Sterling.

This is a really random, on the spot post. But I just found something out and needed to share.

I've decided that if I ever have a son, I want to name him Sterling. I think it's such a cool name!

Me thinking of this probably stemmed from the fact that I'm currently rereading The Hunger Games series (I'm getting ready to finish Catching Fire tonight) and I picture Peeta looking something like Sterling Knight.

As I was thinking of naming my currently-non-existent son Sterling, I got to wondering what Sterling Knight's full name is. I mean, I have to think of some middle name to go with this. So I head over to imdb and find out that his full name is, are you ready for this?

Sterling Sandmann Knight.

Is this for real? Is his for real middle name Sandmann? That's pretty freaking sweet. Best. Name. Ever.

I'm picturing my mother's face after I tell her that her grandson is going to be named Sterling Sandmann. HA! She would die.

Ok, his name won't be Sterling Sandmann. But it will be Sterling.

k, bye.

Cleaning out the camera.

In anticipation of my upcoming trip to Hogwarts, I mean Florida, I thought I needed to clear out my camera memory card.

Wanna see some photos?? Too bad, you're going to anyways. HA!



The first picture ever taken of Luna on the day I got her. She's a lot more fluffy now.



I once went to this little flea market and when I walked out of the building, this was what I saw. Can I please buy this house and live here?



This picture is really really old. Erin and I drew this little situation on the board in the study room when we lived in the dorms. Fun times.



And this was written by Kaitlin when we lived in our first apartment. Aka, The Dungeon. Anyways, both of us were just reading Twilight. And were excited for our high school homecomings.



I once had to leave Luna in the bathroom for a bit while I went out because the maintenance dudes were supposed to be stopping by. When I got back, she had wrecked havoc on the clothing I had piled up in the bathroom.



These are 12, yes 12, forks that I found in my purse when I was cleaning it out the other day. The fact that I had 12 forks stashed in my purse and still had enough to eat with for a long time should tell you something about the amount of silverware I own.



My sister took this picture when Mom and her came to visit. I was in the shower, Mom came running to tell me that there was a goose on my fence, and Abby then photographed it.



Also while they were here, we went to a Princess Diana exhibit at Union Station. Mom's a big fan. It was really pretty cool. They had stuff from her childhood, and lots of her dresses. Including HER WEDDING DRESS. Seriously, it was crazy. I thought Mom was going to die.


Well, that was fun.

Also, remember how I started that Photo A Day project at the beginning of the year and was making it my new year's resolution? Well, let me just start off by saying that I never keep a new year's resolution. Including this one. I started off good, and then there were days when I forgot to take a picture, and then a day turned into a week, and....well you get the point. Maybe I'll start up again sometime. We'll see.

K, bye!

Kind of a funny story.

I hope people google that movie title and end up here. Ha!

Anyways, on to the story.

When I moved to the city, I brought what I thought was my sewing machine. As in, I picked up my sewing machine case, felt that something was in it, assumed it was my machine, and went with it. When I went to actually use my machine, I found this.



This is not my machine. It is my mom's. And while I would totally be ok with using Mom's sewing machine, as you can tell from the photo, there is no sewing foot.

You see, I used this machine for my art projects my last semester because it worked better with the technique I was using than my newer computer. And when I was sewing on it I had to use a different foot. And now I don't remember where I put the normal one. Whoooops.

So, after work the other day I went and talked to the sewing machine people to see about getting a new foot so that I could actually sew the pillows I have fabric for. And then this convo went down:

Me: I have a really old Singer machine and I need a new foot for it.
Dude: How old is the machine?
Me: Well, I'm 23. And I'm pretty sure it's older than me.
Dude: .......Ooooook!

But seriously, this machine is older than me. And works just fine. As long as I can get a foot.

Turns out he didn't have any feet in stock for it, so I would have to order. But, apparently I can just remove a part from my machine, attach it to this one, and then use the feet from my new machine.

That would be a lot useful if I had my sewing machine with me. But then I would probably just use it instead. So now I still can't sew those throw pillows.

Best way to eat ice cream.

It is also probably the weirdest. Just stick with me here.

1. Scoop ice cream into bowl.


2. Insert into microwave.


3. Microwave for 20 seconds.


4. Stir.


5. Enjoy!


My cousin, sister and I have been eating ice cream like this for a long long while. Everytime we would go out to our grandparents' house for the night (which was pretty much every other Saturday) we would always have a bowl of ice cream. And this is how we would eat it.

Yummmmmmmm....

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.

A Dose of Random

I haven't done one of these for a while.
Should be fun.

So I had a whole week off a while ago.
And I did watch all the Harry Potter movies.
Except I'm pretty sure I fell asleep in the middle of all of them.
My sister and I wouldn't start them until about midnight.
And this old lady **points to self** can't stay up that late apparently.
So I would end up watching the last half of the movie the next day.

The fourth was fun.
Mom and I went wine tasting after the parade.
And Mom bought some wine.
Then we walked uptown for a while.
And I bought some homemade bread from the Amish.
So we went home that day with wine and homemade bread.
I told Mom that all we needed was some cheese.

I found out on my birthday that Rupert Grint had the swine.
I get a voice message from Erin that goes:
"Hey. Happy birthday. Also, Rupert Grint has swine flu."
Alright, maybe not exactly like that.
But along those lines.
Turns out, he's fine.
Good deal.

You know who was in St Louis last week?
Paramore.
You know who wasn't in St Louis last week?
Me.
:(

I booked the Chicago trip!!
I am super duper excited!
And, I just reserved my Half Blood Prince tickets!
This month is the greatest!!

My sister got me Breaking Dawn for my birthday.
I have been reading some of it before I go to bed.
And, I got her the music from Twilight so she could learn how to play Bella's Lullaby.
I was only slightly embarrassed when I had to ask, like, 5 people in Barnes and Noble where I could find it.
She has learned how to play part of it though.

I bought me some fabric so I could make curtains for my bedroom.
I'm pretty sure I could stay in JoAnn's Fabric Store all day.
I only had a limited time though.

I'm out.
Peace.

A Dose of Random

When Mom and I went to our work out class the other day, we worked out to High School Musical songs.
Not even kidding.
Nothing motivates you to work out and get skinny like the image of Zac Efron in your head.
Is it weird that I knew some of the words, and I've never really seen the movie??


I downloaded some Kings of Leon the other day.
And now I am in love.
I would be OK with them joining Sam Bradley some days for his "singing to me everyday".
Discovering music pretty much makes my day.


At work, the head of my department sewed through her finger.
Like, the needle broke inside her finger.
I'm getting light-headed just thinking about it.


We have apparently adopted a kitten.
The other day Mom and I heard a kitten outside and now it sticks around.
Because Mom keeps feeding her.
Mom's fiance called her Agnus, so that is her name now.
She hasn't been around for a while though.


I found this super cute swimming suit at the Wal-Marks yesterday.
And I have decided that if I can stick to this little diet/exercise thing I've got going on for the next couple weeks, I am going to buy it for myself.


I feel the need to explain the "Wal-Marks" term.
You see, that's what my 90 year old great-grandpa calls Wal-Mart.
Why, I'll never know.
But I liked it, so that's what I call it now.


Taylor told me he knew what he was going to get me for my birthday already.
When I asked him if it was the Edward Cullen doll, he said it was "better than Edward Cullen".
I'm not sure what that is.
For him it could be anything.
For me, the list is slightly (a lot) smaller.
I guess we'll see come July 5.


Mom told me the other day that I "had no style".
This is coming from the same woman who called me Bohemian.
Which I am not.


I wanna watch a movie....

A Dose of Random

It is time for another installation of my random posts.

I know you are excited.
I even came up with a nifty little title.
Schweet.


You see this scarf?

I made that sucker.
I'm a pretty awesome weaver.


Work sucks.
I've been having to work 10 hour days.
It le sucks.
I'll be happy when I can get me a big person job.
And by "big person job", I mean one where I can actually use my degree.
And one where I get my summers off.


I had a combined Harry Potter-Twilight nerd moment at work today.
For some reason, Jacob Black was on my mind.
And werewolves.
And I have came to the conclusion that Jacob Black is more of an Animagus than a werewolf.
Cause, you know, he can decide when he turns into a wolf and all.
I'm still trying to figure out how this topic arrived in my head....


I'm listening to my iTunes, and I have no idea where this song came from.
I am not familiar with this tune.
A while ago, I came across Robert Pattinson's playlist and I may have downloaded a few of the songs on there.
Maybe that's where I got this.
It does sound like some other stuff he had on there..

When I was moving schtuff in K-ville, I talked to some Mormon dudes.
They seemed pretty cool.
They helped me get my ginormous painting into my car.
Then we started talking about religion.
I told them I was Catholic.
(When I told Mom about this part, she asked if they turned right around.)
(They didn't.)
I think they are going to bring me a free Book of Mormon.
Cause I told them it sounded interesting.
I like to learn what other people believe in sometimes.
When they asked me if I knew much about their religion, my first thought was
"Stephanie Meyer is Mormon."
I didn't tell them that though.


Backstreet Boys pretty much rock my socks.
...except I'm not wearing socks..
Cause it is summer time.


Sunday, I attempted to do my "read a book in a day" thing.
Didn't happen.
It almost did. I only had like 100 pages of Twilight left.
What happened was this:
I got tired of reading in my room, so I went to the living room.
You know, change of scenery.
Anywhoosits, my momma had Dirty Dancing on the tv.
And I became distracted.
I tried to read and watch at the same time...
but then Edward Cullen started taking on the likeness of Patrick Swayze.
Which, I mean, P. Swayze is pretty hot in that movie.
I'm just sayin'.


You know what I like?
This may sound weird.
But this is a random post. So it is OK.
Anyhooters, I really like the feeling of concrete on your feet.
I don't know why.


Ma seester (my sister) is in Chicago.
I'm just a little jealous.
I told her to pick me up some "literature" on the HP Exhibit when she goes to the Museum of Science and Industry.
And I may or may not have told her to take a picture of the entrance...


So one of my friends (you know who you are..) is crazy.
We were watching the American Idol finale and texting each other our thoughts.
(We're obviously cool people.)
Keith Urban comes on and sings with that Kris dude.
(I haven't really be watching this season so I don't know his last name..)
I texted her and said, "I love me some Keith Urban."
She replied with, "I'd rather hear him sing than talk. Don't like his accent."
Now, I have heard this before from her.
About a man named Robert Pattinson.
Now, for me, an accent can heighten the level of hotness.
Australians, Brits, and the Irish all get bumped up a notch or two on the scale.
Apparently, that is not the case for all...
(Note: She did say Rob's was growing on her. Good deal, Lucille.)
(Sub note: My friend's name isn't Lucille. I just like to rhyme from time to time.)


I have the song "Fancy" by Reba McEntire stuck in my head...

Sweet niblets.

Remember the other day when I had that really random post??
Yeah, I thought that was fun, so I'm gonna do it again.

It is summer!!
Woot Woot.

I got burnt at my sister's track meet the other day.
My face is all sorts of red.
As are my hands.
What makes it really good is that I was wearing my super cool aviator sunglasses.
I kept asking people if my face was red.
Their response every time was no.
I get home....my face is red.
LIARS!!
Oh well...I gots the aloe vera stored up in the fridge.

I want a cake by Duff Goldman.
You know, the Ace of Cakes guy.
Them cakes are at least $1000 though.
Good grief.

We went to see Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
It was only alright.
Matty was not shirtless near enough.

They showed the HP trailer before the movie.
I don't think I breathed the entire time.
I'm so freaking excited.
After the trailer, I heard this behind me:

Woman1: I don't like fantasy. It just isn't my genre.
Woman2: How can we be friends?

I have often thought that regarding my own friends.....



My mom and sister watch Brothers and Sisters every week.
My sister is currently cracking up laughing at this line:
This place is nuttier than a fruit cake.

and I just chuckled at this line:
So much for being Switzerland.

cause it reminded me of Twilight.



I started works at my new summer job today.
It went alright.
I just marked fabric and cut out things today.
It was a lot different than my last summer job.
The job I've had the last couple summer, I've had to work with men.
Now I work with women.
The men are more fun I think.


You know that creeper guy that has been roaming around town?
We have named him Ted.
Cause it sounds like Ed.


My wireless internets have not been working here at home.
So I have to plug in to Mom's internet.
Pain in the buttocks.


When I was packing to come home Friday, I packed a box that I named the
"box o'awesomeness."
Cause it really was.
The only things I could fit in there were Harry and Twilight schtuffs.
The contents were:
6 Harrys (the 7th couldn't fit)+ 3 Twilights (I don't have Breaking Dawn)+ 5 HP movies+ 1 Twilight movie+ 1 Driving Lessons movie (for extra good measure)


I gots to go.
Ma sister needs the internets.
I need to think of a catchy title for this here randomness series.
Any good thoughts???

Fun times

This is going to be a really random post. It is pretty much gonna just be things that come up in my head as I sit here and do other things.

So my roommate and I are really fun people.
I'm pretty sure people think we are drunk when we are, in fact, sober.
We tend to be loud and obnoxious.
And I take delight in that.
Yesterday and Sunday, we did funny skips/walks in the parking lot after eating free finals week donuts on campus.
Yesterday, we specifically parked in the back of the parking lot so we had more room to do our funny skips/walks.
Cause we are cool people.

I made a beanstalk for my fibers project.
That's right, I now have a 14 foot long fabric beanstalk. It is pretty sweet.
I have extra leaves.

Oliver Wood is my background on my computer. Just so you know.
He is one of the underrated Hotties of Hogwarts I feel.
You know, along with Ron and Cedric and Seamus and Draco and Harry.
Any more come to mind??

I'm watching Harry Potter right now, as a matter of fact.
Goblet of Fire to be more specific.
Cause it is my favorite.
And not just because of Cedric.
I actually really like the Triwizard Tournament.
And this is the one where all hell breaks loose.

Speaking of HP, Kaitlin and I were discussing the various deaths in this here series and who's death made us cry.
We mentioned, you know, Sirius and that death in book 6 (I'll keep it spoiler free for those of you who are just movie watchers. shame shame. ..although I was once like you (and I liked to do the wild thing. haha good song).)
Anyways, I mentioned how I still cry when Cedric dies.
My roommate's reaction when like this: weird look, followed by "I don't give a crap about Cedric."
I about had a heart attack!
Ok, maybe not, but still.
I replied with "But like, he's dead and Harry is scared and Voldemort is back and...it is just really emotional."
Cause it is.
(Just so you know, according to my spell checker-thing on Firefox, Voldemort is spelled wrong. As is Triwizard. ...Firefox just doesn't know...)

I gots me a job interview tomorrow!! Woot woot! Wish me luck.

After we did funny walks/skips in the parking lot, we decided to drive around and listen to Electric Avenue.
Really loudly.
And we danced.
Cause you know, we're cool people remember.

I have been letting my hair go curly here lately.
It is weird. My hair normally is just straight, and here lately it has been going wavy/curly.
If I knew that all it would take would be some mousse and hairspray I would have been doing this a long time ago.
It sure is a lot easier than straightening it.
Taylor likes it.
He told me.

I am going to Chicago this summer.
For reals.
We're going to the Museum of Science and Industry for the Harry Potter exhibit.
I'm super duper excited.
As long as I get to see Ron Weasley's Yule Ball get-up, it will be a successful trip.

haha Filch running pretty much makes my day. and Barty Crouch Sr. has a Hitler-stash.

You know what is really neato??
Rupert Grint has an ice cream truck.
I really hope he, like, drives it around England.
That's the coolest, most random thing ever.
For this reason, among others, we should be friends.

Well, sorry for the most random blog post in the history of blog posts. I'm sure you enjoyed it though.
I'm off.
Peace.