insomnia.

this routine of going to bed at 3-4am needs to stop, especially considering i only have 4 hours of sleep now. DUMB! oh and i made myself a turkey sandwich at about 2:30am just for shits and giggles, because its not like i'm watching my weight or anything. oh wait...JK! at least this weekend will be awesome...2 year anniversary with ryan! woop woop! i ain't playin, my boo is the shit. can't believe its been 2 years...that's a long time to be with someone without getting sick of them, amiright? anyway, i'm running out of things to google on teh internetz so maybe i should try to sleep...just maybe. 

i keep forgetting to update this.

summer is serious.

i enjoyed my first tuesday off in a while (lie...but still) and had quite the pleasant day. had subway with dad and ryan (btw, jalapeños -- or juh-lap-en-oes as ryan calls them -- on your sub is like having subway for the first time all over again) watched the latest episode of true blood (wtf happened!?) and then got my nails did. been home ever since watching food network and writing. i don't know why i do this to myself...watch food network late at night when snacking is completely inevitable. just finished off the last bit of reece's ice cream ryan and i bought a long time ago...it was delicious, fyi. that's about it really, mwah mwah kissies.

Crap man, I totes forgot about this blog for a while. For a LONG while! Well, it's summer and I just finished up an internship at Reston Hospital. I got in a pretty serious car accident right after my birthday, oh and I'm 21 now! I think that covers most of the highlights of the past months, which I guess is all pretty exciting stuff. Right now I'm watching True Life: I was a fatass or something for the 8th time I'm pretty sure, and I'm doing mass loads of laundry because in the last 3 weeks I went to the Outer Banks twice and just now unpacked. So everything's all sandy and nasty. 

I don't actually have any real cool shit to report right now...still babysitting and hanging with the boyf while he's here. This next year is going to be so crazy...my last year of college! I have to get a big girl job in the spring! Oh!!! And Ashley is engaged to Eric and they're getting married next June -- right after graduation! And I'm a bridesmaid! So much stuff! So much!!

valentines day recap

Hello internet. This past weekend was Valentines Day and it was actually the best one I've ever had! First of all, I got my very first bouquet of roses (!!!) which are BEAUTIFUL and resting peacefully by my TV. Boyfriend also got me 2 boyfriend cardigans that I looove, my favorite movie (Shaun of the Dead) because I lost my DVD somewhere, chocolates, and then the best part of all: he gave me his favorite Dr. Seuss book and wrote me a really sweet letter in the back. Say it with me now: Awwwww....

So it was all in all a very good weekend with a very good boyfriend! I probably won't see him this weekend, but I will the following which shall be grand. This weekend kicks off the month (well -- more like 2 weeks) of 21st birthdays...two of which belong to my roommates! I'm excited that we're all finally turning 21 but it sucks being 20 for 4 more months while half my friends are now going to be 21...oh well.

ANYWAYS. Now lets get back to being cynical! Being a Comm major sometimes can suck majah dick. Every single class is the same, all we learn is that communicating is important in your relationships with people. THAT IS IT. That is what I am told over and over and am paying thousands of dollars to learn. My classes are cool, don't get me wrong, I just wish I had picked a more meaningful major, like biology. Or ART HISTORY! Jk jk.

I really should be focusing on getting an internship but all I want to do is find new excercises that will make my ass look fabulous. Any ideas?

Also...this is a desperate plea to any readers I may have. Does anyone have any suggestions as for what mah boo and me can do over Spring Break? We have a whole week off at the same time and no plans yet...so any suggestions are welcome! Whoever suggests anything shall get a present in the shape of an emoticon penis.

I'll say it in advance: You're welcome.

SCHOOL

i hate it. amiright???

venting.

Do you ever have one of those days when shit just don't go right? Okay I know a lot of it is out of my control or whatever but today some stuff really just got to me. People bugged me, classes were stupid, and frankly I just have been irritated. At least I am gonna go away this weekend for Valentines day, even though VD is just another stress inducer. I need a paxil.

Sooo...I had all these plans for after classes today that I wanted to get done but now all I wanna do is take a nap. However, I did manage to make myself feel a little better by reading www.fmylife.comf. Shit is hilarious. Check it. Peace.

valentines day.

So this week I got bit with the creative bug (who knew?) and decided to do 2 things I would never, ever intentionally do:

1) Hot glue gun colored yarn around a glass vase (???)
and
2) Upload pictures onto Walmart.com, have them printed out, and actually frame them (!!!)

The second one I actually intended on doing some time LAST year when I went to TJ Maxx and bought 3 colorful frames...which in turn sat on my desk with those default pictures of black & white weddings and little girls in them for an entire year before I actually put pictures in them.

It was weird, I admit, being crafty and shit. But I ended up really liking the outcome of my first vase (two to go!) and the pictures look really nice. It was cool too, because when I was hanging them up, my roommate's boyfriend goes, "These are for you, and not Ryan, right?" And they were...but then Ryan saw them and actually suggested I make him one too! So that will be another addition to his Valentine's Day gift collection. I think I went a little overboard with the presents this year, but it wasn't intentional! I just saw some things I knew he'd like, and I haaaaaaaddddddd to get them!

Plus I actually have money this year, so why not.

Love ya hoes.

fun facts.

So this stupid thing has been going around on Facebook about posting 25 random facts about yourself that no one knows. And everyone always puts like "I have THE BESTTTTT family/friends/boyfriend" and "I love to LAUGH!!!!!" and "I REALLY LIKE BEING HAPPY!" And I'm sitting here like, WOW I NEVER KNEW THAT ABOUT YOU! SYKE!!! Put something interesting if you're gonna even do these things. Your friends aren't reading that and thinking "OMG! THAT WAS SOOOO SWEET OF HER TO GENERALIZE ME INTO HER ENTIRE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND SAY I AM PART OF THE BEST EVER IN THE WORLD!!!" No!! I'd rather laugh at the fact that you threw up on your cat in 3rd grade and tried to put her in the washing machine!

Speaking of facts, here are some about me, because I kind of like these things:

-I go through phases of cleaning my room, working out, dieting, doing my hair a certain way, and wearing certain pieces of clothing. I have never really "stuck" to anything.
-I have a general idea of how I want my life to go, and its definitely going to turn out the way I want.
-I don't know why I can never get to sleep at night at a decent hour, even when the night before I got 5 hours of sleep and no nap during the day. I will not go to bed before 1am.
-Speaking of naps, I don't think there's a "bad" time to nap. For instance, I took one tonight at 8pm and woke up at 10pm. That one was kind of an accident, but I've definitely taken a nap later than that on purpose.
-I used to not be obsessed with shoes whatsoever, but now I'm falling into my mother's shoe shopping patterns.
-When I'm older and have a stable life on my own, I am going to rescue a dog from the animal shelter.
-I love any form of online communication and I want to study that and work with that in my future career.
-When I write things down, 80% of the time I think it sucks.
-I used to have a blog when I was in middle/high school and I think that those posts are some of the funniest things I've ever read (now).
-I love Craigslist.
-I always look at hairstyles/colors like I'm going to do some drastic change and it never happens, THUS, I've had the same haircut for going on 6 years now.
-My mom was diagnosed with skin cancer a few weeks ago, and so I will never go tanning again, but thats okay because I am obsessed with self-tanners anyway.
-I need "me" time everyday for a little bit.
-I'm going to bed now. Gnight!

pomegranates.

With the economy in the toilet and everyone closing their wallets to things they'd normally want to splurge on, there seems to be one thing people can't get enough of.

POMEGRANATE.

I don't know what it is about this fruit that suddenly awe-struck an entire nation, but we Americans can't get enough of pomegranate.

Completely curious and new to the fruit, I decided to venture to my neighborhood Giant store to pick up a few pomegranates. To my surprise, I had to pay $8 for two of these somewhat onion-y looking things! I had never tasted anything pomegranetized, so you can bet I was a little annoyed and praying that my next snack would be worth the possible five dollar footlong I was sacrificing for research.

First of all, figuring out how to actually get to the good stuff in the fruit is quite a challenge in itself. One of my roommates told me she watched a video on YouTube about how to cut the fruit, and although I do not recall the exact directions, she explained that it involved soaking it in lukewarm water, a dash of salt, and traditional Native American folk dance. I decided against the YouTube idea and found that cutting it clean in half worked pretty well. I was a little surprised to find what was waiting for me when I cut it open...



Did I accidentally buy a cow's brain? What exactly is going on here? Again, my trusty roommate explained to me that the seedy/brainy looking pods inside were actually the fruit. So I carefully spooned out the little buggers because apparently (i.e. this happened) if you roughhouse with them, they WILL spray you.

And then I ate them. And I enjoyed them. But I still was curious...why all the fuss? There are definitely fruit on my list that I would much rather eat, smell like, drink, shampoo my hair with than pomegranate. Sure, the pom has a sexy antioxidant that fights cancer and crime, but what fruit DOESN'T these days? And sure, the pom has a unique texture and form...but excuse me, BANANAS ANYONE? Bananas have an easy-grip shape and smooth texture making for the perfect comfort food. With the pom, you still have seeds you either need to chew up and swallow (ew!) or spit out!

TOO MUCH EFFORT.

Don't get me wrong, I plan on eating a pomegranate for lunch tomorrow. I just don't plan on buying any of the following:


























Nice try, pomegranate. But I saw "The DaVinci Code" and you were no where in it!

All in all, I give this trend 3 out of 5 stars because while I do like the taste and its interesting shell, I can't believe they have pomegranate chandeliers.

★★★

WOOOOOOOOO SUPERBOWL!!!!!!

'Gratz Steelers! Syke!

billz, billz, billz

So call me stupid, call me naive, but whats the big deal with paying a doctor's bill 4 months after your appointment? Geez they were after me like I had KILLED somebody! I just thought it was spam mail!........p.s. jk guys

Anyways, no real news to report. Gonna go to the gym with Gen in a bit and tomorrow is roomie's day out! We're gonna go see Slumdog. And have cheesecake. Good times shall be had!

Oh and I started classes again. So far everything's going pretty well but I can't help but remember every year of my life where school started to suck and well, I know that's inevitable. I'm kind of getting worried about getting an internship this summer because I want to be able to go to the beach and have fun and stuff and I don't really see that happening if I have an internship all summer long. Crap!!

Also, I have now extended my channel love to HGTV as well. I partially blame my boyfriend for this with all those "Flip that House" shows we've watched, but now all I can do is look at my room and try to figure out what I can design on a dime. LOVES IT!

Lates,
E

yobama

I woke up in time for today's Inauguration festivities at approximately 11:15am. The life of a balla, shot calla. Or maybe just my last day off before work/school proceed to take over my life again, as usual. But anyway, today was not about my sleeping habits nor my problems with being busy...Obama got inaugurated and the world is now OFFICIALLY a better place. I did decide that I hate every person on the news channels who are commenting on EVERYTHING and every move they make (You're included in this, Anderson Cooper). Overall though, today was exciting for that reason alone even though nothing will top election night. I mean, right? I wasn't the only one alone, crying and clapping in my bed. Right?

Anywho, I got work early so this is going to be brief. Can't wait to read all about everything I already saw and heard twice today in tomorrows CNN.com!

it's still clean.

It's been over a week since I cleaned the shit out of my room and I am proud to report that it has remained clean! Also, I have worked out a lot this week (more than once, that's a lot for me) and my NEW BOOTS CAME IN!!!!! So it's been a pretty happy week for me. Oh, and I also found out that GMU is closing for Inauguration Day which is SICK NASTY! Can we say...4 day weekend? Playa playa playa. Normally I would insert here some kind of empty statement about me trying to get wasted on Monday or something, but a week ago I drank 3...count 'em 3 drinks (that's it) and was barfing ALL night and ALL morning the next day. So now I am suspecting my all my friends and boyfriend for roofie-ing me that night because I refuse to believe I am that big of a lightweight...even though I am literally the size of an American Girl Doll on a good day and could live in Shaq's shoes.

But lets talk Inauguration Day for a second. I really wish I had realized that D.C. would be such a fucking riot in advance because I found out that a lot of really nice places in Florida are giving like 70% off to VA, MD & DC residents for this coming weekend! DAMMIT! That would have been sooo tight. And WAY TO BE George Mason for announcing your closing down..oh I dunno, THE WEEK BEFORE HAND! Who in their right mind has any time to plan to get out of town now? Ive already decided I'm not leaving my house at all on Tuesday...maybe not even my bed. I trust no one because I've seen Northern Virginia drivers at their worst and I don't even want to be near a window with the impending doomsday lurking.

Anyways. Tomorrow I need to run to the Apple store in the mall to see if they can do anything about my dying power cord :( All my Mac people out there say YEAH! This is the 2nd power cord that has bit the dust under my watch. But this one is just dead...not melted. Whatever, apparently I'm still under warranty (uhh, someone in Apple fucked up on that one but I'm not saying anything. My warranty should have been up a year and a half ago) so hopefully its free to fix, whatever it is. I'm hoping its something major and that they're just like "Welp here's a free Macbook Air!"

LYLAS,
E

i cleaned my room.

I did it. Not just like, throw all my clothes on my nest chair...I legitimately did laundry, put it away, organized my shoes, fresh sheets, etc. etc. The whole 38 yards if you will. The boyfriend was blown away. Its part of my resolution, ya see? I'm an adult now. I even buy groceries.

I also bought adult clothes today! I bought big girl boots from Victoria's Secret and a big girl faux-leather jacket from Arden B. Both were under $70! You see, big girls find sales and discounts and take action. This is a fact.

Can we talk about how I haven't changed the channel away from the Food Network for at least 2 weeks now? I've missed 2 brand-spankin'-new episodes of Grey's for this. 70% of the time I'm not even completely watching it! I just like having it on in the background. I want Paula Deen's voice echoing through my room at all hours of the day.




She sings me to sleep at night with her disgusting recipes such as "Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread" that no doubt contains 3 cups of butter. I have to hear about how her sons are doing. I need to see how bad her sweater will be. She is my new blanket.

One guy I hate on Food Network is Guy Fieri.



I had a very serious conversation with my boyfriend about whether or not he actually has fans. I do not see how this is possible because bleached hair on a dude + spiked up + JNCO button down t-shirts = douchebag. There's no other way to put it. Apparently he does though, because his website has a merch section. Who knew.

new years resolsucksions

Totes off to a great start with 2009. How many blog posts are starting with that exact line? Anyway, I didn't make any "official" specific resolutions, but one great big umbrella of a resolution that covers many specific points and behaviors. I resolve to be a) awesome and b) more of an adult. That means buying more adult-like clothing, cleaning more, cooking for myself more, and getting better grades as well as getting an internship! Basically, be more awesome than I already am. I know right, it's a challenge to top this monster of a gal. But I sure as hell am going to.

I started tonight with my room. I found out that my head sheds a lot of hair. And most of that hair ends up on black clothing. No, its not just because that clothing is darker therefore easier to spot blonde hairs on it...it's science. I have about 4 piles of laundry to finish tonight and then just to unload my car/unpack my Christmas presents and I am officially a woman. Its a fact.

Anyways, babysitting is going great. I got both of them down for at least 45 minutes at the same time today which was sick nasty. I gotta go though because The Secret Life of the American Teenager is on and I'm a 12 year old girl on the inside. BUT NOT FOR LONG!

christmas thru nye

christmas was spectacular. got an iPhone, makes me feel like a real hipster and not a fauxster anymore. nye was spent at my high school BFF's house with a bunch of kids i never knew/liked in high skewl but it was fun because a few of my fave MDers came out for the occasion.

its 2009 now and i am pretty sure that this is gonna be the year of transition into adulthood. i started nannying 3 days a week this week and so far so good. the girls are 2 and 7 months so its not too hectic but if i stay with them im sure the crazies are soon to come out. also id like to be alone with them and not with the parents because the 2 year old just runs off and bothers them any chance she gets.

and now im watching the bridal bowl on MTV where underagers get married to other jailbaits with spencer and heidi looking on in a crowded nyc MTV studio overlooking times square. i cant think of a better definition of romantic, can you?

hope everyone's new years was great and will continue to do so!