Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Preschool Era?

I was so jealous of my friend Danny. He had one of those mini trucks that you could actually drive.
Then I got a big cardboard box and I felt better.

September 29, 2008

Growing Up in the Rural Midwest.

When I was 10 or 11 I would watch Oprah with my sister after school. Once I asked her how Oprah got her hair to look like that. She told me that it was a wig.
From then on I thought Oprah had cancer.

September 28, 2008

Have I Given Up?

No, Ma’am.
I just feel like I have nothing overly interesting to talk about.
I am getting over a cold.
I have layed around all weekend, attempting to get better.
Classes are good.
I’m designing a set for Oedipus Rex as a project for Production and Design.
Sarah Palin happens to make me laugh at least once a day.
I am excited [...]

September 24, 2008

Cake.

Today seems like the day to break out the box from the back of the cupboard.
Whenever I’m in school the sweettooth factor goes way up.
Mmmm. Cake.

September 15, 2008

They’re not making this shit up.

Tina Fey made a visit to the premiere of SNL this week to portray Sarah Palin. Two words: worth. it.
The only way this could be funnier is if the shit they had her spewing wasn’t actually representative of the real Palin. View the clip here.

September 15, 2008

Good Mornin’

Lecture halls: Friend or foe? I’m not here to judge. What I will say however is that the steps of this very structure aided in a wake up call to end all wake up calls.
Sitting in my seat, waiting for Edith to grace us with her language observation of the week I heard a rustling [...]

September 12, 2008

Waiting

So, I have about 3 semesters till I’m home free.
I guess I should work on getting some friends since I’m going to be here awhile. Or a job.

September 9, 2008

F.Y.I.

Procrastination never goes out of style.

September 5, 2008

Never Ever.

So I’m sitting here in the library on campus and I just had that “Holy shit, I really fucking did it.” moment.
I’m tearing up in the library because I hadn’t yet fully realized that, hey, I put my mind to a goal and after a long tough road, I accomplished it. Wow.
I’m going to write [...]

September 3, 2008

Smitten

I love Edith the Hungarian linguistics professor.
The white puff of hair, the way she tests the lecture hall microphone, the accent…soooo dreamy.
*Note that she is a Hungarian who happens to be a lingustics professor and not a professor of Hungarian Linguistics. Very Important