weird things happened

I am not the kind of person to travel. I'm not but I did.....


I went to Italy. It all worked out. I am a world traveler.

But here's the thing! After being back home for months it's almost hard to believe that I actually did that. "I went to Italy" sounds false coming out of my mouth. These memories that I have circling my brain don't feel like mine. They feel like they were stolen from the sort of person that would get on a plane and travel thousands of miles from their home....which isn't me at all.

I'm a nester, so to speak. I stay home; my kind of social gathering is going to a crowded place to read. And yet, I-ME!-I went to Italy.

But besides all that it's hard to come back to reality.

College has started again. I'm in my senior year of college about to get my English Literature Major with a Certificate in the Classics, but nothing seems normal anymore. Last year when I started classes again it seemed normal; I've had 15 previous first days of school and everyone of them got me used to the routine of it. I buy the school supplies, do the homework, etc etc. But this time? I made all the preparations and do all the homework and it all seem dissimilar. Like this is my first first day of school. I cant help but wonder if it's because I went to Italy, or if there's some unknown reason as to why this time is so different.

I'm stupid!

So my life has been going pretty...ok recently. I am in my third year in college and just transferred from MATC to the University of Wisconsin Madison. I now, after a long time searching, have found a great job that doesn't make me hate my life and the people I work with are great too. Though school is still streasful enough to make me have panic attacks at least one a month I am fairly comfortable with my life.

Why am I stupid you ask? Because I am putting everything I have into a study abroad opportunity to maybe, if I get accepted, going to Italy. There I would be visiting places like Pompeii and Herculaneum and eating real italian pizza and gelato.

Sounds Great? But if you knew me you would know why this is stupid.

I am a person that puts everything I have into a dream of mine and go for it. When I don't get that dream I am completely crushed and it takes me forever to recover. I dream of traveling and going to a place that not only is foreign to me but also a place that has a lot of ties in Mythology. There is a very real chance that I can be not accepted into going on this trip. There is also a very real chance that I will be accepted and then after everything is ready to go the terror of what I am about to do, leave Wisconsin for 3 weeks by myself, will hit and...I don't know what would happen then.

I'm also pretty anti-social. Of course, I struggle with this part of myself on a daily basis and continuously try to get over my insecurities but I've never quite gotten over it. During these three weeks, if I go of course, I'll be surrounded by people I don't know and expected to make friends with them.

So I'm stupid because when I finally get comfortable in my life, or as comfortable as I could get, I go and screw it up! I do something that quite possibly could mean counselling if it goes bad....or if it goes good for that matter.

Halloween in Anthropology

I was in my Anthropology class on Halloween and had a great time. He had scheduled a board game for that day because he knew most people either wouldn't be focused or wouldn't be there at all.
I walked into class dressed like a woodland elf from lord of the rings! (I'm a nerd so what lol)

Anyways he stated that he was sorry he didn't bring candy because he was going to be spending all his money the next day on a "nerdy thing".
I jokingly said "Sounds fun" very sarcastically. and then he goes "Look who's talking woodland elf" lol Not only was my costume good enough for people to know what I was, but it also made my day that much better by that conversation.

I love Halloween!

The Flash Drive

So I lost my flash drive last week and I was so upset because they're expensive. The next day I entered to win a prize and guess what my prize was. A FLASH DRIVE!!! no kidding. There is some big cosmic joke going on.

Christmas songs.

So i've been listening to 94.9 for days now just to hear the little drummer boy song come on because it's my favorite and they still haven't played it. However, until they do play it I am settling for the song "Do you hear what I hear" by Bing Crosby as my favorite until such time as the radio station stops messing with me.

Here it is
The Little Drummer Boy

Do you hear what I hear

Tacky tics

So we have this guy in my Math class that has an English accent and the first thing he asks the class is "what is the first thing you think of when you hear my accent?" and being who I am, I blurted out "Harry Potter!” I was really relieved when he was the first one to start laughing. Then we somehow got on the subject of different names for things and he asked why tic tacs aren’t called tacky tics. The only explanation we had for that was that tics don't have a very good breath because they would smell like blood and he scolded us on how Americans talk "barbarically" lol... Another guy from the class said "If you don't like it you can geeeet out." in a very southern accent and we were all laughing hysterically when the teacher walked in ensuing a very awkward silence.

These are great

Funniest Game Show Answers of all time

Devil's Lake

Today I'm going to Devil's lake with the German Exchange trips (I'm a buddy for a German Exchange Student names Anabel). Whoop Whoop! Unfortunately, they told us last minute that we had to go to our first block class......I don't have any of my class stuff with me.....So now I'm sitting here on my blog because the project I'm supposed to be working on is not with me....pth. Oh well, I guess now that I came to class I at least know that there IS a project that supposed to be due soon.
I'm going' to have fun today; hiking and swimming! Whoop Whoop. I'm going to try to tan again this year. It usually doesn't work and I burn, but I have to try every year. So, yeah. Normally I burn, it peals away, and then I'm exactly the same pasty white I was before. I hope we hike first, usually the water is cold in the morning so....yeah that would not be fun. I'm hoping it goes: Hike, Lunch, Swim. I brought a lunchable for lunch lol. Yeah, I'm that cool. I was hoping they were just going to say "OK were hear do whatever meet back at the bus" but I guess because I'm not paying for the trip itself so they decide what we spend time on..... maybe there's still a chance they'll say that with just a guideline. As long as that guideline isn't some stupid "scavenger hunt fun". Those things are so lame. And with prizes of Chocolate Bars for the winners......sorry, but I'm trying to cut down on my chocolate. I'm from America, I get enough sweets as it is. Oh, well......hmmmmm....now what?!.... I don't know.....Eh, talk to ya later I'm going on one of my other blogs.

So mad!

So, I haven't posted this yet, but for some reason the KFC/Taco Bell where I worked has closed down. They say that the owner had been taking lettuce out of the garbage at Piggly Wiggly and selling it in the store (Ew Gross). Suffice to say that I don't have a job right now (for the last month or more). I've just taken it as a "you're all fired" because I need the money and will be finding another job. Mom's thinking about taking them to small claims because they didn't pay me the first two weeks pay that they're supposed to pay when they fire you. I'm trying to get a job at KFC in portage, and I keep calling them. It's not being annoying it's persistence! I hope I get a job soon because I really need the money this summer, and want it too. I want to have fun this summer and do more things, but you cant do that when you have no money.

lol Funny

At work

So yesturday was funny at work....at least, after a while. Someone (during the dinner rush) drove out of drive through without their food and without paying. When this happens everyone gets the wrong order and pays for the wrong thing. So that gets really tense. Well, after everything got sorted out, the manager was really stressed out. (He was the one working drive through). Anyways, someone was ordering at the drive through after the dinner rush and said "Wait, wait, wait" which it's not fun when someone says that because it means they're about to change their whole order. Well, the manager goes "yes, yes, yes?" For some reason, maybe because we were all just so stressed a little while ago, it was hallarious to me. I burst out laughing, the manager starts laughing, then we're all laughing so hard he has to turn off the head set so the people in drive through doesn't hear us. It was great.

Grrr

Why is it that when I didn't have a job I had nothing to do? I was sitting at home doing absolutely nothing but homework and reading, even on the weekends. Now, though, I have a job and all of my weekends for MONTHS are planned out and busy! I don't get it. I was used to being secluded and now....now I'm busy...I'm not sure how this is going to go....but that's life right? No one is sure how life is going to go. No one is sure how life is going to work out. I don't know....Maybe I'm just being me again. I lose myself sometimes. I become another person. I lose what I stand for and start believing what others believe because I start believing that my beliefs are important I start believing I'm not important....I don't know....I'm rambling now. Sorry



P.S. The movie was pretty good by the way. lol Just thought I should add that.

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So I'm...hopefully...going to see the movie warm bodies tonight. I'm....maybe...going to see it with my brother. He's already canceled on me four times so....yeah I'm just optimistic. I'll tell you if it was good.

Boys are made of....

So today I was just reminiscing about my child hood.....gooood tiiiimmmess.....anyways, so I was reminiscing about my child hood and this song randomly popped into my head.....

Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a gopher
Bumped into a garbage can and this is what fell over:
Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat, chopped up parakeet.
French-fried eyeballs rolling down the street.
Oops, I forgot my spoon!
So they gave me a split-splat, pus-on-top,
Monkey vomit and camel snot,
All wrapped up in birdie poo,
So eat it, (insert name), it’s good for you!
With vitamin C, and protein too
And don’t forget the dogie doo!

....I couldn't believe I even remembered it. Of course the way I remembered it was...

Boys are made of:
Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat, chopped up parakeet.
French-fried eyeballs rolling down the street.
Oops, I forgot my spoon!
So someone gave me a split-splat, pus-on-top,
Monkey vomit and camel snot,
All wrapped up in birdie poo,
So I'll eat it because it's good for you!
With vitamin C, and proteins too
And you can't forget the dogie doo!

....so yeah I sang it like that, all the way through. lol yeah......


I'm weird!!

I cant stop laughing!!!!

This is so f-ing funny I laugh so hard I cry everytime I watch it


http://youtu.be/qrIs4oHtd8U

Ugh my family is cursed

So I am completely convinced now. A while ago I told my friends that someone in my family goes to the hospital for something kinda serious almost every month and I was just waiting to see what happened this month.....yeah my great uncle is in the hospital for having a stroke.......it's true...I mean last month my uncle shot his finger off....litterally SHOT IT OFF!!! yeah.....that was pretty interesting to see. lol Wonder what's gonna happen next month.

School Shooting

My heart goes out to the people that are affected by the Conneticut school shooting that resulted in the lost lives of over 26 people.

English fun

So my English teacher assigned us an essay and, of course, the first question that comes to everyone's mind is "how long does the essay have to be?". My English teacher's response was something that I'll never forget:
"It's like a skirt. It has to be long enough to cover the important parts, but short enough to be interesting."
so f-ing funny and I'll never forget it.

Holy Cow!!!

Ok so I was looking at my blog numbers and statistics. The blog with only one follower and only seven posts still has 1298 page views. Thats more pageviews than my reading blog that has seven followers and more than 70 posts.....Holly Cow!!! That's amazing!!!!

TMD

So my grandma told me that my jaw problems are probably the same as her's. She has TMD, and to be honest it sounds like the same as what I've got. Here's what it is. I have most of the symptoms! it's crazy


Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) occur as a result of problems with the jaw, jaw joint and surrounding facial muscles that control chewing and moving the jaw. These disorders are often incorrectly called TMJ, which stands for temporomandibular joint.

The cause of TMD is not clear, but dentists believe that symptoms arise from problems with the muscles of the jaw or with the parts of the joint itself.

Injury to the jaw, temporomandibular joint, or muscles of the head and neck – such as from a heavy blow or whiplash – can cause TMD. Other possible causes include:
Grinding or clenching the teeth, which puts a lot of pressure on the TMJ
Dislocation of the soft cushion or disc between the ball and socket
Presence of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis in the TMJ
Stress, which can cause a person to tighten facial and jaw muscles or clench the teeth

Common symptoms of TMD include:
Pain or tenderness in the face, jaw joint area, neck and shoulders, and in or around the ear when you chew, speak, or open your mouth wide
Limited ability to open the mouth very wide
Jaws that get "stuck" or "lock" in the open- or closed-mouth position
Clicking, popping, or grating sounds in the jaw joint when opening or closing the mouth (which may or may not be accompanied by pain) or chewing
A tired feeling in the face
Difficulty chewing or a sudden uncomfortable bite – as if the upper and lower teeth are not fitting together properly
Swelling on the side of the face
May occur on one or both sides of the face