{privitization}

the topic: Going Private

im SO over the "going private" craze.

i find nothing more disappointing than when someone i faithfully blog stalks makes the big announcement that they're going private.

(and nothing more annoying than people who claim to be going private and then never do... and then they keep threatening to go private... and three months later they finally do. just get it over with already)

its hard to open up and admit that i have been blog stalking them, even when it is a past young women leader or one of my high school friends. it just makes me feel funny on the inside to admit such a thing.

I stand here today to announce that I wont be going private any time soon.

its just not for me.

plus, there is someone out there (ahem Owings, Mayland) who loves me.

and i think someone named Megan would miss my bad grammer.
AND i know all of you wouldnt want to miss out on times like these:

*that is filed away under the top 13 best nights of my life*

since this is a very non-judgemental zone why dont you just go ahead and introduce yourself.

i'll start.

Hi! My name is Lauren and I have a problem keeping my mouth closed in pictures. I love long walks on the beach with the one i love (you know who you are). im patiently awaiting the arrival of my best friend. i failed my chem test this morning and i loveplaying in the snow, infact im leaving now to do such thing!

{2009 wordle}

my sister-in-law has a family. crazy huh? in that family they do weird things like choose a word for the year. i guess its supposed to be something they will work on for the year. i joined the weird word choosing bandwagon and came up with my own:

SEXY

*i've been practicing the look, what do you think?*

this year i vow to be wicked sexy

i will do this by:
1. slimming down to a size 2
2. dying my hair platinum blonde
3. wearing serious sunglasses while haning out with MK&A
4. spending a lot of money on pumps and designer jeans
5. buying at least 1 handbag. a day

6. dating Justing Timberlake
7. sleeping all day and partying all night
8. getting weekly mani/pedis

9. becoming paris hiltons new BFF
10. marrying mr. donald trump and having 1.5 children

i will contimplate the following as well:
-taking up social drinking
-make sure i have a cig in my hand for every picture
-date the boy that lives in apartment **. be still my soul

{its over}

and its about time.

5 down, 3 to go and i will have myself one smokin hot degree.

its a good thing they chunk the torture time into 4 months sections or bad things might happen.

i was going to celebrate this evening with some heavy partying (or at least a corndog) but the lack of funds makes that near impossible. so instead im watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. ooooh tender!

whats on the agenda for next semester you ask?
Chemistry + Lab
Biology + Lab
Culinary Arts + Lab
Motor Learning

and the next question is what are you going to do with your life?

to that i have no answer. i know i should probably figure it out sometime soon. im working on it.

you see, im not really the brightest bulb in the tanning bed. and with my current major you kind of sort of need to be. i sit in class after class with future doctors, dentists, RD's, ER surgeons, nurses, chiropracters. you name the medical profession and there is someone aspiring to be it. its a little intimidating to say the least.

for example: we currently are doing a bit of research (research? me? no way!) and today i was sitting in the office with two gentlemen discussing our future plans as one studied for his BioChem (GASP!) final and the other told the difference between regular chem and *ahem* honors chem. and of course, only honers is good enough. i choose to stay quite so i didnt have to tell them im an idiot and plan on sitting around watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for the rest of my life. I'm sitting there listening to them talk about med school applications (13 denies, 11 yet to hear from, 1 acceptance. i guess those are good statistics) and MD school v. DO school and other such things. first off what the deuce is DO school? someone please, enlighten me. i had to text my roommate right then and there so she could google it and tell me what it meant just so i could keep up. and then they start using all these big words of which i have no idea what the meaning is. the conclussion was come to that i need to take a class on information the average intellectual American should know.

this is what i propose: i need all of YOU to teach ME the meaning of one very large word. that way i could probably learn like 4 new words.

the next thing you need to do for me is tell me what to do with my life.

and to make this a little easier for you i will include basic information about yours truely:

Name: Lauren
Major: Human Nutrition
Minor: None, but open for change
Likes: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, sleeping in, nail polish, athletic tape, baseball, wrapping paper, subway, the smell of saw dust, elvis, clean sheets, mac and cheese, fireworks.
Dislikes: Ouchies, static cling, slivers, dirty socks, homework, mustard, chemistry, doing dishes, skipped CD's, expired food, cold floors, weird noises, mean people, stretched out jeans.

i need ideas people, lots of ideas.

{a little friday night lovin'}

this ones for you. no not you, you! *wink*

{a cure}

i have found the remedy for being unable to sleep. it worked in a flash. want to know what it is?
first, remember you must follow these directions exactly or it. wont. work.

1. Do some rainbow meditation courtesy of a CD you got in Stress Management class

2. Think about little windows in your body and colors bursting from them and repeating things such as: i am grounded. i am centered. i am loved. etc. until you cant think of them anymore

3. Count as high as you can as slow as you can until your thoughts drift somewhere else and you forget youre supposed to be counting

4. Lay on your back for 12 minutes contimplating what to do with your life

5. Roll over onto your stomach and squish your face in the pillow so you have to keep your eyes closed

6. Go to the bathroom

7. Get back in bed and try not to think about a thing

8. Sit up and scratch your legs for awhile to get the blood flowing

9. Take 2 pillows and 1 down comforter and go downstairs

10. Sit in the recliner and talk to your roommate

11. Play 2 games of Yahtzee on your cellular communication device

12. Lay on the couch listening to the whir of the dryer

13. Turn on the TV but keep the volume down as not to disturb the 4 other sleeping princesses

14. Flip channels for a while

15. Watch Dr. G Medical Examiner and find out why a very fat man died (heart attack)

16. Watch Paris Hilton's New BFF and see the tragedy of getting kicked out of her hottub unfold

17. Watch Good Eats and learn about making rice out of potatoes, and potato soup, and potato salad, and other things out of different varities of potatos

18. Turn off the TV

19. Lay on the ground with your ear pressed to the floor listening to the thump thump thump of the neighbors music

20. Drift off to sleep trying to decide what they are listening to

21. Wake up 2 hours later in the same position you fell asleep in, making it very difficult to move your stiff muscled arms

22. Move back to the couch

23. Find a comfortable position on the couch, must take atleast 20 minutes doing so

24. Flip pillows multiple times to get to the cold side

25. Wake up 1.5 hours later to the sound of your alarm clock

seriously folks, it works. try it. i did it last night and got amazing results.


oh yeah, Happy 200th Post. 3 year and only 200 posts? im one lame sauce blogger

{a problem of sorts}

i have a bit of a problem. quite a large one actually.

lets start by saying that if you know me (and i hope if youre reading this you know me. if not, go away) you probably know about my sleep habits. like i must sleep all the time. im ok with missing the hottest party to go to bed before 10. and im all for sleeping in. infact i plan my school schedule around my sleeping habits. and then after all that, a 2+ hour nap in the afternoon is what i need to keep me going until ten oclock when its time for bed all over again.

i love my sleep and i cant get enough of it.

but lately, i really cant get enough of it.

by 9 im exhausted so i find something to do to wear me out until i think i have a likely chance of getting into bed and promptly falling right to sleep. sometimes it takes 10 minutes sometimes it takes a couple hours. tonight it was 10:30 when i decided i had had enough. i brushed my teeth and got in bed, pulled the covers over my head and closed my eyes waiting for visions of sugar plum fairies to come.

and then i waited
and i waited somemore
i got a little hot so i stuck my foot out from under the covers
but then my foot got cold so i put it back under
and then i rolled over
then i proceded to flip my pillow over to get to the cold side
i then rearanged myself again
and moved to my side
and to my other side
and then i counted to 100
when jessica turned off the light and got in her bed i stated "i cannot sleep"
she said "i will sing you a lullabye"
so she sang the song about humming your favorite hymn
and i asked her to sing another
so she sang mary had a little lamb (all 12 verses) (shes a good roommate)
and then she told me to sing one
so i sang homeless from the forgotten carols, only i dont remember most of the words
and then i sang i cry the day that i take the tree down
she may have sang another one but i dont remember
then i got up and went to the bathroom
and got back in bed
and laid there
and laid there
and laid there
and now im sitting in the hall in the red chair
and im cold
and the clock says 1:29
and oh how i wish i could sleep
but the minute i lay (or is it lie?) down my mind starts going 983mph
thinking thinking thinking
i have been sitting her for a good two hours doing nothing
its gotten me nowhere
except for suffeciently chilled
and worried
and that much more awake

oh boy, its going to be a long night.
just like last night. and the night before that and the night before that.