Remember Me?!
Currently
November 19, 2008 10:54 pm
Feeling: Bored
Craving: Thanksgiving Break
Hearing: Trains outside (sooo annoying)
Last Movie: Hancock
Last DVD: Thank You for Smoking
Last on TV: Pushing Daisies
Reading: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: No one
Plugging: Much of a Muchness
Geez talk about a long break, huh? This is why I suck at this whole blogging thing. I get busy and my blog suffers. If you notice my last post is pretty much right before school started, and now here I am, after midterms. I should be reading The Last Days of Socrates, but I really don’t want to. Thucydides killed my spirit already tonight. That is one of the worst reads ever!!! My teacher was saying he did not pick the Steven Lattimore translation for its readability (of course not! that would be too nice). Thucydides takes away my will to learn. UGH.
Anywho, so I actually started Greek and I must say, I’m doing pretty darn good. Today’s quiz was definitely not my best though. If I had learned grammar a little better when I was learning English, this wouldn’t be so difficult, but since I have a hard time figuring out what nominative vs. accusative cases are in English, it makes it difficult to do in Greek. Tomorrow night our class is going to Big Fat Greek Restaurant and it’s on the University. I wish it wasn’t during the Suns game though!!! Well, hopefully that will be kinda fun. Outside-of-class-class-events are always a little awkward though.
OH! And my car is fixed! Now, I believe it was fixed the last time I blogged (but as I established that was FOREVER ago). My car broke twice since then, I’m pretty sure. Maybe even three times. But I got a new battery and Frank put it in for me and now its working! I’m mobile again! And the best part?
I GET TO GET MY NEW CAR NEXT WEEKEND!!! That’s right, I’m trading in my pink Rabbit. While I love it and really don’t want to let it go, it’s 30 years old and not that reliable. I’m going to let the girl across the street from my parents buy it cause I like her, and that was one of my biggest things about selling my car. I didn’t want it to go to just any girl. I’m excited to be able to go places now! I could drive to Phoenix if I needed to. I could drive to California if I wanted to! This will be really good for when my sister has her baby too. I can leave as soon as she goes into labor, and be there 4 hours later (hopefully!).
I guess I actually should get to finishing my homework since it’s getting late.
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!
8 Days Left
Currently
June 20, 2008 10:25 pm
Feeling: Annoyed
Craving: Watermelon
Hearing: Some sort of weird creaking noise
Last Movie: What Dreams May Come
Last DVD: What Dreams May Come
Last on TV: Weeds
Reading: The Iliad by Homer, The Giver by Lowry, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: No one
Plugging: Terrible Knucklehead
My LG phone has now put itself permanently into “CAR KIT” mode and I have tried numerous ways to try to get it out, to no avail.
I found a forum where other people are obviously having the same problem (although that isn’t my exact phone), but of course I still have no answer.
Basically with “CAR KIT,” I have no sound for text messages or when my phone boots up, but I can hear my phone ring and my alarm go off. BUT when I get or make phone calls, I can’t hear the other person and the other person can’t hear me. So I kinda just have a beeper right now. I can send messages and that’s it. GRRRR
And it looks as though the forum is saying that there is either moisture in my phone (which there isn’t) or there is something wrong with the charging port, which there is. Back in, like, December or even longer than that, I noticed my phone wasn’t holding as much of a charge, and when I went to a Verizon store they told me that the charger port had been ruined, kind of. The little metal bars, or whatever, in the port – some of them were bent up. So, I guess this is just my continual punishment for ruining that.
So, back to the title of my blog: Thank God I only have 8 more days until I get my new phone.
Anywho, I took a quiz for my class on Tuesday(?) and I realized Tuesday night that I had forgotten to answer one of the parts. The IDs said to answer 5/8 and I only answered 4. I got my quiz back today and I got a 90%. Totally lucky. I couldn’t believe it. Unfortunately, as it is a summer class, and therefore sped-up, I have another quiz Monday, a paper due Thursday and my midterm on Friday. BLEH.
My parent’s are here this weekend for a church thing. It’s good to see them again, but I just saw them haha. I kinda wish it could’ve been a couple weeks from now, just cause I really don’t know when the next time I’ll see them is. It may be as far away as Labor Day weekend when we go to Hatch for the Chile Festival.
Bleh. I have to get up early and I’m mad about my phone, so I’m off to bed.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Raise your hand if you love Pushing Daisies!
Currently
June 17, 2008 1:55 pm
Feeling: My Kidney
Craving: Dessert mints
Hearing: B-52s – Rock Lobster
Last Movie: Big Fish
Last DVD: Rent
Last on TV: Home Improvement
Reading: The Iliad by Homer and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: No one
Plugging: Scratch for the Soul
My hand is most definitely raised! Oh how I love this tv show! From the beautiful Lee Pace, to the amazing sets, to the brilliant idea, to the crime solving, to the hilarity…. I love everything – it’s just an amazing show. Frank said it’s the quintessential ME show… Not sure what he means by that haha… other than he thinks I’m a big weirdo.
I mean, c’mon!! If nothing else, watch the show for the Pie Maker!
I hope Frank doesn’t see this post, cause he’ll be just a tad jealous : P
Well anyway, when I was at work earlier I was convinced that when I got home I’d clean and start working on my first paper for my class on Homer and be productive in general. So far I’ve eaten lunch… and started this blog haha. Oh, that’s a lie, I did dishes too, but it’s not like there was much to do.
That’s something I do enjoy about our apartment – there’s no dishwasher. And you may be thinking, “why the hell would you like that?” Well let me tell you: We don’t have enough dishes to fill a dishwasher anyway, so if we were continually putting our dishes in the dishwasher, we would run out of dishes before we had to run it. Next, since we have a small dish drainer for the dishes to dry in, we have to put the clean dishes away more often. When I lived at my parents house, I would always just stack dishes until there was no more room left and I had to put them away. Now that amount of time is much smaller haha. I don’t know, it just makes me neater, which is always good. I need things like that.
So, money’s getting tight, especially after spending $120 on groceries due to the fact that I had to buy a lot of stuff since I had absolutely nothing other than snacks and soy milk at my apartment. I think we’re going grocery shopping again tonite… hello credit card.
I’m usually really good about paying most of my bill on my credit cards every month, plus I’m usually pretty good about not using it much, but now I don’t even have the money too. BLEH.
Well, with that said, I think I’m going to do my reading for class tomorrow… or nap. One of the two.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Boring Night
Currently
June 13, 2008 11:47 pm
Feeling: Restricted and tired
Craving: Money
Hearing: Frank, Ben, and Michelle talking
Last Movie: Godzilla
Last DVD: Rent
Last on TV: Man vs. Wild
Reading: The Iliad by Homer and Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: Frank, Ben, and Michelle
Plugging: Scribble Scratch
Bleh. I have to work tomorrow. I’m glad I will have work again (especially since it’s only until the end of June), but I’m still not looking forward to it. It’s been really nice coming back from school and doing nothing for the rest of the day. I guess, since it’s only temporary work I will work Monday – Saturday. The thing that really sucks is that Frank and I walk to school together and now we’ll have to walk back separately. It’s a little thing, but still.
When I went to talk to my boss about that today I also grabbed Wicked and Son of a Witch from the library. Of course, I haven’t picked it up today, but I will. Instead Frank and I watched TV and took a three hour nap.
I’ve been playing around with Photoshop again. I go through phases with it. I saw a tutorial on smashing magazine about using the clouds filter. I’d like to see and use more tutorials like that because I’d really like to get better with graphic design.
I now have a profile on Library Thing and I’m excited for it. I’ll add some of my random books at some point, but I’m too tired to tonite.
I guess that’s all for today : P
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Sunburns Suck
Currently
June 12, 2008 1:28 pm
Feeling: Comfy
Craving: A good book
Hearing: The Braves-Cubs game and Frank being mad at the Braves
Last Movie: Hot Fuzz
Last DVD: Ed Wood
Last on TV: Hot Fuzz
Reading: The Iliad by Homer
Talking to: Frank
Plugging: Logical Harmony
Frank and I have been walking to school in the morning. It’s nice, but yesterday we walked from his house and it was super hot. I haven’t been sunburned in a long time, but after the 40 minute walk to class and the 40 minute walk back from class in a tank top, it happened. Yay for freaky tan lines. I thought it was going to hurt a lot today, but luckily it doesn’t. Now I’m just sitting here watching the Braves game with Frank even thought I don’t like baseball…
So I saw an article about Cherlize Theron saying that she was “slamming” other actors, when she said
“It comes across as this really sad need for approval. I’ve heard people make comments like, ‘You don’t really want to be in the tabloids but you need to be for your career.’ They believe it’s actually important. It’s not. It’s ugly.”
I don’t think that is “slamming” other famous people. It’s true! Wanting to be in the tabloids seems to me, like a quest for attention too, and personally I don’t think that bad attention is worth it. I guess I’m not someone who likes to be the center of attention anyway. I’d much rather be the best friend of the person in the limelight, but maybe that’s just me.
The Suns finally have a new coach. I’m a little scared. I know we need to work on defense, but I’m afraid other things will slip. My boyfriend and his roommate were saying we need to get rid of Diaw or Barbosa, but at least they stepped up in the finals against the Spurs. Our “top three” didn’t. Not that I want Nash, Stat, or Shaq to leave. Well, actually Shaq didn’t do what he was supposed to, so whatever. I guess my point is that for this all to work, with a new coach, everyone needs to freaking step up.
So, I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday and he was saying that he has applied to 8 or 9 places down here and no one has even called him back. After we talked about that I started getting scared that I’m never going to get a job down here, but I really need one. So I emailed my nice boss at the library to ask if theres a chance that I could work there this summer even though I said a month ago that I wasn’t going to. So I at least have a job until the end of June, but I need to go see him to figure out when I’m going to work. I really like not working though haha. It’s nice going to school and then coming home and just doing nothing, or cleaning. I’d make a good housewife haha.
After reading the Iliad today I really want to go to the library and get other books. I keep forgetting to take my library card with me to school, though and Frank doesn’t want to walk back over there today 
I want to read, but I want to finish reading Wicked!
So I also read today on AOL (I hate AOL, but it has a good news page) that the US life expectancy is behind 30 some other countries. Japan has the number 1 life expectancy with 83 years old. I’ve decided I’m blaming the fast food world, along with the lethargic life style. I know that’s my problem haha. Being overweight just causes SO many other health problems! From things like diabetes, and heart failure, to something I had to deal with this year. When I gained weight at the beginning of this year I noticed my feet were hurting, but not in a normal way – the top of my feet were hurting and I was literally limping. That’s when I had to stop wearing flip flops 24/7 and start wearing tennis shoes again.
So anyway, if you couldn’t tell I don’t have much in my own life to talk about today haha. I haven’t fixed my car yet. Frank is going to look underneath my car and see if something with the gear shift is loose, but we have to wait until I can call my dad and he can explain what frank should look for. Anyway, I finally need to go unpack my bags and clean my room, so I’m going to go do that.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Welcome to My Head
Currently
June 3, 2008 12:31pm
Feeling: relaxed
Craving: sleep
Hearing: Monk
Last Movie: Memoirs of a Geisha
Last DVD: Monk: The Complete Third Season
Last on TV: Home Improvement
Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: texting Frank
Plugging: Silent Dreams
I love monkeys!!
Well, this is my first post. My name is Michelle and I’m 20 years old. I’m a studying Classics at the University of Arizona and I plan on going into Library Science after that. If you can’t gather it from that, I love books. I don’t get to read as much as I want to though, because during the school year I feel guilty if I read non-school books. BUT ITS SUMMER NOW 
The first night I got back home I went straight to the library and got a couple books and movies. So far the only book I’ve finished is Go Ask Alice, which, if you haven’t read, you definitely should.
Also, now that it’s summer, I get to start concentrating on learning Greek since I start next fall. I found an AMAZING free program called Before You Know It. It has lists of words, electronic flash cards, and it even has sound, which I thought I would never find in a free program. Crazy, but exciting. My boyfriend made fun of me a little for taking Greek, but first off, I’m a 1/4 Greek, and secondly, I have to take Greek or Latin for my major… I don’t have much of a choice : )
I guess that’s all for today!
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
