emotional new years post

it took me less than a week to fall right back into my edina lifestyle. I lived in chicago for two and a half months and i have a really awesome life there but on break i went right back to sleeping until three and eating my mom's breakfast and going to starbucks and a movie and that was a eventful day. As much as i love it here, i CANNOT stay here. Of course i will miss it but that is no reason to stay here.

I also miss chicago. i miss class, i miss my new friends, i miss professors, i miss living on my own and being annoyed with the people on my floor (except for 104.5) i miss laughing about stupid things with kelly and being sarcastic w/ nina and giggling with the girls of seton hall. I love all of my friend from high school, they mean the world to me and always will and are irreplacable. I'm soo bummed that i'll be back at class while they get to gt into shenanigans here but if i have to spend another week in this bubble of a suburb of minneapolis i'm gonna burst.

so here is my message it the inter-nets and the world of blog readers: i love you, thank you for dealing w/ the boring posts of break, get ready chicago, i've been gone for awhile but taylor obrien is on her way back and ready to be in the city again and possible start trouble, to the people of edina, i love you i'll miss you and will see six of you over presidents day weekend :)

i'm not saying i hated all of break, coffee with laura was fun and there were other evening activities that i thoroughly enjoyed ;) sorry but a winky smiley face emoticon is what best portrays that sentiment, you know?

much love, talk to you in chicago

stupid hobbit

very few things excite me as much as cheesy potatoes and ham, in fact, i can't even think of one right now.

mmmmm

what is this feeling so sudden and new

there is a new love in my life, and you will all be happy to hear that it isn't an inappropriate crush on an unattainable boy or an obsession w/ a 90's pop band, it goes further than that

today i went to costco for the first time

purchases include

seasons 3 and 4 of the OC
the entire back to the future trilogy
brother bear
the best of the 70's collection
stephen colbert's new book
a bottomless cup of diet coke for 59 CENTS!!!

all very worth it
nothing cost more than 15 dollars
i fricking love costco

mmmbop aged very well

it has happened, my musical taste has hit an all time low, you thought it happened w/ the backstreet boys 4th cd, you thought it happened again at the il divo christmas album, but it has gotten even worse and i can't deny it anymore.

i really like hanson.

not old hanson, we're not talking about middle of nowhere here, we are talking about a beautiful pop/rock mix of pretty boys, emotional songs, and more lyrics i don't really understand, its beautiful.

please don't judge,

listen to penny and me with a candle burning, you'll see your future

no, i'm not socially retarded, i'm witty and wonderful

me: where is the "one of a kind" hat
my manager: there are seven and they're in the sale department
me: thats funny
my manager: why?
me: there are seven "one of a kind" hats
my manager: i still don't get it...

i need the patch, and the gum, and the self help books...

i have an addiction. its become a problem in my life and it is keeping me from moving forward. some of you may already know about it. Its something that comes up in my life a lot and it is truly a burden that i must get rid of if i am ever going to have a healthy relationship in my life

i'm addicted to crushes

i have become a master of finding a boy who is a safe distance away from me, be it physical space, the presence of a girlfriend or the ever popular fictional character who doesn't actually exist and decide that that is the man i should spend the rest of my life with. I proceed to fantasize about how wonderful a relationship would be with this completely unatainable person until i'm bored or i find a new person to have a safely fruitless crush on.

we would go on these dates (always funny movies or quirky restaurants, maybe watching some tv on dvd and having a wonderful cuddle session), we would go here when we met each others family, we would hang out with these people, we wouldn't go on double dates w/ these people but we would with these people, he would where this half zip sweater from jcrew that just got marked down, he would buy me these socks, we would get in these fights about these silly things and in the end make up because we are just so madly in love and nothing else matters.

we would break up because he drinks too much or because henever got over his ex or because he has to move to india to study elephants in order to pursue his passion of having a tv show about animals like jeff corwin.

shoot, well someday i'll meet an actually available boy who makes me want to buy half zip sweaters for and fight with about why he always only compliments my hair when its straight and not curly, but until then i guess i'll stick with the fictional men of gilmore girls and so on...

mixed emotions

I used to be a very judgemental person. thats a lie i still am, but i am no longer judging the greek system the way i used to. maybe it was my hippie-mothers influence that made me think that sororities were stupid and they were brainless and all fratboys were losers who popped collars.

they may pop collars and the sororoties may have mascots like lady-bugs and panda bears, they know how to have a very good time and i am now a converted fan. if the greek system at depaul was like the one at the u, you could sign me up.

just don't tell my mom...

hmm out with the old

for the most part i believe that the original is usually better than the remake or the sequel. superman, zorro, xmen. but there is one execption to this rule and i always remember it around christmas

miracle on 34th street

mr. bedford wheres sweaters like its his job, he's a successful lawyer in new york city, he is funny, kind, and he believes in santa claus. any boy meeting this description (you don't necesarily have to be a lawyer but an appreciation of justice would be a bonus) please contact me via blog or email and be prepared for marriage. :D

do as the raccoons do

If a quarter of college and a week of christmas break has taught me anything, it would be that i need schedule. I am an anxiety prone freak fest most of the time and if i don't have a schedule i start to turn into a nocturnal sloth. sleep until 3:45, move to the couch, watch gilmore girls special features and whatever primetime tv show i happen to be addicted to for that day of the week, go out for a couple of hours w/ laura or colleen and be bored in edina, then go to bed WAY to late and wake up the next afternoon and do it all again.

WELL ALL THAT CHANGES NOW! Tomorrow i start my job at jcrew, i'll be wearing khakis and i will mean business. I will act as a productive member of society, i will read books and write thank you notes and find some poor people who i could volunteer for. also, tomorrow i will be watching i love new york 2 and the hills because this weeks episodes look very scandalous.

maybe i'll start being productive on tuesday.