6 posts tagged “crazy”

Show us what makes you a die-hard fan.

Show us your favorite writer.

 
it's pretty much impossible to pick just one.
and then there are all the different genres to consider!
so from left to right we have e.e. cummings, my favorite poet, isaac asimov, my favorite science fiction writer and j.k. rowling my favorite fantasy writer.
i picked these three from the huge amount of writers i adore because i can read any of their works over and over and over again. i just wish i had the time to!

ironically enough reading is what has been keeping me from voxing. i'm taking 5 classes all of which are writing (and therefore reading) intensive. i've been averaging about 300-400 pages of assigned reading a week. add that to football season and i pretty much have no time for anything else. i'm sorry and i'll try to get better about updating. i miss you all! <3

don't worry i'm still alive.
i'm staying inside with my doors locked.
my cell phone isn't really working because everyone and their mom is calling in/out.

i really don't know what's going on here specifically.
it's freezing and flurrying and people are getting shot.
check cnn or the vt homepage for updates.

i love you all.

ok so the past like half a day has been crazy...and if it's any indicator maybe the rest of the day will be unexpected but exhilarating as well. so just to get started:

1. Ben Folds at Bollo's
so if you know me fairly well you know i'm pretty much in love with Bollo's the independent, vegan/vegetarian coffee shop here in blacksburg. i met up with a friend there yesterday evening to work on some poetry and strangely enough Mr. Folds was just sitting there chilling and drinking coffee. i mean it's not like he came to blacksburg just for the coffee, he is playing a show here at Tech tomorrow...but i was excited because i've never met a famous person, much less someone i respect musically. i got his autograph because i'm a tool like that.

2. Handcuffs
long story short at about 1:00am there was an incident in my hallway that involved three drunk male residents...the details aren't important but i did see someone get arrested and handcuffed..something i have never witnessed in real life. i've seen handcuffs plenty of times on law&order of course. but yeah. it was an experience, and it took me forever to fall asleep...i love my job, i love my job....yeah.

---edited at 7:25pm

3. Gorgeous Weather
it was unbelievably beautiful out today, sunny and just right warm, not uncomfortable.

4. Internship Info
i applied almost two weeks ago for an internship with the national center for ethics in health care. i finally got an email back from their seattle office asking for more information...so i suppose that's a good sign although i'm not too sure about moving to seattle for a whole summer. it's awfully far away and they don't provide housing. but whatever. positive thinking! i heard back and they sound interested in me. yay!

that's all i have...hokie football season tickets go on sale tomorrow. i think i'm going to get them just so i can have an excuse to come back to blacksburg for as many weekends as i can next semester.

today was exhausting.

i don't really know what happened to me these past few weeks. i think it was just all too much and i kind of shut down and began to avoid reality. i pretty much took all last week off - i didn't do much of anything, and while the break was nice, i think i'm ready to go back to real life.
all of this stressingness started like three weeks ago but the real trigger was september 28 -- i drove to and from charlottesville in one evening with a group of friends to go see of montreal. seriously probably one of the best shows i've ever been to. the band was amazing and i got to hang out with emily for a little too so that was nice. some of the kids at the show were so awkward but i was there with jeff and siri and ryanharne so it was more fun than anything.

everyone in the band was so cute too. i just wanted to hug all of them.

but honestly, the drive to and from charlottesville killed me. especially since i was averaging about 5hours of sleep per night that week. it didnt really help that less than 48 hours later i took the LSAT at 8:30 am. they went alright (i hope) but after i was done with that 4.5 hour testing extravaganza my brain felt like oatmeal. mmmm.
well after the test i ran and got dressed and went to the (very disappointing) VT vs. GA Tech game....i was slightly upset that i hadn't skipped the game to nap, but there was no time to cry over what had already happened. there were things to do! like get jeff's apartment set up for our sweet communist party.

seriously. if you are ever looking for a fun time, throw  your friends a communist party. it's fairly simple. here are the steps we followed that worked amazingly well:

   1. buy lots of vodka. we went with about 5 handles and used 2 for punch, and about half of one for jello shots and the rest were for straight shots. we had a lot left over, but we only had  maaaybe 20ish people drinking. you know your friends so estimate accordingly. also we got vladimir instead of aristocrat vodka - just to give our party that extra little russian touch.
   2. color is key. basically everything at our party was red or yellow. we had red punch. red and yellow jello shots. red solo cups. red wall decor and all the guests were required to wear red (dress codes should be strictly and evenly enforced.)
   3. remember: no one is special. in the USSR individual birthdays were not celebrated, everyone is the same.  it was actually one of my friend's 21st birthday, so we made a comrade cake and there was no singing. we also encouraged the use of the title COMRADE.

   4. drink. a lot. remember it's cold in the former soviet union, you have to keep warm somehow!

so yes. have fun with your communist party. and if you throw one/want help throwing one let me know, i will be all over that.

anyway. back to the story of not sleeping enough and drinking too much. after the party we spent sunday recovering. then hell week began. on october 5 i had three tests in a row, genetics, plant biology and introductory parasitology. after the parasitology exam i was walking back to my room and i was so tired i just ate it on the drill field...i still have a pretty nasty cut on my foot.
the next day i had a 6page paper due and then a lab practical in parasitology lab. immediately after the lab practical i got into my car, picked up siri and sam and drove to virginia beach. it was nice and rainy out and since drivers in virginia are stupid it took us 7 hours to get home. blahhhh. we picked up emily in charlottesville, so it was a nice full ride, much better than driving alone and exhausted.
it was crazy being home since i hadn't been home since late july. mom is pretty lonely only having isaac at home, and he's a pretty busy kid so she's alone a lot, that was kind of hard to see. i also went and saw james. i don't really know what compelled me. i mean i kind of do, but it's hard to explain in words...especially on the internet. anyway. that went horribly and basically made me feel like a terrible person. and it was sad because james is an awesome guy; we used to have a lot of fun together.
the important thing to derive from this, though, is that home was emotionally draining. and i was still on the no more than about 5ish hours of sleep per night plan.  we left home on monday afternoon, much much later than expected/wanted and after a 1.5hour delay in charlottesville with emily and harris teeter we got back to tech around 9:30.
after everyone got all dropped off i back tracked it to roanoke and picked up one of my residents who had flown home to new york for the break and needed a ride back. so pretty much i was driving on and off for almost 12 hours. gross.

so after all that i decided to avoid reality for pretty much an entire week. i didn't really do much school work and i went to the bare minimum of classes. i got full blown sick the day after we got back to school, so i got to use that as an excuse instead of trying to relay that whole story you just heard to everyone and their mom.
sorry for the long and whiny post. i wanted to catch you all up on where i am and what i've been doing. i don't want to neglect this blog, and i really miss writing so i'm going to try to update once a week at the very very minimum.

things to look forward to: final undergrad course request session (next week), lsat scores posted (two weeks)

here are some more photos from the communist party. enjoy:

What was (or is) your favorite subject in school?

literature has always been one of my favorite subjects. i love love love reading and analyzing works, especially poetry.
i'm such a nerd.

ps. i promise to write a good update when i'm not feeling mentally and emotionally destroyed.
pps. incase you were worried, i didn't get killed by the escaped convict running around blacksburg. i'll write about that later too.