DONE. (alternatively, "Apparently I've still got it.")
I am freaking DONE with the semester. Last semester I was worried about maintaining my A's. This semester I'm worried about passing everything. Oh well, it's all over now. Nothing else I can do at this point. I need to relax a little.
I really don't feel like I'm going to be home in 16 hours...16 hours assuming there's no delays. I have come to just expect a big hassle every time I fly.
So I haven't updated in while. We'll see if I can remember most of what's happened. This is going to be a long entry and I don't feel like putting it under a cut. So if you don't like my long entry on your friends' page, too bad. Then why are you friends with me if you don't want to read about my life?
Last month: November 17th was Shaunay's birthday. Jonathan, Steph, Jamie, Jazminne, and I "surprised" her with a party. My friends throw "surprise" parties for everyone's birthdays and Jonathan wasn't very discrete so it wasn't too much of a surprise, but she appreciated it. We gorged ourselves on food and then Jonathan, Steph, Shaunay, her friend Krystle, and I went to an arcade/"family fun center" thing and went go-karting and mini-golfing. Kids who probably aren't old enough to drive a real car were passing me, it was kind of pathetic.
The day before Thanksgiving most of my lovely friends were actually able to congregate at the same time and place and we had lunch at Upstairs Commons (a sit-down restaurant on campus). They actually had decent veggie options and Jazminne treated us all because she's an RA and she has lots of dining dollars. It was a lot of fun. It always is when we can manage to get everyone together.
On Thanksgiving I went to a vegan potluck with my vegetarian friend Ivan. Daniel was there as well. Ivan and I had talked online for a while but that was the first time we met in person. He was really nice and cuter in person and, as already mentioned, a vegetarian. Unfortunately he just moved up north to Sacramento so I'll never see him again. Sad.
The next week the girls (Shaunay, Steph, Jaz, and myself) went to Upstairs Commons again for drinks. White Zinfandel...mmm. Much better than red wine. Poor Steph has never really had anything to drink and she felt flushed after a few sips. She's adorable.
That Thursday was Conquest, the big rally before the UCLA game. Steph and I met up with Yvonne, Lisa, and Vanessa and we went on the Ferris wheel. Then there was the burning of the bear followed by really awesome fireworks. Immediately after that the Bravery started playing. The sound quality was not very good but that wasn't their fault. They were pretty good live. Last year we had The Fray and that just isn't my kind of music.
So on Friday I got a call from Ivan. He and his friend were supposed to go to the game and his friend decided it would be a good idea to camp outside the Coliseum. His friend claimed a lot of people do it. Except it was rainy and cold that day. Ivan asked if I wanted to join them and at first I told him I was going to stay inside where it was dry. Then I reconsidered since...hello...cute vegetarian guy asking me to hang out and I'm almost positive there will be alcohol involved. I was going to call him back and tell him I could hang out for a bit when I got a text message from him. I accidentally deleted so I'm not sure of the exact wording but it was something to the effect of, "Okay! I am really jumpy! I get this way when I'm excited about something. I have a question to ask you...The thing is I really want to see you tonight. So what do I have to do to convince you to hang out with us crazies?" It was really cute and I couldn't wipe the stupid grin off my face for a while. Of course I said yes. So like a schmuck I took another shower and got all ready to hang out with them. I even cleaned up my apartment a little in case for some reason they'd come over. I was still waiting...they were supposed to have left a while ago. He called me to tell me they still hadn't left yet. I should add the first time he called me it was 6ish. Finally around midnight he called me as they were driving around looking for a place to park. He said there were actually a lot of people there. So we're talking for a while, they park and start wandering around campus, and I still don't know exactly what's going on. Then he says he really doesn't feel like doing the camping thing anymore. He and his friend decide they want to go to a club. So they went to a club. Not that I wanted to go to some shitty overpriced club full of plastic people but he didn't invite me. So there I was at 1 in the morning on a Friday all made up with nowhere to go after waiting around for his ass for hours. Hence my journal entry about giving up on guys. But I wasn't about to feel sorry for myself so I ended up calling my hot neighbor instead. He ended up coming over, but before that I was on the phone with my mom bitching about Ivan when I got a text message from him saying "I'll tell you a secret--I think you're gorgeous!" What the fuck? You think I'm gorgeous and you supposedly really wanted to see me but then you blew me off. M-kay. Anywho, hot neighbor guy (yeah he does have a name but I'd rather he be anonymous on here) came over and I don't remember what we did. Just drank wine and talked I think. More on him later.
The next day (Saturday the 1st) was the big UCLA game. The last USC football game I'll probably ever attend. Sad. :( It was a good game and we kicked ass of course. Yvonne, Aisah, Vanessa and I went to Chipotle after and watched Knocked Up. Not the kind of movie I would pay to see but it wasn't as bad as I had expected.
So here's a funny story. Unfortunately it was a couple of weeks ago so I don't remember the details that well, but anyway...the next day I was on my way to my animal rights group meeting when this Latino guy on a bike rode past me and said "You look great!" and proceeded to stare at me the whole way down the block. That day I had been unproductive until about 50 minutes before my meeting was supposed to start so I had just taken a quick shower, slapped some foundation on, and went with my hair wet. All of my clothes were dirty as well so I was wearing a stretched out tank top under my old stained USC hoodie. Hot stuff. Apparently to this guy anyway. Of course, he first saw me from behind...what can I say? My ass just keeps getting bigger and I keep attracting guys with it. So this guy stops on the corner and walks his bike next to me and asks if he can walk with me. I'm like, "Uhh I'm on my way to a meeting, I'm kind of in a hurry." His response: "It's okay, I'm not going to rob you or anything." Haha, how reassuring. Dude, I'm not a racist, but you are a weird creepy guy I don't know, K? He wouldn't take no for an answer, not that I told him "no" because I never know what to do in situations like that. I can never be mean. I think it's better to be polite with weirdos. If you're rude who knows how they'll react? So he walked me the whole way to campus, telling me how beautiful I am and how my eyes matched his shirt. He asked what I'm studying and I told him (and explained what IR is since everyone is somehow confused by it) and he was like, "Ah, so you're beautiful on the inside as well as the outside" and just saying all this cheesy shit. He kept randomly speaking in Spanish and I couldn't understand him. At one point he said something like, "I know you're not a materialistic girl or anything like that but one day I'm gonna show up in a nice car to take you someplace fancy to eat." So we got to campus and he still won't leave and I didn't want him to follow me all the way to my meeting so he would know where I was. He asked me for my number and I said no at first but he was so persistent I figured it was the easiest way to get rid of him. Then he asked (in English and then in Spanish) if he could get a hug and I said "No, I don't know you," and he was like, "Come on, where the honey at? I can just taste it," or something similarly creepy. He gave up and held out his hand to shake so I shook it but when I went to pull away he wouldn't let go of my hand. He was like, "Aw come on now, don't be so stiff" and held my hand for a minute and then kissed it! (Man, my hand gets more action than I do.) Ahhh. So he finally left me alone and I went to my meeting. Thankfully Gary walks the same way so I didn't have to walk by myself. I was kind of afraid he would be waiting for me somewhere. Then sure enough he called me that night. Two times in a row. I couldn't understand his message too well but he said something about calling from a pay phone. He called again two days later but that was it thank the DEVIL. Guys are so creepy.
What else?... The past few weeks are a blur. That Friday I hung out with hot neighbor guy again. I don't know what that whole situation is about. He acts like we're just buddies. Not that I act any differently, but he was the one who went out of the way to talk to me and kept complimenting me the first time we hung out, yet he hasn't made any sort of move. He isn't going to be my neighbor next semester because his roommate graduated and he didn't want to pay for the place by himself. Sad-face. I'm sure we'll still hang out. Even if nothing ever happens he's fun and nice to look at. What I need to do is just get drunk (without passing out this time) so I can make a move. And if things turned out to be weird after that it wouldn't be too bad since we wouldn't be living across the hall from each other anymore.
This weekend I made my rounds saying good-bye. I had lunch with Jamie on Sunday. Monday after I got out of my exam Yvonne, both Stephanies, Shaunay, Jonathan and I had breakfast together. Then that evening the girls went to Upstairs Commons for drinks again but the waitress informed us they changed their policy about two weeks ago so that you can no longer pay for wine with dining dollars. WTF?! After we had just made that amazing discovery. We're hoping it's just until the end of the semester for whatever reason because they seemed to be out of a lot of stuff as well. Everyone else ended up having dessert and I had a Gardenburger. When we went our separate ways everyone was all sad. We know we're going to see each other again but it's really starting to set in that this is our last year here and it's already half-over. I seriously don't know where the time goes. The older I get the faster the years go by.
I really don't feel like I'm going to be home in 16 hours...16 hours assuming there's no delays. I have come to just expect a big hassle every time I fly.
So I haven't updated in while. We'll see if I can remember most of what's happened. This is going to be a long entry and I don't feel like putting it under a cut. So if you don't like my long entry on your friends' page, too bad. Then why are you friends with me if you don't want to read about my life?
Last month: November 17th was Shaunay's birthday. Jonathan, Steph, Jamie, Jazminne, and I "surprised" her with a party. My friends throw "surprise" parties for everyone's birthdays and Jonathan wasn't very discrete so it wasn't too much of a surprise, but she appreciated it. We gorged ourselves on food and then Jonathan, Steph, Shaunay, her friend Krystle, and I went to an arcade/"family fun center" thing and went go-karting and mini-golfing. Kids who probably aren't old enough to drive a real car were passing me, it was kind of pathetic.
The day before Thanksgiving most of my lovely friends were actually able to congregate at the same time and place and we had lunch at Upstairs Commons (a sit-down restaurant on campus). They actually had decent veggie options and Jazminne treated us all because she's an RA and she has lots of dining dollars. It was a lot of fun. It always is when we can manage to get everyone together.
On Thanksgiving I went to a vegan potluck with my vegetarian friend Ivan. Daniel was there as well. Ivan and I had talked online for a while but that was the first time we met in person. He was really nice and cuter in person and, as already mentioned, a vegetarian. Unfortunately he just moved up north to Sacramento so I'll never see him again. Sad.
The next week the girls (Shaunay, Steph, Jaz, and myself) went to Upstairs Commons again for drinks. White Zinfandel...mmm. Much better than red wine. Poor Steph has never really had anything to drink and she felt flushed after a few sips. She's adorable.
That Thursday was Conquest, the big rally before the UCLA game. Steph and I met up with Yvonne, Lisa, and Vanessa and we went on the Ferris wheel. Then there was the burning of the bear followed by really awesome fireworks. Immediately after that the Bravery started playing. The sound quality was not very good but that wasn't their fault. They were pretty good live. Last year we had The Fray and that just isn't my kind of music.
So on Friday I got a call from Ivan. He and his friend were supposed to go to the game and his friend decided it would be a good idea to camp outside the Coliseum. His friend claimed a lot of people do it. Except it was rainy and cold that day. Ivan asked if I wanted to join them and at first I told him I was going to stay inside where it was dry. Then I reconsidered since...hello...cute vegetarian guy asking me to hang out and I'm almost positive there will be alcohol involved. I was going to call him back and tell him I could hang out for a bit when I got a text message from him. I accidentally deleted so I'm not sure of the exact wording but it was something to the effect of, "Okay! I am really jumpy! I get this way when I'm excited about something. I have a question to ask you...The thing is I really want to see you tonight. So what do I have to do to convince you to hang out with us crazies?" It was really cute and I couldn't wipe the stupid grin off my face for a while. Of course I said yes. So like a schmuck I took another shower and got all ready to hang out with them. I even cleaned up my apartment a little in case for some reason they'd come over. I was still waiting...they were supposed to have left a while ago. He called me to tell me they still hadn't left yet. I should add the first time he called me it was 6ish. Finally around midnight he called me as they were driving around looking for a place to park. He said there were actually a lot of people there. So we're talking for a while, they park and start wandering around campus, and I still don't know exactly what's going on. Then he says he really doesn't feel like doing the camping thing anymore. He and his friend decide they want to go to a club. So they went to a club. Not that I wanted to go to some shitty overpriced club full of plastic people but he didn't invite me. So there I was at 1 in the morning on a Friday all made up with nowhere to go after waiting around for his ass for hours. Hence my journal entry about giving up on guys. But I wasn't about to feel sorry for myself so I ended up calling my hot neighbor instead. He ended up coming over, but before that I was on the phone with my mom bitching about Ivan when I got a text message from him saying "I'll tell you a secret--I think you're gorgeous!" What the fuck? You think I'm gorgeous and you supposedly really wanted to see me but then you blew me off. M-kay. Anywho, hot neighbor guy (yeah he does have a name but I'd rather he be anonymous on here) came over and I don't remember what we did. Just drank wine and talked I think. More on him later.
The next day (Saturday the 1st) was the big UCLA game. The last USC football game I'll probably ever attend. Sad. :( It was a good game and we kicked ass of course. Yvonne, Aisah, Vanessa and I went to Chipotle after and watched Knocked Up. Not the kind of movie I would pay to see but it wasn't as bad as I had expected.
So here's a funny story. Unfortunately it was a couple of weeks ago so I don't remember the details that well, but anyway...the next day I was on my way to my animal rights group meeting when this Latino guy on a bike rode past me and said "You look great!" and proceeded to stare at me the whole way down the block. That day I had been unproductive until about 50 minutes before my meeting was supposed to start so I had just taken a quick shower, slapped some foundation on, and went with my hair wet. All of my clothes were dirty as well so I was wearing a stretched out tank top under my old stained USC hoodie. Hot stuff. Apparently to this guy anyway. Of course, he first saw me from behind...what can I say? My ass just keeps getting bigger and I keep attracting guys with it. So this guy stops on the corner and walks his bike next to me and asks if he can walk with me. I'm like, "Uhh I'm on my way to a meeting, I'm kind of in a hurry." His response: "It's okay, I'm not going to rob you or anything." Haha, how reassuring. Dude, I'm not a racist, but you are a weird creepy guy I don't know, K? He wouldn't take no for an answer, not that I told him "no" because I never know what to do in situations like that. I can never be mean. I think it's better to be polite with weirdos. If you're rude who knows how they'll react? So he walked me the whole way to campus, telling me how beautiful I am and how my eyes matched his shirt. He asked what I'm studying and I told him (and explained what IR is since everyone is somehow confused by it) and he was like, "Ah, so you're beautiful on the inside as well as the outside" and just saying all this cheesy shit. He kept randomly speaking in Spanish and I couldn't understand him. At one point he said something like, "I know you're not a materialistic girl or anything like that but one day I'm gonna show up in a nice car to take you someplace fancy to eat." So we got to campus and he still won't leave and I didn't want him to follow me all the way to my meeting so he would know where I was. He asked me for my number and I said no at first but he was so persistent I figured it was the easiest way to get rid of him. Then he asked (in English and then in Spanish) if he could get a hug and I said "No, I don't know you," and he was like, "Come on, where the honey at? I can just taste it," or something similarly creepy. He gave up and held out his hand to shake so I shook it but when I went to pull away he wouldn't let go of my hand. He was like, "Aw come on now, don't be so stiff" and held my hand for a minute and then kissed it! (Man, my hand gets more action than I do.) Ahhh. So he finally left me alone and I went to my meeting. Thankfully Gary walks the same way so I didn't have to walk by myself. I was kind of afraid he would be waiting for me somewhere. Then sure enough he called me that night. Two times in a row. I couldn't understand his message too well but he said something about calling from a pay phone. He called again two days later but that was it thank the DEVIL. Guys are so creepy.
What else?... The past few weeks are a blur. That Friday I hung out with hot neighbor guy again. I don't know what that whole situation is about. He acts like we're just buddies. Not that I act any differently, but he was the one who went out of the way to talk to me and kept complimenting me the first time we hung out, yet he hasn't made any sort of move. He isn't going to be my neighbor next semester because his roommate graduated and he didn't want to pay for the place by himself. Sad-face. I'm sure we'll still hang out. Even if nothing ever happens he's fun and nice to look at. What I need to do is just get drunk (without passing out this time) so I can make a move. And if things turned out to be weird after that it wouldn't be too bad since we wouldn't be living across the hall from each other anymore.
This weekend I made my rounds saying good-bye. I had lunch with Jamie on Sunday. Monday after I got out of my exam Yvonne, both Stephanies, Shaunay, Jonathan and I had breakfast together. Then that evening the girls went to Upstairs Commons for drinks again but the waitress informed us they changed their policy about two weeks ago so that you can no longer pay for wine with dining dollars. WTF?! After we had just made that amazing discovery. We're hoping it's just until the end of the semester for whatever reason because they seemed to be out of a lot of stuff as well. Everyone else ended up having dessert and I had a Gardenburger. When we went our separate ways everyone was all sad. We know we're going to see each other again but it's really starting to set in that this is our last year here and it's already half-over. I seriously don't know where the time goes. The older I get the faster the years go by.