#85

Below is an actual conversation I had today:

Moi: Jesse McCartney is guest starring on Greek!

BART: OMG!

M: Buddy did you hear that? Are you excited?

Buddy: I have jet lag.

BART & M: How many time zones did you cross today?

Buddy: 1 and I only got 3! hours of sleep last night.

M: Oh

You think you have someone figured out and then he gives you chocolate and you have nothing figured out.

#84

I know you guys just left and I had so much fun this weekend. But now I'm kinda sad and in a funk. Its very weird. Its not homesickness. Its like not being with my friends-sickness. 

blah, blah, blah

ETA: Here are some pictures of our new walls!!! Aren't they pretty?

#83

Hi MMM!!!!!!!!

This is for you. We just rode the bus back from Hemingway's Bar and it was awesome. BART and I were scared to go before but we went and it was AWESOME!! Pomme and Toi just fell off the bed. It was hilarious. Toi fell on the Office Season 4 DVD. Winds of Thor were horribly awesome but the shots we had tonight were awesome. We had two dirty girl scouts, oatmeal cookies, and hot apple pie shots. It was a ton of fun but I wish MMM and Aussie were here. You guys must come visit. My living room is now teal and my dining room is now green but my bedroom needs painted sooo maybe I could get some help?!?! hmmm...  

#82

Recently, I had dinner with one of my new friends from school. We were discussing our lives and the topic settled on our big families and all the drama that comes with them. I was explaining the competitive relationship I've had with Cogene (formerly CopyCat) and her situation. My friend responded with 'So you've totally won for life.' 

This struck me as odd because 

1. I hadn't even thought about it in terms of winning or beating her. I don't even think it can be reduced to that. 
   
2. My first thoughts were excitement for her and then when I learned more about the situation I felt bad for her. I think we've moved way past the competitiveness. 

I've written on this before and then deleted it because I wasn't sure I should be talking about it. But I am sick of her family treating this as a bad thing. 

My cousin is pregnant and is going to have a baby sometime in late October, early November. She doesn't know what she's having and she has some really cute names picked out. I for one am really excited for a new baby. Sure it isn't what she planned and things haven't worked out but when in life do things really go as planned?

And I think Cogene is going to be an awesome mom. She's fiercely loyal and will stand up for what she believes is right. I've seen her help raise her younger siblings and there is no doubt in my mind that she'll raise an equally amazing person. 

So I think no one should feel embarrassed to attend the church that they have attended for their entire life. No one should be hiding out and avoiding public situations. A quiet baptism is ridiculous because isn't a baptism about welcoming a new member to the entire church?? Shouldn't true Christians not judge or point fingers? I'm pretty sure thats a lesson Jesus taught when those people wanted to martyr that woman. 

Anyway, she's having a baby and I am EXCITED AND HAPPY and in no way embarrassed, disgraced or upset. I just wish more people felt that way.

#81

Can I just say how much I freaking LOVE Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl? Every week the love, it grows and grows.

I went bowling again last night with some of my co-workers. Due to two of them being horribly judgmental people, I did not have one sip of alcohol around them. But I did say I had homework (which I did) and left early but instead of heading home, we went to a bar. I feel all weird about it. I've never had to sneak alcohol ever and now that I'm 22 I'm becoming a secret drinker.

Cupcake Update! I had a red velvet one and it was so so so good. But they put so much frosting on them and I just don't appreciate it that much.

Pomme and Toi are coming for a visit this weekend and I am so so PUMPED! EXCITED! YAY! FRIENDS!!!!! That reminds me I need to find some time to clean, kill giant spiders, get some food.

I feel like my hair is getting extremely long. I decided when I moved I wouldn't cut it until I graduated grad school and then I'd donate it. Its something I've always wanted to do and I thought it would help reduce expenses not having to pay for haircuts. But its driving me crazy!!

#80

I tried this today. It was really good. I liked it.

#79

I don't know why but I am irrationally angry right now. But its a funny anger because I'm laughing at everything and being a pessimistic. And its so weird. Gah! Gah! Gah! 

Anyway I was feeling all angry and reading my blogs avoiding homework when I checked in with cjanerun. I've been reading her blog daily for about the last 3 weeks. Her sister and brother-in-law were in a plane crash and are now recovering in an Arizona hospital. So she now has taken in 3 of their 4 children along with her own like 4 month old baby until the parents can come home and take care of their children. So ya...they have way more to be mad about than me, right? And then I read today's blog and it made me happy. It made me so happy. It reminded me why I believe in God. I've tried for like the last 10 minutes to summarize the entry but I can't so I'm just copying and pasting:

"For five years I wanted a baby. I wanted a baby so bad that sometimes I would steal you when your mom wasn't watching! You were like my own baby. But then you moved to New Jersey and I couldn't see you as much. That is when I really, really wanted a baby of my own."

The Chief squawked and punched his arms. Claire held him tighter.

"I never knew why Heavenly Father didn't send us a baby until a year ago, when I found out that I was pregnant. I just knew that there was a reason we didn't have The Chief when we wanted. But now I think I know why."

"Why?" Claire's interest was obvious in her eyes.

"Because He was saving The Chief for you. He wanted The Chief to be here when you were here with me. You make The Chief smile and he needs to smile. Smiling makes him grow."

Claire liked this idea, and grinned at the thought.

And someday I will tell The Chief the same thing.

"He was saving you for Claire. He wanted you to be here when Claire came along. You make Claire smile and she needs to smile. Smiling helped her make it through. You helped her make it through."

At least to me, that all makes perfect sense and I feel a lot less mad and frustrated and I wanted to share. So yeah...

Also, I got another cupcake today. It was the Copacabana. It was good but not as good as the Cherry Pop!

#78

I got a Cherry Pop! cupcake today. It was delicious. I liked it better than any of the other ones I've tried. Also, Dozen has put up a sign for part-time counter help. I am so tempted. Hmm.....

I've been feeling skinnier lately. In fact, I tried on my Christmas dress today and I really liked it! I was a bit worried about wearing an all fringe dress to Christmas Eve mass. But in light of recent events, I realize its no big deal and no way will anyone be looking at me at church. 

Today was very blah, blah, blah, blah. It just felt way off. I can't quite put my finger on it. 

#77

The names I am called in Pittsburgh:

• babe
• sugar
• honey
• sweetie
• darling
• shortie
• little
• Irene
• Jenny
• Carol
• Megan
• Lara (This is the worst because I now think of myself as Lara. But its a totally different name than my own. I now understand what France was like for Frances.)

Also, Pomme and Frances do you remember one of our trips to Collioure when we visited the fort there. We discussed whose super heroes baby we'd want to have? I randomly thought of that today and it made me giggle hysterically. I CRACKED up. But I still think I'd have Batman's kid.

Another thing that reminds me of France: the buses are about to go on strike. Which would be a major bummer. I like taking the bus. I mean I could walk to school and it'd probably take like 30 minutes. But I don't want to walk. I'd rather take the bus for free. But I do understand why they might go on strike.

I really wanted a cupcake today. The choices were vanilla, vanilla; chocolate, orange pomegranate, or Reese's Peanut Butter. But the shop was closed by the time I got back, boo! 

ETA: At 11:20, I announced I wanted cornbread. At 11:35, Buddy made me cornbread muffins from scratch with honey poured on them. Um....YUM!!!!

#76

I like lists. Here is another one:

1. 3 random Coppolino's (all boys Kevin, Vito, and Joseph) friended me on facebook. All from different areas like San Fran, Chicago, and Italy. Its a bit weird.
2. My great-aunt who miraculously recovered from her coma, died. Its a bummer. I have no memories of meeting her but she wrote me a really nice note when I graduated high school. That was really cool especially because she got all her info about me from my grandma who at that point had accused me of being a drug addict and labeled me a rebel. Oh how wrong she was.
3. The family secrecy is killing me. They wont be able to keep secrets for forever. Its just hurting people who feel like they couldn't be trusted with truth. I get that people are uncertain about everything but I think people will be a lot more supportive than they think.
4. Oh yeah. I keep forgetting. I can't text. I can't receive or send them. My mom keeps getting on my case about it. But I'm working on it.

#75

I hate those stickers, songs, slogans that say 'We'll never forget.' I feel its so redundant.

I'll never worry about forgetting where I was or who I was with or what I felt.

I remember thinking it wasn't that big of an attack. When I went to bed that night, I thought everything would be back to normal the next day. I was so wrong. I remember all the channels were running the same feed except Disney. They had cartoons. 

I remember waking up exactly one year later and just crying, sobbing. I hadn't cried about it yet and I think it was then that it really hit me. We were never going back, only forward.

I can't even begin to imagine what its like for those who deal with terrorist attacks on a daily basis. Its just mind boggling. 

#74

I love these photos.

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#73

I just bought my plane ticket home!!! Its official: October 2-October 5 = me in MI! I'm totally excited to see you all and my dog. Okay, mostly the dog because no matter how hard I worked with him this summer he still can't write or talk and Skype totally creeps him out. 

My mom called the other day to tell me that my great aunt and uncle out here in PA were not doing well i.e. coma and dementia. But today when I talked with home, they had woken up from the coma, recovered enough to be moved to a nursing home and talk on the phone. 

I just realized my next birthday I will be 23 which is 2 years away from 25. Umm...where the hell has the time gone? 

We (well me and BART) have picked colors to paint the downstairs of Quarterlife. The dining room shall be a yellow like goldenrod. The living room shall be a cranberryesque color. After picking these colors, I realized that I inadvertently used the candle I received for directing Its A Wonderful Life: The Musical! as inspiration. Scary but I feel the person who gave me the candle would approve.

#72

Things I have learned since moving to Pittsburgh:

1. We (besides Pomme) have been taught the incorrect pronunciation for Carnegie. Its Car-NAG-ie, not Car-NEG-ie. Even the electronic voice on the bus pronounces it correctly.  (To the right of the steps, there is now a dinosaur and even farther to right is my bus stop. I get to sit on those steps for the bus to come.)
2. Famous Kappa Deltas include the lady who designed Suzy's Zoo.
3. There is a Greek restaurant in town whose chef used to cook for Jackie Kennedy Onassis. I plan on finding it.
4. I am extremely short.
5. Though I miss you guys a TON, like so MUCH, like everything here would be ten times more exciting because you would be here, I don't miss AQ that much. I didn't really feel like I should be moving back or be taking classes there. When I do miss AQ, its when I've been drinking and feel very lonely because no one else will try to climb around the living room on the furniture without touching the floor. I realized I barely ever was on the Moose this summer and things have happened that I know nothing about. It just, it feels right to have completed those four years and move on.

#71

I am watching the VMAs right now and they are horrible. Though the highlights include: Britney's opening, Britney winning her very first moonman and thanking me her fan, Christina's performing and oh Jordin Sparks' outburst about promise rings. During the commercials, they are running random facts and Kid Rock performed with Run-DMC 9! years ago. I clearly remember that performance and OMG! it has been almost a decade.

Oh and also Buddy is KILLING ME! I swear she thinks me and BART are idiots. Without her guidance, we probably couldn't get dressed in the morning or feed ourselves. She reminds us about the stupidest things like 'Don't stab yourself in the eye with the pointy end of a screwdriver.' GEEzus, why does she even bother? OR she patronizes us about our music tastes because they aren't nearly as cool as her sad, fiddle, yoddling artists that you've never heard of and never will but that only makes it that MUCH BETTER THAN YOU! Oh, she constantly needs to be near me. I sit on the couch she sits right next to me OR leans on the couch behind me so that I can feel her breath! Tonight, I purposely sat in the chair to avoid this AND she came over at sat at my feet. I cannot get away from her. Its so creepy

#70

I got this from 2 Political Junkies who got it from youngwilhem. I love Zoolander and this cracks me up. Its supposed to be what happened when Gov. Palin was announced as the VP candidate. But I prefer to think this happens all the time and these Dems just cruise the neighborhood looking for a walk off.

#69

Aww..guys I love the love. I can't wait to see you all. I totally wrote that post after 2 gin martinis and I guess some beer (its all a bit cloudy). But I spelled everything correctly!

Pomme came to visit! It was awesome and entirely too short. I can't wait for her to come back so we can properly explore SouthSide Works and finally make it to Dozen.

Its looking like for sure I'll be home Oct 2nd-5th. I'm thinking the fly in late the 2nd possibly to Lansing or Flint. If Lansing, I'll crash at Toi's. And then its to Saginaw on the 3rd for NCC homecoming. The 4th will be spent in GR for AQ's homecoming, Insignis alumni breakfast, and to aww and ohh over Frances being in a wedding. The 5th back in Saginaw until I fly home so if anyone wants to get together that weekend, let me know!

#68

COME VISIT!

I MISS YOU!

LOVE,

MOI!

#67

My weekend in Pittsburgh has turned out to be pretty fun. 

BART's sorta-kinda boyfriend came into town to hang and he's pretty cool. On Friday, we headed out to a big mall to find one of three H&Ms in Pitt. After we returned, we tried out a bar, Silky's, that is just a few blocks away. It was pretty cool, very low key. I think we might return especially since I didn't get carded and there was no cover charge. I got slightly drunk and may have drunk facebooked people. I know I wrote on Toi's wall for sure but if anyone else got one, sorry! I realize I did not drink very much this summer and therefore my tolerance is down a bit. Oh well.

Last night, we went to a Pirates game. It was cool. The cheap tickets were only $9 and the seats weren't that bad. I think the best part was one of the Pirates got a home run and there were FIREWORKS!! The stadium was pretty neat because it is missing a wall which allows you to see the river. I loved being able to take the bus right from our apartment all the way downtown to the stadium. 

Today has been very low key and not much has happened. I think I might make or get some pizza because I've been craving it lately. Our washer and dryer were delivered today but neither one is hooked up. I never realized how much I love having clean clothes and I'd really like to have them again. 

#66

So McCain picked Palin. At first, I was like no WTF? omg! what is happening???? She is definitely not Pawlenty and CNN told me that was who he was going to pick and LIES! 

And then I was like ohhhh a woman, YAAYYYY!!!!! a female. I am woman, hear me roar!!!!!!!

And then I thought about everything I knew about Palin: Republican, governor of Alaska, first term, just had her 5th baby earlier this year, children have interesting names-Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig, fishes. So I looked for some more information and it seems like she has less experience than Obama which is interesting because hasn't McCain been making Barack's inexperience part of his reasons why he should not be elected?? The more I researched the more it seemed that Palin was only picked because she was a girl. 

I guess I feel like the Republican party is just trying to appeal to the Clinton supporters who haven't embraced Obama. I feel its insulting because Clinton is drastically different than Palin. I'm not saying one is better than another or anything. But shouldn't they put more thought into who is going to be our next VP? The whole thing just feels like a ploy. McCain, if he wins, will be 72 and the oldest person to be sworn in as President. Apparently, he's had some scares with skin cancer so it is a possibility that he could die in office, which would leave us with someone who has little experience. In the end, I feel like Palin is being set up to fail or be mocked or slammed in the possibility that the Democrats win the race. And I don't like that.