Classes

Today was the first day of classes and I have had all of the classes that I will. I can't believe that I've started my sophomore year of classes! It's going to be an amazing experience and I'm keeping my hopes up on everything (I'm trying to stay in a good mood at the moment). I'm taking Mth 213 (which is the last class in the teacher's math sequence),Fr 201, Comm 325D (Intercultural Communications), Geog 105 (Intro to Physical Geography), and an online Fundamentals of Web Design. It's going to be a busy term. I'm really hoping it goes well.

Birthday!

Classes start tomorrow. I'm not sure how I feel about this but at least it will be a change of pace. Tomorrow is also my brothers birthday. He will be turning 16 which is a little weird but it also means I'll be going to go home for his birthday dinner tomorrow after I'm done with classes. It should be fun since we're all going to Red Robin (his favorite) and then probably going back to my parents house for cake and ice cream. I then will have to get a ride home, which neither of my parents like to give even though their the ones that invited me home in the first place.

It was rather amusing this morning I was getting ready to go to work and my brother comes into my room with what looked to be a dvd in his hand and says "I was going through stuff in my room and I found this. I bought it like 3 months ago and it was suppose to be for your birthday but I guess I forgot o well happy birthday." In all seriousness this is what he said. It ended up being a game for the wii. It was Raving Rabids the only wii game you can play with your butt (if you have a wii fit). I just thought this was a rather amusing tale I hope you enjoy it. Ttfn

Last weekend

This is the last weekend that I'll be employed. It's kind of sad because now I won't have any more money coming into my lovely little bank account. I am excited for it though because now I'll be able to have some free time! Actually scratch that I really won't since classes start on Monday and I'm taking 18 credits (which at my school is the highest amount you can take without getting it approved). I'm also still looking for another job that will only be a few hours a week (15 at most) just so I have some sort of income, that I can spend on the necessities like movies, books, and shoes, forget the food. Well some of use have to get up on our Saturdays so ttfn

VHS

I think it's rather amusing but the tv that I have at school doesn't have a dvd player so at the moment if I want to watch a dvd I have to watch it on my computer. This tv does however have a built in VHS player. I have brought quite a few VHS's back to school with me after going home for my dentist appointment. I got some weird looks about them especially since most of them are little kid movies that just make you feel good. I hope everyone remembers how bulky VHS's are to carry around, I had an entire bag from REI just to carry them (and my book) from home to my apartment. I hope me and the friends have a great time watching them.

If you notice I do have some movies that are not Disney in there.

Out There

Out There from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame
Listen to the words of this song. It makes me feel so sad that I dont' appreciate every day that I have and that people are really this cruel to other human beings.



*as a side note at 2:49 if you look in the bottom right hand corner you can see Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Apartment

I'm officially moved into my apartment! It's really big compared to what I was expecting. I also really like the one roommate that I hadn't met before which makes me glad. The only bad thing is that since it's new student week and I'm not a new student it's been a really boring week and my roommate thinks the same thing and went back home for a few days. So, now I'm stuck in the apartment by myself until I go home tomorrow for a dentist appointment (yay me). Here is a few pics of the not quite decorated apartment and of my room. I'll hopefully post the fully decorated pics at some point next week.

The common room

My room I have yet to really organize anything

A view from the windows in the common room so you can see the kitchen

Weekend

It's been a busy last couple of days. On Friday I was looking for a job all day and haven't had any luck yet. I've filled out some applications and am hopeful but I must continue looking. Saturday and Sunday I had to work which was kind of funny because I actually got use to not going to work for 4 days. Today I'm going to the beach with my mom. I'm really excited. I'm going to get some clothes for school and other stuff for school. At the moment it's raining where I live so I'm hoping that it won't be raining at the beach. That would be rather amusing but that would be usual.

Packing

And so the madness starts!!! I now officially have 7 packed boxes ready to move into my apartment next week. Just so you know these boxes include kitchen stuff, desk stuff, and bedding stuff. This means that I still have to pack clothes and do laundry to make sure everything that I need to take is clean. I think I'm going to do this next Wednesday since I'm working Saturday I'll have to have it mostly packed by Friday night. Ah!! This could be a long week since I aside from packing I also have two doctors appointments and have made arrangements to hang out with 2 different people before next weekend. I hope I don't get way to stressed.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite things: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog!! It is a web show created by Joss Whedon the creator of Firefly, Buffy, Angel, and most recently Dollhouse. This is one creative man. This show was apparently the product of the writer's strike back in the fall of 2007 (how could we forget about it). The show is divided into three acts but by the magnificents of hulu they present it in one full episode and I now present it to you!

Summer

Summer has drawing to a close. My job has turned to only weekends. My birthday has come and gone. The weather is starting to turn into fall. School supplies are bought. College stuff is starting to be packed in their boxes. Friends are leaving for school. I generally love the fall and this year is no different! It might sound kind of nerdy but I'm so excited to go back to school! I can't wait to move in to my apartment and to meet my new roommate and get everything organized. I'm living with 2 of my friends and a girl that was assigned to our apartment. It should be pretty exciting.

The Young Victoria

The US release has been announced for November 13, 2009! I'm really excited!

Cooking for Mr. Latte

Cooking for Mr. Latte: A food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes by Amanda Hesser

I just finished this book last night and I really enjoyed it. It was about Amanda's relationship from start to marriage with Mr. Latte and along the way she includes recipes that were used in each chapter or mentioned in the chapter. I really liked how she included the recipes at the end of each chapter but it didn't take over the whole book.

My Fair Lady

Last night I was lucky enough to have tickets to my local theaters production of My Fair Lady. It was actually pretty good but then again you can't completely mess it up. The musical itself is kind of fool proof as long as you have actors and actresses who can kind of sing and act. I had two major problems with the production last night. The first was the actress who played Eliza Doolittle. It wasn't that she couldn't sing because she had a beautiful voice. I think I finally came to the conclusion that she just didn't fit the role. Another was that in the first act where she has her cockney accent my mom kept leaning over and asking me what she was saying. My second problem was the costumes. I love costuming, this is something you have to understand. I've also done my fair share of costuming musicals and these just didn't work with the play. In the program it said that the musical was set in 1910 and let me say not even half of the costumes would have worked in that time period. I'll give them a slight break since I'm a little obbsessed with time periods and most people don't have a clue. This still doesn't exscuse their lack of consistance. Now that I've gotten my complaints out I really did enjoy it over all. The majority of the acting and singing was well done and the guy that played Proffesor Henry Higgins was hilarious.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

I love Sabrina and I like it even more that she's on from 8 to 9 weekday mornings before I go to work. I have now almost completely caught up on all of the episodes that I hadn't seen before. It's the perfect arrangement, except when my brother decides he wants to watch something else. lol. Whatever, everyone have a nice day. I'm off to work.

Robin Hood

Be still me beating heart! Robin Hood has taken over my life the last week or so. I've been waiting to watch Robin Hood for the last month or so since I realized that my local library had it. When I finally got it last week I was so excited and immediately went home and started to watch it. Only to be disappointed when I start watching the second episode and learned that the dvd was scratched bad enough that the episode wouldn't play. I was distraught!!! I then remembered that a girl I work with said that she owned it. I then quickly emailed her and asked her to bring it to work the next day. I have only three episodes left at this point and I really want them to last awhile but I know once I start I won't be able to stop. So, I'm not going to start watching them until Saturday at some point or Sunday, which is my next day off.

Even though I've said that I love Robin which I do make no mistake about that but the villains in this series are so amazingly evil! Richard Armitage (North and South) plays Guy of Gisborne who has taken over Robin's land of Locksley and wants to marry Maid Marian. Then there is of course the infamous Sheriff of Nottingham who I must say was perfectly cast.