LENT-ing.

So Jen and I have decided that for Lent this year we're giving up spending extra money. Now for me this essentially means I'm not to buy anything at all and MUST go to the dining halls to eat or else I can't get any food. We also decided to blog about our Lent-ing woes--pining about things we want and things we can't have because we are not allowed to spend anything. 

This week...well it sucks. I'm sick [in a weird way, it's not really a cold, but I have a sore throat...and I'm really really tired and woozy, but I don't have any other cold symptoms really. whatever]. And I got back two grades on tests that I did not do so superbly on. These things make Alyssa unhappy. And normally, on days like today--beautiful weather, stressful situations--I would love to walk to Starbucks with Stephanie to get a nice cold Caramel Macchiato or something. But I passed. Number 1 because I'm sick as a dog and walking more than to and from class makes me really out of breath. And number 2 because I CAN'T SPEND MONEY [I no longer have money on my Starbucks card...tear]. So in a way I feel good because, yes, I'm not spending $4 on a drink, making me $4 richer than I normally would be today, but on the other hand I'm sad because it would be such a nice thing to have.

Anyway. That's my story. Jen's way more intense about it and is like keeping a record of all the money she's saving hoping to buy kick ass Chucks:

But me, I'm just trying to get by and not spend all the money in my bank account, also considering I have no source of income. Yay.

In other news, I really want to be able to read. I have like 5 books I'm really frantic to want to read but I HAVE NO TIME. And I really want spring break because I really can't handle being at school anymore. I'm just getting way too stressed out and frustrated at things and I really feel like I can't handle it anymore. So I just want to go home. For real. I feel weird, I never do "what's going on in my life" posts much anymore. Well maybe I do...I don't know. I guess it makes me feel better. And I'm not in the right mind-set to do any homework right now, I'm too woozy, so I guess writing a blog entry is better. 

In other other news...I'm obsessed with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. And I only have 5 of their songs. SO FREAKING GOOD. Okay. I'm done for now I think I'll sleep.

ciao!

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EDIT: Just kidding, apparently I have done "what's going on in my life" posts recently. Oops!

LIFE.

If there is one cd you ever own in your life, it should be this one.

That is all.

ciao!

Home again?

I'm back at Bryn Mawr.

While nothing can replace home, I feel almost as if I've never left Bryn Mawr. Sure, it's taking me a while to get back into the swing of classes and such, but I moved in and have been sleeping fairly well and everything's been pretty okay. I've been to and got into all of the classes I'm going to take this semester which is a huge relief and I think I'm going to be pretty happy with it. My schedule is also really nice.

Monday: Intro to Cultural Anthropology-- 10:00-11:30

General Chemistry-- 12:00-1:00

Tuesday: Microbiology -- 10:00-11:30

 Chemistry Lab-- 1:00-4:00

Wednesday: Intro to Cultural Anthropology-- 10:00-11:30

             General Chemistry-- 12:00-1:00

Thursday: Microbiology-- 10:00-11:30

      Medieval Medicine-- 1:00-4:00

Friday: General Chemistry-- 12:00-2:00

So all in all I love it. I go to Starbucks with Stafshar Mondays and Wednesdays to do work and chill. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have my fencing. And starting Fridays at noon? What could be better. =] I'm really excited for Microbio and the Medieval Medicine. I'm actually really intimidated by both, especially because I'm expected to participate a lot in both, but hopefully I'll be able to do it. I did really well last semester and I'm hoping to continue that.

In other news, my room is a mess already. I still haven't finished unpacking all of my little shits so I have a big box in the middle of my room overflowing with STUFF. And I [shamefully] bought more posters that I need to hang up, plus I need to rehang the posters that fell down over break. I am proud of myself though because I found out how to work my iHome. HURRAY!

In other other news I actually read three books over break that will begin my 2009 book list/yearly page count! Remember bolded means favorite, * means already read [thought that won't happen too often because I have so many new books to read!]

1. Dragonhaven--Robin McKinley : 342 pages.

2. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman : 307 pages.

3. City of Bones--Cassandra Clare : 496 pages.

Total = 1,145 pages.

I'm also in the middle of about four books that I hope to finish soon before classes get totally CRAZY.

I guess that's all for now. I'm going to try to blog more often because I really do like doing it. It lets me think and let out  stuff that I don't really say that much. Time to read about microbial cell function and structure!

ciao!

BOOK LIST 2008.

It's sad. It's pathetic. IT'S JUST PLAIN SAD. I couldn't read AT ALL during the school year which utterly depresses me. And I definitely did NOT reach my goal of 20,000 pages, which would have been awesome. Oh well. Here it is:

1. Extras--Scott Westerfeld : 417 pages.

2. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close--Jonathan Safran Foer : 326 pages.

3. Midnighters: The Secret Hour--Scott Westerfeld : 383 pages.

4. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist--Rachen Cohn &David Levithan : 183 pages.

5. Midnighters: Touching Darkness--Scott Westerfeld : 439 pages.

6. Midnighters: Blue Noon--Scott Westerfeld : 505 pages.

7. The Host--Stephanie Meyer : 619 pages.

8. Lamb or the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal--Christopher Moore : 444 pages.

9. Gods Behaving Badly--Marie Phillips : 292 pages.

10. My Most Excellent Year--Steve Kulger : 416 pages.

11. The Friday Night Knitting Club--Kate Jacobs : 360 pages.

12. Good Omens--Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman : 367 pages.

13. Atonement--Ian McEwan : 496 pages.

14. Wyrd Sisters--Terry Pratchett : 288 pages.

15. Water for Elephants--Sara Gruen : 350 pages.

16. Soul--Tobsha Learner : 432 pages.

17. The Bell Jar--Sylvia Plath : 235 pages.

18. Breaking Dawn--Stephanie Meyer : 768 pages.

19. Troy--Adele Geras : 358 pages.

20. Fight Cub--Chuck Palahniuk : 224 pages.

21. The Cobra Event--Richard Preston : 448 pages.

22. Sunshine--Robin McKinley : 405 pages.

23. House of Many Ways--Diana Wynne Jones : 404 pages.

24. A Game of Thrones--George R. R. Martin : 674 pages [694 with appendices]. 

= 9,833 pages total.

I don't want break to end. =[

Sick.

Being sick is SO not cool.

That's really all I have to say for now. I have to go to Evolution, but I just wanted to put that statement out there. I'll possibly edit this entry later when I have no other motivation to do anything other than lay down and go to sleep.

ciao.

BREAK CANNOT COME ANY SOONER.

I'm kind of beating myself over the head about the whole thing...and probably exaggerating the amount of work I have to do in comparison to others. But to me it's a lot. And I get stressed easily. So, here is my DONE IS GOOD list that I made on paper...I figured I needed to blog too so I'm going to put it on here as well.

CHEMISTRY:

[X] Q & C Chap 11/12

[X] Chapter 11 Homework

[X] Chapter 12 Homework

[ ] LAB.

[ ] FINAL.

BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE:

[ ] FINAL.

EVOLUTION:

[ ] 3 readings for Tuesday.

[ ] 3 readings for Thursday.

[ ] Final paper on Mass Extinction.

[ ] FINAL.

HIGH MIDDLE AGES:

[ ] Leprosy paper rewrite.

[ ] Black Death paper.

[ ] FINAL.

And then of course there are the obligatory items on the list like: pack, clean, make sure about winter housing person, stay sane...etc. Today I really want to get my Medieval papers done. That would make me feel really productive and make me really really really happy. So after I finish ranting in this post that's what I'm going to do.

I just want to say I REALLY HATE BRYN MAWR'S CLASS LOTTERY SYSTEM. Ack. I'm now on the waitlist for Cultural Anthropology which I was counting on getting in because I really need to finish my Division 1 credit. AND...I went to check the Microbiology class that I'm absolutely dying to take and the results weren't even up. They made a mistake and posted the results of another class under the link for Microbio. SO PISSED OFF. I just want to know. At this point I'm not all that confident about getting in, but I'd really like to know so I can figure out what other stupid class I have to take. I just hate I can NEVER EVER get the [SCIENCE] classes that I want. Though I am in the 300 level Medieval History class I signed up for. History minor? For what purpose you ask? Who the hell knows...

Well...in lighter news, it did snow last night. You'd never know it because it's all melting, but it was pretty when it was actually snowing. And my parents brought me my  new phone last night. AND I LOVES IT. She's a beauty. And it was nice seeing my parents again, even though my mom came to visit me on Thursday and she might even come again during this week. It just makes me feel better to see them because I know that break is coming and I have wonderful home to fall back on soon. 

I feel like there was something else I wanted to rant about, but I don't really remember. Jen's the only one who reads this anyway =P. BUT I'M SO GLAD JEN'S COMING BACK TO BRYN MAWR YAYYYYYYYYYYYY. Basically I'm going to be bugging and nagging her all the time because I've had a semester without seeing her and I'm going to want to talk to her all the time. Teehee. Look out Jen ;].

OH, I remember. Books. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO READ ANYTHING. I have like three books that I've started. But I haven't been able to read at all which made me uber sad. I haven't been able to add onto my reading list and there's no way I'm going to get to my goal of 20,000 pages this year. Oh well. 

[ ] Game of Thrones.

[ ] A Dirty Job.

[ ] The Ropemaker.

Alrighty...I guess that's it. I'm going to go talk about how the Plague effed up the Church now. YAY!

ciao!

 Summer Reading! I was pathetic, I know. But I need to recap anyway. [Also continuing on from the yearly page count...]

8. Lamb or the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal--Christopher Moore : 444 pages.

9. Gods Behaving Badly--Marie Phillips : 292 pages.

10. My Most Excellent Year--Steve Kluger : 416 pages.

11. The Friday Night Knitting Club--Kate Jacobs : 360 pages.

12. Good Omens--Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman : 367 pages.

13. Atonement--Ian McEwan : 496 pages.

14. Wyrd Sisters--Terry Pratchett : 288 pages.

15. Water for Elephants--Sara Gruen : 350 pages.

16. Soul--Tobsha Learner : 432 pages.

17. The Bell Jar--Sylvia Plath : 235 pages.

18. Breaking Dawn--Stephanie Meyer : 768 pages.

19. Troy--Adele Geras : 358 pages.

20. Fight Club--Chuck Palahniuk : 224 pages.

21. The Cobra Event--Richard Preston : 448 pages.

GRAND total: 8,350 pages.

and a total of 15.5 books read this summer. I'm almost done Sunshine.

Back to reading for school now. woot.