I am having the most grand time at college, especially since I am no longer sick. Honestly, I probably had swine flu, and I am not fussed at all about it... except whatever I had, I think I gave it to Dan. My b.

Classes still totally rule; one of them has actually helped me decide what I want to do. Thanks to "Fossils, Primates, and Human Evolution", I think I want to do Paleontology with my life. Next summer, I want to go to the University's dig site in Wyoming and dig up stuff and party (and get credit for it!). I might even apply for a job at the Natural History Museum next year once I declare my major. I know it's really early to think about stuff like that, but it's something I've always been interested in! I know paleontology isn't really directly beneficial to society like nursing or law or something like that, but damn it, it's something I greatly enjoy... and that's what matters. :D

One of my roommates moved into an apartment as well, so I took the single. With two of us, there's almost too much space now, but whatever. It's not like we're ever home at the same time.

I have stuff to do, like always.

Tags: college
Current Mood: thirsty

So I'm all moved in to my dorm. It's not in the neighborhood I wanted (North Campus, which is far from everything), and also the dining hall is (A) shitty and (B) has even shittier hours, but it's actually not that bad. I'm in a triple, and my roommates are very nice.

However, we are fighting a losing battle with gravity. We have a bulletin board, whiteboard, and mirror, and ALL OF THEM have fallen down in the middle of the night. The mirror broke, too, and it cut me when I was tossing it into the dumpster. D: Oh well. I might make an adventure down to the convenience area on the engineering campus to go get better adhesive stuff (or just nail that bitch down; I have a hammer and nails but I don't think I'm technically supposed to use them).

But yeah. I'm excited for classes to start; my earliest one is at 9, and that's only once a week (however, it's the day I have the most classes and work until 10-ish, so we'll see how that goes). But I have one class on Friday, so hahahahaha.

Tags: college
Current Mood: hungry

Oh my god ham is the most delicious meat. Dan and I have eaten so much pork product over the last few days! We bought an eighth of a pound of every kind of bacon the deli sells (11 kinds, plus Irish back bacon, jowl, and pancetta), and he picked up a 12 pound cured ham on his way home from Virginia, which we cut into tonight. OH SHIT IT IS THE MOST DELICIOUS AND FLAVORFUL HAM I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE. AHHHHHH.

Current Mood: HAAAAAAM

I don't know if I ever mentioned it, but we had to put down my beloved Penny kitty in April, because she was wasting away from kidney failure. However, my parents decided that since I'm moving out in August or September or whenever, Nicholas is going to get quite lonely (not to mention the fact that Minnie, the other car, seemed lonely), and they said we could get another pet once school got out.

Fast forward to late June. We got back from visiting my dad's brother and his wife (and whom I've come to realize are my favorite uncle and aunt) in North Carolina, and Nick decided that he wants a cat. He'd thought about a dog, but my dad unequivocally denied it, because he didn't want to be responsible for it when Nick moved out in a couple years.

So one day, Nick and I went over to the pet store, and he was so excited. There were about eight kittens there, but only six of them were old enough to adopt yet. One of the two babies was a grey tabby, which Nick really wanted, but he was also down with a ginger tabby, which three of the adoptable kittens were. He also wanted a male, because apparently male ginger tabbies are super affectionate, and two of the aforementioned adoptable gingers were male. However, they both had long hair, which we knew the parents would disapprove of. (Minnie, now our alpha cat, is a calico but is mostly white, and she sheds enough for like three cats.) Enter the perfect baby:



She was sooooo affectionate in the pet store, and we were at a time in our summer where we had the time and resources to get a new cat. It was the time. We called mom. She said yes. We brought her home, and everyone agreed that she was adorable.

Nick decided to name her Lily. He had wanted to name a cat "The Good Doctor" so he could hand it to people and say "the Good Doctor can see you now!", and also we could call it "Doc". However, he decided that "you can't give female cats silly names". Mama calls her "Orange Tigerlily", because she is just so sweet.



She is adorable. Minnie has even warmed up to her... a little. Lily likes to chase her, which is hilarious. Lily also like to play a lot, and she is just too cute. Nick is also adorable with her. It is a good thing to have another cat. :D

Tags: cats
Current Location: with a cat all up in my grill
Current Mood: content

Dude check it out! http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/reviews/reviews_pioneer_urinetown.html Aren't we cool. And I get a mention for being fierce and poor, awesome!

Tags: theatre
Current Mood: accomplished

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423995/ I am a "featured extra" in that movie, Stone. Literally eight hours after my last post, John Curran, the director, approached me at Zingerman's while I was getting coffee with mi madre, and explained that they needed a redheaded girl to wave at Robert DeNiro in a scene. I accepted, and you will see me in theatres sometime in 2010. I am ENTIRELY SERIOUS. :D

Yeah, and it's got me to thinking... I'm financially responsible for half my undergrad tuition and any and all graduate school I might desire, and I am getting paid for Stone (less than I make at Zingerman's, but still money). My hairdresser also mentioned the last couple times I've gotten my hair cut that I could do hair modeling. Ha ha. Oh well, I've watched enough ANTM on YouTube to model a bit. lolz.

In other news, I've kept busy. I can't believe it's July already! People are going to start leaving soon. This saddens me, but I'm really, REALLY excited about next year. I still don't know where I'm living, though.

Tags: adventures
Current Mood: blah
Current Music: Return of the Jedi

Well, I graduated. How about that. Good job me.

... I am so excited for the ice cream cake I'm having at my party. :D

Tags: school, the future
Current Mood: accomplished

I am going to be a Wolverine! (... I decided on UMich.) I'm hype. Yeah, I'll miss vwampage, but he's only a train/bus ride away. Plus UMich lets me use my Michigan Promise scholarship. :D

In other news, Urinetown just closed... it was the first musical I ever really acted in; I played Josephine Strong, the main character's mom. It was an interesting experience, all in all. Sometimes fun, sometimes decidedly not, it was definitely worth it.

In other, other news, I have 12 real days of high school left. Hell yeah. I'm going to the proms of both my schools, my bff Dan is probably coming to graduation, for senior skip day I'm going to the zoo, and May is just an absolutely gorgeous month. Hooray.

Tags: college, school, the future, theatre, urinetown
Current Mood: content

So I just spent the last few days in Madison, Wisconsin with vwampage. I had fallen in love with the school when we went on his orientation in July, but I was still kind of holding out for the University of Michigan. Anyway, those few days were great (and yet somehow still typical days!). I thought I was supposed to get UMich's final decision on me yesterday, and since I had heard nothing, I assumed I got waitlisted, so I made a note to go talk to my counselor on Monday and inquire about it. Honestly, I have not taken state-sponsored standardized tests for the last 13 years only to not use the money I've won.

Anyway, I got home today and had some dinner, watched Jeopardy, the usual. I checked my email, and lo and behold... "CONGRATS! YOU'RE IN!", love from UMich.

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*SQUEE*

Yeah, now I have a really, really tough decision to make. I made a huge pro/con list while in Madison... some of these are really quite petty, I know, but enough are legit.

University of Wisconsin in Madison
PROS
It's far away. It's got an exciting atmosphere. It's a completely new scene. Transport is easy. The scenery is beautiful! It's a very green-minded campus. It'll be an adventure! There's a lake. Midwestern friendliness is present. I love their dining plan. The science department is quite baller. There's a legit agriculture/life sciences school. I'll have freedom from my family. I'll have the chance to completely reinvent myself. There are many travel-abroad opportunities. I would be forced to learn independence. I'd be living in the Women in Science and Engineering learning community ("WISE"; probably). There are crazy research opportunities. It's a hella chill place. There's a great college-town part of town. I'd meet new people.

CONS
It's far away. It's a completely new scene. I'd be far away from Dan. I doubt I'd get much money from them (I'm out of state and with kinda average grades). It's not my home turf (and I'm kind of an elitist, cocky asshole). There'll be time difference from home. I won't be able to keep an eye on my brother. Midwestern friendliness is present. I couldn't keep working at Zingerman's during the year. I am unsure of the performing musical scene. I'm forbidden (by my band director and musician parents) to join the marching band (they got in a lot of trouble last year). I'd have to vote by absentee ballot. Red looks really bad on me. I wouldn't have my family around. I'd still be a Wolverine at heart when it comes to football. I can't use the money I won from state testing all my life. I'd have to transfer all my funds. I am unsure of the logistics of getting a teaching certificate (and even if I did, it would probably only be for Wisconsin). I'd be forced to learn independence. I feel like I would be riding on David's coattails by already having so many research opportunities open to me. I'd be forced to meet new people. WISE isn't a coed floor. I wouldn't be able to get home for things like my birthday and such.

University of Michigan
PROS
It's home. It's cheaper. I could keep working at Zingerman's during the year. I know the performing music scene well. I could chill with Dan. It's familiar. I could get scholarship money easier (I'm in-state). I could get a job at the Natural History Museum! I could keep an eye on my brother. There's the river and the arb. The science department is also quite baller. I could be in the marching band. I'd have some freedom. I look fetching in maize & blue. I'd have the resources of home (possible car use, etc). I already know the whole fight song. I could use the money I've won from testing for the last 13 years. There are travel-abroad opportunities. All of my money is already in a UM Credit Union account. I've only just started to appreciate town. I could get a Michigan teaching certificate and keep jobs here. The college-town part of town is baller. I'd probably be living on a coed floor. I'd be learning new things about town that I didn't already know. I'd be near Lizzie.

CONS
They're not the friendliest. It's home. There's so many people I can't stand here. It's snobby as hell. I can't escape my family. It's not as much of an adventure. There isn't a real ag/lifesci school. My parents would still be all up in my business. People know me. No real change of scenery. I already know so much about town. I'm not sure about research opportunities. It's kind of a good-ol'-boys network. It's the "safe" choice.

Yeah. It's gonna be hard. Honestly, it might boil down to who gives me more scholarships... argh. This is AWESOME, but totally annoying.

Tags: college, the future
Current Mood: HELL TO THE YEAH!

I got into the school of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! I don't know yet if I'm actually going to go there, but I'm happy nonetheless. I initially got deferred from there and from U-Mich, but I haven't heard from them yet.

In other news, competition got all the way to States, and we placed second (Holland Public can go die in a fire-- they always do spectacles, and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" is the definition of "spectacle"). But all that I really cared about was the Golden Truck, which we won, and it was good. Check it out: http://ptguild2.aaps.k12.mi.us/ I'm the ginger one in the back on the front page. Truck crew ftw!

Right now we're doing Urinetown, which I'm actually in, lololololol. I'm the main character's mom: Josephine Strong. I have lines and solos and I'll get a mic and everything! It's pretty exciting... except for the part where I'm still the props designer and mentor and the girls haven't done shit about UT yet because they're worrying about our straight show, The Heidi Chronicles (which was absolutely nothing to do with a Swiss girl who raises goats). Ah well.

Tags: college, competition, school, theatre