Truths...

Alcohol can bring out the absolute worst in people.

Braces...

A guy at school just told me that he liked my braces...

Ummm.... thank you? I was caught off guard by that, he told me I looked adorable....
Adorable as in I look like a tween??

Oh well, he walked off right after that.

I need a nap....

Got bored...

AKA procrastinating. :)
The other night I was getting ready to go to bed so I took my hair down from its ponytail, I was amused that it looked very much like a 90's full-volume head of hair.
So I took a picture with my cell phone. {which explains the poor quality}

Today I decided to curl my hair!
I enjoy telling people that I fail as a redhead because my hair does not curl naturally. I know that I want to try perming it but have not had the time, money or enough trust in the stylist  to have it done yet.

{Warning! No make up is worn in the following pictures}

This styling took me roughly a hour to complete {which is why I have not fixed my hair this way for a regular day} and I was hoping to go running with my friend {maybe get some looks from the college athletes out running too} but alas, she was not in town tonight and I do not like running by myself.

Anywho, now to go scrounge up some dinner. :)

Ramen...

I love Ramen Noodle Soup.
Ok, just the noodles really.

When I first started living on my own and money was tight, I would buy Ramen in bulk. Even now when nothing else sounds good, Ramen is my go-to meal. Then {back in the day} I started looking for ways to spruce it up with whatever I had in my kitchen {which usually wasn't much}.

Today I made a new combination:
-Ramen noodles {obviously}
-Garlic salt instead of the seasoning pack
-Breaded chicken patty {diced}
-Real Bacon bits
-Egg {I finally learned how to cook the egg similar to egg-drop soup}
-Creamy Italian salad dressing
-Shredded Cheese


I am the kind of person that does not really like a lot of broth in my soups so after I cook the noodles and egg I usually drain most of the water off.
The dressing is there to keep it from being too dry.

To me it was wonderful and different but I know that some people would not appreciate my various cooking experiments.

Says a Lot...

I want to go explore! I want to go out into nature and feel life all around me!
Instead I am stuck in this cafe surrounded by the life of annoying "college" kids.

I need to try and set up a picnic day with family and friends or something!

Urgh...

I have a headache.
I should be studying Organic/Biochemistry but am having a hard time actually starting.
I have a test tonight but I fell pretty good about my understanding of the material.

A part of me wants to work on my story a bit and another part of me wants to take a nap.

About to munch on a cheese strudel muffin in an effort to wake up and hopefully relieve my headache. {Sounds delightful doesn't it?}

I like sitting in the cafe at my school because I get to see all the different people that pass through. I must admit I enjoy the distraction that people-watching provides me.

Sometimes the people in here are incredibly distracting and it makes it harder to focus on writing or studying, so then I have to get the discipline to get up and leave.

Bleh.

Slowly...

Knocking down the writer's block.
So far I have written 7,420 words in my story.
I have been writing a little bit here and there since it popped back into my head the other day. I even go out of bed and wrote down some storyline ideas just to get them out of my head so I could go to sleep.
I usually start working on it when I am overloaded on studying and the internet no longer holds my attention.

I wrote a little today then proceeded to look for pictures that resemble what I have in my head as to what the characters will look like.

Now to to home.

Study buddies...

Feeling like an episode of Community.

Checking in...

I enjoy getting good deals but I have never really been one to go out of my way for a deal on anything.
My mom introduced me to getting second-hand clothes at The Salvation Army and I will admit I have come away with a couple shirts that I really love.

Anywho, I found some cute sandals at Target today for only $6 so I grabbed them.
I really didn't need them and I probably shouldn't have spent the money on them {even at that low a price} but it is really hard to find cute {adult} shoes in my size, so yeah... {please disregard the calluses on my feet I have not had a pedicure in a very long time and I prefer to go barefoot often}

I have been listening to a lot of Jazz lately, I enjoy the way I seem to be able to feel the emotion in the music.
Chet Baker {one of my favorites}, Elvis Costello, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, etc.

I remember when I first started listening to jazz, I was 19 and I was dating a boy that played the trumpet. I wanted to like the things that he liked so I went to a store and started browsing the CDs. I stumbled across a CD with Chet Baker's most memorable songs and just bought it on the spot without ever even hearing his name before.
I discovered Elvis Costello in a similar way {well sort of}. I was listening to NPR a lot at the time and every now and then they would run a segment on an artist or musician. Elvis Costello was about to release a new CD so he was being interviewed and I liked the song snippets that were played and I also liked the way he spoke about his music. So needless to say, I went out and bought on of his CDs shortly after that radio segment.

One thing that annoys me is that I seem to have misplaced both of the before mentioned CDs when I moved. I have been listening to their music on YouTube in order to prevent myself from running out and repurchasing their CDs.  One day though.

I decided to make myself a small cup of coffee a little while ago and then decided that I needed to take a picture of said coffee! Then I wanted to have a neat background, so I pulled out a notepad and started writing a random part of my story {See Random About Me #1 at the end, I am writing a story} which I like to do with my fountain pen.
Ended up writing about a page and a half before my camera battery was charged up enough to snap a picture.

I have had it in the back of my head from the beginning that I wanted two of the characters to fall in love with one another, eventually, while they are struggling to get through the mess they are put in. I know I want there to be tension between them {as in they don't really like each other at the beginning and get angry often}. I don't know if this little snippet will actually end up in the final story but it was fun to write it anyways. My fountain pen was going a little crazy on me but I still love it {pretty cheap one from a craft and art supply store}.

Now I kind of want to pull out my rough drafts and actually work on the story...
It is currently 14 pages long with 6,683 words and I am on the 5th chapter {some chapters will be shorter than others because I am trying to focus on one character's perspective/storyline per chapter}.

Here is an excert from the prologue...

The pain was excruciating. 

The healer woman was kneeling at my feet chanting gibberish and suffocating the tent with her burning herbs. I wished she would go away and leave me to my struggles. The child was strong; I could feel it as he tried to help me in his birth, stretching and moving.

So tired...

I had an exhausting {aka totally awesome} weekend.

I have sweated so much more in the last 5 days than I think I ever have.

Thursday - Worked out at the gym with friends from school
Friday - Worked in over 100 degree weather loading and unloading pecans from people's cars
Saturday - Worked again, then went to the football game and sweated for a good couple hours straight
Sunday - Relaxed for a little while then went on a spontaneous date {some sweating while walking around downtown}
Monday - Relaxed some more, then went walking around the university campus in the heat with my friend

Now I am trying to wind down from all of it {including two mornings with a stomach going through a revolt against me}.

I wish I was in as great a shape as these ladies...

One day I hope to reach that goal but I know not to push myself too hard, otherwise my stomach might secede from my body in protest.  

Off to take a shower and wash off tonight's sweat and grime.

Sportsmanship

I love watching sports {except golf, man talk about snooze-fest}.
I may not always understand what is going on but I still enjoy the games.
What I really do not understand is when there is bad sportsmanship on the field or in the stands.
At the end of the day it is a game.
Yes it is an expensive game and can make or break the player's careers as professional athletes but it is still a game that is meant to be fun.

I recently went to the first game of the season for my favorite college football team and had a blast.
In the row behind me there were a handful of fans for the opposing team. I made sure to shake their hands and wish their team good luck. They were good fans towards their team and, for the most part, my team as well.
At the end of the game I told them their team played a good game and wished them a safe trip back to their hometown.
{Oh yeah my team did win, by the way.}

During the game there were a couple instances of bad-mouthing or shoving on the field {to which I yelled "Grow Up!"} and it always makes me wonder....

If little kids can show good sportsmanship....

And burly men in kilts can show good sportsmanship....

Why is there so much bad behavior throughout mainstream sports {or any sport really}?

Shame.

So much Shame.