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Dear live journal,
I'm sorry I haven't written you in a while. I can only imagine the unbearable pain you must be feeling. It's not so much you.. it's.. well, it's me. I hate to use the excuse that I've been busy, but.. I've been busy! I know you think facebook has taken your place.. I know you're jealous of it, and your jealousy is understandable. Facebook has offered me a lot that you just can't. And I won't lie to you, facebook and I have a very strong connection, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten you. In all fairness, you were here first. So I'm here to tell you that I'm here now and I'm hoping to rekindle the beautiful relationship we once had. I'm hoping to bring back our spark! Help me live journal, help me bring back our spark!
WOAH! INTERRUPTION: I'm watching Becker right now (I don't even like this show) and Hurley from Lost just made a guest appearance! Or maybe he's a usual on the show.. I don't know.. I don't watch it.. ever. Anyways, speaking of Lost.. it's the best show on t.v. hands down. I hope you all watch it. The 2 hour season finale is this wednesday at 9/8 central. AHH!!
So I'm home for the summer. It's been a successful one so far. I've been hanging out with friends, out on the lake, out by my pool, gone bowling, shopping, and I start work again tomorrow. I don't really have any big trips planned this summer.. you know.. like the beach or anything, but I'd like to.
Umm I definitely do miss Knoxville already though.. it's just so much better than Kingsport even though we DO have a Marble Slab now. Yeah, Kingsport's hoppin.
Well I really don't know what else to say and in all actuality, I probably won't post again for another few months. So all that stuff I said about "rekindling our relationship" was pretty much bs. Who knows though, maybe I will post again soon. Goodbye!
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| Trickery! |
[30 Jan 2006|02:23pm] |
I was deceived! I got a call last night from some dude named Sam. He said I qualified for an internship position and could earn up to $8,000 working for the Southwestern Company, which I'd never heard of. I said I was interested and would go to a meeting the next day. Turns out, after talking to people who got the same call, the Southwestern Company has you go door-to-door and sell books. Not something I'm particularly interested in.. and they made it sound so glorious! I should have been more skeptical, but I was just so ready to accept a job offer.
In other news, our mock trial team made Nationals! That means we're going to Florida in March. Pretty exciting. Our A-team won the entire competition, which is pretty awesome. Also 2 people from our team got a best witness award and 2 more got a best attorney award. Gooooo team!
My kitty is sick. :( She has something wrong w/ her kidneys.. and she might not make it. I don't know.. my mom is gonna keep me updated. She is getting pretty old. I got her when I turned 6, so she's like 13 years old. We'll see..
That is all. Peace!
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[17 Jan 2006|01:14pm] |
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In my time between classes, I have decided to update my journal.. and eat, of course, but I did that already.
So my ipod broke.. already! im sooo pissed. Luckily, Apple offers a 1 year warranty, so it's all good. I'll just have to take it back and say fix this, bitches! But until then my walks to class will be dull and tuneless, which is sad. My ipod has made walking to class bearable and I was finally able to drown out the sound of the EXTREMELY noisy buses. Have I mentioned I hate the T? Cause I do.
So my weekend was pretty eventful, and when it wasn't I was kickin' back with the ladies of 301 which is a joy in itself. Classes are going to be slightly boring I'm afraid.. but oh well. I'm also thinking about changing my major... yeah.. but more on that later. I might be taking summer classes at ETSU or here or something. We'll see. I'll probably be at school for like 25 years. But I tend to take my time with everything so I'm not surprised at all, and I'm definitely not surprised by my fickleness.
I watched some of the Golden Globes last night and couldn't help but notice Brokeback Mountain won a whole bunch of stuff. I'm very tempted to see that movie now, knowing that I'll have to handle the gay lover scenes. Creepy.. but it's apparently very good so yeah. I want to see it. And did anyone happen to notice how AMAZING Johnny Depp looked? Cause uhh ya know.. I did.
Well, that's all I guess. I'll probably have to go home this weekend cause I have an eye appt. and because of the whole ipod factor.. sigh. More later, my friends. Peace out!
Oh and if your name is Alex Whitaker and you still stalk me and read my journal regularly.. STOP STALKING ME! just kidding! Happy Birthday, buddy.
Okay now peace out!
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| Maybe this year will be better than the last |
[06 Jan 2006|11:37am] |
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Let's do another "In the past few days, I have.." list. Those are tons o' fun.
Ahem. So in the past few days, I:
- took excessive amounts of acetaminophen, causing me to wake up in a confused state, soaked in sweat.
- thought I overdosed, and told my mother I needed to get my stomach pumped to which she replied, and I quote, "hahaha"
- ran a fever.. the peak being around 102.
- searched frantically on the internet for illnesses related to my symptoms. I definitely checked into the bird flu.. I'm not gonna lie, I kinda thought I might have had it.
- ran out of gas on the way to the doctor this morning. Luckily, my car coasted into the nearest gas station.
- learned from the doc that I have strep throat.....
- received an ass-shot full of penicillin to cure me.
- became extremely light-headed and on the verge of blacking out because of said shot.
- had to have my dad pick me up at the doctor's office.
So as you can see by my list of 9, the past few days have been kinda rough. I'm feeling lots better already though. I'm getting my contacts, finally, at 12:45 today. To sum up the rest of my break, once Christmas was over, it got WAY awesome. I've seen sooo many people that I've wanted to. If I've hung out with you this break, you are awesome and I'm so glad I got to see you. I'm going back to Knoxville Sunday.. it's high time for that.
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[20 Dec 2005|01:07am] |
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While much of the Christmas break will, and has, consisted of me sitting on my ass, watching tv, and stuffing my face.. I feel that the last few days have been exceptions.
In the past few days, I have:
- gone to the eye doctor
- joined the 21st century and ordered contacts
- Sent an assortment of well thought-out hate mail to my Western Civ professor. I've never been more sarcastic and argumentative, and she totally deserved it.
- successfully assembled a grill with Anna
- cooked a 3 course meal for myself, Anna, Luke, John, and Tyler (with the help of Anna and um.. my mom)
- I should elaborate on #5 because the meal was quite amazing if I do say so myself... steak, baked potatoes, corn, rolls, salad, and chocolate cake. Ooohh and that Sparkling Grape Juice stuff.
- played a great round of taboo.. tied the other team 87 to 87 points.
- Tried out the new Thai restaurant which was delicious
- Purchased the new Jason Mraz CD and have been listening to it basically non-stop
- Went ice skating (for the FIRST TIME!!) in market square. So that was kinda like.. last Thursday, but whatever! I'm proud of myself. I'll probably go pro some day.
I have not, however, gotten hardly any Christmas shopping done.. and there are still people I must see while I'm here, and I leave Friday to celebrate Christmas at my Grandmother's. Then there's New Years. So I've been thinking I should follow through with the whole New Years Resolution thing.. I never really take it seriously. I want to pick a good one and stick to it. So what's YOUR New Years Resolution gonna be? Eh, eh?
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| Something's different in the world today |
[11 Dec 2005|06:25pm] |
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Jason Mraz was AWESOME! Wait.. I mean he is still awesome. His concert was awesome. He has such a beautiful voice and he's very entertaining on stage.. funny guy. He's not half bad to look at either. I mean I would probably say yes if he asked me to carry his children.
I love going to concerts so much it hurts. Can't wait for next one.. who's it gonna be?!
I can safely say that without having taken an exam yet, they suck! That's right, exams, I'm judging you. This is ME judging YOU.
Christmas.......i love you....get here faster!
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[30 Nov 2005|02:51pm] |
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Biology! It's like.. who cares?! Well I don't know who cares, but I certainly don't. I mean.. evolution, fine. The nervous system, okay. Nutrition, great. But I DO NOT care about the parts of a cell. I DO NOT care about meiosis and mitosis. I DO NOT care about monomers, polymers, molecules, and atoms. I just don't. But I also realize that's the purpose of school.. to teach you things you will never need to know for life. Sarcasm aside, it's to make you "well rounded" and prepared. Well fine, but I'm not a bio major, and I won't use 90% of it. What really grinds my gears though is my damn professor. He's such a jerk. He's one of those people who really tries hard to make you feel stupid. When we have quizzes in class, the questions are up on a huge overhead in a class of over 500. He'll go, "Gah. This is baby stuff. Everyone knows this, let's just move on." Back up, buster. Biology does not come so easily to everyone. What is baby stuff for one person could be very difficult for another. If there's one thing I hate, it's my intellectual abilities being challenged or mocked. Fine if YOU, a PHD in biology, think it's baby stuff, but don't sit there and spit out snide remarks like, "this is so easy." It's not motivation, it's degrading and discouraging. It's not accomplishing anything, and as a teacher.. no, a professor, he should know better.
On a happier note, Rent was unbelievably amazing. I realize I'm kind of a softy for musicals, but wow. It's incredible. It's got everything! Good singing, good dancing, AND good acting. Now I know some people get bored with musicals and lose the story-line in the midst of it all, but this one really keeps you interested. It makes me really want to see it on Broadway. Then again.. there's not really anything that I don't want to see on Broadway. But it is definitely right up there with Phantom. It's probably going into my movie hall-of-fame. Go see it!! I'll go with you. Even better, I will PAY you to go see this movie. Maybe.. if I like you enough.. actually probably not.. but it was a nice thought, wasn't it?
Thanksgiving was good, yada yada, we had the Binghams over for food, yada yada... oh! So I take my cousin Jessica (she's in 3rd grade) to my room to show her my scrapbook from Senior year. She seemed to enjoy it, but then I got to one picture with a bunch of my friends by the pool in their swimsuits. She pointed to the boys with their shirts off, freaked, and was all, "EWW! GROSS!" I was shocked. Then I remembered.. ah yes. Boys have cooties and are icky in the 3rd grade. I found her pretty entertaining. She talks A LOT. She even kinda over-powered me. I was over-powered.. by a 3rd grader.
Looks like there was a fairly even distribution of those in favor of Cedric v.s. those in favor of Oliver. As for myself, since I know you've been dying to know my answer..(though many of you probably already did) I would have to go with Oliver. He finishes an inch in front of Cedric with that devilishly charming Irish accent.
Peace out.
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[22 Nov 2005|09:03pm] |
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I'm sooo excited about turkey and cranberry sauce it's not even funny. I'm excited about the other food too, but especially the turkey and cranberry sauce. It really just doesn't get much better.
So Harry Potter was good. Definitely the best movie so far, and so funny! I found Dumbledore to be WAY too aggressive, and I was a little disturbed with the amount of stuff they changed completely.. like the Quidditch World Cup thing. Winky.. hello?!? Where was she? I also couldn't help but notice how much better looking everyone has gotten. I mean damn! Diggory was a good choice.. spot on, guys, spot on. I kinda wish they had put more stuff in it from the book.. I mean I personally wouldn't mind the movie being a bit longer, but I GUESS they had a budget or something. pft. Anyways, I enjoyed it. I was entertained and everything.. and since it's general knowledge that the movies can't be as good as the books, (as they shouldn't be) I think they did a fine job.
I'll be seeing it again over break with the Kingsport crowd. An entire night devoted to the Harry Potter movie and discussion of the next book. Thanks Cara.. you and your good ideas.. you rule.
I'm seeing Rent tomorrow night!! You should too.
So here's the pressing question, ladies.. and boys if you are so bold to answer--I will have a new found respect for you.
Cedric Diggory or Oliver Wood?
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| Matchmaker, Matchmaker |
[09 Nov 2005|01:18am] |
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So I spoke with my mother today. She has so generously taken the liberty of playing matchmaker for me. She claims there is the "cutest" boy in her acting class and in the play that she's performing in. "Laura.. he's so nice, and he's about your age! He's got blond hair, and he's very built!" Yes. Clearly, mother, what more could I want? He's nice, he's my age, he's built, and he's got hair! Don't get me wrong, I realize he could be a super great guy. It could be a match made in heaven, who knows, but I would very much like to think I'm capable of doing my own matchmaking, thank you very much. Her efforts are noted, and I appreciate her intentions. But honestly.. do I appear that desperate to her that I would need her to interject herself that much into my life? I should hope not! Consequently, I am going to see her play next weekend, and I know I'll be meeting this boy. The woman has already shown him pictures of me! I have one word for that: embarrassing!!
That did add some humor to my day though, so that's always good. I've been super busy. Mock Trial isn't going so hot.. I wish we had more time before the competition this weekend.
I'm going to miss the homecoming game and a party at the 728. Sadness.. That's all. More later.
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[30 Oct 2005|10:29pm] |
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After much debate and pondering.. Katie, Brett, Amanda and I decided to forget creativity and go out and buy costumes. Well, buy costumes for Katie and I cause Amanda and Brett know what they're gonna be. I settled for a French maid (oh la la) and Katie is a witch. One HOT witch, lemme tell ya. Christina has a beautiful dress and a masquerade mask. It's very Phantom of the Opera like, so I absolutely love it. Elizabeth threw a British Rocker outfit together pretty quickly. Caucatious B she calls herself. To top off our outfits, I'll be speaking in French the whole night whilst Elizabeth rocks out with a British accent. Righto. Well, until we get sick of it at least.
My favorite part of my costume is the feather duster. I got it at wal-mart in the cleaning supplies section, and it's got an Easy Grip handle for your cleaning convenience! It rules. I'm also a big fan of my tights.. they're umm.. well you'll just have to see them for yourself.
I'm SUPER pumped about Halloween. I'm going to a date party w/ Darren (upholding the tradition) then a house party with the funnest kids around. It's gonna be a crazy night, and I don't have class until 12:40 the next day! In fact, this entire weekend has been pretty much incredible. Even Saturday was great! A strange thing happened though.. from 7:45 to about 11pm, I can't remember anything. Then someone asked me how our football team did, and I replied: "We have a football team?"
So I'm sure you're all wondering how the Death Cab concert went just as I'm wondering why in the world you didn't go because it was AMAZING.. except for the obnoxious guys behind us who kept talking during all the gorgeous songs.. I mean seriously, who pays 25 bucks to TALK?! Anyways. The band as a whole is so adorable.. when they weren't facing the audience, they would play towards each other in a little huddle. Aw. The other guitarist had some crazy awesome dance moves, he could move his feet like no other. I definitely felt like their biggest fan.. I'd look around and realize that 90% of the time I was one of like maybe 10 people who knew all the words. I'm so hardcore. I can't wait to see them again!
Happy Halloween, kiddos. Have a safe and amazing night.
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Only a few days until Halloween, and still nothing! We've been dancing around the Mario characters idea. Initially Katie and Brett wanted to be Mario and Peach, but we thought we could have a Daisy, Yoshi, and maybe a Luigi. I got elected to be Bowser.. and I'll just say it, it didn't really surprise me. That could be awfully funny. I mean, I do sort of look like a malicious dinosaur.
Eliz, Christina and I were also thinking of ideas for a group of three. Greek Goddesses came to mind. It'd be fairly easy and cheap. Or members of Team Zissou from The Life Aquatic. OH! And when Eliz and I were grocery shopping the other day, they had these costumes for like 6-year-old's. It was like this horsey costume you stepped into and the legs and head came out from it, and it had a little harness to hold up the head and stuff and I TOTALLY fit into it! Yes, I tried it on in the store. So there's always THAT possibility.
Then again, we could do as all girls do and dress like skanks. Girls try to put a theme to it, but you can't get around the fact that we're all really just dressed as whores, which is fine, but let's just be honest with ourselves.
I am still a big fan of the Sorry game piece idea.. it plays out in my head so beautifully.. running into each other all night yelling "SORRY!" We need ideas and we need them fast! Let me know if you think of anything, anything at all.
In other news, our first Mock Trial scrimmage was tonight. I uhhh kinda suck. I got objected to and drew a blank, unable to argue myself out of it, so I kinda just sat down. That sucked. But we did well for the first real scrimmage, and our witnesses and my co-council were really great. It's me we have to work on.. BUT the judge did say that I was "refreshing." She said I stood out cause I wasn't so domineering.. I was real cool, calm, and collected. She obviously didn't notice my trembling, ice cold hands. It was good practice though.. I think we'll do fine in competition.
And in much happier news, the Death Cab for Cutie concert is TOMORROW night. I could just DIE. Actually that'd be terrible cause I'd miss the concert and well, lots of other great things in life. AHH! I'm just so excited. Words cannot describe to you what this band means to me. My own thoughts can't even tell me how much I like them. Did that make sense?
Fall weather, a Death Cab concert, Family Guy in 5 minutes.. could it get any better? The answer there would be no, no it couldn't.
Peace out.
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| This is only a test |
[19 Oct 2005|01:53pm] |
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Quills down! You scored 90%! |
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Damn I'm good. And a nerd.. such a nerd.
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| Who wants this dog?! |
[13 Oct 2005|07:04pm] |
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I'm home! Yes, that is an exclamation mark you see. Despite how boring Kingsport may be, I did miss my parents, dog, house, and bed. Plus, no class for 4 days. It's hard to beat that. Last time I had class, I FAILED my Western Civ midterm. Gah, it was such a bitch. I'll be surprised if I passed. But I try not to think about all that..
I watched the Family Guy movie with my parents last night, and again with Jordan tonight. It's so funny!! I highly recommend that you rent/buy it. After you rent/buy it, you should watch it. After you watch it, you should love it. I rented The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy to watch sometime later. I'm pretty excited about it. I'll be sure to update and tell you how it was. Though that'll probably be another month because let's face it, I don't update THAT much anymore.
Knoxville life is going swimmingly. I've had some good weekends lately, and aside from a little problem between someone's hamster cage and our sink, the apartment situation is grand. So apparently there was a bomb threat AND a propane leak at DB today. That's pretty intense, if not kind of coincidental that a bomb threat and a propane leakage happened on the same day. Anyways, they had to evacuate.
I am so unbelievably ready for Fall weather to hit. Do your damage, Autumn, I'm ready for it! I LOVE the crispness of the air and just the overall feeling in Fall. It's like nothing bad can happen, and if it does it doesn't matter cause you just feel so great. Well, I do, anyway. I'm pretty sure it's my favorite season. Plus I like wearing sweaters and long pants. You know how certain songs or bands sort of bring back old feelings? I was listening to Postal Service, which I do often, but something about listening to them in the Fall makes me feel different. In a good way. It like brings back old memories and feelings from last Fall.. around the time school started. Phantom of the Opera does that too, but usually in the Winter around Christmas time. I'll be listening to, humming, singing, and skipping to the soundtrack all Winter long, so watch out.
The Death Cab concert and Halloween are coming up! I'm pumped. So.. Eliz and I really wanted to be Sorry game pieces last year. We didn't get to. Who's up for it this year? We could always do something else.. I've got a head full of ideas.
Seeya.
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| That's all I ask of you |
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So we got stomped. They ate us alive and spit us out. We were the objects of their destruction. I guess the main theme I'm trying to convey here is that we lost. If any of you saw the new Family Guy last night, you might catch that reference.
I still love you, Vols. It wasn't your fault. We actually played an alright game, just lots of crap contributed to our downfall. Beat LSU. That's all I ask.
I won something for the first time EVER at the Fair on Saturday. That's right. I went to a Fair. You know.. the kind with the Ferris Wheels and rigged games like throwing a ball at an indestructible tower of cans. I played a game where you throw darts at balloons. I'm pretty good at darts. I bargained with the carnie guy to get more darts for less money. I popped two of the balloons and the third one fell down. He told me if I could pop it by sitting on it, I could get a prize. Well, I sat on it.. but it wouldn't pop! So I took a dart laying beside me and popped it myself. He gave me a butterfly stuffed animal. The coolest butterfly stuffed animal in the entire world. And just because part of its antenna broke off 10 minutes after I got it doesn't mean it doesn't rule. I'm so proud of it!
The we made pina coladas, got caught in the rain, and watched Wayne's World. Excellent.
Saturday, I went home. It was kind of refreshing. I LOVE my new house. It's pretty much all put together and my room, as Anna pointed out, makes me feel like a princess. It scares me to say this, but I'm glad I'll be home for the summer. Pool parties every day! WOO!
I let my dad look over the Mock Trial case to help me out a little. He's like.. really into it now. He's got all this advice and suggestions for us. It's kinda neat that he might be willing to help, since we got hardly ANY last year.
Psychology was a downer today, but only because our Dr. Pollio told us an extremely sad story. About 15 years ago or so, there was a girl in his class who was sensationally smart. A genius. He assigned an out of class writing, and when he read hers, he was astounded. He said it was one of the best things he had ever read. It was better than anything he could write, and he actually learned something from HER writing. So to find out who she was, he handed them out individually. He was surprised to find that the girl who wrote it was very peculiar looking. She was tall and lanky.. and just very strange. He said to her, "This is the best paper I've ever read." She said she knew that. She said that all her papers were the best any professor had ever read, and she said she was a genius. Dr. Pollio was sad for her though. She was a genius, but she was also very depressed. He wanted to help her, so they would occasionally talk with one another. They kept in contact for a couple of years. She was very into drugs and had a really bad past with all her relationships..family, friends, and teachers. She really liked him though, and he really wanted to help her. One day she came to his office bringing with her a huge bag of all kind of drugs, and she turned it over to him. He didn't really know what to do with them.. BUT it was a step in the right direction for her. A few months later, however, she started getting bad again. She even cut her wrists and ended up in the hospital. He went to see her. He asked her what the hell she was doing to herself, and he told us he kept thinking "she's crazy" in the back of his mind. She could sense what he was thinking.. she said, "You think I'm crazy now, don't you?" He couldn't lie, and he said, "Yeah.. Yeah I do." She told him she didn't want to see him anymore. She said he was the last one who believed in her and tried to help her, and now he didn't anymore. That night, she dressed in all black and walked down a busy street until she was hit by a truck, which killed her.
Then class ended. It was like something from a movie. It's like you're watching the movie thinking about how that must have a huge impact on someone's life. That someone in this case was my professor. Moral of the story? Don't pass judgement so quickly. Labels can be bad and can cause someone to weave themselves even more into that label.
Jump Little Children tonight at Blue Cats....oh yes!
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So I'm updating. Pretty sweet, huh? I'm also procrastinating. Not that that has anything to do with why I'm posting or anything...
Classes are going well. I'm especially enjoying my Psychology class. My professor is this old, awesome dude from New York. He is hilarious and an awesome teacher. You don't really take notes in his class, you just sort of learn to see things in different ways, and laugh at his jokes and mannerisms. He wrote the textbook.. it's loaded and hard to understand, but also very interesting. Last lecture he told us this story about how someone told him if he really wanted to see something differently, to go outside and look at a tree. And you know how through the leaves on a tree you can see the sky? Well, whenever you look at it, you see the tree (the figure) against the sky (the ground), and that's very normal to you. But he tried to see it the opposite way. He tried to make the sky the figure and the tree the background, so it would almost be like the sky was closer and popping out at him, and the tree was just the background. He said it took him nearly a year to see it, and when he did it was like WOAH. I haven't tried yet, but I'm going to.
Miraculously, so far, I'm keeping up pretty well in French. My Western Civ teacher has the personality of a wet sock, and I'm pretty sure I got off on the wrong foot with my English teacher by being COMPLETELY unprepared for class one day. And Biology bores the shit out of me. So when I say classes are going well.. I really mean just two of them.
I've already gone out twice this week.. dancing. Oh yes. It was a blast. I know this weekend will rock just as hard because it's the weekend of the first game, Boomsday, and the Jack Johnson concert which, although I will not be attending, perhaps I'll still be able to hear and party at the same time. I ask of you: Could life BE any better?
I bought the new Death Cab for Cutie CD yesterday. So far, so good. I can't WAIT to see them in concert!!
I've got psychology to read and a 9:05 class tomorrow, so I'd better go.. completely allowing the possibility that when I close internet explorer, I will in fact NOT read my psychology but proceed to do an assortment of other things to keep myself occupied away from anything remotely productive because let's face it.. that's how I roll.
Seeya.
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| Lucky there's a Family Guy |
[29 Aug 2005|01:54pm] |
Lois Griffin
You scored 25% Evilness, 40% Horniness, 60% Intelligence, and 75% Fitness! |
You're Lois Griffin!
You're good, smart, physically fit, and not particularly horny. You probably have a significant other who doesn't deserve you, or a small child who's trying to kill you, or both. You're talented, beautiful, and quite possibly the most normal member of your screwed up family.
"Peter, what did I tell you?" |
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You scored higher than 25% on Evilness |
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You scored higher than 31% on Horniness |
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[15 Aug 2005|05:39pm] |
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Only because of a few VERY important and wonderful friends am I updating again. I'll try to keep up throughout the year for you. :)
Cancun was pretty awesome. Really hot.. lots of Mexicans and not many tourists, which was good I guess. The beaches are amazing. The water is so blue and the sand is so white. Watching the sunset at night was probably the best part.. it was incredibly gorgeous. I got to drink! It was really neat to order strawberry daqureies (sp?) and pina colodas by myself, and they were yummy too.
We went snorking, scuba diving (now THAT'S a story), on a pirate cruise, to the Myan ruins, shopping, to a Mexican water park thing, on a yacht, lots of interesting restaurants, and of course, layed out on the beach and by the pool.
Scuba diving was neat. We only went down about 30 feet though, but unfortunately because of the events that took place.. I don't think I can ever go again. I've always had a problem with Vertigo and my ears anyways, so I had to go down very slowly towards the bottom because my ears hurt so bad. Once I got down there, it was all very easy and natural to me. It was cool to see the fish and everything, and it was a neat sensation to be able to breathe under water. THEN as we're coming back up (you come up as a group), my ears were popping a lot and hurting because we were going too fast. Then all of a sudden, it was like my world turned upside down. I got REALLY dizzy and disoriented and didn't know what was going on. It was the vertigo. I got to the top and I couldn't hear very well, especially when I talked.. like I had cotton in my ears. They still haven't fully cleared up. I'm really upset about it cause it was something I really wanted to make a hobby out of, and I don't think I can now.
My parents bought a time share, the crazy bastards. It's $4,000 a year for two weeks of vaction in these hotels all around the world. There's places in Ireland, Mexico, England, Canada, Italy, Greece, the Bahamas, and lots more. It's sooo super sweet, I can't wait to take advantage of that. My parents even said I could bring a friend or two and they would probably even pay their airline ticket. They said I need a friend to come with me on these family vacations cause I'm too much to handle for them. I was always ready to go out and do someting, and they weren't. I like relaxing and laying on the beach for a little while, but not for too long! As part of the time share deal, we got to take a yacht ride.. it was amazing. I asked dad if he'd buy me one. He said no.
We went to my cousin Daniel's wedding on Saturday in Birmingham. It was pretty fun. He's 27 and he married a 19 year old. That blows my mind. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I were to get married.. say.. tomorrow. I just can't even fathom it.
Death Cab for Cutie is coming to Nashville in October~!!!! I must go. If you want to go, tell me. We'll so get tickets.
Can't wait to go to Knoxville.. I leave Saturday for what I hope will be the most awesome year yet. Seeya!
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[01 Aug 2005|12:24am] |
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I've decided that right now is an excellent time to update. I'm not sure why.. it just is.
I'd just like to let everyone know that I'm done working for the summer, and I'm so super glad about it. That job was eating away at my insides, and I honestly can't believe I lasted as long as I did. The amount of people who quit/got fired while Anna and I were there is unimaginable. I will miss making the money, and we are leaving behind some pretty cool people, but I'm sure the ones I really like, I'll see again. That job basically consumed my summer and defined who I was, and I'm not sad to leave it behind. It's over!
What else.. ah yes. We bought another house. The courtyard house had a small termite problem. And when I say small, I mean touching wood would cause it to collapse. We looked at another house, then, with shifting floors.. a foundation problem. We weren't having the best of luck. But we found one! It's gorgeous and has a pool with a water slide. We'll move in as soon as we get back from Cancun, which I'm also pumped about. We leave for there on the 5th.
I've got to go to Knoxville tomorrow (Monday) to get my parking pass. I sort of missed the day I could have ordered it online. Oh well. It's not like I'll totally hate going there, and Jaime is coming with me. We'll probably shop and stuff too while we're down there.
My cousin on my mom's side is getting married on the 13th! People are wearing like.. gowns to the wedding. I'm really excited cause I got a very pretty dress to wear. It's KIND of small, so it really wouldn't kill me to lose like 5 pounds before the wedding. Or better yet, before Cancun, but I doubt either one of those will happen. I can't wait until T-recs is like right across from where I live.
I am WAY too obsessed with listening to music lately. The Shins and Death Cab for Cutie are just so awesome, and I love them so much! I'm really in the mood to go to one of their concerts.. or the Killers or White Stripes or a lot of other bands, so if anyone knows of any good concerts, let me know!
Right now.. listening to some old school Oasis (they have a new CD out, btw) and it really makes me think Boat Trip. It's weird to think that was a year ago.
I'm not sure how much longer I'll be posting here. I feel like every post is comprised of boring, pointless information that no one really cares about. The good stuff I post in my private posts. There comes a point when the only interesting things about your life can be told privately, so then everyone thinks you're boring when really, you're just keeping to yourself. So my advice to you, if you'd like to know what is said in every journal entry, is befriend me! It could be a while before another one of these.
Seeya out there.
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So I've been watching the Scuba Diving DVDs to get me ready for our trip to Cancun in August. There are at least 3 hours worth of watching to do, and some of it is doing the whole in one ear out the other thing. It's not all sinking in. Ha ha.. get it.. sinking in..uhhh yeah also, every so often in the video they make sure you know that Scuba Diving can most definitely cause death.. then a few minutes later they make some corny joke about how scuba divers are "under" achievers and that they have more fun than everyone else........unless they die.
The new house is officially ours on Tuesday! We don't move in until later, but they have to be out on Tuesday so we can paint and stuff. That means I can use the pool whenever I want to.. but not on Tuesday because I'm going to Knoxville! Me, Jaime, Katie, and Jenny are seeing Citizen Cope in concert and hopefully visiting with some friends.
In not so great news, my Aunt Jennifer that just had her third baby has a very rare cancer caused from pregnancy. She's at Duke right now and she's getting brain surgery sometime this week. I'm scared for her.. there's an 80% chance she'll live, they said. We'll have to take care of her kids Jake and Jessica for a little next week. That should be interesting.. I'll be working most of the time anyway. Speaking of work, it's going pretty well. I'm still making money. Yep..
I need to catch up on sleep now.. goodnight.
Family Guy was AWESOME tonight, by the way.
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[06 Jun 2005|12:40am] |
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So when did it become cool to NOT post in your live journal? I don't know anything about anyone's lives.. I've had to resort to actually TALKING to people. I don't know why people don't post anymore. Maybe they're too lazy, or perhaps their lives are too uninteresting or possibly too complex and secretive to post about. I know that last one is the reason I don't post. Not really. I've just been busy, actually.
The job at Riverfront is working out pretty well. Aside from the fact that I mess up at least one big thing practically every time I work, I'm doing fine. Last night especially. My sales were higher than everyone I talked to, and I made 105 in tips! Another perk.. Anna and I have actually made friends with oh, say, 90% of the people that work there. It's really awesome, cause we have people to hang out with after work, and they're so funny! I love that I've found something to do with my life, AND it involves making money.
My Birthday is Wednesday.. I'm pretty excited about that. I really want to do something fun, so all of you give me ideas! We officially bought the courtyard house by the way.. I cannot WAIT to move in! Pool parties everyday. My place. Be there. Unless I tell you not to.
I think I'm gonna get to go camping one weekend this summer, and my family is taking a trip to the beach in August, I believe. I might be able to bring a friend or two.. that'd be neat. Not that my family isn't great or anything but you know..
Okay, goodnight.
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