Real Life vs. Fiction

[mood| amused]
[music| "Brooklyn (We Go Hard) - Jay-Z feat. Santogold]

Story time! (And only because it just hit me last night, which brought on so many lolz.)

So a couple of weeks ago, I met one of Nicole's friends from high school, Dominic. He's graduating this year from high school and he was in Tampa for States competition for Thespians (theater kid, like Nicole). Anywho, we meet up with him at a local mall (a really nice local mall) and it's me, Nicole, her boyfriend, Christian, and Dominic. And Dom is an absolute sweetheart/really cool kid and, at one point, I'm walking along with Nicole and Christian behind me, when Dom catches up to me by doing, like, this high double switch kick thing, which makes me laugh. We start talking, when all of a sudden he tells me to start walking, but placing one foot exactly in front of the other, looking as though I was strutting. THEN HE STARTS DOING IT, TOO.

I was thinking about the end of my freshman year randomly last night, when that moment popped into my head and all of a sudden it hit me. You know that whole, life imitating art thing? Yeah, well, I just had a moment that could've been straight out of Theories on How Danger Finds Us. Which is funny because I'm also a redhead, like Ginny, and Dom would TOTALLY be Blaise in that instance.

I had a nice little chuckle to myself after I realized that. XD I'm a dork; I know.

In other news, I LITERALLY JUST GOT MY PROMPT FOR THE D/G FIC EXCHANGE. It was my second choice. :( I usually get my first, but oh well. I have a feeling that this one is going to be a bit harder for me, but I have some interesting ideas. I'm just hoping that I can put a new twist on something that's been done before and by an author I really respect in the fandom. :/

xoxox

[mood| confused]
[music| "Let's Make Out" - Does Offend You, Yeah?]

Well now that some of the "drama" that was going on between me and Rio has been sorted out, some drama has been breaking out amongst my other friends. The cause of it all? I'll give you three guesses.

Done guessing?

I've you guessed "boys", then you would be correct!

Marissa's crazy jealous of Rio's boyfriend because Marissa claims that Rio's been spending way too much time with her boyfriend and not with Marissa. It's gotten to the point where Marissa can tell you what Rio has done on any given day, at any given time, for the past few weeks. She can't remember her own schedule that well, but she can sure as hell tell you what Rio was doing last Thursday and what time she was doing each activity. (My dad was all, "That's just creepy. D:") I've just stopped caring about it because I've been spazing out about finals (next week and I am DONE, bitches! :D), and if anyone feels the need to hang out with me, then they just call me or text me. No big deal, really.

So that's that whole shebang with Marissa and Rio.

My friend, Nicole, has been having some issues with her roommate giving her boyfriend grief. Nicole's boyfriend is an absolute sweetheart who would never intentionally hurt someone. And even if he did, he would apologize profusely for it. Like, I just don't see it in the guy to be a total douche bag. But, Nicole's roommate has somehow found a way to not like the guy. We've all narrowed it down to jealousy because Nicole's roommate has never had a boyfriend before (I mean, neither have I, but geez. I'm always happy for my friends when they get a new significant other. Unless, that SO turns the friend against me. But that is for another entry), and the roommate has somehow gotten it into her head that Nicole spends more time with her boyfriend that she does her roommate. I just feel really bad for both Nicole and her roommate. I feel bad for Nicole in that she has to deal with this in the last few weeks of school, especially since her roommate has started to bad mouth her boyfriend to their mutual friends. And I feel bad for the roommate because she's wrecking the really awesome friendship that her and Nicole had because of her jealousy.

It's things like this that make me wonder if it's even worth it to want a boyfriend. I mean, it would be nice and all, but honestly? I sure as shit do not want some fuckery to start up amongst my friends because of some guy. It's just not worth it. The friends that I've made at USF have become really close to me and it would just be stupid of me to throw all of those friendships away for some guy. I mean, I know that my friends who don't go to school with me would be genuinely happy because they're awesome like that, but the friends that I've made at USF seem more prone to jealousy. :/ That might be a problem...

OH! And news on the 5 Guy, Tree-Climbing Fortress of WTFuckery (yes; that's what I've named it): no, I haven't approached "Blond Boy" about it, although I did see him at lunch today. But, speaking of him, Rio and I have decided to rename him "Bear Grylls" for some very important reasons:

1) The boy is HOT, but his facial hair is getting a bit redonk. Not gonna lie. :/ It makes me wish for the days when he was clean-shaven and he could stop a conversation because of how gorgeous he looked (this actually happened to me and my friends. We were sitting down to eat when he walked by. We were talking and all conversation stopped because we just had to look at him).
2) He has an atladle. No joke.
3) It's rumored that he has killed one of the ducks that lives on campus and took it back to his dorm for some eatings. 0_o Not sure how I feel about this one...
4) He has a bow and arrow.
5) He has a knife holder attached to his pants at all times.
6) The boy's from Sarasota and there's about fuck all to do there. It's where Florida slowly goes from Miami-esque areas to cow country.

I told Rio that the next time we see him, I wouldn't be surprised to see him tearing through a fish he just caught.

xoxox

[mood| busy]
[music| "Zero" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs]

Things to do before the semester ends:

» Write short story for Narration and Description. (Ideas? I'm kind of spent...)
» Study for Stats tests (test 4 and the final).
» Actually read the material for American Government. Specifically chapters 10, 11, and 13.
» Same goes for my Honors class...
» Try to get chapter 9 for Theories on How Danger Finds Us done.
» Email Melanie to let her know how my semester went (MAKE IT LENGTHY).

In other news, school is sucking the life out of me, I spoke at a seminar today on college survival skills and OWNED. I was the only one that was approached by high school kids afterward to answer more questions. :D It made me feel awesome.

And now I'm copying notes for a class, talking to Dan on AIM (I'M BAD. I KNOW), and doing general reading on ontd_twatlight.

I want to go to bed soon, but I don't think that's going to happen. :/

ALSO, new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is awesome. :D I've been listening to it non-stop.

[mood| energetic]
[music| "Omigod You Guys" - Original Broadway Cast, Legally Blonde The Musical]

Since it's transitioning into spring and all, I decided that it was time to lose the Slytherin-esque layout that I had (as much as I love Shalom Harlow), and switch it out for one that was more colorful and spring-like. The photos in the header are from an editorial in V Magazine, but I found them online at foto_decadent: Bloom. The template for the layout is from thefulcrum: Template for Mixit. And the header is made by me. Hope you all like it. :)

Anyways, last night I saw the touring cast version of Legally Blonde The Musical with my friend, Genna. It was such a cute show. :D ( Omigod You Guys! )

[mood| contemplative]
[music| "Neighbourhood" - Ruby Coast]

[EDIT] I'M GOING TO THE CONCERT! :D [/EDIT]


So I'm considering driving up to Tallahassee to see The Ting Tings with my friend, Lisa.

Pros:

» I haven't seen Lisa in a long time, so it would be nice to spend some time with her.
» I've never been to Tallahassee (the Florida state capital) in the 19 years that I've been a Florida resident.
» Lisa's offered to not only pay for my ticket, but to give me lodging in her room for the night.
» It's not like I've driven for long periods of time by myself before. I normally drive the 3 and half hours down to my house in SoFla by myself all the time.
» I would LOVE to see The Ting Tings live. :D
» My 5pm American Government class has been canceled for this Tuesday! (It's a sign!)

Cons:

» I really don't want to drive the 4 hours to Tally.... XD
» The concert's on a Tuesday and I have class on Wednesday. (But at 12 pm!)
» My parents will probably be adverse to me going to Tally all by my onesie.
» I would have to avoid my friend, Dan, who goes to school in Tally for various reasons that are for another entry.

The pros outweigh the cons...

I still have to call my parents and ask them about it, especially since Lisa likes my parents and doesn't want to be on their bad side. :P

[mood| tired]
[music| "Wrestlers (Sticky Dirty Pop Remix)" - Hot Chip]

So I'm almost done registering for my classes for next fall. I'm taking Basic Economics (again. I'm an epic fail at online classes), Intro to Urban Politics and Government, an Honors class about evolution, and some other Honors class. I tried to sign up for the other Honors class that I originally wanted which was about Australia, taught by this Australian dude, but by the time I was able to sign up, it was GONE. :( And today is the first day that ANYONE is allowed to sign up for classes for next fall. Plus, not everyone is allowed to sign up on the first day -- seniors and Honors kids get top priority before anyone else, so I get to register before all of my friends do. I hope I signed up for the class about Korea instead because all of the other ones are about the Middle East and while I don't mind learning about it, those classes aren't my top preference. And what sucks even more is that the Honors website is down so I can't even check which class I signed up for. :( I have to sign up for French tomorrow, though, since I had to get a permit to take freaking French I. I dunno.

Anywho, I had to take a break from Twilight because there's only so much I can handle and there's only so much soothing RPattz! is able to provide visually. I told Erin that I forgot how many awful lines there were in that movie (which is rather sad, considering that the screenplay writer got nominated for two Emmys for her work on Dexter, I believe), not to mention the fact that Kristen Stewart is practically deadpan for the ENTIRE FREAKING FILM!

Blergh. I'm getting tired and I need to take a shower. And it's only 9:03. Not cool.

[mood| annoyed]
[music| "Starstruck" - Lady Gaga, Space Cowboy and Flo Rida]

There's only so much I can tolerate from girls my age. WARNING: Do not continue to read if you do not abide whining. But, then again, I think everyone is entitled to it every once in a while. :P

( Reasons on Why I Cannot Stand My Friends Sometimes )

If you want to put in your thoughts, feel free.

xoxox

[mood| stressed]
[music| "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" - Ida Maria]


So I completely forgot to post my most recent creative writing assignment. I have one due this coming Tuesday that is supposed to be about 4 or more pages with loads of dialogue. In fact, my professor announced that the more dialogue we have, the better our grade. And after conferencing with my friend, Lisa, I have decided that I'm going to basically write out another Ginny plus the Slytherins dinner sequence Theories-style only without the whole first person narration and different names for the characters. It's snark. I'm good at snark. It'll be easy for me to write 4 or more pages of snarky conversation. Although, if you all have any suggestions, please feel free to share.

Anywho, here's my latest assignment, titled "Flesh, Blood, and Bone". Yes, it's about a cadaver. And yes, I DID get the title from a Harry and the Potters song.

( Flesh, Blood, and Bone )

Back to Buffy! I've been working my way through all of the seasons thanks to the lovely Surf the Channel. I'm on season 3, so Angel's gone from good to bad to worse to back to good again, Spike and Drusilla are gone (but Spike's about to show up again. I'm prepared with my drool bucket this time. :P), Willow's with Oz (whom I ADORE. I forgot how much I freaking loved Seth Green as Oz), Xander's with Cordelia (but Xander's being a bit of a douche right now...), Faith's showed up, Willow and Xander are sneaking around behind Oz and Cordi's backs, Buffy's mom knows about the whole slayer-shebang, and the Mayor's freaking insane. Some of my favorite characters haven't even shown up yet, too (Anya is absolutely wonderful and I LOVE the Nerds of Doom).

[mood| calm]
[music| "Poker Face" - Lady GaGa]

So I was cleaning out the nifty LeSportsac messenger bag that I use for school today and lookie at what I found! (You can click on it to make it bigger.)



Yes, you read that correctly. Scientology, the religion of Tom Cruise, Will Smith, John Travolta, and the Beckhams, has found its way to lil ol USF. I guess I had gotten the paper in passing to a class and stuffed it my bag without really looking at it. Good thing, too, otherwise I might have laughed at the person who gave it to me. I'm sorry, but I don't consider something based off of the works of a science-fiction writer to be a true religion. No offense to those who DO practice it; what may work for one person may not work for everyone else and, granted, Scientology has helped a rather decent amount of people, but still. The mere mention of the religion make my friends and I lolz.

Here's my nifty bag for those curious:



By the way, because I just feel like it, I did something that I remember talking to turkeyish about. I don't remember when, exactly, but I remember her mentioning that she had considered writing a story out of order, depending on what point in the story she felt like writing about at the time, and then putting the thing together like a jigsaw. Well, I had a semi-strange dream a couple of nights ago that, well, inspired me to write it out. Basically, I skipped ahead in the time line for Theories on How Danger Finds Us since I've had the story planned out since the beginning 'cause when I woke up the next morning I couldn't help thinking that the events of the dream would fit so perfectly with Theories. (This will probably be the only time I'll have a Stephenie Meyers moment.) I haven't written the entire chapter out yet, hell, I don't even know what chapter it would be, but I've decided to post some of what I've written, taking out the one little spoiler bit:

( Theories on How Danger Finds Us, Chapter ??? )

So I happened to look to the side of my screen just now and what advertisement do I see that LJ has bestowed upon me? THE OFFICIAL TOM CRUISE WEBSITE. I see what you did there, LJ. Coincidence? I think not, LJ. I think not.

[mood| dorky]
[music| "Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare" - Matt & Kim]

So my friend, Leah, bought the game Catchphrase to play with the girls in our dorm since we like playing board games together and whatnot (I got Apples to Apples for my birthday this year). If you've never heard of Catchphrase, it's this electronic game where you have different categories (food, entertainment, the world, everything, etc.) and each category has a list of words or phrases. The point of it is to describe the phrase to your partner before time runs out in order to get a point. Kind of like the game Password or Taboo.

Anyways, Nicole and I initially paired up and played a couple of rounds against other pairs. After a while, no one else wanted to play and so Nicole and I decided to see how many we could get per round, but only focusing on the entertainment category since we're total pop culture junkies (Remember that show The World Series of Pop Culture? Nicole and I wanted to try out if they still had it going. Our team name? The Triwizard Champions).

So we're playing and I notice that our friend, Erin, has her computer screen facing towards us. We stop a round and I turn to Erin and ask, "Is that recording?" She had been recording us for a minutes or so, but Nicole and I being the good sports that we are decide to keep it going. What resulted is this 13-ish minute video of Nicole and I playing Catchphrase, separated over three parts on Facebook. I just wish that I could put up the link, but alas, I'm pretty sure that I cannot. I have to ask Erin if she posted them onto YouTube as well because it's just so crazy.

xoxox