Hot Mess

My life is somewhat of a hot mess right now. The only real joys I have are eating at Fresh Food, the knowledge that the weekend will come again, and the satisfaction I get from saying the phrase "hot mess". Say it with me: HOT MESS. Hot mess. Hotmesshotmesshotmess. Anyway, why is my life such a hot mess right now? As if the fact that I am a poor college student wasn't enough.

1. I am behind in 3 classes. Significantly behind. Like, I have so much work that I don't even know where to begin, and if I work on getting one subject done, the others have to suffer.

2. My new tights somehow stained my fingernails blue. They are a blue plaid type of pattern and when I put them on this morning, the color rubbed off on my hands. It washed off my fingers but the color on my nails seemed to intensify aftr meeting up with soap and water. I don't even want to think what these tights are doing to the inside of my skirt right now. I fear that the khaki may look more like denim when the day is through.

3. I have so many assignments due this week. I know that goes along with #1, but it is such a big thing that I think it should be mentioned twice. Besides, #1 is more about being behind on my reading, and this one describes more of why I can't catch up on that reading.

4. Because of #1 and #3, I don't have much time to go to the gym. I am losing all the progress I made in the first weeks of the school year.

5. My dirty laundry is overflowing. I won't run out of clothes, because I am blessed with an extensive wardrobe, but I am afraid that the dirty laundry might aquire some form of intelligence and mobility and come attack me in the night.

6. If my laundry does decide to attack me, I will be ready for it because I don't get to bed until about 4 am (reason #6 why my life is a hot mess). So if it is planning a sneak attack it should wait until daybreak. But we all know that evil supernatural laundry can only move about at night, so I am safe.

7. Brian Boitano has dissapeared from his Sunday time slot, and I have no idea where he went to. Food Network is not giving me answers, but instead they are throwing Paula Dean dipped in butter and deep fried at me through the airwaves. Not cool Food Network, not cool.

8. All the other things I want to do are being pushed to the wayside. I am in 3 organizations but I really only have the time to dedicate to one, and I hate that. I want to go on trips with the backpacking club, but I don'y have the time, or the gear, which leads me to my next point.

9. I don't have any money to buy the things I want. I want to buy some proper backpacking gear so I can go on these trips, but I don't have the money. I only have enough money to buy the food I need. I have no income. I have an etsy account that I could seel things on, but then I don't have the time to make things to sell.

Hot mess. Most definatly. I just keep telling myself that this college thing is worth it. It is hard to believe when school is keeping me from all the things I love to do. When I am staying up late reading about things that I have no interest in, it is hard to make myself believe that I want to be here. When I find myself dragging my feet through boring classes, drinking gallons of coffee (coffee on campus tastes like hot garbage, by the way) just to get myself through the day, and finding that there isnt't enough time in a weekend to catch up on work and sleep, it is really hard to make myself believe that I am in the right place, doing the right thing. I had better get a job when I graduate or so help me...

Boring?

I have come to the conclusion that my blog is pretty boring right now. I mean, you really can't blame me since all I do now is muddle through school days. But I am determined to make it a better blog! I have been thinking about what I like to see in blogs that I read, and I think I will incorporate some of those elements in my own bloggity blog. (Blog is such a funny word, isn't it?) So! Fom now on there will be more pictures, anecdotes, videos (I am reinstating YouTube Wednesdays!) and maybe a piece of fiction thrown in here and there. I am also going to try to update more often, because I hate when readers have to wait DAYS to here from their favorite blogger. So wish me luck and watch for improvements!

Where is the new episode?

Every Sunday I watch What Would Brian Boitano Make on the Food Network. But today it wasn't a new episode! They showed the first episode of the season. I am pretty upset. Since the fiasco with Pushing Daisies I can't help but be a little wary when they start messing with my favorite shows. All I have to say is there better be a new episode next week. Or else. 

In other news, I think one of my professors killed a sofa to make the outfit she wore to the last class. (I am not saying which prof in order to protect myself, lolz) But seriously. She was wearing a blazer made out of this thick fabric with this big floral pattern on it. I immediately thought of upholstery.

Mid Week

I took an accidental nap yesterday. I just laid down on my bed when I got home from class and completely conked out. I must have needed it if I fell asleep so quickly. It is only September but it already feels like that I have been here for months. Gah. I am so busy! And I want to more. I don't know how I am going to fit it all in. I am in three organizations, I am learning how to sew, I am head of Project PD, I go to the gym everyday, I am adding a minor and I want to study abroad. There just isn't enough time in four years of school to fit it all in. I want to graduate in 4 years, but if I study abroad I don't think I will be able to.

Good news! I think I will have time to actually sew something this weekend! And I have a fun post planned for when I upload the pictures from my camera.

I would rather...

Be knitting than my homework. I am awfully fatigued today and I just feel like curling up and doing something crafty. I have been dying to break out my sewing machine since I got here. But I don't have the time. I know what you are thinking, if I would get my homework done early then I could devote some time to craftiness. But in order to get my homework done right, I have to devote hours. And once I'm done with classes, go to the gym, shower, and eat, I am exhausted and short on hours. Oh well. 

Back to School

So Blogger changed the way that I sign in, so for the longest time I couldn't log in to my account. Boo. But I figured it out today! So guess what I am doing instead of homework! That's right. 

So here is a thought for the day. At the gym I have noticed that the girls with the cutest exercise outfits are also the ones that take working out the least seriously. Hmm. Today when I went to do some laps on the track I noticed two girls standing by the railing (it is an elevated track) talking on their cell phones and clearly not working out. They stood there the whole time I was running and then when I was doing my cool down, they met up with some friends, ran two laps, and left the track. And they were thin. How does that work? Do they eat nothing? My prediction is that their bodies will catch up with them and their hips will spread after they have children. And by the shorts they were wearing I know that they will. 

Finals Update

One final down. I think I did good on it... It took me less than an hour to do and it didn't seem that hard. Today I didn't have any finals but I did have an interview at the Writing Center. I hope I get the job! Tomorrow I have my Italian final and I have to go to a class after that and watch other people do presentations. Then on Thursday I have a presentation and a paper due, and then an online final after that. I am not worried at all about the online final. The other ones I am a little worried about. Especially since my paper need to be 1200-1500 words and I currently have 300. Go me!

I can't WAIT till this week is over...

Finals Week

Finals have begun... I have my first one in less than an hour. ewww. I have one today, none tomorrow, one on Wednesday, and two on Thursday. One of them on Thursday is a group project presentation. Double yuck. If there is no YTW, you know why.

YTW

Last week I was on spring break, and it was SO nice. But alas, I am now back at school and swamped with work once again. So this week's YTW is in honor of some of my homework. I am reading the play The Odd Couple for my theatre class. After I read it had to do this big project on it. Yuck. But for now, enjoy the movie trailer. I wish I had a copy of the movie so I could watch it for inspiration!

Oh, and did I mention it is snowing again? Yeah, everyone is pretty miffed about that.

Sorry I am so boring!

I don't have much to blog about lately, because most of my time is spent doing homework. I have had so much work this semester that I get this terrible sense of guilt any time that I am not reading or doing other homework. Like right now, for example. I haven't hit a major stress point yet, but it will probably come sooner or later. I have to spend almost every spare minute I have when I'm not sleeping, eating, or in class on homework, otherwise I won't have enough time to get it done. I can't afford to leave everything for Sunday anymore, because everything that I have to do is so time consuming. I even read while I'm in the gym. Yay for exercise machines! Thankfully the work I have to do isn't impossibly hard. Like I said, it is just ridiculously time consuming. Right now I am wasting precious minutes and cutting into my slumbering time... 

But I don't want to complain too much. That is plenty for now. :-) I do take pleasure in the simple joys that have popped up recently. Such as:

*My "soundtrack" playlist on itunes. I have the soundtracks to Wall-E, Coraline, Chocolate, and Zelda: Ocarina of Time on shuffle, and I must say that it is on the awesome side of perfect.

*Figuring out my housing for next year. Yay apartment 13A! 

*Reading the 1 star reviews of Twilight on Amazon.com. Seriously people, these are HILARIOUS. Go read them. Even if you like Twilight (why...?!) you may find these observations comical. 

*Knitting group! I've started going to a knitting group on Thursdays. It is really the perfect end to my week of classes. The people that show up are so much fun to be around and I love getting off campus for a few hours.

*My new ringtone! I uploaded "Exploration" and "End Credits" from Coraline onto Myxer.com and sent them to my phone. I am currently using "Exploration" for my text ring. I love it! 

*Madcap Coffee shop downtown. Great atmosphere and great chai! Mmmmm... chai...

So that's it for now, I'm off to do more homework. Maybe I'll be in bed before 2:00 AM for once! 

YTW+

Back at a grueling week of school after a grueling weekend at home (8 page paper that was due on Monday took up the majority of my weekend.) And if I judge by the weather, this is not West Michigan in February. It is 54 degrees out! The snow that was piling up over my knees last week has been reduced to sad, icy clumps scattered across campus. Girls are walking around in shorts and flip-flops, and guys are sitting outside smoking hookah. Everyone has been asking me if I've been enjoying the weather. Hmmm, well that would be a big fat NO. I hate when the weather is like this. Because I know that it is just going to get freezing again, and we won't see the sun again until mid April. I only like 54 degree weather when I know that it is spring for sure and the tulips are peeking out of the dirt. Also, I can't enjoy much of anything right now because I have contracted a nasty little cold. Blech.

So the youtube clip of the week? Here it is! And if you haven't gone to see this in theaters already, SHAME ON YOU. Go see it. NOW. 

Ok, old plan out. New plan:

I can't remember what movie the quote in the title is from. Can anyone help me out?

Anyway, here is the plan. This is a list of all the things I must do in the next week or so, in order of due date. I am setting my academic to-do list in internet stone, so maybe, just maybe, I can stay organized for once. 

1.  3-4 page English paper

2. Keep up with Italian that is due everyday

3. Keep up with readings in Civ and Eng

4. Online response to English readings

5. Italian workbook

6. Online response to Italian movie

7. 8 page Civ paper 

8. Catch up on Rader Terms if I have time  

*hoping for the best*

Will some one please make it stop? Please???

I have so much work to do this weekend I don't even know where to start. So I'm starting by posting a blog update. Go me! I won't bore you with the details of all my homework assignments. Because, quite frankly, it is too painful for me to describe. 

So right now I am waiting for Melanie to get out of the bathroom so I can get ready. Then we are going downtown to the art museum because she needs to go see it for a class. I don't mind, I've been wanting to go see it for a long time, but I just wish I didn't have so much work to do. Maybe I could bring my laptop on the bus and start one of the three papers I should be working on... ugh. Typing that was painful. 

So in other news I am super excited to go home next weekend and see CORALINE!!! I can't wait!!! I have been following all the updates about online for a little while now and I am just so super excited. It is almost enough to take my mind off the looming homework and laundry I have to shovel through before next weekend...

Well, just livin' the college life...

I promise

I promise I will write a new post this weekend. I will, trust me. I just have to get through this first week of the semester and all of the bloody homework I have already. So stay tuned.

In about 12 hours...

I have to take a final exam on:

Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (951-965); R. W. Emerson, Nature, Chapters 1, 7, and 8 (1106-1113, 1132-1138), and “Self Reliance” (1151-1180); Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (1289-1298), and The Scarlet Letter, (1377-1493); Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1553-1565); Harriet Jacobs, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1808-1829); Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1698-1792); Henry David Thoreau, Introduction (1853-1857); from Walden “Economy” (1872-1885; 1893-1900; 1908-1914), “What I Lived For” (1914-1924), “Solitude” (1940-1945), “Higher Laws,” “Brute Neighbors” (1981-1995), and “Conclusion” (2027-2046). Herman Melville, “Bartleby” (2363-2384); Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (2920-2923; 2937-2982); Emily Dickinson, poems (2554-2597), especially “Safe in their Alabaster Chambers” (#124; 2560), “There’s a certain Slant of light” (#320; 2567), “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,” (#340; 2568), “This was a Poet—It is That” (#446; 2575), “Because I could not stop for Death—” (#479; 2578), “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—” (#591; 2579), “I started Early—Took my Dog—” (#656; 2582), “Tell all the truth but tell it slant -” (#1263; 2590).

Is it too late to turn back...?

I Should Disconnect My Computer from the Internet

I shouldn't be writing this right now. I shouldn't even be on the internet. I have so much work to do by Monday it is ridiculous. I really enjoyed the long weekend at home, but it set me back so much! Sunday I got back to school and realized I was whole book behind in my reading. Melanie (my roommate. Just in case there happens to be a reader who doesn't know me. Doubtful.) is working on her rewrites for writing 150, which I help with occasionally, but she would rather be making paper snowflakes. I agree. The end of the semester is awful! I just can't wait till finals are behind me and I can relax!

Instead of my papers, I'd rather be working on this:

That would be the Noro Scarf, which is so much fun to knit! I should be working on Christmas presents, but I just I love watching the colors come together. Speaking of knitting, I brought my knitting to my Civ class a few weeks ago, because I was desperately trying to get a pair of fingerless mitts done before the cold weather hit. My prof was fascinated and he said that he had never had a student knit in class before. I was a little surprised at that, because I am sure I am not the only student here who has yarn exploding from her/his backpack. Anyway, yesterday I went to class and three other girls were knitting. I feel like I have just won a small victory in some way. I inadvertently got more people to knit in public! Mwahahahahahaha... The class continues next semester with the same people, so we'll see if this knitting continues, or if they go back in the closet.

Maybe people are knitting more now because of the weather. Today was bitterly cold with the wind blowing. But at least we have snow!

They say it is supposed to rain tomorrow, but I am really hoping they are wrong. The snow just puts me in such a better mood. If I have to watch it turn to a slushy mess, I won't be able to handle it. I'll just have to turn in a blank sheet of paper for my final on Monday. I swear I will. 

Top 10 Reasons Why Rock Climbing is the Best Class at GV

1. I get school credit, for climbing up a wall.

2. It is the only class I have where the boys outnumber the girls. (sorry Timmy!)

3. They play Pandora in the gym. The best music comes on!!!

4. Strength training that isn't boring! I'm getting PUMPED. (ok, not really...)

5. Climbing blindfolded. SO MUCH FUN! I know it sounds weird, but it is really awesome.

6. Being belay certified. I am the bomb diggity shiz-nit. (I have just been dying to say that...)

7. The professor, Joe. He is really nice and helpful. and he has a mini mohawk. Not a faux hawk, a mini one.

8. I actually learn stuff. Most people think that all you do is climb, but there is so much technique to learn.

9. Sweet rock climbing shoes.

10. I feel like Spiderman! 

What sucks about it? It's only six weeks long! :-(

Hello!

My good friend Josh  recently requested all of his friends to start up a blog. I think he has some intellectual motive for wanting to read about other people's schoolwork... I don't know. All I know is that he asked, and he shall receive. Also, I must like punishment, because I am committing to a blog when I have almost zero time for anything in my schedule as is. Oh well, we'll see how this goes. I'll write something interesting later, but right now I have to go suck my brain dry by reading Thoreau. Yuck.