Oh, life could be a dream!

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:39:51 GMT

So Ryan is really interested in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When Angel showed up to the prom, he was like, "No! This is just going to make it harder on them when he leaves... it is going to make it harder on me. *hugs me*"

Oh, and I had my wisdom teeth out today. Whoo-hoo.

GUITAR HERO HAS TAKEN OVER MY LIFE

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:01:15 GMT

I really don't have anything to report except my newfound fascination with video games, namely Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock.

Does anyone play?

Oh, yeah. I turned 20.

Guitar Hero > birthdays.

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:30:16 GMT

So I'm updating for the first time since mid-October. Erm... yeah.

I'm home in Tucson until Sunday. It was 75 degrees yesterday, but apparently now it's cooled off to the high 60s.

I kind of despise Thanksgiving food, so I contented myself with a dinner roll and pretending to eat everything else. My parents and I went over to a family friend's house, because we don't have any blood relatives we're close to, and there were like 30 people there. It was kind of ridiculous and I spent dinner pretending to not be socially awkward/a nerd.

This lady was like, "OMG SO are you in a sorority?!" and I just said, "Uhm, no." And gave her a weird look. But she said, "Oh, I see. They aren't 'cool' now? They sort of fade in and out of being cool. Haha."

To which I responded: "No, they are cool. I am just not."

She just sort of blinked at me. Oh, good times. I actually would've prefered to eat with my godparents, which kind of surprises me because dinner with them is far from a pleasant experience.

Currently I've got three loaves of Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf in the oven and three waiting to go in after them. I am leaving one for my parents, taking one each to Ryan, Christie, my roommate Melissa, and keeping one for myself. So I've got an extra loaf I've got no idea what to do with. I think I might use it for the party thing my parents are having tomorrow. With my godparents, Lana, Dennis, and Lana's father Lavert. They're the people that I have Christmas Eve dinner with.

Hm. I don't know, I might just keep two for myself. ;D

Well, I hope all of your Thanksgivings were at least tolerable and that no major family disasters occured!

the most ridiculous LJ entry ever

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:07:25 GMT

Growing up in the desert I had little use for heavy winter coats. The average high in December and January is like 65°. However, now I'm up here in Flagstaff/Northern Arizona and it's already that temperature during the day, and it's dropping down to like the 30s at night.

Already. o____O

I need a jacket. I've got a huge 3/4 length puffy black one of DOOM from three years ago but it's really ugly and I'm kind of ridiculous and I doubt I'll ever wear it because of it's hideousness.

I'm contimplateing buying this one in green (though the orange is nice too). I think it's pretty nice looking, but I have no point of reference for cold-weather fashion. Is it nice? Is it hideous?

Should I buy it?

Hi, I'm really fucking bored.

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:27:29 GMT

I saw Jerry Seinfeld live tonight. It was hilarious.

The mic randomly went dead in the middle of the performance. It took them at least three minutes to fix it. During the very awkward pause, someone in the audience called out "WELCOME TO FLAGSTAFF!"

When the mic was turned on again, Jerry Seinfeld was like, "I feel really bad about leave you people here now."

At the end of the performance, he took questions from the audience. None but the last one were any good. The last one was, "Why did you come to Flagstaff?"

He responded with something along the lines of "I really love stand up." And then he said that he should be asking us why *we* were here.

It was pretty awesome.

And then Ryan walked me back to my dorm and kissed me good night.

I feel like my life is on hiatus until I see him again on Sunday.

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:39:44 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY dizzynoise_

<3

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:14:44 GMT

So my study guide for my first history test is 35 pages. Uh, what?

It looks pretty easy, it's only over four chapters and it has THE PAGE NUMBER next to the question, so....

But thirty-five PAGES. WHAT. O_o I was going to print it out but, uh, definitely not going to waste all of my printer ink on that.

Looks like I have a fun weekend planned for me! lmao.

I am also going to a student Opera on Sunday. Missing the Emmys. D: D: But Christie has to go because she's writing an article on it for the school newspaper, and I owe her one. HAHA SHOULD BE HILARIOUS.

I liked dizzynoise_'s suggestion of the entire article consisting either of "o______O" or a cat macro. XD

LOLZ BAD ELECTRONICA

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:39:32 GMT

So I've recently become obsessed with Anthony Stewart Head who, for those of you that do not know, playes Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even more recently (two days ago) I found out that he had a CD out. OF COURSE I BOUGHT IT.

And. Well. I guess it's not... that bad? Well. HAHAHA YES IT IS. And so here it is:

Music For Elevators.

There is also a really frightening cover of the Beatles song 'We Can Work It Out.' I included the original in the .zip folder so that you can compare them. And laugh, most likely.

:D

Meme!

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:44:28 GMT

I was tagged by fourassassins! :D

1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

1. I'm too good at bluffing social skills. So when I am awkward, people just think I'm being a bitch. Good times!

2. I bite my cuticles. It's really, really gross and I used to have like. bloody fingers. :X But now I've gotten a lot better.

3. I attempt to listen to current music, and aside from a few artists/albums, it just pisses me off to an irrational extent. ESPECIALLY horrible current cover versions of old songs, that are vastly and HORRIFYINGLY inferior to the original, and yet NO ONE REALIZES THAT IT IS NOT COMPLETELY NEW.

4. I usually stop being friends with people only because I don't think they like me anymore, and I can't stand to be friends with people I don't think like me. It's really bad because I tend to take these signs that they don't like me from my mind. :X

5. I know a song is truly good and addicting if I can listen to it on repeat over and over and over and over again. I can literally have the same song on repeat for days at a time. It tends to drive the other people around me insane, so it doesn't happen very often.

6. The only ways I can make friends is either unashamedly forcing myself on them (IMing them constantly, talking to them all of the time, all because I think they are way amazingly awesome) or having other people force themselves on me for a year or more, at which point I grow a certain fondness for them for putting up with me and my general grumpiness toward the people who try this method.

7. I chew gum with embarrassing and unhealthy frequency. Literally I have gum in my mouth at all times except when I am eating, drinking or brushing my teeth. I ~~usually~~ always swallow my gum, also. I fall asleep with gum in my mouth and swallow it in the middle of the night. This has been going on for at least two years now, and it's because when I don't chew gum my throat is sore. :X I don't know. I also always have these pains in one of my thighs. It has been going on for longer than the gum-chewing, and if I don't take an advil it gets really painful. But I have no idea what it would be and I am afraid of the doctor just being like, "WTF you are a loser." or something.

XD I AM A FREAK YAY.

I obligation-free tag! dizzynoise_, executivehpfan, lemonandlace, argyletheme, tabula_xrasa, kaitliiin, and bethhh!

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:58:14 GMT

So I had this really long entry where I complained about school for like 7 paragraphs.

Basically?

I miss easy community college. I keep thinking to myself, "Man, [though I am not a man] if I had only taken this class at Pima Community College. It would be SO much easier."

HAHAHAHA WTF ME. 4 CLASSES IN ONE DAY? Whyyy?

Clearly I was on some sort of drugs that I then hid from myself and repressed from my memory. I WANT MY GOOD-TIME DRUGS BACK. D:

ROFLMAO AT READING OTHELLO ON MY OWN IN A WEEK AND A HALF. HAHAHAHAHAHA

*cries a single tear of emo*

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:25:40 GMT

lololol So Christie's roommate has a picture of Jesus taped to the wall right next to her pillow. And apparently went to church for three hours yesterday. And then spent three hours reading The Book of Mormon.

I was like, "Why does she need it right next to her pillow? D: Does she roll over and make out with it in the middle of the night?"

First day of class today. I've got to bike ride down to south campus in under 20 minutes. It's going to suck because it is uphill. Fuck. D:

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:57:05 GMT

Well, I am hanging out in my dorm room. My roommate is here and she seems nice, if a little strange. Erm.

So last night she was like, "HEY! Do you want to come with me and hang out with people?" and I was like "Sure!" Because I didn't want her to think that I was a bitch. And so we went to what turned out to be her ex-boyfriend's dorm with two other people. o_O; And it was just really awkward. I don't know, she's nice enough on her own but when she's around her friends she turns out to be the type of person who needs to be the center of attention all of the time. Which. That type of person does not amuse me. And she told two really lame jokes last night and then...told them to me again today? lmao I guess she forgot that she told them last night. Or something. Haha.

She just kind of hinted around going and hanging out today. Somewhere else besides the dorm. And I was just kind of like, "Oh, I hope you and your friends have fun! *looks busy*" Which I feel bad for doing but I am really tired and just want to sit here, lmao. I also. Am pretty hungry but I am scared of the cafeteria/too lazy to go there. I think I'll just have some oreos. lol

My friend from my first HS and I are going to this other girl we knew's apartment warming party. And. o___O; I am scared. I really don't want to go. But I don't feel like I have a choice because everyone knows I don't have plans. lmao. D:

I will be glad for school to start so that I can just be like, "I've got homework to do!" or something. And also for it to cool off. I don't know how people live without a/c during the summer. lmao We've got a ceiling fan, I have a mini-fan which I propped up on my chair to blow at me during the night. And my roommate has this huge monster fan. So we're surviving. lol

Edit: I wasn't nervous about coming, and I didn't think I would get like this. But I want to go home.

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:25:23 GMT

I am all moved into my dorm! It is a reaaaally nice dorm. Full-sized fridge, a kitchenette with a stove and oven, and my own huge dresser, bureau, desk, and a mini bookshelf type thing. I have a bunch of storage space under my bed too, because I bought those clear plastic tubs.

Obviously I figured out the internet just fine, but the TV is proving a puzzle. As far as I can tell, the TV is hooked up perfectly fine but there is nothing coming through. Not even like channel four. And I KNOW the dorms have basic cable. So I don't know what's going on.

My roommate hasn't arrived yet. She is coming in tomorrow, and I don't know what time. I don't want to be sleeping/in the shower when she comes, so I think I'll just get up insanely early and get all ready and then leave for like. 8 hours. I dunno. D:

I really have nothing to do. I suppose I could go pick up my books from the bookstore but. Meh. Sitting here is nice. XD

Ahhhh, I am so excited.

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:52:34 GMT

I uploaded these to your_music_fix so I thought I'd post it here too. :D Hope you all are doing well. I am. I am moving out tomorrow.

Anyway! Three albums. I like the first two a lot. The third one I stole from a friend of mine and haven't had a chance to listen to more than once yet, though my first impression was good. It just came out on the 14th of this month.

Artist: Our Lady Peace
Album: Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
Format: .m4a
Genre: Alternative
Download here.

1. One Man Army
2. Happiness & The Fish
3. Potato Girl
4. Blister
5. Is Anybody Home?
6. Waited
7. Thief
8. Lying Awake
9. Annie
10. Consequences of Laughing
11. Stealing Babies

--

Artist: The Shins
Album: Wincing The Night Away
Format: .m4a
Genre: Alternative
Download here.

1. Sleeping Lessons
2. Australia
3. Pam Berry
4. Phantom Limb
5. Sea Legs
6. Red Rabbits
7. Turn On Me
8. Black Wave
9. Split Needles
10. Girl Sailor
11. A Comet Appears

--

Artist: Eisley
Album: Combinations
Format: .m4a
Genre: Rock
Download here.

1. Many Funerals
2. Invasion
3. Taking Control
4. Go Away
5. I Could Be There for You
6. Come Clean
7. Ten Cent Blues
8. A Sight to Behold
9. Combinations
10. If You're Wondering

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:09:36 GMT

I am officially on haitus. Trips are fun but I left everything too late.

<33

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:37:08 GMT

Aww, The Twilight Zone is awesome. I love when Sci-Fi does marathons of it; I always try to catch as much of it as I can.

I finished reading Slaughterhouse Five and I really, really enjoyed it. Then I moved on to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone which I've read too many times to really get into, I think. I mean to start Chamber of Secrets tonight.

While I would have prefered to stay home today (it was 112° today), Ashley guilted Justin, Christie and I into going to this outdoor Lifehouse concert and then fireworks. Ashley ended up ditching Christie and then Justin and I got there forty minutes later and Christie, Justin and I hung out. Justin and I snuck in and therefore saved 17 dollars, which was awesome. But yeah, I talked to Ashley for like five minutes. I won't let her guilt me into going any place with her anytime soon, though I'm not really that mad because the fireworks were fun.

Justin and Christie were pretty pissed though. Justin lives pretty far away, was moving back to his parent's house temporarily for the summer today, and worked 8 hours. And then Christie worked 5 hours and went with Ashley and Ashley totally hardcore ditched her, haha. She was just like, "I'm going up closer!! I'll see you later!" and never bothered to return her phone calls for the entire concert until the fireworks started. So I ended up only talking to Ashley for five minutes, and Justin didn't talk to Ashley at ALL because he was so pissed (and I really don't blame him). But yeah, Ashley told us, "Well, this will be the last time that we'll all hang out, so you guys HAVE TO COME ZOMG."

Haha, I fucking hate teenagers. But, well, I just won't let her guilt me into anything again.

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:20:04 GMT

The Shakespeare class that I wanted to take that was closed opened again and I'm now in it! YAY. I guess I'll just stay in British Literature After 1750 BEFORE British Literature To 1750. lmao, oh well.

QUESTION:

Should I drop Intro to Linguistics (ENG 308) and replace it with an easier class (Political Science 110)?

:X It would be easier and instead of having an hour and a half between classes on Fridays, I'd only have 20 minutes -- I think that might motivate me to ... not go back to my room and sleep? I don't know, rofl.

HEEELP. XD <3

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:23:27 GMT

So I'm up in the town (Flagstaff) where I'm going to college this next semester. Orientation is tomorrow at 9. Originally it was at 8 but they...changed...it...? So, yay! We drove the 4, 4 1/2 hours up here this morning and got in around 2:30. Well, I drove. Blerg freeways. It was fine except when we were going through Phoenix and these random construction zones where people slowed down really fast in front of me, but behind me they all seemed to be very. close. to hitting me. Mmm, good times! I kept pumping my breaks like there was no tomorrow. haha.

My parents and I drove around the town and found out where we're going tomorrow. Which is in this really awesome library (one of the two very awesome libraries on campus!) and I'm excited to come up here, though I have a feeling orientation is going to blow really hard. Oh welllll.

The ONLY good thing about being a transfer student is the fact that orientation is only one day instead of two. I've already registered for my classes, so I'm not sure what else there is to do? Oh, well, I will find out tomorrow.

Tonight my friend Christie and I are meeting at Barnes and Noble to hang out? We were going to see Evan Almighty, but we changed plans and are seeing it tomorrow.

This is the first time I've been on a trip with my parents in a long time (first time anywhere except my godmother's house in CA) and it is weirding me out a little bit. I'm not used to being more experienced than my parents in ANYTHING. But they.. can't even work the room keys? And I told them about wake-up calls and they were basically like, "Oooh, shiny!!" And. Other things that I forget at the moment but have just made me go: "o_o;"

I'm sure that makes a lot of sense.

When we were checking in, the guy behind the desk saw my dad's shirt that has the Tucson Raquet Club on it (where they play tennis, rofl) and he was like, "So, how unbareable is it in Tucson?" and I was like, "VERY. It was 109 yesterday. D:"

And he was like, "Wow! I think it is sweltering here." And. LMAO it's 88 here, wtf?! It's so nice. And there is a breeze! and. Ahhh, yay. I'm excited to go here in the fall. Though I'll probably die in the snow. Er... Oh well. :D

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:27:18 GMT

EEEEE. So! I offically am seeing both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. executivehpfan heard back about our tickets for TCR. And. EEE.

That's really the only thing that has happened to me that is worth talking about. haha.

YO, HO! I mean. Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me!

Thu, 24 May 2007 23:00:58 GMT

My friends Ashley, Justin, Christie and I are seeing PotC:3 tonight at 12:01am. Clearly we are the type of fans that THINK they are being hardcore (by getting tickets for the 12:01am showing) but are just actually being stupid (because the first showing is actually at 8:00pm and two of us have to work tomorrow morning).

I also got my haircut. I think it's a little too...PUNK RAWK~!1!one~!!!!! BUT. I like it anyway. Whateverrr. I will probably take pictures of it tonight while we're in line.

That's it really.

Workity work work.

Sat, 19 May 2007 23:52:17 GMT

I'm not working this Saturday because all of the new doctors are ... graduating from residency or something? And they work only work on Saturdays and they work at the store that I work at, so... there won't be a doctor there, so I won't be there. It was kind of a fluke and I'm weirded out because even with all of my vacations, I have worked on Saturday. Since I started this job I have only not worked on a Saturday once. :O Every Saturday for a year and now! Suddenly not.

MIND TRIP. haha But I'm working Monday to make up for it, luckily.

I also found out that there won't be any doctors working through my Saturday location after June 2nd, so I'll be back at a different location... but apparently no one told the people who work regularly at my Saturday location. I will miss this one girl (Candy. Who has an identical twin named Mandy..and an older sister named Brandy. lmao)

haha this probably makes no sense, oh welz.

Stolen from like 8 different people...

Sat, 19 May 2007 05:32:44 GMT

Whee, meme time!

List five songs that you currently love. Post these instructions, the artists, & the songs in your blog.

1. A Comet Appears by The Shins.

This song just hit me recently, though I've owned the CD for about a month now. It is just so gentle and beautiful that I have to love it.

2. Sh-Boom by The Chords.

Best. Doo wop song. Ever. I just recently updated my profile/journal title/friends page title with lyrics from this. It's very happy and up-beat. Ah, the 50s. :D

3. The Unforgiven by Metallica

Thanks cobrasnaps! :D She got me into Metallica and this is my favorite song that I've heard so far. It breaks my heart, but in a good way.

4. Mulder and Scully by Catatonia.

This song is kind of hilarious and addicting. I am amused by anything related to The X-Files, so I've become addicted to this song. But not QUITE as addicted as I was (once upon a time) to the infamous 'David Duchovny, Why Won't You Love Me.' Good times, good times.

5. Old News by Dr. Dog.

First off: No, this isn't hip-hop or rap music. Haha, the band name seems misleading! But I would describe it as 60s-esque music with a fun cafe flair. It's fun to listen to.

I would be happy to hear any comments on any of these songs! Even (ESPECIALLY?) if you go, "WTF ARE YOU ON, WHY THE HELL DO YOU LISTEN TO THAT?" hee.

I'm so bored.

Fri, 18 May 2007 22:00:39 GMT

I've been very confused and disoriented as of late. I think it originated with my obsessive X-Files watching (a few weeks ago I watched the entire Season 5 in two days.) But now I'm in a reading kick and it is a weird change. I just finished a fanfic and then checked my flist, and afterwards I wondered to myself what I had been watching, as the TV wasn't on. Then I realized that I had been reading and not watching TV. ...erm.

Yesterday I read Fahrenheit 451. I think I am in love with Ray Bradbury. There was an interview with him in the back of my book, and it made me kind of fall in love with him. (Though, not really, because he's 87 and that goes even beyond my age limit standards.) I also found out that they're thinking of making a movie version. Which made me...die laughing until I realized that there already was a movie version. Ironyyy.

I'm finally done with my first year, but hardly done with the prepratory stuff for next year. Being a transfer student sucks and I can't believe I ever let anyone talk me into staying in this godforsaken town in my godforsaken life for an extra year. My friends are all back from college, and I hate them for being able to get out and change. I also hate them because their views have remained the same. I was naive in hoping that getting out of my Very Religious High School would allow them to release their frightening views of the world.

Everyone who answers phones for Northern Arizona University knows me, I think. Or they should because I've called up there so many times inquiring about pesky transfer student things. I managed to convince some nice man in the English department to remove my hold on the account so that I could register for classes. But the British Literature class literally closed between the time that I left a message on his voicemail and the time he removed my hold after speaking with me.

So instead I'm enrolled in a very sketchy class called a "Modular Learning Experience" and no one, NO ONE -- not even the people in the English deparment (where the class is through) -- has been able to tell me what the hell that is. I think I'll just stay enrolled in it until I actually attend the class and see if it will be a waste of my time. The instructor is not even listed, though I doubt I'd be willing to e-mail asking them if their course was useless or not.

They still haven't processed my trasfers from last semester, even though I sent those in with my application. And so I am wondering how they will know not to put me in a fucking freshman dorm if they don't know that I have sophomore status, but the worker bees just tell me that the trascript is in the 'too be processed' pile. Oh, well. Such is life.

Sun, 06 May 2007 05:13:35 GMT

ATTN: RACHEL AND SHANNON, ETC.

Preliminary Schedule:

MONDAY THE 16TH:
-Arrive and leave our bags with the hotel
-See The Daily Show*
-Check into hotel
-Wander around Times Square/Eat Dinner

TUESDAY THE 17TH:
-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island*
-World Trade Center Site
-Trinity Church
-Wall Street
-See The Colbert Report*/Stalk Stephen
-See Harry Potter: Movie 5* (possibly a late-night showing)

WEDNESDAY THE 18TH:
-Tour the United Nations*
-Central Park
-Fifth Avenue
-Museum of Natural History*
-Grand Central Terminal
-Rockefeller Center

THURSDAY THE 19TH:
-Sex Museum*
-Madison Square Garden
-New York Public Library
-St. Patrick's Cathedral
-Empire State Building
-Broadway*

FRIDAY THE 20TH:
-Brooklyn Bridge*
-Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
-Canal Street
-Battery Park
-Random Browsing at Shops (West Village/Soho/East Village)
-HPDH!*

SATURDAY THE 21ST:
-Macy's
-Bloomingdale's
-Barney's
-Shopping
-Chinatown

(I swear I'll make a real update for the rest of you...eventually? :x)

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:08:48 GMT

This post is specifically targeted at Rachel and Shannon, but if anyone else has any suggestions, please feel free to chime in. :D

Here are some of the things that I found in my book that sounded interesting organized by part of the city. I'd appreciate any comments. If there is some place that you want to go to, please tell me and I'll add it to the list. Also, is there any place on here that you really, really want to go to?

Comments from other people that are not Rachel or Shannon: Add stuff that you think are definite must-sees! Also, does anyone know of any good 18+ clubs?

Lower Manhattan/Tribeca/Chinatown:
-World Trade Center Site
-Trinity Church
-Wall Street
-Statue Of Liberty/Ellis Island
-Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Chelsea/Meat-Packing District:
-New York Public Library
-Empire State Building
-New Museum of Contemporary Art
-Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
-Macy's Herald Square

Gramercy Park/Union Square:
-Museum of Sex

Midtown West:
-Times Square
-The Daily Show Headquarters
-International Center of Photography

Midtown East:
-St. Patrick's Cathedral
-Rockefeller Center
-Grand Central Terminal
-Chrysler Building
-United Nations Headquarters/United Nations Gardens
-Central Park Zoo
-Radio City Music Hall
-The Museum of Modern Art
-Museum of Television and Radio
-NBC Studios
-5th Avenue/Madison Avenue
-Barney's New York
-Bloomingdale's

Upper West Side:
-American Museum of Natural History