Guys, now that I'm really old, you have to help me cross the street.

Listening to: Bret, You Got it Going On - Flight of the Conchords

So, guess who's old now? If you guessed me, then you're right; I turned 20 this past weekend and it feels like it might take some getting use to. On the bright side I did get some pretty awesome stuff for my birthday, one thing being my new fabtactular Henry VIII and his Disappearing Wives mug from the Unemployed Philosopher's Guild!
It's so freaking cool! When you pour hot water into the mug, the wives disappear and their names and dates appear in their silhouettes! It's genius! I swear, the Unemployed Philosopher's Guild has my new favourite historically hilarious products ever. I've suddenly realized I've bought several things from that particular company in the last few months (mostly because the bookstore in the my university's town has several of the awesome things!). Besides the mug (which my parents got me), I've bought a Charles Darwin finger puppet/magnet and the mints that are just too funny right now, the Anti-Establish Mints! It's really funny because I'm taking a course on the French Revolution right now, so it just makes those mints a thousand times funnier.

It's not a great picture of the Darwin magnet, but the one I took is quite huge so this will have to do I suppose. I also bought Clover a Dali finger puppet for Crimmus, and for Sunny I bought some Hieroglyph-it's (they're post-it notes in Egyptian shapes haha, yes I am that cool a friend). All of this stuff makes me giggle like a prepubescent girl at pop concert. I kind of want the Edgar Allan Poe Little Thinker beanie guy, he's cute! He has a tiny raven, what can I say?

The other day when I suppose to be writing my history paper, I actually realized that the Decemberists have videos for some of their songs. It's kind of funny, but I never really thought of them as the video making type, but then again, who doesn't make videos these days?
I have to say my favourite was for 16 Military Wives where the band is acting as a model UN group who's taking it really seriously, and Colin Meloy is the US representative. Seriously, this video is hilarious. "I declare war on Luxembourg!" Because America can, and America does.
Although, I do enjoy Colin Meloy in an elevator by himself singing We Both Go Down Together, it's kind of funny how he has to stop playing to press the buttons everytime the door opens.

Dear Colin Meloy, you are awesome. I hope you bask daily in your own awesomeness.

Does that sound as stalker-ish as I think it does?

Update of sorts

Listening to: Love, Love, Love - James Blunt

Wow. So okay; once again it's been a while since my last post. Things are pretty great here, my new uni friends are pretty fab and, well, okay I dislike my suitemate, but I've found out that I can choose my suitemate for next year. While here, I've been introduced to Flight of the Conchords and, just recently (like 10 minutes ago) Jill gave me a link to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on YouTube. Seriously, the best thing ever. NPH is quite awesome (I love him in How I Met Your Mother, which I also found out this weekend has actually published a book, the infamous "Bro Code"), and he's a remarkably good singer. So do this right now for me kids: go to YouTube and look up Dr. Horrible. Heck, why don't I make it easier and just give you the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEZpYnN_1g
Also, the best thing ever was making one of my friends watch Hot Fuzz, which she surprisingly had never seen. It was hilarious. She's watched it at least 12 times since then; she's now also able to tell us word-for-word the entire movie. We've began to notice that our Classics prof looks a lot like the doctor, so we're afraid that he'll whip out some guns one day to make people pay attention (hahaha).

I'm quite sad in the way that I'm lacking the funds to go see James Blunt in concert, as he actually coming to Halifax. Nobody (with the exception of the Rolling Stones, Ozzy and Elton John, respectively) ever comes to Halifax to play. But sadly, it's either education or concert of awesomeness. What's a girl to do?

Oh, yeah, I've also started another blog, this time I'm going to be "reviewing" books that I've read, just basically posting my musing about what I've read. The name is a work in progress, I'm not completely satisfied with it, but it works for now.

Cheers!

I really don't have a clever title this time round...

Listening To: Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists

So, sheesh, I'm already done my second full week of classes. Wow. And I'm home for the first time in three weeks. I've missed my darling puppy sooo much! And of course my parents, but they've come to see me quite a bit since I've been at school, and I talk to them just about every night on the phone, so it's easier not to miss them as much (that sounds really horrible of me), but I do miss them when I'm at school.

Anyroad, since I've been at school I've already joined what I feel like may turn out to be too much for me to handle along with classes; I've signed up for the Classics and History societies and I've signed up to do copy-editing for the university's independent newspaper, and I also write a weekly article for it (This Week in History). I don't mind the article writing, but the copy-editing may become an issue later on because it takes a big chunk out of my Mondays.

Right now the only thing I find frustrating about my classes is Latin. It's horrible. I took Latin in high school in grade 12, but one year later I'm taking it at university and I'm having a ridiculously hard time picking it back up. I don't know if it's because the pace has changed, or what it is, but I'm kind of sucking hardcore. I used to be really good at translation and stuff, but now I'm doing horribly. Hopefully things will start to look up eventually.

P to the S: if anyone does actually read this blog, you should definitely check out a British indie band called Scouting for Girls. Do I ever love them, yes I do.

Bread and Circuses

Listening To: people down the hall from me talking

Wow, so the last post I made wasn't actually me. The Emo-Child that hides in the deepest recesses of my brain, complained and cried it's way out and stole my laptop. That's my story.

Anyroad, that was....while actually, that was quite a while ago. Anywhoodle, I'm now at university. Wow, I know. Finally.

Just for the record, never do anything that before-hand makes upperclassmen give you that smile that makes your stomach drop. You will get covered in condiments, corn starch, oatmeal and carbonated beverages among other things. You will have to throw out the clothes you were wearing because it makes you want to throw up and could not possibly stand washing them in your bathtub. And then your mom will get really mad at you for throwing these articles of clothing out. And you feel terrible about it, even more so then you already did.
That was my terrible initiation experience in a nutshell. But I did, however, get a free water-bottle out of it (that has my house's theme and the year printed on it). Meh.

BUt in other university-type realted news, for anyone who does care, I have mostly keep my promise to Sunny about not being a hermit! I've made 2 friends for the most part and I try to talk to people. I even went to breakfast by myself today, whereas the last 2 days, I haven't. YAY me.

Classes start TOMORROW!!! Gah!

P to the S: the bread and circuses (for those of you who do not know) refers to the activities the school does to keep the frosh's minds off of home and to keep them busy until classes start/until the upperclassmen come.

Gah!...people and life

I seriously don't understand anybody.

One of my best friends came to visit me tonight at work. I thought she was going to her dad's for the weekend, but nay. She told me that her ex-boyfriend from university was down. Okay, backflash. I distinctly remember another one of my best friends telling me that this friend had possibly had sex (which really surprised me) with this ex. So apparently they're friends with benefits? I wouldn't know. I generally end up getting second-hand news and guessing most of the time. Nobody seems to tell me a damn thing. Except Clover. (Unless it's a boy issue, then I'm completely useless, with the exception of a casual suggestion on how I would approach the issue).
Anyroad, apparrently this friend told her mother that she was staying at the other friend's house tonight, when in actually is spending the night in a HOTEL with the EX-BOYFRIEND. Now I dunno about you, dear readers (or reader), but this spells TROUBLE to me. Also friend told me she had a terrible feeling in the pit of her stomach that her mother was somehow going to find out she's not at other friend's house. Honestly? I hope that feels knaws at your stomach all night, friend. BAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Also, one of my guy friends is acting weird around me. I don't know if it's become obvious that I sort of like him like him, or what. Last Saturday when we were at a bar for Sunny's birthday, he, his brother, Femmebot and Clover had to leave early because they all had to get up early the next morning, so they all gave Sunny and I hugs before leaving, except him. He gave Sunny a hug, but kind of waved awkwardly at me. So I waved awkwardly back. And then tonight, while friend and her ex-boyfriend were visiting me at the Card Shoppe, we thought we saw guy friend at the bookstore across the hall, so I yelled his name and lo - it was him. He held up the book he was buying and I was thumbs-up and whatever. Then he came over and the four of us discussed going to a bar tomorrow night (which Mati has just ruled out for me; thanks Mum), and suddenly the two of us were arguing about going to see Wall-E. He really wants to see it and I don't, because it looks like a snooze-fest. It was kind of dumb and so were we. I know none of this makes sense, but I feel better just writing it all out.

And then there's the girl I work with at the Factory (Donut happens to be under investigation by the Worker's Comp. Board...so yeah). She's all "I love life and my favourite colour is RAINBOW!" Newsflash: Rainbow happens to NOT be a clour, but is a multitude of colours, you clod-headed twit. Honestly, from what she's told me, apart from her "fantastic boyfriend," her life sucks, so I'm not sure how she can be so damn happy all the damn time. Maybe if I had a boyfriend I would understand this? But as I do not, I don't.

I used to think of myself as an optimist, but I do clearly see now that I'm a sarcastic pessimist. Who's 19 and has a damn curfew. I ask you! I also admit that I'll probably die alone and all any ever thinks I care about is the Beatles and my dogs. I think not. Whatever.

*sigh*

Rant completed.

Vay-kay Day 1!

Listening To: Babooshka - Kate Bush

Today was quite relaxing, I must say. I got up around 9:45, which to Mati was fairly impressive. This was only so because Flight decided to crawl onto my bed to sleep with me after my parental units for work. She's so cute when she hogs the bed. She had me pinned against the wall, which made it really hard for me to get out of bed this morning. Needless to say, my back hurt for a good part of the day.

I printed off some things after I got up this morning for reference of a picture I want to draw/pastel. I'm kinda excited because I haven't actually art'd anything seriously since probably a year ago when school ended. Quite tragic, really. I also have another idea for a collage type thing of Alice in Wonderland. I've already bought playing cards and red paint for it. I need to find something sturdy enough to paste the playing cards to. Also something to stick the playing cards to this sturdy thing would probably help too....

Anyways, Clover and I went into town and "finished" shopping for Sunny's birthday. Which means we loitered a bit in the mall, had A&W Root Beer Floats, bought her card from the Card Shoppe and looked for tops to wear Staurday night. If Clover actually bought something for Sunny today, I honestly don't remember, and that, boys and girls, is sad. What's also sad is that I couldn't find anything to wear on Sat., but I do have a top I bought around Christmas that I can wear. Honestly, if it was anyone who wasn't Sunny, I think I'd probably just wear a t-shirt to the bar, but she likes everything to be "special" and dressy.
Sunny's also decided that since it's her birthday, we're going to the dance bar, instead of the one everyone else wanted to go to. And trust me, in Lame Town, N.S., the dance bar isn't any disco. They'll probably play an annoying amount of rap music. Oh well, I am excited for it though!

Anyroad, I'm off to check out Glogster! See if it's any good/if I can figger out them complicated gizzmos.

For some reason I can't explain, I know St. Peter won't call my name...

Listening To: Viva la Vida - Coldplay

Okay, so wow. It's mid June. Ish.
And if you can't tell, I'm a little freaking excited for the release of coldplay's new album. Mostly because I'm too cheap to get it off of iTunes. I have downloaded most of the songs using another program, but there's something about actually having the CD that appeals to me. I'm kind of strange like that.

Still working at the factory, but I have a short vacation in 3 days, woot!! Also, Sunny's 19th birthday is this weekend and she thinks/knows she wants to go out, but doesn't want to hurt M2 and CJ's feelings by going "out" without them, because they're not legal yet. Which brings me to another lovely story.

I had my first actual acoholic drink (that I actually finished and slightly enjoyed) with a friend on Friday night (the rum and Coke that I had with Clover back in February doesn't count because I keep watering it down with more Coke). Clover needed to talk about her most recent confusing boy troubles and for her to talk, she requires a drink. Or two. So I agreed and decided to try a cooler. A strawberry daquriri one, in fact, and it was fairly decent. Which means I didn't hand it to Clover after 2 sips, but actually finished it by myself in about half-an-hour. Yeah, yeah, whatevs. I was impressed. (I don't really care for acohol, but I may be able to drink these cooler things, seeing as they're more sugar than anything). So hopefully the "bars" in Lame Town will have these. Oh yeah, like I know. When have I ever actually gone anywhere around here that rates as relatively exciting?
But the only thing is, I'll probably end up as the designated driver. Bah.

And I'm on a vampyre kick again with books. Haha, I'm damn cool. I've started reading the "House of Night" series, and it's sooooo good. It's practically like Harry Potter, but for girls and it's about a vampyre (the authors spell it this way) finishing school. Much more addictive than Twilight I must confess (I still like the Twilight series, don't get me wrong). But I am excited for Breaking Dawn which is coming out on August 2, so I have to make sure to pre-order it sometime in July.

VIVA LA VIDA in 2 DAYS!! :D