Skating & WWL Training

Yesterday was by far a really really awesome day!

First of all, Welcome Week Leader training day wasn't bad at all. I think it's going to be a really fun experience and I've already met some cool people...mainly people that I wouldn't really hang out with, but nonetheless, cool people.

We played icebreakers, which I normally absolutely hate, but for some reason they weren't bad at all. I definately noticed that my ability to be outgoing and my large group confidence level has gone drastically up. This has been something I've wanted to change since I had the ability to speak.

We played the adjective game where you say an adjective that "describes you" and starts with the same letter as your first name. There were some names like Cool Chuck, Funny Frank, Mystical Missy...and you know. When it finally got to me I was going to say Kind Krista, but I figured that would be boring and forgetful. So....I went with Kinky Krista. Let me tell you that my group loved me for that and laughed a lot.

But anyways, that was the "boring part" of my day that was actually pretty fun. Then I met up with Kevin, Branden, and Kevin's friend Mike. We went back to my dorm and hung out until we met up with other people at 5 for Mesa Pizza. After Mesa we went back to my dorm, hung out, then went to Kevin's dorm to grab some stuff.

Then we went iceskating!!! At first I was the most awkward thing you could possibly imagine. I wasn't falling down, but I was definately doing everything else embarassing you could imagine. Then Branden helped me and it was really nice. Thank god for him and the rest of them. By the end of the night I was actually skating semi-decently. The ice had got really scratched up by then so it was difficult to skate decently. I still suck, but I think if I went again when the ice is good I would get even better!

After skating, we went back to my dorm for Will & Grace/Game night. We played two games of Sorry. And that actually turned into Me & Branden against Kevin & Mike which was pretty funny. After that we played Twister--also fun. Then Kevin's other friend, David, came over and played and chit chatted. It was pretty fun.

Overall, I'd say it was one of the most epic nights of my life. Maybe not the BEST, but the day I'm thought of as outgoing and also learn to iceskate is a super epic day!

Now for volunteering at Casa and then Macbeth with Mike. My date with my Spanish-speaking friend was canceled because my schedule got busy...but I told him we could go to MOA next week. He's never been to MOA...that's my reasoning.

Anywayssss...have a good rest of the weekend!

Concerts

There are some pictures to give you a taste of the SUPER EPIC performance last night (the videos wouldn't load). The lighting was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I would highly recommend seeing Portugal, the Man in concert.

Most Epic Concerts:
1. The Flaming Lips
2. Portugal, the Man
3. Sondre Lerche 2nd Time
4. Mason Jennings
5. Sondre Lerche 1st Time
6. Rural Alberta Advantage
7. Regina Spektor
8. Mat Kearney

Yeahhh...I'm pretty sure those are all the concerts I've seen or that I would count. Regina Spektor would be higher up if our seats were better.

Citizen Cope, Vampire Weekend, and Owen Pallet/Final Fantasy still to come!

That's all I have to say. Busy weekend ahead...

Blue: The Most Human Color

Becoming the Ocean
I struggle to push open my bedroom window;
My feet slip away from my body.
The frame wraps its fingers around my hair
And pushes me out,
Ripping the hair from my scalp and shattering the glass behind me.
I fall to the sharp rocks,
Scraping my lips and piercing my feet.
I leave a trail of blood

That leads back to that window.

I climb to the top of the cliff next to my house
Overlooking the ocean,
And cry until the whites of my eyes turn as red as the blood covering my feet.
I cradle my shaking legs while admiring the beauty of the water.

It makes me feel beautiful too.

Its life perfect and unbreakable.
The salty breeze kisses my bleeding lips;
The pouring rain from the sky leaves my hair rough and wet.

I became the ocean.

The sun crawls out from the clouds to comfort me
It warms my face and lifts my chin
And gives me a breath of fresh hope.

I go back to the window painted red.

No matter how hard I try to leave,
The waves carry me back.



Adventures under the Rain
I lay on the bed
And gaze out the window.
The raindrops dance upon the glass.

A chill brushes across the fine hairs of my arms.
The crisp mist blows onto my face,
The little droplets tickle my nose.

I close my eyes to dream
While my arms sweep across the soft, white blankets.
Ready to be carried away by the wind.

The hardwood floor below turns to water;
The sheets change to sails,
And I float to a land far away.

I reach to open my closet door;
Fluffy animals fall from the sky.
I have landed on a jungle island.

I grab a coat hanger to fight off the wild beasts.
I hide within the trees of clothing in my closet
Hoping the tiger won’t spot me masked in the weeds.

I feel the sweat drip from my brow,
Running all the way to my lips
And taste the sweet salt of the ocean.

I rush to the misty breeze coming from my window.
It blows my hair and dampens my lips.
My eyes are squinting to look across the grassy ocean.

I hold out my night light with desperation,
Hoping the other ships will see through the forest.
The trees shiver in the wind and crash against the roof.

I take a few steps backwards.
I fall onto the soft bed with my arms spread wide.
And open my eyes to find myself back in my room.

I smile, covering my eyes with my hands.
I hide under the warm, protective blankets,
Waiting for the next adventure under the rain.


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Hey,

That's the final version of that poem I posted a while ago (blog title: Poetry) as well as a new one. I like it more than before. Hopefully I do okay on both of them because they are my first grade in the class. I repeat once more...I am glad to be done with poetry. The fiction unit started yesterday. Yay!

I just have to survive less than 22 hours before the weekend.

Good luck.

Neverending Weekend

Hey.

I feel like the weekend never ended, but the week itself is also coming at full force and I'm sitting in the middle of it all and everythings attacking me. But, maybe I'm just crazy.

I've been going off minimal sleep and last night I just gave up on everything I was suppose to do and just went to bed.

I can't say enough how fun it is to constantly have a weekend and the fact that I like my classes is amazing too. Yesterday I went to Mall of America with Sajinee and one of her friends. It was really fun and I was introduced to a new group that is related to the United Nations. Basically I would travel to different cities in the U.S. (such as Chicago) and recreate the UN with this group and yeah...I'm not sure how to communicate this idea this early, but I just really don't have the ability to do homework now.

Tonight I'm going to the 5 nominated animated shorts, tomorrow I'm going to a Portugal, The Man concert, then friday or saturday is Hindi movie night with my chicas, then other plans are pending for the weekend. Hmm...I don't know if I can keep up with all this craziness. Next week I'll try to focus more.

I can apply for a $2,000 study abroad scholarship because I meet their requirements which are actually suprisingly difficult to meet as a Freshman, but anyways...how awesome would that be if I got the $2,000 one and the $1,000 one? My parents would be very happy.

Hmmm...anyways I have to leave for class in 5ish minutes. I'm sorry if this didn't make sense. I hope it did.

Waiting For a Bus to Take Me Away to St. Paul

There are many things that I enjoy.

I really like everything about my life right now. It's the perfect amount of everything. Last night was particularily enjoyable. Mmmm well Wednesday through Yesterday have been really enjoyable. Sondre Lerche, Panara Bread, Chit Chatting, Shutter Island, Fusion, 5 Short Films, Cheapo, Tea Garden. Delicious & Amazing events...so amazing I can hardly discuss.

Today I volunteer at Plaza Latina, go to the gym, and spend time in Middlebrook.


I am so excited for the rest of my life. It's just a series of awesomeness.

I really don't have a lot to say...I just have 15 minutes before I have to leave...I guess I'll find something else to do.

Have a beautiful day!

No Title

Hey! Done with class and back from the coffee shop. I got myself a delicious banana cake cupcake muffin thing and a mocha. Yummm...if I could afford it I would have an addiction.

Yesterday I turned in my Study Abroad application. Now all I have to do is go to a financial aid advising meeting, fill out 2 scholarships/write essays, and start payments. Woo hoo!

Last night made me really depressed, and I still have things on my mind today, however, today is such an excellent day!

Sondre Lerche and I have a date tonight and by that I mean I'm going to his concert at the Varsity. Yayyy.

Well, I'm off to do homework and other random stuff.

Enjoy your day.

February 2010 Libra Horoscope
Dream the Impossible Dream
You may feel as if you've been knocked off course and it's now time to put your life back on track. You're being offered a chance to create new dreams to feed your soul. Magnifying the healing power of compassion and love. Relying on critical thinking can only take you so far. Set logic aside and let your uninhibited intuition reveal what's in your future.

Message Erased

Well,

I don't know why you torture me. I felt as if I was in a movie...listening to your voicemail, putting it on repeat, staring at my phone...then my voicemail says in my silent room, "Are you still there?" Delete. And, then that other thing is in a message from 2 weeks ago. Delete. What's going on? I just don't even know anymore. I don't want to know.


I don't know what I will be getting in the mail, but if I am even the slightest bit sad I will be very angry. If you make me feel guilty...I just don't even know.


In this moment I am a bit depressed, but I only have one class tomorrow...and a Sondre Lerche concert. It will all be better in the morning. Only a nightmare...maybe it was only a nightmare.

Thank-you for kind of listening...you are appreciated.

How to Be a Good Creeper/The Legend of Peanut Butter

Hello,

Last night I got tickets to see Owen Pallet (previously known as Final Fantasy) tickets! This is very exciting. Plus, it was only $19.91 including all ticketmaster charges.

Yesterday volunteering was nice. I met this little girl named Perla who is very direct and acts like she's 18 even though she's in 3rd grade. She's really funny though so it's okay. My friend, Alejandro, also gave me a ride back and gave me a rose for Valentine's Day.

My busride to St. Paul was really awkward and made me feel really gross. On the first bus there was this drunk sounding late-middle-aged man shouting gross things at me and most of the women on the bus including a woman with a child which made me really angry. At the bus stop for the second bus a man who looked like an ugly version of Johnny Depp started talking to me in a creepy way. He didn't say anything particularily gross, but he was definately a creeper. Then, when I was eatting lunch a guy stopped by my table called me pretty and said I should smile more then threw some candy on my table and left. It was really magical and he wasn't creepy about it. FYI if you're going to be a creeper, know how to do it in a way like the 3rd guy.

Saturday I went to see Young Frankenstein the Musical with Mike. It was entertaining and there were some good things about it. For example, I liked the set and Roger Bart was in it and they had some cool effects with lighting. However, there were moments of bad acting and other problems. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it or not, but I don't regret going.

Friday I saw A Serious Man. I really really liked it even though the ending was kind of confusing. I also got Chinese food, spent time with Josh, and spent the night in Middlebrook.

Overall, a successful weekend.

Today in Spanish we got into groups and wrote a story about the legend of a certain food we like because we read La Leyenda del Chocolate. It's kind of short so I'll type it and translate for you:

La Leyenda de Manteca de Cacuahate

Habia un dio que se llamaba George Washington Carver. George tuvo muchas experimentas con el cacuahate. Su esposa tuvo mucho celoso porque George paso mucho tiempo con el cacuahate. Ella se llamaba Phyllis. Phyllis era la dia de mermalada de uvas. La hermana de Phyllis, Gertrude, era la dia de mermalada de fresas. Ella fue celoso de el esposo de su hermana tambien porque el estaba experiementando con cosas nuevas. Su esposo era el dio de pan tostado y se llamaba Norm. Las dias lucharon con sus esposos y en la lucha habia una combinacion perfecta y el manteca de cacuahate se nacio con la mermalada y pan tostado.

The Legend of Peanut Butter

There was a god whose name was George Washington Carver. George had many experiments with peanuts. His wife was very jealous because George spent a lot of time with the peanuts. Her name was Phyllis. Phyllis was the goddess of grape jelly. Phyllis's sister, Gertrude, was the goddess of strawberry jelly. She was also jealous of her sister's husband because he was experimenting with new things. Her husband was the god of toast and his name was Norm. The goddesses fought with their husbands and in the fight there was a perfect combination and peanut butter was born with jelly and toast.



The End

Wine & Culture

Bonjour!

I just came from French, which was again super awesome! Today we had a cultural day where we learned about wine and had little presentations that were really interesting. Someone in our class also brought in Baguettes, Nutella, and Italian Soda. It was all so good. I really love the people in our class, with exception of one person. I can also honestly say that my French teacher is my favorite teacher that I have. I'm not quite sure how that happend, but it did.

In Spanish we listened to Mama Pulpa and looked at a painting by Salvador Dali. The band was pretty good and a bit more modern than the other one we listened to. It's more of a punk rock band which I kind of like. Salvador Dali is one of my favorite artists so that was fun too. Still Life-Fast Moving was the painting and I really like it.

Today is kind of a mixed up day. I know I have a lot of things to do, but I'm not sure on the order of which to do them. For sure I have yoga today at 12 and that pretty much makes my day because I love yoga a lot a lot.

I've decided that when I turn 21 I'm taking a wine tasting class around here somewhere. My French teacher said it's only $30 and it's really good.

Poetry annoys me. I like to read it, I like to write it, but I hate the way it starts to sound when you listen to too much of it and I hate listening to certain people talk about it. I don't like a lot of people in our Creative Writing class. Yesterday my group consisted of 2 girls who have cheated on their boyfriends and one of them says "like" every other word and it's ridiculous. Then the other ones were just really preppy. Maybe they were nice? Maybe? A lot of people in the class don't have much for common sense too. However, I will say that the rest of the people that don't fit these descriptions are really talented.

I made a new blog title thing. I really like changing it so it will be happening a lot.

My thoughts are a little scattered and I apologize.

It's a good day.

Adios.

Poetry

Becoming the Ocean

I’d struggle to push my bedroom window open,
With my feet gliding away from my body
Slipping on the rug beneath my feet.
I’d crawl out the frame
With my feet bare and naked,
The wind blowing my hair back and forth.
A trail of blood
Led back to that window
As the sharp rocks pierced my feet.
I’d climb to the top of the cliff overlooking the ocean
And cry until my eyeliner left paths beneath my eyes
And the whites of my eyes turned as red as the blood beneath my feet.
I’d cradle my legs and admire the beauty of the ocean
Somehow
It made me feel beautiful too.
The gray reflected in my eyes
And the pouring rain from the sky left my hair rough and wet.
The thunder from the storm echoed in my ears and the waves crashed.
I became the ocean.
And once the sun crawled out of the clouds.
I would go back to the window
Trying to imitate the reflection of the sun
While the birds soared around my arms.

That's one poem I wrote for Creative Writing. It's still not my favorite that I've written, but it has the most beautiful image. The minute I share my favorite poem I've written is the moment it becomes my least favorite.

When I write I turn on my itunes and listen to certain bands. This particular poem was inspired by "Sea and Rhythm" and "Naked as we Came" by Iron & Wine as well as "Sideways" by Citizen Cope. The goal was to write a monologue of someone other than yourself made up or real.

I created a playlist called Inspirational Mix which has all the usual songs that help me to write including Iron & Wine, Citizen Cope, Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Voxtrot, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Lodger, Andrew Bird, and some others. I absolutely love it and all the songs make me get butterflies in my stomach and beautiful images in my head.

Yesterday Ed Bok Lee was the guest poet in Creative Writing and he is now on my list of favorite poets, mainly because his voice is so amazing to listen to you can't help but get drawn in and think of nothing but the poems. He also had us do this activity related to languages, which combining writing and foreign language has to be the greatest activity ever.

Anyways,
I am excited to move on to Fiction Writing sometime soon because I prefer to write short stories. I'm still never sure when my poems are good or just sound nice. I also don't think everyone catches my metaphors and such. After reading a lot of poetry it becomes apparent that a lot of them have a very similar feel (especially when you read them outloud). However, this isn't true for everything and I'm not an expert in poetry.

I love writing and I love music.

Fiona Apple Each Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Hey!

French was so much fun today. Our teacher is really nice now that we're down to 11 people. Though, my oral partner switched 1002 teachers and I've decided after listening to her complain I don't like her, but she's gone so it doesn't matter.

I got my oral exam score back and I got 47/50! That is a huge accomplishment considering I only got B's last semester. Thank-you Cinderella.

Yesterday was kind of a cleanup day for this month, and actually this whole month is kind of just fixing and preparing.

Yesterday my mom confirmed that Study Abroad is happening. I can stop stressing now. :)

My grandma sent me a bag of homemade cookies....and yesterday I ate over half the bag. At least I'm going to the gym today and I plan to eat semi-healthy.

Yesterday I went through all the videos I've taken at concerts including The Flaming Lips, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Sondre Lerche, and Mason Jennings. All the other concerts I just had pictures. I have to say I will be taking more videos at concerts because reliving the Flaming Lips concert was amazing. The rest were really awesome too. I haven't been to a bad concert yet.

Today is Wednesday: my 3rd favorite day of the week after Friday and Monday.

I'm in the Fiona Apple mood.

Good Day.

Oh the Things that I've Done & the Places I've Gone

Hello!

I've been so busy lately it's really ridiculous.

We'll start with the fact that I changed my blog title picture. I took a picture of a chocolate rose and edited it and I have to say it looks really delicious.

Chocolate has been a theme for today.

In Spanish I got to talk about how much I like chocolate for most of the hour. Then, when I went to French I got to continue my conversation in a different language because both languages are on the food chapter. Despite making me incredibly hungry I absolutely LOVE this chapter in both languages. I was craving chocolate so bad after class that I went to the Purple Onion and ordered the usual Small Mocha with Whip Cream and an extra shot of espresso. Delicious.

I also met with my Spanish/Portuguese Advisor today and he said going to Spain my junior year would be kind of worthless because I would only need one more Spanish class by then. So guess what?! My new plan is to go to France! Ahhh I'm so excited!

Venezuela for the millionth time is an absolute go. I've pretty much got my parents to be 100% okay with it with some strategical planning, saving, and convincing.

In other news, my Freshman Writing paper did end up turning out to be complete crap. I felt so strongly so that I didn't (and don't plan to) read the comments my peer editing partners wrote. Instead, I completely re-wrote it last night and changed the story to make it better. I will say that it is much better and I am no longer ashamed.

Yesterday I had quite a workout. I am very happy to say I'm back to doing yoga!! So, Mondays and Fridays are awesome for that reason. Also, yesterday I ran to the gym because I was late for the time Mike & I said which was a workout as well as mildly embarassing running around in the slush. I looked like a wannabe track person. I really like the gym though so it's okay.

I saw The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Sunday night. I really liked it despite being really really weird. It reminded me of a different version of Alice In Wonderland just because it has so much imagination behind it and it was so beautifully edited/filmed/had amazing visual effects. I would recommend it if you're into those kind of movies...if not, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't approve.

Volunteering was really boring on Sunday because almost nobody came in. I hope not every Sunday is that dull because even though I am incredibly scared of not knowing how to say what I want to say, I do really want the Spanish experience. My friend came in to visit me and then gave me a ride back which was really nice. I have more to say related to this, but I just won't.

Oh, I went to a fashion show on Saturday put on by the design majors at the U of M. It was really epic. I'm so jealous of their amazing talent. I would have bought a lot of those outfits if I could find/afford them. Plus, I really loved a lot of the music. Afterwards I went to Sajinee, Temi, and Jessica's room to order Chinese food and watch Will & Grace with Sandra and Sonya. I love them all and the Chinese food was super good!

Hmmm...that's about all I feel like writing about. There was more, but I feel like you don't care to hear all of it.

Iron & Wine is the most beautiful band ever right next to Belle & Sebastian, Vampire Weekend, and the New Pornographers. Ohhh how I love music.

Awkward and Horrible

Hello,

Today has been an unusual day so far. Spanish was good as usual. Then I had my French Oral Exam, which I really didn't study for at all besides listening to the French version of Cinderella over and over again and repeating it, but I mean last night I spent maybe a 1/2 hour and again this morning.

For some reason I was really prepared for this one and my pronounciation (with exception of a few words) was really good. My partner, however, wasn't very good. I'm not going to sit here and say that she's terrible or anything because she is nice, but my teacher gave me a lot of compliments and then just tore her apart, which made me feel absolutely terrible. Then I had to awkwardly sit there and listen to her lecture my partner for 15 minutes, including my teacher saying her test score, and my partner breaking down into tears and just everything about it was the most awkward thing to sit through of my life.

I guess the good news is that I probably got a really good grade on my oral and by the way she talked to me I probably got a really good score on my test. So all this doubt I've been having is absolutely false. Another good thing is during her lecture I noticed that she genuinely cares about people doing well and learning...so I have a bit more respect for her. Hopefully my partner has the fear now too so everything will be just wonderful. But, I still feel really uncomfortable about the whole situation.

In other news, it's snowing a lot and I absolutely don't like the idea that winter is continuing. It is really pretty to look at though. I guess...

Well, I can't think of much else. I'll leave you to your weekend.

Ojala que ganara mucho dinero este fin de semana. Ojala...

Goodbye.

Wonderful Wednesday

My hate list:
-Crunching ice, chewing ice, and anything related to that sound
-The word bonafide
-Oysters, Biscuits, Dumplings, and most Hot Dishes
-Ticketmaster convenience charge, convenience charge tax, order processing fee, and facility charge
-Country music
-Most Southern accents
-Screaming girls
-Becoming facebook fans of a ridiculous amount of pages
-Extremists
-The smell of cardboard
-Crying children
-Jocks
-Words ending in the letter V

That's about all I can think of now...I don't bring this up for any reason other than I was talking about my hate list a few days ago and I wanted to see what I could come up with. I know I'm forgetting some important things, but oh well...I'll continue it later.

Last night I had a homework party with Sajinee and Sandra and then Jessica, Beau, and Temi were there part of the time. I brought them the beautiful gift of Will & Grace. It was really fun.

Today I felt the repercussions of my bad morning yesterday and by that I mean I did really really bad on my French listening quiz. I hope I can get a decent amount of sleep without waking up in the middle of the night because of dreams.

Last night I had a dream I went to a party with a few friends (I think Mike & Andrew, but I'm not sure) and it was this house FILLED with drunk people and people getting high...haha which actually probably came from watching Will & Grace because they made a lot of high and drunk jokes in the episodes we watched. But anyways, then the cops came and I ran with this mysterious girl and we tried to hide...and I'm not sure what happend then...I might have woken up then.

Current song obsessions this week:
"White Sky" Vampire Weekend
"Another Sunny Day" Belle & Sebastian
"All is Love" Karen O & the Kids
"The Good Old Days" Lodger
"Spine" Page France
"Benefits of Lying With Your Friends" The Apples In Stereo
Anything by Citizen Cope, Ingrid Michaelson, Kate Nash, Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Feist and Nellie Mckay

Yeahhh I think those are the main ones. If you trust me you should look into them.

Today is a good day. The sunrise was extra beautiful today. In Spanish we are on the food chapter (my favorite chapter ever in this book). In French it was review day so it was decent. And, as far as I know I'm having the usual lunch with Kevin, Sean, and Branden. So I look forward to that. Creative Writing is a good class too so yayy. Ahhh and the gym...I like the gym despite being a lot of work and pain.

14 days until Sondre Lerche and I reunite. I'm sure he's really excited to see me.

Also, check out "Boogie Down" by MGMT...it just came up on shuffle and I enjoy it.

Can you think of any words that end in V? If you can...I hate you.

Just kidding.

Bye =)

That Silly Groundhog

I'm not a fan of Tuesdays.

I'm really frustrated with my Freshman Writing paper. I can't come up with rising action/a distinct conflict and there's no way to resolve the issues I currently have going.

I don't want to share this crappy story with other people either. I feel as if the world should be hidden from terrible writing like this.

I'm really tired today. I had some terrible dreams again last night and I would wake up in the middle of the night a lot. One of the dreams I had was that I got raped by a priest. The more frustrating part of the dream was not being able to scream and my legs giving out instead of being able to run.

I'm exhausted really. I need Friday to come. I need to not be waking up so early in the morning. I really just want complaining to make things go away. Hopefully someday that will happen. In the meantime, I'll suck it up, and finish my awful paper.

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

On a happier and better note, it's Mike's birthday. Woo hoo. I'm having a hard time thinking of creative comments so I'll just spare you the pain. Happy Birthday. :)

Love is in the Coffee Shop

I've officially decided my favorite band ever. I know it has been this for a long time, but I have been to afraid to admit it because I didn't want it to change. Anyways, Belle & Sebastian is my official favorite band. I promise my life that I will see them in concert before I die no matter if I have to hunt them down in England (but hopefully they just come to Minneapolis in the next 3 years). One of the members made a list of their 50 favorite movies from this decade. It is my goal this summer to see (or rewatch) them all.


1 Gosford Park
2 Amélie
3 L o s t i n T r a n s l a t i o n
4 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5 E t e r n a l S u n s h i n e o f t h e S p o t l e s s M i n d
6 The Royal Tenenbaums
7 The Squid and the Whale
8 Almost Famous
9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
10 In the Mood for Love
11 Secretary
12 Sideways
13 Charlie Wilson's War
14 The Son's Room
15 No Country for Old Men
16 Mulholland Drive
17 Talk to Her
18 Ghost World
19 T h e A v i a t o r
20 Persepolis
21 Burn After Reading
22 Me and You and Everyone We Know
23 The Devil and Daniel Johnston
24 Munich
25 Milk
26 Frost/Nixon
27 Lust, Caution
28 Man on Wire
29 Michael Clayton
30 Donnie Darko
31 Somersault
32 T h e L i f e A q u a t i c w i t h S t e v e Z i s s o u
33 City of God
34 T h e L o r d o f t h e R i n g s : T h e R e t u r n o f t h e K i n g
35 The Lives of Others
36 I'm Not There
37 G a r d e n S t a t e
38 Control
39 Best in Show
40 Amores Perros
41 There Will Be Blood
42 A m e r i c a n S p l e n d o r
43 C l o s e r
44 Adventureland
45 The Kite Runner
46 Doubt
47 S t a r s k y & H u t c h
48 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
49 Brokeback Mountain
50 High Fidelity

I am FULLY caffinated right now. I hope me and the awesome guy from the coffee shop start up a relationship sometime next week. Haha just kidding, he's probably 20 something and not interested, but he did give me a discount and extra shot of espresso so that has to be something right? Oh well.

I was in the middle of my Freshman Writing paper, but I got bored of that. I'm just writing about a "conflict" that happend at work. I am using my boring job at Lakeside for the setting and something about the Spanish-speakers as my conflict. I hope it turns out good.

Oh em gee if you knew how fast I was typing you would be amazed. Ahh and today has already been fun. Andrew & I went to target, subway, and then Urban Outfitters in Uptown before he had class and after I was done with class. I love Mondays so much (but I love Fridays even more). Oh, I will be volunteering on Sundays at Casa instead of Fridays so if you wanted to make plans with me my Fridays are now free. :)

Ahhhh I wish I wasn't in my room alone. I feel like talking and talking soooooo bad. I can't wait for the gym. Ugh I hate this weather, by the way. It's gross and snowy and cold. I'm listening to Belle & Sebastian though so it's bearable.

Okay Okay Okay so I have to get back to ze homework, so I will leave you alone and "relax" a bit. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

Goodbye.