Some Uganda Fun

I'm on youtube:

We had a reunion party last night, and it was really nice to remember how fun this past summer was.

Party Time Part Deux commences Saturday evening with a rousing BANG! tournament. I'm sure complete chaos will ensue.

30 Seconds

I went to a concert tonight. I forgot how much I like them. For reals it kind of gives you a high. I enjoy being smushed into a whole bunch of people who are all there because they love music.

Of course, it has its downsides, too. People also tend to forget all sense of common decency and push, shove, hit, bite, scratch, etc. their way towards to front because for some reason unbeknownst to me everyone seems to think that they deserve to be at the front more than anyone else. Not sure why people think that, doesn't make much sense in my opinion.

I got really sweaty. Like soaking wet. I'm talking had to go buy myself a new shirt at Wal-Mart before going to eat sweaty here. It was legit sweatiness. And if I do say so myself, the hastily acquired shirt looks rather good on me really.

Despite my extreme sweatiness, I was so tired by the time I made it home from my late night Denny's omelet I very nearly skipped the shower tonight. That would have been rather disgusting. Luckily for me, I made myself do it because let's be honest I would be the only one who suffered from me not taking a shower tonight.

I'm already showing some fabulous bruises on my arms and feet from tonight's ridiculousness. As it turns out, hardcore looking boy in commando boots responsible from aforementioned bruises on my feet was not nearly as tough as he looked, as evidenced when he was pulled out of the crowd sweating more profusely than me and half-conscious. Just because you put on all black and paint your fingernails doesn't mean you're hardcore I suppose.

Anywho, as yet another piece of evidence to the fact that new media is taking over the world (I have a rant about this I might discuss at some latter yet to be determined date), here is a picture Jared Leto took and posted from the concert tonight:

Kings and Queens of UVU. I circled myself in pink so you can find me easily!

You're welcome!

Onions

The is not what you think.

Have yourself a good laugh today by going here.

I know I did this morning . . . 5 minutes ago . . . in class.

Yes, I am a graduate student. Why do you ask?

Wonderflonium

Do not bounce.

My new favorite thing. Check it out!

Books I've Enjoyed

I read a whole slew of new books this summer, and the time has come to share them.

The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck.

This book was anti-WWII propaganda that was banned by the Nazis. It's nice and short.

Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison.

Yeah, it's a teen novel. But it's worth it's weight in laughs.

Oh, and my newest favorite waste of time:

sporcle.com

It is an oh so wonderful waste of time!

My Humble Abode

Just last night I finally got around to hanging up the last of my posters. I also got the painting I bought in Jinja up after a couple near disastrous incidents involving hanging a picture by standing on my squishy bed and a rather unfortunate fight with a crooked command hook that was determined to remain affixed to the wall.

Anyways, I finally got it up. I was more than a little nervous that the whole thing might come tumbling down right onto my head during the night because you know that would happen to me. Luckily, it seems to be perfectly happy where it is hanging on the wall right above where my head goes at night. Let's hope we keep it that way!

Also, I have this awesome bookshelf. I am absolutely in love with it. I especially like it because I have lots of books to fill it up with.

Here goes:

Oh, and one last thing . . .

Happy Birthday to Me! (don't know why this came out blue . . . and I also don't know how to fix it . . . le sigh)

What my age again?

Nobody likes you when you're 23 . . . or so the Blink 182 song says.

I have been more than a little surprised by how many people had never heard of this song. Also, I did not post the real video because the run around naked the whole time . . . ew.

Luckily, I now know that isn't true. Clearly, the copious facebook messages, texts and calls indicate otherwise. Oh, the surprise birthday party my roommates threw me tonight and the planned dinner and laser tag with my friends tomorrow isn't too bad either!

Happy late birthday to myself! It goes to show that grad school is already kicking my butt because I didn't even have time to write my birthday post until the night after my actual birtday.

Thank you everyone! I love you all a whole big bunch!

Group hug!

My Personality

Really, I took a test:

I'm a O76-C35-E53-A50-N11 Big Five!!

What aspects of personality does this tell me about?

There has been much research on how people describe others, and five major dimensions of human personality have been found. They are often referred to as the OCEAN model of personality, because of the acronym from the names of the five dimensions.

Openness to Experience/Intellect
	High scorers tend to be original, creative, curious, complex; Low scorers tend to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, uncreative.
		You are relatively open to new experiences.	(Your percentile: 76)
Conscientiousness
	High scorers tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, careful; Low scorers tend to be disorganized, undependable, negligent.
		You tend to do things somewhat haphazardly.	(Your percentile: 35)
Extraversion
	High scorers tend to be sociable, friendly, fun loving, talkative; Low scorers tend to be introverted, reserved, inhibited, quiet.
		You are neither particularly social or reserved.	(Your percentile: 53)
Agreeableness
	High scorers tend to be good natured, sympathetic, forgiving, courteous; Low scorers tend to be critical, rude, harsh, callous.
		You are neither extremely forgiving nor irritable.	(Your percentile: 50)
Neuroticism
	High scorers tend to be nervous, high-strung, insecure, worrying; Low scorers tend to be calm, relaxed, secure, hardy.
		You probably remain calm, even in tense situations.	(Your percentile: 11)

What do the scores tell me?

In order to provide you with a meaningful comparison, the scores you received have been converted to "percentile scores." This means that your personality score can be directly compared to another group of people who have also taken this personality test.

The percentile scores show you where you score on the five personality dimensions relative to the comparison sample of other people who have taken this test on-line. In other words, your percentile scores indicate the percentage of people who score less than you on each dimension. For example, your Extraversion percentile score is 53, which means that about 53 percent of the people in our comparison sample are less extraverted than you -- in other words, you are neither introverted or extroverted. Keep in mind that these percentile scores are relative to our particular sample of people. Thus, your percentile scores may differ if you were compared to another sample (e.g., elderly British people).

Try it out: www.outofservice.com/bigfive/

The Paper Cut from Hades

So I paper cut my finger last night. Aren't they just the most miserable things? I mean how can a flimsy little old piece of paper literally slice through your skin and make you bleed? HOW?!

Said paper cut sliced my finger last night whilst reaching into my backpack.

It bled.

This morning while getting ready the silly thing started bleeding again!

And then, and then I'll be darned if today during class I reached into my backpack and resliced the same finger in the same spot on the same piece of paper.

It bled.

I mean really? How much more ridiculous can it get?

Completely irrelevant except for the title but enjoy:

On a brighter note . . .

Gossip Girl Season 4 premiere tonight!

Happy early Birthday to me!!!

Wanderlust

So I was watching You've Got Mail for probably the one hundredth time today (actually I'm watching it right this very minute.) Meg Ryan's character says, "So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?"

Every time I hear that part I just think, "Amen, sister." Of course I have read lots of books, but then again I've been lots of places, too. I still want to travel to so many places though. I want to go to Greece, New Zealand, Alaska, New Guinea, India, Ireland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey (thank you to The Historian for inspiring me to go to those last three), Russia, Japan, China, France, Finland . . . well you get the idea. In fact, there isn't really anywhere I do NOT want to go.

Geez . . . so many places for how short life is really.

Speaking of travel, I went to Africa this summer. Remember? Yes?

Enjoy:

Spot the rhino in the above picture and you win a prize!

I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void.

Backseat Nonsense

So the drive out to Utah from Tennessee is long . . . really long. I spent the majority of the time in the backseat napping, reading, watching season one of gossip girl again.

Anywho, whilst sitting in the back I got a little bored and decided to have some fun with photo booth.

Enjoy:

Happy Labor Day! I do love holidays.

Oh, oh, oh . . . I played bass on rockband yesterday on expert! That's right expert. How awesome am I?

I would be more awesome though if I learned to play a real instrument. Right?

Life

My life has recently been taken over by Hunger Games, then Glee, Gossip Girl and Bones season finales, orientation and currently Prison Break.

Oh, and I'm in graduate school now too.

Life is busy.

Life is good.

My camera cord is missing.

(As is my headphones and iPod cord for that matter.)

I have a roommate who brings home pizza for us from work.

Graduate parking privileges are not the great thing I imagined over the summer, so now I'm seriously reconsidering why I decided to do this again . . . not really but you know.

I'm pretty tired right now.

I promise to resume my regular up to par blogging duties soon.

Oh, and Jessica you didn't call me today. I was most disappointed.