Day 41/42

I missed one day, because I stayed up late studying for my Greek exam, and I didn't want to spend time writing a blog post. 

I had the test today, didn't have enough time to finish it :( 

and I definitely messed up some parts of it...gah

now I'm awake at 5:13 AM with nothing to do. This hasn't happened since...high school? When then I could always just sleep and then go to class. 

I guess I did this a lot during the summer, I would stay awake until 8 or 9 or 10am and essentially do nothing. That was also when I had netflix. :(

hmm...

My roommate left around 2 pm, I fell asleep around 6 or 7 pm, and woke up at 3 am. I have no idea what I've  been doing for 2 hours. but I've realized, if I have to stay here all week, I'm going to be so bored. 

CATHERINE! you should answer your phone, ok? I need to get over to Wesleyan, so I'm not bored!

and I didn't have internet all day today until 3pm maybe, so I guess not all day. but I had to find an ethernet chord. 

It's so weird to be awake at 5am. There are no car horns going off. No one is talking in the hall. It's light but also dark outside. I don't hear anyone going to the bathroom or the showers running. It's odd. 

No one is here on my hall though, except for 2 people for band and 2 or 3 people for sports. There's one other girl staying for most of the week, because she doesn't live around here, but I don't know here that well. 

Some of my professors are saying that we have this week long break, because the administration (I don't know what to call them) wanted to make the fall semester parallel the spring semester. It's new this year. I think it's awesome...but I'm not going anywhere, so it's not that awesome. 

I think I'll go make myself some hot chocolate since I have nothing else to do. This actually wouldn't be too  bad, if I had movies or food or books or transportation. But, I have no way to get to the movie theater or to get to the shopping center or even to get to the bus station. Everything requires cabs. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YksCbcVmTU

good song?

i hope my hot chocolate doesn't spill. 

I don't know when breakfast is offered today. I also don't know anyone to sit next to. Probably 9, since it's Saturday and it's brunch. 

I really have nothing to write about. It's now 6:20, and I've left this window open, not posting it or writing anything. 

yeah, it's blue because I have a dell and the light is blue. It's my hot chocolate!! Delicious!!!
Not sure why I'm wearing my lanyard...

Meh, well have a good day!

Day 40

TODAY sucked...actually, not really.
Well, first of all.
Last night, I was sleeping, like usual. I went to sleep between 1:30 and 1:45. My roommate, I believe went to sleep between 2 and 2:15. But, what felt like half way through the night, my roommate started to talk to me. I remember thinking, is she really talking to me? She asked, "how do you fall asleep?" and "how do you stay asleep" and other questions. and i didn't answer, but she kept asking. and i was thinking, is she seriously asking me these questions. i didn't check the time, because i didn't want to pick up my head and look at the bright light of my alarm clock. i answered something like, "i just do" or "it just happens" or "i'm not really sure." something vague...

yeah, when i actually woke up, i woke up at 850 because i kept thinking the noise from my cell phone was a mens choir singing in my dream and my alarm clock was a whale blowing it's water thing. not sure how they were both in the same dream, but whatever. but i hurried up for class, and made it on time.

i had a greek quiz, which i think i did alright on. and then i had my psych test. the mc was soooo easy, but the short answer, i forgot a lot of the answers to the questions in the book because i did them like a month ago when we first got the reading and didn't review them. later, when i got back to my room, i definitely remembered one of the answers from the book and it annoyed me. same with my greek quiz, after i turned in my quiz less than 5 seconds later i remembered there was one more english translation for a word...i'm going to miss 1/3 of a point for that one :(

um, then i messed around on the computer for a few hours, because i was beat from studying. i did look for shifts to take, but none were open for wed night. i got ready for crew, but only 7 people showed up and we need 8, so 3 of us left (i did). i ended up going downstairs and watching the reds game and studying.
then i watched the yankee's game and studied and i think figured out part of this math homework i have!!! it's really confusing though... but i'm going to see the prof tomorrow during office hours.

this feels like a long post :(

i just got back from the library, and it's weird leaving when the library is closing for the night. i see all the people who are beat from studying, and i see all of the people who work really hard. i thought i heard someone yell "fuck this" and then like 3 minutes later "fuck." but that might have just been in my head, telling myself i'm screwed for my greek quiz on friday.

i'm working out trying to figure out days and times of traveling to go see catherine this week...it's more difficult than i thought it would be... :(
it's ok though! as long as i get there, it'll be fine...?

there's more to say, but i can't think of what it is.
hmm, i feel as though when i get back to iowa city, it's going to be weird when i don't say "hi" to everyone i see, even if i don't know the person, like i do here. or when i get back, it's going to be weird to hold the door open for the person behind you or about to walk in, because we do that all the time here, and i don't remember that ever happening in ic, but it probably did.

i also don't like it when people say "good times" or when people can't have a conversation without saying "like" as a filler word. it annoys me so much! and so often people talk that way. i do it sometimes though, so i shouldn't hate on it too much.

ohh, another thing is that i need a raincoat! or rain boots! the TA (i think that's what she is) in my psych class was telling the prof during the test about how much rain boots cost. anyway, it rains so much here, that i need them. i have an umbrella, but it's definitely not enough. but i feel as though once i get my rain boots, i'll need snow boots.

now this is a long post...maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M69lZdIAXWA
i want to go to italy!!!
it's pretty sad that italy sometimes reminds me of this song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mEOTGX1Qc
haha i remember this music vid...

hah her album is called metamorphosis.
pretty sure it was one of the first cds i bought with my own money. and i was embarrassed buying it. i remember not wanting greg or rob seeing me buy it in best buy with them.
pretty sure next cd after that was kanye west's trio. then some whiner emo(ish) music. then death cab for cutie. yeah, then the end of cds? might have a few more.
oh wait, i got some more rap somewhere in there. maybe 2pac?
oh and hall and oates!!!
hah, my sad and pathetic music collection. i wish i had more cds :(
ok g'night.
have a great day!!

Day 39

today, my roommate woke me up at 9 something because she thought i had a class at 10. i told her my first class was at 2...
i think she just wanted me out of the room though, so she could write her essay.
i ended up waking at 10, and watched house and chuck as i made flash cards.

yup, my flash cards for psych and for greek...and i'm wearing my whistle!!

i have a greek quiz and a psych test tomorrow one after the other.
i did my laundry today! 2 loads, and i still couldn't fit all my clothes in those two washes, so i have some clothes still in the hamper. :(
i had to go ask the person at the bookstore for quarters. she was nice about it though.

i didn't go to crew today, because i wanted to do work.
i'm writing my blog early, because i still have a lot to do. i got a medium chai latte though, so i think it should hold me over to 11pm, but that's definitely not late enough.

umm it's respect life month, so at dinner people offered ribbons and i took one. you're suppose to wear it all month, but i'm not going to. i think i'll just put it on my backpack or something. i don't even know what i think about abortion anyway. well, i'm not completely prolife or prochoice. i guess i have my own view on it, but i don't think we should stop people from having an abortion. just make sure everyone knows all the facts i guess.
i think white ribbons were suppose to also be handed out for respect women? i don't actually know what it's called, but i believe it's for battered women and children. i would have taken one of those ribbons, too, if i saw them.

i watched glee, because a group of us had to work on some homework and the best place is the social room so we could talk. it turned out we met at the same time as glee. so i sort of saw the episode. i missed all the funny lines though, but i heard the group laughing. it was about religion. it was interesting. i liked the songs.

hmm, this is a long post. i still have to put away my laundry. have a good night!!
i don't want to find a song. actually i have a youtube link up from earlier today.
here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrsj653088E
i don't like the video. it's too creepy.
the song is coool.
This HQ is alive and alone, 
No driveway no sign of a home, 
No dial tone, no line for the phone, 
No world's tiniest violin song, 
And i might just lie to them all, lie in the morgue 
With a deep breath hiding and bored, 
Fighting a smile, highly annoyed, 
When the timing is right i will rise and record




I ended up looking up another songgg
which is much better, or equal, but in different genres?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-fC-iQjg8
the song is sort of weird. the lyrics. 
male prostitution. but it sounds good. the beat, the tune. 
and how it was written is really cool. 
i think people who write song lyrics are really talented. 

Day 38

HMMMMM
I was going to go to breakfast today, didn't end up happening.
my roommate woke me up for my class. it was boring.
in greek, i, once again, failed my quiz. :(
the test on friday seems like a lot of work, but i'm more focused on psych right now.

crew was fun! although it was on the ergs.
then i worked which took forever! but it was someone's bday so we sang and stuff. she turned 21.
at the hall meeting, we wrote down some goals and reflected on the past month. we got cookies!! delicious because it was a black and white cookie!!
umm i found another girl on my floor who is staying for break, except for the first weekend.

ohh today i got a parcel! and omg!!! i was so happy!!!!!!!!
so many exclamation points in the post. i guess it was a fantastic day!

here's what i got:

can you see it?? it's a whistle!!! (my roommate's john mayer posters are in the background and some photos)

ah so i was so excited to get the whistle! it took 2 weeks? maybe 2.5.

anyway, good luck to catherine on her env stud test Tuesday!! 

oh and who has seen jb's new music vid? u smile? it's ehhh, why does he pick that girl?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv36Xq2_zQ8

mike posner! 

ta-take off your halo ta-take off your halo

it doesn't even glow no more.

who wants to send me some food? i'll eat it all in 3 days.

Day 37

I woke up today to go to rowing, turns out we couldn't have practice because the van we usually drive had no seats in the back. Really odd.

I sat around until 11, but I did go to brunch and had pancakes!! I like waffles better though.
I went to a study session around 5 until 630ish. It was good.
I went to mass at 10 and just got back. It was also good.
This month is Respect Life month.

Oh, so I was looking over my psych notes packet thing we had to buy and there was this cool thing. I'll type it out. For each one choose Agree or Disagree.

1. Birds of a feather flock together
2. look before you leap
4. out of sight, out of mind
5. spare the rod, spoil the child
6. opposites attract
7.  never too old to learn
8. clothes make the man
10. absences make the heart grow fonder.
11. you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
13. can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
14. he who hesitates is lost
15. catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

i realized i skipped numbers, but it doesn't matter.

anyway,  now check if
1.6 are opposites
2,14
4,10
5,15
7,11
8,13
they should all be opposite of eachother. if they aren't, then you believe that it's never too old to learn new tricks AND you can't teach an old dog new tricks. shouldn't be true though.
i just thought it was interesting.

alright, so i found out they're doing this song on glee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4CRkpBGQzU

which is weird 1. because it reminds me of my bro alex...
2. i listened to it in august because i realized rivers cuomo and rainn wilson did a cover of it!
and idk i've known the song since elementary school when i think we sang it for a singing program or something. yeah.
oh story behind reminds of alex, in jr high or maybe 6th grade (?) we have to go to a retreat at regina where the retreat team leaders (RTLs) would be high school students. and in 6th grade we went on it to pick out what our slogan(for lack of a better word) for the rest of our years at regina would be. and my brother, an rtl, jokingly said "what if god was one of us" and laughingly(?) sang the song (i was in his group which was weird) and then that ended up being the class of 2010's slogan.
yeah, just some insight into my years at regina.

still no pic...sorry.
:(
how about i include a pic of jared or catherine??

i can't  make the photo bigger...this was from the summer?  oh i think when jared was in catherine's house and she was taking a shower and jamie was there too after frisbee...remember? no...ok.

hahahahah, um yeah i dont use skype that much, as you can see by the lack of my friends since debate camp last year.  this was um right when i started this blog! so like a month and a half ago?

Day 36

Oh geeze, i thought today was sunday and i got super confused.

um, today was fun! but sort of uneventful. i realize now that i skipped dinner.
i shouldn't have done that. but i had a big-ish brunch! potatoes and 5 pieces of cantalope and 2 pieces of french toast! mmmmm so delicious!!!! is that big? maybe not...

i went to the football game, or 1/2 of the football game. i think we ended up winning.
the hawkeyes won. that's cool!
i actually sort of just sat on my bed to study and ended up falling asleep for hours. ridiculous.
that's how i missed dinner.

i vid chatted with catherine today and met some people she knew. it was cool.
i really should have studied. i'm scared for my greek test on friday sooooooo much. and i have quizzes in that class on mon and wed. it's so much work!
i have crew tomorrow morning most likely. i'm going to wake up before crew though so that i can do some work. i dont think i'll sleep that long anyway. i would study now, but my roommate is trying to sleep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0

i want to see the movie stand by me! i'm pretty sure my family owns it. i dont think the movie and the song are related at all. i did just watch how i met your mother, which reminded me of this song!
hula dance?! hahah...

there are people outside yelling and there are people making noise on the 2nd floor.

Day 33/34/35 -WORLD SMILE DAY!

Missed two days?!
Missed wed night and thurs night and today is friday
took a test thursday, and it went okay. i completely missed one of the problems, but i think i'll still manage a B, which I'm fine with.
i think i'm just going to stay in and study tonight. i have crew at 8 am anyway.
i'm really tired, i need to be getting more sleep.
now what?
oh i got my paycheck, but it's not the one that i should have gotten a week ago.
it was nice.
my bank of america account was cancelled and i don't know why. don't care enough to figure out right now. i probably will over break considering i transfered $50 to the account and i want that money back.

sadly, i've caught up on all of the shows i watch on tv.
i really just want to go to sleep, but i think my roommate will think i'm lame :(
hahah, i don't care though. i think i might as well.
she's staying in tonight anyway.
there's a white trash ( i think that's what it's called) party tonight. hahah
last weekend there was a blackout.
ummm
this week is homecoming. a bunch of alumni are coming. since i live in a good dorm that's known for traditions, i think a lot of alumni are going to show up. it'll be cool. they'll play stickball outside because it's a tradition, and i'll end up watching (while studying)...

GOING TO SEE CATHERINE IN T-9 (?) DAYS!!
(probably....................)

oh today was/is world smile day! founded in worcester, because the guy who made the smiley face lived in worcester or something...
:)          =)         :]     =]        how many ways are there to make a smile on a computer? idk...

i also got a parcel full of food and clothes. let me put off laundry for a few more days :P
bye!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKTl2s5oDY

you'll never get another picture :(