All Day/Nighters

All I really have to say is thank god I managed to get back to UConn before 10:30 Sunday night like my dad was planning because I have spent the entire Sunday working.

Technically I should still be working, but I'm dying a little inside so I stopped for a bit.

Let's see, today I:

-almost entirely cleaned my room

-completed a watercolor painting

-got over 40 pieces of research for A Christmas Carol

-cut, pasted, organized and plastic sheeted all of the research into a binder

-read for pol theory and did the homework (for once)

-studied for my philosophy class (which hopefully I'll pass)

-made my bed (which, of course, is separate from cleaning my room)

I will possibly die during the course of the day BUT!!! I checked my email and there's one from my costuming teacher and class is cancelled. It also happens to be my last class SO I'll be finished at noon today which means in 6 hours, I can get some sleep :)

Things I Am Thankful For:

• Warm beds
• Sleeping 'til noon
• My dad who does so many fantastic things for me
• My sister who, no matter how often I piss her off, will always kick that guy's ass who's been picking on me
• My dog and cat for keeping me entertained and from this house being too empty and being my silent, furry, support system
• My extended family for always loving and supporting me
• Every single one of my friends for keeping me from going too insane and still loving me when I do, ESPECIALLY:

1. Melissa (My wife and twin. I don't know what I'd do without you)
2. Jeff (AZN BRO)
3. Celia
4. Shelby
5. Amanda (Panda loverrr)
6. Tizzy
7. Angie
8. Colleen
9. Regan
10. Billy
11. Greg
12. Steve
13. Tom (TEAM AWESOME TULIPS FO LYFE)
14. Shane (even though you abuse me with metallic water bottles)
15. PYIC Especially: Alex, Gie, and Lito
16. Jackie (for having a stalker blog: jackiecookfair.blogspot.com)

• All of my teachers for constantly pushing me to do better and supporting me in my dreams (to be a professional hobo) ESPECIALLY:

1. Mr. Rubin
2. Mrs. Dean (Formerly, Ms. J)
3. James Fenton
4. Corrie Beth Shotwell
5. Mr. Webb
6. Mr. Parente
7. The Michaels
8. Karim Badwan
9. Ms. Comendador

• Tim Hunter for being a genius and accepting me into UConn
• Dance for being my creative outlet for so many years, and giving me my stepping stone to the wonderful world that is tech.
• PPAS for housing the madness for 4 years, helping me to come out of my shell, and allowing me to meet some of the most talented, amazing friends that anyone could ever have.
• New York for being my constant inspiration
• And, finally, having mounds of food awaiting me out on Long Island :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

In the City that Never Sleeps...

....You honestly don't have time for anything. Like updating this blog.

SO, what I've decided to do is write lists of things I've done on what day and maybe, eventually, some day I'll post pictures. Mmkay? Cool.

SUNDAY

-Woke up at noon

-Drafted

-Went to Lee's!!

-Met up with Jackie of jackiecookfair.blogspot.com

-Saw a pimp grandma

-Got dollar pizza

-Saw an aging hooker

-Came to the conclusion that all the pigeons have turned into people

-Chilled in B&N for five years

MONDAY

-Stayed in bed for most of the day

-Watched Juno and Over the Hedge

-Gave Sweety a bath and brushed her teeth

-Went out with Shelbs and saw New Moon

-Attempted to see A Christmas Carol but didn't have 3D glasses, so we tried to jack some from the recycled glasses bin and almost got caught so we gave up

-Hung out with some ginormous chipmunks

-Saw my first NYC rat since coming home

TUESDAY

-Visited PPAS and spent about five years talking to all my old teachers with Jeff

-WEST WAY!!! With Madeline and Jeff

-Walked almost to Hunter to meet Melissa

-Ear piercing at St. Marks by some sketchy cool guy who's cool because he attempts to rip you off

-Earring shopping at the Manhattan Mall

-Bucket full of 10 chicken legs

-Starbucks gives out talls that are the size of

grandes

WEDNESDAY

-Wake up at 6 to read A Christmas Carol

-Go back to sleep

-Wake up at 11 to draft

-Pre Thanksgiving meal with Melissa, Shelby, Jeff, Roni and Caitlin!!! aka being classy with buckets of food and wine in styrofoam cups with bendy straws

-Reading RPatz/Taylor Lautner magazines in Borders

-Good Luck Chuck and more drafting

-Kelsey made it home from Kansas

THURSDAY

-Slept through the Thanksgiving day parade (I love traditions)

-Made it out to LI in about 5 hours (I hate traffic) for dinner at my Aunt's house

-Colored, walked my dog, and played uno with my (almost) 9-year-old twin cousins, Amber and Emily. I love them! They're so adorable :)

-Drove home, and almost got attacked by a bum in our car. Not really, but my dad thought so since he locked the doors and made me roll up my window.

-Drafted 'til about two (really? how is it that I've done all

this drafting and I got absolutely nothing accomplished?)

FRIDAY

-Woke up at 10 to get to the lottery for HAIR!!!!

-Got a flower and a flyer and danced o

n stage :) :) :)

-Met up with TAAAAM Dubinski!!

-Searched for crumb cake and had a miracle in the Duane Reade on 34th Street

-Got yelled at by a delusional, gross lady

(see picture) because she was convinced we were taking pictures of her in Starbucks. We didn't until she said that, then we ninja'd it.

-Pretended to ice skate

-Lost my keys :(

-Went home and packed

SATURDAY

-Found my keys!

-Packed

-On my way to Grand Central to catch a train back to CT

I Want to Be a Part of it!!

I'M FINALLY BACK IN NEW YORK!!!! (And with internet access... finally).

So, 5 hour bus rides? Not my thing. It's really not okay. I was sooo incredibly stiff getting off the bus. BUT I had an incredibly Carve sandwich (which also happened to be my last meal in New York before college) and some fudge and that made my day.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I FOUND OUT??? I have not only one, but TWO drafting tables in my house.

One is travel-sized with a parallel rule and the other is big, but I'd have to use a T-Square. In any case, drafting parties should be held at my house.

I really hope this can actually be a sort of bribe for my friends to visit me :)

Since I got back yesterday, it's been a more or less normal day in the city.

-Hung out in Times Square with Jeff

-Got asked to hold an orange gnome and get my picture taken with it

-Harassed by people to see comedy shows

-Visited my high school and watched the matinee of the black box, The Story (which was OH MY GOD incredible!)

-Jump-attacked Kevin outside of BAM

-Almost got hit by a bus, and laughed about it afterwards

-Went to Fordham, where I saw Shelbs in Mrs. Packard (and a guy in a UConn sweatshirt) which was.... oh sweet Jesus. Amazing.

-Had PINKBERRY!!!

-Went home

The only disappointments I've had are that it seems more crowded than I remember, there appear to be less pigeons, and I have yet to see an NYC rat.

But other than that, I love New York. I honestly can't believe I've been gone for three months. That's just preposterous.

Still Sleepless...

Remember when I was really tired? I fell asleep taking notes in Pol Theory today.

Legit.

You can clearly tell which parts of my notes I was asleep during.
And where I woke up to cross out my illegible handwriting and then promptly fell back asleep while writing.

But good news, I got to see the meteors last night! It was awesome.

10:39

I fell asleep watching Love in the Afternoon with Regan. I love that movie but I'm just so tired. This isn't okay. I have work to do! Plus I'm missing out on Audrey Hepburn being super class with an older man. That's just unacceptable.

Sleep? You Can Do That When You Die

Apologies for not updating yesterday, I actually had something interesting to say... and I forgot what it was.

But it's really all thanks to the fact that I get no sleep. I legit almost died yesterday.

This photo was taken at about 5 o'clock yesterday, and then I fell asleep. Seriously.

I even missed the meteor shower which I'm slightly upset about because it looked like a fun time, but there was really no way that I was making it 'til 4 am in the cold.

However, I did manage to get my drafting done. AND had a wing from Wings. So I feel like that made up for the lack of astronomical events in my life.

You Know What I Hate?

I really hate when I get billed for things that I didn't even sign up for. And then I can't cancel the membership because it doesn't recognize my email and I have no clue what the password is. And I really, really hate waiting for them to email be back so I can sort out this problem and stop having my money wasted because it's really really stupid.

*&^%$#$^(*$#

I'm also not a fan of waking up early and spending all day at focus call only to come back to have to finish writing my paper with six hours less than I thought I had.

But good news, I finished two of the more lengthy paragraphs. I still need a thesis though... hm...

Today's gonna be a great day.

6:16

Turns out, I spent seven hours at focus call. But I guess it was alright, even though I got back cramps from contorting myself in 18 inch spaces to get to a light hidden by another light a yard away. That was fun.

But I hung an electric by myself... and then circuited it the wrong way.

And those people cancelled my membership which was awesome.

And the weather was nice and damp and smelled lovely.

AND we got donuts this morning!

As of now, I still haven't finished my paper. But I'm realizing that I really don't have that much left to do because I can't go over my limit of five pages and I write a lot. I just need a thesis.

Maybe one day I'll find one....

Stupid essay.

1:38

FINALLY FINISHED THIS ESSAY!!!!

Granted it's probably one of the shottiest papers I've written, it's done and able to be turned in. Hooray!

Procrastination Nation

Maybe it's just me, but I always get this feeling that whenever I have a mountain of work to get done in a very limited amount of time, I tend to completely avoid it.

I may in fact be doing that right now.

I've been up for a little over three hours and all I've done so far today is watch V for Vendetta. Really though, it's not even the movie I should be watching if I want to get work done. I should at least get out of bed and clean my room, which is among one of the many things I should be doing in order to be productive today.

Or at least turn on my room light so I can stop pretending that it's still dark outside and have more of an excuse to still be napping.

5:24

SURPRISE!!! I actually made it out of bed, showered, and am currently doing laundry while writing my paper. Well... I was until I decided to take a break to update this post to say that I wasn't procrastinating anymore...

That's a bit of a fail.

I really didn't actually write very much, but I'm filling out my outline, which is a start.

I still don't have a thesis but I think I'll get there soon and I'm pretty sure I can finish half the work on my paper by tonight.

Maybe.

Here's hoping since it's due on Monday!

7:52

Still doing laundry. I think I'm on my.... 8th? load. Yeah... I have a lot of clothes. Some have been chilling waiting to be washed for maybe a month now.

Anyway, I'm avoiding this essay again. I just got back from my room to grab the next to loads to put away and instead of spending the time doing more of my paper, I cleaned my room.

Granted that was on my list of things to do, but still....

Good news about it tho, I have a paragraph done on Machiavelli which is more or less coherent and when double spaced it takes up almost a page.

1 down, 3 or 4 more to go.

I may just shoot myself in the face in the meantime....

11:52

I have yet to get further on my paper. BUT I cleaned my room! Yay!

I love how it's gotten to a point where I'll clean to procrastinate. That's nonsense.

Cool Kids Paint on Friday Nights

Cool kids in college do not party, they paint. For serialz. I've been in 109 painting for about three hours, but funny how I'm still not happy with it.

Shane has been here bothering me with his T-Square. I'm seriously considering breaking it in order to shank him dead.

But for realz, we shouldn't be sitting here being good students. We should be out getting up to shenanigans. This is a fail.

It should also be known that David O Smith is a terrible, horrible, lame person. I can't actually remember why BUT I do remember that I promised to say that he was lame on my blog. Hence, the former statement. And it's true.

Fo sho.

Even though I don't remember why.

10:18

I'm going back to my dorm to work on my Dark Knight paper for Pol Theory. Really... how cool am I?

This is a Super Awesome Blog SLASH Everything is Unacceptable

Greg has a blog with pictures from every day. Jackie has a blog with pictures of Greg every day.

I think I need a blog.
It's gonna be super awesome.

Actually, it'll probably end up being about nothing. But super awesome, nonetheless.

So, this blog is currently being created as I watch Mark and Greg do projection design for Galileo. It's looking pretty spiffy, no thanks to Greg. Really. He's useless.
Greg was supposed to let Regan, Sara, Jackie and I into the Jorgensen because we have no lives and were bringing food, but he didn't. Even after multiple texts and voice mails. He blames the service in Jorg. We say it's no excuse.

Needless to say, Mark got his fries and chips. I should be his favorite student by now. I think I should get more blue stars for my work.
Especially since I'm about to go shout out his website: novickdesign.com
Don't ever go to gregpurnell.com
If you feel like you need a dose of Greg, instead go to jackiecookfair.blogspot.com
Greg is lame.

MY BLOG IS SUPER AWESOME!!!!!


11:32
I'd like to make a slight revocation on my Greg is lame comment, but only because he helped me fix my blog so it looks pretty. He's actually still pretty lame.
He made us stand in the cold and we were forced to call Mark to be let in.
Unacceptable.

11:40
Greg didn't even finish the smoothie I allowed him to have because it's chock-full of vitamin C and he's ill. This just completely cements his lameness.

Apparently, Mark is getting three more assistants for his projection team. I don't think I'm one of them. I'm a bit upset because I brought Mark food. I feel unappreciated.
Unacceptable.