A Little Late

Since our lovely internet decided to go out on us, I haven't been able to post for quite some time. Of course that was never the only factor. I was lazy, preoccupied and didn't check to see if my laptop was also in the mix. But here I am again.

A lot has happened since last post. Christmas for one. We all got some new luggage, an XBox 360, and Rock Band 2. Oh, and not to forget the awesome Subway gift cards, my personal favorite. I also decided to go shopping with Tess the day after Christmas because her friend was there alone. Worst mistake ever. We parked out in bufu, had to run in the rain, and there were so many bodies in the mall, I was dying of heat. Black Friday wasn't this bad! Oh well. I did get a cute organic cotton tote from Macy's with a new wallet that matches my purse out of it. Oh, and the first and second season of Saved By The Bell for my best friend, Jackie, for Christmas. (Only $11, WHADDUP!)

Yesterday there was a small marathon of What Not to Wear on, and now I have made it a mission to one day eventually dress like Stacy from that show. I want tall boots, cute shirts, jackets and bracelets and big ol' purses. She is too gorgeous! One day...I'm telling you.

New Years is coming up and we'll be spending that down in Columbus with Matt, Ben, and Danny. It should be fun. Next year I want to do it in New York. That's another mission I'm on.

I'm also supposed to give a shout out to my Grandma Lou, who I found out also reads this!
Hey Grandma Lou!


Alright. Over and Out.

Speedy Recovery

I've learned to accept my haircut and roll with it. It's really no big deal. Full recovery. People at work really like it and I get compliments a lot. Some older people that I've never met do walk past and give the weirdest looks though. I'm hoping not to pass a doctor any time soon. People already see the lip ring and hair and slightly avoid me. I have been trying to perfect the faux hawk also, and I can pull it off pretty well, if I do say so myself. Hair is hair. It'll grow.

I'm starting to work 40 hours again. Whoot! My next paycheck should be amazing, especially with direct incentive with it. The other great thing about Winter Break? Jeopardy. We play at home out loud, and I cleared a category today and got every one right. WHADDUP! Most were guessing, but I was right...and it pretty much goes without saying that I won. Ahhh sweet victory. One day I will meet Alex Trebek! ONE DAY!

So I wrote this thing on Facebook where you have to say 16 random things you've learned about yourself. I was very rpoud of it, and since I have nothing else to write about, I'll let you guys see it too. Enjoy.

1. I'm slowly learning to accept myself for who I am and what I can and can't do.

2. If there's something in life that you want, get it. There's no better time than now.

3. I am the most impatient person I know.

4. I'll always want to be a race car driver or actress.

5. I'm smarter when I don't give a damn.

6. I am truly a kid at heart.

7. I get insanely awkward around guys and tend to ramble or laugh really loud.

8. I believe in true love.

9. I hate politics with an undying passion, and I'd rather not be involved.

10. I am slowly building my own book collection, and want my own library when I get old.

11. I usually like to observe things rather than be involved.

12. I bite the left side of my lip when I'm thinking.

13. I want to write something profound one day.

14. I am a dork and nerd. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings are some of my favs.

15. My blood pressure can be raised easily.

16. One day I'll look back and laugh...and it'll be ok.

Big Girls Don't Cry

I got another haircut. It was supposed to look like Natalie Portman's pixie haircut, but I just look straight-up like a guy. After I came back from Great Clips, I wanted to cry. I swear, I will never get a haircut again. I'm so disappointed that I didn't just get a trim. Now I have to wait at least 2 months until it grows out so I can do something cute with it. I can't even use BOBBY PINS. Ugh. How stupid. Plus, the chick who cut it didn't listen to anything I was saying. I wanted it to look like the picture, only LONGER. I clearly said LONGER. But no, she didn't listen. I wanted to deck her right there. Whatever, can't go back now. I guess I'll be getting more use out of my hat than expected.

My Ethics final was Thursday. None of us knew what to expect, and all we were told was to follow the study guide and we'd be good. To my lovely surprise, the test was exactly the study guide. I wanted to cry I was so happy! I was literally out of there in 20 minutes flat. Whaddup! Now I have my Stats final tomorrow (which I'll probably bomb), and then my Developmental Psych final Tuesday. That one shouldn't be too bad.

Watched three good movies in the past week. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (8 nods), Ms. Pettigrew Lives for a Day (7.5 nods), and The Dream Team (6.5 nods). The were all really good! I watched Chronicles twice, once alone and once again with the siblings. Ya, the older brother is totally hot, to answer your questions of motivation. Ms. Pettigrew was absolutely adorable, especially because the guy from Pushing Daisies was in it, and finally the crack me up! (Four mental patients escape and have to prove that their doctor is trying to be killed.) I actually rented Dream TeamChronicles and Pettigrew, and turned Chronicles in a day late, but there was no late fee. Another whaddup to that!

Off to watch more Animal Planet with Megan. What else would we be watching when she has the remote?

My head/face is too round for this haircut. Ugh.

Fat Lip

SO I finally got my lip pierced! It's all fat and swollen and it REALLY hurts whenever I laugh or smile. I've been eating leftover stuffing and pudding and small things that won't bump the ring, but my lip is too monstrous to NOT bump anything.

Yesterday I met Jackie and we went to Alliance to Bad Boy Tattoo and Piercing. I told her we had an appointment to get my lip pierced and her tattoo fit. (She didn't know she was getting it.) So, when we pulled up, I go, "Oh, by the way, the appointment wasn't for me, it was for you!" She didn't get out of the car for a second or two. It was great. To be honest, I wasn't a great fan of the place or the people. The tattoo place I went to down in Columbus, Stained Skin, was too amazing that anything else seems blah. It sounds like I'm trying to justify it, but I'm serious. The guys were nice, explained how everything was cleaned and set up and the guy who did my tattoo was nice and talked to me the whole time. This guy who did Jackie's was alright, but he didn't explain anything or really have an interest in her or anything.

After she got her tattoo done, the word Faith on her foot, I got my lip pierced. He made me use mouth wash before he did anything, and I kinda sent a stream of it flying across the room. Jackie and I were dying while the guy stood there and was like, What!? O man, the piercing process hurt more than a tattoo. He used tweezers to hold my lip while drooled like crazy, and then he stuck this huge needle in and left it there for a second. After that, I could feel him pull it out while he pulled the ring in at the same time. Then, he had to use some other tweezers to squeeze the ring together, and he goes, "Sorry if I just pinched you with those." I was like, "You just stuck a needle through my lip. I think you're alright!" Finally, it was all done, and Jackie and I went to get a congratulatory Frosty afterward. Mmmmm. It was so good.

That's it really. I did nothing other than sit around and watch movies today. (Se7en*, part of The Game Plan**, and some of other movies.) I also iced my lip and drooled some more. Ha. Good times.

Peace homes.

*8 out of 10 nods. Maybe 8 1/2. I do love Brad Pitt. "What's in the boooox!?"
** 6 1/2 out of 10 nods. I just love when the Rock sings and plays guitar.

A quick horrible picture of me and my piercing.

Bags Full 'O Bargains on Black Friday

I have been up since 2:45am. That's right, 2:45AM. I have never seen so many people go crazy over shopping. I know I worked Black Friday last year, but to actually be one of the shoppers, you must be insane...and that's why at 4am I stood with my three friends outside of Old Navy, waiting for it to open. I did get a free mp3 player though, so whaddup!

I also found some amazing parking when we got to the mall, so I couldn't be happier. The only thing that sucked: limping throughout the mall because my knee was sore. How you ask? Small flashback...
For some ODD reason my siblings and I decided to give each other piggyback rides yesterday. I don't know, it was random. Well, my little sister Tess gave me one and then decided to run into the kitchen, but we didn't make it that far. My left knee ended up slamming into the doorway as she went through. I ended up on the ground laughing and slightly crying. Ha. Fast forward to today...my knee is all bruised and I had a hard time walking, especially when I was doing it for hours around the mall!

Good times, good times. I did get a lot of cool stuff today. 25% off at Aerie, 40% off at American Eagle, 10% off at Old Navy, and just other stuff at Target, which, B the W, had a line that curved towards Grand Slam. (We just kinda went ninja style and blended into the line. Ha!) I also got my paycheck in the mail, probably my favorite thing so far...until I get my lip ring tomorrow. That's right, I'm getting a lip ring, and I'm slightly terrified. I hope it looks good, because I've been wanting one since I saw my cousin Beth have one. And, I decided that now would be the time as well, because I'm 19 and it's not to young, and not too old. I have the money and the balls to do it, so I might as well. My best friend Jackie is also getting a tattoo tomorrow as well, but she doesn't know. She thinks we're only getting her tattoo figured out and then my lip pierced. Oh, what fun!

Alright, I think I'm about to take a nap before I head over to Jackie's tonight to watch movies. First is Get Smart! (10 out of 10 nods. I loved it.) Maybe before all that I should put away all my bags....eh, maybe later.

Until next time...

Left in the Dark by Twilight

I never want to go without sleep for 40 hours ever again. It was horrible and I got the biggest headache from it. WHY did I not sleep for 40 hours? Well, let's just go back a few days...

Thursday - I wake up at 5am, the usual. I have to get ready for school and pack to stay the night at my friend Emma's apartment up in Akron. I stay there sometimes because it's nice to save on gas. Anyway, Most of the time I'm there I have to finish my 10-12 page Psychology paper that I put off for most of the semester. I know, I procrastinate too much. Well, I worked on that until about 10pm when we finally leave to go see Twilight back in Canton.
When I got there to get the tickets, say at about 10:30, I found out that people were already piling into the 2 theaters to get seats! So, I skip dinner to save seats, (which were luckily very good seats!), and we are all settled to watch the movie. Before the title even came on, some 13 yr old chick made a very awkward noise that sounded somewhere between a moan and scream. I wanted to die.
The movie itself...was eh. If someone hadn't read the books, it would have been an okay story line. It hit the basic things and got the message through. But, if you HAD read the book, which was about 99.999% of the people in there including me, it was blah. It skipped a WHOLE bunch of the story line, threw in some random fillers to help introduce characters, and didn't portray things the way I'd imagine them. Plus the acting was sub-par. I know, I know...everyone's a critic...but seriously. The facial expressions were weird and definitely not what I thought. But, one thing that I was surprised about was the fact that characters I thought I wouldn't like were the one's I did, and those I thought were cool, were the eh ones. Also, I wore a Team Emmett shirt. :D It was amazing!
All in all, I'd give Twilight a 6 out of 10 nods*. Maybe if I wasn't crying throughout most of the movie from laughing so hard it would have been better. I'll have to see it again...when it hits the dollar theatre...and re-rate it.

After the movie, we got back to Emma's apartment where I realized my reference page didn't save, so I had to redo it. (I wanted to scream). Then I got things settled, finally ate, took a shower...and saw I only had 1 1/2 hrs until I'd have to get up and get ready to leave...so I watched the Office instead. Then school, a drive home in the crappy snow, and finally I worked from 1-8pm. I wanted to die inside. Two energy drinks had to keep me awake because I nearly nodded off while scanning...not cool.

Anyway, that was a really long post about nothing, but I thought I'd share!




*And yes, I gave it that rating. It's my new thing. Anytime I see a movie or show I'll rate it and let you guys know.

Huzzah!

WHOA, this is two posts within two days, which also makes three within a week!

HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!

Enough if the celebration, now onto serious business.
Today in Ethics we had a speaker come in and talk to us about the morality about slaughtering animals and the benefits of veganism. This guy showed us a four minute video (some footage he shot himself) of an inside look into slaughter houses and what goes on. I wanted to puke. There were cows and pigs hung upside down and this guy just walked over and stabbed or slit their throat and stood back to watch them bleed out. Then corpses of dead animals were kicked around, skinned, etc. Ugh, it was gross. I saw a dolphin getting it's throat cut open... It was just sickening.

Now this guy was pretty cool. He ate meat, cheese, milk, eggs, for 25 years until he decided to change and become an activist. Gary Yourofsky I believe his name is. He's been kicked out of 5 countries, (Canada and the UK- England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), and he's traveled around giving lectures. Now, I really do love the taste of meat, but this guy gave an excellent argument of why being a vegan is better. Part of me wants to say "Hell ya!" and go vegan, but I'd hate all the criticism I'd get. Now, that's not exactly a great response, but I don't know. He said even reduction is helping. I can start with that... Maybe one day I'll work my way to being a true vegan. God, the health stats he told us blew me away. Of course, though, I am being taught in Psychology that stats can be manipulated and worded to please the audience, but damn, considered me fooled. I'll probably check on them eventually. He also said there was a gourmet restuarant two minutes away from campus that caters to vegans called Vegetaranian or something like that. Sounds good. Vegan steak? One day...

His website is www.adaptt.org. Check it out!

Destination: Procrastination

What a crappy title. Sure, the rhyming is witty, but is procrastination a place to go to? No. But it rhymes, and that's all that matters.

I have a 10-12 page paper due Friday. It's on Multiple Personality Disorder aka Dissociative Identity Disorder. Whew, say those 5 times fast! It's 10pm and I'm working on trying to keep down a Rockstar energy drink so I can stay awake and do some damage to this paper. It's hard...I'm feeling like I want to throw up. Yea, not my most brilliant idea so far, but if it works... I've also taken to using Google Scholars instead of the recommended PsychINFO website that gives you articles needed for research paper. Is it cheating? No, just finding a loophole, that's all. My good buddy 'ol pal Jackie told me about it. Thank you, JACKIE!


Oooo, another wave of sickness. Not good. I need to sleep.
No, I need to get this paper done.


We watched part of Harold and Maude in English class today. What an interesting movie. I'll have to re-watch it sometime and really pay attention. It doesn't hlep that I'm craning my neck to see the screen. Oh well.

Ok, I'm stopping short because I NEED to get this paper done. I can do it. I can do it. I HAVE to do it. (B the W, that's two posts within a week...one more and I'll have made my goal!)

Peace Out

Baby Steps

I've considered making more achievable goals instead of impossible ones, such as getting three blogs in a row. Apparently it's a hard thing for me to do. So, how about three in one week? That's a bit easier to handle. New goal: Post twice again within the next 7 days. Done.

Remember my problem with the whole eye contact thing? Well my lovely friends decided to stare at me for minutes at a time when I told them about my dilemma. THAT'S why I'm uncomfortable! But I have been better at it. The guy walking past me outside the Student Union? Totally looked. One small baby step for me, one giant leap for...my self-esteem.

One great thing about college is meeting new people. Example: one day while I was walking towards my Stats class, I found a guy in a wheelchair struggling to get up a hill while everyone else walked past him. I felt HORRIBLE. It was a nice, warm day out, and here's this kid zig-zagging all slowly just to get past the damn hill. (It's really a killer, even for those not in a wheelchair.) So, I stopped and asked him if he needed any help. He was more than gracious and I pushed him to his next class, which ended up being across campus, but it didn't bother me. His name is Abdul and we got to talking about our majors and work and whatnot. He was one of the sweetest guys ever. (He said he glad he came across me because it was such a nice day out, and hopefully he'd run into me more often.) Unfortunately, I haven't seen him since, but I look. Abdul was a cool guy. I definitely encourage al to meet new people on campus, because you might meet someone as cool as him! Totally worth it.

I'm going to the midnight showing of Twilight, next Thursday night/Friday morning even though I'm not too excited about it. And what's all this with the Team Edward and Team Jacob? Where's the Team Emmett shirts?! I'd be in one of those faster than you can say "vampire". I got a free download of the remix of Bella's lullaby also, which I'm currently listening to. NOT worth it. I'm ashamed to have it on my iTunes. It's just random piano and techno with Robert Pattinson and what's-her-face saying lines from the movie in it. Gah, I hope that movie proves me wrong.

Ok, enough for now. I promise I'll write again soon, and I don't go back on my word.

Failure, with a Side of Success

Damnit, I fail. I totally forgot about blogging, and I couldn't even make it two days in a row. But, alas, here I am now, four days later with some new...well, news.


So what's the biggest confidence booster for worrisome first year college students? It's not hard...guess. Ok, here's a hint. It rhymes with schmood schmades. Got it yet?

Yep, good grades indeed. I found out that I got a 94 on my Developmental Psychology paper, a B on my ethics, and somehow I managed to get a 50/50 on my English Journal Entries...? For some reason when I write, I cannot tell you anything analytical, but I can summarize the hell out of it. I can dance around the main point so much without actually saying it. I call it the "Tip of the Tongue" Syndrome for writing. In fact, one of my journal entries was about just that. And I got a 50/50? God, I'm amazing at bullshitting.

You know what I hate most? When a cute guy, say a tall dark-haired one working behind a Starbucks counter, totally gives you looks, and you make eye contact a few times because you both happen to look at each other at the same time, and you kinda think he's cute and maybe there's something...but no, that's it. You take your drink and leave. One last small smile, the head goes down, and you're out the door before you can smack yourself in the head. This has happened so much to me, especially since being in college, that I know it's going to happen before it does. AND I DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! It's one of those old habits that just become so natural, you do it all the time. I'm slowly dying, I swear.

My goal for the next week or so? To stop, slow down, and make real eye contact. I'll have to let you know later how well that works out for me. Fingers crossed.

Pilot

And so it begins...

To be honest, I'm sure how much blogging I will do. I seem to always start things but never finish, so fingers crossed on this one!

I don't exactly have much to update on, really. Maybe once this baby gets going it'll be easier. So, since there's nothing else, I'll leave you with a quote I'm recently fond of but the famous writer and poet Walt Whitman:

"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, reexamine all you have been told at school or church or any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fleuncy not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body."