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| I like that I only update this when I have way too much to write.
I rented Away We Go. Cutest movie ever. I want a relationship like that. And I'm in love with John Krasinski....even when he's a mountain man.
Minneapolis trip #2 update. I went a couple weekends ago and got there a little earlier than normal. Me and Ben orderd a pizza and hung out in his dorm and then we went to go see Whip It. Which is also very good. And I suggest any daughter going to see it with their mothers. Then we went to Cub Foods for some groceries and baked cookies till like 2 in the morning or something. On Saturday we went to the post office and then I called Nathan and we met him and Lily at Annie's for lunch. Then we walked around a bit in....Dinkytown?....I think. Then me and Ben went uptown to shop/look at things because we're poor. Went to Cheapo....I love that store....so much music. Then I think we just went to the dorm after that and went to the sober rave for like two seconds....yeahhhh. Then we went to Jacob's apartment and watched Finding Nemo, High School Musical, Mean Girls, and Enchanted. I had wayyyy too much to drink and we ended up leaving at 8 in the morning....then sleeping just a little bit more. Then we went for lunch at CPK and hung out some more.....then time to go home. So it was a pretty calm weekend......not too much going on.
My weeks are boring.......mostly just homework and sleep....and Thursday nights when there isn't a lot of homework.
So last Thursday Ben came to town. We went to Panera.....where else would we go. And then we went to Lauren and Logan's just like every Thursday and had some pizza and had a super sassed out night....which ended in us listening to almost the entire album of Feed Your Animals. Also...there was a lot of stanky leg and flu shot girl going on. Friday.....I can't even remember. Ben came to hang out and I think that was pretty much all we did. I think we took his Holga film in that day. I'm going to get one....or two...or three....I can't pick a color. Purple, white, and gold. I love them all. Saturday was Halloween. I work 4-9 at pay station. Then I went home and put on my red and black plaid shirt and drew a beard and moustache on myself and called that a lumberjack costume. Ben, Lauren, and Heather came over and we were going to go out, but we decided not to and got some cheap vodka and Boone's Farm and stayed in. Ben left on Sunday, but had to get some stuff out of our garage first from the old house.
Today....ugh. I have to do my French workbook, write a response to a short story, write a 5 page paper, read like 200 pages of a novel, and maybe squeeze in a bibliography. But that might have to wait for tomorrow. Also, I need to watch Alexa Chung today because Lady GaGa is going to be on.
I really need to start listening to more bands/singers.
My French oral exam went really well today. I had to figure out what hotel my TA was staying in. And I thought was going to be the hardest one. Tomorrow is the final part of our French test which is the dictation....and those are pretty easy for me. And I think I did okay on the written part yesterday. I love French.....more than I ever did in high school.
Today looks like a big gloomfest.
I think I'm going to play Tetris on my Gameboy before I start getting really serious about all of my work today.
My life needs to become more interesting......it's just starting to drag on right now.....a change of scenery always helps.
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| I hate being sick.
But I'm loving Sudafed and Nyquil right now.....they're helping me get through this.
So I went to Minneapolis for the first time this semester a couple weekends ago. Pretty sweet. I drove up after class on Friday and got there about 6 and got my visitor pass. Checked out Ben's apartment/dorm/thing. It's reallllllyyyy nice. But the whole building is substance free because the rehab kids live on one of the floors and even the scent of alcohol on your breath can cause them to relapse......so no drinking at the dorms....even if I am 21. Then we went to this Vietnamese restaurant called Quang's.....so yummy. Then we walked around downtown for a while and got a couple drinks at Barfly because I got free entry....so that was cool. Look at old buildings and played with jellybeans. We also saw some crazy Bible thumpers and I swear to God one of them had a gun held under his shirt....so we got out of there....fast. We went back to Augsburg and sat awkwardly for a bit at DPS Zack's dorm/townhouse....then left and went to Ben's room and hung out and fell asleep.
On Saturday we got up and ready and went and got some Juicy Lucy's at the 5 8 Club. Yum. Then we went to the Como Zoo with Kayla and Erin and were there for a way long time. Made friends with an emperor tamarin....so cute! It made me miss majoring in anthropology. Ha. A wedding at the sunken garden there would be way cool. Anyways....then me and Ben met Kayla and Erin at MCAD and then we went to see 500 Days of Summer with a couple other people. Way good. Then me and Ben got ready and went back to MCAD again and had some drinks there and then we went to Too Much Love at First Ave and then to Reilly's house. Which we didn't leave till 4:30 in the morning because our ride was too occupied grinding with the trashy/skanky/questionable international students next door.
Sunday me and Ben went to the MOA like usual. Didn't buy anything because I'm supperrr poor. Then I bought my dad 14 White Castles and drove home without hitting deer!! Yay! Our picture from Too Much Love made it onto the City Pages website....so....yes!
So things with Camp Adventure might change. My French professor (which we never see because a TA teaches the class) came in and watched a class once....while I was walking away after class she pulled me aside in the hallway and told me that my French was very good and that she wanted to inform me of this oppurtunity to study abroad this coming summer and that she wanted to turn me into a French major. The major is probably not going to happen.....but I think I'm def going to do the study abroad thing. It would actually be credits that went toward my minor and that I needed. I just hope that the plane ticket is included or that I can sneak it into my price to tell my grandparents. I'm just pretty pumped for this summer.
I'm really seriously considering going back to my original major....but I still need to email the University of Washington about that.....and/or St. Catherines if/when they get accredited.
Grad school is just freaking me out. I'm so not prepared.
I wish I weren't so poor.
I need to win the lottery or something.
I think I'm visiting Ben again on like the 23rd of this month. I really like Minneapolis....but I don't like that I'm only there when it's cold.
I'm going to watch Lymelife tonight....I'm excited because Kieran Culkin hasn't been in a movie in forever and I didn't even realize that this had come out yet till I saw it today.
Also....I like that everytime I show interest in something/someone, there's always someone else that's better than me. Always. Oh well....I think I'm used to it. It's just really annoying. I'm so vague.
I still need to see Zombieland......and Where the Wild Things Are comes out next weekend.....excited!
And I'm going to need to see Whip It too.
I ramble.
Oh wellll.
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| I am soooo over this semester.....and it's not even close to halfway through....ugh.
I hate being so unsure of everything! I switched majors to English because I thought it would make more sense, but I'm starting to wonder if I made the wrong decision. I just kind of feel stuck in this situation and I don't know what to do. Whether or not I want to switch back to anthropology doesn't matter.....I have to tough it out the rest of this semester. I just felt like it would go better with an MLIS....but idk. I also went with it because I know I'm good at writing papers and reading and analyzing and doing all that business, but I'm discovering that just because I'm good at something does not necessarily mean I should go that way. Ughhh....we'll see. I'm minoring in French though, and so far so good. I'm like the best in my class...thanks high school.
And grad school is just becoming so overwhelming to think about.....I don't even know where to begin. I'm almost being forced to go to Iowa for this....but I'm really wanting to go to the University of Washington....it's so beautiful and #4 in the country for what I need. St. Catherines in Minneapolis is undergoing review for ALA accredidation and I'll know about them in January of 2011. And if they get accredited I will probably go there....but we'll see. UW is like $60,000 for two years without any loans, grants, or scholarships.....so we'll see if I can even get that taken down several....ten thousands of dollars.
School is going slow....I've got at least one paper due every week....but most times it's two or three. Like tomorrow....I have two papers due.
So I've been thinking and talking about it a lot....but I'm probz/most definitely doing Camp Adventure next summer. I really want to do it in Brussels, Belgium. It's a beautiful city. It's also a 1 hour and 15 minute train ride to Paris and Amsterdam. So that makes easy weekend travel. Also travelling by air over there is way cheaper to do than here from state to state. So that's my plan for next summer.
I'm also going to do this work study thing with the CF library. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do, but it's not only going to be stocking books. I'm going to do like storytelling, puppet shows, reference stuff....and just a lot of miscellaneous things around the library.
God....I love Death of Autotune....I just downloaded the whole new Jay-Z album....so good.
Also, a good song that anyone that reads this should get is Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi, MGMT, and Ratatat.
Lauren's birthday is on Friday, but we're celebrating on Thursday....I think I'm going to make jello shots....if not that, then I'm bringing a bucket of strawberry margaritas.
Not this weekend, but the next, I'm going to Minneapolis for the first time this semester. Minneapolis is always a fun weekend. I miss going to First Ave.....ha....well...most of the time. I just don't want to recreate some/one of those nights again. Then I'm going up again on Halloween weekend.
I have two French tests this week....an oral and a written....fun!
I seriously have no lifeee.....homework is my life....it sucks away all of my free time. I need to give myself a distraction away from it like at least once during the school week. The only time I'm allowed to just relax is Friday and Saturday. I am literally drowning in schoolwork whenever I'm not in class Sun-Thurs. So I'm just looking to the end of this semester. I'm probably going to start working out again pretty soon one of these days. Need to look hot for Europe. And hopefully it will help me destress from school. I need it.
Wellll....I guess I should go back to paper writing...thanks distractions.
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| Summerrrrrrrr........
is almost over.
I don't know if I'm ready for it to start but I guess I have to be. I'm an English major now, and minoring in French. This semester is going to be filled with so much writing I don't know how well I'll be able to handle it. We'll see I guess. Writing is what I'm good at.
So I got back from LA on Tuesday. It was a great 5 days.
So Tuesday, the 4th, me, Ben, and Eric drove up to Minneapolis and got lunch and went to a bookstore/cute animal petting zone. Then we went to the MOA and shopped....but not really and then drove out to Nathan and Christine's. We stayed up pretty late for the time we were supposed to get up.....which was 4:30. We got ready and Nathan drove us to the airport so we could catch our flight at like 7. Gross. I was stuck between two iPhone obsessed awkward men. When we got to LAX we took a shuttle to the train so we could get going to Rollin's place. We had to change over in Compton which was great.....checked off my list of places to go. When we got to Rollin's stop we walked right onto the Walk of Fame. So we walked the 5 or 6 blocks to Rollin's place and unloaded our stuff and went to get lunch and wait for him to get off work. When Rollin got off we went to this cool place called uWink and got margaritas. Each table had a computer that you made your orders from and it also had games you could play with each other or other tables in the restaurant. Then Rollin had a meeting and we pretty much went to bed early that night because we were exhausted.
On Thursday we went to a tide pool with Rollin and Becca and saw little crabs and sea urchins. Also walked through this nasty cave tunnel filled with seaweed and swarms of flies. Then we headed to Venice Beach and checked out all the crazies/homeless/hippies there and went to this American Apparel store that has their damaged stuff for way cheaper...and some of it isn't even noticeable. Then we went to Rollin's work with his co star and someone else to get dinner and go see The Hangover....my second time....good movie. Rollin works at the Arclight...which is a theater that's used for premieres sometimes, so I guess he gets a lot of people coming in there.
Friday we went to Chinatown and that was pretty cool. I got a little cat piggy bank and Rollin bought two baby turtles for eight dollars. Ben said it was a lot like actually being in China. It smelled like spices and seafood. Then Rollin went to work and we decided to actually explore the Walk of Fame a little bit and check out some of the stores around there. I got my picture by Rupert Grint's handprints......highlight of trip. hahaha. Then we ate at a California Pizza Kitchen....soooooo good. Then we were going to go bowling but the bowling alley was 21+ after 7 and it also had a pretty strict dress code....so def didn't do that. But we did run into a little hookah bar and did that instead.
On Saturday we went to Universal Studios.....the new Simpsons Ride is so cool. Exhausting day...so we pretty much collapsed when we got back.
On Sunday we went to check out Roberstson Blvd and try and spot celebrities but apparently none were out that day...they one day we decided to go. So then...once again...Rollin went to work and we went to check out the La Brea tar pits and the LACMA....saw some Andy Warhol....pretty awesome. Then we took our hour journey to the aquarium at Long Beach. Saw so many cool things.....sea otters are so cute. Sea dragons are super cool. And zebra sharks are amazing. Then we took our hour journey back to Rollin's and had some crazy man get on at the Compton stop. He was going on about how Adam was fine ruling the world before Eve came along and ate the fruit, how his hand can do just as good as any woman can, how he wants a hot meal from his woman not a bologna sandwich, how women need to take the diamond out of their coochies....and on and on and on. He also talked about not trusting white people and stuff. At one point he got up and pulled this huge chain out of his pocket with locks on it and someone told him to put it away before someone called the cops and him and he took that as a threat from the guy and offered to take it outside with him. And while he was standing there holding up his chain still talking about everything I just glanced up for a second and he was staring STRAIGHT at me.
We got off safe though...so that's good.
Got back to Rollin's place for our last night there and just hung out and talkd and then got about 2 hours of sleep and Rollin drove us back to the airport.
Thennnnnnn.....Ben didn't get on the first few flights because of flying non rev....so me and Eric saw a movie/slept in the theater and got lunch and shopped a bit while we waited for him. Nathan called and said he wouldn't be there till about 10:30 so we got ride wristbands and did that for the rest of the night once Ben got there.
Got to Nathan and Christine's and passed out and then drove home the next day.
I'm glad I got to do something before the summer was up.
Rollin's movie is going to be at Blockbuster on August 25th....even though it's released on the 18th. But they already have it behind the counter there. It's weird to have a movie with family/someone you know right on the cover. It's called Sexpot and it's about him and his friend that find a bag of marijuana that has aphrodisiac powers.....suppperrr cheesy sex/drug comedy.....but I don't care. I'm def gonna buy it
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| Super tired!
So my family is selling the old house right now, but they needed someone to live in it until it gets sold to keep it insure or something, so me and Ben moved in last week. There's no internet or cable, but I think we're getting used to it. I stayed there the first night by myself and a bat just so happened to have found its way into the house and decided to fly into the bathroom while I was in it. I slept at my family's house that night and me and Ben caught the bat the next day.
It's pretty empty and weird and not at all what I think about when I'm remembering it. I'm sleeping in my parents old room. I have pets. My sea monkies.
This weekend there are anywhere from 4-7 people coming to stay with us from Augsburg. I just hope they all bring sleeping bags and pillows because I don't know where else they'd go.
So that's eventful and I think we're going to have our first real party at the house that weekend. Good thing I'm getting paid right before they come.
I think I'm going to buy Sims 3 when it comes out and play it on Ben's laptop because mine won't charge...so no working computer...gross.
Last night my mom was getting food and stuff ready for a wedding today so I took Annie and her friend down to where I live to have an overnight. I was up super late because I swore I heard a bat flying around, but apparently not...I think it was in the walls. Anyways...the girls decided to wake up at 6:15 this morning....wayyyyyyyyy too early for me. I just want to go to bed.
Me and Ben have turned into old people. We're starting to go to bed at decent-ish times now and reading at breakfast and just being old people-y. It's cute.
Soooooooo tireeedddd!
Tomorrow I'm going to wash like all of my clothes so I can actually have something to wear at the other house and also I need to get my dad to put in a shower head down there.
I hate when Hy Vee gives me 32 hours one week then 16 the next...so unreliable. That's why I can't really move out because I don't work enough reliable hours to ever make enough money.
Oh welll...I'll for sure have to move out for grad school so I'm just not going to worry about it.
I like how much I ramble.
Me and Ben might go see Coldplay in Des Moines on June 12. Maybe...idk. We both asked for it off but don't have tickets....so whatevs.
And we really need to determine when exactly we're going to NYC so I can buy the plane ticket for the dates we'll be there....and then book the hotel. I have the money for both of those things...plus some...so I want to do it ASAP.
I smell like bug spray.
Ben's in Boston so I'm staying at my parent's tonight because I'm scared of bats by myself. But he comes back tomorrow...so that's good.
And I want to see Up! So bad! Hopefully this week.
And they're making a Toy Story 3. Random.
I need to start my Special K diet soon....tomorrow maybe. I bought a family size box so I won't run out of it too soon...hopefully it doesn't get stale.
I want to buy pickles.
I wish I was a millionaire so I could do cool things. And buy whatever I want.
Maybe I can just live like I am a millionaire and just go into huge debt.
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