About 18 minutes ago, the world just got so much better. Would you like to know why? I'll tell you. Leaky announced that Arthur Levine (he's kind of my idol and dream employer) is going to be speaking at LitDay for LeakyCon2011.
OMGWTF SDA;FHJAS;HG;DSFHAS;GJHJSDFGHAS;HKSJFASD
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
:)
When I was a sophomore in high school, I met Cheryl Klein (she works for Arthur Levine) right before Lumos. They were doing a podcast in the Barnes and Noble by my house and I had the amazing opportunity to talk with her for a few minutes about writing, editing, and the likes. That conversation has been my sole motivation for the last four years. I knew as soon as I got home that night that I wanted to be a book editor. It was suddenly so clear to me. And I decided I wanted to work for Arthur A. Levine Books.
Now of course this is very unlikely to happen. Like having a dream school you know you'll never get to go to, that job will probably never be mine. But still. It's a good goal to work toward. And in the meantime, I'm working my butt off to hopefully get a job in the publishing world after I graduate college.
But back to the point. I might actually get to meet Arthur Levine. And while I know that working for him is probably never going to happen, the chance to have a conversation with him and talk about books and editing would probably make my life. YES I SAID LIFE. Meeting someone you look up to so much has that effect on you. I really hope that I have the chance to talk to him. It would be such an amazing experience and something that I will probably treasure for the rest of my life.
Anyway, enough of that. I have to go take a Principles of Management final. Yay? Not really, no. To those of you in the middle of finals right now, good luck. And to those of you that are already done, I'm jealous. I still have 5 days left. You stink.
December 16, 2010
December 11, 2010
The 2011 Debut Author Challenge!
I've been sucked into a hole of reading that I don't think I can come out of.
You see, my friend Nicole over at Word for Teens participates in these awesome challenges for reading books. Like really awesome challenges. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I should try that!"
I mean I love reading and I like motivation and a challenge is certainly motivation to read a lot. So I'm participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge! Below is the list of books that I plan to read. It probably will change, but it's a start at least.
Oh yeah, if you want to find out more check out The Story Siren. It has all the information about entering the challenge. :)
Book List:
1)Timeless by Alexandra Moir
2)Unearthy by Cynthia Hand
3)XVI by Julia Karr
4)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
5)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
6)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
7)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
8)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
9)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
10)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
11)Lost Voice by Sarah Porter
12)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
As a side note, I finished Clockwork Angel about 3 hours ago. It was amazing and I'm probably going to be writing a review about it for WordforTeens!
That's about it. Until next time!
You see, my friend Nicole over at Word for Teens participates in these awesome challenges for reading books. Like really awesome challenges. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I should try that!"
I mean I love reading and I like motivation and a challenge is certainly motivation to read a lot. So I'm participating in the 2011 Debut Author Challenge! Below is the list of books that I plan to read. It probably will change, but it's a start at least.
Oh yeah, if you want to find out more check out The Story Siren. It has all the information about entering the challenge. :)
Book List:
1)Timeless by Alexandra Moir
2)Unearthy by Cynthia Hand
3)XVI by Julia Karr
4)Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
5)Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
6)Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
7)Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
8)Forgotten by Cat Patrick
9)Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
10)Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
11)Lost Voice by Sarah Porter
12)Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
As a side note, I finished Clockwork Angel about 3 hours ago. It was amazing and I'm probably going to be writing a review about it for WordforTeens!
That's about it. Until next time!
Some Exciting News and the Last Day of Classes!
That's right! Classes are OVER. YES! Today was supposed to go extremely smooth. I mean, I finished all my schoolwork and all I had to do was sit through classes right? Well then my English Lit professor decides to tell us that part of our final exam is a take home essay.
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frustration.
Of course it turns out that the one class where I actually have a real final is the class where I still have schoolwork. SO UNFAIR.
Not happy. But that's why I started off with the bad news. Now onto the good...
Today it snowed. :)
Saturday
Oops. I forgot to finish this last night. Oh well.
Anyway, I have super exciting news! One of my E-board members in my HPA chapter is a book blogger. If you LOVE books and reading, then you should check it out. It's over at wordforteens.com. Anyway, she does a lot of book reviews (obviously, as a book blogger) and I guess someone is sending her some books. So on Wednesday she asked me if I wanted to be a guest reviewer on her blog! It's pretty awesome. Of course, I've never written like a real book review but it's going to be pretty cool. So I told her that once finals were over, I would love to. So that's my plan for Winter Break. I'm going to do lots of reading, lots of book reviewing, and LOTS OF SLEEPING.
Just kidding. I probably won't sleep. Who needs to sleep anyway?
Speaking of those lovely things called finals, I must head off to the library and study. Curse college. I found out most of my friends are already done with finals and are heading home (at other schools I mean) yet I have TWO MORE WEEKS. How the world is so unfair.
Well, until next time! :)
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frustration.
Of course it turns out that the one class where I actually have a real final is the class where I still have schoolwork. SO UNFAIR.
Not happy. But that's why I started off with the bad news. Now onto the good...
Today it snowed. :)
Saturday
Oops. I forgot to finish this last night. Oh well.
Anyway, I have super exciting news! One of my E-board members in my HPA chapter is a book blogger. If you LOVE books and reading, then you should check it out. It's over at wordforteens.com. Anyway, she does a lot of book reviews (obviously, as a book blogger) and I guess someone is sending her some books. So on Wednesday she asked me if I wanted to be a guest reviewer on her blog! It's pretty awesome. Of course, I've never written like a real book review but it's going to be pretty cool. So I told her that once finals were over, I would love to. So that's my plan for Winter Break. I'm going to do lots of reading, lots of book reviewing, and LOTS OF SLEEPING.
Just kidding. I probably won't sleep. Who needs to sleep anyway?
Speaking of those lovely things called finals, I must head off to the library and study. Curse college. I found out most of my friends are already done with finals and are heading home (at other schools I mean) yet I have TWO MORE WEEKS. How the world is so unfair.
Well, until next time! :)
December 3, 2010
Lumos Party (Yes I know I'm 3 week late on this post)
So the lovely people of the HPA asked us to blog about our Lumos Parties if we were hosting one. Well I know it's been three weeks since Deathly Hallows came out (omg!) but I never have time to do anything, which is why I'm writing this now. But hey, better late than never right?
Our Lumos Party turned out to be pretty interesting. Most of our chapter members forgot to bring flashlights and wands, but that didn't stop us from walking down the line of people waiting in the freezing cold and asking them to sign the Starvation Wages Petition. A few of ran over to the grocery store (which happened to be in the same shopping center as the movie theater) and we handed out chocolate to everyone who signed the petition (Andrew Slack actually suggested this during one of the livestreams). It worked out really well. Now not a lot of people saw the movie in New Paltz because, well, it's a small rinky dink theater, but we did get 6 pages full of signatures and that's pretty good in my opinion.
I still really wanted to do the whole Lumos light up thing, so once we were all seated inside, Katherine and I decided that we should go up to the front of the theater and tell everyone about the Deathly Hallows Campaign. We then asked people to take out their cell phones when the lights went off right before the movie was supposed to start and we video-taped it.
The video turned out AMAZING. Seeeeee:
Our Lumos Party turned out to be pretty interesting. Most of our chapter members forgot to bring flashlights and wands, but that didn't stop us from walking down the line of people waiting in the freezing cold and asking them to sign the Starvation Wages Petition. A few of ran over to the grocery store (which happened to be in the same shopping center as the movie theater) and we handed out chocolate to everyone who signed the petition (Andrew Slack actually suggested this during one of the livestreams). It worked out really well. Now not a lot of people saw the movie in New Paltz because, well, it's a small rinky dink theater, but we did get 6 pages full of signatures and that's pretty good in my opinion.
I still really wanted to do the whole Lumos light up thing, so once we were all seated inside, Katherine and I decided that we should go up to the front of the theater and tell everyone about the Deathly Hallows Campaign. We then asked people to take out their cell phones when the lights went off right before the movie was supposed to start and we video-taped it.
The video turned out AMAZING. Seeeeee:
November 17, 2010
24 Hours Before My Life Begins to End
So we all know...tomorrow is the beginning of the end. I wanted to make absolutely sure that I blogged before my life started to end. Do you realize that come July it will all be over? And that starts tomorrow night.
It's crazy.
Like I can't even believe it.
I started watching videos of all the press interviews that have been happening since November 11. Sadly I have not kept up to date with everything because of schoolwork. It's been crazy. Today is the first day I've had a break in a month and it couldn't have come at a better time. Right before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Lucky for me, my only class tomorrow got canceled so I can sleep in, spend the day relaxing, take a nap, and then GO TO THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING! OH YA.
I really cannot wrap my mind around anything else right now. The weird thing is, it doesn't totally feel real. I think that's because this is the first HP movie that I will be seeing without Karina since we became friends. It makes me incredibly sad and a part of feels like I shouldn't have this experience without her. I'm glad we're still going to get to see the final part together because it will be EPIC. But I wish we could see the whole ending together, since our friendship bloomed out of our mutual love for Harry Potter.
Woah random rant. Anywho. I'm absolutely thrilled for tomorrow. Since Friday night, our chapter has been watching an HP movie every night to lead up to the release. As I write we are watching HBP. We haven't really had too good of a turnout because we weren't really allowed to advertise, but we have been getting a few signatures every night which is good. Tonight we had a great turnout though compared to all the other nights! Woot woot!
Tomorrow night we are having our Pre-Lumos Party in my dorm followed by stalking the movie theater every half-hour until we decide it's time to start lining up and getting signatures. It's going to be fabulous. I'm hoping that they will let us inside the actual theater we can get up in front and shine our flashlights and explain who are and what we are doing in order to get people to sign the petition. Hopefully we will get plenty of signatures. Then on Friday after I've slept forever, I'm going to enter them into the website. Hopefully all of our e-board members will be willing to help enter names because I feel like we are going to be able to get a lot of signatures. I'm so excited!!
I seriously cannot think of anything else but Harry Potter. It still doesn't seem real to me. It probably won't until we are standing in line waiting to get in. I wonder at what point I'm going to start to cry. Hmmm. I'm definitely bringing a box of tissues with me. That is an absolute must.
I find it extremely awesome and odd that right as I'm getting out of the movie, Karina will be going in. I can't wait to text her and tell her if it was good or not. I mean I've heard it's amazing so I'm going to basically probably send her a text with lots of AHHHHHHH'S and OMGGGGG'S lol.
Well Half-Blood Prince is almost over so I'm going to stop writing to watch with my fellow HP nerds. I can't wait to blog about the movie on Friday. Maybe Saturday. It depends on how long it takes for me to recover from tomorrow night. ZOMG IT'S ALMOST HERE!
Until Friday (or Saturday)...
N8D
It's crazy.
Like I can't even believe it.
I started watching videos of all the press interviews that have been happening since November 11. Sadly I have not kept up to date with everything because of schoolwork. It's been crazy. Today is the first day I've had a break in a month and it couldn't have come at a better time. Right before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Lucky for me, my only class tomorrow got canceled so I can sleep in, spend the day relaxing, take a nap, and then GO TO THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING! OH YA.
I really cannot wrap my mind around anything else right now. The weird thing is, it doesn't totally feel real. I think that's because this is the first HP movie that I will be seeing without Karina since we became friends. It makes me incredibly sad and a part of feels like I shouldn't have this experience without her. I'm glad we're still going to get to see the final part together because it will be EPIC. But I wish we could see the whole ending together, since our friendship bloomed out of our mutual love for Harry Potter.
Woah random rant. Anywho. I'm absolutely thrilled for tomorrow. Since Friday night, our chapter has been watching an HP movie every night to lead up to the release. As I write we are watching HBP. We haven't really had too good of a turnout because we weren't really allowed to advertise, but we have been getting a few signatures every night which is good. Tonight we had a great turnout though compared to all the other nights! Woot woot!
Tomorrow night we are having our Pre-Lumos Party in my dorm followed by stalking the movie theater every half-hour until we decide it's time to start lining up and getting signatures. It's going to be fabulous. I'm hoping that they will let us inside the actual theater we can get up in front and shine our flashlights and explain who are and what we are doing in order to get people to sign the petition. Hopefully we will get plenty of signatures. Then on Friday after I've slept forever, I'm going to enter them into the website. Hopefully all of our e-board members will be willing to help enter names because I feel like we are going to be able to get a lot of signatures. I'm so excited!!
I seriously cannot think of anything else but Harry Potter. It still doesn't seem real to me. It probably won't until we are standing in line waiting to get in. I wonder at what point I'm going to start to cry. Hmmm. I'm definitely bringing a box of tissues with me. That is an absolute must.
I find it extremely awesome and odd that right as I'm getting out of the movie, Karina will be going in. I can't wait to text her and tell her if it was good or not. I mean I've heard it's amazing so I'm going to basically probably send her a text with lots of AHHHHHHH'S and OMGGGGG'S lol.
Well Half-Blood Prince is almost over so I'm going to stop writing to watch with my fellow HP nerds. I can't wait to blog about the movie on Friday. Maybe Saturday. It depends on how long it takes for me to recover from tomorrow night. ZOMG IT'S ALMOST HERE!
Until Friday (or Saturday)...
N8D
November 8, 2010
The Attempt to Be Positive
So yesterday was very very unproductive and there was no reason for it to be. Needless to say this kind of got me down, but I was determined that I just needed a new day and things would get better. I was wrong.
I was up not 20 minutes this morning when things started to go wrong. I forgot to do a response on Friday for my English Lit class that I didn't remember until this morning. I also forgot to send my business group project to another member of group to finish and I thought I sent it last night. However I had two very angry e-mails in my inbox this morning saying Where the hell is the powerpoint?!?!? Ooops...
Seriously though, it's not my fault. I'm freaking working so many shifts that I don't have time to focus on my schoolwork and that's really bad. I'm not really sure what to do because I'm scared if I complain then I'm going to get in trouble...especially because we are short on hosts' right now. I mean I know they won't fire me or anything because they need me. But they could make my job very miserable if I start complaining and that's not a good thing. The only way I'm planning to say something is if next week they schedule me for four shifts again. I will do it this week because I don't really have a choice. Everybody has work on Vetern's day and I'm hoping that this is just a one time thing. But GAHHHHH.
Anywho...right now I'm watching another disgusting video courtesy of my English Lit class. That is why I'm writing this blog while watching...so I don't really have to watch the gross parts, but I'm at least hearing the dialogue. Yep. Fun Stuff. I have a ton of homework to do today.
Oh wait...I was about to start complaining. But I realized that I'm supposed to be trying to make my day a positive day instead of a negative day. Ok so here we go. I'm really looking forward to the Historical Film Society meeting tonight. We are watching Robin Hood. Unfortunately I can't stay the whole time because there is a Council of Orgs meeting and I really want to talk to Sustainable Agriculture Club about the Starvation Wages Horcrux. I'm hoping that if we partner with them, they will be willing to help get signatures for the petition. I mean I know our club members can reach a lot of people on campus, but by working with another club, we will be able to reach even more people. That's really exciting.
One thing I am proud of for this week is we were able to organize all the movie screenings except in Lenape. That is the only dorm I'm still waiting on and I'm really not too worried about it because most dorms don't do programs on Saturday nights. Also on Friday I'm going to the city! YAY RANDOM HOUSE. I'm super excited. I actually sort of get a three-day weekend because I get to spend a day in NYC at the place where I will hopefully one day work, then I get to come back to campus and watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone because I asked for Friday off. And then I don't work until Saturday night so that's kind of cool! YAY.
Ok, I'm going to get some lunch now and try to stay positive in order to turn my day around. It's all about the attitude right? :)
I was up not 20 minutes this morning when things started to go wrong. I forgot to do a response on Friday for my English Lit class that I didn't remember until this morning. I also forgot to send my business group project to another member of group to finish and I thought I sent it last night. However I had two very angry e-mails in my inbox this morning saying Where the hell is the powerpoint?!?!? Ooops...
Seriously though, it's not my fault. I'm freaking working so many shifts that I don't have time to focus on my schoolwork and that's really bad. I'm not really sure what to do because I'm scared if I complain then I'm going to get in trouble...especially because we are short on hosts' right now. I mean I know they won't fire me or anything because they need me. But they could make my job very miserable if I start complaining and that's not a good thing. The only way I'm planning to say something is if next week they schedule me for four shifts again. I will do it this week because I don't really have a choice. Everybody has work on Vetern's day and I'm hoping that this is just a one time thing. But GAHHHHH.
Anywho...right now I'm watching another disgusting video courtesy of my English Lit class. That is why I'm writing this blog while watching...so I don't really have to watch the gross parts, but I'm at least hearing the dialogue. Yep. Fun Stuff. I have a ton of homework to do today.
Oh wait...I was about to start complaining. But I realized that I'm supposed to be trying to make my day a positive day instead of a negative day. Ok so here we go. I'm really looking forward to the Historical Film Society meeting tonight. We are watching Robin Hood. Unfortunately I can't stay the whole time because there is a Council of Orgs meeting and I really want to talk to Sustainable Agriculture Club about the Starvation Wages Horcrux. I'm hoping that if we partner with them, they will be willing to help get signatures for the petition. I mean I know our club members can reach a lot of people on campus, but by working with another club, we will be able to reach even more people. That's really exciting.
One thing I am proud of for this week is we were able to organize all the movie screenings except in Lenape. That is the only dorm I'm still waiting on and I'm really not too worried about it because most dorms don't do programs on Saturday nights. Also on Friday I'm going to the city! YAY RANDOM HOUSE. I'm super excited. I actually sort of get a three-day weekend because I get to spend a day in NYC at the place where I will hopefully one day work, then I get to come back to campus and watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone because I asked for Friday off. And then I don't work until Saturday night so that's kind of cool! YAY.
Ok, I'm going to get some lunch now and try to stay positive in order to turn my day around. It's all about the attitude right? :)
November 3, 2010
Bother Bother Bother
So I was walking back from yoga today trying to figure out what in the world could possibly be bothering me and make me unable to relax during yoga which IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELAXING. I don't have any homework due tomorrow. All I have to do today is review for my business test at 5pm. Which I will probably be done with by 5:20pm. So I'm pretty much done for the day. I know exactly what needs to get done for HPA and my internship and I've figured out when it's all going to happen. Everything is under control.
Then, I get to my dorm room and I look at the sign posted on my bulletin board that I put up a few days ago. The Relay for Life kickoff is tonight. And I'm not sure I can handle it. That's my problem. The big thing bothering me. I don't know if I can handle Relay because it could very possibly make me a complete wreck.
I'm not really sure what I should do. I want to do Relay for my dad. For me. It's important to me. I understand that I don't have to do this, but in my mind I know I really want to. It's just...a lot harder then I thought it would be. See most of the time I feel like a normal person and everything is fine. But you can't ignore something when it's right in your face. And maybe I'm a little scared of that. I know that participating in Relay this year is going to be hard, but I also feel like it's going to be worth it. So maybe if I can keep that idea in mind, it won't be so difficult to go to the kickoff tonight or participate in April.
With that in mind, I'm going to try and enjoy the rest of my day. Now that I know what's stressing me out, maybe the best thing to do is just to work on as much French homework as I possibly can today. Lord knows I need to study lol.
Then, I get to my dorm room and I look at the sign posted on my bulletin board that I put up a few days ago. The Relay for Life kickoff is tonight. And I'm not sure I can handle it. That's my problem. The big thing bothering me. I don't know if I can handle Relay because it could very possibly make me a complete wreck.
I'm not really sure what I should do. I want to do Relay for my dad. For me. It's important to me. I understand that I don't have to do this, but in my mind I know I really want to. It's just...a lot harder then I thought it would be. See most of the time I feel like a normal person and everything is fine. But you can't ignore something when it's right in your face. And maybe I'm a little scared of that. I know that participating in Relay this year is going to be hard, but I also feel like it's going to be worth it. So maybe if I can keep that idea in mind, it won't be so difficult to go to the kickoff tonight or participate in April.
With that in mind, I'm going to try and enjoy the rest of my day. Now that I know what's stressing me out, maybe the best thing to do is just to work on as much French homework as I possibly can today. Lord knows I need to study lol.
October 26, 2010
Moving
Every experience that I've ever had with moving has been chaotic and mind-boggling.
Moving Experience #1:
When I was 17 and we moved, I packed a total of two boxes because I was in the middle of my senior year of high school and had no time. The morning we were set to move my parents screamed at me because my room still looked like I was going to come home to later that night. As far as the unpacking, well I finished unpacking my new room when I started packing stuff to move to college.
Moving Experience #2:
Moving into college was also crazy. My roommate and I were both trying to figure out where to put furniture and our stuff and so on, plus with all of our stuff all over the floor you could barely walk in the room. I was pretty sure I was never going to get everything unpacked and into it's proper place. If my parents hadn't been there, well I probably would have quit college before it ever started.
Moving Experience #3:
When I switched rooms after first semester of my freshmen year, I was not allowed to unpack anything. I was allowed to pile stuff on the bed. I moved smack in the middle of my first time of college finals, again while my roommate's parents happened to be there helping her pack TO GO HOME. I also had to pack to go home for 6 weeks. So I had to figure out what I needed to bring home plus what I needed to stay. And I moved everything down 2 floors all by myself. I somehow managed it all in one day but I was in so much pain after that I wanted to die. I don't think I ever felt so alone in my entire life and I did that day. And then the next day I had to get on a 5 hour flight home and it was the first time I was flying alone. It was pretty shitty and stressful.
Moving Experience #4:
See I think moving into college this year was almost harder then last year. Last year I brought less stuff because I really had no idea what I would need. You don't know what you need at college until you've already been there. My mom and my sister were there to help this year (though Melinda was sick so she didn't do anything) and it literally took us ALL DAY TO MOVE. We got to my dorm at 9am and didn't finish until about 9pm. Oh yeah...we didn't actually finish either. My room this semester wasn't unpacked totally until about the third week of classes. SUCK.
So now, moving experience #5 and guess what...no stress. And I keep thinking that I must be missing something. Like there is no way that I'm ready to move all of my stuff at 3pm today and actually maybe be done in a few hours. I don't believe it. But I went over everything. I already cleaned out most of my closet. My bed is done, most of the stuff is taken off the walls, electronics except for my clock and my desk lamp are unplugged. I just have to figure out in order to move things. First, I'm taking the carpet. Then I'm probably gonna put everything under my bed. After that will be clothes. Then the shelves in my closet. Last, but not least will be my textbook/printer stand. Then the stuff on my desk. The stuff that goes in my desk is already bagged up and ready to go. Then there's just the few things I have on the windowsill. Granted, I probably won't get all my posters hung up tonight. But I'm feeling like this is going to be the easiest move I've ever done.
Now this would be exceptionally nice because I'm right in the middle of my semester and you know...I still have classes and stuff tomorrow. Actually, that stuff is putting on Dumbledore's Army of New Paltz's first program of the semester. So tomorrow is actually going to be an insane day. I also have a research assignment due on Friday. Haven't started that yet. Oops.
The point is, if I can move smoothly tonight, life would be great. I honestly think the hardest part is going to be moving the bed up. Once that is done though, I feel like it's going to be a piece of cake. I mean yes it's a pain in the ass to carry all my shit down a floor, especially with no elevator. But I'm putting it in exactly the same spot that it's in now...just in a different room. So I'm thinking that's why it's going to be easier. Also, Jon is going to be helping me from 3pm-6pm and then Kevin is going to be helping me from like 7pm- whenever I decide to give up for the night and go to sleep. So probably like 10:30. I mean that gives me like 6 hours if I take an hour to go get dinner.
I really hope I'm not fooling myself. I'd like it to go easily. It would make things so much better. Wish me luck!
:)
Moving Experience #1:
When I was 17 and we moved, I packed a total of two boxes because I was in the middle of my senior year of high school and had no time. The morning we were set to move my parents screamed at me because my room still looked like I was going to come home to later that night. As far as the unpacking, well I finished unpacking my new room when I started packing stuff to move to college.
Moving Experience #2:
Moving into college was also crazy. My roommate and I were both trying to figure out where to put furniture and our stuff and so on, plus with all of our stuff all over the floor you could barely walk in the room. I was pretty sure I was never going to get everything unpacked and into it's proper place. If my parents hadn't been there, well I probably would have quit college before it ever started.
Moving Experience #3:
When I switched rooms after first semester of my freshmen year, I was not allowed to unpack anything. I was allowed to pile stuff on the bed. I moved smack in the middle of my first time of college finals, again while my roommate's parents happened to be there helping her pack TO GO HOME. I also had to pack to go home for 6 weeks. So I had to figure out what I needed to bring home plus what I needed to stay. And I moved everything down 2 floors all by myself. I somehow managed it all in one day but I was in so much pain after that I wanted to die. I don't think I ever felt so alone in my entire life and I did that day. And then the next day I had to get on a 5 hour flight home and it was the first time I was flying alone. It was pretty shitty and stressful.
Moving Experience #4:
See I think moving into college this year was almost harder then last year. Last year I brought less stuff because I really had no idea what I would need. You don't know what you need at college until you've already been there. My mom and my sister were there to help this year (though Melinda was sick so she didn't do anything) and it literally took us ALL DAY TO MOVE. We got to my dorm at 9am and didn't finish until about 9pm. Oh yeah...we didn't actually finish either. My room this semester wasn't unpacked totally until about the third week of classes. SUCK.
So now, moving experience #5 and guess what...no stress. And I keep thinking that I must be missing something. Like there is no way that I'm ready to move all of my stuff at 3pm today and actually maybe be done in a few hours. I don't believe it. But I went over everything. I already cleaned out most of my closet. My bed is done, most of the stuff is taken off the walls, electronics except for my clock and my desk lamp are unplugged. I just have to figure out in order to move things. First, I'm taking the carpet. Then I'm probably gonna put everything under my bed. After that will be clothes. Then the shelves in my closet. Last, but not least will be my textbook/printer stand. Then the stuff on my desk. The stuff that goes in my desk is already bagged up and ready to go. Then there's just the few things I have on the windowsill. Granted, I probably won't get all my posters hung up tonight. But I'm feeling like this is going to be the easiest move I've ever done.
Now this would be exceptionally nice because I'm right in the middle of my semester and you know...I still have classes and stuff tomorrow. Actually, that stuff is putting on Dumbledore's Army of New Paltz's first program of the semester. So tomorrow is actually going to be an insane day. I also have a research assignment due on Friday. Haven't started that yet. Oops.
The point is, if I can move smoothly tonight, life would be great. I honestly think the hardest part is going to be moving the bed up. Once that is done though, I feel like it's going to be a piece of cake. I mean yes it's a pain in the ass to carry all my shit down a floor, especially with no elevator. But I'm putting it in exactly the same spot that it's in now...just in a different room. So I'm thinking that's why it's going to be easier. Also, Jon is going to be helping me from 3pm-6pm and then Kevin is going to be helping me from like 7pm- whenever I decide to give up for the night and go to sleep. So probably like 10:30. I mean that gives me like 6 hours if I take an hour to go get dinner.
I really hope I'm not fooling myself. I'd like it to go easily. It would make things so much better. Wish me luck!
:)
October 25, 2010
Dog Days are Over
This weekend, both Saturday and Sunday started out as really great days. Yesterday I went and saw The Wakeville Stories, a play written by my Honors Comp 1 professor and it was epically amazing. I went with Jon and his friend Rich. The play was really interesting and I loved seeing something that a professor I really admire created. However as all good things usually do, the day came to a horrible end. Sadly, certain things have gotten out of control with my roommate.
My mom had some really good insight last week that I realized applied last night. She said in April her life fell apart and I guess I never realized it until now, but mine did too. I don't think you can actually lose a parent, or a spouse, or a child, without your life falling apart. I'm not sure why I was pushing this fact away. The fact is, my life has fallen apart. But it didn't fall apart because of something I did. It just happened. There was nothing I could do to control. But I think before I can pick up the pieces, I probably need to admit that it's fallen apart. Which I finally did last night. How does this relate to my roommate situation? Well, before my dad died, I probably could have dealt with this situation, piece of cake. But right now my strength is missing. So instead of feeling like a failure, I've realized that it's ok to be weak sometimes. I have every damn right to be weak right now. So what if this hit 6 months after? The grieving process really does take a year, if not longer.
Since this realization, I can't say I feel too great. I'm feeling emotionally tired and depressed and I don't want to feel it, but I also don't exactly know how to make it go away. With that being said, at least certain parts of my life still make me happy.
Today was Make a Difference Day and my chapter participated. We ended up volunteering at an Apple Orchard and basically we picked and ate apples for 2 hours. It was ridiculously fun and easy. It was a great way for my HPA chapter to bond and I think we all left feeling like we had done something good. It's those things that make me want to become happy again. The truth is I absolutely LOVE being a CO. It makes my life better and it is the one thing in my life that I constantly look forward to. I feel like it's sort of been my therapy through this year.
Monday Afternoon:
I meant to finish up this blog yesterday, but I guess I never got around to it. It got to be a crazy afternoon.
Continuing on from the awesomness of being a CO...we're having a program on Wednesday. It's our chapter's first official program of the semester and it's going to be awesome. We're doing a screening of AVPM and selling owl cookies. The money is then going to be donated to Friends of Esther. It's pretty exciting. Yesterday I was in such a great mood to blog but right now not so much. So I'm just going to end this before my rambling gets annoying. :)
My mom had some really good insight last week that I realized applied last night. She said in April her life fell apart and I guess I never realized it until now, but mine did too. I don't think you can actually lose a parent, or a spouse, or a child, without your life falling apart. I'm not sure why I was pushing this fact away. The fact is, my life has fallen apart. But it didn't fall apart because of something I did. It just happened. There was nothing I could do to control. But I think before I can pick up the pieces, I probably need to admit that it's fallen apart. Which I finally did last night. How does this relate to my roommate situation? Well, before my dad died, I probably could have dealt with this situation, piece of cake. But right now my strength is missing. So instead of feeling like a failure, I've realized that it's ok to be weak sometimes. I have every damn right to be weak right now. So what if this hit 6 months after? The grieving process really does take a year, if not longer.
Since this realization, I can't say I feel too great. I'm feeling emotionally tired and depressed and I don't want to feel it, but I also don't exactly know how to make it go away. With that being said, at least certain parts of my life still make me happy.
Today was Make a Difference Day and my chapter participated. We ended up volunteering at an Apple Orchard and basically we picked and ate apples for 2 hours. It was ridiculously fun and easy. It was a great way for my HPA chapter to bond and I think we all left feeling like we had done something good. It's those things that make me want to become happy again. The truth is I absolutely LOVE being a CO. It makes my life better and it is the one thing in my life that I constantly look forward to. I feel like it's sort of been my therapy through this year.
Monday Afternoon:
I meant to finish up this blog yesterday, but I guess I never got around to it. It got to be a crazy afternoon.
Continuing on from the awesomness of being a CO...we're having a program on Wednesday. It's our chapter's first official program of the semester and it's going to be awesome. We're doing a screening of AVPM and selling owl cookies. The money is then going to be donated to Friends of Esther. It's pretty exciting. Yesterday I was in such a great mood to blog but right now not so much. So I'm just going to end this before my rambling gets annoying. :)
October 22, 2010
Lost Headphones and Failing a Poetry Quiz 101
Wednesday was probably the most crazy jam-packed day I've had this semester. I had class. Then I went to Student Activities to find out why I did not receive an e-mail approving the food we are selling at our A Very Potter Musical Screening next week. It turns out he forgot. Oops. Yes. Thank you. How lovely. Next I was off to the library to get an insane amount of work done. Did that happen? Ehh...sort of. You know how it is. After that I had to prep for my meeting and print everything out because I was left for the library again at 3pm and would not be returning until around 10pm. So...library. Read for Business. Go to Business. Work on group project for Business. Go to E-borad meeting. Discuss Yule Ball in April (yes we are having a Yule Ball in April). Go to actual HPA chapter meeting. Go to Meeting of the Minds. Go home? Read for women in lit group project. Pass out.
Why did I just give a recap of my day you might ask? Because somewhere between walking from class to the Student Union and returning to my lovely abode at 10:30pm Wednesday, I LOST MY HEADPHONES!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. They are gone. Forever. And I have thrown things around my room attempting to find them with no avail. I'm pretty sure they fell out of my bag during the Meeting of the Minds, because at that meeting I had my stuff pretty much...well...everywhere. I mean it was not pretty. So now, I have no headphones. I cannot listen to music on my way to class AND I cannot finish watching Life Unexpected while my roommate sleeps through life. GAHHHHH.
Thankfully, life will go on. That's why there is a radio shack...which I will conveniently stop by on my way back from work tonight.
One more thing before I go. Today I had a ridiculously hard Poetry Quiz. I mean like the thing was a beast. And my professor, whom by the way I think is amazing, did NOT PREPARE US AT ALL. I heard most of the class walk out saying that they all failed and I am sad to say that I am among them. stupid stupid poetry...
Why did I just give a recap of my day you might ask? Because somewhere between walking from class to the Student Union and returning to my lovely abode at 10:30pm Wednesday, I LOST MY HEADPHONES!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. They are gone. Forever. And I have thrown things around my room attempting to find them with no avail. I'm pretty sure they fell out of my bag during the Meeting of the Minds, because at that meeting I had my stuff pretty much...well...everywhere. I mean it was not pretty. So now, I have no headphones. I cannot listen to music on my way to class AND I cannot finish watching Life Unexpected while my roommate sleeps through life. GAHHHHH.
Thankfully, life will go on. That's why there is a radio shack...which I will conveniently stop by on my way back from work tonight.
One more thing before I go. Today I had a ridiculously hard Poetry Quiz. I mean like the thing was a beast. And my professor, whom by the way I think is amazing, did NOT PREPARE US AT ALL. I heard most of the class walk out saying that they all failed and I am sad to say that I am among them. stupid stupid poetry...
October 18, 2010
A Funk Mood
Usually writing is my tool to get everything out and make me feel better so I'm going to have a go at it. I'm in a funk. Like a real one. Yesterday was pretty bad but I figured everyone has their bad days right? But today, instead of waking up and feeling better and enjoying life...I'm just BLAH.
Now I understand the word Blah is not an actually feeling or emotion, but everyone seems to understand what it means. Blah is when nothing is going right and your entire body for some unknown reason is just dysfunctional. Like you don't want to move. Or even attempt to get out of bed. It's the feeling where all you want to do is lay there and be absolutely miserable. BLAH.
I'm not even sure why I'm in this funk. It's not like things are going bad. Things are actually going really good. I got a 93% on my Women in Lit test, which I thought I totally failed. My Women in Lit professor even gave us breakfast this morning which was pretty sweet (literally...he got us doughnuts) :)
Annnnd the guy I like, who seems to like me too and is just afraid to make a move, is actually attempting to make a move. Which by the way I'm finding to be extremely cute.
So why the funk? Who knows? I mean I'm pretty sure I know what started it. On Saturday night I had a very vivid dream about my dad. And I woke up and knew that it happened but I kind of tried to push it away. I try not to let that stuff take over my life because I'm very set on enjoying EVERYTHING. But then my mom and I talked and she had had the same kind of dream and then I remembered that it's been 6 months and then it kind of went from there.
I know I probably shouldn't do this, but I think I'm going to take the next 30 minutes to just relax. Maybe read a little bit, or maybe just lay in bed and listen to some music. I don't know if that will help, but I really would like to calm down before I attempt to tackle the bajillion things that I constantly have to do. I may come back to writing later, so if I post again later today, don't be surprised.
Now I understand the word Blah is not an actually feeling or emotion, but everyone seems to understand what it means. Blah is when nothing is going right and your entire body for some unknown reason is just dysfunctional. Like you don't want to move. Or even attempt to get out of bed. It's the feeling where all you want to do is lay there and be absolutely miserable. BLAH.
I'm not even sure why I'm in this funk. It's not like things are going bad. Things are actually going really good. I got a 93% on my Women in Lit test, which I thought I totally failed. My Women in Lit professor even gave us breakfast this morning which was pretty sweet (literally...he got us doughnuts) :)
Annnnd the guy I like, who seems to like me too and is just afraid to make a move, is actually attempting to make a move. Which by the way I'm finding to be extremely cute.
So why the funk? Who knows? I mean I'm pretty sure I know what started it. On Saturday night I had a very vivid dream about my dad. And I woke up and knew that it happened but I kind of tried to push it away. I try not to let that stuff take over my life because I'm very set on enjoying EVERYTHING. But then my mom and I talked and she had had the same kind of dream and then I remembered that it's been 6 months and then it kind of went from there.
I know I probably shouldn't do this, but I think I'm going to take the next 30 minutes to just relax. Maybe read a little bit, or maybe just lay in bed and listen to some music. I don't know if that will help, but I really would like to calm down before I attempt to tackle the bajillion things that I constantly have to do. I may come back to writing later, so if I post again later today, don't be surprised.
October 16, 2010
A Bit of Spare Time
So I had a few spare minutes after getting out of the shower before I have to go to our QUIDDITCH meeting and it really isn't enough time to study for French so I thought, "Why don't I write a blog post?"
And here we are. So the last week has been pretty horrible. Eli's appendix apparently burst on...Tuesday? And then the next day the bacteria started to drip down his spine. Basically he had like 3 surgeries in a row to try and clean out the bacteria. Thankfully, it finally seems to be working. But the week was pretty stressful because all I did was basically pray that he was going to be ok.
Today has been a pretty exciting day. This morning, Sarah, Nicole, and I went into a sweet shop in town to try and find something to sell the week of Halloween for Dumbledore's Army. We found something pretty amazing (which I can't talk about because it's not approved yet) and we're hoping that people will enjoy :)
Tonight, Liz, me, and a bunch of other people (hopefully) are going out. This will be the first time I've gone out all semester and I'm pretty excited. I mean, I do work tomorrow, so I can't be out too late, but it'll still be fun. I hope. It depends on who is actually going to go with us I guess.
Well I have to go run off to do more HPA stuff. I feel like it never ends sometimes...but that's ok because I absolutely love every minute of being a CO! :)
And here we are. So the last week has been pretty horrible. Eli's appendix apparently burst on...Tuesday? And then the next day the bacteria started to drip down his spine. Basically he had like 3 surgeries in a row to try and clean out the bacteria. Thankfully, it finally seems to be working. But the week was pretty stressful because all I did was basically pray that he was going to be ok.
Today has been a pretty exciting day. This morning, Sarah, Nicole, and I went into a sweet shop in town to try and find something to sell the week of Halloween for Dumbledore's Army. We found something pretty amazing (which I can't talk about because it's not approved yet) and we're hoping that people will enjoy :)
Tonight, Liz, me, and a bunch of other people (hopefully) are going out. This will be the first time I've gone out all semester and I'm pretty excited. I mean, I do work tomorrow, so I can't be out too late, but it'll still be fun. I hope. It depends on who is actually going to go with us I guess.
Well I have to go run off to do more HPA stuff. I feel like it never ends sometimes...but that's ok because I absolutely love every minute of being a CO! :)
October 5, 2010
And it's been a while....
Long time, no write. As per usual, a lot has happened since I last blogged. But today I just feel like writing about what is going on right now...so here it goes.
Working at Applebee's is going well. Actually, tonight was my first shift on my own and I think that I did pretty well. Thankfully it wasn't too busy...the biggest problem was that a lot of older people came in before 5:30pm and I ended up filling two sections because of course older people can't really sit at the high tops by the bar. But it ended up working out ok. I feel bad because some of the servers didn't really get too many tables tonight but sometimes that just happens.
I'm really looking forward to everything happening past tomorrow. Well actually tomorrow Dumbledore's Army of New Paltz is being interviewed for a spotlight on the WNPC channel, so that's pretty cool. I'm just not ready for it and it's being put together extremely last minute which kind of sucks.
But the good stuff is happening after tomorrow. Thursday, I'm going into NYC for the Triple Rainbow Awesome tour. So far it's just me, Katherine, and Carolyn going from the chapter, but that's ok. I'm just really excited to be 1)taking the train (I miss them) and 2)GOING INTO THE CITY!!
I'm so excited. This will be the first time I'm going into the city without my mom and sister. I mean I'm still going with people but I'm going on my own. And I'm going to see some of my favorite rockers which just makes it 10 times better.
Then on Friday night I work, but I'm the first one in which means I'm the first one out. And actually, I'll finally get to learn what going on a wait is like, so even though I know it will be oober stressful, I'm looking forward to it. I mean after I've worked a wait, I can probably do just about anything.
Saturday I'm going to use to relax and get ahead on my projects and studying. I only work 5pm-8pm running food, so it's not that big of a deal. And again, I'm looking forward to it because I will get to learn the food, which is something I need to do eventually if I want to bar-tend/serve. It should be a good learning experience.
Sunday, Liz, Lacey, and I are going to the HPA Blowout in Somerville. Now I am really really excited for this except for one problem...I have no idea where we are going to stay the night. I have tried asking multiple people connected to the HPA for some help, but nobody seems to want to get back to me. So that should definitely be an adventure. Hopefully it turns out to be a good one. We will be coming back to campus on Monday morning, and then even though I know it's a lot of driving in a short amount of time, I think I want to go to Martin and Janet's for Monday night until Tuesday mid-afternoon because I really want to see them and I honestly don't think I can get away again until at least November or possibly even Thanksgiving. Of course if it turns out that I normally won't work on Saturdays, then I will probably go again in two weeks because otherwise I might go insane.
Well, I guess that's about all. There's more I would love to rant about but I'm kinda exhausted so I think I'm going to read some good old Harry Potter and go to sleep.
Until next time.. :)
Working at Applebee's is going well. Actually, tonight was my first shift on my own and I think that I did pretty well. Thankfully it wasn't too busy...the biggest problem was that a lot of older people came in before 5:30pm and I ended up filling two sections because of course older people can't really sit at the high tops by the bar. But it ended up working out ok. I feel bad because some of the servers didn't really get too many tables tonight but sometimes that just happens.
I'm really looking forward to everything happening past tomorrow. Well actually tomorrow Dumbledore's Army of New Paltz is being interviewed for a spotlight on the WNPC channel, so that's pretty cool. I'm just not ready for it and it's being put together extremely last minute which kind of sucks.
But the good stuff is happening after tomorrow. Thursday, I'm going into NYC for the Triple Rainbow Awesome tour. So far it's just me, Katherine, and Carolyn going from the chapter, but that's ok. I'm just really excited to be 1)taking the train (I miss them) and 2)GOING INTO THE CITY!!
I'm so excited. This will be the first time I'm going into the city without my mom and sister. I mean I'm still going with people but I'm going on my own. And I'm going to see some of my favorite rockers which just makes it 10 times better.
Then on Friday night I work, but I'm the first one in which means I'm the first one out. And actually, I'll finally get to learn what going on a wait is like, so even though I know it will be oober stressful, I'm looking forward to it. I mean after I've worked a wait, I can probably do just about anything.
Saturday I'm going to use to relax and get ahead on my projects and studying. I only work 5pm-8pm running food, so it's not that big of a deal. And again, I'm looking forward to it because I will get to learn the food, which is something I need to do eventually if I want to bar-tend/serve. It should be a good learning experience.
Sunday, Liz, Lacey, and I are going to the HPA Blowout in Somerville. Now I am really really excited for this except for one problem...I have no idea where we are going to stay the night. I have tried asking multiple people connected to the HPA for some help, but nobody seems to want to get back to me. So that should definitely be an adventure. Hopefully it turns out to be a good one. We will be coming back to campus on Monday morning, and then even though I know it's a lot of driving in a short amount of time, I think I want to go to Martin and Janet's for Monday night until Tuesday mid-afternoon because I really want to see them and I honestly don't think I can get away again until at least November or possibly even Thanksgiving. Of course if it turns out that I normally won't work on Saturdays, then I will probably go again in two weeks because otherwise I might go insane.
Well, I guess that's about all. There's more I would love to rant about but I'm kinda exhausted so I think I'm going to read some good old Harry Potter and go to sleep.
Until next time.. :)
August 25, 2010
I'm allowed to have a sad day
This morning when I turned on my computer, I did not expect to see anything that would particularly catch my eye. And I wish I hadn't. At around 3:00 this morning, a wonderful 16 year-old girl named Esther Earl, passed away. She battled cancer for the last four years.
Now it might seem odd that this has hit me so hard because it was not until June that I learned of Esther. However, when the HPA won the $250,000, I had the honor of meeting her via skype, although it was briefly. But that doesn't mean that she hasn't inspired me.
It's been almost 5 months since my father passed away from cancer. The effects of this disease are still very much in my mind and I remember distinctly every moment leading up to the death of my father. So although I never personally knew Esther, and only said hello to her once, I feel for her family. I know how hard it is to lose someone you love to this horrible disease. My family has just started to recover from it. I think that's why it is affecting me so much. It hits so close to home. But I want to use my experience to try to help Esther's family start healing. It is a long and hard process, especially when someone so young has been taken away from you.
When I called my mom this morning and told her about Esther, I told her that I wanted to go to her funeral. I realize how that might not be totally appropriate, but as a fellow nerdfighter and HPA member I want to be there. Because in the two months that I knew of Esther, I looked up to her. She was such an amazing, strong, and wonderful person.
My heart truly goes out to Esther's family and friends.
#DFTBE <3
Now it might seem odd that this has hit me so hard because it was not until June that I learned of Esther. However, when the HPA won the $250,000, I had the honor of meeting her via skype, although it was briefly. But that doesn't mean that she hasn't inspired me.
It's been almost 5 months since my father passed away from cancer. The effects of this disease are still very much in my mind and I remember distinctly every moment leading up to the death of my father. So although I never personally knew Esther, and only said hello to her once, I feel for her family. I know how hard it is to lose someone you love to this horrible disease. My family has just started to recover from it. I think that's why it is affecting me so much. It hits so close to home. But I want to use my experience to try to help Esther's family start healing. It is a long and hard process, especially when someone so young has been taken away from you.
When I called my mom this morning and told her about Esther, I told her that I wanted to go to her funeral. I realize how that might not be totally appropriate, but as a fellow nerdfighter and HPA member I want to be there. Because in the two months that I knew of Esther, I looked up to her. She was such an amazing, strong, and wonderful person.
My heart truly goes out to Esther's family and friends.
#DFTBE <3
August 7, 2010
UPDATING! HOLY CRAPNESS!
I actually find time to update. Woohoo! Know why? Because it's a Saturday night and no one is home and I have no friends. YIPPIE! ok I'm kidding. I have friends. However the majority of them are currently..hmm...3000ish miles away from me. Something like that.
So what has happened this summer? Here's a rundown.
I worked at Applebee's. It was awesome. In fact, it's not over. I still work there. :)
Melinda and I drove to Arizona to see The Remus Lupins and Skyway Flyer.
Then, like a week and a half later, I drove to Arizona to see the ROFLCOPTOUR minus Kristina and Luke. I also registered people to vote at the concert. It was cool. :)
NEXT, THE HARRY POTTER ALLIANCE WON $250,000! (more about that later)...
THEN...THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SUMMER...INFINITUS 2010.
So here's the fantasticness of Infinitus. I got there extremely late Tuesday night, or I guess you could consider it extremely early Wednesday morning. So I had two sets of roommates. I stayed with one the first night and the other for the rest of the conference. So the first group of roommates and I had a little miscommunication. I thought they were staying at the Royal Pacific. But it turns out they were at the Portofino. So at 1 in the morning I'm walking around the Royal Pacific trying to find a room that doesn't exist there and of course I can't get a hold of my roommates because IT WAS ONE IN THE MORNING. I thought I was going to have to sleep in the lobby (which would not have been fun).
So finally I was able to wake them up (oops) and they had to come pick me up because the shuttles weren't running. I felt horrible. But thankfully they didn't seem to mind. That was the first night of no sleep because I didn't go to bed till 4am and had to get up and be out of the room by 10:30. But it turned out that I stayed till 11 and got a ride back to the Royal Pacific, where I met up with my second set of roommates.
So first off, the girls I roomed with were AWESOME. Lindsey and Agostina were the only ones at the hotel when I got there because Bri's flight had gotten delayed (sad). However, registration wasn't opening again until 1pm and it was 11am, so we ended up sitting in the lobby of the hotel for 2 hours talking and basically doing absolutely nothing. After we were able to get our registration, we went down to the water taxi and took it to Islands of Adventure, because of course the first thing everyone wants to do is go see Hogwarts. I mean seriously. YOUR RIGHT THERE. So we went to the Wizarding World, walked around in awe, then had a delicious and very filling lunch at The Three Broomsticks (you have no idea how cool that sounds). Of course we tried some Butterbeer and it was divine. Yes, divine. It was like Butterscotch something, but way way better. We wanted to keep walking around, but it started raining, so we decided to just head back to the hotel because we knew we would get to check in soon anyway. By the time we got back, Bri had arrived and so we decided to check in and kinda collapse for a while. Then Lindsey had to go to Final Battle rehearsal, so Bri, Agostina, and I went downstairs to get dinner because Brianna wasn't there yet. The food at the hotel was actually pretty good. We all kinda just took it easy that night because we were all exhausted from traveling.
Ok, that was Day 1. More to come in a few minutes. I have to log out of Google first so I can create my new YouTube channel.
:)
So what has happened this summer? Here's a rundown.
I worked at Applebee's. It was awesome. In fact, it's not over. I still work there. :)
Melinda and I drove to Arizona to see The Remus Lupins and Skyway Flyer.
Then, like a week and a half later, I drove to Arizona to see the ROFLCOPTOUR minus Kristina and Luke. I also registered people to vote at the concert. It was cool. :)
NEXT, THE HARRY POTTER ALLIANCE WON $250,000! (more about that later)...
THEN...THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SUMMER...INFINITUS 2010.
So here's the fantasticness of Infinitus. I got there extremely late Tuesday night, or I guess you could consider it extremely early Wednesday morning. So I had two sets of roommates. I stayed with one the first night and the other for the rest of the conference. So the first group of roommates and I had a little miscommunication. I thought they were staying at the Royal Pacific. But it turns out they were at the Portofino. So at 1 in the morning I'm walking around the Royal Pacific trying to find a room that doesn't exist there and of course I can't get a hold of my roommates because IT WAS ONE IN THE MORNING. I thought I was going to have to sleep in the lobby (which would not have been fun).
So finally I was able to wake them up (oops) and they had to come pick me up because the shuttles weren't running. I felt horrible. But thankfully they didn't seem to mind. That was the first night of no sleep because I didn't go to bed till 4am and had to get up and be out of the room by 10:30. But it turned out that I stayed till 11 and got a ride back to the Royal Pacific, where I met up with my second set of roommates.
So first off, the girls I roomed with were AWESOME. Lindsey and Agostina were the only ones at the hotel when I got there because Bri's flight had gotten delayed (sad). However, registration wasn't opening again until 1pm and it was 11am, so we ended up sitting in the lobby of the hotel for 2 hours talking and basically doing absolutely nothing. After we were able to get our registration, we went down to the water taxi and took it to Islands of Adventure, because of course the first thing everyone wants to do is go see Hogwarts. I mean seriously. YOUR RIGHT THERE. So we went to the Wizarding World, walked around in awe, then had a delicious and very filling lunch at The Three Broomsticks (you have no idea how cool that sounds). Of course we tried some Butterbeer and it was divine. Yes, divine. It was like Butterscotch something, but way way better. We wanted to keep walking around, but it started raining, so we decided to just head back to the hotel because we knew we would get to check in soon anyway. By the time we got back, Bri had arrived and so we decided to check in and kinda collapse for a while. Then Lindsey had to go to Final Battle rehearsal, so Bri, Agostina, and I went downstairs to get dinner because Brianna wasn't there yet. The food at the hotel was actually pretty good. We all kinda just took it easy that night because we were all exhausted from traveling.
Ok, that was Day 1. More to come in a few minutes. I have to log out of Google first so I can create my new YouTube channel.
:)
July 21, 2010
See
I totally knew I would be horrible at updating this. Note: This is not really an update...it's more like an update saying that I will at some point update.
Oh jeez. But seriously. I want to write a blog post about Infinitus. And surprisingly I have free time right now but I'm using it to catch up on...well...life.
So maybe tonight I'll write a real post.
:)
Oh jeez. But seriously. I want to write a blog post about Infinitus. And surprisingly I have free time right now but I'm using it to catch up on...well...life.
So maybe tonight I'll write a real post.
:)
July 5, 2010
The Epicness of Nerdfighters
John Green mentioned The Harry Potter Alliance in his vlog today on youtube. If you don't know who the vlogbrothers are your life is seriously lacking something majorly important.
Their channel is www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers
In the meantime, watch this! :)
Their channel is www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers
In the meantime, watch this! :)
June 23, 2010
To Make a Long Story...Well...Long :)
Today, as per Beverly fashion, I'm going to use a long, pretty pointless story to explain an easy, insignificant detail. But that's alright, because I have a caution sign ^^ so you can't say you weren't warned.
So I have two more papers due on Friday for the class that I took an incomplete in last semester. And it is now early Wednesday morning and I have yet to start said papers. I don't work tomorrow so I was originally planning to pull an all nighter to write these papers. But I've decided that there is absolutely no way I can do that. And here's why:
Last night, Melinda (my sister) and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. The wings were delicious, but apparently the Ranch that went with them...well...not so much. So I got ridiculously sick through like...2:30pm today. Which sucked major butt by the way. So not only did I not get any sleep last night, I didn't eat all day and then I went to work at 4. And of course like 30 minutes into work I was starving.
And then, in case that wasn't enough, Melinda, Alissa, my mom, Ben, and I are all becoming mega obsessed with Wii Fitness. So we spent like all night doing that...which by the way was pretty awesome. Oh. Then Ben and my mom and my sister and I went driving and I sucked horribly (I'm learning how to drive stick). Actually that's not totally true. I did pretty well...I just had a problem getting into 4th gear because the gears on that car are so freakin close!
Anywho this all leads back to this: I'm extremely tired, so I'm not staying up all night to write papers. Which I will probably regret tomorrow when I get assigned a whole bunch of crap for my two summer courses. Oh. I also have a midterm on Friday that I probably should sort of study for.
Ahh the joy of summer classes.
Here's the awesome song I was just listening to. Click play!
Goodnight :)
So I have two more papers due on Friday for the class that I took an incomplete in last semester. And it is now early Wednesday morning and I have yet to start said papers. I don't work tomorrow so I was originally planning to pull an all nighter to write these papers. But I've decided that there is absolutely no way I can do that. And here's why:
Last night, Melinda (my sister) and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. The wings were delicious, but apparently the Ranch that went with them...well...not so much. So I got ridiculously sick through like...2:30pm today. Which sucked major butt by the way. So not only did I not get any sleep last night, I didn't eat all day and then I went to work at 4. And of course like 30 minutes into work I was starving.
And then, in case that wasn't enough, Melinda, Alissa, my mom, Ben, and I are all becoming mega obsessed with Wii Fitness. So we spent like all night doing that...which by the way was pretty awesome. Oh. Then Ben and my mom and my sister and I went driving and I sucked horribly (I'm learning how to drive stick). Actually that's not totally true. I did pretty well...I just had a problem getting into 4th gear because the gears on that car are so freakin close!
Anywho this all leads back to this: I'm extremely tired, so I'm not staying up all night to write papers. Which I will probably regret tomorrow when I get assigned a whole bunch of crap for my two summer courses. Oh. I also have a midterm on Friday that I probably should sort of study for.
Ahh the joy of summer classes.
Here's the awesome song I was just listening to. Click play!
Goodnight :)
June 21, 2010
The Awesomeness of THE HARRY POTTER ALLIANCE
So after a night of rest, I am now ready to write a post that inspired my whole "I'm going to attempt to keep a blog...again" idea. :)
There's this great organization called The Harry Potter Alliance which takes themes from the Harry Potter books and uses them to fight the Dark Arts in the real world, such as fighting for equal rights, human rights, and increasing literacy around the world. We are the real Dumbledore's Army.
I have had the great pleasure of working with this organization since March and I've never been more in love with what one fandom can do to change the world. Which brings to the point of all of this...
The Chase Community Giving on Facebook is giving away $250K to a charity. While there are many great charities out there, I'm asking everyone who reads this to please click this link and vote for the HPA to win
To find out more about what the HPA will use this money for watch this video:
There's this great organization called The Harry Potter Alliance which takes themes from the Harry Potter books and uses them to fight the Dark Arts in the real world, such as fighting for equal rights, human rights, and increasing literacy around the world. We are the real Dumbledore's Army.
I have had the great pleasure of working with this organization since March and I've never been more in love with what one fandom can do to change the world. Which brings to the point of all of this...
The Chase Community Giving on Facebook is giving away $250K to a charity. While there are many great charities out there, I'm asking everyone who reads this to please click this link and vote for the HPA to win
To find out more about what the HPA will use this money for watch this video:
June 20, 2010
Hi!
I'm not very good at keeping up on blogging, but I'm giving it a shot...again. What caused this sudden interest you might ask? Well that's a subject for a whole other post, which I will get to...soon. Like later tonight soon. Or in the morning. Cause I'm pretty exhausted.
Right now, I'm "watching" a play for Western Drama. It sucks, so the play is playing in the background while i write this. I already read the play, so what's the point in watching it? Reading the play is nice, mostly because I love to read but I'm really not enjoying the watching part.
I promise that this blog will get more interesting, but seeing as I got absolutely no sleep last night and then proceeded to work today, not much is going on in the brain department right now.
Hence, I am now going to sleep and will write a way better, ridiculously awesome blog tomorrow.
Goodnight :)
Right now, I'm "watching" a play for Western Drama. It sucks, so the play is playing in the background while i write this. I already read the play, so what's the point in watching it? Reading the play is nice, mostly because I love to read but I'm really not enjoying the watching part.
I promise that this blog will get more interesting, but seeing as I got absolutely no sleep last night and then proceeded to work today, not much is going on in the brain department right now.
Hence, I am now going to sleep and will write a way better, ridiculously awesome blog tomorrow.
Goodnight :)
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