Ode to my Youth

Hello. 
Today at my internship (in which I was haphazardly left to my own devices!) I got a tinsy-winsy bit bored and started putting in important dates on my phones calendar.  In a few months, I will turn 22.  In another few months, I will be graduating. Me. Graduating. From College. That's crazy stuff! And very hard to comprehend. Just thought you should know.

Where I am living!

I also did some research, and I discovered that when you find articles that are completely and utterly written just for you, its the most unbelievably wonderful feeling ever! I just have to read them now. 


Also, I want to cut my hair. Feedback?  I had a dream that Nina Vicky cut my hair up to my neck and then said that it wasn't long enough to donate.  Which freaked me out more than anything else because that's one of the main reasons I am growing out my hair, so that I can donate it! And so that dream prompted a search via Yelp to find a good hair salon and it yielded pretty good results, i was happy. Plus, it was free when you go on a certain saturday and let the newbie practice on you (with the creative director supervising and making suggestions). Not bad. 


Then I got free lunch for all the back breaking work I do! That was good...chicken pesto panini...yum! Then back to my computer and I swear staring at the screen was causing my chest to constricting my capacity to breathe correctly.  I was scared, but i just got up and moved a bit. Then I downloaded the free app NPR Music and that was cool! Hmmm....ride back was fun, yay for crowded metros! And THEN!


Dinner. 


Dinner is always a big deal to me because I get to eat everything consumable in sight. So o refill my plat (only half a time more) and then go big on the dessert: chocolate banana cake, lemon bar and two scoops of ice cream.  Memo to me: this is why I don't look so good anymore. But oh well. Great conversation with the gals, we were laughing up a storm, and then Jess poured the entire sprinkles jar on her two scoops of ice cream accidentally and that created a mini sprinkles war. 

How we were laughing! 

Then on to more important things like Glee. That was fantastic! Britney (sp?) can dance!! and she has a good voice, she needs more solos.  However, I was genius and decided to do my laundry right before (thinking I had enough time) and NOPE. I didn't have enough time!  In the middle of Glee I had to get up and flew down the stairs to move my clothes from the washer to the dryer and guess what? Someone had moved my clothes for me, and left it on top of the washer. Granny pants and all (thank goodness those particular granny pants that whoever moved my clothes, moved, were from Victoria's Secret). And there were no dryers. Not one. That worked anyway. And so I waited, chatted it up with someone about the woes of having granny pants publicly showcased, and then sprinted back up the stairs to watch the rest of Glee while leaving my wet clothes on top of a dryer scheduled to finish 35 minutes from 8:35.  So after watching the epic finish to Glee, I sprinted back down the stairs only to agonizingly wait for a bajillion seconds for my dryer to be done so that I could finally put my clothes in.  Such hard work for such a menial task! No wonder I take my clothes home, my worst competition at home for laundry is Sammy's monthly pile ups!  

How I feel about missing Glee and having to wait for a dryer.
Also how I felt with roomies*.
And finally how I feel about some men-who-shall-not-be-named.
Angry!

Anyway, tired of being the victims of my roommates' relentless insults to my persona, I decided to actually do my reading, and so I did! Hooray for me for being able to do my work. Granted, I finished at midnight, but hey, I deserve some leniency, you can't expect a 180 turn around from who I used to be in light of my new revelation!


So now, after some male bashing, I am writing . Releasing the tension of the day. Which is always good, but now I am yawning and tired and need to insert random pictures of me to break up the monotony of my words.  


So I will do that now. 


Peace.




*Complete fabrication. I just needed an excuse to actually do my homework without blatantly saying I needed to do hw, and since I love pretending to be hurt, I dragged out the experience. I am such a great actress. 

Iron Jawed Angel...that's Me

I just finished watching the movie Iron Jawed Angels with Hillary Swank. I have mentioned it before and I watched it with Jess and it was pretty epic. It still baffles me that there was a time in which women were not considered full citizens of the United States, not allowed the full privileges that come with being born in this country.  Its so backward! Reminds a bit of what is happening now with various societal ills.  Alice Paul's heroism was extraordinary and uplifting; watching the movie gives me the motivation to continue with my own personal goals!

Today was a productive day, in which I did most of what I was supposed to. I am supposed to sleep right now, but I do not want to fall into that trap in which I do not write for the week! I went to my internship and I completed all my assignments and then some! I read up for class, am more informed about worldly issues than I have thus far been.  I did not have a lunch and therefore it was easy for me to take my break later I normally do and talk to Lolita! That was fun! I was updated on her life, and also called my mother and thats always a treat (mom can you please make me some sweets when I come back?!)

Okay, my computer is freaking out. As in, its been skipping and stuff and its not ALRIGHT! I am so mad! Ugh. I did not pay so much money for it to be freaking out on me! Angry lupe.

Anyway...I was looking up stuff about the Peace Corps today and I got so excited! here is a transcript of what I wrote after my revelation this afternoon:

9/27/2010 4:10:05
Moments of Grace can only be contributed to God. His magnificence manifests itself in so many wondrous ways.  I have always wanted to join the Peace Corps, declaring at a young age that I was going to do it.  I had a brief stint of antagonism towards those who worked for the world rather than American because I saw so many domestic problems that needed attention, but I've been re-grounded.  I am a global citizen! I need to help the world. And I can help the world the best if I understand how to heal the most basic of wounds.  So las year, a friend of mine suggested I start applying for the Peace Corps in October.  Today, I looked up the info and was led to the fellows page. What I found was providential.  Scrolling through schools that accept fellows, the very last one was Yale's school of International Relations.  Well bowl me over.  I wanted to cry. Literally cry.  Oh my goodness if I could 1)Get accepted to the Peace Corps and 2) Help the world and 3) go to Yale afterwards!...My God!


My stomach hurt at that point that I had to go and call my mother and tell her that the stars were aligned and that there was a real possibility for me to do the peace corps and therefore be able to go to Yale.... a Gonzalez at Yale. Guadalupe Gonzalez at Yale....hmmm. I know the chances of this happening aren't that great, but its just the possibility that I like to entertain in my head! It doesn't have to come true (and most likely won't) but I like to think that I am a contender! And well, helping the world...shoot. That would be awesome! Obviously. I have written about this several times, a desire to do something with my life and I was telling someone the other day that my goal in life is to help the poor.  That's all I want to do. That and be able to tell other Latinas that success is possible!


That is all for now. I need to wake up early and shower.  I turned over a new leaf yesterday. I am going to be more devoted to my educational endeavors.  Yay! Aight, bed time!


Peace and love!

Theres a She Wolf

S.O.S She's in disguise. (I love Shakira!)


I'm at the library with three friends who actually need to study and I am a big nerd and decided I would tag along. Who does that? Me. I do. Instead of actual studying implementations, I brought my journal, the book I bought yesterday, and my computer. Wow....


Anyway... here is the long and short of my week.

Tuesday, I did not watch Glee. How disappointing! Instead, I went on a walk with Amalee and then had an hour and half conversation with her about life, then saw Fanny and Lauren and we had a two and half hour conversation on almost every topic concerning the world. It was fun because there was only one real conservative in the group and we had a civil conversation... well... I remember using the phrase "Don't insult my intelligence" when the topic of immigration came up.  It got quite heated and I really have to learn how to keep my cool and not take things personally.  Else, really, in all reality, when I have to get into debate with the elephants,  it would not do to jump over the podium and strangle someone. Haha, can you imagine me doing that? hahaha. 

That was tuesday. And that was fun.  

Then on wednesday, class was short (yay!) and I went to work, took a nap, watched Glee on my computer (and much to Amalee's detriment, I was more focused on the show than her!  I love Glee. I don't watch TV shows, but this is one heckuva show! The songs were great, and Rachel is more selfish than I recall, but that fits her. Oh! And watching the little cat fight was entertaining. Can't wait for Tuesday! I have to try and remember to schedule long winded philosophical conversations after Glee. 

Thursday had class and then work (I was really tired!) and then met up with Z and hung out for a while. 

Next to the Potomac

Walked around, and frequented a pub and drew in my travel book. All around a pretty great day. 

Then Friday.

Haha. Friday. Went to class and that ended early, and took a nap from 2-6. I was really tired. Don't know why. And then hung out with Lauren, Jess, Eric and Molly. That was really fun! I was a wee-bit sad but friends really know how to make it all better.  I regressed a bit and knocked on someones door and then ran away (and was called out for it yesterday)! Fell asleep at 230 ish. 

Saturday was a good day too, a group of us attempted to brave the weather and go to the National Book Festival near the capital, and we did! 

Look at the sky!

We walked around and literally melted. I was sweating everywhere. And I was wearing a skirt! C'mon! It was apparently 96 degrees. Ugh.  That was just horrible and we got irritated so quickly! After maybe 45 minutes of walking around and feeling like we were going to die of heat exhaustion, we left. It was so hot that we didnt even get the free totes and posters that they were giving out! Eek! Then Jess and I decided to go to Borders since we were in the mood to buy books, but in less hostile conditions.  So we go to Borders, buy a book each, eat frozen yogurt (yumMMM!) order pizza and instead of taking the metro, walk back to campus! Look how green we were being! Then we watched Armageddon. I have never seen it and I cried. Not gonna lie. But I do have to say that if the world were truly going to explode because of a ginormous meteorite, I highly doubt Americans would be the only ones going to save the world. Oh America, how egocentric. And then we played a card game and called our best friends and had a jolly good time. At one point we went to CVS and bought chips and Queso dip and ate it. Alllllll! 

That was fun.  Went to bed, woke up at noon and because I did not want to act like a slug anymore, showered and beautified myself enough for public display and accompanied Amalee and Lily to the Library. I got hungry and ordered a foot long from subway. However, I also requested Jalapenos and they burned away any sensation and taste that my Turkey and Black Forest Ham sandwich could have offered. Black forest ham...does that mean that the piggy that was slaughtered to feed me was from a black forest? I want to go into a black forest, ive only ever heard of green ones. 

Ohkay, since I am always talking about music, I think I will just add on section on Music! 

Music I'm Listening To:

 Two Door Cinema Club -Something Good Can Work 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PorW3y5n1w

Additionally, from time to time, I am going to have a guest post! Fun, que no?!*

Guest Post: Amalee

Amalee...you've all read about her...

I am contributing to this wonderful blog, and am eternally grateful to Guadalupe "SuperFly" Gonzalez for allowing me to do this. [Especially]Considering how mean I have been to her, how many names I have called her, shoes I've thrown at her desk, slaps in her face, pinches on her arms, ice down her shirt (wait I should do that one soon), lemon juice in her eye...you get the picture. It's a love hate relationship. But if there is one thing I have to say about my relationship with Lupe its this:...I'm taller.

Picture of the Week:

Don't know why I like this picture so much! Enjoy! Its a bit dark, but at the moment, so is my soul. Hahaha. 

Peace!

Look at the rays of sunlight!

*If you would ever like to be considered to guest post on this blog, please send all requests to my agent through me. She doesn't have an email address, but you can contact me and I will ask her if its okay with me to post on my blog. If you need to reach me and really know me, you already have my contact info.

Trials and Tribulations

Not really. But I enjoy alliteration, makes me feel smart!

Haha, anyway...Sunday night, my roommates and I stayed up having a Facebook Battle of Wits and Alliances and that was fun. After that we had a mini dance party and if it weren't for such stringent distribution regulations, I would post the resulting video here.

This late night crusade (oh my goodness, I just got deja vu. I have ben in an small office space writing on a computer about my life when I should be doing something else...weird....) into FunkyDance Town left me very tired yesterday and I was falling asleep...as I was chewing on my almonds! How odd yeah? I was so tired, even when I was attempting to give myself energy, I was falling asleep. Then I got up and made coffee, except I don't really know how, and so I got some from the machine thingy and it was cold and i just added sugar and popped it into the microwave for thirty seconds. The only part that was actually good to drink (I was treating the coffee like I would alcohol---down it, but don't taste it or risk gagging) was the last sip and that was because all the sugar had been slowly drifted towards the bottom.  Then I was wired for a bit, kinda like I am now, except I didnt make any today, I am just happy to be blogging. I distinctly remember sending Amalee a text that said "Viva Mexico! Ay Ay Ay!"....yeah...don't ask. It reminds me of Speedy Gonzalez.

You all remember him, que no? That was my nickname in Elementary school, because despite what it may look like, I was actually a very good athlete growing up, fastest girl in school in fact (until possibly 8th grade...) ahh...to be young again...I feel my life is passing me by and I am not doing anything to help the citizens of the world live a better life! Must get on that...

After I finish reading Elantris...

                             Arriba! Arriba!

OH! Highlight of the day I can already predict:

I will eat. I am so hungry right now its kinda pathetic. Yesterday, I had two plates of food, and two helpings of dessert...I like to eat whatever! I must also learn to work out some more but I can do that at another time (maybe thursday?) Also, eating means being with Amalee, Lauren, Jess and Molly, and HEY! What's better than that? I'm reading a speech today (so excited!) at dinner. Huzza!

Then, after dinner, I will watch GLEE! Yay! I am so happy! I love that show, I am unafraid to say that I am a Gleek! So whatever, all you haters can just go away. I don't watch TV, but I will tonight!

Ahh...I think I will listen to the Glee Pandora Channel I created in order to get into the mood!

i love him.

And with that, g'bye for now!

peace!

Revolution of the Mind

I'm sorry I haven't written.  Also, I'm sad because the sign says:
From 1846 to 1848, the United States fought Mexico to acquire land stretching
from Texas to the Pacific Ocean.

Hey y'all...its been a while. Since what Tuesday? Ahhh.... okay well. Time for updates no?

Okay:

Wednesday:

At the Mosque.That's me in the front. I thought I looked pretty shnazzy!

Wednesday was a long day. I woke up at 6:30 and ran. The world will end, yes you are right, because I worked out. I could hardly believe it myself.  Showered, got ready for class and let me tell ya, it was a full day of class! We went to the International Institute of Islamic Thought, and to a Mosque. Very good day. Then on the ride back, the driver's sons accompanied us and we all sang songs (MJ, Tiao Cruz, Drake...) and that was the most fun part of the day! Then I rushed back and got ready to celebrate Mexico's Independence!! The fiesta was put on by the Mexican Embassy. That was fun! Amalee and I got ready went to eat at Popeye's and went to the Kennedy Center for the free festival. Niiiiice! I met up with my friend Daniel (from here on out just known as Z) and watched Oxomatli perform! That was cool. I recommend the band! In fact, here, I will be nice and put a link to them. They performed this song and I really liked it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0K__gg1TTw



Good. After that, I went to a club that was the official after party for the fiesta.  That was quite cool. Mariachi was awesome and I was dancing like a crazy person with Maria. Viva Mexico! I couldn't believe I was at a club celebrating el grito while my mother and father where in MEXICO actually partying. Sigh. Then they played Bronco and I sat down cuz I got kicked. And then this guy comes up to me out of the blue and starts talking to me and asks me out on a date and says he likes me.  And then forgets my name.  Fail. Epically. 


Anyway, then we take a cab back and the price starts going up and up and then I say, kay, well we can walk. And we do. Walk. For an hour. 1.8 miles....fuuun. I'm glad I didn't wear heels.  But I got a flag so that's groovy. Then go to sleep. 


Thursday:

Thursday was a good day. Very goooood. Class was only two hours long and then I got my ID situation fixed.  Someone had had my same ID number and was using my eaglebucks. so I am getting a lot of points credited back to my account! Yessssss! and I didnt have to pay the 15 bucks for losing my ID. yee. Then I met Z at the Library of Congress and i loved it. The Jefferson Building is awesome. I am such a nerd.  The creation of the Declaration and Constitution was amazing. And it was a difficult journey but hey look at the nation now! (I get super patriotic at times when I don't think about how the nation is messing things up abroad.)  Then I saw Jefferson's library and I felt kinda like Belle in Beauty and the Beast. I only say Kinda because its not a full library, but its still an impressive collection of books. 


I bought a lanyard and two pencils that say: I cannot live without books ~ Thomas Jefferson

I will remind her of my
gawking at her when I
am President.

Ahhhhhh so good! Then Z and I ate very green place with killer salads. I so recommend. Once I remember the name of the restaurant.  Then we were walking for a bit and we passed the United States Supreme Court and are talking about squirrels when Z says a derivative of "Oh my gosh, look at who that is!" and I look at the retreating figure of a woman wearing a blue blazer and black pants and we are kinda staring in awe. Well Z and the cab driver across the street from us were staring and I was kinda gawking in confusion.  I am then informed that the person that I am watching cross the street towards the supreme court is in fact Elena Kagan. I'm like okay, well thats great. I think I'm positive of who that is, but I don't want to look stupid (so Z, if I had a delayed reaction, I'm being honest and telling you why).  Then its revealed that it is in fact recently appointed Supreme Court Justice, Elena Kagan, fourth woman to ever be on the Supreme Court. Sooooo that means I saw someone whose decisions I will be reading about in school very soon.  We didn't rush up to her and pepper her with questions, in fact I think she heard us talk about squirrels.  The taxi driver honks at us and with a huge smile says "Only in America!!" So true. Oh America, famous people just cross your streets without understanding the effects that such a spotting will have on the plebeians like me. When I become President, she will most likely still be in office and I will tell her that one time I saw her J-walking (we had just J-walked ourselves) and proclaimed right then and there with Z that we would say we saw her once. Not too stalker sounding right? 

Library of Congress. My Love.

Anywhooo, after that I said I was going to update my blog, I didn't because i realized that I needed to do homework. You know, since high school I have always had the best intentions of doing my homework on time.  But it always fails. I lack the necessary motivation to do things before they are due, rather, I do assignments before they are due, just RIGHT before they are due. I wonder if that is common? Did Barack Obama procrastinate? Well, I had every intention of doing my work and then I started talking to my roommates, going on YouTube, eating and then I realize that its midnight. Hmmm. Then Lily tells me that she always works better in the morning, and I start rationalizing, well shoot. I probably work better in the morning too! [side note: I work better at night before I get sleepy, and in the morning I get sleepy too, unless it is absolutely urgent. I'm just a sleeper when it comes to doing homework, I spend my energy socializing... even if its on YouTube...] Sooo I go to sleep. 


Friday:


I wake up at 7:30, literally roll out of bed and turn on my computer and make 6 pages of notes on what I am supposed to be writing a summary on to turn in later that day. Then (its 42 pages of summary) I have to take a shower because I am absolutely disgusting and that just takes time away. There should be an invention where you step in a tube-like thing and you are instantly clean.  So that the working people don't have to spend time on washing long hair or shaving hairy legs, etc. That's just annoying because I have work to do! But heaven forbid if a woman goes to class and doesn't look her best, or doesn't have makeup on! But then I shouldn't care what people say should I? Ah, there you have it, my own demons coming out to haunt me. 


Class was brief, then I finished my homework, found a very stupid reason to be depressed and went to eat lunch and I had a piece of carrot cake to drown my sorrows. Then I went to class, participated in a discussion and did the one thing that I have never done in my life during class: laughed so hard that I almost had to get up and leave. The discussion was veering from the topic so Jess and I were writing to eachother about relevant stuff about the class. Then, she towards the end, she decided to be funny. And funny she was.  She practically wrote a little essay and when I read it, I could only read the first line because I had no control over my laughter.  I literally covered my mouth and looked down and tried not to laugh out loud while my professor was explaining how he grew up.  My shoulders were shaking and even looking at Jess was a painful experience because I would think about what she wrote (something about Chihuahuas) and just die of laughter.  Thank goodness that class ended shortly after and I was able to read the rest. Ahhh, theres nothing better than a good joke to make you laugh.  As I read once: Laughter is a vacation. 


Thennnnnnnnnnnn I talked to Jess and Lauren for a good hour, went to Guapos to eat. I had three tacos al carbon and they were good. Mother dearest. I miss your food. So please when I come home, PLEASE have some food ready for me. Preferably real enchiladas or even better: TAMALES. shoot, i could really go for some home cooked food. Not that eating at Tenley Cafe for the past month and a day (wow its been that long!???) hasn't been good.   Anyway, I decide to be spontaneous. I go out to various bars with Germans and Norwegians, and Danes.  There's only one other American, so that experience was quite something! Partying with Europeans, definitely have to do it again and space out drinks. oh well, i'm chalking that night up to experience too. That way you learn, right? Thank you George Lopez.  Sleep comes easily that night too.


Saturday: 

The group: Ian, Jess, Barna, Bob, Lauren, Amalee and Soon.
Photography: Lupe.

Saturday was fun because as planned in class on Friday, I went with a few classmates and friends to the American History Museum!! FUN. Except that morning I woke up with a scratchy throat and when I woke up and as our daily ritual demands, swapped stories of the night with Amalee, found out that my voice was no longer up to the challenge of keeping up with me. Amalee says I have a Barry Manilow voice. Marc says I sound like an old witch. My dear mother just says I sound terrible. Thanks y'all.  


Waiting for the metro is never fun, so I decided to take pictures for entertainment. Enjoy. 

This is how I feel about such
things...if you don't
know what I am mocking then
ask me.

We are all Broncos trying to
write: SCU! 

Anyway, the museum was entertaining, and I must go back to visit the rest of the stuff.  The section about the American flag almost made me cry... like I said, I can get quite patriotic.  


The war section was quite astounding, as many of you know, I enjoy reading and learning about wars and why they happen.  The pop culture part was groovy too. But the part that almost got me teary too was the section with all the dresses the First Ladies have ever worn.  Quite the collection! I was separated  from a dress that Dolly Madison wore by a piece of glass less than two inches thick. Jess asked me this: "Your husband is going to have to have a very nice tux in order to be put in here." After a bit of bafflement, the statement sunk in. Haha, imagine, a hall that is dedicated to what the FIRST GENTLEMAN will wear to their wive's inaugural parties. While I enjoyed seeing the collection, it sunk in once again quite prominently that America is still super backwards in its inability to trust women with the highest seat in government.  I was indignant because for two hundred years, 44 women have been the First Ladies, and not once THE LADY. Madame President.  Never.  Hardened my resolve to change that.  I want there to be a hall devoted to the suits the gentlemen wear, and by golly, these suits better be as snazzy (Mark V. I miss you and your snazzy comments, how is SCCAP going?) looking as the women's dresses have been.  

The most diverse master-slave dichotomy
that has ever been photographed.

C-3PO Human Cyborg Relations. Love. 

Then, we ate 5 Guys...oh dang, so good. But we all got food coma after and left a bit later. I napped. For three hours. Woke up, took a walk. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

Sums up our friendship. 

After the walk, I hung out with Amalee and Brett for a bit, and then watched Letters to Juliet. That was cute. Makes me want to marry a British guy! Haha. Anyway. I must do something productive. I just spent the last hour and a half doing laundry and updating this blog, so memo to me: dont wait. Entertain yourself with how I looked yesterday. I still cannot speak, my voice is still horrible and at church today I couldnt even whisper the responses.  Memo #2 to me: Lupe, in 10-15 years when you start producing heirs, you should name one of the seven Grace (I need help in trying to Latinafy it, Graciela just doesn't cut it). Okay byyyeeee. 





P.s. That orange shirt is a Jagermeister  shirt.  OHHHHh.
P.s.s. In the old days, when people would write, the s's would look like fs. So, a word like Pennsylvania would look like: Pennfylvania.  hahahaha. I will ftart fubftituting my s for f to be more like my hero, James Madison. haha. okay really.


peace.  

409s and Heartbreaks

Dear Heart:


I live in room 409 of a dorm. And it seems to me that you are a bit sad.  I know that life as a hopeless romantic can be quite difficult, trust me, I know.  But sometimes, you just have to chalk things up to experience.  Your cutest fantasies about the perfect romance won't always come true, and in fact probably won't, but thats the fun part of living! If you are still depressed, instead of drinking another Vodka and Orange Juice, just watch He's Just Not That Into You. 


Lovingly, 
Your Reasoning Head


Hi Y'all! 


Sorry bout that, the heart here needed a little pep talk! Being in a slump kinda sucks and does things to your head, and believe you me, my head doesn't like to be messed with! (FYI for all people in the future who plan to be mean to me: Don't call me an A**Hole to my face, it's not appreciated and doesn't make you look cool even if you saying in front of one of our friends.I could care less if you call me anything behind my back.) 


Phew, okay glad I got that off my chest!  


Anyway, not much has happened since sunday night when I worked out. I ran today! I sprinted, and that felt good because I have not done that in so long! Sammy, remember when you and I would race? And I would win?!  I enjoy running. We will see if I wake up early tomorrow and I run in the morning! 

Showing the water my affection, since I can't
 shower my lovin on anyone else...

So two days of internships and I am really happy they are done! Not that I was not challenged and had fun, but it kinda takes a toll on my soul (and eyes) when I stare at a computer for hours on end. But I am happy where I am!  


Hahahha, okay, i love my roommates! I just laughed uber hard! Soooo, yesterday Amalee and I rented Over Her Dead Body with Eva Longoria and it was cute, I guess. Paul Rudd is cute. Then I went to sleep. Oh today for lunch I had a can of spaghettiohs! haha Oh so good! 


OH! So i am missing a concert at the club 9:30 featuring Of Montreal and Janelle Monae! Sad. But tomorrow, I am going to the fiesta hosted by the Mexican Embassy celebrating the Bicentennial of Mexican Independence! Wooot! To prepare, I listened to the music I grew up with: Los Apson, Linda Ronstadt, Bronco, Marco Antonio Solis, Vicente Fernandez, A.B. Quintanilla, and at the moment, Enrique Iglesias! 
I went a little crazy.... 

Then Amalee cut her bangs, and I think a haircut is in order for me. I have cut my bangs before, so I think I will do that now! We shall see how it turns out! Okay, so after this, I HAVE to sleep, tomorrow is going to be a LONG day! 

I trust her with my hair...

I was dancin about, flash didnt work, but
Lily puts up with me with that smile
always in place!

Aight people peace and love. From club 409. 

A Moment In Guadalupe History

Hi Y'all. I will keep this short so that I can go to sleep.


Today, I did some homework (gasp!) and then outlined the healthy measures I will take in order to look better (double gasp!) and then...an hour after eating, went to the gym! (GASP---I ran out of air and fainted). I didn't faint at the gym, but I turned really red! And sweat a lot! Nastyy.... but elizabeth has proof if you doubt my sincerity! 

I hope this does not become my new best friend

But I ran two miles on the treadmill and that is pretty good for someone who hasnt ran in the last 7 months right? I think the last time I ran that much, I was with Jenn before she graduated and I had a Big Mac with Anthony Ramos (hi Anthony!) that same night.  I was better tonight! I had a few handfuls of almonds and dried cranberries. 


Amalee and I worked out and after we went outside to cool down and wanted a place to do push ups. We go to a pathway, and I look up trying to figure out rooming situations through the window and there is a guy (whom we had met briefly before) who has the most confused look on his face. I was caught in the act of looking through a window! Oops! Then we apologized and ran off. Then we see him again on our way up the stairs and that's embarrassing. Oh well.


I flooded the shower, i think too much hair from so many ladies in one shared shower finally killed the shower. oOops again. 


Now I am catching glimpses of the VMAs and need to brush my teeth and go to sleep. 


Internship Day 2 tomorrow! Hooray!


Aight people peace!


i miss my family.

Dancing in the Moonlight

Lupe was dancing in the moonlight yesterday.  Or rather the predawn light. It has been a fun and "wild" (for me!) weekend!  So, I will start in the beginning!

Friday Night:

I was going to be a big pathetic loser and not do anything.  Amalee was going out to celebrate Eid and Lily was going out with a few friends and I declined to attend both with a sinking feeling that I was going to have to do my homework for lack of anything more exciting to do. 

Dancing to Gaga...she makes everything better!

So, they were both gone and I  was on my computer, Facebook stalking people I like and a few that I don't, and feeling like utter crap.  It was around 7 pm.  Then I get a text and that changed everything! In my pjs I visit a few friends and set my own path to being happy.  So I get happy... and synthetic happiness came with a Caribbean smell. Then we decide to go to a club called 24 (advertising itself as a Latin Club) and I proceed to get ready.  We are all ready to go an hour later, meet two random guys who want to come along (they are trustworthy, just random) and we get on the metro.  We are that obnoxious group that everyone stares at and hates in a crowded metro train, but whatever, there is a first time for everything and that was an experience! 

Then we get off and don't know where the club is.  We decide a few things, 1) That we REALLY need to pee and 2) that we need a cab.  So we hail a cab and 7 us pile in... (much to the detriment of my bladder, Molly is splayed across my lap) and because we are frugal college students, we decide not to stop to go the bathroom and to pee at the club.  But Brett swears that he has never needed to pee so badly in his life and Molly says the same thing, and my bladder is screaming at her saying "Yes, let her go so that she's not on me!!" and so we stop at a gas station with NO bathrooms.... and well use your imagination. 

We are a happy bunch.

Then we get to the Club.  And turn around and almost walk back. Its the sketchiest (sp?) thing I have ever seen, with two police cars parked outside.  We are led to the front of the line and the boys pay 20 bucks and after being relieved in the girls room, I go buy a drink. Except that there is a 20 dollar limit. WHO TELLS SOMEONE THAT AFTER SHE BUYS HER DRINK?! Anyway, I buy one for Fanny too, so two drinks 24 bucks.  It was horrid and I ended up giving most of it to Brett.  Then we start dancing, and its fun for a while, but no random guy wants to dance with me.  Sad panda. Or maybe (hopefully) I gave off the impression that I wasnt into that. So I watch the ladies in the group dance with weirdos behind them and Im like "okay, thats okay, I can still have fun." But then one person in our group is so out of sorts that I deem it my personal responsibility to watch her. And watch her I do.  She loses her bracelet and uses that as the reason to dance with about fifteen different guys, and I pull her away towards our group.  At this point, I am getting more sober, or I am an angry person after consuming half a Long Island Iced tea. Regardless, I am pissed off and want to leave.  Only Brett seems to get it, but there is no way we can drag five other ladies with us, so I literally sit down away from the dance floor and start sending angry texts to different people until we decide to leave.  

Then I make the executive decision to go to McDonald's and order 20 chicken nuggets and a Quarter Pounder, and eat in the cab ride back.  That makes me happy (I share the nuggets and the burger, relax!) and by the time we get off the metro (there was an obnoxious group of 26-28 year olds on the train and they were singing "Ole! Ole, Ole, Oleeeeee!!" and so I took a picture of two of circus ring leaders) I am dancing. I dance practically all the way back to campus were I see the sprinklers on and decide to run through them with Lauren! We run, and of course I slip and I still nursing a hurting bum, but its all good. I run through a bit more and we continue the party, lose a few, but gain some more.  We hang out near the stair well until an RA tells us to quiet down.  So we leave and then we dance and dance and find that we all love Mika. So we put on possibly 4 of his songs before realizing its 515 am! Then we decide to go outside again.  And we have fun on the grass listening to my iphone and dancing and acting the fools. I lose my ID card outside, sadly.  At 6 am we decide to go to McDonalds.  So we walk (me barefoot because I didnt think we were going anywhere) to McDs and order Sausage Biscuits and Hashbrowns and let me tell you, at 615 am there is nothing better than that combo.  Plus the best way to beat a hangover is to just not go to sleep and eat!

Pretty much me the whole night with
Lauren not knowing what to do with me

Then we start getting tired, envision our respective warm beds and depart.  Its 6:35 when I get to my room.  I wash my face and climb into bed and with a smile on my face, I sleep.

Saturday Night:

And sleep. And sleep until about 2 pm.  Amalee and I exchange stories of our night/mornings (Lily had been responsible, woke up early and had gone to a Mexican Festival) and go search for my ID card but our search is futile. Then we get back, eat cereal and decide to nap at 4.  And I sleep till 6:56 pm...

Then lamenting the miserable state of my life, I take a shower, and we order pizza and eat while watching the History channel documentary on 9/11.  Such a horribly depressing day 9 years ago!  After the towers collapse, the streets look like hell on Earth, and I can't imagine what it felt like to live through that.  Walking around the area last month helped me get a glimpse of where the damage was but I hope we see nothing like this again. 

Then its 10:30 and I get another text and I decide to get ready for the heck of it. I use green eye shadow and get acquainted with a Royal and his Cup.  That was entertaining! and after a few hours, we go outside again for fun but its raining.  Then its around 4 and I say okay, time for me to go! I get back to my room at 4:30 after dropping one of the group in her room. Then I get ready for sleep and chat with Amalee who also returned and sleep I do. 

Sunday:

I sleep till 10:10 when I get ready and attend church. That was nice.  It always makes me happy.  Then it rains and I nap until Lauren finds me and we chat. Fun stuff!  I admire her.  And now, I am updating this blog because I frankly have nothing better to do. I think I will eat Raisin Bran. 

We love Mika. and McDonalds.

So, I googled Dancing in the Moonlight pics, and though this isnt what I was doing, I still think they are pretty pics! Enjoy.

PEACE.

We Got EGGED. I hate AU.

NO, you did not misread. Amalee and I got EGGED! 

Who would have thought these things give BRUISES!?

I am so furious right now. But I will start from the beginning....

I woke up at 8 am, thinking I had class at 9, but I had class at 1030, so I did some homework, and then got ready, and actually curled my hair. I wore Lolita's hand me down black dress and I was very happy. I went to class and a Republican spoke to us (and it was bearable...I can't believe I just said that!) And we listened to a Democrat (YAY! I liked him) and then we listened to an Imam about Islam and the Environment, and that was really cool! I enjoyed it very much.  

Then I played scrabble, beat Drew, and broke 200 points! Wooot! I had a Double letter score on J (8points) and the R for JEER was on a triple letter score. Yay. Then I went to eat yogurt (and let me tell ya! Its hard being a CF! (RA whatever you want to call it! He had a social, to get people to go to a yogurt place, Mr.Yogato at Dupont Circle. And only me, Lily, and Maria went....sad. Its weird to be on this side of the CFing system!) Anyway, we went and it was okay, the yogurt was aight...and then... we went to Five Guys. I ate a burger with fries because I was so Hungry! I'm so bad...! I was eating a burger at 10 pm...

And then I came back, gave Amalee my extra fries and tried to watch something online.  Then, as I was watching the Nanny with Lily,  Amalee suggested we go for a run, it was 1145 mind you, but then I felt rather guilty for eating and said "Hey what the heck, I'll take a ride on the wild side" and then changed.  We stretched and started to run. Then we walked a bit, and as we were walking, I felt something hit my leg and I look up and Amalee is complaining about her back and I look up and a black suburban car is driving past, and a hand is reaching out the window and I see him throw an egg at the person twenty feet from us. We look down and there are two eggs cracked on the sidewalk! One had hit the back of my leg and the other hit Amalee! I don't think either one of us have ever said the string of expletives we said on repeat for quite so long. Basically, we don't like AU. And look at what happens to our efforts at working out! This is why I don't do anything. Epic Fail # 3 million this week! 

My leg...

Amalee's pants...! 

We were furious! We walked back and called campus safety and were livid... i literally told the campus safety guy "I'm not paying so much money to get egged while I am walking!" Stupid hazing process! Yes, I said that! And WHAT?! im pissed. What a way to end my night! 

Anyway... that wasnt fun. Im going to bed and lamenting my inability to even work out without something happening!  UGH.

Okay, gnight people. 

A Lot Like Having a Life

I'm watching A Lot Like Love. It's cute so far.

Anyway, today I watched The Other Guys and it was horrible.  I like Mark Wahlberg and so liked the movie, but I didn't see the point in it as a whole. I'm sad I spent the $8.50. Oh well. I tried to have fun! I ate a whole lot of chocolate ( it was two for $1 so I bought four...and a bag of hot cheetos and a yahoo.)

Marc Tries Hot Cheetos For the First Time

So yesterday, I went to my internship and was sequestered away from the world.  I did some fact checking and now know that vote411.org is just about the coolest thing in the voting world! I did various odd jobs like that the entire day.  Then I took a lunch break at 1 oclock, went to subway, spent 6.88 on a sub. I tried to go to the bathroom and it was LOCKED! boooooo. I then read my book and ate by myself.  Then I went back and tried to stay awake because I was tired, but it was a good day over all.  Then I was walking and I realized that I like being a student, not so much working, I could not imagine doing that five days a week, every week, for years.  Being a student is cool, and I enjoy learning.  Or maybe I just don't want to have a job.  When I worked at Half Price Books, that was cool, 40 hours a week for almost two months and I enjoyed it, but I couldn't help feeling I was on the brink of doing something more.  I want to change lives, be involved in the struggle to make this world a better place.  I know I am being a bit lofty and dreamy, but I really couldn't see myself in an office or in retail, I like human interaction too much and I like knowing I am making an active difference.

Half My Class

That was yesterday! Today, I went to class, was awake, and then went to a lecture and was asleep...my eyes would not stay awake.  But then it ended and we were fed. And we managed to postpone a class meeting so that was quite awesome.  Then I took a nap, and that was delicious. I like sleep.

Then we went to a 7:50 showing to The Other Guys.  Not sure why I watched it.  But Amalee and Marc made it fun.

Well, that was my night/day and now I should go to sleep and/or do my homework.  Sleep I think. And brush my teeth.

Okidokie...peace and love people!

Oh! Might I add that we were in Georgetown today and it was a lovely day! Oh my goodness, it was quite fabulous to be outside!  k thats all. Byyyyyeeeeee!

I just bought that shirt...