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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
5:01 pm	Table dancin' I've been so busy with homework and whatnot this week. Between homework and Ryan time, I don't have time for much else. We went to the gym the other night and ran a mile. I did about 4 out of the 7 laps which it takes to do a mile. I haven't run since forever. We were going to go again today, but Ryan's sick. Friday night was Chris' party and a group of 8 of us went out to dinner at Cabo beforehand. The party was a lot of fun. Jen and Tyler came. I was able to talk to Jen a good bit. Christian, some drunk friend of Chris', came as well and managed to talk us into dancing on a table. We weren't stripping or drinking haha. It was fun, but short-lived because Vincent plugged his iPod back in instead of letting Chris and my famous CD play. I was able to talk to Elena a little bit that night. We just talked about school and stuff. She's nice. I'm happy for Chris. I'm sure I'll talk to her more at some point. While at dinner at Cabo on Friday, we heard news of Poor Billy's. Some of our group had been there and said good things about it so Ryan and I decided to go there for dinner on Saturday night. Well, it was nothing what I had imagined all these years. It was so expensive and there was such an ambience inside. It was perfect. I loved it so much. I hope Ryan will take me back there again for a special night; it's not somewhere we can afford to visit often unfortunately. We went over to his brother's place for a bit. Lucy met us there since she was having a bad evening. It turned into a bit of fun :-) She's posted pictures from it on facebook. As I said before, Ryan's sick. I've been bringing him food and whatnot. I hope he feels better soon. I'm sure he'll be better before his party on Saturday. Or I'm hoping at least. I think he got sick from wearing shorts on Sunday when we went to play kickball. It was so cold, but he wore them. Simple mistake. No worries. Anyways, I guess I'll get going now so I can do some more homework. Yuck-o. Current Mood: bored Current Music: Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
10:42 am	Fast cats and a draft This week has seemed to fly by. It seems like Sunday was just yesterday, but tomorrow's Friday again. The weather has been that of typical Blacksburg, cold and windy. It's snowing today. Just flakes whipping around in the air. My athletic shoes have a hole in the top. I felt a bit of a draft yesterday morning on my right foot while walking around on campus. Lucy went with me to Cburg yesterday afternoon where I bought some Puma sneakers. They're so pretty. Brown with Tiffany blue on them :-D By far my favorite color combination. They seem to be good times so far. Lots of cushion which I need for carrying my heavy book bag. It's unfortunate that I can't wear my birks on campus this semester due to all the walking I do and the support that my feet need as I'm getting older. I sound like quite the senior citizen ;-) haha. I managed to see Jen Tuesday afternoon for the first time in awhile. I met her at the She-Sha after catching lunch with Ryan around the corner at Jimmy John's. We studied for awhile and then decided to go bowling at Squires. It was definitely a nice feeling to know we could go bowling instead of having to go work. I like this whole not working thing. I hope to hear from Ben and Jerry's soon though. Between classes, homework, and Ryan, I haven't had time to myself really which is why I haven't updated in awhile. And as for tomorrow night, Chris is having a party. Some of us are going to try and go out to dinner beforehand. I'll have to try and make those plans later today. Also, on Saturday, Ryan and I might be having a sleepover with Tyler and Jen. Movies, food, popcorn, etc. will be present. I can't wait. As for this weekend, it should be better than the last one. I'm really looking forward to everything. :-) And for an update on me and the love, things are still great and going strong. I'm so lucky. I don't see an end in sight. I'm really glad about that. He's definitely the best and never ceases to amaze me. So, things are definitely good. Current Mood: ecstatic (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
6:33 pm	The Cinema, Little Italy, and Alcohol So, this has been a pretty shitty weekend. Dinner went well on Friday night with Ryan. We made dinner at his place for our 2 month anniversary. Afterwards he went on to get drunk at a party we went to. That party was sketchy. I had a bad time. Ryan ended up passing/blacking out when we got home afterwards. I was hoping to make it to Target and the mall on Saturday. So much for that. Ryan didn't want to leave since he was hung over. I didn't feel like going myself and besides, I like to be with him. He told me we'd go today. That didn't happen because of the awful weather we're receiving at the moment. I'm tempted to say "fuck it" and go anyway. I thought maybe we could go to the basketball game tonight. I saw where it's open to everyone with a VT ID. Ryan said he's not going. Maybe next time. I know I sound like I'm so mad at Ryan, but I'm not. I just wish things had turned out differently this weekend. I had hoped Friday night would be so great and it didn't turn out to reach my expectations and so I was left disappointed. Instead of going out and about like I wanted to yesterday, Ryan and I got to watch 4 movies. I don't want to look at a TV again. Ironic because it's all I've been able to do today. We watched some movie with Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey in it. I'm not sure what it's called. We also saw "Little Black Book" with Brittany Murphy, "Something About Mary," and "La Vita e Bella" (Life is Beautiful). The first three were on FX and Ryan had Netflixed the last one for us. "Life is Beautiful" is an Italian film about a Jewish-Italian man and his wife and kid who are placed in a concentration camp in Berlin. He tells his kid that it's a game so as to protect his innocence. It was such a great movie! I absolutely loved it! It definitely ended Saturday on a good note. Ryan and I shared the strawberries and Nutella that we bought for dessert on Friday last night since the rest of our meal had us so stuffed the night before. I'm thankful for him. Really. Chris told me on the phone yesterday that he had asked out Elena this past week. I was kind of hurt because he didn't tell me sooner. I'm happy that he's found someone. I just don't want him to forget about me though. I don't know why I think he would. I don't think he would, but it scares me. He's my best friend and I don't know what I would do without him. I hope I can get along with Elena. I couldn't get along with his last girlfriend. I'm not sure why I'm so emotional over this. I shouldn't be. Silly Elissa. I'm going to go in hopes of someone getting online to talk to. Current Mood: pissed off Current Music: The Foo Fighters "Best of You" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
10:55 am	Week 1 Classes started on Tuesday. Things are going well so far. I have a lot of written homework though. I'm kind of glad because I don't really take the time to learn stuff/read the book. I don't learn that way, which is unfortunate because that's how one succeeds in college. Oh well. I'm doing the concept questions in my finance book so I don't have to suffer with reading ADD. My schedule is pretty compatible with Ryan's. We're able to meet up for lunch on T/R. I'm done for good by noon on T/R and by one on MWF. And with the start of the semester, it's been a start of the real winter. With temperatures around 15 to 20 degrees when I leave in the morning and not topping 30 in the afternoon, it makes me grateful for the fact that I'm in one building for a majority of my classes. So, on Friday, Ryan and I will be celebrating our 2 month anniversary. I think we're going to Zeppoli's for dinner that night. I'm not sure what else we'll be up to. Well, I guess that's all I have for now. Sorry, but I'm waiting for math to start. I guess I'll be back to this later. Current Mood: satisfied (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
12:51 pm	The Reunion Tour Hola, amigos. Well, mini update: we won the Duke game. Word. Not much has been going on. I've been spending a lot of time at Fringe Benefit this week, unfortunately. I have work again tonight. Afterwards I'm meeting Scott for ice cream at Ben and Jerry's. I actually rented "Talladega Nights" last night with Chris. He had never seen it before. His friend Laura and her boyfriend Scott came over to watch it with us. Chris really liked the movie. I knew he would. As for tomorrow, RYAN'S COMING HOME! Well, back to the burg. I sometimes forget that it's not everyone else's home ;-) Anyways, so we'll be hanging out and going to Target so he can do some errands. We already have a hot date planned at the Rivermill for tomorrow night. I'm so excited! It'll be so great to have him back. I've missed him so much since I got back from his house in Richmond on New Year's. I can't wait until tomorrow! Ah, so good to have something to look forward to. It'll be nice to be able to spend a few days with him before we're blasted back to reality when classes start on Tuesday. I guess I should be on my way now. Bye! Current Mood: anxious Current Music: Young Jeezy "My Hood" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
12:54 pm	The Pursuit of Happiness Not much has happened since last time. Chris and I went to see "The Pursuit of Happyness" the other night. It was a pretty good movie actually. I don't really see how people were crying and whatnot as Ryan and Jeanine had described, but whatever. Last night Chris and I went to Champ's to see Jacob and Chris' band play that we saw this summer. They were good as usual. A lot of people from high school were there, some I haven't seen since graduation in 04. It was nice to see the ones I like and fair enough to see the ones I don't haha. As for today I'm watching the VT vs. Duke basketball game. We're winning :-) I'll probably be going downtown in a little while and have a looksies at things. I need a new wallet and perhaps a new clutch. We'll see though. I'll be on the lookout for a shirt to wear on my Rivermill date with Ryan. I saw one on Anthropologie, but it sold out in like a day :-( It was perfect too. I'll keep my eyes out because it might be in stock again at some point. Let's hope so. I'm working tomorrow 12-5 :-( Ew. Then I'm going with Lucy to Roanoke on Monday :-) After that I'll work a couple times and then be counting down the days until Ryan gets back. I want him to get here, but I don't want anyone else to and I surely don't want classes to start. Oh well, can't have everything I guess. I guess I'll go up and get ready. Current Mood: awake Current Music: Allison Kraus "When You Say Nothing At All" (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
1:11 pm	The New Year (and the last moments of the last one) The end of 2006 was definitely not what I had expected. I went to visit Ryan at his home in Richmond for New Year's. We met up at Short Pump when I got to town and David was able to meet us :-) I hadn't yet seen David in 2006 so it was a nice way to round out the year. It's always great to see him. After getting back to the Strickler's house, Ryan and I exchanged gifts. He bought me a foot spa, socks, and some pedicure stuff. He loved the Curb Your Enthusiasm and DMOB gift certificates I got for him. Shotly afterwards, I became really sick. I ended up feeling well enough to come downstairs and watch the Tech game on TV with his parents, but not well enough to go watch it at his oldest brother's townhouse. I felt really bad Sat. night after the game and when I woke up Sunday morning, I still felt awful. I was in such good hands with Ryan. He took such good care of me. He laid with me in bed and talked to me or just laying there to be a warm body while I tried to nap. By late Sunday afternoon I was feeling well enough to go out and about with him. We went to another mall and came home to eat dinner with his family. His two brothers, their girlfriends, Ryan's friend, and us all went out to a couple parties. Neither one was very exciting unfortunately. I still managed to have an okay time though. Getting a kiss at midnight on New Year's had definitely been on my to-do list for awhile. After getting back to Ryan's house, we went up to my room and passed out in my bed, waking up at 6 am. When Ryan woke up to go take out his contacts and turn off our light, I started feeling sick again. I ended up leaving his house around 9:45 because I felt as though coming back to Blacksburg would make me feel better. I was sad because we couldn't get a hold of Jen and Tyler to hang out with them, although I'm not sure how much we would've been able to due to my illness. So, since being back at home in the burg, I've hung out with Chris and Lucy. I went with Chris yesterday to exchange some gifts he received. I think we're going to try and see "Pursuit of Happyness" in the next few days. I went out to Target with Lucy last night. We just walked around. As for today, I need to go to wal mart and pick up a few things. I'm going to try and meet up with Sara. Her gift is in the backseat of my car and I need to get rid of it. I'll be sending out Ryan's mom's thank you note as well today. To thank her for the gift she gave me and for letting me stay at their house. That's all I got I believe. I hope everyone's having a great new year so far :-) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, December 29th, 2006
3:47 pm	The year in retrospect Every year I like to write an entry at year's end about things and reflect on them. I guess 2006 started off slow. I remember I rung in 2006 with a dinner at O'Charlie's with Daren and having some disgusting Korbel champagne afterwards while watching the ball drop. I know I went home to sleep right afterwards because I was tired for one reason or another. I get tired at inconvenient times sometimes haha. Hrm... I spent a majority of 2006 in limbo. Erin's parents moved away in the summer of 2006 which was unfortunate. My circle of friends shifted and I met a lot of awesome people. Instead of hanging out with people from Blacksburg, I've branched out. Jen and Ryan both turned out to be from Richmond and Tyler's from NY/Richmond. I rarely see Sara and Lucy anymore. I think it's good that I'm hanging out with people who have already been through what I'm going through instead of me being the pioneer. Not saying I don't cherish the friendships I have with Sara, Lucy, and the rest of those from the burg, but I'm glad to have found some friends who are more on my level. I also got more into fun, going to parties with Chris x 2 and Ryan occasionally. What fun. And I can't forget about Ryan. This is the first relationship I've been excited about and felt comfortable in. Liking your boyfriend, what a novel idea ;-) I can't see an end to this relationship and I like that. I feel safe and loved. I know I'm right to feel that. It's been a long time coming and it's finally here. I deserve it and I know it. He's the best and I'm so lucky to have him. I'm so thankful for what we have. As for today, I've been doing lots of various things. I've been making pizzelles for a good part of the day since my parents bought me an iron for Christmas. I also washed the car for the first time in forever. It's so nice and white now instead of that dingy, almost "ring around the collar" color. I can't even remember the last time I washed it. Woops. I also went downtown to get the second half of Ryan's gift. Yeah, I know I had been saying I would do it all along, but I finally got it done today. Word. I feel like I did something else, but I can't remember. Oh well. I'll probably be back to this to update on the last moments of the year and the start of the new one. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: OK Go "Here We Go Again" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
11:19 am	Merry Christmas (or Happy Hanukkah for my favorite Jew) Well, I got all my shopping done. Man did I get everyone badass presents. I hope I get some in return although I love the Hello Kitty popcorn popper that Tyler and Jen got me! Ryan and I are exchanging gifts when I come up for New Year's. He's going to love his present! I'm so anxious to give it to him. I actually have to get the finishing touches for it today. I love presents. Hopefully someone bought me socks or I will cry. My dad and I are leaving to go see my mom tomorrow. We'll be coming back on the 27th. Chris gets back on the 26th. I'm so glad he's coming back because I've been so bored! Everyone is gone. Well, everyone besides Sara and Lucy. They're preoccupied with other things I guess. Whatever. I have to take Sara's present to her at some point today. We'll see how that goes. I hope everyone has a great holiday :-) Current Mood: calm Current Music: "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
4:21 pm	Regalos :: Gifts Not much has happened since I last updated. I went to visit Erin over the weekend. It was so great to see her and her family! I went around with Sara yesterday to Target and the mall to do some Christmas shopping. I actually did a majority of my shopping today, knocking everyone off my list. I went to Barnes and Noble and saw so many books I want! They're books on random things like sewing, design, typography, etc. I love things like that. I actually picked up a book for myself on design/decorations of the 1970s. It will so inspire me. I'm excited to look at it. I definitely ended up getting everyone some awesome gifts. I ran into Meghan, my accounting TA from last spring. We talked for awhile and I gave her an idea for what to get her dad. She thanked me for the help. Christmas is almost here and I can't wait! I'm sure present exchanging will take place this week before the remainder of everyone leaves. SEEING RYAN SOON! :-D That's all I got. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: "Sleigh Ride" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, December 15th, 2006
7:38 pm	Missin' you Last night was amazing. Chris x 2 wasn't able to join us unfortunately. Jen, Tyler, Ryan, and I all arrived at a very crowded Cellar, but were able to get a table after 10 or so minutes. The food was great and everyone had a good time. Afterwards we went bowling. I almost beat Tyler in the second game; he only beat me by 2 points. I ended up beating Ryan so he bought me a milkshake today because of a bet we made last night. After going our separate ways from the bowling alley, Ryan brought me back to my car downtown and we got some pictures of ourselves in front of the Christmas tree on Main Street. None of them really turned out well. Today I met up with Ryan at McDonald's so he could buy me that milkshake he owed me before he left for Richmond. It was bittersweet; ice cream is happy, but saying goodbye is sad. It doesn't really feel like he's gone though. I know he is, but it still almost feels as though I'll be going over to his place later. =\ I've talked to him a couple times since he's left. He called me from the road and then I talked to him on IM for a couple minutes that he had to spare before going on the tacky Christmas light tour. Charlotte tomorrow! I'm so excited to see Erin! I haven't seen her since Steppin' Out?! It'll be so good to see the McDonnells. Maybe I'll even get to see Albert. I need to get some Christmas shopping done at some point. Perhaps tomorrow. I can't wait to see my buddy! Good times. Well, I guess that's all I got. I'm sure I'll be back to this soon enough as usual. Current Mood: mellow Current Music: Nat King Cole "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)" (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
12:07 pm	Puttin' on the Ritz Well, I'm done. Finally. I took my women's lit exam yesterday morning. I think I might've actually made a 100 on it. Let's hope so. The shells went over well Tuesday night at Ryan's. I'm glad he liked them. I'm just sad they weren't the best I had ever made. Oh well. There will be more chances. Last night was the work Christmas party. Jen and I met up with Erin, Lane, and Emma at Nancyne's. It was a lot better than we had expected. Lots of good hors dourves. We ended up watching the finale of The Biggest Loser haha. It was fun. Afterwards I just came home and called it an early night and went to bed around 11:45. I was having a hard time keeping my eyes open. I will attribute this to the fact that I went to bed around 1 or so on Tuesday night and woke up around 6:15 on Wednesday. Ew. Jen, Tyler, Ryan, Chris, and I are going to The Cellar for a swanky dinner tonight after I get off work. I'm so excited! I didn't get to see Ryan at all yesterday, but I'll get to see him at dinner tonight :-) I think we're all going bowling after dinner, too, which should be a lot of fun! It's hard to believe that Ryan's leaving for home tomorrow. I'm not sure where all the time went. I should be going down to Charlotte this weekend to see Erin. Visiting her will take my mind off of the fact that Ryan will be gone, although I'm sure reality will hit once I return from my trip. I'm hoping I'll be able to visit Erin. It rides on whether or not my dad's explorer gets fixed by tomorrow. Lame. I want to see my best friend! And as you said lone commenter, distance does make the heart grow fonder. I'll be seeing him for New Year's and when I think about it, it's not all that far off. Well, I guess I'll be back to this tomorrow and tell you how snazzy everyone looks tonight :-) Bye! Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Taco "Puttin' on the Ritz" (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
6:03 pm	Hey Boo Boo, can I have that pic-i-nic basket? Today was so wonderful. Ryan picked me up and took me to the duck pond where we grilled burgers :-) It was great. I've always wanted to picnic there so I was glad to finally be able to. He had sent me the sweetest e-card before picking me up. That kid never ceases to amaze me. It feels so good to be loved. He brought some bread so we could feed the ducks again. There was a couple with their little girl who couldn't have been more than 2 years old. I gave her a piece of bread so she could feed the ducks as well. I love feeding the ducks. My parents would bring me there when we visited my grandma when I was little. My mom has a lot of pictures of me feeding ducks. Pretty funny. Afterwards we came back to his place and kicked his soccer ball around for a bit. I almost puked because I had just eaten 3 burgers. Ryan just brought me home and I'm just waiting to go to Kroger in a bit because I'm making shells for him for dinner. As for tomorrow, I have my women's lit exam. I need to study for that tonight and do my self-evaluation. Also on the agenda for tomorrow: gingerbread house with Jen?, looking for a dress, work, and the work Christmas party. Lots of stuff to do I guess. Thursday I have work again and then Jen, Tyler, Ryan, Chris, and I are going to the Cellar for a fancy dinner :-) I'm looking forward to it! And seeing Erin this weekend? Ah, I can't wait to see her. I really hope I'm able to! I miss my other half! I do believe that is all. Current Mood: loved Current Music: Temptations "Build Me Up Buttercup" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
12:18 pm	It's that time of year again Sorry I haven't updated for awhile, but I've been busy. Finals started Friday so I've been, well, studying. I had accounting on Friday night, have geology and history tomorrow, and women's lit on Wednesday morning. Instead of filling out that review guide for geology at the moment, I'm updating this :-) You can tell I'm quite the little procrastinator ;-) Ryan took me to a nice dinner at O'Charlie's Friday night after my accounting exam. Ah, I had the best prime rib ever! After dinner we went to a cocktail party and met up with Chris there. They told me we wouldn't be the only ones not in cocktail attire, but they were wrong just like I thought they would be. Even though we were seriously underdressed, no one seemed to care. They were all wasted anyway. I hung out with Ryan yesterday. We got a late lunch at Mike's since he had never been there before. I'm really glad I'm in his life so I can show him the right places to eat haha. Afterwards we just hung out at his place. I was talking to Chris this morning and he told me he thinks Ryan's good for me. I'm really glad he feels that way; I value his opinion so much. Ryan and him get along great and that makes me happy. I'm such a lucky girl. I believe I'm going to see Erin this coming weekend!!!! I'm so excited! :-D I can't wait! Ryan and I are getting dressed up Thursday night and I'm making him shells for dinner. It'll be a farewell dinner of sorts since he leaves Friday. I'm going to miss him so much. At least I'll be seeing him for New Years (if I get off work). I'm not sure how I'll deal in between though. We'll see. That seems to be all I got. Current Mood: grateful Current Music: Journey "Don't Stop Believin'" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
11:21 am	Cold Turkey I'm not sure why, but it's been exceptionally cold the last couple of days. I really wish it would be warm again. Maybe next time. Anyways, so I got a nice surprise when I was wrapping up yesterday's entry. Ryan nearly scared me half to death when he sat down. I only caught a glimpse of his maroon hoodie and not his face so I thought it was a stranger sitting down. However I was pleasantly surprised when I realized it was him :-) He ended up skipping class and thought he'd visit me. We got out of history like a half hour early which was nice. I went to O'Charlie's with my dad last night for dinner. I hadn't talked to him in awhile since I'm always at Ryan's these days. Afterwards I went over to Ryan's and watched some of the Philadelphia vs. Carolina game. I'm currently in geology being bored. I think I might go get my back tube replaced on my bike at East Coasters after class. Ryan had mentioned he wants to start biking today perhaps. I have work at 4 as usual. I think Lucy is going to visit me there and show me her new camera. Ryan and I have to go see the second half of that movie for history tonight in Torg. Word. Yeah. I think I'll be done with exams next Wednesday morning. If so, I might go visit Erin for that weekend if she'll be home yet. I can't wait to see her! I haven't seen her since...July :-( I've been lonely without my buddy. Oh, well, I'll see her soon enough :-) I do believe that's all folks. Current Mood: cold Current Music: Simon and Garfunkel "Cecila" (Comment on this)
Monday, December 4th, 2006
10:27 am	Just chill It's so cold this morning. 21 degrees with a 14 degree wind chill. Ridiculous. I opted for my Uggs over my Birks this morning. Anywho, so, Saturday night didn't turn out as good as I had expected. I spent a good deal of the day with Ryan. We got lunch at West End and then hung out for a bit. We met up with Chris, Elena, and Laura at the mall to see Casino Royale. It was such a good movie! I was sad to have been seated at the end opposite Chris because we had been so excited to see it and I wanted to be able to confer with him during the showing. Oh well. I still obviously had a great time, nonetheless. Afterwards we went straight to the party and met up with Cris. It turned out to suck so bad. First my camera went missing and I thought it had been stolen. I was so upset about it. That was just the beginning of a shitty night for all of us. A couple of girls who came with someone Ryan knew puked in the bathrooms. One of which puked all over the floor and clogged the toilet in Ryan's bathroom. He took about half an hour to clean it up. I sat outside the door keeping him company. The girls took up Cris' offer to be driven home. He said he ruined two shirts and had to clean his car in the morning. I guess Chris had a decent time until some girl left. I really didn't have a good time until I went upstairs with Ryan to his room and just hung out and talked. I ended up leaving after that around 1:15. I spent all day with Ryan yesterday. We went to Target to look at cameras and then borrowed and watched John's copy of Pulp Fiction since I had never seen it. That movie is hilarious. Samuel L. Jackson is definitely the man. We decided to go chill downstairs and Ryan had to rearrange the furniture to the normal places for it and in the process FOUND MY CAMERA! I was so amazed and so thankful. I took some celebratory pictures with it. They're just of us goofing off. I posted them on my facebook and also by going to the album in my webshots. As for today, I have 3 classes. I need to do that geology extra credit as seeing how it's due...well, I'm not sure when. This week sometime. I need to get on that. Also, Ryan and are not sure when our history final is. We need to look that up, well, maybe he'll say in class today. We'll have to study for that. I need to figure out when all my finals are so I can make arrangements at work if need be. Also figure out when I'll be out of town over the holidays to take off from work. Anyways, I guess that's all I got. Current Mood: dorky Current Music: Races to April "Neil Armstrong" (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
10:57 am	When I'm with you Last night was amazing. I'm beginning to have a lot of these great nights and days and weekends. I was with Ryan for a majority of the day. We got a late lunch at West End and then went back to his place for awhile before going to Target. We came downtown to see the parade, but Erin at work said that it had been cancelled :-( We had even gotten hot chocolate at Bollo's to keep us warm while watching the parade. I was very upset about it being cancelled. It wasn't raining and I remember marching in colder weather. Anyways, Lucy had called me earlier in the afternoon to tell me that SHAPIRO was playing at Attitudes!!! Ah, I love them so much! I haven't seen them in forever. She said she had seen the list and it looked like they'd be playing after 9. I dropped Ryan off after we came from downtown so I could change and whatnot. We ended up getting to Attitudes right at 9 and found a table on the side of the stage. It was such an amazing seat! I saw all these great bands! That guy Clay who was in my accounting class last spring was playing there with his band. Then him and the guy from Jet Noise were playing in this other band called the House 4 I think. They were great as well. Then there was this band called Tokyo which was omgholyshitfuckingamazing! I was so regretting not taking the $10 bill my dad had offered me instead of the $5 I took just to get in. I'm going to get on and look them up and buy their EP because it was orgasmic. Shapiro played and it was amazing as usual. Their music just wants to make me orgasm all with every word and every beat. I'm sorry, but it's amazing. I'm so sad that Lucy and Sara decided not to go. Ryan and I had a blast though. I saw Lisa who sat next to me in architecture freshman year. She's actually the one who told me about them. I hadn't seen her since freshman year. She said she transferred into engineering. It looks like not many people from our class stayed in our architectural fields. After the show was over, Ryan and I went to Firehouse and picked up a pizza and ended up eating it in my car in the Food Lion parking lot. Sara walked across the parking lot and we talked to her for a few minutes. So random haha. It was truly a great night. I need to start going to shows again. Today I'm not sure what I'm doing. I want to go to Cburg though. Ryan's party is tonight. I'm going with Chris x 2. So excited about that! I need to see if Jen still wants to come. So, Mr./Mrs. Commenter, that was good advice, but something I'm aware of. I make the time for others, but the problem is that they all have their own respective boyfriends and whatnot. They're having issues allocating time. So I spend time with Ryan because they never can or want to. Not that I don't want to spend time with Ryan because I do, but it'd be great to see Lucy and Sara once in awhile. And it's so hard because we all have classes and tons of homework and I understand because when all that is done, you just want to see your mate. It's so hard to balance, but I think I'm doing a good job. And my pimped out Christmas wine bottle? It's something that Ryan's mom made me for Christmas. It's an empty wine bottle with Christmas lights stuffed into it. It plugs into an outlet to make it light up :-) It's the most mesmerizing thing haha. It definitely brightens my day (no pun intended). Alright, well, I guess that's all I got. Chris just called. I need to go hear stories from last night :-) Bye! Current Mood: giddy Current Music: Shapiro "I Do" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 1st, 2006
9:48 am	1 for the money and 2 for the show, 3 to get ready... Thanks for all the comments lately. To my usually lonely commenter, what is it that women do in relationships that you were advising me not to do? I have a history of fucking things up, but usually they don't get to this stage so I might actually be good to go. Let's hope so. I met Ryan's mom last night at Nora's concert. She's so nice and really friendly. I think I'll get along with her great. She seemed to like the idea of me coming for New Years. I thanked her for my pimped out Christmas wine bottle. After the show all of us parted our separate ways and I went over to Chris'. We ended up going for a ride in the convertible. During the ride, it started raining, but we were going so fast that it wasn't touching us. However, a few minutes later on, it started to really pour and the rain was coming down on the windshield and pouring onto the sides of our seat. The sides of our pants ended up getting soaked. It was still fun though. This has happened to us before (raining on our ride). It happened this summer when we ended up almost in Roanoke and we had to stop at the Wendy's across from Shelor to put the top up. Last night we were able to wait until we got back to put the top up. I liked sticking my hand up while we were driving and feeling the rain hitting it, but it not feeling wet. I'm able to breathe for the weekend. I have to start studying for finals next week I believe. Ugh. Where has this semester gone?! I don't know. Saturday is Ryan's party. I'm looking forward to that. I'm taking my C(h)rises again and Jen and Tyler might go, too, this time. Chris and I are going to burn a CD or 2 today for it. I think I might just try and stay the night on Saturday so I don't have to drive home so late and plus I think I'm being appointed DD or something so if I do stay the night, I might be taking Chris home in the morning. Christmas parade tonight. I'm excited! Ryan's going with me. Maybe he can feel like a Bburg resident for an hour or so :-) Well, I guess that's all I got. Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Young Jeezy "My Hood" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
10:07 am	I'm getting to love the thought of having you around Oh, lone commenter on my entries, I wish I knew your name. You seem to be the only one to care about my mostly nonsensical ramblings ;-) And yes, as you said, I am, indeed, smitten.' I like this feeling a lot. And I would also like to think that I do deserve it. I'm not sure how long you've been reading my journal for, but it has been a very long time since I had something to be this happy about. Actually, I don't think I've ever been so happy about someone in my life. Sure there were other guys, but Ryan is different. In a good way. And all those confusing thoughts that always occupied my head? Well, they're gone now. It's like nothing else matters. This is good. I can definitely see this going somewhere. Life is good. And my Life Is Good shirt that I'm wearing today? It obviously reads true now :-) Back to reality, I have a lot to do today. 3 classes, work, and geology (fucking) homework. Ugh. I hate that class so much. However, I'll be seeing Ryan in history this afternoon so the day won't be too bad ;-) I have work again tomorrow night and I need to see when my math final is. Then Friday is the Christmas parade and hopefully BK! I'm so excited! Ryan's going w/ me to the parade. It's not Christmas for me until I hear those "Sleigh Ride" cadents of the band. Ah, I might even have to dust off the clarinet and try and find that song somewhere and play it. I know I say this every Christmas, but it totally would make my day when we'd play "Sleigh Ride" in class. I would always be humming that song around Christmas. It just puts me in the Christmas mood. Ah, Christmas. Well, I guess I'll go since class is about to start. Current Mood: thankful Current Music: The Verve "Never Let You Down" (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
10:19 am	All the little birds on Jay Bird Street Ryan took me to Red Robin when I got home on Saturday night. It was alright, but I didn't think it was anything special. I would much rather get a burger at Mike's. I ended up showing Cris how to make shells last night. He had never had them before ?!?!?! I showed him the sex. Not much has happened other than that lately. Ah, the time between holidays. Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is getting nearer. Winter break is just around the corner and I can't wait! I'm really looking forward to it although Ryan will be gone the whole month :-( I almost died the week of Thanksgiving. I'm not sure how I'll last a whole month. I'm supposed to go to his home in Richmond for New Year's, but that won't be enough haha. I'm so pathetic; don't judge. He brought up the idea of meeting halfway in Staunton some. That could possibly work. I wanted to go see folks there anyway. Today I have class. I need to leave in a little bit. Afterwards I'm coming back here to eat and then going to Ryan's to hang out before work. I'm picking up tickets to the Sensations concert at Squires before going into work. Ryan's brother's girlfriend, Nora, is in Sensations and her mom and Ryan's mom are coming down to see her perform. I'll be meeting Ryan's mom apparently. I'm kind of nervous although I know I shouldn't be. I've had good luck with boyfriends' mothers. And from what Ryan tells me about his mom, I'm a lot like her and we should get along famously. After work Ryan's meeting me at JJ for dinner. We have a movie to watch in Torg for history tonight at 8. There are two showings because the movie is so long. We have the option to watch all of it tonight or half tonight and half next week. Ryan decided we'd watch half tonight so we could hang out afterwards instead of going our separate ways after watching the whole thing. Sounds good to me. Work tonight, tomorrow night, and Thursday night. Sensations Thursday night. I'm trying to get people together for BK on Friday night since I haven't seen Alec and Kevin in 29308420932042 years. Not much of an exaggeration there ;-) Then I'm going to Ryan's party w/ my C(h)rises on Saturday. Ah, I'm so excited about that!!!! I can't wait! I definitely have the best guys ever :-) Current Mood: flirty Current Music: Ying Yang Twins "Badd" (1 Comment |Comment on this)