I’m a Toys R Us Kid

Me: Being grown up sucks.

Katharine: I know. Let’s grown down!

Me: Ok :)

Well open up your mind and see like me

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my best test
Nothing’s going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it’s again my turn to win some or learn some

I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
A lá peaceful melody
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved loved loved

So I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

I’ve been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
My breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I’ma saying is there ain’t no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It’s what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
this is our fate, I’m yours

Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find the sky is yours
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
A lá one big family
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved

I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

No please, don’t complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

No please, don’t hesitate
no more, no more
It cannot wait
The sky is yours!

Jason Mraz-I’m Yours

Oregon iTrail

Dustin: Oregon Trail is out for iPhone now! I was playing it this morning down at the commune.  So far I’m only allowed to shoot squirrels but it’s totally awesome.

Me: Do you get to eat the squirrels?

Dustin: Ironically, when you shoot a squirrel a little piece of meat replaces the body that you pick up. The piece of meat looks identical to a chicken leg.

Me: But does it taste identical?

Dustin: Nobody is sick yet, so I think we’re good!

French Hell

Me (referring to my present studying situation): it’s like being in french hell.

Emily: not unless you’re being sneared at by ambiguously gay men and stepping over dog poop in the streets. THEN you’re in french hell.

Me: well in that case my projected arrival date is 29 may.

:)

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So, I had to leave Chicago/my best friend today, but it ended up being a pretty good day anyway.

:)

I’m happy.

Quote of the Day

Dustin: I like fire, just not on my face.

71 Degrees of Happiness

Today was the last day of class before Spring Break, and it turned out to be a pretty perfect day.  I woke up in a darn good mood and it was one of those amazing morning where the birds are chirping and its sunny and there’s this breeze that brings goosebumps to your arms in just the right way. After classes Stephanie and I ate hot dogs in the North Campus quad and watched people play frisbee and yell at each other about their Spring Break plans. I spent so long sitting outside drinking tea in this perfect mixture of sun on my hair and show under my Chacos even though it waupwards of 70 degrees.  It somehow felt like I was in a book that I’d never read before.  Today my life is better than books.  And it takes a lot for me to say that.

P.S. I also had craft time and hung out with some of my favorite people and of course, Spring Break is here!

…great day. :)

Who?

In my car this afternoon…

Emily: What are we listening to?

Me: Gnarls Barkley. Do you love it or hate it?

Emily: I’m not sure. It sounds like Christmas music.

Me: Huh.

Diary (In the True Sense of the Word)

I’m reading Bronislaw Malinowski’s diary for my Cultural Anthropology class, and it’s completely weird.My favorite parts so far are when he admits to watching people bathe, and how he says he didn’t bother reading his wife’s letter.  I see now why his family fought against these being published; he was weird!

Math Problem of the Day

Me: I’ve got a math problem for you.  breakfast+lunch=brunch; lunch+dinner=?

Dustin: linner.  i think it makes sense to say it that way because the ‘b’ in breakfast takes priority and thus, brunch starts with a ‘b’.  therefore….linner makes sense because the ‘l’ takes the priority over the ‘d’ in dinner, but inherits the remainder of the word.

Dustin: fuck that was nerdtacular.

Me: that was amazing.

As You Like It

They say the hardest part of moving forward is not looking back.

In the past 6 months, my entire life has changed.  From my everyday to my future, literally everything.  And at first, that scared the shit out of me.  For weeks I woke up freaked out and fell asleep uncertain.  And then things started looking up.  I have no idea why, but I’m going to go ahead and say it was my amazing friends.

So, now…now things are good.  Really, really good.  I love school, I love my friends, I love not knowing what is going to happen in the future.  Now I wake up in the morning just being tired, and go to bed the same way.  It’s nice to know I’m working for something these days.  It makes me excited to see what will happen tomorrow, and next week, and two years from now.  And that feels amazing.

Felicity

“I’ve discovered the most horrible thing: by giving up who I am, I’m getting exactly what I want.” –Felicity

New Policy

Thank you to everyone who pooed on my dreams in the past 24 hours, especially since they’re extremely realistic.  To that end, I’ve adopted a new no-share policy.  The following kinds of questions will be answered on a need-to-know basis only:

• When are you graduating?
• How long are you going to take to get your MA?
• What are you writing your thesis on?
• What are your summer plans?
• What are you doing for Spring Break?
• What are you going to get your PhD in?
• Do you really think that’s a good idea?
• Why don’t you have a real job?
• Why are there boxes on your porch?
• …And other questions of this nature.

However, the following are still up for grabs:

• Got your work done?
• Where are you doing volunteer work?
• What classes are you taking?/Are you enjoying them?
• Where are you planning on living next year?
• Are you going to get a dog?
• Want to go hiking on Saturday?
• Can I borrow a book?
• …And other questions of this nature.

It’s International “That’s What She Said” Day.

In honor of International “That’s What She Said” Day, I’m posting the following.  In my defense, I was undercafenated.

Dustin: How was SC? My eyes are currently hating me for exposing them to more chlorine.

Me: Actually I’m still in SC. I’m finishing some more work and might play some disc golf before I head out.

Dustin: Nice!

Me: Boy, get some stinking goggles!

Dustin: Awww I wish I could come play disc golf too!

Me: Come see me and we can play together :)

Me: Wait. That wasn’t supposed to sound dirty.

Dustin: Hahahaha, it’s too late!

Me: Haha, oh well, you’re a big boy, you can handle it.

Me: Damn it, that sounds dirty too!

Holy rusted metal, Batman!

For crying out loud, I spent pretty much all weekend working on my presentation for my Modern Spanish Lit class.  This means that I’ve neglected to do all the following:

• my French homework
• my Anthropology homework
• clean my bathroom
• vacuum
• my actual Spanish homework
• sleep

I’m starting to get bitter over here.  And I’m way too young and cute for the bitterness to set in, dangit!