Life of the Balletic, Chemistry Student

2004-08-14T15:28:00.000-07:00

New Blog

http://www.tireswingaustin.blogspot.com/

2004-05-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

Jimmy sums the last 2 days up well...
These moments we're left with
May you always remember
These moments are shared by few
And those harbor lights
Aw they're coming into view
We bid our farewell much too soon
So drink it up
This one's for you
Honey, it's been a lovely cruise

Graduation Day
I cried. I went to my graduation first, and I will miss my lovely 16 compadres of Chemistry. Only 17 students graduated out of the Chemistry Department and we all knew each other pretty well. They will be greatly missed. I hope some will be my colleagues later in life. After graduation was weird, but finally closing a chapter on my life. Sal and I ended things well. I wish all of my friends good luck in the future. I hope we can all attend our high school reunion and learn how successful everyone is in their lives.

Matt stole the show
Well, he did look mighty cute in his graduation robe. :). I am very proud of Matthew. I love him so much and I hope that we have fun and prosper in Austin. Thank God he came into my life.

Well, guys, it has been a good journey and now the new one begins in August as I work for my Ph.D. I hope in 5 years to be receiving my doctoral robe from UT. Good luck in your future endeavors. It has been a lovely cruise...

2004-05-18T13:04:00.000-07:00

I got a 4.0...
Too late for it to actually have an effect on my GPA. Maybe if I would have had about 4 4.0 semesters, I would be graduating Cum Laude. But no, a 3.55 at LSU does not qualify as Cum Laude. EVEN though it IS AN A average. That's bullshit. Oh well, I should not complain anyway. My life is great. Everyone is coming in for graduation, including my friend from Texas that went to TCU with me. She is even going to Italy with me next week. Hah, I leave in almost a week to go to Italy. I need to learn some Italian.

Little kids in dance
We have the annual Dancers' Workshop Informance on Wednesday and I will be glad it is over with by then. I have 5 classes to help with onstage and they are all stupid. I hope we do not have a major disaster.

This will be me on Friday.

2004-05-06T12:25:00.000-07:00

I am officially finished...With classes
Yeah Yeah Yeah, I had my last class to day as an undergraduate. It is rather exciting and I am completely ready to move. I have two finals next week and I will be done officially on Thursday night.

16 Days Left

Last night...
I went drinking with my chemistry class. And if you think we are not fun, go visit the following website of our pictures.
The CHEM 4553 Class party at Serranos.
Wow, Serranos was packed last night. They had a band in their parking lot and you could not move. I had so much fun and got insanely drunk. Chemistry majors do have fun.

Long time since last post
Sorry about that. Matthew's godson's 2 year old birthday party was last weekend. I had my 4553 presentation about my research on Monday. Tuesday, I had Organometallics homework, and Wednesday I had a research paper due.

2004-04-26T15:11:00.000-07:00

Baseball Player of the Week

J.C. Holt, whose batting average is .418.

Another Crawfish Boil
I am starting to get tired of crawfish now. And I did not have fun.
I should have gone to the Chemistry Crawfish Boil in town instead.

Helping with Jr. Company
Susan asked me to help her with Junior Company rehearsals. They are performing Les Sylphides, AGAIN!! As if it has not been performed enough by the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre. I performed it twice in a period of 3 years time and that was enough. Anyway, I am just helping restage it and not falling asleep on stage.

LSU players get drafted
Michael Clayton goes to Tampa Bay in 1st round

Devery "Boo-Boo" Henderson in the 2nd round to Saints

Marquise Hill in 2nd round to LSU-North (New England Patriots)

Stephen Peterman to Dallas in 3rd round

Chad Lavalais in the 5th to the Falcons

Donnie Jones in the 7th to Seattle

Matt Mauck in the 7th to Denver

Free Agents
Eric Alexander and Randall Gay with New England Patriots
Adrian Mayes and Eric Edwards with the Arizona Cardinals
Chemistry major Jack Hunt with Tampa Bay
Rodney Reed with Atlanta

2004-04-18T21:41:00.000-07:00

So much to do, too little time

About Austin Again
For Spring Break, I went to Austin and finally found the nice apartment the day Matt and I were supposed to leave. But while I was there, I met up with an old ballet friend Liz. Liz is doing great and loves Austin. Although she got injured and had to quit Ballet Austin, she is still highly enjoying herself and does not want to leave. That is a good sign. But, it was wonderful to hear from my old friend. And I live the next exit over from her. I know people in Austin. Also, the LSU Alumni Chapter in Austin is gigantic, so that is a wonderful way to meet knew people.

My LOOOOOONG week

Last week would not stop. It was dragging on and on.... The week after spring break is always the worst because I have just spent a week of doing nothing pertaining to school and then I am shoved back into a world when things actually have a deadline. So, Monday, I did not show up for research and went to my long ass Instrumental lab where I stayed for 5 hours and then went straight to ballet to teach. Tuesday, same thing pretty much except for Dr. Stanley keeping us over a couple of minutes. We never have a break in that class. Went straight to ballet again to teach the little ones, which is something you have to brave. Wednesday, I am finally back in the groove and stupid Onur does not show up for research. Remembering I have eOrganiometallics homework due the next day, I trek to the Chemistry Library (that's where I live in case you need me) and proceed with my homework. And then my lab partner and I did not work on our senior research project, so I went home having accomplished nothing. Thursday mainly consisted of working on a lab report with the awesome P. Chem lab group. Except, I will kill Boyd if he says "Holla" one more time in his Cajun Vacherie, back roads, Louisiana accent. Anyway, Friday was for tutoring and driving to Grande Isle.

Grande Isle Trip

Ha, 3 hours to Grande Isle. Not bad time to get to the beach. Have you ever slept in a tent on the beach. I want you to try; it's uncomfortable without a sleeping bag, which I completely forgot mine. All I had was a blanket, which with the Gulf wind as bad as it was, made me extremely cold. Matt had to wrap around me so I wouldn't freeze to death. It was awful. Well, we go there Friday and there were so many people on the beach. It was Bird Watching Weekend in Grande Isle, but who the hell goes to watch birds. Anyway, we set up camp and waited for the rest of the group to show up. Most of them showed up at night because my friends are so much older than me and have full time jobs. We had fun. Drinking all weekend on the beach is fun. We had a fire and made S'mores and stayed up until 3. You usually wake up at sunrise and from the noise of the seagulls. That sucks. You also have to walk to days to get to the restrooms and bath house. So, I just went to the bathroom in the trees. Can you imagine me doing all of this?
Saturday, we had a crawfish boil and drank heavily some more. We waited until 7 to leave the Island. Needless to say, I am extremely sunburned because I am pasty white. I even had SPF 45 on, except I forgot my feet and ears. I can not even wear shoes. I will see how that goes when I have lab all day tomorrow.

Today I went to a BRBT Luncheon and it was boring as usual. Ms. Polly gave me $100 for graduation and is going to recover Matt's couch. How awesome is she!!!!! Only thing this week is finishing the senior project and an Organometallics test. I have 2 more crawfish boils to go to, but none like one on the Island.

Baseball Player of the Week
Clay Dirks, for being a excellent pitcher. And a nice guy, I might add. I met him at our baseball party.

2004-04-11T21:04:00.000-07:00

Baseball Player of the Week
They all sucked. If I had to pick one: John Zeringue. Matt's family claims him as a cousin. Although, all the coon-ass Zeringues are related.

2004-04-11T20:58:00.000-07:00

Unbelievable
1. It took me two and a half days to find an apartment. Also, we got a two bedroom/2 bathroom that is $750 a month. The apartment is great. It is set in the hills with a creek running through it and it has a mini park with picnic tables.

2. LSU Tiger baseball sucks!! How can one team lose to mediocre Arkansas nasty hogs. This sucks.

3. Spring Break is over! :(

Alright, I will talk later because I am so tired and still have not recovered from my trip. I just want to sleep until Graduation.

2004-04-03T20:21:00.000-08:00

LSU Baseball Player of the Week...

IVAN Naccarata. He hit a two-run homerun to win the game over Auburn.

2004-04-03T20:18:00.000-08:00

I already get a raise

I have not even started at UT, and I am already getting a raise of $1000. Now, my total is $20,000/year, tuition paid, and Health Insurance.

2004-04-03T20:06:00.000-08:00

Going to Texas tomorrow

We will see how this trip goes...
I have to find an apartment. Because I am going to Italy after graduation, Spring Break is the only time frame I can go find an apartment. Matthew and I are both going, as he is moving to Austin too.

I want to graduate and go to Italy now!!!

2004-03-29T21:29:00.000-08:00

Found this while browsing for a Spongebob picture
Why???
Church of Spongebob Website

2004-03-29T20:55:00.000-08:00

First of all: Lady Tigers Advance to Final Four
For the first time in school history, the LSU Women's Basketball Team is going to the Final Four. Pokey is bringing them back home to New Orleans. Oh: good things happen in New Orleans for the Tigers in Championship games.

Dad's Birthday

It is my daddy's 48th birthday. All he wanted was cheesecake, so I made him two cheesecakes for dinner. Matt and I went out to Watson to his house and ate dinner with the family. Francinne cooked. All the stepsisters were there, even the brat. The middle child is awful and always in a bad mood. She has middle child syndrome. (Hmm, the ex has that I think) She treats Francinne so badly, and that is the main reason why I can't stand her. But you know how bad teenagers are; triple or quadruple that attitude. She is worse: rude and always in need of attention. Oh well, I will stop bickering. I'm just glad I had an older brother and not any sisters. I would kill them if they acted like my stepsister.

My Fat Cat
So, my calico cat Allie is huge. 14 pounds, I believe. The cat is crazy. Every morning at 4:30, she wakes me up because she hears the birds. So, of the 3 windows in my apartment, she chooses the one in my bedroom and sits on the window sill to chirp and meow at the birds. Now, does she have to choose my window in my bedroom. In the middle of her rude awakening, she runs around the apartment screaming and meowing. She will also start jumping up against the wall and the doors to try to get into the closet. When she bangs on the closet, it makes a banging sound. So, I read somewhere that you should put a cat in a dark place when they get roused up. And with my luck, that does not work on Allie. After an hour or two locked up in the bathroom, she starts to bang against the door again because she still hears the birds. The bathroom contains all of her needs, so I can not control Allie. Oh well, I thought I would have sleep this semester, but the cat wakes me up every night.

Going to Austin
This weekend, I finally get to go to Austin and find an apartment. Finally.

2004-03-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

Ballet Moms
Alright, they are starting early. Ballet moms, my mom used to be one and tries to still be one except she can't. So, she somehow got on BRBT's Ballet Board and still enjoys being around the drama. Ballet moms, once they realize what is at stake, start early and become obsessive "laying down the law" mothers. Most of them make their daughters go to ballet (no matter how much homework they have to do), watch what their daughters eat (and tell them they are fat), and then stick their dang noses and walk around the studio like they own and paid for the new addition.

Oh, so yesterday I taught all the little children and we have one girl who is obviously sick. The little girl is 3 years old and is cold and shivering, running a fever, and coughing. We bring her out to her mother and explain what is going on, and her mother asks us to bring her back in the classroom because her "daughter should be in class and needs to learn more." Okay, so get all the teachers and other students sick because your daughter has to learn more. Learn more my ass: we do the same combination with those kids everyday. Now, the other teacher did not feel good.

We also had about six other sick kids there and their parents still brought them to class. The parents we put up with at the ballet studio. I love teaching ballet, but I can not stand some of those parents.

Baseball Player of the Day/Game

Dustin Weaver hit a home run to put Tigers in the lead on Tuesday. The poor guy is a backup catcher and overcoming a shoulder injury. What a way to come back.

Bye Coach Emmert
LSU searches for new Chancellor
I just hope we find someone who will keep the value of our degrees high.
Emmert leaving will truly affect sports...

2004-03-23T20:33:00.000-08:00

A big day for LSU sports
1. LSU football team visits the White House
Quite an accomplishment for the National Champions. Only one thing wrong: As their reward, they met Bush.

2. LSU Baseball Team wins ball game against Centenary.
Our Baseball team is ranked #1. College World Series, here we come.

3. LSU Lady Tiger Basketball advances to Sweet Sixteen.
Yes, a repeat of last year because they meet Texas except in the Sweet Sixteen, not the Elite Eight.
HMMM, my present school playing my future school. Interesting. I will always be a Tiger fan.

Interim Coach, Pokey Chapman

...who I think should be next head Coach once skeletor (aka Sue Gunter retires)

I am sticking to my guns
Sorry to offended anyone with my views, but I am entitled to my own opinion. Hence the concept of my individualism. Okay!

GO TIGERS!!!!

2004-03-22T20:44:00.000-08:00

March Madness...Just give me Baseball.

I do not get March Madness.

The LSU Fighting Tiger Baseball Team is #1. And what did our Basketball team do (the men, not the women).

American's pastime-Yummy boys playing ball. I have had the privilege to meet several of the LSU baseball players this past summer at Matt;s Grandparents house. His grandparents hosted a party for the boys after they returned from Summer Ball. They are the nicest people. And I finally got to meet Clay Harris, the 1st/3rd baseman I had a crush on before Matthew came along. I had my picture taken with him too.

As much as these boys throw a baseball around, they can not throw horseshoes.

What happened to our values...
I am not going to ramble on very much about this because Ican sum up my point very easily. Our values in society have been lost. Where did they go? First of all, what is the deal with all these people having random sex. Now, times have changed. I know, I know, and people do not wait until marriage. Believe me, I have not waited. I still believe, though, that you should truly love the person and know that you will eventually or want to actually start a life with that person. Random sex is not good, in my eyes. IT should be out of love. And, maybe I am still a romantic, but I also think that it is important.

Oh well, Goodnight and GO SEE THE BALLET.

2004-03-22T20:38:00.000-08:00

Ballet

Go see BRBT's "Tapestry"
A collection of works
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Centoplex Theatre of Performing Arts

2004-03-19T20:48:00.000-08:00

I get to reject schools

A newly found discovery: I get to reject Universities. Haha. I have to write each one and tell them that I do not accept their offer for graduate school and that I will be attended somewhere else. Wow, the tables have turned. This makes me so happy.
I just emailed Notre Dame and rejected their offer for a free trip.

I also did that to Emory. I wonder why Rice hasn't sent me any notice: I think I did not get accepted. But that is strange, because I was accepted to the 12th and 15th school in the Nation for Chemistry and Rice is lower than they are. Oh well, I did not want to go their anyway.

I have been teaching too many little kids ballet lately. I had 12 5 years olds today, and I have two classes of little ones tomorrow after my usual middle school bunch. And I get to teach them on Monday too.
Maybe I should just pop in the video tape and let them learn themselves.

This makes up for the money I lost when I went on all of those free trips. DARN!! I don't care; I am getting paid $19000 next year plus free health insurance, and no tuition. I have to T.A. Organic chemistry lab. Weee. And I hated that lab.

2004-03-17T20:52:00.000-08:00

Dave is Cool!

I think he is picking his nose.

2004-03-17T20:32:00.000-08:00

Growing up
I have been in thought a while about my future move to Austin. I know that I will be happy there, but hope that Matt will too. I am excited and hope that the next 5 years. I also realized that I am graduating in 2 months. I went home today to mom's house to pick up my invitations and in my graduation robe is hanging in my closet. I always wondered how stepping across that stage to receive my diploma would feel like knowing that the next 5 years will be spent in a lab just to obtain another degree so my value as a chemist would go up. And then it hit me: I will be doing what I want to do, something a lot of folks can not say. I am so happy that I have chosen the right path for this phase in my life.

I'm happy....
I am going to Austin for my Spring Break with Matt, so that we can find an apartment. We are going to get a 3-bedroom, for any of you curious people. One is my bedroom, one mat's, and the other we will call Matt's "Man-Room" or LSU room. So, that means we have an extra bedroom and we want visitors. IF you come visit me, you probably will not see me much because I will be living in a lab trying to publish for my professor. I have to decide who to work for??? AGGHHH!!

Element of the Day: Oxygen, without which we can not live.
Jimmy Song of the Day: Volcano

2004-03-15T15:31:00.000-08:00

Breast Cancer Awareness

Visit this site and click to give an underprivelaged woman a mammogram.

Click the Fund Breast Cancer Mammograms

The Periodic Table of Elements Song

2004-03-15T15:28:00.000-08:00

I'm stealing things from other blogs...
It's all about me day (in case you did not know). :)

Firsts
First job: Assisting ballet classes for 3, 4, and 5 year olds. Hmm, I still do that.
First best friend: Jamie
First car: Pontiac sunbird
First real kiss: the guy i dated in high school
First screen name: Candace82- hasn't changed because my dad the computer geek had AOL way before it became popular.
First self purchased album: probably Green Day's Dookie
First funeral: My great Uncle Tinker
First piercing/tattoo: Ears at 4 years of age
First credit card: MasterCard, still have it.
First enemy: Jamie, that first best friend
First Crush: some guy named Paco (ha) in second grade
First music you remember hearing in your house: The Beatles

Lasts
Last Cigarette: Summer after 8th grade.
Last Alcoholic Drink: Some kind of Carolina beer that I had at the UNC-Chapel Hill party at some professors house.
Last Car Ride: Coming home today from school. I have to go back again.
Last Good Cry: 2 weeks ago when I was sick. Thank God for Matthew.
Last Library Book checked out: What kind of question is this? Library; the only library I am in is the Chemistry Library and the only books I read are Chemistry books.
Last Film Seen at the Cinema: Ha-Just married. Matt and I have better things to do than go see movies. HEHE!
Last Book Read Fully: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Last Film Rented: Piglet's Big Movie
Last Bad Word: Shit, when I stubbed my toe last night.
Last Beverage Drunk: Water
Last Food Consumed: Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Last Crush: Matthew
Last Phone: Matthew and Ms. Patty (Matt's mom)
Last TV Show Watched: Oprah
Last Time Showered: Last night
Last Shoes Worn: Tennis shoes
Last CD Played: gotta be Jimmy Buffett
Last Item Bought: cinnamon roll at the Houston Airport
Last Download: it's probably Matt downloading Jimmy
Last Annoyance: My cat; she wakes me up every morning
Last Disappointment: leaving Matt to go to UNC-Chapel Hill when I knew I was not going there anyway.
Last Soda Drank: Sprite last Saturday
Last Thing Written: Saturday
Last Key Used: y
Last Words Spoken: bye bye
Last Sleep: Last night to this morning
Last Ice Cream Eaten: Blue Bell's Strawberry and Vanilla
Last Time Amused: this morning when Matt made his face
Last Time Wanting To Die: never
Last Time In Love: 3 weeks after last year's new years. I'm still in love.
Last Time Hugged: this morning when Matt woke me up
Last Chair Sat In: My new office chair.
Last Web page Visited: Danielle's Blog

Now
Single or Taken: taken
sex: female: I did not think your sex ever changed, unless you had special surgery.
Birthday: Nov. 24, 1982
Sign: Sagittarius
Siblings: Stephen (29)
Hair Color: Medium Brown with red highlights
Eye Color: Green or Hazel- whatever they want to be
Shoe Size: 8
Height: 5'7 1/2''

Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Song: too many to say
Favorite Movie: Monty Python's "Holy Grail" and Harry Potter movies
Favorite Book: don't read much
Favorite TV Show: Friends (duh), Will and Grace
Favorite Season: Spring
Favorite Store: I need a makeover

Crush: Don't have one, because I love Matt.
Best Friend: Has to be Matt. But also people who don't live here: Justin, Melisa, and Megan. And I miss Nicole and Danielle.
Hobby: Dancing and Relaxing.
Most Prized Possession: Autographed baseball of Skip Bertman.
Have you been kissed? Umm, Yes.
Do you have a boyfriend? YES
What do you like in boys? The eyes and an amazing sense of humor, and making me feel that I am the only thing in the room.
What is your best quality? My eyes and my SMILE.
What is your goal? Ph.D from TEXAS and post doc. in Louisiana and become a professor and researcher.
What do you like most? Stopping and laying down in my bed and listening to soft music.
Least? Pretentious sorority girls.
What is your favorite word? I need to stop saying Like, but I do not have a favorite word.
What is the coolest thing you've done? Confronted my enemies.

2004-03-11T20:04:00.000-08:00

Going to North Carolina

Even though the school's administration sucks, I am going to visit UNC for the free trip. I just hope that I do not fall in love with the school, because I want to go to Texas. I feel that Texas is where I need to be. So, am I done rambling here today.
I'll be back early on Sunday. Bye!

UTAustin is beautiful

2004-03-10T20:40:00.000-08:00

I need a Margarita, and man I love Jimmy Buffett.

2004-03-10T17:07:00.000-08:00

SO I have to update My Blog...

Thanks "little dude" for asking me to update my blog, and just DISREGARD the fact that you have not updated YOUR blog. Okay, my rant and rave is over. I will not give you much hell for it "little one" :)

I am going to _________ for Graduate School

Please tell me I am crazy, but I am going to pick my school before I visit UNC-Chapel Hill. Let's say that Chapel Hill's administration is stupid. They have asked for my flight itenerary 4 times. They also sent me a letter asking me for info regarding my visit. They wanted to know when I was coming and if I was taking a plane, and the professors I wanted to meet with. I had already sent that 3 weeks ago!! Hell, I can't stand these people already.

Anyway: I think (drum roll please) UT-Austin is my choice. So, there everyone!! Big surprise: I am going back to Texas. I just hope Matt likes it. We are going to visit on Spring Break.

I found the Asian version of an old friend...

I met the Asian Danielle today. Well, she is the Asian version of when my friend was in high school. She even had her voice and the sense of style from high school. Okay, I have to go eat. Maybe I will bake something. I leave Friday for Chapel Hill. A Waste of their money (at least it is their $$$).

2004-03-04T21:01:00.000-08:00

Going back to my Second Home state (good 'ol Texas)
So, I am all packed for Texas tomorrow. In some way, I am going home. I have always loved Texas. I would live there if I could. The only problem that Texas has is the fact that President Bush is from there. I can not stand him, as most of my friends do too. On the other hand, Matt likes W and it gets fun when we discuss politics. Although I am a democrat, I am very conservative in my thinking. So, I guess I am not a true Democrat in the sense.

Back to Texas. I lived there for one of the best year and a half of my life. That was the big learning experience in which I have grown into the person I am today. In Texas, I rediscovered my faith, myself, and a new love of life. I also went through some big changes and finally understood that high school life is very petty. I moved on. You never truly understand yourself until you move away from home and friends by yourself, and develop a new life with new friends and create a new home. That is why Texas has a big part of my heart. Leaving Louisiana made me realize how much I love our state and how much I want to contribute to Louisiana to make this state better. My goal is to obtain a PhD in Chemistry, and come back to Louisiana. When I come back, I plan to do postdoctoral research somewhere, and then I would like to teach as a professor at LSU. But I'll take another Louisiana University. I do not want to be a part of the infamous "brain drain" Louisiana suffers from.

But, Texas would be a wonderful place to spend 5 years. Especially Austin, which is very unique in its style. So much to do and so much culture. I will make my decision after my visit to UNC-Chapel Hill, but I am not exactly keen on Chapel Hill. It is exciting to know that I have 5 options to date (still waiting to hear from Rice), but I feel that UT and UF offer the best for organic synthetic chemistry. I enjoyed UF a great deal and I think Matthew is hoping I choose Florida. We will see. So keep me in mind this weekend. I will return Sunday and I will post details about my trip. Au Revior.

2004-03-03T20:29:00.000-08:00

Change of plans
I did not go to the basketball game, but Matthew made dinner instead. He umpires LHSSA baseball and his game went over. But he can cook. You know, he has taught me more about cooking. I made my first stew the other day, and it was better than my dad's. HA!! I'm a baker!!! I find it stress relieving to bake cookie, muffins, banana bread, and any type of cake or pie. I also find coloring and ballet stress relieving too.

Something for the Chemistry majors, because we are superior.
You know you are Chemistry major if...
1. You are so bored with biology because it's just memorization.
2. You have 2 labs every semester.
3. Most of your homework consists of lab reports.
4. A pair of periodic table socks.
5. You read labels to see if you know the structures of the components.
6. You always have that goggle ring on your face.
7. Your after school job is at school working in a lab.
8. You know all of the Chemistry majors by name.
9. You are always wearing pants, long sleeves, and closed toed shoes.
10. You have two pairs of periodic table socks.

Oh, and I do have two pair of periodic table socks. Both Christmas presents from my mom last year and the year before. I will discuss my obsession with socks another day.

2004-03-03T15:01:00.000-08:00

I'm published
The Journal of the American Chemical Society has posted my paper on the web. I am so excited. Check it out!!! Today was a bore: proposal for Instrumental Chem Lab was due today. The only good thing about this project is we are analyzing alcohol. Drinking party after we are finished.

I am going to the basketball game tonight. I hope we win. I go to watch the crazy ass students. Matthew has tickets across from the students, so we get to have fun laughing at them. I do not like basketball, but I have gotten used to the squeaky shoes. I would rather be watching baseball. Those guys are nice. We had a party for some of the team at Matthew's grandparents house in the summer.

I am waiting for graduation: MAY 21st, 2004. We still have 3 months. Matt's grandparents are hosting our graduation party and we are going to have fun. My grammy is coming from California mainly for the party. She is so proud because I am the only granddaughter and her oldest grandchild. Then, I get to go to Italy for 2 weeks with my mom and friend from TCU. I need to learn how to speak Italian. Oh well, gotta get ready for the basketball game.

2004-03-02T21:24:00.000-08:00

Okay, my first blog and it's a little frightening that all you people are going to know what I think. Oh, well. Right now, I am in my winding down ritual before I go to bed: watching David Letterman and then Friends. Every night; oh my life is so boring. Actually, it is not. I spent the day sick in bed and then lugged my lard ass to the ballet studio to help teach 20 4-year olds whose parents have no idea of how to control their children. Their are 4 people who help with this class, and my God, we need more. Or those parents need to teach their kids some manners.

Anyway, my big decision of where to go to Graduate School is coming up. So, you tell me: University of Texas, University of Florida, or that's all I'm going to consider. I have been accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill, Emory, and Notre Dame, but none of them seem appealing enough to spend the next 5 years of my life. I also have a boyfirend to think about because Matthew is moving with me. WOOH: BIG STEP IN MY LIFE. I can't tell the grandparents. They would die if the only relative left in the world who hasn't sinned (yeah right) is shacking up with her boyfriend. Now, I am going to be in the Dog House with the grandmother. OH, the wonderful comments I am going to hear.

Well, I did visit Florida. My only impression: WOW. They have so much $$$. How in the world LSU thinks they can compare themselves to other SEC schools is beyond me. UF (yes, that gators), have 4 (count them) Chemistry buildings, all refurbished labs, and new teaching laboratories. I might just go there, but I will NEVER be a GATOR. Yuck. Well, I will say that UF kicks LSU in the ass on facilities. Matthew went with me and managed to spit on the SWAMP. Oh, and how they hate Ron Zook and want Spurrier to come back. Yeah right.

OKay, I have babbled too too much and I will figure out where I will go after I visit UT this weekend. I am going to UNC, but I do not want to go there. Hell, it's a FREE trip and so I am taking advantage. All of the weekends are paid for, including airline tickets. PLus when I go there: tuition and I get a stipend. I picked the right Major. Sorry Liberal Arts majors. I have to go now: my cat has a burr up her butt and is running around the apartment screaching. I'm sure my neighbors appreciate the constant meowing and me sreaming to Allie. Bye for now.