A Little Bit’a Rant
Currently
July 23, 2008 10:20 pm
Feeling: Annoyed
Craving: Dessert
Hearing: Dresden Dolls
Last Movie: Batman Begins
Last DVD: Batman Begins
Last on TV: Weeds
Reading: War and Genocide by Doris Bergen and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: Myself
Plugging: I would plug the guy that wrote what I’m about to talk about, but I don’t like him, so I’m not going to.
Hmm… so I just read a post about Obama saying, “This is my second visit to Yad Vashem…I am always taken back to, sort of, the core question of humanity that the Holocaust raises. And that is, on the one hand man’s great capacity for evil but on the other hand the capacity to join together and stop evil if we are willing to speak out in one voice.” The author said that this quote was in poor taste… I just have one question… How? Looking back on it he may want to change his wording or add something, but what he said overall is not bad. Yes he was simplifying the Holocaust, but he wasn’t there to give a huge speech on the Holocaust. And then apparently Obama is the devil for saying this. How many dumb things has Bush said?! Pretty much every word that comes out of his mouth is the wrong one.
Bleh. Politics. Okay, I’m done with that. So, speaking of the Holocaust, I am taking my class on it now. It’s really good, except it’s tough to read some of the stuff, like the Jedwabne massacre. I don’t really want to go into because of how graphic it is. But, yeah. I really like learning the details of this stuff. My roommates boyfriend was asking what exactly I’m learning in this class since everyone knows about the Holocaust, but what you learn about it is so superficial. I really like learning the details of what happened. I had no idea about the Hitler-Stalin Nonaggression Pact until I took this class.
So otherwise I’ve just been working a lot. Frank finally came back after going home for a week. Then he had to go to Phoenix today and ditched me for the whole day. We were supposed to go see Batman tonight – his idea – especially since we stayed up til 1 last night watching the first one, even though he had to get up before 6 this morning. That annoyed me. I don’t even think he’s left Phoenix yet, and I don’t think he will at this point in the night. I hate when people break plans.
I’ve been watching a lot of Weeds again – I was watching Gilmore Girls again for a while. I can’t wait to catch up, but it’s going to suck to have to actually wait a week or more to see the next episode haha.
Alright, I must finish my reading for the night, but I needed to write a little and vent a little.
Oh, and I hate hate hate bills.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Uninteded Hiatus
Currently
July 15, 2008 11:43 pm
Feeling: Worn out
Craving: Cheez-Its and Frank
Hearing: Backstreet Boys – I’m jamming out old school tonite
Last Movie: The River Wild
Last DVD: Gilmore Girls
Last on TV: Weeds
Reading: War and Genocide by Doris Bergen and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: Myself
Plugging: No one
Geez, I had no idea I hadn’t written in so long!!
Well, my first summer class is over. No more Homer for me. I started my class about the Holocaust yesterday. I like it and it’s interesting, but there is a ton of reading! I like going to class though because it’s interesting the whole time. I don’t find myself daydreaming too much.
Because my class is at 11, I work at 9 now. I like it except that I work with another girl at the same time and there’s barely enough for one person to do, let alone two.
So last night something fell down into the tubing of our little fireplace, and I guess it made a huge thud, so Bethany thought it was a squirrel and Steveo thought it was a mouse. We spent, like, a half hour trying to get it out and couldn’t. We finally tried once more this morning since our landlord was going to have to come over to take it apart. We got it out. And by “we” I mean Steveo. It was just a really big beetle. For a while I was thinking it might have been the mouse we always hear running around in the ceiling, but I guess not haha. Oh well, his running doesn’t really bug me anyways.
So Frank went home for the week to help his mom run his grandma’s store. I’m so bored without him haha. It’s funny cause I’m still busy, but I feel lonely because usually even when I’m doing my homework and stuff he’s here too, and we stop in the middle of things to talk, but now he’s not here. Oh well, I guess. I’ll get over it. It’s been weird only making dinner for one person though.
I have good news. I weighed myself at the gym today and I’m down 10 lbs from where I was when I was home. I was hoping for more than 10 because last Monday I weighed myself and I was down 8 lbs. It’s understandable though because Saturday was my Grandparents 50th Anniversary party, so there were a lot of extra calories eaten that day with cake and such. It was a lot of fun though, and I got to see people I like (and people I don’t haha). Even though 10 lbs isn’t that much because of how much I want to lose, I already feel so much happier. I’ve noticed I’m a lot less moody, which is nice, because I know I’ve been pretty moody the last few months.
Now that I’ve finished my tons of reading for tonight, I’m going to go ahead and go to bed.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Gym Playlist
Currently
July 7, 2008 10:32 pm
Feeling: Bored and Unproductive
Craving: Drink
Hearing: Gnarls Barkley
Last Movie: Jaws
Last DVD: What Dreams May Come
Last on TV: Divine Design
Reading: The Odyssey by Homer, The Giver by Lowry, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: Frank
Plugging: Colloquy
So I was thinking about my gym playlist on my ipod. It’s a very silly mix and some of it isn’t very gym-like. And some of it, is good for now, but I’ll get sick of it soon.
- Here it Goes Again – Ok Go – fun and upbeat plus they’re on treadmills in their video
- Buttons ft. Snoop Dogg – Pussycat Dolls – upbeat again plus I love Snoop
- Gold Digger – Kanye West – good beat
- All Falls Down ft. Syleena – Kanye West – good beat and I love Syleena’s vocals
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness – such a fun song!
- Love Stoned – Justin Timberlake – just a good beat, I guess
- Elevator – Flo-Rida – Good beat, plus they mention Arizona… haha
- My Goodies – Ciara – I love the rap in this song.
- Girl Anachronism – The Dresden Dolls – SO much fun!
- Kiss Kiss ft. T-Pain – Chris Brown – I just like this song a lot.
- Love Song – Sara Bareilles – Good song, she’s got a beautiful voice, plus I love how passionate the song is.
- No Air ft. Chris Brown – Jordin Sparks – Again, beautiful voices and it’s passionate
- More Than A Feeling – Boston – Classic. I love blasting this one and singing at the top of my lungs (not at the gym of course – at the gym I just go faster)
- Low ft. T-Pain – Flo-Rida – just fun
- Me & You – Cassie – For some reason I really like this song. I think it’s her voice
- We Got the Beat – GoGos – I do have the beat.
- Hurt So Good – John Melloncamp – Perfect gym song – I love being sore – it hurts sooo good
- Work It – Missy Elliot – I love Missy Elliot. She’s so silly. Her songs put me in a good mood and I just wanna giggle
- Jane Says – Janes Addiction – This seems like a weird song for the list, but obviously my taste in music is weird period. It’s passionate.
- Jig Wit’ It – Street Runnaz Click – Another silly one that gets me going
- Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5 – Fun and fast
- Sensual Seduction – Snoop Dogg – Silly, and, again, I love Snoop
- Take On Me – A-ha – Gotta love 80s music. I should have more on my gym playlist. This song makes me wanna move
- Rock Lobster – B-52s – Such a silly song. Again it makes me wanna move
- Miss New Booty – Bubba Sparxxx – I like this song, but I’ve had it on my list for a while. It could probably go soon
- Gonna Make You Sweat k- C + C Music Company – Another perfect work out song
- Ridin DIrty ft. Krayzie Bone – Chamillionaire – This one could also go soon. It’s been on the list a long time
- Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin Daddies – Gotta love swing music
- Dip It Low – Christina Milian – This one could go soon. Good beat though
- One Two Step ft. Missy Elliot – Ciara – More Missy
- Whip It – Devo – Whip myself into shape
- September – Earth Wind and Fire – Fun song. I love harmony
- The Sweet Escape ft. Akon – Gwen Stefani – This one could go soon, but I like Gwen
- Wind it Up – Gwen Stefani – Reminds me that people stare when you look and move good haha
- Beating Hearts Baby – Head Automatica – good beat and fun
- Intuition – Jewel – I love Jewel, and obviously most of her music wouldn’t work for a gym playlist, so this is what I used
- Good Life ft. T-Pain – Kanye West – Good song, but it’s been on the list awile. Gotta let other Kanye songs take over the top of the list.
- Roll Out – Ludacris – I’ve always loved this song. It’s so fast and silly
- Girlfriend ft. Nelly – N’sync – Only N’sync song I like, and maybe that’s cause Nelly is in it good beat
- Rollercoaster of Love – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Gotta love it.
So there’s my list. Any recommendations are welcome. My music taste is obviously eclectic. I like making new lists occasionally because sometimes the list gets a little stale at the gym, like I said with some of the songs lower on the list.
I think I need to go to sleep now, I’ve got a lot to do this week since it’s the last week of class for the first summer session.
And yay for 6 days to the gym in the last week! GO ME!
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
5th of July Already?!
Currently
July 5, 2008 12:19 pm
Feeling: Sleepy
Craving: Another day off
Hearing: Headphone static
Last Movie: Jaws
Last DVD: What Dreams May Come
Last on TV: Weeds
Reading: The Odyssey by Homer, The Giver by Lowry, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: No one
Plugging: Bildungsroman
I cannot believe it’s July. It’s almost my Senior year of college. RIDICULOUS!
So Frank kind of got in a fight with his parents last night. It makes me really mad at them. His mom apparently thinks that he is trying to get money from them that he doesn’t need. The thing is he’s not that kind of guy at all. He has asked for less money from his parents than I have from mine, and I don’t ask for that much. The reason he came to school is so that he could make something of himself and so that he could help them with money when they’re old. And then they go and accuse him of freeloading. It really upset me. And it REALLY upset him. He’s always been the favorite in the family. I’ve been able to tell since day 1. So I never expected them to treat him like that. It was sad because we were having such a fun night bbq-ing and everything else that comes with the festivities of this weekend. Then I reminded him he was supposed to call his parents.
Anyway, that ended the night pretty early.
Bleh. Since my internet is not working well, I’m gonna end this post for now. I’ll write again soon.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Awesome Week
Currently
July 2, 2008 2:56 pm
Feeling: Proud
Craving: The Gym
Hearing: My fan spin
Last Movie: The Outsiders
Last DVD: What Dreams May Come
Last on TV: House Hunters
Reading: The Odyssey by Homer, The Giver by Lowry, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: No one
Plugging: No one
I feel like I haven’t written in forever!!!
Well, I got my new phone today 
YAY! It came yesterday, and my roommate was in the shower, and my boyfriend (who was at my house so that if fed-ex came to the door in my room, he’d be able to hear) was in my room, and they went to the front door instead… so I missed it. I was very bummed. But I got it today. Thank you who ever invented leaving a signature. Anywho I can’t activate it though because one of the things that’s wrong with my phone is I can’t call anyone haha. So I get to wait until 5 or so tonight. Not so yay. Oh well, at least it’s pretty.
I’m really proud of myself. I’ve gone to the gym the last two nights in a row, and I’m going in a little while again! Yay for being skinny! … oh yeah, and healthy : P It was really exciting too because last night I went and I was in a bad mood when I got there, but it put me in a good mood. Gotta love those endorphins!
I also had an oral report today on a super confusing article about origins of The Odyssey, but I think it went well, and I think I did better on this than I usually do during speeches. Then I got to work and got to do a project. It’s nice to do projects and get away from the mundane stuff I always do. PLUS I got my work-study situation resolved, so now I can get more hours at work if I want them.
I love good weeks – maybe because good weeks don’t happen often, and maybe I’m exaggerating and it’s only been a good day, but at least it’s making my week look better retrospectively.
Let’s see… my class is also almost over. I have 5 classes left! AND I ordered my books for my next class online and it was only $36! for shipping and everything! AND two of them have already arrived.
Okay, this is probably such a happy post people who read it will puke. I’m going to get ready to go to the gym!
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
