~Sunday, April 22, 2001~05:54 p.m.~
What a weekend!
Well, so much has happened this weekend. Friday was Relay for Life, which was great, but so so so tiring. We stayed up all nite long. OK, so we took a nap from 5-6am...We raised a total of $163,000. Can you believe that? Wow. Much more than last year. Go us! It was pretty empowering, but I was sure glad to get to my bed at 9am that morning. I slept until 7pm, then went to Starbucks to get a bit of studying done. Unfortunately, I didn't get much done as there was a Human Rights Festival outside (Jesse Jackson was speaking) and of course I have to mingle with the Starbucks crew. We went to Mellow Mushroom for some salads...yum...then I went to work until 2am. I couldn't get to sleep until 5am, having woken up so late, but I finally got to sleep, then got up at 1pm and went to work. After work Megan and I played with Silly String and water guns with Shilpa and Andrew. And now I'm back resting before having to go to work again from 8-11pm. Yay.

OK, so, last night I heard screaming when I was in the bathroom. I came out and walked down to my room, thinking it was Destiny. This girl was with another person walking to her room down the hall, when suddenly she turned around and screamed (bloody murder-type). I was like "hm...that's odd..." but it didn't seem like there was anything the matter. The person behind her wasn't hurting her or anything. But then the girl went into her room, screamed "GO HOME!!" extremely loud, then tried to close the door on the other person. I decided to call Rachel, so I did. The girl burst out of her room, pushed the person aside, and ran SCREAMING down the hall like a killer was after her. The person running after her was her mother. Rachel came down, I told Emily to go in her room and stop asking the mother "what's wrong??" It was very upsetting. The girl kept screaming at her mother, and screaming at other people "DON'T TOUCH ME!! IF SHE TOUCHES ME I'LL GO CRAZY!!" Finally her mother left. I was extremely shaken, so we went to Starbucks then. This is the girl who always walks up and down the hall with ear phones on. She is so odd. I can't figure out if it is her that has mental problems, or maybe her parents abuse her or something. It was just so...freaky. I can't imagine screaming like that, especially at the site of my parents. Anywho, so that's the story of the week.

I paid my money for the cruise for Labor Day. Megan and I are going on a cruise to Key West and Cozumel with the bands Sister Hazel and Dexter Freebish. It's 5 days long...I can't wait!!!! Anywho, It's time to clean up my room! Then go to work. :-P Blah.

~Thursday, April 19, 2001~11:07 a.m.~
Interesting sites...
Matchbox 20 ROCKED last nite!! As Rachel put it, "Rob Thomas is the human embodiment of sex." I AGREE!!! I knew almost all of the songs...we were on the floor, so that was cool, except for that tall dude in front of us. Gr. I just can't decide which was my favorite concert. They were all so different. Sister Hazel was the smallet - 400 people are so, and I was in the front row leaning on the stage. Ani was the next biggest, with a few thousand people - maybe 3,000. Then Matchbox 20 was about 30,000 people I think. And it rocked muchly. But...anywho...

I received a most interesting email today. This guy had emailed the cinematic arts listserv saying that he'd asked politely three times to be taken off the listserv and that he was "getting sick of CA's emails." I wrote him back (a bit offended), saying that I had never received an email from him, and that a polite inquiry does not include "I'm getting sick of your emails." But I told him that we'd take him off the listserv immediately. He wrote back

Hey April, how's this for "a polite inquiry," Why don't you FUCK OFF!?

Sincerely, Matt Hebert

So I thought I'd put in his name and email for those of you who want it. Matt Hebert is his name, of course. His email is heb187@bellsouth.net . If you go to www.uga.edu and search for him on the people search, it tells you where he lives and his phone number. How nifty. Well, ok off to lunch now.

~Wednesday, April 18, 2001~02:05 a.m.~
All for you
Tonight was FANTASTIC!! I just have to write this down before I go to sleep. I'm SOOO exhausted, but geez! what a friggin awesome time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SISTER HAZEL ROCKS!! Well, so...we got there at 730pm, turned out the doors didn't open till 9pm. So we went and got some Starbucks cuz it was frickin freezing out there. Then we got back there, and we were the first people in line, which was good. We got up to the front, of course...It's always nice to be able to lean on the stage...Marathon kicked ass. Chuck is such a cutey!! Then Sister Hazel came on...and geez louise...what an awesome time was had by all. I didn't make as much eye contact with Jeff this time, but that's ok. Some of the songs I didn't know many of the words to, so I felt like a dork, but then of course there were the others which I love and know every word and I sang to Jeff and he sang back at me...Wow.

And then the end came, sadly enough. *SIGH* But Jessica and I got two setlists - THANK YOU MEGAN!!!! So we got Drew, then Ryan, then Ken to sign our lists...Mark came out and I forced him to sign mine teehee...then we waited and waited and Jeff wouldn't come out! I asked Ryan if he knew where Jeff was, and he said he was on the bus, but he said "Well, I can forge Jeff's signature." I said "OK! Sign it!" And as he finished signing, whaddya know, but Jeff came out...I had an interesting time explaining why Jeff's name was already on there...hehehehe...OH, Ken, when he was signing my paper, looked up at me and said "How are you doing?" And I said "Great!" and he looked at me a minute, and then said "I like your hair." Just out of the blue. I comtemplated saying "I like your lack of hair" but then he'd think I was psycho. Then we took a picture with Jeff, and he made Jessica hold his leg or something...not sure what was up with that. Hehehe...

Well, two concerts down, one concert to go. I'm gonna be dead by Thursday. So far, I'd have to say Sister Hazel was the better concert...Although I LOVED Ani! I knew more Sister Hazel songs, and I'm the kinda person who likes to meet the musicians afterwards. Get to know the people behind the music...Doesn't hurt if they are DEAD SEXY. OK, so...I've got this all out of my system finally. I'm off to bed! It's 215am, and I gotta get up at 830am...Yay! Then off to Atlanta tomorrow for a Matchbox 20 Concert. YUM!! Rob Thomas!!!!!

~Monday, April 16, 2001~11:36 p.m.~

Don't you love it how music at concerts enters you sort of. Like...halfway through a concert you can close your eyes and actually feel the music. It's just magic. Two more concerts to go! Lots more if you count Relay for Life. YAY!!!!!!

~Monday, April 16, 2001~06:08 p.m.~
Fresh Princess of UGA
Woohoo! 2 hours till Ani. How exciting! I do feel a bit guilty about not studying...But I think I'm doing OK. I have an A in Spanish most definitely. Also my A in History is pretty well on its way. If not, I could always do sexual favors to Eric...hehe...yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking!

I look at the people who view my page a lot. There seems to be a high number of people...well, one person who visits a lot, from Georgia Tech. Hmm...

My SONG

Now this is the story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the princess of a town called Athens.

In South Conyers I was born and raised. On the playground is where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin all cool, and all spikin' some v-ball outside of the school.

When a couple of counsellors who were up to no good, Started makin' trouble in my school neighborhood. I got one little SAT score and my mom got happy, said "You're movin' with your homies and posse to UGA."

I whistled for a cab, and when it came near, the license plate said "Dawgs" and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cat was rare, But I thought "Nah forget it, Yo home to UGA."

I pulled up to Payne Hall about seven or eight, and I yelled to the cabby "Yo homes, smell ya later." Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the Princess of Athens, Georgia.

~Monday, April 16, 2001~09:44 a.m.~
So much to do...
Well, this is my *INSANE* week, but that's ok. It's insane in a good way. Tonite I have Ani Difranco at the Classic Center, tomorrow is CA meeting, Allies and Friends End of the Year party, then Sister Hazel at the Georgia Theatre, Wednesday is Bank Night, then Matchbox 20 in Atlanta, Thursday I work, Friday is Relay for Life! Talk about sneaking up on ya!!!

This weekend was lovely and restful. On Friday night I saw "State and Main" with Jessica and Corie. It was funny and cute. Then I went home Saturday morning, and my mom and I went on errands. I also packed and planned for the trip to Kenya. So far we have it narrowed down to me going to London, or me and my parents going to Amsterdam for a couple days before to look around (and so I'll be less jet-lagged) then I'll take the plane with the rest of the group on to Nairobi. EXCITING!! ONLY ONE MORE MONTH!!!!! I'm actually kinda nervous. OK, I'm a lot nervous! On Sunday we went on a 2 hour cruise around the neighborhood on my parents new golf cart. Then we went to look at $400,00-500,000 houses with my dad because he has one of those keys that you can get into new houses with. Some of them were soooo pretty and BIG!!

Somehow this week I get to read 100 pages of biology, read a 200 page book for history, and start studying for my exams. FUNNY, huh? Hah! I crack myself up. I also need to start packing up my room to get ready to move out. Am I going to miss the dorms? Somewhat...but I can't wait for the townhouse!!!! Anywho, off to biology!

~Thursday, April 12, 2001~07:35 p.m.~
My shoulders are so light!
My mom forgave me for losing my ring!! How awesome is that?? The weight on my shoulders has been lifted. I do wish I could have my ring back...but...still, I feel better. Still a little guilty, but better. I gotta work yet again tonite. I'm starting to get real sick of the desk...5 and a half hours yesterday, 3 hours tonite, 3 hours tomorrow, 3 hours the next day..and so forth. I haven't had a day off in a long time.

I finished my lab report, and took my Spanish exam today. Another weight off my shoulders. I also registered today. Got Spanish 3030 (literature), organic chemistry and lab, statistics and lab, and biology and lab. For spring I got African anthropology and I'll also have an ecology course (independent study.) So much to read, so little time...I'm soooo excited though. A real dream come true...

~Wednesday, April 11, 2001~11:28 a.m.~
The Yodel of Life
Why does everybody feel it is their duty to inform me that I snore? Yes, I snore. No, I don't choose to snore. I'm sorry if it kept you up. I can't bloody help it. OK, so I'll get to buy a mask when I get older, and sleep in that, so that I don't stop breathing in the middle of the night. Heard of Sleep Apnea? Welcome to April's World. I inherited not one, but two sleeping disorders. Yay! So what does this mean? It means I wake up with cramps in my legs all nite long. It means my windpipe closes off for 30-45 seconds at a time at night and I wake up because of that. On an average, my sleep is disturbed 40 times a night, and I wake up about 20 (so says the lil' sleep test I did). Impossible you say? Not a bit. That's a good night for me if I wake up 10-15 times. So...that's my rant on evil sleeping disorders.

My parking tickets have been mysteriously paid off. Wow. Amazing. Still, I have to pay for the Kenya trip...$2250!!! Can you believe that? And then there's the Visa to pay off. On top of that, my parents are having money problems. So every time I go out to eat, buy something, I have an enormous guilty feeling. Ugh. Never thought I'd have money troubles...at least...not like I'm havin. I just don't want to end up bankrupt and in debt... So, now I must write a lab report and study for my spanish exam tomorrow. I'm working 5 hours today. Yeehaw. And all I wanna do is be outside drinking a smoothie by the fountain by Gilbert. *sob*

~Monday, April 9, 2001~04:41 p.m.~
Sun sun don't go away
What a lovely day!! It's simply gorgeous outside!! I got a little burnt, but mostly I got freckles on my arms. I took a History Exam, then went to lunch, then went out on the quad, then went downtown with Jessica and Rachel and got a Smooth. Then we sat by the fountain and splashed water on each other like 3rd graders. Jessica got water in my ear. GR!

Tonite Ken and Dan are coming to visit me. Yay! That means I have to clean my room, though, and that's what I shall now do.

~Friday, April 6, 2001~07:04 p.m.~

Wow! I was in the paper (Red and Black) today! Yay! A picture with me in it was on the front page...I was kinda blurry, cuz they focused on the other girl...but still! I was in there! Go to www.redandblack.com and you can find me. :-) And I was quoted. Woohoo. 2 paragraphs - small ones, but paragraphs nevertheless. :-D I was excited, and made everybody look at me. Hehe...Fun stuff!

Well, tonite we went to DePalmas...later I'll be going to see Traffic, then on to Walmart to buy cheap clothes and maybe some more milk or bread. Yay. :-D Tomorrow nite - Sister Hazel! Yay!

Today Eric wrote on my paper "No more monkeying around outside my class. Bad puns aside..." then told me my paper was "well thought out." I'm in love! ;-) J/k...Well, gotta go get my laundry out!

~Thursday, April 5, 2001~07:13 p.m.~
Weirdness!
OK, Daniel sent me THE WEIRDEST PAGE today...Go to the page I have linked from my titles. I don't take credit for this at all!!!

Today was the Day of Silence. I did not talk from when I woke up to 4:20pm. I had to talk then cuz I had lab...Anyways, I might be in the newspaper tomorrow. They got quotes from me, and took my picture w/ some other people. It was kinda cool. Also, some news girl came and videotaped us. Altogether it was a good experience. I skipped Spanish though, so I should be ashamed of myself. But it was for a good cause! Yay! For those of you who don't know what the Day of Silence is, I'm a part of a gay-rights club called Allies and Friends. It's mostly a club for straight people who support gay rights. Cuz I think everybody should have equal rights dammit! Yeah! So there! :-P Anywho...hehe...I can't believe I didn't talk at all for over 7 hours while being awake. I got to carry around lil signs about the Day of Silence. Go to Allies and Friends to see what the club is about in more detail. There's some pics of me too on there. I also found out that I'm on the brochure for the club! There's a picture inside, and I'm in it - in fact, I'm the only one in it! Weird! ;-)

Man, I don't wanna work tonite!!! But at least I'll get some studying done. Woohoo...I have a test next Monday, a test Thursday, and this weird lab report due on Thursday. Is a recessive sex-linked gene possible? I sure hope so! Otherwise I'm screwed! Ugh...Why would only female drosophila files be ebony bodied?? It just doesn't make sense! GR! I'll figure something out...I need an A on my next lab report!!! Double gr!!

~Thursday, April 5, 2001~12:17 a.m.~
To comfort, or not to comfort
I'm concerned about my inability to comfort people when they're pissed off, depressed, or otherwise distressed. Is it something you're born with or without? Does it mean you're a better person if you know how to make somebody else feel better when they're down? And how does one go about making somebody feel better? The only way I know of is to try and get their minds off it...but that rarely ever seems to work. I just don't know anymore. Maybe I'm not an affectionate person...I don't get hugs that often, whereas my friends get lots...maybe I send off 'don't touch' vibes. The people usually just end up going elsewhere for comfort and friendship and all that intimacy and stuff. Wow, it's depressing just thinkin of all this. Why am I even putting this up on a pita that I know people will read? Probably because I'm not thinking clearly right now, and my eyelids are drooping lots. Anyways, you can always start a discussion by going to my message board. The topic for today - How does one comfort others? Talk amongst yourselves. ;)

~Wednesday, April 4, 2001~01:06 p.m.~
My day ain't so bad
Well, I took my biology exam today. It wasn't that bad. Hope I get a good grade!!! Now, I can't decide whether to clean my room or take a shower. So I'll do both! No, not at the same time, silly heads!! My clothes are starting to pile up, so I also need to do some laundry tonite...and I am starting to not be able to see the floor or walk through my room anymore.

Tonite is the sneak preview of Blow, at which I'm ushering. I can't wait to see yummy Johnny Depp. Before that I have an EVIL staff meeting. Ugh. I hate those! But it means I get an extra $5.90, so that's not so bad. Yay. Then I get to start studying for my history test that is next Monday. I'll also have a Spanish exam and a lab report due. Fun!!! Well, into the shower I go!

~Wednesday, April 4, 2001~08:44 a.m.~
Random thought of the day
Y'know, if you want to keep your friends, you really should not treat them like shit, no matter how depressed or stressed you are.

~Tuesday, April 3, 2001~12:22 a.m.~
No poser here
I can't help but notice that I've been pretty much called a copy-cat a lot lately...When I like music other people like, they look at me scornfully like I'm not fit to like that music. When I make a pita, suddenly I'm following a trend and being like everybody else. Well, fuck it. What's so great about individuality? Everybody is trying to be different...so isn't that in itself conformism? I'm just sick of it. I'll like what I want, and do what the hell I damn well please, and it isn't because other people like it or other people do it. If that's being conformist, then that's what I am!

PMS much? Perhaps...Some things just bug me sometimes. Maybe it's becaus I didn't get the Regent's Scholarship, or while at work Beth and Rebecca kept snapping at me, or that I lost my parent's ring they gave me for my birthday, or that I have a test Wednesday, or that I'm just exhausted. I guess that's my cue to go to bed!

P.S. - And since neither of them will say it to each other, and perhaps both will read this, if you two (you know who you are) don't start talking to each other again SOON (as in within the next 48 hours) I'm going to either kill both of you or I will throw myself off the roof.

~Monday, April 2, 2001~01:39 p.m.~
Sleep would be nice
I'm ever so sleepy. I got 8 hours of sleep last night, but it didn't seem to do any good. I just can't seem to wake up and be all clear-headed. Now I'm watching Evita. Antonio Banderas is yummy. Yeah, OK, so half the reason I bought the movie was because of him. But the music is pretty cool too.

The following is the email I got from my history TA. I couldn't go to class Friday because I went to see the director guy of Kenya, so I turned in my paper via email to Eric (the TA) He's cool:

April,

Kenya Shmenya! You think your trip to some freakin' foreign country is more important than my class? Why...

Okay, April Fools. I did receive your paper. Since I got it before class there will be no deduction. Hope you've decided on an exciting research project and had a great weekend.

----------------------------------------------

Cool, huh? He's nifty. Well, tonite I shall go to Ramsey and then to a review session for Biology. Yay. I don't have as much to do as most of my friends. Which is good. April and stress don't mix. Well, I'm off to...well, somewhere! Hehehehe....

~Monday, April 2, 2001~01:39 p.m.~
Sleep would be nice
I'm ever so sleepy. I got 8 hours of sleep last night, but it didn't seem to do any good. I just can't seem to wake up and be all clear-headed. Now I'm watching Evita. Antonio Banderas is yummy. Yeah, OK, so half the reason I bought the movie was because of him. But the music is pretty cool too.

The following is the email I got from my history TA. I couldn't go to class Friday because I went to see the director guy of Kenya, so I turned in my paper via email to Eric (the TA) He's cool:

April,

Kenya Shmenya! You think your trip to some freakin' foreign country is more important than my class? Why...

Okay, April Fools. I did receive your paper. Since I got it before class there will be no deduction. Hope you've decided on an exciting research project and had a great weekend.

Eric

Cool, huh? He's nifty. Well, tonite I shall go to Ramsey and then to a review session for Biology. Yay. I don't have as much to do as most of my friends. Which is good. April and stress don't mix. Well, I'm off to...well, somewhere! Hehehehe....

~Sunday, April 1, 2001~10:58 p.m.~
One large April Fool
I hate April Fool's Day. Not because people play jokes on me, but because I always hear the joke "April's a fool!" at least once each year. I mean, get original people! Someday somebody will ask me "Why are you named April if you weren't born in April?" and I'll snap and rip off their heads and throw their head into the sewers. And why isn't Napster working? And Hotmail? And Yahoo? What's up with this? A big Bill Gates conspiracy? (OK, I stole that one from Megan).

Anyway, I wish I could sleep a long long long time...OK that's all I wanted to say.

~Sunday, April 1, 2001~05:42 p.m.~
Such a windy day!!
Well, well, well...Everything seems to be blowing away today. But it's still quite lovely out there, even if I did spend half the day in Starbucks studying biology. I need money! That is now a fact. Money is good...money is scarce. I have 11 cents to my name. (Well, that's the cash I have...I really do have more money than that.) I half want the hoboes downtown to ask me if I have any spare change, just so I can give them my last 11 cents. No laundry for April! By the way, click on the title to this entry to go to my website. It's kinda nifty. I have lotsa pictures of my adventures. I just got some Maine pictures developed. It's about bloody time, no? The roll also includes some pictures from Mt. Bachelor and a picture of Good Matt from Starbucks playing with himself...OK, not exactly, but it's still a funky pictures.

Last nite I saw "Before Night Falls" with Jessica. It was odd - lots of gratuitous gay sex scenes...OK, only one sex scene, but lots of...male organs being shown throughout. I'm not much of watching sex in movies ever, whether it be straight, gay, or any other kind of sex. It's not that I don't appreciate the male organ...I just don't find it the most beautiful thing in the world. No offense guys! Then, to make myself feel more lighthearted, we stayed and watched "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", which IMHO, is the best movie known to man. A most triumphant movie, dude. No heinous sex scenes there. Everything was bodacious. Woah! Tomorrow I must go to all my classes, and study biology again.

Tonite will consist of going to an EVIL "staff development" meeting. I'm already quite well developed! Must I be more developed?? What do you people want from me? (Yeah, so it's Detra...but...she just pisses me off! Then I'll go work off the frustration at the Ramsey Center, so that I may continue getting strong for Kenya. Well, it's that EVIL time now...Hasta pronto!

~Friday, March 30, 2001~08:34 p.m.~
Can't move my arms
I'm soooo tired!! I just went to the Ramsey Center with Julia. It was fun! But tiring. I think I did too much - I'm gonna be sore tomorrow! But that's OK. Go to Psycho ExGirlfriend. Don't turn into this person! She is scary!!!!! I hope I never ever ever turn out like that. It's quite pathetic...I just can't imagine relying on a guy that much. I just want to shoot her and put her out of her misery. Independent April! That's my motto! What's a motto? Nuttin, what'sa motto with you?

For the rest of the night I shall watch Swing Kids. Yummy lil' Christian Bale. Teeheehee. For the rest of the weekend I shall be studying biology in mass quantities. That means - Starbucks! YAY! That part is good, at least. It's always interesting there.

So...here's my new thing. I must study Biology until I know those 6 or so chapters like the back of my hand. And I must condition my body to be as strong as it can be for Kenya. I must be Super Man!!!! OK, Super Woman. I'm already fairly invincible. Yup yup. I've got vaccines against Polio, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and Meningitis. I still have a nice rash on the back of my arm. Yummy! :-D

I've finally picked my topic for Kenya - Black and white Abyssinian Colobus Monkeys! Cool huh?? YAY! I can't wait. The director guy tried to get me to do chameleons...and snakes! But I said...um...no...Hehehe.

Well, off I go to watch Christian dance...Even if he is a Nazi in the movie, he sure is cute...

~Friday, March 30, 2001~12:35 a.m.~
What am I doing?
Well, I'm kind of confused on all of this...but I shall try my best. This should be interesting. Yup yup yup. I guess I'll figure it out. I figgered that because everybody else has a pita, I should get one too!! Oh the fun! I should be writing a paper now, but all I need is one more pararaph, and my paper kinda sucks anyway. This weekend shall be spent STUDYING! A LOT! I must know those 5 chapters on genetics like the back of my hand. I desperately need an "A" on this test. I have an 85 average in there...but...I WANT AN A DAMMIT! *ahem* OK, I feel better now. Got that out of my system. I have an A in my other classes, but biology is being tricky. Gr! When do we get to the interesting stuff? Yeah, OK, so I'm gonna get back to writing this paper...*GROWL*