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!