the new year

Only 5 hours and 19 minutes until 2009! How exciting. I felt the song of the day should be fitting to the occasion...

Song of the day: The New Year- Death Cab for Cutie

Happy New Year!

resolutions

And the time has arrived to start making New Year's resolutions that will probably last 3 weeks into January. One of my resolutions this year is to follow my New Year's resolutions. Sneaky, eh? But besides that, I am going to attempt to work out or run at least 3 times a week, in addition to eating healthier. 

I'm not sure what else I could resolve to do...or not to do. I would like to photograph more, so I think I am going to try taking one picture a day. The idea was suggested by a friend who managed to complete a whole year. Gasp! I'm not sure I can match that, but I'm going to do my best. Hopefully it will help me improve my photography and will help me think of ideas more quickly, rather than brainstorming for days...or weeks. Anyway, more on New Year's resolutions to come! Hopefully I won't be waving any white flags. 

Song of the day: Love You Madly- Cake

song of the day

Song of the day: Happiness is a Warm Gun- The Beatles

Song of the day

Song of the day: Fire- Jimi Hendrix

sweet home Chicago

I'm home for winter break! First semester is all done, I finished my last final yesterday, and I have no schoolwork for three weeks. I'm pretty excited about it. I have no idea what I plan to do, hopefully a lot of photography. I guess we'll see what happens. I'm just very excited to be home...pretty exhausted too. I am definitely looking forward to watching a movie and sitting on the couch all night tonight. Maybe I'll be productive tomorrow...

insomnia part 3

Why am I still wide awake at 3:25 a.m.? This is ridiculous, my roommates went to bed about 4 and a half hours ago, and here I am still putzing around. Well, I did do a couple hours of self portraits so it wasn't entirely counterproductive, but you would think after photographizing (new word) for a few hours I'd be at least a little tired. Nope. No dice.

I have a long day of studying ahead of me though, so I better go make a pathetic attempt at sleep. Only one more final exam, yahoo!

experience of a lifetime

I just had an experience that I will never forget...I actually had a pleasant and successful experience with a tech support for our internet service. Normally when I call tech support for anything it is a painstaking and torturous conversation. I actually got my problem resolved without complications from a language barrier or anything of the sort. I am now feeling quite optimistic, and maybe I have judged tech support wrongly in the past, and for that, I apologize.

toilet paper plus hopes and dreams

It is really unfortunate that environmentally friendly toilet paper is not butt-friendly toilet paper. I will not go into detail, but I would just like to say that I am a little disappointed. I was quite excited when I saw that CVS carried toilet paper that was better for the environment, but I did not realize it would be so crappy (no pun intended). I think I can handle it though...if it's for our dear earth.

Besides the minor toilet paper fiasco, I had quite a fabulous day. I managed to finish my ginormous psychology paper, and get it sent to my teacher for him to review it before the due date. This particular paper is worth 25% of our semester grade so I really need to make sure I did well on it. It isn't due until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night, so I've got some time. 

Now all I have left to do is study for my Spanish linguistics exam which isn't until Thursday. I discovered that it is impossible for me to get an A in the class, no matter what I get on the final. That is quite unfortunate. But the good thing is that it is also almost impossible for me to get less than a B-. I discovered that I can get a 65% on the final exam and still have an 81% in the class. The final will most likely be insanely difficult, so I do need to study in order to get above a D+, but I don't think I need to pull any all nighters if I'm most likely going to end up with the same grade no matter what I get on the final.

I did learn something about myself today: one of my dreams is to be on the game show Family Feud. I watched the game show network earlier while I was actively not studying, and decided that it would be an incredible experience to be on that show. Quite fun too. I would probably be terrible at it and I would be one of those contestants who answers questions more wrongly than anyone would think possible... but I would love it. 

I also learned that I might not be as bad at talking on the phone as I previously believed; It's possible that I'm not be that socially awkward, yahoo! But unfortunately I am almost 97% positive that I'm going deaf. I legitimately felt bad for the person on the other line.

Ah well, I should probably go to sleep. I have a big day of studying ahead of me! I probably won't end up studying the whole day, if I'm being honest with myself. Maybe I'll get some time to take some photos or work on Photoshop a big. Hey! Or I could download Lightroom and Creative Suite CS4 which IU now offers FREE to students. I need to do that ASAP. But right now, I need to hit the hay. 

Wow, this is a much longer post than my last few. I guess the last few have been from text messaging...which I am now obsessed with. More to come tomorrow, I'm sure.

Peace, love, and environmentally-friendly toilet paper.

It's really incredible the amount

It's really incredible the amount of work i get done when there is no internet access where i am studying. Who invented the internet anyway? jeez

Trying to do my final

Trying to do my final psych paper and kind of failing. I really am my own distraction...how annoying of me.

Auntie Em!

It sounds like there is a tornado outside. Our windows must be extremely thin or the wind is actually doing something crazy. It is literally howling. I'm not sure if it's even that intense, but I really have no desire to go outside and check it out...it is probably freezing.

Anyway, it is really difficult to concentrate on studying with the WOOOSHHHHH going on outside, so I decided 5/8 of the way done on a take-home test deserves a break....to shower. And even though I am disconnected from the internet while doing this test, I am still managing to distract myself...with myself. Damn my thoughts. So maybe the shower will force me to get all my excess and random thinking out and I'll actually be able to concentrate afterwards. I can only hope.

I never thought i would

I never thought i would meet someone who shares my undying love for fedoras. Maybe there is a God....or just coincidence. Still...very exciting.

Someday, I will go to

Someday, I will go to New York and I WILL get in the cash cab. Watch for me on tv. I'll be the one in the taxi reeling in the cash.

It's snowing!

It's snowing! And instead of playing in the snow I am stuck inside studying...damn finals. Maybe if I stopped procrastinating that would help.

texting my blog?!

I figured out that i can send things to my blog from my phone! This is pretty gosh darn exciting. Also, i am in serious need of a nap

finals week

I put the "pro" in procrastination. 

cacaphony

The people in the apartment upstairs are clearly having a raucous game of "toss the furniture." That is the only explanation I can come up with for the noises that are so easily floating through the ceiling. It used to sound like they had installed a roller rink in their living room, but now it's not so much a constant noise but rather very loud bangs which can only mean they are playing bocce ball with the kitchen chairs and table.

I would also like to share how unfortunate it is that buttered microwave popcorn smells terrible but tastes delicious.

Danielle's poem

So my friend Jon wrote a poem about me which I thought was quite lovely...here it is

She’s heavy and she’s low
She gets up and she goes
She says, “Ya know…
All I need are looks and wine to get by.”
We’ll probably die in this design
Cuz round here we’ve got noses in books
but nobody’s asking “why?”
She says she sees colors in the rain 
and that no one can feel her pain
She snaps pictures with her eyes
Of the world she believes to be
High and dry
She loves Black and white
Because the colors don’t bleed
She says she died with Lennon
Back before she was born
And her lungs burn 
from these damn smokes
that whisp and curl in the night
under the fading street lights
and she goes on her own
because she knows
It’s gonna take more 
than these long white lines
To keep her on the road

insomnia part 2

As I was enjoying my most recent battle with insomnia (which is happening right now), I realized that I really enjoy that word: insomnia. It's quite beautiful. Maybe that should be one of my children's names. I'm sure it would be very fitting when they are at the crying-in-the-middle-of-the-night stage. So, anyway, I then started thinking about all the other random words I love for absolutely no reason at all. I should start a list.

insomnia

perplexed

ludicrous

onomatopoeia

noodle

dweeb

quite

awkward

swizzle (as in swizzle stick: see M*A*S*H)

sporadic

That's all I've got for right now. More later, perhaps...hopefully when it's actually light outside.

worms?

Hmm...maybe I should actually ADD a worm to my advertisement. It might make the apple part of it seem more realistic. But then it might also imply that by using these candles you get worms in your house...might not be the best idea. I'll sleep on it.

insomnia

Why can't I sleep? I read somewhere (can't remember...of course) that it takes the average adult 7 minutes to fall asleep. I must be the opposite of an average adult. It takes me at least an hour, maybe two to completely fall asleep every night. Half an hour on a good day. But right now, I am wide awake. I got in bed about two hours ago, and it's true, I haven't turned out the lights, but I should be exhausted. I haven't had more than 5 and a half hours of sleep any night this week. Shouldn't I be passing out right about now? 

I actually accomplished a lot today, which is very rare considering it's Friday. Well, technically yesterday was Friday. Anyway, I finished my final photography project due on Monday. I'm not really a fan of it, but at least it's done. I actually think it's quite bad. Since I've moved almost completely to digital I feel like I'm losing some of my passion for the darkroom process. I still love it, but I don't enjoy slaving over one print for hours anymore, where I used to embrace it and get excited about the end result. Today I felt like I just wanted to get it done. True, it could be because I don't feel very strongly about my photos, and if I don't like a photo, I don't want to spend my time with it. I would rather be taking new pictures or working with ones I love. Unfortunately, my photography class is mildly restricting time-wise. We have a very short amount of time to complete a project, so even if I have great ideas, they don't turn out so hot.

Ah well, I just need to forget about this one project and move on. I'm starting to like my project for my photoshop class though. One option was to create an advertisement, so wahoo! Right up my alley, since hopefully I'll find a job in the advertising industry after graduation. I'm creating an ad for apple-scented candles that basically make your house smell like you live inside an apple (except without all the rotting and bugs), which is basically what my ad is. I'll post it on here when I'm finished, hopefully tomorrow.

All righty, I think it may be time to fight the insomnia. But knowing me, it is entirely possible I will wake up at 4am and have the urge to study. That tends to happen to me as finals week approaches.

the split

I created a separate blog just to write about my photography and art. It seemed like it might be a good idea to separate photography from my ramblings, so that's what I did! Now I have my photography blog linked from my photo websites instead of this one...might seem more professional right? I mean, people can still find this one, but the first thing they see will be my artwork rather than my rantings about incompetent teachers and the election.

Danielle Kay Photography Blog

2000 views!

I finally surpassed 2000 views on my RedBubble photography website! I'm not sure if this is a lot, or a little, but I've been a member since July 2008. It seemed like a good milestone to record, since I don't remember when I passed 1000...oops. Maybe this means people are starting to like my work...hopefully!

My RedBubble

Odd

So a bunch of posts seem to be getting cut off on the ends...very strange. I am just posting this one to see if it keeps doing it. I must have screwed something up. 

Then back to my psych paper, which I have clearly been avoiding :)

sparkling leaf

sparkling leaf
Originally uploaded by DanielleKay

I just found out that I can upload photos directly from flickr.com to my blog! This is awesome :)

But I need to stop thinking about photography and do a psych paper. My concentration on this research paper keep getting interrupted with thoughts for a possible logo. Danielle Kay Photography needs a logo or at least a main photo with my name and contact info on it...hmm...

I'll deal with that once I finish this darn report. More photos to come thanks to the newly discovered blogging tool on flickr!

I sold artwork!!

So today is World AIDS Day, so to remember all the lives that were lost to this terrible disease, and to celebrate the progress that is being made in research, there was a Gala/Ceremony in Bloomington, IN where I go to school. I’m a member of the Indiana University Photography Society, and we were invited to donate photos to a silent auction. All proceeds from the silent auction went to Positive Link, the HIV/AIDS clinic in Bloomington.

We weren’t really sure that we would sell much, if any, photographs, but it turned out pretty well! All three pieces I had in the auction were sold, and one of mine had the highest bid out of all photographs! It may seem trivial, but I was very excited about it. I have never sold a piece of artwork before, so today has been an eventful day. It was also wonderful that all proceeds went to the AIDS clinic; I was glad to donate artwork to such a wonderful cause!

Hopefully my first sale will stir up a whirlwind of selling…but probably not. We’ll see where I’m at in a few years!

These are the photographs that were in the auction:

 

Dulled

 

Bridge to the Mountain

 

River and Sky

GOBAMA

America is getting a bikini wax...no more Bush!

I am overjoyed that Barack Obama won the election. I finally have hope that we can be a peaceful and helpful country. I strongly believe in this man; I see his positive energy and determination, and I think Obama is exactly what America needs. I have never been very patriotic because I didn't agree with the majority of our country's actions. I think this time might be different though. Come January, I might just be proud to say I'm an American.

As much as I disagree with John McCain, he gave a very powerful concession speech. He's being a pretty good sport, which makes me respect him more now than I have during the whole campaign process. 

I watched the rally in Grant Park on T.V. last night, and it looked incredible. I wish more than anything I could have been there for the moment when Obama was announced as our next president. I bet the energy in the park was amazing with all the people there so filled with belief in this one man who can change everything.

So here I am sitting in the student Union, thinking about our country when I should probably be getting ahead on some homework. Oh well, I had a busy few days early this week...I can afford to relax a little. The only major work I have to do this weekend is two art projects, which I will most likely enjoy, so it shouldn't be too bad. 

I also have no more spanish tests until finals week! It's very exciting. I do have to do a linguistics presentation though, and probably write another essay. But still, it's not a test! 

And now I'm craving a cookie...I'll go for it.

Peace, love, and Obama 2008

RAPID ROTATION

I'm watching Storm Chasers on the Discovery channel for the first time. This show is amazing! It's so ridiculous; it makes me want to become a storm chaser. All they do is drive around chasing tornadoes. It seems like the most incredible adrenaline rush. 

There are a few different teams that they follow, and one of the cars is full of what seems to be frat guys. It's like these three guys went to some intense Meteorology school but were in a regular old fraternity. They've got the baseball hats and college shirts, and definitely talk like frat boys. This is ridiculous! Wow. 

I am so excited now. There's no reason for it, I'm not going to go out and start chasing a tornado right now, as much as I might like to. Maybe someday...

Obama for your mama

Well, I sent in my absentee ballot today. I voted for every random thing on the ballot except for judge, because I have no idea who any of them are. I didn't know the senators or anything either but I just voted democrat. I've been feeling very anti-republican lately. Hmm I wonder why. Could be our current craptastic administration. Who knows? Anyway, I voted for Obama. I pretty much disagree with everything McCain has said...ever...so it seemed like the best option. 

It is a little scary though that one of the candidates is really young (for a president), and one the other one is really old (to be running a country...and in general). I mean, Obama might not have as much experience, but how long will McCain last? It's horrible to think about this before the election even takes place, but what if he dies in 8 months? Then we have some hockey Mom from Alaska running our country. What then?

Well, I guess anything will be better than old Georgey....right?

ONLY ONE ONION?!

Some old lady laughed at me in the grocery store today. She thought it was hilarious that I was only buying one onion. I don't know why I would buy two...I'm just making stir fry. Here's how it went:

(Old lady walks up to me as I am putting the twist-tie on the onion bag)

OL: You're only buying one onion?!

Me: Yep...just one.

OL: Gosh, that is so funny. Ha ha ha...

(Old lady walks away)

What?!

Anyway, here I sit in my photoshop class lab. There are only 4 people here, excluding my instructor. Jeez, where is everybody. This is pathetic. Anyway, we're supposed to be practicing combining text with images. How difficult! Not. Anyway, here's what I've come up with. I took some random poem about beauty from google.

beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice!

Beetlejuice is on T.V. right now. I forgot how hilarious this movie was; I probably haven't seen it since I was 8 or 9 years old. Ah, to be a kid again. I would just be sitting here innocently watching Beetlejuice and not avoiding doing a Psych paper that's due next Wednesday. Oh well...I'll get it done eventually.

ABC Family is having 13 nights of Halloween, I'm pumped! All the awesome Halloween movies are on every night until Halloween. At least I'll have something to do...homework is overrated.

to quote that one 90's song, "it's unbelievable!"

I somehow managed to get full points on my last psych research paper. I did spend a crapton of time on it, but I didn't expect a 100...I'm so surprised. It might be because my teacher is Korean and doesn't speak english very well, so if I had mistakes he didn't notice them...but still. I got an A+! This is also supposed to be an impossible class.

Hmm...but what if this is just to make me feel comfortable with my performance in this class, and my next paper will be graded extremely harsh? A clever ploy...very tricky. I'll have to stay on my toes.

the election couldn't come soon enough

If I hear one more word about Joe the Plumber I am going to shit...no pun intended.

Our politics and the media are so messed up that who wins or loses this election might be affected by some dude named Joe. It's ridiculous. I think the candidates should just state what the believe state their plan, and stop attacking each other. People can base their votes on that, and not who spent the most money on obnoxious commercials. 

I really know next to nothing about politics, and frankly don't care. These campaigns that attack the opposing candidate rather than support themselves just drive me nuts. I understand that you might have to play dirty, but it would be so much easier if they just didn't.

Maybe we should sit Obama and McCain down to watch Barney together. Then they would play nice. Joe the Plumber could come too.

maybe we'll at least leave early....

Well here I sit in the computer lab, 3 minutes before my class starts. There are 6 people in here, now 7, out of about 20. Cool. Today is supposed to be a critique of our last projects, so I understand why people skipped, but I still feel lame for being here with 6 other people. Oh well, maybe we'll all talk quickly about our projects and get to leave.

I need to figure out what to make for dinner tonight...hmm I guess that's something to do during this class. I'll probably end up making a microwave meal anyway, I'm feeling moderately lazy.

Class time. Woooo

"Now enter this information in shit 6"

I have two lab instructors who are international grad students, and they are both hilarious. I don't know if they try to be, but going to their classes is just awesome.

In my psych computer lab today, we were entering experimental data on Microsoft Excel, and my instructor (Donghoon Lee...yes he's Korean) was showing us how to use multiple sheets in one file:

"Okay you have your first data in shit 3, now you put that other data in shit 6."

Nobody would have laughed or even reacted if he didn't start giggling. Now, whenever Donghoon mispronounced something and realizes it, he starts laughing, and can't stop for the next few minutes. Therefore, it's even more difficult to understand him, but it's so worth seeing him crack up at himself. Anyway, after he said that, he started laughing, and through his giggles proceeded to tell us a story about how he accidentally said "shit" when he was trying to say "seat" when he was at a theatre with his wife. That 10 minute story was an amazing distraction from what we were supposed to be doing.

My photo lab instructor, Yang Chen, is also just learning English. He's Chinese, so his pronunciations are pretty different. He doesn't laugh at himself, he just makes little jokes that wouldn't be nearly as funny if some old American man had said it. He is just so hilarious, I almost don't believe he's real, he's like a character in a movie...a comedy most likely. He always uses the incorrect verbs for simple things; they are almost right, but just wrong enough that it's almost cute. For example, when he asks someone to turn off the light, he says "please close the light." For turning on the light, he says "open the light." It really is very cute.

Something about him is strange though. He has one super long fingernail on his right pinkie. The rest are all cut very short and neat. It really weirds me out; all I do the whole time he talks is stare at that nail. I can't stop! I don't know what it is about that nail, it's just very out of place. What is it?! Why?!

Well, I'm almost done with my psych paper. I finally started to understand what I am supposed to do, so it should be smooth sailing from here on out. The first draft was a struggle though. 

My roommate just showed me a roll of toilet paper she got at Target that is WAY  bigger than it's supposed to be. I don't know how it can possible fit in the holder. Apparently it's called the MEGA ROLL. Wow. I understand that buying in bulk is the new thing, and everything is Ultra, Mega or Super. But toilet paper? Really?

breakfast of (mediterranean) champions

Well, I did end up having hummus for breakfast. There's something about Saturday mornings that makes you feel like you can eat whatever you want for breakfast. I ate a cookie, followed by some hummus and pita chips. It was delicious, and I do not regret my decision in the slightest. Maybe it's the laziness of Saturdays that prevents me from getting milk out of the fridge and pouring it into my bowl of frosted mini-wheats.

That might sound pretty simple, but I eat frosted mini-wheats different than most people. I place each little piece of cereal in the bowl, one by one, with the frosting facing up. I normally have about 3 layers. If the frosting is facing down, it will get all soggy in the milk, and only the wheat will be left. Seriously, who eats frosted mini-wheats for the wheat part? Nobody. 

It may sound like a chore, and believe me, it is. But when you get the perfect piece with deliciously crunchy frosting but soft wheat, it's all worth it.

just call me "party animal"

So here I am on a Friday night in college, sitting in bed while shoe shopping online. It's 11 p.m. and most people in this town probably aren't sober enough to know that it's 11 p.m. 

Actually that might be false. I discovered last year that college students think it's "weird" to start drinking anytime before ten or eleven at night. I found that very strange. They all made it sound like if they start drinking before ten, then they have a problem or are alcoholics or something. I almost wanted to say "No, it's the blacking out and waking up in your roommate's bed with some half-eaten breadsticks and that girl from your chem class that didn't really talk to you until you saw her at a party when she was drunk and decided you were her hookup guy for that night that shows you have a problem." Thankfully, I refrained from displaying my (awesome) ranting skills... at least at the time.

Anyway, most people might call me lame for spending my Friday night alone, turning in around midnight, but I'm quite enjoying myself. Maybe that makes me lame, who knows? I don't mind just chillin' (chillaxin', if you will), giving myself time to think, whatever. It rarely happens though, with the distractions of two roommates and cable; so I'm making the best of this night, and just relaxing with the DSW website and my down comforter.

I am getting tired though; I have a big day tomorrow. It should be full of working on photoshop, doing my experimental psych paper, and finding somewhere to take photos for my second project. But, knowing me, I'll end up watching Arrested Development all day while I lazily work on photoshop and eat hummus. Mmm hummus. I think I'll have some for breakfast.

At least I didn't waste my time

I love Wednesdays...mostly just for the T.V. shows that are on though. Tonight we watched Project Runway and Private Practice, and recorded Top Design to watch tomorrow. They all happen to be on at the same time...how dare they! I don't like admitting that I'm one of those people that looks forward to certain days because of what's on television, but I guess I have to come clean someday. I am an addict. Only to certain T.V. shows though. And I would have to say I think they are not among the ones that make one dumber after watching them. Some of those would be Gossip Girl and Paris Hilton's new best friend search or whatever the hell she's doing.

I made a delicious dinner tonight though. I actually made something from a real, written down recipe. (Wow!) I normally just throw stuff together and hope it tastes good. I've been pretty lucky...so far. I decided to look through my vegetarian cookbook for tonight though, and I ended up making some baked macaroni and cheese with onions. It was delicious. And I even added bread crumbs, which the recipe did not call for. It made it 10 times better. I was a little bit proud. That's really all I've done with my evening so I don't have much else to be proud of today.

Yesterday I busted out with a two and a half mile run though. I was surprised, I haven't ran outside in a few weeks; I didn't expect to make it one block, but I just kept on truckin' and somehow made it two and half miles. I was mildly proud of that too. I also got the pleasure of watching a cat chase a chipmunk down the sidewalk for a few minutes while I was running too. That helped take my mind off the wheezing.

This is a little off topic, but what in the name of Jehovah's witness are the people upstairs doing? It sounds like they have a roller rink in their living room and are working on the triple axle, perhaps falling down a lot. I have no idea how they make that much noise. It's not even talking, or yelling or music. Just stomping and big booms. I would understand if this was just a one time occurrence, but it happens all the time...like now. Maybe they're compulsive furniture re-arrangers. I could understand that. I rearranged my room yesterday; I felt it needed better feng shui, and I think I achieved that. I'm feeling the flow now. My bed is now in the little nook that my desk used to be in. It's very cozy.

And thinking about my bed makes me want to quit my rambling and get in it. Sounds like a good idea to me. I have to be mildly awake for Spanish class tomorrow; we're watching a movie, which means I will be more likely to fall asleep than usual. 

Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. And if they do, whack 'em with a shoe till they turn black and blue.

(My grandma always used to add on the last part about whacking the bed bugs. It always used to make me laugh...and still does in fact.)

How do these things even get in my pocket...

I just opened the washing machine after washing a load of jeans. In the bottom of the machine I found 51 cents in change, a green lighter (still works), and a bouncy ball. One, I don't smoke. Two, where did the bouncy ball come from? I'm sure neither of these things were in the machine when I put the load in, because I checked to make sure there was no spare change from my roommate's laundry. I have no idea what to make of this little incident; I might have to hire a detective.

procrastination station

Well, I managed to sit on the couch watching television for almost 4 hours with my roommates. I had my spanish book and notebook open on my lap, pencil in hand, for the entire time. Do you think I actually wrote anything down? Nope. Nothing. So here I am, ready to go to bed, but I have to finish the homework. 

I tell myself I'll finish it in the morning, but I know I'm just a liar and it won't actually happen. This internal dialogue going on is like a kid convincing his mom he can go play video games because he'll do his homework in the morning, because that's when he's the "smartest". That is exactly the situation that's happening in my head. Except I'm a college student, so video games are replaced with sleep, sometimes in excessive amounts.

Why do I do this to myself? I need to learn self discipline. This whole procrastination thing isn't working out for me. And I just realized I am procrastinating this very moment. I should fix that.

I'm hanging on my every word

I've added one more word to my spanish paper in the last 5 hours. That word is "and." Well actually it's "y" but that means "and" in spanish. What will I write next? This is so suspenseful, I'm hanging on my every word. Maybe the next word will be "the." I can't wait to find out! This is the most exciting thing that's happened to me all day.

That's a lie. The most exciting thing that's happened all day was the slight collision of a skateboarder trying to show off and a biker who was just pedaling along minding his own business. I laughed out loud as I walked down the street to the bus stop. Unfortunately this collision was off in the distance so the people near me couldn't see it, and probably thought I was just some lunatic laughing at her own thoughts...which I do from time to time.

Enough random stories, I need to finish this darn paper. I'll be back in a WHEEL. (not the best pun I've made, but work with me here)

first post

Well, instead of finishing my spanish paper, I decided to create a blog. But now I can't think of anything to write about, so I guess I'll go back to the paper. I'll be back! And hopefully when I am I'll have completed this pointless essay.

Peace,

Danielle