So I have no life (what else is new?) cause I'm back at school out in Provo. Spring semester means the campus is EMPTY and I'm only taking two classes that are still beating me to death (Statistics and Physics. Whoever invented that combination needs to die). I once again have a roommate named Sarah (#4) and one of my roomates is Ashley from Freshmen and Sophomore year! Crazy, huh? We had no idea we were going to be in the same apartment, but it's been so fun to hang out with her again.
My schedule of the week goes something like this:
Monday - class from 10 to 4 (sick), onto FHE if I'm not feeling antisocial (most of the time I *am* feeling antisocial)
Tuesday - homework till class at 2, then I can waste time (or goto the gym and exercise) till 7 when "the Biggest Loser" is on and Ashley and I claim the TV (she got me hooked to the show, Season finale this week! AHH!)
Wednesday - class again from 10-4. Bum around, probably make another fanvid or watch reruns of "The Office" or "Robin hood"
Thursday - homework again till class at 2. more bumming around (aka the gym) till 8 when "The Office" and "30 Rock" are on
Friday - It's sick to have classes on Friday, but once again I have class from 10-4 after which I am free to get in my car and go anywhere I want to go (unless I have an exam)
the weekend always has it's ups and downs. Last weekend I went to see Star Trek which changed my life completely (aka. it was amazing). This weekend I'm going to be hanging out with Mariah (yay!) and Christina (yay!) and Matt (I'm taking him to see Star Trek, yay!).
The good news about my life is that I'm not failing either of my classes yet (in fact I still have an A in both) but I take a Stats exam this week, so we'll see how long that lasts. Spring semester is only 6 weeks so it's going crazy fast and I have an exam every week. It's insane I tell you! I fight the insanity by making lots of fanvids ( here ) for Robin Hood. I guess it's my new substitute for fanfiction, since I don't write anymore.
Anywho, life is good and Provo hasn't changed very much at all. Let's go graduation in December of '10 !!! yay! (oh how pathetic is that number)
- stuck in:Provo, UT
- feelin' realy:
mellow - listenin' to:"Me Against the World" by Simple Plan
So much has actually been happening in my life....ergo, that's my excuse for not updating :p And since i have so much to update, I shall resort to my usual bullet points (not like anyone cares)
- So I got to go to Georgia again to visit Rachel (yay!) and of course it was so fun. The best part, though, was Rachel announcing that she was getting engaged (she was engaged to be engaged, so to speak) and she asked me to be her maid of honor! EEK! I was so excited! And, honestly, I was moved that she would ask me. I actually cried a bit, very honored that she thinks so highly of me, lol. But anyway, we spent most of the week discussing wedding plans and boys.Since I was having such a little "I-want-to-fall-in-love" episode, I asked her about being in love and all that. She's my first real, close friend to get married, so we were able to talk really openly about it, which was great. And after talking to her, I can almost believe that the movie-star-pop-song love actually can happen. I just have to be patient.
- I bought the movie "Marley and Me" and watching it again, I cried...again. That's a first for me. Usually I can handle a movie a second time, even if I cried the first, but dang, the ending of that movie just gets me. It makes me really miss me dog,Rocky, and really want to get a new dog of my own. One day I will.
- My newest obsession is BBC's Robin Hood series. Jonas Armstrong (Robin) is pretty much hot. Not your normal hot. Like, first seeing him I was like "that does NOT look like Robin Hood", but after just one episode I was in love. Like wow. Unfortunatly, the third season doesn't seem like it's going to be as good (we don't have BBC anyway) and Jonas is leaving after the third season, so it's like, why would I watch any more after that? And any guy with an accent, I mean, come on, does it get any better? plus, my mom says that with my new haircut I kinda look like the girl who plays Marian...::sigh::....obesssions are very draining
- I'm still looking after my mom, but thankfully she is almost healed. I'm probably being a little bit more of a brat than I should be, but my patience is wearing very thin. The only thing I can share with my mom lately is Robin Hood, which is good I guess, at least it's something. But I leave for BYU in less than three weeks, so I just have to hold out for a little bit longer.
- My nice little tax return came and gave me a little more breathing room for finances, but not much. I'm still dreading having to talk to my dad about finances but I'll deal with that when it comes. My only real problem in the future is finding a job once I get back out to BYU. Now that'll be interesting.
- I finally read the third Eragon book "Brisingr" and it was pretty enjoyable. I LOVED that >Brom ended up being Eragon's dad instead of Morazan< (spoiler). It made me go back and read parts of all the other books to see the hints. Love it. Sadly it is still a lot of the same plot of Star Wars, but on the other hand, I like Star Wars, so what the heck, it's fun! lol. Anyway, haven't bought the book, just checked it out from the library. I'll wait for the paperback version. I've also started reading "The Magnificent Ambersons" by reccomendation from my sister. I practically fell asleep reading the first chapter, so I hope it gets better as it goes along.
- I LOVE my haircut. Seriously. It's got to be the best hairstyle I've had for a very, very long time.
- I'm seriously in love with Robin Hood. Just waiting for it to pass.
That's all I've got for now. I'll think of more later but I got to go chaperone for my mother. Ta all!
- stuck in:Burke, VA
- feelin' realy:
blah - listenin' to:"When You're Gone" by Avril Lavigne
ugh, I need help.
- feelin' realy:
embarrassed
So at the Oscars this past week, Kristen Stewart's dad was quoted saying that his daughter didn't want to present at the oscars because Twilight wasn't a good movie, just one that made a lot of money. While I'm not putting Twilight in the leagues of anything that would get an academy award (obviously), I find that comment pretty degrading to her. For one thing, Twilight has made her famous and she's pretty much not cared about it at all. She's mentioned several times how much she hates dealing with the fans and finds most of the situation idiotic (I'm paraphrasing of course).
Again, I'm not saying the Twilight movie was award worthy, just that it IS a blockbuster and the fans are loyal enough to like it, even with *her* playing the lead! I mean, I don't even understand why she wanted to do this role in the first place. Surely she must have had some interest in the story. But it just seems like everything we've heard from her she sounds bored with it and just kinda resigned to the fact that she has to go through the motions. When I first saw the movie the top thing that bugged me was her preformance and after seeing it far too many times and noticing other things I dislike, I still hate her preformance the most. One of the things that makes leading characters so great is that the actors really get into the movie and are excited and happy about what they're doing. Seriously, that girl needs to try smiling more and not act like everyone around her is a bug she wants to squash.
The other thing that bugged me about her dad's statement was that it totally dissed Rob Pattinson who *was* a presenter at the Academy awards, and he did well and got into the limelight a bit to even promote his new movie that's coming out in March (NOT twilight). Again, not saying that Rob is a saint. I'm mentioned on here before that I think he curses too much and always looks like he's drunk, but at least he is handling the fame alright and he acts like he enjoys Twilight. He was thrust into the media far more than Kristen but I still see him in interviews excited about shooting New Moon and he really likes to talk about his character. Bravo Rob, I give you points for that.
There have been a few news articles about her dad's quote, a lot of them stating that the fans are being to harsh on Kristen. give me a break. Maybe we'd care about her if she cared the least about us. She was in a mall near where I live right during when the movie was coming out and I had absolutely no desire to go see her. I knew exactly what kind of expression she was gonna have on her face the whole time and I did not want to be looked down upon by her. I'm interested to see how she handles doing the rest of the movies. Actually, I'm really interested in them finding someone else to play Bella, but that's not gonna happen.
\\ rant done
- feelin' realy:
bitchy
So I also dyed my hair the other day. It came out a bit darker than I wanted, but I'm okay with it now. It's always nice to have a change and I'm finding it pretty fun to match with my outfits (lighter colors go well with dark hair). I also broke out my contacts again so I can wear my sunglasses and stop getting headaches. You can see by all these interesting facts that my life is still very much boring.
I've found that I must have some kind of problem cause I never stick to things very long. I see something I enjoy so I get really excited and really into it very quickly and then just as quickly I lose all interest and stop. I find that this happens with food, movies, activities, everything. It's really weird. but it makes it hard for me to stick to anything, which kinda sucks when I'm supposed to be figuring out what I want to do for the rest of my life, haha. I think it's also why my family doesn't ever get real excited when I'm trying something new. It always bugs me cause I'm so excited about something, but then I tell them and they kinda give blah responses. Now that I'm figuring this out, though, I can see where they're coming from. But their reactions are also why I don't try some new stuff, for example: I don't want to try something new because years ago I said I didn't want to and if I try it now they'll rub it in my face and make a big deal about how I finally tried it. I'm sure this isn't making lots of sense, but, whatever, lol!
- feelin' realy:
sore - listenin' to:"The Wood Song" by the Indigo Girls
And meanwhile again...I'm bored. My brother-in-law gave me a new stack of puzzles to work on and I have discovered that you can watch entire seasons of TV shows on youtube. I went through the entire series of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and now I'm working through Friends (only select episodes, some i don't really care for). I bought a new mattress pad to help me sleep (memory foam...very nice). Even at this new "job" I'll be bored I think. I'll have to find some good books...
- feelin' realy:
blank
The first two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer were on sale at Target for $20, so that's my new workout incentive. I only get to watch them when I exercise. I am slightly disturbed by the freaky looking vampires, but Angel looks quite divine. Definitly not as good as Edward, but it'll do.
I went and saw Inkheart with my mom today and liked it ALOT more than I thought I would :p Actually, I liked it ALOT. I have to go read the book now, it's probably even better, lol.
- feelin' realy:
restless
Maybe this is repetative, but I've been thinking about it lately. Right now where I'm stuck in my life, not really getting anywhere, The only thing I really want is to have my own family, as weird as that sounds. But my problem is, I don't want a relationship, like, ever. It terrifies me to think of being that close to someone, close enough that I would be comfortable marrying them. I'm a very private person, which was why I didn't enjoy going to a therapist. There are lots of things that I've never told anyway...ANYONE. And I have no intention of telling anyone. But when you get in a serious relationship, you're supposed to be able to talk about anything. I mean, I would want my future spouse to be able to tell me anything and everything. I know that relationships are hard, and I realize I'm getting ahead of myself seeing as I've never actually been in one, but I have a lot of experiance observing them, real and fiction, and perhaps I need to grow up a bit.
(ps. I did enjoy superman, incase I didn't get that across. Despite the terrible special effects, i was hooked :p Clark Kent is a dork, but I understand now how people don't recognize him as superman. Those glasses are HUGE.)
- feelin' realy:
melancholy
- I'm looking for a new hobby in life. I've narrowed it down to: rowing (on an erg machine), learning to draw, some sort of scrapbooking, caligraphy or other crafty project. I'll probably double or triple up. At least I'll include the form of exercise. Goodness knows I need it.
- I've bought a Nintendo DS without my parent's knowledge....this is dangerous, dangerous ground. They probably wouldn't care that much, but whatever. I'll skip the lecture for this one. I got it on sale anyway.
- I really HATE Kristen Stewart. Unfortunatly I own, like 4 of her movies. That was a dumb idea. She can't act (in the movie or in the news) and every interview of her seems so fake. Like she's trying so hard to be "cool" about all her fame but it's not working. (and no i don't hate her cause she gets to be with Rob Pattinson. Yes, he's hot, but he seems to have a semi-crappy personality as well. Bless them both if they end up dating)
- I'm going to start teaching my 8 year old niece to play the piano. If I find I can handle it, I might go back and take lessons myself and try to actually make some money by teaching. Who knows?
-I FINALLY got the third book of the Mistborn series and am eagarly devouring it. in the process I realized that I still haven't read the third Eragon book....hummm.....I don't care enough. That's good. one less harback book for me to buy. Goodness knows the library won't have it in stock for another year, too many people putting it on hold.
That is all.
- feelin' realy:
cynical - listenin' to:"Love Story" by Taylor Swift
Sooooooo.....
I'm a wimp. There I said it. Someone needed to I guess. Might as well have been me. Finding out things like that about yourself isn't fun, especially when it causes you to totally mess up your life.
This is probably making no sense. See. I was supposed to be down at school right now. Cheerfully attending my new school, SVU, with a longtime friend, Rachel, and loving the small classes, the small town, the friendly professors, and my quaint little townhouse.
Well, I'm still in Burke. Actually, I'm BACK in Burke. I did leave. I went to Buena Vista on Wednesday and came back to Burke on Thrusday. It's a rather long story, so I'll sum up:
So now I'm home. Any suggestions?
- stuck in:Burke, VA
- feelin' realy:
pessimistic - listenin' to:"If Everyone Cared" by nickleback
And I'm sitting here freaking out.
Wow, going back to school again is just not a good idea. I mean, it is, but I can't even describe how freaked out I'm making myself. I'm looking over my courses and my textbooks and realizing how lost I'm going to be in every aspect of my life down there.
My only consilation is that it's only 3 hours away. Let's hope the storm tomorrow doesn't kill me on my way down. har har.
::sniff:: i hate waiting. the anticipation is always worse than the actual action. LET'S GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!
- feelin' realy:
nervous
I rang it in by going over to my sister's house, giving ourselves manicures while watching Firefly, and then going to bed at 10:30. haha. We did go see Valkyrie today, whcih was a GREAT movie and SO depressing at the end. But it really is, like, one of those classic war movies that's probably gonna be around quite a while. I was also surprisingly impressed with Tom Cruise. I've only really liked him in the MI movies, so that's something I guess. Now I'm back at home, bumming around and trying not to think about leaving in 5 days cause it causes me to hyperventilate.
New Years Resolutions:
- pray twice a day, no matter what
- read the book of mormon for at LEAST 5 minutes a day
- smile more
side note for myself in the future: 2008 was possibly one of the worst years of my entire life. On the other hand I also had a few really great memories from it as well. however, let's try not to have a repeat preformance, ok?
- feelin' realy:
pensive - listenin' to:HSM3 Soundtrack
Yay for new computers!
So I finally got my new baby. It's a she this time (it's purple) and her name is Eve (like on WallE). She is beautiful and far too futuristic for me to feel comfortable yet. It's a Dell Studio, which I got on sale on Black Friday and have only just gotten because of the stupid Dell Website that took forever to get it to me ::glare::. But, now I have her and it's SO nice to have my life, kinda, back again. She even has a fingerprint reader which makes it so I can log onto my computer and different websites by just swipping my finger. Pretty cool, huh? I feel like I'm on Alias, haha.
In other news, MERRY CHRISTMAS! A few days late...My christmas this year was a lot of fun. Heidi and Nina came over to stay for almost the whole week and we ended up wrapping lots of presents and doing all the christmas cards and lots of jigsaw puzzles. Today is going to be full of preperations for our dad's 60th birthday party which is tomorrow. Joy. more time in the kitchen. Like I haven't had enough of that this month. No, it'll be fun.
How crazy is it that I leave for school in, like, 10 days?
Wow, there is so much I haven't talked about on this LJ. It'll be impossible to catch up, so I won't go into all of it. Here's some highlights:
- Went and saw 1964, which are a Beatles band. The guys are older, like in their 50's, but they actually look a lot like the beatles and they were spot on in chracter and sound. I couldn't believe how much they sounded like the real thing, it was crazy! My mom was insanely excited and she even started crying when Paul "And I Love Her". They played just older songs, before they did too many drugs and all that that messed up their music. It was way fun. It was a dinner theater so we got to eat and visit before and we were fourth in line so we got the middle front table, like front row seats, which was awesome :p
- I no longer work at Interstate! And there was MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH rejoycing!
- I FINALLY got together with Molly (yay!) and we went and saw Twilight....ahhh....gotta love the awkward vampire romance. I can pin every awkward moment in the movie on two things: the electric guitar rifts and the director. ::sigh:: I hope the second one is better.
- Saw Austrailia yesterday with my sisters and my mom. WOW. Loved it. Hugh Jackman completely deserved to with People's Sexiest Man Award. Not much more to say. Will buy when on video.
- Did I mention I leave for school in 10 days...and I'm freaking out about it? Well, I am...and I am...alot.
- feelin' realy:
indescribable - listenin' to:"You're Gonna Lose The Girl" by the Beatles
No, the brilliant news is that I have FINALLY bought a new laptop. Of course Dell is being stupid about it and taking two weeks for me to get it, but i did get it on sale, which is always nice :p
That being said, hopfully I'll start updating more soon. For now, here's my infamous bullet points!
- I went to Flagstaff to visit my grandparents and get away from my mother. Turns out my grandmother is JUST like my mother. Well bugger.
- While in flagstaff I missed the premier of the Twilight movie (SOB!) but literally as soon as I stepped off the plane back in VA I went with my mom and sisters to see it. It was so terribly awkward that I went to see it again...and again...and again. but that review is for a whole other post.
- My plan right now is going to SVU in January and I am about as un-pumped for it as you can possibly be. The thought of being in school again kinda makes me gag. Of course if I don't get out of my parent's house soon the consequenses will be slightly more severe
- I only have two more weeks of work left at Interstate (and there was much rejoycing) and I am now only working half days (and there was much rejoycing)
- My medical issues make me want to bang my head against a wall. That of course would just make me have to go see another doctor. I am SO done with doctors of any kind. Between my back and my mouth (which just decided to explode with cavaties and potential root canals) I have broken down several times into tears, sick to death of going to doctor after doctor and just finding more things wrong. Who hates being in their twenties? ::raise hand::
- Life isn't all bad. In fact I've had some great times lately, mostly with family. Heidi, Nina, Kirsti and i have grown a lot closer, it's great. The only downside is that it's gonna be harder to leave. But hey, that's what cell phones are for right? (on a side note, i still HATE talking on the phone, especially my phone)
- Movies I've seen (besides Twilight[see above]):
-HSM 3 - rocked my socks off. I'll deal with the corney plot line and immodest wardrobe. Zac Efron is HOT. deal with it. And yes, I realize he's younger than me. But who doesn't have fun watching all those fun dance numbers and listening to people sing who actually can sing. I mean, bravo to disney, I knew you still had it in you!
-Bolt - I saw it cause it was 3D and I haven't seen one of those in a LONG time. it was pretty cute and clever, for a modern cartoon. Of course the hampster was the best part. DUH!
- The bane of my existance right now is money. I literally don'thave ANY right now. I'm waiting for my parents to pay me back for several things from this past summer and for bbsitting Todd the two seperate times. it's just hard to request money from people who are already shelling out thousands to send you to a college you don't even want to go to. Blah.
That's all I can think of for the moment. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have a computer again and I'll be able to go into depth about Twilight (again) and rant about my life (like always).
Toodles!
- stuck in:Pohick Library, Burke, VA
- feelin' realy:
exanimate - listenin' to:"Decode" by Paramour
...it was a good moment.
In unrelated news, I still don't have a computer. I blame my recent sneezing and coughing to that fact.
- feelin' realy:
calm
- feelin' realy:
grumpy
I could fill this post with deep, emotional, depressive thoughts that seem to be comsuming most of my life right now, but seeing as it's already late, I'm going to attempt to have good dreams tonight. Ergo, we'll broach some happier subjects.
My new layout deserves a bit of explination. Since becoming obsessed with Twilight and even more obsessed with the fact that they're making a movie of it, I have, of course (being a girl) oogled and awed over the fine male specimins that are playing our favorite vampires. Of course, as real life so often does, the more I actually learned about them, the more my opinions changed. And while Robert Pattinson might possible have the cutest smile in the world (second only to Steven Straight) I literally cannot STAND him. I despise how he looks like he's drunk all the time (well, he probably IS drunk all the time) and I can't stand the foul language he uses and the way he wears his hair. ugh. please. At first it was cute, now it is just tacky. "So why," are you asking "did you put him on your lifejournal header?" That's a very good questions. I can tell you that the thing I like most about this picture is Kellen's (who plays Emmett) expression. I also have no problem with Rob's smile, and Taylor is just adorable, as always. Mostly, I just really like guys in while button down shirts with lose ties on. Actually, I like guys in white shirts period. It's a weird obsession that I won't go into now.
Other news in my life consists of things like A) I hate my job and B) I'm trying desperatly to find a way to go out to Utah soon and visit friends. I also have a birthday coming up, presents that I'm getting are things like tickets to go see Les Mis and day outings to the Rennisance festival. Yay! Good grief, I can't believe I'm turning 22.
In family news, Matt and Tyrelle are FINALLY going to have a baby! yay! It's going to be a girl and te name they picked already is Ellie Anne Erickson. Brilliant :D Ethan is officially the cutest boy in the world, which saves me a lot of trouble. I'm still getting so frustrated with my mom sometimes that I could literally scream (and often do).
Alright. I'm tired. The end.
- feelin' realy:
listless
My Review of Breaking Dawn!
Reading Time: 6 hours
I received the book at approximately: 8:45 am, August 2nd. Borders doesn't open until 9, but the door was unlocked! I went in and grabbed a book and hugged it until they kicked me out for ten minutes until the store was really supposed to be open ::pout::
I read at: My neighbor's house while I was taking care of their dog. I kept laughing and gasping and exclaiming things and the poor dog got so worked up while it was sitting next to me, lol.
Goodness, I don't even know where to START! Alright, we'll start with the basics. I LOVED IT! Of course, I'm not usually hard to please when it comes to a fandom I'm obsessed with. I loved the plot, the writing, the beginning, the ending, everything! (well there were a FEW things, but we'll get to that later).
- feelin' realy:
giggly
Well I guess it isn't THAT bad, but in the rank of Wedenesdays, this is falling pretty low on my "fun chart".
I was on a great high this weekend after reading Breaking Dawn (still working on my review, btw) and then getting time off work so I can go to a family reunion in Oregon, AND getting even more help from the vice president to SVU to help me apply to the school....but today it's all back to "blah". I woke up early, early and couldn't fall back asleep, my mom was mad at me this morning because of a disagreement we had last night, I was obviously still asleep when I picked out my outfit because I look hideious today, Sandy only had a half day so I'm stuck in the corner by myself...
In fact, it's so BLAH that I'm annoyed with myself for feeling this way and therefore I'm going to make myself be happy the rest of the day. Therefore I'm getting my rant out on my LJ, lol. Yay! It's after four! Only an hour left :D
- stuck in:Interstate Van Lines, Springfield, VA
- feelin' realy:
annoyed