Defenestration of the Mind

Things I Love Saturday!

2012-02-11T17:37:00.000-08:00

My dog in a pirate costume. Your argument is invalid.

Things I Love Saturday!

Alright... the past couple of weeks (since I got back, really) have been a doozie. I just had this string of awful incidents happening for days on it, with huge piles of homework and everything just killing me. Not to mention some personal problems.

Anyway, a few events this week really helped me feel better.

The Vagina Monologues: My friend was performing in the Vagina Monologues, and my boyfriend and I went. It was so well done! There were some great actors in the play, and the stories each had something unique about them that made it worth listening to. The one negative note I have about it is that there weren't any positive stories about women that enjoyed the sexual relationships they were in. Perhaps when I perform (as I really want to now!) I can find a sexually empowering but positive story about a woman happy with her man, just like I am :)

The Brony meetup! : After a few weeks of waiting, it was fantastic! I ended up winning a Twilight Sparkle doll in the raffle (SWAG) and meeting a few people that I would love to hang out with again. The group was enthusiastic and generally very friendly. I really liked the atmosphere, and had lots of fun to boot.

Getting foot and leg rubs from my boyfriend: Mmmmm...

Smoothies: One day at lunch this week I had vegan banana bread, pasta, and a smoothie. It tasted fantastic. Some days I just really need and appreciate good food, and that was one of them.

My work-study clearing itself up: I had been very worried earlier that I would have to leave my job due to my work-study money running out, but I applied for more and it secured me another semester at my favorite job. However, this time of stress has made me realize that working 20 hrs a week isn't good for me at all, and I'm cutting it down to 16 or 14 a week. Hopefully working some breaks and taking extra hours when I can will make paying this summer's tuition easier but for now I need to take it slow.

Getting a good grade on a math homework: After the first two bad grades, getting one just feels better. I hope I did well on the midterm though... fingers crossed.

Getting the logo for my grant and posters done: Hopefully by next week we'll have the posters up and running and the contest going! So excited.

Hardstyle music: Every now and then I fall back into loving iTunes radio choices, and I particularly like the Hardstyle, Hard dance, and Happy Hardcore channels. The music is repetitive, has a mechanical and heavy beat, and is, according to me anyway, good study music, as it is energizing but not distracting.

Things I Love Saturday!

2012-02-04T08:57:00.000-08:00

"Zoomorphic designs appear on a cross that was folded up and buried for unknown reasons." National Geographic Website

Things I Love Saturday!

So this week has been very rough. I basically got dumped by a friend, lost possible housing, got overwhelmed with projects and papers and presentations, and had interpersonal issues. A friend of mine tried to commit suicide, which definitely put things in perspective. She’s on meds now but it was scary for a while. But there are always silver linings even to crappy weeks.

Getting excited about my brony meet-up – it’s next week, and I plan to bring chalk to play with and draw ponies everywhere. Fun!

Experimenting with new weights at the gym – I found several more machines that push my legs and arms in different ways, and I am pretty thrilled about it.

Going 2 weeks as a weekday vegetarian – with the exception of the Qdoba Mondays with a chicken burrito bowl and the shrimp I have in my stir-fry. I haven’t eaten beef all week and since my boyfriend and I normally don’t eat beef anyway I’ll do well in cutting it out. Right now he and I just eat chicken on the weekends. I sometimes don’t feel full without meat and I get hungry often, but I’m working on not eating the many available vegetarian but unhealthy things like cheese pizza and vegetarian calzones and those sorts of things. I also found many books in the library on the topic of ethical vegetarianism. Once I finish this wave of projects and finish reading the Hunger Games I will def skim through some of those.

Getting a math study group together – I normally uber suck at math, so this semester I have a group of 2 people I work with on the problem sets. It helps take the worry off of doing it alone.

French conversation group: Last semester it was really hard to attend it, because it kept being schedule when I had class, but this semester I can make a few. I get a free hot drink (usually the chai tea latte) and just talk in French with people. Sometimes it gets awkward when we stop talking about things but once a topic gets going, it gets pretty good.

Making images for work- I had made a sheet or microphones and cables and cameras for work, and while it got edited a lot, I really enjoyed seeing a final product. I felt really cool knowing that I had made something that promotes knowledge. Also, my podcast page just hit the web (squeeeee) so I am pretty thrilled about that!

Moving the grant along – Bureaucratic messes like trying to use grant money in the library are tough to do, but I’ve got a very small committee together willing to help me out. I’m pretty psyched/

Hitting up the Anglo-Saxon Gold Horde at the National Geographic! - A few people from Medieval club went to go see part of the Anglo-Saxon Gold Horde at the National Geographic. For six bucks it was a great experience. Seeing that kind of history up close is really inspiring, and since I'm in DC, I want to take advantage of the opportunities available for me, since we get a lot of important events going on around here. The intricacy of the gold and the designs were fascinating, but one of my favorite parts was the language corner, where you can hear and read old English, from which I picked German words I knew.

Watching the newest MLP episode - It featured my favorite pony, had Indiana Jones references, and was of course funny as always. What's not to love? Plus a new sort-of character in the series, Daring Doo, has a rad character design. Me gusta.

Pinkberry - After the Gold Horde exhibit we stopped by Pinkberry and got fro-yo. I got pomegranate fro-yo with raspberries and strawberries. It was hella expensive ($6.22?!?!) but I hardly ever treat myself so it works. It was so delicious.

Things I Love Thursday!

2012-01-26T18:32:00.000-08:00

Springby =Fluro-Knife

Things I Love Thursday!

Going flexitarian two weeks strong! Minus some chicken I ate with my boyfriend last week on the weekend, and excluding the shirt I’ve eaten twice, I’ve gone vegetarian! The meat on the weekends and the shrimp is to slowly work me in. I might not drop it because I need the b12 and all of the huge protein doses it gives. But I’ve found that adding beans to soup gives you protein, and adding rice to soup helps too.

Getting new projects at work: I was entrusted with a little film project at work, and I really liked getting that responsibility. I love my job so much, and all my bosses rock.

Possibly going to a brony meetup!!! I found a group of DC bronies online, and I am sooo excited to possibly go. I’ll have to rearrange work but it’ll be worth it. I need to make more friends before next year, because a lot of my friends are graduating. :/ That makes me sad and I don’t want to think about that.

Working on my grant idea: We got the money for the grant, and I want to use it and have tons of fun making our library artsier. I’m a bit nervous because it means talking to tons of people and being in charge of something but I need to work on that for eventual times. I just want to make a huge mark on a place that many people see every day for long amounts of time, and even more excited to involve art. It’s a big task and I’m really excited about it.

More new music: My friend recommended JayMay, and I’ve found Sara Haze through Pandora and some other ones too.

Working out more at the gym: I’ve got a four-day a week schedule, which feels really good because I’m lifting 12 pounds in each hand, 40 pounds on the pull, and fifty on the leg.It just feels awesome to say "I work out four days a week" because I do! :D

Springly weather: The weather is unusually warm sometimes and doesn't require a coat and heavy gloves, which is a nice change. I feel like frolicking.

Things I Love Thursday!

2012-01-19T10:14:00.000-08:00

Vegetables by ~Kitha

Things I Love Thursday!

(On another Thursday! WOW)

Becoming a flexitarian: So I watched some eco-friendly movies over break, and one of them focused on the (pretty much) evils of meats. There were tons of studies that proved how bad meat was for you, and how went people went vegetarian, their levels of health improved. There are of course problems, including b12 deficiency and the urge to eat lots of junk food (which is often the downfall of many vegetarians) but I've avoided that by taking these into account and only eating chicken on the weekends (I'm trying to cut out beef completely, but that will be hard because I love the taste :( ). I eat shrimp on the weekdays but I won't do it often. Protein of course is my biggest worry, but I've found that peanut butter, soy milk, beans, and brown rice can be good sources for protein. I sometimes want to eat the pizza and bad food that's available, but I remind myself why I'm doing this (to be healthier) and it stops the urge quickly.

Lifting heavier weights at the gym: I've moved up from 7.5 pounds to 10 to 12.5! It hurts but I feel better afterwards. I'm also trying out new machines at the gym, including the machine where you pull the bars to your chest, the one where you lift with your legs, and the one where you pull down the bar that is attached to a cord that lifts a lot of block weights. I run in between reps, and I work out for about an hour every day. I lose my stride around halfway through, but get it back after chilling for a minute and getting water. Feels good! :)

Decaf tea: I've switched to just drinking decaf teas, and I can't tell the difference. It tastes the same, and I don't have the caffeine problem. The issue with this is that I lack the benefits of some teas like green tea when it's decaffeinated, which is unfortunate, but I'd rather have no caffeine than have the benefits. I have to watch for sneaky things that have caffeine though, like Excedrin, chocolate, and chai lattes (which taste so good but are bad for me.)

Good classes: So far this semester I like all my teachers, and while I'm still waiting for the homework bomb to drop, I've caught up and gotten things mostly to a bearable point. I've also managed to not buy any books this semester, but have had to borrow two. I'll find a way to thank those people somehow.

Learning more at work: I'm learning Photoshop (and did a tutorial with a horribly funny result that will be at the bottom of this post, hahaha) and camera work. I want to complete a film by the end of the semester, like a short one, to show my skills off. I work roughly 18 hours a week, and am trying to get in the groove of my new schedule.

Postcard: I sent a postcard to one of my favorite comic artists, Danielle Corsetto, writer of Girls with Slingshots, because she said she loves getting postcards. I plan to send one to the sparklyawesome Gala Darling next, as she mentioned she likes them too (and is the reason I started these TiLTs!)

Growing out my nails: I usually paint my nails, but after a post in Zero Waste Home about toiletries where Bea mentions that she has healthier nails after stopping nail polish, I tried it, and it worked: my nails are much longer now, and stronger. I'm not used to it, and sometimes I pick at them, but I try to keep them healthy.

Keeping resolutions: Haven't had any candy but dark chocolate, been going to the gym, keeping my clothes off the floor (that's actually the hardest). Still going strong!

Bow in its splendor.

Things I Love Thursday!

2012-01-12T16:20:00.000-08:00

I feel like I seriously hit a milestone when I actually do my TiLT on a Thursday.

"Oh Sky" by me

Things I Love Thursday!

Being back at Gtown! - I was only away for little less than a month but I'm SO glad to be back. I just feel better in the academic atmosphere. I've been to every class so far and they all seem good, although I'm a bit worried about some more than others. I also get to see my friends that I missed as well. :)

Potato bonzai - My dad got me a book and kit about Potato Bonzai, and the instruction manual was funny and well written. I plan on starting as soon as I actually get ahold of a raw potato.

No books bought (so far) Spring '12 - I've either borrowed or checked out most of the books needed for my classes, but there is one stickler that is being frustrating. I can order it from another university but that would take much time. I want to borrow it from someone else but if I can't I'm not sure what I'll do.

Plans! - I'm so excited all the things I've planned for this semester! I won't have time for them all but we'll see which get weeded out. With 15 hours of a class a week (plus homework) plus a full 20 hours a week at work the rest of the time is for sleeping, eating, and... then my plans! (It's a shame one cannot combine eating and sleeping.)

Successful chicken - I had never made baked chicken before (I thought it was complicated) but my sister boiled it down to "Put salt, pepper, and random spices on it and throw it in the over at 425 degrees for an hour." After nervously Googling some recipes, I came across salsa and lime chicken. Just like it sounds, I spread salsa over the raw chicken breasts and splashed lime juice across it. It tasted great and was VERY crispy. I would definitely do it again.

Things I Love Sunday!

2011-12-25T16:42:00.000-08:00

(The picture thing is not working for me... for shame.)

Things I Love Sunday!

CHRISTMAS!!! - I really like Christmas carols. I am not very religious, but my family is, so we go to church every Christmas eve. While the words in the songs aren't real to me, the music and the strength of emotion behind them, especially "Emmanuel". Also, who doesn't love the presents part of Christmas? I got 2 pairs of slippers, a bonzai potato kit, 45$ in Qdoba money (WOHOOO), 2 pairs of leopard print leggings, lots of chocolate and organic gummy snacks, a hair cut (forthcoming), a book about old words, and a dog USB hub. Sweet action! :)

Hair change, new soap: I am using my Carrot, Goat Milk, and Honey shampoo bar instead of regular shampoo and conditioner now. After a few Apple Cider Vinegar washes and baking soda rinses, I got all the built up silicone residue from my hair, and now with the shampoo bar, I don't load my hair up with chemicals. I'm also using my Orange Chocolate Twist soap from where I got the shampoo bar (Chagrin Valley Soaps). I got my friend the Coconut Cream and Shea soap to use as a shampoo. Spread the love of homemade shampoo bars and soap!

Finding my old French binder: I found my old French study binder, and I've told myself to read that instead of surfing the internet or watching TV. I probably should put together a German binder as well to study from.

Making New Years Resolutions: I have several in the post before, and hopefully I can do them all. I realize that once you cut something out, you don't really need to go back. I feel much better without Facebook, soda, and commercial shampoos and soaps, three things I cut out completely this year.

Dark hot cocoa: Unhealthy, sure, but it tastes very good and is warming. Especially with marshmallows!

Amazon book shipping- I've managed to sell four textbooks on Amazon, and have netted about 50 dollars in profit. I spent money on those books in the first place, but I can't remember how much I paid for them in the first place. However, I'm getting rid of them and I'm getting money back, all just for the price of shipping and a wee commission to Amazon. Wohoo! I also got free packaging from the packaging area in my library, so that's also useful. I reuse them so I save money and the environment. Win-win!

The joy of decaf tea: I recently went through a small stint of caffeine withdrawl; I hadn't realized I was addicted to caffeine slightly until I got a headache after not having caffeine for a few days. I have tea every morning at school, but I hadn't realized that I would get addicted because I didn't think about the caffeine in tea. Next semester, I'm only taking decaf tea. Hopefully that will fix the problem. I'm good now, but it was a few days of headaches for a while. -_-

Things I Love Saturday!

2011-12-10T09:38:00.001-08:00

"Pinkie Made a Scarf for RD" (c) by ~Doggie999

Things I Love Saturday!

Classes over, finals done, I am with my sister in Cleveland - Hopefully I'll do well on them, since I've worked my butt off. I had a really good semester, and I plan on doing a comprehensive Things I Love at the end of the year. A "what I accomplished" sort of thing.

Lots of tea: While I need to cut down on the caffeine tea I really like all the different flavors of tea, but I noticed that I don't really like fruity teas but instead black, white, green, chai, and generally anything not fruity. The fruity ones are overwhelming when they're hot but I haven't tried them much when they were iced.

Being productive: I'm helping my sister with her moving, and we got a vanfull of it back home, and then we've got more coming.

New Years Resolutions
Try and live a Zero Waste Lifestyle
Give up Chef Boyardee (this will be difficult)
only use my bar shampoo (give up bottled shampoo, body scrub, conditioner)
stop painting my nails, it's bad for the environment
still not wear makeup (bad for environment and health, plus unnecessary, as you are pretty :) )
work out at least 3 times a week. Seriously. You were so good first semester. That includes weights and running.
do the podcast at least once every two weeks

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-12-01T16:48:00.001-08:00

"Chartreuse Charm" by me

Things I Love Thursday! (80th post!!!)

Going back home, and then coming back home: I really consider where I go to school and where I grew up two different kinds of homes. I went back to where I grew up and saw my family for Thanksgiving. It was a nice break but I prefer being here where I feel productive and immersed in education and academia.

Gifts: My friend gave me a scarf, a candle, and tons of great chocolate! It is quite fun, getting gifts. :)

SWEET surprises! : My French teacher announced that our final was to be written in ENGLISH! You cannot imagine the ecstasy my soul went through when I heard that. The biggest weight in the world was lifted off my chest and cast into the sea. I was happier than a dog with a bird carcass. (Dog owners understand.)

Good marks on my paper : I got a 95% on my Biology paper! I wasn't chosen to present, unfortunately, but at least the grade was good. :)

My own web page soon : My supervisors are putting together the web page that's officially linked on the front of our center's webpage and I'm SO excited! This is such an official project. Also we put up our huge Christmas tree today and decorated it with CDs, cords, tinsel, ornaments, and a microphone-angel on top!

Making collages : At home I cut out a lot of my old Teen Vogues (I still read it devotedly, as I love that magazine!) to make collages. When I get a break I'll make a huge beautiful masterpiece on my wall. My fantastic roomie has already started!

Crocheted gifts : My best friend crocheted me a hat, a giant bag, and an Albert Wesker doll for my friend. So kind of her, and so fun to wear around!

Winning another contest! : After winning the poetry contest a couple of weeks ago, I won ANOTHER contest I had entered! I had made a video about a tour I did in DC about German heritage, and won $200! It's going right back to tuition of course but I'm so happy I did. I feel quite proud of my video.

Things I Love Tuesday!

2011-11-15T11:59:00.001-08:00

"All the Delicious Colors" by me

Things I Love Tuesday!

WHAT a week! Let me just get going with the big first...

WE GOT THE GRANT! My friend and I worked to get a grant to improve our university's library and we got it! Not as much as we had hoped but enough to fund a big part of our project. In addition, I was quoted on the front page of my campus newspaper. How awesome is that?!

Speech- I gave a speech in my German class, and normally I am terrible at speaking tests (mostly because I lose my train of thought and ramble on endlessly while my teacher pityingly looks on) but for this one I uber-hard practiced! I recorded myself speaking several times, repeated what I had trouble with, and memorized parts for emphasis that I could look up at the audience during and speak emphatically.

Working through my study-abroad papers- I'm so excited to finally work this through! I went to a session about it and talked to length to the directors of the program. Hopefully I get in! It's just so wonderful to have this opportunity. Paying for it might be an issue, as I do it all myself, but I know that it'll be worth it.

Dance performance- I attended, like I've done every semester so far, the university dance company's semester-ly performance. As usual it was fantastic and I picked up some good songs to listen to. Always inspiring.

A good turnout at tabletop gaming club- We hosted a preliminary interest meeting for our tabletop gaming club, and we were pleasantly surprised, and got in some games as well. Hopefully next semester we can have some funding and become official!

Creating my schedule for next semester- Right now I'm thinking ahead for my work schedule next semester. I'm thinking that I could work 14 hours a week (7 on Saturday, 7 on Friday) at the desk and then the other 6 doing my practice for our technical equipment. I want to become highly proficient at it, and I'm VERY excited that I get paid to do it as well. AWESOME.

Poetry reading- Tonight I get my money from the scholarship as well as get to do my poetry reading! Hopefully I won't look too stupid reading my super-short poem.

Things I Love Tuesday!

2011-11-08T17:56:00.000-08:00

"Hand-carved Mahogany" taken by me on a walk through Georgetown's gorgeous neighborhoods

Things I Love Tuesday!

A couple of BIG things this week!

Winning a $500 dollar poetry contest! - I was SO shocked when I got the email! I had randomly entered the contest with a short cute love poem that I had thought up in seconds, and apparently won! The pot for $1000 dollars had 146 applicants, and the pot for $500 only had 28, so I'm glad I picked that one. I plan to put it right towards tuition, of course.

New tea - My friend who works at Trader Joe's gave me this vanilla cinnamon tea that is so lovely to taste in the mornings. I now regularly have a tumbler of tea in the mornings during my German class since it is four days a week.

Pre-registration - It's always dicey during this time of year, because you're deciding your classes and aren't quite sure of the best way to go during them. Luckily after this I'll be mostly done with my requirements. Wohoo!

Blue hair back - Just the bangs, and it's still a deep cobalt color. :)

Awesome MLP remixes - A Pinkie Pie remix done to the tune of "He's a Pirate"? A screaming Fluttershy redone to techno? A party beat (of course Pinkie Pie) with random MLP sayings in it? THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO WAKE UP. :D

Learning more about interviewing and the three light kit- Hopefully I can make some side money doing interviews of people and making them blogs. It's a work in progress- we'll see.

Interviewing my friend - Speaking of interviews, I interviewed my friend about her creative side. Hopefully this Saturday I can edit it and have the podcast up by Sunday!

Making a new idea to eat at the cafeteria- I had forgotten my love of chicken sandwiches, so imagined my lightbulb moment when I realized that we had a sandwich area, and then chicken breasts in another area. TOGETHER THEY ARE MAGIC. I add guacamole, tomato, lettuce, onion, and pickles. It is beautiful. I might add Buffalo sauce next time...

Things I Love Wednesday!

2011-11-02T17:19:00.000-07:00

"Gated" by me

Things I Love Wednesday!

Alright so I've given up trying to figure out where these pageviews are coming from. HI EVERYONE! Feel free to comment and say hi! Since you know such personal details of my life and all.

Second chances: So I had been doing terribly in my French class, where the papers were extremely hard. However, I talked extensively with the teacher, who gave me some pointers. I worked VERY long on this week's paper, went over it many times, analyzed it, turned it inside out, painted it purple, what have you, and sent it in holding my breath. I was so thrilled to get it back as a 90%! Hopefully next week I can do even better.

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic... in French and German! - WHAT A TWEEEST! I found them one night on Youtube and was so excited. I can now watch something that I love and practice my language skills as well. Usually I can understand the German with some difficulty and the French is fairly easy. Bonus- no subtitles, so it doesn't feel like I have a crutch. And the music is all in the foreign language too!

Creative podcast- I've started writing it, and hopefully I can get it up by next week. I'm excited but I have a lot of other stuff going on that is more important.

Generous friends- a friend of mine gave me some dried mango chips, a small pumpkin, and a homemade Halloween card. I'm glad I've gotten to know her, she seems excellent!

Odwalla Superfood: The green sludgy Odwalla smoothie that tastes wonderful and is filling. High in sugar but I don't eat that much sugar anyway so I'm good. :)

Things I Love Sunday!

2011-10-23T09:39:00.000-07:00

dj by =hcube

Things I Love Sunday!

Whew, this has been a stressful week. Some mess about a French paper and debating dropping my French major to a minor, etc (yeah I know these are just such HUGE problems, haha). I redid it and hopefully the teacher will be okay with the redo.

Also, I've noticed that I've gotten a few more pageviews than I expected, like 14 or so averaging a day. This is odd, as I don't spread my URL around a lot, but I guess somebody looks at it? (Probably bots scanning blogger or something for all I know...)

Finding the tablet room, darkroom, and panting studio: Our school isn't known for art really, although we do have a lot of creative minds. The tablets in that room are a square foot large, and great for drawing on. There are open hours and a room monitor if you have questions. As for the painting studio, I don't paint often really, but it's good to know it's there. I also don't develop film but I do like the darkroom, it's quite creepy looking.

Doing well with my podcast: My boss wanted me to change some things about it (something about a laser noise, which does make sense I guess, as it was loud and annoying) and now I did! It sounds really cool, and hopefully goes better with the words than before.

Going to the gym: Sadly, I have not gone to the gym this semester yet (it's only been two months!) but I went this morning and MAN that felt good. Running, weights, erg, stretching, and it all felt necessary. I might start going in the mornings because it just feels so good.

Randomly awesome free stuff: A friend of mine I've gotten to know better recently works at Trader Joe's and gave me some freeze-dried mangoes. Very chewy and according to my roommate "Kind of like astronaut food".

The beauty of fall: I really can't express how much I love fall! I really do absorb every second of it. :)

HelloGiggles - a fun site where bloggers can just put up articles relating to girl stuff (it's hard to describe exactly what they are about - Do It Yourself, Cooking, Rants and Raves, common girl problems, etc.) It's fun light reading, and I want to submit something soon. :)

Things I Love Monday!

2011-10-17T19:10:00.000-07:00

Picture by me!

Things I Love Monday!

Huge chalk drawings: Huge chalk is in the chalk was huge, the drawings were medium sized. :) My boyfriend and I decorated the outside of his townhouse with chalk rainbows alongside the stairs, a moon and star guarding the doorway, Dance Dance Revolution arrows leading up to the door, a Tardis, a pumpkin, "I <3 Fall!" and "Wheee!"... good times. :) We even got one of his housemates to join us!

Air Bunker Ball night: Our after-dark programming had this aerosoft gun company come in and set up air bunker ball and we played. At first I was terrified of getting shot but it barely hurt (and one even hit the top of my head). I lost all but one game but still had fun. And it was FREE.

Tupperware: I've been using Tupperware to take food from the cafeteria (we're paying over ten dollars a meal when the math works out). So far it's been chips and salsa and soon hard-boiled eggs. Snacking for the win.

Finishing an absurd paper: My French midterm was terribly long, complicated, and took forever to write. I did finish it though... thank God.

Linguee.com: As a double language major, a good dictionary site is necessary for graduation, and after my German teacher introduced me to Linguee, I was SO EXCITED. It has CONTEXT DEFINITIONS. DJFKDLASGJ; Just go and see for yourself.

Getting new ideas for rice: Lamely enough, I got SUPER excited for new rice recipes to share with my boyfriend. Dried fruit, nuts, different spices. :D

Eurobeat Brony: A really great DJ mixed the My Little Pony songs and made them rad. Here's the site: Eurobeat Brony. My favorites are Luna (Nightmare Mode) and the theme song mix.

Things I Love Saturday!

2011-10-08T11:40:00.000-07:00

Boots by ~freaklikecourtney

Things I Love Saturday!

I have tons of things to list! Always a good thing.

My Buddhism class: It gets pretty interesting sometimes. Usually I leave it thinking about things a little more deeply, and the past couple of classes have been no exception. A lot of kids in the class just have their laptops open and are on Facebook and whatnot during class, which I find a huge waste. Why show up if you're not even going to listen? You can tell which kids are not paying attention when the teacher says "And by following the Buddhist path through tantric sex" and they don't even look up from their computer screens. Our recent discussions on that topic have definitely livened up the class. Who knew that by indulging in your vices healthily that you could achieve enlightenment? According to my professor, tantric Buddhists are like the "hardcore Buddhists". That quote alone probably made my whole week.

Bright green nail polish: Brand new Urban Outfitters neon green nail polish for 49 cents. I was with my roommate window shopping when I was going through the clearance accessories and spotted a lovely neon green nail polish for 99 cents. Excited, I went to the register and handed it over to the cashier, who I had a quick friendly chat with. He was ringing it up, saying "Alright, originally $5, then 99 cents, and then half off... 49 cents is your total." WHAT? I was so thrilled. I would've bought more but I was pretty much satisfied with my purchase. I've applied it to my nails. After a few coats, it really stands out. I now have bright red, jewel blue, purple, and neon green nail polish. Wohoo!

Reading up on Boot Girls: At Sephora, there's a new line of nail polish based off of the Boot Girls in 1920's Berlin during the Weimar Republic. The sheen is like that of the leather shine of boots, in colors named after the styles of prostitutes during that time. Since it was illegal to solicit their services vocally or by print, they wore tell-tale leather boots in different colors that specified what field they specialized in. I found a book about it at our library (way to go, my favorite Catholic Jesuit school!) and am reading up on it. Perhaps this will be my obscure topic of choice that'll make me a twee girl, like number eight on the post dictates?

My coffee tumbler: I have a Copco tumbler in a baby blue color that I've been using a often lately. I drink tea out of it every morning and on Saturdays I drink it while making my podcast. I've dropped it, microwaved it, it still doesn't break. Some discoloration from the stuff I've microwaved in it (Chef Boyardee, soup, etc) but that doesn't really matter. I've almost lost it several times, but each time I've found it after rushing madly around trying to look for it.

Getting packages: My cousin sent me some of his old Magic the Gathering decks, along with two deck cases and card sleeves. My parents also sent me my sabre, my bedding, a blanket, microwavable bowls, food, my Teen Vogue (WOHOO!), my bike lock, and fuzzy socks. Good times. :) I also got a pair of jeans and a scarf... BRING ON FALL!

Doing my laundry for free: Dragging it four blocks in a suitcase was not fun but I did it for free and that is what matters! On another cleanliness note, I've been using Olay face wipes and they work pretty well.

Finding new free music: Jamendo is a site that has artists that put up their music for free. I found some neat acoustic guitar music. I even used some in the background of the video I'm making for a contest.

Getting complimented in class: I had been struggling with German grammar (definitely tricksy) but I went to office hours to sort it out with my teacher and she told me, after we had been speaking for a while and I had about four epiphanies, that I was doing great in the class. :)

Nice people: One night, walking to the bathroom, I stepped on a shard of glass. Luckily, a pre-med friend of mine was awake and helped me get it out, clean the cut, and apply Neosporin and rubbing alcohol on it. Very good bedside manner, and very good and efficient. I'm glad he helped me because I was freaking out.

Getting huge chalk: I've been assigned for work to chalk up the public student area outside of one of the main classroom buildings I was given two boxes to chalk up with and one to have personal fun with. There will be shenanigans.

Things I Love Saturday

2011-10-01T11:53:00.000-07:00

(Picture from Jawesome27 at deviantArt)

Things I Love Saturday!

Producing my podcast: It's out! The first episode is here. :) I'm so happy to see it here. It's on the website blog and soon to be on the Facebook. Almost 200 people "liked" the page so that means that my podcast will be available to that many people! ^^ I'm so excited. I'm making my logo and play button for it too.

Getting much better at Magic: After playing my first tournament, I got a LOT better and now am making my own deck with proxies. I'm leaning towards white/blue and white/green.

Writing about fall: I wrote a blog post about fall. Hopefully I can go to a pumpkin patch although I don't see that happening in the near future.

Meditation and yoga: So I went to a trial yoga session and got covered in bug bites (bleghhh) but it made me realize how out of a shape I am (BOOO SUMMER got me this way) but I plan to go more often and get back into shape. I seriously need it, I keep feeling light headed and weak all the time... damn low blood pressure. Better than high I suppose...

Getting more hours at work: I now work 18.5 hours a week, which is about 171.25 a week! It's not enough to pay off my loans but it helps.

My roommate: Can I just say how awesome she is? We're both the same Myers-Briggs type (INFJ) and both from "flyover country", and we are both French majors. It worked out really well and we really enjoy just talking even. Plus we get space from each other because I'm hardly ever around on the weekends so we don't get "roomie overload".

Blue hair: I have my blue tips back, the cobalt color I love so much. The green is cool but I really prefer the blue. I gotta use up the green though.

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-09-22T19:43:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

This might as well be my motto for the week. I'm trying to avoid caffeinating myself because i know that seems to be the automatic thing to do when you have a lot of work but that leads to more problems.

Becoming a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador- I go in for my training next week, and then I want to implement the foreign language program. This would look pretty good on my resume if it succeeded.

My Little Pony- Alright so it kind of rocks because the animation is adorable, it's pretty funny, the characters are great AND it's ADORABLE.

Getting better at Magic: So I got to buck up for this magic tournament coming on Sunday, and the other stuff this weekend.

Euronight- Borrowing a dress- it's gonna be fantastic.

Things I Love Saturday!

2011-09-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Saturday!

The coming of fall- It's really crisp and cool out, and I really like the smell of fall. I wish I could bottle it up (Yankee candles have tried, but it's not the same). I also really like the changing of the colors and the leaves that become gold, red, bright yellow, sienna, and shades of blue or purple even. I wish I had some epic scarves to complete the season. I'll suffice looking like the autumn picture-perfect blue jeans, red sweater, golden scarf, and black suede boots, complete with a hot coffee or cider drink.

Bringing my own cup to get drinks- If I request no foam they tend to give me more and I get 25 cents off. WOHOO :D

Getting further along in my podcast- I've recorded it and got my intro going. I've also been introduced into the epic world of Aviary, which I've used so far for the audio editor. I plan to use it for many videos. :) I also did a really cool movie bulletin board for my work as well. It looks neat. I want to learn how to do lighting as well but I probably should take on one thing at a time.

General events- I went to a fancy gallery event a week ago and now I'm going to EuroNight this Friday! I'm pretty excited. I'm going to borrow a dress, as I have none, as well as dancing shoes (re: ballet flats). And then the next day I'm taking off work to go to this German event where we go around DC and film the German memorials and go eat at the German embassy. I'm pretty excited, because I want to edit and add awesomeness to my films. Other that than other cool events are coming up. :)

Things I Love Saturday!

2011-09-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Saturday!
I've been weighed down with school lately and have had so much homework. I work 16+ hours a week with my 15 credit hours plus the extracurricular activities I have. Am I doing too much? Eh. We'll see.

Dirty chai tea lattes- I read on a tumblr I'm following that you can order your chai tea lattes "dirty" which means with a shot of espresso. It tastes AMAZING and wakes me up. Unfortunately it's expensive. I wish I could make it myself but I have no espresso machine. Also at our campus student-owned coffeehouses if you bring your own tumbler you get 25 cents off. :)

Starting my podcast- I'm writing a podcast for work and it's starting off well. I have the first seven written and mostly finished recording the first. I'm learning about audio equipment and am getting involved. I also want to start photography and develop an artistic portfolio. Hopefully it'll make my resume WAY more well-rounded. I have all the equipment, why not use it?

Writing a new character's background: New Dungeons and Dragons campaign, new character. I'm playing a Wood Elf. I'm excited. In fact I'm at DND now but we're in a slow moment right now.

Playing Magic more: I'm going to a pre-release tournament. I barely know how to play but I'll have fun and learn a lot. I'm worried that I'll look stupid but I'll never see these. Yay!

Going to the French Embassy- I visited the French Embassy for an art show. I sipped some wine but it tasted horrible and made me sick so I stopped. The art was good and the Embassy was beautiful. First time drinking (doesn't really count as much, one fourth of a glass) is the last. (It was legal, on French soil ;) )

Preparing for my study abroad: I'm signing up and hoping for things to go well. I'm also going to get stuff to go better for my Fulbright soon.

Decorating my room: My roommate is very artsy so we are decorating our room with random blobs of butcher paper and cutting out stars and putting them on a brown paper twisty "rope" going across the ceiling. It looks really good. And we "stole" a comfy chair from the common room and a trash can.

Things I Love Monday!

2011-08-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Monday!

I'm really liking this bookcase/stair combination. Now if the back of the stairs opened up to a closet or cupboard that would be even better for saving space.

Finding new webcomics- Again, but I found two new ones, http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/ and http://www.magickchicks.com/articles/strips-mc/tis_but_a_trifle. The first is a slice-of-life drama with post-college young adults, and the other is a fantasy girls high school of witches. The only downside to this is that I spend time reading them when I could be researching or studying.

Planning and writing the podcast- I'm going to be doing a podcast for work, and I've already written out the first seven podcasts. I also am planning on starting a fashion blog with my roommate, just taking pictures of people dressed well at Georgetown.

Getting some Swagbucks- I have nearly 1,600, which can get me $15 dollars off of Amazon.com right now. Which is a pretty swanky deal considering all I've done is sign up for a free Netflix trial and do some surveys. I don't know if I'll keep it up throughout the school year but for now I'm doing fine with it.

Feeling good from my vitamins- I feel better when I take my vitamins, and I just notice it after a while.

Getting into personal finance -I've been looking through personal finance blogs and figuring out my future finances. I have a list of questions for the financial aid office as well as for scholarships. I found some pretty weird ones out there but so far I have a couple that might work. I just have to keep searching.

Playing DRR- At my boyfriend's house he has DDR, and it's so much fun. I'm not that good at it but it's quite a workout. It's a shame I don't have a console because I love playing it.

iTunes radio- So many stations, and the electronic ones are so varied. I don't hear of people using it often, even though it's a wonderful resource.

Things I Love Monday!

2011-08-08T10:50:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Monday!

GenCon! This is my fourth year going and I went for four days this time. VERY exhausting- I might only go for 3 or 2 days next year. I might skip the Sunday or the Thursday and give my badge to someone else for that day. I bought some really cool art including some cartoon/comic wall posters, a big color drawing of a succubus, and a My Little Demon necklace (check out www.shamansoulstudios.com for the artist's work). One of the guys who I bought from last year gave my friends and me a great deal. It was fantastic. We got 16 prints for 60 bucks, 4 of which were color. And these are good-sized prints, as least one foot by two feet. A lot of prints were selling for 30 a piece but this guy rocked. He also was very funny and outgoing.

The costumes were great as usual, minus the obvious con girls that just dressed up for attention in bikinis and whatnot. I figure if it makes them happy whatever but it feels odd to me.

The booths were fun and such! On the last day my friend's backpack full of stuff got stolen, which was a huge bummer. :/ I hope that guy that stole it gets hit by a rock in the head or something. Don't do stuff like that. It's mean and stupid.

Staying with my sister in Cleveland- I get a nice break from home and will maybe get to see my boyfriend for a bit. ^^ So excited! I like her apartment.

School starting soon- I'm very excited because I miss it a lot and have a lot of plans for it. I like my classes so far. I like where my dorm is and I like the clubs I'm in. I'm in the Cognitive Science club as an officer, fencing club, and I work. I also hope to be part of the Stitch and Bitch club where we sit and crochet/knit.

My new short hair! It's so easy to wash in the shower, condition, and brush. The bangs are annoying sometimes but that's to be expected. I just pin them back. The dye colors are washing out but I got some green on sale that I'll use next semester.

Getting new vitamins- I am restocked with fish oil tablets, new dailies, and my old magnesium tablets. I also have to take a salt pill daily to counteract my low blood volume. Not sure how well that will go.

Getting to see my boyfriend for four days straight and cuddling with him for five hours during a car ride - :)

Figuring out how to minimize my life- I think when I get older I want to live in a small apartment/condo in the city and not have a car. It'll cut down on car insurance, gas, car loans, parking, maintenance, etc. I also want to not own china, figurines, knick-knacks, etc. My mother kind of spawned this. She LOVES collecting china, and we have two cabinetfulls of it in addition to all of the china stacked on top of drawers. She also collects lots of figurines and statuettes. I don't like that, as they collect dust. I'd rather have pictures on the walls. Also I want to grow some of my own herbs and fruit and veggies if I can and get my eggs and meat from a local farmer. If I can cut down on the food I eat (especially out) I can significantly cut down on pricing. Anyway, I like organizing my thoughts in my mind.

Slowly cutting red meat out of my diet- I'm going to see if I can replace black beans for ground beef with my food in the upcoming school year. With the spaghetti at school I can get a ton of black beans and add it to the pasta for protein. I also will be taking more vitamins and hopefully that will help. My hair looked shinier with the fish oil tablets and probably other stuff too. I won't give up chicken though, I love it too much. I really like the taste of beef but it is not healthy in the slightest, except for the protein, but I can get that from beans. I don't want to go vegetarian but cutting out red meat can help.

Making plans for next summer- Looking ahead, yes, but it's worth it because it gives me hope. I was offered a place to stay in Paris, so if I can get money for a plane there and back, it would be fantastic. I could teach English over there. Also I could stay with my sister and help pay her rent for a few months. A friend of mine offered for me to live in her upstairs guestroom which is preferable to living at home because of family tension. To be 100% honest I do not want to live at home next year at all and will do all I can to avoid doing so.

Things I Love Saturday!

2011-07-30T17:59:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Friday!
Nope, I haven't had fro-yo for a while, but I am missing it.

GENCON COMING UP- OMG so excited. Like, buzzing with excitement. My boyfriend and his friends are coming to it and I'm super excited to see him. Plus I get to immerse myself in geekdom.

Dying my friend's hair purple- She really likes it and I do too. I'm happy it turned out well.

Getting closer to school- I'm SUPER excited for school too. I love Georgetown. I really want to go back. I love it there. I love classes, my job, and my friends there.

Petting a crocodile today- And a python. It was neat.

Being on a pasta kick- Lately I've been uber weird and dying for pasta in marinara sauce. I had some at my friends' house with pasta, and since they're vegetarians, we added black beans instead of meat, and it was really good. My other vegetarian friend and I did the same thing and it tasted wonderful. The pasta sauce at school isn't too amazing so I have to get the good stuff here.

Things I Love Friday!

2011-07-22T11:16:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Friday!

Making hair-y decisions! (PUNS YAY) - So I decided to cut my hair to a choppy-shoulder length, which it has not been in YEARS (I'd say 7 or so) and dyed the back of it purple with some streaks of purple on top. I'm SUPER excited. Also, my friend is doing copper which is neat. I can't wait to help her with that. I haven't had purple hair before, just blue, so I'm super thrilled.

Gearing up for GenCon! - Getting my costumes together, awaiting to see my darling boyfriend (and to meet his best friends!) And my friend is planning a dance party (SQUEEE techno!) during one of those nights.

Finding new webcomics- I've found two now and I'm pretty psyched. I now have 3 I will regularly follow. :) Plus two are in anime style, which I like. Go anime!

Getting a donation for my schoolbooks- A nice guy at work paid for two of my classes worth of school bucks. Saves me 75$ and he feels good about it. What's not to like!?

Finding a cute shirt at Goodwill for $2.13- A rainbow-neon zebra striped tee! So cute! And only $2.13! Isn't that awesome? I thought so.

Making candles in eggshells- We just need wax and then will light them and see how it goes. :D And we gave the crayon-men to the kids at the library and they liked them. Yay! I also gave several of them to my friends.

Wearing my tutus everywhere- My black tutu with a tight black shirt and card-suite red and black tights look AMAZING. Just, they do. It's wonderful. :) Plus I feel even better wearing my knee-high black suede platform boots.

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-07-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Quitting my job: It was only about a month and a half ago I got the job, but things started going wrong and I realized just how horrible it was there. It wasn't the job as much as the people there, the drug addicts, the convicted felons, the miserable people who had been doing this for years, and then some of the customers that tipped less than 4 percent (some not at all). So I'm quitting. I don't plan on returning to waitressing unless I know the place has good people/clientele and it pays more on a regular basis. I made some money and that's what good for the summer but I'm ready to leave. I don't belong there at all.

Making new crafts- My crayon men, among other crayon-disasters we tried, are very neat. I felt really cool after making them. :D And I'm now repurposing the crayons from the library into multicolored ones to help the kids. :D

Speaking to my future roommate: I'm curious how this will work out. She seems cool so we shall see!

Being Facebook-less for two weeks so far: Alright, technically I have a Facebook, but I only have 4 friends on it and plan on keeping it that way. I don't have the 418 I had before, and I love it. Less drama, less scanning through people's profiles, bored, looking at lame updates. Now I chat with the few people I really enjoy, like how FB should be.

Dark chocolate: MMMMMMMM

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-07-07T21:08:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday

Training newbies: Free food and I get paid 50 cents more an hour! (It adds up I swear.) Plus not a whole lot more work on my part. I just show them the ropes and all.

Getting rid of my Facebook: Feels SO GOOD not to have it anymore. I have a new, small side account for only a few friends, not the 400+ I had before. No more looking at statuses I don't care about or people that made me mad but I don't want to defriend out of being rude. Plus, who needs to know my business? "Going to work" "at Starbucks" "got dumped" GET OUT OF MAH GRILL SON!

Making a resolution not to spend money on personal stuff- Really fun, huh? Well, after examining my finances, I realized I had spent over $250 dollars on personal stuff JUST in the less than 2 months after leaving school. I was horrified. A lot of it was groceries but there were some stuff like personal crafts and gifts, and of course gas money, but still. I need to cut back, and I remind myself why- to keep going to school.

Making ice-men- I have a silicone cookie tray that I'm using to make ice cubes in the shape of Gingerbread Men. So cute. :D

Making my own frappucino! - I found this latte mocha powder mix, added some milk and ice cubes, and let it rip. Awesome. All I need now is Hershey's chocolate syrup and whipped cream, and I get a way cheaper version than Starbucks. PARTY ON SONS.

Reading about stuff on the Internet: Without my Facebook I have a LOT of time to surf the web when I would've been randomly scrolling through people's profiles. Health stuff, blogs, etc.

The Glee Warblers soundtrack: Been in my car on repeat for days now. Love it to itty bitty pieces. :) Especially "Somewhere Only We Know", "Raise Your Glass" and "Bills Bills Bills".

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-06-30T12:44:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Planning ahead: I am pretty excited for some plans I have for the future. Mostly, I'm pretty psyched for GenCon.

Buffalo wings: AHHHH Where did this CRAVING come from? I had some after work last night and they were SO AMAZING and now I want more... I don't understand my life anymore. Where did this huge craving come from?

Watching Season 2 of Glee: Okay, I feel horrible, but I often just skip the songs because they bore me/I've already heard it on iTunes or whatever. But the sassy characters and melodrama are pretty good.

Meeting my boyfriend's family: It was great to see the people that made him the person he is today. They were really fun and I had a great time. I miss my boy a lot... a few hours after two months of not seeing him wasn't nearly enough but it was something. :)

Going to my friend's wedding: So beautiful! I totally matched the color scheme (chocolate brown and teal for the win) and it was a small but very wonderful ceremony. It was great to see my friend again, and I hope she's happy with her new life. :)

Things I Love Sunday!

2011-06-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Sunday!

Reading about childhood education: I'm reading up on childhood education theories because I want to learn how to teach second languages better. So far I think that a lot of them focus on treating children more like adults than we usually do. Also, they seem to focus on creativity over rigidity in schedule.

Getting more hours in at work: I am tired but I am getting money. :)

Being able to see my mazlicek in less than a week! SO EXCITED OMGOMGOMGOMG and I get to meet his family for the first time! Yay!

Buying frozen veggies and adding them to everything.

Things I Love Sunday

2011-06-12T19:04:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Sunday!

Rediscovering my blender: So I plan to go a little crazy with my blender and make smoothies on a regular basis. Wohoo! A smoothie with fruit, yogurt, and ice can make a meal, as long as you have protein.

Finding new music: I seem to post this a lot, but it's great. My sister comes to town and I find new stuff to listen to. I have the Christina Perri hit "Jar of Hearts", Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", and of course, Disney songs done in different languages.

Moving along with my tutoring: I really like teaching language. I feel like it might be something to pursue later. I prefer the one-on-one teaching so that I can narrow it down to the way someone learns. I might pursue that when I get older, tutoring, it's some nice money and I like teaching foreign language.

Studying on my own: I want to keep up with my German (my weaker language) so I go to the library before I do my French tutoring and study my German alone in the quiet (or loud screaming in the kid's section... it varies.) I want to find a German book on CD but I'm not sure where I can. I want one I can read and listen to at the same time.

Finding Brotips on tumblr. It's pretty funny and there are some great ones. "Be so rad that if you got shot today, it'd be considered an assassination." That is going to be a poster on my wall next year.

Taking time to read: I'm participating in the adult summer reading program at the library, and it gives me a chance to just read and relax. I'm trying to catch up on old favorite authors and maybe get through some of those new classics (if that makes sense, haha) that I never got around to.

Things I Love Monday!

2011-06-06T19:29:00.000-07:00

FABULOUS
Anyway, Things I Love Monday!

Getting better at waitressing: Okay, I've got to stop freaking out and learn to calm down. Once I stop freaking out, things work for me. I haven't made much money yet but it's getting there.

Tutoring: I found a student and am tutoring him now. It feels good to use my talents to get money. ^^

Buying 100 Silly Bandz for 8 bucks: Free shipping too. I love Amazon. Not to mention that Silly Bandz are not as trendy anymore so I can get them for cheap! WOHOOO. And the pack I got has glitter, glow and the dark, and tons of different shapes.

Finding love in iced tea: Why did I not find this before? It tastes amazing. Man, I have been missing out. Me is lame.

Finding $126 in my closet: I had my tip bag from last summer full of cash. WHAAAAAAT

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-05-26T12:47:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Getting the server job! WOHOOO! More money + more interestingness. Hostessing + bussing wasn't so bad but the pay was ugh and the work wasn't that interesting. At least with serving I get to get different orders and such. :)

Starting my D&D campaign: I'm really excited but also nervous to see how this turns out. I've never DMed before so this should be an adventure. (Like D&D always is!) I hope that my girls are okay with my DMing. The other DM and I have a Powerpoint prepared of a sketch of our first campaign and I got it checked by someone else so hopefully it runs smoothly.

Safely transplanting my plants from DC to here: I was worried about them but they appear to be fine. Whew.

Netflix: I might have to actually start paying my sister for using hers though. :x

Crocheting: My awesome friend got me started, and while I get angry at it sometimes (RAWR) I am working on it. I want to make my boyfriend a hat with the colors of the Polish flag (red and white) but for now I'm working with my cotton-candy blue/pink/purple yarn on making a potholder.

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-05-19T08:57:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Being back where it's flat- As much as I miss Georgetown, I do not miss walking uphill every day.

Getting things started- I have volunteering at the library lined up, a job as a server, and a possible internship. This ought to be a fun-filled jam-packed summer.

New music to listen to- So I've been watching Glee and have been finding new music to listen to thanks to all the covers. Wohoo!

Things I Love Monday

2011-05-02T05:17:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Monday!

So! It's now May (CHEERS!) and I just realized I missed celebrating May Day but these things happen. I'll celebrate something else soon enough.

Getting to my final essays: So here is the count: 1 final exam to study for (German), 1 final paper to write (French). Done: 1 paper for Problem of God (need to edit but it's totally done), 1 paper for linguistics (add citations). That doesn't seem like a lot. I think I'll try and finish the French paper by Tuesday, just to get it done. I have this excellent book I got from our extensive and fantastic library that I plan to use for my essay. :)

Getting into Tumblr: Yes, a little late on that... I didn't want it to take up too much time in the school year but now that it's winding down I can totally get on that. I like just finding cute or quirky pics, but then some other ones that really are beautiful, especially art (like Degas!!! )

Chai tea: I would try to make iced chai lattes if milk wasn't so friggin expensive here. Instead I just make tea. Which is acceptable I guess. It does taste good, but I miss the lattes. They take so long to make though, compared to just tea.

My sprouting plans in my room: So I have a tiny pepper plan, a tiny strawberry plant, and a tomato plant. They have sprouted for over a month now and I really love seeing them grow from tiny seeds to actual life. It kind of gave me this buzz of green thumb (although absolutely no green thumb was required, it was a dirt + clay pot + seeds + water sort of deal. It's like saying that making ramen is a culinary talent). I want to have a few plants in my room over the summer, because seeing the greenery right there is pretty nice.

Finishing the school year: This one is bittersweet. I don't want to leave Georgetown. If I could go right through summer and keep going to classes and work and seeing friends I would. But it's a necessary evil I guess? :/ I'd rather stay, but since I have the break, I might as well use it to the best of my abilities.

Things I Love Wednesday!

2011-04-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Wednesday!

Finding a new yummy drink at the campus coffeehouses: Frozen caramel "Evil Empire". Very tasty and sugary. Probably very unhealthy too but that's alright.

Getting new tennis shoes! I hadn't had tennis shoes for about a month and that was just unfun; I couldn't go to the gym or anything. But now I can work out again! Wohooo!

Discovering the taco line in the cafeteria: BURRITO omnomnomnomnom

Diablo 2: Gotta love video games. Or computer games, whatever. My character is a necromancer, which means I get tons of minions to do all of my work for me. :) Me like a lot. Plus it's so fun finding treasure and such. Mmmmm loot.

My awesome wax sealer! I was in this really awesome stationary store and on a whim decided to buy some sealing wax and a cute seal in the shape of a heart. I plan to put it on my papers from now on and on letters and stuff. I plan to be as classy as possible. :D

New D&D campaign! I get to be a bard, which is lolzy fun, and my bard is training to be a Dirgesinger, which is basically an emo bard. My character is developing well and I like working with my boyfriend on it.

Getting-warmer weather: The weather was beautiful for a few days, then awful, then beautiful again. So hopefully it'll pick the beautiful and stick with it. I was totally decked out in shorts and tanks but then the rain came and ruined it all. Silly rain.

Fencing in front of tons of people: I got to fence in my beautiful red prom dress and corset in front of at least 100 people at a Medieval banquet with a great friend of mine. Life is so cool.

Things I Love Wednesday!

2011-03-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Wednesday!

Alright, so I got some lists of things!

Cutting red meat from my diet- So my boyfriend and I have this thing going where we each will do one thing to be healthier at the request of the other. He suggested that he'll eat one piece of fruit every day. I, on the other day, will cut red meat from my diet. This is VERY hard for me because of my favorite things to eat is beef stir-fry. However I have switched over eating shrimp with my stir-fry instead. It's a weird change because beef is just so savory. But I'm working on it!

Watching South Park - Hilariously crude. I was never allowed to watch it as a kid but now it's just wayyy to funny not too. Plus now I get most of the jokes, although not all of the pop culture references. My favorite character? Definitely Kenny.

Waiting for my friend to visit- She's coming to see me!!!! So excited. I haven't had many visitors but now I'm having two coming up!!!

Working with lolcats on a linguistics project - How cool is that. I mean come on. It's neat.

Things I Love Saturday!

2011-03-12T12:14:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Saturday!

Spring Break! - Wohooo! I spent the first few days in Florida with my mother and several other people. I'm not a big fan of hot, sunny weather but it was a nice change. The palm trees were beautiful and suchness. Epcot was epic (hehe) and I got to speak French and German, although I made this above meme due to my feelings when I was there. XD I got this adorable but very expensive Totoro notebook, so I plan to cherish it. After that I came back here for a linguistics conference, which is next on the list.

Linguistics- So I'm attending this linguistics conference FREE because I'm a volunteer and it is so fun! I love sitting around and talking linguistics with people who are also interested in it. I've gotten to speak some French and a bit more German, which is great for practice. I've made a new friend and potential business contact (WOHOOOO). The talks themselves are interesting and some of the research is pretty fun (Lady Gaga's tweets!? Teen Mom analysis?!) The food is also good nomnom) and I really like the feeling. I wish I could attend more of them. I'm lucky, as a linguistics conference is held at Georgetown every year (yeeeeeaahhh boy). Plus the free t-shirt I got looks awesome, it has a Facebook-style theme. :D

Fashion magazines- Shiny and pretty. There are pieces of substance in them but I really do just look for the pictures. Teen Vogue I read to see the up-and-coming actresses and acts but the clothes are fun too.

Experimenting with oil and chalk pastel- They are difficult mediums, moreso than colored pencil and pen, because they get everywhere. Chalk is crumbly and oil pastel sticks to your fingers. However, they do have a different effect and make for great art. I've drawn a couple of requests for friends and I think they look spiffy, but I do need to work on them.

The arrival of spring- WOHOO I cannot wait to wear tanks and shorts/skirts again. And just being outside. :D Plus, gotta love spring colors and flowers!

Things I Love Thursday!

2011-02-24T05:07:00.001-08:00

Things I Love Thursday!
This penguin is attached to my memo board on my desk. Say hi, Penguin.

One week until Spring Break: WOHOOO! After this week is done it's only one week until I get to relax for a while. I'm spending the first six days at home and then the last four days at a linguistics conference (WHEEE). I'm really excited about it (and the fact that by volunteering for six hours I get to do the whole thing FREE).

Less than one week until BASSHUNTER! - I got tickets for my boyfriend and I to go to the Basshunter concert on the 3rd. So THRILLED. I've never been to a techno concert, just a rock one. And it's a concert with my awesome boyfriend which alone is fantastic.

Learning about art in German class: This unit's focus is on Vienna and artistic culture. Later we'll be studying the coffee culture (Kaffeekultur) of Vienna as well. Apparently it's a big deal. I've been looking into the coffee culture lately and it seems pretty interesting; lots of fanatics and insanely specific people on coffee but then again as a nerd I know similar people.

Getting some art done: I finished up another drawing (this one for a friend) and colored it in with oil pastels and colored pencil. Now I just need to add speech in the thought bubbles. :D

Considering a new blog: I want to have a blog where I can post musings and thoughts on various topics but I don't want to do it here, as this is my TiLT blog. I still need a snappy name for it though. Other than that I have a few topics in mind.

Making new friends: This isn't like grade school, where you say "Want to be my friend" and instantly you guys hang out. But then again, college is different in that the friends you make actually affect you and all of that. So I have one new friend and I'm hoping to make another. Yay for small steps!

Getting new books to read: Yay yay. Polish for beginners and The Ties that Bind. ^^

Things I Love Monday!

2011-02-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Monday!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! I really don't care that it's a holiday made by greeting card companies and candy manufacturers. In fact, it mentally gives me an excuse to buy stuff for the one I love so hey I don't see a problem. I would've kept that money and not felt the job of buying a little something for my Polskoala.

The pic in the header was the drink I had at D&D awhile back and the Vault was my boyfriend's. I felt the juxtaposition of the two could be a fun shot so I took it. :) That was so nummeh too.

Getting involved with stuff: Alright, so I'm participating in two studies so far, one where I have conversations with people in similar German levels as me and another where I'll listen to gibberish sentences and figure out what they mean. There is no monetary compensation but I do get to practice my German for one and the other one I get points in the class so that's alright. Along with classes, work, and little things like that, my schedule is filling up pretty fast (UGHGADSKA) but as long as I enjoy everything I'm good.

Lifting weights at the gym: WHAT A WORKOUT. Seriously, I really had ignored that part of the gym up until now, but when my bf and I went together, he started doing the weight stuff and I decided that I should start too. So now I do some bicep curls, shrugs, arm-lifts sideways, then do some machines, run, and then do it all over again. I might swim once a week too, now that my hair isn't freshly dyed and bleeding all over the place.

Learning more about technology: I'm learning more Garageband stuff (WOHOO) and have already written the lyrics to two of them. Plus I have attended workshops on Photoshop, CSS and HTML, and advanced camera techniques. Today I have a workshop on FinalCut Pro, which I literally have no idea how to work: I've never even touched it before. These things are good to know though!

The weather: The cold has faded and we are not experiencing highs of mid-fifties. It's T-shirt and short weather if you're a little tenacious and since I am a baller I can most certainly do that. The sky right now is so blue and shining. :)

Once daily vitamin pills: Alright, I was a little skeptical of once-daily vitamin pills, but my mom told me that they really do help so I have been dutifully taking one every day and WOW. I dono if it's a placebo effect or not but I just have been feeling better. Hm. I'm just going to keep it up and see.

Things I Love Monday

2011-01-31T04:55:00.001-08:00

Things I Love Monday!

Learning GarageBand and Pro Tools - So I've always wanted my own music and mix my own stuff. So now I'm actually learning! It's slow work but I'm getting there. I feel good developing another skill. Also, my bf and I are going to work together on some songs and have fun with that. :)

Being back at Georgetown - It feels so awesome to be back. I just feel happy, even when I have lots of work and stuff. My classes are hard and I'm pushing myself to do better. For example, my German needs a LOT of work but I'm doing a conversational program once a week to improve my German as well as going in for office hours to improve. I really do just want to get better because it is part of my major after all.

My boyfriend - YES HE MERITS ANOTHER WEEK

Working on my art skills again - They were kind of laying dormant for a while because of schoolwork but now that I'm devoting time just for me I can work on my oil pastel and chalk pastel skills. I'm planning on drawing a couples portrait for my friend who is getting married soon and some fanart for a friend.

Being involved in activities: I plan on being more involved in Mind the Gap as well as fencing. :)

Things I Love Wednesday!

2011-01-19T09:09:00.001-08:00

Things I Love Wednesday

D'AWWWWWWWWWW That kitty is so cute!!! :D :D :D Look at those huuuuge eyes and little black nose!

Okay, enough gushing. Dear God I'm gonna be an old cat lady when I grow up. In addition to the person that saves the world.

My boyfriend: Yes, he merits two weeks in a row. :D

My classes: So far so good! French is tough and so is German, but I'm really enjoying Problem of God and my 1 class in Linguistics so far. I only have 4 this semester but German is 4 days a week so that makes it six credits. Awesome. The homework load is getting heavier but as long as I stay on top of things I'm good. :)

Doing well at work: I voiced-over a video and did the hands for the video last Saturday for the Xacti camera. Now I'm working on the Fujifilm Finepix HS 10 camera, which is a boss camera by the way. I'm pretty sure my bosses think well of me (hopefully) so that's good.

That's all for now really. I could name the ugh things in my life and rant about them (*cough*heartmonitor*cough*) but that really is overpowered by the good things going on now. :)

Things I Love Thursday

2011-01-06T10:32:00.001-08:00

Things I Love Thursday

D'AWWWWWWEEEUHHHH So cute! I love hedgehogs. Anyway, I've been super sick lately, coughing and general ickiness but I do have things to be happy about. :D

Boyfriend: No need to gush on except that he makes me happy and laugh a LOT. Man, I am such a dork. xD

Getting closer to returning to Gtown: I really really miss Georgetown. I am so glad I chose that school and now I REALLY want to get back.

Getting lots of socks for Christmas: Socks make me soooo happy! :D

End of the Year Shibang

2010-12-28T13:36:00.001-08:00

End of the Year Survey!

Wow, 2010. I graduated and went to college. And so so so much has changed. =0

[x] became single
[ ] stayed single
[x] got kissed
[x] kissed someone new
[ x] made out in a car
[x] kissed in the snow
[ ] kissed in the rain
[ ] kissed on the beach
[x] fell in love
[ ] fell in love with a fool
[x] had my heart broken
[x] broke someone else's heart
[ ] had a stalker
[x] lost a friend
[x] had a good relationship with someone
[ ] questioned my sexual orientation
[ ] came out of my closet
[ ] got married
[ ] had a divorce
[ ] kissed someone of the same sex
[x] dated someone that I will never forget
[x] did something I regret
[ ] lost faith in love
[ ] kissed under mistletoe
[ x] got a job
[ ] got a promotion
[ ] got a pay raise
[ x] changed jobs
[ x] quit my job
[ ] dated a co-worker
[ ] dated my boss
[ ] dated my boss's son/daughter
[ ] got fired from my job
[] got straight A's
[x] met a teacher who I became friends with
[x] met a teacher who I really hate
[x] found a subject I love
[ ] failed a class
[x ] cut class
[ ] skipped school
[x] got in a fight with a classmate
[x] did something I was proud of
[x] discovered a new talent
[x] proved myself that I'm an idiot
[x] embarrassed myself in front of the class
[ ] fell in love with a teacher
[ ] got the lead role in the school play
[] made a team
[x] was involved in something that I will never forget
[] painted a picture
[x] wrote a poem
[x] ran a mile
[x] listened to music I couldn't stand
[x] double dipped
[ ] skinny dipped
[x] went to a sleepover (
[ ] went to camp
[] threw a surprise party
[x] laughed till I cried
[ ] laughed till I peed my pants
[x ] flirted shamelessly
[ ] visited a foreign country
[x] visited a state (
[] cooked a disastrous meal
[] lost something important to me
[] got a gift I love
[] realized something new about myself
[] went on a diet
[ ] tried to gain weight
[x] dyed my hair (Dark blue!!!)
[x] came close to losing my life
[] someone/thing close to me died
[ ] got arrested
[x] read a great book
[x] saw a great movie
[ ] saw a movie so scary that it made me cry
[x ] saw a favorite band live (BREAKING BENJAMIN!!!!!!!)
[x] did something that I wanted to tell everyone
[x] experienced something new
[x] made new friends
[x] found out who your real friends are
[x] lied to your parents
[ ] snuck out
[ ] got in trouble with a po-po
[ ] pissed in a pool
[x ] kissed under the stars
[x] had the time of your life
[x] danced
[ x] fell out of love
[x] had a crush on someone
[ ] changed your sexual preference
[x] swam in a pool
[ ] made a snowman
[ ] went snowboarding
[ ] went sledding
[ ] slept in past 2pm
[x] held someones hand that you care about
[ ] got wasted in a public place
[x] told someone you like them as more than a friend
[x] gone on vacation
[] gone on vacation with a friend
[x] driven a car
[ ] played strip poker.
[x] danced in the rain
[ ] got in a car accident
[ ] seen someone get in a car accident
[ ] got in a fist fight
[x] laughed until you couldn't breathe
[x] missed someone
[ ] sent someone to the hospital
[x] got a new pet (

I completely changed relationships, from my high school relationship to a new college one. It was incredibly tough moving on but when I did I learned from it and now I'm incredibly happy with this new guy. We're seeing where this is going.

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
Gone to a party where there was alcohol. I didn't drink and I won't until I'm 21 but I had never been to a party where kids my age were.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
LOL

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
A family friend but nothing else.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?
HAHA

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
I lacked control over my own life when my parents were running everything. I liked the taste of freedom I got first semester.

7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 13th, the date that my new guy and I first admitted our feelings and got together. :)

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Surviving first semester!!!!

9. What was your biggest failure?
ECON. UGHDFGidkas

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I landed myself in the hospital on the 22nd. Cutting it close but it did happen this year.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My new laptop. As much as it hates me it's useful.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Um, people this semester who DIDN'T get wasted on my floor and ruin my first month at college helping them through their stupidity?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The kids that DID.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Random college crap.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
GOING TO GEORGETOWN EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I still love it! :D

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Taylor Swift's "Mine, Taio Cruz's "Dynamite"

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder?
happier, I am finally in college!!!!

ii. thinner or fatter?
fatter. ugh..

iii. richer or poorer?
Tuition has made me so much poorer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Hanging out with friends before I left.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Stressing out there at the end of August. I just had to let things go.

20. How did you spend Christmas?
With family. But I almost spent it in the hospital. Ugh.

22. Did you fall in love in 2010?
I fell out of it and I'm in a new relationship, it's not love yet but we're pretty close and I hope it goes there.

23. How many one-night stands?
I had one make-out guy that I got together with but we both decided that it would not work out. Does that count?

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Still Friends, although Dexter and Doctor Who are new awesome shows!

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not really. I've sincerely disliked some co-workers but not hate.

26. What was the best book you read this year?
Lamb by Christopher Moore!

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
NIGHTCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My new BF showed me it. :D :D :D

28. What did you want and get?
New headphones and fuzzy socks. :D

29. What did you want and not get?
Scented socks. But those are hard to find.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Still my old favorites but I did like seeing Harry Potter 7 and Ponyo that were new to me.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
18th B-Day and I spent it at a little party with my friends. :)

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less stress about college. That month of April was HELL.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Jeans, t-shirts, boots, and leopard print socks. And blue hair. :D

34. What kept you sane?
Focusing on studying and keeping my head above the boy-drama that happened from September to December. AUghdskajg

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Uhmfdas... probs my favorite author Francesca Lia Block? I really don't know.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Probably the healthcare debate, because it involved the Constitution and breaking it and stuff.

37. Who did you miss?
Early on in college I missed my ex and a little after we broke up but now that I'm back home I miss my BF from college. The vicious cycle.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
My new BF of course! Although my new friends at Georgetown rock too.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
People will do stupid things. Let them do their stupid things and don't let it affect you.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Define your meaning of war
To me it's what we do when we're bored
I feel the heat coming off of the blacktop
And it makes me want it more
Because I'm hyped up, outta control
If it's a fight I'm ready to go
I wouldn't put my money on the other guy
If you know what I know that I know

It's been a long time coming
And the tables' turned around
Cause one of us is goin'
One of us is goin' down
I'm not running, it's a little different now
Cause one of us is goin'

One of us is goin' down"

Things I Love Sunday

2010-12-19T13:15:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Sunday!

Almost being done with finals: I only have ONE LEFT!!!! It's my hardest one (boo) but I'm struggling through it. :p After that, I get to go home and chillax. Well, ish, because it's always chaotic at home. But still.

Finding someone new: The breakup was hard, but that was September, and now it's late December and this person was totally unexpected but now that we are getting closer it feels kind of right. He's super smart, definitely charismatic, great to talk to, a little bit insane (yes, that's a plus), and not bad looking ; ) . It's starting off slowly, we aren't like official or anything, just testing the waters, but whatever it is feels good. :) Plus he likes me back so this is pretty awesome where it is!

My disco balls hanging off my neon blue tree: As seen in the previous post's pictures, my neon-cerulean Christmas tree is awesome, as are my disco balls hanging from it. I sometimes get distracted and spin them but they make me happy so that's what counts. :D

Getting over my fear of horror movies: So I never watched horror movies before because honestly I'm a scaredy cat and a pansy but my group of friends were watching it so I watched Nightmare on Elm Street with them and then The Blob (remake) which is not scary but was meant to be so that counts... anyway, I was terrified during Nightmare but I got through it so I'm so counting that.

Starbucks Raspberry Mocha Frappuchinos: Because studying with healthy drinks is for fools.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-12-09T11:00:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Thursday!

The onslaught of Christmas stuff- So my roommate and I have two trees in our room- mine is the one in the photograph I took, with the shiny disco balls and the blue neonness. It's a metal and plastic tree but that's all we can have in the dorm (except I know people that have real ones but shushhhh). I decorated it with different-colored disco balls the size of golf balls. I put my Dungeons and Dragons miniature on top like one would place an angel. My roommate has the tree that her mom took to college and she's decorated it all prettylike like a tree should look like. The kids down the hall majorly decorated with wrapping paper on the door and lights strung up. It's a pretty neat thing. :)

Fencing more- I think I'm getting the hang of it. I tend to use force instead of skill (like beat downs) so I've got to work on that but overall I'm doing better. Plus the fencing club has great camaraderie overall and they are fun even just to hang out with.

Looking forward to movie nights- My D&D group had a movie night last weekend and this weekend we're doing another. I just really enjoy chilling with people with similar interests that are fun to talk to.

Doing well on my German presentation- To be completely honest, my partner and I winged it but I got an A and he got an A minus so we're not complaining.

Drawing- I drew a picture for a friend that took me a couple of hours but was TOTALLY worth it. And then a drew another that was not so good so I need to work on that. Hm...

Things I Love Saturday!

2010-12-04T05:57:00.000-08:00

I was going to write this on Thursday but when I was looking at the page and wondering what to write I just wasn't feeling it. And then on Friday I had so much going on I couldn't write, haha!

"Dorm-Life"- Dorm-Life is a mockumentary of what it's like to live on a dorm floor. It's pretty funny and sometimes creepily accurate which is not exactly a good thing.There are some characters make me think of people I know. Anyway, a good way to pass the time and have a little laugh.

Seeing a dance recital- One of the girls on our floor is in the dance company here and we saw their fall showcase last night and it was so good! I really miss dance. :( This was fantastic, and I hope I can dance sometime soon, or use my sabre. It's too cold outside and I really want to spin but don't have anywhere to.

Fencing! - I'm getting better but I have a lot to learn. It's different with each person you fence with but I'm getting better with each bout. Sometimes it hurts but I guess I can just wear more padding or something.

Christmas stuff! - It's getting closer to Christmas, which means that everything is lit up and decorated. I have a little shiny blue tree with disco balls hanging off it in my room, and my roommate has this tradition tree with cool ornaments and lights. :D My floor went to the Christmas tree lighting in the chapel quad and we heard singers and someone from our floor sing!

Candy-cane tattoo tape- It looks like a tape dispenser but it dispenses a sheet of candy cane tattoos. :) I have it on now!

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-11-25T11:04:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Happy Thanksgiving! I got home okay (minus the screaming babies on the flight but I made the best of it by sticking my tongue out and making them imitate me, and the fact that I had to go to Atlanta and then back to Indy) and now the family is just chilling.

Seeing friends again- I got to see some of my best friends right when I got back and it was so refreshing and they were so full of love. They are vegetarians so we had tofurky, vegan macaroni and 'cheese', fruit salad, and good stuff all around while watching Independence Day and playing Apples to Apples. I got to meet some new people but connected again with the old ones. It really grounded me after being away for those three months. And I got to see my friend's new apartment and I'm so happy that he loves it!

Getting my new Teen Vogue- Shallow but I love it. :) The pretty pictures and all of that good stuff.

Steak n Shake chili mac- The fact that the East Coast does not have SnS is a travesty but me going THREE MONTHS without it is even more so. The first thing I did coming back was going there and getting myself a chili mac and shake, the way it was meant to be eaten. :)

Getting all my old music on my iPod- Back in 8th grade I went through so many mixed CDs but haven't touched them since. But now they're all on my iPod and it brings back so many memories, haha.

Just relaxing- I can focus on exams when I get back but for now this is just relaxing and being here. There have been some tough moments (taking down his pictures in my room was so hard for me, and sometimes the family can be tough) but it makes me realize how much I love Georgetown and how it's the perfect school for me.

Making my own Iced Chai Tea Lattes- A lot cheaper than what they have for me at school for sure.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-11-18T08:05:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Thursday!!!

Okay, so the semester is winding down. My next exams will be the actual finals and I will be 1/8 the way done with my undergraduate! :D Which is sad and great at the same time, it means I didn't die my first semester. *knock on wood* So, here is my TiLT list!

Iced Chai Lattes- Okay, probably so unhealthy, but they keep me up for sure and taste delicious. However, at 4.35$ a pop, I probably should cut back. I usually only have one or two a week but that adds up. So I'm going to get a bunch of Chai tea packets and try and make my own. It probably won't taste as good but it'll be cheaper and healthier.

Attending informative talks- I went to a study-abroad session discussion for my German major and am now really excited (as if I wasn't before but even more so) about going abroad and studying my languages I'm learning. Right now Berlin or Munich seem like great options although the Vienna option would have the Krampuslauf (that's actually one of my considerations in picking a German place to study abroad). As for the other, I went to a philolinguistics talk presented by two grad students. One talked about Heideggerian philosophy (yeah, I was a bit lost there) but the other guy talked about the Jarawara in the Amazon near Brazil and how only 200 people speak it. It had some interesting adjective agreement points and masculine/feminine arguments. (Yes, I just said that was interesting. Back off.)

Lauinger Library- Yes, not many students at Georgetown can say they actually love our library, mostly because your worst memories at Georgetown are of you sitting in a cubicle at 2 a.m frantically trying to finish a twenty-page paper assigned a month ago and you put off until now. However, as a non-procrastinator, I have good memories of Lau, mostly because I work there and they have extensive collections of books and DVDs and music. Sometimes they don't have what you want but you find new stuff that you do then. :) For instance, the Johnny Cash CD compilation I checked out didn't have some of the songs I wanted but it had tons more that I'm sure I'll enjoy. They had the "Book of Government" by Nizam al-Mulk that I'll use in my Indexicality project and I'm kind of looking forward to it. Isn't that cool? And they have books in different languages which is kind of neat. :)

Getting a salad and eating in my room- I can listen to music and feel healthier than if I pigged out at the cafeteria. (Too many temptations... they had terriyaki wings yesterday and I'm not gonna lie, I kind of went crazy.) Sometimes I watch the German kids podcast "Logo" to brush up on my German, but today I took it chill and listened to music. I feel like if I'm not studying I'm wasting my time but sometimes I just need to chill.

Wearing something cute and new- Come on. Guilty pleasure but it's pretty awesome. A cute gray/black/white leopard print short dress, but I'm wearing it as a long top. Just in my room, chilling. :D

Things I Love Monday!

2010-11-08T17:03:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Monday!

So this weekend I basically just came back to myself. I mostly stayed in, worked at the library, and watched TV, drew, and studied. It was mentally so relaxing. I haven't drawn or written for a while, and watching TV just allowed me to escape stress. I also went to the gym and worked out my stress there.

So, the list!

Drawing- I haven't just drawn for fun in a while. I'm working on some fanart now and plan to do some portraits later once I get good shots of people. The feeling of creating something and perfecting it is unlike any other.

Having an idea of next semester's classes- I have 4 (potential) classes, and I'm really looking forward to three of them (not math but whatever, that's life). I'll have German 4 days a week so I'll hopefully get much better faster.

Going home soon- Thanksgiving break! It'll be good to go back but I know I'll miss here too. It's like I call here home and there Indiana. It's hard to say where I feel more 'at home'. Odd. Although I can't wait to see my dog, he's always funny. Sometimes I just look at him and laugh.

Burritos- 'nough said.

Getting work done early- Cuz procrastination is for cheaps.

Feeling good about a test- I walked out 20 minutes early and felt like a pro. Hopefully I did well and I'm not just kidding myself.

Things I Love Wednesday!

2010-10-27T06:37:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Wednesday!
Because when you've got stuff to write about who can bother to wait another day?

Bouting in fencing: We've started actually bouting! It's so thrilling, the feeling of leaping forward and striking with your blade. I'm not that good, but I've only just begun. I usually have problems guarding my sides but that can be learned. For now I'm just excited to begin!

Speak Now: Taylor Swift's new album is great! Admittedly, there are some songs that are super slow and not my style ("Innocent" and "Last Kiss") but I really like "Mine", "Speak Now", "Haunted", "Long Live", "Story of Us". The rest of course are great but those are the ones that have a high play count in my iTunes.

The onset of fall: Can I say that Georgetown is gorgeous in the fall? I have so many pictures I've taken of it's superawesome glory. The one at the top is one of them. I'm pretty proud of it actually. :)

Halloween coming up! I checked out an awesome camera from the library to take great pictures on Saturday night and Sunday night. I'm probably going to catch some moments that people would rather not remember but that might encourage them to make good decisions (haha, yeah right.) Anyway, I'm pumped for trick-or-treating on Embassy Row. *dance*

Teachers that give second chances: I'm not too thrilled about having to redo two papers but I am very grateful to the teachers who let me do it. One of the teachers said that it was the only way to learn and I guess that's right. I've learned how to do what he wanted properly and next time I'll get a good grade on the first try.

Finding a trench coat for 4$: Our performing arts department was having a costume sale and I went looking for a hooded cape or trench coat and I found a trench coat! However, it's not the nicest quality but still it counts. I snipped off the silver stripes that had made it look like a cast-off from a sci-fi film and now it looks vaguely classy. Which is what I aim for in life.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-10-14T05:48:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

To be 100% honest, I've had kind of a hell week so far, as well as the last week. There's just been so much emotional turmoil going on as well as academic that I've actually had trouble finding things to write about. And now it's cold and raining outside, haha. But I will power through! Why? Because I am epic, that's why. *cue thrash metal music*

Oh, as for the picture, I took that here in D.C, in Glover Park area, because it struck me as kind of cool.

More new music! - Because of the awesome people on my floor, I've gotten even more music. I had about 213 songs when I came here and now I have 724. Wow. Some one of the new ones I like are The Postal Service, The Prodigy, Nightcore, the oldschool Taylor Swift (NEW CD COMING OUT THE 25TH!!!!). Rhapsody of Fire is also epic for power metal.

Getting results you wanted - Right now this doesn't apply to most of my life but last night when my linguistic/Indexicality project went as I planned, I was super excited. When your gerunds and your punctuation variations go as planned, you just feel proud of them. I was worried that they wouldn't go as planned and I'd have to redo the project but they turned out very well!

New TV shows for me - So I have a friend who watches Doctor Who and Dexter, two TV shows that I hadn't previously watched and am now hooked on. I had seen a couple of Doctor episodes but those were the 60's ones and the newer ones just feel more fun (and the special effects, while cheesy, are still better than the 60's.) As for Dexter, the plotlines are sufficiently twisty to keep me interested but not such much that I stop watching out of confusion. (Yeah, I've done that before. Don't judge, haha.)

Having regular access to a swimming pool - As long as the swim team isn't swimming, I can swim in the field house, which is pretty fantastic because I'm paying a yearly fee there anyway and see no use in letting it go to waste. I still don't have the guts to hit up the racquetball court yet.

Fencing! - I'm in the fencing club here and although it does hurt sometimes I really enjoy it. I'm getting my own equipment soon so that's something to look forward to. :) I feel kind of epic when I fence. I use that word a lot but I want my life to be like that.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-09-30T08:13:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Cupcakes! - These cupcakes above were from Baked & Wired, a cupcake place in D.C. They are pure awesome. I had the pecan kind (not pictured here) and it was delishis. There is of course Georgetown Cupcake, but the line is always too long and I've had it a couple times now anyway. Still good though.

Making friends- I was worried that when I got here everyone would know everyone else and be closed off but that's not the case at all! Wohoo!

Getting new music- There's two kinds of 'new' music- music I've heard on the radio but been too lazy to buy, and there's music I've never heard before. I got a bunch of 'radio' music and loved it, and then someone gave me a ton of 'new' music, which is great because I have several new favorite songs now. Also, in my French class, we listen to songs all of the time, so that's pretty cool.

Having a regular fitness schedule- I run every morning (although I probably shouldn't do that to my knees...) and now I plan on swimming twice a week. I'm pretty excited to have a fitness routine, because back home, I just would run around the neighborhood whenever but I had to be back home at a certain time and whatever.

Things I Love Monday!

2010-08-30T06:51:00.001-07:00

Things I Love Monday!

Being here at Georgetown- PURE AWESOME. The campus is beautiful, the people are super nice and fun, and the conversations I've had so far are deep and if not deep they are just a hoot. My dorm is great, just a little cozy room, and my roommate is cool. I got my books (NOT love, though, because they were expensive!!!) and I'm ready for classes. I just love D.C and being here.

SKYPE! - While I am having oodles of fun here, I miss my boyfriend tons. At first I'd thought I'd be okay, which I am, but when I saw him on the screen I teared up a bit. I wanted to be there, right then, in the room with him. I know I can't, but at least I have that. It'll do until I see him again.

Good weather- We have had some SERIOUSLY nice weather in D.C. Back in Indiana, if you have a nice day one day, it'll be miserable the next. But that also means if it's miserable today tomorrow will be fantastic.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-08-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday on a THURSDAY!!?!? Hahaha, this is a rare occasion, eh? (Photo courtesy of Flickr, found on google images)

Counting down: I'm so close. Like, so. Less than a week. A WEEK! This is so scary. Most of my friends are already gone to their colleges. I'm one of the last to leave. I have all my stuff ready and I'm raring to go.

Grilled chicken kabobs: Mmmm... Especially with lemon juice and roasted vegetables. Om nom nom.

Quesadillas: Having my own quesadilla make is pretty great. I'm totally taking it with me to college. I see fiestas in my future.

Changing my "Current City" to Washington D.C. So exciting to do that. It's crazy!!!!

Things I've Learned This Summer

2010-08-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

This summer, I learned a lot. I think that I felt unprepared and a little naive after graduation, in this haze of knowing where I was going to school I wondered "Am I ready for this? I've never been away from home without my parents before for more than three days. I've never held a job. I've never been out on my own, just out driving or hanging out really." But this summer, I held a job, had an internship with a fantastic professional non-for-profit business, traveled to places without my parents or family, confronted some friends about some lingering questions that I'd let go for a year, and other things.

I learned...
- don't do a job where how much money you make depends on how much someone else is willing to give you on a day-to-day basis (i.e tipshare.)
-sometimes, you have to be a bitch. It really sucks, but being a doorstep only leads to being a continual doorstep.
- Friends will make decisions that make you cringe or want to say something but bite your tongue and move on. They will learn. And if in the end, they are right, you will end up learning.
- You can't do it alone.
- College preparation is almost as stressful as picking one. But once the stress of picking one is over, a huge weight falls off of your shoulders.
- Having money is awesome, but now I nitpick literally every penny spent. Not good but at least I'm budgeting!
- The library has always been useful but it has stuff I didn't even think I'd find there! D&D books? College survival guides? Like wow. Good stuff.
- There's too much stuff to get for college. Dang.

I'll probably add stuff later! (Picture from http://browse.deviantart.com/photography/?q=summer&order=9&offset=24#/d29mxmm)

Things I Love Friday!

2010-07-16T06:05:00.001-07:00

Things I Love Friday!

Getting closer... The day of Georgetown is almost upon me! :) So excited, eeeeek! I have all of my dorm stuff and it's so cool. My classes sound great (and if they aren't great I will MAKE THEM GREAT). Gosh, I'm so close.

My AP scores - They are just what I needed to get credits. It's pretty exciting, because on one of them I was kind of worried that I wasn't going to get the credit but I did!

Going new places - I went to Birmingham with my internship and really loved it. Sure, it was hot and the city had some kind of scary parts but that's to be expected in any city. The Kelly Ingram park was very deep and moving and the 16th Street Baptist church certainly had a lot of history in it. The Tutwiler hotel was excellent and the beds were fluffy. The University of Alabama-Birmingham was great and had good facilities. (And the Blazer mascot was boss.) I'm going down to another university for another institute for the whole next week and am so stoked. Wohoo!

Dungeons and Dragons - Very fun, although I haven't gotten to play a full campaign at all. Designing the character is great but the best part is messing around with friends and campaigning. I hope I can find a good group at Georgetown!

Things I Love Tuesday!

2010-07-06T18:57:00.001-07:00

Things I Love Tuesday!

Getting more college stuff done- Every time I complete something I realize I've forgotten something else. It's terrible but it means that things are getting done. I signed up for classes but messed up doing that, but at least I did it right? I'm so looking forward to going, I'm counting down the days. I am now down to 53 days...

Going on trips- I'll be going to Birmingham on the 8th for four days and then down to Bloomington for 7 days. I'll be hot and stressed but it'll be fun I'm sure.

Ice cream- What needs to be said? Especially frozen lemonade stuff.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-06-10T07:53:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Things I Love Thursday on a THURSDAY!?!?! How scandalous! Indeed.

Being out of school - YES!!!! I am so ready for college, especially where I'm going. Washington D.C will be amazing, even more so as I learn. And I hope I don't have any 7:00 am classes! I'm good with 8:30 though.

My internship - Working with lawyers is fun, they argue about the Constitution and are hilarious. The office is neat and well-kept, and I can listen to music all day and work simultaneously.

Buying new clothes for Georgetown - I can't wear them until I actually go, but I like having them. I especially have great new jewelery items and dresses.

Giftcards: How lovely. I don't have to be sensible or responsible with them because I can't save it for college, HAHA!

Things I Love Thursday

2010-05-13T17:54:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

My new job! - Working at Applebees for my first job! I'm a hostess but mostly a bus-boy/girl.My feet hurt because all I do is walk and pick up stuff but I consider it burning calories. The pay isn't awesome but it's okay, it's good training for life.

Choosing my college- GEORGETOWN! IN WASHINGTON D.C! I'm so excited and scared at the same time. It's so far away but so cool at the same time. It's terrifying and wonderful. More to come...

Almost being done with highschool- It's so close yet so far away, haha. I can't wait to be away from some people, but then again, don't want to leave others.

Modern Family- One of the best TV shows on the air right now. Funny and well-written, with very likeable characters.

Things I Love Thursday!

2010-04-15T18:10:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Getting a little job! - I will have a regular babysitting job soon. It's going to be great, I've never had a longterm paying job before, just regular volunteering.

College decisions close- It's coming to an end, I'll know soon... but not soon enough. ARGHGDHGIkda dgjdfg bubbles.

Having friends- It's pretty awesome. Even though I've made a few mad recently, haha.

Awesome boyfriends- Well, just mine right now. Dunno about the others. But mine, yeah, he's a keeper. :)

Things I Love Wednesday!

2010-04-07T18:33:00.001-07:00

Things I Love Wednesday!

Spring Break! - No school is excellent, even though I do love learning. These last few months will wear on me for sure... but I have a ton of stuff to look forward to (Prom, May 22nd concert with Breaking Benjamin, GRADUATION!!!!). But for now, chillaxing is great with me. :)

Taking walks- Now that I have my nifty iPod Touch (yes, blatant advertising...) I can walk with my spunky little Schnoodle Bailey. And walks with the boyfriend around the block are much loved.

Moving along with the college process- Getting acceptance (and one de-acceptance, but that is a blip in the past) letters are making the process get along, but I still don't have a final decision. >:( It will take time...

Things I Love Thursday

2010-02-25T15:03:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Sunny skies! - YAY! IT'S BEEN SO LONG WITH CLOUDS! And now there is blue! And shiny white air! I love it so much! ACK! And now it needs to get less cold and I will fall in love with the spring that comes.

Winter Guard- I've posted this a lot, but we have three weekends left and then it's DONE! =0 My last winterguard. I'm kind of looking forward to the end but not so much at the same time. But I don't regret rejoining, even if it was so hard and still is. Keeps me humble for sure.

Writing essays- Sounds terribly boring, I know, but I mean the essays you read in class that are non-fiction that are good and prove a point. I'm off to write some now. :)

Things I Love Saturday

2010-02-06T18:06:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Saturday!

Wow, it's been a while. 0_0

Exercise- Lame, yes, but it works. I shoveled ten times my weight in snow today, listening to t.A.t.U the whole time, 'The Best' CD. It took a couple of hours, and I hurt so much afterwards, but it felt good to 'work out' like that.

The New PostSecret book- I read the newest one today, and I might actually send in a postcard of my own now. I just have to design it and hope that it gets published. I might actually go through with my secret if it happens. :)

Buying concert tickets- I just bought concert tickets for the Breaking Benjamin concert in May on the 22nd. Am currently dying of anticipation. :D :D :D :D

Finding my camera cord- I can put pics up now! Yay! :D

Things I Love Sunday

2009-11-22T17:05:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Sunday

Sleeping- Lately I've been in a tired funk, and it is no fun. I have been really stressed with school and extracurricular activities, but ENOUGH! I need mah zees. And now that the cold is settling it, diving under the covers with warm kitten-print jammies is really a nice way to end the day.

My new hair- I am no longer subject to blond jokes, cause I am now a TOFFEE brunette! It's the first time that I've EVER had dark hair in my life, it's always been a shade of blond or dishwater blond, so this chocolate-toffee-rich-coffee hue is just great for me. It may be a temp thing, but for now, I'm digging it majorly.

Breaks- Fall break was a beautiful thing, and Thanksgiving break will be as well. Going to St. Louis to see The Family and to snarf down some yummies will be great, I'm sure.

Winterguard- I'm back and I'm really pushing hard this time. I know what it's like not be performing so now that I can I'm busting my butt and I hope that it shows!

Things I Love Friday

2009-10-30T18:58:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Friday!

HALLOWEEN IS TOMORROW! - That TOTALLY merits a post by itself, but since it hasn't happened yet, I'll post later. But I've got my costume all ready, (well, mostly) and the makeup set out. WOHOOOOOOOO! And not to mention HALLOWEEN STORES! I saw a costume for a "Mac Daddy" for a little kid as well as a "Lil Hobo" costume. No comment.

Fall Break- Sacred, lovely free days. Om nom nom nom good food and sleeping whenever I want and having a CAR and driving wherever. It's so nice, even though the weather has been PMSing a bit.

Half-Priced Books- I went to a new one with my dad, and I found back issues of Teen Vogue for FIFTY CENTS A PIECE. And these were back when it was like over 150 pages in length. I am so going back to that one.

Things I Love Sunday

2009-10-04T05:30:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Sunday!

No picture... Blogger isn't working (or at least my computer.)

The New Breaking Benjamin CD- "Dear Agony" had great reviews before I bought it, and after, I agreed with the reviews. Some reviewers complained that it didn't have the ferocity and anger of 'Saturate' but I like this new direction. While 'We Are Not Alone' was my favorite album, 'Dear Agony' is getting up there.

Ren Faires- Well, I've only been to the ones in my town, but this year I actually bought something- two tiny daggers in a black leather sheath. It was five bucks and while it wasn't of the highest quality it still is pretty great. Also, I got to say 'awesome' with a British accent and have some tea made by an authentic English person. She was cool.

Reading analytical essays- If not just for the reason it makes me feel smart. And lots of essayists have good things to say. I'm reading "A Roof without Walls" by Murrin, which is about the Constitution protecting the United States but without any support (thus the lack of walls.) Quite interesting.

Things I Love Saturday

2009-09-19T18:38:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Saturday

Our Founding Fathers - Arrogant, handsome, intelligent, loquacious men who penned the Constitution, studied the past to make the future a better place, arguing amongst themselves with cutting words and eloquent language. And they were people too, who had wives that they were insecure with (John/Abigail Adams), sex scandals (Hamilton) and many other stories.

Classy nail polish- A girl needs the basics- black eyeliner, black mascara, brown eyeshadow, and of course, red nail polish. The lime green and neon pink are great but sometimes the classics win. Thus, the red toenails this week. I feel a little more debonair each minute.

Doing college apps- More like finishing them, but I like applying and knowing that it could possibly be my future. Four down, four to go. I've completely changed which one I want to go to and it's a little... huge. Like, this vast thing in front of my face that expands into a swirling, chaotic future that I'm signing up for. I'm pretty excited.

Being a listener- I like being able to sit there while other people pour it all out. Being an empathizer, I usually understand and can tell them, "It's okay." I have no advice but sometimes you just need to chuck it in the well.

Finding steals- An art portfolio, awesome colors with a black background, with headphones, cassettes, iPods, etc on it. Looks a little scene but secretly, I've always kind of liked some of the concepts of that. It cost a buck at Borders and I plan to store my poetry and pics in there.

Things I Love Monday

2009-09-07T15:28:00.001-07:00

Things I Love Monday!

Three Day Weekends- I really like being able to sleep in for another day, even though I usually wake up at the same time... well, it's like sleeping in when I'm set in that mentality. Also, I can just goof off and computer it up.

Getting College Stuff- Okay, so it's a lot of work applying and doing scholarships and all that jiffy but I'm slowly gaining a thrill of excitement for the year to come. It's like I'm in a car going up a hill, I can't see what's over the top but I know it's somewhere great.

Pot Roast- Yummy yummy potatoes and beef and carrots and onions and gravy. Healthy? Hells no. Tasty? Heaven yes.

Restoring an old laptop- I have a laptop! Yes! I can write on it, decorate it, and stuff it full of my music without my parents complaining. Yayyayyayyayyay.

I use the word yay a lot but I think it encompasses quite a lot.

Things I Love Sunday

2009-08-23T06:23:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Sunday!

Alas, I have been struck by a cold. :( But the doc says that three days for the sore throat, weeks for the sniffles. I'll just deal, that's alright. I hope the headache leaves before anything else...

GenCon- Eeee GenCon was great! I wish I had more time (I had to leave early for a family thing at 3, after getting there around 10ish) but c'est la vie. I dressed up in my faerie costume with fake wings, my faux corset, black leggings and blue short skirt. I got asked for several photos and felt pretty awesome. Not to mention I scoured the art area and got some great deals, and had an awesome time just looking around. The Halo Warthog figure I got is great, and I have many a plan for this in photoshoots. I can't wait to go next year, I'm TOTALLY going to amp up my costume like none other. Rawr.

Actually doing college stuff- I feel like I'm entering a new phase of my life, and this decision I make in the next four months will decide my next four YEARS. It's scary and exciting at the same time. I'm looking at IU, WashU, Oberlin, OSU, and many others... it boggles the mind. Not to mention my career and jobs and future investments AHHH!

My classes- My favorites right now are AP Language and Composition, AP French, Programming, German, Principles of Engineering, AP Gov... the only reason why ACP Calc isn't in there is because it's math. If it wasn't, I'd love the class just for the teacher. She's great!

Things I Love Thursday

2009-08-06T05:26:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

This is one out of like thirty times that it's actually on a Thursday but whatever.

Perfect Schedules- Last year's disaster with my schedule left me upset and annoyed with the forced changes I had to make with my classes. This year, I got to keep all my classes, and on top of that, have a bottom-floor locker and the largest lunch (meaning that I know the most people). And, I have English first thing in the morning- not math! *shudders* Oh the memories...

DVR- I can record shows, series, and fast-forward through the commercials and go back to parts I missed. Amazing? Yes. Easy to use? Yes. Perfection? A tiny bit of it. Right now, I've DVRed Scrubs and America's Next Top Model. I can pause it whenever, run around the house, and return to the on-screen drama. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Enthusiastic alumni- At the We the People cookout, the alumni of the team were so excited to offer advice to the newbies (even though only four of us showed up) and showered us with tips, demonstrations, and urges to join 'their' unit (although I'm thinking 3 is my thing right now.) You could tell they genuinely loved it, and I hope I end up the same way.

Finishing my summer reading- All that's left is the editing of my essay and re-re-reviewing of the WTP textbook and I'm done! Whew. That's a relief. I'm glad I started early this month and not just now, like some people. *whimpers at the thought*

Things I Love Tuesday

2009-07-29T15:34:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Tuesday! Why? Because I can. And Tuesday is a good word to type. Tuesday.

My new blued hair! - YES! I DID IT! I dyed the bottom half of my hair a bright, lovely turquoise. I was at first worried if my boyfriend would hate it (he's a very conservative, anti-crazy colors kind of guy) but he said I pulled it off and he likes it (if only just on me.) It doesn't look like a construction paper pure color, but mixes in with my natural blondish brown to make it look like I was a mermaid and it snuck out of my genes and into my hair. :D

The movie Up- Hilarious! I saw it with my boyfriend and it was just the funniest. I cried during the first twenty minutes, but when it wasn't sad, it was rib-cracking funny. "I have just met you, and I love you." Dug the dog= the best part of the movie. Go see it now. You won't regret it!

My new Marvel bag- It will be my new bag for the school year, and it's much more roomy than my other bag from last year. (And it does not have as many sharp points. Always a plus.) It has Wolverine, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, Ironman, and Captain America. Awesomeawesome. It's a red, white, and black scheme. I've already added my buttons from GenCon to it, as well as my Mario Poison Mushroom button as well.

You'll be seeing my excitement for school (2 weeks) and Gencon (2 weeks as well!)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things I Love Friday

2009-07-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Friday! (close enough to Thursday, right?)

Photo shoots- My friends and I had a faerie/fairy themed photoshoot with lots of shiny makeup, fake wings, prom dresses, and awesome top hats. There shall be another one, and more! The best part? Getting to take the pictures and then showing the model how she looked- always amazing. (Bonus points- trying to figure out the timer for the first time and getting hilarious shots).

Decorating with cut-up magazines- I had not caught onto the trend of cutting out magazine pictures and then pasting them on paper until recently, which I've discovered it's quite the fun! Collages in school were a drag becuase you had to find a 'theme' but once you've found your favorite pictures in the 'zine you make your own story out of it, no theme needed. The card I made for my friend who recently got back from 2 months in France was decorated with prom magazines that the Prom Committee was going to throw away but my friends and I stole.

Listening to a new CD- I bought my mom the latest Jason Mraz CD and, annoyed that she hadn't opened it weeks after she got it, stuck it in the car CD player and took it with me on drives. I ended up loving it, and being all alone listening to it allowed me to go back and re-listen to songs that I didn't catch the lyrics to.

Things I Love Thursday

2009-07-02T20:30:00.003-07:00

THINGS I LOVE THURSDAY!!!!!!!
On an actual THURSDAY? WHOA! :D

Reenactments- I went to a Fourth of July exhibition musical night at Conner Praire (a reenactment place nearby) and my boyfriend was a Civil War reenactor. I got to wear his hat and coat for a lot of the night and watch him strut his stuff with the colors and his musket. It was really fun!

Volunteering- It just makes me feel good to do stuff for others without getting paid, especially when I get to meet cool new people. Also, recently, I got to meet eight ADORABLE kittens at the homeless shelter who were being raised by the ladies who live there. AWWWWWW.

Workout Videos- Working out in the privacy of your home without anybody laughing at your moves? Great! I've discovered Billy Blanks Tae Bo, and have done two of his workouts. The bellydancing one is next. Wooohooo!

2009-04-18T13:06:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Saturday!

Yoshi- Lately, I've been taking pictures similar to that of the gnome in Amelie. Different places, like St. Louis or my backyard or the zoo. It's been good fun and we will have many adventures together.

Flash- The computer program. It is so fun animating stuff, which is really good after you actually know what's going on. I especially like how it's in vectors and not pixels, it makes the lines smoother.

Subtitles and Dubs- Lately, I've been going through my favorite movies and watching them in French so as to improve my language skills. It's like watching the movie anew and learning new things.

New CDs- I recently bought the two earlier Breaking Benjamin CDs and loved them both. Also, I borrowed the Kyo CD from my French teacher to listen to. I love new songs!

Things I Love Sunday

2009-03-29T04:31:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Sunday

Heroquest- It's a incredibly geeky but really fun game. Think D&D miniature, with only 4 players and smaller ideas. I love these kind of boardgames because your inner geek is whimpering inside of you most of the time freeing itself by scripting web pages in class and answering all the questions first in class. This is your way of letting it out without going too far. :)

Pad Thai- Peanut-noodle yumminess. Just found this nice Thai place near my house that's expensive enough to be date-worthy but not too expensive that we have to split everything (even if the servings are huuuuuge). I went on a date there yesterday and have my doggie-box in the fridge now for snackage. :D

Internet Shopping- I never really shopping much on-line before, but then I discovered Amazon's used section and how cheap it can get, and freaked out a little in my head. I found DVDs I wanted for 4$ over the usually 20$, new CDs for 6$ instead of 16$... and I really don't care if they're used, because the only difference is you spend fifteen minutes wrestling the plastic off it anyway, and then you use it once, and it's used. WHOA.

More free time- Winter Percussion is over, so I can actually finish my homework at home instead of snatching up seconds during practice to finish it all. And this also gives me more time to study for my SATs and AP French test coming up. (There's really no way to study for the AP Literature test so that's on a back burner right now.)

2009-01-14T16:53:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Wednesday!

I'm sick beyond belief (headache, sinus infection, stuffy nose, cough, ickkies) but there ARE things to be thankful for!

2 Hour Delays! - Being sick, I need all the sleepytime I can get. and classes are cut 10 minutes shorter, so that adds up to 2 hours less of classes! And by then I can laze around and eat a slow breakfast.

Phone calls- I talked to my boyfriend on the phone for about an hour today, just about random stuff. I love calls like that, even if I don't do them often. It made me so happy to hear him! :)

Cuddling up in Bed- 'nough said.

Things I Love Sunday

2009-01-04T18:36:00.001-08:00

Things I Love Sunday!

Glitter! - For Christmas, I got a lovely 10-color stack of glitter cups, from red to yellow to purple to blue and silver. It's great. I wear it all the time, especially with cream eyeshadow to make it stick. I look like a weirdo but that's the best part.

Spaghetti O's- Amazingness in a can. Gosh, I love this stuff. As unhealthy as it is, the little O's get me every time. Even better with meatballs, even though I only get the regular O's because it's 20 cents extra for meat. Blaaah, oh well. It's my little treat.

Hoodies! - I got 4 new hoodies for Christmas, 2 of which are from my boyfriend (one of which was his favorite one he owned- squeee!) So warm and lovely, and the designs are great. I now have 10 or so hoodies... I can't get enough of them!

Things I Love Wednesday

2008-12-03T16:03:00.001-08:00

Things I Love Wednesday

Thick, shiny eyeshadow- I tried some blue cream eyeshadow on at Kohls, and was the perfect model of a 1980's girl! With my blue-gray-green eyes, they popped like jewels. Unfortunately, their glittery awesomeness comes with a price. That's what Christmas is for!

Snow- A video of a cat experiencing snow for the first time! Adorable, no? The white shimmeryness is so awesome! And seeing it fall is so... lovely.

The House M.D Season 1 Finale - Fascinating! This show has snark, genuine emotion, and more importantly, intelligence. This last episode was packed with it. I'm definitely stealing the 2nd DVD from my boyfriend. :D And will give it back once it's been over-analyzed and watched by me. (House and Cuddy are definitely one of my favorite couples now).

Moliere - The movie was funny, well-directed and gorgeous to look at. Not to mention it pulled at my heartstrings quite a bit (which, not gonna lie, isn't hard to do.) And Romain Duris.... rawr.

Fun stuff!

2008-11-26T04:53:00.000-08:00

(bold the ones you've done)
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it 09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight 31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse 34. Ridden a roller coaster 35. Hit a home run 36. Danced like a fool and didn't care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip 48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain 63. Played in the mud 64. Played in the rain 65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on a photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi 128. Had your picture in the newspaper 129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

Only 43?!?!? What have I been doing with my life?
And it's all the lame tame ones too. Goodness. I've got to eat some shark meat, quick.

Things I Love Friday!

2008-11-14T13:17:00.000-08:00

Things I Love Friday!

House- My boyfriend loaned me the first DVD season after we watched it a few times, and I find it intriuging. I never really liked the hospital dramas before (ER made me cringe, Grey's Anatomy had way too much confusing drama) but this one has captivating characters and plenty of humor. I'm looking forward to watching more!

Trocadero- The band that put the music behind Red Vs Blue is on CD, which my awesomelovely boyfriend loaned to me as well. I love Blood Gulch Blues the most. It's a great CD, go listen to it!

Getting awards! - I recently recieved THREE student of the month awards in three different classes, a 100$ prize for an essay contest, and recognition in National Honors Society! Working hard pays off. :) I'm easily pleased.

Cymbals- Now that I've started winter percussion, one of my instruments is the cymbals- loud, smashy, pretty, and heavy, they're really the attention-getters of the group. Like here, except I hold them with the straps, they're not attatched to a drum set. Our band has Zildjan and Sabian symbols.

2008-10-30T15:10:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Thursday!

Oh my Kittens! Is Things I Love Thursday on the... correct day?

Halloween! Dressing up, shyly or confidently asking for candy from people you've only ever seen wandering around in your neighborhood walking their dogs or chasing their children. The crisp crushkle of leaves under your feet, running up to the doors, checking for lights, getting aching wrists from carrying a heavy bag, and sorting your stash at the end of the night, exclaiming over great finds (whole Hershey bars) and bemoaning over gross finds (molasses-covered cherry nougat? What?!) I'm going as the Cheshire Cat, and my boyfriend is going as a Civil War soldier (hey, reenactor, he might as well use his uniform a couple more times, right?)

Language Classes- I love my French and German classes right now! Both of my teachers teach incredibly well, but have very different styles, so I'm never really bored. Not to mention the German made-for-school soap operas are unintentionally hilarious!

A bit more free time- Now that marching band is over (banquet tonight!) I have some more time. Come winter percussion, I'll be super busy, but for the next 2 or so weeks... I can breathe. :D

I love doing these lists!

Things I Love Tuesday!

2008-10-21T16:20:00.000-07:00

Things I Love Tuesday!

I suppose they'll just be whenever I please, but I feel the need to announce these sort of things.

A+'s- The closest to perfection I can get, and I love seeing that A+ on a test or grade. It makes me happy, because I work hard for them. :D

Photography- The fact that a moment can be captured in time, exact smiles, grimaces, and shocked eyes all the same. I also love sites devoted to photography, like Flickr. A particular site I like is The Ones We Love.

Nail polish!- I just finished my toes (sparkly navy blue polish with orange streaks, thanks to the barbecue kabobs found in the utensil drawer!) and will start on my fingers soon. I love colors and such, and since I'm not exactly a quality freak when it comes to makeup, the cheap, colorful kinds work fine with me!

Listography.com- A site of lists, which are incredibly fun to do and keep your mind in track. Everything from past crushes, to-do lists, impossibly wonderful wishlists, and favorite songs lists, it's a possible list!

Things I Love Saturday!

2008-09-26T18:40:00.001-07:00

Things I love Saturday!

Performing- I love the feeling of whirling, dancing, and smiling, or looking stern and fierce, captivating and magical, graceful and powerful. I can be all of things when no one knows me but for what I am tossing in the air or acting out. In the picture, they see what I project- and that is my craft.

New music!- Some songs (which you can find on my http://www.playlist.com/user/28908201/view), including 'Hello Seattle' from Owl City, Rainbow Veins (Owl City), 'When the Day Met the Night' (Panic at the Disco) 'The Green Fields of France' (Dropkick Murphys). :D I just really love finding stuff like that!

Polka Dots- I have no idea, but lately, my mind is stuck on all things à pois! Hats, shirts, ribbons, hairties, socks! And argyle as well. Again, it's struck me and not left!

Salads- So crisp and tasty (when done right!) Tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, cheese, hardboiled eggs, carrots, whatever those purple things are (radishes?!?) and onions... with a dash of ranch dressing!) And with chicken and walnuts, it's really good too. But they're so expensive at restaurants! 5$ for a salad? I could do that at home, no problem, for about 2$. Anyway, SALAD!

Things I Love Wednesday!

2008-09-17T14:11:00.001-07:00

Things I love Wednesday because I didn't have time to post any other day! :D

Recently, I made a kind of big decision (for me, anyway.) It's the kind where the possibilities are endless, but I've giving up something I love. What'll happen, I don't know. I'm not sure if I love it or not yet, but perhaps it'll be on a list in months to come...

Acoustic Songs! - Lately, I've been on an acoustic kick- just the guitar and the voice. I first started liking them with Kimya Dawson's songs from the Juno soundtrack, especially Tree Hugger and So Nice So Smart. (Even if there was some drums in there... shhh!) Also in there are On the Way Down by Ryan Cabrera and In Die Nacht by Tokio Hotel.

Percussion - Playing the marimba is so fun, and the sounds it makes are so pretty and have so much potential for songs. I wish I'd learned it earlier, but if I hadn't, so much would be different, it's so hard to tell.

Wearing starry leggings to school - Lots of stares but a few compliments. It was kind of fun!

Blue blue blue skies- 'Nuff said!

La Fleur de Sang

2008-09-10T14:26:00.000-07:00

Roses are beautiful flowers, blossoms that look like blood, sunsets, silky crimson dresses, vampire eyes, and lacquered elegant nails. At a wedding, they litter the pews and the dresses, and on dates, they are offered like a plea of love.

William Blake's "The Sick Rose"

O Rose, thou art sick,
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm,

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy,
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

And a passage from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince". Some background on this story is that on the little prince's planet, he loved a rose and sheltered her and gave her water and such. He left to 'find himself' and comes upon a large bed of roses, who look the same as his lovely rose.

"You're lovely, but you're empty... One couldn't die for you. of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she is the one I watered. Since she's the one I put under the glass. Since she's the one I sheltered behind a screen. She'st he one for whom I killed the caterpullers (except the two or three for butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose."

And for some rosy videos...

"Kiss From A Rose" music video to Phantom of the Opera

A time lapse of a rose

And another one!

Things I Love Saturday!

2008-09-04T16:06:00.000-07:00

Things I love Saturday!

Er, Sunday. I'm a day late, argh.

Lolcats!- So amusing, and it helps that I'm rendered useless by the site of adorable kitties. Kittenwar is just as dangerous as well- so watch out!

Dressing up- When I was younger, I used to hate being girly, but recently as this summer I suddenly realized how fun it is to look different and such. For instance, on Labor day, I dressed up avant-garde French style of what I thought the Monmartre artists in Paris dressed like. Black leggings, white shorts, a striped brown/white/cream tank top, fingerless gloves, and beige modern dance shoes. It was quite a fête in my heart!

Ballet Flats- I love cute shoes like ballet flats, but I have none! Therefore, I've been searching Target.com for cheap ones and narrowed it down to a few. I wish I had Dorothyish Wizard of Oz ones, because the books were amazing and quite creative. Did you know originally that her shoes were silver but changed to red for the Technicolor effect?

Being a small group apprentice and highschool shepherd- I signed up at my church to be a highschool leader for a group of 8th grade girls on Sunday 9:00 mornings and for my small group I am an apprentice, meaning I help lead the group if the regular Shepherds aren't there or don't feel like it. It's a bit of a jump responsibility-wise but I think I can help! It'll beef up my transcript if anything, and if that doesn't work, maybe it'll help me spiritually. I'm still figuring things out in religiously.

I love doing these things! It feels so refreshing to think about things I like.

Things I Love... Saturday?

2008-08-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

Things I love… Saturday?

Gotten from the lovely miss Gala Darling, the idea of listing down your favorite things on a day of the week seems like a good idea. (This has also been done by Penelope Bat/Cocoa and Hipsterette. That’s all of I know of, if you do so too, ditez-moi! (Tell me!) They usually do Thursdays, but it's Saturday, when I have most computer access so... TiLS!

Magic: The Gathering- Although I’ve heard of this game all my life (being a nerd) it wasn’t until I went to GenCon and got a free starter deck that I asked my friends to teach me to play the game. Friday was my first actual ‘game’, and today, while watching the neighbor’s dog, my boyfriend lent me one of his decks (white and blue) while he played red and black. Needless to say, I was utterly crushed by his deck, but since he gave me half a white deck, combined with my green starter deck, I have enough cards to play a FULL GAME!

Documentaries- Not all that glitters is fiction. Documentaries are real life, real drama, real events, and real problems. Right now, I am watching Ms. Alabama Nursing Home, a documentary about an 82 year old woman entering a senior beauty contest. What draws me in is the real lives, connecting with the people. My favorites are Full Frame Documentary Film Festival which has DVDs of collections of short documentaries. Check some out! You learn so much, and not to mention some of the nature ones have stunning shots.

New shippings!- If you don’t know, supporting a couple in a fandom is calling shipping, and right now, it’s Master Chief and Cortana from Halo, and Church and Tex from Red vs. Blue. I’ve covered some of my favorite shippings in my fan fiction I must say writing it is almost as much fun as reading/watching canon!

Reconstruction- Rooster Teeth is on Chapter 12 of it’s new web series spinoff from Red vs. Blue, a darker and more action-oriented series. While my favorite character Tex doesn’t appear, the rest of the cast and crew are scheduled to show up! :D Excitement abound!

Music that is in the digs for me!-

Soundtrack

2008-07-18T15:28:00.000-07:00

So I made a soundtrack to my sophomore year of high school (07-08). These aren’t necessarily how I felt, but I either heard the songs a lot, did something special with them, or especially liked them. I just added the descriptions for fun. I got the idea from Cocoa.

Goodnight and Go- Imogen Heap
Buzzy summer nights driving around bendy fast corners, giggling at café with friends whilst downing loaded caffeinated drinks sure to keep you up past your bedtime. Skipping down the leaf-littered sidewalk to the warm July air, sticky blue tank tops and smacking white sandals. Gorgeous nights of crimson-grapefruit sun falls and twinkling, breathy twilights.

Spring Nicht- Tokio Hotel
Concrete cages and metal railings, tense white-knuckle hands gripping phones, awaiting the shrieking ring to announce so many possibilities. Crystalline grey eyes blink back questions and answers, rumors and worries, the steely lights of the city challenging him to stare life down. Tapping black combat boots scrape the trash-stained floors and tar-streaked streets, angelic demon wings spread and flying over the city, sent to rescue something that they know just might be gone in seconds.

Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
Callused fingers close over soft, curled hands, wicked grins and bowed blush cheeks. Warmth and strength, jamming like the chords of a guitar through blood, drawing two mosaic tiles into one artwork, butterfly kisses on the cheek with skeleton claw-like dark lashes. Heartbeats become songs, hummed through the sweet words and lengthy clasps, shoulder-pillows and soft hoodies. Secrets drawn out through heavy-eyed smiles and passed on from the embraces like physical love letters. The feeling of safety when with a protector.

The Beast and the Harlot- Avenged Sevenfold
Flashing golden goblets filled to the top with cherry-sweet wine, spilling down marble stairs and crashing into cobblestone streets treaded upon by silken goddesses and kohl-lined ruby eyes. Dark, sleek fur covers thick, ropy muscles carrying the carved mahogany throne, her dwelling place of demons. The city crumbles whilst she sits and watches, jewels dripping like molten crystals falling from the sky clinging to her bronzed skin- alas, Babylon!

Anna- Paulsrekorder
Blinking blue-gray eyes washing away unwept tears, a hope for tomorrow, dark hair hiding windows into men’s souls, soft pale hands gripping the worn note. Her wide open smile, giving the gift of love to someone else whilst he watches and wonders of the possibilities. Lost chances, but yearning for future prospects. Running as fast as he can, jumping fences, dodging cars, just to get away, away from what’s not his but what should but, running to run away.

Inner Universe- Ghost in the Shell
Violet wings lifting silvery armor, resting on rooftops, the metallic whisper of sleek machinery on starry nights. Moongazing by yourself, being alone just to hear your own breath mingle with that of the world. Loneliness and freedom, a painful blessing. Careful, drawn garnet eyes with thickly weighed lashes, carefully concealing the tiredness and lost feeling in the eyes of nothingness. But is there hope for the future?

Moondance- Nightwish
Leaping fey sparkles, slamming drums into the ground, swaying mallets and flashing wings, sweeping up the dancers into a wild magic whirlwind of breathing, strength versus beauty, and warning glances from batting eyelashes. A face-off- the strongest and the most striking wins. It’s the battle of the lovelies, where it takes a firm fist to slam into the heartbreaker’s face and the gentle hand to brush up a storm. It’s not good versus evil- it’s a mêlée for the best.

Everything You Want- Vertical Horizon
Sunset-washed sidewalks on the edges of beautiful but empty lakes, wishing on stars that haven’t flared in the sky yet. Hand on forehead in a desperate attempt to block the pressing thoughts of her and him, the bench creaking in it’s wooden wisdom below him as he sways back and forth. Running towards her in his dreams, wanting to sweep her up and whirl her away, only to find that he’s already clasping her hand. So close…

Sleep- My Chemical Romance
Thin, gray blankets cover the shaking form as the figure squeezes his eyes shut in a shocked, horrified nightmare state. In the dream, black armor, drawn daggers, fighting for the sleep given to him as a birthright but denied by the memories. Coarse, unshaven stubble darkens the jaw line of the heavy-eyed and wavering battle blade that is the stolen sleeper. He lashes out at the demons, falling into the spiraling mist of the dreamfall that occurs when you’ve got nothing left to hold onto. Will he ever reach the ground-?

Lucky

2008-07-14T18:52:00.000-07:00

I'm so lucky. Not everyone realizes that, but I really am. I've got friends who like me for who I am, an amazing, loving, handsome boyfriend, parents who don't abuse me or try to sell me into white slavery but love me, and a creative mind that loves others and new ideas. I'm going to try and change the world, or at least parts of it, to make people feel more like I do. I'm going to try to help people, with all that I can.

Wish me luck! :)

"Eiffel 65- Lucky" I've been lucky in my life
I've been lucky
I've been lucky in my life I know
I've been lucky in my life
I've been lucky and I thank you for this light Oh good Lord Got my family And I've got all my friends I've been lucky in my life And I Got no money but There's no need to give up I've been lucky in my life As I live my life With a smile on my face Will I be lucky in my life? Even when I'm feeling down It's ok cause I know I could be lucky in my life Oh good Lord

Good morning!

2008-07-09T10:11:00.000-07:00

In all technicality, it's 1:12 P.M, but who can tell the difference? I plan to use this blog to muse, post reviews on new things I've discovered, or possibly little writing tidbits. At the beginning of every post I plan to have a picture from LJ secret, or livejournal secret. Secrets are everywhere, everyone has one, so I'd share somebodies in my post, to show how connected the world is. Maybe one day I'll post one of mine. :)

So... how is your world?