Last Post!

The last post that I will probably ever write on here! I am so stressed this week with exams. I have to study a lot in order to boost my grades up. I mean I am not to doing bad, but maybe if I study harder then maybe my memory will be better and I will retain everything that I studied. I can only hope!

With the Christmas season I have been working a lot more. I have been helping with holiday parties, like dishing up food and also still dishwashing every once in awhile I am glad that I am working more because  I have more people to buy presents for, like my boyfriend, Tyler, and my friends from high school who are coming back over the break.

Something exciting that has happened this week..Hmm. Well I found out that I am going to Eagle River with Tyler to see our friend Amanda. I am pretty excited to be four hours away from my parents and not have a curfew because I won't be home.  We are going to stay at Amanda and her boyfriend's house from January 2 through the 4th. It will be interesting spending that long with Tyler that is for sure.

Well now I should get back to writing my final experience paper. How is everyone's paper coming along? I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a happy New Year!(:

Gotta love Sunday Posts

So I have tried to write a blog entry for the past couple hours and I still have nothing. I am at a serious writers block. I get so distracted by everyone and everything around me. My mom is making cookies, my brother is blaring his music nad typind and I keep trying to chat with my boyfrriend on facebook. This just is not working! I think this is going to be a really random post, so bear with me please.

Woo, one paragraph done! SCORE. So my week was pretty good. Got a lot of hours at work. 29 hours in one week (everyday except monday) is a whole lot me. The sad thing is that I am almost completly broke and I just got paid on Tuesday. I hate how my money goes so fast. I have just decided that I am going to grow a money seed and sell it on EBay and see how much I get for it. Any offers yet?

Next thing is that most of my Christmas shopping is finished. I have my boyfriend, my mom, my dad, and my brother all done. All I need to do is my three best friends. Should not be too hard considering they pretty much like the same stuff I do. I love Christmas shopping for the most part. I just don't like it when I have to wait in line to exchange something that was in the wrong size.

Paragraph four already? Yeah I think I will wrap this up. I am not that much of an over-acheiver. So overall this was a very productive week, but a very disracting Sunday evening. I hope everyone has a splendid night!

Let's hear it for the awkward turtles!!!!!!

When it comes to thinking about the pefect date or just planning what you are going to do with someone you just met, there is no such thing as perfect. There is nothing but awkward. I remember when I first had supper with my boyfriend, Tyler's parents and his family. They are a pretty religious family and I am not so when they would pray before eating I was not used to that and was not sure what to do. How I overcame that you may wonder is by grasping my hands together and respecting that his family is different than mine.

Another awkward situation that I have been in is when I went to see Tyler in Port Washington and he is best friends with previous love intrest and another one of his friends who had a certain taking to me were hanging out with us. Even better was that we decided to go swimming and I am not the thinnest girl in the world so I LOVED showing off my gorgeous bod to all of these guys.  Oh that was a joyus time. It was me and three boys who all have or had me in common. Now don't get me wrong they are all awesome and I care about them, but it was just kind of weird being the only girl there.

On a more "friendly" note, one of the most awkward experiences of my life was when my best friend, Jake, was having relations with a man who was also my friend. They were getting really close and personal. Usually I am okay when Jake talks about his male friends, but seeing it in action was somewhat uncomfortable, but I am over it because I understand what he is coming from now that he explained everything to me.

Awkwardness is something that everyone goes through at every age. It never goes away because it is human nature to be uncomfortable at times. Sometimes the situations can be prevented, but by the time you realize that you did it yourself it is too late. Awkward situations make you, so embrace them!

Movie Night Anyone?

My family has recently discovered a new way of watching movies, either online or getting them through the mail.  It is called Netflix. I mean who wouldn’t like watching Never Say Never or No Strings attached for only $8. My mom pays the fee and we get all the new movies. I think that my mom puts way more movies on our Queue than I do!

I think that the online feature is what I use more. I go on Netflix.com on my laptop and I go to “Watch Instantly”. I have been in my room for the past couple nights just watching random movies that look interesting. I have seen some really good movies, but then there are just some ones that all I think is, “Why?” because they are so stupid. I think that best movie that I have watched online was the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I never saw it before and now I just love it. Thanks god for Watch Instantly!

Then you have Your Queue. I Your Queue you can request to have movies sent to you in the mail. We usually get the newest and most recent movies like Crazy Stupid Love. You can also put T.V seasons on request and just watch every episode ever. For me, I love watching One Tree Hill and Obsessed. Y brother usually puts a lot of his weird movies on there, whereas my mom puts a large variety on movies on our Queue.

Netflix is an awesome way to see all the great new and of course old movies and T.V. shows out there. If you don’t have Netflix I think that you should definitely get it, or that new Red box thing because it is worth it for sure!

Wishful Thinking

Everyone has hopes and dreams from childhood up until you are old in age. Dreams never die; they keep living and being built onto. When I think about some of the hopes and dreams that I have I feel like some are able to be achieved, but others are just so outlandish that they probably will continue to be dreams forever.

When I think about hopes, I think about things that I want to happen and that I can actually achieve someday. I hope that I meet my soul mate and we get married and have a lovely family with either two or four children. (I haven’t decided how many for sure yet!) I think that I can for sure make this happen. I am a believer in the saying “for every kettle there is a lid.” There is my hopeless romantic side coming out again. I also would like to teach a child to read. I feel like helping a kid read every word from the first page to the last would be so amazing. Don’t know why I think that, just do I guess.

My dreams that are silly and not realistic are next. First off, I would like to have a house just like in the Notebook. That house is beautiful. It’s a white house with a wrap-around porch and blue shutters for anyone who hasn’t seen the movie. Plus who wouldn’t want a guy to build a house from basically scratch all in a hope to get his girl back. I would be there in a heartbeat! Anyway, I would also like to be a billionaire and have a bejeweled hot pink Hummer. Oh, and a zebra named Stripper. Think that is feasible?

I dream big and now I am dreaming out loud. Hope even bigger because I think those are way more worthwhile. Go and make your hope and dreams come true. Share them with everyone because they might want some of the cash if you helped them become a billionaire. Dang, I wish that was me.

Got MTV?

When it comes to watching TV I usually flip on MTV. My favorite shows would have to be My Life As Liz, The Real World, and True Life. I think I like these shows so much because they are relatable to my life and my favorite kind of shows are reality! They also have a humorous, yet meaningful message so they are great to watch.

My Life As Liz in season one was the girl who was nerdy and had the guys who were just as nerdy. They were not popular, but that is the way they wanted it because they were happy just to have each other. Liz Lee, the main character, went to a high school to a small town in Texas. Liz started liking a guy, Bryson, but just like every teenage girl has had to deal with, he had a girlfriend so Liz was in the "friend zone". Liz looked to her guy friends to hel her, but her best friend, Sully, was practically in love with her so it was really hard for Sully to help. At the very end Bryson says that he likes Liz and we are left wondering if they ever dated or not. The second season is about Liz's adventures in New York at Pratt University to pursue art. By this time Bryson and Liz are together, but then Louis from school gets involved and starts crushing on Liz and she is mega confused. Bryson then confesses that there was a little something that he forgot to tell Liz about the last night in Texas...

Then there is True Life, which is completely well true life. The show has all real people who have real issues they are dealing with. I think the show is very intersting and I am like entralled by some of the things people have. I remember this episode called I Am A Shopaholic and it was really depressing to see that having an addiction to shopping, as stupid as it sounds, is really tough to break. The two girls were so in debt that one actually hid from the furniture company because she couldn't pay for it. It is so sad. Another episode is called Im a textaholic and one girl sends 14 thousand texts a month. HOLY MAN! I can't even imagine that. She has serious damge to her hands and her lifelong dream of playing volleyball in college is slowly fading away. Again, sad.

MTV has great reality shows I think and I believe that they are really great. I will watch these any day! I can't wait to see more episodes. Tonight at 5:00 PM a True Life called I'm Addicted To Exercise is on. Go and watch it! I hope that another season of My Life As Liz airs really soon too. MTV is not only music, it is REALITY.

Black and White Beauties

So I am a zebra fanatic. I love them, don't exactly know why, but all I know is that they are my favorite animal. The pattern of the black and white draws me in maybe because no other animal has that. I mean if had black and white stripes I would definitely be flaunting that around, no question about it. This post is going to be about "real" zebras and not just about the lovely PillowPet that I have.

Zebras are included in the horse family as African Equids. They have a very distinct pattern, GO FIGURE, but the interesting part is that no pattern is exactly the same. Maybe the stripe are a bit larger or thinner, or maybe the color is different than the most common black.  The technical term for the stripes is "zebra crossing". Something that I did not know about zebras are that they can actually tell who is who by the structure if thir stripes. Zebras have better eyesight than dogs that is for sure. Supposedly they can see all of the colors that we can see. When you think of how we humans communicate you think of us talking and voice inflections, well so do zebras. They use whines and screeched to get the attention of others in the group.

I have seen zebras at the fair and at the petting zoos, but I  would like to see them in their natural habitat. I bet they would look so cool and majestic out in the open. Then I could see the different stripe shapes and the different types of social behaviors they have. I definitely would like to stand in the middle, well maybe not the middle, more of to the side, of a herd of zebras and see what happens. How they play, how they move, how they flirt, how they everything. It would a once in a lifetime experience.

I now know one thing I am going to do before I die. Go to a grassland and watch zebras for hours. I will write down everything that I see and put lots of pictures up and write a day-to-day diary of reactions. Wish me luck and hope that I don't forget to do this in the future!

Bye, Bye, Bye.

I am part of the era of N Sync, Backstreet Boys, Dream Street, S Club 7, Hanson, and Britney Spears. I grew up listening to MmmmBop and Hit Me Baby One More Time. I danced around in my room like a crazed obssessed fan and I dreamed of meeting Britney Spears. As we speak I am listening to Tearin' Up My Heart by N Sync reliving the memories of being a little kid idolizing them.

I remember when the must-have McDonalds "toy" was a cd/dvd of N sync and on the cover was a clip  from the music video Bye, Bye, Bye. Every girl HAD to have it! When I got the CD I listened to it nonstop. It only had a few songs on it, but I was in awe at how great they sang. I develeoped a crush on the main dancer and singer JC. I thought he was the cutest guy alive. One Christmas I got a N Sync play cell phone and it would talk to you in the singer's voices if you dialed the numbers. It was seriously the best gift ever by far.

Enough about the boys. Let's talk about tte girls. You have the famous Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Hilary Duff and Destiny's Child. These girls were upbeat and girl powered. I turned the songs on a jammed to them when i was like 12. I still recall that I had a lot of posters all over my room of Hilary Duff and Britney Spears. When my neighbor and I would get together we would make routines to songs like Say My Name by Destiny's Child or Stronger by Christina Aguilera. Those were som good times we had dancing and singing our little hearts out all day.

For what it is worth I ocassionally take a walk down memory lane and search YouTube for old songs I used to listen to just to remember them so that when I am older and have children that I can say, yep, this is what I used to listen to when I was younger. I dare you to go and search YouTube for songs that were part of your childood!

BOO.

Halloween 2011 is growing near. Get out the candy, better watch the 13 Nights of Halloween on ABC Family,  and haunted houses. I am usually not a big fan of halloween anymore now that I am older, but so far it seems that this will be the best yet! I have had a whole lot of fun and I can't wait until October 31, 2011.

I remember when I was younger I would go trick-or-treating with my parents until I felt like I had enough candy that my stomach would hurt for days from the sweet treats. I loved dressing up and go out for hours with my brother and mom and dad. I was a witch, the pink power ranger, a wizard and a cat are the best costumes that I remember. I think I went trick-or-treating until I was 13. I would have went for a couple more years, but mom said she doesn't like the big kids coming to our house so she didn't want me to go anyrmore. That was a sad day.

The 13 Nights of Halloween on ABC Family starts October 19th and runs through October 31. Some of the movies included are Hocus Pocus, the original Willy Wonka, the Haunted Mansion, and a few of Tim Burton's famous works such as the Corpse Bride, the Nightmare Before Christmas aned a re-make of Willy Wonka. There is also Bewitched with Nicole Kidman, Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock, and the premeire of Coraline. My favorite movies are Hocus Pocus, all of the Halloweentown movies on Disney Channel,  and all of Tim Burton's films.

This year I went to a haunted house for the very first time ever. The haunted house was the Dominion of Terror, It was pretty freaking freaky that is for sure! When my friends and I got there we were greeted with a woman and a man who were dressed in clown costumes. They would come near us if we were scared, or even if they had not come by us in awhile. They blew in our ears, and would let out a loud shrek. I honestly think that was the freakiest part. The haunted house itself had different area with different scenarios. At the end, we were chased out with a guy with a chainsaw. The Dominion of Terror was an experience of a lifetime and I will definitely go back next year!

That Bugs Me

Azor says, Okay so I am assigning you a behavior essay due next Tuesday." We get a sheet with all these common annoying things. The list has 25 things that just bug the crap out of people, but I know there are thousands more that should be one there. Some of the things are just so ridiculous, but then there are ones that everyone can relate to as being a severe pain in the butt.

My top two annoyances from this list would have to be (1) Drivers who don't use a turn signal and (16) Guys who leave the toilet seat up. So when I am driving, or anyone who hates this, I always put my blinker on because I was taught that is just driving ettiquette when turnin. I am not sure why people don't use their blinkers, but all I know is that it makes me so pissed. I am not a raging driver, but I mean come on people. Are we seriously in that big of a rush that we cant put out signal on. It takes two seconds, and it will prevent you from getting hit. Go figure!

As for guys who leave the toilet seat up, that is just gross. I have had two times when I go to bed during the night and I fell into the toilet. Give me a little mercy I was half asleep. I hate when my brother and my dad leave the seat up. It is rare, but when it happens I flip a shit. I don't need to see what is under the seat. All I want is the seat to sit on!

Annoyances are a great way to get ideas for a behavioral essay because all of the things that make me angry are things I want to change about people. Toilet seats and lazy/in-a-hurry drivers are only a few from the list of . Care to and any annoyances? GO FOR IT.

You make me feel like I'm livin' A TEANAGE DREAM.

Katy Perry makes me wonder what I did last friday night when she sings about fireworks and teenage dreams. Whether you are a dude or a chick of my generation, you know these songs. Hell, our parents know the words just as well as us. Ms. Perry is booming from the window-rolled-down cars we drive and through our iPod docks. I saw Katy in concert this summer at Summmerfest 2011 and I am proud to say that I sang every word loud and on key. Well on key for the most part. Last Friday Night, Firework, and Thinking Of You are only three of my favorite Katy Perry chart toppers, but they are the most meaningful in my opinion.

Last Friday Night(T.G.I.F) is Katy's newest tune and I must say that it is upbeat and gets stuck in my head numberous times a day. It is just one of those songs that is associated with partying and I am pretty sure that it is played at least once at the homecoming dances that are at the high school events. I jammed all summer to Last Friday Night with my friends. Car, house, on the lawn, wherever, we blasted it and sung our hearts out. the music video is classic. You have the nerdy girl with braces who gets a make over and gets fawned over by all the hot guys and then gets wasted and wakes up the next day like, "OH SHIT. What happened last night?" It is so good and definitely gives the song a great image.

Firework is more of a heartfelt, more emotional song. It is still upbeat and catchy, but with a motivating message. The song says that everyone its like a firework because no matter what you have been through in your life, you always have that potential to have your moment and take control and make a change. Firework is so inspirational and the video is phenominal. It is petty close to the epitome of the saying "You can do anything that you put your mind to." It is fun and cool, yet it so emotionally enriched.

Thinking of You is more of a ballad that describes a relationship that is not entirely shared by both people, then she moves on to a new guy and finds that she can't stop thinking about ther other man. It sounds confusing, but it is just your typical romance movie plot, for example the Notebook. Its a very nice song and I know every word so when I get in that sad, hopeless romantic mood, I play it loud nad just belt out the words.

Romance?

So tonight I was with my boyfriend, Tyler, we were discussing romance. I would ask, "Are you into the whole romance thing? I know I am, but are you?" He would reply very casually saying, "Yeah, I think I am. I know that I like it, I just am not always the most suave at it sometimes." Romance to me is in so many forms and ideas that no one can ever not be a true romantic.

I would consider myself a hopeless romantic. Why you may ask? I believe this becasue I am the type of girl who can watch The Notebook over and over again and still go AWEEEE at all the lovey dovey parts. I wish that someday I will literally be swept off of my feet and have that super long and passionate kiss in the rain, but then reality sets in and I find out that when you go in for a kiss you actually do sometimes bump heads and the moment is not like the movie.

On the other hand, you have Tyler who likes the romance, but it is not need every moment of the day. I guess that is just a guy's perspective. Guys like being all sweet and lovey dovey, but at the same time they just want to sit and play video games and not worry about being romantic every time you are out together So I guess Tyler is a more "In the moment" kind of guy.

Whether a hopless romantic or a go with the flow kind of person, romance is always there even when you just play video games the whole time. It is all around you and in the littlest times and mannerisms is when they really come out. Watch The Notebook or play Black-OPS, romance is there too!

Used is the new you

"Eh, I don't like that sweater Mom, but I do love those slip-ons over there." Typical Sunday afternoon conversttion for my mom and I. Cute off-the-shoulder shirts, athletic pants, scarves and not to mention my favorite part, the purses is all I see. In the fitting room trying on the things i am interested in. I find that a shirt and some skinny jeans are adorable. Go to the check out and straight home to wash them and put them in my already full closet. Oh, how I love being a thrifter.
Shopping is a pretty nifty way to pass the time, I think so at least. When I think about a day out shopping Goodwill, St, Vincent de Paul in Plymouth, and Betheda come to mind. I love walking into the stores and jut taking in all of the bargains. When I can get a pair of Hollister jeans for six bucks I feel like I just got a steal. Going thrifting gives a little bit of a high. There is just something about the drive to find a new outfit and once you have accomplished finding the perfect ensembl you just have to wait to wear it out. I love seconhand stores much ,ore than the stupid department stored. Thrifting is way more benifical because there are no advertisments telling you wehere to go. Therefore, it is a huge chase nto get the cute stuff for cheap!
I prefer to shop at the most well-known secondhand store, Goodwill. I like how everything is set out at the Sheboygan Goodwill becasue I know exactly where to go if I want to look for a backpack or if I need blach dress pants asap. The ironic thing about how I grew to love thrifting is from having to go with my mom ever since I was little if i need new shoes or pants. I hated every second I was there. It was not until two years ago that I really started getting into thriting. I would also go to school with my new $3.99 tennis shoes and $4.99 purse. My friends would be like amazed at how I can find all this cool stuff. It is safe to say that I take them to Goodwill when we hang out.  Goodwill is not only for clothes though. There is kitchenware, christmas decorations, electronics, and books. Overall, Goodwill is a really nice place to ge your necessites for home and clothing.
Call it a hobby, call it an obssession. I look forward to Sunday afternoons to go thrifting with my mom every week. I just love it! Looking back on when I was little and making such a big deal of how I did not wear all of the brand names and thing that I was being silly. Now, half of my wardrobe is consumed of secondhand clothes and I am proud of every single pience. With all that has been said Ibelieve that it is safe to say that I am a thrifter for life.

College Status?

Oh crap. Tomorrow starts the second full week of college. I have no clue how I even survived the first week! UWS is so different than Sheboygan Falls High School that is for sure. High school I knew everyone in all of my classes and now when I walk into the room I know maybe three people if that. Dont get me wrong I definitely like this new step into the real world, just will take awhile for me to get used to my surroundings.

Now the classes that I am taking are quite interesting and not anything like high school. The only exception to being nothing like high school is that every teacher says, "No cell phones!", but each teacher has their own way of saying the imfamous rule. I digress, my classes are Introductory Psychology, English 101, Medical Terminology,  and Math 091. My favorite class so far would have to be Medical Terminology because it is a distance education course and it is so different. I have also met the most people in that class. I am learning though that I am going to have to a lot of memorizing, but I am prepared to do it.

Wen it comes to balancing school, work and spending time with family and friends I feel that so far I am doing a pretty good job. I have school everyday, but the lastest I have to stay is 2:15 pm two days a week and the earliest I am done is 8:50. I love the way my schedule is laid out so much. As for work I am working three to four days a week, all night hours for a couple hours a shift. The weekends are reserved for me to get together with my friends. So far I got this balancng act on lock, and I hope it stays that way!

Overall, college is going great and I am learning a whole lot and meeting some pretty cool people. I just hope that I get the hang of things really soon and that all the material that I learn sticks in my brain. School, work, friends is where it is at. So tomorrow the process starts again. Wish me luck!