gotta get away....

Planning a trip is hard.
Especially when I have no money.
And my friends have no money.

I'm DYING to go back to New York.
I want to go meet Sarah's baby and eat In & Out in California.
Vegas.  ahhhh Vegas.

In my quest to make something more out of my life, I have added a second major in order to apparently drag out my college life until I'm 45.  This has required me to take....summer school :(.

I have already finished one 3 week early British Lit class, and I'm one week away from the end of a 5 week Victorian British Lit class.  That still leaves me with math (yuck) and art foundations.  Needless to say, I've created a pretty packed summer for myself. 

School is officially out August 13th.  This leaves me 10, TEN, days of summer freedom, and I am NOT staying in Idaho.  My brain already hurts from reading Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Lady Audley's Secret, Dracula, Heart of Darkness, Beowulf, and other assorted plays/poems/math problems.  If I survive the next half of the summer, I think I deserve a vacation. 

I just don't know where to go.....Anyone have a million dollars, or free plane tickets to give away? 

I'm kicking off a mini break this weekend (I do have Sunday off from work - first day off in...???)
To celebrate I watched the ever fabulous Factory Girl and drooled over Hayden Christiansen.  I will leave you all with this nice thought for the weekend...

Love &stuff
:)

11.5 hours and counting...

“But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.” 

~Carrie Bradshaw

"If we can't live together, then we're going to die alone"

ok here it goes....the day has arrived....big big big deep breath....i'm not sure i remember what life was like before Lost....what am i going to look forward to now???gearing up for the finale....i'm going to need these last 20 hours to figure out life after Lost...can.not.wait!

:)

"Don't look away, don't run away. Baby it's only life"

Ok so the season has officially changed.  We kinda slid right by Spring and are heading full on into Summer.  With the exception of some awesome spring-time thunderstorms and cool nights...Summer is right.around.the.corner :)  I'm a total believer in that seasonal mood disorder thing.  At the end of every season I've had enough, especially cold seasons.  I get grouchy and irritable and nobody is safe haha. 

For this very reason I decided that it's time for a new mix.  Most of my music is really good (I'm prideful enough to believe I have fairly good taste), but my kind of good good good music tends to be a little slow and chill.  I needed to get out of my winter time slumpy grumpy bluesy chill mood and find some upbeat get ready for the sun music.

So here ya go!  My May 2010 pray that it doesn't snow again or go below 50 degrees Mix!

1.  "Our Swords" - Band of Horses

2.  "Heaven is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle (nothing gets me in a good mood like the 80's)

3.  "All the Words" - The Bridges

4.  "Slowness" - Calexico (ok this one is pretty slow, but it just reeks of hot lazy summer days on my porch)

5.  "Back Together" - Citizen Cope

6.  "Hands" - Chantal Kreviazuk

7.  "Pony (it's ok)" - Erin McCarley

8.  "Afterglow" - Ian Axel

9.  "Running on Sunshine" - Jesus Jackson (the first line of this will make you fall in love with it :)

10.  "Spinster" - Joan Jett (spoiler alert:  This one has the f word.  She's an angry chick haha)

11.  "Come to Me" - Koop (has a total 50's dance hall feel)

12.  "Walking on Air" - Kerli  (p.s:  Kerli is kinda weird for those unaware, but totally awesome too :)

13.  "Bring Me Down" - Lenka

14.  "Stupid for You" - Marie Digby (SOOOO true hahahaha)

15.  "Your Love" - Midtown (seriously, the 80's will do it every time)

16.  "To Be With You" - Mr. Big (this one is on every mix I make.  It's my fave :)

17.  "Talk Show Host" - Radiohead (slooow, but i can actually see the wavy heat lines in the distance)

18.  "You Wouldn't Like Me" - Tegan and Sarah

19.  "Gotta Figure This Out" - Erin McCarley

20.  "Like a Prayer" - Glee Cast (Don't judge.  I love me some GLEE!!)

21.  "Take Me Anywhere" - Tegan and Sarah

22.  "It's Only Life" - Kate Voegle

23.  "Tea Party" - Kerli (from the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack :)

24.  "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Glee Cast (sorry i cant help myself!)

25.  "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" - She & Him


So there you go!  It's long, but as most of you know, I have a problem with editing when it comes to music :)  Most of them have extra meaning because they literally relate to my life at the moment....but it puts me in a good mood, and it's not the radio!! 

Love and stuff :)

DeaL Breaker...

I like cute boys.
I like texting cute boys.
I like calling cute boys.
I like playing with cute boys.
but why is it ok for cute boys to text things like we should hang sometime
??????
um ok I am know thinking:
1) You have zero imagination and can’t even come up with the word movie - we should watch a movie sometime.
2) “Hang” is code for “hook up”. Ya I was 17 once.
3) You really want to see me, and aren’t man enough to admit it / are too cute and figure the girl will be falling all over herself to “hang” with you.
4) This puts the ball in my court. I don’t want the ball. The first ball in dating should never be in my court.
5) Your stupid overused phrase made me think too many complicated things, therefore I’m exhausted. You exhaust me.
I like cute boys.
This is a deal breaker.


loveandstuff...
:)

p.s
I am currently DROOLING over Jesse Williams from Grey's.

i would hang with him anytime ;)

planning...

So for as long as I can remember I've been writing down song lyrics that I hear that relate to whatever I'm going through at the time.  For the last few years I have been jotting them down in my planner because I use that at school and my ipod is glued to my head at school.  The other day I was listening to Regina Spektor's On the Radio for the 10 millionth time and the line "you try until you can't" hit me.  I wrote it down on the calendar and realized that this is my motto for life.  Life is not about giving up.  It's not about voluntary failure.  You try until you can't try anymore and then you can say that at least you tried. 

Lately I've been feeling that urge to just throw in the towel.  It's normal for this time of year I think.  School is winding down and getting hard and BORING and since I am not sure I want to do anything with my future degree, it's really feeling like a waste of time.  But I KNOW I have to finish.  I know it won't be a waste of time and hopefully somewhere along the road to the end I will figure out what I want to be when I grow up :)  and if I don't, I will just try to figure it out, until I can't.  However long that takes...

Love and Regina Spektor stuff :)

p.s.  I'm opening up the polls to find out the next place I should live.  I graduate in 8 months and basically the world is at my feet!  Leave a comment with your opinion of where I should move next!  Please keep in mind that I HATE all things freezing cold and super rainy and windy (I'm a weather snob) so Antartica, Alaska, and most parts of Canada will not be viewed as reasonable options :)

giveaway giveaway!

So my last post was all about makeup and my semi inappropriate feelings of love I have towards it.  This post is similar.  But the awesomeness is expanded to include a fabulous giveaway.  Just follow this link:

http://laurensdressingroom.blogspot.com/2010/03/100-followers-gigantic-giveaway-worth.html

It takes you to the cutest blog by a super cute girl who is giving away some super cute stuff.  Enter to win!  Then cross your fingers that I will win ;)

Love and stuff:)