12. spring//finals week

finals weekend/week was surprisingly...more than bearable. i actually have enjoyed the last few days:

friday//i moved out. that was surprisingly tiring but it felt so nice to say "peace out!" to the roomies. i left a few things there that i'm going have to pick up. after that, i came home with michelle in tow and we did our astronomy study guide. we went to stir crazy and got it done by like 9:30. then i did all my art history flashcards after she left and let's just say i was going a little mad.

saturday//probably the worst of these past couple of days, and not even that bad. i didn't do all that much studying (i had been really on top of it in the past week so i was able to chill) but a combination of shitty things kind of piled out. i ended my night with "drag me to hell," which i saw with my parents and sissy. although i was scared out of my mind while i was watching it, it was really well done and scary.

sunday//even though i had a final the next day, i did a lot on sunday. i went out to coffee with gigi, which was really nice. we walked over to stir crazy and talked to a strange guy, drank tea and felt the nice breeze. after that whoopi and ron picked me up and we went to wingstop. it was delicious! we brought it back to my house and watched the end of the laker game, which was exciting. then i booked it over to UCLA to pick up some cec people. we all went to yogurtland, the whole speakers staff from the year. joanne paid as a thanks to everyone, and we had a great time. i can't until i'm legit on staff next year. finally, i went the the 2N party that was being held at kip's apartment. it was wine and cheese, which was nice. but the party was a little lame, and i didn't get to see everyone i wanted. i did get to see my RAs, which was a lot of fun. me and michelle left around 12:30 and i got a good nights sleep before my final

monday//i had my astronomy final! i think it went well. i knew at least half of the questions for sure and i was able to make pretty educated guesses on the rest. i'll probably find out about it in the next couple days.

today//i had my art history final today, and i think it went really well! with each essay question i felt like i knew more and more about what the TA wanted from me. i know i'll get an A in the class. then i went to pick up laynie at the airport (after circling about 5 times around) and here we are, hanging out on my bed as if it hasn't been almost a year. ok yogurtland! byeee

11. spring//week 10

i've actually had a good week!

monday-spent the day doing my paper, went to pinkberry with mom. spent the night at home

tuesday-drove to school, learned about dada in art history and the big bang in astronomy. i also got my modernity paper in art history and got an A-. go me! then later that night i hung out with ron and whoopi

wednesday-no class! woohoo. i woke up and walked murphy, it was nice because i had a chance to read my book, i cant wait until i have more time to do that during the summer. then i came home and spent the day inside, it was really nice actually. i had lunch and then i finished my music in LA paper. i think it turned out really well, i'm pretty proud of it. then i printed out all the thumbnails for my art history notecards, i felt very accomplished for the day.

thursday-drove to school and had really boring classes. i had lunch with nigel, lisa, megan and casey at covel and we had long bitchy talks. then i rushed back to my dorm and straightened my hair to go to an internship interview! it's for an art gallery and we'll see if i get it. who knows, but i find out today. then gigi came to ucla for dinner and we saw 500 days of summer, courtesy of cec sneaks. it was really good! i loved it. i basically crashed last night because i was incredibly tired.

now i'm in class and waiting to do my music presentation, and then to turn in my paper. i'm having lunch with michelle and then i'm moving out!! so excited. and then michelle is coming to my house so that we can work on our astronomy study guide. woo!

9. --days

so i pretty much figured out what i have to do, and what i thought was right, was wrong. so oh well, that's okay.

i finish my freshman year in 9 days. i'm not really feeling nostalgic, or reflective. i'm just glad to be done with the emotionally draining year that i had. i'm trying to think back to my freshman year of high school, if it was this bad. i don't think it was but i do remember each year of hs getting better and better. so i look forward to improving my life in september.

until then, i have the summer to get through. internship, friends, etc. laynie is coming the day of my last final and i'm looking forward to that.

but let's just get through the last 9 days before anything.

6. going

friday night was spent with gigi and sarah, we went to chipotle and stared at the sad sacks eating there, we ran into julia too. so she sat with us and it was really nice to reminisce on the complete ridiculousness that was high school. then me and gigi and sarah went back to gigi's house to talk some more, it all felt good and right.
saturday i went shopping and scored at the nordstrom sale, but my mom isn't letting me bring my new clothes back to my dorm (understandably so, i have so much shit that i need to bring home).
and that's about the only things that were remarkable about my weekend, or at least worth looking back at.
i have 2 more weeks to get through and i keep realizing that 2 weeks until i'm done=2 weeks until laynie comes to visit. can't wait for that, we are going to have such a great time. taura left for berlin early this morning and i'm already missing her.
the amount of shit that i need to do in the next week, just to PREPARE to begin studying for finals is kind of ridiculous. but i'm ready to face it and get it all over with.

4. finallyyyyy

so this weekend was all work and no play. or maybe a little play. but sitting at my dining room table for hours while i killed myself over this essay for art history that was on baudelaire and modernity and painters and mary cassatt and auguste renoir was not tight. but ANYWAYS. i'm finally done and i don't LOVE the essay but i'll get a B or better.

last night i walked over to gigi's house and we shared a couple bottles of wine between the two of us and had a really nice talk. we discussed everything that had happened in our lives since we last saw each other (in march) and it was really refreshing to be with her. she's known me since 10th grade and that's a lot more than what i can say for everyone else that i trust at the moment. so hearing her opinion on my life just seems to be a reflection of who i was and how i have evolved. and so it gave me a really fresh perspective.

i got a 91% on my astronomy midterm and i did not do all that studying. needless to say i am very relieved and i reallyyy wish that i could minor in astrophysics. sadly that isn't offered. and to make matters worse i saw star trek today (which was AWESOME) and i was like, well maybe i could minor in just physics? but THAT isn't offered either. so i'll just stick with math.

i emailed the woman today about the internship (which i was supposed to hear about on saturday) and she said she would call me tomorrow. sooo now i have to wait until tomorrow afternoon. but i can take just one more day.

bedtime? yes.

2. getting too much and not enough done

i just got back from seeing "angels and demons" and i'm pretty sure that i had about 3 heart attacks during the whole movie. it was cool that i was able to identify most of the sculptures and paintings and churches they referenced, so props to professor black from winter quarter. also, i always find it really fascinating to learn about the history of religion and whatnot so i enjoyed it. it makes me want to watch the history channel or documentaries of some sort, or maybe read some books.

i really want to read more books this summer. i know i always say that and the fact of the matter is that i have a lot of shit going on this summer, but i hope that i can at least pick up something.

i guess i have a lot of standards for summer, and a lot of expectations for myself. i have a fear of actually writing them all down because then it will be all the more apparent that i won't get shit done. but whatever.

in other news, i'm waiting to hear about the results from my recent astronomy midterm. i'm also on pins and needles to see if i get that third internship at mannin jewelry. i really think that i could get a lot out of this job, and perhaps it could lead to something in the fall. i really liked the owner and the studio was just so cute. so hopefully i'll hear about both of those tomorrow.