Last Night.

Interesting. that is really the only way i feel like it can be described. thanks to brad making things awkward and weird. lets see.

1. before going out we drank 2 of my favorite drinks. bud light lime (thanks to abby for leaving it at brads) and sweet tea vodka with lemonade (now that its morning i dont think i would mix the two again. i have a very strong stomach that literally nothing bothers, but today i feel a bit bothered)

2. i was singing part of your world and brad yelled at me about how i was boring him because i cant sing harmony! and i mean, i literally cant sing harmony. yeah, if the harmony is loud enough for me to hear and match i can, but i cant just hear thirds ok!

3. tracy practiced making really awesome skirts so that we will know exactly what to do when we make our football ones. in fact, im wearing one as i type! which brings me to my next point....

4. my fabric for my skirts came in yesterday! sooo excited! i know that this point isnt related to the night but i had to add it because im so excited.

5. we leave tracys and have to get gas. all tracy and i wanted was as tracy called it, dark chexmix reeses dark, or something of the like, but really, the dark chocolate cups. we go into the gas station, they dont have them! what a bummer. i have a picture of our sadness but im on carolyns computer so it will have to be posted later.

6. when we walked into the gas station i screamed "THEY HAVE THEM!!!" and an old lady was glaring at me. what i was talking about though is my new favorite chip ever.....jalapeno cheetos!!! yum yum yum!!!! cristina got me so addicted in class yesterday.

7. we head to seven47 to see bailey. we intended on only staying for a short bit to say hi, but for some reason stayed all night. now for the awkwardness.......

8. everyone was staring at brad and tracy like they were the weirdos. i disagreed. i think they were just fun.

9. brad and tracy were screaming at me for some reason from across the upstairs and then this weird guy started mocking them. bailey and i give him a look like what is wrong with you and i guess he took it as an invitation. he started talking about his reasons for yelling and mocking them, and all i responded with was "those are my friends" and i ended the conversation.

10. brad literally pushes tracy awkwardly all over sam bradford so that she would rub all over him. i think sam and tracy are a couple now. thats right callie. tracys ass touched sam bradfords! be jealous! haha

11. brad pulled my dress off twice. yes. twice. tracy says she didnt see anything. im hoping its the truth because i was wearing my long dress that i cant wear a bra with.

12. i guess brad and adam wilson are best friends now? brad never came home to sleep with us. adam called brad literally a 30 times when we were in the car, while we were trying to scarf down tons of mcdonalds by the way (that must be why my stomach hurts!!! gah!), about going to his apartment. when we got there, he wasnt even there!

13. brad had a conversation in "french" with some girl. we then all laughed at her (rude i know, but it was funny) from 17301 (she was on the ground) because she almost fell all over the grass because she was too drunk to stay on the path! haha maybe she just couldnt walk well because brad was wooing her so well!

i hope i didnt forget anything! im sure brad or tracy can add to this. overall, it was a fun night.

i just realized i forgot a bunch of stuff about trying to pee in the union. oh well, maybe next time!

love.

Idealist

i decided that this must be shared. a certain faculty member finds it completely appropriate and necessary to do thousands (at least what seems like thousands) of personality tests where we have to answer tons of questions. i was very excited to see that one of the questions for one of them was "are you more whimsical than routinized or more routinized than whimsical" i was soooo excited to be able to answer whimsical! i immediately smiled and interrupted tracys studying to tell her the good news of my ability to use whimsical as an answer in school! especially since i did have an announcement of it being my favorite word for the time being!

i am now going to be irritating and post my description of my results. i got idealist. the description is long and i wont blame you at all if you dont read it. i just felt like it was extremely accurate so i wanted to show yall and see if you agreed!

Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potentials.

Idealists are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things.

Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships, Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with their children; and in marriage they wish to find a "soulmate," someone with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.

Idealists are relatively rare, making up no more than 15 to 20 percent of the population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers.

Idealists at Work
Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. They are naturally drawn to working with people and are gifted with helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potential both on, and off, the job.

Because you live in anticipation of an exciting future, in your ideal job you will be asked to stretch your imagination on a continual basis. Existing ideas, individuals and groups of people, products, services, and the relationships between these things can trigger flashes of insight about how "what is" might unfold into "what might be." You feel rewarded where you feel free to share your insights with people who encourage your creativity and who support the unpredictable process by which you narrow down the stream of ideas into innovations that are meaningful within the scheme of your personal values. You are likely to be comfortable taking on a leadership role, so long as it doesn’t place you in an arbitrary hierarchy.

love.

Blah

so i know that originally i was going to take a picture everyday. well, since classes started yesterday and i have already had to study two days out of the two days of class we have had because i have TBLs every monday, wednesday and friday that are worth 60 points each, i will not be taking a picture everyday. i mean, i know pictures of my notes would be extremely interesting and all, haha. and i am not one who likes to whip my camera out during class and take pictures of random things while distracting others. maybe i will pick it back up once i have my endocrinology final on october 2nd and begin GI. until then, i will try to post pictures of fun things. i refuse to write all about school and studying since this is to escape from all that. also because of the same reasons, i may be absent a bit more. i know brad will be upset! love you all!

love.

Magical Nights!

tuesday
we decided that we were going to go camping. however, apparently you have to make reservations 2-7 days in advance? and pay? i was unaware. but lucky for us, tracy and carolyn have a great backyard! and also lucky for us, a house that we were able to run into when we woke up to intense freezing winds and sprinkling which then turned into a nice big storm.

who doesnt love swinging from trees?

model!

cleaning up our camping area of intense grass remains

our lovely fire!

weiners ready!

yum! unfortunately for you, i refuse to post the first attempt at this picture. haha!

liking the fire she built

believe it or not, this was my first hot dog to ever eat with mustard on it! i think i have been missing out for years!

yummy smore!!!

thursday
brigittes dad was kind enough to let us treck out to cheddar ranch (unfortunately there wasnt any cheese) with him and his amazing telescope to view the stars! it was absolutely amazing! and very magical! (that was my word to describe almost everything. and by almost i mean that i realized i was using it to describe everything so i then described something as whimsical, but only one thing)

we got to see sooo many cool things, like how MIZAR! (my favorite star name to repeat) is really a double star and his little friend ALCOR (tracys fav). we also looked at exploded starts, other galaxies and many nebulae with lots of dust. one looked like a swan! the big dipper was sooo close looking i felt like i could just reach out and touch it. i just cant even explain how amazing it was!

i also saw fourteen shooting stars! one being the most amazing one of my life! it practically looked like a comet with its amazing tail! i now have high standards for the shooting stars i see.the pads where people set up their telescopes

viewing! and yes, it was absolutely freezing out there surrounded by cow fields. i seriously questioned if it was still summer. i was also concerned about the possibility of frostbite and having to amputate my toes like a couple we saw on the show i shouldnt be alive. (only a slight exaggeration. the frostbite that is. not the questioning of what season it actually was)

we all look a bit crazy in this one (especially me) because being around light was extremely disorienting. i was making an intense effort to keep my eyes open when the camera flashed. clearly, i succeeded in my efforts. tracy failed. haha

all in all. i was very lucky to have some of the most amazing last summer nights! and tonight, a trip to opies! i will be thinking of all of you! and dance intensely as if you were with me celebrating(?) the start of school.

also. it is 75 degrees outside right now? i dont get it. but im not complaining! however, it does feel like sweater weather. and school.....

love.

Relaxing Days

friday

my mom came to visit me! we had a great time. we were lucky enough that it was the second friday of the month, meaning art walk! we missed some of the stores, but we did get to see people dance with fire balls! and we ate pink elephant the next day for lunch of course.

saturday
tracy, carolyn and i went on a bar adventure!

a bit of experimenting with exhales before leaving

sundaytwilight series! this was the best band we have been to so far. i cant remember their name but it had something to do with june bugs. and yes, those little boys are wearing fake mustaches!

mondaybrad is back! i missed him so much! i cant even explain how much i laughed.

wednesdayits finished! no more twilight to be read! i must say, when i finished reading it at the pool i wasnt sure what to do with myself. so i laid on my stomach with my ipod and took a nap! luckily i didnt become a lobster, but i dont think tracy would have let that happen to me. what a great friend!

i also won my first bingo game at bills! luckily for bailey (who needed food and lacked money to purchase any) i won a box of 8 chef boyardee can meals! haha im glad i could help my friend eat for four whole days!

love.

Whimsical

whimsical: given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.

whimsy: anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful or capricious fancy

for some reason i have decided that whimsical is my favorite word (at least for this week. and last). im not sure why. i just feel like it has such promise of beauty and interestingness. i guess i find it intriguing. or really, makes things intriguing when used as a descriptor.

a feel that this picture is whimsical. and since i only have a week left until classes begin, i hope this last week is a bit like it....

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love.

Colorful Days

and here is my week in pictures!!! well, some of it

mondaymy previous post has a good explanation of this devastation

tuesday
tie dying with cylen, bailey and libby! all of our shirts turned out amazing! im starting to get a bit worried that mine are beginning to look too good.
bailey got a bit messy

wednesdayeverything is painted on our welcome sign! now all we have to do is put it together....

thursday
i put the first stitches on my towel wrap. it will soon be finished! (hopefully)

love.

Beautiful Bite Sized Desserts

one of my goals for this year (i would say summer but i only have one week left and that is just not even near enough time for success) is to perfect beautiful bite sized desserts. this stems from the fact that a bit over a year ago was my friend libbys bachelorette party. her friend katie made the most amzing cake dots as party favors and i immediately knew that i had to be able to make them! they were absolutely beautiful and absolutely delicious! i really want to post a picture of them, but my computer died and lost everything back in march and i dont feel like searching through backup disks.

this past week, i tie dyed with bailey, cylen and libby and we decided to bring desserts to the celebration. this was my first attempt at making cake dots. lets just say it, i failed! every time i tried to dip them in the chocolate, they would fall apart and i would have to try and put them back together. i cant even explain how much chocolate was covering my hands. i think it was the messiest i have ever been. i decided to bring these "desserts" to the party regardless of how they looked just because they were so ridiculous looking that it would be a shame if no one saw them.

here is a picture of the failure. like i said, complete failure! no one even understood how they turned out so awful. i just think dipped dot desserts arent my calling.

here is my second attempt. they didnt even fall apart when dipped! they are much more attractive, but still not that great. i think its mainly because i lack a dipping device so i resort to using my fingers and then mess up the shape of the dot and wipe off some of the chocolate off the sides. at least they were an improvement! and they are still delicious even if they arent pretty!

i wish i had a picture of the oreo ones cylen made. they sure were something to work towards! i think i will try to make them next time.

love.

Old?

i spent a lovely afternoon at the pool today. i was a bit disappointed that i felt like i couldnt stay longer because of the heat. usually i can stay for four, five, six hours and enjoy every moment, but for some reason, today i was extraordinarily hot and had to leave after only 2.5 hours!

anyway. the pool today was playing great music. usually they play the radio station with ryan seacrest (whom i cannot stand) and you end up hearing the same five songs looped hundreds of times. today, i showed up. got my ipod out. and was about to put my earbuds in when i noticed that i liked the music they were playing. it involved lots of kings of leon and bob marley. what a great surprise!

now for the real point of this story. i was floating around on my floaty (the kind with mesh so you are still in the water and cool instead of being scorching hot) reading breaking dawn and i could hear a side conversation. this guy was talking to this girl about how his friend was moving near campus corner and was paying a ridiculous amount for rent. he then started talking about how next year he would love the be near campus corner because he will be 21 and would love to just be able to walk to the bars. this made me realize that at this time next year i will be 23. 23! i know that isnt very old, but it sounds old. and it makes me feel really old when everyone at the pool is way younger. maybe i should move to okc with all the older people. and all the pharmacy people. hah! that would never happen. at least not while in school with the pharmacy people.

love.

Lovely

saturday

many moons ago i didnt like how colorful my hands would become after tie dying. now i love it! i think its one of the best parts and look forward to it. it makes me happy to look at my hands even after a few days have passed and see how happy and colorful they are. this one is extremely toned down since i only dyed with pastel purple and blue.

sunday
sometimes people surprise you. over the past two months, i began to notice that one of the mothers of two kids i watched began changing. and in a good way. she seemed happier, more calm, i cant really explain. it had a lot to do with the vibes i got from her. on my last day watching her kids she gave me one of the best compliments i think i have ever received. she said that for some reason i seem to exude peacefulness and calmness and she thought it helped the kids a lot. i really liked that she felt i was a peaceful person because i feel i am that way. i just never thought about how it would affect other people. she then gave me the picture below because it reminded her of me and i love it.it says: we lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and i told her id never heard of them. of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. you have to imagine it on your own.

monday
its always necessary to have many pictures when its someones last day in norman. with that being said, here they are!

we ate lunch at pink elephant and then attempted to watch hsm3, but the disk was scratched. callie did make me watch what seemed to be every mj music video ever.

yummy beers and feta pretzels at library happy hour of course! i feel like i have had a lot of these as of late. and im not complaining!

an attempted picture like the one of laura. i think its hard to recreate something that was so magical, but its close!

caught! a beer drinking rat!

tuesday
looking at this picture makes me want to eat spicy pickle again. thanks callie.

the beautiful and finally finished (right in time) lapboard!

wednesdaymy yoga mat and meditation pillow for the full moon. much needed and much enjoyed!

thursday
yummy "dinner" with tracy and carolyn involving dark chocolate fondue, yummy swiss cheese (i think it was swiss cheese) and wine!

the beginning

a bit more melty

almost gone!

yummy!!!!

friday
this does not look like a fixed washer to me! they didnt do anything! they just told me that it looks like it will die soon and to just wait for that glorious day to happen...and then wait for who knows how long for it to be replaced....

saturdayfinally reunited with cylen and bailey! it had been far too long!

sundaybeautiful tree i stared at while listening to sinatraesque music in the garden! i also watched the birds flying.

enjoyment.

love.