[	mood	|	awake	]
[	music	|	The wagon	]

Ahhh lets see...It's second semester of my junior year of college... WHOA! Does that not freak anybody out?  Plus its my second to last semester as a Redbird since next semester i'll be in bloody old England you geezer!!  I watched Ray last night for the first time and it was a very touching movie..I enjoyed it.  I also rented sex and the city season 4 and the best of jimmy fallon SNL.   I dont know why i'm gonna do this weekend...i hope it doesnt blow.  Katie and I are going to get a hold of some DDR i think and tear it up on the fake dance floor.  I miss Marisa. She's in Spain and I'm really jealous. 

I love my media writing and presentation teacher... he rules hard. In my last class we made fun of Lars from Metallica for a good 20 minutes. He also wrote and directed a film and got Danny Glover to narrate it...impressive.  He's pretty kick ass...not gonna lie. 

Im so anxious for it to get warm. Comeon Spring! I'm soooo over this cold weather its not even funny.  I'm going home next weekend and i'm pretty excited about it.  I plan on shopping downtown, going out for sushi with the parental units, and doing my laundry for free. If you're in Schaumpton and want to be my friend please call me.  I'll take you shopping with me and maybe even treat you to lunch!  Im going home on Thursday because I dont have classes on Friday BITCHES!!!!! 

I'm in shock that Austin got eliminated from Project Runway instead of Wendy.  He was pretty amazing. Im such a reality show junkie. 

I'm making a free valentines stuffed animal at the Boner on monday. Im going to name it Pickles J. Largeman.  It's a well thought out name.   It will be my valentine since i never have one.  I hate this fuckin' holiday and yes it is because i'm bitter.

Thats the official update of my life.  Its very CHINGONAS!!!!!!

[	mood	|	good	]
[	music	|	garden state soundtrack	]

Dude...i totally forgot I had this thing.  Winter break has been absolutely amazing! I didnt think it was going to be so great...but honestly i can't complain at all.  I have not had one night where i thought man this sucks i'm so bored.  I've been working my butt off at shaw's and raking in the dough.  Im going back with more next semester than I did last semester which is always a plus.  I bought a new digi cam...so I wont have to play with my friends cameras anymore. It allows me to capture idiotic/fun moments with my friends. Friends are good.  I love 'em.  I've been with them every night of break.  I bought lots of new clothing and mac makeup at the mall the other day.  It felt good to spend money.  I purchased Garden State and am absolutely OBSESSED with that movie.  It just leaves me with such a good feeling after watching it.  I went to a party downtown and the Fall Out Boy concert...both were wacky nights.  I went to a great hotel party on new years eve.  I learned some cool new dice games at eric alp.'s house.  I got to see Meet The Fockers (and had the pleasure of Emily Swan's company).  Got to drink at Lonestar with Scott and Jo and Danny and Katie...underage drinking is fun.  More underage drinking at the Stadium for Jimmy's b-day.  Went out to eat with my bestest girl friends at Champps.  Did shopping allover Schaumburg with Demar.  Went sledding tonight and drank hot cocoa.  Sledding is super fun and dangerous.  The funny thing is...the only people at the sledding hill were people 18 and older. I highly recommend it to everyone.  We came back here and drank hot cocoa with marshmellows.  I apologize that i'm rambling and talking about the most random shit ever...but I already watched a movie so therefore all thats left at 1:38 in the morning is the computer.  Winter break rules hard.  There will be more updates later. 

[	mood	|	stressed	]
[	music	|	Radiohead	]

Yes I am physically still in school....but my mind is elsewhere.  Studying has been very hard for me to do this past week. Im just ready to go home. Im cranky, stressed, and anxious....all signs of a much needed break.

A few nights ago I couldnt sleep so i turned the tv on around 2:30 a.m.  I came across a tv show on Vh1 titled "John Mayer has a TV Show"  Now I have never been a huge John Mayer fan but after watching this I realized how amazingly awesome he is.  He is HILARIOUS!!  Who knew he was so witty? He just constantly ripped on himself and hung out with Trick Daddy.  He fuckin' told a bunch of high school girls that he didnt write his own songs, Richard Marx did. GENIUS!  I hope its not a one time thing...because it was by far an incredible show.

After watching that show it got me thinking....VH1 has some of the most clever, witty men on their tv shows/specials. Here are some of the funniest men at the moment to me... I love them all equally (well maybe not equally..but whatev)  I think humor is the best characteristic anyone can have.  Not just like ha ha humor but clever, unique humor.

1. John Mayer...Yes he sings some pretty weinerish songs, and yes his mouth makes me cringe... but he is a new favorite of mine...not because of his singing/guitar playing skills, but for his ability to make fun of himself and others.

2. Michael Ian Black...Another discovery of mine via VH1...his sarcasm makes me smile.  He's up for the position to take over Craig Kilborn's show. I hope he gets it...although I have to be loyal to Conan.

3. Dave Chapelle...the man is genius. He's so raunchy and I have yet to see a bad episode of chapelle show.  I almost peed in my pants when Oprah was his baby momma.

4. Dave Navarro...another Dave.  Ok I have a secret crush on him...and apparently so does my Dad, but anyways again VH1 and "Til Death Do Us Part" made me love this guy. I could do without his facial hair but really he can do no wrong...he loves 90210.

5. Conan Obrien...He is my favorite and will always be number one...If I had the option to marry this man I would.  How can you not love him and his hair?

Ok that was fun for me.  I need to do things like this every so often to keep myself occupied.  I just decided that i need to marry a hot, really funny man and have insanely hot, hilarious offspring. Done. 

[	mood	|	exhausted	]
[	music	|	Mr J.T.	]

Thanksgiving break is over.  To sum it up in one word....FOOD.  My week was centered around food.  I was happy to be home though and not do anything...plus i got to see people i haven't seen in a long time.  I think I got to hang out at least once with everyone..so that was good.  I'm sad to say that I went to Easy Street Pub ( the Schaumburg townie bar) a whopping 3 times!!!  What the fuck?  Also...Conant teachers are creepy.  This is what I did...in a nutshell:

• Easy Street, Easy Street, Easy Street. I'm not even 21 and I'm sick of that place.  It was fun the first 2 times, but by the third night...i was not having it.
• The Kenneth Young Benefit Fashion Show...Christie sang to me and Marisa used jazz hands...always a good time.
• Renting movies...i still enjoy vegging
• Met up with Katie and Jason...mini ISU reunion
• Woodfield (pre Thanksgiving)
• Shaw's for dinner...3 people: 35 dollars.  Amazing!
• Bridget Jones II.  It was ok...
• Got to hang with my collins elementary friends..go crusaders!
• Got drunk off of 4 budweisers and puked and got invited to my first "funeral" at "hardcore" eric's house...im pretty sure i made an ass of myself too...
• Got suckered into working and got a raise in my hosting salary even though i rarely host.  Sweet!

Ok..I got bored and stopped.  The bottom line is... I love my friends and I do love being home. I like when everyone is together and we can hang out and talk just like we used to. 

Thanksgiving story 2004: My family actually talked about Cambell's Italian Wedding Soup for 20 minutes straight. I actually zoned out and came back 5 minutes later and they were still talking about it! My parents and my aunt and uncle are going to be the worst old people ever!!  Aunt Eileen got drunk off of 2 cosmos. Uncle Jimmy (big Italian man) confided in me that...(direct quote) "My brother-in-law is a fucka pussy with no balls."  That is why uncle jimmy is awesome.

Back to reality...this sucks.  2 and a half weeks til christmas! Shit! I need to start shopping

[	mood	|	chipper	]
[	music	|	Foo Fighters	]

Ok...so the other night I watched Bands Reunited on VH1....and they featured the GREAT 80s band Scandal.  Watching it made me rekindle my love for the song "Goodbye to You".  If you dont already have it downloaded...do it.  This song mainly reminds me of an episode of Charles in Charge.  The only episode I can actually remember. It consisted of Nicole Eggert's character or her sister...i cant remember... singing that song at some club???  Whatever..it jogged my great memory of the song and of scott baio.

In my public speaking class we were assinged our last speech....a persuasive speech on anything we want.  So I of course came up with the great idea of persuading the class that Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain.  I already watched the documentary about it "Kurt and Courtney".  Do I really believe she did???......i dont know.  I will agree however that she is one crazy ass bitch and I cant figure out what he saw in her.  The movie actually made me kinda sad.  I was never a huge Nirvana fan, but i think he was an amazing song writer and he seemed so down to earth and nice.  Either way I will provide an awesome speech and wow the class/professor because: a) If I do one thing well it is public speaking, and b)I can pretty much guess that the majority of the class will be doing lame ass speeches about "why you shouldnt smoke" or "why we didnt land on the moon" blah blah blah.

America's Next Top Model is heating up! ow!  My sister is pinning on my dad's wings at his graduation....haha.  Katie's Dad and bro are coming to party friday.  Joey Veronico is a fun party buddy (even though he passes out at like 12).

[	mood	|	angry	]
[	music	|	Jimmy Eat World- Clarity	]

This country is stuck with Dubbs for yet another 4 years.  The only positive outcome of this I can think of is the continued mockery of him on Saturday Night Live. I dont consider myself that much of a political person..but it being the first year I can vote I really tried to follow the election process as much as possible.  I just feel really helpless.  I dont think George W. Bush gives a shit about me or anyone remotely like me.  Also I think that his reelection makes our country a billion times more at risk.  Every country HATES the United States and HATES George Bush....now he's in office for 4 more years and we deserve everything that happens to us because the overwhelming amount of REPUBLICANS in this country and in the electoral college voted him in.  Ok i'll stop bitching about Bush until his next idiotic decision that is "for the good of this country."

On a brighter note... Halloween was this weekend and of course it kicked ass.  Everyone knows by now that it is my alltime favorite time of the year.  The costume was a success. Friday I got to hang here with my REDBIRDS and Frankie Streu and Jason came to visit.  I love those boys.  It was fun times of course minus the rain, mud, and my feet swelling up.  Saturday I went to UofI and it was a great time! I got to see lots of people who I miss on a regular basis.  We always have a good time together. I also discovered that there is a glow in the dark lever in my trunk, with instructional illustrations on how to escape from the trunk if you are locked in there.  It makes me feel good that if shoved into my trunk, I will safely tuck and roll out of it.   I was thinking about it and next year I'm going to be in England for Halloween.  How sad is that?  How old am I that this was my last college Halloween?  I'm going to dress up in Europe anyway and celebrate by myself if need be.  I'll just be the crazy American girl dressed up weirdly.

Lastly:  Sorry John Kerry, you did your best..but it looks like no one could have helped you...not even P Diddy!!

[	mood	|	lazy	]
[	music	|	Smashing Pumpkins- Disarm	]

This weekend...

• Got to party it up with Joe Moe.  I ate his pokey sticks and did the Harlem Shake for him. Visitors are fun!
• Got convinced last minute by Adam to go to University of Iowa with some crazy boys
• Drank for free at Iowa because of Scott Crassweller, Meagan Gordon, and childhood family friend who I have not seen in like 5 years.  Thanks guys.
• Dirty drinking games
• My foot and Jason's shirt getting puked on by a "mystery puker"
• Getting hit on by a 26 year old
• Convincing T-Mobile to discount my cell phone bill by 50 dollars.  Go me!

This week...

• Fuck group projects and dumb ass group members who like to screw over people who actually have their shit together like me
• My hair is no longer blonde. It is brownish red.
• I'm rockin these kick ass boots...

• Me and Katie's Halloween costumes are scandalous!!  Watch out ISU boys
• Going home on Friday for a wedding Saturday. Call me Friday if you want to hang with me and my boots in schaumburg
• I went tanning today and burned my butt and back

I need think of more interesting things to say.  Oh yeah...also while day dreaming in class I decided I need Waynes World on DVD...so if you want to buy that for me that would be awesome.

So these past few weeks or so I've developed a number of new obsessions.  They are the little things in life that make me happy since my life during the school week is pretty lame and boring.

Obsession #1

Full House- Last year in the dorms we did not get ABC family, but alas this year we have it.  Everyday before and after class I'll flip on the television and Full House is conveniently on.  Usually I'd pick a good Saved by the Bell rerun or TLC programming over Full House...but not this year. Uncle Jesse, Danny Tanner, Gibbler...i love em all!  (I especially love Derek the Yankee Doodle Dancer) He's my fave!

Obsession #2

Hummus- Sometime over the summer my Mom introduced my to hummus.  Before I always associated hummus with organic gross healthy food so I automatically turned it down, but after tasting it I was hooked! I was so scared because when I went grocery shopping at Jewel in Normal they didnt have it, but yesterday I switched it up and went to Kroger and sure enough they had it.  Now I put it on crackers, bread, breadsticks, veggies, bagels, you name it.  I'm going to turn into hummus

Obsession #3

Carson from Queer Eye- I've never wanted to hang out with someone on tv more than I have with him.  I say at least once a day to Katie, "I love Carson." I also talk to the TV when he's on.  It's kinda lame on my part and dorky but do I care?

Obsession #4

Kanye West....need I say more?

Obsession #5

McDonald's ice cream cones- They're a buck, low fat, and delicious.

Obsession #6

Taking care of my plant- I used to be a plant killer. I could not keep a plant or flower alive for the life of me.  The beginning of the school year I decided to give the whole plant thing one more shot.  As soon as Joshua (his name) looks sad...i give him water.  I actually do it excessively now and when I lay in bed I look at him.  My Dad has a green thumb and I'm sure that i'd make him proud.

Well those are my obsessions for the time being.  The weekend was fun. Visitors are cool. I'm going home on Friday. I need to find a dress for a wedding. I'm gonna buy a digital camera next week I decided. I need a job still though. I need an internship too. If you can help me out with any of this that would be great.

[	mood	|	tired	]
[	music	|	Blur- Country House	]

Well this weekend was officially the first crazy crazy weekend of the school year.  This weekend was for sure action packed. Take a look:

Thursday

1. Started out in a shitty mood, didn't want to go out.
2. Slapped on my Anthrax t-shirt knowing it would make me happier
3. Stupid party--cops came
4. Went back to Jen and Tracy's.  Brought the party there...
5. Saw Jewish Joe at the Metro who I have not seen in like 2 years.
6. Hung out. Drank Jager Bombs. Had fun.

Friday

1. My sister came down here
2. Treated her myself and Schuyler to some Famous Dave's. I had the rib tips.
3. Used friend Michelle's fake ID and went to 3 bars.
4. The last bar being "The Bistro" ISU's finest/only gay bar
5. Danced with a transvestite
6. Got hit on by a lesbian
7. Fake madeout with Rudy
8. Danced with Matt to Dancing Queen
9. Got free condoms
10. Went to Schuyler's and ate "seasoned curlies" with blue ketchup

Saturday

1. Sassified myself up
2. Drank
3. Went to friend's apartment
4. 2 kegs, summer hummers
5. Drunk
6. Dont remember conversations. Pretty sure I said some embarassing stuff...eh...what's new?
7. Took wacky pictures
8. Passed out..woke up with a pounding headache and my makeup crusted on my face. Gross.

Today is Sunday.  Sunday's suck ass. I have to go to the library and clean my vodka filled kitchen.  If I get a wiff of that, I'm gonna puke. Adam GF is mad at me. I'm not taking you to the wedding Adam because we'll get to go to a wedding together when WE get married!!  Alright..i need to shower.  I feel used, abused, and dirty.

[	mood	|	hot	]
[	music	|	Foo Fighters	]

So...Im back at school in my apartment with my 2 lovely roomates.  Today Katie and I came to a realization.  Every night our roomate mike cooks these gourmet, delicious dinners for himself.  Katie and I take some peanut butter and slap it on some bread and call it a night.  Katie and I are 100% Italian.  Mike is no percent Italian.  Does this make sense? I didnt think so.  I like cooking, but i just dont have the means to do it here, or the patience.  Maybe Mike will just cook me dinner and that solves my problem.

I decided i'm gonna be more involved this year at school. I'm getting a job, joining the PRSSA, and going to a "ISU democrats" meeting on thursday with my friend molly. I'm also joing the YMCA. Go me!

Ive been rollerblading and skateboarding a lot. People got robbed close to where me and Katie live. No more night strolls for us. Romy and Michele was on tv today. I love that movie. My sister sent me a package in the mail consisting of a coach change purse, dirty dancing, sour apple altoids, and a refrigerator note pad.  My sister actually likes me. Weird.

New obsession=Kanye West. He rocked the VMA's lookin' all sassy in his black crushed velvet suit. Polyphonic Spree...creepiest thing ever.  Marilyn Manson...awesome.

I played spin the bottle on Saturday and kissed 3 boys! I'm a slut!  Parties are fun. I cant wait for visitors. My apartment is really cute. I like this whole "I have more than windows 95 thang."

Katie and I decided tonight that we are cute, fun, intelligent, respectable, non-clingy girls and its Re-fucking-diculous that we dont have boys after us.  I also came to the conclusion that ISU boys are nerdy. Thats it for now. 

The LJ is back in action!  (or rather...my boredom is back in action)