Fine line between here and nowhere.

040909 - Here we go again

2009-04-09T03:16:00.001-04:00

haven't blogged in over a month! this is a disaster.
I really intended to write a lot more
and to be creative more often.

I have lost interest in blogging through this medium ever since I got a tumblr account. It's just so much easier ..

I'm seriously considering dropping this blog. but then what about all my old entries? will they just disappear.

well, that's kind of what I want to happen with my life right now so is that really a bad thing? I think not.

I miss things. lots of things. If you asked me to recall what I miss, I just my cry again.

022709 - life is good, well, sometimes.

2009-02-27T10:46:00.003-05:00

Location: Alter Hall Mac Lab
Listening: Gabe Bondoc - Life, Love, Everything
Current Mood: Overwhelmed, like usual.

I just finished taking my Theology Midterm. I think it went well. I will be surprisingly surprised if I don't get an A.

I am finally all caught up on the Bachelor. I have been watching episodes online and I have to say that my favorite is Melissa. In my opinion, she would be a better fit for not only Jason but Ty. I have a deep, vested interest in the outcome of this series. If Jason chooses Molly, I actually think I might cry.

So Spring Break officially starts now! I am about to go home and just .. I haven't decided yet, but I will probably either sleep .. or .. ? well, sleep it is I guess. I have no official plans for this week. Any suggestions?

I have gotten back into song writing. Remembering that time in my life when I used to write three, four songs a day - I miss it. It's very therapeutic and I am glad that I am getting back into it. I want to also get back into pleasure reading. I love reading. I seriously need to do more things that I love.

Things I love:
hanging out with friends
winning .. stuff
conditioning my hair
talking to my family
talking to God
pen-palling with people from all over the world
keeping in touch with old friends
making lists
finding raw musical talent
going to concerts
studying in coffee shops
reading for fun

Lent is upon us:
No complaining
No worries
No discouragement
No curse words
No gossip

so far, the hardest lenten promise is giving up curse words. I didn't realize how bad it had gotten, for me personally. No complaining is also hard one. Just from two days of Lent, I have found out that I also like to complain and cuss. Hmm, way to go Crystal.

022409 - Anyone else?

2009-02-24T16:40:00.002-05:00

I just watched the new Taylor Swift video for White Horse.
is anyone else disappointed that the lyrics were revised?
I just heard the tweaks and was surprised.
I like surprises, but I did not like that one.

oh tay tay.

022409 - Love Love, it ain't love

2009-02-24T02:32:00.002-05:00

"can we just put this behind us?"
don't say that again.
move out of my way
so I can leave this behind us.

CHORUS.
I can't stand the way you stand there
I don't think you thought to think of me
and I am sure that you are not
so baby baby, love love
shut up.

I would ask politely
but we all know how that would go
I say please, you don't hear me
and I tried yelling and screaming
who cares who cares?
I don't
anymore.

this isn't about me,
it's always about you
you never really cared.
but who are you without me
I don't care.

et tu? ET TU?

I think it's time for bed.

oh, I have a tumblr account now: CRYSonline

020809 - insert witty title here

2009-02-08T13:46:00.004-05:00

I'm trying to not be so angry about things that are not that important.

for your reading pleasure:

I thought I bought shoes that fit
but I found them two sizes, too big
and I guess you heard me say hello
but I guess I meant goodbye
these days
pretending is just exhausting
I thought I was able to fix this
to repair something that was broken
but I guess sometimes things are broken forever.

forever never seems to last as long
an empty glass can't be full
what can possibly be lucky about a rabbit's foot?
I would probably blame me
for everything that has happened.

I wanted to talk to you the other day
but you left me with the tv on
I remember when you used to make time for me
and want to talk to me
our relationship's quieter than a library

I hope you don't read this
and think it's about you,
that's not what I want.

020709 - rethinking everything there is to rethink

2009-02-07T03:00:00.003-05:00

I can't even begin to describe how livid I am with certain people. I hate her. I HATE her. I don't think I have ever said that I have hated someone, but I absolutely do not like anything about her.

she is one person to my face, and then another person behind my back. SUCK MY LEFT TIT you little biddy.

I can't believe I considered her anything friendly. hate this whore.

UGH, I can't stand this place. I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE.

hahahaha. wow, you suck so much. I'm so mad at you, how could you do that?! You didn't even ask me! you didn't even want to know how I felt about the situation. You don't tell me anything anymore, I feel like I'm fishing around for a friendship that's just not there anymore.

call me when you've grown a head.

*end emo post.

I love music by Gabe Bondoc.
youtube.com/gabebondoc

also, I don't think I'm going anymore. I don't want to go anymore. I'm over it.

013009 - New Year = new outlooks

2009-01-30T01:23:00.002-05:00

so this new year has brought many things. Here are my new thoughts (in no particular order):

Don't always expect your friends to always be there for you. Things happen. And when they're not there for you, don't be so angry. You're not always there for yourself but you still love yourself right?

People will let you down. When they do, don't worry about it because every time they've let you down, they can always let you down one more time. Look at it as another chance to use forgiveness.

Take things easy. No matter what happens, the sun will always rise and set. The moon and stars will come out at night and everyday is someone's birthday.

122208 - Christmas Christmas break is here

2008-12-22T13:26:00.003-05:00

The following is the epic battle that transpired between one Mr. Ralph Fritz and I last night.

CRYSonline: I am legend is such an epic movie

Fritzr: replace epic with lame and I agree

C: I Am Legend = Epic. Don't deny the movie's theatrical value.

F: Sweeping shots of desolate new york? Good. Sweetass dog actor? Sweet. CG bad guys, heavy foreshadowing, and a lame ending? Bad bad and bad.

C: CG is fantastic, you couldn't pick up on the foreshadowing unless you'd seen the entire movie and the ending..Smith needed to die. Perfect.

F: Butterflies daddy! Butterfly in the field with him and his dog... Butterfly solution? Surprise! Just cause you can CG does not mean you

C: You don't even notice the butterflies unless u know the ending. The CG is so good. Don't short stick the movie.

F: 2 out of 5 stars. A huge budget does not a great movie make.

C: There are plenty of movies that have cost so much more that are complete monkey sauce, but this movie. Greatness.

F: Oh cpalting you will be the death of the film industry in america

C: You seriously have no faith in this movie? There's nothing wrong with enjoying social commentary on the decline of society as we know it.

F: Pfft the movie has no message its a vehicle for will smith to make more monies

C: He's a great actor! Anyone who can drive a movie on the solo wins. He deserves everything he made from this movie. Did you miss the message?

F: God makes man. Man makes virus. God distorts virus. Virus makes man. Man kills man. Smith becomes omega man. Tech bad. Butterflies good.

C: Virus mutates. Man tries to kill mutation. Smith and select few are immune. Basic human desire for interaction, hope. No man stands alone

F: Pfft. We need to watch a boy and his dog so you can understand the essence of awesome post-apocayptic cinema.

C: A movie does not need to be obscure and unknown to have value. I will watch that boy dog movie

F: I'm not being an indie film kid but i think you are sucking the dick of mainstream cinema

C: There are plenty of bad mainstreams, this is just not one of them. You think you're better cause you watch indies. You're that glam rock kid

F: I lawl at you

C: Win for Crystal.

F: Meh I'm just well aware of convincing someone to not like mediocre films

C: You can't convince me that good movies are bad.

F: You eat poo

C: Was that your zing? Fail.

F: Is that your face? Fail.

C: Haha. Nice try at being witty.

F: Your mom is witty.

C: My mom? Wittier than you, definitely.

F: Yeah...found that out last night!

C: Darcy's not my mom.

F: Lol very nice

C: You're welcome. This has been your daily lesson of pawnage. I hope you took notes.

F: Pwnage u noob!

C: Is that the bell I hear? Class is dismissed.

F: Nah you're like school in the summer time... No class

C: School all year round for you.

I won, obviously.

120708 - I hate MACS

2008-12-07T16:15:00.000-05:00

I have the greatest hatred for the MAC.
ALL I WANT TO DO
is UPLOAD A VIDEO
and EDIT THIS VIDEO
and get on with my life..

the video is a little less than 500 MB ..
It's 11 minutes long.
is this too much to ask for?!?!?!

eew. I hate MACS.
I will never buy one and I will never buy a Kodak camera ever again either.

120508 - New obsessions

2008-12-05T13:07:00.001-05:00

I have a laptop and dig cam now. you're welcome for the new digital updates, in advance.

some friends and I doing the inevitable:
new obsession: youtube.com/vlogcandy

check em out, enjoy.

112108 - I give up.

2008-11-21T15:24:00.002-05:00

I give up.
I just .. give up.

what a fail for everyone.

111208 - I don't have a left big toe nail

2008-11-17T16:43:00.002-05:00

for the second time in my life, I don't have a whole big toe nail on my left foot. It feels weird to walk, and I'm afraid to take off the band aid because I see the purple. I don't want to know what it really looks like.

tonight is the FACES hosted veg out in gallagher. I made the fried rice and I had some last night and it was good. hopefully it's as good today as it was this morning haha.

111208 - Jesus was a good looking man

2008-11-12T15:28:00.004-05:00

[this particular blog post is subject to change] As part of an ongoing effort to prove that Jesus was hot. I haven't done any research .. this is purely me vomiting my thoughts onto my blog.

Most of the time, I see the world the way I want to see it. When the world as I see it turns out to be a world completely different, I wonder why. Jesus' physical appearance, his human form, was never something I thought about until the other day. I conclude that he was a good looking being. Very good looking. These, collectively, are reasons for why Jesus HAD to be good looking fellow:

1. He said crazy things. Jesus had some insane ideas about reforming the Jewish religion. Here he was, standing in his robe, on a mound: "I'm Jesus and everything you knew about yourself, everything you've been doing, everything your family has known for centuries, is, well, wrong. Hey, here's an idea! Let's try something new and different." People took their traditions to heart, let alone their religious traditions. If they're going to change something, there better be a damn good reason for change. Reform was difficult. They knew what they knew and they weren't going to complicate things just to appease one man. If he were good looking, people would be a little more sympathetic to his cause. There was probably the general feeling that: "He's crazy, but God didn't make him too ugly for us to look at while he preached this so said crazy." If Jesus was ugly and said crazy things, he'd just be another ugly guy, preaching crazy things.

2. He hung out with ugly people. Jesus was always talking with the untouchables, the down-trodden, the sad and lowly. If he was not good looking, Jesus would just be another ugly person in the sea of ugly people. Visually, it would be ineffective for him to stand out to the crowds.

3. He was curing the sickly. Jesus was going around doing miracles here and there, curing people, the usual. If you were the mother of a dying child, and you heard of this crazy ugly person going around touching little children would you let him come touch your child? If Jesus had a nice smile and looked inviting and not out of the ordinary, that would better help his cause of curing the sick. If he were good looking, smelled nice and had the friendliest smile ever, you would invite him into your home with less reservation. If Jesus were ugly, the public may have thought: "If God sent this man to cure the sickly, why is this man deformed, ugly, uninviting? He can't cure himself?" It is less believable if someone who does not seem healthy himself, can bring those sickly to health. If Jesus were good looking, the public may have thought: "God sent us someone who says he can cure the sick and he himself looks very clean and healthy! Let us welcome this good looking man into our home to cure our sick children."

4. He was touching our food. I guess this argument has more to do with Jesus' cleanliness than anything and probably is more relevant to present time. They probably did not care back then who touched their food, but today, I know I would not want someone who doesn't wash their hands at all to make my food and serve it to me.

This is not meant to come across as shallow. I just simply believe that for Jesus to spread God's word as swiftly and effectively as he did, he would have had to be good looking. People needed to be drawn to him, rich and poor, ugly and pretty people alike.

thoughts?

110608 - road to X

2008-11-06T09:43:00.001-05:00

here is my 500 character bio that is on RoadtoXavier for the prospective students:

I read somewhere that the average person laughs 13 times a day. I am so above average, it is almost not funny. I like food, a lot. I do not like wet socks or sharing my toothbrush. I will, however, share my hairbrush & calculator (for complex calculus problems only). I text pretty fast & I talk even faster but I definitely do NOT run fast. I love singing & dancing, both separately & simultaneously. I also like taking pictures & tagging people on facebook. 500 characters?! You're killing me here.

I mean, I tried to be funny. Perhaps I failed, perhaps not.

Either way, I have a new theory: Jesus was a good looking man. More deets on this lates (read as: more details on this later).

110508 - Harder than I thought

2008-11-05T12:36:00.002-05:00

last night was interesting. Obama won the 2008 Presidential election. I want to rally behind the man, but I don't know. Easier blogged, than done.

I did say a little prayer for him last night. He will do what he believes is best. Not that the president really has that much of say in anything really.

Ah, fuck it. I said in my last blog that I didn't care who won anymore. Evidently, I actually do care. I think they were brought on by the people I surrounded myself with .. everyone was just so angry and I realized I was angry too. Angry and disappointed.

I also got to call my best friend, Thao, last night. We talked about the usual haha. Which always seems the be the same even when we haven't talked to each other in months.

Give it a listen: I Have Waited - Kiersten Holine

110408 - Election Day, it's a big one

2008-11-04T18:26:00.002-05:00

I cannot believe that the day to finally vote is here. I'm so sick of all this political talk and blah blah that I'm bursting at the seams; really just want to know who the next president is going to be. I don't even care at this point anymore.

I wore my "I think, therefore I vote Republican" shirt earlier today. Our political system divides people. Some of my friends and I were discussing earlier how the bipartisan system just tears people apart; friends turn into enemies blah blah. Politics gets so personal sometimes.

But I am ready for thanksgiving. Bring on the turkey and apple cider!

110308 - caved, bought it, read it

2008-11-03T18:58:00.003-05:00

BLOG CONTAINS MOVIE SPOILERS.

so Halloween went spook-tacularly! haha, play on words, intended. everyone in the house dressed up as the cast of Peter Pan! it was fabulous, glitter in the hair, face paint, and all!

Saturday night, Molly Laws and I went to Target (where I purchased Twilight that book I was talking about earlier) and Walmart (where I purchased four movies: Hard Candy, Wicker Park, Friday the 13th: the Final Chapter, and Friday the 13th: VII The new Blood ..). Then we went to Hollywood Video and rented 30 Days of Night, Pathology and The Happening.

You should probably have guessed that Saturday night was scary movie marathon night.

We started with the Happening: actors were horrible .. or were they good? Knowing M. Night Shaymalan's work, he probably told them to be awkward characters that no one can really take seriously. Such a shame for the movie, I guess. I didn't care if they died or not. An interesting concept though; the theory that plants will rise and attack us with the toxins they release into the air. I mean, if that were the case, we'd all be .. in the butt.

Pathology was. 3 stars out of 5. The good guy, was not really a good guy. Horrible boyfriend even though he avenged his fiance's death .. blah blah blah, what a whore, Milo Ventimiglia! Plot was the only thing supporting this movie - human life, ahh, so easily (and creatively) taken away. Smart and sexy.

30 Days of Night. molly and I still don't understand how Jill and Kevin could fall asleep during this. I almost pooped in my pants. Almost.

Then it was 3:00 AM and we were so scared we had to watch Baby Mama. Funny funny funny.

Then we gained an hour courtesy of daylight savings time.

Sunday I read Twilight, and finished it. A book with no literary value. It's a young adult romance .. what did I expect!

oh, and I saw Obama.

Taylor Swift: You're Not Sorry; have a listen.

Koinonia tonight :)

102908 - Election day draws nearererer

2008-10-29T15:43:00.002-04:00

I hate wearing jeans. I want to put on a pair of shorts and walk in flip-flops. The weather is not very nice this fall. What happened to my windbreaker weather?

It went straight from 85 degrees, nice and warm to freeze-my-toes-off cold.

Yesterday, Ralph and I watched 6 hrs worth of "Greek" on ABC Family. Don't judge me, but I'm kind of addicted. Cappie and Casey need to be together.

Another show that I wish I watched more often is "Gossip Girl." I was so into it when it first came out but now I can't seem to find the time to devote to television. My knowledge of Pop culture is diminishing by the episode.

In other news, I'm going to go and read the Great Society speech by Lyndon Johnson.

if anyone happens to have a copy of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, let me know.

102708 - It's already October?

2008-10-27T10:22:00.003-04:00

so last night some housemates and I watched Peter Pan - while we made our halloween costumes. We are going out as the cast of the Disney classic .. just in case you didn't catch the correlation.

Anyhoo, I'm Princess Tiger Lily. I shall post pictures and they shall be glorious.

So I really can't wait for Thanksgiving so I can see my family. I miss them dearly.

nothing else new has really happened. I'm content, that is all.

oh and I finished Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons." I was not that impressed, but then again, I am hard to impress I guess when it comes to books and movies. Me and the housemates decided that we wanted some cultural enrichment so we decided on reading the top 100 novels according to the Associated Press and watch the top 100 movies according to the American Film Institute.

oh the ideas we come up with.

I'm dancing three dances in Diwali.

There are plenty of songs I like to listen to

2008-10-10T13:01:00.002-04:00

Save Me From Myself (Originally performed by Christina Aguilera) - covered by Alyssa Bernal
Free Fallin' (Originally performed by Tom Petty) - covered by John Mayer
Love Story - Taylor Swift

I can't wait for Taylor Swift's new CD. I just might buy it.

I really want to see the movie Nick and Norah's infinite playlist .. or I think that's what it's called. It has Michael Cera, I'm already in love.

Fall Break is finally here. I really needed it; spending it in Cincinnati. I'm so behind on my reading for classes, not to mention sleep. I never get to sleep anymore .. except, I feel like I sleep all the time .. I just never get good sleep though. That is a problem.

My phone is the dumbest piece of equipment ever though. While I'm in the middle of texting someone or calling someone, it just randomly decides to freeze and the only way that I can get it to unfreeze and start working again is if I take the battery out and restart the entire system.

I wish I just had a regular phone that was NOT a pocket PC. those things .. waste.

Junior year is going well. I am enjoying my classes. I love my professors. And I'm still involved in all the clubs that I am passionate about. It's a good feeling doing things you like to do.

I really hope my parents come this weekend. They said they would but I know that they're busy and sometimes plans change. I just would really like to see my family .. it's been too long. I think 2 months. Why does 2 months not sound so long ... idk.

twitter.com/paltingc (personal) or twitter.com/crysonline (rtx)
leagueofpunditry.blogspot.com

ALSO I'm on the radio (Kiss 107.1) sounding like a total tool, but whatev .. I'll take whatever air time I can get.

I hope the best for my friends. I always wish them well. I want them to succeed in everything they do, and they deserve ever blessing that God bestows upon them. I love them and I would do anything for them.

Oh another thing, I'm really into the Office now. I never used to watch that show .. in fact, in the past, if I had passed it on tv, I would have been angry that it was even on. The show is genius, I was stupid, I admit defeat.

in other news, I've also printed out AFI's list of greatest movies .. I'm gonna watch them all. I also printed out Time Magazine's list of top 100 best novels. I will read them all. A little cultural enrichment never hurt nobody.

this is the longest blog I've ever blogged .. in a while I guess.

091508 - Another weeeeek

2008-09-15T11:16:00.001-04:00

so I only have a few minutes before my next class but I figured that a quickie was in order.

So today ashley hall turns 21! woo, happy birthday poop!

her birthday party was pretty awesome!

so this week is going to be busy, I can tell already. I'm almost dredding it, but not really because I enjoy going to class now .. it's kind of exciting for me life.

till lattters.

091008 - Computer Labs, Late Nights

2008-09-10T09:10:00.003-04:00

Computer labs on campus are a Godsend.

new song obsession: Lucky (Original Jason Mraz, Colbie Callait) - Covered by Alyssa Bernal, Kris Mark.

So today is Mymy's birthday! She is 21! We are all getting too old for this. Birthday dinner tonight!!

090508 - Plans for the weekend.

2008-09-05T10:37:00.002-04:00

so for my government class, we get to blog. lucky lucky me. I have to come up with a creative blogger name.

friday - manresa, koinonia
saturday - day dates with the poop: trader's world, creek, jungle jim's, party city, etc.
sunday - spirit celebration

that is all.

090208 - Fight

2008-09-02T17:28:00.003-04:00

I got into a verbal disagreement with another girl.
it was funny.

school is going well though. well, enough.

082808 - Another Semester at the X

2008-08-28T09:17:00.003-04:00

I haven't blogged in forever. that's alright, I forgive myself.

These last few weeks of summer have been highly uneventful. I had exploding stomach for the longest time and now I am quite positive my overall health will never be as it once was when I could eat just about anything - and I did.

Other than school I haven't been up to anything. Off to study for my first Calculus quiz. I hope that all my math knowledge comes pouring out of my mind and onto my homework because I haven't taken a math class in nearly 2 and a half years. oh geez.

In other news, Manresa was fun!

And that is all. I will blog later, for sure.

081408 - OMG MY STOMACH

2008-08-14T08:57:00.002-04:00

my stomach feels like it's exploding. I don't know what to do.

072508 - Another weekend

2008-07-25T08:02:00.003-04:00

So it's Friday again.
how the week has escaped me.

Kevin, Patty, Jill, Ashley Taite and I went to Mary's last night for karaoke. It was fun for two seconds then I was over it.

John's coming on the fifth. I'm uber excited! I haven't seen him in so long.

New song obsession: The Stupid Things - Original Robin Thicke, covered by Jeremy Manongdo (Passion)

in other news, I'm pissed.

071808 - Over the week

2008-07-18T09:53:00.001-04:00

weekend time.
90 degrees and I'm loving it.
well kind of. haha

071008 - excited for this weekend

2008-07-10T16:36:00.002-04:00

so tomorrow, Kevin, Jill and I are heading up to Lake Erie! We are apparently going kayaking along with boating and sun-catching. Oh we will be tan and it shall be a wonderful wonderful weekend.

I'm way excited.
I just also, gave a tour to like the hottest group of guys. and they were actually fun to joke around with. Sometimes I get those hot guys that are really quiet, but these guys were actually funny and easy going. That's what I need in life right now - chill people.

Everyone's so damn uptight. haha, they just need to chill out and just go with the flow. this is life and they're only making it harder on their own faces.

jill and I are going swimsuit shopping in a quick second though! I love shopping with a purpose. I'm just uber excited about everything.

Stress won't ruin my happiness.

but Ryan's Pub, I forever swear off of it now. This is like the second time in a row that I've been disappointed by both their service and their food quality. It was absolutely sad.

070908 - Bands at WARPED for when I get to GO!

2008-07-09T12:21:00.003-04:00

I'm most excited to see the italicized bands.

Oreska
3oh!3
Against Me!
Aggrolites
Alesana
All That Remains
Anberlin
Angels and Airwaves
Beat Union
Bring Me the Horizon
Charlotte Sometimes
Classic Crime
Cobra Starship
Confide
Dr. Manhattan
Evergreen Terrace
Everytime I Die
Forever The Sickest Kids
Four Year Strong
From First to Last
Gym Class Heroes
Horrorpops
Katy Perry
Lordz
Ludo
MC Chris
Motion City Soundtrack
Norma Jean
Panima
Pennywise
Protest The Hero
Reel Big Fish
Relient K
Say Anything
Set Your Goals
Shwayze
Sky Eats Airplane
St. Alivia Cartel
Story of the Year
Street Dogs
The Academy Is...
The Audition
The Bronx
The Fabulous Rudies
The Human Abstract
The Morning Light
We the Kings

070708 - Fourth of July weekend recap

2008-07-07T13:41:00.002-04:00

So I was sick all week. Couldn't stop throwing up. It was lovely.

This past Friday was fourth of July weekend and Patrick had a party. It had its ups and downs. I mean it was fun, and then we lost everyone. It was .. hilarious to say the least.

I don't know what I want to do. I have a decision to make and I can grow a pair and get it done, or .. well, just not do anything about it. I would rather really have someone else fix my problems for me.

062708 - Back to X

2008-06-27T17:06:00.003-04:00

so I've been back to Xavier for a week now. It seems like I've been here longer than that. I don't know, I can't sit still. Everything just seems really boring to me.

Work has consumed my life.

I finally got to see Sex and the City, the movie. I don't know if it was worth the $9.00 I paid to see it in theaters, but there are scenes, particularly the one with the outdoor shower and that really hot neighbor man... definitely worth it. mmm.

I want some sweet plans for this weekend, but nothing's presented anything.

061808 - officially driving home

2008-06-18T03:36:00.000-04:00

so driving home on friday.
that's right.
driving home. haha. yes, sir.

that's really it.
other than that, I've got nothing.

oh, I added two applications on Facebook: Books iRead, and Flixster Movies.
definitely a time consumer .. exactly what I need right now.

road trip on the 27th.
I get to choose between three lovely places 1) Shelby, OH, 2) Elizabethtown, KY and 3) Asheville, NC.

Each destination is associated with a friend(s)

1) Kevin
2) Kristin, Jenny, Michelle
3) Jill, John

I've already kind of chosen a destination.

061408 - Painfully obvious

2008-06-14T01:45:00.003-04:00

Excuses - only use if you are vicious
He says: Let's go out .. maybe grab some food or just hang out?

01. Oh, I've given up on food. I don't need to eat anymore.
02. I'm allergic to water.
03. My family says I should try to date someone who doesn't have your name
04. You don't meet the height requirement - also works with length/width requirement
05. I only date people who have the same birthday as me.
06. You can't afford me
07. I only date once I'm married
08. Haven't had time to finish knitting my sweater and scarf for summer
09. I don't associate myself with ugly people
10. Tonight is when I was going to have my daily cry
11. My doctor says I would die.
12. I have standards.
13. I promised my boyfriend I'd hang out with him tonight.
14. It's prank call night!
15. Isn't it past your bedtime?
16. I'm moving to another state later.
17. My brother needs me to tend to his battle wounds
18. I have to reread the second binding of the encyclopedia
19. I'm finishing up my list of excuses to not go out with you
20. I need to alphabetize my DVD collection
21. I usually sharpen all of my pencils every night
22. I need to practice my Didgeridoo
23. I was going to google myself all night long
24. My closet needs to be reorganized by color and texture
25. I need to plan my outfits for the rest of the month
26. Picking up an extra shift at the library
27. Need to save the manatees
28. Gotta make sure all the clocks in the house are synchronized
29. Should master my George Bush impersonation
30. Going trick or treating for Unicef.
31. Have to finalize my christmas shopping list
32. Need to call all my relatives to wish them a happy birthday to me
33. Record my second album with my mac
34. I was gonna go and rob a bank...
35. Oh, tonight I was going to get hooked on heroine.
36. My psychiatrist says I need to prioritize
37. Finish the children's book I was writing for years.
38. Start a fire the old-fashioned boyscout way.
39. Gotta start my own wood carving business
40. My friend called and needs me to scratch his back.
41. Gotta go sort mail at the mail center
42. I was gonna take up interpretive dance.
43. My dad wanted me to give him a pedicure/manicure
44. The Disney Channel gave me a show
45. You can't handle the paparazzi
46. I like people who aren't you
47. I was going to feed a third world country
48. My psychic says you're bad luck
49. You only called me by my name twice before this.
50. I have standards

this blog is dedicated to all those boys who don't take hints. what is your problem? Above are 50 excuses that can be used to fight off your demon boy powers and make you pee your pants. In other news, I want to start video blogs .. I think some people have coined the term vlogs? oh, people of the internet world are good - super original, creative I might add. We shall see.

I'm almost done with "The Other Boleyn Girl." It's good, next on my list to-do is the movie.

061208 - Good things happen to all kinds of people

2008-06-12T15:12:00.004-04:00

Tuesday
2:00 AM - Patrick and I feast on a breakfast casserole made by yours truly.
2:00 PM - Kristin picks me up at my house to drive to Dayton Airport
4:30 PM - Check in at Dayton Airport
5:30 PM - Board plane for 1/2 hr flight to Cleveland
6:00 PM - Layover in Cleveland begins
6:45 PM - "Passengers for flight 2388 Continental to Baltimore/Washington, your aircraft, flying in from Tennessee has been delayed and we do not expect the aircraft to arrive here till 9:00 PM, so we anticipate the flight to leave at 9:30 PM There is another flight leaving blah blah blah..."
6:46 PM - "Mom, I'm screwed in Cleveland."
7:15 PM - When my plane was initially supposed to leave for BWI
8:15 PM - "Passengers for flight 2388 Continental to Baltimore/Washington, we have found a replacement aircraft...we will begin boarding now"
8:18 PM - Sitting in my seat, ready for take-off.
8:20 PM - Plane heads leaves dock to take-off.
8:30 PM - "Ladies and Gentlemen this is your pilot speaking, it appears that Air Traffic Control is not letting us take off until 9:00 PM which was when they anticipated us to take off. We are just going to sit it out until we hear more orders ..."
8:57 PM - "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking, we are approaching the 9:00 mark when control said we would be able to take off but we've been calling them and ... they've been brushing us aside. We will keep you updated, there seems to be stormy weather in the Baltimore area..."
9:00 PM - fuck my life.
9:30 PM - fuck my life.
9:42 PM - take off
11:00 PM - land at BWI
11:06 PM - see brother and claim my duffel at baggage claim
11:08 PM - see parentals and head for home
12:00 PM - arrive at home and die in bed

Wednesday
nothing happened. really.

Thursday
graduation!

So I'm really into "Freckles." Song was originally done by Natasha Bedingfield, but I am obsessed with Jordan Pruitt's cover. In other news, Kathy Griffin is hilarious and definitely not a D-list celebrity. I haven't heard of a person who hasn't heard of Kathy Griffin.

Also, I really hope my parents let me bring my car back to Cincinnati. oh please oh please.

060908 - Housewarming

2008-06-09T09:36:00.003-04:00

I've been to Elizabethtown.

the family and I had a housewarming party on Saturday.
We cooked family dinner before the event and the food was good, the company was better.
I love the family.

Lots of random people in my house = good time, given certain circumstances.
also, Jill went to bed at 11:00.
haha, yeah, she's THAT girl.

so I leave tomorrow for my brother's high school graduation. I was supposed to leave yesterday, but obviously that did not happen. Instead, Kevin, Jill, Kristin and I went to Phillips Swim Club, where Kristin works, to just hang out by the pool. The sun was out, it was perfect.

We wanted to take pictures by the pool, so we asked a random guy to take the picture for us. He kept saying that he couldn't see us. The screen is 3.0 inches x 2.5 inches .. it's a big ass screen for a digital camera. We ended up with an awesome picture of his wedding ring.

old man: "I hope it took it."
us: "oh yeah! it looks good!"

so work now.

060208 - Put your lunch hours on your time card

2008-06-02T13:57:00.003-04:00

Uncle Ron: "...I'm bringing my a game." What does that mean?
Me: You mean A-game?
Uncle Ron: oh! ... wait, what is A-game?
Me: It means he's gonna come and kick your ass.

So Kevin and I went up to Columbus this past weekend to visit his uncle and be a part of some golf tournament. We walked to the field for like a second, and then we both got bored and walked back.

Work again. The other day, I moved most of my stuff from Kristin's garage to my house on Cleneay. I'm excited.

052908 - we aren't enemies, but we aren't friends.

2008-05-29T09:57:00.002-04:00

friends should be friends to their friends. If you wanna call yourself my friend, then support me when I do something. support me like friends support their friends. be my friend already.

eh, just some beef I constantly have with certain people.

so I'm at work again. got an Xplore tour of 85ish kids coming later this afternoon. They should be lovely middle schoolers.

we have PREP tonight. my roommate checked out of the room today, so I'm happy. Moving into the house on Saturday. woo!!

I need a laptop, ASAP-O.

052708 - answer phone, see boy leave.

2008-05-27T12:34:00.002-04:00

Friday night, Saturday till 4 - First PREP of the summer. It went well. For some reason, I'm not quite sure, PREP was way boring. I had a horrible time. Didn't even make any new friends.

Saturday night - Taste of Cincinnati. Saw Rissi Palmer perform and she was amazing. This is reminding myself to google her later.

Sunday - Went to go get Graeters with Steve Newsome. Then we went to the park for an hour. After the park, I went back to bed till 5.

Sunday, 5:00 PM - Call from family. Watch a boy walk out of my room. Talk to mom for a little bit and realize that someone's moved their shit into my room.

Sunday night - Hangout with Kristin

Monday - Memorial Day, went to Phillips Swim Club, then Birthday Party. did a little bit of creeping and then went home. Met new roommate. surprise.

I saw Waitress with Keri Russell. It's solid. So is The Jane Austen Book Club. Also solid.

052208 - Is that poop? No, rice.

2008-05-22T02:17:00.002-04:00

spent the night at Kristin's last night and will be spending the night at Kristin's again. haha, it's always fun.

so this morning, went to work and didn't have to give a tour. that was def. good.

After work, my housemates and I went to the house to post-it. We told Darold which furniture pieces we wanted to keep in the house and he told us what he was going to do to repair the damages that the guys had done to the house. He will be repainting and recarpeting and lots of other wonderful things for us. Just a note, the guys left all of their toiletries. The bathroom looks like people still live in the house .. did they not need their toothbrushes? I don't understand...

Along with their bathroom shit and lots of other stuff, they also left us a Monopoly game set and a monkey. We decided to take the monkey with us as we were leaving.

After post-it-ing we headed to Ault Park where the friends surprised us with a birthday celebration. Kevin and I had theh birthday song sung to us. On the birthday cake, Ashley drew Britain's flag for Kevin's side of the cake and she drew rice for my side. Kevin thought the rice was poop. Oh Kevin. It was awkward but very funny.

Another awkward, funny thing we did was take pictures with monkey. He is awesome, definitely a new addition to our family.

It got cold, but we weren't ready to go home, so we decided we wanted to laser tag. After some driving, we finally found Laser Web .. which was closed. But only on Wednesdays .. which was today. Haha.

Kevin and Ashley left. Kristin, Jenny, Jill and I went to Jungle Jims for 15 minutes. Then we went to drop Jill back off at her car, which we left at Ault Park. There was a cop car parked right behind it when we arrived (at this point it was 10:30ish). The rent a cop proceeded to take our identification cards and issue us a "warning." From now on, if we are caught at any park in Cincinnati past 10, we will be ticketed. Just wonderful. Haha, way to go, supercop.

We went back to school to get my phone charger which was with Kevin, but by then he was already in bed so I wasn't able to get my phone charger .. :(. Kristin, Jenny and I decided we wanted to make Mac n Cheese, eat Salsa con Queso and get Steak and Shake milkshakes.

Eventful, yes.

052008 - Steve Boller sang me happy birthday

2008-05-20T01:21:00.003-04:00

yes, Steve Boller. Thank you, sir.

so back at work for the first time in a week. Gave two tours. They were fun! I met this girl, Liz, who is gonna hook me up with backstage Backstreet Boy tickets. hell yes.

I am glad to be back in Cincinnati. I am glad to be back with my Xavier family. It is good times.

051808 - If you were born everyday, everyday would be your birthday

2008-05-18T02:49:00.003-04:00

I am officially not a teenager. I am twenty.
gross.

So I woke up and, like every year since the year I was born, the house was plastered in signs that gave away what special day it was: my birthday. Open the fridge, Happy Birthday! Turn on the computer, Happy Birthday! Watch Television, Happy Birthday! Take a shit, You're 20!

I spent the entire day with the family. It was highly entertaining. My sister asked me to drive her to the library, so I compliantly did as she asked. Then we decided just to go for some random driving, as always, it was an adventure. We didn't get lost this time. I cannot lie, almost. Almost. I surprisingly recognized a street. Never happens, but miracles happen I suppose on one's birthday.

We also did the traditional birthday dinner. The birthday song at the end with the free cake is arguably the best part, unless it's your birthday.

Parents and I are driving back to Cincinnati tomorrow .. er, later today. I'm excited. I'm not so sure they are.

And their birthday present to me: oh, surprise, you don't get your car for at least another week, or until we can get the car inspected, the oil changed and the breaks checked because they are making awkward squeaking noises. My car is a year old, I don't understand how such noises present themselves.

I think I'm more excited about moving into the house on the 31. Woo!

So when I turned 16 I made a list of all the things I wanted to do before I turned 20. Well, that didn't work out so well so I'm going to make a list of things to do before I turn 21. The following is a list of so said things to do before 21, in no particular order.

01. Become close friends with a celebrity
02. Be an extra in a major motion picture
03. Drive the entirety of Route 66
04. Learn how to whistle
05. Kick the shit out of a shitty printer
06. Play Expert on Guitar Hero
07. Make out with someone in the rain and/or on a rooftop
08. Break a world record, doesn't matter which one
09. Be in the studio audience of some kind of talk show
10. Learn another language
11. Stop procrastinating
12. Learn how to play the harmonica
13. Chug a gallon of milk, successfully
14. Start running again
15. Be able to throw a backflip again
16. Become more environmentally aware
17. Become more aware of myself
18. Learn how to read palms
19. Learn how to read people's minds
20. Stop procrastinating

I saw Narnia: Prince Caspian last night. It was much better than the first. Completely satisfying. I start work on Monday. Fuck it.

051508 - Somewhere on the capital beltway

2008-05-15T14:37:00.003-04:00

If you want the summary, try the end.

Mom: Where are you guys driving to?
Cheryl & Crystal: Just around the neighborhood
M: Drive carefully. Don't go too far, Crystal.
C&C: Yeah mom, don't worry, we'll be safe!
(Pull out of the drive, and out of the neighborhood.)

Crystal: Where do you want to go?
Cheryl Anne: We gotta put gas in.
C: Well, shit. You got money?
CA: No.
C: where is there an ATM?
CA: Pull into this BB&T.
C: Is there an ATM at this bank?
CA: No, there's an ATM in the 7-11. See?
C: um, ok.
(Go into shady 7-11 behind the BB&T. Use the ATM and get the hell out of there.)

C: Is this the way to Kingstowne?
CA: Um, no.
C: Well, shit.
(driving down the same road a minute later)
C: Yeah it is.
CA: This isn't Kingstowne.
C: Oh. Well, whatever, there's a gas station.
(proceed to put $20 of gas into the tank, both hands required.)

C: So, what now?
CA: I don't know. Let's go to Springfield.
C: Alright.
(We walk around Springfield for about 2 hours.)

C: So, what now?
CA: I don't know. Let's go to Kingstowne.
C: Alright. Can we pick up some guys?
CA: Do you see what I'm wearing?
(I look her up and down. Red and White stripped headband, black sweater, black running shorts, plaid kneed high socks and Keds.)
C: You look fine.
CA: I look like I don't know what I'm supposed to be, emo or pippy longstocking - neither of which I would want to be if I were picking up guys. Plus, you're wearing all pink. We look challenged.
C: Alright. Hey wanna go to TJ Max?
CA: I've never been.
C: Let's go.
(I proceed to park at the farthest spot from the store.)
CA: I hate going out with you. You make me walk.
(We get into the store and I think I see an old friend, Niki Dove)

CA: Where are the prom dresses, Crystal? You said there would be dresses in here.
C: (kind of a whisper) I don't know, but I think I know that girl over there!?
CA: These dresses are stupid. These aren't prom dresses. You lied!
C: I really think I know that girl!
CA: Well go up to her!
C: What, and look crazy? "Hey I think I know you, do you remember me?"
CA: that or we can continue to hide behind these ugly dresses.
(We walk out of the store and all the while I'm trying to find the girl I think I know but we don't see her.)

(Some random obscure person yells out Crystal from their car. Both my sister and I look around and we have no idea who the heck that was in the car, but I'm freaked out, and so is she. We start to walk around and decide that we're done with Kingstowne.)

C: Well this place is dumb.
CA: Where are we going now?
(We get on the highway and we're driving for a little bit just jamming to the song on the radio. Look up at the sign and read: Capital Beltway North, Capital Beltway South.)
C: Well, shit.
CA: OMG, NORTH NORTH! SOUTH IS THE GHETTO!!!
C: It's the capital beltway, Cheryl.
CA: I know, I just felt like saying the word ghetto.

(We proceed to go on the exit for North. We get lost for half an hour. It was fabulous. We made the Franconia/Springfield exit four times.)
C: OMG, everything says SPRINGFIELD, but I don't recognize any of this!
CA: OMG OMG we're in the ghetto!
C: I doubt the ghetto has a TrimSpa and Weight Watchers you fool!
(Little more driving)
C: It says Franconia/Springfield! Why doesn't this exit look familiar!
CA: You're crazy! You're crazy! Oh wait, I know where we are. Just go straight.
C: Oh I know where we are. Damn, we're good. Let's go to Giant.
CA: Fine.
(Giant for 2 minutes, literally.)
C: Well, that blew.
CA: What now?
C: McDonalds, fool.

(We finally get back home around 10ish and mother throws a fit.)

So this morning, I received a facebook message from Niki Dove
hey, were you at TJ MAX on kingstowne blvd yesterday? i just moved to dc & i swear i saw you!

Why yes, Niki. Yes, I was there.

SUMMARY BEGINS HERE:
Driving "around the neighborhood," can translate into a plethora of things. For me and my sister, this means: Use the sketch ATM in a hidden 7-11, fill up the gas tank, go to Springfield, go to Kingstowne, see someone you think you know, get lost in DC for a little over half an hour, find your way back home, go to Giant and end up at McDonald's smashing on a double cheeseburger and fries.

Lessons I've learned:
1) No matter where I go, Love in this Club on the radio makes me happy.
2) When you think you see someone you know, you probably know them.
3) Giant Supermarket at night, without a purpose, is stupid.
4) The dollar menu at McDonalds is not worth it, especially when you only have like .. $2.
5) My sister doesn't like country, I think I'll use that to my advantage.

051308 - Batteries and their shit lives

2008-05-13T03:26:00.005-04:00

Today I had a very good cry. I was very relieved after it all happened, believe me. It wasn't even something I could plan. I didn't wake up thinking: "hey, ho. Gonna cry today." Just went for a drive to run some errands then BAM, tears. BAM, sadness. BAM, you are gonna cry.

Again, it was good. I think I needed it more than anything. I thought I was going to cry right after Johnny left. Or maybe even that night when he wasn't around to watch the most random ass movies with us. Or maybe even the next meal when he wasn't around to make some asshole comment about something one of us said. Single tear, that was it. I thought it was done, but I guess today's waterfall extravaganza proved me wrong.

Big girls do cry. They cry about a lot of things. Life problems, mostly.

The fam is great. I miss my siblings. They're hilarious. I make "that's what she said," jokes with them.

And speaking of family .. excuse me but can someone tell me why there is a rice shortage? Isn't that .. impossible? I didn't know a rice shortage was even fathomable. Who decided that mess?

So just talking to some friends on aim, we realized that we are so bored without each other. The nights, well, they're lonely. Here is a beginning list of things to do at night that I have determined, on my own:

1. Make a list of the most random objects you could possibly think of and proceed with an intimate scavenger hunt around your house for these so said random objects.

2. Write the script for a movie based off of the events that occurred in your life that day. Compose the score that will be used in this film. Lastly, grab a camera to film and star in your first motion picture. Everyone's gotta start somewhere.

3. Raid the refrigerator. Grab some key ingredients, set up shop and host a cooking show. You can even theme the show, i.e. halloween treats, bat mitzvah hor doeuvres, easter desserts, etc.

4. Write a letter back to your secret admirer. Make sure it's in cursive. Feel free to substitute so said secret admirer for your middle school physical education teacher, or your cell phone service provider.

5. Plop in a movie you have never seen in your life. Put the audio on mute and insert your own script. If you want to make it difficult, change the rating of the movie, whatever it is, to either G or NC-17; the extremes. Record the script either on video or on paper. Watch the movie but this time with audio and see how close you got to the original script.

6. Learn the lyrics to all the Backstreet Boy songs, even the obscure ones. Feel free to substitute Backstreet Boys for Nsync or Dreamstreet.

7. Drive to your local 7-11. Go inside, stand in one aisle until you're escorted out.

8. Grab a stack of blank index cards, whatever size of your choosing, and write inspiring, uplifting and cheesy notes to yourself, i.e. "you can do it!," "keep going!," "it's not yours!," etc.

9. Make another list of things to do at night when you're bored.

10. Two words, strip solitaire.

Haha, so there's this kid at my school, Reid Faylor. He is, without a doubt, the funniest kid I know. He is very reminiscent of Demetri Martin, who if you didn't know, I'm in love with. Reid is actually competing in a national comedic competition in Aspen later this summer. He is competing against a student from UVA, student from UNC and student from Duke. Xavier is basically going to win. Reid is obviously going to win because he is definitely the funniest of all of the candidates. Hands down, genius.

Take a Bow - Rihanna. New song that I am currently addicted to. Listen to it, you know you want to.

050708 - Friendship soundtrack

2008-05-08T00:19:00.002-04:00

Jeremy Fisher - Singing on the Sidewalk
Dave Barnes - The Inbetween
Acceptance - Different
Geto Boys - Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Alexi Murdoch - Song For You
Blue Eyed Son - When I Come Home
Cary Brothers - Blue Eyes
Sherwood - Something Worth Knowing
Fort Minor - High Road
Corey Crowder - Come Home Soon
Colbie Caillat and Jason Reeves - Paint it Golden
Corinne Bailey Rae - Till it Happens to You
Daphne Loves Derby - Midnight Highway
Ernie Halter - The One You Need
One Republic feat. Lil' Wayne, Joe, Bun B - Apologize (Unofficial Remix)
Mae - Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
Straylight Run - Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)
Vertical Horizon - I'm Still Here
DJ SHadow feat. Mos Def - Six Days
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Matt Wertz - 519
Jack Johnson - Do You Remember
Hawk Nelson - 36 Days
Zac Efron - Ladies Choice (Hairspray Soundtrack)
Josh Turner - Your Man
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Taylor Swift - Our Song
Aesop Rock - Big Bang
All 4 One - I Swear
Dane Cook - The Friend No One Likes
Edwin McCain - I'll Be
Ginuwine - Differences
Kenny Chesney - You Save Me
Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy
Michael Buble - Home
OAR - 3 AM
Panic! At The Disco - Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking her Clothes Off
Train - Meet Virginia
Usher feat. Lil Jon, Ludacris - Yeah!

050308 - Three piece chicken strips

2008-05-03T21:21:00.002-04:00

John is making fun of me so I will [be] updating this later.

***
So yesterday, John and I decided we wanted to go and get some KFC. this is how it went

(pulled into parking lot)
KFC worker: You guys don't want to go through the drive-thru?
John and I: No no, we're ok
K: Are you sure?
J&I: Yeah, we're good.
K: okay, well, can you just not get in line yet because I want to take a break. I don't want to get in trouble.

(J&I decide to use the restrooms to stall time before getting in line to order. We order 2, three-piece chicken strips meals, worker hands us one cup.)

John: don't I get a cup?
Me: Did you get a combo meal?
John: Yeah?
Me: Well, get your cup then.

(worker leaves the register and walks away. I go to fill my cup, discover there are no lids and go to ask for a lid.)

John: Can I get a cup too?
Worker: you didn't get a cup? Oh sorry
Me: do you guys have lids?
Worker: Yeah, here.

(he hands me two lids.)

Me: do you guys have straws?
Worker: we are out of straws.

(worker proceeds to screw up two more orders; he overcharges one woman and one guy comes back asking for his twelve missing chicken wings. We get our food, John realizes that we need silverware. I realize we need dipping sauces.)

John: do ya'll have silverware packets?
W: yeah yeah

(worker goes to get the silverware packets, walks back to the counter and instead of handing the packets to John, places them in another customer's bag with two buckets of chicken. woman walks out with our silverware packets and worker leaves the register again. John and I just kind of stand there as the worker proceeds to grab a piece of chicken and walk to take another break.)

W: shh, don't tell anyone I took a piece of chicken.
J&I to each other: well, shit. what are we going to do now?

(worker comes back)

J: hey, can we get silverware?
W: yeah yeah!

(Worker grabs silverware and starts to walk back to us)

Me: do you guys have dipping sauces? honey mustard, ranch?
W: yeah yeah!

(Worker turns around with our silverware and goes to get dipping sauces. He puts the silverware in a random box, grabs random dipping sauces and brings them to me.)

John: can we get silverware?
W: oh you made me forget! yeah!

(we both are laughing at how ridiculous this service has been. we sit down to eat. thirty minutes later the worker approaches)

W: well you guys cheated me! you said you were taking the order out! I would have charged your more if I knew you were eating in here.
Me: well, it's john's fault.

(we get up to leave and as we're walking out the door...)

W: I better not catch ya'll stealing anything else!

That is the story of my life.

042608 - Summer is only a second away

2008-04-26T15:13:00.004-04:00

literally. a second.
where did my semester go?
I'm ready for summer. definitely.

oh, I saw 21. Jim Sturgess. Yum.
and also, the weather has been nothing but fabulous. the sun feels wonderful. It's long overdue.

I've been working like a dog.

040308 - Met a Guy named Bee

2008-04-03T19:24:00.001-04:00

Made many a jokes on April Fools Day. Always a day for breaking hearts.

Today was an ok day, I guess. Can't wait for the weekend :)

032108 - Met a guy named Mike.

2008-03-21T14:27:00.002-04:00

who has a kid named Aidan.
Chicka chicka bauer.

Mother would not approve. haha.

Xavier won their game against Georgia. Hell, yeah.

Spent the night at Kristin's. Saw License to Wed for the first time. It was bauer.

032008 - I'm sick

2008-03-20T11:53:00.003-04:00

I keep trying to deny that I'm sick when it is obvious that I am. I can't breathe through my nose properly and I just sound gross. What did Steve call me last night? Oh, that's right, typhoid Crystal. That just made me feel super wonderful.

So I've spent the entirety of my spring break hanging out with friends and making new friends. On St. Patty's Day, we started at Fountain Square. Fun, yes, but not as fun as later that night when Jenn, Katie and I went to U.C. to hang out with some friends there. Those kids are a riot. I love them and I've only hung out with them once.

Mornings are spent at work, giving random tours and busy work. I don't mind it at all. I've been spending a lot of time with Kristin too. We went to the mall the day before last, but not before I walked across campus in the POURING RAIN. It came down so hard that Hamilton was under flood warning. Oh, Cincinnati. Anyway, when we got to the mall, she bought a bear from build-a-bear and then made me carry the box around. She's super awesome. Side note - we went into that new store that just opened up, Metrocity? maybe...can't remember. But it had the cutest tops and I definitely want to go back there and get this one shirt ... That night we went to her house and we just hung out, ordered pizza and watched television. She doesn't like sausage and that's my favorite kind. Our friendship is doomed. Jenny, another new friend I've made, came over that night too and she's hilarious. She likes sausage on her pizza.

Last night, I hung out with Kristin, Jenny and another new friend Amanda. Very fun bunch. I got a VIP tour of the "West Side." Apparently, there's a big rivalry between the west side and the east side. I don't get it. But I've got some seriously funny pictures of the most random stuff from their stomping grounds. We went to Front Porch, the cutest little coffee house ever! I'm definitely going back there to just sit and people watch.

We ended up calling Steve, going to his apartment and watching the ending to Rent, which I still don't get. Whatever, I was sick last night and he wasn't helping.

Today, in the office, we're having a game viewing party. Pizza with sausage, involved.

I really want to drive up to Dayton on Easter Sunday and see the Hearthrobs. Chicka chicka yeah. I could never pass up Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby and John Lloyd Cruz. Come on! Now getting tickets and getting into the Victoria Theatre is a whole new issue. Blah, if there's a will, there is a way.

New song: Love in this Club by Usher. It's about time he came out with something new. I've been waiting for a while and his stuff is always solid.

Tomorrow...I don't know what my plans are, but they're gonna be sweet plans.

Zumbiel implosion on Sat. morning. Thank the God.

031608 - Birthday birthday

2008-03-16T14:45:00.002-04:00

I'm so glad that I'm not, not friends with anyone anymore. It was completely draining. Having to work around someone is really tiring. Don't try it, just resolve that shit and move on, really.

I'm really into this one song: All Time Low - Dear Maria. Everytime I listen to the song, I gain a different perspective, a different perception of what the meaning of the song really is.

In other news, celebrated with Steve last night. Happy 21 Steven! We went out to .. well .. haha .. yeah.

Friday night, Whitney's friend, Andy, came down from North Carolina. We ended up at Metropolis. Wanted to go to IHOP after, but, well ... haha, got lost and decided to come back to Xavier. We truly are, easily defeated.

"You're friend, she make me hot." Nice.

I'm sitting alone in Gallagher right now. There is literally no one here. I love it. haha .. alone time in Gallagher? I'm so for it.

Till later.

031208 - If I died...

2008-03-12T23:19:00.002-04:00

I woke up this morning with the biggest headache in the entire world. My throat was sour, it hurt to talk. I stood up, and my body was in pain. I don't know how I got that way, but I was definitely sick.

So spring break plans. down the drain. thanks Steven Newsome. You suck.

I guess I'm just destined to sell my soul to the admission office.

In other news, if I died, which I felt was going to happen, I wouldn't want to die angry. I want to die happy.

The governor of New York was involved in a prostitution scandal. hahaha, that sucks.

That's Amore with Domenico is ridiculous. ridiculous. There's a certain girl, I think her name may be Kim .. well, if the devil were to take a human form, it would be .. her.

031108 - Working at work

2008-03-11T13:32:00.003-04:00

working on my Jesus and Power project. My group is presenting on: "Nuremberg or National Amnesia? A Third Way." This project, in Lauren's words, is dumb. Thank you.

but for Spring Break. We, meaning Jill, Whitney, Steven and I are going to Myrtle Beach still. We are driving all the way there and back. We'll be staying on the beach somewhere. Forecast says rain, but I say fuck it, let's go. We're going. Need to get some good reading material for the beach, stock up on some necessities.

Speaking of weather, we did get 12 inches of snow a couple of days ago. One snow day out of it. I'll take it, what-ev.

Club X was this past weekend. It went as smoothly as it could have gone. No one died. No one needed medical attention. I guess that's all we could ask for right?

Senate elections are today and tomorrow. Two people are going to be very salty about not getting a position. I only voted for seven people, even though you can choose up to sixteen. I only believe in seven, so I only voted for seven. No use in wasting some random votes and throwing them.

In other news, Hilary took Ohio, Texas. What more could the republican party ask for? haha .. she needs to take it all. Seriously.

I better be getting a free t-shirt tonight. Alumni center dinner and talk business.

030308 - Three for three

2008-03-03T23:22:00.003-05:00

I got Group Leader for Manresa.

Spring Break is coming together.

Summer plans are also growing.

Vantage Point was a horrible movie.

This was the greatest day, weather wise, in a long time.

Some friendships are just not worth keeping anymore.

Other relationships are proving more lasting than others.

Life is good. God has definitely favored me.

022308 - Last night was a fun night

2008-02-23T11:28:00.004-05:00

A couple friends and I celebrated another friend's birthday last night. happy birthday lover! I haven't had that much fun in a long time. All of us just seemed to be living it up, letting loose and kicking back - as everything should be.

I'm actually taking a work break right now from this scholarship competition. The kids are really stressed out and nervous when they have absolutely no reason to feel this pressure.

Tonight should be fun. I have some plans that I have not yet confirmed, but it shall include plenty of fun and laughs. It shall be good. I will it to be and I'm sure God does too.

Black ice all over the campus walk ways. It's horrible. I fell down last night twice. I almost fell this morning on the greenspace, not once nor twice nor three times .. try four. Good stuff.

022208 - Manresa

2008-02-22T16:11:00.001-05:00

so very disappointed in the system.
I'm ready to stick it to the man.
I want to know. yes or no.
just tell me jesus.

in other news, lots of snow. lots and lots of snow.

tomorrow is scholarship weekend. will be working. will be happy.

020108 - Breakfast gets harder to do with every day

2008-02-01T11:58:00.000-05:00

as much as I love getting up extra early for that first meal, it gets increasingly harder and harder everyday to roll out of bed and join the morning crowd. I still want to be able to, but today was the second day in a row that I was unable to wake up and go get some breakfast.

I'm going to Myrtle Beach for spring break. Right now, it's just Jill and I that are definitely going on this adventure, but we need more people to go with us. Neither of us though it would be this hard to find people to go to a beach with us for Spring Break but we were obviously misguided - I mean, come on a beach for spring break? who ever thought the impossible.

We made this official last night - found plane tickets and started to make reservations. $300 roundtrip flight. $100 for five nights at a Days Inn right across from the beach - walking distance from everything else - this spring break is going to be so sweet, I can hardly contain my excitement.

So my computer gave out again .. well, it turns on, but that's about it. It just stays at the opening screen and doesn't actually open up any programs. It's really quite a dilemma. I'm contemplating just throwing the damn piece of metal and plastic out of my window and buying a new one. Perhaps beat it with a stick like that scene from Office Space. That would be so much fun, but alas, I don't have the balls to do that to my baby vaio. Asthma and all, I still love it.

School is going swimmingly though. This semester has been really productive for me. I like my classes, the teachers ... it's really working out.

I'll be in D.C. next weekend for CPAC with College Republicans. It should be a lot of fun republican bonding. haha, I'm a lot more excited about hanging out with people rather than the conference itself. But that should be expected. This is why I'm a science major essentially. I can't cut it with the politically active kids, but I do enjoy it.

Last night, Jill and I watched Casanova with Heath Ledger, who is, dead. What a sad ending to my childhood. He will forever be known as the guy in 10 things I hate about you .. you know, the one who sang that song on the bleachers .. swoon. This blog is dedicated to you, Mr. Heath Ledger.

Speaking of entertainment, the writer's guild nonsense still hasn't cleared up. I don't understand why the networks just don't pay them already .. it would just solve everyone's problem and god knows that they have the money to do so. I was at first opposed to their strike, thinking that they should just hire english majors from right out of highschool to write scripts blah blah blah .. but who am I kidding, those writers deserve it. I miss my grey's.

Too bad we didn't have a snow day today though. That would have been the icing on the cake that is the best week of my life.

012408 - awesome.

2008-01-24T21:01:00.000-05:00

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.

2008-01-16T11:38:00.000-05:00

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

2008-01-14T22:42:00.000-05:00

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

2008-01-07T00:52:00.001-05:00

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:

///

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

///

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

2008-01-06T02:36:00.000-05:00

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.

2008-01-04T18:26:00.000-05:00

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.

122707 - This one, that one

2007-12-27T01:29:00.000-05:00

5 Things
1) The night just pass on by
2) Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds C.D.
3) Someone call me with some spontaneous plans.
4) I still need to get into pajamas
5) I don't know why we put the Christmas lights up 3 days before Christmas .. awkward.

5 Songs I'm really addicted to at the moment
1) (Another Song) All Over Again - Justin Timberlake
2) Apologize (Remix) - One Republic, Timbaland, Lil Wayne, Bun B.
3) Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield feat. Sean Kingston
4) You and I - Jason Mraz
5) Tangled Up In Me - Skye Sweetnam

Which room do I want in the new house?
1) Attic
2) Farthest room on the right on the second floor
3) Basement
4) Middle room on the second floor
5) Farthest room on the left on the second floor

5 Colors to paint walls with: courtesy of Sherwin-Williams
1) Confident Yellow
2) Lemon Twist
3) Forsythia
4) Red Bay
5) Some other red or yellow color that I have not chosen yet.

That's enough lists for now.

Tomorrow, K. Sugitan and I have sweet plans to hit up the mall. I spend way too much free time there .. haha .. my parents and Christian and I were there earlier this evening .. doing some last minute shopping? I guess that's one plus to pushing the opening of Christmas presents to New Years - After-Christmas sales?

Eh, not really though, at least not when you're shopping for yourself. Gap was having the greatest sale of my life. For myself, I bought a couple boat-neck long-sleeved sailor striped shirts, a pink/red scarf; and for Christian: A pair of man slacks and a couple rugby shirts ..
$60. Steal, really.

So my days have been filled with HGTV. I love that channel. LOVE that channel. I've never wanted to stain wood in my life until now. Also .. how come I had never heard of chalkboard paint and ever since this channel has taken over my life .. chalkboard paint has literally come up maybe 6 or 7 times. Someone please explain.

I can't get enough of this Justin Timberlake song. it's too good.

122507 - Merry Christmas and the Whole Thing

2007-12-25T22:47:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas all :)

So this family tradition we have, is that we don't open presents till new years day. It's not even a real tradition, we just started doing it .. 5 years ago? haha, ask my mom, I don't get it.

But I did get an early christmas present. I got a new cell phone - T-Mobile Wing. I love it.

My siblings and I made gingerbread houses. I have no idea what gingerbread house making training session they attended, but their houses seriously blew mine out of the water. It was pathetic.

I've been honing my guitar hero skills.

122207 - All is well in the world of fine.

2007-12-23T00:52:00.000-05:00

So so so...
today, my friend Steve had some details about our cruise to share including but not limited to the grand total of our adventure: $900.00-ish. All I can say is I better be having some life changing experience on this cruise or I'm going to complain till I die.

I have no doubts that this cruise is going to be the single greatest trip I've ever taken in my entire life .. and that's not to belittle the trips I've been on because I have been to many a places. But I've never been on a cruise so this will be interesting.

Earlier today though, my family and I finally put up the Christmas lights. I know you're thinking what?! it's literally 2 days before Christmas, what took you guys so long!? well, how cute is my family .. they wanted to wait till I got home to put up the Christmas decorations. A little cheesy, but it really made me feel like I was still part of this family, which is something I have not been feeling lately. I mean, I love my family, they love me, but because I'm about 9-10 ish hours away (driving wise) it's a little hard to feel as connected to my parents and siblings .. you know?

But anyway, the front yard looks corny but spectacular. The inside of the house looks even more corny, yet just as spectacular. And I can't wait for CHRISTMAS DAY.

I've got these sweet holiday pajamas that I've been dying to bust out and wear. I really am ready to run around in christmas spandex. YUM!

And also, we have supplies for building gingerbread houses on Christmas day. God, I'm fun.

So I know what I want for Christmas now .. other than world peace and the solving of world hunger.

1) A new cell phone. Perhaps a blackberry or a t-mobile wing. Yeah, most definitely a wing.

2) A new camera. Preferably the newest Sony Cybershot. My camera right now is the original version of the Sony Cybershot (DSC - T1). The first of the slide shutter editions. It's about 3 and 1/2 years old and is currently held together with scotch tape. I know, ghetto.

3) An LCD, flatscreen television. The ones that are so inexpensive this season that is should be considered illegal. I mean, just the other night at the base exchange I saw a 24 inch LCD Sony flatscreen for $650. Seriously. Originally priced at $1279 if anyone's wondering.

4) A digital video camcorder. I'm going on a cruise after all. I might have to document every single second of every single day. Yes.

I'm not picky, I just know what I like.

122107 - What have I done today?

2007-12-21T23:58:00.001-05:00

what have I done today?! absolutely nothing.
and I love it that way.

I haven't done a single thing. I woke up this morning just to fall back asleep on the living room couch while watching .. I don't even remember what was on the television, but I do remember feeling bad for not finishing the movie.

I did watch Bourne Ultimatum earlier today with my brother. That movie is really good. My favorite part is that one fight scene between Jason Bourne and an asset, Desh. Intense. It really is intense.

And besides that, I just woke up and indulged myself in church's chicken. I had rice with it. I miss having rice at every single meal. I love rice and it has been very good to me.

Speaking of rice, I'm addicted to this one song, I don't know if you've heard it .. Apologize, by One Republic; produced by Timbaland. Speaking of Timbaland, he really did a number on that song .. really took it to its potential. It's good.

My friend Steve recently found out that his birthday falls during Spring Break week. We've decided we're going to save some money and go on a cruise. We don't know exactly where to or how we're going to get there .. or really anything for that matter. But we're going on a cruise, most definitely. And we will have fun and make many memories and take pictures like it's our job.

I have this awkward fear of being thrown off a cruise ship. Just think about it, it's the perfect way to kill someone. Not that I'm thinking of the best way to kill someone, but .. I'm just saying. If you throw someone off the edge, no one will be able to hear them scream once they hit the water. And also .. the ocean is vast .. how are you supposed to find someone's body in the middle of the ocean. Morbid idea, but come on, work with me here.

So essentially, I'm risking death by going on this cruise. So ready to get on this boat.

122107 - It's Beginning to Look a lot like...

2007-12-21T03:30:00.000-05:00

Christmas Break has officially started. Thank you God for getting me through my first semester of sophomore year at Xavier University!

Finals week was ... interesting. A lot of running around and of course of lot of cramming and test taking. It was a fabulous time on my part, if I should say so myself, with sarcasm I might add.

I flew in to D.C. last night around 9:10ish. My flight was delayed, please do not ask. I was so very excited to see my family. The last time I had seen them was for Thanksgiving break, a little less than a month ago. I love love love coming home because my family is just different. No one gets it, but I do and I love it.

I also miss the filipino channel. If you haven't heard of the filipino channel (TFC) google it. It's legit.

All the things I want to do over break:
Get my drivers license
See Enchanted, I Am Legend, American Gangster
Master Guitar Hero on the hard level
Learn how to REALLY cook
Reconnect with my family and some old friends

For now, this list shall have to do. It's 3:37 in the morning, and I'm spent.