August, 2002
August 1st, 2002, 5:37 p.m. - Friends are friendly
Heading over to Lizzie's for a couple of hours tonight to see some of the friends I've barely seen this summer (or, in some cases, possibly haven't seen at all). Aaaaaaaaron should be there. Right, baby?
Man, this summer is going so quickly. I go back to school three weeks from yesterday!
11:21 p.m. - My eyes! My eyes!
We watched part of Glitter. I feel so dirty.
August 3rd, 2002, 1:40 p.m. - Randomness
I'm all proud of myself because I figured out how to get my computer to say "Hello, Jerry"..."Hello Newman" (from Seinfeld) when I turn it on and "The question isn't 'what are we going to do', the question is, 'what aren't we going to do'" (from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) when I turn it off. Yeah, I'm so smart.
11:58 p.m. - Can I have a glass of water?
Here's a word of advice: don't see Signs at night. And see it with someone else, too. It's really freaky. Really good, but really freaky.
August 6th, 2002, 12:43 p.m. - Achoo
Children! Stop giving me colds!
7:56 p.m. - Movie critic
So, Fear Dot Com and The Ring are the same movie, right? That's what I thought. Actually, I found a difference between them: I will be seeing The Ring but I will not be seeing Fear Dot Com.
August 7th, 2002, 4:56 p.m. - New toys
Spent the afternoon with Aaron, nosing around Smalls Church and looking for cheap places to buy stuff. We went to Hole-in-the-Wall, a used bookstore, and I bought a book of Gwendolyn Brooks' poems. We also stopped by CD Cellar, where I broke the bank and bought The Best of Friends, Volume 2 (which has three of my favorite episodes on it--"The One Where No One's Ready", "The One with the Embryos", and "The One Where Everyone Finds Out"), two classical CDs ($2 each!), and a Canadian import of Sarah McLachlan's Rarities, B-Sides, and Other Stuff, which contains "Full of Grace", one of my favorite songs, which I don't have on CD. So, yay, I'm happy!
August 9th, 2002, 7:43 p.m. - 'NSync 'NSucks
Heh.
by Sophie Schulte-Hillen
August 11th, 2002, 3:23 p.m. - Waaaa!
10 days till I go back to school....
August 15th, 2002, 2:46 p.m. - Boo
Getting my stuff together and figuring out what else I need to take to school with me.... Noooo, I wanna stay here with the little kids!
August 16th, 2002, 5:14 p.m. - Music critic
And now, Songs I Hate:
And Songs I Like:
11:04 p.m. - Shut up
I found another song I hate: "Heaven" by DJ Sammy. I didn't like the song when Brian Adams did it, so why would I like the sucky dance re-mix?
August 17th, 2002, 4:17 p.m. - Stress-free
As I said on December 5th, 2001, I'm very glad I'm not a freshman. They'll be arriving at Eastern in a week, which means they're freaking out right about now. As a junior, I'm used to going back to school and am not that nervous about beginning a new year.
BTW, I go back in 4 days....
August 18th, 2002, 11:22 p.m. - Getting ready
3 more days.... I'm at the point right now where I both want and don't want to go back to school. I'm not exactly sure why that is. I've always been nervous about starting a new school year; I've been that way since I was in elementary school. And it's completely normal, but I don't know why I'm nervous. It's not like I don't know what to expect. Plus, I'm excited to see people I haven't seen all summer and get back into the routine I'm used to. I'm sure this won't get better by Wednesday, though, so I'll just have to deal with it.
August 19th, 2002, 1:12 p.m. - Pro and con
Things to look forward to at school:
August 20th, 2002, 5:39 p.m. - Awwww
The parents of the kids I worked with this summer are so great. A lot of them gave me little presents as a thank you for teaching their kids. I got stuff like perfume, a little carrying case, a candle, macaroons, a phone card, and gift certificates (to the mall, Linens 'N' Things, and Borders). One mother said she was going to get me a gift certificate but didn't know when my last day was...so she slipped me a twenty. The parents were all just as great as the kids.
I'm packed and ready to go. Bring on tomorrow!
9:14 p.m. - Let's go, juniors, let's go!
T-minus 10 hours till I leave for Pennsylvania. (Sorry. I'm bored.)
August 22nd, 2002, 4:49 p.m. - To sum up...
I've been back at school since yesterday but I've been running around doing stuff, so this is really the first chance I've had to write about everything. Let's see....
First of all, my room is a little smaller than I thought it would be, but it's still the perfect size for me. I have just enough storage space and enough room for all my junk. And I have a free refridgerator! It was here when I got here, and my RA said a bunch of people found them in their rooms, so we all got a nice little gift.
I don't really know anyone on my hall, but I'm hoping that will change soon. Em was supposed to live right next-door to me, but she decided to keep her apartment in Norristown, so the room's empty now. Dawn and Rachel are all the way across campus, so it's going to be hard to see them on a regular basis. I'm hoping that once more people arrive and everyone starts settling in that I'll get to know my hallmates.
There's no AC in the dorm rooms in Hainer (just in the lobbies and lounges), so I have my fan on 24 hours a day. I hope fall comes quickly and the weather cools soon so I don't have to keep using it.
August 23rd, 2002, 11:02 a.m. - I hate the smell of fabric softener in the morning
I had a worship team meeting from 9-3 yesterday, and we were supposed to have another one this morning but our new advisor, Theresa, cancelled it, so I got to sleep in. (Yay!) Now, of course, I don't have anything to do today...except laundry. (Sarcastic yay!)
August 24th, 2002, 3:22 p.m. - Nothing to say
I'm sooooooooo bored.
August 26th, 2002, 9:43 p.m. - This sucks
I have not had a good day since I've come back to school; that's 5 crappy days in a row. Today was the closest I've had to a "good day" and now it completely sucks. After dinner I went to Kmart with Rachel and Dawn and just hung out with them. I got back to my room around 8:30 and went over to the music building for worship team practice (which I really needed, as we're up for chapel in 2 days) at 9:30. When I got there Theresa and Jesse told me that my team had practiced at 7:00. I don't know what happened or why the time was switched, but I was in my room from 1-5 and didn't get a phone call about the time change. Yes, I was out from 5-8:30, but I was not expected to be anywhere until 9:30. I am ticked at myself for not being at rehearsal, because I feel like I've let my team down, but there's nothing I could do about it. I'm very ticked that whoever decided on the time change didn't make the decision earlier. There is no message on my door or voicemail about the change. I am extremely mad about the whole situation, and I am madder that I am upset about something I can't change. If I had been here when someone called, I would have gone to rehearsal and been upset that I couldn't spend time with Dawn and Rachel, who I haven't seen very much since I've been back and who I'm used to seeing all the time. But I'm also mad that I missed rehearsal. It's a no-win situation.
10:13 p.m. - More suckage
So Bethany (another singer on my worship team) just stopped by and told me that Paul claimed he told me about the time change yesterday, the same day he told her about it. (In other words, he didn't call anyone.) She called me tonight around 7, but when I didn't answer she assumed I was on my way over. Paul has my phone number, so he can't claim he couldn't call me (which is a very Paul-like excuse to use). Fortunately, we're rehearsing again tomorrow afternoon, but I am still not happy about this whole thing. I don't know if he thought he'd told me when he didn't, but the whole thing is just a big communication problem that we need to work on. It's also a responsibility and common sense problem, and I don't want to have to deal with that.
August 28th, 2002, 9:54 p.m. - So it begins
Despite all the communication and rehearsal problems, chapel went pretty well this morning. (Especially considering it was the first time the 7 of us had ever all played together.) I had my first Political Theory and Learning & Cognition classes today, both of which I think are going to be kind of boring, but I'll stick it out.
August 29th, 2002, 2:39 p.m. - Ack
Tuesdays and Thursdays are going to be harsh. I have Foundations of Christian Spirituality (a class with a LOT of reading) at 8:30, then Post-Colonial Women's Novels at 11:30 and an Autobiography/Short Fiction writing class at 1. Eeshk....
August 30th, 2002, 9:38 p.m. - Grrrr
Dawn is mad at me for some reason I can't figure out, and it's making me mad, too. The truth is that I'm not having a good time right now, and Dawn and Rachel are really the only people I see on a regular basis and know I can depend on to make me feel better. If one of them is angry with me for whatever reason, it doesn't exactly make me happy. And since my friends from high school don't seem to understand how to respond to email, I don't have a whole lot of other people to talk to.
9:43 p.m. - Just kidding
Okay, Dawn's cool. :)
"To: Lance Bass
From: Russian Space Agency
Subject: Re: 'NSPACE
Dear Lance,
We have received your list of special requests and regret to inform you that most of them are not possible. We understand that it is your lifelong wish to 'sparkle in space,' but it is against safety regulations to adorn your uniform with rhinestones. We were, however, able to sew a discreet Chili's logo that won't compromise your security while you practice those 'smooth new space moves' in the absence of gravity.
We're not opposed to your having a hair and makeup artist onboard; however this will cost an additional $20 million. If you're stupid enough to shell it out, who are we to stop you?
As for the rumors that the Backstreet Boys plan to fly to Mars and plant a Burger King flag, it seems you were the unfortunate victim of a prank by one of those punks over at NASA.
Bye bye bye,
Gregor 'Dirty Pop' Patrushka"
1. "Complicated" (Avril Lavigne) -- first of all, that girl needs to smile. Just once. Please? Second of all, it's not as good a song as people think it is. She can't sing that well. Yeah, she can carry a tune, but she's nothing special.
2. "Dilemma" (Nelly) -- what the heck is up with this song? Why is it #1? I don't get it.
3. "Superman/It's Not Easy" (Five for Fighting) -- just can't take it any more. I change the station when I hear it on the radio.
1. "Just Like a Pill" (Pink) -- actually, I'm listening to it on the radio right now. Pink has a really great voice. I heard "Misery", from her newest CD, and fell in love with it. She's a very underrated singer.
2. "Better Man" (Pearl Jam) -- I know it's not a new song but I never heard it until this summer, for some reason, and I love it. It took me awhile to realize that the song is about an abusive relationship; I was listening to the tune more than the words.
3. "Somewhere Out There" (Our Lady Peace) -- I actually didn't like this song the first time I heard it, but now I find myself singing it all the time. The lyrics are really great, and I love the emotion the lead singer puts into it.
1. Seeing my friends again
2. Harder for my dad to make bad jokes via email
3. Sleeping in (at least more than I got to this summer)
4. Singing with my worship team
5. Boys. 'Nuff said (except this: man, am I shallow or what?)