Thursday, October 28, 2010

They Say It's My Birthday!

Well, actually yesterday was.

And it was wonderful.

And I still have cupcakes and Reese's cups to celebrate with!

I approve of birthdays.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Success

I got the schedule I wanted (after 2 mother freaking hours of refreshing the PAWS website).

And now I have Pixy Stix and chocolate and iced tea.

Yay :)

Secret Sundays



I never liked any of my school pictures.


I've been trying to schedule my Spring Semester at LSU for over an hour now. I can't get past the PAWS homepage. Rumor has it that the server crashed. I am very frustrated and very anxious. And kind of hungry too.

FAIL.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

I Took The Plunge.

I friended my Dad on Facebook. (BTW...Hey Dad, I'm sure you'll read this.)

There's not really much to say other than that. But I thought this was a big enough event to warrant a blog post.

I think I can trust my dad to not end up like a facebook parent that needs a filter like Jane Lynch:

Friday, October 22, 2010

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

...has to be the most addictive television show ever created.

The crimes that are illustrated on this show absolutely terrify/fascinate me.



I've been watching a marathon for four hours and I don't know when I'll stop. This happens often and I have never seen the same episode twice.

Soooo addicting. Can't stop watching. Baaah.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

She is Not a Witch

But Christine O'Donnel sure is stupid.

I know I don't live in Delaware, but this woman, her ignorance, and her power fascinate me.

In a recent debate with democratic Delaware Senate nominee Ray Coons at Widener Law School, O'Donnel revealed that she did not know that the First Amendment of the Constitution calls for a separation of church and state.

Come on, witchy. I learned that it elementary school. A private elementary school.

A video of the debate can be found below. Skip to minute 2:37 if you just want to see the main event, though the entire debate is quite entertaining.



How sad is it that I'm following the Delaware senate race more than I've followed any political campaign in Louisiana?

Monday, October 18, 2010

Facebook: The Musical?

Not quite (though it'll happen someday, I'm sure of it).

But composing team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have taken the first step by writing "Be My Friend (The Facebook Song)" as a part of their song cycle "Edges." I found it thanks to the "Recommended for You" section of the YouTube homepage.

Here's a video of "Be My Friend (The Facebook Song)" performed by musical theatre majors at Penn State.



Sure it's not the greatest thing ever, but it's clever and it made me giggle.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Secret Sundays

I survived mid-terms week. I need to stop procrastinating.

No secrets really "spoke" to me this week (If that's what you want to call it), but this one made me giggle:



Frank called the file "wetelladifferentstory.jpg."

I'm having a good Sunday. The kind of Sunday that makes me feel like there's no need for secrets. I'm happy.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

What Did I Tell You?

Guess who doesn't live and learn.

Guess who procrastinated.

Guess who just opened a can of Monster because she will be up all night studying.

This idiot.

It probably doesn't help that I cannot take my eyes off of the live feed of the Chilean miners being rescued. It's so fascinating, hopeful, emotional, happy, etc. And no one else at school seems to care.

Why doesn't my peer group care?! This is huge! This is history!

And people wonder why I want to graduate in 3 years and why most of my friends are older. Sheesh.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Mustafa Has Some Competition

Isaiah Mustafa has some fierce competition.



I don't remember children's television being so awesome when I was watching it!

Here's the hilarious original commercial, for those who are living under a rock.

Secret Sundays

This week, one secret really hit home for me.



I lost my grandmother two years ago tomorrow. She had severe dementia my entire life. I can't even remember the last time she remembered my name.

But I know that a lot of who I am is because of her and it kills me that I never got the chance to know her, even though she was there for 16 years of my life. Her body was there, but she was not.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I'll Be Here All Night

Right now I'm feeling pretty damn stupid.

Tomorrow morning is my MC 2010 mid-term, and I procrastinated.

Actually, I did worse than just procrastinate. I procrastinated without looking at the study guide.

And I am screwed.

I had every intention of spreading all of my studying out over the week. I just didn't follow through with those intentions.

And I will be here at the 459 studying until they close at three o'clock. And then I will find refuge elsewhere and continue my torture.

The sad thing is, I will not learn from this, just like I didn't learn from any of my past procrastination consequences. The only difference between this procrastination and past ones is that now I have a blog to complain to.



The next 24-hours of Emily's life brought to you by Monster Energy Drink.


And to top it all off, I can't breathe through my nose. So not only do I feel stupid, I look stupid because I am a pathetic mouth breather.

*cue tiny violin*

Monday, October 4, 2010

Five Guys

Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened their 1st Baton Rouge location today.



I went, I dined, and then I squealed. Because Five Guys has the best cheeseburger known to man.

I used to get Five Guys only once every couple of years went my family visited my grandmother. Now I can get it as often as I want!

Major Monday Win.



Now go and get your own taste of Five Guys and their meaty goodness.

But not in a sexual way....

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Something Blue

This wedding cake makes me smile. If you've seen Disney/Pixar's movie "Wall-E," it will make you smile too.



I found this picture on the Disney Wedding's Facebook page. It's so perfectly adorable.

On a side note, I'm watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition. It always mamages to make me cry within the first 3 minutes. This episode especially becuase it focuses on a pair of siblings raising their 6 other adopted siblings with Downs Syndrome after their adoptive parents passed away. It hits close to home because I have a young cousin living with Downs. He's the happiest little kid I know and is one of the reasons I am studying communications disorders. But despite how happy he is, it's just not fair that he will never live the kind of life he deserves to.

But he is happy and he is loved. What I would give to be as happy as he is...

Sunday Secrets

This week, I had two favorite secrets.

I thought this first one was very relevant to the events of this past week. #ItGetsBetter


It's always interesting to see what Frank names the image files for the secrets. This secret is titled "onback.iwouldnotbeherewithoutyou.jpg." It's like finding a PostSecret Easter Egg.




Ironically enough, all of the stories on that secret are the first stories that I would read in the magazine. Sure, I read the stories that don't have anything to do with men as well. But I can't be the only woman who feels an incredible sense of empowerment knowing that she is able to please a man. I mean *really* please a man.

If you want to see more secrets from this week and maybe even discover a secret of your own, go to www.postsecret.com. You can also follow PostSecret on Facebook and Twitter.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Hug List

You know those celebrities and public figures that you want to meet just so you can give them a hug? Because they look like they would give good hugs?

Well, I would like to hug:
-Ellen Degeneres
-Queen Latifah
-Morgan Freeman
-Betty White
-Colin Firth

Some day...

Friday, October 1, 2010

Ellen Says It Best

Five teenagers committed suicide this week because of bullying over their perceived sexual orientation.

I don't even know what to say. I don't understand how people can harbor so much hate for people that they don't know, people that they don't even give themselves the chance to know. It's 2010. It's about time that people accepted that we are not a homogeneous species.



A list of organizations and resources to stop bullying can be found at http://ellen.warnerbros.com/.

#ItGetsBetter. We have to believe that it will or nothing will ever change.