Spring Break

Music: Three More Days - Ray LaMontagne

I felt compelled to update my loyal audience and inform them that I will be gone for UofM's spring break. I was able to get a spot on a mission trip to Mississippi at the last minute because somebody dropped out. I'll be gone from this Saturday 2/24 to Sunday 3/4. I haven't been on a mission trip since 6th grade...I always thought it would be cool but I never felt like I had the time to spare during college. Now is the time I guess. It's hard to believe that even after a year and a half, there would still be rebuilding and cleaning up to do on the gulf coast. I guess I'll find out just how much. This will be during the Ann Arbor public school's mid-winter break too, so I won't be missing any subbing days. Not that I would care if I did anyway. Subbing sucks.

Another survey, because I've got nothing new to say

Music: I'm In Love - Mary J. Blige

1. How did you get the idea for your screen name? - my screen name is not really that original, it's pretty self explantory.
2. What time were you born? - about quarter to 8 in the morning
3. Has the death of a celebrity ever made you cry? - i actually cried when aaliyah died. i don't know why. it's not like i was a huge fan or anything. i think i may have cried when princess diana died too
4. Do you want a baby? - yes, when i am happily married and the time is right
5. What do you want to be when you grow up? - social worker/counselor
6. What are the last 3 digits of your phone number? - 584
7. What was the last concert you attended? - it's been a looooong time since i went to a concert. i can't remember, either jason mraz or tally hall
8. Who was with you? - sayre and lara were with me at jason mraz, jillian and lara were with me at tally hall and i think i saw lyndsy there too
9. What was the last movie you watched? - father of the bride part 2...a classic
10. Who do you dislike most at this moment? - people who won't hire me
11. What food do you crave right now? - the chocolate trifle that paula deen was cooking
12. Did you dream last night? - i dream almost every night
13. What was the last TV show you watched? - cooking with paula deen :)
14. What is to the left of you? - an empty bottle of moisterizer
15. What was the last thing you ate? - peanut butter cookies
16. When was the last time you cut your hair? - the first week in december...i'm overdue for at least a color touch up
17. Do you have a mental disease? - probably
18.. What shirt are you wearing? -some pink thing with a drawstring on the side
19. What color is your razor? -black and gray...i use a men's razor because i'm hardcore
20. Whats on your mind right now? - my to-do list, plus it's my mom's bday today so i think we're going out for indian food later tonight
21. How many tattoos do you have? - none...i don't think i would ever get a tattoo
22. What's your favorite store? - well i don't really shop for clothes that much so i don't know there...but i love ikea and any bookstore/music store
23. Are you thirsty? - actually yeah...thanks for reminding me
24. Who's someone you haven't seen in a while and miss? - katie baker...i haven't seen her since august :(
25. Have you ever been searched by the cops? - no...haha
26. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters? - good luck trying to even get me on one
27. Do you believe in ghosts? - it's a fun idea but i don't know...but i do believe in some things that cannot be logically explained
28. Do you consider yourself creative? - yes..but the well runs dry if i don't use my creativity for a while
29. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie? - jennifer
30. Can you honestly say you know anything about politics? - i know a tiny bit...i ask questions but then i always forget the answers :(
31. Do you know how to play poker? - i'm really bad at card games...at least the ones that you need a strategy for. i like to simply rely on my quick eye and my luck
32. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight? - thank god, no
33. Have you ever cheated on a test? - a few times but nothing huge
34. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around...- that's my favorite time to drive...when no one is around
35. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you? - sure
36. Have you ever Ice Skated? - yeah...i used to be a lot better when i was like 7 though
37. When was the last time you laughed so hard you were crying? - oh boy...a long time ago i guess, i can't remember
38. Do you believe in love at first sight? - probably not...it takes a while for true love to develop. it doesn't just happen when you see some hot guy or girl walk through the door. i believe in lust at first sight though!
39. Do you know who Ba-Ba-Booey is? - uh no
40. Do you always wear your seatbelt? - like second nature!
41. What talent do you wish you had? - just to be really really good at something. singing, dancing, painting, rock climbing, teaching...that sort of thing.
42. Have you been caught stealing? - i've never "stolen" something that wasn't mine to begin with
43. Have you played nintendo? - yeah but we didn't have nintendo. i played it at other people's houses
44. Do you have a relative in prison? - not that i know of
45. Have you ever sang in front of the mirror? - story of my life
46. Do you know how to play chess? - no...again, i'm not so good with games involving legitimate strategies
47. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew? - probably but i don't remember
48. When is the last time you threw up from drinking too much? - in june, with flynn, after a lot of beer and a huge steak burrito from big ten.....that was the only time too.
49. Have you ever walked out on a movie at the theater? - only once, towards the end..."Spiceworld" in seventh grade...i was only like 12 but i still knew it was bad
50. Do you ever sit through a bad movie, just to see how bad it can get? -none of the movies i chose are ever that bad where i wouldn't have predicted already that it would be sucky
51. Would you consider yourself obsessed with anything? - certainly...different things at different times. i feel obsessed with chocolate every time i eat some.
52. Have you ever met someone famous that you really wanted to meet? - no...but i saw sinbad at a mcdonald's in battle creek when i was a kid
53. When's the last time you screamed at the top of your lungs? - screamed so that it was socially acceptable? camp. screamed insanely with reckless abandon? nsync concert in ninth grade
54. Did you ever do something that you didn't want to, just to fit in? - no i don't think so...i never really felt any alleged "peer pressure" to do something. if i did something, it was because i wanted to and not because i wanted to fit in.
55. Do you consider yourself "the biggest fan" of something? - yes: chocolate covered potato chips.
55. Ever went to bed with both socks on, to wake up with one or both missing? - haha yeah...but most of the time it's because i woke up with my feet too hot so i kicked them off...like last night
56. Average hours you sleep at night? - it depends on the night i guess. anywhere from 6-10.
57. Ever been caught doing something you shouldn't have? - me and becky got caught climbing on my roof and my parents came home. we used to use walkie talkies and play 007 and climb all around the roof.
58. Are you for long distant relationships? - with the right person at the right time, yes


i feel like a dork because i just filled out another online survey. my life is just that exciting.

Back in Yankee country

Music: Seven Days - Sting

So I'm gone for 4 days and apparently Anna Nicole Smith dies and The Police reunite for the Grammy's. I miss all the fun.

Florida was a nice break...it was sunny mostly every day but still a little chilly. I bought a couple of cute cheap watches from the flea market. We played dominoes and went out to the beach a few times. I ordered my second real seafood dinner ever...it was really good. My sister and I stood out as the only people under the age of 55 pretty much the whole weekend, but sometimes old people can be more fun to be around. There was a really cute toddler sitting behind me on the flight back. She had little wisps of strawberry blonde hair and was wearing a pink onesie. She kept peeking her head over the back of my seat and going "Hiii!" It was adorable. Then she would point at me or my sister and smile, exposing little baby teeth scattered around her mouth. Her name was Beatrix. I thought that was cute.

So now I'm back, and am once again, not quite sure what to do with myself. I doubt I'll be hearing back from grad schools this week. I'm tired of waiting by the mailbox. Supposedly we're supposed to have a snowstorm tonight, which I hope doesn't cancel school tomorrow because I need to work. I didn't work at all last week due to the two snow days and my mini-vacation. Errr. But I came home and my gas tank was magically filled up. That's a plus.

"Hiii!"

It's cold

Music: Change (Won't Be Good) - Joan Jones

I was supposed to sub today at Tappan, but all the schools were closed today due to cold temperature and for the fact that some buses wouldn't start. Now who in the wha? When I was in school, they NEVER closed school. We were lucky if we got one snow day a year. And then they'd like tack on extra days to make up for it. Kids these days are spoiled.

It's so cold in my house. The thermostat is set for 63 degrees everyday and I have to turn it up to at least 70 everyday. And my dad doesn't want to reset it to just be 70 regularly. Meh. At least I moved my bed away from the heat register...it was blocking it before. No matter how cold it is though, I still have to have my fan on. I can't sleep in absolute silence.

In other news. I got my diploma in the mail. I thought it was a fake one..like how they send you a temporary one until you get the real thing or something. But it ended up being the real one and I was disappointed. It was pretty anti-climactic. Especially since there's a large ink smudge in the "M" in "Michigan."

I need to get out of here fast. It's a good thing I'm going to Florida on Thursday. It can't come soon enough. At first I was worried about taking time off from subbing but I don't care anymore. It's not like I'm getting called much anyway.

That's about it. I guess I don't have anything substantial to say. Sorry so boring.

Music: Early Morning Rain - Eva Cassidy




Am I too sensible for my own good?