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The Holidays

I had an amazing Christmas. It was definitely one of the best in the past few years. I got to see some family members, and got some really cool gifts. I hope everyone's holidays were as excellent as mine.

This is disgusting, but it was too funny not to repost...

Your Girl Parts Are Named:

Breakfast of Champions

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Oh there's no place like home for the holidays...

I took my final final yesterday, and I didn't study as much as I should have, but overall I think it went pretty well. When I finished, I rushed back to my dorm room, cleaned, did 4 loads of laundry, packed up (while Timothy supervised), put everything in my car, and came home! I was really boring last night and I went to bed at 8 because I was exhausted. I was trying to finish the last of my Dane Cook CD, but I fell asleep before it went off. I'm just so glad to have this semester over with. It was a living hell on more than one occassion. I'm not really happy with my performance academically, but I'm determined to do better next semester. I didn't do bad academically, but I have high standards for myself, and I didn't do as well as I had planned. I'm also planning on working in a research lab next semester so I can start getting hours for my DVM/PhD program I'm hoping to do. Today I helped my mom with my little brother's Christmas party at school. I was not happy about it, but I was a good big sister, so I went and tried to make the best of it. People that know me know that I do not like children, and I don't plan on having any when I get older. Overall, they were pretty good, but I know I could never teach. I have no patience for stuff like that. I get frustrated when my animals misbehave, which is not very often because I raised them all to listen to me. I'm not really sure what I'm doing tomorrow, but I'm sure that my mother will find something for me to do. I haven't really gotten to enjoy my break because she's been working a lot lately so I'm doing everything she doesn't have time to do. I don't really mind, but at the same time I feel like I deserve a few days to lay around and do nothing. Oh well, such is life. I had a lot more to say, but I keep gettting distracted, so I think I'm going to end this here.

Ugh

I have to take my final final in the morning and I am having such a hard time concentrating. A major change in my life is occuring, and it's exciting, but a little scary at the same time. It's going to go slowly, and if it doesn't work, it can always go back to the way it was.

Whoo!

I've never been a huge hockey fan, but it has always been one of my favorite sports to watch. Last night, my good friend Timothy invited me to go to the Carolina Hurricanes game @ the RBC center here in Raleigh. I took him up on the invitation, and I had a wonderful time! Let me begin by saying that hockey fans are crazy! They really go all out for these games. I'm starting to think that I'm bad luck when it comes to going to sports events. Every NC State game that I go to, we lose, and when I went to the hurricanes game last night, they lost too. I need to do something to break the curse! Anyhow, I had a lot of fun, and I was glad that I got to go to a real live hockey game! I now leave you with one of the quotable moments of the evening.

Tim: "Hit Darcy Tucker! No one likes him anyway!"
Me: "Don't say that. I bet someone likes him. I'm sure his mommy likes him."
Tim: "No she doesn't. If she liked him she wouldn't have named him Darcy."

Jessicaism

I was looking through my friend Heather's facebook photos a few minutes ago. Heather goes to Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. As I was looking through her photos, I noticed that many of the Liberty kids had a lot of piercings. I turned to Jessica and said "Man, these Christian kids have a lot of piercings." She answered, "Yeah, because they want to be holy."

I found this very interesting...

You Have A Type A+ Personality

You're driven to succeed every single second of the day And you don't let up on your goals, no matter how tired you are You've already acheived a lot in your life... but it's not enough for you Always on the go, you tend to get things done quickly and effectively You have the personality to be a successful enterpreneur Just remember to play a little too, even if play is the most difficult thing for you!

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

Thoughts...

Lately, I've found myself contemplating life more so than usual. I'm really not sure what brought this on. All of my girl friends here at State are now in relationships, or about to be in relationships. For a while, I was a little bummed about it, but now I'm starting to realize, that I really enjoy being single. I enjoy being out on my own, making my own decisions, and not having to answer to anyone. For the first time in my life, I'm embracing my independence, and as a result, this is becoming one of the happiest times of my life. I love having the freedom to go out with different groups of friends every night, and making plans at the last minute without having to inform anyone else of what I'll be doing for the evening. I love being able to make my own schedule and not having to coordinate it with anyone else. I never really went through that whole self discovery phase. I've always been pretty comfortable with who I am, but I've never taken the time to enjoy being myself. I've come to realize that right now, it should be all about me. I'm glad that I don't have to lean on someone else to see my worth as a person. I don't need someone else to plan my life around. I'm going to do what I want with my life, and I'm going to do it on my terms. If I end up falling in love, I believe that things will fall into place, but if not, I'm doing just fine on my own.

Long time, no blog..

So I haven't blogged in nearly a month.. There are several reasons why this has happened. First, I haven't really had anything to write about. I don't really like to write about nothing, and I like for my blogs to have purpose. I think that this makes them more interesting, and I try to make my entries as interesting as possible so that people don't feel like they're wasting their time when they visit my blog. Another reason why I haven't written in so long is because I've been so busy with school work. The end of the semester is fast approaching, and here at NC State, that means that it's time for the professors to pile on a ton of work that we need to get through before we take finals. I have a full week of school this week, and then 2 days of school next week. I had a test on Monday, and I have one on Thursday. That's the first time this whole semester that I've had 2 tests in one week. I've been pretty lucky this semester with having my tests nice and spread out. However, the week after the wonderful Thanksgiving break that I'm really looking forward to, I have 3 tests and a quiz. I have a feeling that by Friday, I will be hating life. Anywho.. I'm off to work on my organic chemistry prelab! Consider this your update that nothing fun is happening in my life.. haha.

A recent development

So basically, there's a new man in my life. I'm still a big fan of Adrien Brody, and his work, but I think it's best that our one sided relationship ended. After seeing the Jacket, which I thought was horrible, I began to have doubts. Plus, I'm pretty sure he was cheating on me with Elsa Pataky, who played the woman with the baby in Snakes on a Plane, as well as Rebecca, my roommate Jessica's little sister. Things declined gradually over time, and fortunately, there was no messy breakup. I'm not sure when during this time that it was that I began to notice Joaquin, but I certainly feel in my heart that he and I are much more compatible than Adrien and I were. As I'm starting this new relationship, I wish Adrien all the best in his career and in life in general. If it's meant to be between us, we'll find each other again someday, but for now I'm enjoying my time giggling over my new obsession. My only hope is for Adrien to treat Rebecca with the same love that he and I once had...

Suprise! (Not.)

I just finished watching The Village. I missed this movie when it was in theaters, and had planned on seeing it when it finally came out on DVD. I actually went to the video store twice with the intention of renting it, but I was always distracted by something else, so I've missed out on this movie up until now. My fabulous roommate Jessica's birthday was a week ago, and she went home this weekend to celebrate with her family. She got this movie for her birthday, and I was thrilled when she asked me to watch it with her tonight. As my blog layout shows, I am a huge fan of Adrien Brody's work (and his sexy body) and I've wanted to see this movie for a while because I've heard a lot of different opinions of his work in this movie, and I was eager to formulate my own. The movie focuses on a 19th century village, which is located in an area called Covington. The villagers are taught from a very young age that the woods surrounding the area are inhabited by dangerous creatures that should be avoided at all cost. Sometimes, the creatures cross the border into the village, and when they do, the villagers all disappear into underground bunkers that they access through trapdoors in the floors of their homes. Every house in the village has one of these safe areas. The villagers are also taught to avoid the "bad color," red. They bury everything that they come across that is red, because they believe that red things attract the creatures which they are so desperately trying to avoid. The beginning of the movie basically focuses on delievering this vital background information to the audience. The plot picks up when Ivy (played by Bryce Dallas Howard) and Lucius (played by Joaquin Phoenix) announce that they plan to get married. The situation is complicated because Ivy has a special relationship with Noah, (played by my future husband, Adrien Brody) who is mentally handicapped. Noah is actually in love with Ivy, and he doesn't understand why she plans to marry Lucius instead of him. In his anger, Noah goes to Lucius's house, and stabs him. Lucius is seriously injured, and he contracts a serious infection from his injury. Because Ivy is deeply in love with Lucius, she begs her father for permission to leave the village to seek medicine that will heal Lucius so they can get married as they had planned. Ivy's father reveals the truth about the creatures in the woods, and gives her directions on where to go. Ivy then ventures out into the woods in hopes of finding medicine to cure her beloved. I'll not post spoilers here, in case people are reading this that have not yet seen this movie, but I will say that if you have ever read Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix, you will probably be able to guess the ending just as I did. I noticed several striking similarities between the movie and the book, and just before the suprise was revealed, I asked my roommate if what I suspected was actually about to happen. She didn't answer, but I was very pleased when my prediction turned out to be true. Immediately after the movie was over, I went online and found out that there was a controversy over where the idea for the movie came from because it was quite similar to Haddix's book, which was published 8 years before the movie was made. The publishers of the book and the author even wanted to sue the movie producers, but in the end, the dispute was settled out of court. Even though I guessed the ending, I really loved this movie, and I was very impressed with my boyfriend's acting abilities. The Village was a fabulous movie, and I hope to add it to my DVD collection very soon.

Hooray!

I had my dreaded first Organic Chemistry test last Friday. I was very very nervous about the test, but I took it, and I survived. I got my grade back today, and I was thrilled to get an 86!

At last!

The long awaited season premiere of the most provocative show on television debuted tonight. I've been a huge fan of Nip/Tuck since its first season, so naturally, I've been counting down the days. One thing that made my wait easier was the fact that FX played the old episodes every Saturday night starting in May. This made me very happy, because I somehow managed to miss every episode of season 3, except for one or two here and there. I also missed the season finale, which meant I had to wait nearly a year to find out the identity of the Carver, the serial rapist that was terrorizing the two hottest (fictional) plastic surgeons ever, Drs. Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, as well as the Miami area. I didn't want to find out the Carver's identity without seeing the episodes that I missed, so I avoided all Nip/Tuck related websites. Season 3's finale aired Saturday night, and I was most intrigued with the way the Carver's identity was revealed. It turned out that the Carver was actually a brother/ sister team working together. The brother was the plastic surgeon hired by Sean and Christian to lighten their load, and the sister was actually the lead investigator of the Carver case. The plot would be nearly impossible for me to explain in its entirety here, so I'll leave it at that. Anyhow, tonight's season premiere seemed to be sort of a fresh start, with the beginnings of several plots. The Carver subplot went on for two seasons, so I'm glad the writers decided to start something new. In this first episode, Christian has been dealing with a lot, mostly due to the stress over his situation with Kimber, so he decides to visit a therapist. The therapist asks him to think about the possibility that he could be in love with Sean. Christian initially refuses to even consider this, but then, as he realizes it could be a possibility, he becomes very distant with Sean. Christian's distance from Sean only adds to Sean's already upset emotional state, as he's just found out that his unborn son will be born with a birth defect (that Julia says she can't pronounce, and I can't spell) that causes deformities in the hands. Julia has lunch with a woman that is living with this condition, and she tells Julia that her life has been hard, but she's managed. Julia is already in her second trimester, and she has already decided that she's going to have the baby regardless, but she begins to have second thoughts when she finally gets the final diagnosis. Finally, the client that this episode follows wants larger testicular implants, as he's had his removed due to prostate cancer. After the surgery, he and his young wife decide to purchase the McNamara/Troy practice. When Sean learns that his new son will be handicapped, he decides that selling the practice would be best because he'll have more money and time to care for the child. The first episode was a little slower than I would have liked, but at the end, the previews for this season were shown, and it looks amazing! I can't wait until next Tuesday!

The first Callieism!/ Hookah

As many of you know, I am quite fond of my roommate, Jessica. We were randomly assigned to live together by University Housing, but we have so much in common and we get along so well that it's like we've known each other for years. We have very similar senses of humor, and we crack each other up on a daily basis. She has a habit of randomly saying funny things in the course of conversation, such as the time she said "I think that sex would be so great if guys didn't have to ejaculate," or the other night when we were watching Love Actually (my new favorite movie) and I commented the Rodrigo Santoro was one sexy Brazilian, and she agreed and commented that she's really like to see his Brazil nuts. Last night, the first such Callieism was created. We were watching Jay Leno, and his guest for the evening was Orlando Bloom. I think that any female will back me up that Mr. Bloom is quite a wonderful specimen of the male form. He was talking about a movie that he recently was in where it was constantly raining. He was talking about the rain and said "You know, I was wet throughout the whole movie." I, without skipping a beat, commented "me too." I know that this kind of makes me sound like a perv, but it was amazing, and I am most proud of it. I hope to add more Callieisms to the list very soon.

Last night, before the Callieism, I had my first hookah experience. Timothy and I decided to visit the Marrakesh cafe (marrakeshookah.com) on Hillsborough St., which is conveniently located right across the street from D.H. Hill. We decided on orange flavored hookah, and the experience was just grand overall!

First week back/ Hot hot manliness

Friday was the end of my first week of the fall semester of my junior year here at NC State. Classes are going well so far, but it is only the first week, so the could change rapidly. This semester I'm taking Economics, Calculus, Organic Chemistry I, and Anatomy and Physiology. I'm in for a difficult semester, but I feel like as long as I keep up, I should be okay. I'm really enjoying being back here in Raleigh. I really missed all my friends this summer, and I'm having a great time doing stuff with them again, especially since I didn't get to see them very often last semester. I'm also enjoying making my own decisions again. My mom told me something once, when we were on a trip to visit my grandmother. She said that your age doesn't matter, because whenever you go home you're always treated like a child. I realized this summer that this is definitely true. My parents threatened to take my car very many times, for stupid things, like sleeping 20 minutes later than they thought I should have. Then there was the incident where my dad threatened to put a parental block on MTV and FX because he didn't like the language they used on MTV, and he thought Nip/Tuck was inappropriate. Maybe if I was 14, this would be valid, but this was right around the time that I was turning 19. Over the course of the summer, I hope that my parents started to realize that I am mature and responsible, and that I can make my own decisions.

In other (less boring) news... My fabulous roommate, Jessica, volunteered to make my blog pretty last week, and now you can see the results. I'm quite happy with how it turned out, especially since it combines two of my favorite things, Adrien Brody, and the color pink. Let me know what you think!

Dorm sweet dorm.

Last night was my first night back here at State, and things are going really well so far. I went to dinner with Jessica and Emily last night, and then Joe came over later to hang out. I went over to see his room, and I'm jealous of his brick wall. (Grrrr.) Today I'm hoping to see Timothy since I didn't get to see him all summer long. But yeah, overall I'm really glad to be back.

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I may not get to see you as often as I like. I may not get to hold you in my arms all through the night. But deep in my heart I truly know, you're the one that I love, and I can't let you go.

An Update

We took Mylo to the vet this morning. He had an X-Ray, which revealed a badly broken hip. Half of the ball of his hip has broken off and is floating around, and the other half is still inside the hip socket, but it's broken off from the femur. The vet originally said that the best bet would be surgery to repair the bones, but after the X-ray, he said that wasn't even an option given the type of break he had. We also have the option of having a different kind of surgery where the pieces of bones are removed, so technically his hip will still be broken, but it'll be less painful. The problem with this is that it will be over $1,000. Cats, especially growing cats, sometimes will be able to heal themselves. This happened with a cat that we had when I was little. In other words, we could just bring him home and hope for the best. The final option is to put him down, which my parents want to do, but my brothers and I are trying to talk them out of it. They're talking tonight and making their decision, and whatever they decide will be carried out tomorrow.

Daisy gave birth to a healthy calf last night. I'm not sure of its gender yet, but I am sure that it's incredibly cute.

Uggghhhh

Trey and Nicholas have in the past few months taken to riding their bicycles in the middle of the road in front of our house. My parents have told them repeatedly not to do that, and reminded them of how dangerous this is. Today, Trey and Nicholas had been riding their bikes in the road pretty much all day. My mom and dad kept telling them not to, but they still wouldn't listen. They decided this afternoon to go fishing at the part of the creek that runs outside of the pasture, right on the side of the highway. Mylo has always had a habit of following them around, so of course he followed them there this evening. Well, to make a long story short, he got hit by a car. He's always been really scared of cars. When he heard one coming, he freaked out, and Trey tried to grab him, but Mylo ran toward the house, and when he crossed the road, he got hit. He's still alive, but his left hip is in a mess. He doesn't have a cut on him, but he can't walk on his back left leg, and his hip is in a funny position. I'm taking him to the vet in the morning. He doesn't seem to be in a whole lot of pain unless you touch his leg, but I'm worried about him having internal injuries. So I suppose we'll see how that turns out...

In other (happier) news... When my dad got home last night, he heard a cow calling a calf. We only have 4 cows here, and none of them have calves, so we took it that one of them had had her baby. (They're all pregnant right now.) Mom and I walked all around the pasture to see if we could find the baby today, but none of the cows had given birth yet. We did however realize that Daisy was having contractions and losing her mucous plug (sorry if that's too graphic haha) so hopefully she'll have a calf in the morning. Cows usually give birth at night because there's less chance of them being bothered by predators at night. So anyway, I'll let you know how tomorrow turns out for Daisy and Mylo.