Recap of my week...

Monday: I went to the fair in the park on campus to check out all of the sororities that I will be rushing (beginning tomorrow). I narrowed my prospective list from 8 to 5 in a mere 20 minutes. One of them (I'll refrain from using their name) was just psycho. Each sorority is responsible for putting their top 3 members in the booth to recruit girls-- if these three girls were that sorority's top 3 I feel sad for them. These girls were weird, I honestly thought one as a trekkie and they all looked like they hadn't done any form of grooming in weeks. That statement was my mean quota for the day. It just had to be said. I backed away slowly (but not smoothly, I hit my head on one of their Greek letters on my way out) and pretended to get a phone call.
That night I met up with Danielbeast at the ARC for a big Late Night thing which I ended up leaving after about a half an hour. I did, however, meet a lot of the boys from the Jewish fraternity that are trying with all their might to recruit Danielbeast. They're nice and they really like me :)
After leaving the ARC I went to karaoke as I have done for the past 4 or 5 Mondays, but this time was different. I finally got up the courage to sing! BY MYSELF! People got up and sang and danced and swayed and totally got into it so I was really stoked :))))))

Tuesday: don't remember.
Wednesday: don't remember.
Thursday: First day of school! Parking is miserable, but hey, it's a commuter school-- I should've expected it. I have to park on the OPPOSITE side of campus from where my classes are, but I'm hoping it will prevent the whole Freshmen 15 thing from getting me within its horrible, chubby, stereotypical grasp. I also went to a recruitment meeting and watched The Office tonight. PB & J forever. It's about darn time!
Friday-Monday: Rush!
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Shopping!

So I went shopping today and got some really cute stuff! I got two longish top/dresses that I plan to wear with leggings and a belt. Do you care? Perhaps not. But that could be because you're jealous that I bought cute new clothes and you didn't. BUT YOU CAN! I was perusing the H&M website so that I could post pictures of the clothes I got but I couldn't figure out how to just look at clothes... I ended up making my own virtual model and it's super fun. You make the model to have your body style, hair style, face style, EVERYTHING and you try clothes on her to see how it looks. If you're bored or don't want to take the time to go try things on, I definitely recommend it. Check it out!

More sap than a Maple tree

After talking to a few people at work tonight about high school I came to realize just how amazing my high school experience was.
First of all, I had the most solid close circle of friends, plus a lot of casual ones. My close inner circle included Deannie, Alli, and Lindsey-- three of the most amazing friends and people ever. One was a four year varsity softball player, talented saxophonist, and one of the funniest girls I've ever met. Another was a beyond talented performer; whether she was singing with the top singing group at our school or dancing in one of the many shows she was in, she stood out like no other. The last of the three was a total animal lover, adopting her science teacher's frogs and looking for any opportunity to take another science class to put forth for credit to become an animal trainer. All three of them are amazing listeners (and talkers), hard workers, and entirely devoted friends. I think in a way we take our friends for granted, but I am SO grateful to have had all three of them all four years of high school (and two of them since age 5!), it wouldn't have been the same without them.
I also realized that the activities I chose to participate in really shaped who I've become. I did color guard for the first two years which really taught me about discipline, hard work, and dedication. Cheer taught me that you can love a person, but hate their drama. It turns out even Link Crew was worth something! I discovered that the people that bring you into a new environment and show you the ropes really can have an effect on the way you approach your new surroundings. Journalism taught me everything I needed to know in order to choose my potential career path-- I learned so much in my time in journalism I can't begin to write it all out.
Basically high school was amazing! I feel fully prepared to head into college and learn more. I know how to deal with people and situations that I could never have without my high school experiences. Who would have thought I would appreciate high school so much after an extended summer away from it?

I'm starting a new diet I think. Not like a crash diet. In fact, it's not even because I feel like I need to lose weight, I just want to see if I have the will power to cut out certain wonderful (but unhealthy) foods. I haven't worked out the details quite yet... but I'll post the rules when I set them.

Happy 18 years and 100 days to me!

As of today, I am officially 18 years and 100 days old. How do I know this you ask? Because I added the Countdown application on my facebook and upon entering in a countdown for my birthday, it told me that it was 100 days ago. This means that my next birthday is in 265 days! We'll forget that little number. I think I'll turn 18 again this next year, sound good?

18 sounds like a good age-- what's so great about 19? It's not even an even number.

PICTURES!

You may or may not have noticed that my last blog was the first in which I uploaded pictures... WELL THIS IS THE SECOND!

I am posting this post for the sole purpose of uploading pictures that I have not shown anyone yet. They're from Ben's going away party...

Time share

So I'm sitting here on the balcony of our villa in Newport. I love time share time. This resort is the absolute best home-away-from-home. The weather is basically amazing! It's 101 degrees back home (which is only about 10 or 20 minutes inland) and it's much cooler here, but still warm. It's perfect.

The main reason for this post is so that I can post the pictures I just took of our view. See for yourself!

"Why not two??"

So last night I went to a movie at the dollar theatre with my good friend Matthew. As we walk up to the ticket window the ticket salesman looks at me and says, "You wait there." Matthew and I exchange confused glances and Matthew approaches the window.
"One ticket for Ocean's Thirteen please," says Matthew.
"Why not two??" Says the ticket salesman.
Matthew makes his 'I feel awkward' face (he's a shy boy) and says, "Why NOT two?!" very enthusiastically.
(At this point I'm trying to contain my laughter...)
And ticket salesman says, "I mean c'mon, it's not like it's very expensive..."
"True," says Matthew.

As we walk away from the window I can't help laughing. And I don't stop for ten minutes. During this time my dear Matthew is trying to un-awkward-ify the situation, saying things like, "I don't know why I didn't just say two in the first place... it's cheap... and it would have been faster."

I'm still laughing about it as I write this.

I mean c'mon... WHY NOT TWO?!