Do you know what I hate? Yes, I do hate a lot of things, and all those things you said are definitely things I hate. However, I'm thinking of something very specific right now. Three guesses. Yes, I do hate that, but not what I'm thinking of right now. Wrong again. Yes! I hate it when a really good book series turns to crap because of romantical gook!
I've been reading a series about a detective named Thursday Next. It really is a very clever, fun-to-read series. Very, very tongue-in-cheek. I had a sneaking suspicion after the first book ended so well that things were going downhill, but I really had no idea how bad they would get. Every other sentence is "Oh, my poor husband who I only have memories of because he was eradicated and I love him so much and I need to save him but I can't because I'm carrying his child and have to hide from the bad guys to keep our child safe and I miss him soooo much!" I really have no desire to finish the series anymore. It makes me sad. The author's style is wonderful, absolutely magnificent. But I am just about fed up with all this "love" crap that is absolutely everywhere.
Which leads me to another thing I hate. . . .
Love songs, or songs about love. Really, based on the radio you'd think there's nothing else to life. Even now that I have an mp3 player again and can listen to whatever I want, I'm having trouble finding songs that aren't about being in love or finding love or losing love or blahblahblah love. There are other things to life. I am living proof. Not dating anyone, not even interested in dating anyone right now; but I am still alive and having a blast. Mostly I'm having a blast cuz I've got some truly fantastic friends, and that's all I need right now. So why aren't there songs about that? If you know of any, please point me in their direction because I'm about to go crazy listening to these songs about love. (As good as they may be, they are driving me a little nuts.)
P.S. At the same time, I'm so flipping happy for my friends who have found love!!! I know it's amazing for them, and I'm sure it occupies their thoughts 99% of the day, but I'm just asking for some books and/or songs that I can actually relate to. (Seriously, so flipping happy! There may be random smiling and giggling involved. . . .)
Well, I'm fairly certain I'll be majoring in Creative Writing. I'm also fairly certain that I won't get my application in befor Oct. 1. I don't know which branch has my records (and they like to trade them every now and again cuz I don't go to either regularly), I don't know who to talk to about getting an interview with my Branch President, and I'm scared to death to talk to the Branch President in person about getting aan interview cuz my mom says that's not the way to do it. If only there was a poster with this stuff on it. I can barely keep track of stuff in my daily life! So, BYUI is off again. I need to earn more money anyways, I guess. Although I think I actually have to be going full-time in the Winter to stay on my parents' insurance. Dang. I really know how to screw things up. And I can't go to my friend Emily's wedding. My mom just laughs at me or scolds me every time I say I want to go. And I don't understand my family's financial situation. My mom is talking to my dad about cutting back our phone and cell services, and switching to satellite. But she wants me to go to a dermatologist, and they're planning a trip around Christmas to go snowboarding and skiing. I don't get it. Oh, and I'm not going to church today cuz I'm too afraid. I just love being home. Not.
It's been a while since I posted on here. But not much has happened. I joined the Cecil College soccer team, but I'm looking into switching over to the volleyball team. I don't know how my wrist will stand up to volleyball, but I like it more than soccer. I'm taking 13 credits so that I can graduate at the end of this semester! I'll finally have a degree, even if it's only an AA in General Studies. I'm taking Statistics, which will be balanced out by yoga. I had my first yoga class on Wednesday and absolutely loved it! All that hippie crap that say about it is true! I felt clearer and calmer after just one class! And there are some projects that sound really fun and right up my d.i.y., homeopathic alley. I have a cold right now, which sucks. Starke was killed off of Eureka and McKay almost died off of Stargate Atlantis. Needless to say, last week was stressful! (lol)
I just got done giving my dog a walk. The horses were in their pasture near the road, so we walked over to them to say hi. Silly and one of the horses sniffed each other. The one-eyed horse came over next, but Silly didn't seem interested. The horse was a tad skittish at first, cuz its missing eye was facing us, but it got used to it after a minute. I love horses. Pretty much all animals are awesome, but the raw power and gentle nature of horses, combined with their soft fur, velvety noses, and their ginormous size makes them one of my favorites. I usually don't see the horses, which is why it was the highlight of my day so far.
My parents are lookinginto getting new drywall put in my room. I can't wait, cuz I swear all the mold that makes me sneeze every morning is making me more susceptible to getting sick. I haven't had a cold in over a year! Plus the sneezing every morning, and throughout the day, is kind of annoying. After the new drywall is up, I get to paint it! I'm leaning towards a bright, vivid sky blue. I like the contrast with all the dark wood in my room, and bright blue is such a pretty color.
I want to cut my hair. Not because I want it short again; I'm enjoying the length it's at. But the hair at the ends is the hair that I murdered last summer, and it's splitting and breaking like crazy. I just had my mom trim it last month! So I want all the dyed stuff out. Here are pics of the three cuts I'm leaning towards:
If I had gay guy friends, I'd ask their opinion. But I guess straight guy friends and lesbian friends could give me a better idea of what would be attractive. (lol) Yeah, just give me your opinion. I'm leaning towards the shorter cuts, cuz they'll actually take the dyed parts off. The longer cut is more of a trim with bangs. What do you think?
I won't be going back to BYU-I for at least a year. I'm trying not to think about it, though. Whenever I think about just how long it will be until I'm back there, I die a little on the inside. It ensures that there is at least one friend I won't see ever again, barring a small-world moment 20 years down the road. Dang. I can't talk about this anymore.
My family is renting a timeshare down in Williamsburg next week. As much as I want to go to Williamsburg again, I don't want to have to drag my family around and I don't want to have to share a bed with my sister for a whole week again. So, I'm trying to have a friend over every night while my family is gone, and I'm trying to plan a party. We've got a trampoline, a hammock, and a fire pit. What more could you want?! The only obstacle I have is my lack of skills in party planning. Anyone remember Grayson's b-day party? That's cuz no one showed up! (lol)
I miss my college friends even more now that I won't be seeing you for so long. I'm seriously thinking about moving out there in June, but that's so close to the end of the semester. I dunno. Maybe I'll just visit for a few weeks. Maybe I'll die. Blah. I need to stop thinking about it. BUT I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!
I'm cleaning my mom and dad's office suites. It pays $50 a week. Not enough. So, I started as an office assistant. I shredded papers for half the day and watched my mom work for the other half. Yeah. I need a different job. Now! Any job would be better than paperwork all day long.
I just need to remind myself that I'll have my Associate degree by May, and then I can get some sort of semi-real job. I'm aiming for a newspaper. Preferably the Rexburg paper, cuz I miss Rexburg. I miss the people, and the closeness of everything. I miss being able to walk everywhere, and having the temple so close. I especially miss having roommates. Roommates are the bestest. Anyone know of non-student housing in Rexburg? I haven't been able to find any online. I miss Rexburg and roommates and FHE brothers and everything. Ugh.
I made pancakes for breakfast. And, because I am me, I made it into an expriment in flavor. It turned out quite well! Here's the recipe. Try it and tell me if it's good, cuz my opinion could be biased.
2 Large eggs
1 cup vanilla soy milk (or regular milk, for pansies)
1 tbsp cooking oil or olive oil
1.5 cups home-ground wheat flour (or unbleached whole wheat flour bought from store, for pansies)
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
appr. 2 cups fresh, frozen raspberries (or store bought, for pansies, just make sure they're unsweetened)
appr. 2 cups chopped walnuts (real people chop them themselves)
bananas
syrup or homemade sugar-free raspberry jam (it's thinner than the stuff you buy at the store, and a great syrup substitute)
Break the eggs in a medium-sized bowl. Whisk until smooth and a little bubbly. Add the milk and oil. Mix. Add flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Let batter sit while you defrost raspberries in a microwave. Do so in 30 second increments, just until they become soft. Add to batter and mix well. Don't be afraid to smoosh the raspberries a little.
Heat a non-stick pan to low-medium heat. Get your walnuts ready. Use a ladle to put some batter in the pan. Sprinkle the pancake evenly with your chopped walnuts. Flip when the sides are dry and the top is still a little bubbly. You'll be able to see how the inside of your pancakes look because of the walnuts, so just keep checking that side for doneness. It's okay if the inside doesn't look completely cooked, as long as there's no raw batter. Lol.
Serve with about half a banana, thinly sliced, and your favorite syrup or the homemade raspberry jam. Now eat it and love it!
I found my lost black shorts! I had completely forgotten about my color guard pole, and my shorts were packed in that box with them. (lol)
I won't be getting my degree at the end of this semester. Because I have to be enrolled full-time for two semesters each year to be on my parents' insurance, I'm going to take math and yoga or modern dance this semester. Don't be fooled, it's goingto be the hardest semester ever. I suck at math more than you can even imagine. I barely passed my last math class (in high school) with a D. And, of course, BYUI had to change their policy on waiving the math class the year I started! My SAT score gets me out of math at almost every other college I looked at, even Brown, but BYUI is just too good for that. Poopheads.
I figure I won't be back at BYUI this winter, so I'll take more classes from Cecil next semester. (Tears for missing snowboarding season. Many tears.) Hopefully I'll be able to attend this summer. If not, I'm going out there to chillax. And work. But, you know, mostly chillax. (lol)
Oh, btw, my mom is bipolar. She changes her mind every day about everything. One day she's okay with me finishing my degree this semester, the next she's not. One hour she's yelling at me because I won't apply to Wal-Mart, that afternoon she's apologizing. Yesterday she seemed fine with Shawna and I spending all day away from home. Today she got upset cuz I slept in a little late ('til 9:30) and hadn't touched my room. Who cares if she's the one who piled all my stuff up in a corner! And that spiders have always infested my room, ever since that hole appeared in my ceiling. And that she's the one who told me to use the blue tacky stuff to put up the pictures that she took down, and that's what is left on the walls. (P.S. Where are they? And who said I wanted them taken down?!) Ugh. I hate home. Oh, and even though I'm the only person without a car, and we have three unused cars, we won't sell them to get me a decent car to drive. I mean, how exactly does she expect me to drive to and from college and work? I don't want to depend on my sister for that! Not to mention that fiasco that was Institute this past Tuesday. Ugh x2. I need a job and an apartment. Preferably far away from home, where they can never find me.
I went to Cecil to find out how many classes I had to take to get an AA in General Studies. I thought I had two semesters of work, but I only have one! I'll have a college degree by the end of December! That means I could go into the Peace Corps, or get a job at a newspaper!
I'll probably go for the job at the newspaper, because I'd rather wait until after I get a Bachelor's degree to go into the Peace Corps. Especially since there are some really interesting Master's programs that will Peace Corps service as part of the degree requirements, and will give reduced or free tuition. I've always wanted to do the Peace Corps, and it's exciting to think that it might actually happen! I'm leaning towards Morocco or Jordan. I wish Egypt was available, but it's not. I'll just have to vacation there!!! The very thought has given me a heart attack! Yaaaayz for Egypt!!!!
