Plan Number Six

( Another 2006 meme. )

I just got back to school yesterday, and things are already looking both up and down. Don't you just love life?

I was all alone yesterday, so I actually cleaned my room. I completely reorganized my drawers, my desk, my wardrobe, my shelves, and the area under my bed. I did a load of laundry to get rid of the wrinkles in some of my shirts and threw in my bedclothes, so I now have nice, clean, lovely sheets. My laptop is working again. I added a ton of new icons last night when I got bored with cleaning. I managed to find a TV to watch SNL on, though that did mean I had to sneak across a hallway outside in only my slippers. (Cold!)

Downsides? I just realized how little time I actually have between my Leadership and Aerobics classes. (Ten minutes.) The bookstore isn't open today, so I have to go after Latin tomorrow morning to pick up my books for my other classes. (At least Latin is already covered.) I need a new coat, and the buses don't run on Sundays, so I have no way to go downtown to buy one. (Though having Heather with me for that would be helpful.) And worst of all?

I left my pillow at home. :(

I totally stole this from sk8inglioness.

( My Christmas stocking )

I tried to watch the second episode of Dexter, but I was eating ice cream at the time and the beginning very nearly made me sick. Sorry Lexi, but the ice cream comes first.

( Two song memes that are basically the same. Hurray for time-wasters! )

Heather and I took pictures of each other in the garden area place on campus Thursday. It was beyond fun, and we got some pretty good pictrues out of it. I definitely have a favorite.

This weekend was going to be the most boring thing that ever happened to me, but my sister gave me a very good idea as to what to do with myself. The plan is to fall asleep watching a movie or something tonight and wake up around noon tomorrow. I will then beautify myself and proceed to the transit center, where I will catch bus 5A to the mall, where I will enjoy myself for four hours before catching the last 5A back to the transit center. I have no idea what I'll do once I get back, but having my day planned up to around 6PM is really nice, especially since today has been such a bust.

For the record—I really love my sister and my dad. When I mentioned how bored I was because all my friends are off with their parents, they offered to drive down here tomorrow morning to spend the day with me. Not needed, as it's not worth the $50 in gas just to be bored together instead of separately, but appreciated nonetheless. ♥

I started cleaning my room and packing yesterday. Granted, all I ended up packing was some clothes and my scrapbooking/journaling stuff (into a spiffy new expandable file, yay), but it was still very exciting. I have yet to contact my roommate, and I can assure you that I won't be the one to break down. Unfortunately, I think that pretty much assures that I just won't end up talking to her before school, because she's going early for some hike thing that starts tomorrow. I was hoping she would crack, but no dice.

Tomorrow I'm going in for what will probably be my last day of work. It will be extremely sad to say goodbye to Kirstie and Amanda, as both are incredibly amusing, especially Amanda, who is eerily similar to myself. It was great to talk to them this morning. I was horrible about keeping in contact with Ashley when she left for college, but I refuse to lose contact with those two—even if our only communication is through fake phone messages. ♥ I will definitely miss them. I already miss them.

( My famous last words. )

Pirates was amazing last night. My friends and I, along with a sleeping bag that sat in the chair next to me, saw it at midnight. (The sleeping bag allowed us to lay down in the line. Much more comfortable.) It ended around 2:35, if I remember correctly, and we stayed through the credits to see a very amusing scene that tied up an end Lexi was particularly worried about. The dueling scenes were wicked, especially the one between the three of them, but my favorite part by far was when everyone started immitating pulling their heart out and having it still beating in their hand. That was amazingly hilarious, and I will definitely be inserting the hand movement into random conversations.

( A TV meme. )

It was ridiculously hot today. When I came home after work, I spent a few hours out on the hammock reading, which was really nice. There was a fabulous breeze, and I could smell barbecues and hear kids playing. The unfortunate part was when I returned to my air-conditioned home and found myself with a headache from being out in the heat for too long. Life really stinks sometimes.

Ashley came to visit at work today, and she grilled me about boys, which is a strangely difficult topic at the moment. I've always been very fond of a few guys, and with graduation having just passed, the feeling that I'll never know what could have happened with most if not all of them seems to be making me like them and think about them a lot more than I did before. Oh well. I've got a promise for a few coffee shop dates with one and an entire trip to Europe with another, so I'll at least see two of them again. I hope I don't lose contact with #3, but who knows? Life goes on, of course, whether he continues singing and plotting and insulting and laughing with me or not.

Holy Hannah, look at the time of this post! I paused Supernatural 11:34 into an episode earlier today, too, when my sister walked into my room and caught me by surprise. It's everywhere today!

( And now for the main event—a very long meme! )

List up to ten (10) things you want to say to ten (10) people. Do not state who these people are. Do not confirm or deny any comment speculation. Tag five (5) people.

1) I was so happy to see you again. That day is going to be amazing; I'm really looking forward to it.

2) Stop talking about your bloody boyfriend! XD

3) I'm so glad you'll be going with me. I wouldn't have gone for anyone else.

4) You make my day, every day. I'm going to miss you so much when I go off to college. How in the world will I find someone as amazing as you to keep me happy and energized and ranting and watching anime? It seems impossible.

5) You are a senseless waste of human life. I will never understand how people like you even exist. I hope you choke on an organic carrot someday as you rave about your grandmother's garden.

6) I doubt you know how much I love and respect you. You are absolutely amazing, and I always feel so stupid for not having a way to show it.

7) I will be so glad to be away from you.

8) It boggles the mind to think of how nice yet stupid you are at the same time. If you just improved on the stupid part, I would be seeking your friendship in an instant.

9) When it's all over we still have to clear up.

10) Who will replace you? Who could replace you? No one else makes me smile and nearly burst into song just by walking into the room. I doubt you'd ever guess how much I'll miss you once this is all over and done.

Explain your Live Journal name and its meaning. When you're done, tag as many people as there are letters in your name.

Bellalina comes from all the way back in the good times at SFF when Rich and I were totally OHESSEXY. Actually, it was probably before OS X, but whatever. There was a thread started by akalekehe or however you spell that monster of a screen name that linked to a site that took your name and gave you your Hawaiian name or some-such nonsense. Mine, from Lynn, was Lina. I thought it was gorgeous. Around that time, Rich and I were coming up with names for websites, and I decided I wanted to use Lina in it somehow. We played around with a bunch of words in both French and Italian, my two favorite foreign languages, and bellalina was the final product. I still love it. It's simple, stupid, gorgeous, and a mix of Italian and Hawaiian. How much more ridiculous can you get? <3

Going off of Lynn/Lina, I tag:
reasons
quiet_you
kongluirong
prevgirl

Hurray for amusing lj memes that save you from boredom!

Fill it out. Post it in your journal and see what everyone has to say about you. (Stolen from miseryhood.)

1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. When and how did we meet?
4. Do you have a crush on me?
5. Would you kiss me?
6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it:
7. Describe me in one word:
8. What was your first impression?
9. Do you still think that way about me now?
10. What reminds you of me?
11. If you could give me anything what would it be?
12. How well do you know me?
13. When's the last time you saw me?
14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
15. Are you going to put this on your blog and see what I say about you?

My family and I went to visit Willamette today for the Spring Preview. It was fun. I sat in on a class. (It was supposed to be three, actually—I couldn't find the second, and skipped the third because I was too nervous.) More importantly, I decided to get a sweatshirt. Until today, I was the only one around who was going to an out-of-state college/uni who had visited but didn't have a sweatshirt. No longer is this the case.
     My sister and I watched Elizabethtown on the way there. We didn't get all the way through it before she wanted to sleep, and even though I didn't know the ending yet, I bought it at the Target that had only been open for thirty days because Oregon doesn't have any sales tax.
     Their gas tax is low, too. It's amazing—our gas tax is so high that gasoline is more expensive here than it is in Oregon, where they have to pay people to pump it. Here we have bad roads, no pump attendants, and easier access to gas, but it's still ten cents more expensive.
     Willamette has a gorgeous campus. The food in the Goudy Commons is delicious. The dorms are good enough. There's a 30-day-old Target twenty minutes away, a older Target even closer, and two malls within ten minutes. I love that it's not a college town, because I hate college towns. I would die in a place like Rexburg, Idaho, but I could thrive in Salem, Oregon.
     ( There's a bit more behind the cut. )