Spring 2014 Hairstyles

Here are a few pictures of hairdos my roommate made for me during this past Spring semester!  Many of them are from the elaborate May Day hairstyle she created (Hairstyle 3).  We got up at 5am to do it and it took an hour and a half to finish plus a practice round the day before.

Hairstyle 1

Hairstyle 2

Hairstyle 3

Hairstyle 3

Hairstyle 3

Hairstyle 3

How to Make a Flower Crown

May Day Crown 2013

Last May Day, I was fortunate enough to receive one of four May Day gifts given by someone other than a Senior.  This came in the form of a May Day Crown, giving me the special privilege of "Page Duties".  Pages are four Freshman who follow around the President of the college dressed in a special costume during the morning festivities.  Other special privileges come with it as well, like attending the Senior Breakfast, going up the Rockefeller Towers to the roof, and walking in the May Day Parade.

As a sophomore, it was my duty to pass down the Crown to one of my Hell Babies.  That left me without a Crown for this May Day.  So, I got to make my own!  May Day Crowns (also known as tiaras or floral head toppers, as I like to say) are simply crowns of flowers.  A few days before May Day, the college has a special event for students to make May Day Crowns from real flowers, but that causes allergies and they are very impermanent.  My roommate and I decided to make our own permanent ones.

Supplies:
-Wire cutter
-Hot glue gun
-Hot glue sticks
-Scissors
-Ribbon
-Fake/plastic Flowers
-Any other small (fake) accessories, like butterflies or birds, leaves, etc.
-Some sort of wire to shape into a crown (pictured on right)

Step-by-step Guide:
1.  Plug-in hot glue gun and get it ready
2.  Cut your wire with enough room to make a full crown for your head, plus some extra to "close" the circle the crown must make
3.  You have a few options for closing your crown:  you can intertwine the wire around the whole crown to close it off as a circle (what my roommate did), you can just make a slight twist on either end to hold the wire in circle place and then solidify it with ribbon (what I did originally), or you can choose not to make a full circle and use ribbon to close the ends and soften the ends with hot glue or ribbon or both (as with others I've made in 2015 and the original one from 2013)
4.  If you choose the second option you will likely need a full spool of ribbon to cover your crown; start at one of the twisted ends and tie the ribbon on tightly; begin very tightly wrapping the ribbon and do not forget to flatten out the extra ribbon from the knot to cover it over with the wrappings or do not tie a not and rely on tightly wrapping; when you get to the end of the ribbon I suggest hot gluing it into place (you can still wrap a crown that is not a full circle)
5.  You can then add extra ribbon details around the crown as you like
6.  Arrange your flowers to your preference and then begin hot gluing them one at a time; I suggest using the small stubby (usually green attachment) on the flower as the part to glue to the crown so that the flowers face out, not up
7.  When done with the flowers, add extra accessories that fit your tastes
8.  Make sure that you use a generous amount of glue for each flower/accessory
9.  Pull away any loose hot glue pieces that get spiderwebby

My Final Product:

           

Some Cool Hairdos

My roommate at college is really good at styling hair, considering she's never been trained.  She taught herself pretty much everything she knows about styling hair.  Last semester, before going to a series of parties and events, I was lucky enough to have her do my hair.  Below are some pictures of what she came up with for my rather long hair.

Hairstyle 1

Hairstyle 2

Hairstyle 3

Hairstyle 3

Hairstyle 4

The third hairstyle also consisted of a long braid laying over my left shoulder.  There was one other hairstyle that was awesome this past semester, but for some reason we forgot to get a picture of it specifically.  It was two braids wrapped into two buns stuck to my head.  I wore my hair like that for Halloween because I was a bumblebee!

When I was in high school, I can remember it being a rare occasion to see someone in braids.  Upon observing high school students now, or at least over Winter break, it would seem that braids have become a regular hairstyle.  I would assume this is because of the Hunger Games, as that was where I got my inspiration of course.

Just An Update About Things to Come

I apologize for not making very many posts anymore.  College has been keeping me very busy, so time to create innovative topics for my blog is limited.  I did however finish reading the fourth book in "A Song of Ice and Fire" series (aka "Game of Thrones") over Winter break.  Currently, I am about half-way through the fifth book; but this will take me a while now that classes have once again begun.  After I've finished the fifth book, I will write a review on the fourth and fifth book combined.  I've also been busy (at least mentally) in preparing new fictional character analysis to add to my work-in-progress post about the astrological signs of fictional characters.  Also, I intend to talk about first semester this academic year as well as the start of my second semester and the declaration of my major sometime soon.  If there are any astrological topics that you would like to be discussed on my blog, please leave a comment!

Bryn Mawr College Early Fall Photos 2013

Goodhart Theater

Thomas Hall from Cloisters perspective

Taylor Hall

The Labyrinth

Leaves on Merion Green

Covered over Fountain in Taft Garden

This Week's Horoscope (10/6/13 - 10/12/13)

Link:  Weekly Horoscope

This Week's Horoscope (9/29/13 - 10/5/13)

Link:  Weekly Horoscopes

This Week's Horoscope (9/22/13 - 9/28/13)

I have begun to write horoscopes for one of my college's newspapers.  Below you can find a link to the horoscopes on the newspaper's website:
Weekly Horoscopes (9/22/13 - 9/28/13)

Some Tips on Surviving Freshman Year of College

*Keep in mind that this post is being made from someone who literally just finished her freshman year attending a women's college.

*Potentially a work in progress post.

1.  If you don't think you'll wear it more than once, don't pack it - as a rule for packing clothing and shoes and coats

2.  Bring good rain boots (well if you're attending college in a normally rainy climate)!!!  They were the most useful and most worn pair of shoes I brought! - by "good" I mean quality rain boots that won't leak or fall apart (it's worth spending the extra money)

3.  Purchase healthy snacks to keep in your room - unhealthy foods, like chips weigh you down and don't provide the necessary study/homework fuel

4.  Get a refrigerator!  Even if your hall has a communal fridge and your school typically follows a social honor code, people tend forget their manners when it comes to food; they will steal your food and make it gross...get your own fridge.

5.  Buy layers to wear under your pants if you're attending college in a cold climate; nobody will notice them and it keeps you warm on your treks across campus to class

6.  Participate in school traditions (even if that's just attending football games)!

7.  Find time for leisurely reading and try not to find out about more television shows to watch online (you'll spend WAY too much time doing that)

8.  Keep medicines around that you would find in most homes, like Pepto, Tums, cough drops, Advil, etc.

9.  Bring a bathing suit, beach towel, and sunscreen - you never know when you may have the opportunity to use these things

10. If you have silly theme clothing, like a grass skirt, bring them!  There are lots of themed parties.

11. Bring your own computer.

12. Don't be afraid to try new things, but remember to put your foot down if you don't want to try something.
13. Never keep more than $20-30 on you at any time because you'll spend it too quickly.

A Problem of Being Straight at a Women's College

I don't know why but recently, in my spare time, I just haven't been in the mood to create my Astrological blog posts.  I apologize if you're anxiously awaiting my posts!  I don't know when I'll get to the Pisces, Aries, and Taurus health tips and Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, and Taurus facial features; so don't hold your breath.

I truly have been busy with school, more so than last semester, but not enough that I can justify slacking on my posts.  I just haven't been in the mood to make them.  I've also been slacking on Astrological chart interpretations that were due for my friends last semester!  It's not that I'm waning in my Astrological interests, I just haven't been in the mood to fulfill my blogging obligations that they require.

I guess it would be valid to say that I'm bored (busy, but bored - not even bored with my school work, just bored in general).  You'd think that my boredom would cause me to want to be on top of my Astrological obligations?  I don't mean to say that nothing "exciting" has been happening, that nothing "new" has been happening, because that wouldn't be true.  I'm just bored.

Upon evaluating myself, which I haven't done very thoroughly, I have found that I'm bored because I have nothing to "dream" about.  There are specific things that I hope to happen, like getting a particular job this summer; but these immediate, specific things, I don't like to "dream" about too much because then I get my hopes up; if they don't happen, I get too crushed. But that's normal for me, as in, I've always thought that way; that shouldn't specifically be making me bored.  By having nothing to "dream" about, I mean I have nothing to daydream about.  I'm a straight woman at a women's college.  While there are lots of guys around and on campus on a daily basis, I don't see particular guys as often as I would have in high school.  I'm not a very bold person, so it's difficult to form relationships with people you see for a few hours a week in a classroom (meaning not social) setting or just in passing.

Perhaps this seems pathetic, or ridiculous, to be bored because I don't have guys to daydream about, but it's true.  Since I started school as a child, I've always managed to have a crush on some guy at almost all times; but, in school, you are constantly with these people and have grounded relationships with these people, so you have the opportunity to form real intrigues.  Yes, I can form a crush based off of appearances that I've only briefly seen; however, one that I would daydream about would have to be one that also comes from knowing a person.  Therefore, I am bored and don't know how to comfortably solve this problem.

In Response to the Hell Week Drama

If you haven't gone through Hell Week, you know nothing about Hell Week.  Bringing Hell Week drama up to the world is irrelevant and confusing, which is why I never posted about my Hell Week experience on my blog.  So why did someone leak their email from a dean when the rest of the world couldn't truly understand Hell Week? (You can find the article that includes the leaked email and the drama surrounding it here)

Yes, for the most part, this is laughable, but what the news fails to recognize is that Customs People are meant to be advocates for the freshmen and are supposed to be Hell Free for their own Customs Group; so if things were getting out of hand, which they may have been with the water dumping and forcing certain things (as cruel deception and force are violations of the Honor Code), the Customs People should have stepped in and advocated for their freshmen.

Regardless, I'm very surprised that these actions were reported to the deans.  Why were they reported?  Did someone feel as if they were being hazed?  And why did the Hell Week Committee not step in?  Are these things just being exaggerated?

Here are some more reports on the incidence just to show how blown out of proportion this whole thing is, especially since it happened practically a month ago:
- Jezebel
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Fox News

"Lieutenant Nun" in Review

I'm in a class this Semester called, The Historical Imagination. It's a bit tedious, though I do understand why it's required for History majors (I have yet to declare a major).  Essentially the class is about the history of studying history.  It delves into the problem of sources and how history is perceived and how the perception of history has changed over time and to fit in different places.  I would consider the main book we read to be "Silencing The Past" by Michel-Rolph Trouillot.  Truly, the book is a textbook though it does not look like one to perceive.  If you have the Internet regularly available, you can get through the readings by Google searching every other word, but if not, you'd have to have a pretty large vocabulary or an amazing dictionary to get through the text.  Once you understand the big words, most of the points made throughout the book are well-founded and make sense.  However, most of the points made in the book are made everyday in my other history classes by the professors in a ways that are much more easy to understand; therefore, I do not really understand why the class is required if not to merely stress the point that history is not concrete.

Anyway, we were required to read a book called "Lieutenant Nun" for this week.  On the cover of the translation we were assigned, it titles the book "Memoir of a Basque Lieutenant Nun Transvestite in the New World".  My personal understanding of the word "transvestite" is someone who identifies profoundly with two sexes or was born with both sexes.  Now, I may be wrong, so I'm going to Google it right now and put the Internet's definition for it:  a cross-dresser.  That's what the first three website blurbs told me about what a transvestite is; so I was wrong.  According to one of the blurbs, it is often confused with someone who is transsexual or transgender; perhaps that is what I was confusing it with.  Okay, so going with the Internet's definition, the modified title is correct.  However, I think that adding that word to the title makes the book seem extra statementy (I know I made that word up).  However, reading the text, the author never really seems like she's trying to make a statement; but I don't know her motives.

The book is short (it's only 77 pages) and really easy to get through because it describes action scene upon action scene.  I really did enjoy reading it because it was quick, I also found it fascinating.  What really intrigued me is that the woman was so devoid of emotion in her writing.  This is almost a masculine thing, but yet I don't even know that most men are that devoid of emotion.  The woman, Catalina de Erauso, murdered so many people, and it was as if death meant nothing to her!  It was very strange.  At one point, after she sort of accidentally murders her brother, she does briefly point out that it did pain her a lot, especially while she was hiding out in a church for a good period of time.  But other than that the only time she makes slight reference to emotion is when she speaks of discomforts she has or opinions; like when a kind woman takes her in (thinking she was a man) and tries to marry her to her dark skinned daughter.  This particular event brings up another interesting point that it would bring her little pleasure to marry an ugly girl because she wasn't her type apparently.  In a way that could be taken as a hint towards bisexuality or lesbianism, but it's hard to tell for sure and may have only been a translating issue.  I find it hard to believe that she would have been well-accepted, especially by the King of Spain and the Pope, if she professed what would be considered sexually unusual at the time, being the earlier 1600s.

Well, all in all, I really do recommend the book as a quick read to anyone.  It's interesting.  It seems so fictional for a life to be as such and sort of accepted and celebrated at the time.  I was very surprised.

Now for a bit of Astrology:

The only possible astrological sign for Catalina is Sagittarius. She desired nothing more than to travel and not be tied down.  She did not resent learning in the slightest.  She maintained the mentality that more money can always be made.  She was selfish in an unconscious way.

I don't think it's very possible, based off of her story, for her to be any other sign.  I tried to place her as maybe Taurus or Virgo, but she was too able and not attached enough to her possessions to be a Taurus and she certainly was not a people-pleaser, so she couldn't be a Virgo.

Almost Hell Week

Hell Week at Bryn Mawr begins at sundown on Wednesday.  I believe it ends at sundown next Wednesday.  Hell Week is a sort of "kind" hazing that is meant to welcome the new students to the Bryn Mawr community.  It's supposed to stand for a time where we (freshwomen, transfers) get to act uninhibited because no outsiders are allowed on campus (excluding Haverford and Swarthmore students while they're in class).

Most people choose a Heller from the Sophomore class who compiles a schedule for you encompassing the week.  You do the tasks on the schedule.  There are also a few traditions that go with Hell Week:  Duck Pond Run, Erdman Performances, Plenary, the Shipley Dance, and Goodhart Performances.

Luckily, Hell Week falls during the deepest week of Winter and over Valentine's Day.  I've compiled Valentine's Day cards for my friends and my Customs Group.  They are Snoopy themed and have lollipops attached.

Bryn Mawr College in the Fall

Here I present some photos of Bryn Mawr College in the Fall of 2012.

Goodhart Theater and some of Rock on the left
9/30/12

Thomas Hall
9/30/12

Rock Dorm
9/30/12

Taft Memorial Garden
9/30/12

View of Taylor Hall Bell Tower
10/26/12

Senior Row
10/26/12

Cloisters on First Snow 2012
11/27/12

Cloisters on First Snow 2012
11/27/12

Cloisters on First Snow 2012
11/27/12

The Dark Knight Rises: SPOILER ALERT

Tonight was the first time I've seen The Dark Knight Rises; I viewed it at my college as one of the "Bryn Mawr Film Series" movies, which take up most of my early Friday and Saturday evenings.  Preparing to watch this infamous film, my thoughts were mixed with paranoia and anticipation.  Other than knowing that Cat Woman was involved and that there was a guy with a breathing device and that it was about Batman and the creation of Robin, I had no idea what the actual story was going to be like.  Also because of the films infamous opening night there was a smidgen of anxiety and sadness, especially since the film began so violently.  I have to admit, other than the violence, the beginning was really hard to follow and I'm still not sure how it fit in with the rest of the plot to be exact.  I also am confused about some of the other plot points, like who was Miranda's father in relation to the earlier movies and story, as I am not a Batman fanatic.  Many times in the movie, I had no idea what was going on, like how was Batman transported to the prison, and how did he get to Gotham from the prison?

I must also admit that until almost the second before the unveiling of Miranda, I had no idea that she was the real bad guy and mastermind.  I did however, even though I had mostly forgotten that Robin appears, anticipate Joseph Gordon-Levitt being Robin and giving up the police force.

The movie was very dark at the beginning and quite depressing at first; however, as it progressed, it became lighter and lighter. By the end there was much hope and happiness; in other words, it had a very happy and mostly satisfying ending.  The only unsatisfying thing I can say about the ending is that there really was no build to the romance between Cat Woman and Batman...  They had no real connections; Cat Woman just flirts and kisses Batman.  That is no reason for them to end up together.  Their relationship had no real progression.

My biggest criticism of the movie is that if you haven't recently watched all the Batman movies preceding this one, you (like I) would be totally lost on much of the plot and references.  The only reason I don't criticize Batman's escape from the nuclear bomb is that I'm sure they'll explain it in the next film.

I don't know whether this is a criticism or a congratulation:  But, other than the obvious subliminal similarities, they made a STARK reference to Gotham actually being New York City when they flashed by Saks Fifth Avenue in one of the battle scenes towards the end.

By the end of the movie, I determined that overall, I enjoyed the film, although it was very confusing and the beginning was a little to dark and violent for my preference.  I think the fact that most of the actors are very beautiful, helps a lot in my determination of it being an mostly satisfying movie.

Oh, I almost forgot!  In the scene where Cat Woman drops Batman off at the underground lair, I was reminded of the scene in Star Wars where Luke finds out that Darth Vader is his father.  Not that the situation was similar, but the look of the set and characters.  Batman looked like Vader while Bane looked more like Luke, but with the Vader voice....

On Another Note (sort of):  Christian Bale is from (according to IMDb) "Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK".  Bryn Mawr <3

Chills

The ending of this article gave me so many chills, I'm amazed.
Merion Ghost

Glad I don't live there!

Halloween Special

Trick or Treat?  Scorpio, ruled by Pluto (the planet of death and riches), is the sign that contains one of my favorite holidays, Halloween.  Not only is the death part fitting, but also the declaration of "trick or treat".  If a Scorpio went knocking on Halloween and the homeowner chose "trick", you can be sure that Scorpio will find a way to trick them for their audacity at not delivering a treat.

Without doing research, I've gathered that Halloween is a spin-off of The Day of the Dead and All Hallows Eve, which fall around this time (October 31st).  At least in America, it is a day for children to get dressed up in a costume and go door-to-door declaring "trick or treat?" and expecting to get treated.  It also may be known as "Mischief Night", as a day to toilet-paper, egg, and graffiti private and public property.  For college students, and who am I kidding...high school students, it's a time to dress slutty (for guys and girls) and party.  If it weren't for the Frankenstorm, you'd be sure to see tons of students dressed is slutty costumes today.  Because of the Frankenstorm, people like me settled on something warm and orange.

My celebrations for Halloween included going to see a scary movie, "The Cabin in the Woods", on Saturday evening, then going to two Halloween parties on campus, dressed as Minnie Mouse - I have a flapper costume, but chose not to wear it for convenience  I would have worn it today had it not been for the Frankenstorm.  Also, most nights since I've been back at college from Fall Break, I've watched a Halloween-themed movie, like "Coraline" last night.  We were supposed to have had a Trick-or-Treating in the dorms for professor's children last night, but the Frankenstorm prevented this.  Tonight I'm going to a reading of scary Classics stories in the Great Hall from 11:30pm to midnight.

Not only is Halloween surrounded by these celebrations, it is also a time to decorate.  I love decorating....  This year, I have three mini pumpkins around my hearth and desk, Halloween-themed movie posters I cut out of the New York Times hanging on my walls, some Fall themed decorative items I got from Michaels, a "boo" pillow, and a "boo" blanket - or so I call them.  The pillow and blanket are fleece with adorable white ghosts on them!  They are so soft and I love them!

Halloween is also a time for companies to make money.  Obviously this is a peak season for the candy companies.  It is also a good time for decoration and craft stores.  And, lots of TV channels can make special programming just for Halloween.  ABC Family did a 13 Nights of Halloween, Disney Channel does a theme for Halloween each year in the month of October, etc.  It also allows for TV show specials, like this week of "Once Upon A Time" featured Victor Frankenstein, which was pretty obvious from the time he said to Regina "I prefer Doctor" (not necessarily a direct quote, he said something along those lines).

My suggestions for enjoying Halloween are:  watch a scary movie (or at least "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - which I'm so sad to be missing), carve a pumpkin (or at least paint a pumpkin), wear a costume (even if it's something stupid like a name card saying "Hi, my name is Mitt Romney"), and make traditions (I always watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "Hocus Pocus").

Movie Suggestions:
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- Hocus Pocus
- Scream (any of the four)
- Coraline
- The Haunting Hour:  Don't Think About It
- any scary or supernatural-themed movie goes
- any cutesy movie, like Charlie Brown, goes

Music Suggestions:
- Thriller
- Harry Potter's Double Trouble
- The Monster Mash

If you're throwing a party, spend the extra money on Halloween-themed cups, plates, napkins, etc.  It really livens up the party, even if it's just a Horror Movie party.

Just have fun and be safe!  Happy Halloween!

Something New

Because of a recent request from a hallmate for an analysis between the match of Virgo-Sagittarius, I've decided to add a new "special" kind of blog post.  For each Astrological sign, I will be analyzing its match with all the other signs beginning with Sagittarius, as the analysis was requested by a Sagittarius and going through the signs of people on my hall first.  My hallmates, or Customs Group, includes two Sagittarius', two Capricorns, two Geminis, two Scorpios, an Aries, a Taurus, a Virgo (though technically two b/c our HA is also a Virgo), an Aquarius, and a Pisces.  After I've finished all the signs in roughly that order, I will then finish with the remaining signs - Cancer, Leo, and Libra.  I will not make redundant match analysis' (ex. Sagittarius - Aquarius is the same as Aquarius - Sagittarius, so I will not repeat the analysis when I analyse the matches for Aquarius).  My first post (for Sagittarius) will appear sometime over the next week (so it should be posted by next Tuesday).

One thing to keep in mind about Astrological matches (for romantic relationships specifically) is that although a match may typically be a "bad" one, matches are dependent upon Moon Signs and Ascendants, as well as the sexes of those in each sign.  In these posts, I will analyse only the compatibility of Sun signs and the role gender plays in it.  I will not analyse how the Moon and Rising signs play a role.

Bryn Mawr College Traditions

This is a non-detailed list of the traditions and superstitions that I am aware of at the current time at Bryn Mawr College.

1.  Customs Week - essentially freshwomen, transfer, and McBride student's orientation; lead by sophomores
2.  Tea Parties - depending on who is hosting the "Tea" there may or may not actually be hot tea; Teas are typically formulated around a specific topic or group; for example my Customs people hosted a Tea for my Customs group (which is the group of freshwomen on my hall) - I am planning on hosting an astrology Tea!
3.  Friendship Poles (which no longer exist) - whoever you're walking with must go around or through the poles by Pem Arch on the same side as you or you'll have a major argument
4.  Senior Steps - don't touch them unless you're a Senior, you won't graduate
5.  Senior Row - don't walk all the way down the path of trees in the middle of campus unless you are a Senior, you won't graduate; if you loop one, you're fine
6.  Bryn Mawr Chant - don't start it unless you are a Senior, you won't graduate
7.  Don't kiss on Moon Bench - you'll break-up with whoever you kiss
8.  Kiss under Rock Arch - you'll have a lasting relationship with the person you kiss
9.  All of the "bad" things can be reversed by giving a SINCERE offering to Athena, located in Thomas Great Hall
10.  Parade Night - freshwomen run through Pem Arch and down the concrete area there while being pelted with water balloons by the sophomores and flowers, candy, bread crumbs, glitter, and confetti by the juniors the first Friday after classes begin
11.  Step Sings - lots of singing
12.  Lantern Night - freshwomen receive their lanterns
13.  Hell Week - hazing week; includes Duck Pond Run (running to Haverford's duck pond and getting pushed in at the beginning of the month of FEBRUARY!)
14.  May Day - white dresses, pole dancing, singing, picnicking
15.  Senior Bell Ringing - Seniors each ring the bell in Taylor after they finish their finals for the number of their graduating class
16.  Fall Frolic - second Friday after classes begin where the student body gathers for picnicking and club sign-ups

There are probably more, but I don't know them yet.  :/  And some of the details have been left out in case any potential freshwomen read this, because at least for Parade Night, there are some surprises that I wouldn't want to ruin for them!  :)

T-422 minutes

Less than eight hours left until I move in to college later this morning.  Although I've been prepping my packing for WEEKS, it seems like everything has had to be re-packed, re-organized.  I have to admit that my anxiety level is WAY up and I've kind of been on my tippy-toes all day while running around in circles screaming (not literally).

Pretty much everything is packed and ready to go out to our car in approximately three hours.  I haven't quite comprehended that we're waking up at 4am and it's already 1:18am.  I still have to take a shower, unhook the printer, and finish copying all my files (I am currently copying these files, allowing me the chance to blog) onto a hard-drive so that I can later put some on my new computer, which I spent a couple hours yesterday setting up.

The most frustrating thing right now is that we have to clean out our car in the morning because we couldn't tonight due to the nasty night-time crawlers (aka bugs/spiders).  Two GIGANTIC spiders with mad creeps bodies decided to build there beautiful typical spider webs right above the stairs leading up to our apartment.  If they aren't gone in the morning, we (meaning my mother) will have to exterminate them, which is unfortunate considering they are munching on the nasty mosquitoes that are currently infesting the country.

I don't really know what else to say right now.  What a stupid way to end a blog post, I know, but I'm really tired and flustered and bored.

Oh, oh, I know what else.  I can't bring my DVDs or all my shoes tomorrow because we won't have enough room in our car :'( so sad.  My mom will have to bring them down later.  Hopefully everything else will fit.  I've had to consolidate a lot of items/their carrying items.

Also, I'm the last to leave of my friends for college (who are of that age, obviously).  AND, I don't even start classes until after Labor Day!  :D

Well, goodbye until I'm officially a college student.