I pulled a Jewel Kilcher on Tuesday after my Biochem test--slept at the library on a semi-hidden away couch with the sleeve of the flannel shirt I was using as a blanket shading my eyes from the sun coming through the window. Not quite satisfying...and even worse was how gross I felt walking sleepily to the bathroom to wash my face and fix my contacts.
But man, if there's anything I'm in lack of these days (other than Aaron, who makes an easy number 1 on that list) it's sleep.
Although up until two days ago, it would've been a thesis advisor. My creative writing prof decided not to be my advisor anymore, so now I'm doing a critical thesis--Stephen King in comparison to (more respected) American/Southern Gothic writers i.e. Faulkner, H.P. Lovecraft, or Poe and why that makes him a good writer. And deserving to be studied in schools. Ha, yeah that last part was just a little Jennifer-propaganda.

Yippee! I think I have a job.
Well, not officially yet but I just called them and they said they were trying to get paperwork approved. So that means yes, right?
Anyways, I have just finished two days of classes and the most arduous task I have dealt with is finding PARKING! And it is so bad, I have no energy for anything else. I conserve my energy during classes by dozing and eating snacks, recuperating from the ordeal and gearing up for the upward trek back to the car.
Now I'm going to go consume the biggest crack pipe that exists...or in other words, eat a Chipotle burrito.
Number of Required Summer Reading Books Finished: 0
Number of Crap Books That I Have Read For Fun Since Classes Have Started: 2

By the way...
I been thinkin' 'bout my doorbell.
when you gonna ring it
WHEN YOU GONNA RING IT!

So what are ya'll's (wow that's a texan word) interpretation of that song? I can't get it out of my head, and I have a stinky little interpretation of what he means by doorbell, that I arrived at after Aaron insisted that Jack White does not, indeed, mean his literal doorbell on his door.

So this is how living by yourself is... grilled cheese sandwiches at midnight. mmm.

Right now, I feel like a leper. I haven't seen the light of day for what seems like months. Well, ok, I went to Target last night with Elissa and had a lot of fun, but when I took out the trash today, it felt amazing, the sun warm on my skin and the wind blowing lightly, that I just really can't wait till I can finally have some real fun without feeling guilty because I'm not studying.
Anyways, MCATs are in a week, and after that, Aaron's going to be here, and I want to go to Barton Springs and get sunburnt and sweaty.

Things I've done this summer (chronological order):
1. Interviewed for a job I pretty much knew I wouldn't get at a vet clinic. But I'm sorta glad I didn't get it bc now, thinking back on it, I do not feel like shoveling poo for minimum wage.
2. Went on the trip that was most likely the reason I didn't get the job: Taiwan, which was super hot and humid and I was sticky the entire time I was there, even two seconds after a shower. But it was fun hanging out with my cousins and my cousin's kids. Not fun: staying in the same room for two weeks with my mom and sister, and sleeping in the same place. ugh.
3. Stopped for the weekend in LA to see Aaron, and we all went to Universal Studios, and to visit USC for my sister, and Muscle Beach and the boardwalk, and Hollywood Blvd. And then Sunday night me and Aaron went to see War of the Worlds
4. Went to Austin to sign the lease for my new apartment. I move in Monday! eek.
5. Shopped at Ikea and Target for various things for the apartment. I bought a desk last night, and am going to buy a futon soon.
6. Studied constantly for the MCATS in hopes of being able to get out of TX for a couple of years.

Well, signing off.
Watch out for yourselves...it's a fetus eat fetus world out there*.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4624307.stm
and also
http://multiples.about.com/cs/medicalissues/a/vanishingtwin.htm

*phrase coined from my sister.

"Hey Tom, Jim Carrey called...he wants his crazy back."

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An (apparently uninformed) music conoisseur once told me that Unwritten Law's "Cailin," which up to that point had been my favorite romantic rock song ever, was written about the lead singer's daughter. And I believed her...until a couple of months ago. Yeah, if you're trying to make up some clever interpretation of a song to pass off as truth, that wasn't such a bad one--for most of the song, it works. But after about three years of pushing aside that song for that reason (after all, it's just creepy relating lyrics meant for a little 6-yr old girl to my own love life), when I finally listened to it again, I realized it couldn't be true, because of these crucial words:
"I'll be alright / But I, I need you close / Please stay tonight / As long as you're here / Just stay near / We'll be alright, yeah alright"
So the song has now been reinstated as the most romantic rock song ever made.
And it's sort of just in time, seeing as me and Aaron are starting the long-distance thing again--he's going to L.A. for an internship with Warner Brothers, and I'm staying in Austin, getting an apartment and finishing off my last year at UT.

Jennifer's Room Next Year at her New Apartment:
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Ten things I'm going to have at the apt:
1. Aaron's bed to sleep in
2. A new boxer puppy/dog
3. Foamy hand soap
4. A towel next to the bathroom sink and matches next to the toilet to remind me of Jimmy and Aaron's place
5. Posters: my Phish poster (not bc I like the band, but bc I like the picture), my NY Poet's Walk picture, and maybe, just maybe that black and white poster of the two girls wearing white tank tops and underwear...I'm not sure.
6. Ingredients for grilled cheese sandwiches
7. The Pottery Barn cereal bowls (easily the most barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen items I own, and I love them...it's funny but if you go back about a year or six months in the blog, I talk about wanting these bowls, and I did finally get them as a present from Aaron)
8. My make-up and other various girl things in pie tins like I had them for most of last semester in the dorms
9. My desk from when I was a little kid
10. The astronaut (or shall I say cosmonaut--after all the guy looks a little Russian) pez dispenser magnet I stole from a random locker in the Communications building one late night painting sets at the studios.

Alright, I'm signing off... but first,
Books I've read:
1. Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
2. Insomnia by Stephen King

And also, Happy 24th, Aaron...5 years and 11 months. I love you. ;-*

Haha sorry you other people who I'm sure are cringing in protest of this public display of affection.