Oh shitmuffins, it has been a while. I thought I'd blogged at least once or twice since August but I 'spose not. Oops. Well, I think it's high time for an update vlog.

I finished fall semester (obviously). My roomates seem nice although I very rarely talk to them. Two of them don't seem like the type of people I would be friends with, and the other one is on her computer most of the time. I think she's making a website. And watching Netflix. I wouldn't mind want being friends with her but we haven't really, you know, done anthing to solidify a friendship. Now we might end up hating each other because she borrowed my car and parked it in the wrong parking lot. I got fined and was pissed as hell over it. She apologized and said she'd leave the money for it on my desk (I'm down home for the weekend, so I haven't seen her since before I discovered the fine), so I don't know exactly how she feels about the situation.

I came back for Valentine's Day weekend. Me and Charles celebrated yesterday, actually. I got a giant-ass bear! I am so pleased to now own a stuffed animal that is more than half my size. I am totally bringing it back to my dorm. If you get a stuffed animal that big for V-day you have to brag about it. Also, he is very comfy.

Spring semester just started a week ago because UD has a ridiculously long winter break. I ended up taking a winter semester class to stave off the boredom, even though we aren't required to take anything during winter. It was a class on Tolkien. I was stoked to get college credit for reading LOTR and The Hobbit, although it was an intense five weeks. I shall finish this later.

I finished my fourteenth book of the year! Yay! It rained until about 12:30 today, which meant I only had about an hour of actualy lifeguarding before I got off work. Also yay! I was going to write you a story instead of a blog, but I didn't because I am lazy and feeling uncreative. Oh well. Going out with friends to do... something. Back tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be more interesting. This totally frigging counts as a blog post. You're welcome. :P

I was working on sorting out my college financial situation most of last night (didn't even hang out with friends, like I planned), so if I had bothered to blog yesterday, about all I would have had to say is "Those bastards only offered me an unsubsidized loan!"

Not that I have much more to talk about today. Bleh, I'm out.

Oh, this is sad. I missed two days. I do have a semi-good excuse, though. I spent the night at my boyfriend's the last two nights and he currently has no internet, so I couldn't blog at night. I could've blogged earlier in the day, but you know. Who does that?

I finally got my class schedule sorted out for this fall. I had it set before, but then I realized I'd scheduled some classes too close together and that I wasn't going to be able to the trek 3+ blocks between classes in fifteen minutes, so I had to rearrange/ drop some stuff. I had to let go of my Ancient Near East and Greece class, which makes me sad because that sounded awesome. :( But I replaced it with some feminist class that I should like, so it's all good. I still have to get my finances sorted out (I put off applying for meal plans, parking, etc, and my status was messed up and Financial Aid= dumb as a brick, etc).

I'm also slowly stockpiling everything I think I'll need for college. Walmart ought to be grateful to have me for a customer because every couple days I head over, browse around, and end up buying around $30 worth of stuff, mostly in the color green. I like green.

I set a goal to read 50 books this year, and if I remember correctly, I've only read 13. Epic. Fail. I'll probably be lucky if I make it to 25, but I am signed up for 4 English classes, so that might help a bit. Currently I'm reading Grendel by John Gardner. I was supposed to read it in high school, but I never did, so I am now. It's really not bad. I love the way Unferth is explained. At some point I plan on finishing the Twilight series (yes, I know it sucks ass and Bella is a stupid whiny tramp, but I feel like reading it anyway. Why the hell not? Everyone else has.) and A Lion Among Men, and probably some Neil Gaiman. I love Neil Gaiman.

Tonight we went out to Olive Garden for my brother's birthday. He turns 23 tomorrow. I'm working every day this week; won't be off until next Monday. Better get to bed. All day tomorrow (10-6), then hanging out at a friend's house. Let's see if I blog tomorrow night. Out.

I think I might start this Blog Every Day in August thing, even if it means starting a bit late. I think my non-subscribers will forgive me for missing five days, and I have neglected this blog for a few months, so filling it up with 26 days of straight posting will be a nice change.

What has happened since I last blogged? Hmm.

I got a new phone- a Motorola Droid. Not the new one, the old one. I like the non-touch screen keyboard. I also LOVE being able to access internet ALL THE TIME. That is fairly exciting. I also find it highly amusing that when you turn it on, there is a glowing red eye in the center of the screen for about 10 seconds. It reminds me of HAL. That's right, I paid attention in film class! Somewhat.

Let's see. I had to take an online class this summer to finish up my Associate in Arts degree. Without that degree, I wouldn't have been able to go up to University of Delaware main campus this fall, because the AA degree tuition is cheaper and weird stuff and whatever. So I took a Chemistry class and passed with a C, and that makes me extremely happy because I'm terrible at science anyway, and a C= main campus! Finally! I am so excited! Nervous, but excited! I'll miss my boyfriend, but Newark is only two hours away from where I live now, and he's promised to come up and visit me and I've promised to come down and visit him. And he's told me he'll call every night. :) So we'll be ok.

Classes start August 31. So if all goes well, I'll be blogging on my first day. I move up either the 28th or the 29th- not quite sure. There's still a lot I have to do, and buy, before I leave but I am so ready to be out of here! I have a suite with 3 other girls. I don't actually know any of them. That should be interesting.

I've also been working at the pool again this year. I've been a lifeguard at this community pool for about 3 years now. It's an outdoor pool, so it's only open during the summer. Lifeguarding isn't a bad job, and it's not all that hard, but I don't really like it. I'm hoping this will be my last year. It depends on if I can find a different job before next summer. I don't plan on working this fall, just so I can get used to the harder classes, the campus, living away from home, etc. But I might look for one this spring. Not sure.

Can't think of anything to add. Let's see if I remember to blog tomorrow. <3

I played Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door all of break. I think. I don't remember, I just remember being extremely bored and sleeping in 'til noon. And playing a million games of Hearts against the computer (I can win about 70% of the time now. Pretty sweet).

Now I'm back in school and there's papers due, and exams to take, and plays to read. Even though we just had our break two weeks ago, I feel in need of another one. I hope summer comes soon. Or I get less lazy. Although I think the laziness is kind of innate, actually.

I'm currently reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire. It's not bad. It's definately depressing, though, no mistake about that. Elphaba got old fast and lost all of her friends/family/ etc along the way. And the book still hasn't revealed why Madame Morrible is such a nasty bitch, or whether Elphaba really becomes evil, or is just portrayed as evil by the Wizard. I still have 150 or so pages to go, so I guess there's time to find out. After this I'll probably read a Charles de Lint book. Never read anything by him before.

To tell the truth, I find dating to be a really weird thing. I tend to keep to myself and not open up to people. I don't always like that about myself. In fact, I've never liked that about myself. So, it's really strange to have a boyfriend because I'm not used to it. Sometimes, it's hard for me to believe that I'm dating Charles. The other relationships I've had were kind of trivial/ a while ago and the times I've fooled around with guys without dating them weren't satisfying because I only got hurt.

Me and Charles have been dating for almost five months now, and I still find it bizzarely cute when someone refers to me as "Charles' girlfriend". Or when he gets jealous when some other guy is a bit too friendly. Or when he worries about me and tries to protect me even if it isn't necessary. It's just so adorable. I wouldn't call it love just yet. Love is a very strong word. But I like that kid a lot. He makes me happy. /end sappy reminiscing

Damn. Now if only we both lived away from our parents. Then we could actually spend the end at each other's places.