A Change of Topic

I was going to do today's blog post on my new trend called, "12 Million Scarves" but my cell phone is acting stupid and won't send the picture to my email so I can save it to my hard drive and upload it onto this post. SO I decided to talk about YouTube tonight. As many as you should know (I do hope you aren't living under a rock), many of today's artists have become popular because of their videos they have posted on YouTube. The most obvious of course is Justin Bieber, and others include Katy Perry, Avery, and Fred. I am going to venture out and make my own channel, as suggested to me from a friend. People think I'm funny on my blog, funny in person, and I could be funny on a YouTube channel. Let's do this!

Proper Church Attire

The thing that frustrates me the most about my brothers (the younger ones) and me is that they can do a lot more things than me and and get away with it. Isn't it so for all siblings, you say? It's not really true, we just choose to exaggerate? No, in my case it's true.

You can kind of see it here. This is Easter. I am dressed in the outfit my mother picked out for me even though I am eighteen. I do not like the shirt at all. It doesn't fit me right, and it feels uncomfortable because it's itchy. My brother Jared (the blond) is wearing a graphic t-shirt with a long sleeve buttondown that is not even BUTTONED! He thinks he's too good for Church or something, but I feel very strongly that people should follow a certain dress code when walking into the House of God. That means nice pants that you would feel dressed up wearing in school (or at least a little uncomfortable because they aren't easy to wear like jeans), and a top that has no words, symbols, or pictures on them. And NO sneakers. Jared breaks all of these rules basically every time we go to Church. I think the reason why I am even writing this is because I am mad at him for being completely disrespectful in Church yesterday. He was mumbling rude things during the hymns, slouching over, sighing, and talking back to Mom IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERMON. I'm pretty sure the entire population of the Church noticed them bickering with me sitting in the middle.

Normally I love my brothers very much. This is why I had to include this extra picture of my little angels:

We're in Five Guys. That's why there's a straw.

I Really Need A Manicure...

...But just look at these gloves! I went to the mall with one of my besties from Portland, Kristin, and one of the stores we stopped in was The Icing. If you are not familiar with this store, it's mostly an adult version of Claire's where you would go to get accessories: purses, earrings, scarves, lip gloss...okay, lip gloss isn't really an accessory but you get the idea. One of items I was really impressed with were the gloves...mostly because I wouldn't normally wear them seeing as I don't own any and I'm in love with anything you would find in Seventeen that I can create an outfit around. Sometimes I look at that section in Seventeen where the girls create their own outfits and just sigh. Don't they have access to an entire Seventeen secret closet? I almost died when I saw the "Runway" version in "Devil Wears Prada" and screeched when I read about it in one of the "Clique" books. That would be absolutely amazing to have full access to a closet like that...if I had that kind of opportunity, I would kill myself if a picture of me appeared in a magazine in a less than fabulous outfit. One girl had on black leggings with brown boots...that just simply isn't done!

I apologize in advance for my less than fabulous finger nails...I'm planning on fixing them Sunday night/Monday morning. We're not at the photo shoot yet!

Which ones do you like the best?

Bikini Season...

...it's coming! I'm looking to get in shape anyway, and haven't worn a two-piece for almost three years! I'm young, I'm hot, and I deserve to wear a bikini! I really loved the mixmatched bikini look in Seventeen, and I am determined to pull it off! Granted, it's going to be hard: I already broke down by having a poptart this morning...but my jeans falling apart is just getting ridiculous. I will not give up like Tanner from "I Used To Be Fat." Which reminds me: I plan on watching an episode of this online every time I feel like over-eating. This disease called sugar tooth will not overcome me!

What I look like now...(well a couple weeks ago)

What I will look like by June... (from Seventeen. <3) 

Hot Bag

I just wanted to take a moment to say a few words about bags. Backpack is so middle school...in college, everything is bag. Purse. Backpack. Clouch. No. Bag.

Here's a hot find I noted:

I have to be careful of who and what I take pictures of. I take most of these lovely pictures with my cell phone. For one reason, very handy. Just whip the cellie out, press the side botton, and click. Except sometimes it makes a sound, which brings us into a whole other story. My camera is also broken at the moment so the cell phone pics will have to do. But, about the sounds: people around me sometimes hear the sounds, because I forget to put it on mute in my excitement to capture the image, and they glance over at me taking a picture of a perfect stranger (or their bag). I don't want a restraining order, so I'll have to learn to be more discreet.
This bag, to me, is a perfect find. These messenger bags, at least to me, are highly convenient in that you can just reach in and grab something if you need your student ID or pen really quickly. And they look cute! Plus, this one especially, looks professional and expensive. This girl is also wearing Uggs, so I wouldn't put it past her. I wish I could afford Uggs. :(
Until next time...I want to call it an early night so I'll have lots of energy tomorrow to run, eat healthily, and maybe actually study/do homework. Bikini season is coming!!
I can't believe I miss my roommates already and it's precisely because of them I'm this tired. *Sigh.

Commercials For Good

I was innocently watching Skins on MTV out of boredom and curiosity when I came across a commercial. I didn't catch the whole thing...actually, I only caught the very end. Up on the screen were the words, "3,000 friends on Facebook and no one to talk to=?" Or something like that. I thought it was kind of ironic seeing I was just thinking about the Social Network, the movie, and it was a profound quote in my mind. I saw the website at the bottom of the page, halfofus.com...so easy to remember, and I typed it into my browser. I can't believe this is the first time I've heard of this website...it's all about the struggles of a college student, and I connected with it right away. I read/watched amazing clips on technology, eating disorders, cutting, depression, and stories from normal people and celebrities like Brittany Snow, Pete Wentz, and Mary J Blige. I never knew these iconic people could go through anything like this, and it encouraged me even more to go the Bible Talk, something that filled me with something, over French Club, which just made me feel even more empty. I've included the link here...maybe it'll help you, if you're in college, or a friend/family member.

I also found it kind of ironic how everyone kept on saying to go to a friend...no one ever mentioned anything about family.

Not even celebrities are perfect. 

Valentine's Day

I've never been a huge fan of Valentine's Day- mostly because whenever the holiday rolls around- I'm single. Like now. I found myself at midnight just getting extremely angry for no reason in particular, and this morning as I walked to class, I glared at all the balloons, flowers, and overall white/red/pink objects people were carrying around. I saw four people with the same type of flower before I started to get pissed off, wondering where the invisible flower cart was. Moments later, I walked through Engleman Hall and saw the table set up with a bunch of silly things being sold for one club or another. Wow, I'm really jealous of these happy couples around, and as I eat my double chocolate cookie from Conn Hall, listening to Taylor Swift songs, I think maybe I should have saved my four kisses for today. 

Freaky Ducks

Southern Connecticut State University has a lovely campus. Too lovely in fact. It brings in wild animals that we college students have to deal with and avoid. Like these wild ducks that have been wandering the campus eating scraps certain lazy students drop on their way back from Conn Hall and then making messes we have to watch out for so we don't dirty our boots even more. These animals are annoying. So much so that I have taken the habit of glaring at them or calling them not nice names whenever I happen to pass by. And I don't know if it has come from my unpleasant gestures or someone else's or a combination, but these creatures are actually afraid of me! On my way back from the Lyman Center where I purchased a ticket for a fashion show tonight (Yay!), I happened to be passing these ducks/geese (Quiana and I had a debate on what they were. The winner is not yet clear), and the things looks at me with frightened eyes and as I get closer backs away from me! It was half amazing (the human emotion was there) half hilarious (a goose thingie afraid of me!). Now I must pick out the perfect outfit for tonight...I have a fashion show to attend!

It almost looks stuck up in this picture, with its neck all high and mighty.

On the sidewalk as a result of it walking in the snow. Pretty cool actually.

Hero by Superchick

You could be a hero - heroes do what's right
You could be a hero - you might save a life
You could be a hero- you could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right

This is so true. I'm doing a paper on bullying. It started off as a question of should federal government make a law that prevents bullying and then I found all these songs, stories, and emotions and I'm not sure if I can write a word down tonight.
Here's what I'm thinking for my closing statement:
       Wouldn’t you rather have bullies not bully because they chose to, not because some law said they couldn’t?  

 The band that created "Hero." Listen to it sometime, and be the hero. :)

Dorms Fight Against Dorms

Not really. I mean, there are competitions between the dorms that get advertized and announced at football games, but I'm talking about the quality, price, and interactions that go on at each dorm. I don't know about a lot of people, I can only speak for myself, but I really have a lot of pride for my own dorm. Most of my friends either live in my own dorm or in Farnham, the dorm under construction which has a discount on the housing price. I've been trying to convince them to live in Chase (I guess known as the party dorm, I just recently found out about this rep), but now all of them are really attached to Farnham, and as much as I ask, none of them can tell me why. It's just a mystery this thing called pride.

Chase people hanging out....

Even though the Farnham girls are outside and it isn't all of them, you get the picture. :)

Movies No Longer in Theatres Not Yet on DVD

Last night I saw The Social Network about the guy Mark, how Facebook was created, and how the lawsuits went down between Mark, his only friend, and a pair of tall crewmen and their friend. It was actually an amazing movie, and I'm happy ProCon was able to put on such a great movie you can't see in any other theatre around here. A lot of colleges do this: put on movies either still in theatres, out of theatres but not yet on DVD, or out on DVD. I might go to Soco's tonight in New Haven, and that's exciting, but there's just something special about staying in and relaxing while you watch a movie with friends.

The ironic part about this is that after I got out of the movie, I had three new text messages, and one of them was from Facebook.

French Cultural But Non-Speaking?

I dropped French the other day. I couldn't deal with not understanding the professor. The weird part is that last semester Banack didn't speak a word of English. Ever. Even when a student saw him at the gas station, Banack insisted upon speaking French. This professor, the one that I just had, mixed English and French together...but it was almost harder to understand...wait, no, it WAS harder to understand than Banack. And here I am, a French class dropper (or something) and I also happen to be the vice president of the French Club. I still can speak the same amount of French as last semester, I think, but I can never improve, unless I self-teach...and who has time to do that in college? But I still do like the culture, so I'm using that as my reason of not dropping French Club. Also, I think I would let a lot of people down, and I don't want that. Last semester the club went out to a fancy restaurant which served French food, and we really had a wonderful conversation. It was great. I don't want to give opportunities like these special times up for some more free time. So basically I am a french cultural enthus/non-speaking. Yay for me. Not.

Sorry for the lame photo...I couldn't think of anything better at this early hour. :)

People to People

People to People is a club I am part of on campus, and it is the best ever. Our mission is to make international students feel more comfortable on campus and letting the rest of the campus know that Southern really is a diverse place. We have students from Germany, Jamaica, Ecuador, Columbia, Haiti, and so much more. We have so much fun going into New Haven to restaurants and clubs, and we even held a food exchange at one of the officer’s houses where we each brought a dish to share (I brought Italian cookies). Today we had our first official meeting of the semester, and I’m hoping this time around will be even more successful and people around campus will actually want to get involved more than they did last time. We have displayed ourselves at both club fairs, so hopefully it’ll be even more out there than last semester.

Here is a few of us at the end of our last meeting last semester. :)

College is stupid!!

Ask anyone: as soon as you get into college, you want to get out. At least the schooling part of it. All my friends and I say the same thing: graduate as soon as you can. There's so much stress when it comes to your school work to get good grades for your future career, it's sometimes hard to take. With the money issues on top of that...I have to just get a job, but my brain is looking like this right now...

Fun fact: I have no idea what this really is a picture of. I found it in my phone.

P.S. Don't let this rant scare you: it's all worth it in the end! <3

Thursday Nights

Remember in high school when Friday night was THE night to go out with friends? Well, in college, Thursday night is THE night to go out. Most college students try to get their schedules so they don't have classes on Fridays to have a 3-day weekend, which has obvious advantages. I didn't even know about the College Thursday nights until I arrived here and my roommates started talking about going out on Thursdays. Southern happens to be a bar school, as in you have to go out to clubs to have a good time rather than a lot of parties on campus. It's a big deal about going out for us girls, having to straighten our hair, have our makeup perfect, and create the perfect outfit. Here's a photo of the first time I went out:

It's a pretty awesome experience. A little nerve-wracking your first few times, but then it gets fun. The bad thing about it is that my room gets trashed, especially if more girls besides me and my roomies get ready in our room. Especially Friday night. Here's a picture of the obnoxiousity that happens to our room when four girls get ready:

Don't let this discourage you: going out is fun, even if you have to spend a part of the next day organizing and cleaning the mess. :)

The Ultimate Update

Well, it has been a few days. My Internet was acting weird, freezing at random times. I just hope that this virus can be kept under control. College has been good. A lot of snow days. According to the President of the University, this is the worst snowstorm in his recent memory. But here's something funny: when I arrived from my long and seriously boring break, I found that my desk lamp was nowhere to be found. At first I thought someone took it like Katie from next door or Simone from down the hall. I texted Desiree and Chastity, but they had no idea what happened to it either. They actually thought at first that I thought they actually pulled the prank and stole my lamp. I've tried to explain to them how I thought it was someone else and they just set it up or heard about it, but they just laugh and say how crazy I am. I really have gotten close to them. Last night we stayed up until basically 4 am just talking. I kinda regretted it the next morning when my alarm went off at 8:30 am, but not fully. I just wish humans could just function normally with 2.5 hours of sleep or something like that. It would solve A LOT of problems. Anyway, Ausia, the resident hall intern, finally tracked me down to set up a meeting, she said I could lose my housing! Over a lamp! And then as I was walking out, I SAW the lamp...just sitting there on the counter all innocent and I laughed out loud, snapped a picture, and ran out of there before I got myself in trouble again. Good times.