2/11/05 Went over to Elissa's, drank 1 wine spritzer and 1 gin and juice, got 0% tipsy or drunk. But had 100% fun, as we watched Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, and laughed hilariously at everything that we could hear over my hacking, cat-allergy induced coughs. This time, no random knocking coming from the washer and dryer closet drove us out into the cold wet night to wait for a guy to come bail us out and look in the closet for us.

2/12/05 Chilled with Aaron most of the day, was supposed to study but took a 2.5 hour nap instead with him on his creaky futon. Then cram-studied physics while he went to get groceries for our Valentine's Day substitute feast. Made heart-shaped brownies and played Grand Theft Auto San Andreas like an amateur for hours. (Note: I finally got laid by my ghetto-ass girlfriend today...if any of you play, you know what I'm talkin' bout...that bitch is nasty!!)

2/13/05 Studied physics, then had an indecision-fest with Aaron and Jimmy which ended up with us at Chili's at 10 o' clock at night.

2/18/05 (I'm skipping a few days to prevent your boredom) Ate at Chili's again with Aaron to make up for the last time, where me and Jimmy convinced him he wanted country fried steak instead of what he really wanted, cajun chicken pasta. Then went to Umi's Sushi Bar to have dessert. Urg. My stomach still hurts from over-fulldom.
Watched The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, which was an awesome movie, even better than Willow, though similar in genre. hmm...now I'm feeling like seeing Willow again. That's one of the things I'll always remember Julia Mosele for, she showed Willow in French class, which was the first time I'd ever seen it.

Today the weather was so summery that I had to break out the Jack Johnson.

p.s. I love my mini-Ipod! It's pink and looks like a little burp (hence it's name Burp). And it's the closest thing to getting music permanently IV'd into my bloodstream.

Anonymous weekly reader, who are you?



I've been obsessed with my "The Early Years: 1996-1998" soundtrack lately. I was working on compiling all these songs and making them into a cd, except now it's gotten out of control, and will probably end up being a 3-volume cd set... so have patience Elissa, your copy is coming.



Here are the songs I have so far:

1. Backwater, The Meat Puppets
2. Buddy Holly, Weezer
3. Mighty K.C., For Squirrels
4. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, R.E.M.
5. Far Behind, Candlebox
6. Lump, Presidents of the U.S.A.
7. Kitty, Presidents of the U.S.A.
8. Peaches, Presidents of the U.S.A.
9. Friends of P., The Rentals
10. Undone (The Sweater Song), Weezer
11. Say it Ain't So, Weezer
12. Mother, Mother, Tracey Bonham
13. Cumbersome, 7 Mary 3
14. everything zen, Bush
15. Glycerine, Bush
16. Comedown, Bush
17. Dumb, Nirvana
18. Lake of Fire, Nirvana
19. Man Who Sold the World, Nirvana
20. Hook, Blues Traveler
21. One Week, Barenaked Ladies (this one's purely for Elissa)
22. Greedy Fly, Bush
23. Yellow Ledbetter, Pearl Jam
24. Fell On Black Days, Soundgarden
25. Sick of Myself, Matthew Sweet
26. Banditos, The Replacements
27. I Hate My Generation, Cracker
28. In the Meantime, Spacehog
29. The Freshman, The Verve Pipe
30. Interstate Love Song, Stone Temple Pilots
31. Love Roller Coaster, Red Hot Chili Peppers
32. Trigger Happy Jack, Poe
33. Today, Smashing Pumpkins
34. Perfect, Smashing Pumpkins
35. The Sweetest Thing, U2
36. King of the Kerb, Echobelly
37. Somebody's Crying, Chris Isaak

I still have to put all of these in sequential order, and I'm also sure I'm missing a bunch. It's not going to be the most complete inventory of songs, but the songs I decide on will define my youth. ha. well.

Oh wait, and then there's that wierd kick I went on with Rachel in 7th grade--infatuation music. More specifically, Nathan Cornett infatuation music.

1. Strawberry Wine, Deana Carter
2. When You Say Nothing At All, Alison Krauss
3. Baby, Now That I've Found You, Alison Krauss
4. Shake The Sugar Tree, Pam Tillis

Yeah, come to think of it, nothing much came out of that infatuation except embarassment.

Ok so, the delayed big news: Aaron and I got engaged over Christmas! Yeah pretty much everyone who reads this already knows, so this is pretty much just for the record.

"I taste your breath in my veins / like waves, vibrations / It's coming up again / Let me climb inside you / Caress your fevered tongue / Spread my wings around you / And we can slide..."

-- Echobelly, "Nobody Like You"

P.S. I'm dying of busydom.

"You better own up to your turds or they might get mad at you and refuse to come out."

(quote for the day)



Yeah, I've been saving this post as a draft for a while, just to remind myself that a couple of awesome things happened on this momentous day...

1. I was in MCAT verbal class, and we had to read some passages and answer questions on them, basically like SAT stuff... So, while I was reading one of these passages, I got this feeling of familiarity from the way it was written--I didn't pay much attention to it, till we finished, and the teacher asked, "So can anyone guess who wrote this passage?" Immediately, I was, like, "Stephen King?" And I was right. It was awesome.

2. A guy from my Erotic 18th Century class e-mailed me and told me the prof. said my paper was really good and to please send him a copy for reference.

Basically, I kicked literature ass today.



However, it is now seven days after that day, and I can tell you, despite how superior I felt, I paid for it the next day. I found out that the prof. only thought my ideas were good, not so much the writing, even though I got the highest grade in the class for the assignment. And MCAT classes have been kicking my ass ever since.

The following apparently, is restricted information.



How to make Chipotle burrito rice.



1 teaspoon vegetable oil or butter

2 tsp. fresh cilantro

2/3 cup white basmati rice

1 cup water

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 lime



In a 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat oil or butter over low heat, stirring occasionally until melted. Add rice and lime juice, stir for 1 minute. Add water and salt, bring to a full rolling boil. At boiling, cover, turn down to simmer over low heat until rice is tender and the water is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Add cilantro and fluff rice with a fork.

(add crack as needed.)

Damn. I just took an 8 AM bike ride across campus and back when I could have remained sleeping in my bed. Freaking physics lab will forever be the bane of my existence.



In any case, it's been a long time since my last post...I guess I'll do one of those list posts to catch up:



Books read:

1. The Poyson Garden by Karen Harper

2. The Queene's Cure by Karen Harper

3. The Twylight Tower by Karen Harper

4. The Tidal Poole by Karen Harper

(These were historical fiction stories based on Elizabeth Tudor's reign of England)

5. Like Being Killed by Ellen Miller (ridiculously depressing, was on suicide watch for a couple hours afterwards)

6. Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub (pretty good except for the surreal ending)

7. Downsiders by Neal Shusterman (mediocre "dark" kid's book)

8. Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman (one of her best, after Practical Magic)

9. More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon (easily the best novel I read this break, half ghost story, half tragic love story)

10. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (an 18th century novel by the same guy who did Robinson Crusoe about a skank who ends up going straight after about age 60)

11. Bad Boy by Olivia Goldsmith (by the woman who wrote the book that First Wives Club was based on--pretty good random fun read)



Movies seen:

1. Darkness (another take on the slightly overdone but still good if done well "scary distrubed little kid" genre of horror movies...it was not well done.)

2. Phantom of the Opera (I have a girl crush on Emmy Rossum now. enough said.)

3. In Good Company (even excluding the fact that I got to watch Aaron's clone onscreen for an hour and a half, this was a really great movie, which I admit even if it makes me seem like an over-50 matron...who incidentally, were the only people who were in the theater other than me, my sister, and Aaron.

4. Series of Unfortunate Events (awesome sets, pretty good movie)

5. Meet The Fockers (pretty good, I liked it better than the first bc there was less vicarious humiliation)



Presents received:

1. DVD player won by my grandad in a raffle

2. Do-it-yourself wall clock

3. Vanilla Sky dvd

4. Eternal Sunshine dvd

5. Framed picture of Colin Firth from my sister

6. FM transmitter for my Ipod from Aaron



One big event that will be spoken of on this blog once my friends all hear about it.

Finals are upon us...



Have finished a lot, and stress should be over by Thursday noon at which point I can begin to leisurely go through my History of the West and 20th Century Short Story notes.



Went to Christina's graduation this past Sunday, and then to dinner at Umi's sushi bar afterwards with her and her friends and family. I've never eaten so much raw fish before in my life... Christina ordered banana tempura from desert, and I tried some (actually hogged a lot of it) and dude, it was awesome, a truly transcendental experience.



Have been to the gym everyday for the last ...2 days.



One last thing--Has anyone noticed the underlying evil that is AOL instant messenger? Everytime I'm at the library studying, everyone around me has their buddy lists up on their comp. screens, despite the fact that it's finals week and most of them are also tearing their hair out over unfinished papers, and organic tests. Man. AIM, the main diluter of the productivity pool. It would not exist in Action center... (an allusion that no one will get b/c no one reads Michael Marshall Smith).



yeah, that was a really nerdy thing to say, but i stand by it.