Starting Over

Its over. Well, its been over, but now I'm finally looking forward instead of merely thanking the heavens that my "bad" semester had ended.

I know everyone has a bad one, and I know that life could certainly be worse, but I am just so happy to move on and enjoy the rest of my undergrad experience. This past semester was just.. not fun. I felt like I was constantly buried in my schoolwork with little to no time for leisure, and I almost ALWAYS had that nervous tummy feeling. Sure, I had built in ONE weekend where I could forget homework almost entirely to spend time with friends [hooray for Halloween in Madison!], but I was often fairly miserable.

It got to the point where my roommates began referring to me as the "roaming gnome" because they were never quite sure if I was in my room buried in books, passed out with the history channel on, at work schlepping shampoo for rent money, in class, or at Zumba taking a brief break. Because, well.. this was basically all that I did. I would come through the front door to, "We thought you were in your room this whole time!" or I would emerge from my room after a rousing paper-writing-marathon to, "You're not at work? You mean.. you've been in there this whole time?!" Clearly, my social relationships have suffered.

But now that the particular class from hell has been passed (with the lowest grade I've ever received in my life, ugh), I am ready to turn over a new leaf academically, and I resolve to spend more time with my friends, and less time worrying about.. everything.

Now that I have made my "new lease on life" proclamation, I will finally post a picture from Halloween, and promise to elaborate on my gloriously uneventful break in the coming days.

Apple Pie in the Sky

Today was a strange day. Someone actually said to me, "you look like you didn't sleep at all last night." Trust me, it felt like it.

I really hope I'm not getting sick; I can't afford to be sick until about 2012 or something. So please health, stay with me.

I don't know what it is lately, but I feel like I'm not having any fun, just working all the time, yet accomplishing very little. I do not like this. The only remedy I've come up with is to cash in my savings for Jimmy John's gift cards and time machines. Don't worry, I'm working on it.



In other news, I will be wearing a monster costume and hugging a giant banana in a week and a half.

LOP, Yeah, You Know.

After a wasted day, I have been having an extremely productive morning.

However, I feel as though I've hit a wall. APA papers, why are you so time consuming and monotonous?

Oh My Ford!

I'm not allowed to shop online anymore. At least for a while. Its too easy, and I can't afford it.

This week I have several packages coming.

Two pairs of boots:


A fall jacket (in brown):


A sweatsuit (for Halloween, but still):
And just a few short weeks ago, a mini laptop:


All beautiful specimens, but.. I need to take a break. ..After I order Windows 7..

Right at Head Level

The key to updating blog regularly is having midterms and papers galore.

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I could be studying for my experimental exam tomorrow. I could be writing my experimental paper. I could be studying for "Hatari!" tomorrow. I do none of these things. No, instead I make noodles, a tail, and a sully hood.

A good night.

Cause Bacon is Good for Me

Sorry about the extreme lack of updates. I started this blog to help me keep things in perspective, but its become another thing that I let sit on the back burner. Life keeps getting in the way. Ah well, so it goes.

Classes are in full swing; exams are being taken, papers are being written, Badgers are being cheered for, and passive voice is being thrown around like crazy.

And while I read everyone else's blog updates almost daily, I seriously neglect my own due to lack of time and inspiration.

So now, I will ignore all of the specifics of my absence and make a visual list of Halloween ideas, because that is the next big thing I am excited for.

Last year's big winners were the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones (my friends made up the reat of the cast, it was good fun), and the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.

How do I top these? I haven't figured it out yet, but these are my top runners:
Hurley from LOST

and Sully from Monsters, Inc.

Now I also considered Amelia Earhart, but I thought I may get a lot of "oh, you're a pilot" and too few people would make the connection, but then last night I saw a preview for this movie:
Coming out the week before Halloween. Convenient? Yes.


While I am still open for suggestion, and I can pick at most two (thanks Madison for your extraordinary Halloween celebration traditions!), I am weighing heavily on Hurley and Sully, as they would both be fun and relatively inexpensive. But also, anything that allows me to utilize copious amounts of tin foil would likely top the list immediately.. its fun to make stuff that way, okay?

So.. we shall see, and of course, I will have LOTS of pictures.. or at least some.. to show off my costumes of choice.

Boys in the Hood

Now that my beloved boys are back in the apartment, I feel as though I will have enough steady material to do a regular feature on their zany antics. And so today marks the first edition of:

The Falafel Boys=Total Gentlemen

Yesterday while I was looking in my closet pantry for some good eats, I hear a knock at my door. As I open the door and say, "yeeeees?" I see Luke has a banana in the fly of his pants thrusting in my general direction. "Oh yeah, you like that? How about this?" And the banana detaches, travels upwards and (gently) slaps me in the face. I recoil and make a pouty face while the banana continues to make contact with my cheeks. "LUUUBEY! Yeahhhh! Thats a banana with a condom on it. And now its on YO FACE!"

Thanks Luke. Thank you.


I later find out that they a friend who stayed the night left some of his condoms in the living room. Not just any ol' run of the mill condom, but a more embarassing variety, known as the "Snuggerfit." For small peeps.

That made it funnier.