Kristen

Last night I was so comfortable. I had just taken the longest shower possible and was now going to watch another full hour of Friends. My bed was probably the most comfortable it has ever been and the room was cool and just the right temperature for sleeping. I really do love being at school right now. This week won't be too hectic which is good; and I will have time to maybe even do some work ahead of time. I fell asleep last night in such a good mood. I fell asleep last night thinking about the Easter egg that I found in my purse and how life was...good.

This morning was very different. As I walked outside I saw the Springfield police and campus safety chatting it up in front of my apartment. Everyone knows that when the Springfield police are on campus...thing are not good. During my 8:00 class I came to find out why they were there. At 11:00 last night, a senior in one of the townhouses was abducted and forced to withdraw all her money from an atm by knife point. She was then sexually assaulted and returned to campus two hours later. The assaulter struck again, this time in Gateway. The house right behind me to be exact. He entered the house and woke the girl up demanding her for money with a knife to her throat. The girl was able to fight him off and call to her roommate but her throat was cut in the process. The guy then proceeded to enter ANOTHER gateway house and stole two labtops and a digital camera.

Of course we are all told to lock our doors and windows and stay inside after 9 but um my question is, where was campus safety during any of these events? Campus safety did however manage to go into everyones apartments and wake people up at 6 this morning to make sure everyone was okay. So far that's all I've seen them do. My RA came by this afternoon and gave us a letter of what happened, oh and a whistle (?)...just in case.

I'm pretty terrified right now because my roommate won't be back until midnight and I'm in the apartment by myself, so you can bet the music is going to be blaring until then. AND...my roommate decided to tell me before she left that two guys on Sunday were circling around our house and eventually looked inside our front windows. They saw Melissa in the apartment and walked away. I was like, um thanks for telling me now that two guys were LOOKING IN OUR APARTMENT!

I'm so glad I can't even feel safe in my own school. This only makes me want to become a teacher even more so that I can teach kids how to treat each other with respect and to get a job instead of stealing and becoming stupid delinquents. Stupid Springfield.

Current Mood: scared
Current Music: Saddest Girl Story - The Starting Line

So this week has been amazing so far. It began with a gameshow of all 90's trivia ranging from music, tv and movies. This was a hardcore gameshow with three contestants for each category with buzzers, lights, and a tv screen that showed clips and sounds. Each category came up about twice during the night and I was able to run both tv categories and most of the movie questions. I could sing all the songs, but sadly that wasn't what you were supposed to do. My next night was filled with vaginas. Well talking about them that is. I went to the vagina monologues and I encourage anyone who hasn't seen it, to go. It isn't inspiring or anything I just feel that some women feel alone or find it difficult to talk about their bodies while men do not really understand what women really feel. These monologues are great cause they have humor mixed in with reality that everyone can appreciate.

The week continued and on Monday I received a letter saying that I was nominated for the Skookum Award which is presented by the Alumni Association. The award is given to the top fifteen full time students who have demonstrated excellence through accomplishment in co-curricular activites, leadership, athletics, and community/volunteer service. I was so excited getting something like this because, well...it's me. Then yesterday I found out that I was asked to be in Psi Chi which is like the honors society for Psychology. There is a whole big induction ceremony and everything later on in the year but I'm just glad to know that everything I'm doing isn't a complete waste of time.

The end of the week I'm completely nervous about because even though Mark is coming up, I have my teacher's test all day on Saturday and if I don't pass the two of them then I basically can't become a teacher until after I graduate. I've taken the tests before and have material that I can study from but I'm just so completely nervous because it's so much money down the drain and it also determines my future. But my friend Chris has promised me that no matter what the outcome of my tests he will get me trashed this weekend so even if I think I did bad I won't remember lol.

Spring Break in one more week! Let me know if anyone is coming home

I haven't done this in years...
LAST:
01. Last Cigarette: New Years and it was a cigar
02. Last kiss: last Sunday
03. Last Cry: Wednesday - I hate when people fly
04. Last Library Book Checked Out: A cross section of psychological research
05. Last Movie Seen In a Theater: Brokeback mountain
06. Last Book Read: Sushi for beginners
07. Last Cuss Word Uttered: shit
08. Last Beverage Drank: diet coke
09. Last Food Consumed: TGIF chicken popcorn poppers
11. Last TV Show Watched: Seinfeld
12. Last Time Showered?: today (twice)
13. Last Shoes Worn: sneakers
14. Last CD played: James Blunt
15. Last Soda Drank: diet coke
16. Last Thing Written: History essay about The Sorrows of Young Werther
17. Last Words Spoken: "it doesn't take an idiot to know that if you are tired you should go to bed"
18. Last Annoyance: fake people
19. Last Time Scolded Someone: probably sometime over Christmas break
20. Last Web Site Visited: Cosmo

B O D Y:
01. Piercings: earrings
02. Tattoos: none...yet
03. Height: 5'7
04. Shoe size: 8 1/2
05. Hair color: light brown
L A S T . . .
01. Movie you rented: ?
02. Movie you bought: Zoolander
03. Song you listened to: Ben Folds Five, The Luckiest
04. Song that was stuck in your head: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by the Postal Service
05. CD you bought: James Blunt
08. Person that's called you: Mark
10. Person you were thinking of: Michele
11. Friend you made: Jackie


DO...
01. You have a crush on someone: no
02. You wish you could live somewhere else: yes - definitely hands down Italy, in this country anywhere on the east coast near the beach
03. You think about suicide: no
04. You believe in online dating: there is someone out there for everyone
05. You want more Piercings: yes
06. You drink: hell yeah!!
07. You do drugs: not anymore
08. You smoke: on occasion - but only the good stuff!
09. You like cleaning: sadly yes, I'm a housewife at heart
10. You like roller coasters: love them!
11. You write in cursive or print: cursive

F O R *O R *A G A I N S T...
01. Long distance relationship: For, the harder it is the better it is
02. Teenage smoking: against
03. Doing drugs: against
04. Driving drunk: against
05. Soap operas: don't understand
06. Someone uses someone for their goodies: whatever floats your boat

H A V E Y O U . . .
01. Ever cried over a female/male: yeah, but I've grown up alot and learned alot
02. Ever lied to someone: yes
03. Ever faked an orgasm:no
04. Ever been in a fistfight: yes
05. Ever been arrested: no

W H A T...
01. Whats your favorite drink: passion fruit malibu
02. Shoes do you wear: boots
03. Are you scared of: dying alone
04. Whats your favorite flower: rose

N U M B E R . . .
01. Of times you have been in love? 1
02. Of times you have had your heart broken? 0
03. Of hearts you have broken? i hope not any but Jon and Kevin don't really count
04. Of drugs taken? don't know how much it was but probably was like 8 or 9 times.
05. Of people you consider your enemies? I don't have enemies, just people I don't talk to anymore
06. Of scars on your body? probably like 4 or 5 total but I have no idea.
07. Of things in your past that you regret? I don't regret anything because everything has just made me stronger



Inspired by a previous entry by Kate Loughney

Second semester is starting out amazing already. I walked into the apartment today and my suitemate informed me that my roommate left yesterday. She just decided to leave without telling anyone. Sadly she did not leave me a note that I could hang on the fridge but I guess I can't ask for everything now can I?

Also, I have been watching a lot more sports than is allowed for someone who is not supposed to like them. I watched some of the Carolina game the other night with my brothers and now that Mark has assigned me a team to root for, I actually have printed out the schedule and watched the game tonight after unpacking. The scary thing is is that I liked it. I think I still might enjoy football a lot better than basketball but maybe its a gradual thing.

First day of classes tomorrow and I start it off with an 8:00. Oh joy. But after 330 I'm done till Thursday and can sleep until then which is always nice.

Current Mood: tired

I am aiming for something that can actually be reached this year. Therefore not letting anything Adam says bug me won't happen until another 7 years. However I have been thinking about it and decided that I am going to:

1) be more easy going about things
2) eat healthier (maybe even excercise)
3) read a variety of books for entertainment
4) learn how to cook

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: High - James Blunt

Even though I should be writing about Voltaire and Dante or studying Statistics, I'm going to be distracted and write about a man that bears my lj name. I don't know much about the case and I know that how I feel is probably completely opposite with everyone else, but I guess that's what makes opinions fun.

So Stanley "Tookie" Williams was executed today in California from lethal injection. Tookie's death sentence has set off one of the most intense debates about capital punishment in years. Even celebrities such as Jaimie Foxx and Snoop Dogg protested against the execution of a man who claimed to have reformed himself after beginning a gang and killing a store clerk and a family of three. I have read two different articles about the case, and again you all know that I am not big on commenting on news or politics cause its just not my thing. I mean celebrities...that's one thing, but not news. However Adam gave me the link awhile back and I felt that I should focus more on what is going on in the news. Therefore, after reading the articles I realized something, people will never be satisfied.

"Tookie" was a gang leader and killed people. However we as a society seemed to forgive him as soon as he began writing children's book against gangs and violence. A movie was even made about his life (cough 50 cent cough). I just don't understand why we can forgive a man so easily just because he said he has changed and shows he's changed by writing a few children's books. "What kind of message does that send to young children, when somebody like Mr. Williams, who supposedly has their attention, tells them, 'Don't snitch, don't talk to police, don't tell people who was involved in a crime?' " John Monaghan, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, told the Times.

I also don't think we need to go to the extreme either and have him sentenced to death. But if someone could explain to me why Americans think this man is so great then I would love to know. I understand that everyone has a second chance at life and should always be given that chance. I also believe that you can change your life around if you really wanted to. However, "Tookie" has been known to have said, "You should have heard the way he sounded when I shot him" after he killed his victims and has never apologized or showed any remorse for his actions because he feels that he was innocent. For a man that wants to change his life around and show children that gang violence is bad; saying that you are innocent for a crime you committed would not be the way to go.


In other news:
Britney dumped Kevin and took away two of his cars because he has been leaving her to take care of the baby, even on her 24th birthday, to go party at hotels
Brad adopted Angelina's kids and they are going to marry "very soon"
Jen was photographed topless in her backyard and is trying to get the photograph not to be published
Jess is taking the breakup from Nick really hard and he is trying to win her back by talking to her 3 or 4 times a day and talking to her best friend. She lives with her parents right now but there is a really good chance that her and Nick might get back together *keep your fingers and toes crossed*
Hilary Duff is anorexic - no big surprise
Jen and Ben had a baby girl named Violet on Dec 1 - Ben quit smoking for his family and they are now my favorite couple ever until nick and jess get back together

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Grandma got knocked up by a reindeer

I just want to thank you all for being in my life. I know it sounds corny and cliche but I do honestly appreciate it. I recently experienced an incident with someone, *coughmyroommatecough*. It's too long of a story to explain but bascially she was a "friend" coming into the house and now she ignores me as well as everyone else who lives here. I approached her about it and to make a long story short she told me she doesn't talk to us because she doesn't have enough time during her day to talk with us. Obviously this is a huge lie seeing as how everyone has at least five minutes during some part of their day to ask the people they are living with how they are doing or a simple hi.

After being extremely angry for a long period of time, I realized that a little bit of me almost feels sorry for her (only a little though). Besides the fact that I feel used and betrayed and she is completely rude to everyone, I also feel like it must be a really sad life to lead without any friends in your life that you want to talk to or hang out with. Mark thinks she is using work as a support system or cover because it can't hurt her in anyway, therefore if she buries herself in books and says shes too busy to do anything with anyone than she won't have to. I don't know, I guess I'm obviously still upset by the whole situation because it hurts to hear that someone doesn't have enough time in their day to talk to you. But it makes me feel a whole lot better when I realize that I'm going home to a group of friends who always make time for each other. So in a totally non cliche but meaningful tone, thank you.

I'm going to shut up now.

Current Mood: crushed
Current Music: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

This Thanksgiving break was fun and different from any of the others. It felt a little different not celebrating Ana or Melanie's birthday or not have Caitlin come from out of the dark and suprise us with her being home. It was very nice and I got to see people that I haven't seen in awhile which is always good. Some of my favorite moments this break (and I listed them so they weren't in one big paragraph form...Adam).

~ driving to Clifton Park with Adam for no reason
~ seeing BOTH Mr. and Mrs. Cryns in the same night
~ watching hours of CSI with Adam and Alyssa
~ having eggnog while taking down Christmas decorations (there is some waiting for you girls when you get home)
~ the akward silence in between conversations
~ seeing Kate AND Erin Barber AND Anna-Lee
~ going bowling and losing terribly
~ going on a diet of just M&M's which Mark and Adam both seemed to enforce toward the end of break
~ playing monopoly (not really a favorite memory but the fact that we played a boardgame and I lost terribly is pretty awesome)
~ going to see four movies in a row with Adam and Mark (Die Rich or Die Tryin, Rent, Harry Potter, Jarhead)
~ "flirting" with the guys who worked at the movies
~ going to a pat riley party and getting drunk with Kate
~ having an amazing thanksgiving dinner with my moms delicious pumpkin bread
~ going to noodles!
~ Adam with facial hair that makes him look Jewish
~ seeing JR and the rest of the Riley's
~ hanging out with everyone without any drama

I had a great break and am kinda of upset that I have to be back at school now cause I was so used to staying up and seeing everyone. I enjoy the fact that no matter how long its been since we have talked or seen each other, we all seem to pick up where we left off. But I guess it is good that I came back to school because I would never get any work done. Not like I get any done here either. Should probably go start on my paper.

Current Mood: calm

I'm going to a "cocktail" party with Mark tonight. Be jealous.

I'm updating for Caitlin. Yes Caitlin this one is for you. I've been so incredible busy it's insane. I don't know if I like it. That's a lie. There is a part of me that loves it because I feel so old and independent and being busy makes me feel more accomplished with my days instead of spending them watching tv. Although bumming around the apartment with Michele is something that will always be missed. While working at Duggan today one of the kids thought that I was a teachers wife while another class was convinced I was a teachers daughter. I'm not sure which one is more flattering. Probably the daughter one cause the guy teacher isn't that cute and is like in his early 40's! I found out that I'm working with special ed kids this semester for my pre-practicum. That should be interesting. I'm excited about it because it will give me a lot of opportunities when I leave school and get ready to teach. I've thought about teaching special ed sometime down the road as well so this is a nice opportunity. My first yearbook meeting was tonight as well. Guess how many people were there? That's right Ana, only three, one being the assistant editor and the other person was just a freshman who was interested. So it should be an interesting year as far as the yearbooks concerned. I got Michele involved which is exciting because we work so well together. Although she's leaving me next semester to go to Australia. You people and deciding to leave me all the time to have fun and learn things in other countries. I don't really remember agreeing to it but whatever. I also came up with an idea for our cover already that everyone loves and goes with our theme. I'm totallly changing this yearbook. It's going to be amazing. hehehehe. I'm so excited. At the same time I'm kind of already worn out and things haven't even started to get into full swing yet. Again, I shouldn't have this much work until I'm out of college.

Current Mood: drained
Current Music: Where is your boy tonight