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.

I am here because I am bored and I don't want to do my work. Do not expect much from this blog post. You have been warned.

For a while now, I have wanted to be a Youtuber. There are two main reasons for this.

Number One: Friends. There are a lot of Youtubers that I like and would love to be friends with, but unless I become a Youtuber myself, that is virtually impossible. Unless I creepy fangirl stalk them and instead of convincing them that I am a creepy fangirl, somehow give them the impression that I am a friendly awesome person who just happens to comment multiple times on their wall and/or every video they've ever made. Yeah. The Youtuber thing seems more likely.

Number Two: I wanna make videos. I don't know how to make videos. But I wanna. Because it seems cool. All the cool kids is doing it. And I could use subtitles. Because subtitles are awesome. And meekakitty is awesome. And I am like meekakitty, although slightly less hyper and bipolar and red-haired and tall and friendly with a trillion awesome vloggers. So I could maybe do it, if meekakitty can. Not that I'd need half the subscribers she has to be happy. Plus, although I do tend to get obsessed with something very quickly and then ditch my obsession just as quickly, this is one thing I've stayed with for a year and a half. So I can't see myself copping out on vlogging, once I'd started.

Besides, I wouldn't be one of those pain-in-the-ass vloggers that think that every aspect of their lives is fasinating so they must vlog each and every mundane grocery store trip, or every visit to the dog park, or every walk down the damn street that they make and pack it all into 12 minute videos with obnoxious titles like GIRLS ARE WRONG!!! or Do NOT Eat THAT!!!! or GETTING ORAL!!! (abundant with suggestive sayings, capitalized letters, and exclaimations points, of course).

No. I would be more like meekakitty. Probably. And all my videos would be 4 minutes or less and would have a (relatively) concise point. Because who the fuck really wants to sit there for 12 minutes watching you do boring shit that they came on Youtube to avoid doing. No one but the stupid.

I'm in the mood to blog, but not in the mood to think up a topic, so we'll see where this takes me.

I've started school. It was delayed a week because of the massive snow storm we got (which I did try to blog about but it accidentally got erased andthatwasannoyingandI'mtoolazytowriteitagain and stuff).

Scary Scary Math Class is scary, as predicted. I'll feel better when I get the book, so I can look stuff up. My professor rushes through everything so fast that all I do is scribble down whatever he puts on the board: mostly pictures of bell-shaped curves and weird formulas with big sigmas and little sigmas and big N's and little n's and p's and division signs, you get the idea. Its's funny because I took Statistics back in high school but I hated math (still do) and I had friends in that class so I didn't learn a damn thing. Now that I'm taking it again, everything is familiar, but just as confusing. The entire class consists of the professor mentioning things like standard deviation and me thinking to myself "I remember that! I remember not learning anything about that and having it bite me in the ass on every test!". I still don't know anything. But I will when I get that book. God bless books.

My other classes are fine, just a lot of reading. But they're interesting so I don't mind. I even discovered that silent films aren't as creepy/boring as I thought. There does seem to be a lot of slapstick humor, which is different, but kinda cool. And I'm too lazy to finish.

Proust Survey

Got the idea from a blogger who got the idea from a different blogger, who got the idea from a dead French writer named Marcel Proust. Here are my answers to the survey:

What is your greatest fear?
To not be worth loving. Or to die before I've accomplished anything worthwhile. I think they tie.

Which living person do you most admire?
I can't think of a specific person. But I greatly admire people that are strong (but not destructive), self-sufficient, hard-working, determined, passionate, loving, friendly, loyal, willing to do anything to defend someone they love or what they believe in, and willing to accept people the way they are.

Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Mrs. Weasley.

Who are your real-life heros?
I'm not sure. People that fit the description of people I greatly admire. And really good mothers. But I suppose really good mothers would fit that description. Oh well.

What is your most treasured possession?
Right now, I'd say memory.

When and where were you happiest?
I don't know. But this one time- this will sound cheesy- this one time when I was part of a band, there was this song I really liked that we had to play. And you could tell that everyone else liked it too, because we all got into it and wanted it to sound perfect. The way we played, it made me feel like we were all connected. Like, if I played it by myself the song wouldn't sound anywhere near as good, but if it was played without me the song would be missing something. All of us together made it great. It made me feel really good.

What is your most obvious charateristic?
opinionated.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
selfishness. the complete disregard for anyone else. although arrogance runs a close second (especially if the person has nothing to be arrogant about).

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Nose.

What do you consider your greatest acheivement?
I don't know. Yelling at Barrett, I suppose.

Where would you like to live?
Europe. Or San Francisco. Or Seattle. Or Japan. Or Africa. Or Turkey. I have no idea.

What is it you most dislike?
bigotry. or unfairness.

What do you value most in your friends?
Sense of humour. Loyalty. Willingness to listen to my problems, help me when I need it, etc.

What is your motto?
I don't know. "Fight for what you believe in", I 'spose.

Who has been the greatest influence on you?
My dad. Even though we have very different beliefs, I'm still a lot like him, and he's helped shape me into who I am.

Update Blog WIth Little To No Transition

I start school in 6 days now. I just got my books yesterday, or most of them. They weren't all there yet.

I did find a phone to bum off someone. It has no keyboard, so it's back to T9 for me. That is interesting. I taught it the word "pissed"! It wasn't in the word bank but I've used it so many times that it knows it now! It also knows "Joshy" (he's one of my friends. I torture him with this nickname). I'll type in "Josh" and it will suggest I put a "y" at the end of it, haha. I find this highly amusing.

My "read 50 books in one year" resolution is dragging a bit. I've only finished two: Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey, both by J.D. Salinger. I'd never read anything by him before, and I had just started getting into him. I was shocked when he died. Not that shocked, the man was 91, but shocked enough because just when I start to show an interest, he's gone. I even had vauge, daydreamy conversations with him in my head. On his work and writing in general. I was hoping to meet him. I never expected to meet him, I read he was a recluse, but just knowing that it was a possibility, even a very small possibility, was nice. I have Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters, and Seymour: an Introduction and The Catcher in the Rye on my card. Plan on starting them as soon as I finish The Little Prince by some dead French guy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams.

Oh yes. Recently I;ve decided to try and watch all of the Studio Ghibli films I can get my hands on. So far I've seen Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke,Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Spirited Away, Whisper of the Heart, Kiki's Delivery Service, and My Neighbor Totoro.

The Saga of Emily's Phone

Me and my phone have an interesting relationship. I tend to drop it about ten times a day, and lose it about 3 times a day. I joke around and say that I drop it and lose it so much because it's trying to escape from the abusive relationship it has with me. Yesterday, it succeeded. On the third drop of the day the screen stopped working completely. It will still make calls. It will probably still text (but I'm not talented enough to be able to send anything). It would be a very useful phone. If the screen wasn't fucked up.

Back in October a similar thing happened, except my phone went full-throttle and the battery just up and died completely. No amount of charging could revive it. So I guess my current fucked-up phone learned fast. It was only 2.5 months old. How tragic.

Problem is, my upgrade isn't for another two months or so. And I don't want to have to pay $50 for a shitty refurbished phone that I'll only have for two months, or full-price for a new phone. So I'm hoping I can bum an old phone off someone and temporarily switch my number to it. That didn't work back it October, I had to buy a refurbished one, but maybe it'll work now. Hopefully. Maybe. If God loves me a little bit.

In other news, I don't go back to college for another 20 days. That's right, I'm counting. I am so bored I'm actually ready to go back to school, even though I have to take some scary scary math class this semester. Scary scary math. But most of my other classes sound awesome! I've got Intro to Film, Problems in Corrections (something about jails), British Literature, World History II, Western Civilization I, and Scary Scary Math Class (aka Probability and Statistics). Sounds pretty awesome, right? Hell yeah it does!

Oooh! Two blogs in one day! You feel special don't you non-followers? You should! You should.

This is an update blog.

The moving is almost complete. Actually, my mom was the one that moved most of the stuff. She took off work so she could go down to the Old House every day and pack up the van full of stuff to bring back here. She usually gets in a couple trips worth of stuff, since the Old House is only fifteen minutes away. It's a bit of a hassle moving in increments like that. Everyone in my family wishes that we were completely done. We almost are. But there's still some shit to sort through and stuff to give to Goodwill and stuff to trash completely. We did rent a moving van, but we only loaded the big stuff, like the fridge, freezer, dressers, computer desk, etc, etc. Thank God my brother has friends. Otherwise I would have been stuck hauling around the clothes dryer and other heavy objects on dollies and eww and not pleasant. I don't usually appreciate the "girls are weak" stereotype, but I am all for being considered as fragile as a stick, as long as it means no heavy nasty work for me. That's right. Laziness does win out in the end. Ah well.

I spent New Year's Eve at Charles' house with my friend Charity. It was just me, Charity, Charles, and his family. But it was nice. Not awkward at all. They fed me and Charity steak and pretty yellow potatoes. My potatoes aren't yellow. :( We watched some vampire lady go crazy and get stabbed and stuff on CW. Saw the ball drop and everything. And we played Dominoes for hours, which was fun. I got my ass handed to me. But it was fun. They play some hardcore Dominoes that involve trains. Hardcore Train Dominoes is crazy awesome. The only kind of dominoes I've played before is regular non-awesome non-train dominoes. Not the same. Not the same at all.

My night sounds kind of boring as I'm telling you about it, but it wasn't for me. I don't know. It was one of those laid-back good evenings. I'm going to miss Charity when she goes to England. And I hope I date Charles for a long time.

My New Years Resolutions

I'm actually going to make one of these lists. I never ever do this. Haven't for years. But I feel the urge to, so what the hell. And I felt it would be a good idea to post it on here so that I don't lose it. So. My list:

Emily's New Year's Resoultions for 2010

1. Read 50 books before January 1, 2011. At least 25 of them must be literature or somewhat intelligent (as deemed by me).

2. Eat more fruit/ vegetables. Because my diet sucks. :/




That is all I can think of. Two is a good number.