Go to one random page in Explore Audio. What CD do you see that you're most interested in listening to?
for being so into music and bordering on music snobbery i definitely do not listen to enough bowie. the man is amazing. i am ashamed that he is not more a part of my music collection. the song "queen bitch" is on this album; it is probably my favorite bowie song so far. "queen bitch" was on the life aquatic soundtrack along with another song from this album, "life on mars."
in short, bowie is timeless. and i should really beef up my collection.
this is why i was hesitant about getting vox. i always either forget to update or abstain from updating because i don't have anything to write about. it's depressing to me to feel like i have nothing to write about so that doesn't help matters either. i'm not about to start blogging about my day because nothing super exciting happens and blogging about going to kroger and taking naps is boring, no one wants to read about that. gr.
other annoying things in my life include, hyperactive swimming lesson students, orientation kids, not getting enough sleep, being hungry but not wanting to eat, being hot all the time, having no drive and the impending doom of fall RA training. SO depressing.
but it's not all bad. i mean i found out that because of summer school and the classes i'm signed up for next fall i'll actually finish my biology degree after fall semester, so that means next spring all i have to do is finish 8 credits of Medicine and Society classes and take fun classes!! i really want to take ceramics and i'll probably throw in a couple philiosophy classes since i'm interested in ethics and all.
so this past weekend i was like glued to iFC. i watched this documentary called Stevie which was terrifying and morbidly interesting. i couldn't stop watching it. you should really check it out sometime. i mean who doesn't want to watch an entire film about this good-looking individual....
just to switch things up i later watched Velvet Goldmine for the first time.
i'm going home to va beach tomorrow. that always brings mixed feelings but i think it will be alright. it's going to be just isaac and me because emily and mom will be in charlottesville for emily's orientation; that will be a little less stressful, but still a whole lot of driving. it's annoying because this is the last time i'll be home for a pretty long while and it's really reminding me that i don't really get any "vacation" at all this summer break. i also hate that i never get to see everyone i want to when i come home because there just aren't enough hours in the day.
anyway. i need to pack/get some work done. if you're in va beach call me and we can try to make plans around my brother's schedule.
hearts!
do you ever have the desire to stay up all night just so that you can feel tired? or just not eat so you can remind yourself what it feels like to be hungry?
try it sometime. i'm not saying you should make yourself miserable,
i'm just saying that pain is what
reminds us we're alive.
go read the unbearable lightness of being, milan kundera is basically amazing.
given the opportunity, i could probably watch this commerical all day.
true story.
<--- i want this album very badly. actually i want all the albums by CFTPA but mostly this one and the one that has the first two albums on it. also while i'm on a buy me things binge you should buy me this shirt from threadless.
i mean who doesn't love parasites? i know i do. mmmm flatworms.
in other news. i'm still sick. and it still sucks. and i'm going to continue to whine about it until i get better. i mean really. getting sick in the summer? who gets sick in the summer? getting sick is something that happens in the winter from being too cold or too stressed out from classes. sheesh.
summer classes aren't really that bad at all. i need to get working on my online class. i've done some of the work for it but it's strange not having that constant nagging of "deadlines." basically the teacher just wants us to have everything submitted by august somethingth. which is cool, but kind of frustrating if you're a procrasinator like me because that means i can successfully not do work and nothing bad will come from it (hopefully).
teaching swimming lessons is basically the same as it is every summer. stressful, annoying, really well paid. my kids aren't the worst i've ever had, but i hate trying to get used to working with a new group of people in a new pool environment. teaching lessons is very much a habit job, you get into a little lesson groove and you stay there. now i'm having to redo a lot of my teaching stuff because the pool is deeper and the supervisors actually pay attention to your lesson plans. ew. also the people i teach with already have their little groups formed, that i am not a part of. so basically i have to get myself psyched up before i go teach lessons every evening. it's $9.50 an hour for just 2 and a half more weeks...
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i went and saw the devil wears prada lastnight. it was cute but also annoying. i'm not really sure what was so irritating about it, the obsession with weight, obsession with looks, the fact that people are actually obscenely overpaid to make decisions about fashion in real life...all i know is that i was grouchy when i left the theatre.
but all in all the movie wasn't bad. pretty solid in terms of plot and character development, like i actually kind of cared about anne hathaway's relationship with adrian genier (cute) getting ruined by her job as meryl streep's bitch...
after the movie i went with megan and her friend alec on a quest for food. we went to ihop but got ignored because for some reason there were like a million people there so we left, because who waits at ihop for more than 15 minutes for a table? after ihop we tried joe's diner, but for some strange reason it was closed. weird. we settled on shesha which is a hookah bar, that has an amazing lebanese menu. too bad it took them like 4 tries to ring my order up correctly....but all that matters is that we got to play scrabble, they have amazing hummus, and flying dog heller hound bock. mmmmmm.
i have a test in zoology on monday that i am not at all ready for, my room is a wreck and i need to do laundry badly. i think today's going to be one of those days where i clean everything.
so uhm i have a new blog
and i like it better than livejournal.
starbucks4life has had a good run but i think it's time for a change.
here's the link to my sweet new blog at vox.
it's invite only so if you want to join just let me know and i'll hook you up with one.
summer session II has been a lot less fun than session I for unknown reasons.
so megan and anne and i decided to try and change that, we went to roanoke yesterday for shopping funtimes. then we went to ruby tuesday and owned the salad bar. megan and i also made the old couple sitting near us feel awkward by drinking huge beers. oh fun.
also! lastfm just introduced its hot new design so if you haven't joined that you need to do that too.
so go! join things! let's have fun on the intarwebz together!!
so i thought i had mostly kicked my starbucks habit, only going when i'm home in va beach due to it's lack of awesome little coffeeshops [like bollo's], but apparently the starbucks monster has gotten me again.
for a little background i need to say that i've been battling caffeine for a while; i quit for new years but started drinking coffee again in march to cope with classes and deadlines. i don't know why i always start drinking it again, caffeine makes me feel awful, all shaky and queasy, so i decided to quit again about a month ago. luckily for me stopping my caffeine intake isn't that hard, i just tell myself i'm not going to drink any more and then i don't. the problems start when i go to bollo's. i am basically in love with bollo's, the atmosphere and the pastries are amazing, but their caffeine-free selection is kind of lacking. this is where starbucks's summer drinks come in to play.
they have freaking frappuchino-blendish juice drinks! in pomegranate and tangerine! how am i supposed to resist frozen icy pomegranate goodness? i can't, because i am a weak person when it comes to pomegranate juice. the only thing that limits my intake is starbuck's evil prices. $3.10 for a tall, thanks for being such a jerk starbucks.
look at how yummy they are (this is the tangerine one, the pomegranate one is a delicious maroon color) mmmmmmmmm. go try one. you know you want to
so, this is the third blog i've started. i kind of have a problem with getting bored quickly, but so far vox looks like it will be able to keep me entertained. all that adding movies and books and pictures and music, thats hours, maybe even days worth of entertainment.
also i joined because curtis made me and his brother was nice enough to send me an invite. and because summer classes aren't all that fun.
love!
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