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.