I write weird blogs.

Reasons why I love Noodles & Co and the People Who Work There
1. I can customize my order with no problems or price differences. All their stuff is the same price! I like the penne noodles with the spaghetti sauce.
2. The cashier (who I shall refer to as "Noodle Girl") took my order so fast & with such efficiency it was amazing. She deserves to be Employee of the Month or something.
3. She spelled my name right without having to ask me how.
4. They remembered to give me silverware...well, plasticware anyway. Wrapped in a napkin all restaurant like.
5. The cook called up my order to give to the other cashier & pronounced my name wrong. Noodle Girl popped up to tell the cashier how to say it right. That was great.
6. Their food is freaking AMAZING. Also much better for you than a double cheeseburger (my old weakness)

This really doesn't do them justice. My visit there was fast, efficient, and awesome. Thank you, Noodle Girl.


On a totally unrelated note, demolition on the kitchen started today. Well, it's really remodeling, but it certainly feels more like demolition. My kitchen is more or less gone & what is there can't be used. The living room & dining room--that entire level--is filthy, and that's when they had the shield thingy up. It's disgusting. Hopefully everything will be finished & beautiful again soon.

Studying.
Went to zoo today with Chris, Tep, & Cattaneo & it was lots of fun! I'll post more on it tomorrow after school & 5NerdsomeWriting. (Hellz yeah I just made that a verb!)

Right now I must go learn everything there is to know about muscles, blood, & the heart. I'm gonna faaaaaaail. Like this is gonna be way worse than the last one. Thank God she drops the lowest test score. Hey look! I've been iconed!
I think Mike was right, shutting the computer is the best thing for me right now. Goodnight internets.

Taken from roryappletarts (I almost put hilaryapollo lol, I spend too much time on twitter)

Comment & I will...
1. tell you why I friended you.
2. associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. tell you something I like about you.
4. tell you a memory I have of you.
5. ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. in return, you must post this in your LJ.

If I post too much, I'm afraid that I'll annoy my followers. Especially Hilary & Jen. And probably Chris. So when I get crazy & bored & want to tweet constantly, I'm just going to throw them in here instead. That'll be my post for today, mkayz?

Writers: Do you ever write something, then forget about it, only to find it again later and be like OMG I AM A GENIUS?! I just did that. It was fantastic. Only I don't know what to do with it. Well, any of it, really, because it's a scrivener file of lines and short pieces that I wrote that really aren't connected to anything. Or they're letters I wrote that I'll never send. That sort of thing. Brilliant though.

Writers: What about when you go back to something you wrote that you remember loving only to find it TOTALLY HORRENDOUS?! Because I did that too. Different file, but my favorite book! Okay, well, it's not entirely horrible, but it needs fixing. It's cute that Matt likes Ari, and yeah, that's needed, but it's the way I wrote it. Seems a little creepy actually. Needs fixing!

"Awww I kinda just want to pet your head right now" that's creepy, right? Not for the book, I almost actually said it. But I didn't.

I have La La Lie stuck in my head.

I miss Casye. And Gaby, even though she's only been gone like, a day. It's weird how you can be far apart to begin with, but if they go anywhere (even closer) they suddenly feel continents away! (Although, technically, Gaby is).

Lauren is gonna link to some of my stuff (video, possibly the 5NW?) in her next blog. That is so cool.

ARGH. I just tried to re-type (transferring to Scrivener the old fashioned way to edit as I go along) more of that horrible part and I CRINGED. HE SOUNDS LIKE A STALKER, OKAY? IT IS CREEPY. OMG IT JUST GOT WORSE. NOW HE SOUNDS LIKE A POTENTIAL RAPIST. NO--NO--YOU GUYS. HE SOUNDS LIKE THE REAL EDWARD CULLEN. LIKE, NOT BELLA'S IDEA OF HIM, BUT THE REAL HIM. THIS IS SO WRONG.

Bedtime. Goodnight.

OH. HEY TONI. Check the icon, yo.

Dudes, I met Lauren Myracle today and it was awesome. Here, I made a video about it.

Okay, I have a big practical tomorrow morning, so I need to study these tissues and bones. But I wanted to update real quick so I didn't miss a day.

+ Worked 1-6 today. I got a raise! And also a better discount. 25% baby. The pay still sucks, but whatcha gonna do? I have to open again on Friday. Oh well.

+ New Love*Com today!! Whoo! I've only read half of it so far...the other half is my prize for memorizing these tissues. But let me just say, that whole thing awhile back with Risa cheering Ôtani on & kicking his butt to study for his entrance exams? THAT IS ME. RIGHT NOW. Mike has his MCATs in 5 weeks and I am NOT letting him forget it. I'm Risa right now. Which is really weird because it's just something to add to a list of how I am Risa & he is Ôtani. And his height complex, of course. Only I don't tease him about that like Risa would. I yell at him to stop putting himself, uh, down.

+ Gaby & I are wrocking out. MoM for the epic WIN. The Triwizard LP is the greatest album EVER, I swear, it is. The Hero & Accio Love are tied for my favorite wrock songs. And In My Car is amazing. So is Marauder's Map. Page 784, need I say more? It's just all win, okay?
I wish that WROCK in Rockford would play actual wrock. That'd be the best.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHELLY!!! Hope it's a great year, thanks for being my little e-sis!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARA-BETH!! It was lots of fun seeing you this weekend at the reunion & I can't wait to see you again! I left you a dorky message on your phone, but you've known me your whole life so it probably doesn't seem all that dorky to you--you've known me to say worse! I should have got you something over the weekend, but I'll definitely get it to you next time I see you. Which may actually be my birthday (you better come!). Miss you already crazy cuz!

Annndd HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEILA. Yes, I just said happy birthday to a fictional character of my own invention. Deal with it. I posted about her (and the roleplay, my writing style back then) here as my post for nerdsomewriters. I think today, to celebrate Ghost's birthday, I'm just going to embarrass the hell out of myself. I already included my first posts in that blog, I linked to my earliest writings I can find (kindergarten, yo), and I'm thinking about doing a blogtv or tinychat livecast of me reading my old LR entries. And I think Karina & Mike should come (if I do it at all) because I'll be reading theirs too. OMG THEY ARE SO BAD BUT I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Like...all the stupid stuff I wrote. Ghost must have spoken 1000 words a minute because there is no punctuation or pause in her dialogue.

So...if you ask really, really nicely, tonight after work, I will embarrass myself life on the internets. C'mon, you know you want to reminisce with me. Or laugh at us, that's fine too.

EDIT: I have to quote this. Michelle/ScarletWitch/DaniMoonstar... "NC-- Dani stop flipping out you know we almost die at least twice a day" Ohhh, win.

Reason I missed my post yesterday: I was videochatting. All. Day. Long. Except for like an hour or more where I cleaned & then got sick. And then I got back on.

I went to bed at 1 last night...didn't sleep until about 3:45. Insomnia is NOT. FUN. It was pure TORTURE. In fact, I think this is one of the ways they DO torture prisoners! They keep them from sleeping. I'm sure of it. I CAN SEE WHY.

Bio test tomorrow. MAH HEAD. OW. I JUST WANNA HIT IT AGAINST A WALL OR SOMETHING. And yes, Toni, it is very full of jello right now.

Oh, and Lauren is leaving Jenny Craig to go full time at her other job. So yay! But we need someone to fill her spot, starting in August. If you know anyone in the area who is looking for a job (or you) then let me know! I vote Jenny unless she goes away to school in the fall!

*groans, goes back to studying*

+ Sleeping in, woot! Also got to finish reading Young Justice
+ Eyebrow waxing
+ Food was super amazing, as always. Jules & I ate too much, lol. Of course, that's not entirely possible--you can never have enough good Swanson cooking. Nope.
+ In Sally's "store" this year I got a cute butterfly pen/paper set, two mini squirtguns (wish I'd had those last weekend!), some pipe cleaners, markers, and some stickers. Also candy.
+ Pinata was fun to watch, but I waived off my turn at hitting it so that Sara & Philip could get a chance. Mind you, they are 19 and 16, but still, they haven't been able to hit it in years and I'm totally okay with not hitting it.
+ During the pinata I got real bit up by mosquitos (it had been really rainy & muggy all day long, so there were lots) and had to run (seriously, I RAN) inside to get my medicine. I made it there really fast & already I was swelling up bad. I think I scared Jean Anne. The Benadryl helped some, but not fast enough I guess because Aunt Sandy & Grandma forced me to ice the one on my face and the one on my arm. Those were definitely the worst for some reason--but I am itchy all over!
+ Because of the allergies, I had to stay inside & miss the water balloon fight. Oh well, next year. Hopefully it'll be better weather for it then too.
+ I made out with a tonne of my favorite cookies of all time. I was taking most of the left overs & Aunt Kathy was like "I have a whole bag under the table, take these!" and it was awesome.
+ We drove over to the mall parking lot afterwards and watched fireworks from there. The other kids had sparklers too, that Sara had bought, but I didn't do any. I got burned really bad by one when I was younger and I still have the scar to prove it...so I'm not dealing with those. I'm not afraid or anything, I mean, I've done them since I got burned, it's just not high on my list of things I like to do.

Anyway, that's my update. Swelling is totally down as is itching for the moment. All better, no worries!
(look I even used an icon with fireworks in it)

LOLWHUT?! Chris started to explain what she meant by this, but confused us both. "That could have been something really profound." "COULD have been, yes." It was apparently a compliment, so yay?

Work wasn't too bad. I read a bunch of Young Justice, which I ended up buying so I could finish it this weekend and then reread it a thousand times. Finished all my real work by noon...an hour into my shift. Fun! Had very few customers. Tim showed up 45 minutes late for his shift--the jerk! AND he came into the store with a lit cigarette. IS HE INSANE?!?! I left like immediately...to Corwin's with Chris so we could get change & deliver packages for AF (so technically I was still on duty). See, the post office & bank both closed early today, but Corwin's was still open & willing to send out books to Australia! Go Corwin's!

Afterwards we went to Chris's house where we made candies for her to bring to Jen's party tomorrow (which I will be missing, family reunion & all). They turned out very pretty! We watched lots of iCarly (We decided she can have Jerry & I can have Nathan), Avatar (pop-up edition!), and then half of WALL-E. It was great fun. Also, AlohaJoe & I have started a revolution against Chris for not making us candies (not that I can really eat many of them). I want the first one I made: stars mold chocolate with peanut butter centre. Doesn't that sound delicious?

Kayla has friends over tonight. Not sure what this means for me just yet. I'm thinking I crash the party & sleep down there anyway. Normally I'd be up later than them, but Mike just went to bed (poor kid, he's working the Jez Shift* in the morning--on the 4th!) Shelly's up making a video for me though, so that's coo'.
Ok, honestly, I will be up late reading Young Justice. You would too, and you know it. (how could you not with Bart & Tim?!)

FAMILY REUNION TOMORROW. WOOOOOOT!!!!! *EXCITED*

*Jez Shift - 6:30-2 on a Saturday. Only he's technically working 7-2

And by that I mean The Game of Life Twists & Turns. Jen & Chris were just over and we played a game of it with my little brother. Chris killed me at it, no lie. I spent the first 10 turns in crazy debt because I went to school first and then had to get a car & yeah, it was nuts. Like real life! The top job on mine was "international treasure hunter" which we decided was "pirate." So every time she got something amazing (almost always) I would say "Just wait until I'm a pirate" and shake my finger threateningly. Never happened, sadly. But I did end up coming in 3rd, so that wasn't so bad I suppose.
Lots of good quotes, though. A few of them are up on twitter under #tiredchris and the newest one #sillyjez
And then there's one on my own page where I got seriously burned by my brother and it was hilarious. When you get married it takes away money for the wedding and for a marriage tax and I said "They taked my money!" and Nick said "See, even your husband doesn't like you." and I was like OUCH but LOL

Anyway. It is 1 in the morning and I have to work tomorrow morning (opening the store again) so I should go. All of you who have my number, please text me tomorrow! We are so slow on Fridays and I have so little to do. I will be bored out of my mind!

Monday - First day of bio. Gonna be an all right class, but not fantastic. Fun being with Julia though!
Tuesday - More fun with Julia, more bio. Work. And then at night: tinychat insanity. OMG. It was me, Toni, Gaby, & Joe and we were chatting and then people started inviting themselves into the room and it was crazy. Some dude took off his shirt and Gaby freaked out and blocked him like immediately, it was funny. Then later some trolls got in & changed our names and it was crazy! Mike came later and the trolls were in LOVE with him. Like, they told him so. And he was super creeped out by it all, but kept giving them attention. They told him to forget about me and date them instead because I totally friendzoned him. So Mike & I were plotting against them on MSN at the same time. It was sooooo crazy. Like, it was a train wreck where you know it's so bad, but you just can't look away! I was up until about 4 in the morning with it, no lie.
Things you missed: name insanity, friendzoned, Jez sings the 5NW theme song that Joe wrote, Toni coloring, and more!

Wednesday - No school! Woke up, got Reneé, came home, went back to sleep. Woke up at noon, it was glorious. Went to pick up NEW GLASSES. Approved time card. Lunch. Work. I was at work for all of 3 hours today, what the heck? That's nothing! Friday I'm there from 11-4:30 though so that's okay I guess. I saw Matt though! I need to send him an apology for now crazy it got then and my not being able to talk to him :(
Went to Julia's house after that. We studied bio, ate dinner, studied some more, and then just hung out because I totally lost any will to study ever. She's so awesome and easy to talk to. SHE'S GONNA DO THE LEDGE WITH ME. LIKE, SHE IS EXCITED ALSO. WOOOOOT. We're taking Whit with us, whom I miss like crazy.
Toni & I are now playing with tinychat & other chat sites to try to find one for a big 5NW chat

After work today my family went to Rockford to see our cousins--espeically Derek who is visiting for a very short time from New Zealand.
Reneé decided she wanted to drive there & for some unknown reason, my mom thought this was a good idea. SHE WAS WRONG. First off, I got stuck in the backseat and when a regular person drives, I get a teensy bit carsick. When Reneé drives, I get very carsick! She stays in the middle of the lane sort of the same way a drunk does. And at one point she's waiting to turn left and just starts going when there's a car coming! Instead of speeding up, she STOPS. IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IN FRONT OF HIM. We screamed at her to go & she did, thankfully, and the other guy wasn't too happy about it either, I must say.
My mom made it to 75th street before she finally got R to pull off the highway (scary stuff) and she's trying to get her to change lanes to get to a McDonald's. My mom & I are all "watch it! Watch it! THERE IS SOMEONE THERE!!" but she doesn't listen & cuts someone off, very closely. She swears he wasn't there before, but if she would have looked, it would have been impossible to miss him.
Then mom took over & things were better, except I was still in back.

I played half a game of balderdash with the cuzzies and it was loads of fun.
Later we all went to Sally's & had some very delicious pizza.
AND THAT WAS IT. Derek is leaving early Saturday morning, before the reunion! I keep calling him a booger or a jerk for changing his plans to leave early. It's the family reunion!! He should at least be there for that, no matter what kind of girl he has waiting back home! No, seriously, that's why his 5 week trip became like 2 weeks. He wanted to go back home to see his girlfriend.

I drove home. Didn't even need directions this time, that's how often I do this drive.

NO YOU CAN'T HAS MY STUFF. I DID NOT DIE. ALL OF YOU WERE LIKE "I'M TAKING THIS. KAY. YOU'RE GONNA DIE ANYWAY" THANKS FOR THE SYMPATHY GUYS ;P

Women's Literature -- B
Italian 111 -- A
Intro to Art -- B
First Aid -- A

I CAN'T BELIEVE I PULLED OFF THAT B IN ART. It was really close. I had a C for the longest time because she put my paper in as a 1/40 because she couldn't receive the files. I sent them like a bajillion times through iCampus AND email. She must have finally got it that last time because it changed to a 40/40 which boosted me up to a B. MY GPA WILL BE GOING UP. I WILL BE ON HONOR ROLL AGAIN. OMG YAY YAY YAY!!

Also, super proud of that A in italian :D

It's pretty cool that along with the A in first aid, I got certified in CPR/AED & first aid. That lasts 1-3 years, so that's pretty sweet!

/celebrating (Oh who am I kidding, this calls for something AWESOME)
XAVIER HIGHLY APPROVES, MKAYZ?

Just...these little things with you. I really wish you were here. I'm sorry for last night and for last week and for the stupid stuff I say. I take it back--even if you didn't hear most of it. You're actually doing real good with this, not just wasting time. And idk why I get bothered by S, because I really do like her a lot, we get along great.
It's this stuff that keeps me coming back, keeps me going. So...thanks for that I guess.


Ohhh you and your complexes. Is it any wonder I think of you as "My Ootani?"

On an entirely unrelated note: I just fell asleep in the chair with the computer open on my lap. Again. I was checking twitter/reading the excerpt of Liar that Justine put on her site. I didn't realize I was so tired! Must be the heat, cuz it's freaking hot out.

I think my mom left for the party without me, the jerk. Texting dad now to see if he's still at that one, or if he went on to Carrie's already. If he's still there, I'm going now. And also, they have food there.

Can you tell how tired I am?! Nah, me neither.

So after work today I kidnapped Kayla from the health club (while my mum was still working, sneaky sneaky) and we went to Wal-Mart. The lady in the optical office had like no idea how to deal with insurance companies and wanted us to come a different day and she was so dang screwed up that we just left.

Then we headed to Lenscrafters in the mall & they were all "Sure! Come right in!" and super friendly. I also loved the lady who helped me most of the time, Bru, she was lovely. So I got the full exam and at one point they took a picture of the INSIDE of my eye. No joke. It was some lasik thing and it was freaking weird but also pretty cool. They use it to check for diabetes & tumors & the such. None of which I had by the way.

I got what I wanted too, bifocals. Yes, I'm a total nerd and a bit of an old lady for it, but hey, it's what I need. Because I'm severely farsighted, but I also have an astigmatism where I would need glasses for far away as well. So we have a strong prescription for up close, and a not-as-strong prescription for far away, all within the same pair of glasses. I got some pretty good ones too, frame-wise. No frame on bottom, which is good because anything with a bottom looks positively horrendous on me, not sure why, just does. Probably my insanely high cheek bones. Also thin on the sides, which is also good. They'll take about a week to come in, so I'll twitpic or dailybooth then. Probably both, haha. So after that you'll see me with glasses all the time! I'm not going to want to go back to this, haha.

The only problem is the insurance company just loves making my life hell. Lenscrafters gave me 50% off the lenses, which was, in a word, AMAZING. Especially since bifocals are rather expensive. Still, I want to see if BCBS will pick up anything--the entire visit if possible (visit, not glasses) since that's what they're supposed to do. Although I think we all know how that goes after my medicine (which I still need to get). Anyway, my dad went all mental over it and told Kayla she can't have her glasses, that they'll just pay for the visit only & take her prescription somewhere else. And he'll likely end up paying the same and realize how crazy he was. But anyway, the part that is vastly unfair is that he's paying for Kayla's...but not mine. She is 18. She has a job. And she has NO school to pay for. So why is he not paying mine--or even part of mine?! I mean seriously, what the hell?

I'll update as things happen I guess. Calling the insurance company tomorrow if I can, Monday after class if I can't. The thing is, I don't mind terribly paying because I seriously need them. I'm just wondering about school is all. I'm afraid that after all these medical bills and prescriptions that I won't be able to pay for school in 2 weeks. Calling the doctor tomorrow too, which again should be entirely covered by the insurance, with my meds covered 70%.

Today was the last day of the semester!
+ Lit - "conference" took all of 2 seconds. I got a B. I wish she could have just told me that before so I could have slept in later.
+ Sold back books, forgot I still had my art book at home, oops. Guess I'll have to go back there to sell it back unless someone wants to buy it off of me for fall
+ Ran into Gino, he didn't have the grades yet, but he seems to think based off of what everyone said, that I got an A. I sure hope so! Also, Gino's son is adorable, he's probably about the same age as Nick.
+ First aid final went very well, I expect an A on it, which means an A for the class. Hurray!

I have horrible blisters on my feet from the shoes I was wearing earlier. I didn't even wear them all that long because they were killing me. I'd take them off any chance I got...even walking around outside without any shoes. I ended up leaving during break to go to Walgreen's to buy flip flops to wear. So worth the money. I also picked up a first aid kit for my car while I was at it because it was on sale. And then I used the band-aids from it on my blisters, so it came in handy!
I cleaned the front seat of my car, is all clear now. Back still remains a mess, but it's a step in the right direction at least.

So...no grades are in, and I'm only sure of one, but I'm thinking I'm going to end up with 2 As & 2 Bs, which would be amazing.

I'm going through my old icons now & picking some to use :D

+ Italian exam went really well! No idea what the grade is though, haha. I really like this lady much much more & she recommended authors to me too :)
+ Art exam went well too, a solid B. At first I couldn't get into it & was freaking out but I got Mrs C to unlock it again for me and it turned out okay. Only downside is you can't go back & change answers, even during the test, so that kind of screwed me up.

Jez & Chris Adventures
+ Decide to go to Hollywood, but Jez decides on a whim to go to the Promenade because it's awesome & Chris has never been.
+ Go to lots of clothing stores, complain about prices
+ Go to Bass Pro Shop, where Chris has also never been. Stare at fish. Buy fudge. Try to figure out age of cute flirty fudge cashier, decide he's like 16-17 and that's unfortunate for her, haha.
+ Go to Claire's, have fire alarm go off. Everyone else stands around like "Oh, hey look, that thing is flashing and making an extremely annoying sound" and I'm like "Hey you, employee! Get everyone out of here!" and she was all "*sigh* Fine. Get out." And some ladies refused to leave, because they're bad people. Anyway, the alarm was for some other store in the same strip, but still, if the alarm goes off, you get out. Duh.
+ Skip B&N visit because Jez is getting really dehydrated, promise to come back another day.
+ Check out times at Hollywood, find out discount doesn't count towards Transformers 2, decide to come back later & pick a different movie
+ Taco Bell. Again, Jez gets flirted with, minorly. He had weird hair too. Chris & Jez plot Hilary's demise...I mean punishment. Crazy video ideas. Crazier quotes.
+ Go across street to world's best toy store, find out they're closing in a few minutes. The guy's like "well, we're closing now, but we're not going to kick you out" (he actually did say that) so I show Chris around really quick & promise to bring her back some day. More promises, haha.
+ Try to get out of store, find out we're locked in! That was funny. We got right out, it was just a thumb latch to keep anyone else from coming in. We walked out & I said "Chris, we just got locked in a toy store" and she said "Dream come true!" and we high-fived.
+ Still have time before movie, so we go to other end of the strip to ToysRUs. Play with lots of toys. The power like surged or something, or maybe they were starting to turn off some stuff, but the lights went down in the back of the store and then there was this really creepy laugh from a toy or something in the next aisle. So obviously we were the target of a C-level supervillain attack.
+ Go to Hollywood, find out pretty much everything good is sold out. Decide that instead of watching a crap movie, to just go hang out at Chris's house.
+ Go to Kohl's to use bathroom, end up staying for an hour shopping & finding amazing deals. Chris is my shopping fairy, I swear she is. She suggested that we have a big shopping trip with a few friends in the future, and we claimed each other as shopping buddies because we are each other's good luck charms. Still no skirts or capris to wear to work, but I do have two new sundresses I can wear. And two tanktops for days I don't work.
+ At Chris's house we watch YouTube, spend a LOT of time on imdb...mostly Avatar & Ned's Declassified related. We're dorks like that. And we figured out the ages for most of those people, deciding which ones we could date. And uh, I don't care that Devon is a younger than me, I love him. Double for Nathan Kress. No, make that triple. :P

Oh! And I got stuff from Chris from her trip! Well, first off, I got paid for housesitting, which was awesome! And then she also got me a very pretty completely recycled photo album which I need to decide a theme for so I can start filling it up. And then her parents got me a thank you gift which was a very pretty jade necklace that I simply adore (that Chris, my shopping fairy, picked out) and wore around all day. I even have a bracelet here somewhere that would match it perfectly. As in, they should be sold together it is so close. Win!

Oh my gosh you guys I just checked my scores & I got a 29/30 on my first aid certification test!! I thought I did really bad! I'm pretty sure I know which one I missed, because it was so badly worded that I didn't think any answer was right & guessed. But I did well! Yay me!!

When Murph asks me if I'm dedicated to the class or not, I will say yes & give these reasons
+ Almost got attacked by a brown recluse while trying to get to a 3-ring binder to use
+ Had to 3-hole punch all my papers...with a broken 1 hole puncher. My hand, it hurts.

It's weird how well Miley Cyrus works for getting me to do my homework tonight. I just realized, I don't think I've ever listened to this album all the way through before. I like it, a lot.

Is it possible to be jealous of a semi-fictional character? I'm not really, but I feel like I should be. Maybe.

Oh. Guess who I saw today. Got your guesses? Okay it was Mr Moody Guitarist. It was back to normal & I like it that way. Up until the hug, but dang that was a good hug, lol. And he was sad that this was my last week at JuCo MC, but dude, it's too late. AND you totally ranted against all this on FB so uh, yeah, dude, move on.

I'm going to be up late with all this, aren't I? I have a speaking test tomorrow! Craaaaap. At least I'm studying with Kris & Lupe all morning, well for 2.5 hours anyway. I'll be sure to get caffeine & food in me before the exam, that always helps with my italian abilities. I think it just wakes up my brain in general.

Writing Green bio & Paper Towns analysis now. I am using my own blog as a resource...creative?

That's a lot of modifiers.

+ Did my Glaspell presentation in WW and did very well. Murph loved my question about how the title of the piece affects your interpretation of it. I stumbled a teensy bit over Massachusetts, but I didn't care. My presentation on John Green's Paper Towns is on Wednesday, so I need to find some good quotes from that!

+ Today was my last day of italian! It's very sad!! I'm seriously going to miss that class. Gino's trying to get a 112 class started, but it wouldn't be until next spring at the earliest. I told him if he starts one, I will come back to take it. Seriously, I will. Lupe said if she doesn't go away, she'll do the same. In class today though Gino spent time with each of us one-on-one practicing conversation for the exam. Mine is Wednesday at 12:30. I feel loads more confident this time and I feel like I can absolutely secure an A this semestre.

+ No art class for me! Whoooo!

+ Went to get gelato with Cattaneo after school. Mmmm io amo gelato! Afterwards we walked around downtown Lockport a little, even though it was like 95° out. I'm insane like that. There's a new statue down by Public Landing of Abe Lincoln. Only it's like 3 of him...all stuck together. It looks like some freaky monster movie character. If I had had my camera, I would have taken a picture to show you all. I will next time. We also found a neat little secondhand shoppe where she bought a candle holder.

+ This whole Jon & Kate thing is so sad. Does no one care about these children?! This plan of theirs is not going to work out well. Also this plan to keep the kids in the house & have the parents switch for "stability" or whatevs, is not going to make things any easier. It'll be like your parent is here for awhile, but then they leave you. It's a bad idea. I really wish they'd try harder to get past this, but it's their life.

My review of Danielle Joseph's book Shrinking Violet is up here! I love this book, I really do. :D