First Day Back
Currently
June 9, 2008 9:50pm
Feeling: Tired
Craving: tv and internet
Hearing: listening to Frank and Steve-o talk
Last Movie: Hot Fuzz
Last DVD: Ed Wood
Last on TV: Hot Fuzz
Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: Steve-o, Bethany, and Frank
Plugging: Big Pink Cookie
Well, I’m back. I’m in Tucson and school started today.
My weekend was awesome for the most part – at least the San Diego part. The wedding turned out really good. I helped make the centerpieces and decorate and then I helped make the food. It was a very disorganized wedding, but small and casual so it didn’t matter anyway. I took way too many pictures 
Well, we left yesterday morning and flew back to Phoenix on a much bumpier ride, but at least I didn’t get too much motion sickness. When we got there we went to my grandparents house. I had wanted to leave Phoenix around 3 pm or so, but since my grandpa decided there was something wrong with my starter he went to put in a new one. He told me at one point that I should take a shuttle since I would have to be down here today for my first class. Well, we decided it would be okay, and so around 6 I left. My car was good all through the drive, but when I got here and pulled into the gas station, I couldn’t get the gear shift out of drive so I called my dad and he told me to get my gas, and then I could still drive home. Well after I got my gas I couldn’t get my car started again. So I had to call a tow truck.
My dad was trying to help me on the phone, but when things like this happen, I can’t help but cry. He got frustrated with me crying and gave the phone to my mom who told me to call a tow truck. Thank God for Allstate’s free towing! Well, I told Frank I was broken down and he came to wait with me and the tow truck came about 45 minutes after I called. The guy was very nice, but told me that if my car was stuck in gear that he didn’t want to ruin my transmission by putting it on the flatbed… Frank mentioned something about “if it rolls wouldn’t it be okay?” but the guy said he didn’t want to take the chance so he’d call a wheel-lock tow truck.
So another 30 minutes or so, another tow truck shows up. The guy is not nearly as nice, but he gets in and sees that my car will roll, so he doesn’t get why he was called to do this. He calls the first tow truck guy who says that we told him we didn’t want him to ruin my transmission and asked for a different tow truck….. as if I know ANYTHING about tow trucks. I hate when people shift the blame to someone else, and I try not to, but I know I do occasionally. But that was just dumb.
I finally got home at around 10:30 and I went to bed around midnight or something, but after crying so much my eyes hurt so bad and I had a massive headache plus I had missed dinner due to the car mess. Because of that, I felt almost like I had a huge hangover this morning, but I went to class and all is well now.
My class was pretty good although the teacher was 15 minutes late, but whatever. We talked about the background of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey because that’s what the class is about, but I knew all of that stuff already. The only crappy thing is the books. One of the books costs about $60 and is back ordered, but we might have to buy it anyway. Then for The Odyssey and the Iliad we have to buy copies by a specific translator, so instead of borrowing the Iliad from the library for free, I had to go buy it for $11.
After all that, Frank and I ran errands and stuff. I found that my internet wasn’t working so I had to call and deal with that and I just figured out that it wasn’t the modem or the internet or anything – its the cable. So I get to do that tomorrow. AND I got to use my gas stove in my apartment YAY! I love gas stoves! Well, since we have to choose between tv or internet, I’d better get going.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Weekend in San Diego
Currently
June 6, 2008 9:37pm
Feeling: Lame
Craving: caffeine
Hearing: my dad snoring and the tv on
Last Movie: Man of the Year
Last DVD: Ed Wood
Last on TV: Hot Fuzz
Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: nobody
Plugging: Seasonal Plume
So we got up at 5 am today so we could leave Phoenix for San Diego at 7:30, and even though it was really freaking early and made it necessary for me to take a nap around 10 am, it was SO much better to take a one hour flight than to drive 8 hours haha. It was also fun since I hadn’t been on a plane in at least 8 or 9 years.
We went to Benihana today and it was ridiculously yummy. I had never been there before, but I had been to one other teppanyaki (I’ve also had a yearning to go since the Benihana Christmas episode of The Office). I love how the chefs have to be such entertainers along with everything else. We went to really good Mexican place for dinner too and it ended up that we had Calimari for lunch and dinner, which I think I could do everyday for the rest of my life We met up with our family friend that is getting married tomorrow (that’s why we are here). I hope it all works out. Marriage is such a complicated thing. I guess more relationships in general.
Speaking of relationships, my sister was texting me again today to find out what her ex had been texting me about and it kind of ended up with the two of us in a texting fight (which is super lame if you ask me). She can have all the opinions she wants, but if I have one it’s a huge freaking deal. I tried to explain to her that I believe that how a person treats his friends is a big indicator of who he really is (aka “best friends” don’t move in on each other’s girlfriends). Sorry if this is confusing, but I feel bad putting up too many details. I just wish I wasn’t stuck in the middle. Because of it my sister thinks I hate her… but I guess that’s her opinion : P
But back to my trip, my parents and I walked around the beach for a while today, and I decided that as much as I would hate living in California, I could DEFINITELY get a summer house here haha. It was so nice out and I feel that if I lived here, especially if I were rich and could afford a house really close to the beach, I’d get so much more exercise!! Just walking on the beach was so nice, and at the time I really wished I had a bathing suit so I could enjoy it more…..
… then I went to Target and tried on bathing suits and decided it is the most horrible way to torture a woman. Even when I was at my thinnest, shopping for swim suits was the worst thing ever! No matter how skinny you are, they just point out your flaws (real or imagined). So after embarrassing myself in front of myself, I bought a swim suit I wasn’t happy with (but that would work) and we got back to the hotel and didn’t even go down to the pool. So the torture was all in vain…. Well, maybe if I allow the thoughts of those horrible bathing suits to energize and motivate me to get the gym, it will have been worthwhile.
Instead of going down to the pool, my parents both passed out around 9. So here I sit, in this hotel room with crappy (and too few) outlets, writing my blog and watching Hot Fuzz. I love this movie!! My dad got sucked into watching Man of the Year earlier and we stayed for two hours in our hotel room watching it haha. It was good, but not 2-hours-out-of-our-vacation-good. But now Hot Fuzz is on, which I have only seen once, but I love!! My ex-brother-in-law told me about it, and since I’ve never seen Shaun of the Dead, I had no idea what to expect, but it’s amazing.
Well, since tomorrow is the wedding and I have to help my parents cook all day and I’ve been up since 5 am, I’m going to go ahead and go to bed! Hope everyone’s having a good start of the weekend!
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
Last Day at Home
Currently
June 5, 2008 3:37pm
Feeling: Super sleepy
Craving: a nap
Hearing: my uncle cutting tile
Last Movie: Ed Wood
Last DVD: Ed Wood
Last on TV: Hidden Potential on HGTV
Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Talking to: nobody
Plugging: The Un-Shy Introvert
So, as a classics major, I had two classes this semester with Dr. David Soren. I took his Roman Archeology class and his Art in Cinema class, and that’s where we watched this video clip: Slaughter on 10th Avenue.
Dr. Soren really loves Vera-Ellen – the girl dancer, while I love Gene Kelly! Ever since I saw Gene Kelly in Xanadu, I’ve loved him Anyway, I’m not a dancer so when I first watched the clip I thought it was interesting, but weird. As time goes on though, I find myself looking this clip up on You Tube. I really love it!
I’m leaving for Phoenix tonight, and then in the morning it is off to San Diego for a friend’s wedding. I’m really excited for it! And then when I get back to Phoenix on Sunday, it will be off to Tucson where I get to see my beautiful boyfriend again yay! I’ve loved seeing my parents, and friends, and my sister even though she hates me, but being home with the extra family – I’m definitely glad to be done with that!! So I packed up my car, and now I just have, basically, my computer to pack up and my library books to take back, and I’ll be done.
I put in an application at a hotel yesterday and I’m hoping they’ll call me soon!! I really need a job. I’m also hoping Frank gets a job soon because if he doesn’t, he’ll probably go back to his parents house in July when he’s done with summer school. It will be so lonely if that happens! So I’m just hoping for jobs for both of us!
I went to lunch with my sister’s ex today. I knew him in high school and then they were dating for a year and a half, but she broke up with him. Both him, and I are very sad about that. While I’ve been home we’ve gone to lunch and analyzed the situation. It’s a weird freaking situation, and after our first lunch I felt pretty productive, but today I felt helpless and so did he so it was kind of sad. I really like the guy and I want him to be willing to wait for my sister, but on the other hand, he shouldn’t have to and I’m going to be sad if he does wait around to no avail. Psssh, sisters. and relationships. I feel bad not knowing what to tell him. Oh well, I guess.
Today or in the next few days, I think I’m going to add my checklist of things I want to get done this summer. I’m excited to get to read, and do silly arts and crafts projects, and silly “challenges” on the Sims 2. I want to learn how to knit again and I really want to make a scrapbook, but I don’t really have the money to do too much of one, plus I don’t know what or who I would make it for, so I probably shouldn’t start on it. The only “scrapbooks” I’ve done were as graduation presents for my 4 best friends during our senior year. They were kind of scrapbooks, but they were also planners for their first year of college. I’m not sure if any of them actually used them, but I don’t think I actually want to know, because I have a feeling that one of them may have thrown it away (not maliciously, just because she likes to keep things uncluttered). The next time I make a scrapbook it will be much better, though.
Alright, I’m going to start on my summer checklist since I’ll have to finish packing soon.
καληνύχτα – aka Goodnite!
