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| Bored in the big city |
[06 Feb 2010|06:27pm] |
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I've been all moved in, and in classes for a few weeks now. I know it's mostly just because I'm still settling in, and even more because of all the bad weather but OMG have I been bored! Like worse than I ever was at home, as hard as that is to believe. All of my roommates are great though, and I like all my classes/scedule. At least once there's not a foot of snow/ice out I can walk around and start to explore some. Sara was going to come visit this weekend but the weather foiled that plan. It sounds so dorky, but the thing I've been the most excited about so far is the fact that I have The Turner Classic Movie Station now. Yay for old movies!
I was going to go home last weekend for my Grandpa's 100th birthday party. We had all the extended family flying in, and guess what? The snow ruined that too! I ended up just going up for a day 1/2 during the week since his actual birthday was Wednesday. We just went out and had a smaller family dinner. I think we're re-planning the BIG party for sometime in March. The best moment of the night was when the waitress asked my Grandpa if he wanted some bread, and he just scoffed and said that bread was for peasants.
Next weekend SHOULD be fun though. My friend, Katie (from work), has a class that meets in Richmond once every few weeks, and we're going to try to get lunch once she's done. Then I'm going to Drag Brunch for Valentine's Day with the same players in last year's VD adventure, plus a couple more. How is it that a cynic like me loves Valentine's Day so much? I don't get it. haha. Snow, you'd better not fuck up next weekend's plans, because I'll be pissed.
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| Of course after months of doing nothing and being totally bored, I'm super busy before I leave |
[13 Jan 2010|07:13pm] |
Things are picking up at work, so I actually was able to go to work some last week and most of this week. Of course this had to happen two weeks before I would have been leaving for school anyway. That's kind of annoying, but I'm happy to have one more paycheck than I was planning on having before I'm off to school.
I had my going away party on Sunday. I wish more people could have come, but I had a good time. I just met up with some people and went bowling. I was going to officially move tomorrow, but Jessica is going to be in town this weekend for Marscon so I thought it would be stupid to go up there for two days only to come back again for the weekend. Tomorrow is my 10 hour student orientation. And of course it starts at 7:30AM. I know I have to talk to a counselor about what credits transfer, register, and get all my online stuff going, but 10 hours? That seems like a bit much. Oh well. I just keep telling myself it will be worth it (and I don't really have a choice anyways). That's about all that's been going on with me.
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| Happy New Year! |
[01 Jan 2010|07:03pm] |
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New Years Eve was awesome. I hope the rest of the year is just as fun. Star and I were hanging out and didn't really have set plans. It was raining so we didn't want to go to CW for fireworks. We decided that we would go visit our friend James at work, but since he just switched hotels that he worked at, we weren't sure exactly where he was working. We didn't want to call him and spoil the surprise, so our first plan was to prank call each hotel in said chain until he was the one to pick up. Lucky for everyone working that night, when we looked up the name of the hotel, there was only one in town, so he is the only one we pranked.
We waited until we knew his shift started and I called him. We decided to just ad lib it, which turned out really dumb. I asked if this was James in a low growly voice, and I told him that I believed his hotel was haunted and asked what he was going to do to fix it. It was so stupid, but it's the first thing that popped into my head. Star and I immediately burst out laughing so I hung up. The best part was that right after that happened, he updated his FB saying that people were drunk calling him and it wasn't even midnight yet. Then after we picked up icecream and other snacks we called him from the car calling him a little boy and asking if he liked to eat icecream. He was getting annoyed and was asking who this was already. We started laughing and hung up again.
We got to his work and he was the only one there so he was super happy to see us. We both confessed right away and he had no idea it was us calling. We took our snacks and hung out in the breakfast area with him, watching the ball drop on TV, and just hung out. It was just good, stupid fun.
Then today I started moving in to my new apartment in Richmond!!! I totally lucked out. Right when I was starting to look for places for school, Matt called me and said he was moving to North Carolina and wanted to know if I could/wanted to take over his lease. Hell yes I did. To make this story even more awesome, he lived with Carol Ann, so now our high school fantasies of being roommates is happening! I almost want someone to pinch me, because this is working out way to well so it must be a dream! Knock on wood of course! I'm starting classes on the 19th!
Am I seriously getting my shit together? When and how did this happen? It's so nice to feel like I'm starting to get out of this year long funk I've been in. 2010 here I come!
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| Another "Rewind" Post |
[26 Dec 2009|10:53pm] |
I was reading some of my posts on Livejournal, and realized that I did not mention anything about my birthday, even though it actually was pretty fun for once. Jessica was in town about a week and a half before my actual birthday (in November) so I had my birthday party early.
The theme was "The Delicious" (my fave short film) so Sara and I dressed up as the people in pantsuits, and Jessica was the stalker from "Anna is Being Stalked" since we were watching both that night. Everyone dressed up as people from "The Delicious" and it was pretty fun and ridiculous. We also watched the rest of the short films on that DVD, "Kabluey" and played Loaded Questions late into the night. I wish a few more of my friends had been able to come, but overall it was really fun!
I'm friends with the dude that made all of those short films/movies on facebook, and I sent him a message saying I had a birthday party themed around his movies, and a link to some of the pictures. He actually sent me a message back saying how the pictures were incredible, and he actually re-posted them on his page. Pretty awesome!
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| 2009 Meme |
[26 Dec 2009|10:35pm] |
This is the usual meme that goes around during the New Year. Take the first sentence from the first post of each month from 2009.
Jan: It's good to know that I'm still crotchety, achy, and completely full of bullshit. (I did this same meme on this post)
Feb:
I have to start off this post by sharing some life advice my dad gave my sisters and I the other night:
1. Don't fuck with the IRS
2. Don't drink and drive
3. Make sure your girlfriend's other boyfriend/husband doesn't know where you live (or in our cases, our boyfriend's other girlfriend/wife)
Looks like I'm good to go.
March: How have I not written about going to drag brunch yet?
April: I'm so over underwear.
May: OMG.
June: I guess I should finally mention my trip to Massachusetts last month with my Mom and sister.
July: (I didn't post once in July)
Aug: Becky came to visit in the beginning of July, and it was soo awesome seeing her again!
Sept: I'm squeaky clean, every piece of clothing I have has been washed today, and I have fresh bed sheets!
Oct: (I didn't post once in October)
Nov: I met John Waters tonight!!! Details tomorrow!!!
And this post seems to be my first post for December. Fuck you 2009. You have easily been the worst year of my life, ever. You will not be missed. Here's to hoping that 2010 will be a fresh start for me and everyone else who had a shitty year.
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| Fuck this |
[30 Nov 2009|01:13pm] |
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My cat died this morning. :( I seriously can NOT win this month. Hopefully tomorrow will be a fresh start, but I find that hard to believe. RIP Mojo
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| Finally my John Waters adventure story |
[21 Nov 2009|08:59pm] |
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A while ago I went to a film festival at UVA in Charlottesville. I went with my Mom, Carol Ann, and Jacki. We had tickets to see John Waters perform his act, "This Filthy World" and to watch "Hairspray" and "Pink Flamingos" (My two favorite JW movies, only if I HAD to pick of course). We got there super early so we got in line, and it was worth waiting because we were able to get amazing seats. John Waters was hilarious, but the crowd was not so great. Most of the people there seemed like they were just old snooty people who were just there to see something because it was "cutting edge" and not because they actually loved John Waters. That was weird, but not that big of a deal. There were def. a few parts where the four of us were the ONLY ones cracking up, while everyone else sort of sat in uncomfortable silence. After JW was done with the show this really prissy woman came out and said that he would be signing books in the lobby but ONLY if you bought one there, and if you weren't buying a book she would just say goodnight to us there. As soon as she finished saying that, John Waters immediately said, "Don't listen to that at all. If you wait in line, I will sign ANYTHING for you whether you buy a book here or not!" Go John Waters!
We went out to the lobby to wait for autographs. I have never been more excited for anything in my entire life! When it was my turn I basically said hi, and he asked how I was. I told him, "Great" and I asked how he was. I told him that he did such a good job with his talk and it was so funny, and he said it was a great audience (probably just being nice, but I think he could tell we were true fans haha). He signed one of his books I've had forever. I wish I had brought something more interesting, but it was the first thing I grabbed when I was leaving my house, so it's good enough! I waited for Jacki and Carol Ann to get their stuff signed, and then he let the three of us take a picture with him. One of the ladies working there took it for us, and she wasn't sure if the first one came out clear enough, so she took a second one. As soon as we left I told everyone that of all the things I could have been thinking while I was standing next to my biggest idol, the only thing I was thinking about was that I wanted to give JW bunny ears in our picture soooooo badly. If that wasn't crazy enough, Carol Ann admitted that she was thinking the exact same thing. I guess that story explains our friendship perfectly.
We walked over to the theater that was playing his other movies. We watched "Hairspray" and then waited around until "Pink Flamingos" was playing. We got in line early again and sat up right in front again since JW was introducing the last movie. He came out and talked a little about how he never thought this movie would have been the "hit" that it was, and some stuff about the actors in it, and some of the infamous scenes from the movie. I was really happy I finally got to see some of his movies in an actual theater, not to mention hearing him put on his show, AND meeting him afterwards. It was a pretty amazing night!
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[07 Nov 2009|03:00am] |
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I met John Waters tonight!!! Details tomorrow!!!
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| Random BLAHness |
[13 Sep 2009|07:29pm] |
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I'm squeaky clean, every piece of clothing I have has been washed today, and I have fresh bed sheets! Having all three of these things happen at once is more rare than a solar eclipse! What's going on here? Besides that odd occurrence, I've still been pretty disgruntled. I can't get out of this funk.
I'm a huge page rat, and a slob which is always a bad mix. Now that I know I should (knocking on wood still) be moving sometime this winter, it's been a good kick in the ass to really get rid of a lot of my stuff. Moving has been a good reason to really make me think about what I really need or don't need to keep. I've had two yard sales, I'm selling a bunch of my stuff on Amazon, and I'm also making a big trip to the thrift store with stuff. My room is so close to looking great!
My family also got a bicycling machine. I've already been using it off and on all weekend. I think it's going to be really good. What's better than exercising while sitting down, in the air conditioned living room, in front of the TV? For me the answer would be nothing, exercise wise at least. I'm hoping that if I get into a good exercise routine it will help me burn off some of this stress. I'm also looking forward to Halloween activities, the state fair, and hopefully visiting Jessica, and then Coleman and Ben. I really need things to start looking up, or I'm going to lose it.
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| A very late update for July |
[22 Aug 2009|10:27pm] |
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Becky came to visit in the beginning of July, and it was soo awesome seeing her again! We hung out with Jessica and Ben a lot, Jeremy came to visit for a weekend, and even Carol Ann stopped by and had dinner with us one night. Here's a quick update of some of the stuff we did:
-Scott Predergast movie night
-Going to the county fair and getting to ride a camel, going on a hay ride, and playing in the petting zoo
-Random lunch dates
-Going to the zoo in Norfolk
-Sno-to-go
-Seeing fireworks in CW for 4th of July
I feel like I'm forgetting something, but I'm not sure. The majority of the time was really just spent hanging out at my house with different people. How I've missed it!
And in totally sucky news, Jessica ended up having to move to South Carolina :( We had a fun last few weeks together though. We went up to Richmond with my family to see Sara's play and all the other plays that her play writing camp put on. That was an all day thing, and then the following Sunday she came with my mom and I to pick Sara up, and to surprise Sara with some drag brunch! Sara was freaking out because she didn't know where we brought her (this shady looking room with a disco ball) but she was so excited when she found out it was drag brunch. The drag queens were delightful, and it was the best "last hurrah" I could have had with Jessica.
At the end of July, I saw Green Day for the fourth time. My mom and I went up to DC, and stayed the night. I feel like I don't have much to say about the show, because most of Green Day's shows are exactly the same, yet always glorious, and amazing. Probably the best part was when this really dorky kid came up on stage to play Jesus of Suburbia and totally rocked it. He was so good! Then he totally ate shit when he was forced to stage dive. Poor guy. Green Day will never disappoint!
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[24 Jun 2009|11:33am] |
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I've been pretty busy the last few weekends. I've also been really lazy about writing about any of it, but I have been reading everyone's LJ entries! A few weekends ago, Jessica and I made our way to Virginia Beach to visit Asha and Keondra. We went out for Japanese food, and then hung out and watched The Delicious, and a million Bollywood videos. It was great to see everyone again! I wish we could do it more often. Then another weekend, Jessica and I hung out for the day. We went pattern shopping, and found a secret flea market. We came home and took pin-up girl pictures on my car, and pics of us running around my backyard...in heels and fur coats (old lady clothing) and of course this was in at least 70 degree weather. One of my neighbors was watching us through the bushes hahaha. The picture are on facebook/myspace but I'm sure most people have seen them already.
Then there was the No Doubt concert. Pretty much EVERYTHING was working against us that night, but it worked out perfectly in the end. I went with Jessica, and Carol Ann. We were stuck in traffic for literally FOUR hours (for a one hour trip) and we got to our seats JUST as No Doubt was coming out on stage. I had to piss soooo badly already, but I held it until the end. I was freaking out because they're one of my favorite bands ever, and probably the last of the bands on the list of people I wanted to see before I die. I don't really know what to say about the actual show. They played all their singles, and Gwen Stefani was absolutely glorious! The only bad thing is that the show went by waaaaay too fast. We got back pretty easily, and stopped by ihop before we came back to my house to watched some more Scott Predergast shorts. I'm glad CA liked them, but I knew she would. Jessica went home, and Carol Ann crashed with me before she went back to Richmond. It was a great show, and a great time hanging out with people.
I'm also really excited because BECKY IS BACK IN TOWN!!! I haven't seen her for a year at least, so I'm super pumped for the next two weeks. I'm sure there will be lots of updates about that.
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| Here's a month-late update |
[07 Jun 2009|05:27pm] |
I guess I should finally mention my trip to Massachusetts last month with my Mom and sister. We went up for one of my Aunt's 50th birthday. Of course the best part of the trip up was the Mianus jokes (Mianus is a city in Connecticut, and Jackass had a skit about it). We stopped there to eat at a Taco Bell. It was the perfect timing, because my uncle called while we were there and asked what city were in. My mom just said, "I can't tell you where we are" and then ran outside to tell him because she didn't want to say "we're in Mianus". Of course we joked about Mianus the rest of the trip up.
The next day, Jacki and I went out on errands with my uncle and cousin. My uncle stopped at the bank and then came running out. As soon as he got in the car we asked him if he robbed the bank. He said that was so weird, because there were some teens in the car he ran by that yelled, "Run like you stole it" to him as he ran by. I think that's what anyone is going to think if you run out of a bank with a wad of money in your hands haha. We also joked about MILFs because of a previous inside joke, and the fact that we were driving though a town called Milford.
That night was my aunt's party. That was really fun, but it kind of sucked because it was one of those parties where there's a lot of family, so you don't end up seeing/talking to anyone as much as anyone would want. It was still fun though! When we went back to my other aunt/uncles house, we showed them that film, "The Delicious" and of course they loved it. We all decided that we were going to start doing all the things from that movie the next morning when another aunt came over for brunch. Of course we did, and at first she was acting like we were all crazy, but by the end of the morning, she was joining in. Hopefully this all made sense, and there weren't too many inside jokes in it. There was something else I was going to write about, but I'm blanking.
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| The Delicious (Part 1 and 2) |
[29 May 2009|10:08pm] |
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I know I have ignored my LJ a lot lately, but there has been too much going on in my brain to even know what to write about. All my school applications/forms/etc. are DONE so now all I have to do is wait.
For now I'm just going to post my new favorite short film, since I have a story about it to tell later. (BECKY AND COLEMAN: Please don't watch this yet, because I really want to watch it with you in person when you are back here) Everyone else: ENJOY!!!
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[07 May 2009|08:28am] |
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OMG. I'm not going to go into most of the details, but this past month as been absolutely miserable. I will be lucky if I don't have a major breakdown in the next couple weeks, and I'm really surprised I haven't had one already.
On top of that FUN stuff, I'm so stressed out over school things. I'm trying so hard to get it all finished, but I feel like I keep getting more things to do, and I'm seriously running out of time to do them. I'm working so hard on everything, but I just feel like it's so much harder for me to get my shit together than anyone else, and I don't know why. I don't know if that's actually true, but it's what I feel like. I know I'm going to be so depressed if I somehow don't get into VCU. Then if I do, I have all the stress of figuring out how I'm going to pay for it, where I'm going to live, blah blah blah. I know everyone has to go through that stuff sooner or later, but I'm so overwhelmed thinking about all of it. I've come to the conclusion that I just think way too much for my own good. By the way, does anyone know of a legitimate site that helps you find extra scholarships/grants/etc besides the financial aid stuff you fill out??? I've tried googling it, but most of those sites that look official, end up being things that fish for emails for spam. I know it's probably a little on the late side to be doing this now, but I think most of things I've seen have a June 1 deadline, so I still have some time.
On a more fun note, I'm driving up to Massachusetts with my mom and Jacki this weekend. My Aunt is having a big birthday party. It sucks that we're going to be driving more than we'll actually be there, but it should be a nice break. I just hope I can just turn my brain off while we're up there. We'll see. I'm also really excited about Becky being back in town in the next couple months! Yaaaay.
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| I don't even know today... |
[06 Apr 2009|06:35pm] |
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I'm so over underwear. I just bought a ton in the cut and size I like, only to later find out that Hanes now makes them with the seam going from the ass to the front instead of like sideways in the front and the back, if that even makes sense. What the fuck Hanes? I don't want a big seam of fabric in my cootch all day. That's seriously the most retarded design ever. Of course I already threw them in the wash before I ever even looked at them, so I can't even return the unopened ones.
My job is pretty cool most of the time, but sometimes it's just plain gross. I was washing stuff today, and there was a whole bottle with a cork in it, so I took the cork out and tried to wash the inside, without realizing there was some kind of oil (or something) in it. It was reaaaally weird, and got everywhere. It smelled horrible, and I don't even know how to explain it other than bitter and gross. When it floated in the water, it looked sort of pearly and cloudy, but when it got all over my fingers, it got super sticky and turned brown. It took soo many washings and some vinegar to even get it off, and I still feel like it's all over my hands. The worst part is that I have no idea what it is, but it's old, and it could be just about anything. YUCK. I probably would have been more upset about it, except for that fact that I found out today that I can finally get some health insurance! Come on appendix, if you want to burst someday, now is the time to do it! Well, not until May, but you can start planning!
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| Maybe I AM getting my shit together |
[29 Mar 2009|11:31am] |
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So I just did my taxes, pretty much on my own. I also looked at more VCU stuff, and I'm fairly sure that since I (should) have my Associates from TNCC that I am pretty much guaranteed admission into VCU, which means I only have to fill out a very small, one page application, and that's it. 1. I really really realllllllly hope that it really is just that easy and 2. That TNCC doesn't decide to fuck me in the ass one last time by not giving me my degree. I'm pretty sure I should be set, but I'm sooooooo paranoid (with good reason) that there is some little loop that I haven't jumped through yet. Wish me luck people! Jessica and Emily came over last night to watch "Mister Lonely" and it was just as good as the first time I watched it. After that I think we talked about "Twilight" with Sara for 2 hours. Fun times!
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| Fuck me... |
[19 Mar 2009|11:59am] |
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I took today off to get a huge head start on my applications for VCU. At this point I'm still totally unsure of what application to even use. Ahhhhh. I'm so paranoid of doing the wrong thing, and not getting in. Even if I do get in, that's a whole new can of worms with worrying about how it will be paid for, where I will live, and how I will pay for that. Either way, I see a huge mental breakdown coming on. Awesome!
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I woke up with the worst stomachache this morning, so I stayed home from work. I've had one for the last week. I don't really feel sick, so for now I'm going to assume it's just something I've been eating, and not an appendicitis, which has always been one of my biggest fears. I'm probably just alergic to going to work. I haven't really even enjoyed my sick day (as much as I could anways), because I woke up too late to watch any trashy talk shows, and even if I had, I already had cabin fever from being cooped up all weekend. It doesn't help that I had bad dreams all night about living in a haunted house, and going up creepy stair cases and elevators. Apparently if you walk through a haunted house in a certain way, the ghosts will leave you alone. At least that's what happened in my dreams.
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| I've been lazy with my entries |
[14 Mar 2009|11:49pm] |
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How have I not written about going to drag brunch yet? I finally went to it with Carol Ann and her Dad, in Richmond. It was everything I dreamed of, and more. As soon as we got there, the host called out Carol Ann on looking like a lesbian since she was wearing a red and tan plaid shirt, and asking if she was sure that she wasn't a lesbian. For the most part it was just drag queens lip synching and dancing, and making crude gestures. There was on drag queen that was especially crazy. She totally was hitting on me. She said I needed to get more drinks in me, and to relax, because he might be the future father of my children. I could only be so lucky! She sang that Beyonce song about single ladies and told all the single ladies to stand up, but Carol Ann and I were too chicken. After that, the drag queen yelled at everyone standing, and asked what was wrong with them because anyone with a good cootchie should be able to get a good man. Then she was hitting on some random straight guy, telling him that this was her "woman voice" and in the morning it would be more like, "(in a deep man voice) Yo, what up dog!?" it was soooo great. I'm so glad I finally got to go, I've been trying to go for years, and it just never worked out for one reason or another. James also had his 1950s birthday party. Everyone dressed up, and we went to the 50s diner by the movie theater for dinner. When we came back to the hotel he was having the party at we listened to 50s music, and watched Grease. We had a trivia contest about Grease that all the girls were "talking shit" about winning it. Of course, I was the one who won! I totally owned it. I was the only person who got 100% on it, and I finished it so much faster than anyone. I knew I would win, because I don't think there's anyone in the world who's watched Grease more than I have! :) Jessica, Sara, and I all tied for the costume contest, and Sara ended up winning the second round. She got the most awesome prize, a lobster lamp! I figured she would have been the one to take it home either way, because no one else even wanted it, or she would have killed for it, or stolen it. haha. It was a pretty good party. Besides that, I'm pretty much trying not to freak out about life. I'm in the middle of figuring out all this college/financial aid stuff, and it's soo stressful. I really have no idea what I'm doing, so I'm pretty much just playing it by ear. It doesn't help that the kickboxing place I went to closed down, so I have no where to work out my rage. I do have a punching bag and some other equipment in my basement, but it's hard to get motivated to do it on my own. I'm so over being a grownup.
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