I'm sorry!!

Eek! I'm sorry! I know I haven't been posting (as my mother pointed out to me today!) and that is mostly because a) I don't really have a steady computer of my own right now, which is weird, b) I'm not at school and therefore not constantly infront of said computer and c) I'm on winter break and have been spending the majority of my time on a couch with my dogs, a book, and a pot of tea. That, by the way, has been absolutely lovely and restorative and refreshing all at the same time. I thought I would go crazy with cabin fever and with not being around people all the time like I am at school, but it turns out I am actually more than happy to sit at home all day and read. It is incredibly relaxing and just soooo differnt from the way I have to be at school, so it's a very welcome change. I don't think I could do it forever, but for a little while, it's quite nice. So, there is the explaination and the apology, I hope you forgive me and I'll try to write more in the coming New Year!
Good lord, it's already December 31st. Wow. This year has been absolutely crazy, but then, what year isnt? I feel like I could say that about any year. I was actually thiiiiiiiiiiis close just now to trying to do a re-cap of 2008, but it just didn't seem right for some reason. I guess this whole blog can just be my re-cap, hu? Not that I expect you to re-read all of it, but my 80 year-old self will be very pleased, I think, to look back over everything I wrote here some day. :-)
That's all for now, I'm off to watch an episode of The West Wing and hopefully get some sleep! Love to you all.

Studying for finals

I feel like I have a metric ton of work to get done before the end of Friday and I am not excited about it. I wish I could take my exam that is scheduled for tonight at 7 RIGHT NOW just so I could get it out of the way and move on to the next thing. I don't like that it is looming. Also, people have already started leaving for winter break and that makes me super-sad because I won’t see them all for a month! Jeez—why does our break have to be so damn long? Really, I’m just going to get immensely bored by the end of it, and will miss everyone too damn much. Bleh. I don’t approve. Meh, enough of my complaining, and back to the trenches with me. Wish me luck!

It's Raining!

It is raining! And though I somehow missed that fact for the majority of last night (damn you, closed window shades!) I am now enjoying it to its full extent. I'm going to go walk up to the Motley, sit there for a couple hours and finish reading The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao so I can write my paper on it. Also on today's schedule, which I will HOPEFULLY be able to stick to: Write at least 3/4 of my study guide for Gender and Women's Studies, watch a movie for The Holy Fool and write a one page paper on said movie. Until then--Mexican hot chocolate, here I come!

Cool Concept

I don't care much for the music, but the concept is pretty cool. A music video made in 45,000 hires photographs.

Computer

And yes, I do have a working computer right now. I drove into downtown LA to pick up a loaner laptop from my dad's office, so the internet is back up and running in my life. This is both very very good and potentially very bad for me fininshing my research paper...
One research paper, one final paper, one movie review and two final tests to go...

John Stewart

John Stewart speaks to Mike Huckabee about gay marriage.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Mike Huckabee Pt. 2

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Does it make me emo...

...if I really like this song?

Eh, oh well.

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Say Yes

I'm in love with the world,
Through the eyes of a girl,
Who's still around the morning after.

We broke up a month ago,
When I grew up, I didn't know
It'd be around the morning after.

It's always been wait and see,
A happy day didn't pay
Feel like shit the morning after.

But now I feel changed around,
And instead falling down,
I'm standing up the morning after.

Situations get fucked up
Turned around sooner or later

I could be another fool,
Or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after.

Crooked spin cant come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows
See how it is they want you or they don't

I'm in love with the world,
Through the eyes of a girl,
Who's still around the morning after.

Ah ha!

A brief moment of internet clarity! I must seize it! My computer has been slowly dying for a while now and has recently decided to speed things up...the Ethernet connection is totally useless and my wireless is spotty at best. Not to mention it doesn't work off of battery power and likes shutting down randomly....I can't blame it, really. It is four years old. But doesn't it know that finals are two weeks away and there are essays to write and research to do?? Poor computer...stick with me for just a while longer!!