Cherry Coke and Sour Patch Kids

Currently listening to: Glamorous by Fergie
Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Yes, I have the Brit version of the first book. It's okay, I know you're judging me)

This is how I'm ringing in my new year. Laying in bed looking at facebook, drinking a cherry coke (as of midnight I'm saying bye bye to pop) and eating some sour patch kids. I should be sleeping, seeing as how I work in less than eight hours. Whatev. Anyways, I won't be watching the ball drop on TV or hanging out with friends when midnight hits, I'll be fast asleep with Fat Louie (aka King Louis XVI aka one of my cats) fast asleep under my arm. Let's take a quick time out to look at how amazing this cat is. He's half Maine Coon, which is the largest breed of domestic cat. I have his mom too, Marie Antoinette, but my parents are going to be her foster home because they like her. They call her Momma. Anyway, I have a giant kitty and I love him. At this juncture, I'm going to sign off and go to sleep. I hope your year was better than mine. Maybe this one will be amazing. Cheers.

This is how the classy ladies do it.

Okay, okay, I'm going to bed, but I have to share a funny picture that my brother sent to me. Then I'll go to sleep.



Yep... I'm kind of an asshole.

Part deux... because it's cold

As previously mentioned, I hate the winter. Why? Because of the snow that inevitably gets inside my shoes. I really hate that, in part, because I tend to wear weather inappropriate shoes... like my rocketdogs, which are a glorified pair of socks. Whatever, they were $5. Anyways, its Christmas Eve and what do I have to show for it? 14 hours at the nursing home tomorrow... unless I can con some sucker into taking my night shift so I'm not a zombie for work the next morning. It's highly unlikely though. Oh, that reminds me, I have to still wrap Aunt Jill's present... shit. If you're reading this, lemme know if you have any idea when we're getting together for Christmas... because I have no idea but I'm at work all day tomorrow. I've gotten a few presents already, including a bag, some lip balm and a sudoku book from cat, some $$ from the parents & Unka... and some stuff from Auntie M.

On to the real reason why I blogged today. Cat showed me a movie that everyone in the world needs to see. It is important to your life. It's called zeitgeist. It pretty much says that the government and the churches are corrupt. And also, I've officially changed my support from Barack Obama, who seems good, to Ron Paul, who is a Republican (gasp). Yeah I know, I'm the most liberal person most of you know, but he is against the "War on Terror" and wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve. Both good enough things to win my vote. If you didn't know, the Federal Reserve has nothing to do with the Federal Government, it's a privately owned banking system that is behind the national debt and is trying to get the US to have a joint currency with Canada and Mexico (bad). Ever hear of the European Union? That's what they're trying to do here, but instead, call it the North American Union. And our supposed currency? The Amero. How original. Anyways, I say neg to all of this. So get informed and go watch the movie. It's free to watch and all you have to do is go to the website and you can watch it there. And no, its not the most visually pleasing thing out there, but the information is interesting as hell.

Okay, enough of my rant.

I hate the winter... part one

Currently listening to: Bad Christmas Music
Currently reading: Clinical Management of Articulatory and Phonological Disorders by Mary E. Gordon-Brannan & Curtis E. Weiss

Sitting here in Fifi's, I'm having the hardest time actually doing my CDO projects. Turns out I have approximately 4 due next week... But alas, I'll come through, I always do. I'm actually almost finished with one right now, I just have to identify the phonological process errors. Fantastic. But Fifi's coffee goes right to my energy stores and explodes them, so I'll be able to work for hours now. Oh and Tigger, the owner, just went out and got us some BBQ for lunch @ a new restaurant in town called Bar-B-Cuties... not too bad, but it was a little awkward in my mouth. I do love Tigger though, she's awesome. And she has the best establishment in Mount Pleasant. I'd live here if I could.

Speaking of Mount Pleasant, apparently they do not quite grasp what snow plowing entails. Instead of plowing to the side of the road like any normal city, they plow right into the middle. Obviously Mount Pleasant is a little bit behind the times. Snap.

The Apocalypse... or my car was covered in snow

So... I get up this morning after a coma-like sleep to find that my car is completely covered in snow. And that I don't have a scraper somehow, even though I've had on in my car since the day I got it. Anyways, I had to use a folder to get the 2 or so inches of snow off of my car. Lovely. And all to go to a class that I hate with every fiber of my being. Whatev. I'm going to go into hibernation now, it is after all, winter... and that's what I do. I wish. See you all in April?

Kick off your Sunday shoes

Currently listening to: Footloose by Kenny Loggins... Hehe.
Currently reading: CM-Life

So... lately I've had this problem with blogging. Meaning I haven't been. I've been so busy with school and everything else going on in my life that I just haven't had time to get on the computer, except to check facebook and my email. Buttt... I'm ending a busy week, so right now I've got the time... and nothing to talk about.

I can tell you that I've been watching the absolute saddest movies lately, including, but not limited to; The Christmas Shoes, Little Women & Life is Beautiful. Why do I do this? Why torture myself seemingly for no reason? Because. That and I've realized that sometimes, as a girl, you just need to get your cry on and there's nothing that is going to stand in your way. No, I'm not depressed, apparently I just have a lot of feelings.

Oh and also, I love that in the movie Footloose, dancing is illegal. How hilarious is that?

Across the Universe

I've been listening to the Across the Universe soundtrack obsessively for the last few days. Kinda feel like a hippie. If you haven't seen that movie, it's amazing and you need to, end of story. Halloween was a good time, as soon as someone sends me photos, I'll post my costume, I was Cruella De Vil... and it was soooo cool. I'm going to go for a nap now...

My demise... thank you candy necklace...

As I'm laying here in my bed, chomping on the candies from my giant candy necklace (Thanks Aunt Jill), I've come to realize that candy necklaces are addictive... and that is reason number (1) why candy necklaces can ruin your life. Number (2)... they are disgusting to eat off of the string that they come on, unless you want to slobber all over yourself. Number (3)... it is horribly difficult to get them off of the string that they come on. Number (4)... if you decide to cut the string in the bathroom, chances are, half of the candies will go right down the sink before you realize what you've done. And number (5)... once you start eating the candy, you physically cannot stop.

Yesterday I didn't do a whole lot, but I did go to the hair salon and get all of my hair chopped off. I didn't know I was going to be doing this, I had planned on just getting my split ends cut off, but I ended up with a haircut that I really like, so I'm happy.

Today I woke up and went to the new mall on M-59 called Partridge Creek. It is an outdoor mall, but it is really amazing. It has a bunch of stores that you previously had to drive to Oakland County to find. I found a great jacket and some jeans today. It really did make my day. We stopped by Jill & Jenny's for a minute and hung out with them, which was nice. Later on, I went to dinner with mom & dad to Louis' Chop House... and had filet mignon. Yeah... so we had a $100 gift card to this restaurant, I don't just go ordering filet mignon... but anyways, it was really good. Now I'm just finishing my laundry and shit so that I can get back up to school tomorrow... just what I want right?

border patrol...

So I'm back in New Baltimore for the weekend... which feels really odd, it's my first time home since the semester started. But I've already been confronted with the comforts of home... low flying planes from the airbase, Starbucks with Scotty and of course, border patrol. I realized today that I've been seeing border patrol hanging around the NB area forever, but I never really realized why they are here. That makes me sound crazy, obviously I live on the edge of the state, dangerously close to the Canadian border (and maybe I've crossed it illegally before, but that's neither here nor there)... I guess I just never saw the threat of Canadians hopping the border.

The last few weeks have been ridiculous. I'm trying to pull my shit together though, I'd give anything to get out of this funk I seem to have fallen into. Good news? I'm making my Halloween Costume for next weekend and it's Cruella Di Vil. I'm stoked. I really just have to find a crazy black dress from a thrift store and I'm golden.

Peace out.

I'm going to update soon... I swear. Life has been kicking my ass lately. But for now, I'm going to go to sleep.

Snap.

It's been one hell of a week. I don't really remember what happened, I've been sick like its my job. Okay, so... right now, I am laying down in my bed with various bruises on my hips and right leg, as well as an ace bandage on my right ankle. First, the hip bruises. Let's chalk that one up to a vicious hula hoop... one that is uber weighted and has ridges on the inside... we'll call this the hula hoop of doom. Next? Bruised right leg and bandaged ankle. This one is from playing Ultimate Frisbee today with the GSA. It was super intense... and apparently running on slightly moist grass with bare feet is not so great for the whole idea of balance. But I did make it look good. Hahaha. Right. Oh, and while we're on injuries and maladies, I was dancing in the kitchen with the roommates last night, then all of the sudden I was hunched over the toilet vomiting. Rewind? Yes. So, Wednesday evening after the meeting, some of us decided it would be a fantastic idea to go to IHOP. Neg. I decided that I needed to have strawberry stuffed French toast. I should have known not to go there, it is the IHOP of doom, seeing as how Nicole defiled this very one at some point last semester--by vomiting all over it. Fast forward a bit of time and we're back to the bathroom of our apartment. Never again can I have strawberry stuffed French toast. I'll live.

Longest week of my life...

Currently listening to: Ray of Light by Madonna
Currently reading: The Da Vinci Hoax

Somehow, this past week has been the longest one of my life, although I really didn't do anything spectacular, most of it has been spent in my kitchen listening to music or something similar. I slept a lot. On Wednesday, some of the gsa-ers and I went to Detroit to volunteer for the HRC. Good thing they didn't need any help. I did turn into the photographer for the night, which was sweet. I also got to ride down to D-town in a convertible. Sweet as. I saved a life, that was cool. Otherwise, I didn't do much of anything. Last night at approximately 10pm, Nicole taught me how to play soccer. That was pretty amazing, including the portion that went something like this:

While practicing a kick of sorts...

"Nicole, I think I might kick the ball at your face."

"You're not going to kick me in the face, I'll block it--"

POW! As her face is owned by the ball. Queue falling over and laughing hysterically. Quickly followed by Nicole backing up several feet.

I pretty much want to play soccer every day of my life.

Went out to Lil Chef with Jenny, Nicky, Matt & Nicole. Sweet as.

Oh oh oh! I might be interpreting for GSA meetings from now on! I'm stoked. And nervous...

I ain't got no crystal ball...

Currently listening to: Santeria by Sublime
Currently reading: Nada...

So here's a recap of this weekend-ish. Thursday night, Nicole, Fifty & I went down to East Lansing to hang out with Jenny and Nicki for a bit. And I got a dinner out of the deal... amazing. We wound up back in Mt. P around midnight, but Nicole and I went out to Lil Chef and had coffee for approximately 2 hours, because there was silly drama going on @ our house and we didn't feel like dealing with it. I'm sure its all resolved now, but I realized something. I don't give a shit about it, we are all adults and if we can't articulate our feelings into words, instead of snide comments and hint dropping, then that's kind of sad. Anyways, done with the rant.

Friday, I went to TAI and did my performance, completely off the cuff, which was sweet, the professor said that I have no problem getting command of a room. But... she also said I talk to fast when I'm nervous. I'm working on it. At noon, I took Fifty down to West Bloomfield to get her new car, a manual Honda something or other. Nicole came along as well, as we had planned to go dancing in Ann Arbor that night. I was quite surprised @ how fast Fifty picked up driving stick. We drove around quite a bit, finally ending up in Ann Arbor. We went to some mall out there for a bit and Fifty's girlfriend met us up there. We went back to her apt., which I fell in love with, it is the quirkiest place I've ever been. Around 9, we went for dinner at Mr. Greeks, where I saw 2 girls that I went to high school with. Hmm... eventful. We went out to Necto around 11 and met up with Jenny and Nicki around 11:30. We danced in the Red Room for a long time, then left for what is called "Gay Pizza". I still haven't quite figured out why everyone calls it that, but whateva, it happens.

Around 2 or 3, Nicole and I headed back to Mt. P. It's quite a long drive when you're tired, but we kept ourselves awake with Movie Bomb (Someone says a movie, the next person says a person in that movie, the next person says a movie that person is in, etc...) and horrible McDonald's coffee. It was burnt. We got home sometime after 5am. I called mom, since she was getting ready for work. Then I hibernated. I do believe that I woke up sometime around 2:30pm. So went the day. We watched movies... somewhere in there, Cat came over for a bit, then later, Max came over. Twas a good night. Today is promising :). I've gotta go study for an exam, so I better get outta here.

Currently listening to: My Interpretation by Mika

Oy... I'm sitting in the GSA office with nothing to do... I'd just like to put this out there. If you don't listen to Mika, start now, he makes life better.

I'm going to try to learn all of the words to Under Pressure by David Bowie & Queen. Stat.

Lemme get out my ray gun...

Yeah... about this last week. Shit. I've been busy as hell. I'll start with my actual birthday. I hung out with the aunts, which consisted of brunch & a little bit of gambling. I ended up with $30... even though they gave me money to start with. A little while later, J&J came over to check out my apartment and such, then I met my roommates and Jenny and Nicky (I think...) @ Fifi's. We had some delicious coffee, then went to Meijer. On my way back, I picked up Cat and we went to my apartment. Jenny bought us an amazing game for our apartment, called Catchphrase. It's completely addicting. You have to guess a word or phrase that another person is trying to describe without saying the actual word or phrase. Sounds lame. Jenny and I had an unfair advantage, since she can read my mind and all. Later on in the night, we all ate the delicious cake that my roommates baked for me. And we didn't use plates, because Jenny, the wisest of us all, theorized that we would have less dishes to wash if we used plates. True that. My cake looked like a disaster, but it was damn good...

Fast forward to Saturday. How, if you could chose, would you like to spend an entire day? Apparently I would like to watch sad movies and cry my life away. And so would my roommate Nicole. Good thing I guess. We started the day with Finding Neverland, then Fried Green Tomatoes. When that didn't get out all of the tears, we turned to Family Video. Never fails. We got the all time tear jerker, Beaches. That was rough... but not quite enough. I didn't think we'd be able to top it, but then it hit me, what is the saddest movie that I've ever seen? Life Is Beautiful... its about and Italian family in the Holocaust. And my god, I cried like I've never cried before. Shit. It was good though. Matt didn't know what to do with himself, he doesn't understand that sometimes, you just need to cry. But that's how boys are. Then Jenny kidnapped us and we went for coffee at Fifi's. I actually don't remember the chain of events at all, but Jenny, Nicole, Matt and I ended up on our front porch at five in the morning talking about astrology. Went to bed around 7 only to be woken up around 12 by my parents, calling to tell me that they were on their way up to visit me. How cool is that? They just drove up here out of the blue. We had a nice lunch and such, stopped by to visit Cat, then went back to my apartment for a bit. I'm a little fuzzy on the week since then, its just been school work. And a dance party or two. Because in my life, that happens.

With a bang...

Currently listening to: Tango Maureen by Rent Cast...
Currently reading: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Well... my birthday started out with a bang, my roommates and I (minus KaLee, who was @ home) decided to have a hair dying extravaganza. We started around 11pm last night. I'm really excited about the color. Matt dyed his a lighter blond & Nicole went with a deep auburn. Exciting. They all turned out really well. Woot. Anyways, today I'll be going out with my favorite aunts at some point, since they're up to go to the casino. I'm not really sure what I'm doing for the day, but it should be lovely :).

Up North Cont'd...

So... We finally got up north on Monday afternoon. After the delay, it was even sweeter to get up to Pike Lake. Not a whole lot happened up there, but it was super relaxing. My dad did get a new boat, an inflatable pontoon of sorts. Who knew it was going to be a pain in the ass to row across the lake with a strong head wind. My arms exploded into a fit of anger when I tried to go to sleep that night.

Fast forward a week and I'm up at Central with my awesome roommates; Matt, Nicole and KaLee. I do believe that they're all sophomores. I know Matt through GSA... KaLee through Matt... and Nicole through Jenny. So far so good on the roommate thing, I hope it stays that way, because we're having way too much fun already. As of right now, Nicole and I have had approximately 70 oz. of coffee each and we have been watching Degrassi: The Next Generation for about 4 hours. Amazing.

Since it has been about an hour since I started typing this - I think that Degrassi is actually making me dumber... so I'm going to stop while I'm ahead. Oh and it's officially less than 48 hours until I'm 20.

The time of my life...

Currently listening to: Love Today by Mika

Well... as promised before, here is the tale of going up north. On Friday, August 17, I packed up most of my college stuff and then Trevor and I got in my car and had the adventure of driving up to CMU to drop it off and stay a night in my apartment. That didn't quite work out as planned... I got up there and had my friend Ashley pick up my key, since the apartment leasing office closed at 5 and I knew I would never make it. So we went to the seedy diner where she works (Lil Chef) and had dinner, then picked up my key. We got back to my apartment and tried the key... and it didn't work. So we tried again. And again. Nothing happened. It was quite obvious that we weren't sleeping in my apartment that night. I called up a friend and ended up staying at her house with her roommates, as she was still in New Baltimore. The next morning we went to United (the leasing office) and got everything sorted out. And Trevor made off with quite a bit of candy and pop, since its free anyways. By the time we got my stuff into the apartment, my dad called with news. Apparently the dealership that had his car still wasn't done with it (his engine died on his way up north and he had been stuck in West Branch since Tuesday afternoon), so we would just have to stay in Mount Pleasant until Monday when they were finished. That would have been okay... if my apartment had electricity. But it wasn't turned on yet... I'll continue this riveting tale when I get back from class today.

Back to school to prove to dad that I'm not a fool...

Currently listening to: My Paper Heart by The All American Rejects

So I'm back at school... not that that's so exciting, but I'm sure I'll be posting more regularly now. I love my classes, they're amazing, especially my Anthropology class. I'll post my schedule next time I have internet, since my apartment is lacking at the moment.

Happy Birthday Dad! 51... kinda old, eh?

Anyways, I love my roommates, I'm living with Matt, Nicole and KaLee. We're having a wicked good time already and I've only been living there since Sunday. It feels really weird not living with Cat though, kinda sad actually. On the up side, I've been seeing a lot of people that I haven't seen since first semester last year, which is great, I've been giving out hugs like its going out of style. Alright, well I'm sleepy and the lights in the computer lab aren't helping, so I'm going to go to my apartment. Oh and I'm really happy to be away from all of the bullshit going on in NB right now, for sure. One more thing. I got a job! I'm working in the FFC dining commons... I think its the Fresh Food Company... my first day is tomorrow! Woohoo!

Look forward to the next post for the adventure I call going up north...

So I don't feel like blogging right now. Argh. Only two more weeks of work.