self-destruct

My life is semi-over. I have a thousand things I need to get done and when I think it's going well another problem pops up and I want to just crumple to the ground and cry. I knew this monday was going to be awful with all the unfinished business of Friday evening after work and I was right. What I didn't anticipate were the prolonged computer problems - no access to the G drive to work on all things Teacher Fair and a malfunctioning outlook email account. Crap. Yeah, it was practically the last straw when I arrived at work at 8:30 am to get some stuff done, only to find out that everything related to technology is falling apart and I'm helpless. Well, I pulled myself out of my functional fixed-ness mode and attempted to deal with it and solve the problem. I went through my to-do list in my brain again and had probably 7 things open at once, some relating to school and other items relating to work and I was on hold with the Office of Information Technology.
Seriously, I still have my greek history exam to take by Wednesday and an accounting exam to take by tomorrow before 2pm and at work I've still got all this Teacher Fair stuff to oversee, delegate tasks, correspond with recruiters from a ba-gillion school districts, contact all education majors with email reminders, check on all they layouts, make sure the foods together, confirm the refunds, and a whole lot of stuff and my supervisor won't be here because she'll be away in Salt Lake City at the U of U teacher fair...which is not cool because I have to play detective and figure things out and a lot of things have to be run by her. KILL ME. Oh and to top everything off...people kept asking me how the teacher fair was going. I mean hello, it's going and i'm busy so don't ask me stupid questions because I don't even have time to talk. I've already expressed my feelings to some other co-workers and it was an entertaining conversation.
There you have it. I'm going to die by Wednesday and then life will go on and my grades will semi-plumet so i'll just have to live in the library for the rest of my life and say no to steamed milk, no to movies on the big screen, no to random card games, no to soccer at Kiwanis, no to ping pong on tuesdays and no to dance parties. :( sad day.

grey's anatomy

"Sister time" means it's time to go shopping, eat charly's subs and lounge around on the couch watching the tv series of our choice. Some of our top choices for viewing pleasures are #1 Grey's Anatomy, #2 Ugly Betty and #3 Gossip Girl. This weekend was help-nina-catch-up-on-grey's-and-completely-distract-her-from-the-greek-history-paper. It worked. I'm not sure who else finds grey's anatomy as interesting as my sisters and I...but that doesn't matter. The humor in grey's is hilarious and others may beg to differ, preferring humor like "the office" or "scrubs". I'll watch The Office because it is pretty funny, but I'm not a fan of Scrubs. Scrubs is the unfunny and stupid version of grey's anatomy. It's the pseudo-intense hospital show where all the unfortunate people hook up and the patients have boring diseases/accidents. Grey's is legit. I mean hello, it's so awesome it made me think I wanted to be in a science related major again...hah. I think I'll stick to my European Studies and observe art pieces and then watch Grey's but not have to deal with all the math or organic chemistry. :)

My Favorite Grey's Quote for the week:
Christina Yang to Meredith and George: Please tell me you've seen a right leg! A cleanly severed right leg!
Meredith Grey to George: How weird is this job.
Christina: How is one bloody hairy leg going to destroy my career?!

All time best movie in the world

I watched the best movie in the world...."Corrina, Corrina" with Whoopi Goldberg and Ray Liotta and from the 90s. Ok, so I guess there is a bit of a bias because it bears my name with an extra 'r' but I've always loved this movie since I was a kid. After watching it today I also realized how much I love love love the soundtrack. The music was amazing and it almost made me think I was born in the wrong decade because I tried to listen to this random Jeff Buckley song and I just wasn't feeling it. I immediately redeemed myself and listened to Pennies from Heaven by Billie Holiday. Good stuff. It always makes me want to dance when I hear it :) Then again I take back the whole wrong decade thing because the tensions back then would have driven me insane! Anyway, this is the best movie ever and I could listen to the soundtrack over and over without ever getting tired. Time to press play again.

Preach My Gospel

Today I attended my cousin's farewell talk with my sister. It was interesting to see how moved she was by the Holy Ghost and her decision to serve the Lord. I've also recently made the decision to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I will submit my papers during the first few weeks of June! My cousin will be reporting to the Missionary Training Center this Wednesday. I'm so excited for her and my chance is still months away, but it gets closer every day. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is amazing and I can't wait to share this good news with the rest of Heavenly Father's children. Je suis tres heureuse et j'aime mon Savior.

Christmas Break!

I found out that my Winter break is the shortest out of all my friends and it bugged me at first, but now that school starts tomorrow I'm actually excited and the duration of my break no longer irks me. This is the last day of the break and so in these last few hours I thought I would post before the new semester. Winter breaks are always so nice because I don't have to work, I get to spend time with my family, I get to see all of my friends from home, and I get to do whatever I want. My two weeks of free time and bliss was spent hanging out with my friends and family and absorbing everything that I love about ATX. There was also a lot of time for reflection and there are a few things that I've learned:

1. The Office - Dolls are not playthings, they are commodities. Same as gold or silver.
2. From Mom - There's no need to stress because stress does not exist and what I'm actually experiencing is a shift of focus.
3. Ugly Betty - Don't let an ambitious attitude lead to hostile take over and kicking puppies.
4. I must pack my own set of chopsticks so I can eat at home
5. Making jewelry is a good opportunity for girl talk
6. My brother can't pull the "boys only" rule because he's the only boy
7. Barnes & noble is essential to my health

I think with these points in mind I am ready for the school year and the infinite list of new year's resolutions.

Piano Man - Jon Schmidt

Amazing concert! Whenever I watch people who are uber talented, whether it's a volleyball game, a concert, or just about anything I get this odd inspiration to do everything possible to be like them. I am in total awe of their talent and I want some of it. So after absorbing the beautiful music and jovial atmosphere of the Jon Schmidt concert I wish I played the piano and at least took it more seriously when I was a kid. Oh well, the Jon Schmidts of the world need an audience and I'm all ears.

84606 Hollywood Gossip - Flashy Gnashers!

Hallway chats have become the norm in 110 and the topic of discussion for tonight was "Before and AFter". Take a look at Disney stars Hillary Duff and Ashley Tisdale. Too much time in front of the camera and in magazines gives them reason to over-analyze their features and "improve" their look. For Hillary the cute lizzie mcguire smile was not making the cut and so naturally if you want to be big in Hollywood you've got to go BIG. She therefore upgraded to enlarge her teeth via porcelain veneers and a breast augmentation, rightfully earning her the nickname "horse teeth".

Next we have Ashley. Being the biggest snob in high school musical must have taken an toll on her mind. They've conditioned her to think, act and behave like a snob so why not look like one. Snobs in our culture have been portrayed as people that have their nose in the air...well now Ashley's nose is permanently up-turned that she won't have to try and stick it in the air.

The decisions of these actresses has greatly influenced my roommate and I so much that we've decided it's time for a transformation.
Leya: Breast augmentations via toilet paper stuffed in el bra
Corina: Black shimmery clutch with long green dress

We're "soooo Hollywood."