and i u n f o l d

Seriously, things are looking up.

My workload is pretty much done. One short essay left, on Machiavelli, which shouldn’t be too tough. One presentation, which should have been done today but is pushed to Thursday due to lack of time. That’s it; the semester’s pretty much over. On the down side, I need to start studying for the exams.

Of course, there’s next semester at UNC to look forward to. *big grin* And, John Mayer’s summer dates were just announced: he’ll be playing in Raleigh and Charlotte on the 24th and 25th August. Plus, Maroon 5 will be opening for him. (Adam Levine, how I adore you…) By that time I’ll already be in NC; so I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure that I get my ass to one of those concerts. John! In concert! And Maroon 5! Gaaaah. I think I’ll just die.

Managed to get my grubby hands on the Alias magazine, since Cal reserved two copies at Times. It set me back $17… I initially had second thoughts but the gorgeous picture of David was the deciding factor. Guh. He is so so hot. At some point, that picture needs to be up on my wall.

I had a field day at the library today and found Regency romances! Made me a very happy camper. (Oh yes… the litte things that make me happy.)

I was thinking of getting my mom tickets to Saturday Night Fever as a kind of early Mothers’ Day gift; but she pre-empted me and bought tickets already. So, yeah, we’re going on April 18th. I have an exam the next day but what the heck. Adaaaam Garrciaaaaa!

So, yes. Things are looking up. :)

I finally wore my cute, retro-ish, Tinkerbell skirt today. Heh. My friend, Aishah, was like “Your skirt is so tiny”, which earned her a glare. It’s not tiny per se, but yeah, it is pretty short, especially when I’m sitting down. But it’s so CUTE! Surprisingly, my mom didn’t comment on the shortness of it; she rather liked it actually! That was kinda odd, but hey, I have a cool mom. ;)

I was out with Cal, Sarah and Juls today. Had a Venti frap and a bagel, both of which I’ve been craving. Wheeee! And, Schizophrenic is finally available. So is Usher’s “Confessions” and I was so bloody tempted to buy it too. But for once, I exercised some self-control. But I want. That, and Jason Mraz’s album. They’re on my next buying list.

Funnily enough, I bumped into my friends from junior college. Twice. At Borders. That was funny. And I ended up meeting Jing Wen and Mark again on the train back. I haven’t seen Mark in like forever, so it was nice to catch up with him. He can be an annoying git (Heh), but after so long of not talking to him, I realized how much I missed his company. Heh. Of all my guy friends (of which I can count on one hand probably), I’m probably closest to him. Which doesn’t really say much, actually. Heh.

Ummmmm. I thought I had something interesting to say, but not really. Ooh, I saw the April issue of TP, the one with the OTH photo shoot. Guhhhh. Chad is so fucking hot in those photos. Made me like wanna lick the page or something. Or not. Heh. I was like -> <- this close to buying it. Sophia Bush, you are one lucky lady. Can I borrow him for a day? Or two? Bwah.

Oh, and we watched “The Eye 2″ which is quite possibly the most lame-ass ‘horror’ movie ever. What-fucking-ever. I was loudly mocking the damn thing; actually, we were quite vocal and sarcastic which was fun. Heh. We should have watched Dirty Dancing 2 instead- at least, there’s eye candy. Ah well.

I’m still excited as hell about this exchange thing. Aishah, who’s going too, and I have been making grand plans. Heh. Hopefully they’ll come to pass. :)

Ooh, I’m still not over my “Yeah” phase, but I’ve also been listening to Clay’s “Solitaire”. It makes me wanna write fic. Kinda. I must mull over it some more. But it’s such a ficcy song! Hmmm….

I’ve been spending every minimal time time online- which is very, very unusual. So, I’m kinda out of the loop.

Anyway. Someone posted these pics from some charity football game (of which I have no idea, too!). And it made me go, “Eeeeeep!”

I haven’t been keeping up with Chad-stuff; I haven’t even seen the last 3 OTH eps! So, I’ve been woefully ignorant of his going-ons. And seeing the pics just kinda reminded me of how frelling adorable (and HOT!) he is. Yessiree. *sigh*

He looks so skinny though. But, damn, he has yummy shoulders. And arms! I like his arms. Among other things. Heehee. ;)

I’m so unbelievably excited about the prospect of going to Wilmy and meeting him. *bounce* I will just die. Okay, maybe not: but I’m willing to bet I’ll embarrass myself somehow. Heh.

Last night was so fucking miserable. I have an essay due today and I didn’t start until last night ‘cos I’ve been doing my other work. So, this is the essay from Hell. I plied myself with coffee (4 cups!), surrounded myself with books and notes, put on my copy of Schizophrenic, and tried to answer the damn essay question (”Is the US use of force against Iraq in 2003 justified?” Bleeeehh).

By 4am, my eyes were like starting to blur. So, I decided to get a few hours sleep, then wake up again at around 8am to continue writing. But the damn caffeine decided to kick in, and I lay in bed for about 2 hours, wanting to sleep but unable to. Grrr. That sucked. So, I figured I might as well get up and do something productive (ie. the essay).

Finally, the essay from Hell is finished. I’m as satisfied as I can be, I think. And, at this point, I don’t think it can get any better, especially since my brain is half-dead. So, I was feeling all pleased with myself and wanted to happily get some much-needed sleep.

But now? Nope, not feeling sleepy. The opposite in fact. *grin* I wanted to e-mail to my friend my essay so that she could hand it in for me and got the best surprise: the e-mail I’ve been waitng and hoping for was waiting in my inbox.

It’s official: I’m going to UNC next semester!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Suddenly, today doesn’t suck anymore. Heh heh.

Once more, for good measure: Eeeee! Going to UNC!

And, yes, I am grinning like an idiot. ;)

Today has been a long and tiring day. For once, I actually went for all my classes! Surprise, surprise. So that meant my day started at 10 and ended at 6. Baaaaaah. I’m so tired, and I really wanna sleep. Alas, I have things that really need to be done.

This week is gonna craaazy, work-wise. I have an essay that I need to do by Wednesday, latest. A presentation on Thursday, another essay due on Friday. Even the weekend isn’t gonna be spared: I’ve got an essay due next Monday and one on Thursday. *dies*

My family will be off to Malaysia from Thursday-Sunday, which leaves me allll alone at home. Usually, I’d take this opportunity to go clubbing or something, but given my full list of things to do, I don’t know if I’d do that. Plus, I need to get in touch with Hani, who’s the clubber of my friends. And God knows how absolutely difficult it is to get hold of that girl.

* * *I haven’t been in fic-reading mood lately. It’s SO weird. I don’t know why. And unsurprisingly, I’m not in a writing mood either. I’m in a real slump, I think. It’s been such a long, long time since I’ve written anything. Yeah, I wrote for the Trory Valentine Fic… but I kinda did that under duress. I basically sat down and forced myself to write it. Took me something like 3 hours… and I still don’t like it. In fact, the more I read that damn thing, the more I wanna take it down and rewrite it. Ugh. It’s not completely horrible, but I’m far from satisfied with it. It sounds… stilted. And it doesn’t flow. It’s just not particularly good. Sigh.

Even worse, the writing slump extends to writing essays too. Gaah. This semester has been horrible ‘cos I feel so damn unmotivated to write my essays. And usually, I’m quite all right with them.

Sigh. Hopefully, it’ll pass. Soon.

* * *I tend to go through song phases. Like a few weeks ago, it was Outkast’s “The Way You Move” and last week or so was “You And I Both” by Jason Mraz. This week, it’s “Yeah” by Usher. Love love the song. It makes me bounce in my chair. Heh. And the video! I like the video; Usher is so hot yo. Heehee.

I actually woke up at like 9am today (GASP!), on a Sunday. The reason? There were free dance lessons at Jitterbugs. I went for the hip-hop class, which was crowded as hell but still fun; turns technique, where I felt like an ungraceful idiot with limbs that are too long; and salsa which was fuuun. Once the semester ends, and I’m free as a bird, I’m taking of taking their 8-week hip-hop routine class. Hmm…

I’m currently on a Jason Mraz kick; I’m so so tempted to buy his album. (I actually think I will) Got some of his live stuff from Cal; and I’ve been listening to them ever since. Still waiting for Schizophrenic. Gaaaaah. Want Schizophrenic. I dunno why I’ve been in a CD-buying mood: I bought Outkast a few ago now, I want Jason’s album, I’m definitely buying Schizophrenic. Okay, so that’s like 3 CDs, but for me, that’s more than usual. Heh heh.

The Draco/Hermione Fic Gift Exchange is quite easily the best idea the fandom ever had. 128 fics! *dies* The thought of it boggles my mind, and makes me a very happy shipper. Imagine how long it’d take to read all 128 fics… *happy sigh*

I’m so behind on my fic reading: I’ve got a bunch of Sarkney fics bookmarked (written by the likes of Auburn, redrover and nu) that I’ve yet to touch. There’s a list of D/Hr fics too, aside from the Valentine ones, that I need to catch up on (the “God of the Lost” update is first on that list!). And! The Trory Valentine fics! I haven’t read those either.

Added to my reading lists are the romance novels sitting on my bookshelf.

The other thing I’m behind on is OTH. I’m only up to ep. 14 and I just haven’t gotten around to downloading the episodes. Plus, my computer is being bitchy when it comes to Bittorent. Hell, for some damned reason, even MS Office is being cranky. *kicks computer*

I really should be doing constructive, productive things. Oh well. Back to my romance novel. ;)