I smell bread.

Ugh, I was making an english muffin sandwich today and the smell of the stuff was disgusting. The bread I mean. Bread has a gross smell.



Oh no, does this mean I'm gonna die?http://www.marsinvestigations.net/culturalreferences/1159/mash







PS: If this is what a muffin is to the English, what is a regular muffin? A muffy?Muffer? Muffleton?



PPS: I know I never posted those pictures of those sweet watches and alarm clock. I'll get to it.

Gwen Stefani and Pink Floyd aren't the same.

It's time to come up with some more genre-describing words. "Rock" "Alternative" and "Pop" are WAY too generic to describe music. According to my iTunes...

the following albums are "Rock":

• Gwen Stefani "The Sweet Escape"
• Aerosmith "Nine Lives"
• Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill"
• The Beatles "Anthology"
• Beck "Sea Change"
• Dave Matthews Band "Crash"
• Fall Out Boy "Infinity on High"
• Jet "Shine On"

These are "pop":

• Alanis Morrisette "So-Called Chaos"
• Ashlee Simpson "Autobiography"
• The Beatles "Anthology" (a diff. disc)
• Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
• Jack Johnson "In Between Dreams"
• KC and the Sunshine Band "Best of..."
• Madeleine Peyroux "Careless Love"
• Paul Simon "There goes Rhymin' Simon"
• Van Morrison "Best of..."

These are "Alternative":

• Beck "Guero"
• Hellogoodbye "Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!"
• The Killers "Sams Town"
• OK GO "Oh No"
• Snow Patrol "Eyes Open"
• White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan"
• All-American Rejects "Move Along"
• Jem "Finally Woken"

Even Jazz seems confusing...look at these songs that are considered "jazz":

• "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse
• "Autumn in New York" by Billie Holiday (which I agree...this is what I think of as jazz)
• "Julia Ann Johnson" by H. Ledbetter
• "freefall" by Spyro Gyra

Since when is Van Morrison in the same category as Ashlee Simpson?
It's time people came to creatin' more words, because I think you'd agree that the artists on these lists don't sound anything like eachother.

I feel like in the last five years, the only new words we've come up with to describe a new genre of music is "emo"...well what about MIA? That should be like...hipster hip-hop...like urban outfitters hip hop. Let's come up with some new words, people!

So that's how they're doing it.

I didn't know it was so easy!

The Ha Ha Ha Times

Ugh, Joker, I totally agree.

Music and Lyrics

You know how songs can trigger a very specific memory? Today we had a street barbecue at our school, and they were playing all sorts of music, and some just made me think of very specific moments in my life.

Gavin DeGraw--I Don't Want To Be
I haven't heard this song in so long, and it reminded me of this very specific moment where I was a senior in high school, riding home with Nicolette and Kristen, (and maybe Heather D?) and I remember them all talking excitedly and nervously about the Spanish Honors Society induction that was coming up, and how they were all happy about being in it. I remember feeling so jealous that I was not included in this conversation, because I was just under the requirements for SHS. I had one B that brought my overall Spanish GPA down just a smidge enough to affect my never being able to be inducted in the society, EVER. I was so upset for some reason, and looking back, I am still a bit upset that I was so close (yet so far away). But, all that would've done for my life would be something to put on my "resume" to apply to colleges...and that probably would've gotten me nowhere special.


Regina Spektor--Fidelity
I remember blasting this song on repeat when I was packing up last year to go home for Thanksgiving Break. I probably left about an hour later than I normally would have had I not been dancing and singing around my room!
It also reminds me of the episode of Veronica Mars (where I was introduced to it and hated it...I later learned I loved it) where her and Logan sneak off to make out in the library...and how much I miss that show.

Any other songs that remind you of anything?

No longer a problem, my furry tailed friend.

My grandma gave me a TooTall chocolate bunny for Easter. His ears stuck out about 2 inches above the top of the box...and his feet were 2 inches from the bottom...so clearly he was not too tall, but the box was poorly made.

Well, I guess height is no longer an issue, Too Tall! Mwahaha.

Maybe this is why I dreamed of killing a small bunny in my dream the other night. It was really quite disturbing and sad.

I clean up a little nicer than this.

Before the school year ends, we have to do these final presentations of a project we did throughout the semester. This week were the presentations, and you do them with your group. The teacher instructed us to do a formal business-like presentation, and therefore we were to dress nicely.

I already did mine on Tuesday, so I was just a member of the audience today.

Before class began, one of the groups was running through their presentation to make sure they had their transitions all worked out and met the required time limit. After their mock presentation, one of the guys in the group comes up to me and politely asks "Hey, do you mind if we go first presenting today? We just want to get it over with." And I told him I had already presented Tuesday, and that I therefore do not care if he goes first, because I am just an audience member today.

I look at his suit, crisply ironed, with a starched white shirt underneath, and a tie that has a Windsor knot that would put any GQ editor to shame.
I then look down to my frayed jeans, my 3-year-old dirty frayed Converse, and my heather-grey shirt I have had since 5th grade that reads "class of '99!"
I then ask, "I hope this is not what you think is my definition of 'business-like attire.'"

Then a couple of my friends showed up as this conversation was happening, and Adam laughed as the guy walked away and I said "I clean up a little nicer than this."
Then Evan jokingly commented "maybe it was the necklace," referring to my $2 clearance, plastic round-beaded necklace, which while it is pretty awesome, would definitely not hint at a well-thought out plan for my wardrobe choice for the day.

Why does having to sign up for classes have to be so difficult? There are so many things to take into account.

• the class counts for something (major, CORE, minor)
• the class is at a reasonable time
• the class is interesting
• the teacher is good
• the class doesn't interfere with another class scheduling (whether it be at the same time or at a different campus and transportation time must be allowed)
• pre-requisites to sign up for the class

That being said...I have spent an hour looking at classes and have one picked out so far.

Spanish Words.

Some words in foreign languages just don't seem to connotate the action/thing they are representing. Perhaps it is just because I learned English first.

For example, when I think of the word "sparkle", I think of a pretty little star, twinkling in the sky. Or glitter. Or a pretty dress. Or a diamond. Something beautiful.

The word for "sparkle" in Spanish is "relampaguea" (ray-lahm-pah-GAY-uh)

When I hear "relampaguea" I think of regurgitated cafeteria food. I dunno, I just don't see something all pretty and twinkly with the word "RELAMPAGUEA!!!!!"


Next, I would like to say I have found a new word in my (Spanish) dictionary that I hope to be able to use soon.

This word is "jilipollada" (hil-ee-poy-YA-dah) which means "silly thing to do" or "stupid thing to say"
Or, according to my dictionary, if I use it in the way "esos son jilipolleces" it means "that's a lot of bull."



Lo siento, esto es jilipollez.

Thinking out loud, edition 2

"Naw, I am not in the mood for eggrolls today."

My My Hey Hey

I was listening to Neil Young's "My My Hey Hey" today, and as he sang the famous lyrics:

It's better to burn out

Than to fade away

It made me think...did Britney Spears burn out or fade away? I mean, it was a gradual spiral, right? Or do you think she just had a huge burnout?

What are the odds?

I just dropped a nickel and it landed on its edge.

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?


I am going to take this as a bad omen.

Things that make me laugh

From an article yesterday on collegehumor.com :

"I'm a million years old!" exclaimed Summitt's mother after Pat's eighth title.

Banderillas de tiniebla!!!!

I just found my new favorite Spanish phrase.
"banderillas de tiniebla."

It means "short spears of death."


It's moments like these that make me cherish those 8 years of Spanish.

It's either you or the hobo

Today, as an "incentive" to read our cover letters we had to write for homework, our teacher brought in candy bars as a treat.

But "incentive" really wasn't the right word, since we all had to present our cover letters anyway, but that just says the teacher is not big on vocab.


Quote of the day?
Meghan: Naw, I don't want it(the candy bar) just yet...I want to see what he has left.
Christina: Take it, really. It's either you or the hobo.


Then, some girls presented a campaign commercial for Sensodyne toothpaste.
Girl: ...then it will change to a shot of a male and female from the ice age....
(whispering)
Me: Did humans even live during the ice age?
Christina: Last time the commercial was on talking teeth. I don't think we're really going for reality here.

[[But then I did some research online and found humans did, in fact, live during the ice age. My bad. That's what you get when you get your historical facts from an animated movie about a talking sabertooth, mammoth, and some sort of sloth.

Wait, there was a human baby in that movie. Dammit.]]


And for a final note, I left class with two full-size Butterfingers and a Baby Ruth. That's right, FULL SIZE.

Solution!

I have a fantastic idea, that will solve a good 60% of my general annoyances:

outlaw/ban/get rid of

Cell phones and cigarettes!

Don't you think the world would suck much less without them?

Of course, it would leave us to deal with generic human stupidity, but that's only 40%.

karma-karma-karma-caramel machiatto

Is it that much to ask? Really?

I went to my school's food market, and they don't carry Vanilla ice cream. Sure, you'd think it's no big deal, except for the fact that they carry every single Ben &Jerry's flavor in the inventory, but I can't get a freaking plain ice cream.

No...instead, I can get blueberry whipped coconut pineapple waffle cones in marshmallow creme and caramel sauce. Or banana yogurt with raw cookie dough and coffee mocha-frappa-whatsa with a cherry on top BUT I CANNOT GET A FREAKING TUB OF VANILLA ICE CREAM.


WHAT THE HELL.

Humans are disgusting creatures.

I was thinking how basically every part of the human body is gross. Is there a part that isn't disgusting? The mouth, for example, has morning breath, is the first part of your digestive system, it kisses strangers, perhaps even swapping spit, etc etc.

The hands touch everything around you, picking up germs here and there. They also handle your food, which you eat! EW! They rub your eyes when you're tired, etc. etc.

So, my question is, which body part is the least disgusting? I guess something lame like "the back" or something like "shoulder" could win, but those are lame, only connecting parts of the major body parts.

Or, what is the most disgusting?

Hannah FAN-tana

Martha is a FOOL

Happy day-after-April-Fool's-day Day!!!


So, my teacher, the most predictable of all, pulled what he thought was the CLEVEREST PRANK OF ALL on our class yesterday. Can you guess what it was? Think: teacher, prank. Teacher, prank.

Give up?

A FAKE POP QUIZ!
HAHAHAhahahlame.

And I knew it was a prank.

He was all "someone informed me that no one has been keeping up with the readings [true, but i had kept up with the readings...and if you were keeping up, you should've been done reading the entire book three weeks ago, so he was screwing over even people who had read]." So he then passes around some quizzes, saying "if you HAVE been keeping up, then this should be no problem."

Immediately, I'm like DING!, it's a prank. He'd totally do this. I mean, he's the kind of teacher who drinks Coca-Cola to feel like a kid again (and he does), or has a giant photo of Mickey Mouse in Disneyworld in his office (and he does).

So I turn to my friends and say "dude, this is totally a prank...he'd totally do this."
So I just sit and stare at the paper until he says "can anyone say APRIL FOOL'S?!?!" and there's a whole bunch of "UGH! HEY! GEEZ! You're so MEAN! Ugh! You got me! haHA!"s flying around until it dies down. I swear...sometimes the girls in this class (seriously, THREE boys...20 girls) are not too sharp.

As for the fact that we don't actually do the readings, he said "Eh, it's your own loss...if you'd been reading, then it'd improve the work on your assignments, and that's your problem."




And the only other prank I saw that day was pretty funny:
On the bulletin board on our floor, someone had posted an "ad" that read:

You wanna learn how to dance? Joe Smith(or whatever his name was) knows how! And he'll teach you, free! He is offering personal dance lessons starting April 1st in his room, (insert room number here)! Call today, since spaces are limited!

Then there was a picture of the guy mid-dance, and on the bottom were those little flags you can tear off with his name and cell number. I am sure he got tons of phone calls and was like "what the heck are these people talking about?!"
It was SO choice. I wish I took a picture of this, but by the time I thought of that, the ads were gone.

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And today on the Martha Stewart Show...
Seth Meyers was on! He's like, my fave from Saturday Night Live. Apparently he is head writer now, so he only appears on Weekend Update, and writes the rest of the time. No more funny skits!!! THIS STINKS!

But he was hilarious and I wish I had taped the episode.

They made "rhubarb fool" for April Fool's day (I watched 10 minutes of this nonsense and still really have no idea what this dessert is), and Martha, as usual, was being super awkward and annoying. She was teaching him how to cook, and by "teaching" I mean "being very condescending".
There was a part that required a food processor, and she was like "Here, Seth, put this mix into the food processor...do you have one of these?"
Seth: No.
Martha: Have you ever seen a food processor before?
Seth: No.
Martha: Do you cook? Ever?
Seth: No.
Martha: Do you have a kitchen?
Seth: Yes.

Then she was teaching him how to use it...
Seth: ooh, this should be pretty easy, I only see an on/off switch!
Martha: Just hit "on" and wait for it to mix until smooth. You're doing very good!
Seth: Thanks, I know.
Martha: All right, we can take this out now. Did you see the pulse button? That's good for cleaning the blades and such. Here, push that button.
*seth pushes the pulse button*
Seth: OOH! AHH!
Martha: You like that?
Seth: (sarcastic) Yes, of the three choices of On, Off, and Pulse, it's my favorite.

Then when they were done, he made a funny little quip: "You could throw a comma in there and be all 'We're making some rhubarb, FOOL!'"


Overall he was just being awesome, and Martha was being condescending, as she is with all her guests.



Oh, and Jonas Brothers were on Ellen today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYTYAa9sXE0&feature=related
The middle Jonas basically admitted that girls just walk into their house now, wanting to meet them.




And since we're on the topic of Jonas Brothers,
if anyone wants to purchase me the Hannah Montana/Jonas Brothers concert DVD whenever it comes out....


that'd be pretty sweeeeet.