ahh the wonders of seaco....
holy crud what a weekend. i worked about thirty hours in three days, and am very exhausted. phil is right. i'm not getting enough sleep. but if i slept after my day was over, i'd have no down time. just work. and that wouldn't be cool.

so everyone's back!! yay!!! hanging out with kati all weekend was cool, but sometimes you need a little more than one person. :oP good times though. who would've thought you could actually have fun when locked in a dorm with no power?
B and i'd write more but i'm too tired to remember what has happened-- if anything of interest pops into my brain i'll post it later.

current mood: accomplished

current music: Matchbox 20 - Real World

Posted by littlespot64 at 11:41 PM EDT

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the calm after the storm...
so it turns out that we ended up losing power yesterday; it was out from 9:30 last night to about 2:00 PM this afternoon. last night wasn't all that bad actually, just very boring due to lack of internet (our computers had to be unplugged and the network was shut down). before the power went out i called up my dad and phil, to pass the time, and then they had some weird beauty pagent thing downstairs that i went to. too tired to focus on it. after that we returned upstairs, finished the count of monte cristo and part of the mothman prophecies, and laughed at this weird resemblance of a booger on the wall. we were so tired everything was funny. even the attic hole in the ceiling. wow. sad stuff. :oP

after i realized that i was way too tired to even comprehend english any more, i went to bed. it was so incredibly dark. awesome. like i couldn't see ANYTHING. except for a bit of moonlight. slept very well, except for a slight disturbance at 6:30 in the morning. my mom decided she would call my cell phone to see if i was still alive, but by the time i had realized what was causing the vibrating noise on my desk and climbed down from my loft, she had hung up. and she turned her cell phone off so i couldn't call her back. how does that make sense...?

and then i went to work. yeah, you would think i wouldn't have to work if there was no power. but no, dining had to be up and running with gas grills, a huge generator, and "bunsen burners" to keep the food warm. alas. so we wipped out the foam plates, cups, bowls, and plastic silver ware, and welcomed the college campus in. it wasn't too bad, but as always, very tiring. i worked from 11 to 3:30, ate dinner, and took a nap. still feeling the effects of the pillow mark on my face, but starting to wake up by listening to, as my roomie calls it, some "head-banging spanish music." until next time...

current mood: happy

current music: Once Upon A Time In Mexico - OST

darn you, isabel
today, like yesterday, has been very disappointing. virginia, as you have probably heard, is flipping out about this whole 'hurricane isabel' thing; they even closed down the campus starting at three o'clock today and all day tomorrow. our meals are given to us in boxes, because the dining hall will be closed. kind of nice, i guess, because they won't have to swindle me into working. but anyway, so yeah, with no classes today and school off tomorrow, i have a four day weekend.

yesterday i was so close to getting home to connecticut, but, as i usually do, got my hopes up too high and they were shattered. so i decided i would go home with one of my friends (sally to be precise) because nearly everyone here was leaving for home (85% of the campus population lives in virginia). my parents decided that wasn't the best form of action to take... my mom called me at seven in the morning and was like "we think it would be best if you stay in your dorm. you're a big girl, and can decide what's best, but we'd really like it if you didn't go over sally's." now of course, this is a CLASSIC example of them telling me i can choose what to do on my own, but if i chose to go over sally's, they'd get mad at me. whatever. arg. parents suck.

soo now i am trapped in my dorm until tomorrow; lock down starts about now and room check is at three. almost no one is here. we have to sign a waiver to go outside. and our dinner is pre-packaged crap in a box. thank god i went grocery shopping. yeah... not fun. if the power goes out, i'm going to cry. but, i'm trying to make the best of it, and hopefully it'll be funner than it looks like it will be....

current mood: blah

current music: Ben Folds Five - Philosophy

"it's a human thing."
-phil

lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it, you better never let it go
today was a very busy day. tied up some loose ends, did some errands, got things done i had to do... sadly i didn't have time for it all; still have to go to dining to straighten out my paycheck and to the post office to mail a letter. and laundry. anything but that. arg.

so i went to a meditation club meeting today with my friend salli from next door; it was pretty cool, like a lot of the stuff phil tells me about was kind of mentioned in the meeting; stuff about reaching your "higher self" and separating from your physical body. it was pretty okay, but i had trouble meditating in that room... not only because it was really bright (the lights were on) and there were weird noises, but also because i have trouble letting my guard down around people. so i couldn't "let myself go". i did, however get somewhere; i saw a mist of blue and green which was pretty nifty, and she said to concentrate on a word and repeat it to focus-- mine came as the sound of ocean waves. a bit unique dude. it wasn't a word. and i totally can't write tonight. arg.

i guess the coolest part of today was calling up phil; i really miss him a lot and it was nice to hear his voice and talk freely with him. gosh, i grow closer to him everyday. i don't know if he feels the same way, but it's awesome. i love knowing him. and talking to him. and telling him my fears. and loving him. and knowing that he loves me. it's just awesome.

and i am really tired, as you can probably tell. did this entry even make sense? ah well. it's part of the fun.

current mood: satisfied, but tired

current music: Eminem - Lose Yourself

today felt weird. it was almost as if my brain was shrouded in some kind of mist, and wasn't able to focus on anything, including thoughts. i was mentally stumbling, and it wasn't at all the good kind of spacey. phil helped me write some, and that worked quite well; through my essay i figured out that i'm unhappy about something, but i'm not quite sure yet... maybe it's because of the fact that i never have enough time to talk to all of the people i want to back home.

so my roomie suggested i go to rugby practice with her today, and since i couldn't give myself a good reason to not go, i donned atheletic clothing and made my way down to the field. it wasn't too bad, since it was mostly running and junk, but all of the bruises the rugby players are complaining about makes me a little skeptical. i'm not really a team player. i don't like blending in, or following people up an infield. i'm more of the individual sport type.

also watched 8 mile this morning. it was a pretty good movie, i must say, minus the violence and the well, iffy girlfriend stuff. i didn't think eminem's life had been that hard. yet another reflection of how easy i've had it.

and my friend sally is on the radio! she lives next door and had a shift from 10 to midnight last night. you kicked butt sally! awesome radio talk show announcer. :o) sally is an awesome person. her and i went down to central park the other day and feasted on mcdonald's fast food and browsed around borders and target. fun stuff.

what else happened yesterday while i'm on the topic? err... i had a work meeting where james introduced his "brilliant plan" of having specific duties assigned for the cleaning shift, so everyone would have the same amount of work, which is actually quite cool. also ran into a couple who were definitely feeling each other up as i walked to the dining hall. they didn't even bother to put it on pause. i was just like... ummm?? whatever. they can have fun with that, if it floats their boat.

oy, and i am exhausted. and smell bad. and need a shower. so i shall talk to the world later. ta ta.

current mood: accomplished

current music: Eminem - Lose Yourself

te quiero...
a few hallmates and i took the fred down to central park to grab a bite to eat at ruby tuesday and to go see 'once upon a time in mexico' with good guys like johnny depp, antonio banderas, enrique iglesias, cheech, and willem defoe. the movie itself was nicely done, although all four of us were extremely confused throughout the film.... only later we realized that that was because it was the third movie in a trilogy, so we had no background information. oops. so now i have to go rent el mariachi, desperado, and well, behind enemy lines per phil's request. but i did buy the soundtrack for the movie at borders, because SPANISH MUSIC ROCKS MY WORLD!!! :)

and the song 'don't you forget about me' played in the taxi cab on the way back to the college (we missed the fred twice)... coincidence or what? the universe has its ways of reminding about you... i also dreamed about what i wanted to last night. how spiffy.

current mood: mellow

current music: Once Upon A Time In Mexico OST - Malague?a

so an ambulance showed up outside my dorm tonight to transport someone to the hospital who lives a few doors down from me... must've been drinking too much and required medical attention. what a sucky way to spend a friday night. and it's not cool, to go and get so intoxicated that you actually need someone to save you. i wish i was on a floor like michelle has at her college, one entirely devoted to substance free housing. sadly, there are only about ten of us sub-free people here, and we all occupy one half of a hallway. talk about a big group. so we get hit with stories of drunk people all the time. luckily we won't have to worry about our roomie coming in and not knowing where they are. thank god i don't have to deal with anything like that.

man! i'm on a roll for posts today! so yeah, it's been raining like mad all day... i had to change three times because i kept getting soaked (i forgot my trusty umbrella at home in CT). borrowed my roomie's bumbleshoot for chemistry, but nevertheless, the rain was still upsetting. it's nice when you're indoors. and i mailed my little cuz a b-day card today! :) it's pretty cute... it's got this picture of some potato heads at a drive thru asking them "do you want fries with that?" they all, of course, look very scared. and why am i relating this? i don't know. i suppose i just want a pat on the back for remembering, and actually getting something for, my cousin's birthday.

work wasn't too bad... but let me tell you, the floor i had to clean today was incredible. there was grass and dried mud everywhere from the rain, jello smudged across one of the aisles, and napkins galore. it was tough work, brooming and sweeping, but when i got my paycheck for 106 dollars today it was all worth it. cleaning after college kids can be rewarding.

and i want to dream about him tonight. he says it's easy, so i should be able to, right? yes. i choose yes. so we'll see.

current mood: okay

current music: Coldplay - Clocks

what a strange walk back from chemistry class. i passed a guy carrying a pink umbrella and singing something about seven days, only to be bumped against by a guy jogging without shoes on. odd. very odd.

so i have to work tonight! and if no one interesting is on, i'm going to collapse.