So much!

I have so much going on right now. Kind of. Okay, a lot of the things are lame.

I got my TB test today and it wasn't bad at all. I hate needles and this was fine. I just have to go back Monday morning to get the results.

Next week begins tutoring. I haven't woken up at 9am in a long time. Well, I did it today but promptly went back to bed when I came home. Though I didn't come home for a little bit. I actually went to the library, picked up two books (Freakonomics and Buildings Across Time), and had some French toast sticks from Sonic.

Progress: read Ch. 1; haven't started

Progress: ate 2 for breakfast, 2 slices for lunch because I'm weird like that.

I tried to read for my Race and Ethnic Relations class, but I only got through 2 chapters and the 1st section of 3 of 6 chapters. I still have to read about Asian-Americans, white ethnic minorities, and Jewish peoples. I really don't know why I read the African-American section considering I knew quite a bit there... :/ I just want to make sure there isn't a lot I'm missing though.

Anyways, I did most of this after I woke up, ate at Apollo Flame (eggplant parm) with Yancey, Sarah, and Stephen, and watched two movies ("Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "Zach and Miri Make A Porno") and two TV shows ("House, M.D." and "Lie to Me"). Gah, I should not multitask...

Both amazing! I loved Nick & Norah's more, but this is because I saw the latter at the theater with someone ugh.

They were pretty okay. Won't become my fave though.

Okay, so tomorrow, I must finish reading and then polish/make posters for/make script for my lesson plan on economics. The script may need to wait till Sunday though. My readings for Early Modern Britain will begin and end Sunday night.

Next week, I present my first 20 min lesson plan, pray that my student teaching placement goes well and I can begin observing, tutor, write a paper on Black Like Me, and try to read the books I have on hand.

Did I mention I went back to the library after our late lunch/dinner to nab Mary & Russel Wright Guide to Easier Living? It was delivered finally and I wasn't expecting so many words!

Progress: read a few pages and will finish chapter 1 ASAP

Also, I'd like to watch movies and shows on Netflix. Tomorrow, I get "The Ultimate Gift" in the mail. I turned in the last movie Thursday and already I'm getting my new one tomorrow! Yay! I would like to finish "Dead Like Me" season 2 sometime soon also.

So much I want to do and need to do yet not enough time. I realized I like staying up late and waking up early, which means I don't get to sleep much. :( Usually, I still stay up late and don't end up waking early.

Okay, less blogging, more reading/watching.

Me and art and work

This web site is pretty fun and I think they know me, my art style and what I should do with my life. :) Here's my personality style. I like them because I agree but I doubt it's 100% correct of course.

In my schedule book, I'm supposed to read a bunch of chapters for Race & Ethnic Relations. Not happening. I need to sleep. I'm tired and had to wake myself up from a nap to shower. 8:45am TB test... yeah, :(. I'll do some homework afterwards to catch up.

Actually, I've worked super hard on my lesson plan on "demand," which my prof really liked and approved. Yay! :) I just have to write the script and make some posters since I can't use the whiteboard. :/ I was really meant to become a teacher (that's what youniverse.com suggested too). I want to work with people to plan though. Otherwise, it's boring.

I've decided not to eat out for the next few days... until February. Haha. I know that's sad because there are only a few days left. I need to clean and make spaghetti. This is hard though because that's all we have... spaghetti. I want udon and sushi. Crap. I spend way too much $$$ though. I want donuts.

Cravings...

Two days in a row of McDonald's. :/ I need real food. I had some shrimp tempura udon from Green Tea with Alex yesterday. That was so good!

Last time, I posted a list of books I wanted. I purchased Domino: The Book of Decorating: A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy by Deborah Needleman. I also borrowed I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris and Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May from the library. The former was too wordy for me and not what I expected, and the latter was a really informative history of Cliff May houses and ranch style. I guess I'm a history major so I enjoyed it quite a bit. :)

Still left -

• Atomic Ranch
• Little Boxes: The Architecture Of A Classic Midcentury Suburb by Rob Keil
• My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living by Jonathan Adler
• Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design Solutions
• The Nest Home Design Handbook: Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place by Carly Roney

I added a few more of course!

• America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live on sale for only $12.99! I borrowed this book from the library and it's amazing.
• Guide to Easier Living by Mary and Russel Wright, who apparently was Martha Stewart in the mid-century. The book is only $19 and sounds cool. I'm getting it through the library first!
• Atomic Home: A Guide Tour of the American Dream
• Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living
• House Beautiful The Home Book: Creating A Beautiful Home of Your Own
• Thom Filicia Style: Inspired Ideas for Creating Rooms You'll Love

I've gone to bookstores two days in a row also. I like Barnes and Noble more than Books A Million because the latter's lighting blinds me. They have really super dim lighting. I hate that.

2 cups of tea...

I got my placement. FINALLY. One of my bottom 3 schools, but at least it was the best of the 3. There are a few good things about this placement:

• 1) I think I got an amazing teacher. He's the department chair and someone is student teaching for him now. However, that was the e-mail and name I got so I suppose he is being amazing and taking me in. I feel like a homeless person. :/
• 2) He teaches U.S. history. I know this because I know the student teacher he has now. I can handle U.S. history best.
• 3) The school is close to the house. Yay!

So now I can actually do my homework and research! I guess that's good. Writing this micro-teach lesson plan is hard. :/ I have my meeting with my prof tomorrow to go over it since he canceled our meeting today. :(

Tutoring starts next week. I have to get my schedule straight. Right now, for Thursday, I don't have class till 4:35pm and my meeting is at 4pm. Friday I have to get my TB test at 8:45am. :(

Jessica brought me Twinings Indian Spiced Chai tea. I've never had it before and I still haven't tried it. We're out of milk because I indulged in my expensive love for Tazo Organic Chai. I mix it cold. I don't drink coffee. I like chai. I also don't like tea much, but I've had it quite a bit lately.

Speaking of tea... I shouldn't even say, but I will.

I didn't hate freshman year, but I don't want to relive it. We don't all hang out anymore for a reason. We don't really like each other all that much... any of us who aren't part of that crowd anymore. It's not even that I've made newer friends. I just don't consider them really friends but rather acquaintances. You know that quote,

Don't Worry About The People From Your Past There's A Reason They Didn't Make It To Your Future.

"Without A Paddle: Nature Calling" was terrible despite the fact that Oliver James was in it. :( I loved him in "What A Girl Wants" and he is just as hot. This time, he doesn't have a British accent, and he's British.

"Without A Paddle: Nature Calling" trailer


Oliver James in "What A Girl Wants," one of my favorite movies!

I found out this morning

Domino is folding. What now? I never subscribed. Well, actually, I just did because I got my free subscription with my book. :/ I was really looking forward to it.

This gives me a "seize the day" mentality because I loved it and never got it!

All the covers

Will someone buy me the back issues? All of them?

Achy breaky

1) Saturday was cool. That afternoon, Yancey and I wanted to eat a late lunch, which ended up being our dinner of course. We had no idea where to go but a few texts and calls and we got Liz, Emily, Alex, and Stephen to join us. Yancey got no calls back from his friends. Okay, he did, but they were all working. Psh. We ate at Early Girl Eatery. I was so hungry and so fulfilled by my Sweet Potato Black Bean cakes. Yeah, weird but absolutely yum. I also realized I hate biscuits and gravy, but I enjoy biscuits with jam. Their food was delish and the place was cute. It's on the best street in Asheville, Wall Street. If every road looked like that, we'd be living in England! Haha.

From the tiny storefront, you could never tell that their dining room was so large!

(via Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project)

Look at their glasses! So vintage-like.

(via their web site)

After dropping Liz and Em off, we did homework till late. I didn't realize it was so late. Jessica came over and Yance, Jessica, Emily, and I went out at 11pm. We headed to Hannah's because they haven't been there. Then to Thirsty Monk to meet Conor and his friends Liz and Bron (weird name, cool guy). I always get a little tipsy at Thirsty Monk. I love that place. This is recent since I only started liking beer in November.

2) Last night, Sunday, we watched the WEC fights. Faber won as I mentioned. Dan Lauzon won the night before and I finally got to watch it online. Because we don't have cable, we went over to Sarah's dorm with Yancey's TV (not the huge one but a fairly large 30" one) and Chinese food. It was like a quick party. Haha.

3) Yoga and aerobics kicked my butt today. My back hurt after. I feel good, but it hurts and I'll feel it tomorrow. The chick at Subway's hates her job for sure. I'm forcing myself to stay up because it's fun to do that, but I'm rather sleepy. Oh yeah, I went to Subway instead of somewhere else I was supposed to go because well, I'm annoyed by a certain someone and no one else wanted to come with. Actually, because I didn't want to go, my friends didn't go.

My unfinished lesson plan (due next Tuesday but I have a meeting with my prof this Wednesday) is already 6 pages with just the input. I don't even know if it's possible to get all that stuff done.

My teaching strategies are done. Tomorrow is going to suck. I'm waking up in less than 5 hours to go to a meeting from 8-9am then I plan on coming home for a nap till noon. I will make sure to cut my student teaching application and go over my six teaching strategies so I can teach them to my classmates. Crap, that's a lot. I'll need the nap. Maybe? No no, I won't take a nap. I'll just drown myself in ice coffee tomorrow.

Good idea: take laptop to school, do homework, go to class till 8:30pm, and get drinks with friends at TGI Fridays. I will then promptly go to bed when I come home. Ahhh, we'll see. I may really need the nap. I haven't slept for only 5 hours in FOREVER. Maybe I have when I sleep at 5am and wake up at 10am. Huh... quite true. Let's do it!

I love this web site/project and wish I loved someone more than _____.

Well, this is good response to that (above):
(via your message here)

Fave UFC fighters

Since I wrote down my favorite WEC fighters, I thought I should put up my favorite UFC fighters. In no particular order and not all of them with pictures...

Nate Diaz, there's something about him I just like (2nd from left)

Rob Emerson especially after his fight and killing of Manny G. but then laughing at his nickname, "The Saint"

Roger Huerta is the poster boy for the UFC
Joe Lauzon (on the right with his dad and brother Dan!)

Watching Brock Lesnar
Cole Miller (right) and his brother Micah (on the left), who isn't part of the UFC

BJ Penn (on the right with J-Lau on the left)

GSP (Georges St-Pierre)
Joe "Daddy" Stevenson
"Handsome" or "Mildly Attractive" Matt Wiman (on the right)


Others I can't seem to find/affiliate with anyone:
War Machine (formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver)

Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez (between Nate Diaz and Jake Shields)

Micah Miller (see above with brother Cole)
KJ Noons

Jake Shields (on the left and Nate Diaz on the right)