the daily ramble-fest, of course

I spent a good part of the day talking with amazing people. Wonderful, awesome, fabulous.. Okay, I'm done.

I went and got my All-American Rejects tickets with Caitlin, Liz, Ashley, and Ashley's bf today. I'm so excited! The concert isn't until October 21st but I've totally started a count-down. Best thing about UMass = all the cool bands they get to come play here.

Then I got delicious sushi and miso soup with Liz and Laurie at the Oak Room and chatted with Sam for a little bit. He's a really nice guy. Speaking of nice guys, we made some new friends today. Jake and Jackie, two adorable Chinese boys majoring in engineering. Apparently they live in Northeast, so we'll probably be seeing more of them.

As we were getting up to leave, Liz spilled her miso soup on my foot. I was wearing sandals, so I got pretty burned. It really sucks when you're in a public place like that in a significant amount of pain and unable to yell anything. All I could do is bite my lower lip and groan a little bit. I don't think it's going to leave a welt or anything, but it hurt pretty badly.So then I smacked her bum really hard as we were getting back to our dormitory (to get her back from smacking mine yesterday + the soup incident). I win!

When we got back, we all hung out and talked for a little while before America's Next Top Model came on. My favorite girl got eliminated (noooooooo)! I'm probably far more disappointed about this than I should be. I'm not actually stupid, you guys; I just pretend to be.

This heartbreak nearly made me forget about the Knowlton "Cribs" contest. If you've ever seen Cribs on MTV, you'll get the basic theme: Judges come around and check out the dorm rooms/decide whose is the coolest. Laurie insisted that we enter because our room isn't particularly creative, but we have a LOT of space. Far more than any room on our floor, at least (what can I say? we're great at economizing). So we had to clean up a little bit, which really just meant that I had to clear my desk off because I'm "the clean roommate." Anyway, we won't win because Ashley actually, like, decorated her room and if she doesn't win I fear that she may kill herself (it's a joke, you guys. jeez). Who cares, though? At the end of the day, our room is still pimp--the coolest on the floor (you can't beat space)--and people love hanging out in here.

I want to buy a violin. When I was back home, I would just use Amber's violin when I was feeling particularly musical. Right now, in particular, I want to learn to play the Schindler's List theme and Pachabel Canon in D (which I maintain is one of the most beautiful pieces of classical music ever written, no matter how much they overuse it at weddings). I would also love to learn Mozart's Alla Turca on piano, but I'm not anywhere close to being able to play that well. Come to think of it.. I'd like to have all of my musical instruments accessible to me. I want my guitar, flute, oboe, and my keyboard (too bad I can only play two of those well) and.. yeah. Also, my friend was saying that a friend of hers was auditioning drummers for his band. I may just audition; I miss rocking out. :(

Now that I have all that out of the way, I think I should see a doctor. Why? Something is wrong with me. For whatever reason, my maternal instincts are in overdrive right now--it's disturbing! Every time I see a commercial for diapers or baby shampoo or whatever or TV, I always start thinking "I can't wait to be a mother. I wonder what my children would look like."

... I'm 18 (okay, almost 19) years old, you guys! Children should be the last thing on my mind! Maybe I'm just in a nurturing mood, because earlier today I was thinking to myself "gee, it would be nice to have a boyfriend to cook dinner for right now, or even just to call silly spanish pet names."

Okay. I think I'm done posting for now.