For Christmas-

I always, always:
- Have two homemade waffles with peanut butter and homemade syrup and two pieces of fried ham for breakfast

- Get a new pair of pajamas from my grandma

- watch A Christmas Story on a loop on TBS

- on that note, every year my hatred for Randy, Ralphie's younger brother grows

- and I'm always impressed that the soundtrack of the movie is actually Peter and the Wolf

- I usually fall asleep at my great grandma's around 2PM and wake up when the turkey is done.

On that note, it seems to be my naptime!

Why This Never Got an Emmy is Beyond me

Mixed Emotions!

Sad and Adorable! :'-(  =  :-D

Christmas Eve Eve

Usually just means a lot of cleaning on my part. Amanda seems to be getting pretty into that little 'tradition,' but all I can seem to be motivated to do is play Fallout 3.

Call me crazy.

Dear Hannelore,

You are incredibly contrived. Please leave QC so I can start liking it again. You are a harbinger of suck.

Regards,
Kayla

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1299

See also:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1276
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1244
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1210

Bullet: Dodged.

Me, about a month ago: "I don't want to read/watch Twilight because I'm afraid I'll like it as I am a fan of ze vampires!"
Me, now: "OMG SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S EVEN REAL!"

http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html

If you can get through to book 4's summary without fainting from awfulness overdose, you win.

Not Kidding, My Computer Has a Bedtime

It is approximately midnight. At that time, every night, without fail, it slows down about a million percent and really hates opening new windows but likes closing them.

...whiner. I miss my laptop! Wifi, wherefore art thou?!

beginning.

Big, Small and Tall... What I Want to Do in 2009

- Maybe start another blog, one meant for the public eye, an editorial on current international events. I think this would be a great way for me to take my major and make it into my passion!

- Spend more time in the city

- Go to at least one campus event a week

- Keep a diary again

- Learn to like black coffee

- Rediscover cello

- Eat one meal a day vegetarian

- Find some new bands, and a new direction in music

- Get away from jeans

In progress.

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1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Went to college!

2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No, I always resolve to drink more water and lose weight, those never happen. And I resolved to stop being catty, that didn't really work out either!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Negative.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Niet

5. What countries did you visit?
USA... :-(

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A job lol

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
5/24/2008 - Graduation!
9/1/2008 - First day of college

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting into school

9. What was your biggest failure?
I guess not getting into Claremont McKenna, but now I'm glad I didn't.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
YES! I started out the year, literally, 1 am on Jan 1st, with a 104 degree fever and was bedridden for the first week of 2008.

11. What was the best thing someone bought you?
I'm listening to my magical Bose iPod dock, so that's what comes to mind.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
This might sound stupid, but I made some really good decisions this year, so I would say my own!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Oh, you know, live and let live... [yeah right, I know]

14. Where did most of your money go?
OMG SKOOL. DU is tragically un-cheap.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Lol broken record, but the big one was starting at DU, also graduating, and my first date with Chris!

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Viva la Vida - Coldplay, High and Dry - Radiohead

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier. a lot.
b) fatter or skinner? the same, exactly.
c) richer or poorer? poorer, even though I technically have a couple thousand in my bank account, but since its a loan I feel it makes me much, much poorer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Volunteering, especially against genocide.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
:-/ Maybe spending money lol

20. How do you plan to spend Christmas?
The same as always. Christmas Eve party with my grandma's side here with cold cut sandwiches, Christmas morning with my parents and Amanda, breakfast (waffles) at my Great Grandma's, Christmas night back at my house for my Grandma and Grandpa's part.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I did <3

22. How many one night stands?
How rude! Anyway, I'm not the type.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Gossip freaking Girl.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
George W Bush! Oh, wait...

25. What was the best book you read?
Madeleine Albright's memoir

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I rediscovered Radiohead, and for real discovered Shiny Toy Guns and The Faint YAY!

27. What did you want and get?
A pleasant and friction free summer

28. What did you want and not get?
A job at Charlotte Russe for break.

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Darjeeling Limited, as far as ones I saw for the first time in 2008

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I had a pretty awesome party here with all my friends and my chocolate fountain. And fire. lol

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having Kelsey in-state. And a roommate I was friends with.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
In progress.

33. What kept you sane?
As always, my music. Radiohead and Explosions in the Sky get the honorable mentions.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Nate Archibald and Chuck Bass

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The election, FTW

36. Who do you miss?
Kelsey.

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Chris!

38. What was the best thing you ate?
Chris introduced me to Benihana's, that was tasty scrumptious.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008?
If something big fails to happen, it is likely for a reason, the universe will take care of you.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
It's like a book, elegantly bound, but in a language that you can't read, just yet.

Amanda put my glasses in a jar of sour cream...

Because I first put hers in her baked potato.

If Being a Huge Christmas Fan is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right!!

Evils of consumerism or no, I just things are a lot nicer, prettier and happier this time of year.

And I get to use the Evil Consumerism to buy my friends super duper presents!

Redesign, quoi??

Like?

Oops! 2 am again?

I've been meaning to go to bed earlier.
But I can think of far worse reasons for going to bed two hours late than talking to him all that time :-)

From a Facebook Note of Note

1. I can't imagine a food more disgusting than quiche. Except maybe bell peppers.

2. Though I usually really hate commercials, I like practically all of the Christmas themed ones. Even if they just play a Christmas carol in the background.

3. I'm bad at living in the moment. I'm pretty past-oriented. Pros - Lots of memories, I stay in touch with people for a long time. Cons - I can get wrapped up in trying to make something into a memory as it is happening, which means I don't enjoy it as much as I could, also I tend to hold grudges too long.

4. The very lowest score I have ever gotten on anything was a 32% on a test on trigonometry in my Math Studies class Junior year. (Looking past the 0%s I got on the homework I didn't do) On a separate note, this is the very first time, ever, I have had higher than a 3.5 GPA. It's a 4.0 now!

5. I have played cello for twelve years. I am embarrassed when I tell people this, because it makes people think I am good, which I'm not.

6. I probably judge people a little too much based on their music interests.

7. I did not dislike middle or high school in any significant way, and I think that makes me an outlier. No one really dislikes elementary school, at least in hindsight.

8. I am truly terrified of moray eels.

9. Even though it has gotten me in trouble a couple times in the past, that doesn't stop me from continuing to post things I shouldn't to the internet.

10. I do not like any drugs. I like drinks. But I never want more than four of anything.

11. If I accidentally leave my iPod on in my purse for a few hours, I will reset the play counts on the songs that mistakenly got played. Likewise, I get mad if people skip a song on my iPod at the very end, so that it does not get a play count.

12. You know how in the fourth Harry Potter book, Hermione tells Harry he has a 'saving people thing'? Yeah, I have that. It doesn't work out like I wish it would about half the time, when it just comes off as being nosy. They're probably right, in those cases.

13. I really really hate losing friends. I know that sounds like #3, but it's a pretty big part of me. I will go to pretty extreme lengths to try to hold a friendship together or stay in touch with people if they move away, and I'm really upset if I fail at that.

14. I am going to try really hard to be an SEP counselor this summer, because its still the most important place in my life.

15. I have made a very conscious effort this quarter to delete the part of my personality that made me gossipy and quick to dislike in high school. I believe it has made me a happier person.

16. I tend to over-indulge. As you may have noticed. (I bet most people answer this note with things like 'I went to Moore Middle School" or "my favorite color is purple." I should be less annoying in these. Sorry.)