New Year's eve
12.31.02
Well, here I am getting ready to go out for New Year's Eve. I'm wearing this silver tank top I got at Guess and red lipstick and red nail polish, and my only plans for the night are eating dinner with Shannon and then meeting my parents to see a movie. As much time and preparation I put into my looks tonight, you'd think I had a hot date or something.
Actually, the only boy who expressed interest in seeing me tonight decided to go to Toronto instead. Little does he know just how unstressed and calm I feel when I don't talk to him at all for a week. He told me that he'd just realized that he's a rude bastard, 'bout damn time he had an epiphany like that. And he wonders why he's not married yet; he says he hates people, but in truth, I think he just drives everyone away with his expectations that there's something about them that he's going to hate.
For Christmas, my aunt and uncle sent me a book about the Paradoxical Commandments. Some of you might have heard of these; I hadn't before this, and I found them really insightful.
One of them says, "People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyways." It reasons that when we decide to dislike people because they're demanding, or believe in things that you don't, or don't believe in things that you do, or have weaknesses that you dislike, or any other reason you can think of to dislike someone, that we're limiting the happiness in our life because we're limiting how much love we give out, and in turn, receive.
So that's my New Year's piece of wisdom. All the paradoxical commandments are ones that seem a little impossible and contradict what we learn in life, but they made me stop and think.
On a completely different note, I got my grades yesterday. The one class that I honest to God thought that I'd failed and would have to retake, I ended up getting a B in it. Overall, I had three A's and three B's, landing me on the Dean's list for the third semester in a row. So if you see me buying a ridiculeous quantity of clothing and/or shoes and/or video games, just nod and smile and figure I'm rewarding myself. And if you want to help reward me too, go ahead. ;)
(Or you can just do as my evil-bitch-Big did and say, "It's no big deal that you got good grades, your classes are easy." I don't need praise. Really.)
I bought a hair straightener the other day, and I've fallen in love with it. It has a ceramic plate, rather than a metal one, so it gets hot enough and does the job fast enough that I can use it pretty regularly without damaging my hair. Or so the three hairdressers in my life say. Let's hope they're right!
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Feeling blah
12.29.02
I absolutely love Forever 21. I can completely indulge in buying glittery, barely there, frilly pieces of clothing and feel satisfied that I hardly spent any money. One of the shirts I bought yesterday was nine dollars. And it wasn't even on sale. I also bought this halter top that comes down over my hips that delights me to no end, it's so different. My mom suggested that maybe it's really a dress, but I put it on for her and demonstrated that it doesn't exactly cover everything that it should without pants on under it. Shannon and I spent an hour and a half in the store, which was so huge I wish she'd had her cell phone on her so I could call her and find out where she was.
Why is it I can pull my hair up in these elaborate twisty things that look amazing when I'm just trying to get my hair out of my eyes at home, but as soon as I try to replicate them to go out, they never look the same?
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Odds and ends
12.26.02
Happy birthday Tara! Go wish her a happy 15th birthday, or something like that. ;)
What was the best Christmas present that I received? It's a toss-up between the Robbie Williams DVD and the karaoke phone calls that I got from California.
Unfortunately, there were no marriage proposals this Christmas. Check back again next year, maybe I'll have better luck.
I'm sitting here wondering if it's thundering. Then I remember that my sister got a drum set for Christmas. She lives in the basement, I'm on the second floor of the house. Too bad my dad decided that the electronic drums that you only hear through headsets were way too expensive for my sister's whims.
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Year end music lists
12.23.02
Am I totally out of touch with what "good" music is? Every "best music of 2002" list I read makes me yawn and shake my head. First off, what's up with Justin Timberlake's solo album being included on every list I've seen? They all praise him for sounding like Michael Jackson. My question is, why is he being congratulated on sounding like another singer? Isn't that something we usually frown on? And since when is it a good thing to be compared to Michael Jackson? The whiter his skin got, the less cool both he and his music became. I swear the bleach affected his music ability.
Another "best CD of 2002" I don't get, and I know many people who know me agree with me, is Avril Lavigne's horrific album. Dude, she bashes Britney for having rhyming lyrics, but there isn't a single line in either Complicated or Sk8er Boi that don't have some sing-song-y rhyme that I can't even repeat with a straight face. And then there's her outfit. Even US Weekly said in their 2002 fashion review that they'd like to see her "shred" the tie. *raises hand* I'll help.
Of course, you can't take music seriously in America. This is the country whose premier music television station decided it was a really really great idea to play only ten different videos each week from now on.
09:35 PM [link]
Cooking problems
12.21.02
Here's a tip from a crappy chef to people who probably know better:
Make sure the macaroni is completely cooked BEFORE you put the cheese sauce on it.
Yeah yeah, hush.
12:01 AM [link]
Home at last
12.20.02
So I come home today, and all the hamsters are gone (except the two I'm keeping) and there's a chinchilla in their place. People who know me well know it's pretty common for me to come home from school to find a strange new animal residing in the house. The chinchilla's pretty damn cute, he looks like an overgrown hamster. He's a newborn, and if you get them wet, they lose all their hair. Or so my sister says. You clean them by putting them in a container with volcanic stuff in it, and they roll around in it. Yeah, so home is pretty interesting.
I spent over $500 on books this semester, and I got $137 back. At least it's something.
09:24 PM [link]
It's too quiet
12.19.02
It's quiet here. Way too quiet. Most people in the sorority house, including my roommate, have already gone home, and there are only a few of us left who still have exams tomorrow. It's different from the sort of quiet that fills home when everyone is off doing their own thing. It's almost kinda creepy and unsettling.
At least I'll be home 24 hours from now. So far I've gotten back three of the five papers I had to write, and I have an A on all three. I better be able to say the same about the two I get back tomorrow. I should start packing; the only thing my roommate took home with her was a bag of dirty laundry. I take my entire LIFE with me when I travel.
Everyone wish my little sister luck on her auditions for the Music Man play her high school is putting on. She got called back for the chorus, and she's at the second round of auditions as I type.
06:26 PM [link]
New Year's dress and date needed
12.17.02
After seeing people all dressed up for the holidays in a magazine, I've decided that I want to buy an unpractical, shimmery, flow-y, low-cut dress to wear with unpractical, stiletto, strappy heels for New Year's. Never mind that I'm probably spending New Year's sitting at home by myself since everyone who I would hang out with has something called "significant others". Who are these others and what makes them significant? Hell if I know, I lead the life of the perpetually single person myself.
Oh well, I probably wouldn't be able to get the dress, seeing how the mall is jam-packed with people doing Christmas shopping and returns. Damn you merry people who are spreading good cheer with your presents, what about those of us who just want to be greedy and spend all our money on ourselves? Do your holiday shopping in June and leave the malls clear for the rest of us.
Want proof that I'm a moron? My mom and I ordered one of my dad's Christmas presents online, and we had it sent to my name. My mom called me a few days ago asking if I'd gotten any emails about it, because it had been two weeks since we ordered it, and it still hadn't come in the mail. About a week and a half ago, a strange box from New Mexico addressed to me landed on our doorstep, and I couldn't figure out what the hell it was and told my mom I'd open it when I got home. See where I'm going with this? It took until last night when I was falling asleep for it to all click in my head. My only saving graces are that A) my mom didn't figure it out either and B) the return address on the box was from an individual, not the company name.
Oh well, at least I gave me a good laugh.
04:39 PM [link]
Headlines
12.16.02
I can't sleep, so I'll bring you today's newsflashes instead.
03:14 AM [link]
Ouch
12.15.02
Dear people who made the saucepan I just used:
Do you know what an insulated handle is supposed to do? It's supposed to not leave a scorching red mark on my hand. My lawyer will be contacting you in the next few days.
02:35 PM [link]
Birthdays
12.13.02
Today is my roommate's birthday, and I didn't even realize it until today when one of our sisters gave her a birthday card. No one ever has to worry about not knowing MY birthday, because I'm rather vocal about it for weeks beforehand. It's like, "Hi, how are you doing? My birthday is next week. Do you know when my birthday is?" All right, so I'm rather shameless, but cracks me up. Anything to make me happy.
My birthday is June 21, by the way. ;)
11:02 PM [link]
Classes are over
12.12.02
Well, I only have one class to go before I'm finished this semester. Technically, I have four classes tomorrow, but I'm only going to one. One is cancelled. One I never go to because the professor is an idiot. One is a review for the exam, but the review for this class is worthless. This is how they always go:
Professor: "Does anyone have any questions?"
Student: "Do we need to know *enter fact here*?"
Professor: "Yes."
Student: "Do we need to know *enter another fact here*?"
Professor: "Yes."
Student: "Do we need to know *enter yet another fact here*?"
Professor: "Yes."
Student: "Is there anything we don't need to know?"
Professor: "No."
There ya go, morons. If he told us about it, chances are, he wants us to know it.
06:51 PM [link]
Coffee lover
12.10.02
Two recommendations for coffee lovers: Starbucks gingerbread lattes and Lipton's chai tea latte mix. I love coffee the way most college students love alcohol. Especially at this time of the year.
I was all excited because I thought there was a new Buffy episode on tonight. Then I realized that if it really was the 17th, that means I would be going home in three days. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Three days of classes left, and then an entire week of exams. Really, I don't need to have one exam per day all week. Squish them all into one day and let me go home. Please?
At least all the papers are written and turned in. HUGE relief for me. That also means I can do more to the webpage than just blog. Look for new updates soon.
09:35 PM [link]
Dreams and glasses
12.09.02
My alarm clock very rudely interrupted a dream I was having last night. In that dream, I was in an Express-like store where everything was five dollars. Even the shoes. The clothes were all going to be mine, and then the alarm went off. I woke up very sad, needless to say.
Over the weekend, I picked up my new glasses. They're very cute, skinny black plastic frames that have pink on the inside. I found a completely pink and purple pair that I fell in love with, but decided that the novelty of them would get old fast. So I compromised for pink on the inside. People have noticed the pink and commented on it, so I'm content. The funny part is, I had no idea my eyesight was so BAD. It had been three years since I'd had my eyes checked, and I could tell I needed new lenses because I was squinting in my old pair, but it's been so shocking how well I can see in these new ones. I was walking around with my mom, and I would point to something in the distance and exclaim, "I can READ that!"
My dad decided to take a family picture for our Christmas cards this year. Because my sister was included in the picture, it took a good fifteen tries before we got a shot that didn't include crossed eyes or bunny ears on someone's head. Notice my mom's restraining hold on my sister's hands.
By the way, for everyone who has commented on my sister's good looks, keep in mind that the pictures I've put on here were taken when she was dressed up and had actually brushed her hair. This is a much more accurate portrayal of what she normally looks like. I honestly have no clue what she's doing here, I just found it in the new pictures my dad put on my laptop.
12:07 PM [link]
Quack quack
12.07.02
I must thank Mr. Dot and Melantha for keeping me amused last night after our power went out. My cell phone rings, and I answer it.
Me: "Hello?"
Caller: "Quack quack quack quack quack"
The quacking goes on for a while, and my sister takes the phone from me to listen to it. After a while, the quacker hangs up.
A few minutes later, the phone rings again, and my sister comes running into the room to answer it. She listens and then just loses it. I've never seen someone laugh so hard. When she hangs up, I ask her what they said, and she goes, "I'm sorry about that, our ducks got out."
11:36 AM [link]
God bless SNES
12.06.02
Gotta love Game Boy Advance. Every time they release an old SNES game on GBA, I become orgasmically happy. Today I picked up Zelda: A Link to the Past in its shiny new form. I loooove this game. It even comes with a new game where you can play with 3 other people, but alas, I don't even know a single other person who has a GBA, much less three others. I tried playing it solo, but it doesn't even seem to load past the intro if it doesn't detect people linked to you.
Maybe I'll advertise. "Wanted: three hot men for a wild foursome."
Me: "What? Sex? No, we're going to play a video game."
11:22 PM [link]
Burning out
12.04.02
So far this week, I've written 16 pages in papers. I now have one left, and (I think) it's supposed to be 8 pages long. Luckily it's not due until Monday, and I have a 6 page annotated bibliography to work from, so that means I can spend the rest of the week doing NOTHING.
I really am burned out. I am so sick of school and papers and reading textbooks. I'm spending all of winter break doing nothing except reading real books and playing video games. And sleeping. Even though I do enough of that now, but at home I have flannel sheets and five pound yorkshire terrier who snuggles with me.
On a happy note, I had a facial today and I have an hour-long massage scheduled for exam week. It's always so funny when I have facials done by women who are in their 60s. They're always so bossy and know-it-all. My favorite facials come from The Spa School in Columbus; two hours long, includes arm massages and parafin wax treatments, and it hardly costs anything at all.
10:58 PM [link]
Bad grandma
12.04.02
My grandma is staying with my sister while our parents are in NYC and I'm two hours away at school...
Chibi Courage: gram just tried to put foil in the microwave
SlayTPG1: Uh oh
SlayTPG1: Did you stop her?
Chibi Courage: please come home
Poor sister. So glad that I'm not there.
12:18 PM [link]
Push up bras
12.03.02
One thing that sucks about bras that push up your breasts is that shirts never fit right over them.
I had a nightmare last night about giant spiders. My nightmares are ALWAYS about giant spiders. I always wonder if when I'm screaming in my dream right before I wake up if I'm screaming in real life too. My roommate hasn't called the psychiatry hospital yet, so possibly not. People who have seen the newest Harry Potter movie probably know which scene I had to hide my eyes from. *shudders* That was like seeing my nightmares on screen.
BTW, anyone who has used my hand to squash a spider WILL be punished eventually.
01:18 PM [link]
!!!
12.02.02
Shania Twain's new CD has 19 songs on it. Of those 19, 9 of them end with and exclamation point. (!!!) I don't even think it's necessary in most places. Like the song (Wanna Get To Know You) That Good!. Or I'm Not In The Mood (To Say No)! Really, do we need this infusion of !!!'s? Maybe she's been spending too much time online, where people always find it necessary to end!! every!! sentence!! with!! lots!! of!! !!!'s!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate that. I really do. Where in school did you learn that you use more than one piece of punctuation on the end of a sentence? I see people do this with question marks too. As in, "ASL??????" "Why aren't you talking to me??????????" Really, you can shut up now.
03:42 PM [link]
Hamster mom
12.01.02
A picture for your amusement. My yorkie has appointed herself mother of all 22 hamsters.
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