Everyday should be like Halloween.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

Getting all dressed up in costumes is fun.
This year I had two costumes.
On Friday night, one of the groups Erin is in had their semi-formal and it was obviously a costume party.
I was Hermione. Erin was a flapper.

Snape and I dueled.
And we did fun things like this:

On actual Halloween, I had a different costume in mind.
I posted about this earlier, like in August.
So, if you didn't figure out my idea then, here you go:

Yep. KStew herself.
I changed up my inspiration for what I was wearing.
Here you go:


The only thing I had to buy for this was the plaid shirt.
From the men's department at the thrift store.

Erin followed me around and was my paparazzi.



So, Erin went as a football player on actual Halloween.
And she asked me to braid her hair for her.
Well, as I was braiding, this was said:

Erin: You better make it look good.
Me: Whatever, you can do it yourself.
Erin: You know what?! I'm going to iron your KStew shirt!

Turns out, the shirt I bought was wrinkle-free.
Really, I didn't even look to see what size it was when I bought it.
I didn't figure that really mattered much.

Goodness, that was the best Halloween costume idea that I have ever had.

And this is a side note for all you fellas out there.
Putting on two polos with popped collars, wearing sunglasses, wearing a hat/visor with the bill to the side and going as a "tool" is not acceptable in my book.
I saw about 5 different guys wearing this same costume on Friday night.
However, dressing up as Dwight Schrute?
Two thumbs up.

Fooooootball

It's that time of the week again.
The time where I predict who will win the football games this weekend.
Now, last time I did this, I did amazing.
I only predicted two wrong.
The Chiefs lost (surprise surprise) and Washington lost (I don't really know if that is a surprise or not..)
So I'm thinkin my method is awesome.

Here we go.
My predictions of who is going to win based on which quarterback I like better.

Denver (Kyle Orton) vs. Baltimore (Joe Flacco): Denver (cause he has a beard....)
New York Giants (Eli Manning) vs. Philadelphia (Kevin Kolb): New York Giants
Houston (Matt Schaub) vs. Buffalo (Trent Edwards): Buffalo
Cleveland (Derek Anderson) vs. Chicago (Jay Cutler): Cleveland
Seattle (Matt Hasselbeck) vs. Dallas (Tony Romo): Dallas
Miami (Chad Pennington) vs. New York Jets (Mark Sanchez): New York Jets
San Fransisco (Shaun Hill) vs. Indianapolis (Peyton Manning): Indianapolis
St Louis (Marc Bulger) vs. Detroit (Matthew Stafford): Detroit
Oakland (JaMarcus Russell) vs. San Diego (Philip Rivers): Oakland
Jacksonville (David Garrard) vs. Tennessee (Kerry Collins): Jacksonville
Minnesota (Brett Farve) vs. Green Bay (Aaron Rodgers): Green Bay
Carolina (Jake Delhomme) vs. Arizona (Kurt Warner): Arizona
Atlanta (Matt Ryan) vs. New Orleans (Drew Brees): New Orleans (I found a picture of him with Carlton Banks. That is why I pick him.)

Note: I look all of these guys up on Google images. I find that better than looking at those awesomely bad pictures of them on nfl.com.

Another note: Some of these were hard to chose. In both the good and bad.

Twilight Commentary: Erin and Whitney Style

So my roommate Erin and I watched Twilight a while back.

And by "watched" I mean we had it playing and were only 3/4 paying attention.
Well, we decided that we needed to make our own commentary to the movie, so as we watched I wrote down little snippets of what we said.
Most of them were inappropriate.

Here are the best lines:

She just had an orgasm right there.


Angela: Seriously, don't waist your time..
Us: I'd waste my time...


He's totally gonna barf.


Well, looky there!


And Bella....Bella likes twizzlers.
(if you don't know where this is from, watch this.)


Edward: I'm on a very strict diet.
Us: It's probably marijuana.


B!tch, you better say it!


And I won't post our most inappropriate/controversial/scandalous one.
Erin went a little crazy.
After this part we got bored and kinda stopped.



Because I like you:


Note: We don't think Ed does marijuana...

I got all these lovely pictures from edwardandbella.net.
Check 'em out.

Ramblings

I'm chuck full of ideas.
OK, not really.
But I did come up with a brilliant one today.
Here it is:
Lately I have been wanting to cut down on my soda drinking.
I have also been wanting to buy a lot of new music.
Therefore, I am going to start saving up the money I would be using on soda to buy new music.
At the end of the month, I will add up the change and probably have enough to buy a some songs on iTunes or some cheap albums on Amazon.
It is a win-win situation!
Healthier with the no soda business.
Happier with the more musics business.
I need to get a jar.




I function better when I make a list of things I need to do.
So, sorry, but here is my list of what I have to accomplish soon.
Just bare with me. You can skip over this if you want.
-math homework (tonight)
-meet with Wilber (tomorrow)
-develop film (Wednesday)
-drawings for Fibers project (tonight/tomorrow morning)
-Fibers blog (tonight/tomorrow)
-study for Praxis (before Nov 14)
-Senior Seminar presentation (before December)
-Senior portfolio (before Nov 10)
-register for next semester classes (tomorrow)
-pay library fee (tomorrow)
-Education concept maps (weekend?)
-Education iMovie(weekend?)



The funniest thing ever happened in my class tonight.
There is this kid in my class that talks all. the. time.
A lot.
Well, today my professor called him out on it.
We were supposed to be reading this article quietly so we could discuss later.
Well, Talking Kid started talking again and my professor goes,
"You know, I bet your classmates would like it if you were quiet so they could read."
We all started laughing a lot.
Inside I wanted to cheer.



I'm totally into School of Wizardry on facebook.
You know how everyone plays that Farmville game??
Well, I said screw that cause my plants kept dying.
And now I play School of Wizardry.
Cause it is obviously cooler.
I'm a level 12 second year.
And I have a property.
I'm pretty cool.
Obviously.
I just read this:
"You made it to year two! You have a little more experience now, but beware there are still many unknowns. Don't forget to study and keep up your grades."
I like how it warns me to actually get off there sometimes and do my homework.
I may or may not post that story to MLIA.


Ok, going to go work on that list up there now.
Peace out Girl Scout.
Or Boy Scout, depending.

Letters

Dear Pandora Radio,
Hi. How come we didn't become friends a lot earlier? You are now one of my favorite websites. Just so you know.

Keep on rockin' them tunes,
Whitney

PS- This limited number of hours I can play music each month might be hard to maintain...

__________________________________________

Dear Robert Pattinson,
Hey. How's life? Today I found someone who didn't know your name. I seriously didn't think that was possible, seeing as you are everywhere I look. I mean, I can walk through WalMart and see your face on at least 10 different things. There are about 5 posters in the poster reel thingy, a Robert Pattinson calender, and not to mention the fact that every magazine has something about you on the cover. How could anybody not recognize your name?

See your face next time I walk through WalMarks,
Whitney

PS- Don't worry. When I told her you were Cedric Diggory, she knew exactly who you were. We're HP fans in these parts.

_________________________________________

Dear Ellen Degeneres,
Hi. I love you. And your show. I hear Robert Pattinson is going to be on in November again. I'm stoked. Last time he was on was one of my favorite interviews of him. I have one simple request for this time that he is on. Because, you see, I feel that this time he will be familiar with the concept of your show. I just ask that you get him to dance. Because who doesn't want to see that cat dance it up? I mean, even his dad was dancing last time around. Just a little jig is all I'm asking for.

I'm counting on you,
Whitney

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Dear Robert Pattinson,
I know. You're getting two letters on one post. Feel special. Did you read what I just told Ellen there?? You should remember that. Because Ellen is big on dancing. One of the great things I love about her. And normally the guests she has on the show will do a little dance when they come out. I'm just sayin. Give us a little something. You can take dance lessons from your dad if you need to.

Looking forward to seeing you break it down,
Whitney

____________________________________________

Dear Math,
Yeah....I still don't like you.....

Grrrrrrr,
Whitney

You play American football??

(If you can name where the post title is from, you get a high five.)

So, I wanna start this new thing.
I love watching football.
On the professional level, I don't really have a team.
And I don't really pay attention to what teams are good and which are bad (ahem...the chiefs..)
But I want to start predicting who will win the games each week.
But I will do it my own way.

At my mom's work, sometimes she gets in on the football pot.
And while all the men pick based on actual stats and stuff, my mom picks her teams based on their colors and the uniforms.
She would pick the team with the manliest colors or the one with the better uniform.
I actually think she won a couple of times.

I, however, will pick based on the quarterback.
Which ever quarterback I like better is the team I will pick.
I know I'm kinda starting this in mid-season, but oh well.
It will still be fun.
So here we go:
(note: I just went to nfl.com for the first time ever..)

Green Bay (Aaron Rodgers) vs Cleveland (Derek Anderson): Green Bay (Rodgers is my momma's maiden name..)
San Diego (Philip Rivers) vs Kansas City (Matt Cassel): Chiefs (come on KC...I'm countin on ya to win two weeks in a row)
Indianapolis (Peyton Manning) vs St Louis (Marc Bulger): Indianapolis

New England (Tom Brady) vs Tampa Bay (Byron Leftwich): New England (Taylor would kill me if I picked other wise....)

Minnesota (Brett Favre) vs Pittsburgh (Ben Roethlisberger): Pittsburgh (He has a cooler name..)
San Fransisco (Shaun Hill) vs Houston (Matt Schaub): Houston
Buffalo (Trent Edwards) vs Carolina (Jake Delhomme): Buffalo
New York Jets (Mark Sanchez) vs Oakland (JaMarcus Russell): New York Jets
Chicago (Jay Cutler) vs Cincinnati (Carson Palmer): Cincinnati
Atlanta (Matt Ryan) vs Dallas (Tony Romo): Dallas
New Orleans (Drew Brees) vs Miami (Chad Pennington): New Orleans
Arizona (Kurt Warner) vs New York Giants (Eli Manning): Arizona
Philadelphia (Kevin Kolb) vs Washington (Jason Campbell): Washington

I just have to share this with you

The other day I was showing my friend Amanda the New Moon trailer.
And since Taylor was there, and he is oh so interested in New Moon now, he got to watch too.
While we were waiting for the video to load, Taylor and I had the following exchange of words:

ME: Taylor Lautner is pretty hot for a 17 year old.
HIM: You know, they put people in jail for that.

Ahh well.
During the trailer he also commented on the fact that Jacob wasn't wearing a shirt most of the time.
No worries, I informed him that there was a lot of half-nakedness in the movie.
Including a little bit from Rob...



You know what I bought the other day?
Oh, just the New Moon soundtrack.
Yep, went out and snatched it up on Friday.
I could have snatched it up on Thursday, since the B-town WalMarks put it out a day early.
But, sadly, I didn't bring my debit card in with me.
No worries. I just went back Friday.




I have a busy week ahead of me.
Projects due, take GRE Saturday, ugh
This is my schedule for the remainder of the week:
Tuesday (today)
morning-noon: Fibers project
noon-1:30: lunch, go turn in my math homework
1:30-4:30: Fibers class; work on project
4:30-6: stay and continue working on fibers project
6: dinner
7-bedtime: fibers project

Wednesday:
8:30-11:20: PE and Photography classes
11:30-1:30: lunch, get ready for going to Illinois
1:30-3: Math class
3:30: pick Erin up from class, head to Illinois for funeral
After returning home: finish anything on fibers project

Thursday:
Morning: finish Fibers project if needed
1:30-4:30: Fibers class; turn in project
4:30: Fibers Club meeting
5-bedtime: dinner, study for GRE, watch The Vampire Diaries

Friday:
8:30-11:20: PE and Photography classes
11:30-12:30: lunch
12:30-2: Go take pictures
2-7: Study GRE
7-9: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!
9-10:30: Study for GRE
10:30: Bed time (that is the earliest I have ever been to bed on a Friday...you'll see why)

Saturday
7:30 AM: Go take GRE
After GRE: take nap
4: Emily's wedding

Alright, I'm already behind schedule.
Remember the times when I didn't feel tired all the time?!
Yeah, those were good times..

Photog

So you know how I'm in a photography class this semester?

Well, I am.
And I love it.
We use 35 mm black and white film and get to develop and print our pictures ourselves.
We're just getting around to having our first project due, so I thought I would share some of my pictures with you.
Cool?
Cool.

For the semester, we had to pick a theme that we wanted to take pictures of for the whole semester.
I chose to go to thrift and antique stores and take pictures of what I find in there.
Here you go:That Spiderman one...yeah it's my favorite.
And my professor loves it too.
Spiderman is the greatest...

The last one isn't done yet.
I still have some work to do to it.

Now, I have to just pick 4 of these pictures to turn in.
I can't decide if I want to just pick the 4 that I have finished, or if I want to work some more on that last one and not turn in a different one..


Eventually, I'll get pictures of my fibers projects up here.
My first project for the semester was just an experimental piece, and it does not look good, so you don't get to see it.
This next project that I'm working on is lookin pretty good, so I'll take pictures of it when it is finished.

Oh, I just built a fort on Friday. What did you do?

Erin and I were home by ourselves on Friday night.

So, instead of going out on the Friday of Homecoming week like every other college student on campus, we stayed home and built a fort.
It was the best decision we have ever made.

Check it:
(Ignore our awesomely plaid furniture. We're poor college students who will take what we get.)

Erin is excited about upcoming fun in the fort:

And now for a trip inside:

We watched Dirty Dancing.
Obviously a great movie.
P. Swayze had some awesome dance skills.



Fort essentials:
Harry Potter coloring book and coloring supplies (crayons and colored pencils)
Food (waffle fries)
Computer (optional)

Notes:
Yes, we slept in the fort on Friday night.
Yes, we are 21 and 22 years old.

We got up on Saturday morning and decided to not go to the Homecoming parade.
We thought it was a better idea to sleep in warmth than go and freeze our rumps off watching cars drive by.




PS: Y'all, it is freezing here.
I'm pretty sure it is going to snow soon.
Cause, you know, I have awesome skills and can tell when it is going to snow, and I'm tellin ya that it is.
It is freakin October, and I'm not ready for snow.
I would really like to not have to break out the snow boots yet.
Poop.

Carry on!

Here lately I haven't really been watching all that much tv.

I'm just too busy with school and all to actually sit down and watch a show.
And what I usually do watch is just Home Improvement when I'm home for lunch.
Or Ellen when I'm getting ready.
However, I have designated Thursday night as TV Night.
Here is my Thursday night TV schedule:



7:00 pm: The Vampire Diaries
I've talked before on here about my new love for this show.
And Stefan Salvatore.



8:00 pm: The OfficeOh My Gosh!
Jim and Pam!
They're getting married!
I have never been more excited for two fictional characters to get together since Ron and Hermione.



9:00 pm: Project Runway
Tim Gunn: Please be my best friend.
And give me fashion tips.
But please don't knock my bad style/sweatpants.



PS- Go HERE for something fun I wrote.

A little something for your ears

Listening to music is one of my favorite things to do.
And I LOVE to discover bands/singers/whatever.
Sometimes I like to go on the iTunes store and get the free single of the week.
Cause, hey, if I don't like it then at least it was free.
And I'm not out that dollar it would have cost me.

So, anyways, I like music. A lot of music. And now I would like to share with you who I have been lovin on lately.

1) Paramore
Um, hi, you are amazing.
I love a good rock band with a girl involved.
And Hayley Williams is all kinds of awesome and cute.
Their drummer is fantastic.
Normally, I don't really pay that much attention to the drummers, but that is really hard to do with Paramore.
Cause he wins at life.
I bought their new CD the other day.
Awesome.
Listen to: That's What You Get, Misery Business, crushcrushcrush

2) Kings of Leon
I just started listening to them.
I had heard of them for a while, then heard their greatness on the MTV Movie Awards, and decided to check them out.
I'm glad I did.
Every time I hear Spiral Staircase I want to jump around dancing.
Listen to: Sex on Fire, California Waiting, Spiral Staircase

3) The Black Keys
Alright, I'm not gonna lie to you with how I discovered these guys.
I found Rob Pattinson's playlist he made for iTunes, and these guys were on there.
So I looked them up on Myspace, and now I'm in love.
Their song Strange Times was on The Vampire Diaries a couple weeks ago and I freaked out a little.
Listen to: The Lengths (this was the one was the one on Rob's list), I Got Mine, Strange Times

4) Sam Bradley
This guy is a friend of Rob's.
You like how I mentioned him there like he was my best friend or something??
Anyways, back to Sam Bradley.
He co-wrote the song Never Think that Rob sings in Twilight.
Plus, he has a lot more songs that are fantastic.
Look him up on Myspace.
Listen to: She Moves Me, Too Far Gone, That's How Strong My Love Is

5) Laura Marling
I love this girl's voice.
She has that folksy, acoustic thing going for her that I like.
Listen to: Love Me Then Leave Me, It's Only My Opinion, Ghosts That Broke My Heart

6) Patty Griffin
She's like Laura Marling, in that she has that folksy thing going for her that I am starting to love.
Really awesome.
Listen to: Burgundy Shoes, Let Him Fly, Rain

7) Iron and Wine
I heard Flightless Bird, American Mouth on the Twilight soundtrack and that's all it took for me to look up more Iron and Wine.
Greatness.
Listen to: Boy With a Coin; Naked As We Came; Flightless Bird, American Mouth

8) Van Morrison
I have just rediscovered my love for him.
I think it was when I looked at Rob's playlist, cause Van is on there a couple times I think.
Brown Eyed Girl is on of my mom's favorite songs.
She says it reminds her of my sister, cause she has brown eyes (obviously..).
I wonder what song reminds my momma of me....
Listen to: Crazy Love, Sweet Thing, Tupelo Honey


So there you go.
I just mentioned 8 of my favorite musical artists.
And supplied you with, what, 24 songs.
That would make a super cool playlist.

Peace.