hahahaha...i forgot one part of the animatronic jamboree story.

so the other volunteer guy was ulysses s. grant - makes perfect sense since i'm robert e. lee and we're just punching away at one another. anyway, the guy who had to guess what the whole thing was had like no clue what was going on nevermind who was doing what. so the ref told him it was the civil war and made him guess who each character was. he didn't get ulysses s. grant so the ref told him that one. then he made the guy guess who i was and he was like, "uh...mrs. grant?" and the ref said, "yes. ulysses s. grant publicly beat his wife during the surrender of the civil war."

just got back from dinner and comedy club with lots of fun people. it was like one of the building events (building as in our apartment building) so it was like, our ra (carlos), sanaz, melissa, helen, grace, ben, matt, mike, jon and a few other people from our building and a few of carlos's friends. we went to dinner at pickup stix which really was just...not good. although i did go in knowing that a lot of people didn't like pick up stix so...that might have had something to do with it. but oh well. afterwards, we went to the comedy club and oh boy was that fun FUN FUN. of course, it always is. ;D and man, was i on fire!! throwing out like a bazillion suggestions...flirtatious, trampoline, toes, a professor, italy, new hampshire, desk, and some other stuff i can't remember.

and...here's the kicker: I VOLUNTEERED. see, the thing is, i've been extremely hyper and energetic and just plain HAPPY tonight. like...crazy happy. i don't know what it is. and so at dinner, i told ben and sanaz that if they were gonna take volunteers at the comedy club, i'd volunteer. although when they asked for a volunteer the first time, i didn't. see, i really didn't wanna do it. it was like, this sound effects game, you know, like the same one on whose line where an audience member makes all the sound effects. i really don't like that game. i mean, i know all of two sound effects: "BAM" and "WHAP" and i don't even know what a whap is. anyway, they asked for a volunteer in the second half for the game of...ANIMATRONIC JAMBOREE!!!. i know all you norcal girls know that game - it was the cinderella one, remember?? yeah, anyway, me and this other guy in the audience volunteered for the game. and like, all the players were involved. and we reenacted the civil war, more specifically, the surrender of the civil war. and they made me robert e. lee. i didn't even know who robert e. lee was. i had to ask one of the players, and she told me. the players were all very very nice, cool people. so we went backstage and they put this funny hat on me and we went out and played. basically, i just went up to the other volunteer guy and we pretended to punch each other...like, repeatedly. and then i turned around and waved the white flag - one of the other players. while i was waving his arms, he was like, "you're doing good! you're doing good!" it was fun. ;D and i got two free tickets!! it was funny cuz when i was standing onstage waiting for the ref to pick another volunteer, i looked at helen and she pointed to me and then her ass and then gave me a thumbs up. yup, i was wearing my ass jeans - the jeans that make my ass look REAL GOOD! oh, and poor poor poor matt. the ref was making fun of him so much. but...it was funny!! i mean, all of us were totally cracking up. i know it was mean, but...you just had to be there. it was just hilarious.

aw shit...i just got melted chocolate popsicle on my ass jeans. :( oh well, i'm gonna do my laundry tomorrow. anyway, mucho fun night!! i feel CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i was going through ben's wallet just now...

me: discover card....structure....
ben: uh-oh...
me: victoria's secret?!?

ben has a victoria's secret card.

me: is there something you'd like to tell me, ben?

wooow....my schedule next [fall] quarter is gonna be awesome! sorta...there are some extreme times, but basically, it looks like i may be getting three, almot FOUR, day weekends!! i don't have any classes on friday; three of them are tuesday/thursday, and one is monday/wednesday and that one starts at 5 pm...so, it's ALMOST a four day weekend, only one class and it starts late. a bit too late for my taste actually. and my tuesday/thursday starts at 8 am. :( so there are some disadvantages to this schedule. but, oh well, gotta give something to get those three day weekends! ahh, the advantages of being a psych major. ;D yup, all my classes next quarter are psych classes and almost all psych classes are only one or two days a week. very few fridays. ;D let's see, i'm gonna be taking psych 101 [developmental psychology], psych 105 [cognitive psychology], psych 134 [eating disorders], and psych 162 [psychology and the law]. i actually wanted to take human sexuality, but the eating disorders class fit better in my schedule plus the prof and class both got really high ratings in cape (class and professor evaluation).

anyway, despite the 8 am and 5 pm, i'm lovin' my schedule next quarter. ;D

OHMYGOD. i totally thought my mae project was due tomorrow. i was all stressed cuz i hadn't worked on it at all cuz i've been studying all week for my social psych midterm today (which totally was just...wrong) and i CANNOT write a computer program if my life depended on it. so i'm like working on my program and it's just bad. we have to have more than fifteen commands; i have FOUR. and i'm completely stumped. i cannot think of another single command to use. so i start going through some of the handouts that my ta gave us to help us out and i noticed that on two of the handouts, he wrote "due may 10 by 5 pm" and i was like, "wait a second..." and checked the course outline cuz it said that the project was due tomorrow which makes total sense cuz the prof didn't give any quizzes this week (usually he gives a quiz after every lecture) and i thought it was cuz he wanted us to focus on our projects. so anyway, i was going to email my ta again cuz i thought maybe the dates on his handouts were just typos. i had asked earlier what time exactly the project was due by and he emailed me back but i didn't notice the date. when i checked his email again just now it said, MAY 10. MY FRIGGIN' PROJECT IS DUE NEXT FRIDAY. HALLE-FREAKIN-LUJAH!! you do not know how happy this makes me. i hate mae with a passion. seriously, if anyone wants to write my program for me, i will PAY you. and i will pay you good. (that's such a grammatically yucky sentence but...i don't care.) i would rather eat seaweed than write this program. yeah, that's how much i hate mae. i was so stressed about this project. if it was due tomorrow, it would've just been terrible. i was starting to think about dropping this class and taking a "W." seriously, this class sucks cuz of the prof and the ta. i mean, when sanaz took mae, it was cake! of course, sanaz is like ten times smarter than me, but still. she agrees that my prof is insane with the quiz-every-lecture deal. what a manipulative ploy to get students to come to his boring ass lectures. bastard. i mean, his lectures are so boring, i want to gnaw my leg off, hop down the lecture hall steps, and beat him over the head with it. i mean, that would be interesting, right?

anyway. i'm done with my celebratory rant. time to blog about other stuff.

my social psych midterm. ugh. too much info to digest, man. i mean, i love this class like crazy not only cuz the prof is the cutest and funniest thing since...something else really cute and funny, but also cuz the material is actually INTERESTING. but the midterm just sucked ass. and to kick me while i'm down, i got my paper back after the midterm and got a pretty bad grade. AND to add insult to injury, i got a PAPER CUT from the damn thing. i mean, talk about being kicked and beaten when i'm already unconscious on the floor. hmm..i don't think that metaphor made much sense (hahaha, i almost typed metawhore). anyway, to make myself feel better, i went to the fair and bought myself a new keypad for my cell phone. it's so pretty. it's one of those crystal ones, like ha's. actually, i probably should've gotten the white crystal keypad since it would match with any faceplate (the guy even told me this while he was selling this to me) but...i dunno, i just liked the blue one better. anyway, i did feel better after making my purchase. materialistic? me? nah....

so i went off to work on my italian project at one of my group member's dorm. but she was really sick and had like a migraine or something so we're just gonna rehearse tomorrow morning right before class. we've already written the script and everything, so it's cool. i think our presentation's gonna be cute. the assignment was to act out several scenes from a movie but like, "italianize" it. like, obviously, we'd be presenting the scenes in italian, but we also had to like, present it the way italians would. so guess what movie me and my group are doing? LEGALLY BLONDE! except it's called "LEGALLY ITALIAN." basically, same sort of plot - kelly and her boyfriend antonio are out to dinner where kelly thinks antonio's going to propose to her, but antonio actually ends up breaking up with her. he tells her that he's going back to italy tomorrow and he needs a wife who is more "italian." see, kelly is a lawyer and is too independent and too american for him. [italian men (and this is ACTUALLY true) want women who are more like their mothers - women who will do their laundry, cook their food (whoa, almost said cook their clothes), etc. there was actually this thing on sixty minutes a while ago that i didn't see but i read about. apparently, there's like this whole village in italy that's not even reproducing. like, the number of kids in their school is like six. the reason for this is because men, GROWN men, are not marrying but are just continuing to live with their mothers. i mean, what's not to love? she'll do your laundry, clean for you, cook for you, do everything for you. at the same time, women in italy are becoming more independent so who's a guy to turn to? mamma, of course! (this is sad news for me. what was the point of taking italian then if my chances of meeting a nice italian guy are like...none.) anyway, back to the plot...] so kelly comes up with an idea to win antonio back: she'll go to italy and stay with his mother and learn how to be exactly like her - the "perfect italian woman." but there's a twist...a while later, antonio returns to his mother's home (dirty clothes in tow) and is surprised to see kelly there. when he asks his mother what's going on, she says, "there's been a few 'changes' since you've been gone. first of all, i'm not gonna wash your clothes anymore - the washing machine is over there - learn to use it. second, me and kelly have started a new company that has been VERY successful. i don't have time to treat you like a baby. you should learn to be more independent - like kelly!" heehee, cute no? well, i thought it was. it's just like legally blonde, but not! and i love our title, legally italian.

anyway, i was so frazzled this afternoon while studying for my midterm. tasha left a message on my board saying that some guy had called for me about an experiment i signed up for and wanted me to call him back. so his number's on the board and i go to call it but the thing is, not only is ben's work number written right above the message, but the two phone numbers are EXACTLY the same except for the last two digits. so...yeah, i ended up accidentally dialing ben's work number.

ben: hello?
me: hi, may i please speak to chris?
ben: uh....cherry...?
me: what? ben?? wait...
ben: who are you trying to call...?...what chris...?
me: wait...[runs over to board]. oh shit.

and then i rambled something in my sleep-deprived state that i really can't remember because it made no sense [something along the lines of, "iwastryingtocallthisguyandyournumberwasrightnexttohisand
it'sexactlythesameexceptforthelasttwodigitsandi'msooooooorry. *feebly* g'bye."] and i was all confused and poor ben was all confused too. and...well, it was just sad really. sorta funny, but in a sad sad way. later he said he thought it was some weird joke or something. really, i don't know where people get the idea that i'm the type of person to call people up and play jokes on them...heh... ;D

wow, this is such a long blog. but i haven't been blogging very frequently so...sorry. i'm gonna end this right now and go celebrate the fact that my mae project is due NEXT friday. i feel so liberated!! ;D

AAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!! the fair is here! the fair is here!

how is it that a new pair of shoes can make me so sublimely happy? well...it's probably because i actually bought TWO new pairs of shoes. ;D really though, what is it with girls and shoes? why does it make us (okay, maybe just me) so crazy? i mean, they're just SHOES. i used to think celine dion was mad for owning four hundred pairs of shoes but now i can easily see how she could have acquired that many. anyway, i bought two new pairs of flip flops - a white pair and a black pair. flip flops are the best things in the world. :)

anyway, gotta register for classes at ohlone now. bye!

ATTENTION EVERYONE... new sn: "crazyspinster"

i dunno, just felt like a change. which also explains the title change for this blog too. anyway, will only be on lilith chick to let people know about crazyspinster. so please change your buddylists accordingly; don't really care if you change the names of your links though (although it would be nice). thank you. ;D

sanaz: i think i would cry if something bad were to happen to you, god forbid.

aww...i'm touched. :)