Catch Up

So last Saturday was an eventful day. We went to the ever lovely Alamo Drafthouse and attended the Ye-Z sing along event. Basically they gathered a bunch of Kanye, Jay Z and Beyonce (and by extension Destiny's Child) music videos and we sang along. Needless to say, it was "Dope as Balls". Not long after this event, we walked down 6th street at midnight. 6th street being the lovey party street of Austin. There we learned that 6th street is not for us. A lot of hot dudes though.

Later at the bus stop is when we ran into a favorite dude of mine, the lead singer of the Flaming Lips. It was surreal. He had sweet dance moves. Dudes Rad.

Other than that, we've just been doing school shit, which has piled up, but I think we're over the hump now. Back in Houston at the moment because I must experiment on children. Fun stuff. Until next time

Last Weekend

After having a bad friday.
Ryan and I worked on a Lego project (for his dad) at least it WAS..idk if Ryan wants to keep it now or whats gonna happen..'cause he reallly likes the way it looks in his apartment/he plays with it randomly.

So many lego pieces!!

 The hardest part about building legos is scavenging for the pieces! Some are soo tiny, and some are clear, and its hard to organize them. We tried, though. As you can see above, the bigger pieces were separated from the smaller ones.. That helped. Later, we separated all the colored pieces into one bowl. Yay for bowls and lids.

I built this little bad boy myself... :) The car coulda been way cooler, but whatever Lego

 

Alas there were but few lego pieces remaining...

I told Ryan to try to get it at the LegoPeople's point of view...

 Also, today is Ryan's and my 3yr 1 month anniversary. We'll let you know what we do...

days go by

Today i was thinking, wow, Ryan and I have stopped counting our dating months recently, lets see, we're at 3 years and....3 years and... OMG it's still October. Wow. So it's still October. Time has not passed.
But at the same time it has. Because i just realized we only have 7 1/2 weeks of school left. A while ago it was 11. So time has passed afterall.


Weird.

Balancing Work and Life

The other day I went to a lecture here on campus about leadership and success, you know, those things.
 Anyway, he said something that really resonated with me: the concept of balancing one's life. it's not easy. You can never give the same amount of attention to every aspect in your life. 
Recently I've been thinking about myself, evaluating my life and such. I'm kinda lame, I admit. Can't say anything exciting is going on with me. I  feel I have to prioritize to get through. This causes me to miss or lose somethings along the way. Like friends, family, exercise, fun. This year has totally ruined any chance of balance for me. At least for the time being. I have so much school work, responsibilities, and errands that I hardly have time for other normal college stuff. I suppose I could make time for socializing, but by nature I am inclined to prioritize only 3 things. School, Myself (those alternate every now and then) and my Boyfriend.
It's frustrating because I wish i had time for it all. The other day I stayed up late chatting with my roommates which caused me to lose sleep, wake up like crap in the morning, and rush to finish my homework during the day. Can't have your cake and it eat too, it seems. Which is what leads me into wanting my own apartment so that i can do all my schoolwork sans interruptions. But that would mean no friends, no talking. just me by myself. (not gonna lie, its really not that bad, im introverted) but its not healthy, and its not what college should be like. Am i the only one? I find no time to do anything but sleep, study and eat. Except for when we obsessively watched Arrested Development that one week, but sacrifices WERE made, trust me. Less sleep and neglected reading assignments.

This whole little ramble is really my way of explaining to you, dear blog, why no posts have been made, especially not  interesting ones, and why that may not change for a while...

Thanks.

We are obsessively watching the first 3 seasons of Arrested Development!
I didn't think I'd like it, but Ryan assured me it was great and--boy, I'm hooked!
I don't think i've ever laughed out loud as OFTEN as i do during this show. Usually I just kinda chuckle to myself, but not with this show. :P

Oh, and we're going to Houston this weekend for a little catch up and a get away from school. Even though I have endless homework.... :/

We are the 99%

I was surfing through The Huffington Post when this article caught my attention.
After reading the brief description- I was taken in. Looking at one picture turned into looking at the whole slide.
This is REAL. These are REAL people.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/we-are-99-percent-stories-victims-great-recession_n_992340.html

I do think about this stuff, it's not like its a shock to me. But it is incredibly depressing and frustrating.
Being at UT, I have to say, I DO have a problem with the rich kids here. The fact is, you have to have money to go to college, so it's no surprise there are a lot of middle to upper class students here. Them with their iPads, and their fancy cars, and their constant shopping. I feel bad enough for having a Honda Civic, how do they feel? I wonder.

I guess you can say I'm one of the lucky ones. Both my parents are employed, the bills are paid (okay, some are paid with credit cards) but the important part is that no one in my family is going hungry, I have a roof over my head, and my brothers and I are getting a college education (even if most of it is on loans)
So for now, I'm lucky. But there's a fine line that millions of Americans like myself face.

More pics are sent in to We are the 99 Percent at Tumblr
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

I encourage everyone to read these, think about their own lives and think about what they can do to help.
As for me? All I can really do is protest, but that may lead to arrest--which costs money--which i don't have.  So, I don't know-- I'm working on it

Monday

Today's been pretty good for me.
I slept in. Had two classes with nothing going on.
Went to the movies with my babe right after class (Oh, College Days)
Ate a delicious buffalo sauce and cheddar burger..mmm
and now back at Ryan's place chilling---

Ahh, it's been great.

But let's get back to the movie. We saw 50/50.
Where do I begin...
It was AMAZING. The best movie i've seen all year.
I tried really hard not to cry, i mean i just got out of school and i wanted to relax, but this movie made me bawl! Ryan is pretty sure people in the audience heard me.. Lol. I was completely bawling. I even had to cover my face.
Joseph Gordon Levitt did a great job. So did Seth Rogen (despite his awful raspy laugh) and Anna Kendrick.

This movie was not what I expected it but I thought it was perfect in every single way.