Too Much Coffee + Not Enough Sleep = 30 Kinds of Stupid

Currently listening to: Over My Head by The Fray
Currently reading: Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

So... around 10:00 pm last night, Jayme & I went to Kaya to do homework, where we ran into Jay... thus not much homework got done, atleast on my part. I had a Fuze... which was delicious and only 10 calories for an entire bottle. Yummy. Then we went to Campbell Hall front desk, as the lovely Phil was working. I think we stayed there until about 3:30. Somehow we ended up at Lil Chef and I had so much coffee. Wow. So of course I was giddy as all hell. Jenny read some stories that she had written, which were effing hilarious. Woot for short stories. I finally got back to the dorm around 7:30 and fell asleep at about 8:00. Then my body decided that I'm not allowed to sleep when I'm on caffeine overload. I woke up every hour, finally staying awake at eleven. So now I'm totally wired.

In other news, my fish are still alive and I think I want to get a livejournal. Everyone is on livejournal & I would definitely get more readership. Hmm. Maybe I'll just duplicate this blog on Lj. I just don't know.

Oh, we got a new movie channel up here, which is kinda cool, as Madagascar is on it. Woot. It's channel 35 by the way. Very interesting, indeed.

Bah

Currently listening to: Everybody's Changing by Keane
Currently reading: Dress Your Family In Cordury and Denim by David Sedaris

So I've been uber busy for the last few days... actually the last 5 days. I can't really say what I've been doing because I do not remember, but it's been a lot. On Tuesday, I went to the John Corvino & Glenn Stanton debate, then we went to dinner with them afterwards. It was good fun. Oh, and the "Asian Chicken Salad" joke from Margaret Cho came up, as someone at the table ordered Asian chicken salad... everyone looked at Jenny and asked if she wanted "chicken salad"... apparently Asian Chicken Salad is not the salad of her people. Whatev.

Damn... I'm on a Mac & I can't do hyperlinks again... I'll do them later.

Yesterday was a long day. Steph came up & stayed last night. Good fun. We watched Margaret Cho: Revolutions. Sweet. I passed out just after persimmons.

This morning I had breakfast with the lovely Jayme. Congrats on Secretary/Treasurer. Woot. I had a delicious bagel this morning, then I went to Nutrition. The professor decided that we can come next Tuesday and take the exam or skip that class and take the exam during exam week. I think I'm going to go ahead and do it this Tuesday, just to get it out of the way. I've got a lot to do today... ASL in about 10 minutes, then I'm going to the SAC while simultaneously studying for Spanish, then I'm coming back and doing homework. I'm doing homework for a very long time today. Thou shalt not sleep.

I need to repaint my fingernails. Like whoa. Oh & this weekend looks like its gonna be long as well. I don't have much to do on Friday, besides pack up whatever else I can, but dad is coming up on Saturday morning @ 8:00 am. Bah. Fixing the car & taking home the futon among other things. Thanks dad. Ok, gotta go to class now.

Milo made me his bitch

Currently listening to: This Used To Be My Playground by Madonna
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

Well, yesterday didn't turn out like I planned, but it was awesome. Around 5, Jenny came & kidnapped Ben & I and we went to a new coffee shop called Fifi's French Press. It's very La Vie Boheme meets Paris. Loves it. We ran around downtown Mount Pleasant for a few hours, then went to see Scary Movie 4 at 9:10. It was surprisingly funny. Somehow we ended up at Phil & Aaron's and decided to dye Easter Eggs and make a creepy hand out of wax. Fast forward to 5:00am when I got back to my dorm. Let's just say I fell asleep quickly. Now I want to watch A League of Their Own real bad. I've got the song that the team sings completely stuck in my head.

H'ok, so... here's today: Well, I woke up around 12:00 and went down to brunch. I ran into Bob Lewan and we ate together. He's seems pretty cool. Around 1:20, Jason & Becky got here and we left. Oh, and Jason got me a kit for my car that includes jumper cables. Woot. We got to the riding stables about an hour and a half later. Sweet. I looked like a cowgirl today too, braided pig tails and all. I rode the horse named "Milo". He was pretty good. I wish we had gotten to ride more though. Then we went back to Becky's parents' house and had a nice dinner. I got back to the dorm around 8:00. Bedtime.

Mmmm... Shea Butter

Currently listening to: Seasons of Love by Jonathan Larson
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

I'm still reading About A Boy... that book is taking me so long. Every time I start reading it, I start to fall asleep. Speaking of falling asleep, last night I started watching RENT and I didn't even get through Tango Maureen. I fell asleep before they even started tangoing.

I've decided to start a new blog, but this one is more about current news events and such. It's called Why The French Hate Us. I've only done one post so far, but I'll begin on it soon. I think I need to make an edgy new background & layout for it. Hmm... I'm thinking some neutral colors... and hot pink. Hmm... maybe I'll add a tagboard & stuff. I don't know. I don't need a new project for myself, but I do love being busy.

Today I think I'm gonna go out with Benjamin to Kaya... should be fun.

Anthony Rapp Coming To SVSU!

Currently watching: Degrassi ... Oooooh its good

Today was a very nice and relaxing day. I got up around 10:00 and had breakfast with Lia & Amanda, then went to Nutrition to turn in my project. Then the professor turned on Super Size Me, which I have been wanting to see forever. Woot. Then I went to ASL. It was wonderful as always. I wish that people here knew sign language so that I could practice more. Around 3:00 I went to Kaya with Jayme and I got to do math. Not gonna lie, I was way too excited. I get some kind of unnatural high off of algebra. Then Benjamin came over and I yet again did his faux hawk. I'm becoming something of a hair dresser. Love it. Oh, and Jayme gave me this awesome stuff to use to make the faux hawks better. Woot.

Went to dinner, then went to class for a while. My teacher's assistant was wearing the most ridiculous hat. It was a pink John Deere hat. Utterly ridiculous. Whoa. My fish won't stop pooping in their "tank", there are fish turds lining the bottom & I already changed their water once today. Anyhoo, Ben & I went back to Kaya, then Phil & Aaron kidnapped us to go to Tim Ho-nuts... I mean Tim Hortons. I got really naseous around this time. I just got back from Phil & Aaron's & it's 2:30. Good times.

I heard that Anthony Rapp (Mark from RENT) is coming to Saginaw Valley State University on Monday, April 17 @ 7:00 to give the keynote speech about the AIDS Quilt that is travelling the country. I really want to go, like nobody's business. If anyone wants to go & preferably can help with getting a ride, let's do this!

Oh, and I don't think that I mentioned this before, but Paul Wesselmann is an excellent speaker, so if you ever get the chance to see him, do it. While we're on the topic of speakers, last night after the OGLP banquet, Ben & I went to check out the speaker that was at Plachta, Morris Dees. The NSM (National Socialist Movement) was protesting him. Yeah, they're the skinheads. Want to know how to freak me out? Yell mean things and protest against everything good. And be jerks.

I'm totally looking forward to horseback riding on Saturday! Woot! Now I'm off to watch RENT.

Hop The Border

So, what the hell is going on in this country? Yeah, I don't know either. I do know that I heard something absurd the other day. There's this whole deal going on about immigrants getting a guest worker permit so that they can work towards their citizenship. I can't seem to wrap my head around this issue. Why would anyone want to deny someone the right to come into this country, one that is clearly having issues with it's leadership, might I add. It seems to me that the borders should be open to anyone that may want to enter. What I find completely perplexing is that this country is chock full of immigrants. No one who is fighting against these immigrants has any right to, as it is quite likely that their families came here no more than a few hundred years ago. The only people that could possibly have an issue with this would be the Native American's, who the United States clearly could give a shit about anyways, as we've never asked their opinions before.

If someone could give a valid argument about why we should close our doors to immigrants, please let me know, as I cannot seem to. Just remember, you wouldn't be here if it weren't for immigrants. Gah.

I think we should all try to immigrate to Mexico, just to confuse everyone. Meet at my place at 9:00 & we'll take a caravan.

The Fever's Gonna Catch You When The Bitch Gets Back

Currently listening to: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by George Michael
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

This week has been a blur of craziness. Monday I did a workshop, so I had to skip my Gerontology class. Good thing I worked it out with my professor first. I've been having some long days, let me tell you, I can barely distinguish between Monday and Tuesday and now it's already Wednesday. I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I'm going horseback riding with Jason & Becky on Saturday, then I think we're going to Becky's parent's house for dinner. Woot. I seriously need some downtime with my brother, life is just getting too hectic and I'm having a hard time dealing with people. Although I do thrive on being busy all the time, right now I feel like I have no support and thus I feel like hell about everything that I do. Don't I just sound like miss drama queen? Yeah, well whatever. I've earned it. Oh, and it turns out I didn't get that job at the desk. That fucking sucks. I'll just have to start hunting around for a different job now. I'm going to stop by the library to pick up an application I think.

Have I mentioned that I'm excited about going horse back riding? Because I so am. Those horses are gorgeous. Please just let this week end. Oh, and I'm not going home for Easter, does that make me a bad person? I honestly have no interest in leaving 3 weeks before the semester is supposed to end. I'd be shocked if the family got together anyways. Well... I'm off to Spanish. Hasta luego chicos.

Something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong...

Currently listening to: Science Fiction Double Feature by Richard O'Brien
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

Today was a fun day, we had Pridefest because it is pride week up here. Good fun. I got three fish. I only named one, Pedro, because he's the smallest one. After the fest, Aaron, Ben & I went to Kaya for a bit. That was nice. Then we went back to my dorm so I could give them faux hawks. They turned out pretty sweet, except for the fact that Aaron has about 32 cowlicks. Then we went to dinner downstairs. Good times. Ben stayed and we took a whole bunch of pictures, which was fun. I felt like a photographer. That'd be an awesome job, if I do say so myself. Too bad. I'm pretty sure we went back to Kaya for a bit. Damn those Chai Tea Lattes, they get me everytime.

Hmm... I'm updating from a Mac right now... I kinda like the setup of it, it would take some uber getting used to, but I do sorta like it a little bit. It's interesting. Although, for some reason, I don't have all of my options for blogging, like I can't do hyperlinks and change the text... which is sad, I'll have to fix it later.

I got all pumped to watch Grey's Anatomy tonight, only for it to turn out to be a rerun. Gosh darn it. OH oh oh! So I found Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes on the internet to download, for free! I found it in google video. I was pumped. And there are episodes from the season that just started! Woot! I'm pumped. I'm pumped and I want an i-Book. Damnit.

The day my car stood still...

Currently listening to: La Vie Boheme by Jonathan Larson
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

Today was such a special day. First of all, it's Nana's Birthday (75), so happy birthday Nana. Second of all, today sucked. So I'm in my car today around 2:00, going to pick up Benjamin for lunch at Max & Emily's, anyways, I'm in the library lot, as it is really close to the music building. I'm not quite sure what happened, but I pulled out of that parking lot, heard a funny noise coming from my car, and then I drove to the nearest lot, which happened to be the one in between Barnes & the UC. I get out of my car in investigate the crime scene and guess what. My tire is comletely flat. So I drive it about 20 feet to a parking space and get out to survey the damage yet again, like it was going to change. Oddly enough, it did change. Now my tire was completely off the rim and just kinda chillin' in the wheel well area. Boy was I pissed, because I'm pretty sure that that was the tire that was just replaced and apparently the Discount Tire people don't know how to seal a tire correctly. That said and done, I called Phil and Aaron so they could come pick me up. Soon we had 5 people in the car on the way to Max & Emily's. We ate and it was delicious, then we walked around down town for a wee bit of time, stopping for a minute at Green Tree. Woot.

Ben and I went to Jenny's to hang out for a while, along with Dave & Jenny's sister, Jill. Nick was cutting something up on the floor for the entirety of our visit. Around 6:00, we went back to the car, this time with Dave, who knows stuff about cars. Good thing my car comes with a jack that wouldn't lift a kitten off the ground. Long story short, we called my insuarce company because I have free towing and such, and they came to change my tire for me. Phil showed up sometime in here. As they were pulling away, my car wouldn't start. I think I pissed off God. After an hour or two, my car took a charge and I drove it away into the sunset.

Later I went to a benefit concert and Vanessa was playing. It was pretty good. After that, Phil, Ben & I went over to the party at Kristen's house. I promptly killed my second assassins target, Robert Emigh. Sweet. We stayed for a little while, took some interesting photos, then we left. Good times.

La Vie Boheme

Currently listening to: Come A Little Closer by Dierks Bently
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

The Drag Show was such a success. Wow. I'm pumped. So I went to Phil's today and got clothes... but he sorta dressed me... how can I say? He dressed me like a lesbian. There, I said it, now get out your pitchforks and slay me. So I got redressed by random men and it worked out. I also bought a Fedora from Target because it was uber clearanced. Too bad I couldn't wear it for the drag show. I finally decided that I'd just wear girl pants, since my rear end sorta makes any pair of boy pants look like girl pants anyways. Oh, and Fifty did a goutee for me... then she got her saliva on my face. Watch while I die, I hate saliva. I think it worked out well though. I'll be posting pictures later. Our show was totally off the hook. I think the audience liked our rendition of NSync. It was sweet.

I think the best part of the show was the "after party" at Shoney's. That place is absolutely disgusting, first of all, that's why I ordered exactly a Coke. This was like the "La Vie Boheme" scene out of RENT, it was amazing. I think I went to dinner with about 4 professional drag queens. Amazing. And one of them bitched out someone. Woot. That's the way life should be.

Now you may remove the peanut butter... gently

Currently listening to: Nada
Currently reading: About A Boy by Nick Hornby

Ok, so after the shitty first part of the day, the rest was lovely. I went to Kaya Coffee & Tea Company for a little bit and had a Chai Tea Latte. Mmm Good. I've decided that that is the best coffee shop around, granted I've not been to the other ones, but this one is definitely my style. And they have wireless internet. Hello, I'm living there. Then I went to the GSA office and hung out with Ashley for a bit, then to the library (ok, we stood outside) with Jenny, Dave, Nick, Ben & eventually Phil. That was a bunch of fun. We went off to dinner and then I had to go to class. After Spanish, I went to the Kuhlavi computer lab and Jenny, Dave & I instant messaged each other for about 45 minutes, while sitting in a row. Then we went to the comedy show, featuring Jason Stuart. He was uber funny. Then a few of us from GSA & OTF went out to dinner with him and I ended up sitting across the table from him, which was a lot of fun, as he was a very funny man. Oh, and he's been on a million TV shows, like mother effing Will & Grace. That lasted for about 2 or 3 hours, before we finally had to leave Bennigan's. Now I'm back in my lovely room getting ready for a lovely sleep. Tomorrow should be good times, I have to go to Phil's around 1:00 to get some boy clothes for the drag show, then I have rehearsal @ 2:00. I'm pumped. Buenos noches chicos y chicas.

Cover me with peanut better and call me stupid

Currently listening to: Sugar, We're Going Down by Fallout Boy (watch this video)
Currently reading: Just finished Family Trust - No idea what to read now... Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ok, I officially hate myself and I want to die in a big gaping whole filled with peanut butter so that I have no chance to enjoy myself. I woke up late for my interview this morning. Holy hell, was I pissed off. I'm pretty sure that I'm not gonna get the deskie position now. And you want to know the stupid thing? I set my alarm for 9:30, so that I would have ample time to get ready. Too bad I set it for 9:30 pm... Anyways, I'm going to start putting out applications all over campus now. Shit. So yeah, great start to a mediocre day. I haven't done much else, really, just went to class and I'm going to Maplewood. Sweet.

I'm sad that I fail at life. I think I'm gonna go to the nursing home and play some cribbage now.

Delusions of Grandeur

Currently listening to: Our Lives by The Calling
Currently reading: Family Trust by Amanda Brown

Have you ever gone to a movie, watched it all the way through, then felt completely unsatisfied when you were done? I just did. Although Watermelon Woman had potential, I was rather unimpressed with it. I liked the idea that it was a movie about making a documentary and that could have gone very far and been very interesting if it was pursued in the right direction. I think that it was going for a dramatic, unpolished look, however, it achieved a tacky result. I remember one quote that made me cringe, one of the characters was trying to get the other one to calm down, instead of saying "calm down" or "chill out," she said "Kool and the Gang." Please tell me, does anyone say that? Ever? Granted this film was made in the mid 90s, it tried to use slang that was completely demented. Oh, and not to sound like a bigoted douche bag, but I don't think that there were any straight characters in the film at all. Ok, go ahead and slap me next time you see me, but I'm serious, if the writer was trying to make a realistic film/documentary, then there should be a few token straight characters, as not every single person in the Philidelphia metro area is gay.

Although an interesting concept for a film would be to turn the tables and have straight people living in a heterophobic society instead of gay people living in a homophobic society. Maybe I'll write a book about it. Then I could sell it to a screen writer, who would try to woo me with delusions of grandeur and maybe buy me a new hybrid car, but I would have to seek out other options because I'm not going to sell myself to the first bidder. Then there would be a bidding war over my extraordinary novel and I would become rich. After that, the screenplay would sit in some dark, dirty room at Time Warner for a few years. Then miraculously one day, an intern would stumble upon it and give it to his or her boss, who would promote them and they would be payed large sums of money to produce my film. Then it would flop at the box office, but I would still make money on DVD sales because I'm awesome. I love delusions of grandeur.

You know what just popped into my head? Remember when they had those batteries, Duracell I think, and you could check how much power they had left by pressing your thumbs on the two little white dots? Where did they go? I loved those and I grabbed a battery today and tried to do that, however there were no dots or energy indicators, so I just looked kinda special.

I have to go to bed now, I have a big day tomorrow! At 10:15 a.m. (I know you're asking yourself how I will ever wake up for that) I have an interview for a Deskie position at the Larzy front desk. I'm pumped. Then I have class from 11:00 'til 2:00, then I'm at Maple wood until about 6:45, then la clase de espanol until 8:00, then I'm going to Phil's to raid his closet for the drag show. Wish me luck!

So, I have a little party in my head every time I get a new comment... it obviously doesn't take much to get me excited... anyways, moral of the story, leave me comments, tell me what you like, tell me what you hate, tell me about your day, tell me about someone elses day, I don't care, I just love comments. I'm done whining now, goodnight.

Adios futon...

Currently listening to: Michael by Franz Ferdinand
Currently reading: Family Trust by Amanda Brown ...I'm about halfway done now

I wish that I wasn't taking Community Health. It is by far the most boring class I have ever experienced. And I don't even need it now. Whatever, I can still get an A in it and it'll boost my GPA. Okay, so I think I have a sleeping problem. No matter what time I go to bed, I can't wake up before ten a.m., even if I've gone to sleep around midnight, I still can't wake up. Hmm. Well, I don't mind now, but it's gonna get to me when I start working at the Village again. You know, 5:30 mornings as opposed to 10:00... not my thing.

I've been listening to Pop by NSync almost all day long, I finally switched to some Franz Ferdinand and Fallout Boy before my brain started to fry from the excessive boy band music. I never got into the whole boy band thing. But when I was in middle school, I was listening to Elton John, Boy George, No Doubt, Joni Mitchell and various other musicians that my mom listened to.

So, I've recently found out that we have to have everything that takes two people to move, including carpet and such, out of our dorms 2 weekends before exams. How crappy is that? Now I have to talk mom & dad into coming up here to retrieve my futon. I'm pretty much going to give them everything I own and survive with only my computer, my electric kettle and a bowl. That's it. Ok... maybe a pencil or two. And some highlighters. So I'll keep my alarm clock and bike too. And some books. OK, I'm done. I don't like this kicking us out weeks before we have to leave thing. Not my bag, baby.

Maybe tonight I'll get some homework done before I have to practice for el drag show. Hmm... or I won't. Just not sure. I know I'm gonna get some Spanish done though, I just want to get that out of the way before the weekend, since I'll be practically living at Maplewood this weekend so as to get my hours finished. I'm still stuck around 40. Ugh. But if I do this right, I can get about 4 done inbetween classes tomorrow, about 5 on Friday before the show, 9 on Saturday and 9 on Sunday. Thats 27 hours, which leaves me with only 13 or so left. That's sweet, and it leaves me with only about 1 more weekend of torture. I mean sitting around Maplewood while the oldies sleep. Fun times.

Ok, time for my favorite class. Woot.

I'm an idiot...

Currently listening to: Pop by NSync
Currently reading: Family Trust by Amanda Brown

So I'm pretty sure I did something that I'm going to regret very soon. I was going to be late for Spanish this morning because I got up around 12:20, so I decided to ride my bike. Enter rain and snow. And to make matters worse, I decided to go to the SAC because I had an insane urge to run. Now I'm sick. Fucking A. ... I guess it's nothing a little chai tea and dad's chicken soup can't fix. Let me just say that I am getting so much use out of that little illegal electric kettle thing. I love it. I use it just about every day. Woot. Wow, I'm gulping down this tea like it's my job.

Ugh... I'm gonna go take a nice hot shower now.

The sheep are dancing in circles around my head instead of letting me count them...

Currently listening to: nothing
Currently reading: nothing

I'm getting very angry, it's 3:27am and my brain will not shut off. I'm laying in bed trying to sleep and I've got nothing. And I'm cold as sin. I just put on a fleecie. Oh, I was reminded that my Community Health class is not meeting today, so that gives me about 3 hours of free time... I'll probably go to the SAC. I want to go to sleep. In my non sleep, I've come up with a few fun room layouts for the dorm next semester. Hmm... what the mind wraps itself around when I'm tired.

Maybe if I start thinking about gerontology, I'll lull myself into a deep sleep. Maybe.

Counter culture overload...

Currently listening to: the delicate hum of my computer
Currently reading: Family Trust by Amanda Brown

So, I really want to be selected for the free Conan O'Brien tickets. And I want to see the musical Wicked, now that I've read the amazing book. I think everyone should read that book, it puts an entirely different spin on The Wizard of Oz. I loved it. I might just read it again, you know, after I go back and read the entire Harry Potter series. I'm serious too, that's what's frightening.

Right now, I'm sitting at my desk and realizing how disorganized it is. I like to think that I'm a somewhat organized person. Except for my desk, that's where my inner crazy comes out, as Cat can probably attest to. It looks like a murder scene, minus the blood. There are about 5 different papers laying on it, a book or two, a few newspaper clippings, markers, scissors, 2 hair ties, 3 different CD cases, pictures, wires, a nail file, the sweet button that Cooper sent me, along with the Union Jack keychain and a coffee mug that I just drank chai tea out of. And you should see the inside of the desk. That's where my truly secret inner crazy person comes out. It's a tragedy really. Sometimes I get an idea about cleaning out my desk. Then I realize that I need each and every item in it for some reason. Eh, I'm ok with being mildly screwed.

This week I think I'm gonna have a counter culture overload. The international film festival is finally here, so I think I'm gonna go see 5 movies, that way I can split the cost of a 10 ticket pack with someone and save some cash. I've decided on: Watermelon Woman, Mardi Gras: Made In China, Good Night and Good Luck, Memoirs of a Geisha and My Summer of Love. Although there are a few others I'd like to see in there...

Ok, I think it's time to go to bed and read now. I'm out.

So... I'm doing what I said I wouldn't do...

Currently listening to: Nothing
Currently reading: Nothing

I signed up for 2 classes this summer @ Macomb. I decided to take the art class that I was gonna take, then I wasn't, then I was, then I couldn't get in, now I'm signed up for it. The other one is a 3 week political science course. Both of these non-related classes are going to satisfy some University Program classes that I have to take, so that's lovely. All together I'm paying $475 for 7 credit hours... which is about equal to taking 2 credit hours @ CMU. Woot. I'm pumped. Ok, I'm signing off. Laters.

I wanna watch The N

Currently watching: Six Feet Under
Currently reading: Mother Earth News - An organic/green lifestyle magazine

So, I've been burning DVD's for my parents like it's my job. But I get all the DVD-r's I could possibly use for it. Today I got Season 5 of Six Feet Under done. I'm pumped. I am totally in love with that show. I think the next project I'll do is Sex & The City.

"If we get a girl, you better hope she's obese, I don't want no twelve year old hottie runnin' around Sunset Boulevard with her ass crack showing." - Keith from Six Feet Under, on adopting children

Today I went to the Rec to finalize my job for the summer and it looks like it's a go for being a counselor, as well as teaching ASL & possibly another language, yet to be determined. Heck yes. That's about 30 hours a week, give or take, plus my job at the Village. Oh, something shitty did happen today, my dad did my taxes & I barely get any money back. That's pretty sad. But something else balanced out the equation, I got my car all fixed up! Heck yes again. So now I've got it for the rest of the school year, even though I don't really plan on using it.

So back to teaching ASL this summer. I am so excited about that. I've already started coming up with a lesson plan for it. Woot. Obviously I can't get too involved, but I can do fun stuff with the kids, like finger spelling, introductions, questions, family, numbers & animals. I think that should be a good start, but for now, I don't know how long the class is going to run. Oh oh oh! I'm way to excited about this. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for another class, Kasy suggested French or Spanish, I think I'd definitely be more comfortable with French, as I am partially fluent in it. I'm not sure at all what the lesson plan will be for that class, but it should parallel the ASL class, since they're both language classes. Hmm. Well that's all I've got for now. Later.

HBO is killing me...

Currently listening to: Pop by NSync
Currently reading: Geography Club by Brent Hartinger

Today was nice, I got up quite leisurely at 10:15am and got all packed up to go home. Then I went to the music building to give Ben Phil's book, Geography Club. It was a pretty good book. Then I went to ASL & learned more about signing personalities. At 2:00, Cat's aunt picked us up to go home. We arrived home at about 5:00 and I went & got my check from work. $160 for 2 workdays. How sweet is that? I went back home & hung out with my parents for a few hours and we watched Six Feet Under. Around 8:00 I went out to World's Finest Custard with Scott & Dana from work. Fun times. We went on the swings and ate ice cream. Dana left & Scott and I stayed for another 20 minutes or so, laughing like idiots, as always.

So now I'm watching The Laramie Project right now. It's really sad. I don't wanna finish it. But I must. It's about the Matthew Sheppard murder case, which is unbelievably sad. I'm gonna finish the movie now. Tomorrow I think I'm gonna be burning dvds for my mum and go visit Kasy. Laters.

I'm the devil on your shoulder...

Currently listening to: Under The Tracks by Creeper Lagoon
Currently reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire (I'm almost done now, I swear)

H'ok, so... I had three really effed up dreams last night. The first one was just stupid, but someone cut all the nails on my right hand, all the while I've been trying to grow them out. The second one was very involved, I swear, it had a plot curve & character archs & whatnot. So apparently I had to drive Cooper back home, to CANADA, one day, which probably took about an hour & a half. By the way, if you move to Canada, do not expect me to drive you home. Anyways, I drove her home, then I had to figure out how to get home. Now asking for directions was obviously below me. No, I had to be dramatic. I pulled the fire alarm on the side of someones house. Yes, I know they don't really come on the side of peoples houses. So then the police came & took everything out of my car, including my futon & some huge water jugs. I don't know how my futon fit in my car, but I hope I can have this dream again & figure out how I managed that one. Anyways, they tried to take my car too, but I talked them out of all my stuff & they showed me how to get home. I don't remember much of the third dream, but it had something to do with my parents owning a Dodge Shadow & us moving to northern California. Sweet. Too bad that one wasn't true.

I'm going home this weekend & then I have to go back up to Birch Run on Saturday night to help with an Alternative Breaks fundraiser. Ugh. I should be home all Friday morning/afternoon if anyone wants to hang out, but other than that, I'm all booked up. Hopefully I can get my car back this weekend, I hate having to depend on people for rides.

Oh, at the Alternative Breaks meeting last night, I was in charge of bringing the snacks, so I bought Twizlers & Sixlets... and no one ate anything, so I have a menagerie of sweets in my room. Please come eat them. Oh, and a sidenote: If you have ANYTHING negative or the least bit judgemental to say about my family and feel like saying it to me, don't. That is probably the rudest thing I can think of someone doing, and yet it happened to me just last night. Fucking A. See, now it feels like daddy slapped mommy at the dinner table and now no one wants to eat. Great.

Anways, have a great day & thank you for reading.

I'm awake...?

Currently listening to: Bye, Bye, Bye by NSync (just shut up)
Currently reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire (I'm almost done!)

So I rolled out of bed a few minutes ago to go pee, then I checked my computer because it made a funny noise and my mum had im-ed me four minutes previous. So... I talked to her for a few minutes, then decided I couldn't sleep. Big shocker. I'm really excited about a few things coming up.

First, I'm going home this weekend & I'll probably get to hang out with a few people, maybe Saturday night while my mom is playing euchre with the girls.

Second, the Central Michigan International Film Festival is coming all next week! I am pumped. There's just something about foreign films that I LOVE. I truly am a drama nerd. Now all I need to do is join a theatre troupe and I'll be all set. Bahaha. Anyhoo, Memoirs of a Geisha is coming & I might go see that again, because it kicked ass... although it was a domestic film. Eh, whatever. I'm also really interested in The Constant Gardner, The Wedding Banquet & Mad Hot Ballroom. Sadly, I won't be able to see Mad Hot Ballroom, because I'll probably still be home when it plays... Unless I get back to CMU by 3:30 pm, that is!

Oh, the third thing I'm excited about is the drag show, coming up on April 7. Should be a lot of fun. Not saying any more there. Ok, I really need to go to bed. Like now.

I'm being sucked in...

Currently listening to: For You I Will by Teddy Geiger
Currently reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire

So, right now I feel like I'm gonna barf. No joke, I feel like absolute shit. But I will try to forget about that, as it is a beautiful day outside today, can't be less than 50 degrees. You should see the flurry of flip flops and gauchos. I refuse to wear shoes and socks unless I am forced to against my will (unless it gets cold again, like it does so often in Michigan).

This weekend was crazy at worst, awesome at best. I went to Maplewood on Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Had a Spanish exam on Thursday that I'm pretty sure I kicked ass on. Thursday night I put these little lights on my bicycle, on the cap of the tire, so that I wouldn't be totally invisible while riding at night. Au contraire, not only was I invisible because the stupid lights didn't work, I also got a flat tire. So I rode to the nearest gas station, where of course, I found that their air compressor was broken. Then I went about a 1/2 mile down the road to another gas station, which did not have free air. I talked the guy at the counter out of $.75 so that I could get some air in that tire. Then it started snowing, of course, why wouldn't it snow while I'm on my bike. So I stopped at the library on my way back to Larzy to get a Chai Tea Latte for my troubles.

Friday I went to Maplewood for the day, then it started hailing on my way home. Maybe this is Mother Nature's way of saying "stop riding your bike". Whatever. I did some grocery shopping and went for dinner at Jimmy John's. I've decided that their subs are a lot better if they have been sitting for about a half hour so that it can soak up its juices right. They're kinda strange when they're fresh... or maybe its just me.

Saturday I did some Maplewood, then I hung out with Phil, Aaron, Ben & Robert. We went to dinner, then back upstairs to play with Phil's new juicer. The group of us smuggled 20 fruits out of the dining commons without any trouble at all, thanks to Robert's amazing jacket, which fit 8 fruits easily & mine that fit about 6. The juice had a little bite to it. Later, I went and hung out with Phil while he worked at the desk for 2 hours and I came up with an idea for a "My Humps" parody: There should be a video with a camel singing about their humps... it would be absolutely ridiculous. I went home at about 11:30 and watched the movie Lords of Dogtown. It was pretty good.

Sunday was a crazy day. I did all of my laundry in under 2 hours, which has got to be a record for me. Then I went to the National Theater for the Deaf performance at Alma, which was an Alice in Wonderland-esque experience. It was really cool though. We rode in Kim's car, which I have decided that I love and I want one. I think its a Tracker or something like that. We went to Pizza Hut for dinner and got back around 5:50, so Cat and I promptly left for Rose Arena to help set up for the Dierks Bently show. It was pretty good, for country music anyways. I'm being sucked into liking country music, but it's something I can only listen to when it is nice outside for some reason. Winter & country don't mix. Anyhoo, we got these cool badges to wear, which I lost at the end of the night, so Trixxxie is bringing me one at the meeting tomorrow night and I'm gonna try to get another one off of her if I can. I didn't get to go to the meet & greet with Mr. Bentley, however I spoke to him when I was on the bus guarding shift, before his show started. He seems like a nice guy. The other performer, Eric Church, was pretty cool too, I talked to him while I was on dressing room duty. He's extremely tall and has a penchant for Jack Daniels. Dierks played a song, something along the lines of "I'd Love To Lay You Down"... and I loved it, it was a really good song. We didn't have that long of a night either, we got out of there around 11:00 and I was in bed by 11:45, but I didn't fall asleep 'til about 12:40 because I opted to read some more of Wicked before I drifted off. I'm loving that book.

Finally, I'm on to today: Well, Cat woke me up around 10:30 so I could schedule for classes, as both of us sorta forgot about it, we were allowed to schedule at 9:57. I got all of the classes that I wanted and the HEV 418 class that I had to go to the registrar's office to get, should be fine as well, although I had to jump through some hoops to get into it. I lazily got ready for class, then ran into none other than Donny on my way to Spanish. As strange as he is, I love him. No, I do not love him, freaks, I've just known him forever and a day. And it makes me really happy that he can recite my mother's former job description "Susan Thomas DASH Underwood, former nighttime activities director for the city of New Baltimore Recreation Department", in one breath, without missing a beat. Oh! After typing for a while, I've forgotten about feeling like crap and now feel just fine, funny how things work out like that. Ok, I'm off to Community Health to do my twice weekly Sudoku puzzle. Somehow I still manage to kick ass on those tests... maybe the Sudoku focuses my concentration. Or maybe I'm a savant. A genuis savant that is. Could this post be any longer?

I got my scanner to work!!! Woot.

So, I have an exam in Spanish in roughly 3 hours... I don't really know what its about, per se. I believe clothing and colors and a bunch of verbs that I don't really know all that well. But whatever, it'll be sweet. I'm gonna be living at Maplewood tomorrow and Saturday... but today I'm giving myself a break before I go crazy. I only have about 63 more hours to complete, and my teacher said that she might count the hours I spent at the Village at home, so thats like 34 hours. Which would be super sweet, because I'd be left with just under 30 hours to complete, but regardless, I'll be done with time to spare. I plan on doing about 18 or 20 hours this weekend, and I'm gonna go there tonight after Spanish to help with bingo and not take all of their money this time. Real quick, I feel that I must recount a memory to you all, as I look at a picture of Pike Lake that I scanned the other day:


So, let me set the scene for you. Trevor and I are up north with dad last summer, end of August, like always. We are mildly obsessed with being in the water whenever possible while we're up there. Also of note, there is a very small island just to the right of the edge of the photo. Anyhoo, we decided that it would be a good idea to swim over to the island, its probably a good 500 meters, and both being good swimmers, it wasn't that hard to do. Before I finish, I must let you all in on a little secret. I am deathly afraid of seaweed and dark water, because you don't know what is touching you, blah blah blah. Anyways, I'm scared shitless of seaweed in dark water because it brushes up against you all fluidy. We swim out there and I'm not really freaking out much, because I'm totally not looking where I am, just looking at my destination, the island. So we swim for a good 7 or 8 minutes before we get there, then once we are there, we chill out on the far side of the island, because its a nice sandy bottom and its really shallow for a long time. I don't beleive that we actually went onto the island, because it really is a very boring place, not a whole lot to look at, just a few trails to follow, for about 5 minutes total, because the island is so damn small. So we decided that we should probably head back, as dad can't see us on that side of the island and he tends to freak out if we're MIA in the water for long periods of time. So swimming back, I made Trevor go first, because he's not afraid of seaweed or anything good like that. Then it hit me... seaweed touched my leg. I can't tell you how fast I swam back to the shore of our campsite, but Trevor got back about 3 minutes after I did. I cut through that water like I was Moses parting the Red Sea. But anyways, look at that gorgeous lake, we took that picture at sunset one year. Who wouldn't want to go there?

Ok, time to go study for Spanish, then off to Maplewood for some fierce competition, I mean... no bingo.

Bouts of insomnia never hurt anyone...

I can't sleep. Damnit. Well, here's a recap on the last few days.

Thursday:
I went to class for a while, then I went to Maplewood to volunteer, then I went to Spanish for 5 minutes to take a quiz, then I went back to Maplewood to help with bingo. I love bingo. My elderly pal Dorothy convinced me to play some bingo, but I needed $.25 to play. Fortunately I had a dollar in my pocket, so I shared it with Lia and we got to play. It costs $.25 per game and there are 12 games, so I had enough for precisely 2 games. Until I kicked some elderly ass. I won the first game of bingo, which got me like 11 quarters, then I won another game a little while later, then I won a third game! I ended up with about $5 in quarters, which I will use for my laundry. And no, I am never playing again because I feel like a bad person, taking money from old people. But it was worth it :). I'm going straight to hell.

Friday:
Lia & I went to Maplewood again, as we need to do approximately 120 hours there and have only completed about 28 so far. We helped serve lunch, played some Cribbage and did a puzzle, then helped serve dinner, then more Cribbage. Cribbage is an interesting game, to say the least, but it is fun. We decided that we were gonna have a sleepover back at the dorm, so Lia spent the night. And we ended up having a battle of epic proportions... Dr. Mario style. We were hard core, we even had brackets made. I believe we played for four hours. It was sweet. Of course Cat won, but that's because she's been playing that game since she was born. I'm definitely as skilled as Lia in it though, which I'm not sure is a great thing, but whatever ;). We went to bed approximately really late.

Saturday:
I'm not gonna lie, I had a hard time waking up. We went to Maplewood again, did stuff and left. My parents came over from Benzie County, where our property is, with the idea of getting a hotel room for the night. Alas, the plans were foiled by a stupid hockey tournament. No hotel rooms within 20 miles of Mt. P. Damn. So we went to Mountain Town Station for dinner. Absolutely delicious. Then we went to Cold Stone for dessert. More delicous, and my parents got Cat & Lia some ice cream too because they felt like bad quasi parents for not bringing them to dinner, but they are just too poor for that. Oh, and they brought me my beloved bicycle! Woot. The 'rents left at about 6:30 I'd assume. Around 9, Lia drove me over to the Towers, as I was gonna hang out with Phil for an hour or two. It turned into six hours of movies and mayhem, with not only Phil, but Dave, Ben and Aaron. I'm pretty sure that there will be video of me circulating on the internet, attempting to eat a Listerine breath strip, but it got caught underneath my tongue and burned the fuck out of me. It was a priceless video though. I got back to my own bed around 3:30 am.

Sunday:
Maplewood & shit. Nuff said. Grey's Anatomy was interesting, the good guy didn't die, the stupid girl did. Oh, and Lia & I started a sadistic puzzle. All of the pieces look the same and they are all practically the same shape, so it is extremely hard to tell if which ones fit each other and which ones don't. Now I'm gonna go to bed. Bah.

The urge to merge...

So this guy came to the meeting tonight, he was around 40 or 50 years old... and he was talking about STDs and such and he definitely said to get tested before we get the "urge to merge". It was sweet. I don't think that I've actually ever heard that particular phrase before. Oh! I got a free book tonight, I was at the library with Ben & they were giving out free copies of Fahrenheit 451! I've always wanted to read that book, which is an added bonus! Now I can, now I can. I went to GSA for the first time in a while & it was good to be back, I just had way to much life to deal with for the past month, but I hope no one holds that against me. I'm mildly excited right now, my mum & dad are coming up for at least Friday night, so we're gonna go to Mountain Town Station for dinner. They have delicious asiago chicken fettuccini, not gonna lie. I didn't realize that fettuccini was spelled that way... Hmm...

Oh, important message! I'm putting the comment thingie back up, but I'm gonna remove it if no one comments :( *tear*... So not to sound needy and pathetic, but I'm going to sound needy and pathetic... COMMENT, BITCHES! I love you :)

I forgot to enlighten you with the story of the crazy lady!

I cannot believe that I forgot to tell you all about the mishaps on the train ride to Rochester! Ok, so it was early in the morning, about 6 or 7 am and we were stopped in Buffalo to pick up more lucky travelers. Well, this lady (who I thought was a man at first glance) was hauling ass up the train to get to the dining car, apparently she needed her coffee. Anyways, there's this lady, who is about 65, just minding her own business walking back to her seat, presumably from the dining car as well, and the crazy lady ran into her, on purpose! Then, as if that wasn't enough for an old lady to withstand, she pushed her ferociously out of her way! Holy hell. I had just woken up, so I thought that I may have hallucinated this in my stupor, but I was proven incorrect, this did actually happen. So, about 20 seconds later, crazy lady (who will now be refered to as CL) is hauling it, trying to get through the divider between cars, but alas, there are two people in there. Shit. First she wrestles an old man with a santa beard, then she gets to a girl who was probably 25 at the oldest and covers her face and pulls her hair. That girl made quite a noise, believe you me. Everyone in that car was tres confused. To make things worse, a bunch of people entered the train and were now standing in the aisle way, waiting to get to a seat. CL was on her way back at about this time. Oh no. So she was behind all of these people waiting to get a seat and she started losing her damn mind. I think she may have had Tourrettes, because she was blinking and winking like mad. It was a little bit frightening. Then she started yelling at people to hurry up or she was gonna "push them down". If I recall, this is 2006 and she is 40 at youngest, who honestly still pushes people down? Whoa. Anyhoo, she kicked someone's luggage and was thrown off the train about 10 minutes later. Oh, and a Mexican guy got taken off the train by immigration. Sad. I think that's it for the epic train stories.

Now I'm just chillin in the health professions building waiting for class to begin. Fortunately this is my last class of the day. Woot. Ok, I'm off.

Have you ever smelled the inside of a glowstick?

It smells exactly like hell would. And I would know that because I got the hair brained idea last night to break one open with my swiss army knife. Well I couldn't do it, but Cooper did. And it smelled like hell. And our hands smelled like hell. So, about New York...

I had an awesome time! Woot! Ok, so Coop picked me up from the train station around 8 am (can I just say that I was in the Toledo train station for 3 hours...) and we went out to brekkie. And in my quasi drunken stupor, I crashed the juice cup into my face and juice went a little bit everywhere. I couldn't stop laughing all through the meal. Then we went to the field house and watched robot basketball? Yes, it is a tech school... I just don't ask. Then we went back to her dorm and watched a comedy thing. Needless to say I was asleep in minutes. I don't really remember what else we did that day until nighttime. We went to a club called Muthers and it was a drag show. Fucking awesome. Oh and it was ladies night and I'm pretty sure that there were like 4 straight people there (and yes, I was one of them ;) ). That was probably one of the funniest things I've come across in my life. HOLLER. The main drag performer was Samantha Vega... almost convincing as a woman. She/He had really nice legs though.

I woke up around 1:00 pm on Friday and around three we went to a place called Henrietta Hots with Rich & Dayna, some pretty cool friends of Coop's. And I was forced to get a meal called the "garbage plate". It came in one of those styrofoam takeaway boxes and it was huge. Half of the box was filled with potatoes, the other half with macaroni salad and on top of these piles were two grilled cheese sandwiches. Needless to say I didn't finish my meal. We did make a ketchup cake though, it was about 5 pieces of white bread, held together with ketchup, with ketchup on the top, covered in ketchup and salt and pepper. Fun times... until the crazy old man asked us what we were laughing at and if we had food in our box. The rest of the day we chilled... I think we watched Rent (or maybe that was Wednesday...) and we re-watched the Ron White comedy special. "Coupins!" Later we went out to Denny's and had milkshakes, although someone ordered a milkshake and a banana split. Not gonna name any names...

Saturday had the beginnings to be a lazy day, but we went out and ran errands with Kaylie (sp?) for a few hours, then went back to the dorm so that I could pack up. After that, we went over to Kaylie's to get some dinner and get ready for the hockey game w/ the Rochester "Amerks" and the Manitoba "Moose"... Sidenote: I don't like that the word moose is both singular and plural. Anyhoo, the game was great, I saw quite a few fights. And we got free mini HOCKEY STICKS!!! So I'll never use it, but its cool anyways. This is where the glowstick mishap happened... Then they drove me to the trainstation and we said goodbye :(. Sadness. But I had such a good time... just sucks that I can't see all my friends whenever I want... yes, I'm greedy.

The fucking train back sucked, let me tell you. There were MEXICAN BABIES crying and screaming in Mexican... errr... Spanish, until about three a.m. Then I decided to watch Rent on the laptop because there was no way I was going to get to sleep. I arrived in Toledo around 5:30 and got on the bus around 6:30. Got to Dearborn at about 8:30 and I've been awake ever since. Oh! I went out earlier today and saw Maggie! That was fun, even though we only hung out for about twenty minutes, it was good to spend some quality Starbucks time with her. And I saw Hazel Johnson, who is always pleasant. So... off to school in about an hour. Yuck.

Spring Break...

So, this is gonna be one heluva post. I'm feeling a long one coming on. So I got home for spring break last Thursday night and I'm pretty sure I just went to bed. Friday I hung out at home for a while, then I went up to the Village because I had to go to work. Can I just say that I love Scott? That kid is great. We should not be allowed to work together, we cause way too much trouble. Then I had to work on Saturday, which was delightful. It's sad to say that I really do enjoy my job too much. I think its just the people that are there, residents and co-workers. Then on my way out I ran in to Scott, so we went up to Timmy's (Timmy Ho's?) for a little bit and gossiped about everything. Sweet. Then I went home I think. That day is kinda foggy.

Sunday I decided to take the day off and Trevor and I hung out, as I haven't seen that boy in a very long time. We went out to Taco Bell and then we went bowling. He kicked my ass of course, as I am the worst bowler that I know. I'm pretty sure I've never gotten above 110 points. Then we went home and watched Dogma and dad made dinner. Delicious as always. The I drove the boy home and went to bed, just to wake up again the next morning for more work. Hmmm.... I sense a trend. Monday I was supposed to train Vanessa on porter, however Amy really wanted to apparently, so I went on hot tray. Good times. Then I went out to dinner with Andy to Panera. It was so much fun, it's been forever since I've seen him as well. Then we went bowling. I've filled my bowling quota for the year, so if you're thinking about asking me to go bowling, DON'T.

So yesterday I went to work in the morning and trained on porter. Easiest god damn thing in the world if you ask me. Then I decided to stay on for a double, since I hadn't done any work all day anyways. I also trained that night on station waitress. And I worked with Scott. Once again, we should not be allowed to work together. Let's just say we've managed to frighten every single person that we work with. All in all, working 14 hours only felt like a few, since I didn't do a damn thing all day. Although, the boiler is broken at the Village right now, so I did go in the dishroom a lot to help with the pots and pans, since we had to do a 3 sink thingie. Good times.

Today I woke up and took a nice bath, then I went out to lunch with Scott at Panera. We had a lot of fun, like always. I absolutely love the Turkey Artichoke sandwich and the Broccoli Cheddar soup. It's splendid. Somehow that kid & I never run out of things to talk about. It helps that both of us talk... a lot. I've realized that I really do not shut up. Ever. Then my car started to make frightening noises. God damn piece of shit, that car is. My dad is gonna fix the noise and then we are reverting back to the old idea of selling it. Sorry Coop, no stick shift this summer :(. But I'm cool with that, I don't necesarily need a car, the village is 2.2 miles away from home, the Rec is blocks away and Lia drives back and forth from school, so I can ride with her once in a while. And whatever we get from my car is probably going right into the school fund, unless I find a good car for no money... Eh, I'll get some use out of my bike this summer, that's for sure. And when I need my car, my dad pretty much sets his hours so we can work around that, so I can do classes at Macomb & stuff like that.

So, today I leave for New York to see my favorite hockey player! Woot! I'm so excited. My train leaves tonight around 8:00 from Dearborn. Later!

Rabbit Rabbit! Bahaha.

Yeah, so everyone got me this morning. Sad. I can still get my dad though. Lia called me at 2:54am, my mom left a message on my phone, then Cat made a sign and affixed it to my bed so that it would be the first thing I saw when I got up. It's ok, I'm used to having bad luck. Bahaha. I'm waiting to go to Community Health so I can get it over with, that class is so boring, good thing I have a sudoku puzzle & a crossword to do while I'm in there, otherwise I'd go insane. OH! Cat French braided my hair today and it looks really cute. I love having my hair French braided, I really need to learn how to do that myself. I haven't decided if I'm going to go to Spanish tomorrow night. I would feel bad skipping, but do I want to wait 5 hours to go home for a 50 minute class. If I go, it does erase one absence though... I'll prolly end up going I guess, it'd be really nice to have one absence removed, as I have 3. Hmmm... then I could burn some more dvds and possibly be done w/ Roswell so I can move onto Will & Grace for Lia. I'm already done with the first 2 seasons! Woot. Hmmmm..... Ponder ponder ponder.

Can I start by saying that my subconscious speaks perfect Spanish? I had a dream and all of it was in Spanish. Then I woke up because some one in my dream said "despierte, perezoso" which means "wake up, lazy". I know, I'm awesome.

Oh, and a huge THANK YOU to Aunt Jill, Uncle Bill (Unka P) and the Larzelere Community Service Organization for donating to The 3 Day! Woot!

Hmm... I forgot, Nana was going to get me my passport for Christmas... I wonder if I should have her get it or not?

So... I've had quite a weekend

This weekend officially started on Wednesday night, as Lia & I had a sleepover and watched RENT. I think I've converted another. :) Sadly, I had to go to a few classes on Thursday, but whatever.

It was Sibs Weekend up here @ CMU. It was pretty fun. I picked up the chitlins (Rachel & Taylor) at Birch Run from my mumma on Thursday night. Friday was pretty cool, first we had Big Apple Bagels for breakfast, then we had to make a quick detour to the Down Under Foodcourt so I could do an interview for the Alternative Break to Florida this summer. I'll be rescuing sea turtles!! I'm so pumped for this summer, by the way. On to Sibs:

We signed in @ Finch around 2:00, where they had a bunch of fun stuff for the sibs to do, including face painting & balloon animals. We went back to the dorm after a while and played Mario & such, then went back for the comedy/juggling show and the magic show. The Jugglers (Team Rootberry) were quite entertaining, they definitely knew how to juggle a million times better than the average person. Then Ben (illegitimate cousin) called because he had brought his sister Sophie up for the weekend, which is Rachel & Taylor's actual cousin. He definitely called and said "Hey Sam, this is Ben, your almost cousin thing." Then we had the magic show, performed by Mike Super. He is pretty much magician crossed with Dane Cook. Fantastic.

Saturday we had breakfast in the commons, where Taylor saw another one of her cousins. Geez. Then we went to the carnival and they had a billion inflatable thingies, including a velcro wall and a bungee run. I personally enjoyed the bungee run a lot. It was sweet. Then around 5:00 we went back to Finch and helped set up for the Epic Hero / Everclear concert. I picked up the Epic Hero cd & shirt because they were really good (Um yeah, we've been myspace buddies for weeks ;) ). And because the shirt is cool. I think the chitlins had a good time at the concert, it was pretty cool. I wasn't too impressed with Everclear, but they were still ok, just a little bit full of themselves, and when I say they, I mean the aging lead singer. But I won't say no to an autograph or 2. Then I took them out for ice cream at Cold Stone at 11:02 pm. Becuase I'm a bad illegitimate cousin. Let's just say it was delicious, no point in making you guys jealous. Then we went back and went to sleep. Sunday we went to Big Apple Bagels for breakfast then headed off back to Birch Run to drop them off with Patty, Rachel's mom. She gave me a scarf. It's pretty cool.

To recover from the absurdity that was sibs weekend, I went back to the dorm and played Mario for approximately 4 hours. Then I went online. REAL PRODUCTIVE.

Today I'm gonna go to Maplewood & volunteer for an hour, then time for the SAC. Woot. Oh, and if anyone at all is interested in James Blunt ticket(s) let me know, if I don't find another unsuspecting James Blunt fan in the next week, my mother is making me sell the tickets because she doesn't want to go to the concert. Which I'm sad about, but I'm not that worried about it, it's not like I don't get to go to concerts.

So, I get home & a double murder occurs...? No, I didn't do it...

So, last night around 5:30, police in New Baltimore found a husband and wife that had been murdered in their home on Lempke street. Yeah, that's less than a mile from my house. Freaky, no? The last murder to occur was that of Justin Mello, about 6 years ago, then one happened 30 years before that. Whoa. But I couldn't have done it, I got home around 9:00 pm, so I'm not responsible, I swear. But yeah, I'm a little freaked out, as they haven't caught the suspects yet... I had to go outside about 20 minutes ago and I was totally scared shitless. I ran SO fast to get back into the house. But it's all good now, the doors are locked... I think. Damn, now I have to go check. But yeah, my parents didn't know about it until today when my mom & I were driving down Front street and we saw the channel 2, 4, & 7 news vans. Needless to say, my mom stopped and asked what happened.

Today I had quite a day, got up around 9 and mom & I went to breakfast at Country Inn. And guess who was there? Nana! Haha. She's great. Then we went to the mall to get some drapery. I'm not sure what else we did, but I got home really tired. Then I went up to the Rec to get some chairs & a card table for Euchre tomorrow night. Then I stopped by Middles School south to see Mr. Pagel... where I ran into... Cat? Yeah, she was there. That was strange. Then I went to see coach, then FINALLY, I went home. Now I'm just putsing around the house trying to avoid cleaning.

I adopted a hedgehog...

...on my myspace. He's pink & his name is Juan. I love him. H'ok, so... I'm super busy lately, but I love it. For the 3-Day, Lia & I have been going to the SAC & walking 3 miles. It's not that bad when you are talking to someone, it seems to go buy pretty fast. We'll probably go up about one half mile per week, so by the time we go we'll be very ready. We've already started fundraising, so we'll be sweet.

Oh oh oh oh! So I had a comprehensive hearing test this morning & for now, my hearing is normal. They said I need some other tests done, but I should be fine for a while. Although I am at the bad end of the spectrum of good hearing, so I have to keep tabs on it. But whatev, I'm so not deaf! Woot!

If anyone wants to go to a James Blunt concert on Friday, March 24 @7:00pm at the State Theater, let me know, I have one extra ticket. Oh, and if anyone wants to hang out this weekend, I'll be home so just gimme a call. I must be off to Community Health now, then we're off to the SAC, then dinner... then I go to GSA for our Valentines Day party, you know, we pass out Valentines from like 3rd grade... it should be sweet. Oh, then we're going to the Community Service committee tonight to see if they will give us their money. Sounds hot. Ok, class time.
Later my lovers.

Looking forward to...

Being finished with my Spanish homework.
Going to Greentree to get some organic stuff.
Being outta class for the weekend in approximately 18 hours.
Going to the Vagina Monologues in approximately 18 hours and 5 minutes.
Getting my hearing test over with.
John Corvino/Glenn Stanton Debate to be over with.
Getting my taxes done.
Sibs weekend with my illegitimate cousins.
Everclear concert.
Meeting Everclear.
Spring Break.
Working over Spring Break.
Going to RIT to see my favorite Canadian.
Going to RIT with my favorite quasi-Georgian.
Selling my car.
Putting said car money in the bank.
Going to the James Blunt concert.
Getting my tax return.
Looking at my tax return check for approximately 2 minutes before putting it towards school.
Drag show.
Yellowcard concert.
Meeting Yellowcard.
Finals week.
Moving back home.
Starting summer semester at Macomb Community College.
Going to work up at the Rec.
Working with my fellow Villagers.
Teaching my sign language class.
Summer.
Alternative Breaks to Florida to help little seaturtles.

I'm an old lady

Yeah, so my effing back is dead. I don't know what the hell to do, it hurts so bad. I went to the Chiropractor on Friday afternoon and it felt better for a day, but now its back to hurting like a bitch. I'm almost ready to go get a handicap sticker at Foust, but that would be bad. Lia & I went to the SAC today and worked out for a bit, ran a mile, worked out a little, then ran on the track for a lil bit. It was nice. Although now it feels like there is a battle of epic proportions going on in my back. Damn.

Oh! Last night's Grey's Anatomy left us on the edge of our seats. Those whores gave us a cliffhanger. CODE BLACK. There was a bomb in some guy's BODY CAVITY. Weird. Anyways, I'm in the Health Professions Computer Lab and the guy who is sitting next to me looks like a shorter Alex Karev. Too bad Cat isn't here, she'd probably jump his bones.

I advise everyone to read the book Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen. It is gonna be good. This lady gets pushed off of a cruise ship by her pathetic excuse for a husband and then she stays with the guy that found her to feign death. Apparently she's gonna royally screw with her husband. It should be sweet.

Ok, so I've gotta go read the news paper.

It's only been a week since my last post, why do I feel guilty?

So last night, Lia helped me spruce up my four year plan and now it kicks ass. I have some lofty goals for the summer though, let me tell you. First off, I've decided that it would be best if I sold my car at the beginning of summer, as the farthest I will have to go to work is the Village and that is 2.2 miles away, an easy distance on a bike. I don't think that I'll be needing a car otherwise and if I do, good 'ole mom & dad have two cars... Second, I'm gonna be taking classes at Macomb this summer, as it will save me a whole lotta money in the long run. Anyway, I only have to take these classes because they're UPs, which are University Program. They are dumb. But it should save me a few thousand dollars. All the while, I'll be working at the Rec, either as head lifeguard or as a counselor and contingent at the Village. Either way its gonna be awesome. Oh, and Kasy said I could teach a sign language class once a week, which would take nothing & it would be good fun. So, if I live through the summer, life will be good... but I thrive on being busy, so it should all work out. Aight, I've gotta get ready to go, Lia & I are on our way to the SAC.

She could see by my face, that I was FUCKING HIGH...

So, can I just clue all of you in to the fact that I am completely obsessed with James Blunt right now. He is brilliant. I've had You're Beautiful on repeat for like 2 weeks. Damn you Lia, for making me listen to that song. I'm actually listening to it right now.

I am reading the absolute saddest book that I've ever come across right now, so sad that I practically cried myself to sleep last night and I had to stop reading it today because I was crying in public. It's called The Whole World Was Watching by Romaine Patterson, a close friend of Matthew Sheppard. Its fucking SAD, but I can't put it down. Let me just tell you, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. Fucking a.

I wish I knew how to loop music on my blog, you guys would be so sick of my music within a day. But it'd be worth it, because it is awesome.

I'm definitely breaking a computer lab rule right now, I have my piping hot tea sitting next to the computer. Whoops. At least I'm not drinking it, its safely situated behind my backpack so that it will ruin a few hundred dollars worth of books instead of one of these shitty computer lab computers.

I think I'm going to start going to the ASL Club conversation hour at Kaya, I think I'll learn a lot. That could be helpful, since I'm gonna go out to RIT for part of spring break this year. Maggie & I are trekking out there, that's gonna be one hell of a road trip, we both have the same sort of fucked up sense of humor. Oh, speaking of ASL, Lia and I are going to a 'Signing Hands, Dancing Feet' performance on Wednesday at about 6:30, it should be really good, I'm excited. Alright, I'm done for now, I have to go back to my pathetically sad book before I go to Community Health to be bored out of my mind. Later.

I Ain't No Hollaback Girl...

Okay, so I've been listening to Gwen Stefani obviously. Let's see, I woke up at exactly 12:45 this afternoon. I can't figure that out, it's really late. I was only up until about 2:00am this morning, & I got eleven hours to cover that. Ugh. So my back is still killing me and I don't know why, damn curved spine.

Oh, mom! Guess what we forgot to buy that I didn't realize that I needed! Yeah, you got it. So, I'm gonna have to go shopping today and get some shit. Maybe I'll get myself a new fleece. I should do that. I need one. Bad. Hmm... Must take a shower first though. Then go shopping. Shower, shopping, shower, shopping, shower, shopping. Maybe I'll go get mum a prize at Green Tree, the local organic grocer. Love it. They have organic things! Woot. And "No Pudge" brownies, which I couldn't find anywhere. Sweet.

Aight, I'm gonna head into the shower. Ugh, we need to organize this damn room.

I love myspace :)

I have a serious problem with myspace, I can't get off of it. I'm obsessed with it. I post the most random shit on there. But it's addicting. Ok. So, James Blunt is coming to Detroit on March 24. And I'm going to see him fucking LIVE. And Cooper is jealous. But yeah, Lia and I are going, it's gonna be hot, and for only $23.

I just heard the funniest thing on Celebrity Fit Club. "Nuclear patients flush twice." Apparently their urine is a tad bit radioactive. Since when do I watch Celebrity Fit Club? Eh, it's not a bad show.

Best quote ever: "You are a lesbian!"

I think I'm gonna take a nap now. I'll post some more later tonight-ish.

So, my back is killing me...

Fuckin A, I wanna go to the chiropractor. 'Nuff said. I'm listening to quite an array of music right now, a nice mix of Los Lonely Boys, John Lennon, Franz Ferdinand, Weezer, & Green Day. Nice and hot. Umm, well today should be fun, as soon as my mom shows up, she should be here around 9:00 or so. It's gonna be sweet! Oh, I legally downloaded a song off of Sony's download store for free because I'm awesome, it's Madonna's Hung Up. Sweet Song.

Oh God. So I'm thoroughly obsessed with myspace... it's really sad. I love it though. Alright, I should probably go. I have some myspace-ing to do.

I come to you LIVE from the Health Professions Building!!

As with most Monday's & Wednesday's, I am in the Health Professions computer lab, waiting for class to start. Although today, I am very excited, my mp3 player should be arriving, in fact, it should be in the dorm right now... So, I'm trying to figure out what to do for Sibs weekend, if Trevor doesn't come up, I'll see about Rachel & Taylor, because I think that's something that they would enjoy a lot, and it would end up being a blast. So, I think that today is my easy day for classes, besides Wednesday, of course, since I only have 2 classes on Wed. Today I have class from 1:00 to 1:50, 3:30 to 4:45, and 5:00 to 5:50, so I'm in and out in about six hours, which is a lot nicer in the afternoon than it is in the morning, I cannot deal with waking up apparently, since I didn't wake until about 11:30 today. Blame Cat, we stayed up talking and laughing until about 3:30 am, since we hadn't really talked for a few days.

Alas, I must look over my notes before I go to class. I shall blog later or tomorrow, just depends on when I have something interesting to say. OH! Here's what the mp3 player looks like, IT'S PINK!!!


SOO EXCITED!!! Oh, I'll have to put a picture of the rasterbated wall on eventually as well.

Hoorah!

I learned how to play the famed game 'Hoorah!' last night and now I'm hooked. It is so much fun. It was first described to me as solitare football... that description sorta works. Umm... I'll be on later to update, right now I must straighten my hair and go to class. Laters.

I've found a new word...

Okay, so I think I've finally found the word that would describe my relation to all the Ruhlman kids, like Rachel & Taylor and so on: Illegitimate cousins. I like it. It works. So I got to talk to my girls last night, its been a long time. I was on the phone while my mom was at her euchre thing out at Jessica's house & suddenly I'm being passed around the party like a cheap whore. But it was good fun.

I guess I'm on a FRIENDS bender right now, I've been watching that show since last night & it was the first thing I turned on this morning. I cannot do this to myself, I'll be watching it for like 4 weeks straight... Bad Sam. So, I'm only gonna watch season 10, I swear. Damnit, I have laundry to do today. Fucking fucker! I don't want to. I really should though... I want to wear my hot pink scrubs again.

I'm having a real hard time trying to figure out if I want to change my housing request form for next year, I do want to live in Larzelere with Cat, but I want more space also... kind of a tough one, since we will be in the same room as we are now, and let me tell you, it's not that large. I don't know, I really wanna live in the new Towers or something, but whatever, it's already signed, so I guess that's what its gonna be. It'll still be good, I just want my own room, I hate keeping people awake :). Kinda looks like that smiley face has a birthmark... Okay, I think I'm going to go down to brunch... Later amigos.

Okay, I think I've decided on a blog background...

I'm OCD, so I think I've finally found a blog background that I can deal with, at least for now. I love pink & black, especially together. Umm... I'm just gonna chill in my room today, I don't want to leave, its too cold to go outside and too nice in here to leave.

Mount Pleasant needs to rethink their city planning. They need to think about their audience, if they had a mall and a Barnes & Noble... and maybe some laser tag... it would be wonderful. Anyhoo, today I plan on staying in sweatpants all day long. Its gonna be hot. I'm so excited for the day to go on.

Hola friends

Alright, take this quote, chew on it:

How can you be homesick if you've never felt at home? I heard it today and it sounded quite prolific, although it does not apply to me at all.

Mmmm..

Well, I changed around the blog a little bit, it's gonna be constantly under renovation for a lil bit, but it should turn out well. I really like the crazy British flag going on there, I made it, then I rasterbated it. Marvelous. The rasterbator sounds naughty, but in reality, it's freakin' awesome. It makes pictures into pixellated dotty things. I looove it. I'm rasterbating everything in sight... Diiirty. Okay, gotta go for now, organic foodstore and 'Brokeback Mountain' up next.

I ain't no hollaback girl, how many times I gotta tell you?

H'ok so... I believe that everyone needs to experience the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Give it a chance before you stop reading, as it shows the ridiculousness of the United States. Remember that thing called separation of church and state... somehow we forgot that "intelligent design" or "creationism" as some may call it, is an idea that is only accepted by one type of religion and thus should not be taught in schools alongside the theory of evolution. The only plausible way to teach creationism or intelligent design, would be to teach every single possible believe of how the world and/or humans were made, developed or otherwise implanted onto this earth. If creationism is taught, then I believe that it is only fair to teach the ways of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and his noodly appendage.

Anyhoo, now that that is over, I can talk about the rest of my day. It was alright. I went to dinner with Phil, Aaron & Ben, then we hung out in the Kulhavi computer lab for an hour or so until the GSA meeting. It was an interesting meeting, but it seemed so long. I want to be on the executive counsil really bad, it seems like it would be the way to get into the vice president position a little easier. But anyhoo, I'm just waiting for this DVD to burn, then I can go to bed. Ahh... 2 more minutes... that means I can go slip into my pajamas and go to sleep. Lovely. Goodnight lovers.

Sitting, Waiting... for class to start

So, I'm just sitting in the Health Professions Building computer lab, waiting for Community Health to start. I'm kinda looking forward to that class, but I'd rather that it was over right now, I'm getting rather bored of waiting. Let's see... I need to get my car tomorrow to take care of some clandestine business, good times. I'm so sad that sign language was cancelled yesterday, I feel that there is a gaping sign language hole in my chest. That was über melodramatic. Eh, what ever, I reserve the right to be melodramatic. H'ok.. so I guess I should probably go to class now. Later mis amigos.

I need Sudoku and I need it now...

Okay, in the last minute, I explained Sudoko to Cat and now I feel as though I must explain it to the world of my readers (last count, 5 people). I have a link to a Sudoku website on my link field, but it is a really easy game: Within the large box, there are nine smaller boxes with nine spaces within them. You must have each number in each box, then you must make sure that the number does not repeat in any of the rows or columns in the entire large box. Go play it.

This week has been horrible at the Village, we have lost 3 residents, which has got to be a new record in one week. Holy hell. And thanks to my informant, Scott, I do not go back to the
Village looking for people that are not there, because I have gone back asking where so and so was and then I am told that they passed. Shitty.

I went a little crazy with my Target giftcard and ordered a new mp3 player with it. I'm so excited, its pink and it holds like 512 mb worth of music. But I figured that I could use a new one, since my last one didn't even have a display and the only earphones you can use with it are very damaging to sensitive ears... and it was Christmas money, so I was expected to buy myself something I would use. See how I rationalize things? I learn from the best.

Sign language class got cancelled today, damnit. Of all the classes that could've been cancelled, she cancelled my favorite one. I wouldn't have minded if my Recreation for Senior Citizen's class was cancelled, or Spanish, but no, my favorite class. That did give me approximately three hours time to do what ever I wanted with. So... I ate lunch, then I sorta straightened my stuff... A little. But its not that messy. Just a little disorganized.

Okay, I"m gonna play a quick game of Sudoku. Then I'm off to Rec for Senior Citizens & Spanish... Then Program Board. I'll be back around 10.

It all comes back to milk...

H'ok so, my mother and I just had an entire conversation that culminated in her strange aversion to containers that have previously contained, could contain or will in the future contain milk products. My mom has a milk thing, where she can't touch anything that has had both milk products and saliva touching. It's weird, but I must have inherited that, because I can't drink milk after people, nor can I drink milk that has been sitting for more that a minute. Anyhoo, we were talking and I pulled a 10.1 oz Dasani water bottle out of my purse. The conversation went from pleasant to frightening in less time than it takes to slap a tick, let me tell you. She saw it and rage filled her weary eyes. (She just got off of work, weary seems to work in this situation). Long story short, my dad had one of the same bottles for about three weeks that he wanted to put his milk in for lunchtime at work and inadvertently forcing my mom to wash after he had drank milk out of it. The bottle in question was stolen from my car, by the way. On with the story... both of us were reduced to giggles at my dad's idiosyncratic need to have things, such as this water bottle, as his own, which people may not throw out. So whenever my mom sees bottles like this, she gets an unexplainable anger in her eyes and everyone must watch out. And you all think she's normal? Fuckin' right.

Ohh! It's 12:34 right now, how cool. I worked at 6:15am both Saturday and Sunday and I'm spent, I seem to be unable to keep my eyes open, but I will say that the aforementioned milk incident shows my parents oddities, but let me just tell you, they had an all out fight about CHER, of all things, people or places. Who honestly fights about Cher? Whoa. Could this family be anymore ridiculous? I think not.

So, tomorrow is the big trek back up to Mount Pleasant. Yay. I'll let you in on what an obsessive compulsive dork I am: I printed out roughly one ream of paper full of notes for 2 of my classes on Thursday, however due to time constraints, I was not able to organize them into their respective binders. Guess what has been plaguing my mind ever since I left. "I can't wait to put those papers into their binders." Oh oh oh oh. I think I'm gonna get a webcam, how can I not? They are too much fun, and besides, I'll be able to sign over the vast thingie we call the internet. Woot.

Sidenote: AIM is turning into my life, how scary? I actually talk to people from work... online. Only the good ones though. But seriously, how hot would it be to sign over the internet, in real time? Fuckin' right, it would be awesome. Sooo excited.

Hectic first week back, I'm lovin' it -

H'ok, so... I love four of my six classes so far, they're awesome! Nutrition, Community Health, ASL & Spanish are awesome, I could do without Gerontology and Recreation for Senior Citizens, however, they could turn out to be intersting. I think that once I'm in the swing of things back to classes and such, I'll be blogging more regularly, because I know I've been slacking in that department lately. SORRY! Anyhoo, I love being back at school, even though I'm home for this four day weekend, I don't plan to come home that often anymore, its just not my thing. Don't get me wrong, I love going home, but I think I need to get used to being a big kid and start living my weekends without my parents so much.

I don't know if I've mentioned it or not, but I absolutely love my Spanish class, it rocks. I think I'm gonna be loving Spanish. Its such a sexy language. Oh, and my mom has decided that scrub shopping is her new passion, I've gotten two pairs of scrubs for work and one pair of hot pink scrub pants in the last week or so. Hot stuff.

I'm really excited to get into my Gerontology service learning hours, I hope I get a fun job for the next 120 service hours! Okay, I really have to go to bed, I have to work in 6 hours and I haven't gone to sleep yet. Btw, the earliest class I have all week is Tues. & Thurs. @ 11:00. Gotta love that schedule, that means the absolute earliest I have to go to bed is about 2:00am... even though I'm usually out like a light around 12 or so. Goooooooooodnight.

Someone Save Me..

My mother is yelling at the TV... and when I called her on it, she was like "IT'S THE ROSE BOWL"... She's such a freak.

H'ok... so... I'm going to Toronto, eh?

I get to wake up tomorrow mornin' at 4:00 so that we can go to the big Toronto tomorrow. Fucking A. A family member died, Olympio Scaini, so me and the Trev man are representin' the family. Should be fun, I haven't seen Anastasio in about 4 years. I got a new funeral outfit though, so its not all bad news. Anyhoo, we're watching Nick Games & Sports. Gotta love that channel.

My mom is snoring so loud that I can hear her through the walls... and she sounds like a vibrating cell phone. Weird. By the way, I can sign the entire "Hi my name is Joe, I have a wife and three kids and I work in a button factory, one day my boss said to me, he said Joe, are you busy? I said no. He said turn the buttons with your right hand..." song. No one knows that song unless they went to Anchor Bay for elementary school and had the same Music teacher that I had. But yes, I am obsessed with signing. Love it.

So... we have this weird chip clip that is in the shape of an ear, trust me, its gruesome detail... anyhoo, Trevor is clipping it to parts of his face and lookin' kinda freaky. H'ok, so I have to get offline, I'm being rude. Laters.