Someone discovered this "game" which involves the "one month dress." Here are the rules: you are allowed to wear one dress, all week long, for four weeks- excluding Sundays. Sundays you are allowed to change, but just for the day.
You are allowed to 'alter' this dress in different ways, however. Scarves, pants, leggings, jackets, earrings, etc. All can change, but the fundamentals remain unchanged. My roommates and a few other girls just left to go thrift store shopping with this in mind. Isn't it wonderful? Granted they all have the extra accessories so they won't just be walking around looking the same everyday, but I love it! I didn't have time to go tonight, due to a preponderance amount of papers, quizzes, readings, projects, and tests coming up (not to mention I'm missing class for three days to go on an earth science trip!) but I am still thinking about participating.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
zzzZZzzzZzzz.....O.O
The year has just begun, but the adventures just keep on a coming.
My sleeping pattern has been very much disrupted this week. Typically, I enjoy 8 hours. Going to bed at midnight, waking at 8- or 9 on Wednesday and Friday. Due to the fact that the Canadians, Stalin, and I went out star gazing Monday night, I was a little late getting to bed. It was around 12:30, and I was rushing a bit. I was in the bathroom with Ev, when I feel a splashing on my feet. My first thought, was, Wow! She brushes her teeth vigorously. Then I realized the back of our sinks were spewing forth water. Not one sink- all three. Our bathroom floor now has an extra shiny coating of water. First I ran upstairs to get the RA on duty. She of course has no idea about plumbing, though, so she went to get Dave- the RD. He was just about as clueless. The water had stopped meantime, though. We decided to leave it until morning when we would file a maintenance report. So that's what we did. We had it into the office by noon. Spasmodically throughout the day, we would hear the sinks gushing..... No one was even IN the bathroom! Ridiculous. I ran to get the maintenance so that they could see the problem. The guy 'in charge' came and saw, but it was after dinner, and everyone had gone home already. He decided to leave it until morning (Great.). Around 12 the sinks are going off again, and this time, BAD! We are now wearing sandals to pee. And it smelled like gross plumbing! But I was going to bed. I was so close to sleep when my phone rings. I hate that! I was so close to sleep. I rolled over, and was so so close yet again. This time, I hear men voices in the hall. It's closed hours, what could they possibly be doing? Well. They were mopping our bathroom. Apparently the water had leaked down into the guys rooms below us (oops!). Anyways, Sleep was pretty much shot for me until 2 am. And the maintenance FINALLY decided to fix the problem.... at like 7:40! Gee thanks. It's important in the morning when I'm trying to sleep but not yesterday at noon when I told you about the problem.
My sleeping pattern has been very much disrupted this week. Typically, I enjoy 8 hours. Going to bed at midnight, waking at 8- or 9 on Wednesday and Friday. Due to the fact that the Canadians, Stalin, and I went out star gazing Monday night, I was a little late getting to bed. It was around 12:30, and I was rushing a bit. I was in the bathroom with Ev, when I feel a splashing on my feet. My first thought, was, Wow! She brushes her teeth vigorously. Then I realized the back of our sinks were spewing forth water. Not one sink- all three. Our bathroom floor now has an extra shiny coating of water. First I ran upstairs to get the RA on duty. She of course has no idea about plumbing, though, so she went to get Dave- the RD. He was just about as clueless. The water had stopped meantime, though. We decided to leave it until morning when we would file a maintenance report. So that's what we did. We had it into the office by noon. Spasmodically throughout the day, we would hear the sinks gushing..... No one was even IN the bathroom! Ridiculous. I ran to get the maintenance so that they could see the problem. The guy 'in charge' came and saw, but it was after dinner, and everyone had gone home already. He decided to leave it until morning (Great.). Around 12 the sinks are going off again, and this time, BAD! We are now wearing sandals to pee. And it smelled like gross plumbing! But I was going to bed. I was so close to sleep when my phone rings. I hate that! I was so close to sleep. I rolled over, and was so so close yet again. This time, I hear men voices in the hall. It's closed hours, what could they possibly be doing? Well. They were mopping our bathroom. Apparently the water had leaked down into the guys rooms below us (oops!). Anyways, Sleep was pretty much shot for me until 2 am. And the maintenance FINALLY decided to fix the problem.... at like 7:40! Gee thanks. It's important in the morning when I'm trying to sleep but not yesterday at noon when I told you about the problem.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Chinese Food?
Candace and I were hanging out in Deb's room Wednesday night "doing homework." Well, as usually happens, not so much was getting done. Deb, as RA , had rounds to make (which of course as a good friend, I couldn't let her do alone, right??), and we made hot chocolate/tea, and things were just generally hilarious that night. So what better way to "do homework" than not do it? Dave, the guy's RD came knocking on the window with his brother, and Ruby (the girl's RD), asking if he could persuade anyone to come out to Chinese food- Michael was buying! Free food? Heck yes. Not much persuasion needed. We collected Ev along the way, and piled (illegally) into Dave's car. This night was so much fun. I got stuck between Micheal and Ruby. Ruby was great, but Michael drinks....a lot (just water- don't worry). But let's just say by the end of the night I so did not know who's cup I was drinking out of. He stole any one's glass within reach that had water in it. Plus it was just nice to get off campus with random people.
After the (DELICIOUS!) food, we went back to studying. And this time we really did. We finished homework around midnight (successfully avoiding the guy's movie trap that they tried to induce us to watch). THEN, (dun, dun, dun)midnight rolls around, I've just changed into my pjs, and am closing down the computer for the night. I start to receive random texts from Dave. Hilarious texts. And I did so want to go. When he finally brought out the fact that he had rocky road ice cream, Ev and I were sold. We put sweatshirts on (over pjs)and went. We ended up turning off their movie and putting Everybody Loves Raymond in, while playing Jango. And eating salted unsalted peanuts by downing them like you would shots (Apparently- I wouldn't know, of course.). Playing games with guys is always an experience. Playing a game when the two guys are brothers is even more of a competitive experience. Anyways, we eventually escaped and made it to bed around 1:30. Truly was a great night, though!!
After the (DELICIOUS!) food, we went back to studying. And this time we really did. We finished homework around midnight (successfully avoiding the guy's movie trap that they tried to induce us to watch). THEN, (dun, dun, dun)midnight rolls around, I've just changed into my pjs, and am closing down the computer for the night. I start to receive random texts from Dave. Hilarious texts. And I did so want to go. When he finally brought out the fact that he had rocky road ice cream, Ev and I were sold. We put sweatshirts on (over pjs)and went. We ended up turning off their movie and putting Everybody Loves Raymond in, while playing Jango. And eating salted unsalted peanuts by downing them like you would shots (Apparently- I wouldn't know, of course.). Playing games with guys is always an experience. Playing a game when the two guys are brothers is even more of a competitive experience. Anyways, we eventually escaped and made it to bed around 1:30. Truly was a great night, though!!
Monday, September 6, 2010
"Life is a Highway"
First of all, let me just say that I love that song.
And second, do you ever feel that life is just whizzing along? Sometimes taking you along, and other times leaving you on the edge, needing your gas tank refilled or tire changed?
Summer ended and school began. So many changes came flooding in with this one simple, seemingly ordinary, occurrence. Being on a new campus has been wonderful, as well as posed its own set of problems. Things are just so much louder here. I can here the people above me, the people below me, the people in the parking lot, the people who share my quad, and the guy who loves to blast his music one floor down and a quad over! Combine this with heat and our lack of air conditioning, and you have one overly stressed ME! Problems which should be fairly simple expand beyond all proportion.
But things have begun to get better. A volleyball court was set up on campus. And as trivial as that sounds, it makes a huge difference. No longer do we sit in our rooms wondering where everybody is (since we are such a small school on a large campus), we have a meeting spot where we know we will find PCC people! It's a great way to get to know freshmen. The weather has broken, and for the first time I haven't woken up feeling sick from heat. So little things have been helping, and the pendulum has begun to slide back into normality.
As far as adventures go, I've managed to fit a couple in.
Friday night we had a campus movie: Cinderella Man, which was fun. Always interesting to squeeze what is practically your whole campus into one room. Afterwards, Stalin and I gathered a group (which kept expanding!) to attempt to discover a mountain. This is actually much harder than one would think. We had three cars at one point, but they dropped out, until it was just Sarah, James, Stalin, and I cruising up streets that dead ended or were much too populated to yield any results. We ended up walking down Colorado Blvd around 2am. It was good to hang out, though being followed by some creeper asking for money, was an experience.
Saturday a group of us went down to Venice beach. Can you tell we're taking full advantage of not yet having papers to write?? Venice is just an interesting place. We talked to a couple Salvation Army drivers at a stoplight, saw LAPD on horses, and a huge bus "painted hippy" stopped in the road, throwing chips to passersby (I regret to say that we did not get any: despite honking horn and me flailing my arms out the window!). It's been great to be back with school people, and as we find more places to congregate, I'm sure things will only continue to improve.
And second, do you ever feel that life is just whizzing along? Sometimes taking you along, and other times leaving you on the edge, needing your gas tank refilled or tire changed?
Summer ended and school began. So many changes came flooding in with this one simple, seemingly ordinary, occurrence. Being on a new campus has been wonderful, as well as posed its own set of problems. Things are just so much louder here. I can here the people above me, the people below me, the people in the parking lot, the people who share my quad, and the guy who loves to blast his music one floor down and a quad over! Combine this with heat and our lack of air conditioning, and you have one overly stressed ME! Problems which should be fairly simple expand beyond all proportion.
But things have begun to get better. A volleyball court was set up on campus. And as trivial as that sounds, it makes a huge difference. No longer do we sit in our rooms wondering where everybody is (since we are such a small school on a large campus), we have a meeting spot where we know we will find PCC people! It's a great way to get to know freshmen. The weather has broken, and for the first time I haven't woken up feeling sick from heat. So little things have been helping, and the pendulum has begun to slide back into normality.
As far as adventures go, I've managed to fit a couple in.
Friday night we had a campus movie: Cinderella Man, which was fun. Always interesting to squeeze what is practically your whole campus into one room. Afterwards, Stalin and I gathered a group (which kept expanding!) to attempt to discover a mountain. This is actually much harder than one would think. We had three cars at one point, but they dropped out, until it was just Sarah, James, Stalin, and I cruising up streets that dead ended or were much too populated to yield any results. We ended up walking down Colorado Blvd around 2am. It was good to hang out, though being followed by some creeper asking for money, was an experience.
Saturday a group of us went down to Venice beach. Can you tell we're taking full advantage of not yet having papers to write?? Venice is just an interesting place. We talked to a couple Salvation Army drivers at a stoplight, saw LAPD on horses, and a huge bus "painted hippy" stopped in the road, throwing chips to passersby (I regret to say that we did not get any: despite honking horn and me flailing my arms out the window!). It's been great to be back with school people, and as we find more places to congregate, I'm sure things will only continue to improve.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
A long, long time ago- that I can still remember
This blog was begun nearly 4 years ago. CRAZY! I feel like we were just standing in the hall in front of our lockers, when Danielle told us about this new 'fad thing' that was going around. Anyways= I believe this is the only thing remotely resembling a journal that I have kept for more than 2 days. Success! :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
From the mouth of 'babes'
Durring the course of the day, Aiden poured for himself two generous glasses of chocolate milk. While I prompted him with a few questions, I am not manipulating what he said.
"I'm a drinker." "I love to drink. I can't stop drinking them."
Too funny.
"I'm a drinker." "I love to drink. I can't stop drinking them."
Too funny.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Interiors
ok... except for this one, they are interiors. This is to ride around on when you must leave the interior. =]
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Hippy at heart.
"I have a dream....." to live in Northern California, where the sun don't stop shining, and the air is clear, and plants flourish. But really. I think it would be amazing to live in a small house on an acre of land, with *Larry* and my 5 boys. We'd have tons of fruit trees, a large garden, and animals galore. Wouldn't it be amazing??
Until I get there, I do things like make yogurt at home. It was super easy, and basically all you need is time. I made it last night, let it grow over night, and then this morning, presto! Yogurt. Know what I discovered? I don't like plain yogurt. So I have some blueberries that I'm going to blend and ad a little brown sugar to to try to mix in. We'll see if it works, or if I can manage the taste any better.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Perspective
Talk about putting things into perspective. One of my friends, my RA, has been seriously sick. With an infection that no one can find, pneumonia, trouble breathing, and low blood platelet count, she's been in the ER, ICU, and had to transfer to a larger hospital. Not to sound callous, but coming right after my disaster with my car, how could I not be grateful? Not that she's sick of course, but man, I have nothing to complain of! Hard way to learn this lesson, but all I can do now is pray for her. He is, after all, the best physician and ultimate healer!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Fail (cubed)
Bad things come in threes, no?
With the arrival of summer comes the ever present query, "what do you want to do?"
Well, for once, I actually knew. So I dragged Danielle up to Signal Hill Wednesday night (after her Spanish class, which left her *slightly* loco). Just a normal night, right? We made a pit stop at Starbucks for drinks, then pulled the blanket out of my car to sit on and look at the lights. Evidently brain deprived from her class, she looks over the expanse, and asks, "is this ALL Long Beach?" About 30, maybe 40 minutes, after we arrived a security guard came flashing the brightest light into everyone's face, telling them to leave. Fine. We'd go to a different park, no problem. WRONG! As files of people stream past us to get to their cars, my car decides to- NOT turn on!! So there we sit with it 'revving' but not starting- looking, well you can imagine how intelligent. :). Eventually, we were able to call a tow truck (Danielle had AAA, thankfully), and about 45 minutes after the park closed we were on our way home. You can imagine how thrilled the security guard was when we couldn't leave. The next morning my dad and brother took it to my dad's old work where, since he is friends with all the mechanics, we don't get ripped-off. (Because, naturally, once we had it towed to the mechanics by my house, it started. Figures, right?!). Anyways, we got a call the same day, saying they'd fixed it! Awesome!! My dad and I went to pick it up. I told him I needed to stop for gas, so he told me to follow him, and after a bit on the freeway, we'd get off. Once on the freeway, though, things didn't looks os good. My temp. gauge turned to HOT, and my 'check engine' light turned on. So there I am crawling behind (rush hour), honking my horn repeatedly, and waving my arms to try to get his attention (he has no phone). I can only imagine what those around me thought. Anyways, to head this off.... turns out my car is definitely over-heating, and Monday I need to take it back to where we first had it towed, because it won't make it all the way back to his work. Yay for being ripped off by mechanics, eh?
And now, my computer is acting up, and won't let me on Word, and keeps freezing or alternately shutting down- which defo needs to be fixed before school starts. BUT I just had it fixed!!! ARghh.
And because, as the saying goes, bad things come in threes, I am deciding to count the fact that my bike is broken, as an 'evil.' I didn't get paid until Thursday, and my car broke Wednesday, so I didn't have a chance to get a new tire. Blech. Would've been nice to at least have a bike while my car is broken.
BUT, on the bright side. I might be watching a second little boy this summer. It would be at the same time as Aiden, so it might actually make things easier, and the money will definitely be useful in the car/computer situation. So much for saving up for next year life/college expenses, right?
With the arrival of summer comes the ever present query, "what do you want to do?"
Well, for once, I actually knew. So I dragged Danielle up to Signal Hill Wednesday night (after her Spanish class, which left her *slightly* loco). Just a normal night, right? We made a pit stop at Starbucks for drinks, then pulled the blanket out of my car to sit on and look at the lights. Evidently brain deprived from her class, she looks over the expanse, and asks, "is this ALL Long Beach?" About 30, maybe 40 minutes, after we arrived a security guard came flashing the brightest light into everyone's face, telling them to leave. Fine. We'd go to a different park, no problem. WRONG! As files of people stream past us to get to their cars, my car decides to- NOT turn on!! So there we sit with it 'revving' but not starting- looking, well you can imagine how intelligent. :). Eventually, we were able to call a tow truck (Danielle had AAA, thankfully), and about 45 minutes after the park closed we were on our way home. You can imagine how thrilled the security guard was when we couldn't leave. The next morning my dad and brother took it to my dad's old work where, since he is friends with all the mechanics, we don't get ripped-off. (Because, naturally, once we had it towed to the mechanics by my house, it started. Figures, right?!). Anyways, we got a call the same day, saying they'd fixed it! Awesome!! My dad and I went to pick it up. I told him I needed to stop for gas, so he told me to follow him, and after a bit on the freeway, we'd get off. Once on the freeway, though, things didn't looks os good. My temp. gauge turned to HOT, and my 'check engine' light turned on. So there I am crawling behind (rush hour), honking my horn repeatedly, and waving my arms to try to get his attention (he has no phone). I can only imagine what those around me thought. Anyways, to head this off.... turns out my car is definitely over-heating, and Monday I need to take it back to where we first had it towed, because it won't make it all the way back to his work. Yay for being ripped off by mechanics, eh?
And now, my computer is acting up, and won't let me on Word, and keeps freezing or alternately shutting down- which defo needs to be fixed before school starts. BUT I just had it fixed!!! ARghh.
And because, as the saying goes, bad things come in threes, I am deciding to count the fact that my bike is broken, as an 'evil.' I didn't get paid until Thursday, and my car broke Wednesday, so I didn't have a chance to get a new tire. Blech. Would've been nice to at least have a bike while my car is broken.
BUT, on the bright side. I might be watching a second little boy this summer. It would be at the same time as Aiden, so it might actually make things easier, and the money will definitely be useful in the car/computer situation. So much for saving up for next year life/college expenses, right?
Monday, May 17, 2010
Picture Timeline :)
Here is what I've been doing lately- while waiting for work to begin :)
Joey is adorable.
Many a prank took place the last couple weeks of school! The guys- Henry and Ben- put goldfish in all the sinks and plenty of toilets around the dorms.
This one was my fault. Mine and Annika's (just wait, though- we haad reason). We took Vaan's underwear and strung it up in the shower room.
I also took part in this one. Deb, our RA, gave Candace candycorn to fill her cupcake candy jar. May I state that it was like March? Way past candycorn season. So we returned it! :D
This is what Vaan did to me and Annika. Dressed our pillows with all sorts of clothing- and then strung our underwear up. What a way to come back from spring break :P All in good fun.
So yes. Sorry this was out of order. Kind of went backwards. And not really a timeline- just my random compilation of pictures that I haven't posted anywhere :)
Joey is adorable.
Many a prank took place the last couple weeks of school! The guys- Henry and Ben- put goldfish in all the sinks and plenty of toilets around the dorms.
This one was my fault. Mine and Annika's (just wait, though- we haad reason). We took Vaan's underwear and strung it up in the shower room.
I also took part in this one. Deb, our RA, gave Candace candycorn to fill her cupcake candy jar. May I state that it was like March? Way past candycorn season. So we returned it! :D
This is what Vaan did to me and Annika. Dressed our pillows with all sorts of clothing- and then strung our underwear up. What a way to come back from spring break :P All in good fun.
So yes. Sorry this was out of order. Kind of went backwards. And not really a timeline- just my random compilation of pictures that I haven't posted anywhere :)
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