Guagh

I can't believe how long I haven't written for. My badskies!

School started two weeks ago, it's gone by so fast, I can barely believe how deep into school work I am already in.
I've been reading a lot, as much as I can anyway, to catch up to all the school work. It's really a lot more reading than anything, and any article projects or research papers are mostly group work.

The first week of school I was invited by the department head to come to the prepping of some biological anthropology labs. I originally expressed my interest in coming to a regular lab during one of the classes, and I just shadow the DNA lab, but I received an e-mail inviting me to the prepping, which includes instructors and grad students working on the labs instead of the students, which is awesome.

There was on grad student who wasn't so warmed up on my presence of the prepping. She was kinda rude.. really rude for no apparent reason. Maybe because she was asian and she saw me as competition? haha that would be funny. But she is a 3rd year grad student, and I am just a senior undergrad. She bluntly asked what I was doing there, and Melissa (the department heads TA, who i've been corresponding with all summer) said that I was invited. I tried to be nice to this bitchy asian girl, and asked her where she went for her undergrad, and she's like.. "washington, uh gwu, if you know where that is"
EW I TOTALLY KNOW WHERE THAT IS, in D.C.? This really awesome school that only everyone has heard of? but apparently they produce bitches like YYOOUUUU.
Whatever, so there was Bitchy Asian girl, Melissa, Casey (another grad student) and Rhonda (2nd year PhD student).

When I left after the prepper of the DNA lab, i called back "see you tomorrow in class!" (mind you this was before class started) and Melissa replied.
While walking away I heard Casey, Bitchy Asian and Melissa talking:
Casey: What class do you have together?
Melissa: Human Variation
Casey: oh im in that too
Bitchy Asian: How did she get in that class? I thought It was a graduate class
Casey: Yeah
Melissa: Dr. Madrigal requested her to be in it
(silence)




Silence is Golden.

oh yeah, i'm a Senior now.. finally. Granted a super senior, but i'm working my way up and hopefully getting into grad school now. phew.

see ya guys :)

A survey I .. for some reason enjoyed.

Finish the sentence

Lately my heart is... slowly filling up

I think girls are... lame, unless they're one of my besties. :)

I think guys are... pretty disgusting/lame.. unless they're one of my guy besties, lol :) (yooouuu know whooo yoouuu arrreee)

I'm so scared of... jamming my toe on a corner of something when i'm half asleep.

My best physical feature is... i'm not sure, YOU TELL ME.
Chris. I shall chk out your bootie next time, because i'm not sure that it qualifies as "ghetto".

My best friends are... obviously, the best.

All of my friends are... their own individual

When I grow up I want to... make sure the mistakes i've made along the way have come full circle, and my new knowledge brings me to a good place in life.

I wish I could go back in time and... ride a Pterodactyl. I'm not even lying.

I really miss... the sushi i had earlier. I wish i could puke it up, and eat it again... in its original form.

I always smile when... i'm with good company.

My friends tell me I am... so weird.
me: "Alright c6-h12-o6, i'll talk to you later."
Jewdy: ".... what?"
me: "Oh, it's the chemical formula for sugar."
Jewdy: "YOU ARE SUCH A NERD, I love it."


My job is... my second family. :)

I hope that... my move from the first floor to the second, with a new manager doesn't suck so bad tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to... hanging out with good friends before school starts.

My mom is... super asian.

My dad is... pretty flippin awesome.

My favorite song is... the one i currently have on repeat, until a different song comes along.


My favorite scent is... my boyfriend after a shower at my place. Wait.... I guess i would have to say my shampoo? cause thats what he uses.

My favorite alcoholic drink is... Saaangriiaaa


When I get really drunk I... talk like a little girl, and laugh... a lot.

I feel lonely when... i get bored with no one around.

I have been in love... period.

The number of times my heart was broken is... enumerable.

The number of times I've broken someone else's heart is... no idea.

I have had sex with... your mom, last night.


The last person I slept with... makes me "LOL" when I think about them.


In the opposite sex, the biggest turn on is... good sense of humor, good smile, and nerdily romantic.
"I bought you AppStore for your iPod touch" - Justin, the good sense of humor, good smile, nerdy bf. lol


In the opposite sex, the biggest turn off is... bad communication and lack of romance/imagination.

The sweetest thing I've ever done for someone is... random suprises for no particular reason other than to see my significant other smile

The sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me is... remember things i say in brief conversation, then act upon it later


My biggest pet peeve is... when people hit the brakes on their car before the turn signal. hello. there is a turn signal for a reason.


I'm really good at ... laughing.


I'm really bad at... ..... .... not laughing. hahahaha, oh snaps.


My guilty pleasure is... teen/tween movies (Aquamarine, Sleepover, HSM 1 & 2 hahaha), Shes The Man, Sydney White)


It really makes me sad when... i watch season finales. Those script writers are very devious.


I really wish I didn't... have to pay for tuition. Thank God my job is going to start paying for it soon.


I'm addicted to... chocolate.


Recently, I have learned that... not all relationships are hard work.


Honestly, I think that...i should definitely go to sleep.

The person I love the most is... no one in particular right now. This statement would have to apply to "other than family" because, that's a no brainer. So i guess.. the closest is Justin. I like him the most, we're not quite to that.. other L word yet..

The person I hate the most is... :)

My last relationship ended because...I made him a priority, and he made me an option.

Honestly, I think my ex... lost the best thing he will ever, ever have.

If I had one wish it would be... for me to aquire a kazillion million trillion dollars.

1. I wouldn't work, and finish school.
2. I would give money away to family/friends (need based first, then how they have impacted my life, then to good friends for the hell of it - yes, i have thought of a tier of how to spread the money lol)
3. I would give money away to non-profits that are trying to gain supporters, small community projects, and less publicized charities.
4. I would start a scholarship.
5. Start my own non-profit called D.I.R.T. (Digging Into Reading Together) to help illiteracy in schools, as well as adults.
6. I would buy a modest loft/condo in a place that I could always come back to.
7. Travel the world.

The Laundry Mat

The pile of clothes that needed to be washed was so intense that I literally moved them all to a different room so I would have a place to sleep.
The roommate took the washer and dryer, so I haven't done laundry in oh, about a month? Pretty yummy, right?

I took a different route than I normally would have to get to the "COIN WASH".
The machines there were a little more expensive than the other mat I went to before, which in comparison to Coin Wash, was open, wet with humidity, still sticky air and loud with Telemundo.
Coin Wash was awesome.
It was closed in and air conditioned, had a classic arcade game machine, and was quiet. The machines were a little more expensive, but I gladly paid the extra dollar for the A/C and comfort.
After loading my towels in a small machine, and a ton of different colored clothing in a large machine, I sat on a bench, by myself in the mat.
I was completely content. I switched on the iPod, and after playing about 15 seconds of a song, i deemed it a really good time to start reading Twilight.
Only after two games of Galaga, which were a quarter each, did i start Twilight. (Galaga is my favorite classic arcade game EVAR)
I ended up reading 43 pages during the duration of my laundry mat stay.
While reading, the part of my mind that wasn't concentrating on the story line was completely impressed with how overly content i was sitting alone in a laundry mat. I was curled up on a wooden bench, sipping on Sunkist and nibbling on stale Green Apple sour punch straws.
And I was happy. Very happy.

The past couple of weeks have gone by so fast. I have a new work schedule (almost fulltime), I am about to start school, and I have a boyfriend. Yeah! I totally do, lol. And I didn't think about any of these while I was in the laundry mat.
My mind was clear and I didn't feel any worries, any anger or anxiety about anything. Because truthfully, I am always hating SOMETHING, complaining about something.. judging something, rating something, comparing something. Just thinking about how something could be better, or how something could get worse.
And for the first time in weeks I felt great, and clear.

Granted this summer is one of the best ones I have had.. ever.
I took control of my own feelings about a past relationship and worked on it.
I worked out a lot and met my goal of buying a pair of new jeans in a smaller size.
I got a hair cut, which.. in a way i'm still getting used to.
And I met Justin, who is pretty damn awesome.
And I didn't run away from home this time. I didn't pool my money to fly across the states to get that one week of 'freedom', I didn't fly to NY to lose myself in the city and feel like i'm contributing to a community, I didn't stay ridiculous amounts of time in Orlando to pretend that Tampa never existed.
I stayed here and toughed it out.
I was really just running away from myself. I'm still learning how to live with myself.




p.s. Regina Spektors "Fidelity" is running in my head like a continuous treadmill.
Right now it's going for marathon status, I just can't get it out. And i don't want it to.

Hip Hip.. Hip Hip

I've been really bad these past couple of weeks. Bad as in with my work outs, and my diet.
This whole past week I think i've eaten pizza 4 out of the 6 nights? OH YEAH. hahaha.

There is some good news though. New workout dvd came in today, "The Surfers Workout" apparently it works your arms and your core HARD. Which sounds like fun. I just finished cleaning my kitchen, now to the room, then my workout with a nice night of relaxation.
OH more good news. I got a compliment from another co-worker about how she thinks i'm losing weight, hoorah! haha. I like when people notice things i don't. Oh and..
One more good news is that I bought a new pair of jeans yesterday and I totally had to buy them a size smaller. This was actually one of my main goals when the summer started: buying a pair of jeans before school that was a size smaller. CHECK. hahaha, yay.

Not good new for Ruby. She has an eye ulcer?! And i took her to the vet which cost me of a hundred bucks (with discount because i used her insurance). I have to put this neosporin texture-like substance in her eye 5 times a day, two different types of meds. One of them i am required to wear gloves that the vet provided me with. *sigh* And this goes on for two weeks or until medicine runs out. Her eye is all dialated and blue, it's creeping me out.

What is NOT helping me out is that my old roommate took the washer and dryer today. PHOOEY. I wanted to run a couple loads before he took them. I'm back to the coin laundry unless I want to haul my shit to the 'rents place and back. UGH. LAME. UGH. Thinking about the hot coin laundry is making me poopie. I hope the 'rents decide to invest in those sweetass w/d combos that save water and energy. I might start leaving hints around the house, lol.

I don't work on Tuesday which is grand because it cutes my workweek down to 4 days. Supposedly I am spending some time with the Justin on tuesday then I'm off to meet up with Ben so we can go to the Flobots concert. SO EXCITED.
I haven't been to a show in a while, and I hope they're just as awesome live as they are on their albums.

Well.. enough procrastinating. To the room to clean I go.

Where the HELL have I been?

I know Alexis, you TOTALLY miss me, lol.

Well a couple of things have happened since I last wrote in this wonderful means of of a cathartic method.
When was the last time i wrote? oh, who knows.

Lets go to the day of FlugTag, shall we?

Step one of the Red Bull Flug Tag: Get to the location
**on my way to pick up Chris DeLicious, Josh and Grayson, i get pulled over for speeding. (i'm such a badass).
Officer Rookie tells me that he clocked me at 18mph over the speed limit. That my ticket is going to run me at approximately $250. OH but because it's in an active construction zone.. it's going to be about $400. LOL. OH SHIT.
But he leaves me with a warning. Who could resist this innocent face? really.

Step Two of Red Bull Flug Tag: HAVE FUN.
** and we did, even though we saw limited amount of flights. There was a MetroCon going on at the same time in the same venue, sooo... haha we hung out with those geeks, as the following shows.

GRAYSON & CHRISTOPHER


JOSH, GRAYSON, ME & CHRISTOPHER whoohoo


SAME PEOPLE AS BEFORE + NERD. lol



Step Three of RedBull Flug Tag: After Events!
**As you can see in the pictures, we were HOT AS FUCK. It was so hot out there, so we decided to leave the even at about 2:30pm. We decided we wanted to see Dark Knight, the knew Batman flick before it sells out for the night. We take the trolly over to Ybor, buy our movie tickets.. and before we watch the movie we decided to drop off our awesome costumes at my car.
oh yeah, the day was going swimmingly until we discovered THIS:


btw, thats my car. Oh, and the door was closed.... evidence was compromised. *sigh*

We returned the movie tickets and went home. Christopher helped me clean my car and his mom made us dinner, and his dad drove out and bought us candy. lol... OH and his dad did this for me.



Have I ever expressed my love to the DeLoucas Family? So much love. lol.
And with the boys suggestion, I bought some lotto tickets and a slurpee to at lease end my day on a better note.:)
I love my boys.

oh, P.S. copy the pictures if you want. I didn't win shit. LOL.



But someone did win.... (whoah suspense! where the fuck did that come from?)
And his name is Justin. I've been talking to this dude for a little bit now, and i'm completely over my head with happiness. He's super sweet, kind, caring and a TOTAL NERD lol. He's so cute, and he totally won my heart. lol
And i send him cute things like this while im at work:




:) i'll try to update more regularly, so sorry! :)

okcupid.com

lol this is ridiculous.
i joined a dating website.
hahaha.
they even gave me my own test (with questions ive answered on the website)
so other people can take it and see how much they match me.
Take a look.. lol

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Take My MatchMe Test

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My new haircut

jealous?

What a busy week! And it's only getting more busy..

HAY! So i got to see my brother, Hil and little marcus this past week which is totally awesome. I helped move, and it was grand. On my way home to Tampa, my friend Matt (from GA) was staying at the Gaylord Palms resort so i got to stop by there and spent the day with him, his sister and his mom.

For those of you who don't know, I met matt in D.C. when we were there for a government forum (defense, intelligence and diplomacy). We were in the same group because of our last names (how lucky!) And we totally hit it off. We spent the week together there,, and i figured i wouldn't really meet some long term friends during a week forum.. but i met Matt. We kept in touch like BFF's, and he even drove down to Jacksonville once when I was living over there. Technically, including this past week.. we've only hung out 3 times total in our 4 year friendship. Cool, huh? And we take a pic together every time we see each other, which is every other year- i'm always on the right, him on the left. One could only be so blessed with a good long-distant friendship like this.

2004 - Washington, D.C.


2006 - Jacksonville, FL


and last but not least,
2008 - Gaylord Palms Resort, Kissimmee, FL


oh, and an extra picture of us being badass bikers

Just a super short update

....because i already wrote an entry for today.

1. Ruby is sick. :( I think she got something from that stupid dog my mom is babysitting, Annie. Annie had the runs last week, now Ruby does. Ugh. But lucky for me, Ruby lets me know when she has to go out.. and when she has mini accidents (just really can't hold it in), i have some wicked awesome carpet cleaner. My poor baby :(

2. I got an awesome compliment today at work! This one chick said she can totally tell i'm losing weight because i'm 'disappearing'. don't take her word, because she is looney, and she's also worked at the company for 25 years. She asked me if it was because I became a vegetarian or if i was doing other things. I think i owe it all to Turbo Jam, for making sweating fun!

3. I kept a log of my inches a couple months ago, i.e. waist, hips, thighs, calfs, bicep, neck. And only today have i brought myself to measure up again. And needless to say, i'm pretty surprised that I lost on average between .5" - 2" on all places! CAN WE SAY, HOORAY?! lol. yay.

*hypreventilates*

I just spent a buttload of moolah. On THIS:



THIS:


AND THIS:


But i'm going to mod my laptop and make it look like THIS!!!:


I think this blog entry costs more than my school tuition.