Je crois...

( lame survey. stole from tash/megh. )

I AM ALIVE. BARELY.

I have hard classes. HARD hardcore classes. it stinks. :( I worked roughly 25 hours this weekend. that's too much in one weekend. I'm going to tell her to not work me fridays anymore. It's too hard getting home in time! I'm doing awkward things at work that I have never done before and it's super stupid because no one trains me or anything!

p.s. I LOVE HAVING AN APARTMENT. Life is so much better. lol

My kitties are fat compared to Jon's sister's kitties down in Virginia. That's probably because my kitties are like 14 years old! OMG. It's so scary. Julia's cats are only a year old! They were so much fun to play with. Me and Jon plan on going down to visit another time as well and staying longer than just a day. lol We went to King's Dominion which I have never been to sadly! And I'm so thankful that I finally got to meet the "mysterious, other" sister. ;)

I'm all about the French Club this year since I'm secretary.. it's not like I wasn't all about other years but now I REALLY have to be about it. And Blue Key .. Historian position is like a joke. I'm also secretary of Lambda Pi Eta but the President and the Vice President don't seem to be very willing or ready to start anything with that so I really don't feel like the one who is going to step-up.

yay for being a senior. not.

p.s. I have my first appt for the obgyn(I know you all care) but I am super nervous. It's just awkward!

Update:

Since I didn't call back yesterday(to carol harris) they had already given the job away by the time I called this morning at 9AM. Talk about a bad way to start the day. Argh. It's frusterating that I couldn't do anything about it!!

Okay now I'm going back outside to read HP and get some final tanning in. :)

ps it's a beautiful day.

pps i have to make dinner so if anyone has some good ideas for dinners. send them to me. :)

love the new maroon 5 cd btw.

hello summer!



how have you been? I've missed you so. My internship has been insane. It will calm down they say. I went to Beaver today and it was quite interesting. It makes a difference to meet with the families that are effected by Cystic Fibrosi. Quite a completely different experience than working in an office. It was fun. Free food = yay. Dropped off $18,000 back at the office. I felt important ;)



Went to Jen's Bday Thing and was SOOOOOOOO nice to see MY FRIENDS lol. I had a lot of fun.. we didn't even do anything special. Just hung out. I'm pretty sure me, ashlei, and chris stayed up until like 3:30 A.M. just talking about random shit. Like velosoraptors. A lot. Tasha I found someone else with an insane fear of velosoraptors ;)

Dígame: "speak to me"

that's for you wife!

I need a job. =\

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that we'll need some help with organizing items for walk weekend, and also with taking down some signage around our office from our walk last night so please dress very casual and wear comfortable shoes on Monday.

What does that mean?!?! ah. I'm freaking over nothing. But I bought all of these nice new clothes and now it's casual on my first day? lol. Confuzing. What do they consider "very casual"? To me that's like jeans. I think I'm going to stay away from jeans... but does comfortable shoes constitute tennis shoes? They probably would have said tennis shoes if they were tennis shoes. Grr.

Okay rant over.

Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Everyday I love you more and more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time

Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high no river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide
But I love you until the end of time

"Education is figuring out what you don't know."
-Dr. Pearcy (really smart man.)

My juinor year is over. (save for one more final.) But still. It went fast. It wasn't bad. Really. I realized over Christmas break how much I had changed while I was in France. It really has "life-changing experience" written all over it. That's what happened. I'm more independent, open to new things, and most of all, grateful. For my family. Cheezy, I know, but it's true. I missed them like nothing else ever. They are not only there for me for monetary support, but emotional too. I realize that I call my mom like every other day. It doesn't get any crazier than that. It doesn't get any crazier than me stepping out of my security bubble and surviving. I did it!

Past tense. My goal this semester was to do something at least remotely fun everyday... and I think I accomplished that goal. :)

I checked out my freshman year "finale" entry and it was all about my amazing new friends that I had made at SRU. That was a great year. I met this amazing boy. I met all these amazing, new, and quite interesting friends. But I was naive to think that I would keep the same friends all throughout college. College is very unlike high school in that way... even though some people seem to think that they are exactly alike. It's not through our heads yet. Oh well. I'm moving on.

This entry is going nowhere fast. I began it at like 4:30 and now it's 8:30. woohoo. I've been doing laundry, eating dinner, and doing this study guide for intercultural communication. woohoo. Now me and the wife are going for a walk because it's warm and I need a break from this computer. :) I like walks... and YOU!

I might add more to this later.

NOT STUDYING! :) Okay I'm just updating because I want to. Not because I have anything interesting to say.

Internship starts next week! SO EXCITED. I already know that I am going to be passing out information at station square next weekend and going to Altoona for a Great Strides event which is like Relay For Life. But it's way far away. I don't care. So excited. There's like 3 or 4 other interns. I guess there is one intern for every program director. So we are like their #2's. We are in charge of all the volunteer groups and getting auction items and probably a shit load of stuff that I wouldn't get to do if I worked in a big corporate office. Needless to say I'm excited. ((AND NERVOUS))

Leaving on Thursday night. Gonna miss it naturally. The whole "having a roommate thing" is fun I think. I'm gonna miss that. I need summer though. Me and the rents are seeing Emo Spidey on Friday night on I-Max. How hott is that? I convinced them to take me and pay for me.

On Saturday I MIGHT come back up to SRU if it's nice and I can go to graduation. If it means I can see Jon then RIGHT ON ;) I'm with ya Kell on that whole summer thing. This will be our 3rd summer apart but it never gets any easier.

The men outside are being loud. My feet are itchy. I need to study. Leave comments so I can procrastinate more and read them and respond to them. :)

At this time last year... I was in Paris. :'(











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yay omg the concert!! Well it all started with Me, Jon, Rick, Sara, and Jen. Jen was debating on coming because she wasn't feeling so hot. But she ended up coming anyway.

So we began our journey to State College, PA around 2PM. We stopped at an Arby's along the way. It was yummy. It was awesome driving into State College because their stadium is HUGE. anyway.

we get there (2 and a half hours later.) and almost hit these kids.. and then get out of the car then the kids(that we almost hit) were like .. "sorry guys but the concert is cancelled." and we're like BULLSHIT. We thought they were just pissed because we almost hit them.







and the concert was cancelled.


We were pissed. That's the understatement of the century. Sara, Rick, and Jen were overly pissed. Jen was pissed because she wasn't even going to come. Sara and Rick were SEVERELY pissed off because in October they went to see MCR in Allentown(5 hours away) and THAT show was cancelled too. What kind of luck is this crap? I've never had a concert cancelled on me.. EVER. it was just weird.


We got back around 7:30. I got a bunch of work done.. so the night was not lost I guess? It made me the most sad to see how upset Sara, Rick, and Jen were. I more upset for them than I was for the concert. Sure I'll see MCR another time .. but that's not the point. They have just had not so good luck. Yesterday was also me and Sara's 2 year marriage anniversary :) Too bad it wasn't a very good evening.

Anyways. This weekend was also Relay For Life. Fur real my legs hurt from walking on Saturday. Me and Jon woke up at 7:30 on Sunday morning and went to the service and it was nice. :) also, people are weird.

And this week is the last week of classes. Crazy madness. Juinor year = gone. Nice update right?

Type your name with your:

nose: larimssa

elbow: .,szrtgfk dxds

tongue: larissa (oh the skillz.) ;)

chin: mnadfjkxssza

eyes closed and one finger: latissa

back of hand: mlkaddejusszZS

palm: larerejuazsaa

wrist: k,sazrgttklcvds

That was VERY difficult with my laptop keyboard.

OH THE BOREDOM ;)

he waited his whole damn life, just to take that flight, and when the plane crashed down he thought, well isn't this nice?

Life is a funny way.

same old picture, tried and true

Procrastinating from reading my book and getting a good grade on a quiz. Might fail it. Not cool. We only have like 2 grades in my history class. Don't want a B.

Okay late night with Taralyn. Saving this draft for another hour.

Okay back now. ( Survey time, good one. Made by Sarah Ansani in 2004. )

good stuff right there. Really interesting questions.

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related. May we never even pretend that we are not.

Have you heard my favorite story that came from the Seattle Special Olympics? Well, for the 100-yard dash there were nine contestants, all of them so-called physically or mentally disabled. All nine of them assembled at the starting line and at the sound of the gun, they took off. But not long afterward one little boy stumbled and fell and hurt his knee and began to cry. The other eight children heard him crying; they slowed down, turned around and ran back to him. Every one of them ran back to him. One little girl with Down Syndrome bent down and kissed the boy and said, "This'll make it better." And the little boy got up and he the rest of the runners linked their arms together and joyfully walked to the finish line. They all finished the race at the same time. And when they did, everyone in that stadium stood up and clapped and whistled and cheered for a long, long, time. People who were there are still telling the story with great delight. And you know why. Because deep down, we know that what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

-Fred Rogers

Someone show me a way to get outa here,
'cause I constantly pray I'll get outa here
Please, won't somebody say I'll get outa here
Someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here.
Seymour knows how to kick it.

Me, Jon, and his sister Joy spent the better part of 3 hours tonight talking. It was supposed to be a bible study thingy or what not, but it turned out to be a discussion on life. Joy's perspective is so completely different than anyone that I talk to this much personally. She's been through it all.. every time I think I know all about her, she throws something out there completely different. Jon's entire family is like that... I guess I saw their family like as the "perfect family." Which they are far from as most families are. It's impossible to be perfect.

So we talked about .. wow. everythhhhhhhhhing. like everything. Joy let us go off on random tangents and added to them and it was just so nice to talk to someone. Not saying that talking to Jon isn't stimulating but it's nice to get an outside opinion. I adore Joy and I'm sure this is why she's easy to talk to. I have all these questions about life and although she doesn't have all the answers by far.. she tells me what I need to know even if it's not what I want to hear. She's honest and considerate of what I'm saying and I just adore her for it.

I have so much to say.. so many questions and discussions.. we could have sat there for 2 more hours talking. Our waitress basically kicked us out because she got cut early and we were her last table. We had to leave anyway so it didn't matter. I'm sure if Bethany would have joined us the conversation may have differed some because I don't know Bethany that well. But she was not there.

p.s. I adore Joy.

Okay I'm just glad I got a lot of things off of my chest. Plus I told her that I was like $500 in debt and she laughed at me and said "well at least you aren't in $20,000 debt like I was when Andrew and I got married." yeah that kind of made my situation feel a lot less significant. Obviously $500 is a large sum for me since I don't have any steady income.. but geez. $20,000. That's a lot of money.

I love relating my college classes to life.. I know that's the point of a liberal studies program.... but I get it. That's why I'm here. duh. and I love it. I'm all grown up. =\

EDIT: I got Tasha online somehow and OMG.. it's just a night of talking. I honestly love that girl. She knows exactly how I feel and why without me saying like two words. I hate this. I need to get away from this school. We already planned a camping trip for the weekend after finals. kick ass.
ONFIRERIZZISH: the secretive trib was in your area so I couldn't risk using the secret phone and I had to make sure they didn't get to you.
waltershuey: well they almost tricked my into going into the portal and being suck forever without the secret phone
waltershuey: but i saw the minerals
waltershuey: and i knew

no words can describe our friendship.

This Chicago trip couldn't have came at a worse/better time. I don't know. I have so much school work due next week... but I guess I could have been doing it for a while now. It just sucks. But I'm glad I get to spend like a whole weekend with the roomie since I never really see her anymore.. which is sad times.

and p.s. the weather today in Chicago is a SUNNY 55 degrees. YES. I checked the 10-day forecast and I know it won't be exactly the same but it said high 50s for the rest of the week with like no rain. YES. Because it's freaking snowing outside. wtf.

crazyness at Virginia Tech!! 21 students were shot and killed! What is the world coming to? I guess there was a shooting in December too. Man that sucks.

Okay random thought are over. Watching a French movie today with Jenna to write a french paper. ugh. I have a couple papers due tomorrow. :(

1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship?
weird boy.

2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?
Wednesday .. I'm lazy.

3. What were you doing this morning at 8am?
In the shower.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Crying on the phone with Jon for a stupid reason.

5. Are you any good at math?
no.

6. What did you do last night?
Ran around campus a lot. Blue Key Meeting. Studied my ass off for an Exam.

7. Do you have any famous ancestors?
Nope.

8. Have you ever burped in front of the opposite sex?
I'm with Kell on this one--> I don't really burp. But for like a week last semester I burped a lot lol.

9. Last time you were on a date?
Monday- Brewery

10. Last thing you received in the mail?
MCR tickets :)

11. How many different beverages have you drank today?
water, water, and oh water.

12. What's one thing you wish to change about yourself?
Skinnier

13. What do you wish for?
to have friends.

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
typical.

15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had?
teeth removal is not fun. nor were braces. or funky procedures that happened on my teeth that I can't even name because I don't want to know. My mouth had PROBLEMS.

16. What is outside of your back door?
A porch swing, lawn chairs, etc.

17. Any plans for Friday night?
yeah right.

18. Do you like the ocean?
yes.

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different popcorns?
typical.

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
Uh huh.

22. Something you are excited about?
I was excited about Chicago..........

23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO?
Orange

24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?
Sadly, no.

25. Describe your keychains.
stupid question. wait these are all stupid.

27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group?
I don't know, I usually block out those memories.

28. What kind of winter coat do you have?
I'm in the club of course.

30. Can you tie a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue?
Never tried but I'm sure I could. I have skills.

Choose a band/artist and answer only in song titles by that band: Hush Sound(because Tash did Something Corporate!!!!!)
Are you male or female? Sweet Tangerine
Describe yourself: Out Through the curtain
How do some people feel about you? City Traffic Puzzle
How do you feel about yourself? Crawling Towards The Sun
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend: Where We Went Wrong
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend: You are the Moon
Describe where you want to be: A Dark Congregation / LightHouse
Describe what you want to be: Magnolia
Describe how you live: Momentum
Describe how you love: Like Vines
Share a few words of wisdom: Don't Wake Me Up ;)

I NEED TO STUDY. :(
might do another band lata. ;)

1. YOUR NAME:
Larissa

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:
[First 3 letters of your real name plus izzle.]

Larizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:
[Fav. color and fav. animal.]

Purple Lion

4. YOUR STRIPPER NAME::
[Middle name and current street.]

Halley Edgewood

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME::
[The first 3 letters of your last name,
first 2 letters of your first name,
and last 3 letters of mom's maiden name.]

Strlaick

6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME:
[Your 2nd favorite color, favorite drink.]

Blue Iced Tea

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME::
[2nd letter of your first name,
3rd letter of your last name,
any letter of your middle name,
2nd letter of your moms maiden name,
last letter of your moms middle name,
3rd letter of your dads middle name,
1st letter of a siblings first name.]

Arlenrs

8. YOUR GOTH NAME::
[black, and the name of one your pets.]

Black Spooky (LOL)

yeah for not updating substantially.

well. I know i haven't updated in almost 2 weeks. To be honest this past week has been just a blur. Seriously. I haven't known the actual date since March ended. wtf? Where did March go? It's April? wWwWwwwwhhhaat? yeah. confused.

So last week. My body decided to disown me and say "forget you." So yeah. I got sick. All I remember from last week is blowing my nose(a lot I might add, I have the scars to prove it.), working(A LOT.), and Jon taking care of me!!!!! :) :) :) <3 <3 <3 <3

On the day that I stayed at Jon's house his mother made me tea and brought it up to me on this CUTE litle tray. O mi goodness it was adorable. And at night, whenever my fever came about, Jonny tucked me in, brought me a cold washcloth for my forehead, checked my temperature, and brought me everything I needed. All I ever need is him. He even offered to run out to the store and get me bottled water because their water was messed up.

SO I love him. And miss him. Jon nor Swiffer are coming back until tomorrow. :( Sad times. I'm lonely over here in Watson Hall. BUT other than that day (I couldn't tell you which day it was), my Easter break was basically a blahy blur. Rock on kids.

(p.s. yes, I am still sick.)

LIVEJOURNAL SCATTEGORIES
Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Larissa
Famous Music artist/group: Linkin Park
3 letter word: leo
Color: lavender
Gift/present: leopard-print purse
Vehicle: Limousine
TV Show: L word
Country: Lebanon
Boy's Name: Leonardo
Girl's Name: Lacey
Alcoholic drink: Long Island Iced Tea
Occupation: Lifesaver! (by wife)
Flower: Lilac
Celebrity: Liv Tyler
Food: lettuce
Something found in a kitchen: LECTRIC mixer.
Reason for Being Late: Lice
Something You Shout: LIFE!

Swiffer is a best at Scategories. period.

And I want Dairy Queen and refuse to settle for anything else. Anyone want to go later?