Senioritis

Comments you'd hear from me lately:

*I've already passed all my classes; can I just skip finals??

*What can I cook up to go home early for Christmas? It's my sister's birthday . . . the Saturday after finals . . . I'll work it!

*To my friends: "Let's all go iceskating!! Oh, right, you're all studying . . ." (actually, I find the less I study, the better grades I get! :D )

*Well, my dorm room had to be decorated for Christmas . . .

*Studying while constantly keeping my eye on the clock: "Ope! I think it's time to eat again!" The book flies down. (See, I do study. ;) )

*To my friend's parents the day before Thanksgiving break: "Good thing Candace* and I planned on dressing like Pride and Predudice characters--it's the only reason we attended classes today!

Ssssssssssshhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta love a senior. :)

*Name changed to protect the guilty. hehe ;)

Back In Time . . . As Emma

My talented friend Crystal and I decided to toss the books and have fun this weekend, so we made (well, at least I ironed...and learned ;) ) this beautiful Jane Austen dress above. Tomorrow we are going to come to school as Jane (me--and another time I'll take on the role of Emma) and Lizzie Bennett (she gets the starring role because she has darker hair! :) ). Fun!



Here you can see more of the intricate lace work. We even had enough of this lace left over to make chokers. :)

Do I have sunglasses on in every photo???

As my favorite Charlie Brown says, "Good grief!"

Mary Kay-- ooo, la la!

I have been attending a multitude of MK classes in the past few weeks and learning a lot -- as well as having a lot of goofy pictures taken of my friends and I, most of which will NOT be disclosed here . . . ;) I attended this particular class with my friend's 82-year-old grandmother--what a peppy kick! I guess that back in the 1940s-'60s or so she made her way as a makeup artist and photographer. How cool is that! I need to get some '40s make up tips from her!








Mua and Crystal -- ooo ooo!

Mary Kay ;), mua, Crystal, Andrea (I feel so. . . tall :) YES!)

Knock, knock ...

Yes, I want to know who's there. :) Is anyone reading this blog? Would be good to know so I know whether or not to keep it up. Mostly all I'm seeing are icky ad posts. :p
Thanks!

Hangin' with Coach Carter

Seen the movie? This is the real Coach Carter ... and I ... :) today. I worked at his local paper in the sports dept. when he benched all of his players due to academics (which is what the movie focuses on).














And this weeks "O.J.'s Radical Act of Randomness"?!! :

I got one of his players (the one in the movie who dated one of the girls--cannot remember her name) to sign autographs for a few minutes using my big floofy pink feather puff pen (bottom middle). Cool! And he was quite amused, especially when one of the little feathers came drifting down onto the page he was writing on: "Feathers ..." he smiled with a chuckle in his eyes.

Olivia Needs ...

Call it "the biggest exam of the century is over and I need some goof time before I begin studying again," but I decided to take the advice of my friend Nicole and type "Olivia needs" in Google to see what happens (apparently, I need love!). AND, the top eight are! :

1) Olivia needs knee high socks, the cable knit type for winter.
2) Olivia needs is to call attention to herself--or to get involved with anyone.
3) Olivia needs to marry in order to meet the terms of her grandfather's will, and Drew needs the timber on Olivia's land in order to supply his sawmill.
4) Olivia needs to know about Neil being there, Brad calls Olivia.
5) Olivia needs to completely put Noah to rest in order to fully love Carl.
6) Olivia needs money while staying with John-Boy.
7) Olivia needs your prayers more than ever now. ...
8) Olivia needs to learn her alphabet and identify colors beyond red next. Have we had enough of Olivia?

Nope, I'm still here! hehe :) This was fun ... Buts, I gotsago study now. :p :) Bye.

Hangin' At Cal

What with fun stories from my sister and actually hanging out, I am beginning to be immersed into the Cal swim culture. As the photographer of AquaticTimes.com (the online paper my parents own) and Bottomline Aquatic's (Cal coach Mike Bottom's business) Olypian Clinic, I got to hang out again at Cal with the swimmers and staff (L-R, Dash Rothberg, gold medalist at the Maccabean Games, Cal Assoc. Head Coach and Olympian Mike Bottom, volunteer for Cal Men's Team Holly Johnson (my sister), Olympic medalist Bart Kizierowski, mua, my brother Jonathan and his water polo teammate Tony). What is super exciting, too, is that my sister who volunteer coaches at Cal was also asked by Bottom to help coach the Olypian clinic. Got some groovy photos of that! My premise is that, despite homework, your life can still be FUN and ADVENTUROUS!! :) And, then Christmas vacation roles around!

Garden Party

I finally figured out how to publish my own photos on here (yippee!). Uncamera-click-ready, I'm looking a little dazed, but Carrie looks fab, so I'll sacrifice my image. ;) I still have yet to blog about my very fun and girlie b-day garden party back in August. Full of laughs, fun and food we made friends act like they were putting on makeup, impersonate Looney Tune characters, fess up to owning some verrryyy interesting items and tell random secrets about themselves. All that while eating amazing food (some of us trying sushi together for the first time--woo, strong!) and doning what women do best, chat, chat, chat. :) It was very beautiful with dainty flowers, bunt cake and lots of china and crystal. We were supposed to enjoy tea, but, i'twas a bit hot that day. Oh, well, we had a lovely time looking at each other's beautiful tea cups anyway. :)

To the left is one of my absolutely lovely friends from Virginia, Carrie (who just moved to NorCal! Woooo!)--I am SO super excited she got to be there. Thanks to all of you who helped this day become a very special memory. *hugs* XOXO Ya'll are FAB-ulous!

I Got My Ears Pierced!

For two weeks now I have been admiring the diamond-like daisies ("the most friendly flower") in my ears. Twenty-seven years old and never been pierced. Guess the threat of infections scared me off--but not anymore! Too many stinkin' cute earrings to grace my look. :) When learning that these were my first piercings, someone yesterday asked me, "Where've you been?!" Guess I've just taken one more step into truly living ... ;)

Home Cookin'!

Back home on break. Break also from my mini-fridge and limited food supply. Food variety and mama's home cooking! Puts a whole new spark to life. :) Anyway, you need to go check out my new MySpace page (my teenage brother told me it was the hip things to do and ... all my friends are doing it...!): http://myspace.com/cabeachblonde . It's not all html beautified or anything yet, but maybe soon. Going to go check out beautiful appartments today (can we say "senioritis!"?). And, to answer the questions of those east coast chics and gents who check out my MySpace pg. ... good question, Sunshine: no, I did not go to Virginia this year (can we say, "college budget!"?)--that photo was taken last year. Well, have a merry day and good night!

Do Ya Really Gotta Use #2 Pencils??

All growing up, whenever there was a scantron (now they're called something else ...)test to take, my administator or professor has always said that we HAD to use a #2 pencil. Is this just a scam by the #2 pencil people to sell their pencils? Do the #2 pencil people make the test sheets? Or, WILL YOU REALLY MESS UP THE EXAM IF YOU DON'T USE A #2 PENCIL???

Why Do People Always Look Better in Black & White?

When tweeking a photo on my editing program I always contemplate switching the photo to black and white because it typically looks SO much better, purer... (And, I often do.) Why is that?? I WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINIONS!! Post below.

Trouble Sleeping?

I'll lay in bed at night with mind jogging to this or that, not able to find that comfortable spot and just so stinkin' frustrated that I can't sleep. Now, why I learned the following amazing piece of knowledge only the other day, I have no idea. You'd think one would impart these things to another at the age when their homework begins piling up... But, I digress...onto that jewel of needed information: if you do anything in your bed other than sleep (or before sleep rituals such as reading or journaling) then when you hit the sack at night, your mind will automatically click in: "bed= information processing (e.g., homework, work prep, finances)," instead of "bed= sleep." I heard that from two sources in the space of two days recently and decided to pay heed to the idea. No more studying, etc., in bed. And, guess what, it's paid off! Now when the cows are called home and the roosters are in the coop (or the teachers are called home and the students are in the dorm) I can doze off nearly right away instead of 30 minutes to an hour later. (God rocks!) Just thought I'd let you restless sleepers in on this helpful hint! Now, what to do about these hard dorm room chairs ...

Peanut Butter, Bolthouse and Satellite TV's

*I am currently sitting here in my dorm room eating peanut butter. And, being that I was allergic to peanut butter for absolute years, I am thourouly enjoying myself ...

*As of this summer, my new favorite drink is Bolthouse's Perfectly Protein (Vanilla Chai Tea w/ Soy) and it comes highly recommended by your's truly who currently feels addicted to it (it's, like, better than having StarBucks in your house!). Now, where I know soy is not good for you (it can cause cancer--yet I've decided EVERYTHING is bad for you and EVERYTHING is good for you) a little of it occasionally shouldn't hurt too bad, either. ;) I just finished my bottle of it this morning for breakfast.

*I'M SO ANNOYED WITH THE SPAM I NOW HAVE IN MY COMMENTS!! That's all I have to say about that.

*My roomie and I (I love having a roomie) decided that toward the end of the school year (we're both in our senior year), because we won't really most of these people anymore, we are going to sit out by the parking lot (maybe in one of our car's) with a blow drier creating the illusion that we are radaring people's speeds as they drive by ... Gotta love the random life of a college student!

*Now I just can't wait 'til my roommate returns from her jog so that we can go make our Saturday morning smoothies! :D Yum!

Howdy

Without my computer for a week, posting became a bit difficult. School was also a bit more difficult without my computer ... ;) Yes, I am at school now. And without my car for a couple of days, as well (I lost my keys...very interesting story ...). Things are now moving along pretty swimmingly, about as smoothly as school and an existence outside of school can go. :) I'll try to post something interesting later because I'm feeling guilty for not doing homework at this moment. hehe Anyway, hey and toodle-oo from my world to your's!

Creeping Up

It's funny that the more busy I am the more I blog. hehe I'm sitting out in the cottage with more packing to do, but blogging while listening to "My Boyfriend's Back" sounds better. ;) "wa-oooo, wa-oooo ..." Anyhoo, I'm working on detailing my convertable--spent like 45 min.-hour practically perfecting the hub caps alone :) (just added my Curious George floor mats, Hawaiin flowers on the mirror and California surfer plate).

Speaking of cars, I thought I'd weigh in on the gas price discussion--IT'S RIDICULOUS!! Especially when we live in CA and, because of our state's clean air standards, our gas is specially made. In other words, Katrina has nothing to do with our climbing prices. And, don't give me the, "it's because of the world market," bologna. I'm thankful that a CA politician is working on uncovering this scandal, one he belives is truly "looting." Amen! I did find gas out here for as low as $2.89 (of course it was all sold out), and other places for under $3. I REALLY, REALLY feel sorry for the rest of the country, as well, and my prayers are with them. I can't believe it all...well, I can...but, I still can't. ( :) )

ANYway, I've got a long drive ahead of me tomorrow, but I guess the fact that God is in charge of my finances, the better gas mileage and COOLNESS of my new car will help my roadtrip up there be fret-free. :) Plus, my sister and roomie are heading up with me in another car (girl time ahead!) All's good. Happy trails!

A Minuteman In My Family

Past a few generations, I have no idea what my family tree looks like (except vaguely in a couple spots). I do know this, however, we have a minuteman in the line, but just as of a couple weeks ago. :) No, no one got married, rather, my brother entered high school. He is a Concord Minuteman and, as a frosh./soph. (a 14-year-old who's kind of in both grades...long story) has made the varsity water polo team. Go Jej! The first action (a scrimmage) kicks off tomorrow night and I get to be in the stands (glad it's before I go back to school). Now all I need is to call someone a California Bear--and it looks like that may happen! :D (Enter in the BEST EVER FOOTBALL STADIUM SEATS!!!)

... And Counting ...

In some ways I'm excited and in others nervous--one more week 'til I move back to school. But, if all goes correctly, I'll be graduated in 9 months! Which gets me thinking, when I can toss all my school books and crumple all my notes (I really do like to learn, not just for grades ;) ), where do I want to move? As I was mentioning to my friend Carrie the other day, I'm thinking about the Sac area because SO many of my friends live there. HOWEVER, I would also ADORE to live near the beach, and since San Mateo's apartment prices are for some strange reason so low, I'm thinking about moving there as well. Well, I don't have to perform grade wise for financial aide any more and the world's one big open place, one huge adventure! And, off I go in one week. Lots to do ...! :)

Me In Cartoon Form

Ha ha! I had to laugh...and buy the card! The front not only resembles me and my tastes, but the outside message fits me to a tee: "I'm not bossy, I just have better ideas!" Finally, someone understands. Lovin' it! :D