Oy

Oy. I've gotten pretty bad at this, n'est-ce pas?
BUT I'm on winter break. And you know what that means.....plenty of free time....and you know what that means......plenty of boredom! Huzzah!
So I'll be back with updates shortly. I promise.
It will probably be in bullet-list form again. Cause I think its been months. Right? I haven't checked. Since I don't remember, I take that as a "yes."

Procrastination: UVA Edition

I am back to my procrastination ways.

Arrived at the library at 1:30pm. Switched from reviewing Bio to working on 7-page Herodotus paper at 4:00pm. It is currently 6:02am and I have one page completed. The paper is due tomorrow today at 1:00pm.

ASPCA; White Knuckles by OK Go

Ok, another installment in my music list. I think I'm just going to copycat iTunes a bit and call this series "Gee.Ay.'s Discovery Download." As in, I discover, and you should download. Or, in actuality, since I don't plan to become a prolific blogger and like keeping it more as a personal journal, it's more, I discover, I downloaded, and now I won't forget about it. Maybe ten years from now I can come back to his humble blog and rediscover amazing music that had become dusty over the years. That would be ideal.

So now for the next installment.
I *doubt* I'll ever forget about OK Go, since I love them so. I'm mainly posting the next video for its awesomeness. The song("White Knuckles")'s great too, but I want to focus on the video. Basically, the band hired out some rescue dogs and trained them and now are promoting the ASPCA. Clearly they know the way to this girls heart.
If anyone does read this post, please please please find some extra cash in your heart and buy the video for your personal computer pleasure. They're donating the net proceeds to help even more rescue doggies.

Now, finally, here's my newest discovery download:

Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear

Next song is for my ongoing list of awesome music that I've recently discovered and that everyone should know. Clearly I need to come up with a better description and name. But not now. Because now I just want to post this.

Before you listen, I recommend watching it on mute so that you can be creeped out and possibly scarred for life like I just was. (My roommate is sleeping. I am awake and procrastinating.) I had no idea what the music video was like; I always got an artsy naturey vibe when I listened to the song. I guess I got the artsy part right...but definitely not the 'splodey bug-eyes one.



I actually discovered this song last semester. I can't *exactly* remember how, but I was basically obsessed for a week and then it kind of faded into the obscurity of my giant itunes library. Then itunes reminded me of its loveliness on shuffle today. Gotta love the rare times when it takes a break from constantly bringing forth your most embarrassing tunes and dusts off a fun gem instead.

BFP Bullet Fucking Points & AFP Amanda Fucking Palmer

Holy crapola. I'm getting behind on updating again. Quickly:

-UVA so far is working out lovelely.

-My roommate is pretty awesome.
--Sidenote: although my roomie last year was pretty awesome too, she was kind of antisocial. And I'm slowly realizing that just chillin with her alone together in our dorm is basically the reason it took me forever to make friends last year.

-Expanding off the sidenote sorta, having a doorstop to keep our dorm door open is THE BEST THING. Seriously. I know half the hall pretty well now.

-Already visited NoVA for the bf and Mason friends. It was quite successful and the drive was under 2 hours. Good: I can go up there often like cake. Bad: I'll now being going up there so often the gas money will be killa cake.

-ONE MONTH UNTIL BOSTON
--Sidenote: Have I mentioned this? The bf and I bought tix to fly to Boston for Amanda Fucking Palmer in Cabaret and Amanda Fucking Palmer's Late-Night Fucking Cabaret. His parents used their points to get us a hotel. It's going to be so fucking awesome. Did I also mention that this will make me literally go broke? I've been saying I've been broke for a while, since I have no job, but that was just figuratively, since I have no job. Now it will be literally. But it shall be the most fun going broke I will likely ever experience. Fuck yes.

UM...YES. Ms Palmer beckons and I come.

Read that as you see fit.

JGL hitRECord Natural Woman

Have I mentioned how awesome and amazing Joseph Gordon-Levitt is?
Besides his gorgeous looks and wonderful acting and film choices, he started his own production company spawning from his website hitRECord.org. Anyone can sign up and join, create art, share it, and then anyone else can take your art and add to it. People can just build and build and build off of one another's creativity to produce something even more inspiring and beautiful. Basically, it's genius. It also reminds me of how much I want to be artistic and creative again, a la my Leonardo's Camp and middle school days.
Anyway, the whole point of this blog at 1:46AM on Wednesday morning was to share this adorable video:



Could he be anymore charming? (The answer is, "No")

Tattoo Ideas

Every once in a while, my brain grabs onto this topic and I just start jonesing. My mind gets focused for once. All on beautiful, expensive tattooing. I won't be able to think of anything else. I get into designs, placement, research, etc.
I'm in one of those funks now.
I have two AMAZING ideas. One new, one old.
Old: one of Louis Wain's schizophrenia-induced kaleidoscope cats
My favorite is "Gouache"

I chose to research Louis Wain for my final big senior project/presentation last year. His story is as fascinating as his artwork, and I return to its beauty often.
This tattoo would be very inspirational for me. It would remind me of Louis Wain's life, and thus, how no matter how difficult and dark life becomes, there will always be art, creativity, passion, and beauty in the world.

New: M.C. Escher

I've loved M.C. Escher ever since my grandmother gave me a book about him. Recently however I've been sort-of "re-discovering" his artwork through my ever-changing desktop wallpaper. Now that I'm home, I remembered that book, and frantically searched for it. So far, no go. I expected it to be on my bookshelf like it was for so many years, but it's gone. Tomorrow I plan to scourge the entire house.
For the tattoo, I was thinking of one of his classic tessellations.
I love this particular example because of the shape. It's just a few birds that loosely fill a circle. The most classic of his designs taper into points that I feel wouldn't fit a body space very elegantly. To elaborate on body space, if I got both, I was thinking that "Gouache" would go on my inner arm and then I'd have to take samples of Escher's work and form them together so that the birds could flow/cascade on my side, like following the natural contours created by my ribcage.

Though I'm still not positive though about which M.C. Escher art piece I would choose. This is why I wanted to find and consult my old book. I love so many of his designs, I know it will be difficult.
Oh and I wouldn't just get an Escher tattoo solely because of it's beauty. It would commemorate my grandmother- she would never want me to get a tattoo completely devoted to her (i.e. face, name). This "commemoration" is fitting because she gave me that book (obviously) and because she was always introducing me to art. She loved going to museums and seeing art exhibitions, and I loved her and I miss her every day, and I wish I hadn't been so obstinate in my young age.
You can probably tell that I'm beginning to get ramble-y. It's late in the night and thinking of my grandmother stirs many thoughts and emotions, rendering me linguistically useless.

I think I was able to remember and put down most of my thoughts about these tattoos. Finding an artist I trust enough to transcribe them onto my flesh will be the most difficult step though... But I have plenty of time, as dictated by my bank account and unemployment.


My poorness plus this new frenzy has REALLY got me dying for a job now. Maybe spring semester? We'll see.

First Semester Friends Please?

Move-in at UVA is a week from tomorrow. Ugh.
I'm really not looking forward to it. My first semester at Mason was quite awful (socially, not academically), so I'm basically dreading this first semester at my new school. I'm just not good at making friends anymore. Well...I'm not good at pushing myself to make friends. It's a lot of work for potentially little payoff. I'm praying begging hoping that fortune favors me this time and everything just comes together like it seemed to do with my hometown friends and their schools.
Pretty pretty please?

Oh and my class schedule is a mess. I'd also love for that to come together sometime soon.

I joke about sex because it's funny when you're frightened

New series, but not an original idea.
I just uploaded a bunch of new music to my itunes after raiding the bf's cds. Also now that I'm back at home for a couple of weeks I'll be getting some new music from the family as well. So. I've decided to highlight some of my favorite gems that I've discovered while attempting to listen and learn this new awesome music.

First up, The Dresden Dolls. I made a new car mix cd for my drive home yesterday (so glad I did, that was a nightmare) and I knew I wanted a fast-paced Dresden Dolls song on there because 1) they fit the theme of the cd and 2) I didn't want the whole mix to be music I already knew by heart.
I had "Recently Added" playing while I packed and cleaned and this particular song I kept returning to. Then I actually listened to the lyrics and was amazed that Amanda Palmer managed to make rape slightly funny. That is quite an accomplishment.

"Lonesome Organist Rapes Page Turner" by The Dresden Dolls:


Love it for the fast pace, and the added quirks of tone changes and screamy-gasp things. And the lyrics of course, here are samples of my favorites from the song (besides the title of the post, kinda):
"I joke about death because it's funny when you're frightened"
"I doubt we would be anywhere without your gift for keeping truth and consequence from meeting"

Amazing Canceled TV

Look at me! I'm updating just a couple of days later! (Let's see if I can keep this up, HA!)

Six Amazing TV Shows That Were Canceled Prematurely:

Veronica Mars
buzzwords: mysteries, witty, noir, smartass

Arrested Development
buzzwords: absurd, quotable, cool-cred, illusions

Pushing Daisies
buzzwords: colorful, pie, Chenoweth, zombies (technically)

Party Down
buzzwords: hilarious, amazing cast, overlooked
Freaks and Geeks
buzzwords: young, realistic, 80's
Firefly
buzzwords: space, cowboys, Whedon

So if you haven't seen any of these shows, clearly you're missing out and you must fix that immediately. I mean, c'mon, it's the end of summer. What else are you going to do? Plus, you know that each of these shows don't have many seasons (VMars and AD win with 3 each, 2 for both "PD"s, and 1 for F&G and Firefly), therefore you'll be finished and begging for more in a jiffy.

Hmm next I think I could do a list of overlooked, amazing shows that are close to being canceled... Well that'd be more fun than studying. Seems like all my blog posts have spawned from my procrastination issues. Oh chuckle.

Whoops Happenings

Oy. Once again I've failed to update this thing. A LOT has happened since the last post, in which I was stressing over my final for the first session of summer classes. Now, here I am about to begin stressing over the final of the second (and last) session of my summer class.
I think the best way to cover the events between the first final exam and the last final exam is to make a list. Yay lists!

Happenings:

• I passed my summer class with a B-! Yeehaw!
  
• I am no longer eligible to be an innocent virgin sacrifice
• Due to the above bullet, I contracted an annoying UTI. But I sought meds for it, and they were free, score!
• I went home for about a week in between classes and had a grand ol' time that included lots of brownies, purple hair, and busch gardens
• One of my besties and her bf (who is the male version of me. don't worry, its not weird. kinda) came to visit me at school and we had the best zoo trip EVAR. Seriously, the animals were strangely active doing random things
• I attended Orientation at UVA and fucked up the side of my car in a parking garage

I think that about covers it. I promise I'll try to do more updates. I just need to remember, since its my gorram blog, I'm allowed to do short, random posts (aka half-assed posts) and that will make me feel better about hardly posting personal life-centric things.

Exam Vent

I hate studying. I also hate studying when I feel like it's not even going to help my grade.
My final exam is on Friday. In one hour it will be "tomorrow." Last year, the summer class's average on it was 58. Failing. Fuck. After my horrendous grade on the third exam (passing, but with a 68), I'm starting to worry that I won't manage a C. I need a C for credit. If I don't get at least a C in this class, I will have wasted my parents money on tuition and housing. Thousands of dollars.
This class has been killing me. I have put a lot of effort into this class, many many hours, and it might be all for nothing.
Okay, sure, I'll admit I could have put in more effort, but you can usually say that with anything.
I know I should be studying, but my motivation is starting to wane. It just feels hopeless at this point. OIFSOGHLEUHF:OEHFUHSFDOUEHFSOGHN
I hate whining. I know I must do it a lot on this blog, because this is where I can vent guilt-free.
-sigh-
Hopefully my mind is just being crazy because it's late and I'm tired. I'm so not looking forward to the huge cram session tomorrow.

Oh boy, and after the final I have to deal with securing my housing for the next session of summer classes and moving all my shit out and driving home. Fuck my cock.
Can it just be Saturday already?

Summer Flarhgunnstow

Oh my goodness I need to update this thang.
Currently I'm still at Mason, taking a summer course to catch up on my major. Joy. It's a lot of work, and I forgot how bad my summer laziness gets, so its not going so hot at the moment. I'm hoping for a B, but right now I think I'm borderline.

I'm starting to get into a gym routine again. Basically, when I have some time in the day, I go. I think I may go right after I finish this up actually.
It feels so good to have that as part of my schedule again. Who knows if its actually helping my muscle tone/health/whatever, but it makes me feel like it is so I don't care.
I'll be dogsitting next month so I'll find out when I hop on their scale. If I gain weight though I'm definitely going to be telling myself its more heavy muscles haha. Lawd knows that if I do, its not from over-eating because I pretty much just have 2 meals a day. I do have breakfast now but that's just a juice box and a 90cal granola bar. Some snacking on weekends when I'm sitting at my laptop all day with my groceries at my feet, but its all little, light calorie shtuff.
Why am I going into this? Pretty dull.

Though my current summer situation is rather dull anyway. Class, lab, lab reports, homework, and boyfriend time. That's basically it. Not much else I can do when my weekly allowance has all gone towards food so far.
I'm satisfied though. I miss just chillin with my hometown friends, but those days are mostly over anyway. Jobs and school and life and such. Ew, that's a sad thought to end on..

How about something AWESOME to end on instead:

Procrastinating Ridiculous

Once again, I find myself procrastinating a big-ass paper into the wee hours of the night/morning. Here's the skinny, 10 pages critiquing the class due tomorrow by 5pm. However, my mother is coming up to move me out of my dorm some time before 5pm. So really, I need to get this shit done now. Actually I should have had it done days ago.
The sad thing is, this paper should be cake. I just can't get myself to do it.
What I'm probably going to end up doing is packing my stuff up tonight and writing this paper tomorrow morning. Hopefully I'll have a couple pages done tonight. So far I have one paragraph.
I'm a joke.
Well maybe I'm past that point. I'm starting to be seriously concerned for myself now. This procrastination problem is getting ridiculous, worse and worse each paper.
Great, now I'm sleepy.

UVA Toby Boyfriend

I got into UVA!
Yeah, I found out a couple weeks ago actually...Clearly I'm not jumping for joy or anything about it. Actually, my feelings are pretty numb. I am going, but I decided to go basically only because I don't want to be able to regret not giving it a shot. So yeah, I'm going to try it out and if I hate it, I'll just transfer back.
I think I'm going to stick with Bio major though. Their cognitive science major sounds really interesting, but I don't think that will result with many career opportunities. Whenever I think about that path actually my mind brings up "HR Representative" with a picture of Toby from The Office. No one wants to be Toby.

Things with the new boyfriend have been going pretty well. I still haven't gotten used to calling him "boyfriend" though. It just feels weird haha. Last night I went the farthest I've ever gone with someone. No sex but I'm pretty sure he popped my cherry, cause I'm bleeding, so, duh. He's a really great guy, and I love spending time with him, though he's grated on my nerves more times than I would like. Recently, he's been freaking out about me not telling my parents about him yet. I understand that it really bothers him, and why he finds it so important, but I think he just doesn't understand why I haven't. I'm not close to my parents at all; I never tell them about my personal life. Thankfully he didn't bring it up yesterday and I don't know the next time I'll see him, so hopefully I'll have done it by then. I plan to shoot my mom an email about my move-out and drop it in there, since he wants to meet her on the move-out day, so I hope to get it all over with soon. Not looking forward to it though. Ugh.

One Week

One week until I hear about the UVA decision! It's exciting but nerve-racking at the same time. In some ways, it would actually be a small relief if I didn't get in. Mason's grown on me, I know what'd I major in here, I have good friends, and a boyfriend. Everything's just fallen into place this second semester. If I do get in, it's going to be a really hard choice. But at the same time, if I do get in, I'd be crazy not to go. Right?

So I've already met the boy's parents. Today, I'll be seeing them again because his mom invited me to his cousin's birthday party, where I'll meet more of his family. It's a lot to take in. We haven't even been dating for a month yet. Am I over-reacting? Should I not be so nervous about his family and going too fast? It's hard for me to judge since I've never been in this situation before...grr.

New Boy!

Wow. A LOT has happened since my last post.
So...umm...yeahhhh I kind of have a boy now. I KNOW. It's major.
I met him through my roommate and apparently he liked me right away. They even deviously plotted for us to run into each other so that we could talk more. Wait that sounds creepy, but it wasn't. Now we've been dating for about 2 weeks. Not sure if we have the boyfriend/girlfriend label yet, and its not "facebook official," but I think we'll get there.
He's kind of intimidating though. Or 'it' is..as in the relationship is. He's admitted that he's a slight sex addict. Clearly I am way less experienced than him. Also, that's resulted in things moving pretty fast. I haven't done anything new yet, but we've done everything that I've experienced before. Then I remember, "Damn, its only been 2 weeks. I should slow down." I feel bad about slowing down, because its tough for him, I feel like I'm constantly teasing him.
There's a lot more I can say, but I feel bad enough for letting this much out here, plus I'm too tired to go into it.
But, yay! exciting!


In other news,
I didn't get the summer Smithsonian internship. I don't let myself think about it too much because then I know I'll get depressed. The boy came at just the right time to distract me actually...
Yeah, so now I get to try and find a summer job at home and drive hours to see him during the break. Oh and also, if I go to UVA, I'd be in a long distance relationship. Which I believe are destined to fail. Not good. He's aware of these thoughts though.

Let's end it here.
I'll try and update more frequently...promise.

Bio Major Fuckity

*le sigh*

Just bombed my midterm for Bio Lab...after having aced the Bio exam the day before. Although I use the term "aced" loosely. I only got a 92, (after studying for hours), which in fact would equate a B at my old high school.
This isn't good.
Around last week or so, I decided that if I end up staying at GMU, I'll declare Biology as my major and pursue minors in French and Anthropology.
Looks like I suck at my major. ...Okay I don't suck at it. I'm just...okay at it. But shouldn't you be awesome in your major? Or at least love the subject so much that average ability doesn't matter?
There's my problem.
Now what to do?
I realize that it's a little extreme to base my whole career future on one week of Bio, but I feel like my time is running out on choosing a major.

Fuckity fuck fuck.


Man I wish I had a passion for something. That would make everything easier. Obv.


P.S. Housing assignment went smoothly and we got a bitchin' place for next semester. So nice that it makes me want to stay at Mason. Almost.

Then and Now

Spring Break was relaxing, but went by waaay too fast not surprisingly. Definitely want summer 10x more now.
Actually I'm ready for this weekend, I'm getting off campus and dogsitting. I love some forced alone time.
Then I'm ready for April 1st, finding about about my summer internship.
And then I'm ready for May 1st, finding out about UVA.
THEN I will be so ready for summer that I won't be able to comprehend it. Ha.

In the now though-
I'm stressing about housing. The housing process is stupidly complicated and of course things are going wrong. Grr.
Also stressing about grades. I will not be achieving straight A's this semester, that seems for sure. I'm hoping for as few B's as possible with hopefully no C's. But as of right now, I'm pretty sure I have a C in Bio. Who knows about my Honors classes, ugh. Those grades are based on two crappy papers, one for each class, that I recently turned in. And participation. Which I don't really do...

Hmmm I like thinking about the future more.

Actual Rocky Horror

Rocky Horror Picture Show was amaaazing!
It ended up being me and just one other friend, probably the closest friend I've made here so far besides my roommate. We were one of the few people really dressed up, which was sad. But it was a really random weekend in the middle of winter, so that's understandable. Dressing up was one of the best parts though, fer sure.
Since we were RHPS virgins we had to go to the front of the stage and be their bitches. And since it was my birthday I got to get on my hands and knees with a couple of others and oink like a pig-
"Have you seen Deliverance?" he announces as he takes off a coat to reveal a pair of blue overalls.
We were also spanked while oinking.
Then I got to sit down and watch my friend play "Sophocles Says," a dirty version of Simon Says. She got to rub her boobs and groin in front of the audience. I think I was the lucky one. =)
Unfortunately this theater wasn't really into the audience props, but it was still loads of fun. I can't wait to go back in my pink fishnets and neon green tutu again!

Rocky Horror Birthday

Whoops, haven't posted in a while.

Last weekend I went to visit...shoot have I come up with a nickname for her yet?...umm....well one of my best friends at NC State. I was pretty worried about the drive since my car is old and just sat for a week under a couple of feet of snow. But it went fabulously! It was a pretty chill weekend; there wasn't much time to plan something because it came up on both of us so fast. Ohhh college you sneak.
Her boyfriend is adorable though. He was super nice, pretty cute, and dorky. I want one! It's about fucking time too. Gah, let me not dwell on this for now.

My birthday was on Wednesday. It's weird thinking about it because it feels like it didn't happen. The day was excruciatingly normal: I did laundry, homework, classes, and even went to bed on time. Only birthday related things was a card from my grandmother, and I let myself drink soda and watch my netflix. Yep, pretty lame.
But that's okay because this weekend I'm celebrating. Yesterday I went to see When in Rome with some friends and then hung out with some people. Though tonight is where it's at- Rocky Horror Picture Show! Also bought "clothes" for that yesterday. "Clothes" is in quotes because what I bought is a tiny mesh-like green neon skirt, pink see-through bloomers (so I'd at least have one more layer in between my panties and skirt), hot pink fishnets, a feathery headband, and a very thin white tank top thing. It's too large so it's really baggy and barely covers anything. But that's okay, that's the point; I'm wearing a hot pink and white bathing suit top underneath.
It's going to be fabulous.

Now I'm just killing time. There are SO many things I should be doing, but it's hard when Rocky Horror festivities are just a couple of hours away.


OH!!! I finished and submitted my UVA transfer app! I sent the common app a while ago, then it took me like another week or so to finish the supplement and submit that. So I ended up getting it all done with only like a week left. That's an improvement though, because the first time I applied I submitted it all on the actual due date. Dumb, I know.

Even though I don't really like any of my classes (except Tai Chi), this semester has been going pretty well. =)

Snoweekend Fool Fun

School's starting back up tomorrow, meaning I won't have been to class in exactly one week. Glorious.
This snoweekend can also be added to the list of ways my second semester is a college kid's typical first semester.
-Met/Hung out with a bunch of new people
-FINALLY got drunk and made a fool of myself
-going to bed after 6am two nights in a row/after 3am four nights in a row

I could list more but I'll just stop. I like letting the number of legal festivities outweigh the potentially illegal.

I thought this post would end up being lengthy...but there isn't much to say. It snowed a lot. I had fun. I was lazy. Going into details would require waaaay too many details, so let's just leave it be for now.
That's kind of annoyingly vague.
Okay, there was drama between some of the people I hung out with, so I'm saying I could delve into my thoughts on that but I'm just not up for it basically. Oh, I can tell I'm about to get ramble-y. I'm going to just stop for real now.

SNOW like WHOA

DC is getting hammered by snow this winter. Starting today and ending Saturday night, we're supposed to get 20-28 inches. Okay, I know technically NoVa is like smack-dab in the middle of the North American east coast, but I just consider Virginia to be part of The South. THE SOUTH DOES NOT GET TWO FEET OF SNOW, PEOPLE! No, just no. A couple of inches of snow in Virginia is supposed to be an event. An exciting one at that.
But now, screw snow. I'm sick of it.

Granted, it gives me a reason to be lazy and not leave the dorm.

OH!
And if there's a 100% chance of snow the next day, you close the fucking campus. But no, my school decided to torture me and make me get up at 9am to take a test that I find out has been rescheduled once I get to class. Ok, that sentence was constructed poorly, but I'm really too stabby right now to fix it.

I'm going to go back to being a lazy snow-enemy now.

Summer Mood Bluhh

I’m ready for summer break already. I know it’s ridiculous, but by then I’ll know where I’ll be finishing my college years and if I’m working the internship at the Smithsonian (and getting 5000 buckaroos).

I think I just need another fresh start. Spring semester hasn’t brought much change from fall semester. Although I guess I should still give it a chance, it’s only a couple of weeks in.

*sigh*

I’m not sure why I’m in a weird mood. I have a lot going on but at the same time not a lot going on. Bluhh.

P.S. It’s snowing. Again.

Idiot Pig Tickets

Apparently I wasn't enough of an idiot freshman last semester, so the world decided that this spring semester I shall make up for it.
In exactly one week I have already:
-forgotten my keys, twice
-locked myself out my room while doing dishes in sweatpants (hence no cell phone) therefore...
-used up the one spare keys "get-out-of-jail-free card"
-been late to class
-skipped a class
-procrastinated homework

It's not a good start. Really I should have already made these mistakes first semester (I did, toward the latter part of it) and learned from them. I'm just going to blame everything on the cold I immediately contracted upon arrival to campus. Yep, that cold has completely fucked with my sense of smell and capabilities of cognition. Damn cold.

In other news, classes are going pretty well. I'll be doing a truckload of reading and writing essays this semester, but I'm hoping to manage my time effectively. I can pretty much already tell which classes I will look forward to (Tai Chi, HNRS 130) and which classes I will dread (HNRS 230, Bio). And French remains the "meh" class. My enjoyment and workload for the Bio Lab is yet to be determined, although I am already aware that dissecting a fetal pig is in my grim future.
On a more pleasant note, I'm loving Tai Chi; the martial art and the class itself. I can't really put into words why I'm enjoying it so much, so that will just have to do for now.

OH. My future is not so grim. The Muse concert is happening, a ticket has been purchased and friend to go with has been acquired. ALSO. Today my bestie from NJ and I made tentative plans for her to come down in April and see Kevin Smith live! I really hope it works out, but I'll find out soon because those tickets go on sale this week and I'm determined to buy them before they potentially sell out.
Yay, I'm excited again and glad that this post ends on the positive side after beginning negatively.

Crunk Internship Stipend

Driving back to school tomorrow, classes start Tuesday. Wow.

Winter break really did fly by. But looking back, it was probably the best winter break...of my life. Yep..that seems right. New Years was a blast, for the first time ever. Usually New Years Eve becomes my most depressing day of the year. However this year I had the house to myself and, being 18, accordingly got crunk. Nothing big, just a few friends over- played Apples to Apples, Rock Band, raved, and took bunches of fun pictures. Hopefully I'll never have to go back to those lonely NYEve's of lonely self-reflection.

The Smithsonian internship was really really great. The work itself was pretty tiring (in that it could get quite dull) but the people and, well, just the fuckin location made it blissful. So, I've decided to apply for this new research internship they're starting in the summer. Sure, it'd zap most of my summer time buuuut hello connections, experience, references, and a $5,000 stipend! Yeah, I'm all over that. With my recent experience over winter break plus my sponsor's recommendation, I think I have a great chance of getting in. *crosses fingers*
Unfortunately, that adds another application to my table of worries. But this one is due very soon, and not the same time as the other one. Yeeeah that UVA app...ugh. I finally started it though, about half an hour ago, ha. Just filled out the easy simple stuff, but at least that's something. On the down side, it reminded me how tedious and unpleasant these things go, and that is really not good for my procrastination problem. Looovely.

Ah well. I'm feeling good.