Lady Gaga FTW!

Okay, I'm admitting it. I am officially obsessed with Lady Gaga. I would gladly bear her children if it were medically possible (actually, now that I think about that it is technically possible sooo...yeah). If you haven't already seen her new video for telephone you should (see below). I always love an oddball who's not afraid to flaunt it, and I'm excited to see what she comes up with next!

YEEEESSSSS!!!

It is officially spring break. Woot woot!

What Am I Loving Now?

This wins the nummy award!

Cooking Fail

Okay so I tried a new recipe today, and it was a major failure. It was a "mock" cornbread recipe made with great northern beans and it was GROSS. I should know better than to try to cook something that's supposed to end up tasting like it came from a completely different food group. So tomorrow I'm going to go back to the store and get supplies for something that I know is tasty. I need some yummy snacks!

I'm A Lazy Bum

Wow, so I totally suck. Of course my last post said I would be posting regularly and then I disappear for two weeks. I can't even blame school for that one. Sorry guys! Thanks for all of the book suggestions, I will be getting off my lazy bum and heading to the library sometime this weekend hopefully.

Not much has happened in the two weeks I've been gone. I aced all of my exams, woot! I dyed my hair again, it's brown for now...I'll probably end up going back to blonde by the end of this month. I've decided to start eating healthier so I started the south beach diet last week. The first two weeks you're basically only allowed meat, dairy and vegetables (to eliminate cravings for processed food and sugar), and then you add natural fruits and grains after that. Basically I'm just trying to cut down on my processed food consumption. We'll see how it goes! A great side-effect to all of that is that I'm starting to cook again, which is always super fun. I'll take some pictures tomorrow of what I'm going to make, it should be yummy!

The best thing about these past weeks? Spring is in the air! It's getting a lot warmer here and it should be in the 50s this weekend. I can't wait until it's time to open the windows and do a little spring cleaning. I hope you all are having nice weather!

Thank God For The Weekend

So when I wrote that post whining about four quizzes in the second week of classes I had NO IDEA of the hell that was in store for me. I had four EXAMS and a quiz this week, three on the same day. This is my excuse for not posting at all this week, and now I am obviously trolling for sympathy. I could suck it up, but it's my blog and I'll whine if I want to :p So again, hopefully I will be posting a lot more regularly from now on...until finals week.

On another note, I need to start reading again. I started a "mystery" "thriller"-type book and I was bored to tears by the time I got halfway through it, so I just stopped. I hate hate hate giving up on books halfway through, but I think I'm going to have to do it this time. So now I'm looking for something new to sink my teeth into. Any suggestions?

Zooooombieeee

Weekly Exam Count:
2 down
3 to go

V-Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Otherwise known as Singles Awareness Day, depending on who you are...^_^

Oh. My. God.

I am addicted to Youtube medical videos! Seriously, this is starting to be an obsession. My favorites are ear wax and related "removals". They are soooooo satisfying. I was recently directed to Dr. Janakiram's videos, and they are AMAZING! Gross, but perfect. I especially love the random soundtracks that accompany the videos. For your viewing pleasure, I have selected two of my favorite "operations". If you are squeamish or think medical videos are gross, then you should probably not watch these...

EDIT: Now that I watch these again I think I should strongly warn you that the second video contains larvae, live larvae. Watch at your own risk.

Awesome

So guess who has a snow day today? Me. Guess what it hasn't been doing all day? Snowing.

Snow Pictures!

Here are some pictures I took from the monster storm we had. Sorry that they are a little blue, but I had to take them really fast and I put the camera on the wrong setting. I hope you like them though!

I'm Alive, Take Two!

So after 48 hours without power it finally came back on about a half an hour ago. I'm just waiting for the hot water heater to do its magic so I can take a scalding hot shower...I feel so gross. And guess what?? ...We're supposed to have more snow tomorrow -_- Hopefully the power won't go out since we're only supposed to get a few inches, but I'll try to write a longer post tonight maybe, after I can shake myself out of my power-outage stupor. Hope you all were safe and warm!

Oh Boy...

What's In A Dream?

Okay, I had the weirdest dream last night. What do I think about the minute I wake up? I need to write a blog about it, of course. I don't know how you would interpret this one, and to be honest I'm not sure I want to know...

So it started out at a hair salon. I was going to a new person and he started cutting my hair and when he was about halway done he left. I knew he left because I could see him getting in the back of a van with like five other people. I thought that was a little weird, but I figured he just had to make sure they got through the gate (we were at some kind of military base). After about 15 minutes I went to the front desk and told them that my hairdresser had split, and right then he comes walking in the door. Awkward moment, right? But not really, it seems like there are no hard feelings and he starts cutting my hair again. But now something seems a little off, like when someone compliments you and then they just keep staring a little too long. He seemed a little too happy to be chopping of my locks. For some reason, I let him convince me to go for a drive (huh?). The drive is taking a long time and after a while I get to the point where I realize that something is wong (you think?). I ask him to pull over but he doesn't so now I know that this is some kind of kidnapping scenario, and I'm trying to think of how I can get away. Eventually he stops on his own though, and now we get to the really weird part. We are now walking through a pirate convention/festival (that's right, I said pirates). I'm asking people for help but they're pirates so they really don't care that I'm being kidnapped. I elbow the guy in the gut and I run away to the back of one of the tents. He catches me again, and now I know that no one is going to help me. How do I know this? Because the tent is full of children torturing people with kite strings...yes, kite strings. The people were wrapped up in the strings and somehow the children flew them like they were kites but instead of flying they were just a huge bundle of pain and misery (say what?). So to be honest I was probably better off with Creepy McCreepster. I decide to do what every self-defense class says you should and I yelled fire. Well, everyone just ran away from us then because they thought something was on fire. So finally I channeled my inner Miss Congeniality and I stomped on his instep and elbowed him in the gut again and I turned around, and you're supposed to smash his nose in but I didn't think I would do it right so I punched him in the balls instead. And then I ran away and called a taxi and started going home but I could see he was following me so I went to the police station instead...and then I woke up.

What is my malfunction?

Favorites!

I love "get to know me" posts, and I thought I would make one of my own. Instead of telling y'all specific "little known facts" about me, I'm going to list my top three movies, music, etc... I don't know what it will say about me, but I'll leave that for you to decide!

Favorite Movies
The Lost Boys
Charade
Sense and Sensibility

Favorite Bands/Solo Artists
Queen
Emilie Autumn
Nine Inch Nails

Favorite Colors
Green
Black
Plum

Favorite Actors
David Niven
Alan Rickman
Javier Bardem

Favorite Actresses
Katharine Hepburn
Rachel Weisz
Kate Winslet

Favorite Foods
Watermelon
French Dip Sandwiches
Macaroni and Cheese

Favorite School Subjects
English Literature
Foreign Languages
Anatomy

Favorite Animals
Penguins
Siberian Tigers
Huskies

Favorite TV Shows
Criminal Minds
Heroes
Bones

Favorite Authors/Poets
Harper Lee
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Edgar Allen Poe

Okay I can't think of anymore right now, but I think that's good enough. I hope you like some of my favorites! Hope y'all are having a great day ^_^

I Love!

It's been a while since I've made a love list, and I think today would be perfect for it! So here it is...

Black Hair
"Snow Days"
Little kitties curled up in a ball
Blue nail polish
Lysol disinfectant cleaner
Hazardous waste buckets
Youtube videos
Macaroni and cheese
Family
Ramen!
Mail
Cookies!

I think that's all for today, I hope y'all make your own lists!

Finally!

Here are the long-awaited Florida pictures! I took a few hundred but these are just some of my favorites, especially the Flagler Beach one. If you click on the image you should be able to see a larger picture. I figured these would be great to look at after all the snow we've had! I don't know about you but I've been craving some warmth and sunshine, I guess these pictures will just have to do for a few months. Hope y'all are staying safe and having a great weekend!

Snowpocalypse, Take Two

Our power just came back on, yay! It was out for about an hour and a half, and we were a little worried that we wouldn't get any power back for a while. Hopefully we'll have power for the rest of the storm now. I'm very glad to be at home for this one, because a few weeks ago in that really awful blizzard my family and I got caught on the road and had to make an emergency stop at a hotel for the night. Thankfully, we were lucky to hitch a ride the next day with someone who had a Jeep, but it was very scary for a while there. If any of you guys are also experiencing the storm, I hope you're staying safe and warm!

Je suis fatigué!

Oh boy, well so far this week I have taken/will take FOUR quizzes. That's right, four quizzes in the second week of school. I'm pretty sure they're trying to take out the entire student body one sad, overworked soul at a time. I'm taking 3/5 classes this semester (five if you count lab classes separately from lecture, which I do) and they are all very time intensive.

French should be easy for me, and I did very well on the first quiz, but since I skipped a class I'm having to scramble and catch up so there is still a lot of work to be done, and I probably have more homework in that class than any of the others, which is saying a lot.

Microbiology is...interesting. My lab instructor is a little scary, I normally love sarcastic people, but not when I am living in constant fear of mockery. But he's good, and my microbiology lecture instructor is nice too, but having the class at 7-8:30 at night does NOT help with concentration...it's probably better than the 8:30 A.M. class though.

And then there's A+P. This is the second class in the duo, and it looks like there's going to be a lot more work in this section than there was in the first one. And we have to dissect cats! Poor kitties...when I came home after the last lab my kitty wouldn't stop talking to me for at least a half an hour, I think she knew what I had done :(

So yeah, thought some of you might be interested to read what's going on in my life at the moment. Again, I'm sorry that I won't be able to post as frequently anymore, but I am thinking about all of you! Hope you have a great day!

I'm Alive!

I'm so sorry for not posting anything this week, starting classes has been even more hectic than I had thought it would be. I apologize that this post is a little rushed, but I will try to be better about posting now that the initial frenzy is over.

This week I thought I would write about something that is very near to my heart: gay rights. I spent a long time trying to come up with my thoughts on the subject, but my words seem to be failing me tonight. So instead I'll just talk about what brought this post on...or rather, who. Cindy McCain has thrown her support of overturning proposition 8 into the ring, posing for a campaign with NOH8.Image from Adam Bouska and the NO H8 campaign


I think anyone who adds their face to this cause is amazing, but Cindy McCain just floored me with her support. There are so many things to love about this, I don't even know where to start. I think most importantly is that she is now making a huge impact on what people think it means to be a republican. I'm a libertarian, but anything we can do to make this issue one about basic rights and not partisan politics is a step in the right direction, and I applaud Cindy McCain (and daughter Meghan too) for such a courageous move.

Thanks for reading, and I promise next week I will try to post much more!