Monday, November 23, 2009

Week Got Longer

Can't include details, but suffice it to say, Friday got a lot longer, and much, MUCH worse.

Weekend at home with Jess really helped, but now I'm back and have to deal with it all over again...

Friday, November 20, 2009

Longest Week Ever: It's Finally Friday

So, my anticipation over going home this weekend has made this seem like the longest week in the history of the world... All I want to do is go home...

On Tuesday, my cell phone took a turn for the worse. The battery hasn't been holding a charge for weeks now, but all of a sudden, the battery no longer acknowledges the charger at all. The wonderfully helpful people at the Sprint store suggested a new battery for $24.99. I explained that I'd never had a problem before this phone. I've had it just barely a year. Technically, less than that. I had to have the crummy thing replaced in July because it nosedived. So, they suggested I borrow a Sprint phone from someone else to use until my contract runs out (August 2010) I'm borrowing Dan's old one until I get the money to replace the parts on this one.

The problem is, Dan has been out of town all week. He gets back in this afternoon. Since Tuesday, I've been kind of living on a wing and a prayer, hoping my phone stays alive. It's clinging to it's last shreds of life now, and I'm watching the "Low Battery" signal meekly pulse it's remaining life out. I'll tell you now... they better switch my contacts over to the other phone, or I'll flip out... All my work numbers (let alone personal numbers) are in this phone, and so help me goodness, I'll kick someone in the face...

On another, somewhat lighter note... Last night, I had my community builder... Which three people showed up to. And none of them were actually my residents... But we watched Garfield's Thanksgiving, and it was a lot of fun.

Afterwards, myself and two of the ladies from Hall Council went to Acme to buy bubble gum. Each week, the hall councils have to submit creative minutes to KIC (Kent Interhall Council) This week, the theme was cartoons, and my brilliant idea was to duplicate the bubble gum football head from Hey Arnold! It was disgusting... Five people chewed five bags of bubble gum and smeared it over a football... Gross, but pretty cool at the same time. It's currently in my boss's freezer.

Then, this morning, I was up at 7:30 for an 8:30 meeting for the theme community that my boss and I are trying to begin. We had to meet with one of the academic colleges on campus, as well as higher-ups in our department, to gauge their interest... Basically, the meeting made me look like a moron because I didn't get current, correct information. So, I told the people from the academic college something completely wrong, and I got called out on it in the middle of the meeting. Plus, I couldn't get a word in most of the time. I'm still pretty upset about it... Why force me to go to the meeting if you're not going to let me talk? Or you're going to throw me under the bus? (Granted, I know no one did this on purpose... Still upsetting)

So, I ran to the bank to cash my birthday check from Aunt Gina, and treated myself to a terribly unhealthy breakfast at Burger King. Though my body will hate me, I felt nice. It was comforting, and reminded me of when I was little, and my Mom would buy me hash browns sometimes on the way to school... It was a special treat when we had a little extra money. Again, terribly comforting.

So now, all I have to do is office hours from 10:45-12:45, class from 1:10 to 2:00, then my one-on-one from 3:00-4:00, and maybe another hour in the office from 4:00-5:00. Then I'm running to the Sprint store again, and to get hookah stuff with Bree and A.J. before I go home. And I'm packing in there somewhere... It seems like a thousand years until then.

Ta ta! Have a splendid weekend!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

To Quote AJ...

"Our feet are soggy and we are not sharing this fukin rum."
Yes... this is how I'm starting my blog... with a quote from another blog.

This past Saturday night was an adventure of sorts...
Nikki came to Kent, and I went to visit with her, Bree and AJ
After a delicious dinner of oven baked chicken (AJ and I made it)
And cheesy potatoes (which was all Bree)
We settled down to play a rousing game of "Beer"
It's a drinking card game... Simple enough concept. Do what the card says.
AJ was the only one drinking beer... he likes it, for some strange reason.
Nikki, Bree and I were drinking wine spritzers... Which I do not care for
If the point of drinking is to be drunk, then why not do shots?
Get it over with quickly...

Well, AJ and I wanted liquor to do shots... Bree and Nikki didn't.
They also insisted they were too "drunk" to drive...
One wine spritzer DOES NOT make you intoxicated.
So, AJ and I trekked across the complex, road, and campus to get to my car
(And surprisingly, got no calls from Bree)
Forty-five minutes and a potty break later, we arrived at my car.

I would like to point out, that at this point, we had stopped drinking for a few hours
I had not consumed a large amount of alcohol
And I had eaten dinner... Lots of dinner.
I was NOT in any shape, form or fashion driving drunk.
Anyway...

We drove to Wal-Mart, no good booze.
Campus Wine Cellar, just wine. (How many college kids are sipping wine on Saturday nights?)
So we tried this little liquor store down the road
And it turned out to be a bar and restaurant... Who names their restaurant, "____ Liquor?"
So we decided to drive to Stow, for Giant Eagle.

On the way to Stow, I remembered TLC Liquor
A little liquor store on the way...
It's only 10:30 at night, mind you...
And the liquor store is CLOSED.
What liquor store in their right mind closes at 10:3o on a Saturday
IN A COLLEGE TOWN?
Dumbest thing I've ever heard of...

So we continued to Giant Eagle, and got a bottle of pineapple rum.
Which AJ and I refused to share, because we had walked all that way
And adventured through Kent, Ravenna and Stow to get it.
Retrospectively, a whole bottle of rum is a lot for just two people
Especially when you're just doing shots...
And you each do 12 in an hour... and finish the bottle.

We both threw up... and perhaps, learned our lesson.
All in all though, an adventure worth having.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Mmm

I may have just eaten half a package of crackers...
On the plus side, the saltiness was DELICIOUS
Minus side, I think I was dehydrated BEFORE I started eating them...

Either way... Saltines... AWESOME.

Kent State: Liquor Store in Hiding

Tonight, A.J. and I went on an adventure.
We were looking for a liquor store
And for a college town, this was surprisingly difficult to find.
Like... REALLY difficult.

We ended up going to Giant Eagle.
I'm sleepy.

Goodnight.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Literacy Rocks!

In case you were wondering, I've read 41 books thus far this year...
My goal is 50, and this year it's a definite possibility...
Either way, I'm excited...

And I think you should be reading too!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's day, which means no classes...
I only had one anyway, but still... It's nice
It also means no office hours and no community hours
Which I think is about the BEST thing I've heard.
I slept til 1:00 and finally caught up on sleep.

This past weekend was my 21st birthday... Long weekend.
Friday night, I went to Dan's house... Connie and Andrew (and later Dani) came too.
Andrew sneakily made me a birthday cake, and carried it in without me knowing.
It was really sweet of him. He was the only one that made a cake all weekend.
And Dan baked a zillion goodies, just like he always does.

Saturday, Celia came up to visit. She'd never been before.
We went to Olive Garden with Bree and A.J.
Shopping at Target and the Exchange
(Bree got me a birthday crown and A.J. got me the CD I've wanted)
Then back to their house to play Guitar Hero and Quelf (board game)
Then, Celia and I came back to my place to get ready.

At midnight, Celia, Connie and myself went to the bars.
I got to spin the birthday wheel at Ray's, which is apparently a tradition.

Then we went to Water Street Tavern, which was too loud and too crowded
But some random guy saw my birthday crown and yelled,
"It's your birthday?! BIRTHDAY KISS!" And swooped down and kissed my cheek
Sort of... it was more my temple/hair area... But he was drunk.

Next, we went to the Loft... Celia and I saw Becky, a girl we cheered with
She insisted on buying me a shot... I insisted I didn't need one.
I tried to walk away and she grabbed my arm and said, "No, you can't leave!"
So I did the shot...

Now we come to my FAVORITE part of the night
Connie insisted I try this thing called a Rocket Pop...
Think of the firecracker popsicles you ate when you were little...
It's this big mug, and the colors actually separate...
There's red and white and blue, and it's all fizzy
There's also a shot glass thrown into the mug, which I, for the life of me, didn't understand
I kept asking, "There's a shot glass in my mug... WHY would they put a shot glass in my mug?"
Connie just kept laughing at me...
Either way, it was delicious and my favorite thing all night

Then we went to Zephyr for a bit
Tabi and her boyfriend Andrew (not the same Andrew from earlier) came too
And I touched the neon bar sign
It wasn't hot and it didn't shock me, and I was surprised
Tabi laughed at me a lot...
And that was Sunday night...

Sunday, Celia woke me up at 11:30, and we went to breakfast downstairs...
Then drove back to Vermilion.
I went for lunch with my mom (Chinese food, like always)
Then went to the bar and did a shot of Wild Turkey
Because the ladies there thought it was a joke
By the way, it tastes terrible and burns endlessly

After, I went out to Gen's house... I got to see everyone
Felicia, Mr. and Mrs. Mercer, Gen, Jeremy, and even (finally) Aydenn
He's already six months old... it took me awhile to get out there
And it was nice to see everyone again.

Finally, I went to Nikki's house... Her mom made dinner
And I ate with them, and her Dad explained the log cabin he's helping build
Nikki and I went to Target and looked around at Christmas stuff
And it was a lot of fun...

Overall, just a really good weekend.
I had a lot of fun...
But I don't feel older.

Friday, November 6, 2009

REALLY Don't Know This Game

Meet girl.
Girl meets boy at party.
Boy gives girl number.
Girl is happy.
Look at happy Girl.

See Girl.
See Girl be happy.
Oh wait...

See Girl's last 2 weeks blow up in her face.
Boom.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

I Don't Know How to Play This Game...

Okay, so a few posts ago, you may remember me mentioning a Halloween party
At said party, there was a boy... He will be known as "Boy" henceforth
Because I'm not going to mention names... It's easier that way...

At the party, he was very nice to me and very gentlemanly...
We talked throughout the night, and at one point he asked about school.
I told him a little about where I go, and that I stay on campus,
And he asked me, "Is your roommate hot too?"
Sheepishly replied I didn't have a roommate... Inside I was thinking, "too... that means I'm hot!"

Since the party, he's called and texted a handful of times...
We talked on the phone one night for 2 hours, then he hung up because he was tired.
He called back about fifteen minutes later because he couldn't sleep
And we talked for another hour before we went to bed.

Anyway, last night was Halloween duty... Which was a very long night
Though, not bad by traditional Halloween duty standards,
Especially because I live in a tower style building... I only had one write-up

So, Boy knew that I wasn't able to be on the phone. It just wasn't possible
But he called a couple times anyway... One time I was actually able to answer
And he told me that he just wanted to hear my voice... I smiled and said, "aww"
Then I had to hang up... He called back a minute later and said, "One more time."

I just think it's unbelievably sweet. He called later in the night, and I talked for a few minutes
And I said, "Goodnight, Boy" (only I used his name) when I hung up...
He called back and said with a smile in his voice, "Say, "Boy" one more time?" (again, not really "boy")
So I did, and I could tell he smiled again, and then said goodnight.

He says that I "get him" and that I'm too cool to be as old as I am...
That I pay attention more than people twice my age...
But I don't know if he means cool as in, "You're cool, dude"
Or "You're a really cool girl..." Because it's definitely different...

I don't know how to play this awkward "what are we?" kind of game
Because I don't know if we're friends, or what the heck is going on
And I'm not assuming anything... for now I just feel pretty good
At least I know someone thinks I'm halfway interesting...

Anyway, dear readers, I hope you all had a pleasant Halloween...
One more week til my 21st birthday! Ciao!