hrm...

i haven't even graduated yet, and already cornell is asking me for money.

they want me to be a "golden ram", whatever the hell that is.

painless visit

my parents just came up from ottumwa to bring me my car. they were going to bring it before i got back, but it was leaking anti-freeze so my dad wanted to fix it. then, they went to texas the day after i got back, so clearly that wasn't a good time for them to bring it to me. i don't get it, they drive two hours each way, and they stay for about half an hour. which, i mean, i guess i don't mind since it's not like we have a lot to talk about, but it just seems weird. my dad explained to me how to check my anti-freeze, and how it works (i did take drivers ed) while telling me about ten times that i have to pay my $100 parking ticket that i was planning on paying anyway.

but i got tex, my cactus, back, and a small gift from my aunt lisa. i handed over stephanie's birthday present, and my passport (guess i can't flee the country now), plus some tea that i bought for my mom. they looked around, hopefully missing my box of wine, and left. too bad, i wouldn't have minded a free dinner. but at least i can go to the grocery store now, and i don't have to drive laura's car. (sorry laura, it just scares me.)

besides that, all i've done today is clean and have lunch with liz birkel. i miss liz.

to quote cathy..."ack!"

i'm slightly perturbed at the behavior of people sometimes but...you know, whatever. (and just so i don't get nasty comments from people or anything, this isn't a comment directed at any one person, but a generalized statement, so don't take it as such.) anyway.

so, last night, we were having a fine time and all, and then there were these guys. *sigh* okay, like, i don't care what i may or may have not done with certain people, but for the love of god! have some sense! guys here do not seem to understand that if you have hooked up with someone, in this case more than one person, the friend of these people will probably not go for you. especially if you need a haircut. (oh, there goes my big mouth again. in a figurative way, of course, since i'm not actually speaking.)

to deflect attention from my inability to stop myself from saying things i shouldn't, i started a 100 things about me on my about me page, but i'm only at 60 at this point. it's slightly entertaining, but it's difficult because i read laura and gemma's, and i don't know. mine's not quite as serious as theirs are, but then, i guess i'm not exactly a very serious perosn, am i?

exploded suitcase

the one thing that i hate most about travelling is when i come back, it looks like my suitcase exploded all over. in this case, since i didn't have time to unpack when i came back from break, that also included all of my clean laundry from christmas and numerous books and a box of papers. to see the floor was quite impossible. but i'm very proud of myself, because unlike over christmas break, i have managed to unpack almost everything. and i've even done laundry, so i'm not wearing dirty clothes. well, too dirty.

and while i have gotten a lot done, i'm supposed to be working on my essay so i can apply to the salt institute, or reading my susan sontag book for my tutorial next block. instead, i've added a "what i'm reading" typelist. yep. it's better than vh1.

guess who's back!

yep! it's me!

everyone likes me, i guess, because they keep coming by to say hi and ask "how was your trip?" maybe i should just get the answer tattooed on my forhead, because i haven't even seen that many people yet and i am tired of that question.

but i am so excited, because i got to see his dark materials performed at the national theatre. we got in line at like 7am for tickets, and i got front row seats for both parts I and II. *drools* everything about it was fantastic. well, it did kind of suck when they used the tops of the lifts and i was too far down to see. but i had the advantage over the rest of the group of seeing why it was so funny when the puppeteer for lord roke said "oops, lost my footing!" and i definitely liked the armoured bears. and will. *drools some more* michelle made fun of me for that one.

i was so glad to sleep in my cowboy sheets last night. i missed my men.

i'm going to the bar tonight, as long as people buy me drinks. so go to the bar so you can hear me talk about england and buy me drinks!

i'm so hungry, i could eat my arm off!

so...maybe this summer i should not have been so hasty to quit the restaurant.

btw, when i went home this christmas break, they'd already closed down. mwahaha..serves them right, unsanitary, jackass bastards. okay the one guy was nice, his brother was an asshole. anywho, this is the last time i will ever be able to milk my parents for money like this. it's fantastic.

england is great, but we saw this really dull play tonight. it's supposed to be good, but i didn't think so. erm, hm. i have a ton of stuff to do. i have to write this play review from like a week and a half ago, plus i'm a few days behind in my journal. but i've been havigna fantastic time with leah, and we're gonna have a pirate party when i get back, sometime. i also like other people too, but it seems i hang out with leah the most. oooh! ooh! and today, i got to go to the tate modern and i ewnt around the whole thing and it was FABULOUS. i really wantto just live here, so i can go and do these things in my free time. it's not that i don't like iowa, but you know, it's somewhat lacking.

and on saturday i saw soraya and brent. we went to this place and i had calamari AND lamb. ooh. and it with desert and a tip was only £10...which comes to about $20US, but even for the meal i had that is a good price. everything is so freaking expensive here, and then add a really bad exchange rate, and i think i might just stop eating to save money.

but i love the pain aux chocolat so much...

i'm reallys uper tired. tomorrow we have to get up at 6:30 so we can go to breakfast and have a 9am tour of parliment. i think that im ight cry. OH! and someone has to email me and tell me about caucus, because i don't know when i'll get on a computer next or for how long. i wish i could be there, it's all so exciting!

not as exciting as parliamnet though...wow...i just can't wait. but i am going to abbey road with akiko. THAT is exciting stuff. yep. OH!

so the reaso why i'm so totally broke is, because on sunday i went ot camden market. they have cool stuff at markets i went to portobello road on saturday, and covent garden. i didn't buy stuff there, but i did camden. i got some docs. yeah, £40...or about $80. BUT THEY ARE SO COOL!! they are red boots, with gold & orangey stars! iw as gonna buy shoes anyway, and so you know, i had to go all out.

eek...it's saying i'm almost out fo time. bye!

i love england and i hate the keyboards and i only have like four minutes and i'm paranoid it's gonna quit on me, buti love you all! muah!

butterflies

i'm getting nervous. not excited, nervous. because i keep thinking my carryon weighs too much, or i'm forgetting something, or i'm going to be late and miss something. eek!

happy new year!

matt enjoys my little line about him. especially the typo. always with the typos!

in less than 48 hours i will be on an airplane to england. doesn't faze me at all yet, in fact, i have not finished all's well that ends well and i probably won't. i'm just that lazy.

instead, i have caught on to stephanie's celebrity fever, and along with her, have spent the last couple of days looking at fansites for lotr stars. mmm...quality use of time. ; ) speaking of, i would just like to say i was a dominic monaghan fan LONG before i even knew they were filming lotr. i'm one of those pbs nerds, who saw him on mystery! back in the day.

geez, for being completely (ha! i spelled it right!) unproductive, i sure am tired! i should go to bed and dream about finding a job, because realistically, i'm going to be living in a box in about six months.

EDIT

matt suggested i move to the bahamas with him. at least i would be warm in my box. i just realized what i have been saying...no box jokes, please!