Kinetic energy ... IN YO' FACE!!

Physics tests suck many, many things.
I had equations down for all the problems, and I'm sure I got the questions right, so hopefully that'll get me the 80 I need. I'll take a few extra points...

Well, it's final project time, which means lots of drawings, several sketch models, and a well-crafted final model are due in about a month.

Gotta bump my English grade up just a couple of points (planning on taking honors comp II in the spring so I can keep my honors perks), and I'm pretty sure I'm safe in freehand.

Yes, I know this isn't a particularly interesting entry, but I'm not a very interesting person at this time.

But... One week 'til my birthday! Woot! Party...

I want a doughnut.

Hello, Charlie!

Fun college escapades. Dennis has got everyone hooked on soft air guns.
So imagine, if you will, six or seven of us running around the apartment complex down the road, or at the construction site, shooting each other with BBs and giggling like little children.
My weapon of choice is a Colt .45 assault pistol. The silencer adds a little fun.
And if I don't want to be an architect anymore, this'll be good training for the CIA...

Put your extra insulation to good use!

Hey people!
Just wanted to say "Hi. I'm not dead. And I hope you are the same."
Enjoying my free weekend. Gonna bake cookies today. :D
Spent almost all day with Dennis yesterday. Our football team lost the homecoming game (*sigh*), and I've seen Daniel recovering from a hangover and a pretty eventful night, even without the booze.
Ask me about it later, it's a trip...

Rock around the clock!

We're gonna go over 24 hours without sleep! It's okay, though. Only one class tomorrow, so maybe I can catch up on it...
Actually, I'm looking at potentially 36 hours straight. This should be fun. Invest in Mountain Dew. NOW!
Back at State. Taking a break from note-taking on chapters 2, 8, and 10 of "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek."
And a mutant cricket is crawling around my floor. Why am I freaked out by the cricket? I live on the third floor, that's why...
Enjoyed seeing Whit, Heather, and Greg at Seasons Monday night.
I thought I packed the cooking timer, but I didn't. Need to go to Wal-Mart soon. *sigh*
Less than three weeks 'til my birthday. Woot! Maybe I'll actually get MAIL for a change!
If there's anyone out there that I didn't tell, my grandparents freaked out when I told them I'm dating a Catholic. Seriously... they wigged out. My parents have no problem with it. No problem with any of it, so long as I end up doing well in school and don't run off and get married for a few more years. At least until I start my internship.
Got my camera and the software is installed. So yeah. Pictures soonish.
Gotta get back to Tinker Creek. Literary acid trip...

Carnivores Anonymous

From Lore.
We miss you, Lore.

I'll take calligraphy and then I'll make a fake degree.

Woot for fall break!
Even though I have a buttload of physics homework :(
And also a bunch of sketches and reading for studio :( :(
But anyway, I'm here. Spent the first half of the afternoon serving cheesecake at a wedding reception. Yum :) And we took the dogs to get vaccinated this morning. Pookie's old now. We got a pamphlet on senior pet care and whatnot.
She's not old. Really...
Psyched about going to the zoo Monday :D
Yeah ... I feel like a little kid. A little kid who can drive. And who is in college. With a 23-year-old boyfriend.
It's time to shut up.

The romantic's guide to life...

The Sonnet Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLDf) Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed? Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, but that's okay, because you're very choosy with your affections anyway. You'd absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance. Your exact opposite: Genghis Khunt Random Brutal Sex Master Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. You're already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there's no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so. You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls. ALWAYS AVOID: The 5-Night Stand, The False Messiah, The Hornivore, The Last Man on Earth CONSIDER: The Loverboy Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid - Free Online Dating. My profile name: wallviolet

The female version of Nick... O_O

Don't envy us now, envy us when we have money.

Well, it seems I can't escape the studio. Ever. I'm writing from my desk right now. Been working on two projects today. One with a group and one individual. Neither are progressing very well. I've already had a nap up here tonight, and I'm going to run back to Ruby to grab a blanket and more Mountain Dew. Good night to all (except the other lunatics who are still up here with me).

I can't feel my right thumb.

Erg.
Pulled an all-nighter at the studio. Nap. Then wake up and shower before physics.
Sleepy...

I love fresh towels - warm and fluffy and soft ... kinda like you!

I'm no longer dependent on the shifty wireless connection I've been ganking since August. Woo, ethernet...
Okay, so it's October now. Last time I checked, October was an autumn month, and that means cooler weather. Not cold, mind you, but definitely less than 90 degrees. Apparently Mississippi has two main seasons: Hot (about 10 months out of the year), and Cold (one month, probably around January). Spring and fall have a couple of weeks thrown in there, just because it was required.
It's still a little surreal having a boyfriend. Three weeks running, now. We're getting more comfortable with each other all the time, so we can do boring, un-romantic stuff like homework and laundry. Very give-and-take, he'll spring for Chinese one night, I'll let him use my laundry detergent if he's run out, we'll go shopping together and watch football. And I can tease him about not liking vegetables at his age, maybe threaten to use his nickname in public. *evil grin*
Yeah, you're sick of hearing my bubbly Dennis-speak.
I'll stop now.

Ze End of Ze World

Hello, lovelies.
It was a most amazing development this morning. I walked outside this morning and it was cool! I was sweating yesterday when I was scurrying around before freehand. But yeah, unexpected as this was, it means I get to wear sweaters and hoodies and all that fun stuff. :D
We swapped desks in studio at the beginning of the week so the three sections would be together. I'm waaaaaaaaaaay in the back corner by the meeting area. Need to pick up a light today so I can work at night. And we got our first grades back yesterday. I got a B- on my project! And I'm saying that in a good way. C means "good," B means "really good," and A means "why are you wasting your time in school?!"
Happiness. And I brought home some A's in English and freehand, too.
Woot, the gradeness... It made my day. Otherwise I'd just be hot and have sore muscles from working in my floor.
I'm getting a digital camera! Yes, that means I'll actually start updating my site again.
But I think for now I'm gonna run along and run some errands, maybe (probably) work on physics, and ... stuff.

6:14, everyone sign the sheet and run!

Hello! I don't have freehand tonight due to the university's fifteen minute rule. :D
Okay, Atlanta:
Atlanta is a big city, not too unlike Nashville, except there are more peach references and no Batman building. They have another BellSouth building, though...
They have monster hotels with fancy-shmancy lobbies and fun elevators. Whee!!! And rotating restaurants...
There was also a transvestite convention while we were there. And everyone must follow the guidelines in order to safely and comfortably ride MARTA. Club hopping is for people who have a life. Hotel hopping is for architecture students.
And it is fun to go to expensive stores and watch your guy friends try on jackets (woot, the Hugo Boss) and sample cologne. Kenneth Cole "Signature" is good, so is "Aqua" ... um, I think by Bulgaria or something that is spelled like it...
Emory has declared war on Wash U. I didn't know the SGA could have a department of war.
Very, very important: Maggiano's Little Italy. Gooooooooood Fooooooooooood. And the live jazz in the background is a plus, too. Nice date location, and not uber expensive. In case you're ever in Atlanta and need such a place...
Anyway, must do physics homework and save my butt from being eaten in studio! Later!

The Statue of Liberty? I thought it was taller... No, it's just a hologram.

Hey from Atlanta! The bus ride was pretty easy, just chilled and listened to the iPod.
It's really a lot like Nashville here, except instead of the BellSouth building there's Georgia Power. My roommates and I went to the Hard Rock for supper. Good food, loud music. Always an appropriate activity after riding a bus.
We also wandered around one of the mega hotels. The interior was too cool, and the elevators speak. Two good indications that it's too expensive to house college students. But I got some (hopefully) good shots for my portfolio.
Before the end of the trip we're definitely going to ride the rail system and hit the mall.
Tomorrow we're touring the Community Housing Resource Center and some building on and around the Emory campus. Then free time starting at 5! Woot!
Yeah...I'll talk to you guys later...
And I miss Dennis... :P

This is me procrastinating.

Let's see how I fared...

Put an X by the movies you've seen.
If you get more than 70, you're a movie freak.
COPY and REPOST! PLACE YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

()Pirates of the Caribbean
(x)Boondock Saints
()The Mexican
()Fight Club
()Starsky and Hutch
(x)Neverending Story
()Blazing Saddles
()Garden State
(x)The Princess Bride
(x)Young Frankenstien
(x)Anchorman
(x)Napoleon Dynamite
()Saw
()White noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
total here : 6

()50 First Dates
()Jason X
()Scream
()Scream 2
()Scream 3
()Scary Movie
()Scary Movie 2
()Scary Movie 3
()American Pie
()American Pie 2
()American Wedding
(x)Harry Potter
()Harry Potter 2
()Harry Potter 3
()Resident Evil I
()Resident Evil 2
()The Wedding Singer
()Little Black Book
total here:1

(x)The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
()Finding Neverland
()13 Ghosts new or old
()Signs
(x)The Grinch
()Texas Chainsaw Massacre new or old
()White Chicks
(x)Butterfly Effect
()13 going on 30
()I Robot
(x) Dodgeball
() Universal Soldier
() A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came A Spider
() Deep Impact
total here : 6


() Kingpin
() Never Been Kissed
()Meet The Parents
()Meet the Fockers
()Eight Crazy Nights
()A Cinderella Story
(x)The Terminal
()The Lizzie McGuire Movie
()Passport to Paris
()Dumb & Dumber
()Dumb & Dumberer
()Final Destination
()Final Destination 2
()Halloween
()The Ring
()The Ring 2
()Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
()Practical Magic
()Chicago
()Ghost Ship
()From Hell
()Hellboy
(x)Secret Window
()I Am Sam
()The Whole Nine Yards
()The Whole Ten Yards
()The Day After Tomorrow
()Child's Play
()Bride of Chucky
()Ten Things I Hate About You
()Just Married
()Gothika
()Nightmare on Elm Street
(x)Sixteen Candles
()Bad Boys
()Bad Boys 2
()Joy Ride
()Seven (SE7EN)
()Oceans Eleven, new or old
()Oceans Twelve
()Identity
total here : 3

()Lone Star
()Predator I
()Predator II
()Independence day
()Cujo
()A Bronx Tale
()Darkness Falls
()Christine
(x)ET
()Children of the Corn
()My boss' daughter
()Maid in Manhattan
()Frailty
()Best bet
()How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
()She's All That
()Calendar Girls
()Sideways
()Mars Attacks
total here : 1


()Event Horizon
()Ever after
(x)Forrest Gump
()Big Trouble in Little China
()X-men 1
()X-men 2
()Catch Me If You Can
()The Others
(x)Freaky Friday, new or old
()Ring of Fire
()The Hot Chick
()Swimfan
()Miracle
()Old School
()Ray
()The Notebook
()K-Pax
total here: 2

(x)Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x)Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x)Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
()A Walk to Remember
()Boogeyman
(x)Hitch
()Back Door Sluts 9
()Anal Acres 1
()Anal Acres 2
()B-Cup Divas
()The Fifth Element
(x)Star Wars episode I The Phantom Menace
()Star Wars episode II Attack of The Clones
()Star Wars episode III Revenge of The Sith
(x)Star Wars episode IV A New Hope
(x)Star Wars episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x)Star Wars episode VI Return of The Jedi...
()Troop Beverly Hills
()Swimming with Sharks
()Air Force One
(x)For Richer or Poorer
()Trainspotting
()People under the stairs
()Blue Velvet
(x)Sound of music
(x)Parent Trap new or old
() The Burbs
()The Terminator
()Empire Records
()SLC Punk
()Meet Joe Black
()Wild girls
()A Clockwork Orange
()the Order
(x)Spiderman
(x)Spiderman 2
()Amelie
total here: 13

(x)Mean Girls
(x)Shrek
(x)Shrek 2
(x)The Incredibles
()Collateral
()The Fast & The Furious
()2 Fast 2 Furious
()Sky Captain Of The World Of Tomorrow
() Closer
total here : 4

()Titanic
()Saved
()Bowling For Columbine
()Farenheit 9/11
()The Sixth Sense
(x)Artificial intelligence (AI)
()Love actually
()Shutter
()Ella Enchanted
(x)Princess diaries 1
()Princess diaries 2
()Constantine
(x)Million Dollar Baby
()Envy
()Eurotrip
()Malibu's Most wanted
()Big Daddy
()Black Sheep
(x)The Breakfast Club
(x)West side story
total here : 5

(x)A Christmas Story
()Spanglish
()Pulp Fiction
()Sleepover
()The Evil Dead
()*Killer Klowns From Outer Space*
()The Seed of chucky
()Vanilla Sky
(x)Nightmare Before Christmas
()Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
(x)Interview With The Vampire
()The Crow
()Purple Rain
()Reservoir Dogs
(x)Wayne's World
total here : 4

()Wayne's World 2
()21 Grams
() Blow
(x)Edward Scissorhands
()Clerks
(x)Beauty and the Beast
()Guess who
()Monster In-Law
()Elf
(x)Stuart Little
()Stuart Little 2
()Mall Rats
()Chasing Amy
()Dogma
(x)Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
() Jersey Girl
total here: 4

(x)Beetlejuice
()The Last Samurai
()The Amityville Horror (old or new)
()The Aviator
(x)Romeo and Juliet any version
(x)Barbershop
()Beauty Shop
()legally blonde
()legally blonde 2
()the forgotten
()confessions of a teenage drama queen
()grudge
total here: 3

()Lethal Weapon 1
()Lethal Weapon 2
()Lethal Weapon 3
()Lethal Weapon 4
(x)The Matrix
()The Matrix: Reloaded
()The Matrix: Revolutions
(x)Happy Gilmore
total: 2

Okay, 54. Not a movie freak, but still fairly well-rounded in my viewing...
Heather, how'd you get that many?!
(BTW, I should have been working at the studio instead of doing this...)
(Later: I met Dennis a month ago today! :D )

Great, now I need to explode one of these joints...

Hey to everyone spread over the southeast and Maine. I hope you're all having a relatively stress-free week. This is my whining session.
Tuesday night I'm high on caffeine. In the studio everyone is being friendly - working on paraline drawings, studying for the physics test, buying snacks to raise funds for NOMAS - it's all cool. Except someone brought sushi and it smelled. Eww. Dennis dropped by for a little while and was amazed that it took me ten minutes to draw a square. Got a lot of work done despite the distractions.
4:00 rolls around and I finally go to sleep. Alarm is set for 6 so I can scan my notes before going to take the test.
8:52. Crap. I'm screwed.
Emailed the prof to explain why I missed the test. No sympathy for the exhausted architecture student. He even suggested that I withdraw from the course, but with my major, that would mean dropping out of the university for the rest of the year. Not happening. So I emailed him back saying that I can make a B in the class if I work really hard and to expect me at 8:00 Friday morning.
Take that, Baron von Jerkoff!
One of my studio friends offered to give me a wakeup call before that class for a while. Fair trade. I scan stuff for her with the HP, so it's all good.
And I have plenty of people in studio to study with. We're getting close. Good thing, too, since we'll be seeing a lot of each other for five years.
Anyway, Atlanta next week. Lots of drawing, lots of walking, hopefully not too much dealing with drunk people.
Cute nerd story: Dennis created a character in his Final Fantasy game and named it after me. I feel special.
I'll get a picture soon and show it to you guys. :)

Ear-gasm

Everyone click the link. Me encanta.
Yeah, exploring soft jazz and swing. Makes me wanna dress up and go to one of those classy nightclubs a la 1940's. Good mood music... ;)
Yeah, somebody had some playing when we got in from our walk last night. Sly devil.

Terry Tate: Office Linebacker

Now, am I mistaken, or are weekends supposed to be for relaxing? Right. Being the frugal type, instead of purchasing a drafting board, I drove to Lowes and got a smooth hollowcore door and had it cut down. Save money there, spend it on a 20-yard roll of 36" wide vellum. But mention design studio at the Chalet (which does exist, I know because I've been there) and they'll give you a discount. Whee, discount!
Anyway, drafting stuff now. Orthographic and paraline drawings this week. It's not hard, just very tedious. OCD on a blank white sheet.
Happier news (at least for me) - I'm back with Dennis. *Prepares for Whit rant*
I swear, he isn't the devil. Just a third cousin of the devil... I'm kidding! Dang...
He treats me well, and I know how to keep him purring like a kitten. A very large kitten. Literally over twice my size...
And yeah. I've got a pretty full week ahead of me. Physics test Wednesday, more studio stuff than should be given to a sane person, who knows what in Comp, freehand, and lab...
Good night, lovelies.

Victory!

Finally! I have cable in my room! Woot for TV!
Starting labs today. Woo...
Anyway, gotta do that, get my final model finished, work on my physics homework, and do some sketches for freehand. Blargh. Probably take some time off to watch "The Longest Yard" on the Drill Field with Dennis and crew. (The crew being Joseph, Jesus, and ... Derek?)
Oh! And I got a card from Whit! Thanks Whit! It's good to know somebody loves me...

I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth

Back from my weekend. And I still need wood or museumboard for my model.
Hey, I did manage to finish my homework for English. Be proud of me.
I had a chicken-filled weekend. Saturday morning - chicken biscuit. Saturday evening - chicken parmesan salad. Sunday afternoon - chicken cordon bleu. Sunday evening - leftovers from Saturday evening. Tonight - chicken pot pie soup.
I'm gonna go on a burger/pizza binge next. After I convince myself to put down the cheetos. Gah, cheetos!
Anyway, it was good to see those of you who were cool and didn't have to fly up to Maine for school. That's just screwed up, starting class on Labor Day! Blasphemy!
My air conditioner still leaks, so I'm hoping the fan will be enough to keep me cool until I can get maintenance up here. Ruby isn't even listed on the web form they use for complaints. Stupid.
There's a lot of crap on my bed. Might want to lose some of that and get some sleep.
Good night.

I feel I've been here before...

Hello, Lovelies!
I'm back in J-town for a couple of days. Hopefully I can find a parking spot when I return to campus Monday :P.
It was really cool when I began driving north. The sun was beginning to set and the whole color scheme was very end-of-summer-y. You know the one. Still warm, but starting to cool off and blur together. Driving at night is the way to go. I pulled into my driveway 3 hours and 3 minutes after I called to let the family know I was on my way. And you can sing along with the radio (or iPod...) and nobody will look at you funny! :)
Also, there are armadillos in Mississippi. Which is a relief, because I saw some on the side of the road and thought, "Hmm, either that's an armadillo, or there are mutant dogs running around."
Anyway, I wanna check out the bistro where Bubba's used to be sometime before I leave. Hope to see everyone who's in town!