So I'm finally done with exams, and wow what a rough friggen week. I definately didn't get much sleep, went to a wild party, a few not-so-wild but still fun parties, and failed a lot of exams. Ok so maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, I didn't fail any exams (that I know of), and I actually only had three so I'm not really sure why this week was all that difficult for me (well plus a paper and that's all I did all day today and wow that sucked too), because a lot of my friends had 5 or 6 exams and all, and I'm going to wimp out next semester and only take 4 classes even though swimming season is over in february and even though my life will probably be easier to handle because it always is second semester. oh well i guess it's totally my perrogative and yeah can you believe that I got a C in art history? that blows chunks. ok bed time for me.... (no i'm not drunk just very tired)

So I've done my best to avoid studying this week - finals week - and I think I'm doing a pretty damn good job as of yet, so yeah. Last night I had a great time- went to the ladies on Hanover St.'s appartment (jen, lisa-marie, amanda, formerly dave but he just moved out). We had a great dinner, then proceded to drink till about 4 am. We danced and sang badly alot, and everyone ended up hooking up with someone that night, most people ended up making out with more than one person - so yeah definately an interesting night to say the least ( I kind of stayed on the outskirts during this mad makeout session and took lots of incriminating photos, which will probably be destroyed cause they're on a digital camera but oh well). Interesting night. Defiantely going to be hearing about that a lot in the future.... lol. Now I have an art history final at 2 pm today, and a spanish research paper that I haven't started due at 2 tomorrow. Sigh. It's going to be a long next two days, but I can get through it and guess why - cause after that I'M DONE!!!!!

Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! I Hate Finals!!!!! i wrote a poem about it on my other blog, which if you haven't checked out you should. but yeah - aaaahhhhh!!! ugh.

PS, I wrote a really cool poem about snow the other day during that huge ass snowstorm, read it here.

Studying for exams bites big time. Which is why I'm avoiding it like the plague at the moment... oh well. I took my linguistics exam this morning - I guess I did ok. I wanted an A, not sure if I got it, but whatever. It's over and done, I'll find out my grades next week, no point in stressing - time to move on. Tomorrow is brit lit at 9 am. ugh. I'm so not ready for that one. Well I think I'm going to hit the books once again, maybe I'll blog again later when I'm in need of a break.

Well I'm back from the 3 day invitational at Franklin and Marshall up in Lancaster, PA. I had a really great meet, for the most part. Our team was also doing pretty well, as of yesterday we were in 3rd place, and I left early so I could study for my exam tomorrow, but who knows maybe we'll be able to move up after today! Well I just wanted to make a quick post, so it doesn't seem as though I've fallen off the face of the earth. Which I will, in the next few days, as I find someplace to seclude myself and get my study thing going. Wish me luck!

snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow!!

(i figure maybe if i write it a billion times it will happen, we'll have to wait and see!)

I made a new blog!!! The link is with the rest of them, or you can check it out here, it's a poetry website, and I'm opening it up to anyone who wants to post, cause blogger has this cool thing where you can have multiple team members - in other words other people will be able to post whenever they want, and pretty much do whatever they want (though I have oversight). Neat huh?!? Yeah, I know that I have no life. Sue me. When I publish my first volume of my poems and make a billion dollars off sales (way wishful thinking I know just let me ok?) you'll be wishing you were as uncool as me!!

snow!!! there's a winter weather watch for like the entire state of virginia for tomorrow!!! we could get up to 4 inches!! this excites me, yet it's really going to suck if i have to haul ass across campus in the snow....

Apparently the blogger server is down and my page can't publish:-/ Hopefully they'll fix the problem soon...

So I think that I've moved to the arctic. Or at least it feels like it. Definately 25 degrees outside right now, with a wind chill of 13. What the hell. They're calling for snow tomorrow, and I have a feeling we actually may see it for once. Last year we didn't get snow till January. Dear me. Well I have a 4 page paper to finish by 10:30; as of right now I have a page and a half done. And I don't know what else to write. Writer's block is not a good thing to have when it's paper writing time. Sigh.
And I'm thinking that I'm going to ask my linguistics prof. today if I can just take the final rather than write a term paper. Cause I see it this way: I like writing papers better, but I test better and the grading isn't arbitrary like it can be on papers. Plus the paper requires library time upwards of 5 hours, which I don't have between now and the paper's due date (Monday at 8:45am). I do, however, have ample time to study my text book and make flashcards and etc - because I can do the aforementioned anywhere but I can only type a paper sitting at my computer, and honestly my ass goes numb rather quickly. I can study at the swim meet much easier than I can write a paper lugging around 18-billion books. So now I guess I'll get back to this one, wish me luck - and for my sake pray for the return of warm weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This may be my last blog till I get back from Jersey - so I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I have soo much work to do over break, and I'm wondering how much of it I'm really going to do... ah well. I hope everyone has a great time, eats a lot, and enjoys the time off!!! I know I will!

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I don't think that's an improvement...

Wow! Tonight Bella recorded our first song for our first cd. It was totally an awesome experience. We set up a little room, and we each went in and did our parts seperately, though those who doubled on a part went in together. We got to sing into this professional microphone, and wear headphones and listen to the song and hear everyone else who had recorded previously while we were singing. Kinda made me feel like a rock star or something, and I wasn't even singing on this song!! We recorded Goodbye to You, and I do the drum for this song (yay vocal percussion!). It was totally awesome, and I got to listen to it a little bit even though it wan't finished, and we sound amazing!! I can't wait till our cd comes out!! Everyone should get one!

Ok so I just realized that I have NO poems on here for this week! This is a problem that needs solving! Here goes:
Flutter flutter.
There goes my heart.
I think it skipped a beat.
I feel alive,
With this urge to leap
And dance
And sing.
Though the wind chills me
With his breath,
The sun warms me
With his rays,
And I remember to be
Thankful
For all the love
In my life.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I really feel loved now!! AJ wrote the sweetest thing about me on her page!! I love you girl! Can't wait till break!! We are totally going to teach these Fredericksburgians how to party! AJ's blog is britesunrise and you should check it out cause she's the coolest;) Anyways, this weekend was such a mad blast!!
For starters, Friday night was an open mic competition, in which dear Donovan placed third for his hilarious comedy act. That boy definately says things most people don't even dare to think. I was laughing sooooo hard - it was a great night.
Then Saturday we had our meet at Galluadet against them and York. We won - putting the women's team at 8-0!! Then we stopped in DC for a really nice dinner at this great restaurant, and I definately ate my quota of food for the month. Then our bus broke down in the middle on I95 right outside of Dale City. That was definately a little freaky, cause the cars were zooming by on either side like crazy - we were on a median between an exit and the highway. We were probably broken down for a little under an hour, and then we had to get on a rescue bus, which was another adventure to be certain...
Then Saturday night was one of the best nights in a really really really long time. I think it was the best party I've been to all year. I was heading over to Justin's, when I saw Mary Katherine and Cynthia and James and the girl whose name I can never remember (C- something...), so I picked them up and we headed over together. When I first got there it looked like it was going to be a shitty party because there was no alcohol yet and people were just sitting or standing around doing nothing. But then the keg came, and it was a good time! We danced, we drank, we laughed, and basically had sooo much fun. Rob came around 1:30 and he partied for a while, then he drove me and Emily back around 2:30ish. By the time we got back here I was having trouble standing, and there are some details about Saturday night that I'm lacking - but hey it was still a great time:) I wish every weekend was that much fun!

I am such a crack whore!! Ok not really, but this morning's been a little crazy! For some reason I was insanely hyper at weights, and everything was funny, especially Matteo - he's the funniest and coolest boy ever!!! And then breakfast was a whole nother story, where basically I should have just kept something over my mouth the whole time to prevent me from talking and sounding like and idiot. Haha, oh well. Now I've reached my low, and I'm about to fall out of my chair and sleep on the floor, so I'm going to bed! Peace!!!

Imood seems to be down this morning and its screwing up my page:-/ oh well - not that big of a deal. I paid my parking tickets last night, and I now have $13 or so left in my check book, and about $150 total assets. Gee the future is looking bleak. But that's not my immediate concern, I still have 2 poems to memorize before tomorrow, and another test in Finite today - yay for that! Oh! plus I scanned a few pictures from our Bella bash a few weeks ago, and they're now on my web page, so you should check them out:) I think it's time to get to work though - later!

One step closer to Thanksgiving break! We now have just a week left till break, and only 10 days of classes till finals!! It blows my mind how fast I've let this semester slip by. And it seems like I'm doing (yet again) exactly what I did first semester last year and all through high school - I start out the year on a bad note, and then realize that I need to get my act in gear and attempt to pull up my grades with like a week left. Yeah. Last year it hit me really hard because I was used to having another semester in the same class to improve my grades, and when December came around I realized how much of a slacked I'd been. This year I caught my slacking tendencies a little earlier, but too late to fix. Cause I'm a lot busier now, and I don't have the time necessary to dedicate to my studies. Which is funny, cause you would think that I go to college for the classes:)
Well it's about that time when I go crazy cause I'm trying to accomplish shit I should have started weeks ago in the span of a few days - wish me luck!!

So I finally broke down this morning and decided I don't want anymore tickets, and parked at the Battlegrouds. It's only a mile and a half from my dorm :-/ I hate it how someone always takes the parking space that I vacate when I go to work. The walk back wasn't actually that bad, it just sucked something major because it was 30 degrees. Yeah. And we all know how cold I get, especially my hands - and of course I couldn't find my gloves last night or this morning. I had on 3 layers, a t-shirt for the pool, a sweat shirt, and my big fur coat, plus I had a scarf wrapped around my head to keep my ears and neck warm - and I could totally feel every little breeze. I was soooo freezing!! A 20 minute walk is not a good idea this early in the morning - a jog is one thing cause the blood is pumping, but I couldn't exactly jog in all those layers holding my purse, mail, and water bottle. Or at least I could try, but it would look really funny.

I also got my bank statement, and somehow I have a lot less money than I thought I did. I only have about a hundred in my savings, which is the money with which I use to buy books, pay for car problems, and pay for school books. And I need spending money for Florida because I can't exactly not eat for 13 days.... This worries me slightly. I just keep thinking back to the $800+ that has gone up in flames in the past few months, and I get really sad, and really angry at myself for being such an idiot. I guess this is just how things go...