Wow I'm weird... :-P

I couldn't find my cell phone this morning, and was sorta-kinda-half freaking out over it, I was more on the indifferent side because I was SO tired... but I came back from class, looked again... and couldn't find it. So I tried to think of where I last had it ..... clubroom. It must be in the clubroom. After dinner today, I went over to the clubroom to look. No go. Not there. So hopefully it's in my room. I come back to the room, and Lauren's gonna call my phone for me to see if I can find it. She walks in, looks down, and goes "Alex, you're phone's right there" ... yeah, definitely pretty much in plain sight. Go me! :-P

Fun times.

Friday: I got my paper done thursday night (friday morning) at 5 after 12! I didn't even have to stay up late. I think it was all right. I'm not sure it's "a" quality, but we'll see how that goes. I ran over to repetoire class (for piano) over a break in the theatre class so I could play my song. For some reason, the piano sounded really different. The song got a good reception, so it must not've been that bad. I ran back to class to find them starting to do some "play" (as in having fun, playing) stuff - our next section. This one should be fun :)
I left class early so I could make it back for the Bid Day ceremony in Red Square. The girls were already walking down to Red Square, which sorta made me bummed (because as far as I knew they weren't leaving until 4.45 and it was 4.40)... but I ran up and put my stuff down and came back out to holler and scream and sing for Phi Mu!! We got 7 girls on Bid day (although only 4 were there to announce it) and we got one more through COB (open bidding)! That was exciting.
That night we went out bowling, I never paid (lack of dinero) so I was just sitting around with my twin, Diana. Heather was leaving early so she could unpack more, so we left with her... we weren't doing anything, anyhow :-P

Saturday: Well, we had sister's brunch in the clubroom, which was fun. Except for the bees, lol. Nice time hanging out and whatnot. Alli and I stayed after everyone else had left so we could look through the old scrapbooks and see what repairs/improvements could be made. That was fun... it's cool to look at our history. Didn't do too much for the rest of the day... pubbed for dinner.
Jon came up and we tried very hard to think of something to do. But there was nothing to do. The campus, for some reason, was DEAD last night... no parties, no nuthin. Jon and I wound up in the car driving somewhere, and we wound up at Owings Mills. That place is ... interesting at 9 at night. We were looking at halloweeny stuff in Spencers and Hot Topic... Hot Topic had the cutest clip-on devil horns :) We essentially just wandered around talking and having fun.
On the way back, Gary called and said that we should meet him at the theatre. So at least there was something to do. We wound up stopping at Safeway because Jon was hungry, so he got some Turtle ice cream and we came back to the room to eat some of it. Then we figured we shouldn't keep gary waiting so we went down there... It was fun, not exactly what I would have chosen to do with my saturday night, but still, it was cool. Then Jon and I decided that we would go to the Bachelor clubroom. It was about 11.20, so we decided we would go visit Alli who was working the info desk till 11.30; after picking her up we went down to the clubroom which was.. all right. Not many peoples were there, and it was kinda hard to get into the music that way. Then we met Britany, one of the new girls ^_^, and started hanging out with her. We went back to the theatre for a bit, then wandered around campus. A strange night, but not unfun. :)

Argh to papers.

Especially papers that are just asking for BS. I'm really not that good at BSing. Especially since I got out of the habit from freshman year [great works...]. So I have to write this paper on the "Great Prayer Vigil for the World". A 6-8 page paper. It's ridiculous... *sigh* That's why I'm blogging instead. I have a paragraph written... so that's good, I guess. It's due friday. I'm starting early, at least ;)

Rounds are going well :) Our last one is tomorrow! Then friday is Bid Day!!

I think I'm addicted to the Sun-Maid "Fast Fruit" Tropical Medley. Yummm!

Money issues have been somewhat cleared up :) Apparently that's what I normally spend on things, and I'm actually doing well. Thanks mom ;)

My room is a complete mess... I think it's contributing to my scattered thoughts. It's harder to think in a messy room.

I suppose I must go back to my infernal paper now... :\ urg

The sad state of my affairs...

In my wallet, I only have 2 dollars to my name. Two dollars. Two weeks ago, I had 50 dollars. Practically all of it has gone towards food. But I am amazed. Today, I payed a $7.04 purchase with a credit card. Oy. I started tracking my money with Mic. Money on my computer, but (ha ha!) I forgot that the really big issue is the spending of cash. So I set up a cash account. As it is, I have spent over $30 on dining out, and over $30 on groceries. This month. I can't be spending $60(+) a month on this stuff. Time to get a handle on things. Now, I am creating a budget. Hopefully. It's kinda hard to do because I don't have any "real" expenses, and I don't have any "real" income. But I spend a lot. So I have to do this, for my (and my family's, hehe) sake. Hmmm...

Ugh, procrastinating.

I should be studying for my Management quiz and my Econ test tomorrow. I should. However, I am not. Instead, I choose to wander around the internet, and write in my blog. One of the reasons I need to study, is because I haven't studied all weekend...

This weekend went by in such a blur! Thursday night we went out. Friday night we went out. Saturday night... we went out! Crazy times of mischief. It was tons of UBER fun. Friday night was interesting; I was down at the apts, and Chico calls me, and tells me that sampus cafety is hanging out outside and (duh!) is probably gonna bust us. I'm thinking... I need to get to the back of the apt, so I start going back there, look at the door on the way, and there is definitely a sampus cafety officer just leaning there in the doorway. Freaked me out. So I went in the bathroom. And stayed there for like 10 minutes... I called Jon and he said everything was cool, so I went back out. Hehe, it amused me though. I also got to hang with my sisters that night :) It was awesome. Yay for honesty ;)

Thursday and Saturday were just as fun. I had an incredible amount of fun this weekend.

Today was round 1 for recruitment. There are a lot of cool girls going through... Go greek! Hopefully we'll get some great girls :D

Hurricane

So... here on campus, the hurrican passed pretty uneventfully- lights flickered a few times, the cable when out a couple of times... lot's of wind and horizontal rain... that's pretty much it. Of course, we are literally on top of a hill so it would make sense that we wouldn't flood...

However, down at home people weren't so lucky. Home had 6 inches of water in the basement :( Lot's of things gone. The power went out.. again. See, maybe I need to live at home again, because stuff like that never happens where i am- it's always same ol' boring stuff ;) which I guess is good. I guess.

The girls are in the suite watching "Four Feathers" ... it has Heath Ledger and it looks like a good drama, but seems like a little too stressful for what I'm feeling for tonight.

Soon, chico will be visiting so we can finish watching LotR - Two Towers before creating mischief tonight. I like LotR. Good stuff. It's kinda weird, because I finished the trilogy over the summer, but I can't remember a lot of it.. hehe, oh well.

On that note, I hate Hobbits. They annoy me. Elves, Wizards, Dwarves, and Ents are way cooler. Boo to Hobbits.

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Ladies, here's a quiz for you:
You are wearing a white shirt, what color should your bra be?

Answer: Not white! Especially if the said white shirt is a little see-through. You should wear a nude bra (based on your skin color) that will blend with the rest of your body. That way your bra isn't a neon sign under your shirt. It is rather tacky. And it surprises me how many girls don't know this... maybe because I practically grew up knowing that ^_^ But remember! Nude Bra under White Shirt! :)

About the template...

I am happy about my new template. I have changed it so that it now includes my info (including imood), my archives, and commenting. I even updated my comments template so that it matches :D I'm such a dork!

And, as I said, should I get the motivation to update my website, I'll be putting blog templates up there, and Coast Motel will be among them.

You may be thinking: why is it called "Coast Motel?" Well, let me tell you ;) I was just throwing color and design together in Paint Shop Pro (where I do all my "second stage" design) and I came up with this awesome turquoise & white one. And the whole lines-surrounding-the-title-thing. Which I love. But anyways, so I came up with this design.. and it really appealed to me, so I wanted to give it a good title. It sort of reminded me of the ocean, and I was trying to think of why it reminded me of the ocean... and I came to the conclusion that it was because it had that retro-seaside-flair that is oh-so-often found in a 50s seaside motel... ergo, "Coast Motel."

New template!

So I have a new template up... I call it "Coast Motel" and it will probably be one that I will put up on my website (whenever I get around to doing that). I really like it, I just need to tweak it so there's someplace to put archives & info.

As I was looking through the settings (changing the title of my blog) I realized that I do have a title feature, it just wasn't turned on! So that's exciting. To me. hehe. I just think that's cool, so now my posts can have titles! whee!

These week should be a welcome change to this past week. Pretty relaxing, not too, too much to worry about. (have an econ test next monday, but that can be dealt with later on this week ^_^) I'm just hoping my stress levels are going down... I'm progressively trying to organize every aspect of my life, thinking it will help :) Hopefully it will.

So, my birthday was nice. A little on the boring side, hehe, but nice. After I got up, Jon came up and gave me his gift (Ray Bans!) and his Godfather's gift (Indiana Jones stills from the movies!), then he took me out to lunch at Ruby Tuesday. Yay for Ruby Tuesday :P Later on after choir, Jon's mom and sister came over. They brought brownies and did happy birthday at the pub, lol. Got some fun aroma therapy candles (and body wash, and massage oil) from them. Only uncool thing about my birthday was the fact that I was working on a paper due the next day (luckily a group paper), and, well, because it was a thursday night. But I had fun, overall :)

So, I can't really believe that this week is my birthday week. That this thursday is my birthday. Mostly, I feel stressed, and busy, and I can't even decide how I feel about my birthday. Sometimes, I'm at the "no one really cares anyway, so why should I?" point, and sometimes I'm at the "I really want to do something, but alas I have absolutely no time to" point. Sometimes, I just forget about it. I'll probably wake up thursday and won't even remember that it's my birthday (until some stupid "remember 9/11" thing comes up). Bleh.

Yay! I have all my wallpapers (not just the thumbnails) uploaded, so you can download them now from my wallpaper page. Wee!

So last night was interesting. Definitely had a fire drill just as I was about to get in the shower. So.. I had my robe on. Yeah, fun times.

Last night I went to the library to visit jon/work with him on our ritual project on friday. Finally he found step by step instructions on for a Hindu puja to Lord Ganesha. So, we're going to present that one. We went out this morning and got stuff for it... Need to still get some incense and some potpourri (technically something sandalwood, but potpourri oughta work.. we're just presenting it after all). But hopefully it'll be good. And hopefully Jon won't do all the talking :-p

Thinking I'm going to straighten up my room. Again.

Hehe. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has to be one of the greatest shows ever. It's so adorable! Not to mention that the soundtrack of it is extremely catchy, and hip, and fun. Like the "Fab 5". Hehe. I'm bummed because next week's episode on bravo is a rerun. *sigh*. I think I like it b/c it's decorating-ish, fashion-ish, and extremely funny. Yay funny. Hehe. Oh well, bunches of babbling.

I swear, MWF are neverending days of class. And it doesn't help when I'm really tired... like today... and it definitely doesn't help that it's completely dreary and ucky out today. Oh yeah, that's gonna perk me up o.O

Ummm I'm almost ready to put up some blog templates on my website for people to use if the want. I was looking through my past ones, and nearly all of them used images one way or another, so I decided just to make some up from scratch that would only use css and color. Granted, they look sucky in netscape (because CSS isn't standard among browsers), but I only use it because it blocks popups and has tabbed windows. So, they look good in IE.

A little embarassed in prof. comm today... We were analyzing a website, and I kept saying stuff like "it's not organized"; "it's just black and white, no color, very loud" etc etc.. and the teacher was like "well, of course our graphic designer in the group would be looking at that" ... geesh. Can't I have my anonymity and be at peace ;)

Now, must be off to Quantitative Research Methods - my most exciting of the day! (not so much...)

Well, I've been procrastinating a lot, and although I had a study date with Jon last night, the only thing I really accomplished was with our Ritual project due friday. Other than that.. couldn't concentrate. Oh well. That's what today's for, right? ;)

The weather has been so very ucky. Every morning I wake up to cloudy skies. Every night, I look up to find the stars... and see cloudy skies. Bleh.

And yay for putting away doubts. :)