~Monday, June 30, 2003~07:46 p.m.~

Blisters are fun! But not really. :)

~Friday, June 27, 2003~04:04 p.m.~

My week has to get better soon, right?

~Thursday, June 26, 2003~08:51 p.m.~
Interesting...
"Hazel is a composite color of incomplete distribution of lipofuscin [a yellow-brown pigment] or lipofuscin and melanin [a brown pigment] over the colorless, translucent iris tissue which appears blue or grey due to optical scatter [the same optical property that renders the pigmentless sky or bluebird feathers blue to our sight]. Multi-composite eye color is most prone to "catching" surrounding environmental color."

That's me!

~Tuesday, June 24, 2003~02:12 a.m.~

So who votes I archive? Cuz I just read that last entry again and it grossed me out royally!!!

~Monday, June 23, 2003~05:33 p.m.~
Warning! Gross entry!
So I went to the doctor this morning to get some spots checked on my skin. They are lil' mole type deals that I've had my whole life but it was time to get them taken far far away from me. So the lady is like "Well normally we'd charge a cosmetic fee, but since you just have a couple I can do it for free." So she takes out a pair of surgical looking scissor things, has me sit on the chair deal, and snip snip! Cuts into my flesh. Hurt like a mother*. Imagine somebody cutting a chunk outta your skin, and there ya go. Then she plops on some bandaids and I'm good to go. I just changed bandages. Ew too much blood! And they are still bleeding. Not a pretty site! OK am I done grossing you out for now? There was no numbing involved too. Gr. :) Just thought I'd share.

Hmmm so I have nothing planned for the night. Isn't that exciting? Not really. Except that I don't have work till 9am tomorrow morning which makes me super happy. Work is soooo boring. But I did get to read The Giver during my last shift. It was a pretty good book. Stacey and I went to Barnes n Nobles (I had to restrain myself from breaking the bank) and I bought 3 books because Harry Potter was not in yet and I had to console myself somehow.

I do miss New Zealand. I mean, not the group really (sorry guys) because I was pretty invisible. I don't think I'm in anybody's pictures so it's almost as if I weren't there, at least from their point of you. Eh, what do I care? It was the same for Kenya. I'm a loner. Hehe. :) But the land, the accents, the hot kiwi men, the cool weather, the chance of seeing hobbits. :) I do miss Syki though! I think she is on her way back from Australia today. Craziness. OK that's really all I can think of to say now.

~Saturday, June 21, 2003~05:35 p.m.~

Yay I got a cellphone. I finally caved in. :-P So if you want the number, gimme an IM or an email. Woohoo! Redmaypril is my IM name.

~Friday, June 20, 2003~01:14 a.m.~

Well, at least I have a funfilled weekend ahead of me. My bestest friend Stacey is coming to visit me voluntarily, for the first time in like 2 years (the party doesn't count, Stacey!). So that is cool. I intend to drag her to downtown Athens for some good Starbucks fun. Or something. The possibilities are endless!!!!! I wanna share my Athens life with the girl but she lives too damn far away. And I have had quite enough of the Milledgeville life thank you very much!! Saturday we're driving up to Rome to go see one of my very cool friends Daniel for his birthday party extravaganza. Then Sunday I get to go back to Conyers (ok, so that is the end to the fun) for various doctors appointments on Monday. Exciting! Gonna go to the dermatologist to get what my mom said looks cancerous checked out. Better not be getting skin cancer already!

I went to the dentist a couple days ago and that really sucked. The dentist said I had fillings that were really old and needed to be removed. However, I never remember getting fillings, and neither do my parents - in fact, there is no record of me getting these fillings!! So I got to be drilled, prodded, injected, polished, whatever, for 2 and a half hours!! It was ridiculous, and hurt too. Gr. My mouth still hurts 2 days later. But my front teeth do look a lot better, cuz I did have a tiny chip...but 2.5 hours of discomfort was not worth that!

Hrm...what else...I'm giving up work hours like mad cuz I worked far too much over the past week and it screwed up my body and my mind and all the rest. Gr!

Boneshakers was fun on Wednesday. I know far far far far far far too many people there. Hugs and kisses galore. Yadda yadda. Burned off some calories. So glad Daniel came to visit. He's so much fun to dance with, especially when he is as plastered as I am! I miss my friends :( New friends are fun, but I want Stacey and Daniel here where I can hang out with them at the touch of a phone!! Anywho off to bed I go cuz I gotta work at 9am. *groan*

~Sunday, June 15, 2003~02:06 a.m.~

Here is the *edited* version of my night. Last night was quite interesting, to put it mildly. I went to Atlanta for lil' Jason's 21st birthday blowout, or whatever it was. :) We all met at Joe's at 10pm (Joe's is a gay restaurant...hmm who knew there were specifically gay restaurants?) and I knew a few of the guys - I'd made Dan come with me to keep me company and just for feeling more secure and I hadn't seen him in awhile of course. :) Austin, who I'd met at Boneshakers, was also there. Sweetest guy ever! And George, who I'd also met before. There were about 10 of us, and I was the only girl. I was like "Well, ok that's not so bad. All these hot men to myself." This one guy was pretty damn hot...took me awhile (and a lil bit of booze) before I could even look him in the eyes. Turns out (or at least he said) he used to be a model and was in GQ a couple times, and is filthy rich (had Prado/Prada? sunglasses on that he said costs $350, and a shirt from Sax 5th Ave). So we eat some food, good times and all that, then Dan and I get in the car with Jason and his friend to go to Heretics. Turns out this place is a gay club (BIG SURPRISE!) and I am the only friggin female in the place. Think the amount of Boneshakers people, multiply that by 5 and increase the skank factor by about 500. Old gay men without their shirts on. Plus, I'm not naturally liking the whole sticking out thing. I usually try to blend in wherever I go...and in this place, I felt like I had a huge neon sign around me saying "THIS HUMAN HAS NO MALE GENITALIA! SHE DOES NOT BELONG!!!"

So we get drinks, and I decide on a long island ice tea. This drink was THE STRONGEST DRINK I've ever had in my life. I drink that, then Mike (GQ boy) decides he wants to get me drunker so that I will dance with him. Now, I'm not adverse to dancing, but the dance floor there scared me (so many men! ah!) and well, I can't dance. Anyways, he still was nice and everything, just being a very bad influence!! But forgiveable because he was hot. :-P Right? Hah. He did escort me to the bathroom, which was hella scary cuz there was no female bathroom in the place, and the bathroom consisted of a urinal and a toilet...no stalls, and the door to the bathroom short enough to peak over. Now I know that I was fairly safe, safer in fact than any guy I was there with...but...modesty and all that...But I was still kinda weirded out by the being the only woman in a club full of many many males. Gay or not, they are men. Even if some of them are more feminine than I am.

Anywho...so we find a table in a corner, and chat for ahwhile, some go out to dance but come back shortly after...I got a little freaked out around 3am cuz I'd had too much to drink, and everybody went to the dance floor without me. But lovely guys made me feel better. Gotta love 'em. Jason is such a sweety, and Daniel is of course awesome. Jason's brother, who is also gay, was a really nice guy and escorted me to the bathroom the 2nd time around, and kept watch for any badness. Dan was quite the popular man of the group. Heh.

Around 330am we went to the Waffle House down the street, where we ran into Aiman (another gay guy I know) who was quite drunk. I sat down with him and his gang of strangers and ate with them cuz he was quite amusing. Then at 430am I had to leave to go back to Athens cuz I had to work at the Morris desk at 6am. I parted with my newfound friends, promised to meet up at a later date, and went on my merry (exhausted) way. I hadn't slept but 2 hours the night before, and had had a 2 hour nap right before I went to Atlanta. It's amazing I made it to Morris in one piece. So then I realized I'd forgotten to bring anything whatsoever to do, so I pretty much stared at the desk for 3 hours, struggling to stay away. Then blessed sleep came to me and I slept till 3pm, thereupon driving to Stacey's house for a delicious dinner and fun times. And that was my last 48 hours. Woohoo. :)

~Thursday, June 12, 2003~12:00 p.m.~

Mystery man callin at 3am...For some reason I think it is somebody from work, however, I told Brian I would be able to work Wednesday night...so...weirdness.

~Wednesday, June 11, 2003~03:08 p.m.~

Oooh and my hairdryer...definitely missed that too. But dang I need a haircut...

~Wednesday, June 11, 2003~02:37 p.m.~
Ode to my Shower
Ooooweee I missed my shower! And my loufa. Yes indeed! 'Course I had to scrub the tub with an SOS pad and spray it down with 401 or whatever cleaner we had in the bathroom in order to take that shower. Still, it was grrrreat. And I missed my robe. :) And the ability to use two towels instead of one small one. And the water pressure!!!! :-D

~Tuesday, June 10, 2003~05:32 p.m.~

PICTURES!!!! http://www.geocities.com/apryl4444/scenery.html

~Tuesday, June 10, 2003~04:50 p.m.~

It's back to Athens time for me. Well, first I have to go to Atlanta to help celebrate a friend's 21st birthday. Then tomorrow I guess it's clean up my room and bathroom time, cuz when I made my lil' trek out there a day ago the bathroom was nasty and I couldn't take the shower I'd been wanting to take in there. Sadness. Ugh, back to responsibilities...bill paying, working...boo!! Although I might get to travel yet to places. Cuz it is my last summer that I get free flights. Fun times. I think I'm getting back on Georgia time. I got to sleep at 2am last night, which is good! And I managed not to eat at midnite last night. Also an improvement. Go me! I rule! :) Anywho, I got an A in my study abroad...good good...Brought my GPA up .03 points. If I made all A's this semester I could have a 3.5 GPA - will it happen? Nope!! Not when I have to take calculus...*sigh*

~Sunday, June 8, 2003~04:55 p.m.~

Last night I dreamt that two people I knew died. I'm not sure which two...scary though. Then I dreamt that somebody forced me to get botox. Ugh.

~Saturday, June 7, 2003~08:37 p.m.~

It feels so surreal being back in the States, as well as mildly depressing! It's all gloomy here too which doesn't help, and I'm totally jetlagged. My mind and body are so confused that it is not Sunday right now, and that it is relatively light outside even though it is almost 9pm (the sun set about 430 or 5pm in NZ). Also I drove my car today and I kept wanting to drive on the left side of the road. Kinda freaky! It's also weird not being around 30+ other people all the time. I even miss some of the wankers. :-p Even the stupid guys. And trust me, there were quite a few of them. The flight home was not as bad as it could have been. I got a window seat from Auckland to LAX with a seat open next to me, so that was very very very nice. I slept about 3 hours of the 12 hour flight. Then from LAX to ATL I got first class. I was kinda embarrassed cuz the rest of the group saw me up there. Luke wouldn't talk to me for a lil while cuz he used to be a Delta brat but now he's too old. Dork. Though he does give the best hugs. Still...dork. He does have the same color eyes as me, and he says the color is hazel. I always thought hazel meant brown, but apparently not. After 22 years of living, I finally have a name for the color of my eyes. Woohoo! I kept having to vary between blue and green and gray and brown (only near the pupil). Ah well. I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore!!! I am sooooooo tired. My head feels funny. OK, I'm done scanning pictures and I'm not making much sense, so I'm gonna stop now. Hehe.

~Saturday, June 7, 2003~01:11 p.m.~

Top 10 Things I Will Not Miss in New Zealand (this was hard to do!):
1. Sharing a bedroom with 8-12 other people
2. Limited hot water/water pressure
3. My group from the group project
4. The Exams
5. Toast for breakfast every morning
6. The sandflies
7. Paying $2 for 10 minutes of internet access
8. Hearing about Gondwanaland
9. The Maori language, well except for wheki ponga
10. The 10 pounds I lost there!

Top 10 Things I *WILL* Miss:
1. Our busrides, with fun lil seats (hah) and the DJing ability of our perverted busdriver Ian
2. Hiking in Lord of the Rings worthy scenery
3. Waking up every morning knowing I'm in New Zealand
4. My new friends
5. The Dolphins and birds that would come up to you without fear
6. The fluorescent glowing ocean at Anchorage Bay in Abel Tasman and the waterfalls at Milford
7. Interesting food such as kumara, and delicious food such as mini-donuts and souvlaki (OK, I know it's Greek, but it was still good!
8. Seeing a sheep every 30 seconds, or deer, or cattle...
9. The mountains, the glaciers, the rainbows, the ocean, the waterfalls, the sky, the plains, the valleys, the rolling green hills....
10. Hot kiwi men (found one that looked like Christian Bale MMMMMM) and the Kiwi accent

10 New Things I've Picked Up:
1. The word "Heaps"
2. The phrase "A wee bit"
3. A weird pronouncing "A" strangely in some words
4. The Ability to drive on a right-side-of-the car steering wheel on the left side of the road
5. The mahvelous words wanker and bloody ;)
6. About 40 sandfly bites, one even on the bottom of my foot
7. New hardcore calf muscles
8. Complete knowledge of New Zealands history, present and future
9. A love of fish and chips
10. A love of Kiwi men ;) hehe

~Wednesday, June 4, 2003~04:53 p.m.~

I will not kill my group, I will not kill my group......

~Monday, June 2, 2003~09:22 p.m.~

Showers are divine, and I've been paying far too much for internet lately. How I miss my computer at home. Sad, eh? ;) Hehe. So I've been voted the nicest girl on the trip by several guys. Woohoo. Nice is good. And people keep telling me I'm always smiling and perky and such. Hurrah for me! Hehe. Anywho, to study, or to go out...Hmm...hard decision. :) Heheheh...

~Monday, June 2, 2003~05:29 p.m.~

Whew, so tired...and kinda dizzy actually. Evil middle ear trouble. Well we went hiking at Mt. Cook yesterday. The weather was lovely except for the ~50mph wind that kept blowing us off the trail. Still, glaciers on one side, waterfalls on the other, rainbows behind...pretty damn cool. I really felt like I was in Lord of the Rings land yesterday. :) But didn't find no Legolases behind any bushes. Awww...Is cool though. Anyways I'm back in Christchurch. Time for studying and projecting and all that jazz. I'm gonna go lie down or take a hot shower right now though. Later taters!

~Monday, June 2, 2003~05:29 p.m.~

Whew, so tired...and kinda dizzy actually. Evil middle ear trouble. Well we went hiking at Mt. Cook yesterday. The weather was lovely except for the ~50mph wind that kept blowing us off the trail. Still, glaciers on one side, waterfalls on the other, rainbows behind...pretty damn cool. I really felt like I was in Lord of the Rings land yesterday. :) But didn't find no Legolases behind any bushes. Awww...Is cool though. Anyways I'm back in Christchurch. Time for studying and projecting and all that jazz. I'm gonna go lie down or take a hot shower right now though. Later taters!

~Saturday, May 31, 2003~09:55 a.m.~

Howdy everybody. I just went to the doctor cuz I'm sicky. I have a sinus infection and a middle ear infection. Woohoo!! So I go to the chemist (aka pharmacy) and this CRAZY pharmacist was there. I give him the presription, and then throw in some sudafed for good measure. He's like "I don't like this stuff. Follow me. I'll mix you up a cocktail." So he goes over to the med counter and picks up FIVE different meds - a cough syrup (a prescription one at that), and various other goodies. Kinda scary. Then he proceeds to tell me when to take each one. You know, take this one three times a day, then take this one between meals, then take two of these in in the daytime and the other colored pill for nighttime, and this other pill you take before you fly and halfway through your flight...My mouth was just open, shocked at the whole deal. Anyways so now I have so much medicine. Maybe that is why Kiwis are so nice around here. They are all drugged up. :) Ding! That is the end of my story. We're driving 5 hours today to go to Mt. Cook. Woohoo. Fun times. But now I must take these pills and nasal sprays and syrups...so talk to y'all later...

~Wednesday, May 28, 2003~08:39 p.m.~

Dudes...I had a long long wonderfully long day. Got up at 830am, went up a mountain (via a gondola), went luging (kinda like a bobsled only with one person and no snow), then went hanggliding, then went jetboating. Would have done more if there had been more hours of daylight. Yessiree. Some of you were blessed ;) with a phone call from me on top of the mountain. Tomorrow I'm not sure what we are doing. I know we have class for the first time in a couple weeks. And then we have to do some environmental interpretation project. I just wanna have fun!! Ah well...I had more than my share of fun today...About to go do some drinking...hope I do not fall asleep immediately. It's only like 830pm here...But I'm exhausted...Anyways, just thought I'd do my usual "howdy". Cheers!

~Monday, May 26, 2003~11:27 a.m.~

Whew am I tired! I've walked at least 3 miles today already and we haven't even gone on the glacier hike yet. Hehe. But I saw a really pretty waterfall. 'Twas nice. Anywho just thought I'd check in to da pitas and say howdy. I'm going hangliding in a couple days. I think we're going to a sheep farm tomorrow (hmmmm). I have no idea what day it is or time it is anymore. It's all running together into a lump o' fun. Anywho talk to y'all punks later!

~Sunday, May 18, 2003~08:54 a.m.~

Instead of going bungee jumping, I've decided to go hanggliding. :-D :-D :-D

~Saturday, May 17, 2003~08:44 a.m.~

Hiya fellas. I'm still here in Christchurch. It's early in da morning on our first free day. I thought I was going to sleep late today but that didn't work out cuz I am wide awake right now. There are some very loud old people behind me that are giving me a headache though. Anyways I just had the sudden urge to check my email so I actually paid for the internet today. Yeeks. We aren't going to the University until Monday so two whole days without free internet. :) Hehehe...Anywho it's cold down here and I'm about to go downtown so I will talk to y'all later. Love ya!

~Tuesday, May 13, 2003~12:56 p.m.~

HELLO FROM NEW ZEALAND!!!!!!! HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!

~Saturday, May 10, 2003~01:29 p.m.~

Bye y'all!!! See you in a month!!!! LOVE YA!

~Saturday, May 10, 2003~01:29 p.m.~

Bye y'all!!! See you in a month!!!! LOVE YA!

~Saturday, May 10, 2003~12:05 a.m.~

So vote people - should I bungee jump in New Zealand or no? Just type in your answer on the left side of this page. :)

~Friday, May 9, 2003~08:54 p.m.~

Won't kill parents, won't kill parents...

~Friday, May 9, 2003~05:53 p.m.~

WOOHOO! I made a B in cell biology!!!! Pretty damn good for a girl who didn't understand a damn bit of it. And an A in human geography. :) :) :) So far so good. Keep your fingers crossed for me about physics...

~Friday, May 9, 2003~04:02 p.m.~

I'm packin for New Zealand and so far it is going purty good. I can't believe I am leaving tomorrow. I think my flight leaves at like 4pm or something in the afternoon. I leave from L.A. at 930pm...and get there two days from then. Just cuz of the time difference and all. I wonder how bad the jetlag will be...Hm...Well I shall miss all my buds - I hope everybody is having a nice May so far and that finals went well for everybody. Congrats to all those graduating, and for those who aren't, congrats to you too cuz you get to party with me this summer when I return. I'll still have access to email most of the time if y'all wanna drop me a line. Anywho, back to packin I go!

~Thursday, May 8, 2003~12:35 p.m.~

Suddenly after two months of being flat broke, I have money. I like getting checks in the mail from the university. I got a HOPE book check - know what that's going towards? Souvenirs for my buds! :) So if you be good I just might get you something. And if you haven't sent me your mailing address, do so by tomorrow!!!! Otherwise no postcard for you! I also love selling back books. It's da bomb diggity.

~Thursday, May 8, 2003~12:52 a.m.~

Alrighty, so I've narrowed it down. I think a lot of my problems at the moment stem from the fact that I haven't travelled in awhile. I know that sounds totally ridiculous. But it's just that, I'm so used to going on a plane, seeing new faces, new scenery, new sky, new accents. I haven't been on a plane (unless you could our less than 24 hour ride to Cincinnati) since August. Which is a very long time for me. Since I've been in college I've been to Kenya, South Africa, The Netherlands, France, Germany, England, Argentina (4 times), Equador, Belize, The Cayman Islands, Italy, Mexico, Canada and I think that's it. And now I haven't gone anywhere. OK this sounds like a totally stupid thing to be whining about...It's just that, once travelling gets in your blood, if you don't travel it drives you nuts. I can't wait to go to New Zealand. Not only for the fact of going to New Zealand, but also for getting away from Athens. Though I love it dearly, I need a change for just a little while. So I can get my head on straight and clear. I just need a little perspective, to be able to step back, look around me, and love life again. So beware, April will be comin back in a month, and she will be a changed woman!

~Wednesday, May 7, 2003~11:15 p.m.~

Hurrah for Train...Pretty good song...And I usually don't do the lyrics quoting thing but whatever.

For reasons I don't know I treated you so cold
I wish I had those times again
Cause something that you said keeps ringing in my head
Someday you're gonna wanna come back and you're gonna wanna treat me fine

I watched me push you down in dreams I had of you
And all I remember about those days is I would run around
thinking that you'd be alright
But you lost your light along the way
And oh you were right about the things I'd say
Cause if I had it back again I know I'd treat you kind

And all I ever wanted from this play
Was someone to talk to when I get down
It seems you get the things you give along the way
Now all I need is one more chance to make you feel like hanging round

~Wednesday, May 7, 2003~07:22 p.m.~

So Jeff is thawing out our recently bought cheesecake with a hairdryer...yes...and I got pictures!!!

~Wednesday, May 7, 2003~06:06 p.m.~

Gotta love that heart ripped out feeling...You know, I think I've had more than my share of that...I'd better have some good years coming up.

~Wednesday, May 7, 2003~10:05 a.m.~

Dear lord what have I done

~Wednesday, May 7, 2003~01:24 a.m.~

We're gettin some freaky lightning right now. But it's all good. Earlier today we had a tornado warning - Jeff had to come get me out of the shower. Sirens were going off and everything. It was pretty scary. Everything got really still for awhile, and you could just hear the sirens. Not cool. But all is well. No tornado passed this way. So I went to work for like an hour, but then really wanted to take a shower, so I came home. Then Jeff, Todd and me went to go see X-Men 2, which totally kicked ass. I love Wolverine!! It brings back memories from middle school when my friends and I would sit around the lunch table at school and read the comics and pretend to be the characters. I was Jean Grey. Sharon was Rogue. And we had various other people I can't remember be other people. OK, I know, I'm a dork. But at least I was a dork with lots of other people. :)
So then I came home and grabbed my stuff and went to an animal behavior review. There, I found out that I have an 89 - borderline A!!! So now I have the incentive to do well on the final cuz I can make an A. That is exciting. Then I went to Cups and studied with Gabby for about an hour and a half. She bought me cafe au lait for taking notes for her for like 3 weeks. Woohoo. Gotta meet her again in 9 or so hours to study some more. Ugh...Make this week end. And it be Saturday. So I can be on my way to New Zealand!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D
Speaking of, if you people want postcards, you'd better email me your mailing address! It's not every day you get a postcard from New Zealand eh? :) So email me at april_redhead@hotmail.com - but only if I know you...sorry strangers out there...Even if you think I have your mailing address, send it to me, unless you are one of my roommates. Yesh.
So I weighed this morning and it seems I lost another few pounds. That puts me at having lost about 25 pounds since January. Not too shabby. I could get used to this. I ate a lot today though cuz I'm a bit stressed out. But mostly I ate salad so maybe that ain't too bad. And 2 pickles (kosher!). And 2 hotpockets. :) Hehe.
OK, I'm super tired. So off to bed I go.

~Monday, May 5, 2003~05:14 p.m.~

Yup, it's that time again. Howdy doody time? Nooo...time to obessively check Oasis every half hour for my final grades!

~Sunday, May 4, 2003~08:13 p.m.~

Sometimes I have a friend who really sucks hardcore, and borders on asshole. Yes, yes indeed.

~Sunday, May 4, 2003~02:44 p.m.~

Oooooh I really need to get into a studying mood. I've got two final exams tomorrow. Well, they really aren't comprehensive or anything so it's just like having two tests in one day. And I can make a 70 on my human geography final and still have an A. And I can make like a 68 on my cell biology exam and still have a B. Ok I need not to think about this. I need to think "MAKE A's ON YOUR FINALS APRIL!!!"

~Saturday, May 3, 2003~12:14 p.m.~

I'm feelin much better today, only I'm really sleepy. I got to see my Stacey last night so that was nice. We went to the Brick and had Calzones and artichoke dip - yum! Then watched "Matchmaker" at her place. Then we were old fogies and went to bed (at 1130pm!) cuz she had to work at 630am and I was still my sick sleepy self. Definitely worth the drive though. I miss the Stacey! I got to tell her aaallll about my weekly adventures and she got to tell me interesting stuff too. Teehee. Anywho off I go to eat some breakfast that dearest mother made cuz I'm in Conyers. My parents bought a new camera and I love it SO MUCH. It's a Nikon (N65). It's so light and so wonderful. I can't wait to use it in New Zealand!!!!!! I leave in a week! AAAH!!

~Thursday, May 1, 2003~11:12 a.m.~

Hurrah for bacterial infections!

~Thursday, May 1, 2003~09:13 a.m.~

OK so I am giving in and going to the doctor...hopefully it won't be like last time where they are like "What the heck are you doing here, there's nothing wrong with you."

~Wednesday, April 30, 2003~10:22 a.m.~

Awww yeah, who just got their fine reduced from $125 to $50 with no points on my license? It's me, oh yeah baby! Sometimes an innocent face does come in handy.

~Wednesday, April 30, 2003~07:39 a.m.~

Whew, is it ever early. I can't remember the last time I've been up this early. And guess why? Oh yeah, I'm going to court baby! :-P Gonna go plead "No contest" to see if I can get a reduction in my speeding ticket fine. Gee I hope it works cuz I need money so bad. Thank goodness the Shaddy is going with me. Makes it 10 times better cuz court is scary dude.

~Tuesday, April 29, 2003~03:48 p.m.~

Oooh being sick sucks. I'm not even sure what is wrong with me. My muscles feel all jelly-ish, my head hurts, my throat hurts. Then there's the embarassingness of earlier today. I was sitting in animal behavior not feeling to spiffy so I went to the bathroom, but didn't throw up. However I got really weak so I ended up just sitting by the toilet for like half an hour. Then I went back into class. Five minutes later I start feeling extremely nauseous. I manage to keep down one bout of grossness, run out into the hall and I throw up two times before I can make it to the bathroom. Then I couldn't even make it to the toilet so I threw up in the sink. So bad. So so so bad. So then I'm all weak and shit again. I try calling Jeff but the phone is busy cuz Dana's on it...but luckily my friend Gabby is there to drive me to my car. I'm still feeling weird, but I'm going to try to have some soup. Aren't you glad you got to hear all this?

~Tuesday, April 29, 2003~01:26 a.m.~

What I've learned in the past week:
#1.) Love is just a hair away from hate and;
#2.) Friends become more than just friends when provided the correct amount of booze, but you pay dearly for it when the 'magic' wears off.

~Monday, April 28, 2003~01:40 a.m.~


Romantic movie! You probably won't star in a porno
anytime soon. You seem to be really into the
whole "love" thing...romantic sex
with perfumed sheets and candles all over the
place. You're probably a hopeless romantic. You
value sex and respect your partner too much to
do anything like porn. AWWWWWW! <3

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~Sunday, April 27, 2003~05:36 p.m.~

Err...last night was....fun....yes...

~Saturday, April 26, 2003~03:25 a.m.~

Woohoo, I had more fun tonite than I have had in awhile. It was nice good clean fun, guilt free and worry free. I didn't think about school, about any problems I'm having at the moment, nothing but having fun. It was wonderful. What did I do? I worked the Dawgs After Dark event. Jeff and I both did. First we were runners, which was totally cool cuz we got to have walkie talkies and just walk around answering questions. Then we did wristbands and scanned IDs, which was also fun cuz we got palm pilots with lasers. At midnite we were semi-runners again and went around and did all the fun stuff - wax hands, ate free food, made candles, got temporary tattoos (mine is a butterfly!!)...hung out with Rainey and Keith, both of whom are very cool people. Also hung out with Todd some too. Left handed, redheaded, tall AND pale skinned, how can he be a bad guy? :-P So anyways I'm pretty pooped right now. So it's off to bed for me!!!

~Friday, April 25, 2003~10:30 a.m.~

Ugh I feel so weird this morning. I made the mistake of drinking a latte last night at Cups. And a few sweet teas. So I was up tossin and aturning half the night. The shower I just took helped some though. Tonite should be fun. Jeff and I are working Dawgs After Dark from 7pm till at least midnite. Woohoo! Anywho off to have lunch with Jeff I go. Free lunch in the Memorial Ballroom on Fridays. Woohoo!

~Friday, April 25, 2003~04:47 a.m.~

Well I had a lovely time taking my physics test that I did not study for. Luckily we get to drop a test and my grades so far haven't been too bad. Last night we went to Jason's and watched the craziest movie ever - Beyond The Valley of the Dolls. It had everything! Hermaphrodites, gay sex, lesbian sex, suicide, homicide, decapitation, drag queens (at least I think that was a drag queen), drugs, alcohol, regular sex...the main guy looked like Greg Brady and everybody else just looked cracked out. Best lines - "I'd like to strap you on sometime." and something about the black sperm of my vengeance. And..."Up yours, ratso!" Good times. Then we went to Molly O'Sheas for a quick birthday shot for Megan, then on to the wonderful world of Boneshakers. Got to see lil' Jason, Chris, Will, and lots more peeps. Daniel said he'd go with me next week so that will be even more fun! Dancing is always good. It's good exercise, I say! I drank but didn't get too drunk, not like the night before anyways. But we had a good ol' fashioned fun time. Home by 230am, asleep at 3am...Not too shabby. Why am I hungry right now? I think it's really just thirst. Dehydration and all that. I've got animal behavior in 30 minutes but right now I am just chilling in the BLC (that's the biology learning center for all you nonscience UGA students out there). The computers work soooo much better than in the other labs around campus. Except for perhaps the horticulture computer lab, but you need a code to get into it. I'm sorta just blabbing on and on cuz I got nuttin better to do. Well I have a lot of better things to do, I just don't want to do 'em. But that does remind me that I need to drop off the tearing sheets so I'd best be going to do that.

~Wednesday, April 23, 2003~02:38 a.m.~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEGAN!!!!!!!!!

~Monday, April 21, 2003~12:31 a.m.~

Aw 4/20 is over with. Too sad. This weekend was pretty boring...it wasn't awful though. Went home to Conyers to see the rents and my kitties. I always feel so much better after seeing Blackberry and after having her look at me with those adoring eyes. Her devotion and love continue to amaze me. If I can find a husband like that, life would be good. ;) I got stuff together for New Zealand...just have to get the clothing together now. I'm writing a paper on the Green Revolution and genetically modified foods right now. Oh the fun. I am definitely about to invoke the power of Courier New on it. I think if I do that I will be done. I love the power of BS. Thank you high school AP English teachers for bestowing upon me that gift. Anywho back to writing my paper.

~Saturday, April 19, 2003~12:26 p.m.~

So I had a lot of fun last night. We went to Compadres (the salsa was disappointing), then to Starbucks for some coffee, then to Molly O'Sheas where I partook in Long Island Ice Teas and he had Guiness (which isn't so bad, really). Then we went to the Winery where it was more quiet. It was a very nice night. :)

~Friday, April 18, 2003~11:25 a.m.~

Do you ever wish you could freeze time? Like...I was these people to be my friends forever, and to have my bed forever, and my townhouse, and my Union, my Starbucks, my Athens...I've never once regretted my college choice. And I realize now that I don't regret my actions or my past. Cuz they've brought me to where I am today and made me the person I am, and I'm cool with that. So, there's my deep thoughts for the day. :)

~Friday, April 18, 2003~11:13 a.m.~

Yay Drive By Truckers. Man, I should not have drunk last night...but ah well, whatcha gonna do?

~Wednesday, April 16, 2003~05:15 p.m.~

I just opened my car door to find that my stereo had been stolen. Gotta love thieves. I'm waiting on the cop now to come make out a report, not that anything will come out of it. Last year my stereo got stolen too. Right now I'm just sort of...resigned. Bad luck comes in threes, right? I've had the ticket, and the stereo stolen...what will come next?

~Wednesday, April 16, 2003~02:25 a.m.~

Why oh why can't I just be normal? Who can give me normalcy lessons? HMMMM???

~Tuesday, April 15, 2003~11:34 a.m.~

Woohoo dropped another pound, but probably gained it back after eating some cream cheese danish stuff. But damn that stuff is divine. I'm kinda zoned out today cuz I was up coughing half the night again. And I could not find a cough drop :( ...Sad, I know...
So how does a girl act around a straight guy anyways? Yeah yeah, I know, be myself...I think that's the worst advice ever!! Heheh but it's ok.
My schedule for next fall doesn't seem too bad. I have calculus (ugh), entomology (yay bugs! the teacher is supposed to be fantastic), animal behavior lab (have been waiting for 3 years for this class to come back), and a pharmacy class (cuz it's 98% A's and I'll be in it with Shaddy who I don't get to see that much anymore). So with the exception of calculus, they are classes that I actually want to take, which is something new.
Aaah...I leave for New Zealand in 25 days!

~Sunday, April 13, 2003~02:42 a.m.~

Had far too much fun again tonite. Nope, not the drunken kind this time. I got to see most of my gay guy friends all at one time. Woohoo! I didn't speak to a girl or a straight guy all night, but I did get to talk to lots of people. And I realized I know far too much of the Athens gay population for my own good. For the first part of the night I hung out with Jason (short Jason, not tall Jason) who I hadn't seen in about a year. It was good to see him again. What is it with gay guys and my breasts? I think they are fascinated by them, even if they aren't attracted to them. Jason kept saying he couldn't help but grab them (crazy boy)...and Matt said about hte same thing. Matt was my hanging out partner for the bulk of the night. He's a guy I met at piano camp many many years ago. I hated him when I was there. But I re-met him two years ago while he worked at Starbucks and we've been friends since. But we don't see each other all that much. We didn't see much of the show really - mostly went outside and sat on a bench and talked. I have glitter all over me, thanks to him. :-P He, John (an RA where I work) and I all put our arms around each other and sang "Seasons of Love" at the end of the night (cuz that was the closing song). Too cute. Of course my voice is virtually gone. As I was leaving, this large man who was dancing with somebody turns to me and says "You're very pretty." I said "Thanks!" And he said "well, you're very pretty for a girl." (He being gay). And I was like "Thanks, I think." Unexpected, but a welcome flattery nevertheless. Self esteem? Is that you I hear?? Haven't seen you in awhile! :-) Hmm...what else happened...It was just fun seeing everybody - black Eric, Grille Eric, Jason, Will, Tyler, Willie, Cody (Jeff, that's the guy who always smiles at you!), Matt, John, Scott, other Jason, Evan...that's all I can think of at the moment. And I met a lot of new people too. Fun! The drag queens were kinda scary, most of 'em. Willie looked good as usual - he makes a damn good woman. Some others were good, and some were just plain scary. Tomorrow I get my car back. Hurrah! So now I am going to bed cuz it's 3am.

~Saturday, April 12, 2003~03:41 p.m.~
Isn't it ironic...
Why is it that every cute guy stranger wants to speak to me on the day I have no voice in which to answer? HMMM????
So I had fun last night. But I drank too much and prolly made a fool out of myself. We'll just leave it at that. :)

~Thursday, April 10, 2003~11:34 a.m.~

Yesterday was a pretty good day all in all. I had a visit from my bestest friend Stacey :-P , Jeff introduced me to his cough drop stash, I got to go out to eat at Mellow Mushroom, saw a movie at Tate, and then went to Boneshakers and danced the night away. Today I'm ushering for the Gin Blossoms/ Tonic concert with Jeff. That should be pretty cool. Free concert, free tshirt, free food...How can you go wrong? Entertain me, feed me, and clothe me? University Union rocks! Then I get to come home and study like a mother for my test on Friday. Anywho, I'm off to eat leftover calzone. Adios people!

~Tuesday, April 8, 2003~05:05 p.m.~

I kinda like these standup computers in the Tate Center. Makes it a little harder to type but not too much. Plus they are super fast, which beats out Memorial Hall anyday. I have lots of stuff I want to say, but I know I shouldn't because it wouldn't be polite and I have no idea how many people read this thing. That's what sucks about having an online journal, and putting the address on your aol profile. All kinds of freaks could be reading this right now and I have no control over it. Anyways, I took my cell biology test today. It was pretty dang hard...but I don't think I failed. Always a plus! I didn't know everything on there...so I sort of BSed...hope it works! Anyways, off to Cinematic arts meeting I go. I really wish my throat wouldn't hurt so durn much. Stupid allergies, or infection, or whatever it is that I have right now.

~Saturday, April 5, 2003~07:02 p.m.~

Studying cell bio right now, and not happy about it!! *sigh*
Which of the following types of microtubules participate directly in the events of anaphase-A stage of mitosis:
A. overlap microtubules
B. kinetochore microtubules
C. aster microtubules
D. ciliary microtubules

Oh the fun!

~Wednesday, April 2, 2003~11:53 a.m.~

I do love this losing weight thing. I have lost a grand total of 15 pounds since January. Sure it might not be all that much, but for me it's wonderful. My goal was 30 lbs by May, but if I can do 20 I'll be just as happy.

~Tuesday, April 1, 2003~11:37 a.m.~

Happy 21st Birthday to Jason!

~Sunday, March 30, 2003~04:00 p.m.~

Cleaning my room today, I'm finding an extraordinary number of toothbrushes. Very odd.

~Sunday, March 30, 2003~02:03 a.m.~

Gotta love lesbian parties...Definitely different. I think Shaddy got it right when he was commenting on my problem meeting guys - I know more than the average number of gay guys, and I go to lesbian parties. This would pose a slight problem in meeting straight men. Yup! Problem solved!

~Saturday, March 29, 2003~07:47 p.m.~

Well my month is starting to look up...FINALLY. I got a pretty new credit card with a high limit today (I know, I know, credit cards are the devil...but it's kinda like a loan so I'll just think of it that way...). Also Shaddy took me out for dinner and paid, AND he told me about this thing called no contest, where I can go to court and they will (hopefully) reduce the fine because I don't have any prior speeding tickets. So I hope that works out. What else...well my physics test doesn't look too difficult...and Jason is turning 21 this week so that means fun for all. Oh yeah, and I got my prescription filled and have taken stuff for two days and no adverse side effects. Maybe this one will work. Hurrah! I like feeling optimistic! :-D

~Saturday, March 29, 2003~02:48 p.m.~

Hallelujah I have a credit card! Yay money!

~Thursday, March 27, 2003~01:41 a.m.~

I love you Stacey, Goddess of all that is good, girl who has seen the worst of me and loves me just the same!!! If only we were lesbians... ;)

~Thursday, March 27, 2003~01:40 a.m.~

And the quote of the day is...*drum roll please* "DOWN WITH MELTING!" Courtesy of Stacey and company.

~Wednesday, March 26, 2003~10:44 a.m.~

Ugh, there goes the eyebrows too...

~Wednesday, March 26, 2003~09:49 a.m.~

Hmmm my eyelid is numb too...how odd

~Wednesday, March 26, 2003~09:41 a.m.~

So the cavity filling wasn't nearly as bad as the last one. Took 'em under and hour, and that was with me sitting around for awhile waiting for the shot to kick in. Of course the fear of what is happening is always worse than what they are actually doing to me. I shake the whole time. It's embarrassing, but ah well. I got to wear headphones this time! Yay! That helped a lot. Right now my cheek is numb, as well as half my nose. Hehe. So now I have to go get stuff that I forgot last time I was home. Cuz I'm in Conyers now. Yippee.

~Tuesday, March 25, 2003~07:50 p.m.~

Dear goodness what a rotten day. So I get up, it's sunny, I'm chillin, everything is A-OK. I get the cat into a box, take him over to Emily at work (cuz the plan was for me to hand off the cat and her take him to the vet). The time is 9:50am, 10 minutes before my advising appointment, so I'm pretty sure I have time to drop my car off at the parking lot and catch a bus. So...turns out Emily needs a ride to the vet clinic. I go in, and the parking lot has a token type deal, so I have to go inside to get a token. So we go in and ask if they can take my poor stray kitty. They say "well, since you didn't make an appointment it will be $50 just to look at the cat. You'll also have to pay for shots, the XRAY and any medications. And surgery too if we have to do that." Yeah I don't have that kinda money. So I take Emily and the cat back to her room, then run to my advising appointment, which I am 35 minutes late for. My advisor is super cool so she said she could fit me in at 11am. So I waited until 11 and got advised. Then went back to see Emily and the cat. So then instead of taking it straight to the humane shelter, I went to Reed and looked up a bunch of vet phone numbers. All of them had price ranges well exceeding my meager budget. So I just told Emily that I'd take him home and bandage it there. So I came home and relaxed for a little while, then went on a 3 mile walk to make myself feel a bit better. Yay sunshine! Then I go to a meeting with Joslyn about my secretarial duties for Cinematic Arts. Then on to the Cinematic Arts meeting. Then Jeff and I decide at the last minute to go to the Dawgs After Dark committee, thinking that it is not going to last very long. But it ends up lasting over an hour!! And we'd told Jason we were gonna do dinner around 630pm...Jeff and his talkative self added at least 10 minutes onto the meeting. ;) So then we get home, and poor Jason and Megan are waiting on us wondering what was up. :-( So I felt crummy for ditching out on them. So now I have to get my car cuz it was left on campus cuz I wanted to get home and eat. But now I ain't all that hungry. But it's all good. Tomorrow is going to suck ass. I'm going to get a cavity filled at 830am, then pick up my prescription for yummy meds from my car at home. Then come back and work for 4 hours. Then who knows? School? Classes? What are those? I don't have time for no classes, punk!

~Tuesday, March 25, 2003~12:10 a.m.~
Picture fun!
So go to this site and you can find birthday party pictures (updated), and also Orlando pictures (not too many of those cuz the rest are on another roll of film). http://www.picturetrail.com/redmaypril

~Sunday, March 23, 2003~06:05 p.m.~

Well I'm home and almost all the way rested. About to paint the nails (a great color I got from Hot Topics - it's shimmery, with purple blue and green all in one!) and put pictures into the scrapbook. Pictures from the trip should be uploaded soon and on the internet for all to view. Plus more party pictures. My head feels fuzzy cuz I slept 15 hours. :-P I can't believe I have to go back to school tomorrow. And somewhere in there I have to take the cat to the vet...possibly between human geo and work...not sure though. Oh, our stray black cat that we've been feeding for awhile broke it's leg. Poor baby. :( So I'm taking it hopefully to the teaching hospital at UGA. Have to go look up info on it though. Anyways, my head hurts so I'm off!

~Wednesday, March 19, 2003~05:55 p.m.~

Yay I'm goin to Orlando tomorrow with Jason and Megan. Should be purty fun. Mickey Mouse and all that jazz...I'm full right now - just ate some pork chops, mashed potatoes and butterscotch pie. Monday we went to Cincinnati and back in one day. The flight on the way back was interesting. We watched some of Bush's speech on TV waiting for our plane to be boarded, and there were so few people on the flight that the flight attendants were like "Everybody gets to sit in first class!" So we did.
Saturday night was fun. I went to work for Dave at his catering function thing for Cryolife. Made good money and had some fun too. But again I was exhausted by the end of the night and worth nothing the next day. Worked from 5pm to 2am. But got to eat lots of food...And all the meatballs I could handle! Jeff was there too so that made it more fun of course. Although all he had to do all night was carve beef. :) I washed dishes, restocked the buffet, bussed tables, cleaned lots, and so much more. Whew! I got to move a "box" the size of a refridgerator at the end of the night a long ways down a hallway.
What else is interesting...Hmm...lots, but I'm not going to tell any of you! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! *ahem* There, that's better. Evilness absolved...or dissolved, or whatever.

~Monday, March 17, 2003~12:16 a.m.~

Well, I am off to Cincinnati for a day. Or, I will be in 6 hours. Just wanted to let those of you know that were trying to get in touch with me or vice versa. Rachel, it's getting harder to get in touch with you!! When are you coming to Georgia?? Jeff, I tried calling you at various places but couldn't get in touch with you. Email me if you get this. I'll try callin again on Wednesday, or come see you at Parisian. Woohoo. Carl, I'll send you a longer email when I get back - I promise!! Hmm...anybody else? I hope everybody that goes to UGA is having a wonderful spring break, and all those on quarter systems, hope you're having nice end of the term fun. Happy Early St. Patty's Day!!! Oh wait, not early...it IS St. Patty's Day! So to all of those out there not wearing green...here's to you *PINCH!!!!!*

~Sunday, March 9, 2003~12:55 a.m.~

I can't BELIEVE this...they started up a new airlines called HootersAir. And yes, it's what it sounds like. Check it out if you have the stomach, or if you are a guy... www.hootersair.com

~Saturday, March 8, 2003~09:06 p.m.~

Picture of us at Dawgs After Dark... http://www.gravity180.com/drinkmad/ShowImage.cfm?id=649

~Saturday, March 8, 2003~12:31 p.m.~

Can't...take...blankness...