Celtic Music + Spearmint Gum = Killer Combination

So, I haven't updated in a really long time. Maybe you've noticed. Maybe you've celebrated. Basically, I just suck at life or something. Or not. Whatever.

Words of wisdom: Eating jell-o with a fork is tricky. Not that I know this from personal experience. Not that I'm trying to eat jell-o with a fork right now. Since I am supremely awesome and also a genius, I never eat my jell-o without a spoon, because that would just be silly.

This post is pretty ridiculous so far. Haha. Maybe I'll talk about current events to make up for it.

So, Disney and Pixar! I'm not sure how I feel about that. I was kind of looking forward to the time when the contract expired and Pixar would be an independent entity of extreme awesemnity (whoa, I really did not plan that rhyme! I just decided to write "awesemnity" instead of "awesomeness" and then I looked back and noticed "entity"...oops). But then Disney buys Pixar and ruins my dreams. Whatever, I'm sure their future movies will also be similarly terrific, since Disney has been involved with all of the past ones anyway. I just hope that the Pixar people will still rollerblade down the halls and have paper airplane contests. I've always thought it would be awesome to work there. Maybe I should make use of my Pixar connections (oh yes, I have them. Jealous?).

Okay, that was the current event. I hope you enjoyed it. Back to the insanity.

I found the complete first season of Fraggle Rock at Target!! I was amazed!! I swear, the Fraggles are back with a vengeance. They're selling Fraggle plush toys and there's a Fraggle edition of Uno. I hope they start showing reruns on TV. It's funny, because I only saw a handful of episodes when I was little (we didn't have Disney channel, so we only watched it on vacation), but I pretty much love it. My sister is irrationally terrified of it. So that's fun, I guess.

I have a week off from classes, so I'm just hanging around campus and relaxing. It's wonderful. Lots of people went home, so it's really quiet. It has also been pretty foggy lately, so walking around campus in the mist is beautiful (especially the Loop at night, with lamp posts and pine trees).

Anyway, it has been grand. Maybe I'll post again someday soon.

We Fall but our Souls are Flying

I love flying. There is really no part of it that I don't like. True, having your ears pop is kind of lame, and if you're prone to motion sickness, then I guess that really sucks. I think my favorite part of flying is taking off, landing, and all of that floating in between. I even like turbulence. I think that's a pretty clear indication that something is wrong with me.

Actually, there is something I don't like about planes. It didn't bother me when I was a little girl playing with her toys on the way to Hawaii or Washington DC or wherever, because at the time it didn't affect me. But now that I am a bit taller, I am a little annoyed that the windows in planes are at about shoulder level. I guess it makes sense if you're mostly looking down anyway, but I'm not a fan of having to crane my neck to get a look outside.

That being said, is there anything in the world more beautiful than flying into the San Francisco Bay Area at night with scattered clouds, which are tinted gold and pink by the street lights and neon signs? Okay, so there probably is. But it is still an amazing sight.

Maybe you've guessed by now that I was on a plane today. I'm home for the weekend to see my younger siblings in a production of "Godspell." This makes me a good big sister, I hope. That's the plan, anyway.

Let's see...an update on the last week. I'm taking a psychology class, which is something I'm really interested in. It's cross-cultural psychology, so we're basically comparing how different cultures think and raise children and everything. We've been watching some movies, too. So far we've watched "Whale Rider" and "Bend it Like Beckham" (both of which I've seen), but next week it's "The Gods Must Be Crazy," which I've never seen and I've only heard good things about. So, that's something to look forward to.

We watched "The Brothers Grimm" last night, which I'm sorry to report was worse than I expected. Actually, I won't be too hard on it. I'll just say that I thought it was kind of boring and I couldn't really get into it. Although this could be because the volume was pretty low and that made it a little harder to follow. Also, if I was a little kid, parts of it would have scared the crap out of me. True, I was kind of a wimpy kid, but that's not the point. Anyway, I don't really recommend it but I know people who do like it, so maybe you would.

MUSIC SECTION
Apparently my blog has sections now. I think this might be a one-time thing. I just wanted to say that I finally got "Picaresque" by The Decemberists. I've been listening to "The Engine Driver" for months now, but I didn't really know any of their other songs. Anyway, it's a good CD. I definitely spent a lot of time listening to it today during my 8 hours of travel (I don't think I should arrive home at midnight if I left school at 4pm).

I should probably stop talking sometime soon. I hope you all have a great 3-day weekend. Who knows when I'll update again. I've been slacking, but it's for your own good since my life has been a bit boring lately. If anything interesting happens, I'll let you know.

Epanalepsis

Pretty sure I haven't posted in a while. Not sure what's up with that. Does that mean I have a life now? That might be cool.

Finally back on campus!!! So that's awesome. I'm almost done moving in (I just need to decorate a little more, and I have two small boxes kind of in the middle of the room, so as soon as they disappear I'm officially "done").

Not much to report. Wow, this is turning out to be a really lame post. Aren't you glad I updated? Class is good, I finished my homework at 4pm so I have all evening to do whatever (and when I say "all evening" I mean it. It turns out that my roommate is nocturnal like me, so that's good news. Not good news is 9am classes).

Anyway, I found my manly hammer so it looks like I'll be attempting to hang up some posters again. I think the walls are made out of titanium or something. And when I say "manly hammer," I mean it's just a hammer, but it's pretty manly compared to my roommate's girly hammer which is little and covered in pink and purple flowers. Wow, Queen's "Hammer to Fall" just started playing. How fitting.

Okay, time to destroy some more pushpins.