Post 1 of NaBloPoMo!

So what exactly is NaBloPoMo? Head over to NaBloPoMo.ning.com to find out more details, but in short its where people sign up to blog every day of November. Why would someone do this? Cause it's fun, silly. Also, I think I need the jump to get back into blogging. I used to post multiple times a day, then every day, then every few days, and sadly I've gone a month or so without posting sometimes. And I don't like that! For some reason, writing to my (sometimes invisible/lurking) audience about whatever is going through my head, as boring as it may be, makes me happy (but I'd be happier if people commented!). So I apologize if these posts may lack substance... but its to get into a rhythm so hopefully they'll turn good eventually.

It's 2am and I'm tired. So I'm just going to end this here, if anyone (including new readers if there are any!) has any questions for me to answer about anything about myself/likes/dislikes etc feel free to ask! It'd give me something to talk about....


UPDATE: Folks, its over before it really started. For a bunch of reasons I've decided this month really won't work, and I really won't be able to commit to blogging once a day. Maybe another month. Perhaps when I take my photo course next semester I can do a corrllation with that. But as for right now, I quit. Sorry.

Ch-ch-chaaaanges

Ok, so it's almost a new template. It's a different color, that ought to count for something!

Quick update, I've joined NaBloPoMo.


More details tomorrow.

it's my birthday!

So my birthday started out ok. I slept weirdly, woke up quite a few times but eventually woke up at 8:45am to shower and get ready for classes. I also got to talk to my grandmother on AIM, so that was nice. 3 classes (and a few 'happy birthday heather!'s from a few classmates) later I was back in my room to pack to go home. On the way home we picked up our cake.

I gave the cake to my mom, I refuse to have that cake as part of my birthday celebration. We told them pink and black icing. It's PINK (light, baby pink, not dark prettyish pink) with a tiny tiny bit of black/purple lines on the side that you can't even see when you look at the top of the cake. So disappointed I almost cried. Over a cake. I must be PMSing. Even so, I was terribly disappointed. And so I disowned it and told mom it could be her cake only. Besides, I got to go out to Pizza Hut with the family for dinner, and mom won't get a special dinner tomorrow so I can at least give her the whole cake. She has to have something besides a couple presents to make it seem like her birthday. Sometimes I hate that we're so close together birthday-wise cause I feel like I get all the attention and I'd rather mom get more of it.

That said, it's still my birthday, so back to me! Hah. As for pressies, I got a $15 check from my grandparents (yay!! money is always great) and 2 DVDs that I wanted from my parents (ok, my mom really).





All in all, a good haul. Yay birthdays.



Oh yea, and I got my webcam today. It gives a very sharp picture (from what I can tell anyways), and while the LED lights get really bright they don't always have to be on...
I'm off to enjoy the last 45 minutes of my birthday and then wish my mom a happy birthday at midnight.

the Pre-Birthday post

Approx. 22 minutes until my 22nd birthday. Hah! I didn't even plan to post at this exact time, it was just a coincidence. No, really.
So far I've been wished happy birthday (and he 'sang' it too.. in type) by my mush, also by one of my roommate's boyfriends, and then of course the roomies. Two of them went out while I was in nightclass yesterday and got me a chocolate cake (they said it was brownies... which it wasn't, it was cake, but thats good too!) and then when some of their friends were over (who are kind of friends of mine I guess?) they all sang happy birthday as I turned off a flashlight that was beneath a candle (we can't have open flames, hence they improvised). It was so nice/sweet, I was very embarassed to have all that attention (it was like 8 people!) and so I hid my head in my hands... but still was nice and I said all my thank yous. multiple times. Cause they deserved it cause theyre sweet :)

And then, I hate to say it, but I wished they would all just go away so I could finish watching CSI:NY. At least the singing was done on the commercial and I at least kinda got to see the ending. Even so, them being so nice and thoughtful was worth me missing my show.

Yay birthdays!

I'll update tomorrow sometime with actual birth-day events/news. :)

Update: At exactly midnight my roomie presented me with a card that was signed by all of my roommates. Awww. Silly and sweet. :)

sweet dreams

silly roomies

So, we had a (stupid) 'safety inspection' today of our room. Basically they go around the room making sure you don't overload the electrical outlets. In preperation for this visit my roomie and I cleaned our room. It hasn't looked like this since the day we moved in:

Just thought I ought to document it... you know, in case we ever have to prove that we actually aren't TOTAL slobs someday...