Hump Day

So let's see, what is new with me? Well I'm starting physical therapy again today because my knees just aren't getting any better. Hopefully this will help. Also this morning I had my modern dance midterm which went really well! I really fucked up the pre-midterm phrase (whoever heard of that anyway) so I'm so happy this one went well. Ellie was actually close to tears when we were done because she said it was so beautiful, that's pretty good if I do say so myself.

I also had a math test today, not sure how that went. It was really hard so we'll see. I can't wait for this weekend; going to Austin and shopping on the drag with Cara! Also I might be going to a formal at Sammy's co-op, that would be fun too. Also I get to see Chris, we didn't see each other last weekend because he had a pharmacy interview in Houston. Also no Jazz tomorrow so that means fun restaurant time with my girls!

Jewelry and Coats

Well I'm back in Denton after a weekend with thah grandparents. It was fun, yesterday morning my mom and I went to a jewelry party (just like the makeup party I went to a few weeks ago but selling jewelry) at my Aunt's house and my mom bought me a necklace and earrings. Then we went to this fancy store in Crockett, which I thought for sure everything would be too expensive but they were having a 75% off sale so I got a new brown houndstooth coat, yay for new coats! Then I watched 'I Am Legend' with my brother, which was so sad! I had no idea it would be so sad and I wasn't really in the mood for a sad movie either. It was good though. Then my brother decided to make a bunch of paper airplanes so he looked up a website with lots of very complex paper airplanes and I helped him make them. That was fun. Now I'm here again and my toilet won't flush, hasn't since Thursday so that definitely needs to get fixed tomorrow. Ugh. At least my landlord is awesome and fixes things the day you call. I'm meeting people from modern to practice our midterm phrase today at 6. Hope it's not cold out.

Scene Shop Doom

So I'm standing up in Wooten Hall at a computer about to go to Scene Shop and dreading it. I skipped all last week, mostly because I had better things to do (including free IHOP pancakes!) and now I have to start going again. It's so awful there, everyone acts like you're in their way and you're useless because you don't know how to do anything, yet they don't wanna take the time to show you how because that would waste their time. Um...yeah real smart. Believe me I wouldn't be there (I bet none of the dancers would) if I wasn't required to go for 60 hours a semester, so they can cut the attitude. If they don't want us there and we don't wanna be there, why doesn't someone just decide we don't have to go anymore. Win win. The only reason we have to anyways is to use us as slave labor instead of paying extra people to ever do work for any of the dance of theater shows. Lame. Jenn, are you with me? BTW I'm calling you Jenn now if you don't mind. Bye!

Yeeeeessss...

So the schedule of classes for next semester is out, and you know what that means...planning and making lists, only my two fave things! I'm such a dork, but I lovvvve to plan out classes for the upcoming semester. I love it.

I wanna take ballet, modern, tap, kinesiology, music analysis, stage production (those are the dance classes), comm 1010, and US government. Btw I love US government. A lot. With this schedule I'll have only dance classes on MWF and on Friday's I'll only have modern which rocks! It also means more Thursday parties, yay! I hope this schedule actually will work, because everytime I go for advising with Teresa she mixes up my whole schedule, but that's usually because I don't realize there are certain prerequisites for classes I wanna take that haven't been completed. In this case though I've got them done so it shouldn't be a problem. Hello awesome Fall semester.

New Week

So Valentine's was great! On Thurs I ate at Bari's with my favorite girls, and Friday Chris came to visit. It was so nice, he brought me beautiful flowers, we ate at Macaroni Grill and then saw 'Definitely, Maybe'. Then we drank pink champagne:-)

Yesterday I ushered for the FDC, which I also saw on Saturday. I liked it, but it definitely wasn't as good as last year. Hopefully next year I'll be in it! On another not Tyra's show is really starting to borderline trashy talk show. How sad.

The apartment next to mine is being renovated so the tenants moved into the apartment above mine, and that's been hell. The renovation is really loud, they even worked this weekend! And this new family above me is also really loud, mostly from them running around and banging on things. On Saturday before Chris left town we heard knocking on the door above us for about 20 minutes, and then when we were leaving we saw a man climbing in the window. That was scary and I considered calling the police but a girl was letting him in and it didn't seem unwanted. Still that was scary, I went back to my apartment and immediately made sure all the windows were locked. Luckily nothing happened.

Also I apparently have a mid-term paper due tomorrow for ballet which Ellie hasn't mentioned once to the class. WTF?

National Free Pancake Day

...is awesome! I had myself some great pancakes today- foh free! How fun. Ugh it's getting cold again after a short break, which I was really enjoying! I loooooove warm weather, it feels like Austin, which is my heart.

I'm going out with my girls for dinner on Thursday and spending the weekend with Chris, which I'm very excited about. Girls night is always fun. On Friday I'll get to wear my new dress which is super sexy.

So I'm really falling behind in stage production hours, I need to get on that. Stat.

This Weekend

...was really good. Yesterday the weather was gorgeous, sunny but not humid. Chris and I walked around the drag and it was so pretty. It's been awhile since I spent such a beautiful day outside, it was so nice. I bought a really cute pink dress from Strut which I'm going to wear to Valentine's dinner and a sundress that was on sale at Manju's, which was awesome. When we walked past Burger King on Guadalupe there was a big protest being held which was entertaining to watch. Basically Burger Kind pays their tomato pickers shit, and many other fast food companies have committed to paying their workers reasonable and fair wages, while Burger King hasn't. It was so Austin, lol. Hopefully the protest worked and Burger King will pay their employees fairly. Who knows what will happen?

Yesterday morning I went to a spa thing which was selling Beauti Control makeup and spa products. That was fun, very relaxing and my mom bought me some cool new stuff. So all in all I really scored on new loot yesterday. Yeeeeeesss.

I'm still super excited about Valentine's Day, especially with my new dress now. I know a lot of people aren't dating anyone so they don't wanna even think about Valentine's Day, but I've always loved it, even when I was single. Like Halloween, it's just a fun day that you can really get into. When I have been single on V-day my girls and I got dressed up and went to dinner, which was so fun! I would recommend that to someone without a date because I thought it was a blast. Either way I can't wait!

I go to court tomorrow and get this ticket stuff taken care of and out of my life forever! God this has been ridiculous and annoying.

Valentine's Day

I can't wait for Valentine's Day! I love all the cutesy stuff, and I love Chris so much. He's the love of my life and my best friend. I can't wait!

This Week So Far

Moe and I went to the alcohol class last night...got there 30 mins late:-( The address was on E. Oak St and I turned onto E. Oak street not knowing that immediately after that sign it turns into W. Oak. Anyways it took FOREVER to find the class, but luckily they had just been doing paperwork for the first 30 mins so we were let in. This week is very busy with the class and completing my community service. I'm going today to the Carriage House, an elderly home in Denton, and I'm looking forward to it. Moe said she liked it, and I always get along great with older people.

Man dance is hard on my body! I'm sore all the time, and whenever I stand up after laying down my muscles are really sore and I feel old. Ugh.

Tonight's the conclusion of the alcohol class, which is pretty interesting. This old guy teaches it and he has a lot of funny analogies for drinking and whatnot, so all in all it's not bad. Costs $50 though, which sucks. And the ticket itself costs $360. I'm going broke over this.

Some People are FUCKING Disgusting!

Okay I'm watching the Miss America 2008 pageant and the top ten contestants were asked questions previously filmed from people on the street, and one of the questions was "If someone is HIV positive are they obligated to tell their fiance?" My reaction to that is ...WHAT THE FUCK??!! What kind of person would even ponder that, OF COURSE you have to tell your partner!!! OMG are there actually people in this world that think it's okay to expose your loved ones (or anyone for that matter) to a potentially fatal, and incurable disease without even TELLING THEM? I'm so disgusted. What the hell is wrong with this world?

Strange New Realizations

This weekend got me to think about a lot of stuff. I realized how much my distant relationship with my family affects me and molds me as a person. We get along but there's hardly any emotional connection, which I crave. I don't really know what can be done about that, but I need to come to peace with it I guess. I also realized that I expect things from people which is often unrealistic. I generally treat others how I want to be treated, which I always thought was the key to mutual respect and whatnot, but I guess not. No matter how well I might treat others, I have no control over how they treat me, which sucks.

I do feel however that while I shouldn't expect as much as I do from the people in my life I can still expect a few things. For example, I think with my family, friends, and my boyfriend it should be a balance of give and take. I want to make an effort to keep in touch, and invite them to spend time together, and I want them to do that as well. It sucks to have 'friends' who never call you or invite you to anything, and at a certain point it stops feeling like a friendship and turns into a loose acquaintance. I'm a person who values friendships and relationships very much and I believe that they take work. It seems that a lot of people don't want to put any work in, and they're left without real friends. That is heartbreaking to me. I guess this is something I need to work on, but I see this as being really hard. I need to find a good balance between not expecting too much or too little. Maybe I should ask someone who has more answers than me.

Tomorrow and Tuesday I have to go to an alcohol class and I need to finish my community service for my beyond stupid MIP ticket I got last semester. My word can you imagine college students drinking alcohol?! And walking with a group of friends to a local dance club?! How horrible the world has become...
yeah give me a fucking break.