HOW ABOUT A MAGIC TRICK??

I just got back from seeing The Dark Knight for the second time - and for free since my friend Eddie is an assistant manager there and gets passes. It was just as good, if not better being able to quote everything The Joker says, minus not having the surprise with the twists. My guess is I should've seen Step Brothers like we originally planned, since I'm seeing TDK twice again in the next week (and once in IMAX, finally) but whatevs. It's like crack, visual eye crack... and I love me some Joker. I'm convinced, I'm converted, I'm one of the sheep. But I don't care, cause he puts a smiiiiile on my face.

But what I am REALLY updating this late about is what happened when I was in the bathroom... I went to pee and noticed through the crack in the stall door that someone was peeking in and looking at me! At first I couldn't tell if they were checking that someone was in there, but they kept looking...and we made eye contact. It was really awkward. She goes into the stall that opens up next to me, and then we're done relatively around the same time and I go to wash my hands. And it turns out that it was this girl Tracy who was in my grade at school, this really bitchy JAP who has had plastic surgery done all over her face (and not just a nosejob like is typical in Jericho LOLZ). BUT WHAT THE FUCK?!!! THAT WAS SO CREEPY. I've never had that happen to me before. And what better to do than to blog about it?

Oh and a drunk man, who was possibly homeless, told my friends and I we were the four most beautiful girls he'd ever seen before asking us where we thought he should get drunk. When he didn't like our suggestion, he huffed and walked away. Not without shouting, "Goodbye, beautiful girls!!!" as he went into the distance.

I think I am going to New Jersey tomorrow with Willa since her awesome cousin Abbey is having a house party. Cool. Here is a video that I cannot stop watching. I AM 110% JOKERIZED.

I had so much fun in North Carolina last week with my fam. I've never really had the experience of being in the south, so it was definitely strangely new to hear people talk with such drawl and to have grits as a regular menu item at most restaurants. Everyone down there is super nice, though! The house we stayed in was legit right on the beach, very convenient, but it got SUPER cramped once everyone arrived. We were supposed to come in shifts but it just worked out that everyone came at once, and it was sooo hectic with everyone there.... still, I managed to have a LITTLE time to myself stowing away to my grandma's room to read Eclipse and Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp in peace.

However, there was some major stress caused while on my vaca by a stupid fuck-up in regards to the housing situation this year. Most people who are close to me know that dealing with housing in every aspect (i.e. who I was going to room with, where we were living) was a real struggle this past year and was annoying as hell to deal with. Therefore, I was super upset when some girl messaged me on Facebook saying she was going to be my roommate, when my friend Wendy was supposed to have switched into my room. I'm not going to explain the entire situation, but basically two of my friends were exchanging bedspaces so Wendy could live with me, but since my other friend Tina put down Water Street, the "bed-to-bed" never went through and it was just put in as a Room Switch. But after yelling at the housing office over the phone and finally getting in contact with Wendy via Facebook (she's in France), we worked out the situation and she is living in our suite now! But these complications only make me hate NYU housing even more and want to move into my own apartment with friends during junior year.

Although I didn't get to see The Dark Knight at midnight, believe me when I say I wanted to and have been looking forward to this movie for MONTHS. When I realized I'd scheduled to go on vacation and be away the day it comes out, I texted my aunts seeing if I could get an earlier flight home so I'd be able to go Thursday night.... no joke. But I finally saw it on Monday evening and it was so fucking awesome. I'm not even going to front, I fucking hate Christian Bale ever since seeing him play that annoying twat Arthur Stuart in Velvet Goldmine (which BTW, if you're into the glam rock era/ Britain in the 70s, you should totally see...and not the shitty censored version). I hate the Batman voice he does even more. And I'm not a huge fan of superhero movies, though I've seen all of the original Batman ones and Iron Man has me crying over how wonderful it is. The real pull for me was to see Heath Ledger play The Joker, and his performance sent shivers down my spine the entire time. Such a fucking contrast to every other role he's played, and he did it so flawlessly. The Joker was even kinda sexy, in a sociopathic scar-faced way (especially in a nurse's outfit IMO). I'm really lame and also teared up at the end when they dedicated the movie to him, cause sometimes it hasn't even sunken in that he's not.... here anymore. It frustrates me, and with a heavy heart, after seeing this film for what I'm sure is the first of many times and watching him literally KILL on screen, and that's it. No more.

Next big event of the summer I suppose is the new Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, coming out next Friday (and the last from Bella's perspective, thank god). I went with Willa last night to preorder our copy and it's probably going to be as ridiculous, but not as much as Harry Potter midnight release parties. At least we only have to be there at 10am to get our bracelets. If you haven't read these books, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? Apparently there is going to be a tshirt making contest and I'm severely considering.....since there is no way I'm dressing up as a vamp LOLZZZ

OK I am going to go and sing Katy Perry while dancing ridiculously in my room while I wait for Nikki to get off work so we can eat dindin and watch Entourage.... my queens boys are back in Sept. HOLLA!

OK wow, I am not entirely sure how I haven't written anything since the middle of June but apparently that is the case?? Hello blog world, I have not died.

My aunts invited me to go with them to North Carolina for a week starting on Saturday and I'm totally stoked. My grandma is going to be going, plus some of Karen2's family that I've already met, plus their other babysitter Keyri who I would now consider a friend. We're going to be staying in Wilmington/Surf City in this beach house, which is right on the beach! It's going to be excellent, I hope I come back at least a shade or two darker. I'm also hoping I finally finish Eclipse, the third book in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. I have a serious crush on Edward Cullen.

I am tired and the rest of the entry that was going to be here is not, so goodnight instead.

I hate wishy-washies.

HOLY CRAP. I am finding it hard to believe that they can finally render an image that looks like Dan Radcliffe for the new Harry Potter videogame, which will come out coinciding with the release of the Half Blood Prince film this November. They've got his terrible bushy eyebrows like....dead on. Fuck, I still need to get my tickets to see Equus for multiple nights so I can finally eye his dick. His "Firebolt", if you will. His wand.. his golden snitch. I could go all day, really.

My house is currently lacking any A/C, or whatever is left of it is barely pushing it. This sucks, as I'd like to go to sleep soon and I love being super cold when I'm falling asleep... oh, and I've also apparently got tendinitis in my left heel. Achilles tendinitis? I don't fucking know, that's what my doctor thinks and I'm going to take his word for it. It hurts when I put a lot of pressure on it trying to walk, and I'm taking Aleve which isn't getting rid of the pain entirely, but making it a lot easier to walk.

It's one thing after another with me lately. Seriously. I was supposed to have a pool party this past weekend, but I got food poisoning / a stomach virus and basically spent the majority of the weekend too sick to function. I've never thrown up like that in my LIFE. So instead, we are having the pool party on Saturday. They were predicting thunderstorms but now the day is looking mostly sunny and around 80 degrees. Loves it!! 19 People still need to RSVP though or imma cut a bitch...

Let me complain for a second. I am admittedly a sucker for Facebook - it makes keeping connected to people epically wonderful (especially people that you would otherwise very easily lose contact with if given other circumstance). It is also a massive time kill with the thousands of applications. There are times when I get carried away with Bumper Stickers or playing World Challenge and trying to beat my friends scores. I also like making Events on Facebook, since it's a lot easier than wasting time playing phone tag via text messages or actual calls trying to see who is going to show up. But one feature I cannot stand?

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE MAYBE COMING. This could mean they either have a really busy schedule and truly don't know, or they're just waiting to see if something better pans out. Or if they're truly spineless, they're waiting to see how many people they enjoy the company of are going to show. I still can't not take it personally, since it's particularly personal. One of my more recent friends, a guy named David who is a year younger and just decided he is going to NYU, told me he has two grad parties that day but still wants to stop by and say hello. And we literally JUST started hanging out. When someone you've just met is that genuine versus people you've known a long time and are trying to get in touch with...

I'm bitter, I guess, or just really lucky to have found someone so sweet to befriend. Ugh. My other guy friends are kind of douchebags as of late, which really really sucks. Minus a couple who are like my saving grace, and one who I may or may not still have a thing for and is currently far away trying to get laid by a Costa Rican tranny. It's all good though. I'm slowly beginning to find out who is really worth my time, and who I just need to permanently weed out (or make bare minimum time for). Ah, growing up.

WTF GABBA GABBA?

I am in tears... today while I was babysitting my cousins, my aunts put on this show they taped (is that even the right way to say it now? it's like DVR'd or tiVo'd or whatever) called Yo Gabba Gabba. It's like the most batshit insane thing i've ever watched in my life. Basically the show is like one major acid trip with cute little monsters with all this techno music and weird interludes with kids dancing in front of green screen. It's also hosted by an anorexic black dude with giant black-rimmed hipster glasses and an orange jumpsuit. I asked my friend Molly what she thought and we decided it was basically telling kids to start shrooms at an early age.

Have a glimpse for yourself:


This guy teaches the kids "beats"....it's actually quite terrifying, but in a darling way, when he says "bye bye!":


Then there's this little gem of Elijah Wood on the show that i found while surfing YouTube...speechless doesn't really cover it:

GRANDMA KNOW HOW TO MOVE

here is my grandma dancing to chris brown's "forever". she just started jamming and me being the lovely granddaughter i am, i had film it...

SIX FLAGS AND SARAH MARSHALL

So my courageous little soul decided to brave the drive through Brooklyn, Staten Island, AND New Jersey to get to Six Flags on Saturday with my besties from high school. Despite almost dying about 50 times on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, I'd say it was well worth the trip! But that might be me being biased, because amusement parks are one of my most favorite things in the world. It's right up there with shopping for clothes, playing with babies, and enjoying wine and cheese simultaneously. The sucky thing is that when my parents were able to take my sister and I to places like Disney and Universal Studios, I wasn't really old enough to appreciate rollercoasters, but now I fucking LOVE them.

And in all my 19 years on this earth, it was my first time going to Six Flags and let me tell you, it's entirely a damn shame. We went on Superman, Kingda Ka, Medusa, Batman, The Dark Knight, and Nitro three times. And the ride waits weren't even that long. I must also say I spent way too much money on disgusting junk food (and you know how overprice that stuff is!). When we stopped off at a pit stop for dinner on the ride home, I found out the reason my lips were hurting so bad was because they got sunburnt and were glowing cherry red. I woke up at 6:50am and went to sleep at 12am, so it was a tiring day to say the least. But the most exciting part was almost getting killed by a cellphone that flew off the Superman ride and smashed into pieces only three feet from where I was standing in the parking lot. It was pretty fucking epic, especially since I'm actually alive and able to retell the story.

However, my one qualm and I MUST complain about this, is how much the new ride for The Dark Knight SUCKED!!! Not only do I not comprehend how they could take down The Chiller for this piece of shit, but they advertise it as a rollercoaster IN THE PAMPHLET. The most it does is go up and down a little but it's mostly a bunch of sharp turns and some neon writing on the walls. That's IT. And you want to know what the most upsetting part is? We waited on line for an hour and a half for that fucking piece of shit. That's an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back, much less time I could've spent going on rides I'd actually ENJOY...

Today was Memorial Day, so the fam was off from work and my mom decided last minute she wanted to have a BBQ. It was going to be small with just my parents and grandma, but I ended up inviting some friends and so did my sister. Then, we found out my aunts were coming home from Pennsylvania today with the baby twins so they came too. Turned into a huge event!! We spent the day hanging out by the pool, I got some nice color to start off with...and afterward was some delicious hot dogs and hamburgers and hanging out with my cutieface babies. Went to the movies after figuring out Willa didn't have 8am class tomorrow, and I FINALLY fucking saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It was SO fucking hilarious, I love that entire group of actors. I will say two movies I absolutely cannot wait to see this summer are Wanted and Pineapple Express. Gotta save up some mega money for rising ticket prices, boo hoo...

I have also been clearing out my PC computer and transferring music to my Macbook, and I found this video that I'd downloaded and have been looking for on Youtube FOREVER... and I finally found the name and looked it up. It's....racy. Umm, you'll see.

HOME SWEET HOME

On Saturday morning, i finally moved out of my dorm and back to Long Island for the summer! Everyone asks me if I like(d) living in the city this past year, and my response is always the same... it's one of the most excellent experiences in the world, but we all need a break once in a while! And I seriously missed driving around aimlessly, drinking iced coffees from the local deli and spending time with my high school friends.

Therefore, I'm looking forward greatly to this huge period of rest, relaxation, and time with friends. Also of working my ass off to make money but we can overlook that part for now...

After I came home, my fam and I went to my aunts' house for my baby cousinfaces' first birthday party! I can't believe they're already a year old (it was their actual birthday today). So unreal. For the longest time I didn't have any cousins, and I'm so glad I'm at an age where I can help take care of them when they need it. The party was Elmo themed and included a guest appearance by Elmo himself. Or a creeper dude dressed up as him, anyway. But I digress... Everything was great, the weather, the food, the people... minus the awkward confrontations with family I haven't seen in a long time and friends of the family. Something I've always despised is really awkward small talk, and usually i have the ability to make people smile by saying silly stuff, but it's so hard to do that when they're awkwardly hugging you or asking about college even though they don't really care. A friend of my aunt's actually came up to me and we had a really great convo for 5 minutes and then she admitted she didn't remember my name.

And some random friend of my aunt's that I've actually never met before was mean to me right to my face. We were talking about college and I said something in response to a comment she made about my possible majors (Psych and Marketing/Advertisement) being unrelated but also related... i dunno. And she goes, "You know you're not as funny/smart as you think you are... excuse me, I have some friends to go say hello to." And fucking walks away!! WTF. I guess she didn't read the handbook on automatically being a pathetic human being by taking cheap shots at a girl 20 years her junior...

ANYWAY I think thats enough shit for now, not that i have anything else to do besides unpack and I think it's pretty obvious how much I'm looking forward to doing that... but my concluding thought for today? I watched Gossip Girl tonight and I find Ed Westwick a lot more attractive than I thought I did. Shee-ZOW.

THE SHIT SHOW NEVER ENDS

The past two days have been a whirlwind, to say the least. Classes are over so I've spent them trying to balance some last minute good times with my friends and getting work done. Hence why I am updating at 4 in the morning... I'm convinced I work better in nocturnal mode. My Conversations of the West: Antiquity and the 19th Century (mouthful much?) final is tomorrow at 12pm and then I have the rest of the day to get my last batch of shit done. My past few video projects have had a lighter feel to them, touching on some surrealism and a bit of a cartoony feel but I'm going to be a little bitter and more serious in this one. So much to do, so little time....

It's seriously a little nerve-wrecking knowing I'm less than 48 hours away from finishing my freshman year of college.

Also had some interesting celeb sightings. Connor Paolo, who plays Eric Van der Woodsen (Serena's younger bro) on Gossip Girl, was hanging out in front of the dorm down the street (where I happen to be living next year). And today some dudes from a mainstream band I DEF don't listen to were in Virgin Megastore and I hopped over to take a look...also bought a copy of Empire Records for $10. What an awesome movie.

I went home this past weekend with my friend Alex and of course it was a crazy time. Pretty sure he got the full blown Long Island experience this time around, since it was a little short-lived last time we made the trip... it's seriously so fun having him home with me, as weird as it is mixing my high school and college worlds. There has been a lot of that this year, and while it isn't for everyone (or some people don't have the opportunity), maybe it is a blessing in disguise. They're all in my life constantly and I'm the kind of person who likes having the security of old friendships while stepping into the waters of new ones. Blegh blegh I'm turning too metaphorical for this shit show of a late hour blog post...

We (as in my roomie, suitemate and I) just had a major cleaning sesh in the living room. The walls are so barren, it's such an alien feeling after getting so used to having ourselves and our personalities plastered all over the walls through drawings and posters and photographs of ourselves. The aesthetic of the room sort of failed since we're all unfortunately lazy bums, but hopefully next year we spruce things up a little more. I'd like a cute lamp or some throw pillows to say the least.

Facebook is telling me my account is unavailable, and when my major method of procrastination isn't there for my abuse, I think it means it's time for a shower and some sleep. But I will just end off on the note that I met a man tonight who tried to sell me a lighter watch and kept saying "Sexy time" like Borat. I'm going to miss these city weird fucks.

AND UGLY BETTY IS BACK TONIGHT!! YESSS.

About to head out to go grocery shopping, instead of going to Spanish class since I was super sick last night and didn't have time to complete my homework. Hopefully this is the last time I will need to buy groceries before going home to Long Island for the summer. I actually really enjoy grocery shopping, for some reason it's relaxing to me walking around and throwing food in a wagon. Or maybe that just makes me a fatass. I simply detest carrying heavy bags of food across the street all by myself, though, and that DEFINITELY makes me a fatass...

Last weekend I went home with the roomie to Long Island for her first Passover experience. We had a lot of hanging out with my friends, going out to eat, making trips at the beach, driving around smoking Djarums. Passover itself was so much fun, she really enjoyed meeting my family and they enjoyed meeting her. Was ecstatic to see my baby cousins, they've grown up so much... they're going to be a year old next month and their mommies are throwing a Sesame Street birthday party for them. So fucking cute. Jordan was even adorable as i was sticking chopped-up gefilte fish in her mouth for dinner, and that stuff is gross.

I'm truly happy that the school year is finally winding down, now that I have SOME grasp on my academic schedule for next year. I'm either going to apply into the Studio Art program in Steinhardt, and if that falls through, maybe Communication and Media there. Otherwise I am sticking in CAS and I'll probably go for a major in Psychology or Journalism, as originally planned. Yay for semi-knowing what I want to do with life?

Of course I'm sad that I won't see my college friends for a long period of time, but it's only a few months and there may be some small trips to visit planned in between. And my good friend Andy is actually staying at NYU this summer so I'll definitely be seeing him a lot. Plus, I'm really REALLY excited to see all of my friends from home and spend the summer hanging out with them in between working for my dad and babysitting the twins. Making money, hanging with peeps, chilling by the pool and spending nights on the beach.. summer is basically going to be off the hook.

Tomorrow we're having an early cinco de Mayo party since unfortunately, the real holiday falls on a Monday and is right during finals. I'm a little upset that some people aren't going to be there but it should be a hilarious time regardless. We bought sombreros, fake mustaches, giant wall decorations, and a chili piñata. We have a fucking PIÑATA...you already know that shit's gonna be off the chain.

Anime....

So admittedly when I was younger I really liked watching certain anime shows... Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo!, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Pokemon were really my favorites. But as I got older I really outgrew them and sort of thought of them as something geekier kids like, which I still believe for the most part to be true. Like, the slightly overweight ugly girls with really horrible eyebrows wo go to conventions dressed up in outfits they've made themselves that are too sexy for them really to be wearing...I'm judgmental, deal with it.

But my suitemate Eunsan decided to write a paper she had for Media on Sailor Moon and it really makes me want to re-watch it. That was one of my favorite TV shows when I was little, truly to the point of obsession where I would sit on the computer with my 56k modem connection and just memorize the information on every single character on the show. I even made my own shitty little website that maybe my family and five or so friends ever got to see. And I had so many dolls... I think they're still stored in a box somewhere. They didn't dub the later seasons until I was a little older, and I don't think they dubbed the last season at all because of the storyline. For the record, dubbing is basically putting another language over the original, so in this case it was turning everything into English.

Anyway, I really want to rewatch it now!! And I don't care who knows it!! Maybe it's because I'm sentimental for that part of my childhood, but beyond the shitty graphics and generic anime corniness, the storyline is actually pretty decent. Ah fuck it, I would even rewatch Tenchi Muyo! Not as many people knew about that show here, but me and some friends from camp got really into it one summer. My favorite character was Ryoko, who was obviously the bitch with huge tits and an alcohol problem. Pokemon is a little too corny for me at this time, as someone entering her young adult life...

However, this is something that ISN'T inappropriate for adulthood... I found this earlier just surfing around YouTube. From what is apparently a banned episode of Pokemon, here is a disturbing video of James from Pokemon with boobs. I shit you not, he even fondles them himself:

Not in my backyard, utensils!

I am SO ready to go home. I mean, I love school and all but I am so tired of living in this nasty ass room! This morning the sink was completely filled with dishes, even though my roomies and I agreed to all wash our own things 24 hours after we used them - I've avoided this situation by not using dishes or silverware at all. But somehow ALL of my cups were used, even though I've been drinking out of plastic ones for a few weeks now...

To solve this problem, I told everyone I wasn't sharing my dishes anymore and began washing all of only MY stuff to dry and put away for when I'm going home. I'm hoping next year we can establish a cleaning system way earlier on, and having Wendy in the suite instead of Vanessa will change things.

Anyway, here are the videos from the dancing thing I went to yesterday in the park... hahaha I LOVE this guy. Not as much as I loved the Lovebirds or Do-Rag, though.

OF DRUMS, DRUGGIES, AND DALLAS BBQ

What a tiring day! I woke up after only 6 hours of sleep and went down to Washington Square Park to see this Korean drumming performance. I didn't even know we had a Korean drumming club here at NYU, but apparently we do and they are called Rhythmic Impulse... my friend Esther does it at Stony Brook so she has been to a couple of the NYU kids' practices. It was so much fun!! I even danced with them but unfortunately no one except these guys with professional cameras got pics, but you'll have to take my word for it.

Although during the performance, some sketch guy who was doped out on drugs of some sort tried to snatch my phone. I was looking for it and I guess I didn't realize I'd put it by where I was sitting, but this dude in a neon green tshirt sat down next to me. I didn't notice but this woman came over to me and said, "You should probably move, that guy just tried to grab your phone and he keeps inching towards you." WTF. We promptly moved to the other side of the performance, and he went over to a picnic table and sat there curled in the fetal position all throughout the rest of the show.

There was also this little festival / flea market type dealio down on west 4th so we checked that out too. I got a cute new houndstooth scarf for $10, and we both got chocolate covered strawberries mmm. There was so much other stuff I wanted to buy but I am running tres low on cash, especially after going out last night.

Then I went to Times Square and ate at Dallas BBQ with Clara. That place is kind of too fattening for words, but I guess if I go once a year then that's alright. We caught up a lot, which made me happy since I missed hanging out with her a lot. Times Square was a fucking trainwreck though, the nice weather is drawing everyone out of their houses like mosquitos. There were serious gridlocks of people, and I was very relieved to get on the subway and come back home.

So speaking of last night, it was my friend Alex's get together birthday thing at Proof. Proof is this bar/lounge on 3rd ave a few blocks up that is shutting down, and it was fucking PACKED last night. Kinda sketch, but whatever. Drinks were hella expensive too, and in my drunken mind I decided to pay for a round of Tequila Sunrises for me and 3 friends....whoops. Luckily I am going home next weekend and can obtain funding for the next three weeks left of school...and how I cannot WAIT for them to be over.

I'm just so exhausted, I wanted to go out and continue my day of fun but I may just sit at home for the next few hours and watch The Office before promptly passing out. I took two videos of this random guy who got up and started dancing in the middle of the drum performance, before they started pulling people into dance, and it's just too funny not to post once I upload them to youtube.

FUCK APPLE

In case anyone is wondering, i deleted my last post because we talked it out and everything is okay now. Look at me being all ambiguous and shit like it's my business.

I just got back from a friend's birthday dinner at Outback Steakhouse and I'm hungry again. UGH. We ended up paying $30 a piece since we were treating him and some people didn't buy dinner, but all I had was a salad and a soda..... maybe that's why I'm hungry now. Or it could be b/c roomieface just made some pasta...but yeah. I didn't even eat part of the 4 blooming onions we ordered since I was looking at calorie content online earlier and it hella grossed me out. Maybe I should've protested that everyone paid for their own, since some people ordered steaks and I got a little wimpy salad with shrimp. But whatever, not much I can do now.

Anyway, sooo much to talk about... this week has been such a hell trip, let me tell you. Housing was on Tuesday and so much drama went into picking where we were living, if we were all sticking together. And THEN I find out, after I've registered everyone on my lottery card, that another friend on our floor signed up to live in the same room as me without asking....even though I had a roommate picked out already!! It was really no one's fault but there was major chaos throughout our floor regarding the matter.

And after all the drama settled aside, my computer flipped out and my system data became corrupted.... so I had to go to the Apple store TWICE to get everything fixed. This included losing all of my data because the operating system couldn't be reinstalled with the amount of space I had left....

Needless to say, I've purchased an external hard drive and will be using it until its dying day.

I miss my music. And my videos. And or some reason, the guy at the Apple store missed installing Photo Booth so I am without it.... how do I get it?!!? I'm so tired of going all the way there and setting up appointments. Fuck.

Video project 3!

Here's my most recent project from Intro to Video Art class... it's to the tune of Vampire Weekend's "Campus" (well most of it, not the entire song).... but it was my first time using drawn stop motion and I'm very pleased with how it turned out!

VIVA LA BLOOD AND ICE CREAM TRILOGY!

Sorry I post so much about Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright/ my love of both men, but this just needs celebration...

Hot Fuzz duo confirm third movie

OMGOMGOMGOMG. THANK FUCKING GOD! That's right Edgar, save our bb Simon from the nasty romantic comedies.... although I will say I did watch the trailer for How To Lose Friends and Alienate People (which can be seen by clicking here) and it doesn't look completely awful, save for Kirsten Dunst and her ever-present snaggle teeth.

Oh, the cookie-cutter college system...

One of my biggest pet peeves about school is how seriously overloaded students are when they come back from a vacation. Honestly, I'm sure professors are still adjusting back from break mode, so why can't they make it easier for themselves and for us to just ease back into the routine of gauging our eyeballs our nightly over assigned reading and writing papers we don't give a shit about? It's silly how they bombard us with even MORE stuff than we'd normally be assigned to cover lost time. It's called a break for a reason. One of my teachers even thought it'd be funny to give us a midterm two days after returning from spring break. What a hoot, huh?! That's a whole ordeal I'd rather not get into, though.

Instead, I'd like to talk about one of my most recent concerns regarding this college life, and that's what exactly I am going to school for. I'm so jealous of people who have a determined head set on their shoulders, life's plans already written in the back of their mind and a clear-cut view of the future just beyond the mountaintops. You know who I'm talking about... the business students who are going to apply straight into firms post-grad, the pre-meds cramming their Bio and Chem credits in now so they can take those fall back career credits, JUST IN CASE... I have a friend who applied into a six-year pharmacy program at St. Johns, and she's going to be able to walk into any drugstore and start selling prescription meds the minute she graduates. WHY COULDN'T I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT KIND OF INNER GUIDANCE?

My college orientation leaders gave my group great advice over the summer, and that was to fulfill all of our MAP requisites (or basic degree reqs, for non-NYU folk) as soon as possible. Great, so now I've gotten all of my CAS degree requirements out of the way... and I still don't know what major I want to declare. Hey, I'm fucked three ways from Sunday! I'm debating either transferring into other schools to do (a) a Studio Art major, or (b) an individualized course of study to pursue a major that's involved with graphic/media art, like digital design and photography and video editing. But part of me worries about how much I'll really love this, if I'll get bored. Maybe I should go into advertisement? Or public relations... I don't really know. UGH FUCK MY LIFE. There is so much I would potentially want to get into, and I wish there was one way to mesh it all together to make my heart and mind happy at the same time. I guess a little more experimentation in the kitchen is necessary since I haven't figured out my own recipe to happiness.

But less bleakly... party this weekend is going to be intensely off the chain. Won't give out much details before the fact, but if I go down for this one.... I'll be going down proudly. A captain with her ship! Time to call it a night. Au revoir, mes cheries.

Nose.

Packing my things to head back to the city tonight would probably be a lot more useful than writing in my newly re-named blog right now, but whatevs. ASK ME IF I CARE. The truth is that i just really despise packing and wait until the last minute whenever i have to do it. This usually involves stuffing all my things very non-neatly into suitcases and duffel bags.

The other truth is that i have absolutely no idea what my blog name is supposed to mean. It sounded cool in my head, at least.

Overall, I wouldn't say my spring break was that great... actually, it was pretty mundane. But I got to see a lot of friends that i missed really badly and that has to count for something. I also bought a shitload of new clothes and other things i needed, like some cute new underwear, socks, leggings, jackets. Time to gather all of my old goods and put them in bags to give away. I've never actually thrown out clothing, and i can't imagine what it's like. Except I'm not going to have anywhere at school to put all my old shit once i decide what i do and don't want anymore. I guess i'm going to have to wait until I come home at the end of the semester... BOO CLUTTER. I legit despise not having more space in my dorm room!

Tonight is Coco and Lisa's birthday celebration thing at Stolen Transmission. It is apparently also going to be the afterparty for the Tilly and the Wall show tonight. I'm assuming it is going to be some level of ridiculous, if not by my own guess then by the following image made by their friend Derek:



Oh and I bought tickets today to go see Lisa Lampanelli in September at Radio City Music Hall. She's so hysterical, i'm genuinely excited to go see her! It's also my first time going to a comedy show, so that should be interesting to say the least.

Time to pack, and by pack I mean inadequately shove all of my belongings into tight spaces they don't fit into. Til next time, my faithful friends!!

SO STOKED!!

Edgar Wright is going to be directing Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, starring Michael Cera.

IT'S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. One of my favorite actors collaborating with one of my favorite directors. In case anyone was wondering, Edgar Wright is the amazing dude who directed both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Edgar Wright is such a sheer perfectionist, almost to Kubrick craft.... this film better be amazing or my faith in a higher power may just be unrestorable forever.

YAY SUPERFICIAL SHOPPING POSTS.

I think I may actually go to bed before 11pm tonight... my friend Willa just videochatted me and I was like a fucking zombie. She kept asking me questions and I was giving her answers that didn't even correspond to the topic. Such is the life after staying up until 4am the night before smoking hookah and watching Mean Girls.

Today Clara and I went on a much needed shopping spree, on my part anyway. Shopping is such a bipolar area for me. My parents buy me all of my clothing for the most part, especially now that I have my own credit card. But the Jew in me always creeps out from the back of my mind and self-criticizes for spending so much money. How much is too much on clothing, really? I don't go shopping in fancy department stores or boutiques, H&M is my favorite store and they're relatively cheap. Though I also love American Apparel as of recent, especially with one so close to school in the city.

Anyway, I got a really cute springy dress in Urban Outfitters that is so not like what else I usually wear but i LOVE it. Plus I sometimes have a difficult time with Urban since they only go up to size L and I am not the skinniest girl in the world.... but this dress was surprisingly perfect in that aspect, too. Here is a picture, since words can only describe how I adore it to a certain extent..



I also bought a pair of flats, flip-flops, a scarfy bandana thing, a Union Jack tshirt, cute foliage earrings, some shirts from H&M, leggings, and a refill of some MAC eyeshadow that was running low. Overall, I would say it was an EXTREMELY successful shopping day! It also included some green tea ice cream, which is always a plus.

What I still need: A black fitted skirt, a black shirt with drapey sleeves for SX5, more leggings.

I also need to lose some fucking weight. Back to strict Slim Fast as soon as I wake up tomorrow, since I got disgustingly more heavy at school.... UGGHUGHUGUHGUHUGH.

To address in the next blog:
- How amazing the rest of my spring break is, once this has actually happened
- The excellence that is British Sea Power
- Learning guitar and eventually writing my own music.
- Other shenanigans, I'm sure.