Thanks Mary and Melissa for this little distraction! ;)
FIRSTS
First job: uh... what's a jorb?
First screen name: Kitcat4986, my one and only
First self purchased tape: Never purchased a tape. I've purchased CD's and DVD's
First funeral: My grandpa, Dad's Dad
First credit card: haven't had one yet... those are for parents!
First true love: my kitty!
First enemy: I don't think I've really had one of those.
First big trip: To California, a few years after I left it, with my family (all 7 of us... oy.)
First concert: Truthfully, I don't remember it. My parents do, but I don't. The first one I remember was Third Eye Blind... gosh, seven years ago. Seven. Years. Ago. (Thanks to Aleeza for that wording!)
First musician you remember hearing in your house: My dad, strumming a few things on the Guitar.
LASTS
Last big car ride: my trip back up to Western from a weekend... a few weekends ago.
Last kiss: Today, at dinner. =)
Last library book checked out: Um... that was last summer. Something about baking with chocolate.
Last movie seen: Airplane. Damn hilarious!
Last beverage drank: Water. The stuff of life. But not the staff of life--that's Beer, according to Gilgamesh!
Last food consumed: Cereal.
Last phone call: Probably Alan, letting me know when he got out of lab.
Last CD played: Queer Eye soundtrack! Hooray for upbeat music!
Last annoyance: Stupid STUPID essay...
Last soda drank: Root Beer in my Root Beer Float
Last ice cream eaten: Vanilla Ice Cream in my Root Beer Float
Last time scolded: Semi-scolded online, for not working on my... essssaaayy...
Last shirt worn: black one with white flowers on it... it's cool.
Last website visited: this one.
I AM: Rowan.
I WANT: To end this stress!
I HAVE: it good.
I WISH: this essay would shut up and die.
I HATE: English 101
I FEAR: Being wrong about everything.
I HEAR: Inspirational music
I SEARCH: For a good feeling
I WONDER: Wanda-I Wanda-I wonder... hee hee. I wonder when I'm gonna feel responsible.
I REGRET: Not signing up for English 101 during the fall.
I LOVE: you all.
I ACHE: in the heart.
I ALWAYS: breathe.
I AM NOT: gonna let that essay get me down! ... or am I?...
I DANCE: to the groove playing right now!
I SING: to the song playing right now!
I CRY: under great emotional times
I'M NOT ALWAYS: sure of myself
I WRITE: ... NOT!
I WIN: I just do!
I LOSE: good feelings. Dah.
I CONFUSE: myself, and the people around me. What else is new?
I NEED: To get my essay out of the way, to be hugged, to be inspired.
I SHOULD: write... my... nnnrrrggggESSAY!
YES or NO:
YOU KEEP A DIARY: This is what counts.
YOU LIKE TO COOK: Yes! Desserts are my speciality
YOU HAVE A SECRET YOU HAVE NOT SHARED WITH ANYONE: Probably somewhere in there...
DO YOU...?
HAVE A CRUSH: More than that, I think
WANT TO GET MARRIED: Sure, in the distant future
GET MOTION SICKNESS: yes. Ick.
THINK YOURE A HEALTH FREAK: Not really. But I'm healthy.
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: For the most part.
LIKE THUNDERSTORMS: Only when I'm with someone cool to share it with.
CURRENT HAIR COLOR: The usual and non-changing Brown.
EYE COLOR: brown. I wonder what else... in the right light.. eyes can have all kinds of colors in the right light. I've been finding that out alot recently.
BIRTHPLACE: Pasadena, California. Whoopie!
FAVORITES:
NUMBER: don't really have one. althrough 3 is a good number.
COLOR: Red! I can't help it, I'm so attracted to it!
DAY: Days when English is not invading my life!
MONTH: April-August, December
SONG: Don't you even think about making me pick. The Beatles. The songs they wrote. Yeah. That one.
SEASON: I'm fond of summer, but I wish I could make better time with it
DRINK: I'm fond of Root Beer, but water's been doing me good lately
FLOWER: Red Rose. Don't care how cliche it is.
PREFERENCES:
CUDDLE OR MAKE OUT: Depends on my mood. How about both at once?
CHOCOLATE MILK, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Strangely enough, I'm not fond of either, really. Yes. Let's all gasp at the chocoholic who doesn't agree with two chocolately things. Well you know what? Bite me!
VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE: Hmmm... let me think about this real hardCHOCOLATE!!!!!!
IN THE LAST 24 HRS, HAVE YOU...
CRIED? No.
HELPED SOMEONE? As best I could.
BOUGHT SOMETHING? No, unless swiping your card at the VU for food counts.
GOTTEN SICK? I've been sick... *cough cough* *sniff sniff*
GONE TO THE MOVIES? no
GONE OUT FOR DINNER? no... but the Olive Garden will happen! Someday...
SAID 'I love you'?: Yes. It's a rather nice thing to say, reallly
WRITTEN A REAL LETTER: No...
TALKED TO AN EX?: no.
MISSED AN EX?: N.O.
WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL?: If this counts.
HAD A SERIOUS TALK?: yes.
MISSED SOMEONE? I miss all those I left behind...
HUGGED SOMEONE? yes. Thank goodness.
FOUGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS? no. No need to. I asked them for something though. I hope I get it.
FOUGHT WITH A FRIEND? No. It's been a long time since I've done that. Which is good.
So you could probably guess I don't want to work on my English Essay. It's already written. But it needs revising. Which is alot like rewriting. I don't want to do it! I DON'T!!! WAAAAAA!!!!
... Fine. I'll go do it.
Monday, January 31, 2005
Friday, January 28, 2005
The joys and wonders of being female.
Yeah, that's right.
Now it's MY turn to bitch about my monthly ordeals! Thank you Sonja for the inspiration!
Well, emotional symptoms were apparent this time. It's usually not until after I have all these crummy emotions that I start to wonder, "Am I PMSing?" And sometimes it's not until I start my period that I'm like, "Oh THAT'S why I've been so down lately!"
I did the nice thing and informed my boyfriend that my week was upon me. I tried my best not to act too irrationally or irritably, but sometimes I'll just do something not realize it until afterwards... I hate it when I do that. And he's been very forgiving and empathetic, which makes me happier, though I was exhibiting sluggish, overemotional, or indifferent (to things that usually make me happy) tendancies.
So all that's slowly draining away. But after the emotinal discomforts, here comes the physical discomforts...
I discovered I was at the starting point yesterday morning in the bathroom. Most, if not all girls reading this, will know that ritual. So it was a little trip back to my room to get a pad. I'm not a tampon girl. Never quite got the hang of it. I've seen more and more advertisement (not on TV, of course) for alternatives for tampons; that they aren't all that necessary. Maybe someday I'll convert, but I'm fine with pads for now.
I knew what was coming next. I planned to take some Aleve with me to breakfast to take before I started experiencing the glorious pains that come with this cycle. Got all ready, got my notepad, got my purse... forgot the Aleve. Good jorb, Rowan. Oh well, I figured I'd survive class long enough to take some during lunch. During class, I got a little bit of pain, but it wasn't too bad. As I was walking back to my dorm, it started to progressively get worse. Got back to my dorm, took some Aleve, then headed out to lunch. By the time I got in the cafeteria...
I found the table where Alan and a group of our friends were sitting. I didn't bother to try to sneak up on him from behind, like I usually do; I just went up to him, hugged him in greeting, then expressed my pain through, "uuuuuuuuughhhhhhhh..." Yes, it was that bad by then. Now from what I hear, I'm not as bad as some girls out there who look like they're having seizures when experiencing their pain. I don't do that. But I was in a very uncomfortable state... So the entire time I tried to shove some food down and held on to Alan's arm, hand, knee... whatever I could. He comforted me as best he could, for which I was grateful, but the pain refused to subside for one moment. And for extra fun, there was only one girl at the table--Kit. She offered me her female sympathy, which was nice to get. But throughout lunchtime, which was around half an hour to forty-five minutes, constant constant pain.
I headed back to my dorm, feeling nice and crappy. Allie sympathized with me, but was suffering headaches as well... poor us. I just collapsed on the bed while she played some Frank Sinatra. She has successfully converted me into a Frank Sinatra fan. And he helped. Not through female sympathy, obviously, but through soothing vocals... I layed on that bed for... an hour and a half, and the pain was still not going away. Ugh. I finally got up and started to revise the peer papers, which I was supposed to have done before class--Did I mention I have that class at 6 in the evening? Suckage. Pure suckage. But it was while I was working on those pictures that I started to feel better... even if Allie flipped on The Real World in the middle of my session... that was distracting. And brain-numbing. Oy. Later that day I had to conference with my English professor too. Luckily I was in much better shape by then. Otherwise I don't think that meeting would've been very productive. And my professor being male, I don't think I would find the courage to break it to him that I started my period and was in extreme physical discomfort... and like I said, by that time I wasn't, so it was okay.
Heh heh, later that evening I nearly told him I loved him. During my English class, we were supposed to be peer editing/discussing each other's papers. My group had gotten that done rather early, so it turned into a more social event after a while... but soon the teacher stopped the class... and found us being productive, so he let us out 40 minutes early! SUH-WEET!!! I was nearly skipping when I left the room. And by this time physical discomfort was minimal. Alan and I decided to celebrate by getting some sugary items from the market and watching one of his favorite movies, Airplane, and listening to my new CD (a gift from him) of the Bobs. Ah, good times...
So today's day two. Cramps and calmer than yesterday, flow is still on its heavier side. If you're male, I'm sorry... but at the same time I'm not.
Now it's MY turn to bitch about my monthly ordeals! Thank you Sonja for the inspiration!
Well, emotional symptoms were apparent this time. It's usually not until after I have all these crummy emotions that I start to wonder, "Am I PMSing?" And sometimes it's not until I start my period that I'm like, "Oh THAT'S why I've been so down lately!"
I did the nice thing and informed my boyfriend that my week was upon me. I tried my best not to act too irrationally or irritably, but sometimes I'll just do something not realize it until afterwards... I hate it when I do that. And he's been very forgiving and empathetic, which makes me happier, though I was exhibiting sluggish, overemotional, or indifferent (to things that usually make me happy) tendancies.
So all that's slowly draining away. But after the emotinal discomforts, here comes the physical discomforts...
I discovered I was at the starting point yesterday morning in the bathroom. Most, if not all girls reading this, will know that ritual. So it was a little trip back to my room to get a pad. I'm not a tampon girl. Never quite got the hang of it. I've seen more and more advertisement (not on TV, of course) for alternatives for tampons; that they aren't all that necessary. Maybe someday I'll convert, but I'm fine with pads for now.
I knew what was coming next. I planned to take some Aleve with me to breakfast to take before I started experiencing the glorious pains that come with this cycle. Got all ready, got my notepad, got my purse... forgot the Aleve. Good jorb, Rowan. Oh well, I figured I'd survive class long enough to take some during lunch. During class, I got a little bit of pain, but it wasn't too bad. As I was walking back to my dorm, it started to progressively get worse. Got back to my dorm, took some Aleve, then headed out to lunch. By the time I got in the cafeteria...
I found the table where Alan and a group of our friends were sitting. I didn't bother to try to sneak up on him from behind, like I usually do; I just went up to him, hugged him in greeting, then expressed my pain through, "uuuuuuuuughhhhhhhh..." Yes, it was that bad by then. Now from what I hear, I'm not as bad as some girls out there who look like they're having seizures when experiencing their pain. I don't do that. But I was in a very uncomfortable state... So the entire time I tried to shove some food down and held on to Alan's arm, hand, knee... whatever I could. He comforted me as best he could, for which I was grateful, but the pain refused to subside for one moment. And for extra fun, there was only one girl at the table--Kit. She offered me her female sympathy, which was nice to get. But throughout lunchtime, which was around half an hour to forty-five minutes, constant constant pain.
I headed back to my dorm, feeling nice and crappy. Allie sympathized with me, but was suffering headaches as well... poor us. I just collapsed on the bed while she played some Frank Sinatra. She has successfully converted me into a Frank Sinatra fan. And he helped. Not through female sympathy, obviously, but through soothing vocals... I layed on that bed for... an hour and a half, and the pain was still not going away. Ugh. I finally got up and started to revise the peer papers, which I was supposed to have done before class--Did I mention I have that class at 6 in the evening? Suckage. Pure suckage. But it was while I was working on those pictures that I started to feel better... even if Allie flipped on The Real World in the middle of my session... that was distracting. And brain-numbing. Oy. Later that day I had to conference with my English professor too. Luckily I was in much better shape by then. Otherwise I don't think that meeting would've been very productive. And my professor being male, I don't think I would find the courage to break it to him that I started my period and was in extreme physical discomfort... and like I said, by that time I wasn't, so it was okay.
Heh heh, later that evening I nearly told him I loved him. During my English class, we were supposed to be peer editing/discussing each other's papers. My group had gotten that done rather early, so it turned into a more social event after a while... but soon the teacher stopped the class... and found us being productive, so he let us out 40 minutes early! SUH-WEET!!! I was nearly skipping when I left the room. And by this time physical discomfort was minimal. Alan and I decided to celebrate by getting some sugary items from the market and watching one of his favorite movies, Airplane, and listening to my new CD (a gift from him) of the Bobs. Ah, good times...
So today's day two. Cramps and calmer than yesterday, flow is still on its heavier side. If you're male, I'm sorry... but at the same time I'm not.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Y'all deserve this.
I realize it's been a hell of a long time since I stepped a mouse-click onto this thing of mine. I also realize this is how alot of you keep up with me these days.
Well... well. I remember when I had quite a bit to say, it was because my life was rather vacant. Now that i'm actually doing some living, it's becoming a chore to try to update this thing.
Yes, a chore. No offense to any loved ones reading this, but it is a chore. I'm at the point where I'm living more than I'm blogging. I apologise to the lot of you. But... I find these days that having a life online a little unnecessary.
But I've been unfair. Like I've pointed out, this is how you guys keep up with me. I'd so much rather actually talk about it, but I realize for some of you that's not too possible.
So what's been going on with me? Well, I hate English 101. I just got the first and hardest part of a fat-ass essay out of the way, thank goodness. I hate overshadowing burdens like that. Alan (please note how the name's spelled, for those of you who insist that it is Allen) and I have been hanging out alot, as you might expect. Been chillin and laughing with Allie, my delightful roomie. She does wonders for those who need to be cheered up.
One exciting thing I did last friday was walk to downtown Bellingham with the girls on my floor to a place callled the Pita Pit. ... Best pita I've ever had. Ever. Damn, I wish I could have those everyday. And after that, it was off to Mallard's for some Rose flavored ice cream! The rose flavor was a little mild for someone who demands it in large quantities like me, but still delicious. There's another place I wish I could make a habit of going to...
Then later on there was a late night thing going on at the Viking Union, and I went and walked through some swing dancers (I like to call them swingers. Yeah, babee!), and my friend Adria and I watched some matches in those sumo-wrestling suits... and we were rolling on the floor! Or in my case, coughing my lungs out from the excessive laughter.
*side note* I've been sick lately. At one point I couldn't walk anywhere without getting all coughy. And a couple of days I had a fever... but I made it out alive, and now it's going away. Yay!
So anyway, then we found what we were looking for--fencing! I intended to watch the fencing lessons being taught, but then, to my surprise, I heard Adria utter the words "Oh hell. You only live once." and volunteered! Puh-rops to that girl! I just stood and watched and wished I were that brave. Don't you just love it when you WISH you were brave enough for something? It was still fun watching them fence around. I want to play with swords...
So then. It's been hanging out time/bitching about English on my part mostly. I guess this update was a little lame, but like I said, I wish I could actually talk with y'all about it.
So lately I've been in a pretty darn good mood, and I hope life for the rest of you hasn't gotten too complicated. I still miss you all, and dearly wish I could visit you or you come visit me.
I'll try to be better about updating this thing. Really, I will!
Well... well. I remember when I had quite a bit to say, it was because my life was rather vacant. Now that i'm actually doing some living, it's becoming a chore to try to update this thing.
Yes, a chore. No offense to any loved ones reading this, but it is a chore. I'm at the point where I'm living more than I'm blogging. I apologise to the lot of you. But... I find these days that having a life online a little unnecessary.
But I've been unfair. Like I've pointed out, this is how you guys keep up with me. I'd so much rather actually talk about it, but I realize for some of you that's not too possible.
So what's been going on with me? Well, I hate English 101. I just got the first and hardest part of a fat-ass essay out of the way, thank goodness. I hate overshadowing burdens like that. Alan (please note how the name's spelled, for those of you who insist that it is Allen) and I have been hanging out alot, as you might expect. Been chillin and laughing with Allie, my delightful roomie. She does wonders for those who need to be cheered up.
One exciting thing I did last friday was walk to downtown Bellingham with the girls on my floor to a place callled the Pita Pit. ... Best pita I've ever had. Ever. Damn, I wish I could have those everyday. And after that, it was off to Mallard's for some Rose flavored ice cream! The rose flavor was a little mild for someone who demands it in large quantities like me, but still delicious. There's another place I wish I could make a habit of going to...
Then later on there was a late night thing going on at the Viking Union, and I went and walked through some swing dancers (I like to call them swingers. Yeah, babee!), and my friend Adria and I watched some matches in those sumo-wrestling suits... and we were rolling on the floor! Or in my case, coughing my lungs out from the excessive laughter.
*side note* I've been sick lately. At one point I couldn't walk anywhere without getting all coughy. And a couple of days I had a fever... but I made it out alive, and now it's going away. Yay!
So anyway, then we found what we were looking for--fencing! I intended to watch the fencing lessons being taught, but then, to my surprise, I heard Adria utter the words "Oh hell. You only live once." and volunteered! Puh-rops to that girl! I just stood and watched and wished I were that brave. Don't you just love it when you WISH you were brave enough for something? It was still fun watching them fence around. I want to play with swords...
So then. It's been hanging out time/bitching about English on my part mostly. I guess this update was a little lame, but like I said, I wish I could actually talk with y'all about it.
So lately I've been in a pretty darn good mood, and I hope life for the rest of you hasn't gotten too complicated. I still miss you all, and dearly wish I could visit you or you come visit me.
I'll try to be better about updating this thing. Really, I will!
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Blog-Worthy Conversations!
Luan: omg sick
kitcat4986: what?
Luan: i have the flu and i sneezed when i was eating rice with soup
Luan: and teh whole bowl went flying all over the place
Luan: hahahahah
kitcat4986: lol, ew!!
Luan: i choked on rice soup
kitcat4986: aw! Sad!
kitcat4986: *pat pat* Don't die!
Luan: hahahah
Luan: i hope my family can still eat
Luan: heheheheh
kitcat4986: lol
kitcat4986: but while we're on that subject, once I I was eating chili with pasta and I sneezed and some of it went up my nose...
Luan: ewwww
Luan: oh yeah, i got rice up my nose too
kitcat4986: lol, lovely!
Luan: that's such a nasty feeling
kitcat4986: it IS!
kitcat4986: And chili is worse!
Luan: omg yes!!
Luan: it stings the nose
kitcat4986: you can feel the chili powder burning up there!
kitcat4986: it does!
Luan: like wasabi
Dontcha just LOVE conversations like these?! Especially READING them?! I sure do! ;)
kitcat4986: what?
Luan: i have the flu and i sneezed when i was eating rice with soup
Luan: and teh whole bowl went flying all over the place
Luan: hahahahah
kitcat4986: lol, ew!!
Luan: i choked on rice soup
kitcat4986: aw! Sad!
kitcat4986: *pat pat* Don't die!
Luan: hahahah
Luan: i hope my family can still eat
Luan: heheheheh
kitcat4986: lol
kitcat4986: but while we're on that subject, once I I was eating chili with pasta and I sneezed and some of it went up my nose...
Luan: ewwww
Luan: oh yeah, i got rice up my nose too
kitcat4986: lol, lovely!
Luan: that's such a nasty feeling
kitcat4986: it IS!
kitcat4986: And chili is worse!
Luan: omg yes!!
Luan: it stings the nose
kitcat4986: you can feel the chili powder burning up there!
kitcat4986: it does!
Luan: like wasabi
Dontcha just LOVE conversations like these?! Especially READING them?! I sure do! ;)
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
"Snow had fallen snow on snow..."
"Snow on, snow on, snow...
In the bleak midwinter,
long, long ago."
Well, I guess for a more accurate description, it's not quite the midwinter yet, and therefore could not be so long, long ago. However, the rest of that sentence works.
That's right! SNOW!!! Snow on snow!! It was quite exciting--snow was predicted to fall around the end of last week; I will admit I have grown increasingly doubtful of such weather forecasts, but this time it did not happen. Come Thursday, I woke up, got up to go to class, glance out my window, and behold: snow was falling! Little flakes, and just barely frosting the ground, but I hadn't seen snow for... about a year! It was nice to see, but I was still a bit skeptical on how long it should remain. I went to classes as usual (Environmental Studies and Linguistics), then met with Alan for some hangin' time. We hung at his dorm for some time, then we walk outside, and lo! snow was falling harder than ever! And wetter than ever, I might add--it was then I expressed my doubt of the snow remaining, and that I learned that Alan is apparently always optimistic when it comes to snow forecasts. I had dinner to eat and English 101 to attend, so we had to make haste. What made that part hard was our frequent stopping and admiring the sight of the falling snow. As we progressed further, the snow was falling in such a way that it blew directing at our faces and into our eyes! We described the experience as being "attacked" by the snow. Eventually we made it out alive, made it through dinner, and I went off to English, which wasn't canceled (drat). Afterwards, more Alan/Me time, then sleepy time. I was seeing frequent evidence that snow would melt, he remained as optimistic as a schoolboy!
The next morning, I awoke... and there was a whole freakin' bunch of snow around! Way to go, faith! Even better--School canceled that day! Of course, it was the one day when I had just one class... but still! How nice! The whole weekend ended up being a snowy/lazy/Boyfriendy time... good times!
So then, come monday, the snow was still here, but school was in session... went to the classes. And unfortuntately they weren't the most interesting of sessions... and Alan and I hung out. I'm not sure if I can elaborate on that more. Alls I can say is fun times, good times... and occasionially some boring times.
It's Tuesday. The snow is still here. And it's weird for me... usually if I'm going back to school after a snow day/weekend it's because the snow's all gone. It feels so unusual to still see the snow after... what, 4-5 days? It's getting nearer to a week! I mean, it's usually cause for celebration in my part of Western Washington if we could see just one--just ONE--day of snow... and have it not even be an inch. Right now we've got at least a good 2 inches on the ground daily... and although the weather has changed a bit, it doesn't seem like it's ready to leave quite yet...
What's also interesting is hearing people comment on such weather. You really can tell the difference between the "Westernites" and the "Centralnites/Easternites" of Washington solely based on the way the speak of snow. If you hear: "Oh boy! It's snowing! It's snowing! There's almost an inch on the ground now!", they you're probably hearing someone one the West coast. If, instead, you hear "Oh great. I just came back from a foot of it at home, now I gotta deal with it here too..." Then they're probably from Spokane or Pullman or the like. On Thursday, in my Sociolinguistics class, I overheard a conversation between a Spokanite and someone from upper New York about the weather, and the Spokanite remarked how funny it was to hear her roommate exclaim that she had never seen this much snow on the ground before (this was the point where there couldn't have been more than a half-inch of total snowfall), and followed it was chuckles of slight bewilderment.
Being someone who was born and lived in Southern California for 8 years, then moving to a more non-snowy part of Washington, I must say that I'm on the "snow is such a treat!" side of the spectrum. Nearing the end of the weekend, I heard my roommate, my boyfriend, and a few other people express the fact that they were either tired of/done with the snow or were just indifferent to it now. I must say that the snow is starting to become a secondary thing in my world right now, but there is a side of me, a side of me that I haven't really felt in a while about such matters, that wants it to stay...
I remember when I was younger, I would practically pray for snow to fall all winter... not only was snow itself more exciting and magical back then, but I think a big part of it was having school canceled--in those days school wasn't amoung my favorite places to be... in fact, it had to be near the very bottom of my list. Nowadays... I know the importance of going to my classes, and am a more academically responsible, as well as social, person than I was back in those days. I sort of outgrew that child-like awe of snow during my high school years, and sometimes I felt rather indifferent to snowfall. There was a point where it was harder for me to be happy... another story--So like I was saying, when I saw that snow falling all around me as Alan and I made our way to my dorm Thursday night... I suddenly felt a little happy, giggly, giddy feeling that had not come to me in a long time... what a good feeling.
Oh goodness... a moment ago I glanced out my window, and I could see little specks of snowflakes falling as I was typing... speak of the devil! Or rather, type of the devil! It's still going... nothing to significant at all, but the situtation was just a bit amusing. And I've got a feeling that this snow won't be going anywhere for a while... wow, this is truely a winter feeling! A week or more of snow?! Amazing...
So that is the life and times of the B'ham resident for now. Perhaps I shall report of something more interesting to read... I notice more and more these days that I fear boring my readers of trivial details and uninteresting summaries of my days... oh whatever. It's mine, I tell you! MINE!! It's my privilage to share it with y'all. Yeah, that's the spirit Rowan! =)
So as I watch the snow pick up, I realized that there is a possibility of having homework right now... and that school is not totally out the picture. Back to work!
"And you tell yourself
what you want to hear,
cause you have to believe
this will be my year!"
~Semisonic
This Will Be My Year
In the bleak midwinter,
long, long ago."
Well, I guess for a more accurate description, it's not quite the midwinter yet, and therefore could not be so long, long ago. However, the rest of that sentence works.
That's right! SNOW!!! Snow on snow!! It was quite exciting--snow was predicted to fall around the end of last week; I will admit I have grown increasingly doubtful of such weather forecasts, but this time it did not happen. Come Thursday, I woke up, got up to go to class, glance out my window, and behold: snow was falling! Little flakes, and just barely frosting the ground, but I hadn't seen snow for... about a year! It was nice to see, but I was still a bit skeptical on how long it should remain. I went to classes as usual (Environmental Studies and Linguistics), then met with Alan for some hangin' time. We hung at his dorm for some time, then we walk outside, and lo! snow was falling harder than ever! And wetter than ever, I might add--it was then I expressed my doubt of the snow remaining, and that I learned that Alan is apparently always optimistic when it comes to snow forecasts. I had dinner to eat and English 101 to attend, so we had to make haste. What made that part hard was our frequent stopping and admiring the sight of the falling snow. As we progressed further, the snow was falling in such a way that it blew directing at our faces and into our eyes! We described the experience as being "attacked" by the snow. Eventually we made it out alive, made it through dinner, and I went off to English, which wasn't canceled (drat). Afterwards, more Alan/Me time, then sleepy time. I was seeing frequent evidence that snow would melt, he remained as optimistic as a schoolboy!
The next morning, I awoke... and there was a whole freakin' bunch of snow around! Way to go, faith! Even better--School canceled that day! Of course, it was the one day when I had just one class... but still! How nice! The whole weekend ended up being a snowy/lazy/Boyfriendy time... good times!
So then, come monday, the snow was still here, but school was in session... went to the classes. And unfortuntately they weren't the most interesting of sessions... and Alan and I hung out. I'm not sure if I can elaborate on that more. Alls I can say is fun times, good times... and occasionially some boring times.
It's Tuesday. The snow is still here. And it's weird for me... usually if I'm going back to school after a snow day/weekend it's because the snow's all gone. It feels so unusual to still see the snow after... what, 4-5 days? It's getting nearer to a week! I mean, it's usually cause for celebration in my part of Western Washington if we could see just one--just ONE--day of snow... and have it not even be an inch. Right now we've got at least a good 2 inches on the ground daily... and although the weather has changed a bit, it doesn't seem like it's ready to leave quite yet...
What's also interesting is hearing people comment on such weather. You really can tell the difference between the "Westernites" and the "Centralnites/Easternites" of Washington solely based on the way the speak of snow. If you hear: "Oh boy! It's snowing! It's snowing! There's almost an inch on the ground now!", they you're probably hearing someone one the West coast. If, instead, you hear "Oh great. I just came back from a foot of it at home, now I gotta deal with it here too..." Then they're probably from Spokane or Pullman or the like. On Thursday, in my Sociolinguistics class, I overheard a conversation between a Spokanite and someone from upper New York about the weather, and the Spokanite remarked how funny it was to hear her roommate exclaim that she had never seen this much snow on the ground before (this was the point where there couldn't have been more than a half-inch of total snowfall), and followed it was chuckles of slight bewilderment.
Being someone who was born and lived in Southern California for 8 years, then moving to a more non-snowy part of Washington, I must say that I'm on the "snow is such a treat!" side of the spectrum. Nearing the end of the weekend, I heard my roommate, my boyfriend, and a few other people express the fact that they were either tired of/done with the snow or were just indifferent to it now. I must say that the snow is starting to become a secondary thing in my world right now, but there is a side of me, a side of me that I haven't really felt in a while about such matters, that wants it to stay...
I remember when I was younger, I would practically pray for snow to fall all winter... not only was snow itself more exciting and magical back then, but I think a big part of it was having school canceled--in those days school wasn't amoung my favorite places to be... in fact, it had to be near the very bottom of my list. Nowadays... I know the importance of going to my classes, and am a more academically responsible, as well as social, person than I was back in those days. I sort of outgrew that child-like awe of snow during my high school years, and sometimes I felt rather indifferent to snowfall. There was a point where it was harder for me to be happy... another story--So like I was saying, when I saw that snow falling all around me as Alan and I made our way to my dorm Thursday night... I suddenly felt a little happy, giggly, giddy feeling that had not come to me in a long time... what a good feeling.
Oh goodness... a moment ago I glanced out my window, and I could see little specks of snowflakes falling as I was typing... speak of the devil! Or rather, type of the devil! It's still going... nothing to significant at all, but the situtation was just a bit amusing. And I've got a feeling that this snow won't be going anywhere for a while... wow, this is truely a winter feeling! A week or more of snow?! Amazing...
So that is the life and times of the B'ham resident for now. Perhaps I shall report of something more interesting to read... I notice more and more these days that I fear boring my readers of trivial details and uninteresting summaries of my days... oh whatever. It's mine, I tell you! MINE!! It's my privilage to share it with y'all. Yeah, that's the spirit Rowan! =)
So as I watch the snow pick up, I realized that there is a possibility of having homework right now... and that school is not totally out the picture. Back to work!
"And you tell yourself
what you want to hear,
cause you have to believe
this will be my year!"
~Semisonic
This Will Be My Year
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Well, I'm back!
Tis true. I'm back at Western, and I'm back on this blog!
I apologize for all the neglegence. *sniff*... I know you guys' lives depend on updates and insights into my life, and... *sniff sniff* I'm just... so... touched! *sobs*
...
Melodrama ends now.
So... last time I updated this, it was a couple days before Christmas. Many things have happened since then. First let me fill some of you in one something that happened before then.
December 18th, a week before Christmas, my status changed from "single" to "girlfriend." Yes, I am a girlfriend now. And as many of you guessed, it is Alan who is my boyfriend. There, I have now announced it cyberly publicly. MY BOYFRIEND IS ALAN!!!
Hee hee, moving on... Christmas came, and it was good. I got some nice presents, and my brother Graham and I prepared Christmas dinner. Mom had to work that day, dinner is usually her job, but Graham and I didn't have a problem taking over that field. And it wasn't as hard or as complicated as I thought, and most everything turned out delicious! Yay! A slight bit of familiy tension happened, but overall it was a good Christmas, I think.
Hmmm... *recollectin'*... Tyler came to visit a bit on the 27th. I didn't have a present for him, and I felt kinda bad... especially since he gave me a freakin' awesome present--A Beatles poster!! There is no wrong way to go with that! One: Beatles!!! Two: Dorm Decor! Definitely a good thing... he didn't stay long, but long enough to show off his Coldplay piano skills... very good.
Most of the later days of my break was spent mostly around the house... got rather restless after a while. I was looking forward to getting of the house, cause honestly, there is a point where it's time to get away from my family again. I had friends and a college environment to look forward to, not to mention a boyfriend to see again.
December 31st came, my sisters turned 13! So now the house is officially full of teenagers! Hooray for my parents... Deanna hosted a New Years Party, which I went to--my first New Years Party! I was surprised my parents let me go, being that it was my sisters' birthday and all... my sisters were the ones who were a bit upset, though I assured them I would spend some time with them... I was a bit sad that I didn't spend as much time with them as I thought I would. Although the party was pretty fun! I must say that I was rather disappointed in the males there... I have to give some props to Luan and Co, for actually dancing with us girls! And Bob tried... I'll give him some credit too. A couple of boys sort of joined the circle... but I have to say it was us girls doing most of the dancing! A bit lesbianistic, yes, but when there are hardly any guys to dance with, what else do you expect us to do?! We counted down to midnight, toasted with our drinks, and danced ourselves tired.... VERY tired.
January first I was so dead... I missed the Tournament of Roses parade... =( I like to see that thing, it's my only real glance into my old hometown these days. I did my last bit of packing... alot of stuff, as people repeatedly pointed out to me later. Spent the last night with my family watching some movies, and come the next day...
January second, it was time to leave. That day not only was I given a ride to Western... but also gave a ride to Alan and his older brother, Eric. We managed to survive the whole trip with both my parents... and it didn't go bad at all! No embaressing stories (a few from my past though), no humiliation... and those two are really entertaining to watch and listen to!
I came back to my dorm, met Allie and Kelly (another girl from my floor) there, made my bed, said goodbye to my parents... then headed to Alan's dorm for some quality time for the first time in three weeks. It turned out to be ALOT of quality time... I ended up spending the night there. Now don't y'all go jumping conclusions--nothing scandelous happened. I will say we didn't much sleep... maybe an hour's worth of scattered sleep in the wee hours of the night... consecutive sleep went from about 6 to about 9. And... we ended up spending the rest of the day together. That's right, over 24 hours nonstop with him. We made several trips back and forth between our dorms, stopping at the bookstore and the VU in between. The weather is not my favorite... sunny, but FREEZING!!! I was just about going numb out there... I've recently rediscovered the miracle that is layers. So those two days were nice, seeing some faces I hadn't seen in a long time, even if one of them never left my side for two days!
Tuesday was my first day of classes. I started it off at 10 with Environmental Studies. The benefit of this class is that i know at least 6 other girls taking this class on my floor, which should make studying much easier, I think! The teacher also loves his subject, which is always a plus for any class. And I do have a bit of an interest in this subject... so we'll see how it goes! So my next class was at 6... yes, 6. The only English 101 class time left. So I had a huge gap in the day... what to do, what to do...
Ha ha, so Alan came over and we watched some movies together--one of his presents to me was Love Actually. And he predicted right--I really liked that movie! In fact, he overshot--I LOVED that movie!! It's on my top 10 list for sure, one of my favorite love stories of all time. I can't say enough... such a GOOD MOVIE!!!
Hee hee, okay, next... we watched some Monty Python episodes. I dragged my entire collection up here for that purpose! Good stuff... unfortunately, I lost track of time, and I ended up having to skip dinner before I went to my English class... oh well. It was interesting; I wasn't looking forward to it all that much, since it was just a GUR, and frankly, I'm not too fond of writing and apparently we will be doing quite of bit of that. But the class was small, which I found nice, and the teacher seemed sympathetic to us on that note. I hope the class turns out to be a good one!
So then an hour later I went to late night to make up for my lost meal, and I was going to drag my friend Adria with me, but I ended up having to go with Alan alone. Oh darn. We had some food, then headed back to my dorm again. This time I had an assignment for him--find out the flippin' deal with some of my computer features. And he cured them all! YAY! As he said, computer geeks are just about the most useful geeks around. More quality time spent together, and some time spent with Allie and her friend Ben... then it hit midnight, and our bedtimes called us...
So today. I have now gone to all of my classes once. 10 AM greeted me with Psychology 101. I found some girls I knew in there, though I must say it was busting at the seams... it seemed like an interesting class, and my RA says the teacher is a good one.
I wasn't originaly going to see Alan today, since wednesdays are his busy days, but lucky me I ran into him right in time for us to have lunch! My RA, Liz, joined us, and we all had a nice lunch and conversation, complete with threats from Liz to spy on Alan through his RA! Alan came back to my dorm a bit to check something from my computer, and then we parted ways again.
After a bit, it was off to my sociolinguistics class. I look forward to that one! One, linguistics fascinate me, two, the teacher seems nice enough, and three, there are so many varieties of people already! We took a survey today to see our linguistic backgrounds: what languages we had learned before 6, languages we learned since 6, and and different countries we had spent a considerable amount of time in. So much variety! As for languages learned before 6... Spanish, German, Polish, Ukranian, Lebenese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic... just to name a few! I hope this class really turns out to be as fascinating as I expected...
So I just got back from a little trip with Adria to pay her bills and to get me my first Italian soda in a month! Mmmm... and now I think it's time to shower. This summary of the lost days of my life will suffice for now. I now have to do a ritual cleansing... in the communal shower area.
I apologize for all the neglegence. *sniff*... I know you guys' lives depend on updates and insights into my life, and... *sniff sniff* I'm just... so... touched! *sobs*
...
Melodrama ends now.
So... last time I updated this, it was a couple days before Christmas. Many things have happened since then. First let me fill some of you in one something that happened before then.
December 18th, a week before Christmas, my status changed from "single" to "girlfriend." Yes, I am a girlfriend now. And as many of you guessed, it is Alan who is my boyfriend. There, I have now announced it cyberly publicly. MY BOYFRIEND IS ALAN!!!
Hee hee, moving on... Christmas came, and it was good. I got some nice presents, and my brother Graham and I prepared Christmas dinner. Mom had to work that day, dinner is usually her job, but Graham and I didn't have a problem taking over that field. And it wasn't as hard or as complicated as I thought, and most everything turned out delicious! Yay! A slight bit of familiy tension happened, but overall it was a good Christmas, I think.
Hmmm... *recollectin'*... Tyler came to visit a bit on the 27th. I didn't have a present for him, and I felt kinda bad... especially since he gave me a freakin' awesome present--A Beatles poster!! There is no wrong way to go with that! One: Beatles!!! Two: Dorm Decor! Definitely a good thing... he didn't stay long, but long enough to show off his Coldplay piano skills... very good.
Most of the later days of my break was spent mostly around the house... got rather restless after a while. I was looking forward to getting of the house, cause honestly, there is a point where it's time to get away from my family again. I had friends and a college environment to look forward to, not to mention a boyfriend to see again.
December 31st came, my sisters turned 13! So now the house is officially full of teenagers! Hooray for my parents... Deanna hosted a New Years Party, which I went to--my first New Years Party! I was surprised my parents let me go, being that it was my sisters' birthday and all... my sisters were the ones who were a bit upset, though I assured them I would spend some time with them... I was a bit sad that I didn't spend as much time with them as I thought I would. Although the party was pretty fun! I must say that I was rather disappointed in the males there... I have to give some props to Luan and Co, for actually dancing with us girls! And Bob tried... I'll give him some credit too. A couple of boys sort of joined the circle... but I have to say it was us girls doing most of the dancing! A bit lesbianistic, yes, but when there are hardly any guys to dance with, what else do you expect us to do?! We counted down to midnight, toasted with our drinks, and danced ourselves tired.... VERY tired.
January first I was so dead... I missed the Tournament of Roses parade... =( I like to see that thing, it's my only real glance into my old hometown these days. I did my last bit of packing... alot of stuff, as people repeatedly pointed out to me later. Spent the last night with my family watching some movies, and come the next day...
January second, it was time to leave. That day not only was I given a ride to Western... but also gave a ride to Alan and his older brother, Eric. We managed to survive the whole trip with both my parents... and it didn't go bad at all! No embaressing stories (a few from my past though), no humiliation... and those two are really entertaining to watch and listen to!
I came back to my dorm, met Allie and Kelly (another girl from my floor) there, made my bed, said goodbye to my parents... then headed to Alan's dorm for some quality time for the first time in three weeks. It turned out to be ALOT of quality time... I ended up spending the night there. Now don't y'all go jumping conclusions--nothing scandelous happened. I will say we didn't much sleep... maybe an hour's worth of scattered sleep in the wee hours of the night... consecutive sleep went from about 6 to about 9. And... we ended up spending the rest of the day together. That's right, over 24 hours nonstop with him. We made several trips back and forth between our dorms, stopping at the bookstore and the VU in between. The weather is not my favorite... sunny, but FREEZING!!! I was just about going numb out there... I've recently rediscovered the miracle that is layers. So those two days were nice, seeing some faces I hadn't seen in a long time, even if one of them never left my side for two days!
Tuesday was my first day of classes. I started it off at 10 with Environmental Studies. The benefit of this class is that i know at least 6 other girls taking this class on my floor, which should make studying much easier, I think! The teacher also loves his subject, which is always a plus for any class. And I do have a bit of an interest in this subject... so we'll see how it goes! So my next class was at 6... yes, 6. The only English 101 class time left. So I had a huge gap in the day... what to do, what to do...
Ha ha, so Alan came over and we watched some movies together--one of his presents to me was Love Actually. And he predicted right--I really liked that movie! In fact, he overshot--I LOVED that movie!! It's on my top 10 list for sure, one of my favorite love stories of all time. I can't say enough... such a GOOD MOVIE!!!
Hee hee, okay, next... we watched some Monty Python episodes. I dragged my entire collection up here for that purpose! Good stuff... unfortunately, I lost track of time, and I ended up having to skip dinner before I went to my English class... oh well. It was interesting; I wasn't looking forward to it all that much, since it was just a GUR, and frankly, I'm not too fond of writing and apparently we will be doing quite of bit of that. But the class was small, which I found nice, and the teacher seemed sympathetic to us on that note. I hope the class turns out to be a good one!
So then an hour later I went to late night to make up for my lost meal, and I was going to drag my friend Adria with me, but I ended up having to go with Alan alone. Oh darn. We had some food, then headed back to my dorm again. This time I had an assignment for him--find out the flippin' deal with some of my computer features. And he cured them all! YAY! As he said, computer geeks are just about the most useful geeks around. More quality time spent together, and some time spent with Allie and her friend Ben... then it hit midnight, and our bedtimes called us...
So today. I have now gone to all of my classes once. 10 AM greeted me with Psychology 101. I found some girls I knew in there, though I must say it was busting at the seams... it seemed like an interesting class, and my RA says the teacher is a good one.
I wasn't originaly going to see Alan today, since wednesdays are his busy days, but lucky me I ran into him right in time for us to have lunch! My RA, Liz, joined us, and we all had a nice lunch and conversation, complete with threats from Liz to spy on Alan through his RA! Alan came back to my dorm a bit to check something from my computer, and then we parted ways again.
After a bit, it was off to my sociolinguistics class. I look forward to that one! One, linguistics fascinate me, two, the teacher seems nice enough, and three, there are so many varieties of people already! We took a survey today to see our linguistic backgrounds: what languages we had learned before 6, languages we learned since 6, and and different countries we had spent a considerable amount of time in. So much variety! As for languages learned before 6... Spanish, German, Polish, Ukranian, Lebenese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic... just to name a few! I hope this class really turns out to be as fascinating as I expected...
So I just got back from a little trip with Adria to pay her bills and to get me my first Italian soda in a month! Mmmm... and now I think it's time to shower. This summary of the lost days of my life will suffice for now. I now have to do a ritual cleansing... in the communal shower area.
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