. And I did it relatively quickly. So it is, when you have but one day to do what you need to do.

So I have all of my clothes in order. I always love switching my clothes around for the seasons... its like going shopping, without spending any money! I always find things that I forget that I have. I also put away a lot of other stuff that I need, but don't necessarily need 'out'... like, books I've read but don't want to get rid of, craft supplies that I won't be needing in the immediate future, etc. I like un-cluttering!

I got almost all of my homework for tomorrow done. The only thing left is to read my chapter for Psych, but I think I'm just going to do that tomorrow morning over breakfast. I concentrate better in the morning.

Chris and I ran down to WalMart to pick up an oil filter so my dad could change Chris' oil. We just had to stop at the Goodwill nearby, and I found a few pairs of earrings for myself and some new stuff for the Quiet. I'm especially excited about this E.T. Storybook. How awesome is this?!

This is in the shop, too!

So, that's pretty much what I've done today. I still need to come up with something for my youngest sister's birthday tomorrow. She's turning 16! Unbelievable. I have absolutely no idea what to get her... I was fully planning on taking her to the bigger, better Goodwill in Greencastle; but she's out with her boyfriend and won't be home until later this evening, so..... I really don't know what to do. She's really hard to buy for. She has a very similar style to mine, but she already has tons of clothes/shoes/makeup/purses/things...... so Goodwill was really my best bet. She loves the Goodwill anyway. I guess I'll just make her an I.O.U. for a trip to the Goodwill some other time. Hmm.

Oh, and my mom made Apple Streusel Cupcakes for Krista's birthday (we're celebrating tonight instead of tomorrow). She was so proud of herself because she made them with soymilk so I could have some, but then she remembered - oh yeah, there are eggs in them; and I checked the ingredients on the box, and...yeah. There's already milk in there. Mom's still not used to the whole 'vegan' thing. Haha.

Weather of the ickiest sort.

Oh yes. Today is icky, indeed. Its rainy and chilly here. Yuck. The only good thing about the dreary-grey of today is that it inspired me to drink hot coffee, instead of iced. I mean, I usually drink at least two cups of hot coffee in the morning (at home), but if I'm out-and-about (mostly at school), I prefer iced coffe. My 'usual' is "tall-iced-caffe-mocha-with-soy" at Starbucks. Mmmm. But today, my sister and I met up in the little coffee shop on campus where I normally sit between classes (if you've been reading my blog for a while, you've probably read countless blog entries composed in, or composed about, the little coffee shop).

Last year the coffee shop was called Ritazza, and I don't remember what brand of coffee they served, but it wasn't especially great. This year, they've changed it up a bit, and now its a Seattle's Best. So now, we have both a Starbucks AND a Seattle's Best on campus. Sweetness.

Anyway, we both decided it would be a good day to have a nice, hot cup o' joe, rather than iced as per normal. 1) The coffee was really good! 2) It was CHEAP (which consequently raises its status from 'good' to GREAT!). It was only $1.29 for a 'small', which was like a Starbuck's 'tall'. That's pretty good, in my book. So now I'm nice and toasty, my tummy is full (at least for now... I find since going Vegan that I need to eat about every 2 hours, or I go into hibernate-mode), I'm energized, and I spent less than $1.50. Awesome.

*****

Oh yeah, and the little lunch-lady who, like, loves me is just as cute as ever. I don't think I've blogged about her before... her name is Linda, and she just loves me. She kind of 'adopted' me last year, probably because of how much time I spent in the CUB last year, and because I eat wraps, which she makes, every Tuesday and Thursday. She was dismayed on Tuesday when I told her I would no longer be having cheese on my wraps... just lettuce and tomato for me, thanks. She was like, "Oh my! What am I going to do with you?" Then aside, to my sister, "I try to take care of her, you know!" She is so adorable! Haha! Plus today she told me she really likes my haircut, and it makes me look YOUNGER....she guessed I was about 25, so she wasn't really too far off. Hahaha.

Suddenly, Fall.

Wow. I woke up this morning and its Fall. Well, not quite, but almost. It has been downright chilly around here these past few nights/mornings, and it doesn't warm up until late morning. I even saw some leaves starting to lose their color and fall around the college. It just seems so early.... is anyone else noticing the seasons changing earlier and earlier?

Two words: GLOBAL WARMING.

Anyway, I want to enjoy the remaining days of summer the best I can; so I've been going out to my garden every (tiny) chance I get. Also, on a side-note, I've recently observed THREE frogs in our pond now, not just two!

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So, I promised I'd talk about school some more this evening. Since I posted this morning, I actually had to drop the Art History course that I had just added (in short: because I needed to fill a Lit. requirement, and the German Cinema course I had originally scheduled counted toward that, but the Art History course didn't). So I picked up "English 250: Introduction to Literature". Pretty basic-sounding. Except when I received the syllabus (via email from the prof, since I missed Monday's class), it turns out the course is actually about Race in Literature....race, as in skin color. Hmm. Its interesting, but not at all what I expected when I signed up for 'intro to lit". So, yeah. I like the prof. a lot. He's really....dead-pan. I don't know how else to describe him. But the course seems interesting so far, and he seems to know a lot about it, so it should be OK.

My favorite class so far is definitely Intro to Interdisciplinary Arts. My professor is awesome: he's a photographer for the Smithsonian (yes, the Smithsonian.); his daughter graduated from Harvard and is apparently, like, a genius; and his son lives in a Tibetan Buddhist monastary. Dr. Hirschon just got back from sabbatical in India, where he was making a documentary for the Smithsonian; and he wears Buddhist prayer beads around his neck. And, he looks like Santa Clause, only he's Jewish.....and a New Yorker. Awesome. Today we had a multi-session class (with 3 classes combined) and watched part of an awesome film, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams... so added to my Netflix queue!

I think this semester is going to be pretty good, as long as I can maximize efficiency in my time-managing.....which can be a struggle for me at times. Although, for the record, I've been getting up at 6:30 every morning even though I don't have class sometimes until 2:00. So I'm doing ok so far. My texts seem really dry, though, which may prove to be a hurdle for me. I just can't concentrate if a textbook is just too boring.....much like this blog entry is turning out to be! Sorry!

Checklist for the Last Day Off

Today is officially my last day off before the semester starts a week from today. I was kind of bummed this morning, but then I checked my class schedule again and I realized I did a really great job of scheduling this semester. I actually gave myself plenty of time to study, do homework, and (hopefully) have some me time leftover. Cool.

Anyway, I was bummed this morning. I had that anxious, "this-is-my-last-day-so-I'd-better-make-it-a-really-super-awesome-one" feeling.... you know. But I didn't feel like doing anything, really. I just kind of sat around until about 10 o'clock this morning; and then I realized I was just wasting my last day of freedom. So I set out to complete a bunch of mundane tasks that actually weren't so boring, and I quickly went from a grumpy mood to a pretty decent one. Starbucks may or may not have had something to do with that...

Here's what I did today:

1. Bought $339.77 worth of textbooks.....but the bookstore didn't have one book that I may need, so that's another $50 or so.

2. Made some new business cards.

3. Fed my Starbucks addiction.

4. Cleaned my disgusting bathroom (the walls were covered in years and years' worth of makeup residue...ew).

5. Uploaded tons of photos to Flickr that I've been meaning to for, oh, I don't know, months.

6. Laundry: 2 loads down, and I'm still not done.

7. Filled up on gas....only $3.45/gallon in Shippensburg! Woo hoo!

So far, so good. I'm not really sure what I'll do the rest of the evening, but I think it may involve cutting and hanging some mint leaves to dry...

I Have Found My Dream House.

Have I not mentioned before that my dream is to live in a Victorian-style curiosity museum? Oh yes. This is it....

This is one of the bedrooms in the house. How awesome is that? Its like something from a dream (except I'd prefer the bed WITHOUT all of the mounted heads on it).

Oh, and the 'house' itself is pretty nice, I guess.....

Calke Abbey

OK, I'm ready to move in! I wonder if the National Trust will mind......?

Saturday: reality

Ok, so I didn't go to any yard sales. The Arts & Crafts show at Caledonia wasn't at all what I had hoped for. Not to offend anyone, but every single vendor there was like, "country" crafts. That's fine, and everything, but..... what about those of us who just don't care for that look? That's just not my thing. So it was pretty disappointing to see table after table of cinnamon-scented snowman plaques that said things like, "I ♥ USA" (OK, that's a tiny bit of an exaggeration, but you get the idea). That is the exact reason why I have not, as of yet, participated in any craft fairs. I just don't think I'd "fit in". Grr.

But, the whole day wasn't bad.... I went to a Goodwill that I don't get to go to very often and got some really awesome stuff. The girl at the counter laughed at me because I started out with a handbasket, and after about 10 minutes had to come back up front and trade it for an actual push-cart. I was like, "This is NOT funny. I have a PROBLEM". Haha. All-in-all, I spent a whopping $36, but man, did I get some good stuff. I'm in the process of up-cycling a few things, so I'll wait to show any pictures of my bounty until I'm done. Which reminds me, I need to make sure I get some spray paint tomorrow.....*note to self*

After I exhausted myself and my purse, I got in touch with the friend I had planned on meeting up with. She got tied up in work for the afternoon, but I did end up going over to her brand-new house that she just bought (closed the deal yesterday, woo hoo!) in the evening. Let me just say, her house is AWESOME. I am so, so jealous! ;) I wanted to give her a little "the-house-is-officially-yours" gift, and she loves plants; so I brought her some chocolate mint, lemon balm, a baby tomato plant that I found growing wild in my yard today (leftover from last year?), and a cilantro that sprang up from Chia seeds that I thought were dead. She already has some beautiful gardens growing in the yard and potted plants galore, but I think she liked the new additions. She's also very lucky to have another of our friends, Amanda, and her husband, living in 1/2 of the gigantic house. What a fun time! We had a girls' evening and went out for some Italian food, and then walked to the elementary school playground to swing for a while. It was a really nice time. I tend to go very long times without seeing many of my friends, because of busy schedules and whatnot, but its always such a nice feeling to know that you have really great friends, who will always be your friends.

And now, because I've talked too much, here is a picture of the pretty new teacups I've listed in the vintage shop today, along with a few other things. Take a peek!

Happy 4th, everyone. So far, I woke up at 8:00 (that's late for me), sat down on the couch with a laptop, and....this is about as far as I've gotten today. I was just catching up on reading a few blogs, and some link-hopping found me at Stiletto Heights. This game cracked me up:

1: Type in “[your name] needs” in the Google search:
Veronica needs to give Logan a break and stop accusing him

2: Type in “[your name] looks like” in Google search:
Veronica looks like a goner. (Eeep!)

3: Type in “[your name] does” in Google search:
Veronica does fear the reaper (Haha!!)

4: Type in “[your name] hates” in Google search:
Veronica hates me. (lyrics to a Screeching Weasel song)

5: Type in “[your name] goes to” in Google search:
Veronica goes topless! (Hahahaha! Now, that's a good one!)

6: Type in “[your name] loves” in Google search:
Ok, this isn't the first one that came up in the search...the first one was too dirty to ever repeat on here! Let's go with "Veronica loves Hector". That's much nicer.

7 Type in “[your name] eats” in Google search:Veronica eats peas instead of carrots or cheerios.

8: Type in “[your name] has” in Google search:
Veronica has more fanboys than Nintendo (woohoooo!)

9: Type in “[your name] died” in Google Search:
I'm drunk in the front of a tow truck after Veronica died.
(that is hilarious).

10: Type in “[your name] will” in Google search:
Veronica will never find a happy ending. Wow. That is depressing. How come all of mine are tragic and sad?? Sheesh!

Anyway, that was kinda funny. Now I'm off to work for the day. Since today is a holiday, we're allowed to wear something (slightly) different from the normal 'uniform'. I like red white and blue together anyway, so I had a couple of options. I settled on a super-cute stripey shirt that ties on the hip. I look sailor-y, especially with the anchor earrings. Hooray!

Luckily I get off at 7:30 so I can tag along with Chris to his first assignment at the new job! He's covering the fireworks in Shippensburg, and then we're going to stay and watch them. Yay!

I hate you, Forever 21

So, I am soooo grumpy, disappointed, and generally in a panic right now. I was so excited all day at work because I knew my dresses would be waiting for me to try on and decide which one to wear to the wedding tomorrow.

Neither one fits.

Its really strange, because I ALWAYS wear a medium. All of my Forever21 clothes are size Medium (and believe me, that's a LOT of clothes), and both of these dresses were WAYYY too small. As in, I couldn't even zipper them up AN INCH.

As puzzling as it is, I'm not worried THAT much - I can, of course, just return them the next time I go to Annapolis (which will probably be very soon). The thing that has me in a panic is that the wedding is tomorrow. What an I going to wear?!

My only solution at this [very last] moment is to head over to the closest mall (yuck) and pray to god that I find something at Charlotte Russe or maybe *sigh* the Bon Ton. Our mall is so crappy. The only mall that's even worth my time going to is the Annapolis mall and that's....2 hours away. Totally out of the question. I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't find a suitable dress tonight.

(I know, I make it sound like I have no clothes. Its not that. I just don't have that many dresses that are NOT BLACK and are suitable to wear to a wedding. Especially a Cinderella-and-generally-princess-y wedding). It especially sucks because both of the dresses from Forever21 are sooo pretty, and princess-y, and I know Heather (bride) would appreciate the princess-y-ness (look at me creating words left and right!) of them. Sigh.

Oh! And to put the icing on the cake, I totally forgot I ordered another little casual jumper-dress with anchors on it....and I don't like it, either. Its more like a glorified tank top than a dress, like how it appeared online. Sigh. I just totally struck out with this shopping.

Hm. I'm feeling really out of sorts these past few days. Thursday night, around midnight, I got a phone call from my best friend Lani..... to tell me she had just been in a car accident, in her nice new (to her) car. She and her brother (whom was driving) are fine, besides some bumps and bruises; but I just feel so terrible for her. She was so proud of herself for buying her very own car, and getting her license (she's from the Philippines so it was a big deal for her), and then her car gets wrecked only a month after she got it. I'm just so glad she's ok!!

Other stuff just has me all in a jumble, too... like the fact that Chris was told he would hear from the Bedford Gazette either Thursday or today if he got the job. He didn't hear from them. My two younger sisters have each come down with some mysterious fever-cold thing in the past few days...I really hope I don't get it too.

I don't know. I just feel really...out of whack. Or totally whacked. One or the other. Or both.

2 Down!

Wheee, I knocked one more final off of my 'to-do' list!

I had my Geography final this morning. It was a breeze. I finished in 10 minutes. Seriously. I'm quite sure I did very well on the exam, so that should give me pretty darn close to about 97% in the class....yay!!

Next up: World History at 3:30. I'm not too worried about that one, either. I have an A in the class so far, and I'm fairly certain I'll do just fine on the exam. Plus the professor loves me, so... no worries!

My biggest problem today is that I'm stuck on campus with nothing to do until 3:30. I should have taken longer to do my Geography exam, haha! I was done by 10:40, so I went over to Starbucks and got a Honey Frappuccino and a Toffee Crunch brownie, yum! I sat in Starbucks and studied for History until about 12:30; and then I got bored so I took a walk across campus to the Science Center building. I just love that building - its super-nerdy with posters about cell structure, and display cases filled with petrified wood and iguana skeletons.... its like a little museum...to me, at least! I guess I'm just a super-nerd.

Anyway, when I was done with my little walk in the Science Center, I crossed campus again to get to this computer lab (the one in the science building is too small and crowded). I'm quickly running out of exciting things to do in here, too, so I think I may head over to the Administration building in a moment to pick up my Dean's List Certificate from last semester....I forgot about it until today when I received an email from the secretary over there to come pick it up! Oops!

Well, I think I'm going to walk over there now and get my certificate. Shall I frame it and hang it on the wall? Hmmm...hehe.

I shall return later to share some more pictures from my doodle-filled Economics notebook. Until then....ta-ta!

Laziness and Procrastination Prevail

Ah yes, dear readers; I shall once again put off today what I can do tomorrow. That is, after all, my mantra. Is that bad? I don't think so. It might be for some people, but it works quite well for me!

I had every intention of going to the gym after my 5:00 class today, but I'm feeling really tired already (and its only 3:30), and I think I feel a migraine coming on. Of course, working out would actually probably prevent a headache and make me feel energized, its just that motivating myself to change clothes and work out for an hour when I could be at home writing an essay for my Atmospheres class won't be so easy. So we'll see how that works out after Economics is over at 6:15. Bleh.

Actually if I go home and write my essay, I will actually be ahead....and how often does that happen? Umm....never. But that's because I have my Atmospheres exam on Thursday, and that's a killer. So once again, I have work to do, work to do!

On the plus side, I have a 'mini-break' this weekend and the beginning of next week! No school on Monday or Tuesday of this coming week means......I'm going to Annapolis! Yay! I'm going to visit my bestest friend Lani. We already have a very full agenda: find a dress for me to wear to Leilani's wedding in May (and shopping in general, because Annapolis Mall is fabulous), play Rock Band, and Lani's going to teach me some of her butt-exercises since she's 'macho-wacho' and I'm beginning to be. Oh, and I need to grow a butt. :D

Speaking of macho-wacho, my mom and Chris both commented over the past couple of days that they can see a difference since I've been working out. Of course I don't see any difference, but I see myself every day so I guess that's normal at first. But it made me feel good because Chris said I look good, so maybe I should drag my no-butt to the gym tonight....hmm.

Oh! And I had lunch with my friend Shi today; and she informed me that she just got hired at the new Gold's Gym in our town, and that she's going to be teaching a spinning class there! Since I won't be able to go to the gym here at school over the summer, I'm thinking about getting a 3-month membership at Gold's over the summer, especially since Shi will be teaching classes there. I think that would be so much fun!

Well....not too much else has been going on lately..... I watched an OK movie with Chris the other night, Shattered Glass. Chris loves that movie (and forced me to watch it) because, well, he's a journalist. And everything in that movie is what professors teach you NOT to do. I, on the other hand, thought it was, well....stupid. I don't know. I hated Glass' character, probably because he was played by Hayden Christensen. I just really don't like him, for no reason whatsoever. He just bothers me. The movie itself had some good parts, but all-in-all, it wasn't something I would have picked if I had any say in the matter (which I didn't, because Chris is a big butthead). :P

Ok, I've already written too much. Hopefully soon I'll have some new pictures to show.

Ratzin'-fratzin'-rick-rackin'.....grumble-grumble-grumble!

How do you like that title? Ugh. I decided today (ok, a long time ago, but it was sealed today) that I HATE Economics. Really. My poor little brain just. doesn't. get. it.

I've never been great at math. I was ok in high school.... I got all the way up to Advanced Trigonometry. But I only got a C in Trig (and I partially blame the teacher, who made me soo nervous - he actually called me stupid and made me cry one time in class because I didn't understand a problem in class! But that's another story). But still. I managed to get mostly A's and B's in all of my other math classes. I took College Algebra at PSU and got an A+ in the class, so I was proud of that. I'm good at memorizing formulas and plugging in numbers...I can do that. But word problems and stuff? No. Nada. Can't do it. My brain just doesn't work that way somehow. So this Econ class has been fine, only boring, so far. No math. Except for it seems the whole exam that I will have today at 5:00 is math problems. And sure, its a plug-and-chug formula kind of deal, but these are INTENSE problems! I have read all of the chapters and my notes TWICE already today. And I've taken 3 online practice-quizzes. And failed them all. What is this?? I'm just not getting it. I don't know what it is.

I'm not going to lie; I'm a great student. I've made the Dean's List every semester that I've been in college (3 so far). I'm quite proud of my academic achievement. But this stupid Econ class is killing me. I got a high B on the first econ exam. That's alright, right? I'm definitely not expecting a similar grade on this exam. Its just so frustrating because I feel like there's nothing I can do to increase my chances of getting a better grade - I've gotten to the point in studying now that I can't even stare at the Econ book anymore. I've been studying for hours. And I haven't learned anything yet. So its just really upsetting. I mean, in the worst case scenario, and I fail the exam, I'm sure I can still at least PASS the class. I'd much rather get a DECENT grade, but I guess I'll take what I can get. Its not like I didn't try.

Anyway, enough of that. I'm boring myself.

On the bright side - its SPRIIIIIING!!!!!

A list of complaints.

Ick. What a dreadful, icky day outside. Its drizzly, and COLD - like 30 degrees cold. But its still rain, and not ice or snow, which makes it that much colder, wetter, and more miserable.

And....somebody took my umbrella. By 'somebody', I think I mean one of my sisters. I don't have any proof (yet), but I know it was hanging by the front door, and this morning it was gone. It really just isn't fair. They only have to walk from the school parking lot up to the school, and then they're inside all day. I, on the other hand, have to walk across campus multiple times in the freezing wet cold. Yuck. And I actually had cute hair this morning. Not anymore. Now I have puffy, frizzy, wet hair. *sigh*

And another thing. I'm wearing one of my favorite sweatshirts today. Its white with a brown seahorse on it. And now, it has big, hot-pink splotches all over it. It must have been washed with something pink that bled all over the place, because really, I look like I'm wearing a white-and-pink tie-dyed sweatshirt now. How embarassing. Oh well. All for the sake of at least staying a little bit warm and dry today.

Is it Spring yet?

Do I want one?

The Amazon Kindle, that is.

I'm fascinated by this....but the rational part of my mind is screaming, "Why, oh whyyy would you need that?!" I usually buy my books used from Amazon anyway.... so its much cheaper than $8 or $9 for a Kindle-edition of a book. And the initial $400....yikes. Of course, with all technical gadgets, the price will definitely go down as the technology gets better.... but still. Is this thing cool, or is it another sign of our times where we can't be bothered to carry around a mere ~paper~ book.... instead, we simply must have it on our own little techno-device. I'm torn.

(And I say this as I'm BLOGGING and listening to my hot-pink Ipod)

Along these same philosophical lines, I found an interesting book (a jump-off from this book, recommended by miss Marmee) that I may very well be buying in the near future. As soon as I get some money, that is(!!).

Speaking of books, I've just added a Goodreads widget to the left side of my blog- its a showcase of some of the books I've read (which hopefully will be expanding more and more!).

Ok, I'm off to a nap, er...I mean Economics...in a bit. Happy Thursday!