Timbaland rocks my world...obvi.

Yesterday turned out to be an incredibly full day. I didn't really expect it to be, but it occurred to me this morning that this has probably been one of the fullest weekends I've had in a while and it's certainly been a nice treat.

It began friday night when I returned from my meeting and proceeded to get slightly tipsy with my suitemates while watching an incredibly awesome and sexy movie. Not the most exciting Friday night I know, but it was certainly nice to hang out with everyone and feel close. Then the next morning Josef came over fairly early and I introduced him to the Village Venture. We ate breakfast there and I showed him the small town crazyness that I grew up with (complete with costumed dogs, the lady who paints cats on rocks and trys to sell them for over 30 dollars and a booth for flu shots). He got to meet Cat and then we had a really good talk on our way back to campus. I got to explain some about myself and just how crazy I am (or rather how much of my life consists of therapy) which he seemed completely unphased by. In fact he was very supportive.

Later that night I headed off to the ballet with Sarah, Jessica and Stephania. It wasn't until later that I learned it was Stephania's very first ballet. I was glad she'd seen this one. Inland Pacific was doing their annual Dracula performance. They had revamped some of the choreography and the company looked much stronger than it has in past years. I really enjoyed it and seeing the people who arrived in costume (which was about half the audience) absolutely made my night. There were sooo many vampire costumes and the little kids were adorable.

After the ballet I headed out to meet Josef again. Since he'd been coming to Claremont I figured it was only fair that I drove out to where he lives. I didn't quite realize that where he lives is about an hour away on the freeway. I feel a little guilty that he has to drive out here to visit our suite so consistantly. It was worth it though. I got to meet some of his friends and see where he lives, plus there was some awesome Timbaland on the radio to keep me happy the whole drive back. It seemed like my entire sophmore year of college was being recapped via music. (I mean really, The Way I Are, Smack That, that disgustingly emo Three Days Grace song Gil always use to listen to, the list just goes on.) I became extremely nostalgic.

Today I'm headed off to work at 2pm, then out to dinner, then back to work at 7pm. Admittedly this doesn't leave much time for homework, especially since once I get off work Alice, Cat and I are going to a late night showing of High School Musical 3. (Cat and I weren't able to make it last time.) Its going to be just filled with wholesome Disney goodness and I can't wait.

Swollen, puffy cheeks

So this short fall break has turned out to be a rather interesting and eventful extended weekend. I went to Universal Studios with Josef for the Halloween Horror Haunt. It was way more fun than I expected. Frankly, I kind of expected to hate it, but I actually really enjoyed it. It was rather amusing and I can definitely see why Adam and his friends must love working as the monsters at Knotts Scary Farm. It looks like it would be a blast to dress up in costume like that and run around trying to scare people. I really didn't find it scary at all but then I got the impression that Josef was kind of protecting me from having too many people jump out at me, which I really appreciated. Of course I got lost going to and from the amusement park as usual. In fact I got really lost coming back and ended up having to call my parents at 1 in the morning to have them help me figure out where I was and where I needed to go. They were really nice about it though and I got home just fine.

My next day was spent fielding some rather dramatic phone calls from some friends, which I won't get into at the moment but I'm sure it will come up again. I then packed up that evening and headed home.

Early Monday morning I left with my Mom to the oral surgeons office and had my wisdom teeth removed. The procedure went fine and I was out of there in a fairly short amount of time. Since then I have been recuperating at home (refusing the pain meds to the great dismay of my parents) and trying to get some of my work done for my classes on Wednesday. I'm not sure if I'll be attending them yet as I'm still having some pain in my lower jaw. I've decided that I definitely won't be making it to my early morning class but I emailed the professor the work that was due so hopefully that should take care of that. I'm still undecided about the rest of the day but I'm hoping to be feeling well enough to go to program in the evening, although I'm not exactly sure what I'll do about the eating part. They'll have to come up with something special for me I guess. Josef indicated that he wanted to come over and see me afterwards so we may hang out in the suite and watch a movie. I feel kind of bad that he'll have to drive all the way down from the valley to Claremont just to hang out in my suite, but it was his idea and I explained to him that if I went to program I would probably be too tired to go out anywhere afterwards. I think it's kind of sweet of him to be so concerned about me having the surgery.

Thursday night Cat and I are planning to go see the midnight opening of High School Musical 3 so hopefully I'll be feeling well enough for that. I know, we're dorks, but it's something to do and a reason to hang out together which is good enough for me.

Tired

I so hate being sick. Just a couple days ago I had the insane hope that I was getting better, but unfortunately I think I pushed myself too hard and now I'm sick again. :( Cat has been nice enough to come over these past couple nights and keep me company by watching Gilmore Girls with me. That's been pretty fun but other than that I have just been dragging myself to class and trying to prepare for midterms and fall break. Since my Laban test is tomorrow and I can't exactly dance in my choreography class today I've decided to give myself a break. I'm relaxing for the first half of the day and allowing myself to recuperate. I'll get my studying and work done in the late afternoon or tonight and then tomorrow will be my last day of classes before the break. Hopefully this way I'll feel rested an well enough tomorrow to focus and concentrate on my test (although I do have to admit that it would be nice to be too sick to get my wisdom teeth pulled on Monday). So anyway that has been my boring little life for the past couple days. I'm planning on going to some Halloween horror thing at Universal Studios this weekend which sounds both exciting and kind of terrifying so hopefully that will liven things up a bit. For now, rest seems key.

This is just typical

So naturally now that things have begun to pick up at school and in my social life, I've gotten sick. I'm hoping that it will pass quickly. I'm getting ready to work on mid terms and it is my suite mate's big birthday dinner tonight so I'm trying to fight back this annoying feeling of grossness and just trudge on through. I'm thinking it might be nice to actually go home for a change and get some good solid rest there though. For once I'm actually looking forward to fall break. I'll be getting my wisdom teeth pulled towards the end of it which could possibly suck, but I'm looking forward to the prospect of sitting on the couch for a couple days doing nothing but napping and watching tv. I feel like I've sort of woken back up to my life. I feel much more on top of things. I know I have work to get done for school and I'm actually preparing to do it. I feel engaged in my classes. I want to spend time with my suite mates and there are some new people in my group who I am really interested in getting to know. I think things may be looking up more on that end too. At least I hope so.

Things that make me happy

This vid:

renewed interest

So I've decided I should start keeping this blog up again. I took a short hiatus from it for a while, but since I sit in the music library for three hours in the middle of every saturday, and since I'm way too umotivated to use that time for my homework, I figure I may as well keep myself occupied by blogging. I'm tired of feeling disconnected from everyone and maybe if I start keeping up this blog again I'll start feeling as though I'm reaching out some. It's a nice way to stay connected to my good friends who are now all over the country (and in some cases on different continents).

I've been in kind of a funk lately. The year began with a frenzy of activity and a bunch of worries. Now, however, things seem to have sort of fizzled out. This gloomy weather today has put me in a very strange mood and considering the circumstances of the last couple of days everything just kind of seems unreal.

For the past couple days I've been frantic, meeting with psychiatrists and my parents, but today I feel oddly removed from it all. My parents are in Santa Barbara and for once my suitemates and I don't have any big weekend guest staying with us that needs to be entertained. James is here this weekend, but fortunately he's staying with the boys (last time he came to stay with us he exteneded his stay for a week without asking anyone and I think my roommate is still a bit ticked about that). Josef will be here today also but I think only for the day. That's exciting though because hopefully I'll get to get in some good tv watching with him and Alice and absorb some of their obsessive fan knowledge. I love hanging out with the two of them. They are so cheerful and willing to include me.

Last night we celebrated Stephy's 21st with a party and a will smith marathon. It was slightly more wild then one would expect a drunkin will smith marathon to be. At least things are never dull in our suite.

I went to visit my friend Ben in the hospital today. He had to have surgery on his knee and he's been there for about a week. It was nice to see him. I got to wheel him around a bit which was fun and he taught me about some video game with a giant pink ball. I got to talk to his mom some too which was nice since I haven't seen her since the end of high school. I was always really fond of her, despite the fact that I think if we were ever to get in a real deep conversation I would find that there are a lot of fundamental things we don't agree on. I was sorry that I had to cut my visit so short with Ben since I had to get to work. He's having this giant IV needle installed in him. It's suppose to last for the next 3 weeks so that he can be taken care of at home. I'd kinda wanted to see it. The thing sounded terrifying but also kind of cool. I'll probably go back and see him again tomorrow. It'll give me something to do (besides the homework that I'm sure I should be doing).

Well thats been my weekend so far. With any luck I'll find some fun activities to keep me occupied tonight. Peace.