I'm a sellout...

I've succumbed to the ever-growing popularity of live-journal. Sorry to any loyal blogspot users I may have offended. and just in case anyone cares, here's the new journal!

www.livejournal.com/users/auntiewitch

Sayonara, blog!

Kitchen Cleaning Adventures

I thought we did a good job of cleaning our apartment. It is roach free, it's been scrubbed with clorox and 409, vacuumed, decorated...but apparently it wasn't enough.

I'm not really sure how it started, but Maggie and I started going through the stuff in the kitchen...and the phrase "Is this yours?" was uttered many a time. I've compiled a list of things we found in the kitchen that belong to no one who currently lives here:

Three boxes of assorted pasta (Two spaghetti, one linguine)
One box of Easy Mac
One bottle of honey
One piece of Laffy Taffy
One freezer FULL of ice (so that's what happens when one leaves the ice machine on unattended all summer...hmm...)

Hmm...so the people who lived here before us were messy carbohydrate lovers with a sweet tooth, who were overheated much of the time, thus requiring a gigantic block of ice!

or perhaps i'm being a bit rash, judging them by their food consumption and lack of cleaning abilities...ah, well...

So ends another episode of "wasting time with Kate"

Finally!

I'm officially moved into my new apartment!

And the Peasants danced in jubilation!

Wait, no, they're on strike again. No peasant song-and-dance number for me.

that was for you, Dan. Hah.

My apartment has a wonderful view of our 'lake' (read: retention pond)...but it looks pretty! Especially at sunset. And of course, there's the added thrill of having my own room and some great roommates! No more rude Rastafarians for me! (Damn, this would be a perfect time for a jubilant peasant dance...I need to call the union.)

Alright, this post is now concluded since no one but Dan will understand it.

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Whoops, i suppose i've been neglectful in my updating. Most of my posts begin with an apology for lack of updates..perhaps that's a habit I should break
What follows is a list of dates that I am much looking forward to. If you care to know what they are, you may ask and I will be happy to tell you.

July 16
August 19
November 11 (!)
December 23 (!)

excitement abounds!

*Smile*

The title is fitting because it's what i've been doing a whole lot of in the past week. I wish I could write something long and profound and express all the emotions i'm feeling, but the words don't exist, even in my expansive vocabulary. I feel like my life has changed 180 degrees for the better, and I can't explain why. (Perhaps a better wording for that would be that I'm choosing not to reveal the absolute truth for my happiness...) It's completely foreign for me to feel this unrestrainedly happy...very out of character, but I like it! Finally I understand how some people can walk around with smiles on their faces, even when it seems that nothing overly joy-inducing is happening at the moment. For the first time, I'm so happy that I don't have to keep reminding myself of the good around me in order to keep from crying.

Hopeless Rambling

My laptop is fighting with me, restricting all access to the internet...so here I am, on...::cue evil, dark, sinister, and otherwise foreboding music:: THE DESKTOP. Thus, you'll have to forgive any typos that may make their way into this post, seeing as I have lost all ability to type on a desktop computer. Hopefully my computer will be rehabilitated in the very near future and I won't have to relearn the lost art of Desktop Keyboard Typing...ugh. I keep trying to use the touchpad...except that there isn't one. I haven't managed to type a single sentence yet without at least one typo per word...Perhaps blogging on an unfamiliar computer isn't the best of ideas. especially since I don't really know where I am going with this post. I happened to be sitting near a computer with internet access, and I thought "well, I should post an update." I suppose it wasn't a very well thought out idea, since I obviously didn't have much to say. It's kind of a good thing I am posting today as opposed to last night...because last night, any attempt at a blog would have quickly spiraled into a "I hate the world and life and all existence should be negated because I am in the worst mood imaginable and everyone should die" type of post. And no one likes to read those types of posts. Unfortunately, i'm sure no one likes to read this kind of post either, so think i'm done rambling for tonight. Ta!

This feels like the end of an era...

But I think it's really the beginning. At the start of this year, I couldn't wait for it all to end. Now at the end of the year..I'm glad it's over, but instead of dreading the return of next year, i'm finding myself looking forward to it. I still can't wait to get the hell out of this stupid dormitory and away from my awful roommate, but next year, we have so many amazing plans and ideas for our apartment...I can't wait to move in! Additionally, my gen ed reqirements are fullfilled so I can start on classes that ::gasp:: relate to my major! Imagine that. I've met some amazing people and had some great experiences this year. The freedom I feel being away from home is wonderful. I'm completely excited to start the next stage of my life and see where I end up.

Pseudo-Prophets and Rediculous Republicans...

I apologize to those of you who faithfully frequent my blog, for I have been remiss in updating. I find that updating whilst under enormous amounts of stress causes nothing but writers block and a disjointed, complaint filled, altogether uninteresting post. However, now that the weekend has arrived and i can postpone my stressing until sometime sunday night, I can blog in peace...or, as close to peace as one can come while sharing a cement box with a roommate AND the boyfriend of the roommate, who has apparently moved in for the duration of the year...an arrangement, which, I promise you, does not please me in the slightest.
Now, I ask myself, what has happened since I last blogged? And I answer myself, "Why, the arrival of the Uber-Evangelists at UCF!" Annoying as they are, they provide some mildly interesting blogging material. Beginning with Jeremiah, the self appointed prophet, who has apparently been ordained by God himself to decide who among the human population will be frequenting hell in the relatively near future. Such heathens as (and here, i quote the giant sign he was holding above his head while he cursed the 'heathens'): Computer freaks, sports nuts, dykes on bikes, mormons and other cults (yes, i swear, he regards mormonism as a cult), witches, liars...the list goes on for some thirty-odd items. One would think that such a display would fulfill the university's need for evangelism...but sadly, that was not the case. The RayComfort group was milling about the Student Union yesterday, and while they weren't as offensive as our friend Jeremiah the Psychopathic Pseudo-Prophet, they did try their best to make me late for class, as they ALL tried to approach me and employ their various methods of creative evangelism on me (which kind of lacks a point, seeing as I'm already a Christian, and therefore not in need of their saving...) Next come the anti-abortionists...with their charming pictures to prove their point. And finally, through this doesn't exactly fit into the vein of evangelism, it certainly merits a mention for being REALLY ANNOYING, the Conservatives, with their signs professing that the war is "Defending Cowardly Liberals, Whether They Like it Or Not!"
All in all, not exactly a wonderful week for us liberals here at the University of Central Florida. But tomorrow is another day...hopefully a day free of narrow minded bigotry. With hope for the very near future, this is Katelyn, signing off.

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Flexbucks Fun!

Daylight Savings Time messes with my head...I have no concept of time anymore. It's quite sad. It's midnight right now, but somehow i feel like it's about 10:00.
Ashley and I took her 970 dollars worth of Flexbucks and raided the Knightstop convenience store! Has ANYONE ever spent $220 at a convenience store? We have...
Getting the newly purchased items back to her dorm was an adventure in and of itself...it was a painful experience, carrying 200 dollars worth of groceries the half-mile to her dorm...FUN!
I can't WAIT until Wednesday...I'm so excited :)
And with that happy parting comment, I fear that I must begin the work that has been staring at me from my desk from the past few hours.
Happy nocturne, all!

Thunderstorm Glory

There's a massive thunderstorm brewing outside. It looks like it's about 7:30 at night, even though it's only 3:30. The first claps of thunder are starting to echo outside my window. The trees outside are moving in no specific direction, with that wind that accompanies thunderstorms that never seems to pick a direction...it just circulates however it sees fit. The only light in my room is coming from my computer screen...it's too dark outside to really illuminate anything, but not dark enough that I need to ruin this atmosphere by turning on a light. Thunderstorms are so conducive to introspection. Storms are such an example of extreme power. Apparently, I'm the only freak in the world who actually enjoys thunderstorms...my roommate seems to think i've gone insane. I love thunderstorms. They provide me with an opportinity to sit inside and think, and not feel like i should be doing something else. It's odd how something so inherently violent makes me feel so peaceful...

OK, the guilt has set in, so I'm updating, stop kvetching. (I love that word! It's fun to say, too...kvetch..and I love the way it's spelled...I think i just like the letter V. I think it should be used more often. Wow, this is a crazy tangent. Ok, back to the blog)
It's a real shame that the internet is so damn addicting. I wish i had the willpower (or the desire) to get off the damn computer every once in a while.
I found a bunch of old CD's in my room when I came home for spring break. Lots of stuff that I hadn't listened to inyears. I listened to some of them...I had really STRANGE taste in music! Not that I still don't, mind you, but this was bizarre...I don't even know what some of it is. I remember the songs and I can still remember all the lyrics, but I couldn't tell you the artist or the album or where I got the songs from. I think most of it was from the Kazaa era. Lots of random downloads. Obviously, I've had a really fun-filled Spring Break thus far.
Excitement DID occur on Saturday, however, when Regina and Kristin wandered into CR Chicks (yeah, I'm working through my spring break...I know i'm a loser...I don't want to hear it.) I miss all the people from my high school clique. There's at least one that I haven't seen since graduation, which is really starting to depress me.
Wow...I've discovered more random music...yikes, what was I thinking? Eeesh...
And thus ends my fairly uneventful quasi-update.

Invasive weather

It rained today. The freezing cold kind of rain that feels like liquid ice (no, actually, that's NOT an oxymoron!) when it hits your skin. Despite the cold, i enjoy days like this. I like sitting in my room listening to the rain hitting my window. I think one of my favorite sounds is the sound of a thunderstorm (while i'm INSIDE, thank you.) Rainy days are almost an oxymoron in and of themselves. They seem so peaceful...the sound of rain hitting an umbrella forms a nice backdrop for my thoughts. Alternatively, storms are a reminder of the kind of power that nature has, even though it doesn't always show it. I've heard that a thunderstorm contains enough energy to light China for a year...think about that. That's a lot of power. I love the fact that nature has the potential for such power, but that clear, cool days with sunshine and a great breeze still exist...kind of as if there's an understanding that power doesn't need to be flaunted all the time...but it's there when it's needed. Just a thought...

Musings

I was thinking...I really hope all the hell we're putting ourselves through right now is worth it. What if we all get our degrees, and then become drones. Mindlessly moving from one day to the next, hating our jobs, miserable, and wishing we could start again. That would be horrible. I keep second guessing myself...Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life? I have no idea what i really WANT to do...i just don't want to be one of the masses.

I bought American Beauty yesterday. It had been a long time since i'd watched it...I forgot how much i loved that movie. Kevin Spacey doesn't get nearly enough credit for his work.

Now i'm being a SERIOUS dork...I'm watching Aladdin. (Stop laughing!) Too bad all the new Disney movies kinda suck.

My floor lamp broke today...i was watching American Beauty and all of a sudden the lamp broke off of it's stand and fell over...one of the light bulbs kind of exploded.

I love being random...But i think i should stop now. Indeed, i'm stopping. goodnight. :)

I know, i know...long time, no (substantial) blog. It's so intimidating to look at you people who write novels in each and every entry (Mark!), complete with actual thoughts, as opposed to my useless rambling.I feel so inferior! Well, no, not inferior....just less interesting, i suppose. And as per usual, i don't have anything of real importance to say, but i do feel the need to express my happiness, for i finally have *gasp* a GOOD professor teaching me something worth knowing. Imagine that! It's wonderful to walk into class and not immediately wish i was walking back out the door. Maybe it's the fact that he showed us clips of American Beauty and Edward Scissorhands to illustrate a point about the rise of the middle class. Maybe it's the fact that we're holding class in the arboretum tomorrow morning. I don't know, but it's nice to have a class that i don't dread going to. I've never experienced that before. It's a great sensation. The one caveat about said professor is his lack of dress sense...it doesn't make him any less of a professor, but he needs to learn that socks and Birkenstocks DON'T mix...and neither do sweater vests and cargo pants...or all four of said articles at the same time. Yeahhhh...I hope this post doesn't make me sound shallow...hmm...

Well, now that i've written something of substantial length, i fear i mut return to the world of academia and finish this damned paper...*sigh* Tchuss! (that was for you, Erica...did i use/spell it right? i'm sure you'll be happy to correct me if i didn't :) )

WHOA, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best movie EVER! Ashley rocks at life for making me see it! It definitely goes on my Favorite Movies list, and on my list of Movies That I Really Need to Own. That movie completely mesmerized me. I think it's my new obsession. And on that note, i'm going to watch it again :) Night everyone

Valentines Day? no.

Against my better judgement, i did not partake in my usual Anti-Valentine's Day diatribe this year. However, i couldn't allow such a monumentally pointless holiday to pass without some form of written retort on the most ridiculous holiday of the year. Yes, at one point, it was a holiday in homage to a saint, but now, it has turned into an excuse for the card companies to sell the sappiest cards they can come up with, teddy bear sales to soar, and for men to try to make up for treating the women in their life as if they don't exist for the other 364 days of the year.

Ok, now that my mini-rant is over, i can commence with my post. I felt that my blog needed updating, as it's been kind of neglected in the wake of my many many tests and papers that were due last week (i know, i know, it's been way longer than a week...forgive me.)

I'm counting down the days until March 23...Chicago, the Musical...Bob Carr Theater...dead center Orchestra...WHOA! I'm insanely excited!!!

And there you have it, kids...a slightly disjointed and irrelevant, but nontheless present, post. Goodnight!

Defenestrate

I am in the midst of severe distress. I'm suffering from severe Moulin Rouge deprivation. I left my DVD at home, and after seeing it two nights ago at Universal, I'm dying to see it again, minus the obnoxious drunk people that were in the theater with me, so i can sob in peace. bah. The best I can do for now is listen to the soundtrack obsessively until next Friday, when i shall go home to reclaim my precious DVD.

If anyone is wondering about the title, look it up...it's a fantastic word with no practical use whatsoever.

Damn Writers!

Last night at the Citywalk Cineplex, a shadow cast troupe performed Moulin Rouge...good times, good times. It was thrilling enough to see Moulin Rouge on the big screen again (!!!), and the addition of the live cast underneath it was a thrilling addition to an already thrilling experience. And of course, the addition of a few...um..."helpful theatergoers" injected some comedy into some of the more animated scenes...

On-Screen Cast: "So exciting, we'll make them laugh, we'll make them cry! So delighting-
-and in the end, should someone die?
Helpful Theatergoer in the Audience: "OF COURSE!!!"

Ahhh, good times...

hmph...

Monday night: Katelyn goes to cardio kickboxing class. Wednesday: Katelyn still cries in pain when she moves. Ah well, such is the price of being fantastically fit...:-/
Rainy days are blog inducers. Maybe because i only blog when I have something to bitch about (a habit which, i promise, I am trying to rectify.) But yeah, today was rainy and dreary and depressing, and Murphy's law kicked in, so I had a really terrible beginning to my day. I overslept this morning after accidentally turning off my alarm clock the first time it rang, instead of hitting the snooze button. Got to class 10 minutes late, missed about a fourth of the lecture. *this is where the exception to the bad day occurs...we had a pop quiz in advertising that i got a perfect score on, and then my stat class got let out mad early*But then, back to reality. I decided to take a nap to rid my mind of the depressing conditions outside...overslept AGAIN and missed my Quotes meeting. Then, it was time for this semester's *FIRE DRILL*, during which all the inhabitants of the dorm had to endure that horrible buzzing noise that always changes pitch when you switch hallways so you get all kinds of annoying dissonance in addition to the nails-on-a-chalkboard noise, and then go stand in the rain for 20 minutes while the fire drill raged on. Since then, I have been avoiding contact with the outside world, for fear something else will go wrong. Yeesh.

However, despite the not so great chain of events, I'm in a pretty good mood...who'da thunk? (eesh, did I actually just say that? sd;fajsdkl;jf)

Sleep is once again calling my name, and I think i'll heed it's call so as not to sleep through my math class again. Au revoir, darlings!

WOW two blogs in under a week? You'd better believe it! I am incredibly full of energy right now, something i'm definitely not used to experiencing. I attribute my excess energy to the wonderful 12 hours of sleep i got last night, and to the weather outside (freaking cold! wahoo!)

I went and saw Hairspray last night...definitely a fun show. I've never gone to see a show before without at least knowing the premise of the storyline, but i knew NOTHING about the Hairspray before I went to see it yesterday. It was an interesting experience. Apparently EVERYONE In the greater Orlando area was going to some event in the area surrounding the TD Waterhouse Centroplex, so traffic was hell, but nontheless it was definitely a good night. Good times, good times...

I think i've had my fill of blogging for today...bye kids!

Well, well...time for a late-evening (it's not really late-night...) blog entry, mostly because i'm bored and feeling very pensive at present. I wish I knew why this thoughtfulness is plaguing me right now, at a moment when i'd very much like to shut my brain down and go to sleep. Some of it probably stems from the fact that I just finished re-reading Wicked (for the umpteenth time), which always gets me in an extremely introspective mood. All that talk of good and evil and false fronts...definitely food for thought.
If i remember correctly, my last post wasn't all that up-beat, so i'm trying to write something moderately uplifting...
I can't stand that feeling where there are so many thoughts swirling around in my head that i can't concentrate on just one long enough to sort out what it is and what to do about it. It's one of my major frustrations in life...which i am definitely experiencing right now. I'm fully aware that this post is very disjoint and probably not all that fascinating to read, so i think i should stop while i'm still moderately lucid. (It took me four tries to correctly type the word lucid just then...it's definitely time for me to stop.) I promise to come back with something happy and interesting to read as soon as something interesting and happy happens to me...No promises on when that's going to happen though.

Pleasant Slumber, everyone...
::exit::

ACK!

So it's been over a month since I posted anything here. My apologies to any of you that actually read it. Anyways, now that the new semester has started, i should have plenty to complain about here. (What, you were expecting me to post happy thoughts? ::scoff::)
Christmas and the resulting lack of school were fabulous! It was fairly uneventful, and i didn't get to see my old friends as much as i would have liked to (or at all...), but the time i did spend with them made up for it. Mark, you owe me a shopping trip! (just kidding...sort of)
I'm out of things to say, I think, so...Ta!

I suck at thinking up titles for my posts.

I am celebrating the first day of Florida Cold Weather today (I maintain that the first time the temperature stays below 70 all day should be declared a state holiday so we all have a chance to go out and enjoy the weather before it goes away), so I thought I would commemorate it with a blog post. Cold weather puts me in an amazing state of mind. When the air isn't plagued with humidity and oppressive heat, i find it much easier to think clearly. In today's case, most of my thoughts have been happy ones. Even in the midst of a rather depressing anthropology test, i still found myself smiling and thinking (reasonably) happy thoughts. Of course, this happiness must be partially attributed to the fact that today was the last day of fall classes, which improves my already jubilant mood approximately tenfold. And now, i shall go out into the wonderful weather and bask in the temporary chilliness.

::exuent::

::enter, stage left::
I feel the need to amend this post a bit. In addition to the wonderful weather that was present all day long, i saw the most glorious sunset I can ever remember seeing. A perfect end to a wonderful day.

::exit, stage right::

OK, I apologize for that horribly self-depricating post that i wrote last week...i don't know what was going on in my head that day, but whatever it was is gone now. I'm back to my usual, happy self...(cue sarcastic chuckle)...ok, my usual, moderately amused self...(yes, thats better). Now, i feel as though i should recount the events that have led up to my more positive outlook on life, the universe, and everything. (42.) I think it's mostly the fact that i'm starting to meet people that interest me, instead of spending 95 percent of my time in my dorm studying. I suppose the fact that this semester is starting to come to a close is also a positive factor. (No more evil Anthropology! w00t!) My grades aren't exactly what i'd hoped for, but i'm not losing any scholarships, so i guess it isnt a life-threatening situation.
I'd love to end this moderately upbeat post with some clever remark or wiiticism, but i'm experiencing a mental lapse at the moment, so i'm going to end it right.....now.

OK well i guess no one loves me, but whatever. (I gather this information from the lack of comments posted...whatev)

I'm really ready to go home for thanksgiving. I miss all of my friends a lot. I've decided that UCF has absolutely no people with any depth whatsoever. Sororities can go to hell. So can fraternities. Because all of them contain vapid, less than intelligent people with whom i do not want to associate, yet who dominate my ENTIRE SCHOOL. I know i'm way overgeneralizing, because one of my only friends does happen to be in a sorority, BUT the majority of the ones i have met simply do not peak my interest.

I think i need to make some friends. It'll make my time here go a lot faster. As of now, it's DRAGGING. I sleep, I study, and I work out. I dont go anywhere...it's kind of sad. (this is one of the MILLION reasons i'm ready to go home...i want my social life back!) I can't wait til Christmas break when we will all REALLY have a chance to reunite our old group.

I'm not sure if all this bitching and complaining is making me feel better or worse. Usually it's kind of therapeutic, but tonight, the more I type, the more i think of to complain about.

Bleh...i'm missing something here. Maybe it's a signifigant other. maybe it's just friends. maybe it's a social life? maybe i just miss home. i dunno, but i feel like i'm missing out on something about the whole college experience. It's not quite as exciting as I envisioned it.

I think it's time for me to shut the hell up and let anyone who happens to read this (which would be no one, judging from the empty comment box :( ) get on with their lives, which are hopefully more productive than mine.

Your Second Chance...

Okay, people...One comment is not exactly an outpouring of love...so i'm giving you a second chance :)

Leave me some love filled comments and i'll resume posting at my usual infrequent intervals.

Ericarose is exempt because she loves me!!! and she shows it :) lol

Now, once more, WITH FEELING!

Strike

I'm on a blogging strike until i get some love, in the form of comments...

Love me, people!!!

Don't blame me, I voted Kerry/Edwards.

Finally, finally, FINALLY, the 2004 election is over! (Not that I'm happy with the results, mind you...) It's a great relief to be rid of the scads of political activits attempting to recruit voters from every street corner. Tent City (the incredibly Pro-Kerry site outside the Library) has been demolished, and no longer am i asked to register to vote every time i step out my door. I'm also quite glad to be rid of the Anti-Abortion coalition residing directly to the South of Tent City. I think those were my least favorite of the ever active activitsts. (that sounds redundant, but it really isnt...i don't think...)
Unfortunately, the slightly larger half of America with slightly less than half of the brain cells needed for a human to cognitively function have reelected Dubya for another four years of our lives. (Lives which will most likely be signifigantly shortened by the stress of having to pay for the ever increasing debt of America, as well as the warfare that is breaking out thanks to W's wonderfully thought out (ha!) plan of action against terrorism.)
I'm trying awfully hard to make this post sound upbeat, despite my less than joy-inducing subject material. Let's see, happy thoughts, happy thoughts...Well, i suppose I could go off onto a short tangent about my upcoming weekend in Gainesville, where i will finally get to reunite with the people from my past, who i miss VERY much. And shortly after, there will be more joyous reuinions when i return to Stuart for the MCHS Drama production of Carousel. And then, of course, everyone will happily get together once again the weekend after that, for the favorite holiday of all voracious Americans, Thanksgiving!
Happy November, everyone.

I am sick. This is unfortunate. However, I am in a good mood, because....


drumroll...


Our gym is FINALLY fixed and back in operation! After extensive damage and millions of dollars of ruined equipment, us UCFers finally have a gym. This excites me greatly.

-end-

Well, you may notice that the blog is a tiny bit different

I'm still working on the template, but right now i'm going out to see the LUNAR ECLIPSE!!!!

Tell me what you think of the changes
If you hate it, i might change it back
but probably not...

pathetically emo...

So, I worked really hard all week preparing my speech for Oral Communications, put together a powerpoint, an audio CD, planned out my speech, and then...completely bombed out on it. Isn't that my luck? For someone who considers herself to be an actress, i sure have a knack for screwing up in front of an audience...probably not a good attribute, huh?
I keep telling myself i'm going to start preparing to audition for the School of Music here...but it never happens...i don't have the music i need or a place to practice...i miss my house and my nice piano. (And i REALLY miss sitting on my couch listening to Mark play my nice piano...)
This entry is so pathetic!
I think i should stop before i descend completely into the depths of the dreaded EMO...::shudder::

It's 3:45 in the morning. Why am i still awake? (I guess it could have something to do with the fact that i slept until 2pm today, but i digress)
I tend to get introspective late at night...and i end up asking myself odd questions that I nor anyone else can ever seem to answer. Those questions lead the way to new questions, and since i never answered the old questions, i end up with what feels like hundreds of questions crowded inside my already overworked brain. I don't like it when that happens, because i feel like i can't focus on one of them long enough to come up with a solution or an answer to it. Adding to the problem is the fact that there are usually not many people available to talk with at 3 in the morning, leaving me to sit and contemplate with no outlet for my frustrations.
I discovered tonight that a serious shock is quite the retardant to sleep...
I need to have a chat with a certain someone...whether they read this or not, i have no idea...
I'm confused beyond everything i've ever known...i think it's just my late night musings pulling everything out of perspective and everything will be fine in the morning...
maybe i'll wake up and find out this was some crazy dream...
but i doubt it...

I'm going to rip off Mark's normal blog theme and be all introspective today. Reading further may be hazardous to your sanity. You have been warned...

Actually i think my disclaimer was a lie...i have nothing to be introspective about. I wish i could talk about something like the beautiful weather, but that would be a lie because it's 90 degrees outside. (Yay Florida.) I'd talk about my day but i havent done anything except go to Chick-fil-a for lunch. I have no experiences to write about because i sit in my dorm and study all day long. I really do lead quite an exciting life, don't I?

Sometimes i wonder why i bother updating this thing...I don't think anyone reads it...but i find blogging sort of therapeutic. I never liked writing in journals or anything like that, so why do i enjoy putting my random thoughts on the internet for everyone to see? I guess it's one of those mysteries of life.

Well, i know I promised you, my faithful readers, a deep and thoughtful blog today...but i lied. I'm sorry. I'm going to go back to doing what i do best...procrastinating. Arrivaderci, all!

I've decided to spend this entire day inside my dorm room. I figure i have nothing to do, and it's a crappy day outside anyway, so i really have no motivation to venture outside the dorm. My roommate is gone for the weekend, so there's no one here but me...i'm going to watch movies and eat Ramen (my food staple of life). Maybe i'll get some studying done later...most likely not. Leave me a comment to remind me of how wonderful and meaningful my life is...:-p maybe that would give me a reason to actually get out of bed :)

Cow! Cube! Cow-UUBE!!

so basically, rathergood is the ultimate way to spend an afternoon...COW! CUBE! COW-UUBE!!

yes, I am a dork.

No, i do not have a life.

I don't really have anything to say, but i wanted to blog...so there you go.;

You know, one hurricane just wouldn't have been enough for good ol' Florida...oh, no. Two, maybe. Yeah, two's a good number. But three is even better!!! Hell, why not go for broke?! FOUR HURRICANES? yep. four sounds good. *sigh* And just hitting Florida in general wouldn't be earth shattering enough...two of them have to land right in our own backyards. I'm sure the odds of having 2 hurricanes hit the same area in less than a month are similar to winning the lottery two days in a row.

So ends my Saturday morning rant. Everyone stay safe and have a WONDERFUL weekend!!!

WHOOO i'm learning how to use COLORS!!!!!! Thank you charles!! you rock the MOST HEAVILY!!!! haha
Pink!!!! awwww how cute!!! I'm using a LOT of exclamation points in this post...i'm really hyper...that's the bad thing about consuming caffeine late at night...maybe that will keep me up long enough to read my anthropology crap...(and it defintely is crap. ANT2000 is absolutely the worst class i've ever taken)

In other news...The migraine from hell is gone!!! how exciting!!! sure, it kept me in bed for 2 days, but im ALL BETTER NOW!!!!

In other other news...www.thefacebook.com is my newest obsession! it's a way cool thing that EVERYONE should use!!

ANNNNDDDDDDDD I'm spent!!!!


Night, All :)

I have a migraine and can't sleep so i figured i'd come complain to anyone who reads this about how much migraines suck. I had a very nice evening - I found a great little sushi bar, and then i came home and curled up with a crossword puzzle...but the night was marred by the feeling of extreme nausea that accompanies these horrid headaches.
I figured maybe a nap would help...but the throbbing in my head was a definite deterrent to sleep.
Today was rainy, dreary, and very blah...
surprisingly, i was in a wonderful mood until the throbbing in my head all but incapacitated me...
tomorrow will be better!!!!

Time for a stream of consciousness entry!!!! (Gotta love those...)

Jenni is the love of my life!!!! (haha)

Charles' blog looks cooler than mine because i dont know how to make my font do pretty colors...:(

Sororities suck and i resolve never to join one because they go against everything i believe in

I got raped by my psychology test.

It's hard to make friends when there's 50,000 strangers milling about at all times

I live in a closet.

I miss my puppy.

my roommate sleeps a lot.

I'm going to become a double major. Death will soon follow.

Anthropology is the worst class ever.

Dr. Pepper rules.

why do i put titles here when they never show up?

Guess who slept right through her first class of the day...and on the day before a test, too. Maybe thats a bad omen or something...

Blogging is good for the soul...

What did FL do to piss off God? Three hurricanes in three weeks...doesn't really seem fair. I'm a little upset about this situation...>:o!!! I thought we were lucky after we got through Frances with most of our homes still standing. Apparently, I spoke much too soon, because it looks like Ivan isn't going to be quite as nice. grrrrr...

Hell Yeah!

Take the quiz: "Which'>http://www.zenhex.com/quiz.php?id=1311">"Which Singer Are You?"

Amy Lee
Like Amy, you often find yourself overwhelmed with day to day life and the outcomes of your decisions. As well as making a special place for yourself outside of reality to ease your suffereing. You are sweet and subtle with your messages and they are often misconcepted, but none the less, heard.

wowwwwww i haven't blogged in FOREVER...so i guess it's time for the comeback of the blog. I am at UCF, which is really cool, except that i'm kinda lonely, since i only know one person...my dorm is nice...but really really tiny (as in, so small i don't even have a real closet...maybe i'll post pictures later...when i find my camera.)

So as for UCF, it's really nice, but hotter than all hell. It's a really pretty campus though, and its pretty easy to navigate (which is a good thing for my directionally challenged self.)

On a final note, Emily, if you read this, i appreciate your response (or lack of) to my many messages...many thanks for that one, babe.

one month left until graduation. One more month of Hell on earth (read: MCHS). One more month of pointless classes, killer stress levels, ridiculous tests and exams, and incompetent teachers. One more month until the wonderful feeling of freedom that comes with summer vacation. I'm so excited to go to college, it's out of hand.
And so...the countdown begins...

So...this is my first ever post as a single woman...how strange is that? I don't have anything at all to say, but i figured that this is some kind of milestone. What kind, exactly, i coudnt tell you...but i'm sure theres some signifigance to it somewhere. I would like to take this moment to point out that as of today, there are 33 days left until Senior Checkout. That, my friends, is a truly wonderful fact of life. I'm so excited about college i can't even handle it anymore...whoa...i'm soooo done with high school.

And so ends another episode of "Wasting Time With Kate"...

SAN FRANCISCO!!! w00t! I'm so excited I can't handle it anymore...i'm done packing and now i just have to sit around for 2 hours until the time comes for me to go to the school to depart for the wonderful state of California. ::spasms:: whoa, sorry about that; it won't happen again. I can't exactly think straight right now, so i'm going to go do something to pass the next 2 hours. Arrivaderci!!!

random update?

Sorry Charles! I know i promised to update more frequently, but as i haven't had time to BREATHE, much less blog, i broke my promise. But now, i'm trying to make up for it. I guess i'll start with the boring "update about my life" stuff...OPUS districts were saturday...straight superiors, yay. Umm...San Francisco in 4 days...big yay on that one...i think thats enough for the update section

If you want a good laugh, try this: www.boswellisaloser.blogspot.com it's a bit on the harsh side, but good for a laugh.

umm...i can't think of anything witty to say right now. I'll stop posting before i put myself to sleep.

Hhokay, i am posting to appease a certain frequent reader who frequently comments about the fact that i infrequently frequent my own site long enough to publish anything new on it. So, i have decided that i will frequently frequent blogger.com and i will post frequent updates about the frequent happenings in my life. Since i infrequently have time to post anything of substantial length and/or content, the blogs will frequently resemble this one: Short and meaningless. So, this is the infrequent blogger apologizing to the frequent frequenter and promising to update more often. Goodnight.

I am an imaginary number 1i I don't really exist _

what number are you?

this quiz by orsa

Okay people... If i went to all this work to do this thing, someone else better do it too, batch! have fun :)

1) Using band names, spell out your first name:
K- Kiss
A- Alien Ant Farm
T- Trapt
E- Evanescence
L- Linkin Park
Y- Yellow Card
N- Nirvana

2) Have you ever had a song written about you? Nope...

3) What song makes you cry? none that i can remember...

4) What song makes you happy? Josh Groban...i'm not picky...any of his music will do ;)

5) What do you like to listen to before bed? see above

6)Name a song by Coal Chamber: Who?

7) Who was/were your idol/s when you were younger?: Thou Shalt not have any idols before me -God

8) First album you ever bought? Michael W Smith...can't remember which album

9) Name a song that reminds you of someone and why: Self Centered- Mark (haha right, erica?)

a p p e a r a n c e

HEIGHT: 5'8''
HAIR COLOR: dark brown
SKIN COLOR: Caucasian...kinda tan...not really....stupid winter
EYE COLOR: brown
PIERCINGS: ears
TATTOOS: nay nay, Nanette

r i g h t n o w

WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?: blue
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO?: Dan playing "Time of Your Life" on his guitar
WHAT TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH?: toothpaste
WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?: dark and rainy and chilly
HOW ARE YOU? very well, thank you *big smile*

d o y o u
GET MOTION SICKNESS?: negatory
HAVE A BAD HABIT?: Singing Really loud all the time...if you consider that bad
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?: most of the time...except when it comes to school related stuff
LIKE TO DRIVE?: absolutely

f a v o r i t e s
TV SHOW: Daria
CONDITIONER: whatever i can get cheap at BJs
BOOK: any and all
MAGAZINE: Cosmopolitan
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK: green tea
ALCOHOLIC DRINK: But why is the rum gone???


THING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND: chill with my S/O and/or friends :)
BAND OR GROUP or SINGER or RAPPER: JOSH GROBAN!!!!

h a v e y o u
BROKEN THE LAW: yes
RAN AWAY FROM HOME: sometimes i wish i could
SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE: not really...
EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: negative
MADE A PRANK PHONE CALL: nope
EVER TIPPED OVER A PORTA POTTY:definitely not
USED YOUR PARENTS' CREDIT CARD BEFORE: yeah...to buy gas...how exciting
SKIPPED SCHOOL BEFORE: of course!
FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: nope, as of yet, that distinction belongs solely to our friend Anderson
BEEN IN A SCHOOL PLAY: only two or three a year
LET A FRIEND CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER: absolutely

l o v e
BOYFRIEND: yes'm
GIRLFRIEND: i don't swing that way...
SEXUALITY: bring on the men!
CHILDREN: no thank you
CURRENT CRUSH: i think i answered that already
BEEN IN LOVE?: yeah
BEEN HURT?: a couple times
YOUR GREATEST REGRET: i don't know
GONE OUT WITH A SOMEONE YOU ONLY KNEW FOR THREE DAYS: yes...WHOA BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!

r a n d o m
DO YOU HAVE A JOB: sort of
YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW: BYU singers
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?: RED!!!
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?: being alive
WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST?: all my friends make me happy...why would i be friends with them otherwise?
WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET? Wicked
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER GOOD FRIENDS?: Dan Erica Erica Kristin Regina Grace Mark...my OPUS crowd
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?: umm i dunno.. shit....

w h e n / w h a t w a s t h e l a s t
TIME YOU CRIED?: last night
YOU GOT A REAL LETTER?: do birthday cards count?
YOU GOT E-MAIL: Junk Mail? probably a few seconds ago. Actual mail? eh, a few months ago
THING YOU PURCHASED: a Subway Sub
TV PROGRAM YOU WATCHED: Daria
VACATION: Caribbean Cruise, baby!
MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER: Lord Of the Rings 3

y o u r t h o u g h t s o n
ABORTION: Pro Chioce
TEENAGE SMOKING: ewwww
SPICE GIRLS: yeeeeech...

HI THIS IS ERICA POSTING ON KATELYNS BLOG cuz she is a slacker and hasnt updated since january 19 (ooh january 19 hehehe). Yeah and im really bored cause mark is on the piano and katelyn is drooling over it and im just like AAHHHHH DAGGER IN THE EYE bc i dont know what to do with myself. what a great idea to usurp katelyns blog and make an entry for her! usurp? wtf where did that come from? 9th grade vocab! can we say SHOSTAK is among us. ugh no more english, another dagger in the other eye. ok in other news, mark's sweater has gotten really big. i mean, he looks extra huge in it. oh my god. like, the arms hang down 2 feet from his body... mark, when was the last time you WASHED that thing? Oh and more news... lay's potato chips are now crispier and nice. when you bite into them, you dont have 20 gallons of grease come out of the chip and into your mouth. so thats cool. random thought, mark the song you are playing on the piano sucks butt. another random thought, government is SO boring, you have to be on crack to like government and related. ugh. shoot me twice in the face. ok so up till now, theres a dagger in each of my eyes and i have 2 gun holes in my face. fun fun!! anyway i think im going to end the blog now. ta ta!!

The blogs are back, yo! I was going to update my blog before this, but i figured that no one was updating and so therefore no one would read and therefore what was the point? Now, however, i feel confident that this blog will not only be read, but COMMENTED ON (*hint hint*).
Now i just have to think of something interesting to write about...let's see...how about the fact that i will be 18 in 23 days! w00t! Or how about the fact that Music Man opens in less than a month! Or...umm...i guess there really isnt much else going on, so i'm finished. Later Kids!

Your element is Earth. I hate to say it but you are
down to earth. Stubborn and loyal. You tend to
want to nurture others and you are the one
person friends always come to for awnsers.
Without people like you others would be flying
over the edge because, whether you know it or
not you keep a steady beat to your life and
will end up where you want to in the end. There
is a sureness about you that is hard to match
that draws people to you. No matter what
happens the Earth keeps turning.


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I'm confused. I'm tired. I'm extremely stressed out. I'm sorry that i can't be happy. I'm sorry that i don't know what's wrong with me. I'm sorry that i can't figure out what's going on so i can fix it. I'm worried about college, worried about scholarships, worried about school, worried about life in general. I am devoid of any positive emotions at the moment. It seems that the moments when i'm happy are few and very far between lately. I doubt that this is coincidence.


A happier blog is forthcoming...just as soon as i can breathe again.

I've decided (or rather, Erica decided for me) that Alex has made my life miserable for way too long and i'm really tired of being depressed and upset all the time and sick and always unhappy...and since this is the last night im allowed to talk about him, i'm going to say this: I hate him and i always will, but i'm done letting him ruin my life because it's ridiculous to let someone who is so insignifigant take over my whole life. ::done:: Thank you Erica ::hug::

The Martin County High School Tiger Regiment has fallen upon hard times. This very well may be the first year in over 2 decades that we recieve less than a superior rating. If this had to happen, i wish it could have happened in a year OTHER than my senior year. This year was supposed to be our best, and it has DEFINITELY been the worst up to this point. If people don't start shaping up, we're going to be embarassed in a major way. I can't think of anything intelligent to say...i'm too busy brainstorming to come up with ideas that might save the Tiger Regiment...but i think it's too late. I'm going to let my tired and battered brain have a short respite now. Until next blog, goodnight.

Well it's good to know that someones life is improving...check out WHY LIFE DOESNT SUCK. too bad my life still sucks just as badly as it ever did. I thought things were getting better. I thought i could move on and forget that i ever had a friend like *blank*, because i realized that if she ever cared about me in the least, she never would have let an XY-chromosomed individual come between us, especially not in the space of a month. So i decided to give up. I moved on and started to get closer to my other group of friends. Then, in a sudden turn of events, it became apparent that they never cared about me all that much either. So now what? I'm back to where i started...Yep, life sure as hell improved about -100% for me. so, EE, i appreciate the moral support, but this time, i dont think it's going to work.

What is going on with everyone. A month ago, i was the only depressed one among many happy, bright, shining people. Now everyone else has their own problems and hence everyone is yelling and fighting and i definitely think it needs to cease. At least when i was alone in my depression there were people that could make me laugh and snap out of it. Now all those people are even more pissed off than I am, and i'm getting REALLY confused because no one knows whats going on, least of all me. Wow. This is the most pathetic sounding post i've done in a long time. I'm going to end it here before it gets worse...and i HAVE to add something happy so this doesnt depress people further...so...CHIBI!!! goodnight.

Well i had a wonderful weekend. i got out and did something social for the first time since school started. But then today arrived...and now ive fallen back into the depths of depression. FIrst of all, it was Monday. Nuff said. But it wasnt a NORMAL monday. No no. First off, everyone was in a bad mood...so of course that put me in a bad mood as well. Econ is NOT a nice thing to wake up to. After school, there was an SFP meeting, which normally would have been okay, except for the fact that we voted on homecoming candidates today. Since freshman year i've wanted to be a candidate. But i forgot that my life sucks and therefore the more i want something the less likely it is to happen. And of course since i really really really wanted to be a candidate...i didn't get it. Congratulations to EricaRose!!! Im happy for you so don't take any of my bitching personally. All this is worsened by the fact that Emily is still a) Dating the Keebler Elf and b) is STILL ignoring me because apparently she's too busy for me...anyways i think ive done enough rambling for one day. Someone please yell at me about posting this because then at least i know someone is reading it.

Erica's blog is the best thing in the world! Everyone go there now and see WHY LIFE SUCKS

This blog is feeling a bit unloved at the moment. I went to all the trouble of making it aesthetically pleasing, i got a nice template, a tagboard, and even a commenting feature, but alas, it was all in vain. Not only is no one commenting, i don't even think anyone is reading this thing anymore. I would like to know that my ranting and raving is at least being read, otherwise, what's the point in posting it in the first place? Please people, show us some love!








**comments are accepted and encouraged**

BEING SICK REALLY STBO! Being sick under normal circumstances is bad enough, but combine being sick in a week with work, three band practices (instead of the normal two), quartets in opus even though i should really be on vocal rest *scoff*,AND the kickoff classic (which we lost miserably), and you get ONE VERY MISERABLE KATELYN!!!!! All i want to do is go curl up in my bed and sleep...but i can't sleep because my body is in school mode and thinks i should only sleep when i get to the point where i start hallucinating. So I just sit there curled up in bed and wish i had something to do. And then i get up, and get on the computer, and blog, in the hopes that somehow that will make me feel better...I think thats enough ranting for now, goodnight all...

okay since my last three posts have bordered on manic-depressive, i guess i should post something a little less threatening on here. Let's see...Emily and i are speaking again, which is definitely a happy thing...NO i do not get along with alex nor will i ever, he can just deal with the fact that i can't stand him. On the lighter side, I got my senior pictures back, looking pretty good...at least by my standards, which are regrettably low. In other news, economics is officially the tool of the devil, and i have decided that i suck at biology. That should give you enough to ponder until i get around to posting...Au revior!

*DISCLAIMER* You are now entering the warped zone of Katelyn's Mind. Should you wish to retain your sanity, please exit the building as fast as is humanly possible.

Everything needs to stop. Right now i feel like the entire world is out of control. most of this stems from the fact that my best friend is dating the one person in the world who i truly cannot stand to look at. I blame myself. I should have been able to stop this.I should have been able to talk some sense into her, or to find a way to keep him from getting her into his clutches in the first place. But i didnt. Maybe i missed something. Maybe he's really not so bad. But you know what...i HIGHLY doubt that i'm wrong on this one. 99 out of 100 people cant be wrong, right? This is another one of those posts that is guaranteed to piss a lot of people off...but this is what i feel like. I feel like i've betrayed my best friend. I dont know what to do about it. I give up, someone else can work something out, because nothing i try works. It gets shoved back in my face and i get yelled at for trying. Im going to go ponder what the point of life is when it feels like no one needs you around. night.

I would like to direct everyone's attention to my tagboard ::points left:: I don't know why i got dragged into this whole mess, but it's gotten completely out of control. Everyone is mad at everyone else and i'm getting truly sick of it. Alex says that the kindhearted message accredited to his name was not his doing, and im trying to believe him, but who else would do that? Alex im not trying to say that i don't believe you but i'm confused. I've had enough of this. I don't want a part in this anymore. Emily and Alex, go out, have a great time, call me when it's safe to come out, because all of this drama is making me sicker and sicker by the moment.

Best friends last forever, right? I mean, boyfriends are temporary, Friends are forever. Except...this time i don't know if that's true. I'm completely distraught over this whole mess. This is absolutely ridiculous. My one cardinal rule was that guys NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER came between friends. I've never let it happen with my boyfriends, but i don't know what to do if it's someone elses boyfriend. I've never felt this hurt before in my entire life. I feel completely betrayed, it feels more like i betrayed myself for letting something as stupid as a guy (a sample sized one at that) come between me and someone who i cared about so much. If either of you read this, then Emily, im sorry, and i want nothing more than for all of this to just go away, but i know that wont happen. Alex...im not going to say what i want to say here, you can ask me if you really care. Anyone else...i dont know what to say anymore. Im completely devoid of any semblance of emotion, i feel like i cant breathe. I'll probably delete this blog if all of this ever goes away...but until then, All of us have a lot of fixing to do.

Why do i get all the idiots? I swear i'm forever destined to drive a "Scratch and Dent Special" as my dad calls it. I now have one more reason to hate old people...one of them rear ended me, punched a hole in my bumper and then drove off without so much as a glance to see what they had done. I doubt the old lady even realized she hit me. She looked so spaced out she could have been in a coma. The worst part was, I couldn't get her name or license number or even the make and model of her car, because she drove away before i even had a chance to look. ::SCREAMS:: ::pulls hair:: ::curses old blind people who need to relinquish their licenses POST HASTE!::

Now to top it all off, im sitting here waiting for the sherrifs office to send someone here to file a report, which means i'll probably be late for band, which means Braue and Roadman will be mad, which means i'll be in a bad mood. THIS WEEK SUCKED! I'm going to go console my pathetic looking car now...I'll probably lament a little more later.

Trumpets suck, saxes drool, screw you all cause OBOES RULE!!!!!!!!!

lol this cheer stuff is kinda fun :-D

Why is everyone so down on oboes??? YEESH people! Saxes and Trumpets can kiss my a$$! ;)

I have to correct EricaRose on just a few points here...first of all, Oboes DEFINITELY rule...especially when compared to trumpets...after all, there are no obnoxious newcomer seniors in the oboe section :-D Second, my blog may not win, but it certainly does not lose. ummm other than that, i think you're right on! Thumbs up to music and band, THUMBS DOWN to heat and freshmen and OBNOXIOUS SENIORS!!!!! (urgh) I believe that's all for now, pleasant dreams everyone!

Walking into my room is like walking into a scrapbook. Every available space is filled with inside jokes and quotes and stupind stuff and pictures and pretty paintings and...well, you get the idea. It's pretty amazing, considering it only took us like 2 hours to graffiti my ENTIRE ROOM!!! It was a great deal of fun. I think humans have a primal instinct to draw on the walls, and Erica, Emily and I spent 2 hours fulfilling that need. Cave drawings, bebop/rathergood/Maniacally insane-style. We are also proud of the fact that we completed the ENTIRE Cowboy Bebop series, all 26 episodes, PLUS the movie, in one night. However, since my sister feels that she was put on earth to piss me off, we didn't start until 9:30. Those of you who can count, do the math. It was a LONNNNGGGG night, filled with chocolate and Doubleshots (read: pure caffeine.) And as a result we were completely DEAD the next day, but i guess thats the price one pays for such fun. Anyhow, i'm off to idle around the house for a while before relenting and giving in to my body's demand for sleep, which i have been ignoring for a couple days. Au Revior, darlings!

I'm home from UNF and i must say i found the whole experience very nice on the whole. I thought the campus itself was really nice, it was pretty small, which was also kind of nice, and the dorms were a LOT better than i expected. Even the worst of the residence buildings was pretty nice, and it was being refurbished, with new carpet and new paint and everything. I didn't get to see their College of Health very extensively, but from what i saw, it was a nice facility. Their Fine Arts building was SO nice, with a BRAND NEW theater about twice, if not three times the size of Martin County's. There were also lots of opportunities on campus for jobs, which i know i'll need by my second year. Even though it was the first school i visited, i was pretty impressed.

It's funny, during the two days i was in Jacksonville, my feelings about college took two different extremes. The first day, we just drove around the campus and looked at the size and the buildings and stuff. I was pretty intimidated by that, and i started wondering if i was really as anxious as i thought to get away from home and get to college. The second day, i took the tour, walked around the entire campus, saw the dorms, saw all the buildings, etc, and by the end of the tour, i couldn't WAIT to get to college and away from home. I'm completely excited about college now, and i know i'll be totally ready.

The only problem i have with UNF is that i don't know a single other person that's applying there, at least to my knowledge. I still have three more colleges to look at, and I hope they turn out as nice as this one, because that would be extremely intimidating, to go to a college four hours away from home, where i know NOBODY, and be completely submersed into a completely different lifestyle...i need some moral support. I won't be able to handle college, at least the first year or two, without at least a couple of my friends somewhere nearby. i know it's not at all like me to admit that i can't handle something, and not like me to feel scared about a new setting, because usually i adapt pretty well to stuff like that, but this is such a HUGE switch that i don't know what to think. I think i need to end this entry now because it's long and boring and i'm getting way too depressed thinking about all this stuff, but anyone who can identify with the whole College-is-Looming crisis, talk to me please! Well that's all. 'night people.

Well, i'm rather proud of myself at the moment. I managed to create a blog that i really like (357 templates later...but that isn't the point). I have a tagboard now, and i expect all of you to make good use of it. In other news, a UNF visit looms in my near future. Tomorrow, to be exact. I'll post an update on that when i get back. I'll be visiting other colleges soon, but i'm not quite sure which colleges or when i'll be visiting. This year is going to be absolutely insane. It's kind of scary to think about. Well, that's more than enough of that subject for now, and it's time for drumline. ::blank stare:: note the excitement...well, whatever. Bye everyone.

IM HOME! I love the feeling one gets after coming home from a vacation. Of course there are always caveats, such as the fact that you actually have to return to your life of work and stress, and that (in my case) i am no longer sailing through the Caribbean sipping a smoothie, but the first day or so is nice. However, on the 22nd, i will return to my normal stressful life. College visits abound for the next few months...god thats scary.

You're an F mezzo-soprano! Sometimes known as the F
Melody or the F Alto, there is no logical
reason for you to exist (today). You're old,
usually decrepit, and you should be melted down
and used for a real saxophone.


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Okay chibis, this is my farewell post, because for the next week i will be sailing the beautiful blue seas of the Carribbean :) I know all of you will be missing me terribly, but please try to be strong until my eventual return. Everyone have a wonderful week and i will talk to you on the 21st!!!

Water Goddess. You like peace and serenity and are
usually content with life.


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You represent... hope.
You're quite a daydreamer and can be a hopeless
romantic. You enjoy being creative and don't
mind being alone at times. You have goals, and
know what you want in life... even if they are
a little far fetched.


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cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed


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Room Redecoration is a really interesting pastime. My room has gone from a very generic white to an eye-catching dark teal. I appreciate muchly. (i also appreciate making up words such as 'muchly'.) i also discovered that my bed sheets clash REALLY badly with the teal hue of my walls. I think that's about all i can say about the process of paiting, so im done for today. bye kids :)

WOW i like the new blogger very much :):):) very nice...new and extremely improved...so ::raspberries:: to all you ix.1sound.com users!!! Here's a memo to all you anime fans out there...the Cowboy Bebop Movie is DEFINITELY worth seeing. Anyone who needs affirmation of my opinion may ask Erica or Kristin, as they both saw and enjoyed it very much. ::Explores new Blogger New Post page:: I think i need to go reaquaint myself now. Goodnight, my diminutive chums :)

Today, the priveleged members of OPUS witnessed and participated in a rare occurence: the OPUS room was cleaned. ::gasp!!!:: Yes, the room was scrubbed, painted, polished, dusted, de-roached, de-frogged, de-everythinged, and genrally cleaned from top to bottom. six hours later, the room is MUCH improved, but still has a long way to go. I realized a few things today, one of which being: Mrs Hunt has very sad priorities...she wants to put a 50,000 dollar sign outside, but inside, we're choking from the inch thick layer of dust over the air vent because she won't pay to have it cleaned or pay for suppllies to clean it. I have compiled a short list of things that came to my attention today...and since i cant think of a witty transition now, here's my list:

Things I Learned Today
1) Anthrax started in the OPUS room
2)The fumes of paint thinner, Raid, and various cleaning liquids combine to make a solution that is rather hazardous to one's lungs.
3) The OPUS room has not been properly painted in at least 25 years
4) Roaches like glue
5) Never use the utensils from the choral library
6) wet cardboard tends to stick to any substance it has extended contact with
7) The Spaghetti Dinner decorations are REALLY, REALLY heavy

There was more, but i think everyone gets the idea. I'm going to go choke on the dust that has settled in my lungs now. Goodnight everyone.

The Question of the Day:
Is there such a thing as intellectual humor? I know that my friends brand of semi-intelligent sarcasm is humorous, but in any form of media produced today- music, movies, television...intellectual humor simply doesnt exist. Maybe i'm wrong and i'm just missing an entire genre of movies, but the only comedies i can think of are pure stupid thought-free humor, i.e Adam Sandler and actors of the like. Television humor is mostly limited to sitcoms, and the plot of those is generally nothing more than who is sleeping with whom and who is pregnant with whos child. Magazines of today...wow. Thinking back to the Cosmo issues we laughed at in the OPUS room..."65 tricks to drive your man wild" that are supposed to be totally serious, but for most of us are simply a laugh riot. The rest of said magazine is filled with hair and makeup tricks to make the sun-baked skin of most of the US population look 10, 20, or 30 years younger. Please, someone give me a break, find me some humor that requires just a TINY bit of gray matter to understand. So ends my attempt at an intelligent sounding blog. Goodnight.

SUMMER...so close, yet so very, very far. I know we only have one full day left, but then there are exams, and then summer school, etc etc (thank you, OPUS) I think the last week of school is designed to be nothing more than a device of torture for students. It's a cruel joke, really. I am particularly vexed (see list of definitions in previous blog) at the teachers that work us until the last possible day...how unfair! our brains have been dead since Spring Break, and what few brain cells remain are dying off at an exponential rate. I think i should save as many as i can and retire for the night. Goodnight all :-D

I am writing this from the midst of a sea of research papers, literary criticisms, resources, references, and evertything else teachers deem necessary for a term paper. However, seeing as i am blogging, i am avoiding that particular chore. I suppose i should resume the endless torrent of work that is flooding over me at the moment, but i have one parting comment...

ESCHEW OBFUSCATION!!!

Thank you...

Well, since emily put up a list of really cool words but NO definitions, bring the ever faithful counterpart that i am, i have completed the list for her. Enjoy!!!

1) Vex-To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother.
2)Lugubrious-Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
3)Exculpation-To clear of guilt or blame.
4)Tumultuous-Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly
5)Dithyrambic-A frenzied, impassioned choric hymn and dance of ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus;A wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
6) Saturnine-Melancholy or sullen.
7)Mercurial-Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
8)Sumptuous-Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish:
9)Nubile-Ready for marriage; of a marriageable age or condition. Used of young women
10)supercilious-Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

anyone wondering about the origins of this list can find out at www.ylimeland.blogspot.com
::signs off::

ARGH now my tagboard is gone...I'm a mad bunny now...

This blog can be so stubborn...it only does what it SHOULDN'T do...grrrrr ::continues struggling with stupid POC computer::

AUDITIONS SUCK!!!! Can i say that enough? Im sitting here with my oboe beside me, with four split, cracked, and useless reeds, trying to make my tape. Fruitless effort? I think so. But since this culturally deprived city has NO place that sells decent reeds, its what im stuck with. My tape is going to suck. It wouldnt surprise me if i got knocked back down to concert band. yes, it will be that bad. my saving graces are that 1) Roadman RARELY knocks people back down once theyre in, and 2) he needs more than one oboe, and as far as i know, there are no new incoming oboes. Thank God.

Well, It's true. Bad things really do happen in threes. In this case, it would be three car accidents within 7 days of each other. Along with erica's and my own bad luck, Charles has decided (or rather, a white explorer decided FOR him) to join our little society. Funny thing is...if the teenagers are supposed to be the bad drivers, why are we the ones GETTING hit and not the ones doing the hitting? Well all I have left to say is this: Mark, you got off easy, my friend. TO everyone else: Have a nice day, and watch for crazy drivers. *~END~*

Bad things happen in threes...You'd better watch your driving Mark! You're next!!! Although my accident had less life-threatening potential then Erica's, mine somehow managed to inflict more damage on my car then her accident did to hers...NOT FAIR!!!! But for those of you who dont know, here's the story...
A few days ago (Saturday-ish, i think) I was pulling out of my spot in the Publix parking lot, and as i was getting ready to pull forward, some lady in a white civic a) decided not to look behind her before pulling out (duh...) or b) simply DIDNT see my car 5 feet behind her. So i look to my right...and i see this car...slowly but steadily backing towards mine...It was one of those moments of beyond-panic terror. I knew it wouldnt be at all serious, but i didnt want my car hurt! And then...after several agonizing seconds...i heard the telltale sound of metal vs. metal. Obviously the woman behind me heard (and felt) it too...after about 5 seconds of trying to KEEP going backwards after she hit me (another DUH!!!!!!!) she realized what happened...so my car has a pretty little dent in the passsenger side door...let this be a warning to all you drivers out there...STUPID PEOPLE ARE THE NORM!!! You have been warned...goodnight :)

Why is everyone in such a BAD mood lately? It's so depressing! I understand that i have my days when im not exactly Mary Sunshine (lol all you Chicago fans should get that one :) but for the last week or so, the overall attitude of EVERYONE has just been mad/sad/angry at the world or whatever. And no one will tell me whats going on. That's probably the worst part of it :(...
I guess I understand where some of the anger comes from...the quality of opus, for one...but ive learned to ignore it. i dont care anymore. Mark, just to let you know...band isnt always the better alternative...there have been times when going to opus was an escape. Yeah, if anyone can tell me why the overall mood of my circle of friends is OVERLY DEPRESSED, please tell me, ok? thanks one and all...

Miss Saigon was soooo good :):):):) and Emily and i were very proud of ourselves for managing NOT to jinx anything like we did at the last 2 plays we went to (at Les Mis the sets got stuck and at Jekyll and Hyde they had technical difficulties with the music...IT'S OUR FAULT...WE'RE SORRY!!!!!!) This show, however, went quite well. Also on a happy note, Im no longer sick, aside from a slight cough. :) AAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD im spent...bye kids :)

ICKKKKKKKKK i'm sick, chibis...from a sore throat to headache, stiff neck (i dont know if thats because im sick or not), and a hacking cough...(lovely, i know...)BUT...it's okay...because....

Miss Saigon tomorrow!!! and that means Cheesecake Factory for dinner! This is a good thing. Umm what else...::is overcome with a fit of coughing:: OK i think i need to go study...i have just one more thing to say...Calcaneus!!! (If you really HAVE to know, then ask). Now, im off to study, then medicate myself for a restful nights sleep. Goodnight :)

Hey Kids! OK how to start this...first of all, i was all about Prom today for some reason. We have officially decided that the band nerds must stick together, and therefore will be one massive prom day group! (yay, fun stuff!) second, I have a most amusing anecdote to share, for those of you that havent heard it yet. As i was driving through the drive through at McDonalds (the DRIVE-THROUGH, mind you), the lady taking my order asked me "Is this for here or to go?" I got a good laugh out of that one...Lets see...what else...i'm sick :( (THANKS EMILY grrrrrrrrr) so thats not a happy thing, but oh well, so far its just a sore throat and a headache, no fever or anything. I think i'm done for now. CHIBI!! :)

hmmmmmm long time no blog...Well, i need to start out by saying OFF BLOCKS SAVE MY LIFE! Secondly, the stupid people in opus arent being assinine stupid, now they've regressed to being complete freaking dumbass stupid. as in...we dont feel like learning the music, so we wont...we dont feel like trying to sound good...so we dont...and so on and so forth. Ive also realized that its pointless for the few us us who ACTUALLY care about opus to keep trying to hold the whole choir on our shoulders. The choir as a whole will get yelled at regardless, and that means that those of us who AREN'T screwing up will get screamed at anyway. So enough of the depressing opus nonsense...hmm...what else...i have a lot of time to write since i have no homework tonight (first time in months and months and months and months...) Well i think i'm done, have a good night kids, stay warm (the frigid temperatures are less than pleasing to my floridian body) byebye :)

Back to school Blog:
GOOD NEWS
AP American History gone
New english teacher
Anatomy...an interesting class, FINALLY
opus is FAR less stressful at this time of year
fun music in band :)
One block off (too bad its only every other day)

BAD NEWS
Parents are making me drop my acting class to take American Hist. Honors grrrrrrrrr
new english teacher...its the first time for her to teach the class...this can only lead to disaster
Stupid people in opus
Report cards are going to lead to my demise


Have a fun school year, one and all
:-/

OK so i just spent the last 5 or so hours cramming tons of useless knowledge into my head (read: i was studying for history) I think by the end we kinda got a little delirious....eehh...ok maybe more than a little... *So im gonna fail, i dont really care....lalala* LOL Jules...ohhh man...that was crazy...YOU'RE HEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL yeah we got a lot of studying done...actually...yes we did...so anyways im gonna go review the New Nation section of my textbook cause that was the test we all flunked...happy studying to all, and to all a good night...:p

what's your cowboy bebop theme song?

OK did you ever have one of those days where NOTHING goes right? Well i had one of those today. I woke up around 4 this morning and couldnt get back to sleep, so i kinda dozed til about 6:30, when i realized i had to be at school at 7 for an early opus practice...so i was really rushed to get out of the house. Then my english teacher decided to have one of his little hissy fits during our class...so he spent the full hour and 40 minutes complaining about anything and everything. After school, i headed to work, only to find out that the girl who works with me at my office quit her job...so now im doing the work of 2 people by myself, trying to catch up AND keep up at the same time, PLUS the snowbirds are arriving which means MORE work...so i got home and collapsed in my computer chair and ive been there since...so thats how i end my post tonight...bye kids :-/

Alright here's my Day-After-Thanksgiving-Cause-I-Was-Too-Lazy-To-Post-Yesterday update lol. Yeah Thanksgiving with my family is always a crazy experience...between my crazy relatives and packing too many people into a too small house...things get hectic. But it was fun...we had a great dinner, as always, and then the men in my family engaged in their annual tradition of falling asleep on my living room floor in front of the football game while the women gossiped over the dinner dishes (lol) Anyways i guess thats all i have to say for right now so im gonna go. Bye :p

WHOAAAAAAAAAA Bill i just realized the time on my blogs is wayyy off lolol!! it said i published my last blog at 6:19 AM...yeah, sorry, im not up that early and if i was it CERTAINLY wouldnt be to blog...ok im done lol bye :)

Oh wow im soooooooooo glad this week is over...that was the LONGEST week i have had in a really long time. Emily, you need to stop depressing me. (For those of you who are out of the loop, Emily has decided to choose Ballet over Band next marching season, AND she has decided to intern at NASA instead of coming to the double reed workshop with her counterpart:(:(:(:(:(:(:( ) hmmm that kinda cancels out my last blog, doesnt it? oh well on to a happy topic...umm...well...hold on let me think...ummm....OKAY i know!!! Cold weather!!!!!!!! finally!!!!! its like 50 something degrees outside right now and its gorgeous!! Anyway thats all the good stuff i can think of, so now its homework time! (see, more bad stuff) so BYE KIDS :p

OK so my parents are still mad at me about my grades, but whatever, things are improving. And yesterday i wasnt in the mood to talk about the awesome woodwind quintet that we saw...so Emily and I got a mini-lesson from the oboe goddes, and we got to play on this GORGEOUS six thousand dollar Loree oboe! i was afraid to touch it, much less play it...but the lady was an incredible player, gorgeous tone, everything. She runs the double reed workshop at Stetson over the summer, and Emily, WE ARE GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol anyways i think thats all for now, BYE :)

OK well this week has been SOOOOOOOO long...and its only TUESDAY!!! omg im gonna die by Friday ::CRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY:: nothing seems to be going right for me right now, between losing the lead, and my parents becoming homework nazis...they just CANT comprehend why i cant be a straight A student. It doesnt MATTER that i have all AP classes, or that im working my ass off to get good grades. they dont care about the classes im doing well in either. All they see are the bad grades i bring home. Im sorry, i have bad days, i fail tests, SO SHOOT ME, i cant do anything about it. and you know what? my teachers arent making this any easier. Mr Barclay is out to make my life miserable. He should go back to Russia so he can be with his family, since he wont shut up about them! i really dont care about his wife or kids. Call me heartless, but im in there to learn english, NOT Russian. Im so sick of everyone being mad at me, im sick of being stressed out, im sick of not being able to do anything right, im sick of getting yelled at all the time. would someone PLEASE tell me what i can do to fix all this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? alright, whatever, im done now. Bye :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

alrght how come my IMOOD thing isnt showing up?!?!?! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

OK auditions are over for all but like 10 people, but now the cast list isnt going to be up until tuesday ::CRIES:: AND my moral support is stuck at home cause of the damn weather hmph :( so now i have to find some way to divert my attention away from auditions...like thats gonna happen. I dont like stress! i guess i could do the 4 english essays i need to get done...but thats not fun. GRRRRRRRRRR today is sooooooo not a good day. Oh well w/e im done complaining for now. Bye :p by the way has anyone else noticed how i end all my blogs with emoticons? yeah ok im really done now, bye :)

OMG IM NERVOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! Auditions for Beauty and the Beast start tomorrow and im soooooo incredibly scared. If i dont get the part im going to be so crushed. Ive been working for months and months on the audition material. The people who get cast in this show are going to be put up on a pedastal all year long. But ive been cut from so many plays after being THIS CLOSE to getting a part i really wanted. if it happens again...i dont know what im going to do. i will seriously go crazy. ill be crying for like forever if i get cut and Melissa gets a THIRD lead in a row...no offense to her or anything but its time to give someone else a chance. Anyways im gonna go practice. Bye Kids! :)

ALRIGHTY well this weekend was fun...St Simons Island...big ropes course...FUN STUFF. some of it was pretty scary though...i.e jumping from a telephone pole to a trapeze 5 feet away..but it was fun. and after we all stopped arguing, all of us really had a good time. and then today....oh wow...6 hours in a van is soooo not my idea of fun. but oh well...i think its homework time now, byebye :)

HEY KIDS!!!!!!!!! alright, i have a blog! Happy erica? charlez? yeah so whats goin on...ummm yeah history sucks, we all know that, i think i can get some sympathy from my fellow AP students! terms anyone? hah! Oh and my fellow english haters...yeah lol. Ummm i think thats about it, Later Kids! :p