Super Haul

Today was the first shopping success in a long long time. Today I went to TJ Maxx, Bath and Body Works and Forever 21. I had pretty much forgotten that TJ Maxx existed until today. I had seen videos on youtube with some beauty bloggers talking about stuff they'd gotten at TJ Maxx and it sparked my interest so I visited my local TJ Maxx. It was like walking into heaven, that is if heaven was terribly disorganized and there were like a thousand old people blocking the aisles with shopping carts. I found a bunch of stuff that was extremely reasonably priced. Here's what I found:

1. Korres Bitter Almond Body Milk $5
2. Korres Watermelon Scrub $5
3. Korres Rice Protein hair treatment $5
4. Korres Guava shower gel $5
5. Korres Fig Body Butter $5
6. Model Co. Face Scrub $7
7. Joey New York Blackhead removing and Pore minimizing gel $3

I got all of that stuff for less than $50. LESS THAN $50! I was especially excited about all of the Korres stuff. I love Korres because it's natural and doesn't contain stuff like mineral oil (ew) and parabens (double ew). I recently ordered the Korres yoghurt face cream and pomegranate balancing moisturizer from sephora.com and so far so good. I was really hoping I would find it at TJ Maxx and stock up but no such luck. All of the Korres items I bought at TJ Maxx were seriosuly cheaper than what you would pay at Nordstrom or Sephora; more than 50% cheaper. I haven't tried anything from Model Co. or Joey New York but even if they aren't that great I didn't spend as much as I would have if I had gone to a department store. I also got some $3 handsoaps at Bath and Body Works and they are great for your kitchen because they are anti-bacterial so you won't contaminate your kitchen after touching raw chicken and kill everyone who touches any of your countertops.

At Forever 21 I got a few dresses and shirts. I needed something that would make me seem a little in the know when it comes to fashion and something that wouldn't make me go broke. I'm pretty happy with then so I can't complain.

Needless to say TJ Maxx is my new favorite store and I will be scrouing the shelves soon enough. That's all for now. I'll be in the UK for two weeks come sunday so maybe I'll post pictures! Yay? ok byebye

Blarg! Update!.....?

Since I've graduated I've moved on to more adult and sophistcated things. Some of the classy things I've come across in the past few postgraduate days are as follows:

www.awkwardboners.com
www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com

If you couldn't already tell, I've been having a classy post-graduation week ;)

Gradumated

Well, not quite yet, but Saturday I will be as good as done with my undergraduate coursework! FINALLY. The five-year plan is over! It's been a week of nothing but thunderstorms and it's been a bit depressing, but it helped me finish my final projects and get some reading done. I've been reading up on how faulty biochemistry effects your metabolism and I've decided to go off sugar as much as possible. It's just not good for you. I love this channel on YouTube called Underground Wellness. The host always has great advice and I've started reading some of the books he's recommended and so far they're good stuff. I also got a new heart rate monitor (polar f6) and the first time I used it I didn't hit the right button and it didn't track my workout which was really upsetting. Today I'm going to do Jillian Michaels "Blast Fat, Boost Metabolism" video with it on to see how many calories I'm really burning!

In a perfect world I would be really cool and dress like Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes)

There are few who can pull off peacock feathers and not look like a whore or a decorative wall fan.

Why I didn't Like Twilight.

Before Edward Cullen fans track my IP address and murder me in my sleep let me explain my literary background: I'm an English major, groomed to enjoy ONLY the classics and novels that would confuse most people. I'm not trying to say I'm better than the people who enjoy Twilight, but I'm kind of past the fourth grade reading level this book was written in, also there were some serious plot issues that I could not get past. I will also admit that I could not get past the middle of the book. The story started out as a familiar young adults novel and a flawed female protagonist, Bella Swan. This bitch was just too clumsy. How has this person not killed herself yet? The author spent way too much time focusing on the character's clumsiness and was sort of shoving this "NOBODY IS PERFECT" (accept Edward of course) idea down our throats. I mean how bad do kids feel about themselves now that the main character of a book has to be irresponsibly clumsy in order for people to be able to relate to it? Anywho, Edward is too perfect and if I had to read anything about his perfectly chiseled chest one more time I was going to barf. We get that he's perfect, he's Cedric Diggory for God's sake, I don't need to hear about his nipple protrusion from under his Armani Exchange turtleneck (who the fuck wears turtlenecks in high school?). Bella is essentially a whiner. She complains throughout the entire story about how she doesn't understand why boys like her and why people want to be her friend. I have a problem with people who complain for no reason, especially when they have nothing to complain about. She's admittedly thin, somewhat attractive and everyone wants a piece of Bella. Quit your bitching!

The kicker for me was Edward giving up his dark and dangerous secret that NO ONE else knows about. If you've seen Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, the thing that ruined the movie is that fact that Anakin switched to the dark side entirely too fast. He basically left everything he believed in for something that could possibly ruin him in about 12 seconds. Here's a watered down version of Anakin's flip flop:

Emperor Palpetine: "Hey so, the dark side is pretty cool. You should totally join. We have red light sabers."
Anakin: "Oh cool, sure man"

And that's it. That' all it took. Once Edward found out that Bella liked him he gave it up like a freshman on prom night. What poor Edward doesn't know is that girls are crap at keeping secrets and sucking the blood of wild animals and glittering might be something you don't want this clumsy bitch blabbing to everyone. It was just too abrupt and very unrealistic. Though this story itself is unrealistic, the author is presenting it in a realistic setting; in the present day with everyday teenagers, except some are vampires....and werewolves....

My point is that this story just doesn't do it for me. After reading 20+ pages of Bella and Edward rubbing their faces on each other I just gave up. If I wanted to watch people rub stuff on each other I'd find a Japanese pay sight, because god knows what they're rubbing on what...and vampires maybe present.


PS-I hate my neighbors

I'm faking it.

I'm not afraid to say that I am a little vain. Most people are; in fact most are probably way more than I am. I'm happy to say that I've never colored my hair, gotten a pedicure or gone to a salon to have anything done for special events. I'm pretty happy that I've saved tons of money by only cutting my hair twice a year (if that), but I will admit there's one thing that I am really into and that's being tan. I know I know, "Emily, you're the whitest person ever and just being close to a mirror reflecting the sun on your skin will give you instant cancer" Yes I know this, but I'm trying to circumvent the sun part. In high school I never wore sun screen, especially when I would go surfing where I'd be in the sun from 8am to 5pm and I'd be in the water and then id fall asleep on the beacha nd then in the water some more. Ahhh, those were the days. Tanning after school before prom, after prom, in between various proms, was the thing to do in high school. You wouldn't meet your friends at the mall you'd meet them at "Tequila Tans! : It's cool because tequila's in the name!". After seeing some of the girls who tanned religiously after high school I realized how bad of an idea that was. I mean dark spots and wrinkles around their eyes. These former goddesses of hickory high are certifiably fug now. I've taken it upon myself to try a couple of sunless tanning products and I'll list the ones I've used so far:

1. L'Oreal Sublim Bronze self-tanning Gelee.
For something I picked up at Bed Bath and Beyond for $7 (gotta love those 20% off coupons) this stuff is pretty damn good. The first time I used it, I got compliments from my mom and others that I looked like I'd been outside which is always good. The second application was soon after the first, maybe 4 days and I did turn a bit orange. I made a dumbass move and tried to tan my hands so they wouldnt be like a seperate entity from my arms, but that was not a good idea. I STILL have orange knuckles :( All in all I'd say this stuff in a B+

2. Fake Bake sunless tanning lotion.
This gives a good color, but only if you have the patience to apply it. It's got a "color guide" that is super dark and shows you where you've covered and where you need to apply more. You HAVE to wear gloves to apply this because it dries pretty quickly. The color developes overnight and you are meant to wake up, shower and the tan will be left after the color guide washes off. It's not super dark, which is good for me because I'm corpse pale and since the color guide is dark dark brown it doesn't come out orange. The cons: it stains your sheets. It does wash out, but the color guide will rub off. I can only use this while my boyfriend is out of town because he can sleep in a bed that is going to be covered in what he thinks is self tan. Great color, but time consuming. I give this one a B+ also.

3. Mystic Tan Tanning booths.
They praise this crap like it's the messiah of all that is tan, but that is not the case. It's like being spat at for 30 seconds, all over your body. If you hate walking around on drizzly days (I mean come on, rain or don't rain FUCKING PICK ONE) then this is not for you. You have to cover your hands and feet with a special "barrier creme" which is code for "put this on so your hands and feet won't look like they were dipped in baby shit" and you get into this weird talking booth that sprays you "when you're ready". You wave your hand over the sensor and wait with the same anxiety you have in a photobooth. Then the tan spits at you, then tells you to turn around and sprays this stuff all in your buttcrack. If you're not into having stuff sprayed inyour buttcrack I would not reccommend Mystic Tan. This made me super orange and I just dont like being naked in a booth that claims not to be occupied by anyone but you. Anywho, I've ranted enough. I don't like Mystic Tan. UF- for UberFail- that's pretty much the worst fail you can get.

4. California North Titanium sunless tanning lotion.
I can't say much about this yet. I just got it today and I'm wearing it right now. It smells really nice, like bananas and coconut. I hate sunless tanner smells because it smells like burning flesh. This stuff is also pretty moisturizing so far.
*UPDATE: easily the best stuff I've tried. No smell, great color and dries super quick. You still need to exfoliate knees, elbows and feet, but I'm not the least bit orange. I love it!

I know I have tried more, but some are not worth a review. As of right now I think you're best bet is the California North tanner Its awesome!

ack with more reviews probably when school is over in about 2 weeks so see you then!

Check it.

I love my new handmade sushi washcloths. I do not love my new neighbors hanging out in the hallway AND on the fire escape and being LOUD.

I'm addicted...

To sugar! But don't worry, most people are and dont realize it. When I don't have sugar for a long time I get pissy and ravenous for chocolate. In my mind that is withdrawl and that comes from being addicted to something. I'm not as addicted as much as I used to be. I have been eating healthier for about 2 years now and I have cut down on sugary foods a lot. I used to eat ice cream FOR BREAKFAST in high school and it totally ruined me for the rest of the day. I'm challenging myself to get as much sugar out of my diet as I possibly can. I already don't buy products with High Fructose Corn Syrup. I HATE those commercials about how HFCS is just fine and dandy because it's not, it's better to just eat normal, natural foods. My biggest problem is salad dressing and cereals. It tends to have lots more sugar than you think it would so I always check labels. So does ketchup :( Most ketchup is also made with HFCS like Hunts or Heinz). I usually shell out the extra $1 for organic, cane sugar sweetened ketchup because it's atleast made with less bad stuff than the regular kind. If I do sweeten things I try to use unprocessed sugar substitutes (no aspertaine, splenda, or crap like that). I usually use raw honey or stevia. I very rarely use stevia, but it's a lot like aspertaine but not bad for you (though there has been some controversy about whether it's good for people or not). It's been used in Asia for centuries and I haven't died from using it. I'm going to try and eat more fruit too, so that the sugar I am getting is from a healthy source. I'll keep you posted on how I'm doing with my sugar rehab!

So so true

Found this on reddit.com

Hell...

I'll read any man that likes cats.

I've had On the Road sitting on my shelf for so long. I had such high hopes of reading it when I got it like 2 years ago, but being an English major I get to read what they assign me and not what I would like to at that time.

This will be read this summer along with the other 20 books I want to read or have been told to read.

I'm driving to Chesapeake for pancit. 30+ minutes for pancit. It's THAT important to me. A gift to myself for my second place finish in the ODU poetry contest.

My new favorite place...

Etsy.com is quickly becoming my favorite place to buy bath and body products. It has everything you could possibly want. I mostly look on here for stuff that is in my favorite scents. For example, I love anything coconut, citrus, tropical and beachy. When in a department store or cosmetics store it's hard to find more than one product that is a scent that you really love. On etsy I found like 20+ pages for each scent! I also like that I'm buying homemade products that aren't full of chemicals and stuff that is no good for your skin. It's hard to reccommend a specific seller because thre are sooo many and most of them are great. You pay through Paypal which I would rather not do, but I don't mind that much. You can also search for sellers in your area so you can cut down on shipping AND lower your carbon footprint if that's something that interests you. I recently ordered a perfume oil, a bdy lotion, a face cream and a lip balm. So far ive gotten the perfume and the body cream and they're awesome! Got to etsy.com and buy some cheap bath and body products. Prices and quality that put Bath and Body Works to SHAME!

Best. Picture. Ever.

Wai Lana?

Am I the only person who thinks this is totally creepy and ridiculous?! According to the comments it's good stuff....

It's official...

I am an MFA grad student........ WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Michael Sowa

These pictures by Michael Sowa are so strange they're fun.

WOOOO!

Me and my fellow filmmakers won an honorable mention at the ODU On Film festival for our "to Catch an Addict" submission!! We got sweet certificates and $100 (to divide between three people) to see our other works go to our Youtube channel VIVA LA CLOSED PIN!!!

My mom will be excited

Hell effing yes

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/

GO TO YOUR FARMER'S MARKET

For those of us who are not lucky enough to have our moms buy all of our groceries for us it's common knowledge that food costs a shite-load of money. I myself have spent entire paychecks on groceries for Brian and I (that's it) so you can understand how happy I was to find the 5 Points Farmer's Market the other week. I didn't have time to visit it until today and I'm so glad I did. It wasn't just veggies and fruit, but meat products, baked goods and lots of other things (plant seeds, a restaurant, canned and jarred foods). Most of the vendors are Virginia farmers and the produce is very local, some of it organic at half the price of organic produce from other places (I'm looking at you Harris Teeter...). There is a farmer's market in Virginia Beach, but it had gone downhill since I was a kid when we'd go every weekend to get our fruits and vegetables, but it's going through a sort of revival because of all these organic hippie people wanting more and more local produce. I love it because it's cheap. I got valencia orange for $0.26 A PIECE. I had to stop by my chain grocery store to get cereal and they were over a dollar a piece. I got a giant tub of homemade granola for $2 whilst the chain store sold Kashi granola (which is still processed despite the logo being green) for $4-$5 for a box that was smaller than what I got.

I don't really understand the high price of food. I understand organic food being more costly because I'm sure they lose some of it to animals eating it, but places like Trader Joe's (my spot) sells organic produce for what you'd pay for non-organic. They also sell cereals for $2 to maybe $3 whereas in BIG chains my favorite cereals are sometimes $5 a box. They're frozen fish is also half the price that these chain stores sell them. I just don't understand how a small, almost specialty store, can price their products so reasonably, while they're "competition" jacks the prices through the roof. The point is, take advantage of the local sellers around yu because since they are competing with big grocery stores, they're willing to give you a good deal on something that hasn't been shipped from Argentina or Saipan. I'm sure the selection at my farmers market will get even better once the weather warms up, but I'll be trying to buy the bulk of my groceries from there now on.

AHHHH!!

SOY SAUCE WASABI ALMONDS ARE AWESOME!!!!

It's like $4 Ramen....

My soup and my Maneki Neko (beckoning cat!)

Today I was al Walgreens picking up a gallon of milk on the way home from class. I can never go into Walgreens without looking at something that interests me and since it was 12:30, food is what interested me the most. I usually look past the ramen noodles; even scoff. But I got to thinking about it more and more and i bought myself a 6-pack for $1. I love noodles, why not buy a whole bunch FOR A DOLLAR and just make it "my own". I decided that since ramen isn't a nutritionally fulfilling food by itself, it could be awesome if you just added stuff to it. Today I just cut up some baby bella mushrooms and some yellow onion and it was awesome. Here's what I did:

1 packet of chicken flavor ramen noodles
1 1/2 cups of water
2 baby bella mushroom caps, sliced
1/4 of a small onion, diced
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp dried cilantro
1 tsp basil (mine was from Dorot in a frozen ice-tray thingy)
1/4 lime

I brought the water to a boil. The packet says 2 cups but I don't like things to be too brothy if I want bunches of veggies mixed in. I added the veggies and the flavor packet before the water came to a boil. Once it was boiling i added the noodles, soy sauce, cilantro and basil. I let it cook and in 3 minutes I was done. I squeezed the quarter lime over top of the hot soup and started to chow down.

Now this recipe can obviously be modified however you would like. If I had had shitakke mushrooms and scallions I would've used those instead, but it was really good either way. If you're vegetarian or vegan, replace the flavor packet (which is dehydrated chicken granules) and use a vegetable bullion instead. It was a good lunch and I reccommend that people start using mushrooms more and more! I read in a Women's Health magazine that dishes made with mushrooms were just as filling and satisfying as those with beef plus WAY more vitamins and stuff. Well that was my ramen renaissance and I hope you try it one day!

YogaToes

I love these things. Yeah they were stupid expensive ($49, but look for the coupon code at the end), but they make my feet feel awesome. they are called YogaToes and can be purchased at YogaPro.com . I guess they are called "YogaToes" because the are meant to stretched out toes that have been crumpled in ill-fitting shoes all day ( like high heels) to relieve cramping and hammertoes. I have crappy feet so i thought it wouldn't hurt to save up and do something nice for my feet. I really wanted them to try and help my now deformed toe that has lost some mobility since I broke it twice in less than a year. I'm probably on my feet for about 6 hours a day so it's nice to beable to sit back and relax for a bit with these on. That's my only con is that you HAVE to sit backa nd relax because it is impossible to walk in them. Addmittedly the first time I used them they hurt because of the extreme toe stretching, but it hurts to try and touch your toes if you've never done it before so it's an understandable amount of uncomfortableness. I usually put these on and sit on the couch and do my reading for school. The directions say to start with 15 minutes and to work up to an hour after a few weeks. You can also heat them up under warm water (NOT IN THE MICROWAVE YOU IDIOTS) or put them in the freezer if you want a soothing, spa-like experience. I haven't tried either because I'm lazy. It's made of a squishy gel and feels really good. I got mine with a coupon code I found on a YouTube review for $15 off. The code is JADE if you're really interested. That's all for now. I'll probably do another workout video review later since I have no life.


PS- we got a sweet new tv and set-up. brian is very happy about it.

Brian found this on reddit and I like it until that cats are made of wood and destroy the earth :(

Baby we were born to ruuuuuuunn!

Ok that was totally stupid, but it was the only thing I could think of that had a resemblance to my day yesterday. yesterday I ran my first race ever, something I thought I would never ever do. When I was younger I was always an average weight, never fat and on occasions I was even thin, but I never really did any sort of physical activity after dance and gymnastics weren't cool anymore after sixth grade. I liked being outside and trying new things, but the people I used to hang out with were not as enthusiastic about wanting to go out and do stuff. I NEVER attempted to run the mile at school accept once and I passed in 12 minutes ( I thought I was the shit) when most kids were passing it in 8. I mostly just walked and talked to my friends and never gave a crap about it. Years later and I am in college and I'm kicking myself for not being active in anything when I was younger. I wanted to run. I joined the crew club at school, but it ultimately took too much time away from my schedule once I started working part time so I stopped running...and got fat :( Then one day I decided to go to my local running store to get fitted for some shoes so I could start again and going on my first run in a year felt really good; I got pretty far. But the runs tapered off after that, but last year I wanted to try again after two years of schlepping it on the bike in the gym.
My boyfriend likes to run so I thought it would be a fun thing to do together, but let me describ this man to you: 6'3, slender with legs at least a foot longer than mine. I do not possess a runners body. I'm not sure my body was made to do anything efficiently, I can't even sit for a long time without and arm or a foot falling asleep, so when I wanted to start running again it took a lot of hard work. When I told people what I was doing they treated me like a kid selling candybars to raise money for a busch gardens trip "oh that's nice" when secretly they were thinking "she'll make it a mile a die of a heart attack" which could have happened a couple of times. It was like one of the come-uppance sports movies ( I hate to mention Rudy, but it's one of the 3 sports movies I've seen in my entire life) with the Jersey accented coach saying "Yah no good kid, you ain't a runnah! Now git outta hee-yah!" <-- Jersey people, this is a bad over-exaggeration of your accent. My legs are useless stumps,. I might as well be running on knees with feet glued to them. My body is 3 times longer than it should be and my big fat ass creates an awful pounding sensation on my lower body if I only wear running shorts. It's not a pretty sight or a wonderful experience, but I've learned to block everything out and just run. But I went out one afternoon and ran one minute and walked a minute and did that for twenty minutes. Eventually I was making a whole mile by myself. The boyfriend would come with me on some occasions and would be waaaay ahead of me, only to turn back around and run with me, which bothered me more than helped me. I hate people having to come back for me, it made me feel like a handicapped person so I ran solo from them on. Just me and my ipod. One day while reading a magazine I saw an ad for the Shamrock marathon in virginia beach about a7 months away and I had a crazy thought "How about I do that?" then I quickly saw that was ridiculous and saw the 8k ad and decided that was my goal, 4.97 miles in less than an hour I said, and then I started school and went on vacation...Once I got back it was cold, colder than it was the previous year, but an act of God opened the new school gym with an INDOOR RUNNING TRACK and I had no excuse not to run. Yesterday I finished the Shamrock 8k in under an hour. I thought at one point I would die, so I stopped and walked for less than a minute, but my boyfriend ran with me the entire time and made me keep up (though he shortened his stride a lot "I barely broke a sweat" shut up!). I got my medal and it's on my desk now. Thirty five pounds ago this would have been impossible, but now I'm ready for half marathons and all the running there is to come.

Wowzers

It's been a while, but blogger was being an a-hole and not letting me see any of the icons at the top of my post box thingy. Shame on you blogger! Anywho, I was on spring break for the past two weeks, one from work, one from school. I spent most of that time working out and making food. My two most notable dishes were pancit and curried lentil soup mainly because I made like 2 gallons each:

Pancit! Curried Lentil soup!







I've actually lost like 3 lbs. since my diet and workout streak and Saturday I'm running the Shamrock 8k at the beach at 8 AM! What the hell! If you're going to make me run for 5 miles at least let me sleep in. Other than that I have really bad senioritis. I have no motivation to do anything; it's awful. Only 1 1/2 months until I graduate AND I have to wait to see if I get into grad school which is just enough to not sleep well at night. At lest one of my Closed Pin Pro. films made it to the film festival. Well I hate to cut it short but I need to go my asian history class (ugh< to the people in the class, not the subject matter).


PS- Will Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski just get married for real? I mean it's about damn time.

Workout DVD Reviews..

Sooo yeah. I have about a thousand workout DVDs and people always ask me what they entail. So instead of standing around for 7+ minutes explaining to people whats on these DVDs I'm just going to make some workout dvd posts to clear up any confusion. In the spirit of writing workout dvd reviews I'll do one now that I've been doing frequently for the past 3 weeks.

Title: Jillians Michaels Banish Fat Boost Metabolism
Catagory: Aerobic/cardio/light strength trainning.
Running Time: 50 mins.

If you are looking to burn some major calories I would definitly invest in this dvd. The host, Jillian Michael's claim to fame is literally abusing the fat off of morbidly obese people on NBC's "The Biggest Loser". She is a total bitch, but in a good, heart healthy way. This is one of her two new workout dvds and is focused more on burning calories and helping your cardiovascular system. The DVD is broken up into sections, it's basically a circuit workout. You begin with a five minute warm up and then onto a 40 minute circuit broken up into 7, six minute circuits that include elements of kickboxing and regular old calisthenics. There is also some floorwork for your abdominals too. There is a min cool down/stretch at the end and is great when you have an hour to devote to hyperventilating. This video is tough. If your body has almost physically grown into the counch before you try this worout you might die trying it. I consider myself an intermediate exerciser and this nearly made me barf all over the place the first time I did it. I was also sweating like crazy after doing this one. It definitely gets your heart rate up and will eventually, and litterally, work your ass off. Now, the DVD claims on the cover that you will lose 5lbs. in a week. I have done this video consistently for 6 days in a week and I didn't lose much at all (0.5-1lbs) but I've been stuck at a plateau for months. If you really take control of your diet it may be possible to lose 5 lbs. but I would stick with a more realistic number like 2-3 (it's better to lose weight slowly anyways so you dont get floppy skin, or as my little English cousin lovingly calls it "bingo wings"). This dvd can be purchased for around $10 on amazon.com and I think it's a good investment for someone who doesn't have a lot of equipment (this video only requires a working body) or hates going to the gym (like moi). Jillian Michaels doesn't really care that you are about to faint whilst performing standing mountain-climbers, but it makes you push harder than you thought you would. Watching her take breaks makes me want to try even harder because, in a sense, I'm working harder than she is, lazy lump.

More reviews to come. I will also review the counterpart to this dvd the "Jillians Michaels: No More Trouble Zones" whenever I get a chance. Happy exercising all!

Awwww

more animals awwwww

I love these stupid things. I saw someone had this and I had to do it myself. So here it goes!

1.YOUR REAL NAME
Emily Lindsey Bonner

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother and fathers middle names)
Francis Walter

3.NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
Hubert Walter

4.STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Bonem

5.DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal)
Green cat

6.SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born)
Lindsey Ipswich

7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Blue Margarita

8.FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Emer

9.ROCK STAR NAME:(current pets name, current street name)
Katie Brandon

10. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
Angel Corapeake

11.YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)
Emiizzle?

12.YOUR IRAQI.. NAME:(2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)
Mnlilyner <----- not sure how that's Arabic in any way

13.YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Nile

14. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
Roxy Love Fruit Roll-Up <-- should've just kept the perfume name. I consider fruit roll-ups candy since they are sinfully delicious.

well that took 5 minutes I'll never get back! oh well :)

Is it weird that I could listen to this lady talk all day? I guess it is :( I'm tired, I'm taking a nap.

Awww :(

Why couldn't this happen when I was in Liverpool street station. Hopefully, when Brian and I go to London this'll happen on our way to and from Ipswich...


Damn you T-Mobile. Now I think your service provider is way more fun than Verizon :(

News Resolutions etc.

Wow, I should really write on here more. What a waste of webspace I have been. I booked my tickets for England (well Brian did) so I have something other than graduation to look forward to. I've bee looking into freighter travel too, it's cheap and you get to travel for like 55 days with all meals (and alcohol) included for like $1700. That's practically chump change*. SO now that the new years has past (like almost a month ago) I decided to list my resolutions to an uncarring world, and by uncarring I mean that I'm the only one who reads this. Ok here it goes.

1. Do my graduate school applications....now.
2. Enter lots of poetry contests. Any one I can get into.
3. Write more on here!
4. Write more in general.
5. Keep up the weight loss. 30 lbs. gone and many more to go :(
6. Surf more and go to the beach more.
7. Travel more, even if it's just a weekend thang.
8. Go hiking in blue ride mountains.
9. Go to Miami in the winter time.
10. Keep working out so I don't get my fat ass laughed out of Miami.
11. Call my Nana more.
12. Keep in touch with my cousins more. I miss them terribly!
13. Read some damn books (I'm a terrible english major)
14. Write at least 100 poems this year.
15. Cook dinner more often.
16. Spend more time with the cats.
17. Save mah mullah
18. Stop being so damn worried that I'm going to make an ass of myself.
19. Watch movies I should have seen 10 years ago.
20. Wash my car outside in the summer.
21. Stop stressing.
22. Keep up the French. I'm sure it'll come in handy one day.
23. Stop playing with my damn eyebrows!
24. Stop being a chicken shit and getting my legs waxed.
25. Hang out with my friends more.
26. Make some more friends (not that there's anything wrong with the ones I have now!)
27. Find the PERFECT sunless tanner and learn how to color my hands so they're not a different color from the rest of my body
28. Grow out this ugly ass haircut.
29. Find interesting blogs that I like.
30. Try and get more than myself to read this blog.
31. Run a 5k.
32. Go to some concerts!
33. Drink wine**
34. Eliminate high fructose corn syrup from the house!
35. Take more pictures.

Well that's all for now. I've got my work cut out for me this year. In all seriousness, all of this could easily be done in 365 days. 8,760 is a lot of hours to get something done. Well that is about all. I'm off to workout (yay...) and I WILL be updating this regularly. Later Gator

* Chump change is a great saying that needs to be said more often
** my beef with wine is that I always think it's going to taste like grape juice and even though I've probably had wine 20+ times I always have the preconception that wine=grape juice. This is not the case...

Back in the US...A?

I'm back from my Christmas trip to the UK and I'm already itching to go back. I love that place! I'm thinking the end of May I'll be returning with my bf. I don't have much to talk about, I'm about to go out to eat. I'll have to catch up later!!