It's official, btw
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: School
Kurtis brought in my mail & I decided to give it a look-through... saw something from the college in there, I was assuming that it was my class schedule or something for the Spring semester, but I opened it and it was my Honors List certificate! I guess that community colleges don't have Dean's lists.. :-P~ Oh well, Honors list is good enough for me... after the spring, I'm either going to take a regular class & then a science w/ lab (4 credit course) or try a 3 class load. Maybe I'll try the 7 credits first. Eh... as long as I have a degree by the time I'm 30, right?? ;-)

is this week ever going to end???
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: counting crows
Topic: Rants
It just seems like it's been a long one. Maybe I'm just anticipating too many things. I hate waiting. I'm not a very patient person. :-P~ Ugh. I don't have as much of the cough today, so maybe I'm getting better... I sure hope so, I really don't want to be sick. Not that anyone would ever want to be sick, but some times are better than others... this is not one of those times, I just have too much going on. I'm thinking that I'll probably be moving within the next 2 weeks... so yeah... I guess that I just want to get it over with & get settled in. I haven't bothered settling into my mom's too much because I really wasn't planning on staying there for long.

Oddly enough news
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: breaking benjamin
Topic: Jokes & Funny stuff
"Highway Queries Lead to the Fast Lane"

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma highway users wishing to call the state about electronic payment passes were mistakenly directed to a sex hotline.
Oklahoma Transportation Authority spokeswoman Brigette Berglan said the state's turnpike authority had made an error in a letter sent to 41,000 people. One digit was wrong in the telephone number for callers seeking advice on how to deal with toll gate payments.

Instead, they found themselves calling a sex line where they could speak with "exciting people," such as lonely housewives, students and fantasy girls for $2.99 a minute.

"We're not that exciting here at the authority. We prefer to think of ourselves as helpful," Berglan said.

Those who received the incorrect notice were sent a postcard with the correct number.

Time for my super bowl prediction
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: jimmy eat world
Topic: Football

My prediction for this year:
AFC: Colts over Steelers
NFC: Eagles over Falcons
Super Bowl: Eagles over Colts


These were my predictions for last year:
NFC Division: Philly vs. St. Louis
AFC Division: New England vs. Kansas City
Super Bowl: Philly vs. New England


I guess that I didn't choose the actual winner of the super bowl; I made those predictions with a few weeks left in the season.

the roomie search is in full swing
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: U2 (One)
Topic: News
I'm leaning heavily in Heather's direction and I haven't even met her yet!! lol.... we've been emailing each other back & forth like idiots, it's been fun! :) Here's her latest email:

Haha...I'm still laughin at you crackin' on me for going to Gold's Gym at the mall. I said the same damn thing myself when I heard it was opening. I had originally signed up at the one over by David's Bridal off Ritchie Hwy but then my girlfriend Linda begged me to switch to Marley b/c she works there and said she would go with me ALLLL the time if I did and we would be these great motivators for each other...blah blah blah. well, you can guess what happened. she goes with me maybe once a week and thats only b/c i practically drag her. so, i deserve to be made fun of...i hang my head in shame...haha. nah, its not really that bad...it's closer to the house..only takes me 10 minutes to get there so i can't complain but I won't tell anybody thats where I go ever again...LOL!

Oh, another thing, there's a library right off my street. If you love to read, there you go! I love it because I am a self-proclaimed bookworm. I read and read and read..I have to make myself go to bed most nights and I get up all groggy and tired b/c my eyeballs hurt from reading a whole book in one night. ugghh. it's a wonder i don't have glasses yet although I think I may need them. I can stay curled up in bed reading myself except I'll probably trade the hot chocolate (which I do like) for Diet Soda (I'm addicted) and a cancer stick.

You know, it's funny that we can go back and forth on these emails like we've known each other forever but you watch, when i see you in person I will probably be a little shy or a little giggly and nervous. Let's just vow right now that it won't be weird and awkward...i'll treat you like an old friend instead of a potential roommate. It is a business relationship to a large degree, but I think I would like you enough to wanna get to know you. I'll talk to you about rent and what not but it will all be very casual. I like to put people at ease so don't expect me to be too formal or businesslike.

Oh, I have the big screen in the basement. When Tim moves he may take his furniture with him but I think I have some more lined up so it would be an ideal place for you to watch your Sunday Football. And, I don't mind people coming over either, so you could have football parties if you'd like...as long as your friends are not maniacs of course...haha. Tim has beer pong parties now and all his friends treat the house with care so I don't mind.


The only problem is that she smokes, but we'll see how much of a problem it really is. She told me that her current roomie doesn't smoke & that she tries to respect that & not smoke around him... as long as my clothes don't smell like smoke I'll be okay. It's not like it's a bar with 20 people smoking in it or anything.

The chick in Aspen Park wants to get together tomorrow night, too... so we'll see how that goes. Oh, and I got another email from someone else in Annapolis today... I wouldn't mind living in Naptown, I suppose. I guess that I'm just partial to Pasadena!? It reminds me of the eastern shore a little bit, I guess. AHHHHH!! Did I just say that??? Hmm. Yeah, I did. Oh well. The shore isn't too bad now that I'm off it - it's fine to visit now, and even fun! Never thought that I'd have a good time going out in Denton or Easton... very strange. I would actually consider moving back to the shore if I weren't enrolled at AACC... I really like that school and while there is nothing wrong with Chesapeake, AACC is a much better school.

I dropped off my wool coat at the cleaner's at lunch today... it's so filthy... it just picks up so much lint and crap... not to mention that I shed. :-P~ Yes, boys and girls -- I shed. My hair just falls out... it's kinda gross. Part of it is probably the dye, the other must be the hypothyroidism still. It's nowhere near as bad as it used to be, at least.

I'm hoping that I'm not getting sick..... my throat is sore and I've been coughing in the morning for the past few days or something. The cough is going to my chest, so that's not really a good sign. If it keeps progressing, I'll go to the doctor... she's really cool... I started seeing her when she was still doing her residency, so she's really young. Well I have email to get out, so I'd better get to it!

woo-hoo!!!
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Sarah McLachlan
Topic: News
I just got an email from a potential roommate... she sounds really cool, I really hope that it works out with her... of course, it's an extra few minutes to work (that's meant to be facetious). Yeah, according to Mapquest, it would take an entire 13 minutes to get to work as opposed to the 9 minutes that it took from Aspen park. :-P~

I think that I'm going to go over and meet her Wednesday night... should be fun!

good times
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Weekend happenings
Last night I went out with tiff, mike & dawn... went to Nacho Mamma's in Canton... that place is pretty cool but way too crowded. At any rate, we ran into Lena there!! How funny! My dad told me just the other week that he'd had dinner at her parent's house recently and that Lena was asking about me. :-P~ I'd told my dad to give her my email address the next time he saw her. Guess that wasn't necessary! Time to get moving, though....... I have a lot to do today. Or do I?

what a freak!
Mood:  incredulous
Now Playing: black eyed peas
Topic: Weird shit
This story is from the weird news today:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Watching contestants eat dead rats on NBC's gross-out stunt show "Fear Factor" so disgusted a Cleveland man that he has sued NBC for $2.5 million, saying he could not stomach what he saw.
In a handwritten four-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Cleveland on Tuesday, paralegal Austin Aitken said, "To have the individuals on the show eat (yes) and drink dead rats was crazy and from a viewer's point of view made me throw-up as well an another in the house at the same time."

His suit added, "NBC is sending the wrong message to its TV watchers that cash can make or have people do just about anything beyond reasoning (sic) and in most cases against their will."

He said the show caused his blood pressure to rise so high that he became dizzy and light-headed, and when he ran away to his room, he bumped his head into the doorway.

In a brief telephone interview with Reuters, Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation."

A spokesman for "Fear Factor" said the show would have no comment until it sees a copy of the complaint. The spokesman said the program did feature a rat-eating scene in New York's Times Square on Nov. 8.

Over the years, contestants on the program have eaten some weird things, including ground-up spiders and live worms.


I guess that guy has never heard of that thing called a remote control! No, I didn't think that they would eat gross things on fear factor?? That guy is a moron. The sad thing is that either NBC will settle out of court with that idiot and he'll come away with thousands of dollars or he'll probably win in court. What is this world coming to???

I feel so important
Mood:  special
Now Playing: 3 doors down -- here without you
Topic: Introspection

In the past 30 days, I've had 1,649 unique hits on my blog. Isn't that incredible? I wonder why people are so fascinated with blogs? I'm intrigued by them, of course, having one myself. What kind of a person is a blogger, though? Do we all share the same type of personality? People talk about their life being an open book, but bloggers' lives are open webpages. Right? I think that maybe it helps us feel connected to other people all over the world who we might not otherwise have known. There could be someone exactly like me living in South America, you know?

Are bloggers lonely people? I wouldn't say so, but we probably have some need for others to relate to us. Through blogging I've gotten to know people that I never would have met, and likewise. At the same time, it's enabled me to know current friends or acquaintances better, provided they have a blog. Some of my friends say that they never email me because they can already read about what's going on in my life, and they feel like they know what's going on with me at pretty much all times. If a few days pass without me posting, people think that there's something wrong. Sometimes I do have to take a break, though...... sometimes it just requires too much brain power to put together a coherent thought or idea. Sometimes my brain is just fried. That happened more often during last semester when I was already writing a 3 page essay for every English class. That's why I posted those essays on here a lot, actually... because that's WHAT was going on in my life. School just took it over. This semester I'm going to try to find more balance, because I think that I can still get good grades without being so obsessive over every little assignment. I would drive myself crazy trying to make everything perfect -- and a lot of those were just 10 point homework assignments! I'd like to keep a 4.0 gpa each semester, but if I get a few B's, I won't freak out. I'd be ecstatic to get a B in algebra. Fortunately Dyanna at work told me that she'd help me out... I think that I can probably do it, I just need to relearn the basic concepts. Hell, I might even end up liking it. I'm keeping an open mind. ;-)

That's it for now..... I got dumped on at work yesterday and today, so I should really get some shit done!

will it ever
Mood:  hug me
Now Playing: Evanescence
Topic: Rants
stop raining??????

I am so sick of this nasty weather.... it's gloomy as all hell. yuck.

Couldn't it at least snow so it would look pretty? Well, maybe I don't want it to snow..... since I'm in Baltimore for the moment, driving would be a real bitch, and so would parking. Hmm. Oh well. I'll just put a snowplow on the front of Roxie. She'll love it. For those of you wondering who Roxie is, she is my car. Here she is, sitting happily in the lot of Brown's Honda:

I'm pleased to say that I've even kept her clean! I've never been very good about keeping my vehicles in good shape, but I've taken good care of her so far. Granted she's a bit dirty from all the rain we've been having, but she'll get a bath once we have a few days of sunshine.

Guess that's it..... I've been busy at work today, but I really haven't felt like doing anything. Guess that's not too much different from any other day!