I planned on following up the whole Christmas thing BEFORE we left for New Orleans but it crept up on me before I had a chance to realize it.
Anyways, maybe tomorrow. The blogging mood has been re-sparked….for now.
For now I just found this wonderful video on Libemarlene. Albeit an old post that I am just now looking at, but in my defense I’ve been absent from the internet world for months now. Anyways, I love it.
Nolan house from Drew Tyndell on Vimeo.
I keep finding good Bob Marley music, yet when I go to listen to the ones that my dad has….bleh. Where are all the good ones coming from? Maybe I just need to listen to it without Ted’s ever musically critical ear near by.
LA! I have my first class tomorrow night. Physical Anthropology. YAY!
Depressing news. Somehow during the move to my new laptop I lost all of my webdesign stuff. I was so heart broken. I actually cried….over digital information which is mostly on the internet anyways. Sigh. Oh, well. Serves me right for deleting all my old back up. All I can do now is take a deep breath and consider it a fresh start.
-Rain-
{NOTE: I go through about four or five, sometimes more, Christmases a year, all within a few days. Thank GOD this year is two less!!!}
I just got back from Ted’s house where Ted, Nich and I celebrated Christmas. When I arrived Ted and I compared peppermint bark and paced until Nich called. Then we sat in her room listening to the Carpenters (Ted’s Christmas present to herself) and laughing over all the old stuff she’s been finding while cleaning out her room. When Nich arrived we talked, were passed baby (Ted’s nephew, Naython) and then opened gifts. They were both excited about the “functional” gifts that I gave them and thrilled about the paintings (I was actually in the middle of resizing the pictures of the paintings when Ted called me over). Nich gave me Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which I was thrilled about, and Ted gave me the new Tegan and Sara CD, Sainthood, as well as, Scrabble Apple. Scrabble Apple is so much fun!! It’s like Scrabble only louder, harder and faster. God, that sounded bad. Anyways, the important thing is that it’s fun. Also, I got to finally interact with Naython. This was the first time that I’ve actually seen him since he was at the, what I like to call, “Oh my god, his head!!” stage. He is such a sweet baby and laughs at nearly everything. Though, I find it interesting how much Ted and I are indifferent to babies. They’re cute but being around one doesn’t really make me want one.
ANYWAYS, on the way home I listened to the new Tegan and Sara CD…..AWESOME!!!!!! I only got to about track four or five by the time I got home and had it not been after five in the morning I probably would have driven in circles listening to it. I, beyond a doubt, think that this is their best album yet! I recommend everyone, Tegan and Sara fan or not to at least listen to it. I can guarantee you that I will be listening to it the entire way to New Orleans!!!
So, yeah. I am so much of a nerd that I had to hop on the internet before collapsing into bed in order to tell you all that!
ALSO, that Todd Selby, of the wonderful The Selby, is coming out with a book!!! I am thrilled!
Nigh Nigh and Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!!
-Rain-
Amanda Palmer is AWESOME!!!!!
BTW, I’ve realized that whilst being on a train for thirteen hours would be the best time to work on my online portfolio.
Mom is actually looking up if there is internet acess on the train as I type this.
There is not. Boo.
Ah well, Maybe I can type up everything I need to do offline and get that all done so that all I’ll have to do is put it all on. Le sigh.
I also need to load Photoshop back on my computer before we leave. Though I might wait until the day we leave so the trial will last. Though Mom wants me to get the pictures of the tree off my camera and as jpegs so she can show her friends. I need to make gingerbread….maybe. I’m debating. BAH!
I had an epiphany of sorts last night.
We were watching Psychic Kids last night and there was a girl on there who was more of an empath and Chip, the psychic who was helping the kids, said somthing along the lines of it’s hard enough being fourteen without going thorugh everyone else’s stuff as well. My mother has always told me that I have always been heavily empathic. However, not until last night did I realize that all that I went through in highschool could possibly have never been bipolar, as was diagnosed, but actually me picking up on everything that everyone else was going through. That would explain why once I graduated it all kind of dissipated. Along with this I realized that when I’m out in the country, in the middle of nowhere, I feel so at peace. I think this maybe because there’s no one for miles and my head and heart can finally breath and exist on it’s own and not be over run by everyone elses’ emotions and issues. Now all I need to do is learn how to recognize what is me and what is the rest of the world, then how to recognize yet seperate from it. On top of that the synthroid has really helped my anxiousness and concentration. When we did our presentations in English, I was able to stand in front of the class and present without shaking. It’s funny how in one semester everything seems to have almost fixed itself. Suddenly, it’s as if I don’t have to wake up anxious anymore. I can leave the house without feeling overwhelmed by the world.
Anyways, today I bake cookies until Ted and Nich call and then we’re going to do Christmas, then tomorrow we go to church then Grandpa’s, on Christmas we go to Kyle for dinner and Saturday night we get on the train and then Sunday afternoon we arrive in New Orleans!!! I am so excited I can’t wait to get there!! Expect lots and lots of pictures!!!
-Rain-
First off! I got a B in Math!!!!!!!!
I’ve never gotten more than a C in any Math class in my life!!!
I am so happy!!!
Anyways, I signed up for classes for next semester; British Lit II, Lit Criticism, Physical AND Cultural Anthropology (two seperate courses), and Photography II. All are at the main campus down town, except Photography, which means that I’m going to have to drive all the way down town -faint-, luckily Nich and I have matching time slots on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I won’t have to drive down there alone. Speaking of Nich, he slipped into my head the idea of working at Half Price Books part-time, since we’ll be down there so much anyways. The idea makes me nervous but excited at the same time. I’ve always wanted to either be a librarian or work in a small, artsey book store, HOWEVER, taking five courses, two of which are literature courses, as well as working, even if it is just part-time, makes me nervous. Sigh. I barely found time to do all of my homework this semester with ONE lit course and no job. Not to mention that one of the classes was Yoga, a course with little to no homework. Le Sigh. We’ll see where everything ends up.
Right now, I need to finish working on my room.
-Rain-