Whiz-Bang New Years Genius

Wow I feel like winter break is flying out the window. But I guess I'm still stuck on high school break-time. It doesn't help that I always forget how close Christmas is to New Years though.

Anyway, since my winter break activities are finally picking up, I think that sense of being rushed just kicks in. So said winter break activities now include a mini New Years Eve party. I'm so excited for this because usually, as in always, my New Years is quite depressing (being a now-18 year old virgin with no future plans after college). Buuuut now I might be able to drink away those thoughts while having a blast with my hometown friends. Fuck yes, bring it.

And of course I start my NMNH internship whiz-bang in the new year. I'm really excited but also pretty nervous. It's going to be a lot of work on a time schedule (basically 9-5) that I'm not used to. I think it'll be pretty chill though since there wasn't even an application and the attire is supposedly casual (score!).

I still need to start my UVA transfer application. It's starting to hang over my head like a thunder cloud. I plan to just sit down and do it within the next couple of days. I just hope I can stick to that simple plan. Blergh.

And now for something completely different, Say Anything's new album is the shit.
"I love life. But life has a boyfriend." Genius.

That is all.

Remarried Gangsta

Mmmmm, winter break, you're lovely. I haven't done much with you yet though, have I?

I guess the big Christmas hullabaloo really starts today though. Family from Florida is driving in today and family from Maryland is driving in either tonight or tomorrow morning. Christmas is the one time of year I truly enjoy being with my family. I know that sounds awful, but I think its that way with a lot of people and holidays.

Tomorrow though...*sigh* Tomorrow my grandfather is getting remarried. Of course I support him and his happiness, and the woman is lovely, but I just can't support the act/idea. I don't feel its necessary that he should marry her. Why can't they just be together. Why the ceremony? I guess its the old-fashionedness in them but still, c'mon. I mean, I understand why they're doing it, I just don't agree with their reasoning. But I'll just slap on that fake smile I've perfected over the years while I cry on the inside, practically forced to think of my deceased grandmother all day. (Yeah that sentence needs some restructuring, but you can suck it)

Now I've lost my train of thought.

Oh I really need to start my UVA Transfer App. I guess I'm putting it off because I'm not looking forward to all that work, that I just did last year, that goes into these applications. There's too much little stuff to worry about in those things.
But on the plus side, STRAIGHT A'S BITCHESSSS. Yup, somehow I managed to pull off an A in Astronomy (after having failed one of the four exams) and an A- in Research. Fuck yessss this will look good for that transfer application. This is the first time I've achieved straight A's in like five years too.
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

Just a minor complication in relation to the natural kind

My winter break starts this Thursday after my French final. This realization is intoxicating. I can hardly focus on studying. Which is quite aggravating since I need to study my ass off for Astronomy. I just like to keep my mind off that issue though...

I saw The Features in concert the other night. They were AMAZING. Also, the opening band, Mean Creek, was really great. I love finding new awesome bands. Anyway, if you don't know The Features:


You're welcome.


I feel like I'm the only person not too stressed about finals. I think I just lucked out on my workload this semester. Only one class really kept me up at night. Calc turned out to be easy and my French class is below my level. So that brings me to next semester. I'm a little worried. My schedule is more stretched out thanks to a Bio lab and 7pm class. Ugh. I also took a gander at the textbooks I'd be ordering soon and it looks like fetal pigs will no longer be limited to my 10th grade biology nightmares. Ha, no actually I managed to avoid dissecting the pig in that class, I just had to be present and write shit down. Hopefully I'll be able to worm may way out of holding a scalpel again. I'm a pussy who loves the movie Babe, what can ya do?

I guess I should try and study now. I've already wasted the past hour and twenty since lunch.
Frickin astronomy.

NMNH Internship

Big news! I got an internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to complete over my winter break! So in January I'll come back up to DC and stay with at my Aunts house, metro-ing over each morning. I was so excited I actually emailed my family about it. My dad's response was really nice, but then he mentioned how my Grandmother would be so proud of me.

Instant tears.

She died over a year ago and, clearly, it still affects me. I loved her so much and she has influenced who I am in such a large amount. I didn't even realize that until she passed. Basically, she instilled my love of movies. Anyone who knows me, knows that's BIG.
And I know my dad is right. She would have been ecstatic. She loved DC and everything history. I hope that, wherever her soul is, she can still see how my life is going and be my guardian angel.

Rocky December Astronomy

So ya know how I've been melancholic about my college social life? Well, it's looking up. I've made a good friend on my floor and, through her, I've met more people. Not necessarily new friends, but it's a good sign of things to come. Plus this weekend has been/will be very college-y. Last night I went out with her to a club, tonight we're going to Rocky Horror, and today & tomorrow I'm revising a 12 page paper and studying for a big calc test.

December's going to be a good month I believe.

Except the part where I have to study my ass off for my astronomy final because I got a 56 on an exam I forgot about when I got back from Turkey Break. Yeah, bombed an exam that counts as 22.5% of my grade. I played around with some hypothetical grading and it looks like I can still manage a B for the semester. I hope.
I don't want to think about this situation too much or it will make me very upset. I could have easily had an A in that class. But that mindset is why I put this class on the backburner and totally forgot about the exam. Oh well, I've learned my lesson I guess...

P.S. It's snowing right now! And sticking! Looks like I'm finally back to enjoying snow again!

Aah, procrastination. We meet again.

Thanksgiving break was rather lovely. I managed to avoid my family for the majority and see my much-missed friends. Now I'm back at school, back to my ol' procrastinating ways, obviously. I'm pretty ready for this semester to be over. Actually, I'm ready for this school year to be over. It's sad, but true. By the end of the school year I will know which college to settle into, and that will be a huge relief. Even if I do stay at GMU, next year will provide another "fresh start" that will allow me to put myself out there for reals this time around. Then maybe my procrastination time will be filled with socializing rather than useless laptop time. Ah well, I shouldn't be too antsy.

Hmm my mind's wandering. Apparently I'm still recovering from the late nights of break. Sooo tired.


New favorite time-waster (besides TFLN, MLIA, and FML):
Twitter
No! WAIT! Listen, I promise it's not that bad. I do NOT use Twitter. I simply read it. Neil Patrick Harris got one, and it's quite amusing, so I then I clicked around. Other notable twitterers- Kevin Smith, Michael Ian Black, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Bell