This Boy...

So, this past year I've been hanging around campus...doing the usual - taking classes, being a sorority girl, and chillin' with my peeps. But lately, I have been noticing this boy! He is not my type...actual just the opposite. Anyways, I see him everywhere. I am not sure if I have a crush on him....but since I see him at every corner, and my mind can't help to think about who he is. I could just go up to him and ask his name... and be the stalker we all are on Facebook.com. It really is that simple, but I think i like the anonymity. Its this weird thing of imagining his personality and who he is. He probably is just the opposite in real life, and I don't want to be disappointed. Maybe till we official meet, I'll have to just have to enjoy the mysteriousness. haha!
But the other day I was out on a bike ride on the Fern Ridge path. I usually go out till West 11th past the target region, but as I was 20 minutes into the ride I saw him. He was on his road bike zooming off in the opposite direction onto the other side of the forked path. He didn't see me because of this big shrub..bush...tree. But I saw him. Within the possibilities of choices, my biked changed directions, following him onto the nearby street. I followed...cough cough...stalked this boy for ten minutes...completely legit - I was on a bike ride too, right? Anyways, we parted ways...alas. Actually the truth is that the light turned red when I reached the intersection. It was God and all his mighty ways of saying STOP! RED LIGHT! haha! I guess boys are still red lights. haha! anyways, it made my evening till the next time I see this boy...

Home Sweet Home?

My summer classes just finished...hoorah! I procrastinated to the last minute...I turned in my research paper five minutes before the deadline...phew! But now that I am free, free as a bird to fly high, I am just busying myself with friends and books. I probably should clean the apartment though. My roommate, Alison, moved out without even letting me know. I mean her stuff is still here, I am sleeping on her futon since my mattress in back breaking, but she hasn't set foot in the apartment in over a week and half. She's back home and Portland...hope all is well, really!
But last week was average... stress from my own procrastination, and work! I went to the beach- Florence,OR and it was beautiful. There were these sand dunes that were fun to jump around in. Later my friends and I made a sand castle...well, we attempted to make a sand castle. We ended up digging a massive hole in sand to get access to water, and then tripping in the hole non stop!haha! Good 'Ole Mo's is where we picked up some grub and headed back to E-Town! Its was beautiful day all in all. This week...has been stressful, as mentioned earlier due to my expertise in procrastination. But this past Thursday, I was relieved from my academic work. Now, all I have is work, and the hopes to finish two books - Shantaram by Gregory Roberts and Tirstan by Gottfried Von Strassburg. i just think the author's name of the latter book is amazing. I wish people still had names like that - Gottfried Von Straussburg...sounds very important and educated. People are now Chris and James...what happened to to the Thaddeus, Theodores, and Bartholomews of our generation. SAD!!! Anyways, the book is the epic age old story of Tristan and Isolde...Romance!
This past Wednesday, there was an HC photo shoot for new brochures and pamphlets. Students in the area came together and poised in awkward situation with professor's pretending to carry on a dialogs. I was in a few scenarios, but the best was with the new science prof. Sam. She had this massive horse femur in her hands, and we had to pretend to be intrigued by this massive calcified structure. Anyways, I was trying to help by asking question, so it didn't seem out interaction was to contrived. My question was - When horses break their legs, why is it such a big mishap, why do they have to put the horse "down"? Well, she answered the question, and then said, "Does anyone else have stupid questions?" CAN YOU BELIEVE THE PROFESSOR SAID -STUPID QUESTION...ugh! I am never taking a class from her.
Anyways, I have two weeks of nothing but work. Babysitting and my front desk position. I think they'll be fun and relaxing. After that, I will be going home for the month of September, to spends so quality time with my folks. I am a little worried...I tend to get bored in that town and can become quite cranky...But I guess I'll make the best of it! Towards the end of the month, I am going on a cruise...so stoked about that! It will be the perfect refresher before college starts all over again!

California Bound

So...life has been exquisite lately! Friends, fun and San Fran! Even though I am sitting in my overheated apartment sweating off marbles...I still am having a blast. I am behind on my school work...but yet, I have had such an amazing time this past week! Everything seems so enjoyable! It began with the random book club admires of Twilight I met randomly. We just read the series cover to cover and devoured every romantic moment, and wished the Edward Cullen was real. UHH!! if only! But then after nights of debates over Twilight (which I have to admit can be embarrassing) I was invited to go to SAN FRANCISCO the next day. An impromptu road trip...I am in! It was a blast! Even though gas was the main expense I still enjoyed the bay area and the perfect weather. The agenda was filled with the normal tourist spots, but SAN FRAN is a city to remember... HAIGHT & ASHBURY, FISHERMAN'S WHARF, PIER 39, THE CHOCOLATE SQUARE, THE GORGEOUS ARCHITECTURE + GIRLFRIENDS = A freakin' awesome time! We just explored, people watched and took a $5 boat ride! I managed to moon the other tourists with my Marylin Monroe move, when my skirt blew up! YIKES! and was accosted by a drug dealer...sketch. But that just added to the hype of being in a big city....as bella would put- DAZZLING! haha...inside joke! The nights were filled with yummy feasts provided mr and mrs Godfrey....yumm...mohitos...amazing too!
Lately I have been procrastinating! Well, in all honestly I always procrastinate...but now its the point where I have to get the work done...ughh! Damn...so comes the end of the blissful week and a few days in the library...oh i should make an ode to college!
Anyways, I cashed a few checks lately...so I no longer have five bucks to my name, and I found a new favorite movie...Dangerous Beauty...from the same producers as my other fav movie - Legend of the Fall. Romance...Scandal...Drama...True Love...tickles me funny! haha

This is for Anna!

Chapter 30...thats right!

"Oh. My. God...Oh My God You Guys"

So, life in the good ole' Eug is pretty sweet so far....even though I have been spending too much money...its taken a toll on bank account, and even my parents have gotten on my case. YIKES! So, I am trying, but not really succeeding at conserving money. But all in all life has been pretty chill... My daily routine just consists of me competing with Anna on how far we've read in to Shantaram, and chillin', maxin' and relaxin' with her. The daily grind continues with school and work. I got an "A" in both of my classes the last session. woo-hoo! My GPA shall rise! yeah baby! My course this session (INTL 431) is taught by this really gregarious dude from Santa Monica, so its super cool...we talk about what is the American culture! I think that is a very very lengthy subject. Anyways, my days go by pretty fast, nothing to strenuous but nothing to dull...but last night I watched the season finale of The Search for the Next Elle woods for the Legally Blond Musical on Broadway...it makes me wish that i was blond, blue eyed lady, with amazing pipes to burst out into a song...But that role would also require me to be white...so thats out the window...I'll settle for playing Jasmine in Aladdin. haha as if! in any case, I am in love w/ musicals now! "Oh my god. Oh my god you guys..." has to be my favorite line at the moment.
Other happenings include - loving the screening Batman : A Dark Knight, and enjoying Cafe Yumm. Plus, I have an interview there, and I might get a second job...just to make up for my crazy spending. I am also planning a picnic for the Pi Phi ladies...but lets see who shows up...doubt many ladies will show up...since they are mostly out town, state and country. Pi phizzle!! My folks are out at Tahoe for a little R& R - and an interview. I hope my dad gets the job there...It would be so much fun down in TAHOE. The slopes, the lake,me, a cup of cocoa, the view...now thats what i call a life! haha! Don't get me wrong - I still love SALEM! So till next time - laters child!

Ps- I have pretty much got the official word -I am going to Ethiopia for winter term! Adios Eugene!

Maturity!

So, I just turned in my application for my Internship abroad, and I have to say it was very exciting to get the ball rolling on my future adventures. However, when I was with my Internship coordinator, she opened up my recommendations right in front of me. Seeing the evaluation lay right in from of me, my integrity went out the window and my human flaw - curiosity took over. Then I noticed that my instructor for my international class ranked me as "mostly mature" for all my categories. mostly mature - for all categories - SERIOUSLY! I know I am not as classy, or elegant as I could be...but, not even one category could be marked as "mature". I know its one evaluation...but I can't help but think why? Am I that unexperienced? Just because I don't have a degree from a super-uber hippie school, and have knowledge on everything relating to developmental ideologies, and every historical fact while being a film buff...who knows every off beat but cool film....doesn't mean I am not mature. I am either super annoyed, therefore venting or I am jealous of my instructor's knowledge. I don't even think I make sense...but the "mostly matured" just made irritated me...I guess, since I dedicated an entire paragraph to it on my blog. Anyway, the progress on my application began today. After turning it in, I got a phone call, letting me know that I have an interview this upcoming Friday! YEAH! Finally, I got the ball rolling on my abroad adventures.

Moving on, this past Sunday I went to the Oregon Country Fair out in Veneta, Oregon; which is 13 miles out of Eugene. It was the most hot, icky, mushy, and sticky day I could have chosen to go to a fair and rub up against everyone else. The fair is held out on Ken Kessey (author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) grounds, and is shaped in this one mile shaped giant 8, or from a horizontal view would be an infinity sign (thank you Zach). The heat was so compact and cinching, that the dusty covered with straw, had to be watered every 40 minutes, to keep the dust from overtaking the air...hence the musty smell from the wet hay. On top of that the people there...some of the people had slept over there for three days, which filled the air with lovely aroma of SWEAT! no...eew. Then being a country/hippie fair, everything was exotic, from food, to incense to art....basically the fair was combination of overwhelming smells, which by the end burnt out my olfactory sense. But I loved the people watching...from little kids dressed up as pixies playing recorders, or older topless women with painted boobs and crazy costumes of the hippie peeps. I loved watching, but I am sure I looked like a sore thumb with my OREGON t-shirt. But I had a sweet time. Plus, I was with Jenny... and we always have a good time, even if I hated the smell. On the way out, we saw a full on exorcism. SCARY!!! This lady was speaking tongues...shaking...and shouting while holding onto two other people. They were all with closed eyes and connected with their hands. I didn't enjoy that. Nightmares!!!!
This week is the last week of class for this summer session, so I have finals on Friday! Not cool. I have to get my act together and play the role of diligent student...and get the study guide done! BEFORE FRIDAY!

But other than that, its been the usual...School, work, sleep, and Anna-banana! Last night I hung out at her place with her pops, and we talked about the fun of work places. Sounds like he was a little bit of a rebel and trouble maker at his work! Oh, the good ole' days!
I talked to my pops today, and he let me know that I have an entire 5 dollars in the bank! So, that means till the 1st of August which is a whole two weeks away....I am broke! SAD!

Reelin' in the Good Times!

Its been while, to be precise - one month, and a lot has happened. Where to begin. Rewind to June and the last day of finals! It was the day that roommates moved out. Cardboard boxes were scattered everywhere, dust bunnies hopped around the missed Apartment P # 174 and one by one my roommates left for summer. One went back to Hillsboro, the other to LO and to internship at KINK radio station, and the last to Columbia Univ. NY! And me,
I was stuck chasing those dust bunnies around the apartment in good ole' Eugene. I knew that, being the last one to pack up and leave, I would have more cleaning responsibilities, but in the end I made about 20 trips to the dumpster (and this isn't an exaggeration), and spent 10 hours or more packing my junk and getting the apartment cleaned up. But now I am guaranteed to get the $300 deposit back to pay for my August rent. haha! The viscous cycle of paying rent, gotta hate it, gotta love it! So I too, picked up my random collection of pop culture, and moved across the river into my new abode...which in a sentence is dungeon, since it has horrible lighting, no furnishings, and a window in which the people from the hallway can see in! My life would be on display if I didn't keep the shades down. Since its only three months, I didn't bother with any furniture...just a weirdly shaped mattress to rest my eyes on and to dream another dream. My current roommate, is super chill, and sweet, and the perfect roomie for the summer. She too, is taking classes and working, so we are both pretty busy.

As for classes, I am taking Evolution of Human Sexuality and International Development. The first class, is pretty interesting since we delve into why humans invest so much in mate selection and sex!!! But i have to say, I know now more than I really wanted to know. I guess I liked somethings left up to the imagination. But somethings...cough...childbirth...cough... shall be branded into my brain for awhile. Its all natural but do I really want to replay it in my mind....Nope...since one day I will have to fit a brain through my canal too...AGGH! In my International Studies class more than half the student is international students, who get lost in translation, so everything is repeated twice. Plus there is a guy who looks like a Simpson character and MUMBLES at everything the instructor says. He is the kid in every class that thinks he knows everything already, and has to comment on the instructor's info. Oh god...shoot me! Its only 4 weeks...thankfully! But I like the subject, which makes the class tolerable.

Work is the usual, but my free time is pretty sweet. Its basically consist of my favorite past times...sleeping or hanging out with my peeps. This summer, Anna - my Latin lover and free spirit and I have been chillin' at her crib and hangin' around town. Our new addiction, well at least my new addiction is Cafe Yumm. Yep, I pretty much eat everything out of bowl because of that place! haha. love it! We checked out the Olympic Track and Field Trials out a few times. Walked around the festival and danced away 4th of July to Samba Ja at the trails. I saw Galen Rupp, Andrew Wheating, and Kara Goustcher make it to Beijing...by saw...I mean on the big screens on the turf fields next to the stadium...aka...the fan zone. I wasn't cool enough to get in the actual stadium. Some lady approached us and gave us tickets randomly one day, but since she already went the tickets were useless. But all in all, I saw some great muscular bodies, and worked on very needed tan! jk!

As for my folks up in Salem, they are just doing the same ole' business. But I hear the are going to Reno, NV and then over to Lake Tahoe soon! That should be an adventure! Wish I could tag along, but once again I'll be cracking the books for school! All in all summer has been... AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Better than I expected!
Here's quick list of adventures:

1) Moved apartments - sad =(
2) Had Prince Puckler's...guilty pleasure
3) Watched Hancock - one bad ass superhero
4) Went on two hr bike ride - when the sun was at it's peak - crazy idea
5) LEARNED TO RIDE MY BIKE W/OUT HANDLEBARS - sweetness
6) Finished eight credits in 4 weeks - love it
7) Explored Saturday Market
8) Became INFATUATED w/ Cafe Yumm...yumm...yumm..yumm
9) Hung out w/ new friends around a fire pit...toasty
10) Witnessed the Trials...muscles and all
11) Maintained my Sober Summer policy...hardcore
12) Got a proposal and declined (thank you ama and buwa)...amen
13) And relaxed with Anna Banana!!!!!!!BOMB!

I know...its been pretty nice compared to last summer...but even though I don't live with cats anymore...I still have a dislike for them...a few exceptions for calicos, gingers, and overweight felines...but they still freak me out!

Till Next time - Laters

PS- I think I am going to Ethiopia for an Internship next winter!!!!!!