The French Language

DJ: i reiterate my statement from early in french 1: french was designed when a bunch of gay western european men got together, got drunk, and decided they needed a more romantic language than, say, german.

Me: THIS IS THE BEST EXPLINATION EVER

Little Inferno

I got the game Little Inferno recently. After playing the game for a good 4 hours, I told my sister to play. Here are her reactions.

omg
they're screaming
why

um
UM
BURNING DOWN YOUR HOUSE AND LOVED ONES DOESN'T LOOK LIKE FUN

WAIT IT CAN SEE ME
WHAT
I DON'T WANT IT TO SEE ME

wait a minute
those aren't snakes

Don't Blink. Don't Turn Your Back. Don't Look Away.

School is finished. Finally. I need to redo almost the entire semester's worth of classes.
That was not a good semester.
I did not enjoy any of my classes, thus I mentally checked out roughly four weeks into the semester, and right after spring break, a cousin committed suicide, and a week later, my 94 year old grandfather passed away.
Not a good semester.
Next semester will be full of writing and researching, so hopefully that will help my GPA come back up.

At the moment, I am petsitting for my roommate's grandparents. They went to visit their son, so I get to stay at their house and watch the dogs while they're away.  It's really nice, having the place to myself. It's the first time I've had a place to myself, actually. I've always been with my parents or had roommates.  I can play violin whenever I want, blast music, cook whatever and whenever I want, wander around the town, and walk around in my underwear just because I can.

I met some of the neighbors at a memorial day potluck, and we went hiking this morning. 9.5 miles. The trail was great, scenery beautiful. It was a real shame my body decided that that would be the perfect time to let my hormone levels plummet . . .  On top of a screwed up knee? Really? Oh well.

One of the people I went hiking with has a nephew visiting soon, and he (the neighbor) wants me to meet the nephew. He's playing matchmaker! So this will be interesting. I find it funny that after 3 days of knowing me, the neighbor is encouraging a relationship between me and the nephew. Updates will arrive when something happens on that front.

Three or four weeks ago, I was at judo, sparing with another student.  he was moving stiffly, and threw me badly. My knee bent sideways, overstretching the MCL and medial meniscus. There's possibly a microtear in the tendons, but I'm not sure. Might ask the doc to check, though, because the knee still hurts.

Guess what I've been watching lately....

DJ On Meds

DJ: hey

Me: There's a multiple person chat now

DJ: nancy
geting her
ea'ksf
bufgger]
dammit
/dies

Me: XD

DJ: just me, failboatin along here

OI, NANCY

nancy
NANCY
THERE WE GO

Nancy: GOOD GRIEF

CRUISE CONTROL SET TO "COOL" MPH

Nancy: HOW DO YOU EVEN WRITE

DJ: WAT
JE SUIS CONFUSED.

Me: Nancy, say hi to the master of "hmmm"

Nancy: HOW ARE YOU EVEN STILL IN SCHOOL
*facepalm*

DJ: oh, ellen, did you tell her thats what i meant to say?

Me: Yup

DJ:  good.
anyaae
th
ae
bauus
(bauus
*balls
thee
*there
right
i dont deserve a keyboard any more

Nancy: I hope this is going on the blog, ellen

DJ: lol
yes
all of the ys
e
*eys
Yehsn
*yes
there

Me: HAHAHA

Nancy: ..."Yehsn"

DJ: antibiotics combined with the fact that im loling so hard, and my computer is on my stomach

Nancy: dear goodness what are we going to do with you...
Me: XD
Nancy: duuuuuudde

Me: that always works well....

DJ: yehs
*eys
here we go
*yes
you know what?  screw it.
im just gonna type, and you guys try and figure out what im dsaying

oh gosh
kill me now

Nancy: lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgeYScYe8wI&feature=player_embedded

^watch it

DJ: AJAJAJAJAJAJAJA
*AHAHAHAHAHAHA
I LOVE CAPSLOCK
NO WORRIES ABOUT CAPITALIZATION
JSUT
*JSUT
*JST
*JUST
COOL.

Me: We need to get him off the meds....

DJ: and that video is brilliant

Me: well, after he's recovered

Nancy: haha yeah

DJ:  LOL YES YOU DO
EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

Nancy: nO,I THINK HE NEEDS TO GET OFF THEM NOW

Me: I'm going to save this and use it as blackmail

DJ: WAT.

Nancy: Excellent idea

DJ: OMFQ THIS VIDEO IS THE BEST THING IVE SEEN THIS WEEK.

Nancy: Just threaten to show this to his mom and he'll do anything you ask

DJ: WHY

Me: XD

DJ: WHY ATE YOU FOING THIS
*ARE

Me: doing*

DJ: *DOING
YES KI KNOW
*I

Me: I*

DJ: YES
MEEEEEEEEDS

Nancy: omg
this is hilarious
just
" MEEEEEEEEEDS"

DJ: THEYRE WONDERFUL THING.
*THINGS
MEDS
ARE
YES
PRECIOUS
WHAT HAS IT GOTS IN IS POCKETSES?
PRECIOUS?
MEDS?

Nancy: http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5900000/Gollum-smeagol-gollum-5995703-779-812.jpg

DJ: DAMN HE NEED LOREAL

Nancy: OF ALL THE THINGS TO SAY
BAHAHAHAHAH

DJ: READ IT WITH A BLACK VOICE
ITS EVEN BETTER

Me: OMG
LOST THE ABILITY TO CAN
I CAN'T

DJ: IVE BEEN LAUGHING LIKE A CHIPMUNK FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES NOW
AT MY OWN COMMENT
WUT.

Nancy: http://alexandraerin.tumblr.com/post/44638678550

Meds, dude

DJ: NO MEDS
LOREAL

Me: Right.

DJ: YEAH.
ANWYA
anyway
well, that was entertaining.
well, im crying from laughter over here
what about you guys?

Me: We're plotting

Nancy: yup

DJ: what
are
you
plotting>
*?
also, how much of that is going on the blog?

Me: I'll let you know after I copy it over

DJ: cause i think the gollum and loreal bit is worth it, if i do say so myself.

Me: Isn't the tagline for l'oreal "because you're worth it"?

Nancy: yup

Me: Nice pun there, DJ

DJ:  wow
did not even notice tat.
*that

Me: Thought not

DJ: should we bring fluffy in on this too?
he is online

Me: I was just about to ask that

DJ: do it

<You added Anthony LaVecchio.>

DJ: i gotta go to the bathroom brb

Me: Welcome to the crazy

Anthony: hi errebody...

Me: because you're worth it.

Anthony: I see....
and DJ is here?

Me: He just went to the bathroom.

Nancy: he's a bit high
but yeah

Anthony: well
he sucks for not coming to keys
I don't care what his excuse is
he's a meanny.

Me: No, not at all. Because then he was able to amuse us with his version of "hmmmm"

Anthony: ...
wat

DJ: im back

Me:  He sent me "ha]posfbe"

DJ:  lugg
*lugyyt
*futgy

Me: meant "hmmm"

DJ:  *fluffy

you there?

hai

bro?

Anthony: ...
futgy?

Nancy: futgy...

DJ: i was trying to type lufyyf

Anthony: FUTGY YOU!!!!!!

DJ: *fluffy

Anthony:  the frick, dude?

Nancy: oh my gosh...

DJ: love you too foluffy

ahahaha

wow

*fluffy

Anthony: WHAT THE HELL!?!?!

Nancy: All of it.
Just, all of it

DJ:  dude, did you see the rest of our chat from earlier?
scroll up, and read
and laugh

Anthony: nope

DJ:  do it.

Nancy:  just read it

because it's worth it

Me: XD

Nancy:  ( see waht I did there?)

Anthony: ...

Me: I see what you did there

Anthony: no...

DJ:vahahaha
i see
what
you
did there
yeha
let us know when its on the blog

Anthony: can we skype?

DJ: id rather not

talking is not easy for me.

Anthony: why?
oh
but but but

Nancy: yes, he will type badly with his mouth

Anthony: what exactly do you have?

DJ: sinus infection
for which i am on antibiotics
which make me a little loopy

Anthony: YAY!!!!

DJ: or at least act that way.

Anthony: I LOVE THOSE THINGS!!!

DONT YOU JUST THOUGHT?

*THOUGH/
*&>
*?

Nancy: lol

AGRH
ARGH

Anthony: AHAHAHA

DJ: CAPSLOCK MAN
CRUIOBAEB
*cruise control
not "cruiobaeb
"

Anthony: why are you typing like that!?!?!

DJ: im not trying to

as i explained to the two of them earlier, antibiotics combined with the fact that im laughing so hard and my computer is on my stomach.

Anthony: wow I don't even think I typed that bad when I was on antibiotics...
badly*

DJ: ahahahha
ironys a bitch, no?

Anthony: ...that was grammar
not a typo

DJ:  WELL SCREW YOU TOO

Anthony:  lol
you know you want to.

Me:  Can I watch?

DJ: WAT
NO
THATS
THEATSA
*THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT AT ALL

Anthony: yes
yes you can

DJ:  I HATE YOU

Me: sweet

DJ:  OR HAT YOU
TAKE YOU R PICK

Me:  hat.

Anthony: I am pick?

Me:  Because hats are cool.

DJ:  YESH
OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Nancy: you know, wincest brings new meaning to the term brofisting


Ellen 
damnit nancy

Anthony
AHAHAHA
YES

DJ
can i now take an electric mixer to my minds eye?

Anthony
nope
not until we're done


<Short interlude>


Nancy
I'd suggest a meat grinder

Me:
XD

Nancy
they're more effective

DJ
hey, thatll work.


Ellen
Nancy, you'll be like 40 years old and still using the meat grinder.

Anthony
...
that

DJ
...

Me
your poor children

DJ
what
i am confused.
40 years?
wtf?

Me
Long-lasting inside joke

DJ
ah.

Anthony
...
I see
no...
no I don

Nancy
I will, I wiill

Anthony
don't*

DJ
meat grinder for you, fluffy

Anthony
...

DJ
whirr, whirr

Nancy:
I kind of have this habit of putting people's heads inside meat grinders
hahahaha

Me
THE MEAT GRINDER WILL GIVE YOU PEACE AND PROSPERITY!!
HAVE FAITH IN THE MEAT GRINDER!!

Anthony
I FREAKING LOVE YOU DJ

DJ
peace through superior firepower.

Me
^

DJ
woot woot.


Anthony
toot toot.

Nancy:
I see what you did there ellen

Me: =D

Almost Done.

Two more days of classes. Four finals.
Almost done.

I am so ready for this semester to be over. Seriously. This semester is absolutely destroying my GPA. Not that it was anything wonderful to begin with, but now it is complete and utter rubbish. Seriously. I don't even know why I bother trying anymore.

I'm probably just saying that because it's 10:45pm and my FREAKING ROOMMATE WON'T SHUT UP AND LET ME SLEEP.

ok.

Yea. The sudden drop of progesterone, + Sleep deprivation  = THE MOST FRUSTRATED ELLEN CREATURE YOU WILL EVER MEET

Rose Tyler, I-

Guess what I'm watching!! ಥ_ಥ
I'm going to go sob in a corner.

You'd think after watching these episodes a couple times the emotions would calm down, but NOPE. WHY SHOULD MY HEART BE SAFE?!

SO MANY FEEEEELS ;_;

------------------_---------------------_--------------------------_-------------------------_--------

Now then.

At the moment, I am procrastinating. Hugely. I have an anatomy exam tomorrow that I'm not ready for, and a sketchbook due for lab that I was supposed to start at midterms.
It's not even started yet.
Due tomorrow night.
I'm on the verge of saying VA FAIRE FOUTRE! and getting on with my life. Because that stupid sketchbook has no purpose in life other than to irritate every single bio 201 and 202 student.  I have not talked to one person who thinks the sketchbooks are a good idea. Most of the TAs don't like them, either. Which is funny, because they're the ones who are in charge of teaching us our lab material.

My Sister's Lab Report

Nancy:  Ellen

There is snark

I just put snark in my lab report

I said to disinfect your lab area and set up for the cult meeting

also

12) Raise the lobes of the liver and you should see the gall bladder which looks like a deflated balloon (like all of your hopes and dreams) and the stomach.

14) Remove the liver, gonad, and stomach by cutting them out. Split open the stomach if you're feeling especially violent today, then find the intestine and air bladder which might be popped because you're a violent sociopath.

16) Find the heart and put it aside for later sacrificing. Notice that is has two chambers.

17) Disinfect up your dissection area and set up for the cult meeting.

Salmon makes The Day Better

Today. Yea.

It started out normally enough. Wake up later than normal, causing me to rush to get to my exercise class, work out for a while, return to the apartment.  I was all ready to be productive. Study, homework, perhaps go to the gym again, but then ants. Stupid, freaking ants. Qui peut va faire foutre. So after vacuuming them all up, dousing the place with vinegar, and plugging up their little hole, I look behind me to see my roommate's hell-hound of a dog pooping in the corner of my room. It wasn't a normal poop, either. It was diarrhetic. Of course, the roommate isn't around for her to take care of her own stupid dog, so I have to clean up the two pounds of crap, and the floor. Needless to say, I am not a fan of this dog at the moment. I'm normally not a fan of this dog to begin with, so the roommate is REALLY lucky I didn't painfully murder the stupid creature.

That was my day, and tomorrow is not looking to be any better.

Annoy the Sister

Me: We need to feed some wasabi to Nancy.

DJ: all of the yes.

Me: that is all.

DJ: right-o.  carry on.

Yes, I Just Skipped A Class

I skipped statistics this morning. Not because I absolutely needed to, but because if I didn't, I would probably go mad, and explode at the next person who asked me about the weather. I need a break. Seriously. I'm missing assignments, getting moody for no reason, and just overall being rather pathetic. At least my french class is online today. That class has a lot of conversation, and I'm not sure I'd be able to do that without snapping at my partner.  Also, I kind of love the fact that a lot of my french online has multiple choice, as many times as you need to get it right.  I rarely put any thought into those assignments, and it is wonderful. I suppose that defeats the entire purpose of the homework, though. But that's what studying is for. I prefer studying on my own to doing an exorbitant amount of homework. *coughchemistrycough*
So now I'm sitting in the student union, very much enjoying my break, while working on french homework that should be thought about.  Just so you know, parkour was created in France, and we are now learning about it in my french class. I approve.  Right. All assigned bits of multiple choice homework are done. I'll do the type-in answers later today.

My goblet cells need to stop being such overachievers.

I'd Be Screaming, But My Throat Hurts

Today is one of the most stressful days I've had all semester. Tonight for anatomy lab, I have a sketchbook with drawings from every lab covered so far, studying for the most recent labs, and review questions for those labs.  Just for tonight. It may not seem like much, but trust me: that is a lot of work.  So what am I doing? Typing about how much work I have to do instead of actually doing it. Oh, and I have a bunch of French homework due in 19 minutes. How absolutely wonderful.  And let's not forget to top it off with a horrible, crappy mood, and sickness. yup. All that, and I'm sick. Isn't that great? I think it's the best timing ever.  Oh, and I have a job interview tomorrow. Hopefully my throat will recover well enough for me to speak with some sense of decency, and not having to cough every three words.

OK, I'm done complaining. Time to go to french.

I'm Done.

I need a week without school. I need a break. I am so sick of the tedium. It's so repetitive. Boring. I do not want it. I want to leave it all behind and do something with my life, and not be stuck at school. Why am I here, anyway? Oh yea, society says I need a piece of paper that declares me competent at what I'm "learning".

I'm not learning anything.

I want out.

But I'll stick with it anyway. As much as I hate it, I'll still do it. I will survive the tedium, and get through it. With God's help. Because I could not possibly remain sane without him.  Besides, he's the only one who's helping me with my loneliness. I couldn't possibly live without him. I can't.

I sat for over ten hours watching a stupid TV show instead of doing the homework that I needed to do. I got up to eat, and use the restroom.

I'm pathetic.

and I need someone to talk to. Please?

All these names in my phone, and even more on my facebook. Who can I talk to? I don't know. I don't want to annoy anyone with my incredibly pathetic life. They probably have better things to do than listen to me talk about how I'm not happy with my great life.  I don't even have any school-induced debt. No, I don't know why I'm complaining.  I'm just lonely, and sick of it all.

Let's go on an adventure.

Thankful

I am so thankful that my life has been easy. my family has never had to worry about money issues, my extended family are all functional, and the hardest thing I've had to go through in my life is dealing with my own laziness and unwillingness to do anything.  Seriously, I am so thankful.

So far, school has been decent. I detest chemistry with a fiery hatred, but statistics is easy. Mostly because it consists of plugging numbers into a formula and pressing the equal button on the calculator. Actually, I'm about to start some chem homework right now. It's pretty easy homework. just write a brief summery of an online lecture, and answer three questions. Oh, wow. This particular one only has the summary.  I like writing the summaries. I use brief, couple word sentences. Basically taking notes. I never write an actual, formatted, paragraphs with proper sentence structure and punctuation.

22 minutes later, at 9:57pm, chemistry homework is done.
time for statistics, which actually requires me to get off the computer.
eww

Still Raining

Rain, and more rain. It's supposed to turn into snow! Where's the snow?

I'm procrastinating on chemistry homework, so please forgive my rambling.  I doubt it's going to be much different than the weirdness that my posts usually consists of.  One of my friends stayed with me for a while a couple months ago. She left a book and some clothing here. She probably wants her stuff back. Too bad she's in a different state. Oh well. I'll mail it to her. Eventually.

So I have a job interview coming up. I'll be working for a healthcare non-profit organization. Hopefully that will earn me some kudos with the physical therapy plans. It will be rather difficult to do without a car though. Hopefully I can work two jobs over the summer and earn enough for a car by the end of it.

Real life sucks.

Real life is awesome.

I've started reading the Girl With a Dragon Tattoo books.  They're really well written, and the story, once you get to it, is great.  The first half, or three-quarters of the book consists of the daily life of the characters. Which is interesting, but there's not much of an actual mystery to solve, or real plot till the later parts.

I can't wait till the weather gets nice again, because I want to buy plants. Can't do that when it's all cold, rainy and snowy. I'm going to get some herbs and a couple medicinal plants. Can't wait. =3

Ok, enough rambling.

Powder Into Liquid

Nancy:
I realized the other day taht I can make homemade hot chocolate
and chocolate milk
so yum

Me:
o.o

Nancy
Hot milk with cocoa powder and maple syrup
the real maple syrup, not the cheap stuff

Me:
yuuum

Nancy:
oh yeah
and the same think for chocolate milk only w/ cold milk
and I use the non electronic hand blender for that, otherwise the powder won't liquid
it's like " NO! I WILL STAY POWDERY JUST TO BOTHER YOU!"
And I'm just " psh please. * get out blender* "

Me:
the powder won't liquid?
hahahahahaha

Nancy:
powder " AAAAAAH"
Me " MUAHAHHAHAHA"
So yeah, that's how I make my chocolate milk

Guitars are Cheep

DJ:  i got to play my buddy's gibson es-335 yesterday.
what the es-335 is to blues guitars is what the stradivaruis is to violins (sorry if i misspelled that).

Me: nice

DJ: now i totally want an es.
but they start around $2000...

Me: What a surprise

DJ: bugger.

Me: wow
that's cheep
only 2000?
ok, they start there, but seriously

DJ: sorry, they start around $4000.
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/ES/Gibson-Custom/ES-335-Dot-Plain-Gloss.aspx

Me: I need to stop comparing guitar prices to violin prices...

DJ: ahahahaha

Me: that's a nice instrument.

DJ: heres a '59 dot reissue es-335. bit pricier.
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/ES/Gibson-Custom/1959-ES-335-Dot-Reissue.aspx

Me: Just to compare violin prices, serious performance students will usually have about a $15,000 violin, but sometimes if they're thinking of the future may spend $60,000-100,000. After they get a job, if it's a major orchestra, they'll usually be looking at $30,000 minimum to about $100,000 or twice that, if they can afford it

Me: And that's just the violin alone
not including the bow which can be another easy $10,000

DJ: ...

Me: plus the $500-$1000case
the $40 rosin, the $40 shoulder rest,
averages, of course.
oh, and the strings

DJ: ...

Me: my decent set of strings is about $80. They don't get too bad. prolly $120 at the top

DJ: ill never complain about the cost of a guitar again.

Me:  My work here is done.

Rainy Day

It's drizzling outside, and it is beautiful.  I love rainy days.  They make me want to read all day, or write something absolutely horrible.  My story-telling skills aren't even close to decent. Which is sad, because I really want to write a book. I don't care if it gets at all popular. (although that would be nice) I just want a write and publish a book.

I should be doing some form of homework right now. But right now, my motivation is to write, sew, do something that is not related to schoolwork. My motivation to do homework will pop up in the middle of judo, and disappear the second I return to the apartment.  Not fun.

My kindle for PC app is being stupid.  Amazon doesn't know it exists, and I've been wandering around various places in an attempt to make Amazon see that there's an app, but so far, nothing is working.

On another note, I may have to get a new battery for my laptop soonish. The lifespan of this one is shrinking every day. It can go for about an hour and a half now without a charge, two hours if it feels particularly healthy. Eh, I've got time. I'll start panicking about it when it can only last 30 minutes without being plugged in.

Ok, bad time for tumblr. Just saw a gifset with all the doctors regenerating into the next doctor. And ight after that, a soundbite from the last episode of Sherlock. FEELS. ALL OF THEM.

oh, and I have a twitter. So if you feel like it, here's my Twitter profile enjoy.

And the Week is Over

My first week of school is over, and it feels like at least two weeks have passed.  My Tuesdays and Thursdays are absolutely horrible. I am absolutely exhausted. 5 exceedingly challenging classes all in a row. Tomorrow there is absolutely nothing to do except for housekeeping and an excessive amount of homework. How fun.  So now I'm sitting here in jeans and a sports bra typing up my frustrations.

anatomy will be boring because my prof repeats himself way too often. Chemistry will be irritating because my prof talks more about what will be coming up rather than what's on the slide at the moment. Statistics will be alright, I think it will go well. French is fun, just a bit more homework than I'm used to. And the labs will be.... labs. I'll give you more on those when they actually happen.

Ok, time to enjoy my short reprieve of schoolwork.

Back at School

School starts tomorrow at 9:10am. Bootcamp. Not sure how that will go, but I'm excited. My roommate and I are together in that class, so we can support each other for when we smash into our wall.  Later that day I have french, and a few hours after that, I have dance! The dance class is only once a week, but it's about 2.5 hours long, and includes ballet, jazz, and hip hop.  I've done ballet for 10 years, jazz for 8, but never hip hop. I'm REALLY looking forward to that. I miss dance so much. On tuesday I have to wake up rather early and go to another anatomy/physiology class. After that I get to hike it down to the south end of campus for a psychology statistics class. Then I think it's chem, but I don't really know my schedule yet.  I'll write more about that when it happens.

Last week I had my birthday party, and one of my friends gave me this absolutely incredible game called To The Moon. I played it, cried, played it again, cried some more, got my sister to play it, she cried, and now my roommate is playing it. She hasn't gotten to many of the sad parts yet, but we're getting there.  I'm over in the corner watching her play, sobbing even more, because I know how the story goes and why the conversation is how it is.  sorry, that was a bit of a run-on sentence.  Go play it. Seriously. It is the best game I've ever played. The plot is incredible, the story is insanely well-written, and the game itself is absolutely gorgeous.

A Bored Sherlock is a Bad Thing

Roommate: What do you think Sherlock did when he was bored before he met John?
Me: *opens mouth*
Roommate: You're not allowed to say Cocaine. Cocaine or Heroin.
Me: Dang it.

Two Decades Gone

I have survived on this planet for two whole decades. That is....... odd.
I don't feel any older.
But more responsibilities have been added.  Meh.
This whole adult thing is fun, but annoying.
You can do more stuff, but you're responsible for what happens.
And I find that I'm relying more and more on the Lord.
About time.