Watching... Al Gore on The Daily Show
Feeling... mad at those damn republicans

Although it pains me to say it, I really hope I remember to watch a rerun of the Anna Nicole Holiday Party. Maybe leaving the link here will jog my memory.

I really do love Al Gore. I wish I'd remembered to watch him on SNL last weekend. :(

I guess what we're saying is [republicans] are evil. - Jon Stewart

Listening to... MTV2
Feeling... drowsy

Yeah, yeah... there goes my goal of posting every day for a month. I am kinda sad today. My last companion is leaving this morning, and then I'll be alone on campus. I still don't feel compelled to go home, but tonight when I stay in all night, I'll probably long for a friend.
Ooh, I was about to wax on, but then I remembered I have one hope. Whew... that's all I needed, one possible companion. Okay, no more complaining.

Listening to... Just a Second by Jump, Little Children
Feeling... a little hyper from the coffee, which has translated into distraction not super-focus

The coffee was good. It was actually my first beverage-related thought before Diet Coke this morning. Yay, I'm that much closer to kicking my diet coke addicition.... by replacing it with an even more caffeinated coffee addiction. "Next you'll be using crack to get you off the cigarettes." (or something to that effect) In any event, I'm feeling very anti-studying now, but also very proud of my progress so far. If I can just get myself back over to the notebook and do the studying I've planned to do, I'll be a biology genius by 2:50.
Oh, a propos, I will be graduating in exactly one year (barring unforseen divine or evil intervention). Yay.

Friends quote of the week:
"You're a really nice person... apart from the ham stealing and adultery..." - Chandler

And an older one that comes to mind:
"Okay, how about for the rest of our lives, I'll be careful unless told otherwise. - Chandler to Monica

Listening too.... My oh My by David Gray
Feeling... good

So I may have f---ed up my grade in research methods. Hopefuly not, but possibly. On the up side, I'm feeling newly motivated to study for biology. That plus the big cup of coffee I just drank, I should be working hard late into the evening.

Listening to... Changing of the Guards by Rosebud
Feeling... Like I just woke up

Look! I posted on two consequtive days! I'm just 28 days from forming a positive habit. Of course, I am at home all freakin' day studying for finals, so I have a little more time and motivation for it... If I can post 2 or 3 times after I go home next week, I'll consider myself a success. If not, it's not like it really matters.
I'm excited about getting an email from my new french pen pal. Yay. I don't want to get too excited about chatting it up with a 17 year old friend-of-a-friend, but if he lets me butcher French to him, it would be so fun.

Some days just feel quote worthy....

If I were a lesbian, my girlfriend would be prettier than me. -me

That isn't flammable!! - not me, yelled in incongruent alarm

Sounds naughty. - Lisa (about Dirty Santa)

Lord of the Peeps

The Mirror Project

Listening to... Ben Harper
Feeling... blah

Current IM away message, because I want it recorded somewhere:

I pay $79.77 a day to be at Tech*. I sure am having eighty bucks worth of fun today...

*includes housing and all academic fees, counting weekend days. Does not include groceries, Old Navy trips
($44 of it is just because I live across one little state border-- be happy you HOPE-less GA kids)

hmm, also... saw my old post about watching Gilmore Girls. I would just like to express my delight, yet again, that Rory and Jess finally hooked up. That brought a lot of happiness to my night a couple of weeks ago. Although I finally have some intrigue in my social realm, I still put all of my romantic hopes and wishing into that show.

But first I have to mention that being a paranoid girl in a dorm in downtown Atlanta sucks. When every loud noise you hear brings up a thought of an attack, the stairwell right next to your room, constant air traffic, people banging around upstairs, loud trucks on the road just outside, EVERYTHING attracts your attention and paranoid thoughts. I may go insane, this will be the record of why.

Listening to... Cry me a river - Justin Timberlake (Yes, I'm ashamed)
Feeling... stressed, but not as much as I should be

Okay, really- I'm going to do this regularly. I swear. Instead of posting random things as my IM away message (or maybe as well as)... I'm going to put things here. It will be fun here goes...

I heard Billy Corgan's new band's new song. It was so good, I knew I loved him for a reason. They have a very minimalist site www.zwan.com Zwan will not top my favorite band names list, but as long as Corgan is back, I'll play nice and be satisfied. Okay, now I will attempt to get back to studying for my finals.

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Watching... Bridget Jones's Diary
Feeling... excellent

The orchestra concert went really well, I think. Very very good. Also, amaretto sour is very very good. I have to get started on some work tonight, but there's nothing wrong with a little non-work to start me off, right? Here's the Friday Five:

1. What size shoe do you wear?
Women's 9 ~ 9.5
2. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
At school, I have maybe ten pairs. At home, there's a mountain of shoes that may possibly still fit.

3. What type of shoe do you prefer (boots, sneakers, pumps, etc.)?
No shoes is my preference.

4. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Why are they your favorite?
My Kmart knock-off Adidas. They are sooooo comfortable and never once rubbed holes in my feet. Unfortunately, I love them so much I won't wear them anymore (they're too old, and I would be sad if something happened to them).

5. What's the most you've spent on one pair of shoes?
Probably around $75 on some tennis shoes. I never spend much on non-tennis shoes and my penchant for Adidas and Sketchers is a wee bit expensive.

Watching... Gilmore Girls
Feeling... good

I love the Gilmore Girls. It's so funny. I would also like to say that I made an excellent dinner tonight. It was filling and included most food groups. Yes, it was my usual bachelor-burrito, but I threw in enough things that it was nice. And I feel a little gourmet and wanted to share.

Listening to... Here's Where the Story Ends by The Sundays
Feeling... like I need to get down to business

I have so much work to do! I have a quick addendum to my Friday Five... I also tidy up my room when I need to relax. It's not that I find cleaning relaxing per se, it's more that extreme clutter is stressful to me. It's a healthy way to procrastinate, I think. While I was home this weekend, I finally paid a visit to the Book Sale place that's been there for a while. I guess they have low over head, so the books are overstocks and very cheap. I got four books that are of questionable entertainment value. I tried to pick Victorian looking novels (which is my passion second to Austen). I got...
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Castle Rackrent and The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells

I've read Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome and liked it (unlike all of my classmates). I don't know that any of these are Victorian, or will even be interesting; but the whole lot of them cost $12, so I figure if even one is good, it's probably worth it to have the options. I guess I'll just knock out Silas Marner and maybe Jane Eyre, then dig in to the new stuff.

1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?
I like to plan vacations for myself. I'll put together a road trip on mapquest, search for cute B&Bs, review tourist attractions (yay art museums!), the whole nine yards. Too bad I never get to actually go on my trips...

2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?
Put down my backpack or bag in the first convenient spot, hang my keys from their hook, maybe grab a coke or snack, and sit down at my computer (not so much because I'm a nerd, but I mainly hang out in my room and that's the only chair). Hooray for university apartments.

3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?
I love Bath and Body works' discontinued Pink Lemonade. I like ecalyptus pretty well. The smell of Mr Bubbles also works pretty well on me.

4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?
well, I'm most relaxed when I'm not trying to be social, but sometimes when I spend too many weekend nights alone, I get worried about my shyness taking over. I want the option of socialness when I want it. But still, 95% of the time, being alone is nicer.

5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't?
Eating by myself is pretty nice. I get to ponder during the day, eat some good food in whatever comfortable location I want, and I think I look pretty progressive when I'm willing to eat alone. Ditto for shopping, and the occasional movie.

Listening... to some rap song on MTV2
Feeling... a serious hankering for some caffeine

Tonight's TV premieres were damn good. Friends settled the engagement fiasco without unnecessary oh-just-freakin'-explain-yourself shenanigans. Scrubs was tellement funny. I laughed and reaffirmed my love of that show. I'm so glad it's on at a time I'll remember. So I guess I'm feeling really happy, but damn I want a diet coke.

Watching... an appallingly trashy Real World.
Feeling... like I might as well just put on some porn

Time alone is good... I decided today that this lull in my personal life is a good thing. I have the same affliction as my sister, just assuming that every guy is interested in me at least a little bit, and that ones who express interest are pathetic little puppy dogs. This is a bad attitude. It's just that I maintain at least a dozen crushes at any given time, so it's kind of weird to think that not every one does that (and that not everyone maintains a crush on me!!) Haha... My Polly Anna Complex is hard at work-- always find the bright side. But really, it's not the worst thing.

The premiere of Gilmore Girls was good. I wish Rory would go ahead and get with Jess, oh and Lorali needs to get with Luke too. Can't everyone just be blissfully happy for a while? Well, I can't be right now. It's time for some serious Biology reading.

Listening to... Hey Carrie Ann by the Hollies
Feeling... embarassed

I really have finally narrowed it down. The reason I am such a social idiot is..... I am a bad mix of irrepressable assertiveness and extreme shyness. This means I cannot halt my big mouth to save my life, but once I'm talking, I become so mortified I just can't listen to myself anymore. However, my brain stores everything I say, so that later (or right now) I can agonize over every word I said. I honestly can never remember what I wore the day before, can't recall mundane conversations or even what day it is. But darn it, I could quote to you verbatim everything I said at Hall Council tonight. Oh well, it's nice to just say it here and get it out.

That realization isn't all that recent, but I don't believe I've ever put it into writing here, so that's important. I want to scream it everywhere so people will just nod and say "Oh, that's her problem. She isn't really the dumb bitch she appears to be." or at least "She's a real bitch, but I feel sorry for how shy she really is." That would be okay.

Oh, on a related note, I was reviewed as being feisty last week. I love that, I am fiesty. It's much more descriptive than 'bitch', which is the usual term for assertive girls. Plus, this week no one took over the meeting from me. There was the usual amount of chaos, but all in all-- pretty good.

Despite the rant earlier, I really am in a good mood. I just have to get the embarassment out so I can realize my regular happy disposition.

Listening to... Summertime by the Sundays (well, it's in my head)
Feeling... rested

So, Lisa and I have royally crappy concert luck. About a month ago, the Carbon Leaf concert was cancelled because the Cotton Club flooded. Then a week ago, Coldplay was cancelled because dumbos over at Masquerade let electrical equipment get water logged (this in their permanent, rain-or-shine, outdoor venue.) So last night was the rescheduled Carbon Leaf concert at the Cotton Club. Guess what? It rained and they cancelled the show. The upside is they waited until the last possible moment, so they let us come just inside and listen to Carbon Leaf's sound check. So that was pretty cool. I thought it would've been smart for them to open the bar while we waited. They could've made a bit of money in that hour. We went to the Leopard Lounge to hang out a bit more. Pretty cool place. OH, and we had dinner at Front Page News. Very cool place. However, we went there because they had a nice outdoor courtyard dining area (and it was lovely). However, we had been seated all of two minutes when the rains came (it had been pretty all day). Anyway, enough of my mistfortunes. That's just some crappy luck.

The Friday Five- all the cool people seem to do it.
1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people? Eh, I will keep up with close friends as best I can, but casual friends tend to slip away from me. I wish I were better at that though, networking is a real asset in business as well as grad school, so I need to figure

2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Let's rank on preference (without reference to frequency):
1) Snail Mail 2) Email (big gap) 3) Meeting in Person 4) Blog comments (HUGE gap) 5) telephone
I hate using the telephone. It's horrible. Blog comments goes low because you not only have the opportunity to put something dumb into print, you also put it on public display. Meeting in person requires small talk, which I am sooo not good at (which also hinders my networking).

3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it? I use Instant Messenger everyday, even though I avow that it is evil. When you're casually dating or have a crush on somebody, it's damn near impossible to keep things casual and not IM every damn day.

4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away? I have two friends in Atlanta, one of whom is my social savior. The other hardly ever graces me with her company, but both of us are to blame. There are some friends back home in Auburn and a fair number dispersed across the US.

5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"? Ummm... I'm going to have to side with research (I am a psyc major after all) and say "out of sight, out of mind." Given enough time, you'll forget. A little time with someone you really enjoy being around can make you fonder. But really long distance relationships? Nien! I only recently reconciled myself to the idea of an Auburn-Atlanta stretch (not that Auburn boys are jumping at the chance to try me out)

Well, I might as well post something of interest to myself later on. I've finished two very large books in the first month of school. One would think my classes weren't going to well, but they are for the most part. Anyway, Middle March by George Eliot was really good. It was 800-something pages, so it was like a nice long, very proper, and interesting soap opera. I also read Villette by Charlotte Bronte, which was very good. Besides being a fairly engrossing story, it also has a ton of french dialogue, which helped me brush up on some conversational french (thank goodness for the translations at the back though.)

I have four books waiting to be read on my shelf. Jane Eyre, Rebecca, Silas Marner and Love in the Time of Cholera. Maybe I should go ahead and knock that last one out. It doesn't fit in with my very proper victorian romances. Hmmm....

Oh, by the way. It took me almost exactly a year to put 10,000 miles on my car (from 9/7/01-9/14/02). Is that a lot or a little? Again, hmmm.....

Watching... Home Impovement
Feeling... like this episode isn't funny

So, I tried to post a week or two ago, but after all of my happy little typing, it errored on me and pissed me off. I really want to make this a regular thing, so I'll give it another go.

Still in Auburn
Listening to... myself typing
Feeling... bored, blank

Meh, I don't feel fabulous today. I had a nice time going to the library this morning. They didn't have any regular learn-french books, so I brushed up on a Babar book that had everything in French and English. Pretty useful, actually, and the pictures and story were better than anything they write for adults. :P

Now that I'm done with all of Jane Austen's full novels, maybe I should try to rank them in order of my preference.

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Mansfield Park
3. Emma
4. Sense and Sensibility
5. Persuasion
6. Northanger Abbey

I'm not certain about that ranking of Persuasion. It had -by far- the best declaration of love, but my memory is fogged by whether I liked the movie. I just watched S&S and really loved it, Persuasion has not had a big-budget treatment, so it wasn't as prettily done as the others. Since I mentioned it, I'll rank the movie versions as well (I have not seen any films of Northanger Abbey)

1. Mansfield Park
2. Sense and Sensibility
3. Emma
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. Persuasion

My ranking of Pride and Prejudice surprises even myself. Everyone adores it so much, but I don't remember being completely enthralled by it. I stand by my rankings.... for now.

In Auburn
Listening to... my mom play Fur Elise
Feeling... good

Well, I've been a bad girl and haven't even thought about my blog this week. I'm at home on a slow computer though, so I should be forgiven. This has been a week of good news. I got an A in Inorganic Chemistry and the lab. I was completely shocked, I barely let myself hope for that. I also got the lab job (Kanfer and Ackerman's) for which I did let myself hope. Yay!!! This is all very exciting.

Also very exciting is I saw my older sister graduate from Auburn on Monday. I watched all of the PhD students (not including her) get their academic "hoods" put on by their dean. I got a warm/happy feeling about it, I'm very psyched about grad school now. I just hope I can get through it without feeling disillusioned. This guy who knew the counselors this summer and was an ME grad student was talking about not walking at his master's ceremony. I remarked on how much work goes into it, and how he should walk and he replied "It depends on how disillusioned you feel once the degree is done." Hmm...

I'm also almost done with my last Jane Austen book-- Sense and Sensibility. It isn't my favorite, but it's good. I guess that's all the updates I can think of.

:::\\/\//:::
Weezer rocked.

Watching... Legally Blonde
Feeling... awesome

I am done with finals!! I will now celebrate by not doing anything productive for the rest of the day. In fact, I just might not do anything productive until next semester. Sounds good to me.

Watching.... Friends starts in a couple of minutes
Feeling... ready for a concert

Weezer, weezer weezer weezer. Weezer weezer, weezer. Weezer!
Oh yeah, it's concert time. I did well enough on the final today, that I'm 99% sure I've got a B in Chem. Aww yeah. I/O just isn't scaring me. I hope it goes well, my only study time is tomorrow 8-11 before the test. Naughty, naughty...

Watching... Bridget Jones
Feeling... studious

Sometimes I get these weird patches of extremely sensitive skin on my arms. Right now it really bothers me to brush my upper left forearm. Just wanted to mention that for some reason, maybe someday I'll figure out what triggers that.
Weezer is tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, though not so much as when The Strokes were opening (injury in the band forced them to cancel). I guess I ought to go back to the study area. I've taken over the living room, there's no room for anyone else. It's not so selfish though, Lauren is in Germany until later this week and Victoria is never here. Just being in there feels 10% productive, sitting in the study chair feels 20% productive, holding papers or having a book in my lap feels at lest 60% productive. Who needs real study time? I will feel productive for the whole day, while working only maybe a third of the time. I will feel less happy about this in eight or nine hours, but for now it's lovely.

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Listening to... some random song on the Tech Channel
Feeling... a little tipsy

Ehh, I thought I felt like posting, but now I'm not so sure. I had a beer with a light dinner, which has left me feeling tipsy and sleepy... I know if I go to bed now I won't get back up until tomorrow... This would be bad, I really have to study. Blah... Mmmm, the thought of curling up in bed and wallowing away the evening is really appealing... Can I afford to lose tonight's study time? I don't have any time Monday to study for I/O. I have camp 2:30-5 (I wish she hadn't scheduled me then) and then a Weezer concert which I'll need to depart for by at least 7:00. Yuck! I think I may have convinced myself though, I'll grab my I/O book and try to take advantage of this brief feeling of motivation.

Watching... Beautiful Mind until stupid GTCN screwed up and turned it off
Feeling... not good, I have a headache and really want Mexican

I was almost suckered into a four year magazine subscription today. My two year subscription to Mademoiselle finally ran out. Man, I hated that... a monthly reminder of what a pushover I was that one stupid day. Anyway, I got this postcard that was really cryptic. I thought for sure I was calling in to be talked to about Jesus, instead they told me I was entered in some big prize drawing. Then somehow, she signed me up for three magazines based on my saying that my preference in magazines was "news". I am sooooo glad I wised up suddenly and got out of it. Tricky, tricky...

Nothing interests me more than me, so I made a little quiz to amuse myself.

All About Parker

Watching... Gosford Park
Feeling... indecisive

I've been majorly indecisive lately, and tonight is no exception. The counselors are hanging out as usual, but I'd rather stay home and finish my movie. On the other hand, I would like to see a few of the counselors. I don't know if hanging out with them is worth dealing with the others.
Last night only five of us turned up for a movie night. Four of them played spades while I watched a movie. I have never encounter such a rude bunch of people. At least not in people I thought were friends. I don't like playing spades, and they know this, but I can't imagine I would ever play a game that excluded only one person in a party. They could've at least asked if I wanted to play. OR when I blatantly complained at the end of one game and before they began a second game, they wouldn't even switch games. Megan insisted that she didn't want to play any of the other games. Grrrr!!!! I can't believe there are such inconsiderate people. Well, I guess I can.

Listening to... The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl- The Ataris
Feeling... naughty, I should be at the radio station right now.

Well, I guess I'm not being good about this, I missed two days of blogging. I did have a good excuse though, I went home on Saturday and the comp at home is really slow. I thought about the blog once while online but it takes so long to do anything, I guess I forgot about it while waiting for other stuff to load.
I was going to have an Austen film fest this weekend, but Hastings back home did not cooperate and the only Austin film they had (and that was in) was Persuasion. This one had not been recommended to me, probably because it is a pretty minor movie, and not very good. It just wasn't "pretty." On the upside, my sister had Emma, so I did get two films in. Emma was much better, and the people and scenery were prettier. Gwyneth Paltrow was not the Emma I envisioned, but I guess until I become a famous casting director, I can't complain. They did a good job of capturing the bulk of the story, without dumbing it down. Persuasion, on the other hand, assumed you had read the book and knew what was going on. I have read the book recently, but anyone else would've been completely lost. They really needed an internal dialogue for Anne or a narrator.

Play MASH online

Funny little diversion... I always play MASH to pass the time when classes get unbearably boring. I found an online version today though, which saves the trouble of pen and paper. I'm glad laptops are not widely used in the classroom, or I would never listen in class. I would just play online.
I saw a guy in my I/O psyc class with a laptop playing old-skool Mario Bros. during the lecture. It was almost as distracting for me as it was for him and his friend. I don't know how people like me will learn when class gets completely integrated online. It's bad enough that some profs want me to just make notes on print outs of their Power Point presentations. I learn by writing, so when notes are ancient history, I'll be lost. I think I'm far enough along that I can get stuck in my ways without too many consequences. Am I an old enough dog to refuse to learn new tricks?

Listening to.... Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gansta (I'm watching Office Space)
Feeling... so awesome, you can't imagine.

The chemistry test went so well. I didn't think I did that well, but I looked at the key that was posted, and I think I got 18 or 19 out of 25 right. That totally rocks. The lab final was ridiculously hard, it was like what you see in tv shows, where the TA's pulled questions out of their ass. No one expected that... However, it's only worth 10% or so of our grade, so it's just funny that it was so hard.
It is so nice to be done with that. Woohoo! I can slack off until next week, when it's time to start studying for finals. Blah... Let's do a Top Ten

Top Ten Things to Do When You're Finally Done With a Test
1. Drink! obviously...
2. Watch a no-thinking movie like Bridget Jones' Diary or Clueless
3. Eat Chocolate
4. Take a nap (esp. with Alice in Wonderland on)
5. Bubble bath
6. Plan a pretend vacation on the Internet
7. Go to the movies
8. Read Austen
9. Stare blankly at the TV (random movies are awesome)
10. Stare blanky at the TV with friends

Listening to... Close Your Eyes- Jump, Little Children
Feeling... sleepy, and stressed.
I was just watching VH1 over my Cinnamon Toast Crunch and I had two surprises. The lesser of the two is Celine Dion does not look good with a tan and nude lipstick. She looked like a piece of shiny toast in her Stewart Little Video.
Surprise number two was that bands who topped the charts in high school can now be called One Hit Wonders. It doesn't seem that long ago, but I guess any song that was popular my sophomore year is now six years old. I guess you can't expect a one-hit wonder band to make a come back after that long. But in any event, I still really like that Cardigan's song "Lovefool"... even if they are a one hit wonder. What makes that stranger is that Saturday night my friend and I were talking about that song and Sixpence None the Richer (There She Goes, Kiss Me). For some reason, all of those one hit wonder bands get grouped into twos with me. Remember the song "Breakfast at Tiffanys" by Deep Blue Something? I never think of it without thinking of Del Amitri's "Roll to Me" (I think it was him anyway.) They aren't related except that they came out around the same time. Ah, the strange workings of the brain.
This afternoon, instead of studying and because the psyc video is already done, I'm going to American Adventures with camp. Should be fun. I hear the foam factory is a must see... Two things that I really like about myself...#1 I have the same entertainment interests as a five year old (I still watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, I love Hello Kitty stuff, I'm scared of roller coasters, etc.) which makes keeping busy and entertained really easy, especially since I have a nice, long attention span. #2 I have a low alcohol tolerance. This is just so economical and convenient. I love it, and I'm not ashamed to be buzzing after one beer. Those are not at all related, but everytime I think about what I like about me (uh-oh, cheesey!) I think about how practical a low tolerance is. Many agree...

Yay!!!
I just got the best news possible. I thought I was going to have to go in bright and early to work on that psych video, but it turns out the grad student knocked the whole thing out himself. Woohoo!!
So... it's not getting my chem studying done, but it's a relief.

Listening to Can't Help Falling in Love with You - Elvis, UB40
Feeling.... pretty good, but stressed.

Well, at least the I/O quiz has been knocked out. I went with the other counselors after camp to the craft center and then Wendy's. I probably wasted too much time on that, but it's not like I can get motivated before sundown anyway.
Why is it that when I'm just talking to friends or people I'm comfortable around, I can hardly ever remember what was said. Half the time, I have not a clue what I was talking about five minutes ago. However, make me talk to any remotely interesting guy for any length of time, and I can quote every stupid thing I said verbatim. This is a very unpleasant skill I have. Anyway, maybe some chemistry will push these memories out of my head.

Okay, I've finished it now.
Top Ten Oldies Songs
1. Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
2. Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
3. A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
4. Stuck in the Middle - Bob Dylan
5. Hey Carrie Ann - The Hollies
6. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
7. Back in the USSR - The Beatles
8. Heard it through the grapevine - California Raisins (yeah, I know it was someone else)
9. Viva Las Vegas - Elvis
10. What's New Pussy Cat? - Tom Jones (?)

Talking to the prefrosh was not as exciting as I thought. I saw a girl from Opelika, AL (Auburn's neighbor city) and was kinda excited, so I called out to her and tried to get her to talk. I guess she doesn't embrace the coolness of meeting someone from home yet. It did not raise my low opinion of Opelika folks, in any event.
Okay, now I really, really have to study. Yuck...

Listening to Jimmy Eat World-If You Don't Don't
Woke up with The Hives- Hate to Say I told you so stuck in my head
Yesterday: Had Jimmy Eat World- Sweetness stuck in my head

For today at least, this Blog thing is proving really addictive. Fun, fun, fun. I'm going to go ahead and making up some lists. Mostly because I can, but also because it will be useful if I ever want to talk about something but can't think of a topic. Here goes...
Things to discuss:
*Why AOL IM is evil
*Why AOL IM is awesome
*Hoochies and Jump, Little Children Concerts
*J,LC as a nerdy girl's boy band
*Top Tens (books, bands, trips, quotations, concerts etc.)
*Why I love Mark Darcy and Jane Austen related stuff
*Why people spill their guts in forums where it can come back to haunt them (AKA Why you shouldn't name names in blogs)
*Travelling in Europe and the many ways it rocks
*Future Plans (grad school, professor-dom)

Let's kick things off (and further procrastinate) with some Top Tens:
Top Ten Oldies Songs
1. Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
2. Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
3. A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
4. Stuck in the Middle - Bob Dylan
5. Hey Carrie Ann - The Hollies?
--okay, top five for now. Will contemplate later. I have to run now and go chat with pre-froshes.

Crazy week ahead, I'm not sure why I'm wasting time making this blog. I guess just to relieve some stress (have been doing that all weekend rather than deal with stress by actually studying). This week's hell includes:
I/O psychology Quiz (Mon)
Chemistry Homework #9 (Mon)
Doing all Audio and redoing slides for psyc lab's video (by Wed)
Chemistry Lab Final (Wed)
Chemistry Exam (Wed)
Chem Lab #9 (Wed)
On top of this, I'm spending this afternoon talking to incoming freshman about working at the radio station, and I'm going to visit my friend who works at Ben & Jerry's because I promised him I would. Okay, so these are fun things that I want to do. That doesn't stop them from being a poor use of time when I have so much studying over my head.
But anyway, I can't complain. It's only two classes, and most of my summer has been low-stress. I hung out with the other counselors Friday night and went to a party last night. I have had enough fun this weekend to justify locking myself up in my room until Wednesday. Enough said.

Day One. Not sure what this will turn out to be. Definitely not of interest to anyone besides myself though. Most likely product: will someday be fresh fodder for me to laugh at myself... or cringe.