012408 - awesome.

so last tuesday was the worst night of my life.
got in trouble .. twice. Haha, it was bad dude.

Last night I went to my first official yoga class. It was very good. I enjoyed myself for the first time in a long time.

Tonight is the Dayton v Xavier game. We're winning at the moment. I just got back from a college info session though. I was on a student panel, talking to students , obviously, about college in general.

I'm going on a retreat tomorrow night. It's the emerging leaders retreat and it's going to be super fun.

I have to get started on my physics homework.
good night.

011608 - Gotta watch what I say from now on.

so so so...
Had physics this morning. I miss Yerian, but I love Frohlich. Amazing teacher, it will be a good semester.

After physics was philosophy - I'm taking Szymkowiak again, and he is fabulous. I absolutely adore that man and I know the class is going to be interesting. The discussion was so good I almost peed my pants. Almost. The class is called Morals and Markets and the course is going to focus on how morals effect the evolution of markets in the economy. Speaking of evolution, I have Evolution in an hour. It's a bio elective, don't judge. I'm really not excited to have Anyonge for two classes this semester, but I'm not worried about it at all .. I'm just going to go for it and see what happens.

So far I'm enjoying my classes. The one class I'm a little worried about right now though is my Jesus and Power class. It's kind of .. well, it's not what I expected it to be, but I guess that's just the way it goes haha. I'll just let it ride, see where it takes me. Maybe it'll be a surprise and turn out to be the best class I've ever taken.

So for some spring break options, we know we want to do a beach. Somewhere hot. We want to go down to Florida but we don't want a "Girls Gone Wild" kind of spring break. haha .. so?? Maybe we'll do myrtle beach. I don't know .. but I bettter be going somewhere warm where I can lay naked under the sun. haha .. well, maybe not naked, but close to.

My phone is super gay. haha .. I mean, it keeps saying I need to free up some storage but that makes no sense when I cleared the entire storage memory. It's spazzing on me already and I've only had it for .. 2-3 weeks? what the...

Last night, Ashley, Jill, John, Kevin and I met and picked numbers out of a hat to decide which rooms we are getting. I will be living in the attic next year, come visit.

Today was the second day I did breakfast. It was awesome.

011408 - First day of classes

today was walking. lots of it. that is all; walking.

so I flew in from D.C. Saturday night. It's fun to see everyone back at school. I didn't realize how much I missed people. And I definitely do miss a good handful of people. And a few handful of people that I did not miss at all. But those shall people remain nameless.

But I think I miss my family more anything.

Right before I flew back, my sibs and I saw Juno. It's good. go and see it.

Natalie and I are sitting in Gallagher right now, because both of our computers decided to give out right before the semester. Haha .. we're awesomely listening to Justin Timberlake and this new awesome song by Jon Bon Jovi and LeAnn Rimes - Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore. I love that song.

So no more cruise :( SADLY. Must come up with new plans for spring break.

I'm ready to take on the new year. It's going to be a good year.

010708 - A day of firsts

I went to IKEA for the first time today. It's a Sweden-inspired home furnishings store? I don't know, it was vast and given my newfound obsession with interior design, I was surprised to find myself bored with the different sofa cover slips. And their mattresses .. no quality. I wouldn't sleep on a mattress from that store if someone paid me to. I got kinks in my back just imagining having to sleep on one of their mattresses.

Insert cringe here.

One thing I was impressed with however, were the prices of some of the furniture pieces. There was this gorgeous wooden desk - simple, functional - $80. HELLO, steal. I just hope when it comes time to buy a desk it will still be there .. in all its $80 glory.

And also, they had some really nice stem glasses .. set of 6, $1.99. HELLO, steal.

Oh, before IKEA, I went to the mall for haircut. This is how it went:

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Me: I want to take off about an inch off the longest length. Just re-layer the entire thing.

Devil Woman: Okay Okay, I understand.

[40 seconds pass]

Me: Um, are you sure that it's still the original length?

Devil Woman: It's still long, trust me. Anyway, you shouldn't be worrying about your hair length. You spend less time on hair, more time with studies.

Me: I just don't want it to be short.

Devil Woman: It's not short

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My hair doesn't even cover my boobs anymore. Obviously, I'm still harboring some anger issues towards the devil woman. We made a stop by Lenscrafters ... contact fitting appointment for tomorrow .. I'm looking to get either subscription sunglasses, or .. well, contact lenses in the color of purple or orange or something absurd so that I can scare the little children on easter.

That's the master plan and I'm sticking to it.

And one more thing, Little Miss Sunshine, which I just watched on HBO a couple hours ago .. genius. It was my first time experiencing the movie .. truly a work that is so deep and honest at its core. Directors Dayton and Faris have made me a believer - there is still good work out there.

I don't know why it took me so long to see it. I guess I was skeptical of all the good reviews - I mean, every time I read a good review, I go to see the movie, only to leave feeling empty and $8.00-something poorer.

010608 - Designated driver

Last night I saw National Treasure: Book of Secrets. If you're into Disney-level-intense, that's-impossible type of action, the movie is legitimately amazing. Nicholas Cage breaks into Buckingham Palace, survives a high-energy guns-shooting-at-me car chase, kidnaps the president, and yet again (well, for the second time) finds another treasure chest that makes him worth more money than God. I don't know who that actress is who plays his girlfriend, but she sucks. Horrible acting, her jokes just fell flat, and as a character, I didn't give a shit whether she died or not or broke up with Nicholas Cage or married a monkey. On the other hand, the actor who plays Riley, Nicholas Cage's ever so cute and adorable side-kick, exceeds his expectations as comedic relief.

I still would very much like to partake in the cinematic adventure that is known as Juno. Oddly enough, I also really want to see Cloverfield - supposedly the American equivalent of Godzilla. I don't know, the advertising for the movie is phenomenal and that deserves something. And I cannot wait to see 27 Dresses. Katherine Heigl = delicious. I can't get enough of her .. except for on Grey's Anatomy (for now at least). And and and, I promise this is the last movie I'll mention in this blog, One Missed Call, anyone? Ohhh yeah.

I'm a bigger movie person than I would like to be.

Today, I drove to this wonderful little gem that my parents found a couple of months ago .. The Filipino Restaurant - complete with your balikbayan boxes and filipino essentials store. Oh man .. priceless. It was a filipino store, attached to a filipino restaurant. Never in Ohio would this place ever survive.

I'm trying out this new diet where I don't eat anything.

010408 - 2008 better be great.

this is kind of monumental occasion for me, let us all take a moment to take it all in.

alrighty, so the new year has come with its share of surprises. Some good, some not so good, but that's just how it always goes right.

I spent the better part of my day watching reruns of the last season of The Hills, so I am now caught up on all the drama going on in Lauren Conrad's life .. wonderful.

I think I might go see a movie tonight .. I'm thinking either Juno or that new thriller One Last Call. I'll end up seeing P.S. I Love You .. something gay like that.

Whatever.

I saw I Am Legend though - Will Smith? You cannot go wrong. It was good, if you haven't yet, go out and see it in the theatre while you still can .. I'm telling you, you will not get the same experience if you do otherwise.

Last night I read a couple chapters of "The Grapes of Wrath." It's not as good as I thought it would be .. I mean, granted, I have only read a handful of chapters so far .. and it is only the beginning, but a classic should read like a classic. Some books - well, you can just tell that they're classic. TGoW just seems to have that "oh, I'm a history book so that makes me amazing," type of staying power. As a work of fiction .. I'm over it. I'll read a couple more chapters tonight .. maybe.

I thought I wanted to paint my room yellow, but I think I'm gonna go with a green .. pastel. I like sunflowers .. bringing sunflowers into a yellow room just seems a little overdone for me .. that's the HGTV in me kicking in again. sorry.

In other news, my laptop broke down. Stupid piece of crap. All my documents and file are .. well .. gone. HAHA, how ironic since the day before it broke down, I was at BestBuy with the brothers, in the external hard-drive aisle and OUTLOUD said, "maybe I should buy an external hard-drive to back up all my files and stuff ..." and then decided against it. Then later, walked by the memory sticks and said outloud: "I should really back up my picture files and music files."

too bad that was before my computer decided to die. My fault, I know. If those files were of any importance to me, I would have backed them up the second I had them downloaded to my asthmatic computer.

What I mean to say is that if I don't update as much as I can, it's because my Vaio decided to take a permanent vacation. Thank you and good night.