Glorious sleep!

Did you ever notice just how much you appreciate a good night's sleep after a long period of time without one? This is my current state of mind after the first good night's sleep I've gotten in five days. For some reason, my sleep patterns have been really messed up lately and I've been unable to fall asleep before 4, 5, and 6am every night over the past week. It sucks!! By the end of the 4th night of insomnia, I was barely able to function and the cold I thought I had kicked came back full force. I think I jinxed myself though, because Tuesday night I went to play volleyball and when I got back, I was exhausted and not feeling well. Well I got so excited about the fact that I was sore and exhausted, knowing that I'd definitely sleep well, that I psyched myself out. I just keep laying in bed savoring the fact that this would be the night that I'd get some rest, only to find that the next morning my lack of sleep combined with my sore muscles from volleyball only made me more bitter. Anyhow, I'm officially out of the bitter barn today though!! I got a proper 8 hours of sleep last night, with the help of my good friend Tylenol PM, and I'm rarin to go. I just drank some more OJ for my cold, and I'm feeling much better than I've felt all week. So look out Easter weekend!! Whoohoo!!

Before I go, I really need to send 2 congrats out today: My friend Mo, who took her Comps last month, got the results back yesterday that she passed with flying colors!! Way to go Mo!! It was a helluva exam! Second, my friends Stefanie and Jay are having their new baby Davis baptized this weekend. Unfortunately I can't be there for the ceremony since I'll be in Ohio, but it's such an important day that I say Mazeltov! (I think I misspelled that. Oops. Never let a Catholic make a Jewish toast;)

In case I don't post anything this weekend, Happy Easter everyone!!! I hope the Easter Bunny brings you all lots of chocolate, and me a gigantic Peanut butter and chocolate egg from Sarris:)

No more analogies?

I was reading the electronic edition of The Heights this morning (BC's student newspaper) and I noticed this article about the SAT's. Did anyone else know that the "new" SAT went into effect this past weekend and it's all different. For one, there's an essay section, which I knew had been rumored to be included eventually. But there's also no analogy section on the verbal anymore and apparently the Math problems are harder. If I took the SAT's today, I'm pretty sure I would be screwed. During the 5 times I took the SAT (yes, I am obsessive-compulsive and took them 5 times), I got a 100% on the analogy section. It's so my best section and I feel a loss that students will no longer push their minds to figure out that Michael Jackson is to Neverland what Emily is to a Dunkin Donuts store (meaning I'm like a kid there and love to fondle the coffee). hehe. But the big shocker with this new SAT is that a 1600 is no longer a perfect score. The essay section is worth another 800 points so now the total is 2400 (who says I can't do Math;). You know that in 20 years if someone asks how we did on the SATs and we say 1300 that we're going to look like we rode the short bus to school. Anyhow, I just wanted to share my amazement at the new SAT, especially since it was near and dear to my heart a few years ago (5 x's SAT, 2 x's PSAT, & 2 x's SAT II's).

On a final note, today's the first official day of Spring, and as it's in the 40's and has been all week, get out and enjoy the semi-decent weather!:)

March Madness continues...

How bout that NCAA tournament? I spoke too soon when I said that I was good at predicting the winner because this year's tourney has been one upset after another. While I feel deeply saddened that BC couldn't get their shit together against UW-Milwaukee, the biggest upsets for me were WVU over Wake Forest and Vermont over Syracuse (I'm still reeling over that one). Now that my top two teams are out of the running, I'm not sure who I'm going to root for. I could root for WVU, but it just doesn't feel right. I could root for Illinois but I I don't think they have the cajones to pull off the BIG win. Maybe I'll stick with Duke. Coach K has always been likeable and a favorite of my mom. What's the deal with him starring in the new Ford and American Express commercials though. Sell out much? Oh hell, I can't stay mad at you coach K. You're just so cool:)

In other news, the bruises on my arms from volleyball have faded to a lovely jaundice yellow. Luckily, yellow works for me;) I think my body has finally adjusted to exercise again so I may be able to make it through next week's workout without yelping every five minutes in pain. Oh, last night was interesting too. The original plans were for Lisa to pick me up in her '85 Buick and drive us to the movie theater by the mall to see the movie Hitch with Jon, Imke and Dan. As soon as Lisa got to my place, Jon decided to stay in and we were on our way when the headlights on Lisa's car started going wonky. We got about 2 miles down the road before the whole car stalled and we were stuck. Luckily, we were only about 1/2 a mile from Lisa's apartment, so we walked back to her place and called a tow truck. The tow truck guy, Bob, ended up taking us to the car and then towing it back to the gas station before driving us back to my apartment to pick up my car. By this point, we obviously did not make the movie and were disheartened by the turn of events, so Lisa and I stayed at my place and drank beers and watched Varsity Blues. Actually it ended up being pretty fun, but it's funny how quickly plans can change.

Anyhow, I didn't wake up till noon today, so I'm catching up on emails and such while watching the NC State-UConn game. I don't know if my nerves can take another upset (hehe);) Have a great day friends...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone! Today's one of my favorite days of the year, although I don't think I'll be able to go have any green beer today:( Oh well! I'm still going to ear my happy new green belt that I got at J.Crew. Things have been really busy for me the last few days. I had my first volleyball game on Tuesday night. I'm lucky I even made it there since they chose the most remote location in Central Pennsylvania as the site of the court. It was so great to be able to play again, although I've been hobbling around like an old person since Tuesday night because my body is so sore from playing. It's God's way of reminding me how out of shape I am, but hopefully it's only temporary. I had so much fun playing on Tuesday that I signed up for Thursday nights as well. Good think I keep my VCR on a timer or I'd never get to watch the O.C. again (oh the horror of that thought!). Anyhow, today's the first day of the NCAA tournament and I'll be glued to the TV until it's time to go to class. I'm a little disappointed that no one wanted to join my ESPN group to bet on the tournament, but I can understand how you're all intimidated by my superior bracket predicting skills. Hehe! (jk). Okay, well back to work... I hope everyone has a lucky day full of corned beef and cabbage and green beer! Saints be praised!:)

Oscar bootie

Morning folks! I had one of the best days yesterday and I wanted to share. Yesterday I spent most of the day at Panera's working on the Corpus, but later I met up with 2 realtors, Joe and Nyssa, who gave me a $100 gift certificate to Zola's New World Bistro (a fancy schmancy restaurant in downtown S.C.). You see, I entered this contest on a whim last month to predict the Oscar winners. I've always been pretty good at predicting these things and so I went for it. There were 24 categories (including random ones like 'Best Live Action Short' and 'Best Original Score') and I actually won!!! Yay me!:) Anyhow, I was finally able to meet up with Joe and Nyssa at Otto's Pub to get my gist certificate and we had the best time. Do you ever have those moments when you meet someone for the first time is cosmically you feel like you've known them for your entire life and wonder why they haven't been in your life the whole time? That's how I felt when I met Joe. I wondered why we hadn't been friends forever. So funny! Anyhow, the 3 of us drank beer samplers for hours and had the best time. It's funny the people you meeting when you're not looking. So I'm very excited to spend my gift certificate at this fancy restaurant although I don't know when I'm going to be able to use it. Okay, well that's all for now. Bis bald!!

March Madness begins...

Good morning friends! After watching the unveiling of the brackets for "The Dance" I have to say I'm pretty geared up for basketball!! I was a little shocked at Washington's number 1 seed (I mean, c'mon. It was a nice won over Arizona, but a #1 seed?). But I'm really pissed at how little respect BC (again) is getting. I definitely think we deserved a number 3 seed. A number 4 seed with our record just seems to me to be a slap in the face. As promised, I'm including a link to your very own printable bracket (in pdf)!! Don't say I never did anything for you;) I'm also going to try to put together a little March Madness wagering if any of you are interested, set up like ESPN does it.

Anyhow, it's a beautiful Monday morning back here in S.C. and I'm getting ready to tackle some more of the corpus before running errands. I joined an adult recreational volleyball league that starts tomorrow so I need to pick up some new kneepads. God knows I'm going to need all the padding I can get considering the shape I'm in. Have a great day!!!

Ding Dong the Paper is Dead!

I have done it folks!! I have finally finished my paper on impression formation in CMC, a paper you have heard me oft complaining about, a paper I have been working on since early December. Tis finished my friends!!! Whoohoo!!! Of course it's a little longer than it needed to be (41 pages instead of the 20-25 recommended amount) but it's done. I actually didn't know what to do with myself last night after I finished it. I just stared blankly at the TV since this was the first time in several months that my mind hasn't been filled with thoughts of this paper. Of course, I got over the emptiness inside quickly;) and turned to more pressing matters (i.e. How BC is going to pull their heads out of their asses in time for the NCAA tournament). Their pitiful performance again WVU last week had to be enough to drop them to a number 3 seed. I just don't understand how they can play so badly after such a hot season. Oy! For those of you not in the know, the Brackets will be revealed tonight at 7pm on ESPN. Tomorrow I'll post a link to a printable bracket so you can have fun predicting the winners like I will. Let me know if anyone wants to get in on a little friendly wagering of the winner of the tournament. I'm always up for a little softcore gambling:)

Finally, has anyone seen the Michael Jackson trial re-enactments on the E channel? As if this trial wasn't freakish enough, somebody down at the E channel thought it would be a good idea to perform dramatic re-enactments of the court proceedings from that day using lookalike actors. What's amazing is that the guy they got to play Michael really does look like him (as if we need 2 of him walking around)! I'm actually waiting for the celebrity witnesses to appear on MJ's behalf so I can see who they get to play Liz Taylor and Diana Ross. Scary!!! (I'm shuddering just thinking about it).

Life in Dreams

Good morning friends. Right now I'm lounging in bed in Ohio, catching up on some emails and stuff and thought I'd post a thought that I've been having recently regarding dreams. I'm talking about the ones we have while we're sleeping and not like "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up." I have always remembered my dreams after waking up ever since I was a little girl. I know that some people never remember their dreams, and I think that they might actually be the lucky ones. I realized that if dreams say anything about me as a person, then I am way more fucked up than I originally thought. It's amazing how normal it seems at the time in your dreams that your friends are getting married at a carnival on Mars and Jennifer Aniston is a bridesmaid, but somehow I don't think that will happen in real life (I'm just guessing). I've toying with the idea of keeping a dream diary for a while, but like all things, I'd be afraid someone would find out just how twisted my dreams really were. You know what I mean? I mean, if I actually wrote down my dreams and reflected on them, I think I'd be afraid of how I'd analyze myself. It's like the one Gary Larson Far Side cartoon with the patient lying on the couch and you can see the psychiatrist writing on a notebook, "Just plain NUTS!" Anyhow, I've been thinking about this lately and why we have the dreams that we do have. If dreams are an outlet of the unconscious, then I really fear for the next guy who dates me;)

Complete Emotional Regression

Hello folks! As of yesterday, I returned home to Ohio/WV for "Spring Break" and realized that if you don't have anywhere fabulous and tropical to go for Spring Break, then calling your week off from school Spring Break is just like calling Splenda "sugar." It's a sham, it's a poor substitute, and it's depressingly unfulfilling. This is not to say that I don't like being home, for my house breeds sleepiness like there's no tomorrow, and if you know me at all you know I consider myself quite the nap connoisseur. But I lent my dad my car for the day so I am without transportation in a town where people would look at you funny if you actually tried walking somewhere. Since I have no wheels, I have decided that I'm protesting the real world all together for the day and have decided to wear only pajamas (wait, that's like any other day for me;), and eat cereal and watch Comedy Central on TV. It's amazing how one can regress emotionally in the span of 24 hours to become a 15 yr old again. As the independent woman that I claim to be, I could shower and get dressed, take the dog for a walk, whip up an omelet, and work on the paper that I've been writing painfully slowly since December. I could do all of these things, but then I remembered that I'm at home and on vacation. Instead, I'll feign ignorance to being capable of cooking and instead wait until my parents come home and loudly proclaim that there's no food in the house so we should get pizza, as I have done a million times in my youth, and wait for them to entertain me. Selfish? You bet your ass! But then again, I have a theory that when you finally move out, your parents crave those minor daily annoyances so they welcome them (for a short time) as a throw back to the good old days of yore. Plus, if I don't get to go to the Bahamas (like my friend Reed gets to do this year), I'm going to live up the laziness as long as I can:)

Alrighty, well I'm off to take another nap and maybe see what's on the E Channel. I'll catch you cats later!

P.S. I've finally become and official "friend" of Tournament of Stuff, so there's actually a link to my blog on the site. Cool, huh? Man do I have some serious time on my hands.

Fun with Fasting

It's been a few days since I've posted anything to the Blog and I actually had a good reason this time. Yesterday I endured my first colonoscopy experience. It was not fun:( For those of you not familiar with the joys of the colonoscopy, what happens is that a doctor sticks a tube with a camera up your bum and all the way up to your intestines to see if you have any tears, ulcers, tumors etc. Of course, the most joyous part of the colonoscopy isn't lying there bare-assed to the work with a doctor and nurses poking around your ass and wathing your insides on screen. The best part of the experience is the 24 hours leading up to this naked brew-ha-ha. Starting the day before the exam, you are not allowed to eat anything at all and can only drink clear liquids. I don't know about you but being denied food of any kind just makes you want it 10 times more than usual and the chicken broth I had for lunch AND dinner did not taste like a cheesburger, no matter how much i wanted it too. Of course this fasting fun had to take place on the day of the Academy Awards, a day built for snacking while watching the red carpet (Didn't Cate Blanchett and Virginia Madsen look fabulous?!) While some may consider fasting to be the worst part, I find that downing the salty Phosphosoda laxative that's supposed to clean out your system (i.e. force you to endure diarrhia for 24hrs) was the worst for me. You see, the last thing you want to do when they're about to announce the winner for best actor is to have to leap off the couch to go to the bathroom and have your dad yell up the winner because you can't get off the pot due to laxatives. In the end, however, the colonoscopy turned out to be okay. No cancer or anything.(Whoohoo!). Of course they did find and remove and send off a polyp from my lower intestine, but they said it's probably nothing. That's a relief. I'm supposed to just increase the Fiber in my diet, but hey, that's better than laxatives, so I'm good to go:)

On a final note, did anyone watch the travesty of the Bachelorette finale last night? It was horrible! Jen received 2 proposals from the final two guys and she rejected Jon Paul outright (big surprise;) but made Jerry wait 3 months to give him an answer. After the show, they cut to a live broadcast in which she was supposed to finally give him her answer, and she rejected him too...Live!!! Bitch!! She said that they BOTH knew that they should probably just be friends, but Jerry, on the other hand, did not look like they BOTH knew. He looked like he'd been hit by a truck. I felt so bad for him. You know, I had always been a really big fan of Jen and loved her with Andrew. I really wanted to beleive that she didn't do this for the fame. But after watching the live final rose ceremony, I don't like her anymore. She was billed as America's sweetheart and her reputation hinged on that. Of course, now that she rejected the final two guys outright, her reputation is tarnished and if she was doing this for the publicity, she should've thought through how this would affect her reputation. Anyhow, I am very bitter about the end of the show and not sure I will continue my love affair with the only Reality TV show I watch.

When I'm feeling up to it, I think I'll do a recap of my favorite Oscar moments (or at least the ones I saw in between running to the bathroom;) so stay tuned for those updates...

I wish everyone a good day filled with actual solid foods and regular bowel movements!:)