This is my first blog as a nineteen year old.

It's not going to be very exciting.



I'm not feeling well.
My temperature is 99.5.
I've got a massive headache.
I must've sneezed two hundred times today.
And tomorrow is going to be the first day of college that I miss. :(
I feel really awful that I'm going to miss my Principles of Acting exam.
And the make-up exam "may or may not" be more difficult, and will be from the book.

SO. That Psych test I was super worried about?
Yeah, I passed it. Barely. I got a 65% on it. And I've still got a D in the class. Which ios very upsetting, but it's whatever. At least I'm passing. Even if it is only barely.

I took an exam in Business today. I won't lie, my head was pretty foggy, so I probably didn't do very well on it. I hope I made good guesses on the multiple choice and my essay questions get at least partial credit. And what's worse is that I went a study group for over an hour. And I still managed to study all the wrong things. What little studying I did was for the most part, in vein. How sad.

How was my birthday, you ask?
It was pretty amazing.
All of my best friends were there. And a couple of surprise new friends. And someone I hadn't seen in forever, which I was pleasantly surprised about.
Some drama went down, unrelated to me, of course, save the location. But I didn't let it ruin anything, because it was settled in a timely fashion, and I still had plenty of time to share my delicious brownie sundae with my new friends. :)

And so far, being nineteen isn't very impressive.
I won't lie, all that's happened is a lot of baking, a study group, work, an exam, and a potential illness. Awesome, right? NOTTT.

But, I have been having rather interesting and hopefully prophetic dreams. (:






So, I will conclude my aimless blog post with my last thought before bed: I know he wants me because "he does not make typos on accident."

Goodnight.


xx

My birthday's coming.

and if I had one wish, yeah, you'd be it.

Nineteen years ago (in two days) is when my wonderful mother gave birth to the amazingness that would grow into ME. (:
My parents are awesome. I love them.

Ahem. My birthday is this Saturday.
My bestie's birthday is next Saturday (Halloween.)
And my best friend's birthday is  on March 17 (St. Patty's Day.)
(Just pointing out that my two best friends have birthdays on holidays.)

I won't lie. This whole week has pretty much been dedicated to me.
And everything up until after school today was Spitze.
I was supa excited to celebrate my my last day with two years until twenty (because after all, nineteen is the last year of the teens!) but now I'm not very excited anymore.
The plan is to have everyone meet up at Mickey Finns to watch UFC104.
I decided Dana White must realllly like me to hold one of the biggest fights in the history of UFC on my birthday. (:
So no school tomorrow, which is my birthday eve. Free allll day. Except maybe going to a Cross Cultural event at school—there's going to be a drum circle where there's a performance with over 40 drums, which we get to learn how to play. It sounds kind of badass.
Anyway. That's really all I've got planned for my birthday weekend. And I might be going out to watch Bragging Rights on Sunday.
OH CRAP. I just remembered that this weekend sometime there's probably going to be a study group for my Business exam.
We played pre-exam Jeopardy and despite winning and getting two bonus points on the exam, I did horribly and I knew way less material than I thought I did.
So I definitely need that study time.

Anyway.
That is all.
This is probably my last blog as an eighteen year old.
I will continue to babble and waste your time again soon, but it will be as a nineteen year old.




xx

Day of Amazing.

So today, I saw someone I haven't seen in a few months.
Considering I hadn't thought of him in ages, I was very surprised to find that he still gave me butterflies. (:

But more importantly, I spent time with @bbyola for the first time in like, weeks.
We went to Blockbuster to holla, and then to Publix to holla.
(We were both approached by cutesy boys. :D)

So, in conclusion, my friends are the best friends of all time.
....OF ALL TIME!






Anyway.
Non-related to boys.
(Well, directly anyway.)

Tomorrow I have work and Business.
(Business is my favorite class this semester, by the way.)
Anyway. Wednesday we're doing review Jeopardy for business, and next week is our exam.
Then after class and gym (hopefully) I have to study for my Psychology exam, which I have to pass because I need to raise my grade, on the real. I bombed my last exam, and I currently have a D- in the class, which is not acceptable. I have A's and B's in every other class I'm taking, and I am not going to let a ridiculously difficult and intricate class like Psychology kill my GPA.

Special Topics in Business is interesting. I almost lost my shit last week because I did really poorly on a quiz. And I thought it was going to completely obliterate my already weak A. So I stayed after to talk to my professor and my TA about that (among other things—the community service group project, underlines on my paper, etc.) Anyway. I freaked out because I studied hardcore for like, an hour before the test, and I still managed to almost fail it. And on top of that, the light right above Dr. Oliphant's desk is like, dying, so it's strobing out and it's realllly distracting. (I think I'll blame my low quiz score on the distracting light.) Anyway, so Dr. O and DJ reassured me that my grade is fine and I was very relieved.
And Azshea, who is already one of my best friends, is in that class with me. Another reason it's my fave!

My Writing & Rhetoric class is my least favorite class. We're writing arguments (....still)....which we've been doing for the past two months. I'm pretty sure other than for college, unless I'm a journalist for a newspaper (which I never intend on doing,) I'll never need to write another argument. Ever. In my entire life. Azshea is in that class with me as well, which is win! :D

Anddd Principles of Acting. It's alright. I get a new script and partner after Tuesday, which I'm incredibly excited for. The scene we're doing is from Baby with the Bathwater, which is insanely hilarious. I'm very glad that I'll be finished with the Glass Menagerie tomorrow, because I hate that play. And I hope I have a decent grade in that class despite my group's pathetic attempt at acting. (I'd like to be a pompous actress and say that it's not my fault, but I'm not really that arrogant.)



Anyway.
That's the stories of the week.
Boys, school, best friends, and exams.
How unfortunate that exams have to ruin everything else.
Boys make and best friends make me smile, and exams stress me out.



xx

Madness? This is madness?! This is Sparta!

....the madness may or may not be that it's been over a week since I've updated.
I know. It's very unfortunate that I am not original and I can't think of clever catchphrases like directors and writers can.
But whatever.
I'm in college learning to English and Business, not Clever, k? Thx.

SO.
I went with the Vu rather than the Incite. And I'm happy with it. With one small complaint.
THE 'SPACE' KEY IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE SEND' KEY, THEREFORE OFTEN SENDING INSTEAD OF SPACING.
And let me tell you, my friends are probably very sick of getting three part text messages.

I was supposed to study for a Psychology test (which I am passing right now!) but the test has been pushed to Tuesday, which is excitingggggggg!

And....I just screwed up a fingernail.
It was only a matter of time.

Anyway. Back to academics.
Tomorrow I have a quiz on Kapitel sieben in Special Topics in business.
I don't know what that chapter is about.
SO, after this blog, I download the powerpoint, study, and sleep.
And the most important is sleep, because I think I school more than I sleep.

BY THE WAY; I wouldn't recommend drinking massive amounts of caffeine/sugar in the morning. I did it, and by noon-ish, I crashed. Badly.

And....
UMMMM....
OH.
Alejandro, my beautiful car, was sick, so today he had surgery and now he's all better (:
And, in a couple of months, he'll be back at the doctor's for an blood transfusion (oil change).

That's pretty much it.
Except that Zoe and I met a new band, and they're good, and cutesy.
And the same night we met them, some rappy guy dropped an 'F' bomb at a youth group function....on stage.
Then we learned how to be metal screamers for a band. We're going to be called Clutch Nasty. And we're going to be incredible.

Well.
My eyelids are getting heavy.
It means I must bid thee a fare night.
[....after I download the powerpoint notes for business.]

I'm too stressed out for an eighteen-year-old.

(Soon to be nineteen-year-old, thank you.)

College is stressing me out.
Just throwing that out there for any/everyone to see.

By Wednesday, I am hoping to have that phone.
And by Thursday, I am hoping to have mastered it.
The thing that I don't love about it is that it's touchscreen.
It's also going to be eighty bucks, which is four times as much as the Vu.
So let's hope that my parents let me get that one, because it's pretty sweet.

My LG Shine is sadly dead.
That was the greatest phone of all time.
....ALL TIME.

By the way, I decided that Kanye stole that redundancy from I Love You, Man. Shame on you, Kanye. Paul Rudd is so much more amazing than you are. In fact, you're so un-amazing that the lovely Lady Gaga is touring SANS you. And that means she'll be making money and continue to be "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" (song title, hence capitalization and quotes) while you wallow in self pity because you destroyed the confidence of a poor, sweet nineteen-year-old girl.
MORE SHAME ON YOU, KANYE!

Ahem.
Anyway.
I have to go to the Social Security office.
My mom claims I lost my SS card, but she never gave it to me.
She has checked everywhere in her wallet, and can't find it anywhere.
So I might not even get my paycheck this time, and I'll have to wait until next month.
(Yeah, evidently work study at school pays students every month, which I find strange.)

SPEAKING OF WORK.
Overall my job rocks.
I like my supervisors.
I like my co-workers.
Its a chill place to be.
Blah, blah, blah.
I still need another job.
Being this broke totally sucks.


Well. That is all.
I'm sure I'll blog again soon.
Probably Wednesday or Thursday.
Seems to be a popular day to post.

Auf Wiedersehen.
xx

My knees get weak, intensive

when you give me kisses.



Let me brag for a second;
Lady Gaga is following me on Twitter!
Well. That's really the only exciting thing I can think of that's worth bragging about.
(She's my newest musical obsession.)


Hmm. Let's see.
I had a 103% in Special Topics in Business....before Monday. On Monday, I took my first exam. And got a 90%. Which would be totally awesome, except that now, my overall grade is a 94%. Yeah. That stupid exam dropped me NINE points. And today's quiz? Failed it. With a 40%. Good thing Mr. T.A. decided that it wasn't going to count as a grade, just as an educational tool. Awesome. Thanks Mr. T.A. Way to make me feel like crap. And then, give me a group with....MYSELF. Yeah. Because I'm not already super self conscious. Why don't you just stick me in a group by myself? Oh, right....because I'm an "intuitive thinker." And then stick someone else in my group just because he missed the stupid test. Whatever. He was a cool dude. 
It's a good thing I don't hate you, Mr. T.A., because if I did, and I was actually offended by that, I probably would've gotten spiteful.


TOMORROWWWWWW (well, technically today on the East Coast, bleh) is Thursday. I hate Thursdays. Just because I hate Writing & Rhetoric. I wrote a damn good paper. And now, i have two group members (yeah, professor, you're lucky I like them, because if I didn't, I would've raised some hell) and we have to transform my wonderful, beautiful paper into two separate "definition arguments." Awesome. Because that's what everybody wants to be doing at 830 in the morning


OH. Also, cool weather, in Florida? YEAH. Today was wonderfully below the scorching nineties we've been in and only made it into the mid-eighties. Tomorrow, when I leave for school, it'll be in the sixties. I'm so excited. (So excited that I just Twitted about it.)


I have to be up in five and a half hours.
Unfortunately, it's a necessary evil.
Guten Nacht.
xx


PS: "today's quiz" is also technically incorrect, and is now "yesterday's quiz." Boo, technicalities.

My heart just started pounding.

Thank you.
It reminded me that I'm human.

Is it sad that sometimes I forget?
Most of the time I smile and I laugh.
But even people who aren't happy can put up a good front.

Knowing that someone can change my heartbeat with the click of a mouse brought me down to earth.



Sometimes my head is in the clouds. I don't really mind it most of the time. I do find it terribly difficult to concentrate on things that might or might not be important. Like, the differences between classical and observational conditioning. Yeah. Things like that, that will be on an exam that I will potentially FAIL. That's when I mind that sometimes I'm easily distracted, and that sometimes I need to shape up and train myself to pay attention. But let's be honest, that's mostly in psychology, which I probably won't pass anyway. Maybe I'd learn more if I stopped writing notes about cutesy boys and how boring psychology is and started being attentive.

Today was my first study group for an exam. I baked a bachillion peanut butter cookies and brownies. And barely anyone ate any of them. But, I made sure to give them all away, because I know that if they're in the house, I will end up eating one, and it will ruin my diet. And I am not about to let that happen.
Anyway. Back to my study group and my exam. My first exam in Special Topics in Business is tomorrow. I'm a little bit nervous for it because there are a lot of really complicated things on the exam, for example: levels of involvement in international business. Yeah, that's an essay question. There are twelve (?) levels, and we're expected to write down a description of as many of them as we can. "He won't expect you to know all of them, but one or two won't cut it," I believe, is what my all-knowing and all-powerful (around campus, anyway) teacher's assistant said.

I started work last week. It was exciting. I can't remember if I blogged about it or not already.... (checking)
I did. Anyway. My first day was Wednesday. I didn't really do much because my supervisor wasn't in the office for the majority of my hours.
I still need to get a replacement copy of my social security card because I lost it (according to my mother, at least. As far as I knew, she still had it). Until then, I can't get paid, which is definitely LESS THAN AWESOME.

I have a paper to write for Principles of Acting. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to write about which is also less than awesome. And even less awesome than that is that I don't know whether or not its due tomorrow! (Please note sarcasm)

And on top of allllll of that crap, my phone charger, you know, the thing that gives life to what I believe may/may not be essential to my existence? Yeah, that thing. Broken! Kapput! Spent! Out of order! NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. So the only way I can charge my phone is in my car, when I'm driving.




Anyway. Enough of my yammering.
Auf Wiedersehen!

Well....

NOW I'm procrastinating.

This weekend is going to be a busy one.
Friday, I'm going to a school event, basketball, I believe.
Then I've got a lot of rehearsal to do on my scene in The Glass Menagerie.
And then, Friday night is the Battle of the Boulevard football game at my high school.
Saturday, I plan on....sleeping. And maybe getting coffee, and hitting the flea market.
Then on Sunday, hopefully I'll get to see my teacher's assistant to study for Monday's exam.
And then Monday, I'll take Ola to school, go to work from 10AM-1PM, maybe study for twenty minutes or so, pick Ola up, go to class, and work out.

By the way, just as an FYI, squats hurt.
And they hurt more when you have a weight.
And it's even worse when that weight is a small child.

Now, back to work!
This is it, until I finish my paper.
Only a page and a half to go and I'm free.

For once, I'm not procrastinating.

Well, technically, I'm not procrastinating because my paper isn't due tomorrow. Plus, I have twenty-five words on the page already (fourteen of which are my header, and seven of which are the title of my paper) so I'm off to a great start. (:
(It's a four page proposal argument, and it's due Thursday, haha.)

So what's new with Jen?
Uh. LOTS.
I put myself on an über-diet.
I started doing squats, which HURT.

Ola and I decided to work out together.
And yesterday, I was hired at my first job.
(Back into technicality, it's a work study, but a job by any other name still makes $$.)
As of right now, I work Mondays from 10AM to 1PM, and Wednesdays from 10AM to noon.
Yeah, I know, it's only five hours a week, but that's just for now, probably for training purposes.

I've been keeping myself busy with everything but what I love the most—sleeping. It's pretty upsetting that I have 'better things to do,' school related things, mind you, like,  read four essays, write a four page paper from scratch (evidently, my thesis wasn't complex enough; way to waste forty-five minutes writing a page!) So instead of getting my summer hours (like, eight hours of sleep) I'm lucky if I get six now. How sad!

So, I decided I was going to try to like football.
Yeah, it's a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.
All I know is you can't hold someone, because you'll get in trouble.

And speaking of football....
My high school's rival football team plays my former school at home this Friday.
Even though I know absolutely nothing about football, I'm planning to go, if for nothing else, to visit friends that are still trapped there.


And um....that's about it.
Other than the wicked tan lines I got Saturday.
My business class required a team-building thing called a 'ropes course.'
I would complain about it a crapload, but actually wasn't that bad, despite being outside for four hours.
And as if that isn't not bad enough, my legs are at least four shades lighter than my face/arms/chest.

Anything else....?
Oh, one more thing.
COLLEGE BOYS ARE CUTE!
And my favorite thing is that they're also nice.
Like, they hold doors, and smile, and they're generally amicable.



I guess that is all.
Now, I say, good day!

I noticed I only blog when I'm procrastinating. Aha.

I should, right now, be studying for my chapter three quiz for Special Topics in Business.
Instead, I'm blogging and watching NCIS.

Hmm. What's going on with me, you ask?
Well, basically, I'm just doing school work and  hanging out with my friends.
My friends are the best, ever, and they're fantastic, even if school is a drag sometimes.
School is going welllll. I like it so far. I don't like all the work I've been doing, especially reading chapters of textbook at a time, bleh.

I want to see Jennifer's Body.
I don't care if Megan Fox(y) has a bad reputation.
MEGAN FOX IS HOT. She is my number one lady-crush.
I have two other lady crushes, and nobody is even close.

My mom told me I should be like Abby from NCIS.
I told her that next time I color my hair, it'll be black.
And that I'd start wearing dark lipstick and hooker boots.
And that I'd even start putting my newly black hair into pigtails.

So....
That's it.
Bis dann.

I should be writing an essay.

Instead I'm blogging and twitting.
That's college student ambition at it's finest.
Oh, I'm also watching Criminal Minds, because it is win.
And I just spent 45 minutes making mashed potatoes only to throw them out.
(Microwaving potatoes, mashing them, and making gravy didn't work out very well for me.)

Let's overview what's going on RIGHTNOW!
So I cried a lot today, because my best friend with XY chromosomes is leaving for the Navy tomorrow, and I didn't get to take him out to lunch/dinner.
And I was supposed to finish correcting a paper for Writing & Rhetoric tonight and print it out for tomorrow, but Mom's printer is kaput and I'm feeling lazy.
If I wasn't paying 30$ per course per day I think that tomorrow would be an awesome day to just take off, but hey, no classes Friday makes for a three day weekend to recuperate.

I guess I've got to set myself an ultimatum now—no refreshing my Twitter until I finish editing my essay.
I should be easier now that Criminal Minds is about to end.

Guten Abend, internet machine.

PS: I love Katy. And I heard tomorrow is free coffee day at Boston. :D

I take it back.

But I don't take it ALL back.
I don't want to go to school.
I want to sleep in.






I am SO stoked for this four day weekend I've got coming up. :D

I feel like destroying something beautiful.

Well, not really. But it's a great quote.

SO. Stetson. Is. AMAZING.
I don't hate waking up.
I don't hate going to classes.
I don't hate hour long lectures.
I don't hate writing short essays.
I don't have having to do homework.
And I think that is absolutely fantastic.

Right now, I'm ignoring the last few questions of my first Psychology assignment. But that's alright. It's been two weeks and I haven't blogged about how wonderful it is to be in college.

I think you get the point, it's pretty sweet, right?

Onward and upward, eh?
So....other than that, not much is going on.
Today was my Baby Ola's first day in college.
I drove her and picked her up, and it was exciting. (:

I feel very mature right now, because I'm getting experience in a lot of things all at one time....College life, time management, etc. And now, I'm broadening my horizons to learn how to install flooring. Not sure I'll ever use that again, but hey, it's interesting to learn anyway. So far, I've helped with laminate, carpet and tile. I know, it's not very exciting, but maybe worth mentioning.

Right now I'm partially paying attention to typing this out, but moreso, I'm paying attention to the TV because, well, Raw is on, and well, not much is more important to me than wrestling. I know, that's stupid, because I'm actually paying for this education, but....I'm still learning to prioritize, eh?

I have some reading to catch up on for Writing and Rhetoric, and a couple pages to read for Psychology.
I totally just blanked for two reasons: 1) Bob Barker is hosting Raw next week. Honestly, I didn't even know for sure if he was alive;; 2) Cody Rhodes is on TV. And....He. Is. Fabulous.

It feels like there's something else I should mention, but it completely escapes me....

Okay....So DX and John Cena just got whipped by Legacy & Dusty Rhodes. Hmm. And now, Randy Orton RKO'ed Cody's dad. And Cody is going to turn face, finally?! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
So disappointing.

I guess that's it. Now I'm in a terrible mood and I'm really upset that Brett DiBiase wasn't on TV this week.

Good night.

growing up.

Orientation begins on Saturday and I've never felt more grown up. I can't decide whether I'm anxious or nervous. This weekend is completely consumed by orientation, and possibly the first half of the week. My first day of class is Thursday (classes start on a Thursday?!), and thus far, I've no idea what classes I will be taking.

My last two days of freedom before starting college are sure to be busy. I've got a lot of people to see and a lot of things to do. I haven't even been school shopping next! The only thing I've got prepared for school is my lappy top.

Now, I'm watching America's Got Talent. It's addicting, for realz. I'm supposed to be watching Criminal Minds, but I watch this episode last week. Boooooo.

Goodnight. More thoughts coming soon.

I will see you there, or I will see you another time.

Well this is my first post here on Blogger. Hooray, Blogger!

So here is what's currently on my mind.
I start Stetson University in the fall. I'm pretty excited because it's definitely one of the top universities in the state. Right now, my major is undeclared, but I'm thinking that I want to double major in English and Business and minor in Theatre. I've been told that the performing arts department is wonderful there, and there are even a few community theatre withing a few miles of the (my!) school.
There are so many reasons I'm excited for college to begin.
The campus is gorgeous. I'm almost positive that school will be much more enjoyable with a cleaner and more attractive atmosphere.
It's a quality school, and I've already met a few of the professors, who were all very friendly and helpful.
There are s o m a n y interesting classes to choose from. For example, there are at least five different classes for theatre, rather than just Drama I, Drama II, etc.
The most I'll have to go to school four days a week. Hello, days off!
Deland is a very busy and fun place to be. There are a few incredible cafés within walking distance from school, as well as a few cute shops. There's even a discount music store.
I know I'm kind of rambling, but this whole experience is so exciting for me.

Anyway. I'll try to post regularly. (: