Everyone Shout Out Some Numbers! 4 8 15 16 23 42!

So the post title is from How I Met Your Mother last night. Jorge Garcia was guest starring and they made all kinds of Lost jokes. Like how his character was cursed and had spent time on an island. I thought it was very funny.

Its not often that I do a blog post during the day, but I have nothing to do since Carlin is in class and we can't leave yet. My 8 am History class was dull as usual; I don't know what possessed me to take an 8 am anyway. I taught my lesson plan in Creative Drama yesterday. Everyone loved that we had pie. The next lesson was Ty, Nate, and Alec's. They did the invasion at Iwo Jima. All the girls were confused on the war terms and battle. Like, they didn't know what "shelling" was. I feel a little to smart for my own good right now. I thought everyone knew that type of stuff. Harrison cut our scene down in Acting, so I only have 4 pages to memorize instead of 8. He also "canceled" class today. He said that by contract he has to be in class, but he's not taking attendance so if we don't show up he won't notice.

That's pretty much it. Carlin saw our stalker squirrel again. I'll be home this week for Thanksgiving, then I have to go back for death week. That's the week where all my huge projects before finals are due. So I'll be very busy over Thanksgiving. Not really much of a break.

Everybody--Backstreet's Back

I watched the American Music Awards today. Me and Carlin definitely like the male singers better for the most part--female singers tend to dance/dress a lot more slutty. Miley Cyrus actually behaved herself. She didn't dance and her outfit actually covered skin. But I'm not a big fan of her voice still. Enrique Igelsias' performance was really good. Justin Beiber won quite a few awards. I still think he sounds like a girl, but to each his own I guess. Bon Jovi was good. They're one of the old bands that I like. But the best part by far was . . . Backstreet's back! They did a performance with New Kids on the Block that was awesome! And me and Carlin had to sing along of course. I mean, we grew up with the Backstreet Boys, so that was cool.

I had dinner with Kyle and Shane tonight cause Carlin has to watch The Shining for film class. I guess it's not too scary, just really gross at parts. I'm having my own mini horror movie cause every time I turn around there's a snake on the regular tv. Creepy. I'm still trying to finish reading The Longest Memory for History on Tuesday. Its a really confusing slave narrative, which makes it really hard to get through. But at dinner tonight, Shane ripped his pants right near the zipper. I felt bad for him, cause I've done the same thing.

Last night me and Carlin watched The Lake House and August Rush. Both were really good. I love the music and the way sound works in August Rush. And there's cello playing, which is super cool. I definitely recommend both. Tomorrow I have to teach in Creative Drama, so I'll post then and let you know how that goes. But no more Playscript until finals, so I get an extra hour of sleep!

Gotta Get Back to Hogwarts

So this post is full of spoilers for the new Harry Potter, so don't read if you don't want to know. Also, it will be confusing and probably pointless if you don't read/watch Harry Potter, so I'm sorry about that.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows premiere last night was epic! We got there at 7:30 and they made us wait outside, so I went back to the dorm to grab blankets. But the second I got back they let us in. Carlin bought me Red Vines for running back though, so it was worth it. It was also nice to have the blankets in the theatre, especially since I was wearing a skirt. I have this OCD habit where I have to have my feet up on the seat so nothing gets them. It's kinda weird, so having the blanket was helpful. I went in a costume that I put together. I had a black skirt, heels, a white button shirt, a grey sweater, and my UNC scarf. It sorta looks like Hufflepuff, so it worked. But my feet are still sore from the shoes. But when all my theatre friends saw my costume they were all "You are so cute!" Everything I do around those people is "cute." We had about four hours to waste in the theatre, so that was really boring. And they kept playing the same five songs, including Hannah Montana. Bleh. But it's fun going to midnight premieres of big fan things like this. Everyone kept cheering for good previews and at the beginning and end of the movie.

The theatre obviously knew that nerds would be watching Harry Potter cause all the previews were for nerdy films. There was Green Hornet, Green Lantern,  and Narnia. There also a preview for this movie called cowboys and Aliens. The entire theatre laughed and was like "What the heck was that?" afterward. But the preview with the most cheers was Narnia. It's nice to know that we all like the same things pretty much. So that's one I'm definitely going to see.

Harry Potter was really good. This first part was really funny. The twins were awesome and had some really good lines. "Just trying to diffuse the tension." And the Ron/Hermione stuff was really good. Just admit that you are totally in love with her, its so obvious. They did the Tale of the Three Brothers part really good. I loved the way they animated it and how they used the bird images to go in and out of the story. They also didn't leave a whole lot out of the first part, unlike the other movies. Course the next movie will be really angsty. Pretty much everyone dies. I will probably be the most sad when Fred dies. I mean, you can't split up the twins. And they are probably the funniest characters in the series. So angst + last movie ever = sad Brittany. I will definitely need ice cream after that one.

So once again, the post title is from A Very Potter Musical. It's super funny, which makes a nice contrast to the angst of the last book/movie. Same with the Red Vines. That's why I needed those. "Red Vines. What can't they do?"

Hufflepuff's Are Great Finders!

So today is back to the boring, pointless posts that I know you all love so much. Not much happens up here, but I'm bored and blogging gives me something to do. And a place to rant pointlessly, but I don't have anything to rant about today. Which I guess is a good thing.

We had a very ooppressive day in Creative Drama today. Two more groups did their role dramas today. Role drama is when the teacher and the students all act out a sorta improv scene about any sort of topic. So the first group does slavery, having us all be slaves about to be sold while they were the auctioneers. We're all theatre kids, so we get pretty engaged in the role dramas, so that was a pretty heavy role drama. So then we go out into the hall so the next group could set up. When the group comes out, their topic is Animal Farm/oppressive communism. As soon as all of us heard this, we were all like "No! Not more oppression!" In that role drama I was one of the group that was supposed to be "this regime is bad." But after two scenarios about being oppressed I was ready to go "Vive la Revolution!" (I know, not Russian, but still). So now I have a history book about slavery that I have to read and write a paper on for next week, but I do not feel like it right now.

So, now time for Brittany's embarrassing stories of the day. #1. So I'm having a hard time finding my words today and I go up to get my lunch. There was fettuccine or macaroni noodles and I wanted the macaroni, but I couldn't remember what they were called. So I ask the guy for the "bendy noodles." He looks at me and says "the macaroni noodles?" Yes, yes I do. Forgive me but I'm stupid today. #2. So I'm leaving the dining hall out one door and this guy is coming in the other side. I guess he was trying to be nice, cause he tried to hold the door open. He does this by reaching over my head, without standing on his toes or me ducking. I feel so short! : (

Midnight premiere of Harry Potter 7 is tomorrow night! Me and Carlin already have our tickets for the 12:03 showing. We're going dressed up and everything. I think most of the campus is going, actually. Harry Potter is big among college kids, especially theatre kids. It's awesome. But I'm super excited! And if anyone cares, the post title is from A Very Potter Musical. If you've seen Harry Potter, you have to see this. It's also big among theatre kids.

NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Carlin just put in Jaws!!!!!!!!! HELP ME!!!!!!!!! D: DO NOT WANT!!!!!!!

How to Survive Winter Without Hardly Trying

We've officially had our first snow here in Greeley, which means it is now officially winter here. Winter in college is very different from winter at home. For starters, in high school I just had to dress warm enough to get from the car to the school. I could get by with jeans, a tshirt, and a jacket. Here I have to walk across campus for class so I have to dress way warmer. In college you also see all the kids who are not from Clorado and thus have no idea what winter in Colorado entails, my roomate included.

The general outfit for winter, for girls at least, is Ugg boots, sweats, and a hoodie. Wrong. You will freeze in that. I wear tights under straight jeans, a tank top, a long sleeve shirt, two jackets, gloves, hat, scarf, and boots. Although this is a pain in the butt in our warm room and any classrooms that are hot, the only thing that matters is that I don't freeze on the way over. Having coffee and oatmeal for breakfast helps too.

Carlin does not have a real winter coat, although she had one in Arizona that she wore in the freezing 60 degree weather. Why she doesn't have a decent coat now is beyond me. She went home this weekend, so its just me in the dorm. I nver realized how quiet it is when she's not here. It kind of freaks me out. Its wierd going to sleep without the light and tv on, since Carlin usually stays up later than me. I guess I can never live by myself, I'd never survive.

Shoes Upon the Table

Have you ever seen a play or a movie or even a television episode that really affected you? You know, the kind that gives you chills when you watch and you feel like you're actually there with the characters. That's the kind of show Blood Brothers is. I've been sick and was not feeling like going out in the snow across campus to see a play, so I wasn't really looking forward to it. But from the very beginning I was totally engrossed by it.

SPOILER WARNING. Blood Brothers starts with a poor woman in London who gets married and keeps getting pregnant. After the seventh kid the husband leaves and the woman finds a job cleaning a rich woman's house. Then it turns out she's pregnant again. Bills are due and she will barely have enough to take care of the next kid. Then it turns out she's having twins. So she agrees to give one to the rich lady who can't have kids. After the boys are born the rich lady forbids her from telling the kids or for them to meet. The boys end up becoming friends when they are young and the rich lady freaks out and moves to the country. Later the poor woman gets into some money and moves to the country as well. The boys meet again years later and remain friends until they grow up. They grow apart after the poor boy gets his girlfriend pregnant and gets fired. Later, the poor boy thinks the rich boy is having an affair with his wife so he runs to go kill him. The mother tells them that they are twins and the poor boy, angry that he wasn't given to the rich family, shoots his twin. Then he gets shot by a police officer. The end.

The acting was amazing. The twins and the girlfriend did great playing the characters as kids all the way to adult. When the twins die at the end, pretty much the entire audience was in tears, including me. When the guns went off I jumped and might have screamed. Even after it was over, I still felt affected by the play. I don't know if was the acting or the writing, but it was definitely one of the best I've seen.

I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College

WARNING! I am about to start ranting. And about politics (sort of) too. So if you don't like, don't read. You can skip to the bottom where I rant about school. Thank you.

Ah, November 2nd, election day. Which means tomorrow is November 3rd, one of my favorite days. Why? Because that means no more political ads. One major thing I have hated about his election is Micheal Bennett. Not because of his political beliefs or anything; I could honestly care less if he was Republican, Democratic,Independent, Whig, etc. I hate Bennett because of his ads. For one thing, he has ads on Youtube and practically every site I use. I mean, seriously dude, keep your ads to the tv. When I'm on Youtube I want music/funny Internet videos, not politics. And he use his kids in the ads. I mean seriously, don't use your kids to get votes. Political ads just bug me. All they are for both sides anymore is just badmouthing your opponents. And the typical public is too influenced by them.

END OF POLITICAL RANT.

Sorry about that, but I really felt the need to rant. And that's what blogs are for. Now I need to rant about Dump Day. Pretty much on Monday, my professors realized that there's only a month left of class, so I got a million papers and projects from now till finals. So I have two papers I'm working on for Monday and a test on Thursday. Luckily I have trick or treat candy and Carlin's care package to help me get through the papers.

So trick or treating. I've never been and dorms are not exactly the best place to be on a holiday that gives kids an excuse to party and drink, so we decided to go to a nearby neighborhood and trick or treat. We both went as pirates. There wasn't too many houses to stop at though, so that was a bummer. But I have enough candy to last me a little while though. But no one gave out Milkyways. Sadness.

But yeah, with all this work I'm like really stressed. College is not fun in the last month. But I have candy and funny Internet videos that help. I've been watching "A Very Potter Musical," "A Very Potter Sequel," and "Potter Puppet Pals" to get me in the mood for Deathly Hallows. (17 days!) I'm also hooked on "Charlieissocoollike," a vlog by this British guy. Its funny and I like his accent. Especially how they say "squirrel." And yes, I know you all care so much about what videos I watch on Youtube. So I'll let you get back to your lives that are way more entertaining than mine. Oh, and the post title is from Schoolhouse Rock. Yeah, I'm real cool.

In the Fall We Circle Through the Leaves

Ah posting. I'm sorry I've been too busy/lazy to post anything lately. We had this "Theatre for Social Change" project in Creative Drama we've been working on. Basically, we divided into two groups and each group had to go to a dorm and do a forum scene and activities about stress. My group went to Harrison. We had to be there an hour and a half before the thing started, to do a dress rehearsal and practice. My group mostly just sat around on the couches, which is what we did at our other rehearsal. (Don't worry, we did some practice during class and such). But we had a rehearsal at Weibking on Wednesday at 9:30. Since no one wanted me to be out walking that late, I drove over to the UC and walked across the street to the dorm. But we were all so tired that we were mostly just passed out on the couches, especially me. It must have looked pretty odd to anyone walking past. It definitely didn't look like we were doing school work. Kyle walked me back to my car cause he was worried about my safety. We also ran into one of his friend's making cupcakes in the kitchen and so I got a free cupcake. Makes being out till like 11 worth it.

Anywho, back from my tangent. The actual performance. So Gilian comes in and sends us out to recruit people. So we split into two groups, me with the three older guys. What, plan that? Me? Anywho we went around talking to people and everyone we talked to was like, "oh I'm busy" and "whatever." The other group had the same problems. But Gilian was literally going into the newly opened kithen and kidnapping and dragging people to the program. And no, I'm not exaggerating. It was kind of funny. But the program went pretty good. With Gilian's kidnapping of people, we had around ten or fifteen people show up. And they seemed to enjoy most of it.

For some reason today I got so tired that I fell asleep when Carlin was at class. And I was sound asleep apparently, cause Carlin came in and was talking to me and I didn't even twitch. And I managed to take off my glasses and get under the covers while asleep. And I had a weird dream that I was still napping when I heard music from my alarm going off and I turned off the alarms but the music was still going on. I figured it was Carlin's alarm and that I had slept through dinner and it was the next morning. In reality, there was no music. My weird dreams aren't very interesting like Carlin's so, sorry. But during dinner tonight, Carlin said she wanted the chicken "corbin" bleu. I could not stop laughing.

Now I'm going back to watching "Big Bang Theory." It's pretty good today. But Penny's not in it and Amy Fara-Fowler is. Sheldon needs to get rid of her. Both my classes tomorrow got canceled because of conventions, so I have the day off. I'll probably continue looking for apartments for next year. Wish me luck.

Now I See the Flashing Lights

The weather up here is very cold and dreary. It's like winter weather right now. You know, that cold where it just through your skin and just sits there. And it gets worse after dark. So around 7:30 we hear that horrifying beeping noise in the distance. Luckily, I've heard that sound many a times, so I leap up and start yanking on my shoes, grabbing keys, jacket, and phone, and preparing myself for the alarm over my bed to start in. If you wait too long in the dorm the alarms just get louder and more scary. At least Carlin was here, so I wasn't by myself. We also met this girl, Lizzie, and we all became friends through this whole fire alarm thing. But it was not fun waiting there in the cold. Most of us were in not warm clothes and no jackets. The fire truck took forever to get there and forever to turn off the alarm. And we still had to wait even after the alarm was off. We were probably out there more than 20 minutes. All of Harrison was not happy and very cold afterward.

So, classes. Playscript was blah as usual. In Theatre History we had a presentation on Spain theatre and the group's video was really funny. So that was good. Then lunch was egg salad on toast. And for Acting, we all show up and start warming up, but Harrison doesn't show. After 20 minutes, we send someone to his office and he wasn't there. So we figure class is canceled. So a bunch if us go down to Tropical Sno for snowcones. Kyle bought me a Strawberry Daiquiri one since I always drive him places. Why we got snowcones on a freezing day, I don't know. Anywho, it turns out Harrison was supposed to send someone to tell us to not leave and he'd be 20 minutes late. So the whole class accidentally ditched. But he sent an email that he understands that the person never gave us the message. So then it was Alfredo pizza for dinner, tv, and a scary fire alarm. Now I'm just trying to warm up.

So Insane, Of the Mundane

So we just finished watching Cloverfield and we put in Enchanted to help us calm down. Cloverfield isn't really "scary," it's more suspenseful and intense. Oh, and *SPOILER ALERT* everyone dies. *END SPOILER ALERT*. But it's one of those things you should see. I mean, the cinematography and acting were epic. And I love the idea of making it be in documentary form.

Anywho, Tuesday schedule. I wake up at 6:30 and accidentally turn off the wrong alarm so I end up waking Carlin. Then we go outside and it's pouring rain. I didn't dress warm enough and got soaked, so I was freezing throughout my first class, which was American History. And the teacher says that over half the class failed the mid-term and then wouldn't hand out the tests until the end of class. So I spend the entire time worrying if I was one of the D or C tests. Luckily, I was one of the 7 A's, so that was good.

So I went back to the dorm and tried to avoid stepping on the worms, then I crawled back in bed. It was still cold at lunch, so I changed into a ton of layers. I got spaghetti, fires, and a brownie for lunch, so that was pretty good. Then I had to catch the bus to go across campus. Unfortunately, the bus took about 20 minutes to get there and then waited about another 15 before it left. So I was late to Acting. And the door is always locked, so I had to knock to get in and that was awkward. Then it finally warmed up, so I was overheated the rest of the afternoon.

There also wasn't anything that good for dinner, so I had a turkey sandwich, banana creme pie, and French toast. Yes, I know none of that goes together. So it was definitely one of those days. And tomorrow's back to my busy schedule. (See yesterday's post). At least I can watch Enchanted now. Such a good, happy movie. And I love Giselle's dress.

Today Is So Boring, I Might As Well Be Snoring

So since nothing interesting ever happens in my life, I mean, I live in cow-town Greeley for pity's sake, I decided to just post my weekly schedule. So be prepared for a dull post and sorries about that.

Modays are my busy days. I wake up at like 7. Scratch that, I get out of bed at 7; I don't actually wake up till much later. Carlin sleeps till about 8, which is about the time I leave. She hates my hairdryer cause it's super loud. Which can't be helped. It's been cold up here in the mornings, so I have to wear a sweater and a jacket, but by afternoon I'm overheated. Anywho, after I get ready, I have to walk to Holmes for breakfast. There's mostly egg stuffs for breakfast and since eggs make me sick I don't have many breakfast options. Usually I get a pastry, fruit, and oatmeal. I also drink tea and water in the mornings cause I'm supposed to cut back on the caffiene since I got mono.

After breakfast, I have to walk all the way to Candelaria to catch the bus. This morning I had the nice girl bus driver, so that was good. Some of the bus drivers are kinda mean. Luckily the bus now drops off right in front of Frasier, so I don't have to walk outside that long. And I finally found a path from the door closest to the bus stop to my first class, so I don't have to walk around the building. (Frasier is uber confusing; we all make fun of it).

My first class is Playscript Analysis, which is a bad class to have at 9. It's boring and the professor's kinda odd. It's probably my least favorite class. After that I have History of Theatre in the same room, so I pretty much don't move for 2 hours, especially since they are both lecture classes. In History of Theatre we're learning about Spanish theatre. We got to watch some video clips, like part of Man of La Mancha and Mel Brook's Spanish Inquisition bit.

After those 2 classes I have a long lunch break. Sadly, TK is still a bit of a walk from Frasier. I wasn't too hungry and the had mostly Mexican food today. Actually, I'm not really fond of TK's food. So I had an egg salad sandwich and fruit. And for some reason I wanted hot chocolate with mini marshmallows, so I had that too.

After lunch I had Acting. Today we talked about Bright Ideas, which was nice because then we just got to sit and not do much. I know, I'm lazy, but it's cold and I'm tired. Then we all have Creative Drama, so all us Theatre Ed kids walk to Crabbe together. In Creative Drama we did this fun warm up game and then started work on our theatre for social change project. We'll be preforming at either Weibking or Harrison on October 20th. We're spilt into 2 groups and each group's doing a form theatre about stress. It's nice cause it's a topic that we can all relate to. And I'm in a group with mostly guys, so that's cool.

My last class goes till 3 and the buses don't run that late, so I have to walk. It's a pain. Especially since I was wearing a sweater and it got really hot. I finally got back to the room and pretty much just vegged till dinner. Me and Carlin usually get dinner to go so we can eat in the room. Tonight was fries, Alfredo pizza, and 2 pieces of chocolate cake. Very nummy. Then we watched iCarly till Carlin left for anime club. Then I watched Chuck. Then we watched random tv and I wrote this. The end.

So there you have it. What Brittany does on Mondays. I know, epically boring. Just wait till Tuesday. Like I said, I don't do much up here.

Oh and P.S. Look to the right. Now back at the post. I have fishes now. Aren't they cool? You know, for fake fish. They're the closest thing I have to pets. Well, besides Carlin. :p

How Do We Feel About Funnel Cakes? Are They Really Cake?

So a pretty average day. In Playscript this morning we had a paper and creative project due. Some kids did monologues or scenes for their creative aspect, so we got to get out of class early. So a bunch of us decided to go down to Tropical Sno on 16th street for snow cones and funnel cakes. Its a really neat restaurant; its all 50s themed and they have a ton of different snow cone flavors. Me and Josh had to get ours to go though cause we had Theatre History after. I ended up not being able to eat mine until after class because I had to do a group presentation on England theatre in the 1500-1600s. It turns out one of girls in our group dropped the class, so I had to read her part in the scene we preformed. So I got in front of the class and had to do this part with no prior rehearsal or anything. And it was a John Webster play, which is really similar to Shakespeare. So that wasn't fun. But I got funnel cake, so I guess it evens out. I also had Dole Pineapple Whip ice cream with dinner, which I love. I haven't had any since last time I was in Disney.

I guess I was pretty wiped after all my classes and tons of homework this week, cause I fell asleep at like 2:30 until Carlin woke me up at 5:30 for dinner. Carlin left and came back from class and my phone rang, but none of that woke me up.

It's not surprising I fell asleep though, I've been super busy. Its mid-term season, which speaks for itself. My American History mid-term on Tuesday was an essay test at 8 am which I had to cram for the entire day before. Especially cause I had to draw and compare/contrast the 13 colonies from memory. Then yesterday I had my Acting mid-term, which was performing my monologue in an audition set-up. But Harrison said I did a good job and seemed to like my monologue, so that's a good sign. Then of course I had this group project and my paper/creative project I had to cram in yesterday. So sleep this weekend is definitely welcome. Oh, and I'm listening to the Wicked soundtrack right now so I accidentally typed "wicked" instead of "weekend." Good thing I caught it. And the post title is from something Chris said, so I hope you don't mind that I stole it for my lame blog.

I Am Burning Lava

So I did practically nothing today. Carlin woke me up at eleven thirty cause she was worried I'd miss this play I have to see. So I did laundry and ate lunch real quick before I had to go to the other side of campus. The play was "Bright Ideas" and it was really good. It's pretty much a modern version of "Macbeth." The actors were great and it was hysterical. Especially the two main characters. It was a play in the round, so you get really close to the actors and the action. But I was so tired that I forgot about intermission, so I thought the play was over halfway through. Luckily I didn't leave, but I almost did. By the time the play was over I had to go eat dinner. We ate with Kyle and that kid takes forever to eat. We were in the dining hall for an hour waiting for him to get done. Then I did homework and me and Carlin are watching "Percy Jackson" right now. Pretty uneventful day.
Oh, and the post title is from the play. The main guy chants "I am burning lava" and does this funny running in place thing.

Colors of the Wind

I absolutely love fall. It has to be my favorite season. I love how the leaves change colors. And it's fun to jump on them. I also like how it's not super hot like summer, but it's not freezing cold yet. Well, unless you live in Greeley. It's still pretty hot up here. And I assume it'll get really cold mid-October. Fall is also the best time to go to class. In winter it's too cold to focus on class and all you want to do is sleep. And spring is too nice to be cooped up in a classroom. At least in the fall it feels like class weather.

So I had a very good day today. Well, except for the fact that I still have mono, but that's not changing anytime soon. In Acting I had to do my monologue. I wasn't feeling very confidant about it because in high school I never had much success with audition monologues and never got much feedback on them. I mean, my high school theatre teacher was cool and all, but she played favorites and didn't give much feedback. But Harrison was super excited about it and said I was doing a good job. He also made the entire class talk and made me yell at them to shut up for about fifteen minutes. I could not stop laughing. And everyone said I was too cute to be mean.

And Now on to Something Completely Different

This will just be a quick, meaningless post. Since I now have mono and, as a result, no more job, not much has been going on. I go to class, do lots of homework, and sleep. Oh and fall in mud puddles.

But in case anyone is curious, this is my acting teacher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfHM7Ge10JY
And yes, that is pretty close to his actual personality. Sorry about the shortness of the post.

Ladybugs Must Render You Catatonic

Sorry I like never post anymore. I'm just so busy with work and homework, and once I'm done I just veg. Not much exciting has happened to me lately. Although a ladybug flew into my mouth while I was walking back from classes. It was so gross, I could taste it for like twenty minutes. I've pretty much adjusted to dorm life. Although everyone on our floor likes to run around and scream and play music loudly. Especially our bath roomies. We don't really see them, but we can hear them. But that's not as bad as our upstairs neighbor. Let's just say me and Carlin hear, noises, almost every night at around one. So awkward.
Work's going pretty good so far too. I mean, it's work, what else is there to say? At least it pays. Eventually. So far I've worked dirty dishes, dining room, deli, the Dash, stocking, and the Grille. I like deli and dining room. They're really low key and easy. Except for when I have to run in the walk-in freezer; it's too cold in there. And the other day when I was working dining room, I was cleaning tables and someone had jammed a quarter in the bottom of the salt shaker. Salt spilled everywhere and ended up giving me an asthma attack. But at least I got a quarter out of it. Simple things like that make me happy at work. It gets boring so you have to find some way to entertain yourself. I do the classic sing songs in my head and play with my gloves. I also like to reorganize the food and play with the ice cream scoop. The other day when I worked dining room there was a random guy doing kung fu stuff outside that was very entertaining.
Classes are alright. The lecture classes are nice cause you don't have to do much except listen and take notes. Creative Drama and Acting are both hard. None of us understand the homework in Creative Drama. We like the class in the class, but not the outside of class stuff. In Acting we have been doing this Meisner thing for weeks that none of us get and are all sick of. If I were to ever meet Meisner I think I would I would smack him.
When me and Carlin aren't in class we usually do homework or veg out. We watch a lot of Nickelodeon. Yes, we are very mature college kids.

You Do Too Much…College, A Job...You're Not Superman, You Know!

Sorry I haven't posted in, like, a week or two. I'm just constantly at work and classes and when I get time off I do homework. Classes are fine, just a bunch of projects I have to do. The jobs fine too, just a lot of work. And it always seems like I'm one of the last people to leave. I'm ready to go and then the supervisors keep giving me random stuff to do. Especially when I work dishes. I hate cleaning after I work dishes; there's always a ton to clean.

For those of you who know your movies, the title of my post comes from Spiderman. This is appropriate because I got bitten by a spider the other day. A spider that gave me a very bad reaction. It started off a few days ago, my arm was really itchy and I began feeling really nauseous and dizzy. Then two days ago, my arm erupted into hives and I felt worse. I went to the student health center on Friday to get checked out. The doctor looked at my arm and said that they usually give people cortisone cream and a steroid shot. After they took my vitals, like, three times, they kept asking me if I wanted the shot because a lot of people just get the cream. I figured it would help so why not? They said the only side after was slight pain for ten to fifteen minutes. Slight pain my butt! The shot hurts like a really bad shot, but then when the meds start going into your blood, your entire body bursts into pain. It was probably the worst shot I've ever gotten. I now know why most people opt out on the shot. At least they gave me a juice box afterwards. It's fun and works as a nice ice pack! But then they left me in the room for 50 minutes without letting me know if I could go or not. I thought they forgot about me. I probably spent around 2 hours in that office. They drew a circle around the rash and told me to make sure the rash doesn't go outside the lines. I also can't use perfume, makeup, or chemicals. At least that gets me out of a lot of cleaning at work. But it still itches and my arm where I got the shot still hurts.

Anyways, I hope you all have a happy Labor Day and I'll be thinking of you all when I'm hard at work this weekend.

Back to School Again

What started off as a good day soon went downhill. On the good side, two of my professors decided not to ahve classes on Friday, so I only have one, sometimes two, classes on Fridays. My Begining Acting professor is awesome too. He is just a very funny person. It also looks like all but my Creative Drama class will be easy. The bad part of my day happened when I got to work. I left my dorm and got all the way to Holmes before I realized I forgot my lock for my locker, so I had to run back. Luckily, I wasn't in the dish room today, I started off serving at Home Plate. It's super hot back there and I got mashed potatoes all over my shirt. It's also very hectic over there. Halfway through the shift, I got transfer to the deli. I'm not sure if that means I wasn't doing a good job or what. At least it's cooler back there. While I was I was still at Home Plate, I kept having to serve mashed potatoes to all these football players and they kept saying "thank you ma'm." It was weird hearing people call me ma'm. They also kept wanting a ton of gravy on their potatoes. After work I was so tired that I started being super clumsy. I also got severely mosquito bitten at "Northern at Night" last night. I have about ten bug bites. My ankle is three times it's normal size. And I've had no time to run and get Benedryl. It's not fun having to work when you are swollen and itchy all over.

I Can Feel the Earth Moving! It's Moving Too Fast! Raj! Slow it Down!

My first day of work was a double shift on dirty side dishes both times. On dirty side dishes there is a conveyor belt that carries the trays four high from the eating area to the dish area. Someone then takes the silverware off and divides them up into a tray of soapy water. Someone else takes the trays off the conveyor belt, while the other two dump the food into the pulper and puts everything on the conveyor belt to the dish washing machine. Breakfast shift was nice. There was only a count of around 100 to 200 people, so we didn't have much to do. Every once in awhile there'd be a tray or two and the four of us would take turns cleaning off the tray. While we weren't busy we we played a game where one person asked a question and everyone else answered. Me and one of the other guys both love hockey, so we got along really well. We also did dish room yoga and all did trees. When it got too hot we also had time to put the hose in front of the fan and mist everyone.

Lunch shift, however, was an entirely different story. We had a count of close to 1400 people. I was on silverware duty. There were so many trays that I could not keep up. I stared at the tray conveyor belt for so long that I started feeling dizzy. After two hours, my mind had turned to mush. My entire train of thought consisted of "fork, fork, knife, spoon, fork, too fast! slow down! fork, spoon." We didn't even have time for drink or bathroom breaks. And then once the dining hall wanted to close, people would not leave and we kept getting trays when we wanted to start cleaning up. Cleaning up was also not fun. The floor was super wet and dangerously slippery. I almost fell a bunch of times. And I soaked myself while using the hose to clean everything off. At the end of the day I was exhausted, in pain, and soaked. At least I don't have work tomorrow.

We're Going on an Adventure Charlie, An Adventure!

I'm currently writing this post while watching "Sherlock Holmes" on our new tv. Carlin moved in yesterday, while everyone else on campus moved in this morning. Carlin's side of the room is practically overflowing with stuff. At least we got all the boxes out this morning. Last night we had unloaded about half the boxes, but were so tired that we gave up till this morning. After we had unloaded everything westill had a million boxes to get rid of. Not wanting to go all the way to the dumpster, we secretly put everything in the room next door where the glass and aluminium recyling can is. We have also dubbed that room as the "spare oom." Today, we had to run out and get a surge protector and coaxial cable, among other things. We went to Walmart first, thinking that it would have all that stuff. But all they had were 100 foot cables and unhelpful employees. When we left the store, it was starting to rain and it looked like a big storm was going to come in. We figured we could run to Target and be back before it got to bad. Oh, how wrong we were. We got down the road a ways until we came to an intersection where we had to cross three lanes of oncoming traffic, then four more lanes of traffic to get to where we needed. All this during heavy traffic and pouring rain. It took forever to get an opening and I thought we were going to be hit. With much diffuculty, we got over onto a road that was filled with so much water I thought we would hydroplane. It was the scariest driving trip I had ever done. We managed to get Carlin the last egg chair in stock at Target and finally found the cable at Best Buy. Later, Carlin went across campus to find on of her friends and I had just changed into my pajamas when the fire alarm rang. I quickly managed to yank on a pair of jeans, but still had on my pajama shirt. I then had to stand outside for a half an hour before they let us back in. Tomorrow I have my first actually day of work. I have to get up at five to work a double shift that I won't ever work again, so that'll be fun.

The Work Song Nanocluster

Well the train came back last night. And earlier when I started writing this. I've kinda started to expect it. Same with the cow smell. I had my first day of actual training today. It was long and mostly common sense stuff. I had emergency training, then customer service training, then chemical training, then lunch, followed by food allergy training, then a tour of Holmes, then paperwork. At least I go a hat out of it. Although the hat comes out of my pay, so it's not really a deal. Most of the training was lecture stuff. But during customer service training, we got to watch a video called "Cliff's Customer Service Adventure." It was like one of those lame movies they make you watch in school, one of those movies that tries to be funny, but isn't. And most of the training was cramming a ton of information in our heads. I don't think I retained much of anything from the entire day. Especially since us Holmes kids missed half the chemical training. All I know is: chemicals = dangerous. And that you're supposed to hold knives like psycho killer guy when you carry them. And be careful with food allergies (duh). And the typical customer service spiel about being polite and pay attention to the customers. And that you can think mean things about the customers, but don't mutter them, cause the acoustics in the dining halls pick up everything. Tonight's not being able to sleep problem will not be because of noise; this time it will be from the heat and the fact that I am starving and no food. I can't wait till breakfast. Mmm, coffee and oatmeal.

Homesick is a Type of Being Sick

I thought I'd do better today with homesickness, then it started to storm. Nothing like thunder and strong winds to make a person feel less lonely *holds up sarcasm sign* But I had awesome oatmeal and banana bread for breakfast this morning. It's nice how little things like that can make a person feel better. Watching funny tv shows help too. I've been watching more episodes of "Drake & Josh" and "Big Bang Theory" while laughing hysterically out loud. If anyone on my floor can hear me, they probably think I'm crazy. Ah well. Laughter really is the best medicine. So is the grain food group. Mmm, bread. That's one thing we don't enough of up here. That and air conditioning. It's super hot here, then it rains and gets hotter and muggy. But I know in a few months I'll be freezing my butt off. I look forward to fall. No snow and it's cooler. Oh and something Greeley forgot to mention in the brochures is how close the train tracks are to west campus. And that really long, really loud trains tend to go past in the middle of the night at the same time as loud helicopters. Greeley does not like me to sleep apparently. Well see what happens tonight. Maybe a plane headed to crash on a mysterious island will add to the noise levels tonight.

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Or today in Greeley. But Greeley still seems super far away. And super boring. All I've done today is eat and watch episodes of "Drake & Josh" and "Big Bang Theory" on my laptop. Well that and felt homesick. It's like when I helped at Outdoor Lab. Everything"s all peachy keen during the day, but once it gets to be late you start feeling lonely. And it doesn't help that I'm alone up here. I'm the type of person who doesn't like being alone. I like time by myself, but only when there's other people nearby. At least I only have a few days of this total aloneness. Although i won't like all the extra noise from the neighbors. It's already too loud for my taste. I constantly hear people walking upstairs and chairs scraping against the floor. And there's a group of really loud people that were outside for hours last night. But enough of my whining. I"m just going to get ready for bed early and watch more tv. Hopefully I can get sleep, unlike last night. It's super hot in Greeley and that makes it even harder to sleep.