Oh my god there are people out there like me!
LOOK!
I have SO MANY BACKUPS of my nonsense, you have no idea. I have backups on flash drives. On hard drives. Three different computers. In clouds. In my email. In my other email. Google Drive. I carry three of the backups with me. I carry a separate one when I run. I keep one in my office. I keep one in the FREAKING UNITED STATES. I keep one in our safe.
I got the backups, let’s just put it that way.
I’m also a big proponent of physical copies of things if you can get them or make them; that’s the main reason I’m printing all my old blogs. They’re a huge part of my life and I’d be so sad if I ever lost them.
Anyway.
LOL I HATE THIS SEMESTER
That is all.
Okay okay okay okay OKAY
I know I bring this song up approximately yearly on this blog, but JEEBUS.
It’s just perfection. This whole soundtrack is perfection, but this song is the pinnacle.
Horner and his TUBULAR BELLS, man.
I think the best part of this song is that absolute PERFECT miniscule but noticeable pause in the sound right at the main crescendo. Right at 6:12 in the above video.
I don’t know how many times they had to record this to get that precious little microsecond of silence in there, but it is stunning.
UGH.
(The movie itself is really good too, haha.)
That is all.
Ya’ll ever think about how weird the word “grocery” is?
Grocery.
Grocery.
Grocery.
I’m going to get groceries.
I’m not high, I promise.
Boundaries
Do better, y’all!
(This is great, hahaha)
OH GOD IT SNOWED
I don’t wanna deal with the snow.
UGH.
Have a survey.
What are you doing next weekend?
Who the hell knows. I’ll probably run.
Is there anyone that you care more about than yourself?
Yes.
Three things you’re excited about?
Going down to Moscow in the summer, having my mom come up here in the summer, and learning more French.
What are you listening to at the moment?
Nothing right now, surprisingly.
Do you like to have long hair or short hair?
I look horrible with long hair, even though I like it. So short hair, I guess.
Do you want to cut your hair?
Nah.
Are you in a good mood? If yes, Why?
Not really.
What does it mean when you’re being extremely quiet?
I’m brooding. Or I’m just mad at someone.
When was the last time you wanted to punch someone in their face?
Over the summer, haha.
How many hours did you sleep last night?
Like three.
What is wrong with you right now?
Everything, yo.
Did you ever waste too much time on a certain boy or girl?
Have…have you met me? Do you know the saga of Lead and how much time I wasted on that turd?
Are you slowly drifting away from someone?
Nope.
Are you waiting for something?
Kinda?
Do you watch “The Hills”?
I don’t even know what that is.
Last CD you Played?
Like, physical CD? Oh man. Um…whatever’s in the CD player of my boombox. Yes, I have a boombox.
What are you thinking about right now?
The future.
Wearing any bracelets?
I’m not a bracelet person, surprisingly.
What were you doing at midnight last night?
Making dinner?
Have you ever gone to a beach?
Yup.
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Oreo.
How long does it take you to get ready?
How pressed for time am I? I can spend like 20 minutes doing eyeshadow/eyeliner and highlighter or I can slam my face into my foundation powder and run out the door.
What are you wearing?
Stuff.
does the future make you nervous or excited?
Nervous. We don’t have that much time left when it comes to a world that’s not horrible climate-wise.
When was the last time you smiled?
I watched some Metalocalypse a bit ago.
AirPods for Me!
So when I got my phone the other day, I also decided to spring for some AirPods.
Because why not.
And dudes, they are GLORIOUS.
I didn’t think I really needed them, because a) I like my cheap-o Koss headphones well enough for outside music time, and b) I have the Bose and FREAKING SENNHEISER headphones for inside music time.
But I do like to talk to my mom sometimes when I’m out walking, and fiddling with the old wired Apple headphones was getting obnoxious (and mine are REALLY old, so they aren’t in the best shape).
So I got these.
And I love them!
They’re way more comfortable than the wired ones, infinitely more convenient, and have pretty great sound. Plus, I got mine a little silicone case, which had to be red to match my new phone.
Woo!
Cool? Creepy?
Kinda both.
I wonder how much work it was to 1) make those and 2) train people to use them so that they looked and acted real.
I also love the random shots of chaos and running in between everything else, haha.
Well, I got a new phone
I went to Market Mall this afternoon to pick up my snazzy new phone: an iPhone 13 mini! I originally wanted an iPhone 12 mini because I wanted that beautiful lavender color, but I got the (PRODUCT)RED color of the 13 mini and I’m digging it.
I can’t take a picture of it because the only thing I own that takes pictures is my new phone, haha, so have a pic from the Apple website:
Yay!
Well, my phone’s dead
It had to happen sooner or later.
My phone, an iPhone 8, has been through it. I’ve taken it on hundreds of walks and runs, many of which have been in very cold temperatures. Because of this (most likely), I’ve had some battery issues off and on, including days where my phone would go from 100% charged to 20% charged without me even using it.
Tonight, though, it finally crapped its last crap and died completely on me. The screen is completely dead. It will turn on, but the screen is black.
I was going to wait until the new year to get a new phone, but I guess this kind of forces the issue, haha. Luckily, I was able to order a phone online through apple.ca and get it delivered to the Apple Store at Market Mall. It will be available for pickup tomorrow afternoon, which is pretty freaking cool!
Now I just have to wait.
Edit: It’s so hard not to be able to call or text my mom, even for such a short period of time, haha.
Ozzie’s World
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS GAME
I played this a LOT, hahaha. I remember playing it when we lived out in Troy.
Got Lit?
Here is a super comprehensive dictionary of a wide variety of literary terms.
Y’know, in case you like that kind of stuff.
(I like that kind of stuff.)
My Weird-Ass Trudeau Dream
I’ve lived in Canada for over a decade in total now, so I’m OVERDUE when it comes to dreaming about the Prime Minister.
So here we go.
Me and a whole bunch of other people are hanging out in that ballroom on the second floor of the SUB at U of I (could there be a more random location for this? I think not). There’s some huge stage set up in the middle and it takes me a little bit of time before I realize that Justin Trudeau is just chilling in the room with us because he’s mostly been on the other side of the stage.
Then he grabs a microphone and announces that he wants to hold some sort of flash art contest in which participants will have about 15 minutes to make some sort of art related to a theme he gives us.
I have absolutely no inclination to participate in this, but my mom is there and she tells me she’s entered me into the contest so I have to make SOMETHING. I’m not too thrilled about this because I want to go home, but I comply and crap out some absolutely horrible piece of watercolor art in the last 30 seconds of the contest.
Trudeau goes around assessing all the artwork (there are like 100 people participating in this thing) and when he gets to mine he studies it for a minute and goes, “wow, that’s great! You go on to round two!”
And I’m like THERE’S A ROUND TWO?
Turns out that’s how the contest works. He picks his favorite [insert random number of] pieces and then those people go on to make another piece of art for another theme.
I still want to get this over with and go home, but as the contest goes on (and I keep moving on to the next rounds), I get really into it and want to make better and better art.
I’m in the 7th round and finishing a really good oil pastel drawing and I freaking wake up from the dream.
So did I win? WHO KNOWS! All I know is that Dream Trudeau really likes my Dream Art.
Weird.
Flamin’
This is super interesting, yo.
I’ve never had the Flamin’ Hot variety because I don’t like hot/spicy stuff, but I think even just regular Cheetos are pretty addictive. Love that powder.
It’s interesting what science (and greed) can do to our food.
Florida Man, Florida Man
Remember catalogs?
Like, catalogs you’d get in the mail and were (possibly) subscribed to?
I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems like that’s not really a thing anymore, or at least is not as big of a thing as it used to be.
We used to get a TON of catalogs in the mail when I was growing up. Especially my dad, because he was on the mailing lists for so many weird-ass things. I LOVED looking through them and wishing I could buy half the stuff in them, haha.
Here are a few I remember:
Pottery Barn Kids always had the COOLEST furniture and stuff.
(The irony of this being the blurriest image)
I LOVED this one. So many random things.
The memories, man. The memories.
Terrific Traffic
This is fun to play with. I like the four-way stop; you can create bedlam.
MLB Error Bracket
Hahaha, this is actually a great idea.
I remember a lot of these from the year.
Also, I’m getting “Jenny from the Block” vibes from “Ozuna from the Braves.”
“Don’t be fooled by my law-breaking rage
I’m still, I’m still Ozuna from the Braves”
Vlog?
I’ve wondered about this before (and have maybe posted about it, too), but I’m curious if I should try a week of vlogging rather than blogging. It’s essentially the same thing with different formats, right?
Pros of a Vlog Week:
- Variety!
- Easier to show you things that are hard to show via regular blogging
- I could still type up the transcripts so that I don’t technically skip a “traditional” blog
- I could include a lot of Pepper
Cons of a Vlog Week:
- It’s not technically blogging the same way I’ve been doing it, so I’m not sure if it would actually count
- You’d have to listen to my horrible voice
- There’s a chance you’d have to see my horrible face/body
- I’d have to type up the transcripts so that I don’t technically skip a “traditional” blog
- NOBODY CARES
So yeah, not sure if I’ll ever vlog. Blogging’s a dying art form, anyway; it needs at least one loyal adopter!
Eliminated
Sooooo that was disappointing. The Mets did SO GOOD this season and then fell behind the Braves in the division at the last minute.
Then just lost to the Padres in the wild card game.
Bleh.
Maybe next year.
I WANT CHEETOS
THAT’S THE WHOLE BLOG, BYE
Today has been a FRUSTRATING day
And I don’t feel like blogging.
So this is all you get.
Come fight me, I dare you.
Troisieme
So I ended up getting third place in our fantasy baseball league!
Not too bad for my first time I guess. It really helped that my team was like 75% Mets and the Mets had a good year. It’s going to be hard to pick a different set of dudes next year, but the odds that I’d be able to get the exact same set are pretty low.
Woo!
MCNEIL!
Well deserved. He was so good this year. Last year was an aberration. I’m so glad I picked him up for my fantasy team!
GIMME SOME WADDAH
I have vague memories of the markers mentioned here. Anyone else?
I don’t remember the crayons, though, but I was much more of a marker kid.
Also, these crayon names:
They’re all pretty great, but http://www.purple has got me laughing so hard. It’s just…it’s just http://www.purple. Is it a .com? Is it a .org? WHO KNOWS, BUT IT’S PURPLE
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