A Start on Winter Break

Winter Break is here! Huzzah!

Okay, I'll stop talking about finals now. I'm just glad that I don't have to study anymore. Funny thing is, when I was actually able to waste my time on the computer, I really didn't want to.

Last winter break? I wasted lots of time. This winter break, I have only two goals: Accomplish as many things as possible. Always keep busy.

Currently, still trying to figure out what all of that is that I'm going to apparently accomplish. However, I've totally gotten a good start on it.

After dozing off, I started to get to work. (Chlo, when you called me I was barely awake. Driving did not sound like a fun idea at that time.)

Selling text books has always been something that I've never really wanted to deal with. Figuring out selling things online? Obnoxious. Selling them to the bookstore though? Talk about getting nothing for your books. The thing is, they're not getting me any money by just sitting on the shelf of my closet. That's why tonight I put up quite a few books for sale on Amazon. Exciting! It also includes a few of my old manga. Now, let's just hope that people buy them.

Other than selling books, I'm hoping to do a lot more this winter break. Think earning money with odd jobs and finding ways to see friends. Trying to job search. Perhaps some reading? Running is in there too, but that's a given.
What are your plans for the holiday season?

Back to Campus and Winter Break Recap

Ah, back to the ol' dorm room. Right now it's only 9:18, yet I am getting really tired. Probably a good thing because I'm gonna have to get up at 7:00 A.M. tomorrow. Oof, back to the daily grind.

I went on my first run of this year! 9 miles, pretty cool. Less than 14 days until the race!
The rest of the day was packing up and getting back to campus. I had dinner with the family too before heading off at the home town favorite place. That made me more bummed to leave! I still have classes tomorrow though. Real life is calling, ugh.

Here's a recap of what I managed to actually do during winter break:

• Watched more seasons of television series than I'd like to admit.
• Ran the distance of a half-marathon, now let's see how that race goes!
• Spent a lovely Christmas with family
• Hung out with some old friends.
• Hung out with my sister and some of her friends
• Watched a few pretty good movies
• Earned a couple extra bucks
• Saw my mom receive her master's degree

I suppose that's about it. Like I said, not the most eventful of breaks, but enjoyable nevertheless.

I'm pretty sure I forgot a few things at home... which might include my Ipod. Dangit.

How was your winter break?

Avoiding Diary Syndrome and Celebrity Look Alikes

So close to the end of the break. At first I felt weird to be out of school, but now I don't want to go back! Well, I just don't want to have responsibility again. But whatever.

The biggest problem I've noticed with posting everyday is falling into diary mode. Some days, I simply cannot think of anything to write. I start writing pretty much daily goings ons. Usually, people don't care about details in a random person's life. Once in awhile is interesting, but the best blogs talk about other things. How do you think of creative other things to write?

Here's a random other thought on my mind. People love comparing others to celebrities. There's always the "You know you who look like? You look like *insert famous person here*" You know most everyone has had this happened to them.  Even famous people are compared to looking like other famous people. I like to be known as my own person, just because I'm narcissistic. However, when compared to a celebrity, I've been told I look like Alicia Silverstone. Yeah, the girl from Clueless.

Have a lovely evening everyone!
What celebrity have you been compared to?

The Freedom Contradiction

Funny that tomorrow is the beginning of the week, yet I have no actual work. This is where the people who do have work tomorrow become irritated eh? Well, you're getting paid so there are perks.

The odd thing about having a break happen at the point right before a break and the point as soon as the break starts. Right before the break, you think about all of the new free time you have, and how many things you'll be able to get done. Then as soon as the break starts, well... it takes a lot more effort to get to that point than you think. This happens to me, and I know it happens to other people.

Why do we do this?  Could be that when we get to that point, it feels like the break will go on forever. Of course, we all know it doesn't, and then we feel thrown back into our regular lives withone doing all of the awesome activities we wanted to do.

Perhaps it can be best described by a line found in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes:

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."

That quote might not be 100% right, but it's the general idea.

The new week begins, and adventures shall occur tomorrow!
I did visit my friend's new apartment this evening. I'm actually making movement!

How do you start getting things done during a break?

Running Is Sexy

Oof. I am seriously tired tonight. Yeah, I'm cool like that.

Today was long run day! Once again I ran a 12 mile run. Next week I'm running a 13 mile. Whoa.

Through all of my running, there has been one thought that has repeatably gone through my mind:

Running is Sexy.

The copious amounts of mucus I have excreted from my body during runs would beg to differ, but I think it's true. Running is extremely sexy.

First of all, running makes me feel sexy. Yes, there are many parts of it that don't make me feel sexy too. One of those reasons is mentioned above, and there are also times where I feel completely terrible during the running process. However, there are many magical moments that make me feel fantastic. Like, when you've gotten into the motion. You feel great, right? You just feel good. Another thing is when I just get done. Being an Oregonian, I am unusually pale. But when I finish running, there's color in my face. I look alive! And quite honestly, looking alive is an attractive feature.


Sorry RPat, the dead thing isn't a turn on. At least for most normal people.

 The other thing that makes running attractive well.... I'm not quite sure. There's a few things. Of course you can get amazing legs from running and get into shape, but there are runners out there who are overweight too. You know what? There is still something about them that makes them sexy. When you are a runner, you have amazing strength. Whether it's a mile or a marathon, just getting out there is incredible.



Think about these guys. They finished a freakin' marathon. Are they stick figures? No! Who cares!

 It kind of goes with the confidence idea. When you think of yourself as confident, everyone else will see you as confident. Don't my runners out there feel like sexy beasts after completing an awesome run? I do.

So go out there and run! It doesn't matter if it's only a little bit, running is wonderful. You are using your body for amazing things.
(Well, your body can do other amazing things, but let's not talk about those things now, shall we?)

Feel sexy. Be sexy. Run.

Yeah, I may sounds like a complete goofball. That's just what I think. Besides, if I feel sexy from something, doesn't it mean it's a good thing?

Starting tomorrow, it's time to begin getting things done. ...Other than running. Have a nice night!

Does running make you feel sexy?

Winter Break Motivation and Laugh Tracks

The weekend is upon us...  however, it feels like it started yesterday. Anyways.

Today I acheived... nothing. Absolutely nothing. Well, I did go to the Pepsi Christmas display with me sis and dad.

With doing nothing, this included my sister showing me the show How I Met Your Mother. What I've seen of it, I like it pretty well. Plus you know, NPH, Jason Segal, and Alyson Hannigan are pretty awesome people. The thing is, one of the things that makes it feel weird to me is a laugh track.

You see as I mentioned before my favorite shows are Glee, Raising Hope and Community. (Geez, this makes me sound like all I do is watch TV. I swear, I do other things.) Something that all these shows that happen to have in common are that none of them have laugh track. In my personal opinion, this is better. I have two reasons are:

• I don't feel a forced laugh. When there's a laugh track and I don't laugh, I wonder why I didn't laugh. Did I just not get it? Or sometimes there's a laugh track and I think, "That wasn't really funny. Huh."
• I can laugh at what I think is funny. When you're watching a show with a group, sometimes one of the most hilarious things is when someone starts laughing like crazy at something that wasn't even that funny, then everyone starts laughing because that one person made it funny.

That's just my thoughts on that subject. Random? Perhaps. Just what I was thinking about.

Whoa. The last two days? I have been pretty much eating like a billy goat. If it is in my pathway, it is consumed. This needs to change. I need to get on track. My body is not used to no fruits and veggies. Plus, I need to get my long run done tomorrow because it was not done today. Reasoning? I didn't drink enough water during the day, and I knew I would keel over if I tried earlier in the day. Tomorrow? No excuses! Goodness. (Also, I made myself an awesome running path. It will be an adventure.)

I hope y'all have a lovely evening!
Do you prefer shows with laugh tracks or not? Or do you prefer shows like dramas?

Winter Break, Christmas Songs and Positive Pessimistics

Ah, it's good to be home.

I am officially done with my first term of college. What a feeling eh? Actually, I don't know how to feel. I don't feel... different? I feel like it should feel bigger. Eh.

Now that winter break has begun, I feel like I should be able to talk about holiday things. Well, the real reasoning behind talking about holiday things is because of something that's been on my mind or the last two days, and that's Christmas songs.

All of these thoughts about Christmas songs began earlier in the week when my Christmas-obsessed hall began becoming more musical with their spirit. I like most Christmas songs, but there is one specific Christmas song that crushes my soul. That song is Last Christmas by Wham! Guess what song is the most loved by my hall mates. Oh yeah.

Yes, Last Christmas is a song that is loved by many. Just not me. I think the thing that bugs me about the song is that it just doesn't flow. I have trouble explaining it, but that's the best I can do. Just, no. I can't do it.

So what type of Christmas songs tickle my fancy? That brings us to the last episode of Glee. One of the songs that I have been listening to over and over from that episode was the song Baby It's Cold Outside sung by Kurt and Blaine. I love songs that remind me of 1920s/1930s, and this is one of those types of songs. If you use old fashioned words in your songs, points for you. Like swell. Swell is... well, a swell word.

Okay, I could just be on a Glee high. That was a good episode though.

One to a different subject, but another thing that has been on my mind. I was talking to a class mate about view on grades, and he said,
"I usually think that I'm gonna get bad grades, but then they turn out better than I think. It feels pretty awesome."
This made me wonder about the downside of thinking positively. I try to think I'm going to get a good grade, but then it turns out that my grade isn't what I think. I've also been terrified that a grade will be atrocious, but happily my grade is a lot better.

So here's my question. Is it better to be pessimistic about a grade and have it turn out better? Or, is it better to be optimistic about grades and then have them turn out worse?

Before I go, What's your favorite Christmas song? What's your least favorite Christmas song?

Treasure Cookies and Getting Ready for Break

Thank you guys for the well wishes for my finals! The verdict? I believe I killed them! Well, for the most part.

My last final was History this morning, and whoa. The teacher thinks a good essay is about 3-4 pages in the large blue books. There were three essays along with two definitions. Personally, that's a lot of freakin' writing. I wrote right on through those two hours of test time. By the time I was done, I was dizzy from writing so much! Writing can take a lot out of me sometimes if I'm seriously writing.

After the finale of my finals, I caught up on my Tuesday shows Glee and Raising Hope. Ah, how great were they? Holiday-themed episodes are seriously the best. The one downside I've realized is that they probably won't have any new episodes until the new year... Curses.

Since there was no more studying to do, what did I spend the entire rest of the afternoon doing?

That's right. I made cookies. No, that's not really dough, that's just butter and sugar mixed together. It just looked cool. I'm one of those people who loves to give gifts to people, and I thought it would be nice to give some hall mates something. This lead to the thought, "What if someone feels left out?" This ended in me making a huge batch of treasure cookies.



This was after I had already stuffed some bags with cookies. There were about 100 altogether.

 If you've ever had treasure cookies, you'll know that they are delightful cookies with pieces of candy hidden inside. I have very distinct memories of searching through a batch of said cookies, on a mission to find the cookies with Reese's Peanut Butter cups inside.
I love the classic treats, but the more I hear about raw desserts, the more they sound delicious. I should look into venturing to get some during break.

I can't wait to go home, but I have to get all packed up first! It's one of those things where you just don't know where to start, you know?

Do you make gifts for other people? What type of treats bring back memories?