Fun

fun

 Rang in the new years with these cats. They're pretty swell. Actually, they're the swellest.

Watched 3 bands, all having interesting names. Sugar Stems, The Porcharitas, & Really Loud Hamburgers.

Also, watched a really large bald man get mega durnk and take his shirt off. It was really freaky how hairless he was. He also picked up this tiny Asian girl & I can only assume that he was trying to make her crowd surf, but he failed miserably & dropped her on her face. Exciting.

The really large bald man (same one from above) handed out these beers to anybody that wanted them. Free beers! The boys got them & drank them. I tried one & it tasted really absolutely horrible. I can't even describe the taste. I really think that I just don't like beer. I keep trying though.

Then we went to ihop because waffle house was too crowded.

Happy 2013! Hope it turns out okay.

Sky View

sky view

Quite a blustery day.

It snowed in Alabama though!

Words

words

PUNS

I love puns. Plus my mom made this so it's extra special.

In addition to loving puns, I'm really nerdy & I keep a running list of impressive words that I really like. I just recently added didactic. I don't put any old word on there either, that's why the list is so short.

List of Impressive Words
unconscionable
precarious
contrite

posterity
pedantic
didactic

Night Time

night time

I don't know if you can tell, but that's my car in the first parking spot. Hell yeah.

Morning

morning

Truth be told, I was looking more forward to Christmas breakfast than to presents. Mom made snowman pancakes just for me!

Favorite Part of Christmas Eve

fav part of xmas eve

We all got matching pajamas on Christmas eve. It's cute.

Scarf

scarf

I received this from my dear friend Kaity, quite a few christmases ago. It was very thoughtful and I love it so.

Also, Kaity runs a very successful blog that you should totally check out here

Tradition

tradition


Our traditions consist of the same traditions that everybody else has. We gather to eat food and unwrap presents.
Since that's kinda boring... here's a photo of our kitten being christmas-y

Peace

peace

Not a creature was stirring...

Tree Topper

tree topper

I spent quality time with +Roshni today! Here is her tree topper.

Here is a fun pic of us hanging out.

Candy Cane

candy cane

File under: Gross things that I will never eat.

Stockings

stockings

 Yes, that is a cat stocking. No, that is not my doing.

Presents

presents

That smallish one on top is to me! I have no idea what it could be. All I know is that it comes with a free doughnut from krispy kreme.

Outside Christmas Lights

outside christmas lights

Favorite Holiday Song

favorite holiday song

Props to Bing Crosby, but The Drifter's version is my favorite.


Here are some spotify Christmas playlists for you to enjoy. Mine is on the left & my mom's is on the right. She's more hip, with all that rock & roll.

         

P.S. I'm pretty sure you have to have people connected to see our playlists... Sorry.

Christmas Tree

xmas tree

The DIT Christmas tree. It's so dorky; I love it. I'm even on there! On the left side.

A Beautiful Sight

a beautiful sight

Get it? Beautiful sight. Glasses. Boom.

Also, I'm beautiful.

Green

green

This is a christmas present that I would really like to be magically done with by tomorrow. Apparently that's not in the cards.

Also, P & I went to this restaurant called House of Chen tonight. We both had General Tso's. IT WAS SO DELICIOUS. P kept telling me about these little pear candies that her family always get from House of Chen, but it turns out it's guava. They're pretty great little candies, too.

Wrapping Paper

wrapping paper

I went to hob lob today.

Something You're Reading

something you're reading

Ornament(s)

ornament(s)

As I was trying to re-arrange the ornaments on the tree to get a picture that included ones that I like, I accidently dropped one of the best ones & it smashed into pieces.

Luckily, it will be easy to reassemble.

Bright

May your days be merry and

bright

And may all your Christmases be white

Shopping

shopping

The only sane way to shop for the holidays, really.

Today's Temperature

today's temperature

It was so warm today that I did not wear any of these incredibly awesome hats. It's very upsetting because hey! It's December! That means boggans!

I love that the gloves look like the manikin's boobs.

Joyous

joyous

Fancy new yarn from black friday/cyber monday deals that I got for $1.79 a skein is a pretty joyous occasion. It just came in the mail yesterday. Also, getting things in the mail that aren't junk = joyous.

Red

red

CHILI

It's our family's annual Chili & Christmas Tree cake/Gadsden Christmas Parade day. I'm not going to the parade, but I am partaking in the delicious chili.

Favorite Holiday Movie

favorite holiday movie

Elf is one of the two Christmas movies that my mom & I try to watch every year in December. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the other one. I would rank Christmas Vacation higher on the scale of awesomeness, but I don't have a shirt referencing that movie, so this'll do.

Your View Today

my view today

This photo is showing that I didn't go outside today. Actually, I did go outside briefly to help move a curio cabinet out of the garage, but that took 2 minutes and I was back inside again.

Making December memories

Roshni & I are going to do this thing. Good times will be had by all.

Better

I kind of know how to french braid my own hair! I want to learn how to do the side kind. Also, you may notice a hint of blu-ish purple. That is a recent addition.

Election day

In other news, She's The Man is a great movie. It's based on SHAKESPEARE! Come on. Can't get better than that.

badass food pyramid

clutch

I'm not a great writer. I don't claim to be. That's probably why only 5 (if that) people read my blog. I'm bringing this up because I had to take JSU's English Competency Exam on Wednesday. It's required, unfortunately. I will be deeply, deeply surprised if I pass, and to be honest a little disappointed. If I pass, that means the standards that these English teachers are holding JSU students to are ridiculously low. Maybe they don't focus so much on content. I'll surely pass then. Cause I've got grammar on lock. Probably. "Daddy don't mess up on syntax." Dr. G said this Wednesday and it was weird and adorable. He has small children who probably call him 'daddy' so I guess it's okay. If he did not, then I would be less forgiving of his use of  'daddy' in third person.


Here is an enthralling conversation that I had with an anonymous person through my cellular device...
Texter: Why you tell me to find somebody to do it
Me: What?
Texter: You know baby
Me: Maybe you have the wrong number?

You know how I know that this person is a stranger? Because this person is just so awesome with words & I can't think of anybody that I know in real life who is that awesome with words.
Also, see how they used "baby"? I don't get called baby very often. Surprising, I know.
I'm really curious about the subject of the text message. Why did I tell them to find somebody to do it? What is that somebody going to do? My mind automatically assumes a sex thing. How could you expect anything less from me?

Here's a vidya my grandmother made of balloons because she didn't realize it was on video mode.

In sickness

I went to Jenna & Steven's wedding. It was pretty. Here's a picture.

It was a grand occasion.


Now my nose has turned into a leaky faucet. I dread the next few days because I can currently feel how much my body hates me, but I know it can get worse. And in the next few days, it will. I feel guilty for being sick & germy around the old people I have to live with, but what am I supposed to do? I already quarantined myself off into my bedroom, but my lovely, caring grandmother keeps coming to check on me. She is just asking for the germs to invade.

On top of all that, it is 1:49am and I still have 3 art things that I need to finish. I can only foresee finishing one before I pass out & sleep for days. Except I can't sleep for days. If I wasn't such a poor planner, I would put my life on pause & just Rip Van Winkle through the rest of the week, but I can't miss my damn drawing class or else I'll fail. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Funny haha or funny weird?

MJ calls me funny quite often & I always ask which kind. The answer varies.

I like to surround myself with people of a certain sense of humor. People who say things with a touch of irony & you can't actually tell if they're being serious. I can't stand it when a person needs to clarify that they're just kidding. (I know I do that & it's a character flaw.)
Things I think are hilarious:
-Hyperbole.
-twitter.com/ADAMDEVINE
-Poop and fart jokes. I can't help it, I'm like a 5 year old boy.
-youtube.com/badlipreading
-People talking in their sleep.
-This dude in my CS class. For the sake of the story, I'll refer to him as M. The most recent example of his hilariosity was on Wednesday. Dr. G had received a tract(btdubs, I did not know what a tract was until Dr. G explained it.) from a math major in our class & he got into a little bit of a discussion about 4 year olds and salvation and crap like that. Well another dude from the back of the class was like come on, hash it out. & Dr. G was like, should I really? & THEN M goes, "Is it going to be on the test?"



Saw this on the internet;
“Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.”
Sounds promising so I might keep it in mind.

Go read a thesaurus

I'm not very good at jokes!


Read any single one of Justin Bieber's tweets and you'll realize why kids should stay in school. Poor thing can barely communicate. I'm not here to judge the guy because who am I to judge? I can't even spell "opportunity" right, but listen... I do know that "could of" is not real. There is no such thing as "could of." That's not a thing. It is "could've." I promise.


I was going to go to bed early, but the internet happened. Seriously said this to MJ yesterday, "Should I go to sleep and not do my homework or should I just sleep?" Ha. Nope.

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”

― Kurt Vonnegut

I'm having one of those moments where I want to e-mail something to explain a thing that I wrote, but if I e-mail again it's verging on spam or crazy person. I just want them to know that I totally know what that word means and I know how to use it properly, even if it doesn't seem like it. Caring is a burden.

I just remembered sarcasm is a thing. Maybe it will be interpreted as sarcasm.

#SORRYSOVAGUE

Hyperbole

You know that Adele song, "Chasing Pavements"? It kind of sounds like she's singing "Should I get up or sleep in like Jason Bateman?"  I was thinking, what if that was really what Adele sang. Then I thought, well that doesn't make sense because how would a person know if Jason Bateman sleeps in a lot. Then I thought, Who cares if a song makes sense? That's called poetic license. Take "Human" by the Killers. My point exactly.

Turns out I didn't have any time this weekend to finish Lord of the Rings. I will try to read it instead. I can usually pick up a book and put it down with no problems. A movie is harder to do that with.

I've been helping Jenner with her wedding stuff, that's pretty much why I couldn't watch it. It feels like she's having a huge birthday party, not like she's getting married. I'm excited. If only I had a +1.

Saw Pitch Perfect last friday. It was the best movie ever. Hyperbole.

Just 4 adorable dudes singing it out.

P.S. How did Sherlock live in the last episode? HOW?

Lots of LOTR references

Guess what my favorite cup is...

I hate being that person who doesn't get references so I'm going to watch it now. Bye.

Getting ready

I have this dress that I'm going to wear for Jenner's wedding & it looks like :

 Well I don't know if you can tell, but the belt that came with it is a very dark brown. It is super hard to find shoes that are a very dark brown. So instead I found these :

I adore these shoes. They encapsulate everything I love about shoes. So I don't really care if the brown is the right brown... I'm going to wear them anyway. A teensy little part of me really wants them to match though because I don't want to look like a huge dork. I mean, I don't mind looking like a huge dork, as long as I'm doing it intentionally.
This could all be easily solved if I could find a new belt to go with the dress. The wedding's on the 13th & I don't think that's enough time.

Emotion

I just had this brilliant idea for my art project. We have to use lines to express certain emotions and one of the emotions that I still have yet to define is trust. I don't even that's the correct definition of an emotion, but that doesn't matter because I still have to draw it anyway. So my idea came to me all of a sudden, as they often do. I was thinking "who is the most trustworthy person I know?" Then I thought, the Doctor! How freaking brilliant of me, right?! I'm using a cropped thumbnail of the Doctor's name in Galifreyan. I'm pretty curious to hear what people are going to say about it at the critique. Because it will irrefutably be the best one.

Grocery shopping

My g&p are in Hawaii this week so I'm left to purchase groceries on my own. I spent most of my time at work this week compiling recipes of things that I definitely want to cook and then I spent some time making out a grocery list because what else am I going to do? (Hint: C++, Drawing 1, Design 1, AmerLit) So I took my sweet time making the list according to the aisles at the grocery store. As many times as I've been to the grocery store, I have never made my lists out this way. It was like an epiphany though. I will never not sort my lists according to aisle ever again. It was the easiest trip to walmart. Also, I saw Jenner & Stavs while I was there so that was an added bonus. I went to Aldi's too & the lady at the checkout counter asked me why I looked so familiar. We couldn't figure out why. She said I probably just have one of those faces. Which I'm beginning to believe is absolutely true. Strangers like to talk to me. I don't know if it's because I rarely shy away from eye contact or if it's because I try to have a smile on my face instead of a stink eye 24/7. It probably is though. Maybe I should stop?

Blah; programming is hard. I really love those moments when you finally get the thing to work. Happened to this guy in class today & it was so hilariously adorable.

One thing that I really miss about having my Papaw here is that I have to kill my own bugs.

Second day of fall

I have this pain in my back on the right side & now I can't take in a deep breath because I have this catch in my right lung. So now I'm sitting here taking these weird shallow breaths. Not to be melodramatic, but am I about to drop dead?

Realized today that I'm kind of rude. I try to be a really sweet person because how can you be mean to people when life is so short, why make it worse, you know? Mostly I'm just really sarcastic & rude.

My aunt's letting me do the desserts for her annual Halloween party & I am so excited. I already have worms and eyeballs on the to-do list.

I wish I lived in my own apartment so I could steal this precious lil kitty cat from my parents.

Music throw down

Just a random collection of my favorite songs.
These are songs that I almost want to stay in the car & listen to, even if I'm parked and ready to get out.

    How can you resist a song that sings, "you're my sweetheart"? Awww.

    They have lovely British accents. This is one of their older songs, but still.

    This is actually playing on popular radio stations now! I'm so proud. Glee probably helped, but they are just so good, they would have done it on their own. I feel like Darren Criss's character on glee gets to sing all the cool "indie"(I don't know if this is actually an indie band) songs, which is super awesome & I applaud the song picker-outer on Glee.

   I like to imagine they are avid youtube vloggers and they're singing "take my keys, take my Flip, take it all."

    All of the emotions. Makes me want to get drunk & fight somebody. In a good way, of course.

Love Sameer. He's a sexy beast. The rest of Young the Giant are pretty sweet, too. Is it wrong for me to love when bands do unexpected covers? If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

    Somebody's very clumsy...

& saving the best for last...

   2 Walk the Moon songs! (: I genuinely love every song off their self-titled album. These two are just the ones that I know all the words to. Most of the songs are upbeat and easily danced to, with the exception being Iscariot, which I guess you could still dance to, but probably in a different way than the others. I know they'll be stupid famous, like Justin Bieber famous. Just you wait. Anyway, I can't wait to see them in November!

Turns out

My partner in CS is really really nice. Kind of a sweetheart, actually. It happened to be the guy that I already sit next to in class. Maybe the partnership won't be so bad after all.


Things that Dr. G says a lot:
- "If you don't like [...], we can't be friends"
- "What else?" (This reminds me a lot of Keith because she does the same thing)
- "Crap" & "stuff"
- "[...] is a different kind of beast"

well

unfortuately, my laptop's charging mechanism has committed suicide and thereby makes my laptop unuseable so this blog is being painstakingly written via tabby. please note the lack of capitalization.

i've been in class for three weeks now and i've only skipped once so i'd say this semester is off to a right good start. i've been dealt a surprisingly good hand this time around. my art professors fit so perfectly in the quirky art teacher stereotype, it's hilarious. i like them a lot. definitely tenfold better than the art class i almost took in highschool. there's a really cute guy in my drawing class. he did this funny thing in class the other day. we were supposed to bring in a shoe with laces so we could draw it. most people brought an extra shoe with them(like myself), while he just took the shoe that he was wearing off. i don't know why that struck me as amusing, but it did. 

there's a girl in that same drawing class who has asked me twice now if i thought the professor would mind if we went to the restroom. both times i said that i didn't think so & she still proceeded to ask him if she could go to the bathroom. like, whaaat?

my design class is full of some characters. i do sit by some pretty cool people though. the girl that i sit by is so awesome. i hope that i never have to do a group project with her so she won't start hating me. group projects are the worst. 

which brings me to dr. g's class. he's assigning us partners on monday & i'm super not looking forward to it. i get a weird vibe from some of the people in there. i mean, i know it's obvious that i'm his favorite, but... hahahahaha okay only joking. i really am nervous about group projects though. for one thing, the survey he's using to partner us asked for gpa & the grade of our last cs class. what if it pairs all the dumb kids together or if it pairs a dumb kid with a smart kid. i'm definitely a dumb kid in this equation, but i think whoever i'm paired with will think i have the upperhand since i hand dr. g's class before, when, in reality, that is totally not the case. it's all very daunting. there's this guy in class who asks a ton of questions that probably irk dr. g, but i love that he asks so many. right now, i actually get what dr. g is teaching(at least i think i do), but i know there is going to come a time when i'll be super lost & hopefully question guy will still be there asking questions. dr. g is still super good looking, by the way. hard to believe he's 35. most days after class, i usually am like "hey listen to this funny thing dr. g said today" to my jefe & she is usually not amused. she still hates his guts. she is a pro at holding grudges. (since this is the internet & there's always a chance she'll read this , P... don't be offended by my silly ramblings, i've grown to love you dearly & i respect your oddities, being like the cool kids is overrated)

on to english. or american lit, i should say. my professor in there is such a sweetheart. he continues to be excited about the puritans even though a third of the class are on their laptops, scrolling through pinterest. another third are doing that texting under the desk thing like we used to do in highschool. lame. i don't want to be the only one to laugh at his lit related jokes, but i usually am. 

not much else going on, really.

Dreams are assholes

I always have these weird dreams and I feel like I can't tell people them because nobody really cares about listening to your dreams. They don't really have a purpose.
I keep having dreams that this dude I'm crushing on hardcore reciprocates feelings. It's just cruel. I also have repeat dreams where I'm holding a dude's hand (not the crush) & he keeps trying to makeout, but I'm like no, dude just want to hold your hand.
It's dumb.

Nostalgia

I was going through my pictures the other day when I came across this one.

I love that it looks like someone snapped a candid of us, when really, I'm pretty sure I said to him, hey come take a picture with me and then I made somebody take the picture. I remember being so surprised that he sat down so close.
Something I've never told anyone:  My star tattoo reminds me of him. That's kind of why I got it. I remember first seeing his tattoos and thinking, dang this is the coolest person I will ever meet. My tattoo is like a reminder to meet someone else greater than or equal to as cool and to try really hard to marry them. Not really, but sort of.
He always had excellent tastes in movies, books, and especially music. I cannot listen to Glycerine or Oleander without thinking of him. And he always dressed so fly. Plus he was always incredibly nice to me, even though he could have totally been one of those guys that didn't give anyone except hotties the time of day. I definitely thought I was in love with him, but I was in love with a lot of dudes when I was in high school so there's probably no merit to that.
This is starting to sound like he died, but no. He's (hopefully)happily married and there is no doubt in my mind that I will never see him again. It makes me kind of sad, but that's just how it should be. I think if I saw him again, it would mess up my thought movies(Nerdist reference!).
It's a nice picture.

8. What are 5 passions you have?

1. Books
2. Food
3. Ryan Gosling
4. Internet
5. Painting

The thing about Southern boys

I'm talking stereotypical Southern boys who drive trucks and work in a factory doing some sort of manual labor. The ones who are patriotic to a fault. The ones who have a deep tan from working in the sun & muscles to go along with it.
Well my grandmother's 20 yr old next door neighbor is absolutely one of them. I basically grew up with the guy because I used to visit my grandparents so often when I was a kid. We didn't stay close when I moved though & I never really see him anymore except in passing. Yesterday he happened to be outside when I was and he came over & spoke to me. He asked about everybody in the family individually and he gave an easy smile when I responded. I noticed how comfortable he is in his own skin, as he was casually leaning against my Ford. That strikes me as a Southern boy trait, too. Confidence.
So of course after I had that little chat with my long lost childhood friend, I had to stalk him on facebook a little bit.
I wasn't really shocked at what I found. Like I said, I already knew how stereotypical he was. It was just unsettling how charming he was in person(I actually think he might've been extra charming because he wanted to get my cousins number) & how hostile he is on fb. He is a proud gay-bashing Conservative and uses the word Liberal like it's vulgar. In my experience, that's kinda the stereotypical Southern boy, too.

I don't know what to think about that. I mean, on the one hand, I don't agree with his beliefs at all. On the other hand, he's not scared of who will judge him so he states his opinion freely.
I think about my own beliefs a lot and I don't know if I would be willing to put myself out there to be judged like that. Like, now that I know about this, I won't be putting my legalize love bumper sticker on my car any time soon. I know that I should stand up for what I believe in, but I also think I don't want to be victim to a hate crime. That's just my own problems though. Honestly, my neighbor is not the only reason I won't put the bumper sticker on there. My papaw already said I can't put any bumper stickers on his car.

Even still, I don't hate the guy(my grandmother's next door neighbor). There would be never be a time where we would get into it about religion or politics because I would die before I would go through that. I don't know. It's just really hard for me to hate people that I know personally. I can hate a public figure all day long, but when it comes down to people I come face to face with in my daily life, I try to find something good about them.

When I was younger, I used to imagine people being divided up into buckets. Like por ejemplo if the world was divided into Liberal & Conservative, would I choose to be in the bucket with my family (Mostly Conservatives) or would I choose to be in the Liberal bucket with the people I share a few beliefs with. Would I even want to be associated with any bucket? Because they both have people that suck.

Excel

Today I tried to learn how to make a timesheet using excel that add all the numbers together by itself, but oh my gerd it was entirely too much like programming & I had a little anxiety attack about next semester because I have an actual programming class & I just barely scraped by in the prereq for that class. What am I doing thinking I can minor in CIS?!? Math sucks!

necessary

I hate that word because I'm always unsure of how to spell it.

Here's a thing that scared the shit out of me & now I'm taking down all the photos
Okay maybe not all the photos. It talks about shutting down pinterest boards, too... I don't know if I can handle that though. I think I will just wait that one out. It really pisses me off that people actually give a shit about copyrights, but that doesn't mean that I'm right about being pissed off. I've never liked having to put references on school papers, either. I do understand that photographers want to get paid for their photos. It just seems so douche baggy.

I think it's funny (weird, not 'haha') that even if a picture is of YOU, the picture belongs strictly to the photographer & is only to be used by the photographer, in anyway they see fit. You have to, like, ask permission to use a picture of your own self, taken by somebody else. It's absolutely creepy (& that's why paparazzi's aren't illegal!!!), but that's how I understand it works.

Okay another thing, when an image gets so famous, people are going to recognize the image, not the author. That is just how it works. Someone created every single image ever. It's impossible to remember the creator of every single image.

Complacency

I am incredibly itchy right now. It is unbearable. I have no idea why my whole body itches. I want to take a benadryl so I can just go to sleep & forget about it, but I don't have any. Also, I'm hesitant to take one right now because I don't want to fall into a Rip VanWinkle type slumber. I've got shit to do tomorrow.

I went to Clairey D's surprise birthday party yesterday. She cried & it was adorable. Kinda made me tear up too. Her friends are totally cool and they were super nice.

One of them reminded me of Anna Kendrick. (To Claire: (because you support me in all my endeavors & I know you'll read this post) It's Catelin. (What a weird way to spell that. I looked up how to spell her name from the facebooks.) She reminds me of Anna Kendrick.)

Earlier today, I created a facebook event thing about my birthday. It gives me a lot of anxiety, but way less anxiety than if I had actually phoned each person and asked them to come. I only invited 4 dudes out of 12 people & honestly, I think only one will show up. Right before I clicked the create event button, I almost texted the one guy asking if he would be uncomfortable being the only guy & then I was like 'WHO ARE YOU KIDDING, SELF? You don't care about other peoples feelings! It's a day celebrating you & that's all that matters!' so I decided against asking him. I think he'll be okay.
But anyway, back to what I was saying about anxiety, I kind of hate the fact that society (me) has resorted to facebook as a reasonable form of social interaction because it's so impersonal, but I just hate phoning people that I normally only communicate with through text. It's a never-ending battle. Also, getting a notification that somebody is attending your event, is like, the most satisfying. I already have 6 yeses (? I don't know how to plural yes.) & it's only been about 5 hours since I posted. I made reservations for seven people SO someone else better accept. Rosh hasn't yet. She will though, or I'll kick her butt.


All of this turmoil going on in the world just deepens my belief that "it's just not that serious." Is that insensitive? I really respect the idea of living your live day by day, like each one is your last, & making the most of everything because this is the only life you've got. I would love to live that way. I desire to live that way. I don't though. I don't keep my room clean even though it would make me happier to be organized, I'm not conscious of my health, I don't jump at chances. I don't know. I'm probably living a strange combination of the two lifestyles. I'm not very good at looking at my own life & seeing it how it really is. In recent years, I've kind of started viewing myself through blinders, only seeing and remembering things from my life that I'm proud of. When I look in the mirror, the wobbly bits are blurrier and out of focus, but my face always looks good. I like my facial expressions and I hone in on them when I look at myself. I think about how important I am to the universe in lieu of the fact that I am too lazy to get to work on time. I'm not really going anywhere with this point.

I've been on a YA dystopia kick lately. I started reading Lauren Oliver's Delirium today & I already love it. It's about a time in the future where they cure people of the disease "amor deliria nervosa" or the artist formerly know as "love. It's good, but since all of this gay marriage stuff is all up in my social media, all I can think about while reading is,  "omg mit romney became prez & kicked out the gays" because gay has not been addressed in the book. Of course, I'm only on page 51 so who knows what will happen in the next 400 pages.

7. What is your dream job, and why?

To work in a library. A really big public one that gets a lot of patrons. I would design the newletters and pamphlets and I would work solely in the YA section.  Also, every other tuesday I would host a little kids (5 & under) cupcake decorating class because that's what libraries need. More cupcakes. And I would do really awesome youtube videos to promote the library & then they would pay me to go to vidcon! For research!


Best Wishes,
Annabelle

Yesterday

All day yesterday I was so thirsty. I just kept thinking about how I was going to stop at burger king and get a LARGE coke. And maybe some onion rings. Or an ice cream.
When I finally got off work, I was like 'fuck that, I'm sleepy' & I just drove home. I drank two tall glasses of water right after I walked in the door and they were the most satisfying glasses of water. The large carbonated beverage would have been so disappointing. Also, it would have costed money that I shouldn't spend. I'm trying to be more conscious of my spending habits. I already know that I spend too much on food. I think that if I don't buy as much food then it's a win-win because I'll be saving money while at the same time eating less junk.
Then I cleaned the seats and carpets in my car. So I did really good at life yesterday.
The only bad thing is that I have this HUGE pimple on my chin. It's one of those painful nodules that never forms a whitehead and looks like I'm growing another head. I wish I was exaggerating.

6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?

Truth be told, I don't know the hardest thing I've ever experienced. I have always been really great at blocking out terrible experiences. Maybe I just haven't experienced anything that was very hard at all & the hardest thing I've ever experienced was something really insignificant.
Nobody can really know.

5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?

1. Tabbie, my tablet

2. I've just started knitting this cool hat pattern

3. Felicity

4. I'm patiently awaiting the arrival of my tevas

5. GetGlue.com stickers (They're for free!)

4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.

1. Do NOT make out with anybody you work with. Don't.
2. Do NOT make out with anybody that doesn't want to date you. In the same vein, don't make out with anybody that you don't want to date.
3. Do your homework. It's horrible & stupid, but it will make you a better, more responsible person.
4. Spend as much time with Caleb & Roshni & Melana as humanly possible. They are true friends. Do not take them for granted.
5. Go to Gadsden State. You know you want to so just do it. Don't bother with Calhoun.
6. Save 10% of every freaking paycheck. You will not regret it.
7. Discover the band Walk The Moon & go to a bunch of their shows.
8. Here's a joke: What's the temperature of a Tauntaun? Luke warm
9. Here's another joke: What's brown & rhymes with Snoop? Dr. Dre
10. Just be a better person, basically.

Best wishes,

Annabelle

3. Describe your relationship with your parents.

It could be worse, I guess.

2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.

1. Dying - That's an obvious one. It's a common fear that plenty of people have. Sometimes I can forget that I'm going to die, but then sometimes it really freaks me out. I'm scared of dying in my sleep more that I am about dying accidentally in an accident. Which makes sleeping really scary, & it's sad because I love sleeping.
2. Infertility - I frequently forget to take my birth control at the same time every day & I'm pretty sure that only matters if you're having sex (& I'm not) BUT STILL, I have this fear that my misuse of those pills are making me sterile. I'm also just scared that it has nothing to do with birth control pills & I just won't be able to have kids. I'm not even sure if I want to have kids (You know the old saying "the dumb ones procreate because the smart ones know better" I just haven't figured out which kind of person I am yet), but I want to have the ability to have them. Totally irrational because I could have adopted children. But still.
3. Abusive relationship - I'm scared that I will marry a horrible person. I'm scared that I won't be able to see how terrible he is because I'll be so delusional with love. I'm scared that I'll marry a man like my father. I'm scared I'll never find a man who respects me. I'm scared that I'll never find a man.




Best wishes,
Annabelle

On being productive

I knitted a thing. It looks like this.

It's a washcloth.

I also folded up this paper Rapunzel for my boss's daughter's birthday. It's kinda janky, but it took me forever.

1. List 20 random facts about yourself.

ran·dom

   [ran-duhm] 

adjective

1.

proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason,or pattern: the random selection of numbers.

2.

Statistics . of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of beingchosen.

3.

Building Trades .

a.

(of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions:random shingles.

b.

(of ashlar) laid without continuous courses.

c.

constructed or applied without regularity: random bond.

4.

Informal .

a.

unknown, unidentified, or out of place: A couple of random guys showed up at the party.

b.

odd and unpredictable in an amusing way: my totally random life.

1. I'm grumpy in the morning
2. I have taken 5 semesters of Spanish & the only thing I remember is the USA's pledge of allegiance
3. Never broken a bone
4. I tend to arrive late
5. I'm super obsessed with pop culture
6. My hair is already turning gray
7. Purple is my least favorite color
8. I am approximately 145 lbs overweight
9. I know how to read
10. I would not classify myself as a religious person
11. None of my "relationships" have lasted longer than 5 months
12. I rarely remember to wear an apron, even though I love everything about aprons (They are pretty! They keep your clothes clean! When you wear one, it usually means there is food!)
13. I like to argue, more importantly, I like to prove other people wrong
14. I know how to ride a bicycle
15. Sometimes I forget my wallet at home
16. I have caused 3 car accidents
17. I twirl my hair around my finger when I'm nervous or distracted
18. I love to play Phase 10 and Uno
19. My FAVORITE thing (& I like a lot of stuff so you can take that at face value) is when animal people go on talk shows because it just further proves that celebrities are idiots too
20. I change my mind quite a bit, but who doesn't?

Best wishes,
Annabelle