92, 93, 94, 95/365

In honor of the late, great Billy Mays. So classy. Last night was pretty ridiculous as we went on a mad dash to find The Brave Little Toaster cause Liz hasn't seen it yet. After we DIDN'T find it, we stocked up on cheap alcohol (score! $5 wine!) and went back to Tom's to play Cranium, watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno and eat Chinese food. I nearly finished the bottle by myself and I felt great today. I'm like, the queen of no-hangovers.

91/365

To follow up yesterday's post, I am now boat-ready with my very own life jacket! Safety first people. I'd like to take a minute to talk about something socially relevant, though grossly over-analyzed: Jon and Kate Plus 8. I have no sympathy left for either of them, as they brought this mess onto themselves by insisting that they have a reality show. I just feel terrible for the kids who will have to deal with so much shit when they grow up, as if they don't already deal with enough now. It's all for the ratings and as TLC so blatantly showed tonight (when they decided to re-air the record breaking episode from last night), they really don't care about exploiting a tough family situation for the entertainment of millions of viewers. Then again, I'll admit that I was watching yesterday and adding to the ratings. What an ironic bundle of contradictions I am!

86, 87, 88, 89, 90/365

I swear, I'm not slowly ending the blog, I just haven't been up to sharing my day with ya'll every night recently. I've taken to bouts of internet-less days to try this new thing called "reading", which usually ends up with me disoriented at 2 in the morning when I realize how long I let it go on. I just finished one of my new favorite books (ever) called The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafron. It's basically a masterpiece. Also, did I mention that I'm psychic? I just picked up two other books to read that I can't decide between the two and I see that for one, the movie is coming out in a month and the other was just randomly reccomended in a forum for a book I just read. I've seen nothing about either for years and they both pop up within an hour. Also again, my dad bought a canoe cause he's in a midlife crisis and thinks he's Davey Crocket.

83, 84, 85/365

So I've been slacking pretty bad here huh? Oops! Once I got that sweet taste of small amounts of freedom from the internet the other night in Hull, I just haven't been able to bring myself to write much. Oh well. Rest assured you haven't missed much.

82/365

Clearly I did not announce that I was taking a picture as more than half of you guys even looked at me! At least Jamie and Jon knew where it was at! That's okay mang. Whatevs. I'm excited to continue the party tomorrow with even more people. We're such party animals!

81/365

Well today, I woke up. And went to school. Came home and napped with Charlie. As you can see, he sleeps in strange ways with his head and body going in opposite directions. I think he gets that from me. After napping, I woke up again! And finished my Fafsa earlier than I did last year. Then I went out for ice cream at Friendly's with certain people who are dissatisfied with the way that I post content in my blog! So there.

80/365

If you don't enjoy the humor associated with Wipeout, we really can't be friends. There is nearly nothing I love or appreciate more than watching people hurting themselves in ridiculous ways. Except cute baby animals.

79/365

I can't even begin to tell you how it feels when it's windy, wet and cold and you're wearing very little clothing. Len and I went to see the Decemberists at the Bank of America Pavilion and we were so freezing that we were totally going to leave early. But we kept our heads up and stuck through it rather than to high tail it out of there! It was a lot of fun and dancing like a fool, even when there is no music, is probably the best substitute for a warm jacket in such a situation.

78/365

After my lab today, at which we were the first ones done (Perhaps done wrong then? Most likely.), I played some fabulous tennis with Michelle. I believe I'm getting better! Just kidding. It's fun to pretend that I'm getting better though. Then we went to Sam Diego's in Plymouth which is heinously far away. I had a delicious Bay Breeze-something. A creepy man in a scally cap stalked us, basically. And Michelle turned chatty. Not with the stalker but with me, I mean.

77/365

I may like documentaries about weird and disfiguring diseases but I swear National Geographic is going to give me nightmares tonight. I watched programs about a little girl in India who was born with eight limbs, a man in China whose 50lb tumor needed to be removed and about a colony of lepers. So horrific.

76/365

Gram's big birthday today! She's 90 years old and still making sure everyone has second and third helpings. She gets a kick out of tugging on Lenny's beard. Such a cool lady.

75/365

This is only the saddest movie ever, basically. We watched it after dinner at Acapulcos, which we have now learned must only be eaten on nights that are not the weekend. It was packed and they gave us margaritas sans alcohol even though we asked for it and showed ids and everything. Earlier I bought a cute new dress and visited Kara at work. Ridiculousness ensued.

74/365

Busy day today! I had my first chemistry test and it went okay. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, as far as I know now. My luck would have it that it was only easy because I got everything wrong. I went out with Kara to sit out in the sun by her dad's pool, after slathering myself with sunscreen first obviously. We had game night at the store where we were supposed to play games with customers who came in. There were appetizers and wine and everything and NO ONE came. Then we went to Jamie's for a night under the stars by the chiminea.

73/365

I'm so stalling right now. Bunnies are far more interesting than studying chemistry, obviously! I had the longest, no breaks day of school ever. 10 to 4. I nearly died and I'm pretty sure my entire lab report was wrong. Ugh. Luckily, I got to see my Leonard again for a little bit so all was well.

72/365

After class, Leonard and I decided to attempt a visit to one of the remaining Baja Fresh's left in the area. As our luck would have it, it was also gone. So we went to P.F. Chang's instead! We had gelatinous soup (at least his tasted good! My egg drop soup was weird.) and two tasty chicken dishes with a side of mushrooms. Mmm! It was all very delicious. Then we hung around at home and watched the E3 coverage on tv. I feel so included in nerd-world!

71/365

I find that I always have to cause some sort of a scene, wherever I go. Today it was at this teeny tiny Marylou's. Little did I know that the structure attached to the back of the Marylou's was someone's house with a back door that leads into a nice looking kitchen, not a cute little add-on with a nice porch for customers to drink coffee on.

70/365

As I had kind of a crappy day, Megan and Jon took me out for a drink to Joe's American Bar and Grill in Hanover. It was such a cool bar! It was all lofty and stuff. There was this guy that people call "Redman" hanging out at the bar and he would like, jump up and pace the floor and run out of the room and come back. He'd move his seat down closer to us and be all kinds of creepy. He wasn't wearing his signature red though, so that's disappointing.

69/365

Long after work, Leonard and I ventured out to visit with Tom and Liz and their friend Nick, who lives like 5 minutes away from here. He cooked us a ridiculous meal of excellent kielbasa and hamburgers, all while we watched multiple Food Network programs dealing with grilling and burgers.

68/365

UP was really cute. It made me cry a little but it was so good. Disney movies always find some creative way to rip your heart out while telling you a meaningful life lesson.

67/365

I did so much chemistry today it's not even funny! I did it like, voluntarily too. So I was really quite proud. I understand what's going on too! I went out to eat at Panda Palace with Kara etc. for dinner and watching karaoke. People really have very little inhibitions when it comes to singing while intoxicated.

66/365

"I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!" I had my first lab today, where I discovered that the man that I see all over the place (even out of school) is my Chemistry TA! We make awkward eye contact. Leonard and I watched There Will Be Blood. It was really good and there were unintentionally funny parts. I liked it a lot.

65/365

"Oh hey look at my tan! I got color! You there, I have a tan." I create havoc where ever I go, it seems. After my first chemistry class (which happens to include several people I already know. What are the odds?) I joined Kara for a bit of tanning and my first coffee from Marylou's. We then went to the plaza to play with puppies and search for a special chapstick, which we did not find. Finally we ended up at Walgreen's, where Bert had a coronary and nearly died had it not been for AAA's (not so quick) jump-starting action. Wow, pretty good 6 month old battery! Fantastic. Just fantastic.

64/365

After roast beef sangs and many episodes of Deadliest Catch at Leonard's house, Megan and I headed to this place here to blow some dough with old people. It was mobbed! Everybody wanted in on the special Memorial Day wheel. Not that we got to see much of it. I don't think they used it while we were there.

63/365

I don't know if this is rum punch but I am making it represent rum punch. Which I had tonight at the Abington Ale House. Kenny was up visiting!! So very exciting. I need to pick better movies to talk about. I have so many that I love.

62/365

For Megan's graduation we celebrated at the Beehive in town. It was so out of control. Very cool place, even if it's hard to find a parking spot. Jon had to park near my car and help me parallel park cause I am inept.

61/365

Something happened here I swear.

60/365

So so attractive Kate. Brownie-teeth is the look for you! Aside from a nice lazy day that I spent outside under an umbrella with Charlie, I went out with Kara etc. to Chili's. And then back to Melissa's house ATBTF. Now I need to do some frantic studying for my final final tomorrow. Anatomy kills my will to live. And thank you for the wallpaper link Megan.

59/365

"Hmm, how should I swing from here to there?" Len and I took a lovely trip down to Newport, RI today where we visited The Breakers. It was very cool but, despite having headphones and prerecorded, tour guideless audio to listen to, the old employees followed and watched the two of us like hawks. Like they were just waiting for a reason to kick us out cause we looked troublesome. Anyways, we walked on the Cliff Walk (which seemed the length of the entire state) and found some sweet rocks to climb on. When we finally made it back to the car, we drove to Pawtucket to see the stadium and the fancy Dunkie's. It was such a nice day.

58/365

So I'm pretty certain that I did well on my nutrition exam. I knew most of the 200 questions and I was able to get all but like, 2 points of the 30 point extra credit section. Who's ever heard of 30 extra points added to an exam? He must be expecting everyone to fail. Did I mention he explicitly gave us all the bonus question's answers in advance, in the exact format as on the exam? Or that he reused all the other questions from the previous 3 exams? I'm thinking there is no way I can lose here.

57/365

I think I already posted this picture a while back but that's okay. I'm working on a paper at the moment and I'm super stressed out. I'll be so ecstatic tomorrow afternoon when nutrition and this woman's studies class is over and I never have to think about them ever again. I hate leaving things til the last minute. But really, I know I'll never stop cause I always do really well on papers that I finish like this. I'm getting positive reinforcement for doing things the wrong way and it's screwing with my psyche! That's like, the first rule in dog training.
[Note:] I'm at that point where I'm comparing myself to an animal, that's how bad this is.

56/365

I re-figured out how to make ringtones for my phone! Now a party favor horn honks when I get a text. It's really exciting. I just spent the last few hours engrossed in National Geographic's programs about the apocalypse, cults, and Dan Brown. I'm such a world's expert right now. Also, I'm pretty sure I heard two gunshots go off while I was brushing my teeth.

55/365

I have finally accepted the truth and joined my brethren: the old people at Fascination in Hull. At like 10 at night, these old people are gambling their grankids' inheritance away ($1 at a time) by playing this addicting skeeball type game. It's so much fun and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Jon for suggesting it. Thanks Jon. Thon.

54/365

Well I don't know what's up with the green lines on the side, but pictures taken during the day look nice! I got my new phone today and I'm so in love. It's the Samsung Alias 2 and it flips both ways and has this crazy keyboard where all the buttons change!! Also, we met up with Liz and Tom and decided to drive down to the Cape tonight. It was so ridiculously foggy and creepy.

53/365

(With the obvious exception of the Patriots) Boston's teams were so not into it tonight. That's all I will say about that though as this is so not place for sports commentary. It was a day for relaxation today! It feels really nice not to have to go to class. I know my attitude will change soon but for now I'm secretly excited to have this chemistry class coming up. Call me a sadist, if you will.

52/365

Here, Lenny is trying not to laugh at the little boy laughing at him. He's just off-camera and he was running around the store all willy nilly. I mean, I would laugh too if I saw someone else trying on hockey padding! Anyways. First, I had my Nutrition review class. That was 2 hours of my life I will never get back. I need them back.

51/365

From this angle my school looks like a castle preparing to defend the coast from pirate attack! Finally, finally, finally my last day of classes was today. I'm so excited that my nutrition grade turned out better than I hoped! My average is an 81, which is way more than I could have hoped for. Such a painful class. You don't even KNOW.

50/365

After hanging out with Leonard all day long, we met up with Josh and Kolin at the driving range. I made a fool of myself hitting the ball, but that's okay. Then we went for sushi at the Sei Bar in Medford! It was SO good. I'm totally in love with sushi now.

49/365

Happy mother's day to any mothers who happen to come across this! I left work early cause I literally had like 5 customers all day. But naturally, as it always happens, someone was pounding on the door despite it being locked and with a sign on it saying when it would close. Fascinating! The general public is so ridiculous. Anyways, I went to Gram's afterward where I ate way too much food and relaxed. My family is pretty awesome.

48/365

RAWR. He's feisty! Before immersing ourselves in missed episodes of Grey's Anatomy, we had Chipotle for dinner and Michael's Craft Store for dessert. We're just so crafty!

47/365

I actually exercised today! I got an excellent workout playing tennis with Michelle at the high school and I hope that by doing so I can make up for my past transgressions (ahem) with her. She's a wonderful tennis teacher and with only a few extra suggestions, I was finally able to get it over the net! While we were there we watched a young boy beaten into proper tennis form by who we assume was his father. We took our sweaty selves to Panera for dinner and I actually finished my soup for once! Then we went to her house to watch the news. It cannot be said that we are not worldly.

46/365

This round mass sitting on the floor and staring at me is named Sunny. You've met her before in an earlier post but I thought she would be appropriate to show again. I went to Melissa's house after my exam tonight and hung out with all of them. Hilarious things were said, I chased a bunny and peed at least 4 times in 3 hours. Productive night indeed!

45/365

I had a great picture of a turtle that we made the acquaintance of today, but unfortunately I'm lazy and don't feel like uploading them right now. I'll fix this post tomorrow with it. In other news, this might be my new phone! It looks pretty cool and performs this crazy flip maneuver that you don't see on any other phone. It's called the Samsung Alias and though it's a deviation from my beloved Lg, I think it might be a good gamble. We'll see.

44/365

Apparently that old phrase, "April showers bring May flowers" doesn't apply anymore. I'm getting pretty sick of the rain now. Luckily I had my umbrella today! Whew!

43/365

After a day filled with love, fun things and my Leonard, I joined Michelle, Megan, Jon and Mitch at the Fours where I resolutely ignored the Celtics game as best I could while drinking my captain and coke. I can't wait for summer and warm weather.

42/365

My blessed internet has returned to me! I heard the WAAH noise, during an engrossing fight scene involving Jason Bourne and some baddies, that alerted me to new email and my heart skipped a beat! I thought all was lost for a while there. My internet is never down for that long. Especially when I take special care to perform all my usual troubleshooting rituals such as (including but not limited to) unplugging and replugging the router, unplugging and replugging the cable box, moving the antennae to the north while shaking a shrunken head, or performing a rain dance. Also, Lime Leaf again today. I'm such a valuable customer.

41/365

Basically, Friday's is going to cause me to lose all my friends with the way they make their drinks. Granted, I'm a lightweight anyways, but when they gave me my drink named after a natural disaster I should have known that I was in for it. The words flowed from my mouth in very embarrassing ways that I couldn't stop with conscious thought. As per usual, I said stupid things that shed light into the inner most workings of my brain. So shameful! Please forgive me for believing I could "make" friends, in the most literal sense.

40/365

Michelle and I have lovely date nights together during which we go places and do couple-y things. Tonight we went to Olive Garden and had some wine and pasta, which was very splendid. Then my mother texts me and asks how Michelle's new job is going. I answer and say goodbye. She comes back with "Love you too sweetpea. Ps- could you ID the carcass." She wanted to know what kind of animal I thought was smushed in the pavement on the way to Michelle's house. Oh mum. She's the best.

39/365

I just finished watching this and I have to say that it's actually a really good adaptation from the book. I can't say that many movies that are based off of books do well or stay true to the book, but this one was excellent. Too bad it took me so long to watch it! Also, thanks for letting me borrow it Len!

38/365

I can't even tell you how disappointed I'll be if it turns out that Daniel Faraday dies on LOST. He has so much work left to do! He's like, THE scientist who knows what's going to happen. So what if he left his journal behind with all his doodles? It's not like anyone will be able to cipher them anyways. Also, I LOLed when it turns out that he's Penny's brother/Desmond's brother-in-law. It seems like everyone is related in some ridiculous way or another. I LOVE IT.

37/365

It was totally summer today! I was so happy, even though it was like, oppressively hot. Whatevs. But then later when it got a little cooler, these scary clouds rolled in and I was so sure we were going to have a kickass thunder and lightning show! But alas, I didn't see any of it. Wah wah.

36/365

As it was such a nice day again, we took our first trip to Rockport of the season. It's so quaint and calm there, I wish I could live there. At least for a little while. Or maybe not since going there at all is such a treat, I wouldn't want to ruin it by staying all the time. Yes, better to go only a few times a year and get my fill of Top Dog and elephant ears and hiding amongst the big rocks. I love Rockport.