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I talked to AJ until 8:40 or so, got ready for my day, and I went to the SuperLab to print out my speech. I decided it should be double-spaced and in 12-point font, so I could read it well. It ended up being nearly four full pages. I read it over to myself while eating my breakfast and drinking my coffee in the EUC food court (their coffee isn't bad, and my breakfast was only $2 and change, so holla holla), and it ended up being three minutes and forty seconds. And I read it over as quickly as I felt I could when I was in the classroom waiting for class to start, and I made it to three minutes and thirty seconds. I worried that I would actually talk slower than that and go over the four-minute limit, so I cut some things out of my paper. Random words like "that" and other fluffy words and phrases that were to stretch out my speech. I ended up skimming along my paper a bit when I was talking, because I was trying to make eye contact with the class, which I feel was done poorly. I know Dr Cureton said not to look at him during the speech, because we'd get nervous when we saw him writing, but I saw him writing, and I just knew I was messing up... which is why he said not to look at him... which I forgot until after my speech. He hadn't really watched a lot of other people. He just focused on the papers he had in front of him, but he watched me. I knew I was talking really fast, and I'm not even sure if I made it up to three minutes, but I feel pretty certain that it was past two. Marquita was sitting next to me and said that I talked really fast, but she thought I did well. I told her I couldn't slow down. I was so nervous. While the other two speakers went, I thought about my grade, how if I messed up on the speech, I would fail the class. If I fail the class, I don't graduate. I thought that the anxiety would be over and done with once I finished the speech, but it wasn't. When all of the speeches were finished, Dr Cureton said that he felt that the speeches were done pretty well, which took a load off of my mind, but I'm still a bit concerned. We're getting our grades back on Wednesday. Hope/pray/wish/whatever you do for me.
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I guess I could tell you about my weekend...
Friday: I was everywhere at work. At 1:00, a three-hour class showed up and more or less kicked me out. I was sent to Moore, but I had to leave at 2:00 when Other AJ (a guy named AJ works for IT, so I shall call him "Other AJ" when I refer to him to other people) came in. I was sent to Bryan until approximately 4:00, and then I went back to McIver, where there was another reservation until 5:00, but they were cool and let me in. And they left early. Which is not a complaint. After work, I went to dinner with Tim and Bekki at NYP (yah, you know me!).
Stupid restored drafts not restoring the past half an hour of my life. Restore this. [obscenity deleted]
I didn't do any drinking when I was out with Tim and Bekki, because I was going to drive out to see Becca a few hours later, and even though it's said that it'd be out of my system by then, I like to play it safe, since I'm not the best driver when I'm sober. So I had dinner and had fun talking to them and watching them be cute together.
Tim and Bekki, possibly after I said they were so cute.
I took a picture of myself eating a chicken parmesan sub. I ordered eggplant parmesan, but whatevah. They charged me for what I got, which was cheaper, so I was still happeh.
Tim wanted a picture of the two of us. He's normally silly in these pictures, so I got back at him this time around.
Tim was not pleased with the other picture, so we took this one.
And then I called Dorene when I got back to the dorm and talked to her for nearly an hour before leaving to see Becca. I seem to have misplaced the directions to her apartment, and I tried calling her, but I knew she wouldn't be there yet, since the plan was to leave at an early enough time for us to get there at the same time (she was getting off work at around that time). So I called her and left a message saying, "Hey, I lost the directions, so I may get lost, but if I do, it's cool, because I can just call you and say where I am, and you can come find me." Then I'm driving down Aycock and call her back to leave another message. "Ya know, I should be fine, because I know to take a left onto Cotswold, and I think the rest will fall into place." And I said the directions as I remembered them. Then I make it down Battleground and remember the last time I drove to Becca's, I had changed into the right lane and thought how convenient it was that I did so, because the Taco Bell came up, which is directly before Cotswold, and I took a right there. So I called her back after having this vision, and she answered this time. I said, "It's a RIGHT on Cotswold!" "I figured you'd realize that, since taking a left would lead you to a shopping center." "Oh. I think I am missing a road in the directions I'm remembering." "Yah, after the right on Cotswold, you take a left on Old Battleground." "Okay, because I knew it was right, left, right, left." So I made it there just fine. We were going to watch a movie, but we ended up eating cupcakes she made herself and some chips and "orgasmic salsa," as she calls it, and we talked for a couple of hours and called it a night, since she had to be up really early to get ready for work. I decided to stay the night, which meant I could have a Smirnoff, which I took my time with. So anyway, we were asleep by midnight, she was up by 6:15, and I was up by maybe 6:30. And we were both out the door by 7:20 or so. I got back here at 7:40ish. I brought cupcakes with me. One didn't make the drive though.
Olivia and I had lunch at the EUC at noon and fought the crowds of topologists from around the country dining at our fine eatery. I saw Jim and his dad, so I said, "Hi, Jim and Jen's dad!" since it seemed too formal to say "Mr Davis." He was amused. Olivia and I amused ourselves with our very own Mastah Shake.
I'll bring it to ya!
So anyway, after lunch, I worked on my speech some more and then got a call from AJ at 2:45 saying he was almost here. We found our way to the Hemphill Library. There are three art shows going on there, so be sure to ask about Athena's Art Box if you have any interest in going. We decided to take pictures of my photographs. In the event of a confrontation with an employee, we were prepared to say, "The artist gives her full permission."
AJ took this of me standing in between Speculum and Lavender Bloom. You can see his reflection in Speculum.
The cigarette pictures - Cigarettes Won't Kill You, But Smoking Them Will.
I'm really proud of how they turned out. Even if no one buys them, I would love to keep up with them.
After that, AJ and I went to Walmart to get some necessities for my Nifty Night o' Niftiness. Ya know, soda, chips, dip, napkins, cups, plates, and cookies. My Nifty Night o' Niftiness is pretty much G or PG, aside from possible language or innuendo from the participants of the Nifty Night o' Niftiness. It's pretty much good, wholesome fun though. Which it was. AJ and I went to South Spencer to see some of his friends, and then a few of us went to El Carreton for dinnah. After that, AJ, our friend Lisa, and I began setting up for my Nifty Night. For a long while, people were all about some Apples to Apples. Once Katamari got started though, it was about half and half. And after a few games of Apples to Apples, most of us got into Twister.
The guy on top is Kris. The guy on bottom is Reid. Twister is quite the ice breaker. I wish I had taken pictures sooner, because these two were hilarious!
Everybody became good friends. ;)
So it was quite the evening. So many people were there! Samantha, Amanda, Em (who is the one with the red hair in the second Twister photo), Lisa (the person on the right in the Twister picture), Michelle, Kris, Laura, and many, many more. I didn't even know some of the people there (such as the guy in the middle in the second Twister photo).
Sunday: AJ and I slept FOREVER and then watched Good Night and Good Luck, which is a wonderful movie about Edward Murrow and the rest of his colleages at CBS questioning the ways of McCarthyism. Afterwards, we had lunch at the Caf with some friends and then went to his friend Morgan's senior viola recital, which was beautiful. I always get nervous around her, because I don't really know her. I got to meet her parents, her grandparents, her boyfriend, and a few of her friends today, and AJ and I were invited to her house for the reception, so I got to meet more people. Needless to say, I was rather overwhelmed, but by the end of it all, I was cracking jokes with quite a few people. Morgan even hugged me good-bye when it was time to leave and told me to take good care of AJ. They've been good friends since their freshman year at UNCG. AJ left at 5:00, and I played online and talked to homies on the phone for the evening, taking it easy for the remaining hours of the weekend.
Sorry, the LJ cut isn't working for me on this rich text entry.
I guess I could tell you about my weekend...
Friday: I was everywhere at work. At 1:00, a three-hour class showed up and more or less kicked me out. I was sent to Moore, but I had to leave at 2:00 when Other AJ (a guy named AJ works for IT, so I shall call him "Other AJ" when I refer to him to other people) came in. I was sent to Bryan until approximately 4:00, and then I went back to McIver, where there was another reservation until 5:00, but they were cool and let me in. And they left early. Which is not a complaint. After work, I went to dinner with Tim and Bekki at NYP (yah, you know me!).
Stupid restored drafts not restoring the past half an hour of my life. Restore this. [obscenity deleted]
I didn't do any drinking when I was out with Tim and Bekki, because I was going to drive out to see Becca a few hours later, and even though it's said that it'd be out of my system by then, I like to play it safe, since I'm not the best driver when I'm sober. So I had dinner and had fun talking to them and watching them be cute together.
Tim and Bekki, possibly after I said they were so cute.
I took a picture of myself eating a chicken parmesan sub. I ordered eggplant parmesan, but whatevah. They charged me for what I got, which was cheaper, so I was still happeh.
Tim wanted a picture of the two of us. He's normally silly in these pictures, so I got back at him this time around.
Tim was not pleased with the other picture, so we took this one.
And then I called Dorene when I got back to the dorm and talked to her for nearly an hour before leaving to see Becca. I seem to have misplaced the directions to her apartment, and I tried calling her, but I knew she wouldn't be there yet, since the plan was to leave at an early enough time for us to get there at the same time (she was getting off work at around that time). So I called her and left a message saying, "Hey, I lost the directions, so I may get lost, but if I do, it's cool, because I can just call you and say where I am, and you can come find me." Then I'm driving down Aycock and call her back to leave another message. "Ya know, I should be fine, because I know to take a left onto Cotswold, and I think the rest will fall into place." And I said the directions as I remembered them. Then I make it down Battleground and remember the last time I drove to Becca's, I had changed into the right lane and thought how convenient it was that I did so, because the Taco Bell came up, which is directly before Cotswold, and I took a right there. So I called her back after having this vision, and she answered this time. I said, "It's a RIGHT on Cotswold!" "I figured you'd realize that, since taking a left would lead you to a shopping center." "Oh. I think I am missing a road in the directions I'm remembering." "Yah, after the right on Cotswold, you take a left on Old Battleground." "Okay, because I knew it was right, left, right, left." So I made it there just fine. We were going to watch a movie, but we ended up eating cupcakes she made herself and some chips and "orgasmic salsa," as she calls it, and we talked for a couple of hours and called it a night, since she had to be up really early to get ready for work. I decided to stay the night, which meant I could have a Smirnoff, which I took my time with. So anyway, we were asleep by midnight, she was up by 6:15, and I was up by maybe 6:30. And we were both out the door by 7:20 or so. I got back here at 7:40ish. I brought cupcakes with me. One didn't make the drive though.
Olivia and I had lunch at the EUC at noon and fought the crowds of topologists from around the country dining at our fine eatery. I saw Jim and his dad, so I said, "Hi, Jim and Jen's dad!" since it seemed too formal to say "Mr Davis." He was amused. Olivia and I amused ourselves with our very own Mastah Shake.
I'll bring it to ya!
So anyway, after lunch, I worked on my speech some more and then got a call from AJ at 2:45 saying he was almost here. We found our way to the Hemphill Library. There are three art shows going on there, so be sure to ask about Athena's Art Box if you have any interest in going. We decided to take pictures of my photographs. In the event of a confrontation with an employee, we were prepared to say, "The artist gives her full permission."
AJ took this of me standing in between Speculum and Lavender Bloom. You can see his reflection in Speculum.
The cigarette pictures - Cigarettes Won't Kill You, But Smoking Them Will.
I'm really proud of how they turned out. Even if no one buys them, I would love to keep up with them.
After that, AJ and I went to Walmart to get some necessities for my Nifty Night o' Niftiness. Ya know, soda, chips, dip, napkins, cups, plates, and cookies. My Nifty Night o' Niftiness is pretty much G or PG, aside from possible language or innuendo from the participants of the Nifty Night o' Niftiness. It's pretty much good, wholesome fun though. Which it was. AJ and I went to South Spencer to see some of his friends, and then a few of us went to El Carreton for dinnah. After that, AJ, our friend Lisa, and I began setting up for my Nifty Night. For a long while, people were all about some Apples to Apples. Once Katamari got started though, it was about half and half. And after a few games of Apples to Apples, most of us got into Twister.
The guy on top is Kris. The guy on bottom is Reid. Twister is quite the ice breaker. I wish I had taken pictures sooner, because these two were hilarious!
Everybody became good friends. ;)
So it was quite the evening. So many people were there! Samantha, Amanda, Em (who is the one with the red hair in the second Twister photo), Lisa (the person on the right in the Twister picture), Michelle, Kris, Laura, and many, many more. I didn't even know some of the people there (such as the guy in the middle in the second Twister photo).
Sunday: AJ and I slept FOREVER and then watched Good Night and Good Luck, which is a wonderful movie about Edward Murrow and the rest of his colleages at CBS questioning the ways of McCarthyism. Afterwards, we had lunch at the Caf with some friends and then went to his friend Morgan's senior viola recital, which was beautiful. I always get nervous around her, because I don't really know her. I got to meet her parents, her grandparents, her boyfriend, and a few of her friends today, and AJ and I were invited to her house for the reception, so I got to meet more people. Needless to say, I was rather overwhelmed, but by the end of it all, I was cracking jokes with quite a few people. Morgan even hugged me good-bye when it was time to leave and told me to take good care of AJ. They've been good friends since their freshman year at UNCG. AJ left at 5:00, and I played online and talked to homies on the phone for the evening, taking it easy for the remaining hours of the weekend.