Earthquakes, working, hair coloring and packing

In a nutshell that sums up what has happened recently. 

Well, that plus taking care of my mother. 

Mom and her pink cast at work

The past week or so I haven't posted much because, honestly, there hasn't been all that much to say. I was at home taking care of Mom, who didn't leave the house for almost a week, or I was at work. That's all. Well, there was one night of going out with friends and then another of a going away party that some people from Vaquero's had for me, but other than that, nothing. 

This week has been a little more eventful, however. Besides working at Vaquero's, I have been taking Mom to work at the Statehouse and have been looking around for some cute shirts to take to Spain. No luck on the latter. But I did have a hair appointment today! So that's eventful. I went a little darker with the color, but only because I made all my hair the exact same color, something that hasn't been done in a very long time (if ever). 

Showing off the new "all brown" hair color 

Next I need a tan to help my pasty white skin become more "Spaniard-friendly".  I'm hoping to be able to go to the pool one of these days, but it seems like I'm always being called to do something and never really have the time. Maybe that will change at the end of this week? Who knows. But probably not.

I still have a lot of laundry to do in order to finish up some of my packing. I should probably get started on that right this minute, but I'm not. Sue me.

Everyone at OWU has started back to school, which makes me feel like an old fart because I know I will never be going back with them. That sucks.

I have been wasting a lot of time on my tumblr account, which is pretty much a collection of pictures that I re-blog from other people. These pictures are things I like, things I find interesting or things I find inspiring. There's nothing really to it other than I press "re-blog" and wham! pictures are posted on my page. It's like a lazy version of doing this blog.

I have also been making a lot of latin music playlists. I'm sure some of my favorite lists will be featured on here soon so you can see what I mean. I have been doing this in order to get in the "spirit" of the spanish language. Because, you know, I was ever out of that spirit...

There was a earthquake in Virginia today, and apparently the aftershocks have been felt all over the East coast and even here in Central Ohio! I didn't notice anything, but then again, I was driving most of the time and probably wouldn't have. Some people down at the Statehouse said they felt it on the third floor, and my Facebook news-feed is full of people talking about the event. Apparently they've evacuated a lot of buildings in D.C. and NYC in order to protect people against aftershocks, but from what I can tell, everyone is safe. This earthquake is big news, especially since there is also a hurricane heading right for the East Coast as well --- hello hurricane Irene.

And, that's the updates for now! Sorry I haven't been more eventful.

Chicago

Jack engaging in the "typical activity"

So last week I went to Chicago in order to get my Spanish visa, which is good I guess. I also didn't get delayed at all, unlike the three hour one of last trip, which is also good I guess. I arrived in the afternoon on Tuesday and from there went to Jack's house, where we hung out and I took a little nap. And by little, I mean like two hours. After waking up and getting somewhat ready, Jack and I headed downtown in order to meet up with one of my friends from high school, Sam. Sam showed us his amazing engagement ring, which he has already given to his soon to be wife. Exciting! He also took us out to his work-friends' happy hour for a drink, and then back to his favorite hangout spot at the Seneca Hotel-- where literally everyone knows his name. We partied until we finally went back to his house, watched a TV show or two while drinking Sam's incredibly strong concoction of "god knows what", and passed out on his couch. In the morning Jack and I headed down to Michigan avenue, oh wait, no, Sam lives off Michigan avenue--- swanky mofo. But we did go walk around!

Walking up to Navy Pier

We even took a trip down the river to see Navy Pier, which was amazing but would have been more amazing if it wasn't raining. Oh well! After boring Jack with my obsession with shopping at Anthropologie, we made our way to the Consulate of Spain. I waited in line, maybe 15 minutes, and finally was called up to the front in order to get my Visa. At first the guy told me that he couldn't find it, but after I insisted it had to be there, he finally dug through passport by passport in order to find mine. Of course, it was located somewhere at the bottom of the stack.

babys going away!

So my boss at work, Alfedo (who many people call, "Baby") and his brother Ramon are taking their families and heading down toward Guadalajara. I will really miss them, and know that El Vaquero will be making some changes now that they're gone. However, nothing will be as sad as when I leave for Spain (jokes jokes! I'll be back when I finish in December and still can't find a job, I'm sure). All jokes aside, our new manager, David, is very nice and I am sure will do a great job running the restaurant. I finally uploaded the pictures from the huge going away party on my facebook, and so I decided to at least dedicate a small post to them on here in appreciation for all they've done for us at Vaquero's. 

...and if all this fun doesn't excite you enough to come in and grab a margarita, or two, or three, at Vaquero's, then maybe this super attractive picture of the bartenders will (minus the sweaty one): 

29 days and counting...

It's August 2nd, which means I only have to wait 29 more days until my Spanish adventure begins! I can't even begin to describe to you what that means for me. We will leave here on August 31st and arrive in Salamanca on September 1st, after taking a quick stop in the Philadelphia and Madrid airports. I assume that night is when we will meet our host families and get a first look at the place we will call home for the next four months. We filled out a quick questionnaire which asked us our opinions on living with children, pets, having food allergies, etc., however, our host families are going to be a complete surprise until we arrive. From there, we will have the weekend to explore and take a few group tours of the city, and then we begin in our "cultural immersion - pre-real-classes class", which I assume is similar to the one we had in Guanajuato but will be a few weeks shorter. These classes are only Monday-Thursday (I think), so there will be some extra time to travel/do whatever. I am so ready to get back in a culture that lives slowly and meaningfully. Sometimes I feel too stressed out here in the United States because everyone lives in a constant state of hustle and bustle, although right now it's summer time and I am used to a more relaxed lifestyle.

I got my visa this past week when I went to Chicago, and am now completely "listo" to pack my bags and head to Spain. The Spanish consulate in Chicago is very nice and although it is bureaucracy and makes you jump through a thousand hoops, they were helpful and patient. This is something one of my friends says is a miracle because apparently other consulates are not-- tisk tisk Italian consulate of Detroit.

Tomorrow I have an appointment with the doc to check everything out and get a prescription filled before my travels begin. After that---I could literally pack up and leave.

I'm not really nervous at all because I have already studied abroad once, and for a longer period of time. I also have gotten to the point that I feel pretty confident in my Spanish and hope that people in Spain will understand my "Mexican slang". Hopefully I will quickly adapt and begin using some of their slang, but I hope to God I don't pick up that hideous Spanish lisp. Grathias. Ew.

I'm bringing my cannon and should probably bring a smaller camera, and have to pick up another cloth bound/recycled paper journal (I'm very particular about journals), but other than that I am good to go! Everyone keeps asking me when I'm leaving --even more so than before-- and while I keep telling them it's a month away, I keep wishing it was a couple days away. I'm ready. Powell is boring because most people are gone, and the people that are still here are leaving soon for school/jobs, so I will definitely be ready to be social again once August 31st arrives.

Then comes the next question, what's next after Spain?

...and we all know I don't have an answer for that.

garage sale planning

So, this weekend was super fun-filled (lots of hospital visits, working, and nothing that's actually any fun). I have been thinking about the wonder that is going to happen next weekend. I am planning my first garage sale --well, the first one that I, myself, have orchestrated. I don't know why I am insisting on this so bad, considering I will be in Chicago Tuesday-Thursday, but I am. I painted some signs last night that I am going to be using, and am trying to organize all the shit from the basement, my room, etc. etc.. My parents should probably pay me just for digging through that crap!  I put some of the clothing in the living room, on one of those metal racks from The Container Store. That's when I realized that I literally must have had five years of wearing nothing but four clothing stores --> Abercrombie, Hollister, American Eagle and Limited Too. Seriously, I have over 20 something pairs of pants from these four stores that have just been sitting in the basement. WASTE. OF. SPACE. Some of the clothing, however, I wish I could still fit in because they have already come back in style (such as skinny capri pants). I am trying to get the rest of my family motivated enough to get their shit together, but so far it's been unsuccessful. Oh well, more money for me!

I am also planning on doing a small amount of baking on Friday in order to see if we can sell some cupcakes, and whatever doesn't sell I guess I can "take care of". 

I have also been googling garage sales online to see cute ways to set them up, since I have so much time to do that. Ha! 

This one is definitely the cutest: 

i learned something new

So while I was perusing the web in my typical post-graduate state of boredom (seriously, when did everyone besides me suddenly get so busy?), I found this little tid bit that might help you out at the grocery store.

Did you know that the little closure tabs on bread are there in order to tell you when they baked it? 

...yeah me either. But apparently it is! 

...the more we know, the smarter bread shoppers we are.

rappers are little?

Is that what they're trying to get across to us when they name themselves lil __(fill in the blank)__. 

I mean, what's up with that? Lil Wayne I can see, he is a little man. Short I mean. However, do you really want to define yourself by your height/whatever else lil entails (no judgement). But all of them do it. Lil Bow Wow, Lil Romeo, etc. etc. 

Are they trying to tell us something about themselves that we don't already know? 

Ponder that one for a hot minute! 

shit my mom tweets

Twitter. A couple of years ago, my mother wouldn't have stepped foot near it. Now she is obsessed with it! I can't go on the twitter home page anymore because there's usually four or five tweets (all from my mom), and two or three of these are yet another picture of my dogs. Oh, the hilarity doesn't end there. She then proceeds to paste comments for each picture, such as "Mitzi, Mandy and Molly are lazy right now", as if she really understands the dynamics of our dogs and feels they're necessary to share with the world. I swear, the dogs change position on the couch and she snaps a picture to commemorate the moment. And the best part is that when she snaps a pic, it's on her blackberry. Every freaking thing she ever does is captured on the blackberry, even when I have the nice Canon sitting right next to her. "Well the blackberry is easier and I can understand it" is really Jo-code for "I'm trying to put this on twitter". 

The absolute worst part? My mom has ten times the amount of followers that I do! Everyone apparently wants to read about the 20 big plays of the Indians game, or the line by line presentation of something happening at the Statehouse. I don't understand it! 

I guess the two best things about having my Mom on twitter is that at least one person responds to my tweets (my mom is usually the only person to @sarahingles) and I get more followers because people see she replied to me. People friend me because they know I am her daughter. Eh, I'll take it.

So, in honor of my technologically-savy mother, I have copied a few of my favorite tweets from her. Enjoy! 

(...for those of you less technologically-savy, click "Read More")

it's July, which means it's almost August, which means it's almost August 31st

Which means my journey to Salamanca, Spain is coming up so fast! That also means I only have a little under two months to work, save, and get ready for a study abroad experience of a lifetime. For those of you who have no idea about the geography of Spain, I have pasted this map to help you out. Salamanca is located left of Madrid, which is located in the center-ish of Spain.

Salamanca is a true "University town". Located in the southwest corner of the Castile y Leon region of Spain, Salamanca has a population of (give or take) 363,000 people. The University of Salamanca, where I will be studying, is the oldest University in all of Spain.

For those of you thinking to yourselves, "Sarah, didn't you graduate already?", I respond that yes I did. But, I was given the most excellent opportunity to take a semester and explore Spanish culture before I step out into the real world. To do so, I had to drop a Spanish class in March, which I could have easily finished, in order to "remain a student" at my University and qualify for the Spanish visa. So technically I have only graduated with my Politics and Government and Latin American Studies majors, plus the History minor. The Spanish major will come after I complete a class in Spain.

My parents and brother are planning a trip over thanksgiving break to come out to Spain and visit. During this time we will be taking the tour of Southern Spain with my group. I anticipate this will be the vacation of a lifetime for them, and a good way to show them a little of what I've learned there. 

Look online, and there are hundreds of beautiful pictures of the city and people; While I could surf the web and show you pictures of the town that are photographed by other people, I'd rather wait and show you through my own lens.

There's still so much to do before I leave for Spain. Shopping for clothing and walking shoes is obviously at the top of this list, but so is finding a decent large size suitcase. I remember when I left from Mexico (although I had almost three more months to accumulate junk), I struggled to fit everything into two large suitcases and a giant (almost illegal) carry-on bag. This is also after I shipped a couple boxes of stuff home. Oops! 

I want to know who will be in Europe from August 31st - December 10th. Marisa will be in Italy, and a few friends will be in Spain with me, but who else?

yellers, cake fights, tequila shots, and old frans

So on Friday night I went out to this new Latin Night Club called 20/20 (or maybe it was just Latin Night, who knows). It was pretty cool, but reminded me of my old colosseum days... which is only because it is the old colosseum. You remember, the place we all went to in order to shake our 15 year old shit on Saturday nights, only because we couldn't get into real clubs. Yeah, that place.

Anyway, I decided to go and meet up with some people from work and their friends, only because Liz leaves for Canada on Sunday night and I won't get another chance to do anything with her. It was actually pretty fun. The music changes from Salsa, to Meringue, to Reggaeton. Obviously, there is a huge dance floor filled with people, although last night wasn't so filled that you couldn't more. Thank goodness! The night was totally calm except for this creepy Brazilian man who did not understand the meaning of personal space. Liz took care of that one for me. Some words of advice: if you say the same thing to me more than three times, give up. I can't hear you and probably won't be able to hear you. And, you're just pissing me off by yelling in my ear over and over. 

Finally we left the club, only to get thrown in some massive cake fight with a group of people that were celebrating a birthday. Gross! Liz and I went back to Lalo and Mariano's house, and spent a few hours talking before I said my final goodbye and came home. Solid night. 

Then, the next night I took a lovely trip down to the ever classy-Comfest of Columbus, Ohio. No, Comfest does not stand for communist festival; it means community festival and is basically Columbus' version of hippie-fest. Always an entertainment, this is one of the summer events I most look forward to each and every year! However, this year I didn't get to see too much of it on Saturday night. Brigette and I are thinking of going today, so if that works out, I will get to see everything.

I started my night at the house of my friends and old roomies, Meredith and Christian. From there we waited until Erin and her friend got there, and walked down to Comfest. We got there around 9pm, and after the pizza line, were a little late for pretty much anything. We stopped by Gas Werks in the Arena District, where I got a tequila with lime on the rocks. You know, gotta keep the drinking calories to a minimum. From there we went back to their house and they all decided to turn in early. I don't blame them, they went out the night before. Also, I never go out so I can't say anything.

I left them and went to pick up Brigette from a house that was surprisingly only two streets over from Meredith and Christians' apartments. We met up with my old fran Brett at Ugly Tuna, and after a round of tequila shots, went to a dub-step concert at Skully's. If I gained anything from the tequila, I lost it after two hours of non-stop dancing. The groups were cool; when we first got there it was some random DJ group (one of them looked exactly like Scott Southwick) and after came on some DJ guys dressed with these really creepy robot masks. I didn't even flinch or think that was weird at all. I don't know, this is my life. By that time we were with Brendan and Nick and decided to take the party back to Brett's house, where Adam was stationed, and we hung out for a good hour or two, talking about life. Everyone left/went home and I ended up staying with Brett in the living room, having him tell me "stories" and jokes, until I finally passed out on his couch watching some ridiculous show on the television.

It was good to see a lot of people this weekend. Now that all I do is hide out in a cave, I hardly ever know what's going on in peoples lives besides what I randomly see flash through my mini-feed. It was also nice to run into some good high school friends; it's funny, even if you're apart and don't talk for a long time, you can always find a good friend and feel as if you haven't missed anything. 

notitle

I am really bad at keeping up with this blog lately. Maybe because I don't stare at a computer screen all day every day anymore. I am actually doing stuff now! Weird.

Anyway, lately I have been divulging myself into my school work. I signed up for the LSAT last week and am taking it in Cedarville on October 9th. Am I completely ready? NOT EVEN!!! I feel like I am NEVER going to go out again because I need to lock myself in my room and study. Seriously, I am not kidding. I am so nervous for this freaking test it's ridiculous. Tomorrow I am making my Mom take me to Barnes and Nobles so I can hopefully find some more LSAT prep stuff because the stuff I have now I have BEATEN TO DEATH and am tired of looking at it. OMG one month and four days!!!!

Right now I am supposed to be reading Plato's Republic, but instead I am updating this blog.

Today I went and played 18 holes of golf for practice and then went to my sorority COB. This one was friendship bracelet making for the children's hospital, which I am so glad I made that the theme. A lot of really cool girls showed up and were really excited about doing it for the kids! I was really really excited as well. After I had CMT (DG officers mtg) and then honor board. I then went home because my mom was trying to hold a big cookout for my brother and I to come home to. There was sooooo much food that it was kinda ridiculous. The conversation was ridiculous as always, so whatever.

That's all you're gonna get out of me right now. I am gonna go study.

prop 8 overturned and the arizona issue frozen

So maybe there is hope afterall?

First of all, Prop 8, I can't believe you were even an issue! I can't believe people ACTUALLY think it's ok to tell someone who they can and can't marry. Like, I understand there are people with different religious beliefs on what they believe is right or wrong, but THINK ABOUT IT LEGALLY. You just can't do that! I seriously am flabbergasted this was even an issue to discuss. Why is America so damn homophobic? Get over it.

And secondly, the Arizona issue... seriously I can't even get into that or I'll get super mad.

Anyway, solamente falta 3 dias hasta Guanajuato! I am so excited to finally be returning! I guess Geras' friends Iram and Rafa that I met in Tampico are going to drive and pick me up from the Airport so I don't have to pay a taxi. That's seriously so helpful and stress reliving. :) yay! We are going Saturday to Leon to visit Geras' sister and her family. I am excited, as we are going to stay the night there and enjoy dinner and such. I think Iram and Rafa might be coming with us! It'll be fun none-the-less. I told Geras that I wanted to go to the hot springs, but we'll see if we ever get around to doing so. At least I get to see some other friends there as well. I guess Geras has become better friends with Arturo from the store, which is sort of creepy, but he gives him free toilet paper so Geras likes it. Haha

I got a purple blackberry since the last time I posted on here. It's pretty fantastic. I wonder if there is a blogger application on there so that I can post directly from the phone. That would be awesome, although I suppose I could just use my internet browser to do that. I like all the applications, and the BBM is pretty cool although I don't think I understand all of it completely.

I am still lusting over the Marc Jacobs watch. If I make good money this week, I'll let myself get it.

some people are SO rude

Some people are literally SO RUDE! At work today a lady from a place I won't mention online called and asked to purchase an item we are selling here. She gave me her name and company and asked if this was the right place to do so. I said "yes it is" and began to search through my files to find paper to write her information down on, and she literally FLIPPED out on me and was like "is this a bad time? You know what, never mind. Sorry to have bugged you, go to hell", and hung up. UGH! The nerve of some people. Literally, I said nothing bad... what a bitch.

So today I picked up my computer from the Apple store. The guy there was so nice. He gave me all new internal parts (including a new hard-drive and the other things that are inside... I don't know) all for free. HOW GREAT?! Why you ask?! Because I am awesome... and I waited in the store patiently for about 2 hours while the other customers were bitching about time. Whatever, pays to be patient sometimes. Plus I didn't really have anywhere else I needed to be at that time.

I feel really itchy today? Is it something I ate? I don't like it. I wanna crawl back into bed right now and sleep. Oh! That reminds me. Last night was an insane thunder storm in Powell. I seriously woke up at one point and thought there had been an earthquake. Then I got on facebook this morning and saw that nearly everyone and their brother had commented on it. Good then, it's not just me!

Last night at Vaquero's I made $60 in TIP from ONE GUY. He came in, picked up the tab from some customers at the bar, and bought a shot of Patron for every worker in the restaurant. WHAT THE?! His lady he was with also told me I made one hell of a margarita, so that made me feel pretty good I guess. :)

Yeah, that's what I've got today.

CHECK YO'SELF SON

How about we stop talking in ebonics all the time. Fucking use ENGLISH! Naw mean?

Ok but on a serious note, Check out this video right hereeeee!!!!!! My friend Jane and I made this video sophomore year while we were bored in my dorm room. We are really cool, I swear. It's more or less a video of us dancing around while filming ourselves with my (at that time) new mac-computer. Oh sophomore year, how I miss you.

So I don't know if I had mentioned this yet or not but I am playing golf at my college this coming Fall/Spring. I am really excited about it, seeing as how its a new program and I am not really all that great at both technique and play. Nonetheless I am anxious to get out and do something new for a change. It'll be fun and refreshing I think. And it'll get me out to be active and walk a course every day. That's the good part I guess. I need to get some clothing, and all the clothing I look at online is HELLA expensive. Blah. Whatevs. Maybe I can con mom or dad into getting me some? What do you think?

Thats what i've got today. Check back later I suppose.

WHATUP JOURRR

Gotta throw the shout outs back where some shout outs are due! Jourie dedicated a section of her blog to me (saying I am the only one who reads it) which is probably true because I think she is the only one who reads mine. Well, at least we keep eachother entertained and a bit more up to date.

I just got an email from one of my professors about the books I need for class. We begin August 23, which is weird because I feel like a lot of my schooling has begun on the date August 23rd. Maybe I am just weirding myself out or something? I can't believe we start so soon though. I need to get stuff together for DG, and CLASSES, and everything. I don't even have any clothing up in the house up in Delaware. The only thing I have up there is some junk, my bed, and my painted purple walls. But CLASSES?! Already?! I feel like I just got out of them! Aw, man!

I still have my stitches in my head. I need to take them out ASAP but I never really have time to run into Urgent Care and when I do have the time I always feel too lazy. ha Story of my LIFE!

I am looking at Twitter right now and the trending topics include : #thenexttimewehavesex, which is immediately followed by #youlostmyrespect. We must have a lot of pissed of cheaters or minuteman on our hands, but maybe they should realize that it's not something to TEXT about. Literally. Some people "tweet" anything and everything. I don't need to know what boy your sleeping with tonight, or the full lyrics to a stupid rap song, or what you ate for lunch. Unless it really is interesting, please don't waste my time. I also hate the people that literally fill up your home page. Like, find something else to do. If you "tweet" more than 5 posts in the same hour and you're not in the middle of some huge protest or event, then you have a problem. And I would prefer you take your problem somewhere else, because I am tired of dealing with it. Thank you.

I have been trying to eat healthy, which is hard. Literally I LIVE at Panera lately, eating their black bean soup more than I probably need to, but I am afraid of any other restaurants because I know I will eat shit if I go to them. I work in a Mexican Restaurant and it is the hardest thing to restrain myself from Margaritas and Cheese Dip! Ugh! I also found this web entry on Cosmopolitan.com that tells you about foods that you think are good for you and actually aren't. Ugh. F my life. Eating super healthily is EXPENSIVE too. Fresh fruits and vegetables are ridiculous in comparison to the price of a full meal at McDonalds. That's why everyone is so overweight. I also gained a little bit after Mexico from mere depression and separation anxiety. Need to get that off, and I am determined! Eff.

Alright blog, I'm out!

the columbus zoo is great

No really, it is. Ranked as one of the top 3 in the nation, of course it is! I went yesterday with my family and had a blast. The new polar bear exhibit is literally insane. Upstairs you can see them outside sitting in the sun, but the coolest part is the downstairs. You are underneath the water and get to see them swimming up above you. The best part was we saw them during their feeding time. I watch a polar bear jump above me and catch a fish. It was awesome!

But yeah, after that we went to the other exhibits. We saw a parakeet exhibit where you can bring a cup of nectar and they'll fly on you. I thought it'd be cool, until they started flying all over me and licking my neck. Then I stopped being so into it. It really freaked me out actually.

You can't really tell in the photo that there were tons all down my arm, but there were.

Nonetheless the zoo was a success.

Last Friday I also went out with the people from work for Juan's birthday celebration. We went to a fun dance club, where I passed through the "Latin Dance Room" and the "American Club Mix Dance Room" multiple times. It was a lot of fun.

I can't even wait to go to Mexico, but sadly that means the end of summer. Oh well, I am pretty excited to go back to school and start senior year for the last time!!! I can't believe I am in my last year of school though. It seems like just yesterday that I was entering college. Now I'm leaving it?! What has the world come to?! Oh well, law school ap's here I come!!!

so now

I am going back to Mexico the 12th through the 21st of August! Yay!! I am excited to see everyone there, although there's probably going to be a lot of people I'll miss just by lack of planning my time (as usual) and mere apathy. However, Jack just so happens to be going back the same week I am!!! Now only if we could get Jourie to come down, but the lucky biatch was there all last semester sooooooo... idk. Anyway, I am going to see my family FOR SURE and hang out with Geras as a def.... and I have to see Caro -- hopefully she's not in D.F. and will come to GTO to hang out with meeee :) AH! I am super super super SUPER excited!! I just bought my ticket and bought it in a way so that I can maximize my time there. My flight leaves CBUS at 6:20am and then I come back at 3:50pm the day before I need to be at OWU. woohoooo!!!

Ok, anyway. This Friday is one of my co-workers (Juan) birthday and we are going to a dance club in Columbus to celebrate. I bought this tight red dress that I have been wanting to wear for god knows HOW long, and I plan to wear it there. We'll see. It's all salads and watermelon from here on out... aka one day. Great planning Sarah. Well at least maybe I can lay out after work and get semi-tan. That might help the situation. Probably not...

I've become obsessed with watches lately. Like, I notice them WAY more than I ever did before. I think it's because my mom just bought the one that Sandra Bullock wears in the blindside (well, one like it. She didn't buy the $20,000 Chanel one she was ACTUALLY wearing). Therefore, with Moms new purchase I gained her old watch which I have drooled over for God knows how long. I keep going into stores and noticing their watch collection. Is it obsession? Yes. Should I buy another watch? No. Will I? No. I need to refrain. I'm going to be in Leon, GTO and we allllllllll know I can't resist a good pair of shoes. Lets be honest.

Working this summer has been enjoyable. I have learned a lot from both jobs, mainly more about the Hispanic population in Columbus. I also really like the fact that I can use my Spanish all the time. I feel myself getting better and better each day (with a few minor grammatical things to fix). I definitely don't have any problem arguing my point quickly or having a conversation, it's just sometimes I wish I knew the ACTUAL word off the top of my head instead of trying to describe my way around it. Oh well, whatever.

So I have recently taken a new liking to my twitter account. Maybe it's the fact that I stare at a computer screen FOREVER or maybe it's the fact that I am not texting as much. Maybe the end result is a combination of the two. Nevertheless, I am twittering like nobody's business (well, like one or two a day... but for me thats a lot!).

I can't believe this whole Lindsay Lohan thing going on right now. Did she REALLY think it was ok to write "fuck you" on her nails for the court room. IDIOT! And now she thinks she can get out of her jail sentance, which is ridiculous. Girl, you had more chances than the average joe would have, and you deserve everything you're about to get. Trust me, I'm a hugeeeee fan, but I know when wrong is wrong!

And Enrique Iglesias has a new CD with beautiful promotional pictures and interviews and magazine covers and pictures of his beautiful face and beautiful body and wonderful voice and... oh I got sidetracked. Well, on that note, peace!

hanging out at work

Well, I am all moved into my new house. Dad and I painted the walls dark purple, and although it's hot as balls up there (due to summer), it's quite pleasant on the eyes. We couldn't get the bed frame upstairs so we had to break it and reassemble it upstairs. Don't worry, all we had to do was knock out one board and then re-nail it. The room looks good. All I need to do now is move my stuff in (such as clothing, dishes, laundry stuff, etc. etc.).

I am getting so anxious about next year. I just kinda wish I knew what I was going to be doing, but I don't, and won't, for a very long time. Who knows?! Next year I might be doing something COMPLETELY different from what I ever imagined. Or I might be getting ready to sit in my classes at law school. Teaching in Mexico? Why not?! I am young, and all I want to do is travel and explore! Is that so bad Mom and Dad? I have my whole life to settle down. And when I do it will be in a BIG city, because this suburb, drive to work everyday thing is really not for me. I don't even like cars, and the fact that you have to pay for gas what you should on clothes really bugs me. City life makes much more sense :)

I have become addicted to stumbleupon.com, but for some reason for the past few days this computer has been kicking me off the internet every so often. It's getting quite annoying. In fact, it did it to me the first time I wrote this blog. Therefore, I will probably forget a lot of what I wrote and wanted to say the first time around. So is this considered a re-write? Whatever.

A few days ago it was the fourth of July, which was a great time. I missed Red White and Boom this year in Columbus because I was working all night long at El Vaquero. But, I did go out in Columbus after with Brigette to see her boyfriend and his band play at the Scarlet and Grey cafe down at OSU. On Sunday (the actual fourth) I went to my house in Delaware and had a few girl friends over. We went down by the softball fields to watch the fireworks go off, and had a pretty relaxing chill night. I stay ed there and came back in the morning to get ready for work Monday night. This week at work has been crazy. I am making pretty good money, but sometimes feel like I am running around with my head cut off. Oh well, it's the life of a solo bartender in a busy restaurant I suppose.

I keep looking on Facebook and stalking all my worldly friends adventures. I am so jealous because so many of them are all over Europe right now. I am stuck in a two-job model life, right here in the suburbs of Columbus, OH. Joyous. I have also decided that I am no longer going to buy as much shit, mainly because I already have a ton of shit, and the shit I have keeps piling up. It's annoying me. I need to sell it, donate it, or trash it. Seriously, if you saw my room you would understand my problem with SHIT. I might as well be on that show hoarders, although I have never seen it. But from what I hear I would be a great candidate for it. I need to sell the stuff I can and get money so I can buy the new stuff I want. You look at Carrie Bradshaws closet and room and its clean with lots of stuff, but useful stuff. Mine is ALL SHIT.

Well, that's what I have got for today. Toodles!

long time no post

I haven't had the time nor the energy to post on this blog for a long time, so here are my "welcome back announcements".

I have decided what I am going to do in terms of school next year (and post-graduation life). I plan to apply to law school, take the LSAT, and try my best to get into the best possible school I can. Among this list is a lofty U.C.-Berkeley and Michigan Law Schools. I also plan to apply to "lower-tier" schools and just make sure I can get into them. If I don't get accepted into a top notch law school, I am going to teach in Mexico for one year so I have something else to put on an application. I can either try again, or defer one of the offers I plan to have. Now, if I don't get accepted ANYWHERE, well, it was a waste of time and I'll just go be poor in Mexico where I belong :)

So, yeah, that's the plan as of now.

This past weekend my Credit/Debit Card number was stolen and a large sum of money was taken from my account and used. They bought stuff from "Microsoft *X" and stuff from some gadget store in New York. We will see if I can get my money back on those items.

I did however spend even more money this weekend. I went to Urban Outfitters, bought a red dress, a tan cardigan (typical), and a new fedora hat. I also bought a headband at Forever21 and a new thing of eye shadow (THAT SUCKS!). I then proceeded to buy my bedspread at Anthropologie for my new house. Gonna make it sweet with some tea-lights and brightly colored, worldly things. I love Anthropologie in every way, because their stuff is classic, well made, and is totally my style. I should probably get a job there, huh? It might save me some money in the long run!

This past Friday was also Geras' birthday. I am very sad I couldn't have been there to celebrate with him, but he stayed with his sister, and I believe had a good time. Saturday night he hung out with some friends, so I think it was a successful weekend. This weekend I had a lot of fun, went dancing, and just kind of relaxed. Yesterday I went to Comfest with my family, which was a good time. I still need to paint my room and get my house set up in Delaware, but that'll have to come later I suppose.

Oh well, end of story time.

<3

BONNAROO 2010 + more

So a lot has happened since I last posted on here. I went to the 2010 Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN for my fourth Bonnaroo in a row. It was awesome. I got to see Jay-Z give an awesome performance, and seeing Stevie Wonder live is something I will probably never forget. The Flaming Lips were also awesome. They had this screen behind them that projected the lead singers head like as if it were in that fishbowl framing. It was hilarious. You could def. tell he was on some sort of drugs. I also saw Edward Sharpe, Mexican Institute of Sound, John Fogerty, Dave Matthews Band, Norah Jones, was third row center for Aziz Ansari's comedy act, and got to see the phenom known as Gwar. If you don't know what this is, look it up. It's so weird. They're these alien robot things that dress up and talk in weird voices, shooting "blood and other bodily fluids" into the MOSH pit of an audience. Its metal music, but was definitely an experience. We parked sooooo far away. It was a blast though, I had a lot of fun. It was such a drive, and I did all of it while everyone else slept. Good times though. There was a lot less Fuck Kanye and a lot more "butt-scratcher" everywhere being said. Haha.

Right now I am trying to figure out what to do after college. I think I want to go teach abroad, and specifically in Mexico. I would like to be in Guanajuato again, but we'll see if the parentals will allow that to happen. They are, after all, in charge somewhat. Unfortunately. But I don't think I want to go to law school RIGHT away. I need at least one year to relax and do something else for a little while.

Anyway, thats pretty much what's up with me. I have to go to my other job.

:)

I gave up on the PRO/CON stuff.