Freeeeeeezing

It got cold real fast today as soon as the sun went down. I hate being cold. When the weather gets like this all I want to do is put on a lot of clothes, wrap up in a blanket (preferably a fuzzy one), and drink copious amounts of hot beverages (preferably of the chocolate variety). Being cold just brings out the miserable side of me. But doesn't it to most people? I become much more likely to complain, and let's be honest--it's hard not to want to complain when you are covered in chill bumps, your teeth are chattering, your body is convulsing and your fingers are going numb. $5 cheeseburgers from Red Robin made me feel marginally better though...but only marginally!!!

But back to why I don't really like the winter. My lips are so chapped these days. Despite inordinate amounts of chap stick and vaseline, my lips are still painfully dry, peeling, and pretty much gross. (sorry if that was a TMI) I honestly think the last time my lips were this chapped was the time I spent several weeks unconscious/insensible in the hospital with a tube down my throat. And no, I am not exaggerating here. It's the only comparison I can draw.

I spent three hours in the sewing lab today. I felt very good about what I did until I tried my shirt on. I knew something was wrong the second I started trying to button it. Something just didn't feel right. After checking, double checking, AND triple checking with people about which side the buttons go on, I still ended up sewing the darn things on the wrong sides. Really? Come on, Rachel!

Despite the fact I will most likely receive compliments on this shirt (I already have as a matter of fact), the truth remains that I will not get a good grade on it. There are waaaaaay too many technical problems (refer to the previous paragraph).

I take the GRE in the morning. I feel just a bit nervous. But it will start off what promises to be a pretty darn good weekend including Dr. Seuss themed parties, movies, games and chicken and dumplings (and maybe even some pie). If only the weather would would get a little warmer!

I can look forward to warm weather soon enough though:

Oh, California in the Summer
Ah, and my hair is growing long

I'll look for work today
I'm spilling out the door
Put my glasses on
So no one sees me
I never thought that
I'd be living on your floor
But the rents are high
And LA's easy

Oh, it's a picture of perfection
Ah, and the postcards gonna read
We can live like this

Desperately Seeking Sleep

I could tell from the second my alarm went off and I opened my eyes that today would be a long day. The two large windows in my room were letting in very little light. When it's not sunshiney in my room in the morning it usually bodes a dreary day. Today was a dreary, snowy day. The kind of day where the only thing I want to do when I see the wrong light in my room is pull the covers back over my head, turn my alarm off (rather than just to snooze), and sleep until spring.

Unfortunately, this week is much too busy to even consider anything ridiculous like sleeping in. I started off my marathon internship interview week today. I have four interviews this week. Whew, I'm exhausted just talking about it!

On top of the commute and interview, I have two major projects to finish today. I finished my skirt. While it certainly needs a good ironing, I think it turned out pretty decent.

Note: Please excuse the dusty mirror and messy room. If I don't have time to sleep in, it holds true that I have even less time to clean (obviously).

In art class today we made masks. Here is one of my favs:

Oh, and here's the conclusion to the article I mentioned yesterday.

Eclectic

Just a few thoughts and things to share:

1.) I am a clumsy girl. I made myself bleed not once but twice today because of my sheer stupidity. First, I scratched my elbow so hard with my fingernail in the process of taking off my hoodie that it actually bled, and then again a few hours later I cut my hand with a knife in my hand when I got a sudden terrible itch in my ear (it's a kind of complicated situation).

2.) Nie Nie was on Oprah today. I obviously didn't get to watch it due to my lack of both cable and time. But I watched this clip. Not the best reporting skills, but it doesn't diminish her story. She is amazing.

3.) I made these:

I think they are adorable despite the fact I didn't get a very adorable kind of grade on them. I'm wearing them to bed tonight, and in my opinion they are perfect!

4.) Potential Halloween costume:

I already have the blue wig, dragonfly clip, and yellow jacket. All I need is the boots!

5.) I should not be a science teacher, and no one should have let me be one. I pretty much bored the pants off even my most attentive and cooperative students today with my bumbling attempts to explain how cell phones and circuit boards work.

6.) This time in two nights I will have attended the Brand New concert.

7.) This time in three nights I will have seen The Used.

The end