tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65267112011-04-21T11:18:31.606-07:00♥ andromydah ♥"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." --Goethelaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.comBlogger15511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-33649294499813316632008-05-20T15:29:00.000-07:002008-05-20T15:34:30.594-07:00Feb 2004-May 2008Most posted month: Oct 2004 (with 70 posts, though some of them are pictures)Least posted (full) month: Oct 2007 (ironically enough!)After four+ years, I am going to lay Andromydah the blog to rest and start anew. I started this blog as a senior in high school, and am ending it as a (non-graduating, but still) senior in college. I'm getting married in 2 months and 2 weeks, and laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-54015632734042957022008-05-20T11:51:00.000-07:002008-05-20T12:10:59.969-07:00yayI am pleased to announce that I'm having a good week. I've figured out that the direction my week turns depends heavily on my Sunday: how much I get done, how early I go to bed, etc etc. This Sunday I went to Elmshaven with Daylene for her Adventist Heritage class (and had a surprisingly interesting tour led by an adorable older woman--she was the perfect grandma-type--and an equally laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-27179804516287720682008-05-16T11:59:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:20:55.054-07:00so, yeah.I'm feeling blahish today. This usually happens when there's nothing to look forward to in my immediate future... I guess school's getting out in a month, but that isn't quite soon enough to make me feel better. =P I am going home for Memorial Day, so that's good, but this weekend? Not so much. I was supposed to go home to see Dan, so I got rid of all my weekend shifts, but then he laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-11815129171379042852008-05-14T18:37:00.000-07:002008-05-14T18:39:48.081-07:00yankee or dixie?Surprisingly, I'm 51% Dixie, and I've spent my entire life in California... who knew?(Take the quiz!)laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-86800533505478753082008-05-14T11:44:00.000-07:002008-05-14T11:54:31.995-07:00*giggle*From Myspace, Five tips for a woman....1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.3. It is important to find a man you can count on! and doesn't lie to you.4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-80065714260544088302008-05-11T19:13:00.001-07:002008-05-11T21:47:11.075-07:00my birthday weekendIt's pretty depressing to think that for all intents and purposes my birthday is over, since everyone has gone home and I should be starting my homework right about now. However, since those thoughts are too depressing to dwell on, I think I'll concentrate some more on the birthday stuff.Friday: I had a Terrifying Experience (yes, so frightening it deserves capital letters) inlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-78797661835060263242008-05-07T19:44:00.000-07:002008-05-07T19:52:13.833-07:00as days go byI've been feeling yucky since about Thursday night, and it's the weirdest thing--I explained it to someone as a cross between a stomach bug and mono, which was pretty accurate. But then I started getting these weird dizzy spells and body/head aches and I realized that actually, I just felt like I was motion sick all the time, whether I went near a moving vehicle or not. I think laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-17103624806605657892008-05-05T15:23:00.000-07:002008-05-05T16:14:02.087-07:00my =) sundayI've been struggling lately with all kinds of unhappy (included but not limited to: tummysick, headsick, emotionsick, stresssick - that has far too many S's) so my most awesome day on Sunday was VERY needed, not to mention appreciated.Highlights:My lovely fiance, who I never fail to hassle for his anti-flower-buying ways (case in point: on Valentine's day I asked for one thing; laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-6021552586756197122008-05-01T18:16:00.000-07:002008-05-01T23:01:05.824-07:00definitely an english majorAfter finishing my Advanced English Syntax midterm (in which I diagrammed a bunch of sentences), I came back to my room and sang Dan a little song which went like thisI is sleepyI is sleepyYes I isYes I isI has good grammarI has good grammarYes I doesYes I does(To the tune of Frère Jacques, of course--and yes I had to Google the pronunciation for that, lol)laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-44014968086686868422008-05-01T15:16:00.000-07:002008-05-01T15:47:20.513-07:00one of those moments when I think I'm entirely entitled to use really bad language I'm pretty sure PUC's goal is to fuck with my schedule as much as humanly possible to make next year as tough for me as, well, humanly possible. Here's the thing: I only need 20-some more credits, and the majority of them are generals. So you'd think that I could just finish up at a less expensive, more laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-66113806713919126942008-04-24T18:33:00.000-07:002008-04-24T18:36:23.815-07:00dan and laeci do a meme-How much older are you than the last person you kissed?Dan: one yearLaeci: one year and two months, actually. But you're older than me.-Wallpaper on your cell phone?Dan: YouLaeci: You. What am I doing?Dan: You're yelling at a card pyramid. Or actually, you're going to eat it or something. You're Godzilla.Laeci: Well, you are looking cute at Cold Stone.-Where was it laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-75499518788342779902008-04-22T19:31:00.001-07:002008-04-22T19:57:54.061-07:00aughq3oirhqoiweqfsI am not in a pleasant mood. I'm not exactly bitchy either, but for some reason I just cannot get happy, or satisfied, or productive, or any number of things. Instead, I'm restless and angsty and unproductive and most of all bored. I fell into this odd mood after I woke up from a nap today--a nap, I might add, in celebration of finishing a very hard History triterm earlier laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-20426921995597877082008-04-21T15:16:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:12:05.198-08:00yay pretty ringDan's ring came today:It looks kinda gold in this picture but that's just the lighting--it's actually steel. I hope it fits him (it will if the girl in the store sized him correctly...) but if not, I have 6 weeks to send it back and get a different size.Now I'm kinda sad I'm going home this weekend, because I'm really excited to try it on him. =D (But on the other hand, I haven'tlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-87114555540951139902008-04-18T12:26:00.000-07:002008-04-18T12:43:23.714-07:00prettiesMy garter(s) came today! They are ever so beautiful and look even better than they did on the internet. I was so excited that I literally tried one on (the keeping one) in my car in the parking lot of the PUC mail room... yes, I am a dork. =) (Luckily I was wearing a skirt, otherwise that could have been an athletic event.)Speaking of pretties, we're reading Yeats in my Modern British laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-20940670876352290992008-04-17T21:23:00.000-07:002008-04-17T21:28:23.168-07:00lyrics I just thought I'd let you knowThat although I'm farI'm close to you withinAnd all the time spent by your sideIs taken deep in meHeld for me to keepTo look upon when I'm feeling likeEverything or oneIs hurting me for something or otherIt takes me to a better placeNo place I'd rather goThought I'd let you knowWho you areWhat you doMakes me burn to be in you Who you are And what you do I'm laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-32084369396095235192008-04-17T11:52:00.000-07:002008-04-17T12:09:07.218-07:00oopsSo, I did something really stupid last night.I was working on homework and didn't want to break to go to the caf, so I decided to make some Pasta Roni in my room. (They're these amazing little dual-serving boxes of microwavable pasta in all kinds of flavors, and best of all they're cheap. Which is why I have a constant supply of 'em in my room.) The last time I was grocery shopping I foundlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-63391463011984827232008-04-16T19:33:00.000-07:002008-04-16T19:35:42.791-07:00a bit of poetryI objurgate the centipede,A bug we do not really need.-- Ogden Nash, "The Centipede" ('Objurgate' was Dictionary.com's word of the day today. And I myself loathe centipedes--something about all those legs creeps me out!--so I can certainly relate to Mr. Nash.)laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-73911681277240764312008-04-16T18:01:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:12:05.410-08:00excited Yaay, my wedding jewelry came today! And it's much prettier in person than on the website (which is good; I was kind of fearing the opposite.) It looks kind of like this. Please disregard my bra straps (I was trying to get a picture of what it would look like with my dress, and my orange giraffe t-shirt was kind of distracting) and the fact that the quality is so crappy it looks like alaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-84159924087407674422008-04-14T17:08:00.000-07:002008-04-14T17:09:27.811-07:00=(I'm lonely.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-15846468727176987712008-04-13T12:41:00.000-07:002008-04-13T13:13:58.755-07:00my happy day.It sounds like the beginning of a second grader's essay (do second graders even write essays?), but it's true--I had a most excellent day yesterday, which was exactly what I needed to deal with the stress of School, People, Myself, and Life in General. Here are some high points:Right after I picked Dan up from El Cerrito, we were hungry so we drove to the Panda Express in Pinole. laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-62425467661044659062008-04-12T10:10:00.000-07:002008-04-12T10:13:53.128-07:00not much of anythingSo... I have twenty minutes until I leave to meet Dan at the Bart station, and nothing to do! I worked from 3am-6am last night (this morning?) but didn't really manage to get back to sleep afterwards. Annalisa's family (mom, two sisters) are staying with us for the weekend, which is great... except when her 6 year old sister throws temper tantrums at 8am. =P (Hey, I have laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-81764186684215014512008-04-11T19:54:00.000-07:002008-04-11T20:05:39.265-07:00guess what? I found some cute on the internet!I have found the (current) cutest thing on the internet: small children attempting to sing adult songs.2 year old girl singing Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" (she knows a lot of the words, actually... but it still made me giggle quite a right. Especially her big sister correcting her at the end. I must admit that I was totally that big sister.)2 1/2laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-37985200806120845682008-04-10T16:16:00.001-07:002008-12-10T03:12:05.603-08:00little miss druggieThis is how many pills I take regularly each week:As I was counting them out into my pill box (shut up; I'm not old, I'm just forgetful) I realized how funny it looked and took a quick (and horrible; bad lighting + cell phone = crap) cell phone shot. (Ironically, the only drug I'm actually addicted to is the one that comes in a coffee cup every day. And I think I'd like to laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-61567169173624349472008-04-10T10:19:00.000-07:002008-04-10T10:24:29.102-07:00blehI'm disappointed. My plans for this weekend were totally shot... I was going to pick Dan up and go home for our school's alumni weekend, but he has too much homework and I just can't seem to make myself drive 7 hours by myself. So I'll be here, working and doing homework... damnit... laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-3950118242152102422008-04-09T11:31:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:12:07.532-08:00wedding stuff!I haven't posted wedding details or info here for awhile, so I decided today that maybe I wanted to. I used to think that maybe I'd start a wedding blog when I got engaged, but it turns out I'm not complicated enough to fill up more than a couple entries! I bought a wedding planner months ago (before I was engaged actually, lol) and I'm not using half the pages. So rather than anlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-37096649772094983492008-04-08T09:57:00.000-07:002008-04-08T10:11:10.033-07:00the best i never hadI got a letter in my mailbox today from the dean, saying I had lost my 21 privileges due to a lack of worship credits. Now, for those of you who go to a normal (i.e. not private) college, I may need to explain a few things. Worship credit is a 'special' part of going to a Christian school; we're required to go to a certain amount of worship services per quarter (required to laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-12692420582164136852008-04-07T16:06:00.000-07:002008-04-07T16:38:33.863-07:00a case of the mondaysI'm currently updating just about every updatable program on my computer, and Firefox usually chooses such times to malfunction and restart, so I may very well be writing this post directly into the ether... oh well, I'll hope for the best. =POh, okay. Or everything could just move painfully, horribly slow... Yesterday I went to see Dan in San Francisco, as I do every laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-46600367491858480722008-04-02T13:36:00.000-07:002008-04-02T13:39:35.705-07:00*sniff*I cried twice today, in embarrassingly untearworthy situations (...one of which was in class; hopefully no one really noticed), which is why I really should take ALL my pills EVERY day. Also, I should sleep more. Which I think I'll do right now (until my next class at 5pm.) And that concludes my pointless journal for the day.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-81937036771604433862008-04-01T18:10:00.001-07:002008-04-02T13:40:42.307-07:00a wtf? momentI was trying to register for a few upper-division classes for Fall quarter, and my college's website gave me this message:You are not a new student. Please be patient.Um. What? First of all, I've been here four years--I'm perfectly aware I'm not a new student. Secondly, why is the class-registering program personally assaulting me with its accusations against my patience? Perhaps laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-34798647112429184942008-04-01T17:52:00.000-07:002008-04-01T18:05:52.501-07:00meepThings are starting to fall into some semblance of order here at PUC. Because I found myself suddenly roommateless last quarter, Annalisa and Daylene graciously agreed to 'share' their room with me (technically Daylene doesn't need a roommate because she's an RA, so we're all three sharing two rooms.) On Sunday we moved a bed into the smaller room so there's three beds in there, and my desklaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-54454807832773106972008-03-31T10:56:00.001-07:002008-03-31T10:58:19.670-07:00go meLeave it to Laeci to miss classes on her first day of school. Now that's how you start a quarter off right.(Granted, I worked ten hours within a twenty-hour period yesterday and had slept for about three hours as a result, so that's probably why I slept through my alarm. And then woke up and decided to keep sleeping. I figure that at least on the first day I won't miss anything...)And nowlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-91240389198855544452008-03-21T17:48:00.000-07:002008-03-21T17:50:34.494-07:00yay!Dan and I officially figured out our wedding location today. It's going to be at Shasta Dam, and the specific site has a beautiful view of both Shasta Lake and Mount Shasta. (No less impressive is the nice visitor's center bathroom I get to get ready in, lol!) We also made reservations for the chairs, tables, etc, and the company is delivering and picking it up for us--how awesome is that?laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-6253608823886610462008-03-19T14:29:00.000-07:002008-03-19T14:38:06.887-07:00antsyI went down to the campus center to study for my final two hours early, studied for 45 minutes... and couldn't study anymore. Wow, this is bad... it's a good thing my Religion final is last, instead of History or German or something. =P Since I really couldn't concentrate, I talked to Dan on the phone for 20 minutes, then grabbed a computer in the library for the remaining 25 minutes (now laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-44114940233442717012008-03-19T11:10:00.000-07:002008-03-19T11:12:49.809-07:00on love"If you have it, you don't need to have anything else. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have." -- Sir James M. Barrie(As a sidenote, I'm hopefully going to be doing some serious wedding planning this next week--including deciding where the site is for sure and some other stuff, so wish me luck! And yaay Spring Break!)laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-35719562453287461122008-03-17T22:36:00.000-07:002008-03-17T22:43:20.436-07:00two down, three to goI survived my first day of finals week and I am feeling sooo lazy. My morning final went well; my afternoon final, not so much. There wasn't much I could do about it at this point (I don't have a time machine, so I can't go back and time and attend class for more lectures, lol...) but I think I did okay anyway. Would a B in the class really be too much to ask for? =PAfter laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-48279762938308003892008-03-17T11:25:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:12:07.811-08:00today thus far:* At the desk from 6-8am. Studied for my first final (Intro to Political Thought; fun class, I recommend it), ate cereal, looked crappy.* Realized said final was a take-home and therefore open book, immediately took a nap.* Had a REALLY weird dream. In this dream, I was fifteen and at Disneyland with my family. I was holding baby Kassi (who was actually seven them, not seven laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-52536013335218698712008-03-15T23:41:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:12:07.940-08:00happy 22nd birthday, Dan!It's not actually for another 19 minutes, but I thought I'd put that out there.I've had a splendid weekend, and am oh so depressed it's over. On Thursday I picked Dan up from the El Cerrito BART station and drove alll the way back to Redding for Dan's Spring Break (which also just happened to be the weekend before my finals week, but oh well, love is more important and laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-34306011679956434282008-03-12T15:37:00.000-07:002008-03-12T15:48:47.667-07:00blegFainting in the shower, then waking up only to throw up in the shower, is not a good way to start one's day. From there, I stumbled into bed, where I stayed until Dan called me at noon. (Missed two classes too... oops. Hopefully the teachers will understand that I couldn't even stand up long enough to put clothes on, let alone walk to class.)I really don't know what was wrong with me, laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-39332959568798553062008-03-11T16:03:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:12:08.173-08:00things that should probably be labeled 'tmi' but aren'tI worked in the cafeteria my freshman year of college, and in the downstairs bathroom there was a 'feminine products' machine. It was nonfunctional and ancient, which I knew because 1) a pad was five cents, and 2) the brand was "Modess" and the tagline was "for the whisper-soft fabric cover". That really cracked me up because seriously, laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-65278522591537370342008-03-11T13:42:00.000-07:002008-03-11T16:03:24.131-07:00life as isI have to work in 18 minutes, but I had the sudden urge to write. Umm...I had an appointment at the dermatologist's office today--a new one that I hadn't been to before. (My other one's in Redding, and since I'm never home on weekdays, this was much more convenient. I'd really like to be free of random rashes/acne come August, especially since wedding pictures = forever. Agh.) I laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-66918449186525653322008-03-10T21:01:00.001-07:002008-03-10T21:01:26.274-07:00alright thenPowered By Womens Toyslaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-75885259265905782992008-03-10T20:24:00.000-07:002008-03-10T20:28:03.939-07:00patheticI had a mini internet-related panic attack earlier today. I went to get on the internet and it wasn't working. No surprise there; my school's firewall hasn't quite figured out what to do yet with Windows Vista, and usually a good restart will bring everything back to normal. But... it didn't. So I tried everything I could think of. I wondered if maybe the computer was just really laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-60972303598625205332008-03-10T11:55:00.000-07:002008-03-10T11:56:34.588-07:00OMG SO ITCHY SO SOOO ITCHY HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO FOCUS TODAY*scratches**tries not to go insane*It sucks to be me today. I really, really hate my skin...laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-25267489163885049732008-03-09T20:41:00.000-07:002008-03-09T20:45:14.851-07:00just to say...It was fun seeing my family and extended family all weekend, but it's sad that it takes a funeral to bring everyone together. Still, it was good to see people. On the other hand, I got exactly no homework done all weekend, and now I have a six-page essay due in five hours... (and have to wake up to work four hours after that...) so yeah. Not so good.What is good, however, is the laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-32947905863593250592008-03-05T20:20:00.000-08:002008-03-05T20:22:02.342-08:00heeI like this kitty.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-81389494557798497792008-03-04T19:25:00.000-08:002008-03-04T19:54:15.148-08:00the good and the bad (random bits)I made a mix called Girls Who Rock, of bands like Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Krypteria, Nightwish (both lineups), Elis, Plumb, Within Temptation, the Dresden Dolls, Kidneythieves, and basically any girl-fronted (or duetted) band on my computer. It's pretty awesome; I've been listening to it nonstop and aren't sick of it yet (probably because it's over 15 hours laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-26083083547327864692008-03-04T13:13:00.000-08:002008-03-04T13:35:45.633-08:00*breathes*My day has been crazy. I knew I had a lot of homework due in German, so I woke up at 6am to do some. Then I was so exhausted that I decided to take a half hour nap before class... which turned into an over-an-hour nap, and I woke up only 10 minutes before I was supposed to work (and after my class was over--oops.) So grabbed some stuff and ran out to the desk.Then, an hour later, mylaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-3556851612455749202008-02-28T13:59:00.002-08:002008-02-28T14:01:53.275-08:00techno happyI just filed my taxes--online; I love the internet--and am greatly amused by the $8 I'm getting from the state of California. Way to shell out the big bucks, guys.(And by the way, what's the deal with the "$3 to the election fund" bit? Does it just go to whoever's currently in office, or does it go to a specific party? I needed more info and there was none to be found, so I just laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-51643145013535052192008-02-26T21:50:00.000-08:002008-02-26T22:31:33.237-08:00namesAccording to this really cool site, Behind the Name, here's my first name:LACEY Gender: Feminine & Masculine Usage: English Pronounced: LAY-see From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name which was Latinized as Lascius.And here's the name that I almost had (and gave my laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-44582331535420796202008-02-25T18:18:00.000-08:002008-02-25T18:19:50.865-08:00need a breakMy internets aren't working, I have lost my Zen, one of my fish died (and its brother ate it), I'm about to fall asleep, I have a night class, and I don't feel good again.That is all.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-40655950391053256252008-02-24T22:18:00.000-08:002008-02-24T22:22:24.374-08:00finding zenIt's against dorm rules, but I lit a candle anyway. It's helping me calm down. I'm pretty sure going apeshit on everyone isn't something the school supports, either.I'm breathing a mini-sigh of relief because 1) I finished my Bible book review (and the book itself, for that matter), 2) I added sources to my English paper, 3) I cleaned the bathroom, and there's just something about laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-76691568421277438752008-02-24T18:54:00.001-08:002008-02-24T18:54:42.045-08:00i feel sick.Constantly. I think I'm hungry but then the second I take a bite, it tastes like crap (even ice cream, as I was horrified to find out after spending $4 at Cold Stone and then having it end up in the trash can.) And I'm tired, but I can't fall asleep, and once I do fall asleep I can't wake up. Also, I'm about as unmotivated as I've ever been and I'm getting behind in my classes and laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-80215489667114607112008-02-24T15:11:00.000-08:002008-02-24T16:06:44.081-08:00blegMy ear is peeling--not the whole ear but the tragus part (and the only reason I know the correct term is because of piercing, lol, but anyway.) I think I burned it when I was straightening my hair yesterday morning at the desk, without a mirror... oops. It hurt yesterday and I couldn't figure out why. Now I know.I'm a wreck today. I had an awesome day yesterday, but of course, all awesomelaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-50192148380499832262008-02-19T15:02:00.000-08:002008-02-19T15:07:20.693-08:00so.Things are pretty crappy and a whole lot of stressful right now. Maybe I'll discuss it at some point but in the meantime, think nice thoughts and prayers in my and my family's general direction and maybe things will get better soon. "i'm drowning in the ashes / kicking / screaming"--Sick Puppies, "My World"laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-62170959372998375792008-02-15T23:56:00.000-08:002008-02-16T00:46:06.048-08:00sad neglected blog no more: things i've been up to latelyMy goal is to make an entry that's actually longer than my substantive title... but maybe list format will make the whole writing thing less scary. (Why am I scared of writing? It's just that there's soo much day-to-day life piled up and I don't remember what's important. I guess if I don't remember it, it can't be that important.)Okay, laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-69831927556461296472008-02-12T21:52:00.000-08:002008-02-12T22:27:50.117-08:00bits and piecesMe to Dan: "I'm an English major; everything that comes out of my mouth is poetry." (Note: this is complete and utter bullshit.)Me to anyone listening: "Wow, this burrito is breathtaking!" (later) "This is one bitchin' burrito!" (To my credit, it was delicious.)Daylene, Makayla and I watched the 2004 Phantom of the Opera, and I really don't know why I waited four years to see it laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-16045081265658931162008-02-11T14:35:00.000-08:002008-02-11T14:42:27.880-08:00best spam everIt's from 'Carver Laird' (whose surname I keep reading 'Laid' which I guess is appropriate, considering), and the subject is: jumpy VlAGRaRA 1,11The message reads:let me took it, he again found his way unblocked. Harry didnt know why, bu VlAGRaRA 1,11 http://www.thelongbo.com highly polished. Harry could see at once why Percy idolized him. Percyexcited.Yeah, but Bagman didnt pass laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-80390489681711505012008-02-08T00:18:00.000-08:002008-02-08T00:37:56.420-08:00tee. (and also, TMI)I worked for eight hours today (not to mention went to school for some of it), but an hour an a half of that was Fun Time. I did room check for Daylene, who's home this weekend, which took all of ten minutes--one side of the hall was completely empty, the other only had three rooms with people in it (four if you count me, but obviously I wasn't in the room at the time.) Whenlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-33338459334005293672008-02-07T18:21:00.000-08:002008-02-07T21:47:05.387-08:00a milestone of sortsI realized, on the phone with Dan this evening, that it was some kind of anniversary of ours. I knew that because it was the seventh, and we started dating July 7, 2005. The only problem was, I no longer remembered what month we were on, so I did some calculations in my head by counting months on my fingers. Turns out today is our thirty-second month anniversary, which for laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-29981058691117890622008-02-06T15:34:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:08.541-08:00like a moth to the flameHaven't written in awhile, because I'm So. Damn. Busy. Today is one of my two days which contains all my classes, two work shifts, and nary a break in sight (well, I have a half hour break now and I had an hour at lunch, which I spent studying for an after-lunch midterm... but you get the idea.) Someone asked me the other day if I was stressing myself out with wedding laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-41037860208479541402008-02-04T18:36:00.000-08:002008-02-04T20:47:55.807-08:00lyricsI read on TheKnot.com that someone was using this for their wedding procession (an instrumental version, I think) which reminded me how much I like the music from this musical. So I went to iTunes and heard music from the 2004 film (which I haven't seen because everyone said the vocal quality was bad)--and loved it and put it on the top of my Netflix... that's what I get for getting my laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-64642205835044619302008-01-30T14:56:00.000-08:002008-01-30T18:03:20.606-08:00announcementI am watching my very first Netflix. I know I'm just a tad late to get on the bandwagon, but now that TV is all kinds of crappy and my list of movies-to-watch has nearly reached 200, I decided it was worth it (well, worth the $5 for the smallest plan, that is.)Oh, and amusingly enough, the first movie that came is Knocked Up. Which I was told I would either hate (my sisters) or likelaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-27756271523010457152008-01-29T13:49:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:08.817-08:00yet another reason why i love my guySetting: in the movie theatre, on our New Year's double date. Out of the blue, Dan leans over and says to me:"If I had a demon, I'd want it to be a mustache monkey."Fast forward a month later, when I entered 'mustache monkey' into Photobucket search and found this:Yes, I can very much see Dan's demon being a mustache monkey.(Note: we first saw our so-called 'laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-54797740702936861922008-01-25T16:50:00.000-08:002008-01-25T19:37:39.057-08:00funny photo meme!A funny Photobucket meme from Myspace, to be exact:1) Answer the questions below2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket3) Take any picture from the first page of results and post.(click on the picture and copy the HTML code)1. The age you will be on your next birthday:2. A place you would like to travel:(It's Germany, if you can't tell.)3. Your favorite place:4. Your laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-69168433154998498212008-01-24T13:56:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:18:11.056-08:00todayToday has been... I don't know. I'm tired and really moody, but I'm trying to work on it. I only had one class today, German, but I had a test. I studied a bit, though not as much as I should have I suppose, but I still did okay I think (it certainly wasn't the most unprepared I've ever been for a German test...) It did take me at least a half an hour longer than the rest of the class, laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-44735905559422814512008-01-23T15:43:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:09.013-08:00wedding stuffI'm excited. I just got an email back from the special events coordinator at the wedding/reception location I really wanted, and he addressed all my questions and concerns (which I brought up in a long, wordy, and even numbered [I'm a English dork, what can I say?] letter) and it looks like it's a go! I really like that place, so that makes me happy--plus I didn't feel like lookinglaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-88397063868543671202008-01-22T09:32:00.000-08:002008-01-22T12:39:01.088-08:00snowOutside. Falling on the ground, and slightly sticking (in places). I'm convinced that there are two kind of people who grew up in California: people who were so deprived of snow that they go crazy at the mere sight of mushy drops, and people who live in California for the very reason that it's not freezing cold and wet and miserable most of the time.I, myself, am part of the second laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-55919534638417330732008-01-19T15:16:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:09.113-08:00day of nothingnessJust as I suspected, Makayla and I are the only people willing to work Andre desk today. Meaning we'll both work a grand total of nine hours! Just the relaxing Saturday I was hoping for... *cries*Actually, it hasn't been so bad. Our shifts have been between 1.5-3 hours long (we split two of 'em up, to give us more breaks) so it's not like we had to do the whole nine hours in laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-55851321553800873852008-01-19T12:45:00.000-08:002008-01-19T12:46:09.084-08:00quote"One man by himself is nothing. Two people who belong together make a world." --Hans Margoliuslaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-70776126845550012812008-01-15T16:34:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:09.279-08:00the internets, amusing me ** crossposted from Myspace, embarrassingly enough...There are very few stupid things I'll watch on the internet more than once. I'll watch most everything at least once, but for it to really make a permenant impact on me (you know, as much as internet crap can) it has to be really, really special.That said. For your entertainment, I present: my Top 3 Internet Video laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-18356585095446264812008-01-14T10:27:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:09.398-08:00this is the guy i'm marrying in exactly 6 months, 20 days...and he's going to save the day, apparently.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-16399646816110529422008-01-13T23:07:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:09.553-08:00CD cover memeThis is fun:1. The first article title on the page is the name of your band.2. The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.3. The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover. (note: because I don't like to steal stuff, even from the internets--shut up, music and anime doesn't count--I reloaded about a zillion times until I located one [fromlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-15320522582111248922008-01-07T21:09:00.000-08:002008-01-07T21:39:48.916-08:00survivedThat I did. This day was, in a word, exhausting and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it every week, but since I'm going to have to I guess I'll manage somehow. Here's a little peek into my schedule for ya:2am: Wake up when Makayla's alarm goes off. Stay awake until I'm sure she's out the door, because I don't want [a] the alarm going off again, [b] someone calling because she missed laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-8130422363569314252008-01-06T00:33:00.000-08:002008-01-06T01:17:02.958-08:00one last day of freedomTomorrow, I have to drive back to PUC and embark on my winter quarter, which by the way I'm not exactly looking forward to. So for the past few days I've been trying to Have Fun and Get Stuff Done. It's been semi-successful. On the wedding front, things are actually moving along okay. Right now we have:Colors (green and ivory, with some brown thrown in)A guest list (laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-77205475453247859952008-01-03T23:31:00.000-08:002008-01-04T00:41:48.813-08:00shock and aweSo, I found a wedding dress today. That's right, after all the crap you hear about needing an entire year for the Great Search of Your Lifetime (like the search for the fiance wasn't enough?) and I found one in less than 8 hours. Adding to the amazement is the fact that I managed this feat with a lack of money and an excess of body. (Granted, my parents are amazing and actually laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-71307821471752421432008-01-01T00:45:00.000-08:002008-01-01T02:17:06.298-08:00happy new year!It's 1am so I probably should be heading in the general direction of bed soon, but I'm still a little awake so I think I'll summarize my day real quicklike. This morning I slept in, then my mom and I ran a few errends--we dropped off my prescriptions (I still have to pick those up, hmm), exchanged Kassi's defective book and picked this book up for me (and I'm getting it now, when laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-74239608321877716522007-12-30T23:43:00.000-08:002007-12-31T00:05:52.857-08:00some wedding stuff, and other stuffI think we may have found our wedding location today. We (my mom, Makayla, Dan and me) looked at a few places but there was one we liked best of all. It had plenty of options for grassy ceremony sites (my favorite one was in between two trees and two benches and up against some pretty trees and bushes) and even a possible 'reception' area (circular, with laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-45253869947968714922007-12-28T23:54:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:09.847-08:00pillow made of concreteWe took our engagement pictures today. I was hit with a brief bout of self-hate, but I got over it and I really like some of them. You can see my favorites here, but as for the ones we'll actually use for stuff (like the newspaper, invitations, etc) I should probably decide with Dan (and our parents, of course.) I got my hair cut in the afternoon and Jennifer styled it too-laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-33525151707516918922007-12-28T11:09:00.000-08:002007-12-28T11:27:08.836-08:00notes on my dayActually yesterday, since today hasn't really happened yet. In the morning all of us sisters went shopping! We headed first to the Gap, since it was a town away, but after we picked out our stuff we discovered our gift cards weren't quite as they should be--Kaeli had $50, I had $25, Makayla's was blank, and Kassi forgot hers at home. Needless to say we didn't get everything. =)laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-22868176693316933522007-12-27T00:32:00.000-08:002007-12-27T00:44:47.646-08:00todayI slept in and picked Dan up late in the day. We ate a bunch of crackers my grama and mom got for possible wedding hor d'ourves (I don't know if I spelled that right) and went to look at wedding sites with the abovementioned + Makayla. We looked at a beautiful park in Red Bluff and some Redding locations too, but ended up liking the far away one the best. (I'm also looking into some laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-14243297384388465472007-12-25T23:17:00.000-08:002007-12-27T00:45:12.424-08:00christmas-y thingsI have had a whirlwind, yet still awesome, two days of Christmas. On Christmas Eve, I woke up as newly engaged for the first time. Of course it doesn't really feel any different, and yet it kind of does at the same time. I don't know. Anyway, I went shopping in the morning with my grama and Makayla. We bumped into my parents and Daylene, Devanne and Dustin in Discovery Village (laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-15094369576666560522007-12-25T00:07:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:10.075-08:00so, i'm engaged...And I have been for an entire day now. And I haven't blogged, because it's Christmas and it's been really busy. But I'm super happy--and I'm sure I'll be waxing poetic (or blabbering; either or) about so much wedding stuff that anyone who dares to set (internet-) foot here will be overcome by the weddingness and will promptly flee for fear of their sanity. So yeah, enjoy the laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-67871937021997914882007-12-23T01:28:00.000-08:002007-12-23T01:49:16.899-08:00my break is made of winIf you can't tell from the title, I'm having a pretty good time so far--although, that's usually when the proverbial scheiß hits the fan (see how I did that; inserted a German letter, nay, word into your little world? I'm expanding your horizons, one eszett at a time. I arrived in Redding early Friday afternoon with few difficulties (I did have to take a 20-minute break laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-55856032731258201192007-12-21T06:51:00.000-08:002007-12-21T07:02:20.647-08:00the soundtrack was pretty horrible thoughI just finished yet another teen movie (this one came out recently so I've always been too old for it, apparently) and I'm pretty sure my I.Q. has dropped a few points. It makes me sad that all these movies set in high schools are all about slutty girls putting out. Is that really what high school is like for most people? I mean, I was probably one of laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-28339222972304404132007-12-21T04:20:00.001-08:002007-12-21T05:03:18.953-08:00review...ishSo, I'm watching one of those teen movies that managed to slip by me in the late '90's, when I actualy was the target demographic. I was assured that I'd like this one (I've become harder and harder to please with chick flicks over the years) and sadly this was not quite the case. First of all, the title: it didn't work. Secondly, one of the lead actresses made me think of Jamie laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-22770931594956696772007-12-20T21:00:00.000-08:002007-12-20T21:09:28.014-08:00how very bored am iI've had nothing to do for the past few hours, and it's starting to get to me. I guess I should have stayed in Napa longer, but I had nothing to do and no money (despite it being payday; I made a payment on my credit card and bought a Christmas present so that's why.) I did buy one thing: a long black winter coat at Ross for $30. It was almost an impulse buy, except mine's laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-74987959140025691462007-12-20T12:00:00.001-08:002007-12-20T12:08:33.205-08:00slowing down timeI know it's pathetic, but I'm completely stoked that I got a full hour of sleep last night--and it was during nighttime hours, too! I got in bed around 11:30am and didn't wake up until 9:15ish am. It was quite amazing, after not being able to go to sleep before 3am for a week, and I hope to repeat the experience again soon. It won't be tonight, though, with my crappy schedule.laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-33343268367660267282007-12-19T20:05:00.000-08:002007-12-19T20:17:12.466-08:00ramblyI'm actually kind of sleepy right now. That's exciting, because I haven't been sleeping during the actual night for over a week now. It's also kind of depressing because I work for another two hours... and by the time I am free to snooze, I won't want to. Damnit.Speaking of frustrating, my next two days aren't exactly turning out the way I expected. If it weren't for the 12 hours of paylaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-73250726041966410542007-12-18T19:08:00.001-08:002007-12-18T19:54:25.663-08:00clouds over your coffeeI am a happy camper right now; fettuccine pasta + broccoli + chicken = YUMMM. Though it did go straight from the freezer to the microwave, it was still muy delicioso. Right now I'm watching CSI: Miami while I sip some Diet Coke (the first in a while; I've been feeling too sick for it which is ironic considering I had to buy a 18-pack when it was the only choice in the laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-76489220188947185572007-12-18T08:00:00.000-08:002007-12-18T08:27:19.693-08:00(...)I've spent exactly one hour at the desk, but it feels like several days... =P I'm watching Little Children and while I probably shouldn't, there's not really that much to do during this shift. (Plus the movie is due at 7pm tonight and I don't want to be charged for another day. I'm pretty much completely out of money; when I thought I'd be saving money this week I didn't factor in the laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-91780114407944072892007-12-18T00:40:00.000-08:002007-12-18T01:07:04.786-08:00sick of sickI'm tired of being sick. Which is incredibly ironic, because I'm not really doing anything to make this sickness cease and desist. I did buy some cold medicine (which does a great job of masking the symptoms) and I've been downing Airborne like it's--coffee? I don't know--but between the sugar and the lack of sleep, I'm pretty much screwed. I said all of this yesterday, which tellslaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-37877243504902373762007-12-17T14:43:00.000-08:002007-12-17T14:50:57.163-08:00exceeding all your (nerdy) expectationsI'm sitting here on the floor in front of the TV, surrounded by pillows and my fuzzy penguin Christmas blanket (impulse bought on Thursday, but totally woth it), with my computer in my lap and my N64 controller on the floor next to me. (It was in my hands, but it's a little difficult to type that way.) I don't even want to own up to how many hours I've laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-56529157751603831752007-12-14T20:56:00.000-08:002007-12-14T21:07:50.038-08:00obsessive personality, where art thou?I played Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocharina of Time for at least an hour each. I went down to St. Helena, got coffee and traded books at the bookstore, came back with five new books and started to read one of them. I picked up a Christmas present for my mother in St. Helena but left forty minutes before the store closed. I've been on the internet on and laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-8590271059537459852007-12-14T15:03:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:04:57.223-08:00if you couldn't tellI redid my bio page, so now it's on the front page. But if you click the link on the side it'll bring you there. I guess this wasn't really important enough to make a post over, I'm just bored and didn't want my bio post to be first. Okay, off to figure out something else to do...laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-40744021865105830992007-12-14T14:16:00.000-08:002008-12-10T03:12:11.371-08:00MORE ABOUT MEBasic MeName: Laeci NicoleAge: 20Hometown: I split my time between college in the Napa Valley and family in Redding, Northern CaliforniaOccupation: Full-time college student, but I'm also a desk receptionist (aka deskworker) in my dorm (and occasionally other dorms as well)Education: I'm on my fourth year, but it's not over yet--I still have 1+ years to go. It's just all part of thelaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-70669360551398002262007-12-14T14:14:00.000-08:002007-12-14T14:15:47.407-08:00dude.WANT. (Christmas, anyone?) (Only I was kind of hoping they'd be neon green, but I guess orange will have to do.)laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-28833044040305187172007-12-14T00:28:00.000-08:002007-12-14T00:42:35.367-08:00a little change will do you goodI'm waiting for Windows to finish downloading updates, so I can shut my laptop and go to bed, so while I'm waiting I'll blog I guess.I'm in a much better mood than I was earlier today. I think it all started to look up when I learned I got to stay in a guest room in Winning, instead of someone else's room (which was incredibly sweet of them to offer, but this way laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-90440420106200283142007-12-13T13:10:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:02:32.275-08:00allll doneFinally!I was kinda stupid last night and decided it would be a great idea to write my essay on my laptop in the TV room. Daylene and Makayla joined me and we ate hot fudge sundaes (with cookie dough ice cream; they were delicious!) and watched Project Runway and CSI: NY. Then Daylene went to bed, because she was smart, but Makayla and I weren't done with our homework so we stayed forlaeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-23101995594424548872007-12-12T17:19:00.000-08:002007-12-12T17:25:02.902-08:00i extend my middle finger in the general direction of book buybackI was so excited to be virtually done* with finals week, that I forgot about one big downer: book return. If I remember correctly I spent over $300 on books (and that's probably an underestimation.) I decided to keep six small paperbacks (a few of which they weren't buying back anyway) and my German books are good for the next laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526711.post-47958562067152617592007-12-11T14:56:00.000-08:002007-12-11T15:08:48.685-08:00baby what a big surpriseI survived my Medieval Lit paper presentations. Granted, I felt I was the worst (certainly the least organized, which I'm sure is directly linked to the fact I'm not done with my paper yet) but at least I wasn't completely boring and I made people laugh. I froze up at the end when people started asking me history questions instead of psychological/literary/laeci nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01526301575959788140noreply@blogger.com0