This thing changes every time I try it.



See how close those middle two are? Yeah, I've got conflicting parts going on in my head all the time. It kinda stinks.

Welp, back to my paper on Bahrain, I guess. I should've had it done by now.

Finals coming up...oh, and I'm going to see U2 in Chicago in September. Ditching class that Friday for it, and I'm kinda excited about it since I've never even been to Chicago. Woo!

Wow...that was both depressing and impressive.

Just saw two guys and a girl urinating on a tree and on a building, in public of course. So many examples of college debauchery all in a row...I could've sworn the two guys standing by were swigging beers, too. Bet they had no clue I was touting an RA around with me -- if they had they would've split, no question.

Buuuut Lukas was feeling merciful.

Just...good GOD, I can't imagine being like that.

Type in your name into Google and see what comes up.

1. "Diana likes to" block her head with gelato. (I don't even know what that means.)
2. "Diana likes to" stay in bed all day and do nothing but read and watch House. (I like house, but I'd rather play Sudoku.)
3. "Diana likes to" wake up early and run on a treadmill for 30 minutes. (No.)
4. "Diana likes to" get jiggy. (Yes!)
5. "Diana likes to" be needed and to care for others, and she often worries about the people. (True -- talking about Princess Di though.)
6. "Diana likes to" flirt and tends to fall in love at first sight. (I guess?)
7. "Diana likes to" contribute to The North Carolina Journal for Women in support of a women's Ezine. (Wtf?)
8. "Diana likes to" capture in her own cooking by drawing on tastes and fragrances from around the world. (I wish, I love cooking.)
9. "Diana likes to" chat online! (True.)
10. "Diana likes to" give me the challenge of creating a new design. (Who is "me"?!)

Had an o-chem exam today, I think it went well. Unfortunately, all my other grades are either Bs or Cs right now, so I'm hoping that one didn't just get trashed. Oh wait, I'm getting an A in the class that deals with my major. Yay?

Also got a valentine in the mail today. :) A little tiny Cars valentine inside a huge (in proportion) envelope, and some scrawlings with (Stephen) next to it under the "From:" part. It made my day.

:c

I nailed my religion exam this morning, I'm pretty sure, but I also have an o-chem exam this afternoon that I'm not so psyched about. I have a pharmacy quiz tomorrow, too, and a lab quiz on Wednesday, so that's not that cool either. PLUS I have to get up early Thursday to take my biostats quiz a day early, since I'm having suuuurgeryyyy on Friday.

I hope I can clear the rest of the schedule with my profs, that Friday through Wednesday, and I hope Lukas can take over my shift as a TA next Wednesday morning...How weird, having my boyfriend take my place. xD I bet those kids'll find that interesting.

Bleh...I just gotta get through to Thursday afternoon, then I'll be fine. As long as it isn't snowing or dark when I try to drive home, because a headlight blew on my car.

:c

You know it's cold when:
you approach the door to go outside, and the inside of it looks like a deep freeze.
your nose hairs clink together within seconds of being outside.
you breathe through your mouth accidentally and your glasses frost over.
your coat crinkles like wrapping paper after being outside for less than half a minute.

Why do we have classes today? Because people have tests and we already have Monday off anyway.

This place is bananas. Not the good kind, the bright green shitty-tasting kind.

So I figure...hey, I'm sitting around with nothing better to do (except study for a quiz at 2) this morning. Sitting around making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out of months-old graham crackers 'cause my bread went moldy even though I refrigerated it and I was too lazy to buy a new loaf.

Must be time for a meme!

Thankfully, filthy_yank  posted one. Thank you, Heather!

( Here we go! )

I'd like to share this with you, livejournal. I shrank it a lot.

So, since I love this meme, I decided to steal it from Heather (filthy_yank) and do it TWICE.

RULES:
1. Put Your itunes, ipod, windows media player, MP3player, etc on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name


( Once and twice! )

Y'know how, once in a while, you get the craving for some really simple pleasure or luxury that you'd normally be able to get to very easily, but then when you try to, something goes horribly wrong and you're left wallowing in misery? Or maybe only I do that. I dunno.

Something like a hot washcloth or a mug of tea or a song you like.

One of my boxes of tea just kinda vanished tonight, the kind that I was really itching for since my throat's been bugging the crap out of me the past two days or so. I looked everywhere, and still couldn't find anything more than this weird-smelling kind that my mom gave me that I'm wary about. Take that, English language. I ended a sentence with a preposition.

So yes. Here I am, left in tealess and scratchy-throated misery. Boo. :(

What's the big fucking deal?

Lukas confessed to me today, after leaving a fun visit with friends of mine (Brick, Dave, Swami, and some new drumline members) that he'd prefer that I not swear anymore, and that Brick's frequent swearing was like nails on a chalkboard to him. Now, I understand being kinda uncomfortable when there's TONS of swearing going on for no reason, but I've come to expect that from Brick. I don't give two shits if people throw out a word here or there, and I can't STAND censoring myself when it's not really necessary.

If I'm at work or an interview or around people I want to impress/be sophisticated and put-together in front of? Hell no I'm not going to say anything out-of-line. That's the key: I know when it's appropriate and when it isn't, so what's the big deal?!

I tried looking up stuff on the internet about why some people have such a huge deal with swearing even if they're in the close company of friends, but I can't find jack shit on it.

So...I guess I'm wanting some opinions here.

What the hell?!

I loved these guys when I was 11. I am extremely proud of that fact.



Hell yes.

IIIII freaking love Filene's Basement.

Decided to go on a bit of a shopping spree today after work, 'cause I wanted to, damnit. Ended up getting this lovely cream, printed, faux-wrap, 3/4 length shirt for layering, a deep red tank with an interesting neckline, a knee-length hippy-style dull brown skirt, a cropped, offwhite, short-sleeved, 2-buttoned sweater (with cute little tied pockets on the front!!), a maroon faux-wrap (again, I think) bubble-hemmed tank top, and a gray hoodie with darker gray hearts as a print on it...

...for $102 and change. The most expensive thing, by far, was the maroon bubble-hemmed tank, at $25.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

More weird names from work (keep in mind that most of these are principals or teachers):

Joe Stoner
Craig Bland
Heather Livengood
Shontae Higginbottom
Ms. Baskerville
Zipporah Hightower
Donna Toops
Donna DeVine (porn name anyone?)
Ankhe McDonald
Harlee Till
Rusty Burnette
Glen Wood
Kirk Samples
Debbie Kling
Sue Krapf
Shlonda Horton
Cheryl Daroo
Charles Bumbales
Steve Burger
Deb Nuzzi
Dawn Benaitis (sounds like a disease)
Spree Moneypenny 
Crystal Vowels
Palestine Tweedle
Paul Santopadre

[EDIT] Screw it, I'm dropping band as soon as I can. I can still try to get my key early, though. :)

Today's one of those days where I feel extremely grateful for all the people I know, and time is sailing by at just the right pace, and everything is just...relaxed and beautiful.

I have tons of spectacular friends who love me for exactly who I am, and that's more than I could ever wish for.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.