Guinness!

Got this quiz from Alex- I'm the one with the Guinness poster on my wall, after all, you might recall!


You're a Pint of Guinness!


What Type of Alcoholic Beverage Are You?
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Hotel Rwanda

It is your social responsibility to see this movie. Yes, you.

Ah, fun times. That was at Anika's party on Friday night. Her new roommate Levi was officially welcomed, and fun times were had by all. I played beer pong for the first time, and nearly won- we were down to each having one cup, but I missed and Eric didn't. Foiled! ^_^

Friday night I also went to YC's Mongolian BBQ with the tall boys, Special K, and her boyfriend Andrew. It was very pleasant, and we discussed movies of our childhoods at length. Andrew started talking about "Cannibal the Musical," and I think I really freaked him out when I got really excited and started singing "It's a Schpedoinkel Day." Matt Kruger pretended to get freaked out (at least, I hope he was pretending, lol) by my being there and accused me of being a stalker, because I had, after all, been with Alison Lewis and Matt when they were discussing going to YC's earlier in the day.

Yesterday afternoon, last night, and this morning were E-Board retreat, and we got a lot of talking done. We wrote a nice new mission statement, played pictionary to keep ourselves sane, and just accomplished a lot, I think. We were up pretty late last night, which was fine, but I was starting to zone out, and I nearly laughed out loud when I pictured what Nick looks like when he zones out. (*SNAP!* WTF?!?!?!?) Anyway, it was really nice hanging out with everyone, even if Mike did wake us up this morning by turning on the lights and saying "Rise up, my children," in a creepy-assed voice. If I hadn't been groggy and bundled under warm blankets, I might have done well to smack him. Then after we finished up this morning and I put my stuff back in my car, I spent three hours trimming pots for my ceramics class. I ended up tossing three of them, because they were dry and unexciting, but that leaves me having produced 14 pots. I think we're firing them this week, though I don't know if mine will be quite dry. They're all sitting out right now, though.

Weeeeee, I feel dizzy! I've been feeling woozy for about a week now off and on. I just hope I'm not getting the flu or something, because that would suck major cock, as they say, especially since I'm probably going camping this weekend, and CCI's next weekend!

Alright, I'm off to this week's CS meeting, which is the long anticipated Spring Recruitment meeting, then I'm off to see "Hotel Rwanda with Hanna and possibly others! La vie est belle, et vous aussi!

Lemon-Rasberry Goodness

Mmm, cheesecake factory *drool*

So first off, I'd like to say that whoever it was who decided to plant ginko trees on campus sucks ass. I mean, I was so excited that all the trees were in bloom, and I jumped up on something so that I could stick my head up in the blossoms, expecting the sweet scent of cherry or crab-apple blossoms. Instead, I was greeted by the atrocious reeking smell of rotten catish. Seriously folks, it's revolting. My only consolation is that those trees with the little yellow pufball flowers are also coming into bloom, and they smell like black licorice, which is fun.

It rained today like you would not believe. We had everything from drizzle to downpour, and naturally I was wearing sandals, which wasn't relaly a problem, persay, up until the point where my sandals started illing up with puddle water. There were lots of puddles. Evil, evil puddles. Luckily I thought to grab my umbrella as I was headed out the door this morning!

Ooh, I had ceramic throwing today. It was very exciting- we're making bowl-forms, and so far this week I've made 17 (well, some are more like cups... and one's a saucer...). The last three that I made today were really nice, and I'm sure that if I had made more they'd be great, but I kind of ran out of clay. oops!

Ooh, and I had an appointment with my chiropractor today- my neck is happy once more!

What else, what else... I had dinner at Kohi Noor with Mel tonight! It was really neat! I love Mel, she's so cool! And yay Indian food!

Oh, and there was no date with Forrest today. There was miscommunication and a funeral, but no date. We'll see if we reschedule.

The twilight zone

I had my party tonight, and it was pretty cool. For one reason or another, though, it wasn't what I had expected or hoped for. I think I just spent much too much time in the kitchen and not enough time with my guests. I had been really excited to spend a little more time talking to certain friends of mine like Ryan and Alison Lewis who I don't know as well, but I didn't really get the chance. It didn't help that I was tired and dizzy as all get out by the time we all sat down to eat. It was fun, but I think I got a little frustrated, and it's a good thing that these people know me, because boy did I demand a lot of hugs, lol!

Oh, and I bellydanced in my new skirt and bedlah- I really like it, but I think I lost some sequins. It was a lot of fun dancing for my friends, and I got to try out my floor dancing, which was a lot of fun. It was also a bit of a challenge because I had to dredge up old moves to keep doing new things. I thought that I had run out, but I've just remembered some more floor moves. God, I am such a ham! I do have to admit that I enjoy showing off. My god, it takes me back to that fateful birthday party for Clay, senior year of high school when I flirted shamelessly with David Zivnuska, and then at a nudge from the group, performed the boob dance for him. (For those of you who may not know, the "boob dance" is a particular series of bellydance chest moves that happened to be in the choreography that I danced at my senior IB retreat talent show.) Anyway, the boob dance. What a can of worms I opened up, eh? Anyway, I was back at it again tonight, though I got a whole batch of shy when Kenny decided that it was time for Nick and I to kiss. (BTW, Nick, what I meant when I said that I was going to try to pretend you were someone else was that I would be much more of a ham and less shy had you been someone else. That means that I actually have respect for your opinion of me, which is a good thing :-))

Speaking of Kenny, I was wearing a shirt from his "home country" *coughcoughcough* today- Yemen. ("Ya man!" -Mr Baker, my 5th grade teacher. "*gigglegiggle* Yemen *gigglegiggle*" - my middle school friends.")

I'm slightly worried about Lindsey. Hope all is as well as it may be.

Oh, and a weird ass quote for today, from our very own Mel. She said this completely out of the blue while we were walking down Mill the other day.

"Let's do some fisting."

Alright folks, that's all I have to say tonight. The sooner I get to bed, the sooner I can have leftover blueberry pudding for breakast ^_^ Goodnight! :-*

Trip the Light Fantastic

I LOVE that phrase!!!!!!

So.... I called Forrest today... and I have a date next Wednesday! Yes, that's right, a date. Not the fruit, but rather the kind where you go out. It's been a very long time since I've had a first date. It'll be an adventure! Yay adventures!

PTO

So I spent today being fidgety. I needed to be unpacking and getting settled back in here in Tempe, but instead I only got a little bit of unpacking done and spent the day wishing I were elsewhere. I did eventually get the chance to get out of the house, and I went over to Nick's for awhile. I got my brand new mix! Yay! I'm listening to it at this very moment, in fact. It's awesome, Nick! You rock! Like Dioptase! (That's my favorite of all, btw.)

So anyway, I went to dinner at Islands with Nick and his mother (whose name, I suddenly realize, I don't remember). It was very pleasant, and then Lynne called me while I was out with them, so afterwards I took her out to see the movie "The Phantom of the Opera." We were quite the pair. I'll admit it, I cried. The guy who played the phantom was gorgeous! I mean really quite handsome.

Alright, I am quite thoroughly sleepy, and I have much to do tomorrow! Goodnight! :-* Loves!

Playing it Cool

As some of you may know, the night before the Presidential debate back in October, I met this guy named Forrest and I got his phone number. I called him a couple of days later, and left a message on his machine. Anyway, that was three months ago. Then, a couple of days ago I check my phone messages, and he'd called. I know it's customary to wait a couple of days before you call someone, but DANG! Anyway, he said he'd lost the number and had just found it when he moved back into the dorm.
Much sillyness! :-D

Oh, in other exciting news, Sabrinah and I went down and met up with Anna and her new boyfriend Louis (who also works at United Studios of Self-Defense) last night! We went out to Perkins, and I stayed out much too late considering that I had to drive to Albuquerque today. No Dorne, no Dorne, lalalalala! Yay! Dorne is gone! I'm sorry that Anna had to go through that, but she's definitely better off with Louis.

Alright, I'd better hit the showers and the hay- I have to drive another 500 miles tomorrow! Ick!

But, a few parting words from two of my favorites:

"If you can do nothing else right as a man, you'd better be good at sex"- Jim Carrey

"Ever since puberty, whenever I cross a bridge I've felt a compulsion to jump off. I feel the same impulse with balconies." - Willem Dafoe

Alright, so I'm not tempted to jump off high things, but I getthe feeling that Willem Dafoe and I would get along really well. Plus, I do a good impression of him from "Shadow of the Vampire," which most of you haven't seen because... well because it's really creepy. I mean, REALLY weird.
Goodnight dears! :-*

lalalalaFUCK YOU!!!

So, first off, Alex, you suck for being so blind. Why in the fuck Brian has to be the only goddamn person on this planet that understands me is beyond my comprehension.

Second, I'm drunk. Just thought ya'll should know.

Third, I don't like who I am in AZ. I want myself back. Ya'll only know a little piece of me.

Fourth, I like squash. Like, the food.

fifth, nebver blance your checkbook drunk.

Sixth, so everyone's wondering what happened with non-comittal sex boy. Well, I'll tell you that non-committal sex occurred, and it was good. But no it has not occured since.

Seventh, I <3 Lindsey.

Eighth, I'm doing laundry. I know, I know, thrilling.

ninth. Apple Cider pork chops rock my world. And so do you. Probably. I'm not sure who's reading this, but most people I know rock my world. Not Josh. Even Alex rocks, just in a really OBNOXIOUS kind of way right now. Sooooooo derunked. AND to FUCK WITH IAN AND LUNCH IN HOLBROOK!!! F that! ROAR!! LIKE LION!!!

Jaded and Drunk,
Eleanor

Belly Dance!

Alright, first here's a checkup on how I'm doing on keeping my resolutions 24 hrs after making them:

Point 1: Be ambitious/proactiv.

I dragged my ass out of bed around 1 o'clock this afternoon- two and a half hours after my alarm went off.

Point 2: Eat right.

I just ate 1/4 of a package of Chocolate Orange Pocky. I lose. ^^;

Point 3: Avoid love-type stuff.

Was foolishly heartbroken after reading Londyn/Ian references on Amy's blog. I don't want to like him, but my subconscious, being the trouble-maker that it is, hardwired my brain to do so while I was asleep. My subconscious keeps pulling this shit.

Point 4: Lose weight/Exercise.

I sat all day. It was glorious.

Point 5: Devote self to CS.

Checked "Unofficial CS" group on facebook.com. It's a start... sort of.

Point 6: Learn how to cook Butternut squash.

Have heard rumors that butternut squash is cooked like acorn squash, which I know how to cook. Have not yet actually cooked a butternut squash.

Well, it looks like I fail for today. Tomorrow is another day, though, right?
Oh, and I did come up with a couple of songs that I really want to do bellydance routines for:

Hernando's Hideaway (this would just be for shows at the co-op- I might be murdered in my sleep if I pulled this at Byblos)

Track 17 from the Amelie soundtrack. It's piano, but I think it would lend itself well to a veil routine. Possibly could be performed at Byblos, pending Morgiana permission.

Aight, I have nothing more to say, except that my head is full of a multitude of facts, now that I've spent all day reading science magazines.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2005, everyone! I rang in the new year at the Chateau d'Mesie McMoochieshortsworth, with Amy herself, her brother Ian, Clay, Sabrinah (yay!), Emily, Londyn (wtf???), Steppie and Melanna. We played that classic, wonderful game Trivial Pursuit, and had a rolicking good time, even if there were no midnight kisses, and some folks just can't appreciate the joys of light eggnog.

Anyway, I thought I should probably try something new since it's the new year, and why not try making a resolution or two? I don't think I've done it since elementary school, when they force you to write down things like "I will keep my room clean" and "I will break the world record on the monkey bars" even though you are too young to have willpower. Confronted with the task of coming up with a resolution, my first inclination was to be lazy, and let a few lines of code invent one for me. The result was:

In the year 2005 I resolve to: Have a sex change operation. Get your resolution here

But this didn't sound like a terribly hot idea. Painful, yes. Hot, no. So, I tried again:

In the year 2005 I resolve to: Get all my belongings repossessed by the government. Get your resolution here

Once again, I find my resolution rather... uninspiring. So, here it is, Eleanor's List of Resolutions for the New Year:

1) Be ambitious. Everything else on this list basically fits under this overarching resolution. If there's one thing that I've figured out, it's that only ambitious people ever really accomplish something in life, no matter how smart or fun they are. I have also figured out that I am not ambitious. I have just a large enough glimmer to know that I want to accomplish something, but not the drive to actually, you know, do it. If I can persuade myself to do what an ambitious person would do, though, maybe I stand a chance.
2) Eat right. How is this related to ambition, you may ask? Well, I can tell you that I can get a lot more done if I haven't just crashed from a sugar or caffeine high. Plus, it'll take ambition to persuade me to actually cook.
3) Try not to fall in love. Seriously Eleanor, you like people too much.
4) Lose 30 pounds. I know, this sounds like a lot, but it's really not- ya'll just don't know how much I weigh. Also, I'm surprisingly happy at my current weight, but I'd rather be healthy than support my current bad habits. This ties in, you see, with the eating right bit, and I think it's not at all unreasonable to shoot for daily exercise tae boot.
5) Be more proactive with CS. This includes being on-time, going to membership development events, completing the calendar, directing a day camp this semester, Having monthly Big Camp meetings at first, and then weekly starting in April, getting to know the members better through social events, and learning about mediation.
6)Learn how to cook butternut squash.

Alright, that's all for now! I'll probably come up with some more tasks to saddle myself with later. ^_^ But I do hope that it's a good year for everyone! I love you guys! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxox!!!!!
"Leadership is doing what is right when no one is looking." -George Van Valkenburg