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.