These next 2 weeks:

Don't expect me to be nice, or chatty, or looking cute.

- Tuesday 12/2 Social Work Final
- Thursday 12/4 Ethics Final
- Friday 12/5 FINAL ENGLISH 200 PAPER DUE (dear lord if you have any mercy you will help me in my hour of need)
- Monday 12/8 Anthropology Final
- Wednesday 12/10 Spanish Cumulative Final and BIRTHDAY


And then i'm done.

Jesus Christ the semester will be over for me. A week and a half of hell and then i don't know what.

It's business time....

The fosters float WOULD be the one Rick Rolled

My two worlds colide...

Shaken

So tonight (around 2am) i'm on my way home from my boyfriends house, and i'm almost home when i see this wrecked car in the barrier (it was the intersection of tripleridge and silverbrook) and i was like "hm that's kinda weird they wouldn't clean it up" and as i'm driving by i realize that there's something person-like sticking out of the windshield. I look around and cars are just driving by so i turn around in the CVS parking lot and pull up next to the car and sure enough, there's a guy halfway out of the broken windshield. So i call 911 and as i'm talking to the lady i see him moving (i guess he saw my blinkers or something) so i get out of the car and he's trying to get up and just going "help me help me" and the woman on the phone goes "okay EMS is on the way thank you" and hangs up. So i'm like do i stay till they get here or what? And its dark, and cold and cars are just driving by and the guy just keeps trying to move and saying "help me help me" and finally i'm like "i called 911 EMS is coming. Stop trying to move they're gonna get you out" but he's like, not listening to me. And finally, what seems like 5 years later although it was probably not even 3 minutes i see the flashing lights and the fire engine gets there and they just say thank you and tell me to leave.

And the fucking sick thing is, that i saw probably 3 cars drive right by, and then at least 2 more when i was in the car talking to 911 before this woman stopped to ask if i was okay and stuff, before she left when i said i was fine and that i was talking to the emergency people. Who KNOWS how long that guy had been there in the dark and the cold, probably slowly dying. People don't notice or care about fucking anything.

I know i did the right thing and that it's something to be proud of. But i really don't know how i'm going to sleep. It's kind of like last year at school when i saw that kid get hit by a car, and everytime i closed my eyes i heard/saw it. And both my parents are asleep and i can't talk to them about it until tomorrow. And now i have a headache.

Some break....

Cliche Thanksgiving Post

'Tis the season. Things i'm thankful for:

- My friends. Without them i would be nothing. They keep me sane, make me laugh, and help me out. I absolutely love every single one of you guys with all my heart.

- My Family. They're fucking crazy (but who's isn't?) and drive me up the wall sometimes. But it's always good to be home and the debt can never be repaid.

- A home cooked meal. College has it's perks, missing out on mom's cooking isn't one of them. i cannot WAIT to absolutely gorge myself.

- My education. I love school, and am so lucky to have the opportunity to further my education and study something i love. And get the "college experience" as well.

- This country. For coming together and electing the right leader despite everything.

- Chapstick (i feel like this is self explanatory)

- Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and Legally Blonde. My remedy for all things sad.

- My Boo (duh). Because he puts up with me and still loves me even though sometimes i make it REALLY hard. Because he would've gotten me a puppy had it not been for some "discussion" with my father, and helps me make 15 turkey hats because my mom INSISTS that we have them, and plays video games with my brothers even though i know he'd rather be doing other things.

- The internet. But seriously i don't think i could live without it and its sad.

- Veggie Trays. With ranch. i could live off of them

- Coffee (i'm in college, remember?)

- My tomato plant. For proving that i can do it, and that it tastes SO much better when you've grown it yourself

- Spell Check. I'd sound like a complete idiot with out it.

- Calculators. Because i don't have enough fingers.

- My Sanity. It's still hangin in there, haven't totally lost it yet.

- Experience. I've been through some rough times and some really really good times in my life. And i think that my life experience has shaped me into the person i am today and i am incredibly thankful for that. Life has taught me some lessons (although i know it's not done yet) and i'm not even 20 years old! (getting close though) i am glad that i have had the experiences that i've had, and wouldn't change anything given the chance.

This is ridiculous....

yet hilarious at the same time...

"Wait, i didn't think that ACTUALLY happened.."

So, this weekend was really fun. Like the most fun i've had in awhile because i've been so stressed out lately that i haven't really been able to do much besides school.

Friday me and shayla decided to throw k'shonda a surprise birthday party (her REAL birthday is today) so we forced thomas to get her out of the house for a few hours, while me and kelsey set shit up because shayla had to work. And then it was like 1040 and i had this moment of panic because no one was here yet and k-pup was supposed to come around 11, and then suddenly ALL these people showed up at once, and we crammed them all into our kitchen (which isn't verry large) to wait for her to get home. So when she gets home shayla leads her to the kitchen and we open the door and all yell SURPRISE and she like JUMPED it was sooo awesome. And then the drinking/dancing/partying commenced and i had a really good time.

And then Saturday i got up and worked on my paper all day. I didn't finish it but i submited it to be workshopped. Its like 5 pages long. I'm royally fucked but i can work on it over break and then the week after and hopefully i'll get some good feedback tomorrow to help me. So i submitted it despite being very incomplete and then kelsey came over and we went to Mikes house for his birthday party. And we were told there would be jello wrestling so we came prepared with bathing suits. And then we drank some liquid courage and wrestled. And it was really fun and really slippery and really really REALLY cold. And then there was a group shower with all the competitors (no nakedness!) and we got dressed and came home to change. And i had a blasty blast but the boyfriend got mad when i posted pics so i had to take them off facebook. I will post a few here though in a lil bit. It was like a movie. Like i didn't think shit like that ACTUALLY happened in real life...

And then today i sat around all day, then went to church, then watched like 3 lifetime movies. And should probably be figuring out my answers to my questions for my "oral interview" tomorrow in spanish class but that can wait.


I'm really glad i had a good weekend, because this is pretty much my last weekend to party seeing as how finals are literally a week away for me. I don't regret it i just hope some of the PLDs i made don't come back and bite me in the ass and that the slightly red tint i have comes out soon. THANKSGIVING IS SO SOON THANK GOD.

PS i heard that Twilight movie wasn't even that good. So all you vampire maniacs just need to CALM. DOWN. Thanks.

I'm on a fucking roll...

Just call me butter.

ENGLISH 200 I'M COMIN FOR YA!!!!! AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA





more later

It's not official, untill there's a commemorative plate...

i saw this at shafer today and almost died. This is the good version. Full of happy people. LOLOLOLOL

The 703 embarrasses me YET again...

Okay. Now, i have seen some pretty STUPID ass stuff come out of the 703 area (that's northern virgina/NOVA in case ya'll don't know) but this takes the cake. Like, seriously guys? i mean i know Woodbridge or "Hoodbridge" isn't the best of places in the 703 area code, but this isn't the projects people. I'm gonna let the video speak for itself...




THINGS THAT I FIND HUMEROUS ABOUT THIS VIDEO:

- they shot most of it in the COMMUTER LOT off of I-95
- The nationals flags on the cars
- The ugly ass "snow bunny" that is featured. i'm offended...
- The random ass neighborhoods/potomac mills/DALE CITY LANES/shopping centers featured
- "PG raised me".... enough said...
- they don't live anywhere NEAR the damn metro
- random white guy in the commute lot with his stunna shades on
- Dale City is called "the friendliest little city around"
- Prince William County is the 10th richest county. Loudon and Fairfax being numbers 1&2. Also, the city from the NOVA area that makes the FBI crime list is ALEXANDRIA!! NOT WOODBRIDGE!!

Ya'll need to take your dumbasses BACK to Hylton and Gar-Field highschool. No one's ever heard of you so stop tryin to put NOVA, much less "Hoodbridge" on the map.

I'm not saying nova/woodbridge/etc doesn't have a gang problem, or no ones ever been killed, or anything like that. But really now? This is just ridic....

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

It's been like a week since my last entry but tough bananas because i've been a busy little beehive. The semester is coming to a rapid end (yikes!) and school has not been kind to me. Multiple exams and papers later, i'm trying to stay on the grind but my motivation seems to be trying to take a vacation. My draft of my 15 page paper is due friday (that's tomorrow ya'll!) and i currently have a page written. Whompity whomp whomp whomp. On monday however, after my exam i had a good talk with mom about things, and i really just have to push through to the end. Thanksgiving is a week away and i know people who are going home already! But i have too much to do before then, and even then this "break" isn't going to be one because i have almost all my finals the week we get back.
By the way, the whole point of having an "exam period" is to TAKE EXAMS!! While having one class with an exam earlier than finals is nice, having 4 is not. Because you don't get that extra time that comes with not having to go to class. i mean all i'm sayin is that it's really not fair to us students.
Anyway. Last night i went to bed at like 9 because i was falling asleep and had an 8am and maybe attempted to get my sleep cycle back to normal. I did absolutely nothing yesterday, and it was a total waste. Because, as i've stated, i have a lot of shit to do. I really need to just buckle down and do it. Bla bla bla whatever let's talk about something positive.

Cool things that are going on in my life:

- i've officially become a psychology major. And have chosen it with total confidence that it's the right thing for me.
- i got all the classes i wanted (except for modern dance) for next semester. My schedule isn't looking too bad either.
- On saturday i went with people from church to Summerhill elementary school to paint their courtyard. It was really fun because we got to paint whatever we wanted. What SUCKED was that it was the day of the stupid Richmond Marathon and it took us a good hour and some change to get there, and then back home again. What a dumb idea.
- I've also started helping out with caritas at church, where we do intake for the program. Basically homeless guys who have signed up for the program come in and hang out for a hour or so until the buses come and take them to their various churches for the night. So i hang out with homeless guys and play cards. They taught me how to play spades. It's really fun. If you want to get involved let me know, campus ministry has thursdays.
- Got a brace for my Carpal Tunnel. Computer work is more bearable now
- I'm going to be 20 in 3 weeks. Holy crap.
- i got a B on my ethics exam! The one i had to make up!
- Thanks to my amazing roommate, i got a ticket to see Bill Cosby. It's totally random that he's coming here, especially for free, but i'm excited because i love him and i have a horrible feeling he's going to die soon. Hilarity will ensue.

Thanks to the stupid animal planet, i've decided that i NEED to acquire a German Shepherd puppy. They are smart, loyal, easy to train, adapt well to urban environments, good guard dogs, not to mention ADORABLE.

LOOK AT THAT LITTLE FACE!!! Purebreds are super super expensive, but there are tons that need to be adopted and rescued, which is what i would do. I believe in adopting and rescuing dogs unless you are planning on using them for show and absolutely NEED purebred. Why pay all that money when there is a dog equally as good that needs to be rescued? I'm currently campaigning people (parents, boyfriend, GP's) to get me one for christmas. But if i don't get one, i'll probably just find one down here and adopt it. CURSE YOU ANIMAL PLANET!! i wasn't even intentionally watching it! Whenever i watch animal planet i get all animal activisty and it's never a good scene.

Also, i've recently discovered that i really really like Regina Spector. So if you have some of her music and are tryin to share, i wouldn't be mad.

More laterrrrrrrrrrrr

The YES Dance

i must learn it....

THE BEST TUESDAY EVER

Normally, tuesdays aren't good for me. I have both an 8am and a 3 hour long night class, along with a regular class during the day. I also usually spend most of my day reading and doing homework. Let's just say the HIGHLIGHT of my tuesday is the fact that Law and Order SVU comes on (which i'm currently missing right now).
NOT TODAY HOWEVER!

The fact that i couldn't fall asleep last night (again) was made better by the fact that my 8am was CANCELED!!! Giving me yet another day to prepare for the exam i missed last week (eek what a mess) and the chance to sleep in until 11. When i woke up, i was pleased to discover that my food baby from last night was gone.

Spanish, was spanish. Who cares about that class. I then went to Shafer as usual and they had a BAKED POTATOE BAR!! AND IT WAS AMAZING!! i got cheese, broccoli, chillie, and bacon on mine. And it was good. The mac n cheese was all right too. Came home, typed some emails, took a nap, did some homework, and debated skipping my night class to go to STRUT workshop.

THANK GOD I WENT!! It was the coolest class EV-ER.

My teacher brought in 6 guys who are recovering addicts, currently in residential treatment at Rubicon. We were broken up into 3 smaller groups and got to talk to them and hear their stories and advice and it was INCREDIBLE. One of them is a VCU student! In the social work program! It was truly an amazing experience, and i was lucky that i got to experience it. I was so excited i could barely stay seated.
I already pretty much knew that was the population i wanted to work with. However this really set it in stone for me. I'm interested in criminal and abnormal psychology and all that stuff, but what i really want to do is help people. If you know me well enough, you can probably guess that personal experience has helped to direct me to this path. And if you don't know what i'm talking about and are curious, ask me sometime. But this pretty much made me decide i want to be an addiction counseler. I know they make shit money (unless you're Dr. Drew, my hero) but i don't see addicts as some guy homeless on the street. They weren't always like that. You never know what backround an addict has, where they came from, how they got there, or why. You find them in the most suprising places. Hell, you could know one right now and not have any sort of idea. But i don't see them as some loser crack head, rather a friend, sister, brother, mother, father, aunt, uncle, lawyer, doctor, student, mechanic, nurse WHATEVER. Because that's who they are.
And i know i can do this, even more i WANT to do this.


And that's why today is the best tuesday ever.

Hilarity Ensues

I love Conan O'Brien. Tom Hanks has no sense of humor.....

Stress

So, if you haven't gathered from previous entries, i've been feeling a little stressed out lately. Mostly from school. Actually, ALL from school. But not the point. ANYWAYS when i get stressed out i start to do weird things. This usually occurs around finals, although this semester it's pretty much been whenever i want. So, without further ado, i present:
WEIRD THINGS JANE DOES WHEN SHE GETS STRESSED OUT! (i would like to note that all of these things have actually happened)


1) GET THE SUDDEN URGE TO STICK SOMETHING UP MY NOSE!! And i mean, sudden. urge. I even IMed cory to tell her about it. I really wanted to stick a lego up there, but she suggested something that wouldn't result in having to say "it seemed like a good idea at the time" to the people in the ER, such as a pen.

In case you were wondering, NO i DID NOT stick anything up there. The urge surpassed and i escaped emergency room and booger free.



2) STAND ON MY HEAD. I do this weird thing where i sort of kneel on my bed, with my head resting on the bed, and like rock back and forth. It's hard to explain, but the best example i can give you is that it's like a cross between intense praying and a head stand.
Like this, only without the nasal spray, and more weight on the head. And rocking back and forth. It's actually quite soothing i suggest you try it sometime...



3) LAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR WITH A PILLOW OVER MY HEAD. in X formation, BLARING the pixies (preferably the song "where is my mind"). Apparently, this is quite startling to walk in on....



4) DISCUSS OBSESSIVELY HOW I WANT TO SHAVE MY HEAD. I'm completely serious, when it gets BAD, i really feel like just shaving all my hair off. i can totally relate to Brittney Spears and her meltdown...


5). SING RICK ASTLEY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Once you pop, the fun don't stop.


6). DANCE TO TWIST AND SHOUT ON MY BED. I also sing PYT, and Gz and the Hustlas over and over again. Kimya Dawson sometimes makes an appearence.

Gz and Hustlas is also my homework hype up song. Try it. Hellooooo motivation!


7) TAKE OBSESSIVE AMOUNTS OF STRANGE PICTURES WITH PHOTOBOOTH. And then put them on facebook. I don't think this needs an example, you've all seen them.


8) MAKE SIGNS. And post them places. Or make people wear them.

Poor cory. I made her particpate/put up with all of this madness. She clearly hates her life (or at least me) in this picture. The other side of this sign says "P.Y.T" AND YES IN CASE YOUR WONDERING IT DOES IN FACT SAY "AQUALUNG"


9) DRESS UP IN WEIRD OUTFITS. Usually involving rain boots (or obscure shoes of some kind), sweat pants or shorts, a random article of clothing, and a NON clothing item. Hats and sunglasses are preferred for this as well.



10) MAKE THINGS OUT OF BOXES. Like a raptor outfit.
That is a raptor head on my head. Made out of free boxes from the bookstore. Be jealous



11) PAINT MY ENTIRE FACE. In public. For absolutely no reason...




Seriously, i don't know how anyone puts up with me. Or why i have friends. Because to be honest this is a rather short list. I guess it's a better way to deal with stress than other alternatives?? Props go out to cory because she lived in a tiny ass room with me for an ENTIRE. YEAR. I'm sure her take on this is totally different from mine haha.
Anyways. Hope that was interesting, if not entertaining. I'm seriously getting carpal tunnel.
But seriously.

Election Day

I will remember this day for the rest of my life.

- Virginia became a blue state.
- A black man was elected president.
- HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE!!
- I HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN
- the youth proved everyone wrong and had amazing voter turn out
- America united to change our nation!
- VCU took over the streets of Richmond


i've never been this excited, proud, and happy about something like this in my entire life....


My president is black =]

TOMMOROW

Is the big day. And i couldn't be more excited! This is such a huge, historic election, and i get to be a part of it. And that is SO. COOL. if you don't vote, you're ignorant. Plain and simple.




Tonight i got followed home by this totally creepy guy. I've like blown him off before, because he is totally OLD AND CREEPY AND FROM ENGLAND AND JUST GROSS!! But he like turned around from where he was walking to talk to me and just aijskdfniuwjeknlf. i told him my name was jessica. And i didn't want to make a huge scene because what if he was crazy and tried to kill or kidnap me or something?? And he remembered that i was a pig for halloween and asked me about what i was studying and just sick sick weird sick.
And now i feel like i'm not gonna be able to get away from him, and see him everywhere, and just ickkkkk. Next time he comes up to me i'm cussing his ass out, i don't care if he tries to kill me or whatever. Fuck street smarts i'm gonna make him leave me the fuck alone.

And that was my day. I'm riding my bike to my monday night class from now on.

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

i suck i suck i suck

Weekend recap:

Thursday:
Got up, went to my 8am, found out i got a B on my last test so i decided to NOT drop the class. Also found out i have a test on thursday. Hopefully will NOT regret the decision to keep the class. Got a Bagel. Went to spanish class, took a test, went to shafer. Came home, cleaned up the house with k'shonda, cleaned the kitchen, and started setting up for the party. Went with byron to get alcohol and pick up the blacklights/fog machine. Set all that stuff up while watching a show about haunted houses. Made the punch, realized it was nowhere NEAR enough. Shayla came home, gave us money, went to kroger to buy juice/soda/chicken. Yes, we bought fried chicken. We were hungry. It was good. Made some more punch, arranged furniture, and got ready! Donned our AWESOME halloween costumes (3 little pigs!) started sippin and had a good time! Not as many people came as we expected, but it was still a lot of fun. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T SHOW UP AND I WAS KINDA MAD!! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!! I didn't even drink that much and by the end of the night (when we were kicking people out) was feeling like absolute SHIT. Kelsey slept over and we had fun.



Friday:
Headache like a bitch, and i threw up like twice. I SWEAR ON MY LIFE THAT I AM NEVER DRINKING ANYTHING WITH ARISTOCRAT IN IT AGAIN! EVEN IF IT TASTES FINE! I've never felt SO shitty after drinking SO little. Tried to make it to my 2 o'clock class, and realized i wasn't even going to make it a block away from my house. Crawled back in bed and slept until 7 pm.
Like i said, i SUCK.
Then ate some food (rice i think?) put the halloween costume back on, and drank a little bit in prep for the dance party at 534. We waited in line for freaking EVER even though we were on the pointless didn'tevencheckit VIP list. It was packed, but i had fun. I cussed a guy out cuz he kept touching me and coming up to me and pulling on my hat. And i danced my ass off, even though my buzz was GONE by the time we got inside. Came home when it was over, changed into pjs, ate a ton of food and watched tv. Kelsey decided to go home at like 430 because she had to get up early or something. So she left, and i went to bed totally unaware of the situation going on in the alley with our neighbors.
But THAT is a story for another time.



Saturday:
Got up, talked to k-pup, found out about the whole neighbor thing, and decided to go over there with her and apologize. They were relatively cool about it. Putzed around on the internet, did some reading, cleaned up the kitchen (again) then read some more and watched The shining and paranormal state. i didn't go out because i was on like people overload. But i already posted about that. Went to bed late because i couldn't fall asleep because my mind was spinning because i just realized how the smester is almost over and how much work i have to do.



Sunday (today):
Got a phone call that allena was on her way up. Did she ask? no, she told me. And we were going to shortpump, and then nacho mamas. So, i got up. Read for a few hours, then got picked up to go to shortpump. Bought a shirt on sale for 9 dollars at urban outfitters, and then went to nacho mamas. It was fun i guess. I was in a pretty sour mood. Mostly i just concentrated on keeping my mouth shut cause i thought i might snap at someone. Came back and watched Desperate Housewives (SO. GOOD) and now i'm here, fucking around on the internet, instead of doing ANYTHING PRODUCTIVE!!!



God, what the FUCK is wrong with me? I realized that even though i really want Thanksgiving to be here because i want a break so desperately and to see seyi and for once just BE HOME (i never get like this really) that the approach of thanksgiving means the end of the semester and i'm not ready for that either. Because i have so much work to do (paperpaperpaper) plus tests and just idk i've never felt so out of it and overwhelmed in my life. Oh wait i lied, i felt like this junior year of highschool, when i almost failed out. COOL.

Bla bla bla i suck. I promsie i'll write something interesting soon, i just have to get all this bitching out of my system.

Also, next time i'm at walmart or somewhere and someone asks me to see my receipt, i'm saying "No".

BLAH BLAH BLAH

i've been fucking wasting my time lately. And getting nothing accomplished. And being really moody and cranky. And i don't like it.

Tonight, i stayed in. I needed to, i'll recap my weekend tomorrow but i just needed to NOT go out and have some alone time. So i started reading more research for my paper that i'm about to fall behind on. And then i went downstairs to make some chicken (successful) and found out The Shining was on.
So i watched that.
Alone.
In the dark.
It was great. And then paranormal state came on, and this girl was LEGIT POSSESSED BY A DEMON.
So i watched that.
With k'shonda.
In the dark.
And then i watched the very begining of The Shining because i realized i've never seen it.
And then it was like almost one in the morning and i'd read all of 2 pages. So i came up here and fucked around on the internet and now i'm about to go to sleep and i STILL haven't gotten jack shit done. And tommorrow my friend is coming up (wether i like it or not) so i'm not gonna really get anything done tomorrow either. COOL.


I think i'm getting carpal tunnel from my laptop.....