Words fail me at the moment

Today, John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his pick for a vice president, should he win the election in November.

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but Sarah Palin is a woman.

I am overwhelmingly proud.

I wish the library still closed at 8

Oh, goodness. Today was the first day of class, and I am soooooooooooo tired! I got up at 630, got dressed, ran some errands, drove to school, got there early, had four classes, drove straight to work, worked for five hours, and came home. My feet hurt. And it's kind of sad because I don't see Brandon during the day anymore. I won't see him at all tomorrow, or Thursday, either. We always at least had a lunch hour together before. I'm a little bit depressed. But at the same time it's exciting because he doesn't have much time left until he graduates, and then he can get an official, grown-up job and buy us a house.

Being as I am extremely tired, and sore, and a tad overwhelmed, I think I'm going off to bed now. I hope your week is off to an OK start!

Happy birthday, total stranger

I just discovered 30 seconds ago that today is Rupert Grint's 20th birthday.

Who is Rupert? Only Ron Weasley incarnate.



He's ginger!

I can't sleep. Like, ever.

I can think of about five things or people in my life right now that really need some prayer. Some things need to change, or someone needs guidance, or someone just really needs help. After thoroughly freaking myself out yesterday by realizing I am going to owe The Man a lot more money in two years than I thought I would, I found out that a friend is going through some seriously heavy stuff right now. I knew she was already struggling but this is just too much. And then I think that my worrying about myself and some other choice people is affecting my attitude. My temper is very short at the moment and I am quite volatile, and taking out on a certain person when they don't really deserve it. Well, they deserve some of it, but not as much as I'm laying into them.

Please keep me and my corner of the world in your prayers this weekend. I feel a bit of a breakdown coming on, particularly since school starts on Monday.

It's random thought day.

I don't think my posts have been too in-depth lately, and I'm sorry. My mind has been other places. A billion other places, actually. And to complicate things (yay) I went home sick from work today. I think it was just blood sugar issues but I have been feeling icky at random times lately.

My room is looking much nicer now. It should be ready by the time school starts next week.

Remember that $500 scholarship I got? I went to Bellarmine the other day to get my books, my parking permit, one of Brandon's books, and his parking permit, and it was about $487. Brandon's gonna pay me back for his part, though. So that money is going up for new tires.

My newly rediscovered Lord of the Rings blanket has been washed and placed back on my bed and Polo hates it. Every time I put it over him he climbs back out and grumbles like "where are the good blankets?". I don't know what he has against Orlando Bloom.

Things are starting to calm down at the library but there's still a lot to do and it doesn't help when you don't feel good and you're digging your fourth fingernail into your palm to distract yourself from this fact, and patrons are coming up and asking you questions and you are trying so hard to concentrate on that fingernail but you can't so you just end up feeling worse.

While I am excited about starting classes (ready to get more credit hours knocked out!), I know that I've got a lot of work ahead of me. And schoolwork has never been my strong point. I make ok grades, but through high school that was mainly because the teachers liked me. *_* I actually have to work now. And it's tough. Want to know my classes? I've got Intro to Psychology (a horrible elective), some kind of "Survey of American Literature", "Modern Middle East" (what a happy time), "Modern Latin American and Caribbean history" (not at all what I'm interested in but I need History credit hours and I like the professor), Methodology of History (where yours truly gets to learn how to be a bona fide historian. Supposedly.), and United States Presidency. The last one should be interesting as we will actually be in class as the election results are being announced. I plan on either wearing a pro-life tee, or my shirt that says "Mike Huckabee is my Homeboy", as I wanted him to win anyway.

Oh, and if you want a really scary, freaky movie to watch, see Cloverfield. I know a lot of people said it was dumb but it's quite suspenseful and terrifying. For those who like "War of the Worlds" and "Godzilla". I gave it 4 stars on Flickster.

Ok, I am going to bed now. Probably. I hope all is well wherever you are.

Spaghetti cat!

Please watch. It will make you giggle.

Hmph.

I had to work tonight.

Kelli got to go see Newsboys at the fair.

Apparently it was awesome.

The library? Not so much.

Weddings! Yay!

A classmate of Brandon's got married this weekend, and the ceremony was very beautiful. Once again, my desire to just get this wedding of mine planned and on the way has been renewed. I sent an email to this guy who works for a place we're looking to have the reception, to see if they're open on Labor Day, but I haven't heard back yet. Oh well. Maybe he hasn't responded because it's the weekend.

Anyway, I am still striving for productivity around here. I am cleaning out my room (yet again), trying to get rid of anything I can bear to part with that I can't see having around my house that I'm going to share with Brandon. Someday. When we actually have the money and find a house. I've filled up a box and two paper bags for stuff to take to Goodwill so far, but Dad said today that I need to be looking for stuff to sell at a yard sale, meaning I have to go through everything I've decided to get rid of, picking out stuff that I know won't sell and stuff that I can't get rid of around relatives (*_*) and keeping everything around my room even longer. I may just pitch it all and get it over with. The reason I'm doing this is because I'm hoping by having less stuff, I will be less inclined to mess up my room during school, as I won't have much time to clean. And I can't work in a messy room. I need to work on my organizational skills anyway. I have a hard time letting go of things! For instance, I make cookies maybe once or twice a year (last year I made Halloween cookies and that was pretty much it), and yet I have a drawer full of various cookie cutters. I have candy boxes and candy molds, other baking supplies, etc. A basket full of stuffed animals, way too many books and DVD's (I've rid myself of all that I can bear to part with having gone through my shelves four times in the last two months), bridal magazines, Christmas presents, some leftover carpet, computer games, library books, shoeboxes for Operation: Christmas child, a canister of wrapping paper, etc. And that's not even counting the unknown world of junk that's in my closets. Just thinking about all this makes me twitchy.

So before I go back to doing whatever it was I was doing (making a Christmas list, I think, when I should be working on my room), here are some wedding pics.







Congratulations, Brooke and Brian!

Poo.

I am well aware that I am supposed to be cleaning my room.

HOWEVER.

I, along with millions of other HP fans around the world are horrified at the news that has come from Warner Brothers today.

The release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been moved from November 21st of this year, to July 17th of 2009.

What's wrong with this?

A.) They will probably pull the theatrical trailers now, since they all say "November 21", meaning I won't get to see one when I go to watch the new Star Wars movie tomorrow,

B.) They'll probably pull all the posters now, too,

C.) November is nice and cool and wintry, perfect for a Harry Potter movie. July is in the summer. It's hot, sticky, disgusting, and hot. And disgusting,

D.) School is in session in November. In July, it is not. Meaning more annoying little children will be allowed to go see it in the middle of the night, taking some of the fun away from those of us who have been with these books for longer than said children have been alive,

E.) I already had an outfit planned,

F.) We were planning a Potter Party at work and I was going to get to have a trivia contest. It won't even be dark in July, if we move the party then.

Gah. I am in a horrible mood now. Sorry, but those of us nerds with no real lives to speak of must cling to silly things such as this to keep us going. What do I read when I run out of interesting library books? Harry Potter. What do I spend my time on facebook playing trivia games about? Harry Potter. What's possibly the most important book series of the past century, inspiring an interest in reading in countless children and adults alike? Harry Potter.

I'm going to go sulk now until someone emails/texts me back about this. Harumph.

Happy birthday!!!

Today is my best buddy Kelli's 20th birthday!!! Yay! Or at least it will be by the time I finish this post. Probably.

This is a very exciting time. Kelli and I have been friends since 8th grade, when she came over to my house (wearing a hat, of all things) to work on a project about the Solar System. Jonny Wil was also there and he didn't do anything but eat Cheetos.

Anyway. Since that fateful day, Kelli and I have spent approximately a bazillion hours together doing all sorts of fun and wacky things, whether it's buying matching pairs of Converse tennis shoes during Senior Lunch, singing Barry Manilow songs way too loudly on tractor rides with our classmates, watching stupid TV shows together, crusading against baby-killing, laughing at certain people that are more popular than us, or trying to work as many obscure David Bowie references into our schoolwork as possible. And not only did I manage to get her to go to our senior prom thing, I even got her to dance with me. Ha!

Happy Birthday, dear Nelson! I love you!


Chilling with Batman on Superhero Day...

dancing to Scissor Sisters at Lindsay's Fairy Princess Party...

...being weird...

...end of Junior year with aforementioned Jonny Wil...

...studying really hard in Politics class...

...graduation...

...Senior Prom. We are gorgeous!

Let's make some doughnuts. It's time for a celebration.

I am apparently having a very blessed week.

Monday I find out that I am approved for tuition reimbursement.

Today I found out that I get a scholarship from the Friends of the Library, and should get a check from them in about two weeks. It'll be enough to pay for my books and put up some money for those tires I need to buy!

Big happy face.

I got approved for tuition reimbursement!!!!!!!

This is very exciting news. Especially since I recently found out that I need new tires ( $_$ ) in addition to everything else in the universe that I need to pay for.

Apparently now that I'm approved, I just need to send a copy of my end-of-semester grades to human resources in December, and they send me a check! I can get up to $1,000 per semester (I guess how they distribute it is need based. Which I am in the "need a lot" category, as I am not ashamed to tell you that tuition to my school is rapidly approaching $28,000 per year. I don't know how I got myself into this.)

I am in a very thankful and praise-y mood. Still. Even though I found out yesterday.

It's a youtube kind of week.

Video sharing day again. This is really sad. I do love that the Chapman family is able to share their faith through this. But I know that they are still very sad, and still grieving, and I'm still praying for them.



Edit: Youtube also has their appearance on Larry King Live in six parts. I don't have all the links right now but I'm sure it's worth watching.

Yeehaw

For no real reason at all today (other than the fact that she's awesome), let's all celebrate an American treasure: Happy Unofficial Dolly Parton Day! Because I felt like it.

Travelin' through

How is your day going? Mine has not been so good.
I'm actually at work right now, having discarded my lunch because for some reason it was making me really nauseous. I still feel really sick. And I don't think I can leave because of a shortage of people here at Ye Olde Librarye. Blech. I am hoping that I do not end up having a panic attack. That would be no fun.

Also it is rainy (boo) and kind of cold (better than the 100 degrees that was expected for today), furthering everyone's bad mood.

I didn't sleep much last night. I actually thought about staying up all night. I mean, it was already three o'clock when I was just starting to feel tired. I got off work at nine last night and I had to be in at nine this morning. But I decided that I couldn't handle that so I eventually fell asleep. And now I am very tired. Brandon is supposed to come over this evening and watch a movie, and I will probably fall asleep and he will be disappointed with me. ;_;

Ok I am going to stop writing about nothing now and go find something productive to do. Perhaps I will continue my Harry Potter trivia challenge thingie on facebook.
I hope you are having a splendid day and that your tummy doesn't hurt and it's not raining where you are. Unless you need rain. Then it's ok.

Merlin's beard!

What in the name of pants is this?!

And more importantly, where is it now?
Hopefully not off to terrorize young children.
Or thoroughly creeped-out twenty-year-olds. *ahem*

Who ate all the pies, you ask?

Let's have the fat talk.

Whoa, right?

So I've been thinking about weighty issues lately...har har. And they have been heavy on my mind (ha!) for a few reasons.
May it first be admitted that since graduation I have gained...a few dozen pounds. OK, several dozen. I blame this on a few things. It's easier to stop at a fast food restaurant on the way to/from work/school than to get up early and fix lunch and dinner. Or so it seems. Also, I have a habit of eating when I am not hungry, and not seeing until it's too late (fifty pounds too late) that my eating habits may not look so great on me. I guess years of being called fat by classmates even though I wasn't (I've seen the pictures) have brought on some confusion and miscommunication between my head and what I see in a mirror. And finally, I have no willpower. Simple as that.
So. Why have I been thinking about this.

First off, I have this whole wedding business coming up and I don't want to look ginormous in my dress. I mean, white isn't exactly the most flattering color. Also a picture of me taken a month or two ago at someone else's wedding has made me see that I'm a lot bigger than I thought, and gosh would I look horrible in a dress like the one the bride had (and it was really cute! I want one. Maybe).

Second, I know people who are concerned about putting on less weight than I have since they got married and started having children and have decided to do something about it, despite raising a family and having a hectic schedule. If they are willing to make a commitment for their health and such, what's my excuse? I'm having a hard time coming up with a good one.

Third, several people from various places have mentioned lately that it might in some way or another be considered a sin to basically eat a bunch of garbage. You know, greasy icky food that is in no way good for you. Because it's possibly showing disrespect to our Creator to be treating ourselves this way.

What am I getting at. I don't really know. It may seem really lame and narcissistic and cheesy and horrible to approach God about helping me lose weight when there are so many other, bigger problems in the world. But I have made a decision to start making better decisions. And not just so I don't have to keep buying bigger clothes (it's getting tiresome). I don't want to have a heart attack when I'm thirty. I don't want to be so winded just walking around campus (oh, the hills!). I don't want to deal with diabetes or any of the number of diseases obese persons tend to get around this country. And possibly the scariest of all- I don't want to be one of those headless fat people on the news. You know the ones. For the story on obesity someone takes a camera to the streets and shows portly people waddling around with fanny packs and Tweety bird shirts (no offense if this is you) but can get away with embarrassing them because they don't show their heads. As if your friends couldn't recognize you. Hmph.

Seemingly selfish things I am praying for tonight: perseverance, willpower, wise choices, and some sort of fortitude. Let's shed some poundage for Jesus.

Maybe.

In the morning.

Not me. I don't wear khaki.