1.31.2011

Ice Cubes

"So what is the etiquette on returning ice... cubes? Do you just use all the ice cubes and give back an empty tray? Or do you fill and freeze the entire tray before you give it back to them? Or do you just fill the tray and give it to them full of water? Or do you leave a few ice cubes and say 'Hey, I used three cubes but I left you five, in case of an emergency?'"


Ah, questions of real importance from my roommate, Sara.
(We're not talking about this Ice Cube)


"Do you think Indians get offended when you say 'Holy Cow?'" ~ Me
"I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU THINK BUDDHISTS GET OFFENDED WHEN YOU SAY 'GOOD GANDHI?!'" ~Sara


Oh, good times on Sundays.

Especially this:
This happens when I try to replicate Hasting's Frozen Cocoa and our blender has a bladder problem. 
On the bright side, the frozen cocoa ended up being really good. 




Today is a weird day. I have so much to do by tomorrow that thinking about it makes my head explode. I also had an O Chem test today, and even though I didn't really understand much of it, I feel like I somehow faked my way through it quite well. So... go me? 
I have Zumba soon, and I'm ready to shake my flab to the beat of Latin/hip hop music. I really do love that class.


I have enough bread and milk to feed a room of Kelsey Barkers. 


I have enough Dr. Peppers to make a soda bomb. 


I also have enough cat paraphernalia to make people sick. 

1.25.2011

My Psyche, pt. 2: THE MONSTER

In order to get the full effect of this post, you should probably enlarge the picture and look at each of the descriptions. I had to photoshop the words on because my handwriting was kinda small and hard to read.

That weird shark/whale/kraken/falcon creature you see is just another thing my subconscious thought up. I had a three-part dream, in which the monster appeared in the third part. 


"I was a captive of an evil people, by arms and legs bound and my entire body strapped upright to a board. Hundreds of the horrible people were surrounding a swimming pool/beach/lake-like area and cheering. I was slowly being rolled to the edge of the water on a dolly, along with a dozen other people. They dumped a few of the other captives into the pool by cutting the ropes binding them to the board and letting them slip down into the water. They splashed and became desperate for air, attempting to free themselves and swim away. But one by one, they would disappear and never resurface. As I was wheeled closer to the pool, I saw a black, whale-like creature stealthily darting through the water, ripping each person apart and eating them. I began to panic as the arena of people cheered for the next batch to be killed. I was rolled up to the water's edge and dumped in, along with five other people around the pool's perimeter. I furiously struggled to get my bonds loose, and when I finally did, I began to swim for a small island in the middle of the lake/pool. As I watched in horror as the others got gobbled up by giant monster, I noticed that it didn't have any eyes. I made it to the island and hastily buried myself in the sand to cover up my scent. I held my breath as the creature dragged the front half of its giant body onto the small island, inhaling deeply, attempting to find its prey. It eventually retreated back into the water, looking for its missing snack."

I can't really logically explain what happened after that, but I did survive, and with the help of a few others, I killed the beastly amphibious monster.


The End.


Sorry it was such an abrupt ending. I just mainly posted the blog for the sole purpose to show you my excellent drawing.

1.21.2011

RICKMANIA

Has anyone noticed Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture being used in a variety of commercials lately? (Kelsey Barker won't notice because she doesn't watch tv)
Hmm.

I got a twitter. There's a link on the side where it says "It will grow." Or if you're too lazy, click here

I feel like a disgusting blob of uselessness lately. Mostly because I only managed to snatch up 12 credits this semester (I feel no need to defend myself, other than by saying that the other classes I wanted were full) and I haven't really had real homework yet. So I've just been watching movies.
So... many... movies.

Movies like:
  • The Social Network
  • LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (extended)
  • LOTR: The Two Towers (extended)
  • LOTR: Return of the King (extended)
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  • Ondine
  • Galaxy Quest
  • Die Hard
  • Die Hard 2
  • Live Free or Die Hard
  • District 9
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)
  • The Bourne Supremacy
  • The Bourne Ultimatum 


Judge me all you want, but I like movies a lot. 
But man, I need some more friends.
My friends are my roommates. 
And they are gone right now.
*Uncontrollable sobbing*

I'm pathetic.


On the crazier side though, I love this man.
SO MUCH.
It in an unhealthy obsession that I continue to feed.
I could write a four million page essay on why he's so awesome.
Also, I feel the insane need to mention that Petey (as well as I) is also obsessed with him. 

Alan Rickman.
So jovial... *heart melts*



As villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
So... awesome.

My favorite role of his (Dr. Lazarus)


Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility 
And of course his most famous role as Professor Snape.
Oh. My. Gosh.

ps, there might be future blogs about Alan Rickman. Excuse me, there WILL be future blogs...

1.14.2011

My Psyche

The purpose of this post is not to tell you about what I digested yesterday evening, but to tell you about my weird dream last night. You probably know that I am extremely fond of dreaming and that I tend to have psychotic dreams. And yes, I remember almost all my dreams.

(But I did eat this for dinner last night. Chicken Scallapini with parmesan bowties. It was delicious.)


I was sitting in a Macey's grocery store near the pharmacy section. Instead of one of those machines that test your arm pressure, it was a makeshift blood donation station. After deciding to donate blood because my family was taking forever at the store, I sat down and stuck my arm out, waiting to get pricked. My dentist appeared around the corner with a needle and a blood bag. It was a little concerning to see my lifelong tooth doctor about to draw my blood, but I went ahead with it anyways. He disappeared back around the corner while I waited for my blood bag to fill. Ten minutes had passed, and the pint was almost full. I started looking around, getting more and more worried that I was going to be left there, oozing into a plastic bag forever. I had the strange idea that if the bag overfilled, something unimaginably horrible would happen. I panicked and pulled the needle out of my arm then proceeded to squeeze the blood in the tubes down into the pint. I picked up the bag and tried to find a place to give it to someone. 

After wandering around the store for a while, I turned a corner to sharply and poked the blood bag with the needle. The bag started bleeding, so I ran to try and save it. I accidentally spilled blood on a fat guy in a motor chair and a few other customers. I knew it was too late to try and save the blood, and I couldn't throw it away because it would be a hazmat, so I ran out a set of double doors looking for a sink.
I was suddenly in a school/ mall. Now when I say school/mall, I mean that it was a mall with stores but with classrooms in between. I found a bathroom and ran in, dumping the blood down the drain and throwing the bag away.

I walked back into the main mall/school area and saw a few of my siblings waiting for their classes to start. I waved hi to them and... started break dancing. Apparently I had an amazing talent of break dancing hidden in me all along. I started flipping, twisting, popping and locking like a professional. People started cheering me on until the school bell rang and they ran into class. Instead of just walking around the mall, I flipped and rolled around on the floor until I found my parents.

The next thing I knew, we were about to get on the freeway entrance. My parents' car was too small for me and my siblings, so they had a blowup mattress that they towed along behind them. We sat down on the blow up mattress and went flying down the freeway. When we reached a constant cruising speed, my parents disconnected the cable and let us just cruise on our own (obviously physics doesn't really count in my dreams). I looked around and started to really feel how fast we were going and felt scared and panicky. As passed over a river, I steered the mattress off the edge of the bridge and we plummeted into the water. We sat on the water and just floated away...



Basically I'm a disturbed human with a disturbed subconscious. If you're a dream interpreter (or not), explain what the heck is going on in my brain.

Uh, happy Friday!

1.11.2011

artitute (brilliant post name, eh?)

Hello.
I'm back in school.
I can't say much about my first week, because I'm only two days in, but I can say that the Logan Institute gave out free shirts as long as we promised to wear them every Tuesday.
Today is Tuesday.

 Institute...
 A Priority (get it?!)
See the picture of Enos praying in the background?

Also, I had to buy an art kit because I am in Drawing I this semester. Look at the size of that board and paper pad. Ridiculous.

So welcome back to school and wish me artistic luck (because I sure as heck can't draw).

1.06.2011

Literally out with the old.

You know that new year saying "out with the old and in with the new?" Well I seem to have taken it literally this year by doing this:

 Yes. I replaced my tattered, 4-years-old-and-no-longer-black-but-kinda-green high tops with Incubus songs written on them and replaced them with new low top chucks.  
 Boy, does it feel good not to have snow/water/everything get in through the gaping hole between the soles and the shoe. 
Yes, these are real. No knock off Converse for me.

BONUS:
I don't really wear heels, but I went into JC Penny and saw some wonderful, sparkly, Lady Gaga-like heels that I immediately started to covet. I bought them the next day. Out with the old, boring heels. In with the awesome ones.

Mmm.



BONUS BONUS:
Please use literally correctly.