I told you so.

Here I am, over a month after my last post, and all I can say is "I told you so." I am not regularly making updates. I am so freaking busy, I can hardly think. We all say that, and, though true, I do have free time that I could be updating this thing, or doing more homework, I choose to spend my time in other ways. Like hanging up curtains/ rearranging my apartment and doing laundry like I did tonight. Or spending time on good 'ol Facebook. I have so much homework to do. I need to read Comedy of Errors tonight before I go to bed tonight....I have callbacks tomorrow. Let's get serious.

Anyway. School is going well. I'm glad to be back. Really, I am. The only thing that I find is that I am getting annoyed with the same people that I got annoyed with last year at a faster pace, and I'm finding more people to be annoyed with. Not that I'm seeking them out, but they just appear. And when it happens, club can't even handle me right now. For real.

I am really happy with how my apartment looks after this rearrangement that I did tonight. IT LOOKS SO GOOD. Proud of me. Also, I do so much cleaning by myself. Can I just say that? I get really frustrated that I always end up cleaning up after everyone. Why does this always happen? I don't think it's too much to as to wash your own dishes and keep your shit out of the way instead of leaving them in the living room and bathroom...bring it the extra seven steps to your bedroom.

I decided at the beginning of the school year to go vegan. That means no meat, or any animal products in your diet. No cheese, cottage cheese, milk, any crackers, chips, food in general with milk in it, eggs, etc. It's so hard. Not only do you crave it, but it's so hard to find food that you can eat. Going to the caf is really hard on vegan days because you never know if they're going to have more than cereal for you to eat. Anyway, I end up cheating it a lot. If I break vegan, I stay vegetarian for sure. I may end up just being vegetarian. We'll see.

Also, I feel really bad that I don't have time to work out ever. Sure, I could wake up at the ass crack of dawn, but I go to bed super late because of homework, and I don't feel like struggling through every day of the week like I stuggle through Wednesdays. However, I do need to lose weight, and get in shape. I've been saying it forever, but seriously, it needs to happen.

Sound of Music opens in two weeks. So that will be exciting. The main theatre is SOOO beautiful! I love it. We had load in today. That was nice. Short and sweet. And I learned how to tie a special kind of knot for hanging lights. GO ME AND MY EDUCATION!!

I'm stuggling to find other things to talk about....

I really miss my friends. Like a lot. I need to be removed from this campus sometimes. And these people. I don't know how else to explain that. Anyway. I think that's all.

Don't know when I'll post next, but until then, I hope you have a nice life.

Oh, hey thanks,...

...Jarrod! You're the best. I'm proud that I get my own damn segment! That's pretty neat!

Speaking of "neat," I hope you have all seen the "Neature" videos on youtube. If not, you should probs get on that...they really neat, but I respect their distance. Also speaking of neat...my room is the exact opposite of that word right now. Holy hell. So much packing to do in two days. This is where the anxiety attacks start kicking in. And the list making as well.

Speaking of other things that I like (referencing the Neature videos segment above) I would love to say that I LOVE Bejeweled on Facebook. Seriously. I just remember how good of a time waster it is when I'm at school...and packing for school. I would also like to lovingly point out that you get higher scores when you buy more gadget things to go with your game...That kind of makes me mad. However, I have gotten some pretty kick ass scores.

Anyway. I should get to making lists. And all the other stuff that I have to do. Someone please send a best friend my way to help keep me sane through this process.

JARROD- As your best friend, I think it's important to tell you that, although very pretty and classy, the font on your blog kind of hurts my eyes and brain to read...so... Think about that. Also, I don't know how to do the link thing that you did, but I am going to try to see if I can do it, and then give up after I can't figure it out in five minutes. Very good.

PS. Got some new clothes tonight. That's all.

This is Jarrod Odean Anderson's blog. --->   I hope this works. If it does, HEYLOOK! I'MJUSTLIKEJARROD!

Ooopsies.

So you know how you do something that isn't exactly bad, but you know your parents are going to get upset with you about it anyway? I just did something like that...

It's true. I just went to Applause and got some beautiful character shoes... They are what I need... 2 inch heels...Nude color...pretty. Too bad they cost much more than I ever anticipated. Ok. Justification: They are leather, which means they can be polished and used for a SUPER long time. That's okay then. I think. If I'm going to use them forever, I don't see why it would be a problem.

Other things I did today: Go to Spicey Pie for lunch with my RENT amigos. Brought Emma to the groomers. Went and picked up some migraine meds. Picked up some photos. Went to renew my passport at the courthouse, only to find that they no longer issue passports there. Went to the post office to renew my passport. Couldn't renew my passport at the post office in one day. Went to Applause. Felt guilty. But not really. And then I returned home to write this. So here I am. And the groomers just called for me to pick Emma up. BRBS.

Gone 4:25-4:40...Because you really care. I was timing myself to see how fast I could get the dog and get back.

The rest of my night could prove to be boring. I'm waiting for Jarrod to post a blog. Too bad orientation is taking over his life. Well. That's college. Anyway. I'll be back when I have nothing better to do.

....

Big let down. It says that I have 8 whole profile views, or whatever. I think it's counting how many times I've looked at my own profile. True life: I'm pathetic.

ALSO: Just cruising along, hitting the "next blog" button. All the sudden the blogs are in other languages. Bitch, I just want to find people who post stupid stuff that makes me laugh. Contrary to popular belief, I cannot read, and other languages for that matter. Figure out your life, blogging world.

Let me just start by...

...telling each and every one of you (God knows how many fans I have that will read this...) (Fact: The only person that I KNOW will read this is my future husband, Mr. Jarrod Anderson. It's fine.) that this blog WILL NOT be kept up regularly by any means. Haha. What the heck am I doing? I kind of wish that I could see what my actual typing looked like, like with my cool background and text and text color and all that stuff that I just wasted time perfecting.

Ok here's the thing. I just spent like, 20 minutes (I limited myself) picking out text colors and background colors for this stupid blog. I would spend more time, but I'm a perfectionist so that would just get painful. Oh goodness, look! IT'S SAVING THIS THING AS A DRAFT! How neat. Well, I guess I don't really know what to say... So I'll just start talking.

Today, I spent too much time shopping for my apartment (that is on campus, and I don't wanna talk about it) trying to find deals (hi, I'm from Minnesota) at various stores around town. I did waaaaay to much math, and I'm beat. And to be honest, I'm not super excited to go back to school. I mean, there's nothing left for me here at home, but I'm not ready to face La Crosse yet, even though I'm ready for another school year. A year ago, I was sitting, probably in this exact spot, in my kitchen, on my 'puter. And here I am, once again. All alone in this too big small city.

I came to a sad realization as I sat silently on the car ride home with my mother this evening. I have thought about how this may very well be my last summer at home for the last three months, but it really hit me today. I won't live here again. My best, dearest, lovliest, trustworthiest, lovable friends probably won't live here again. We will live our lives, have our various experiences, take our greatest opportunities, and at the end of our college careers, however long they may be, we will find our odd end jobs, in Anywhere, America. (Or any other country, I guess.) I won't be able to hop in my car and drive across town, picking up a Grande Caramel Frappe and a Grande Java Chip Frappe at Starbucks along the way, to my best friends house just because we haven't seen each other in three whole days and have sooooo much to catch up on. As I approach my sophomore year of college, I can't help but wonder if I will ever find friends as special as the few from home that I chose to spend every spare moment with.

Where is my life going? What am I doing? I know what I want, absolutely. But it's going to be one hell of a journey to get there. That's about how I feel. Sorry that got a little sappy. Whatever. Here's a funny story though.

Setting: Granite City with my parents for dinner. So we're just sitting there, and in walk four people, two men and two women. Clearly a married couple and a set of one of their parents. The chick, daughter in law, wife, whatever had painted on eyebrows. They were so bad. I tweeted about them too. I may or may not have nightmares about these eyebrows....ugh. So gross. And then, like a half an hour after they sat down, THAT'S when I realized that the young couple was married. I turned to my mom and I said "Oh shit! They're married! He's stuck with those eyebrows!" She looked like a cartoon character. This is getting mean. Done.

Hope this was a good first blog for everyone involved, mostly me..and Jarrod. And maybe the stuffed, yellow bear sitting to my right.

Peace out. This reminds me of xanga. Look at my life, look at my choices.