Today I depart for another day-trip to Austin. This one will involve:
-Rilo Kiley love-fest
-hopefully a Whole Foods/Heaven trip. once i read a live blog of a whole foods trip, which seems like such a fantastic idea for so many reasons.
-having some quality some girl talk, esp. appropriate since i bought teen deodorant last week. i'm such a sucker for anything sparkly.

lately i've enjoyed reading this:
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/breakfast/47393/

RIP tastespotting. I'll miss you.

modest goals for summer 2008

1. pass community college (irony!!!)
2. become a moderate-to-good cook (i currently classify myself as "okay", with a few exceptions-pro: veggie lasagna, pear cake. con: the first time i made veggie burgers, circa 2007).
3. don't annoy/become annoyed with pii cordinator jennifer scalora
4. continue my quest of being a well-read individual (temporarily on hiatus after the completion of 2.5 books, a pretty respectable number so far).
5. don't spend all my money on: granola bars, gasoline, and ikea impulse buys (i do NOT need that little tree-shaped jewlery organizer, no matter how precious/inventive it may appear).

the urge to update this beast has been MIA as of late.

today i was watching e! true hollywood story of "keeping up with the kardashians" (double shame, judge away), and at one point, the narrator was divulging the history of the infamous daughters, when he said something to the extent of, "courtney wanted to go to college, but kim and chloe were ready to enter the real world." for some reason, this legitimately infuriated me. i'm sure it was just a simple slip of the writer, who wouldn't intentionally bash the necessity of college, but nonetheless i just grew so disgusted at the American pop culture scene. what has society come to that watching uneducated party girls schmooze their way through life is the entertainment norm? why do i watch (and, gasp, sometimes enjoy???) this utter trash without realizing it? i haven't started pumping my fist, shouting "brainwash!" just yet, but give me time. this land is my land.

i'm overwhelmed.

currently listening to "candle in the wind" (original version)

not the princess diana version, gross.

yesterday brittany mcfalls and i watched collectively 1 hour of online david sedaris book readings. "jesus shaves" (twice) and "six to eight black men." (both of which i've listened to multiple times before. i have no life.)

here is a Larabar bar i ate earlier in Ginger Snap:

this is america!

reoccuring themes of summer '08 (so far):
1. i don't like to wash my hair
2. food network (+every day italian, - ina garten. don't get me started on rachael ray).
3. instant pudding made with soymilk.
4. acting like/mocking my father


today i went on a few local outings. they involved a trip to 2 thrift stores (catholic church & goodwill), walmart, and the bike platz (i couldn't make that name up if i tried). the church thrift store is new, not quite up to par. i tried on 2 pairs of pants that i LOVED but unfortunately they were too big. goodwill today outstandingly managed to portray a spectrum of society's downfalls. As i entered, a 5-year-old boy who weighed more than me with a rat's tail (!!!!!) zoomed past me on a mini-bicycle (a risk for both me + bicycle). Later, a woman who i could have SWORN was Mrs. Dorfman (circa sophomore year high school speech teacher) held up the check-out line as she chattered incessantly (and incorrectly, might i add) about national security/the war/how she aspired to own her own farm. Small, talk! It's an art, I swear!
i'm not all complainer today, for i found a steal at goodwill: $1.99 (or $2.15 with tax) for a stirdy backpack in chic black. then i dropped $60 on camera film. oy!
i also invested in a solid yoga mat in navy. now, not only will i be bringing my unbeatable tree pose to the table (floor?), i will also have a envy-inspiring mat AND shoulder sling (thanks, walmart!!!)

soon to come, photo posts!

oh, and as a quick update from my blog post last week (r.r., jr.'s acceptance to yale dream)...
guess what? he actually got accepted to brown! i didn't have to say the pledge of allegiance to him, but might as well! just ever so slightly bitter, i'm a selfish selfish girl.

I'm so patient.

The internet here in New Braunfels is quite a perplexing thing. I don't mean to wave my "let's move back to Austin!" flag (again), but come on, people! This is 2008! All I ask for is consistent wireless performance! Really, is that so much to ask?
I'm just minding my own business, perusing my daily blog stops, pondering a fudgy brownie recipe (that happens to be vegan, whaaat?) at tastespotting.com, when BAM! our internet is DOWN! i feel like someone ripped out the last page of a stephen king thriller as i wait patiently (at first) to learn the secret of these so-called vegan brownies. First i simply sit and stare at the blinking exclamation point in the bottom right-hand corner of my page, humming a tune...everything is fine, fine. After a minute, I even stand up, stretch my legs, even get a beverage. Then I get brave and try the refresh key. My downfall. Angry Microsoft Windows pop-ups scream at me. And the process begins once more.
SO! Frustrating!
Was it oil? Applesauce? Vegan fudgey brownies, this is all i'm asking for!!! Gods of the Patterson household wireless network, why do you tease me in this cruel, cruel way?
Perhaps this is a warning that I am spending too much of my precious time on the internet. The moments I will be alive are being ticked off as I watch reality through pixelated glasses. I'll admit, it is a slight addiction. The internet, along with almond butter, is my drug of choice: if I go more than 5 hours without checking my email, I get the slightest...SLIGHTEST bit antsy. I have to check my daily blogs, but don't we all? Really, I'm just a modern girl.

I had a predisposition to dislike Jonathon Safran Foer, but I find myself (unfortunately?) really enjoying "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." It's an easy read, but nonetheless entertaining and at some moments, even poignant.

Current obsessions:

-iced herbal tea, esp. hibiscus

-gaudy nail polish, ie electric blue

-the picture above

-baking. this morning i made scottish scones with raisins, whole wheat flour, and oatmeal

current events and other depressing things

Usually, right after I get into bed (following my bedtime snack of warm milk + toast), I reminisce about occurences of the past and/or fret about the future. For some strange reason, as I lay there, helpless and alone in the dark, all of life's problems seem to escalade into a boulder of problems. It's really frustrating, actually, and is probably the reason for my ever-present sleeplessness. Usually, I settle my restless mind by the conclusive thought that I really cannot change things through my worries. I can only give myself another ulcer/cold sore.

I swear, being home ages me 50 years. I can't stay up past 11:00pm anymore, and I effortlessly spring out of bed at no later than 8:30 am.
I also quickly began experiencing that old familiar feeling that i associate with home: apathy, unwillingness...the new braunfels leech turns me into a hermit.

boring!

i've put faulkner on hold to begin "middlesex."
i can't put it down. i've honestly forgotten that i enjoy reading.

tuesday

had a dream last night that richard ramirez, jr. got accepted to yale and n.b.c.a made us say the pledge of allegiance to him. i was so mad!!!

a new snack recipe i invented is plain yogurt mixed with berry applesauce with (crunchy) cereal on top. summer '08 is all about applesauce.

i just purchased a small used george forman grill at the n.b senior center thrift store for $5. they had a road bike there for $15 that i was so tempted to buy, but i think it might be a little too rusty/old to be realistically useable. i also almost purchased a $2 tape recorder deck, but i think it might have been broken. it seemed like a practical electronic to own at the time.

i went to yoga this morning at the Y and it was disappointly bad for some reason. the teacher was a bit too zen for my liking. not that zen is bad, but it's just so awkward when it's unsuccessful/fake/corny/unbearable.

i really need to start working because i'm getting antsy. on the plus side, i found (brittany gave me) a mini rubberband to tie up my hair wrap!

i just returned from the beach. i'm sunburned slightly and my chest has that itchy, raw feeling that comes with sunburned skin. on the plus side, i've acquired the company of a rainbow hair wrap for the summer (hopefully!) as well as a parrot kite (also rainbow--interesting)
The camera company that I ordered my digital camera battery from sent me microsoft office by mistake? what?
i'm on page 100 of wm.faulk.'s absalom absalom! and i'm not sure how i feel about it. the sentences are really windy and extremely repetitive. sometimes it's just boring, to be honest.

too much food network for one sitting

it's nice to be home: my cooking skills are being sharpened, i'm doing absolutely nothing productive, and i'm catching up on my television shows.
the highlight of my cooking endeavors has involved mini-fritattas in a muffin pan, which are awesome and make me feel so domestic.

So much dramaz goin' down, too. i'll keep this cryptic. (not that either of these people would ever read my stupid blog). oh, new braunfels. nothing says "trailer trash" like you do.

on an unrelated note, voltaire's coffee makes me suicidal.

extremely busy and exceedingly apathetic

as i'm clearing out my belongings from the famed Kinsolving 172, I feel like this small collection of myself is...strange. It's odd how much I think I've changed in just a year.
This is not going to be a reflective "dear dairy" moment, but it's just a thought.


My week ::::
-studying for finals, except wait, no. i didn't at all. !!!!!
-C.K bonding times?
-being amazed at the amount of crap I have generated in 9 months time
-sellin' books, makin' cash
-farewell, cafeteria
- future residence/roommates/allison's hair extensions.
-on that note, hair wraps, anyone?

hello, may.

sometimes i question the sanity of my friends when we begin with a humble dinner party accompanied by baked tofu, vegetables, and strawberry shortcakes, and end with newlywed games, contemplating what cut of meat we'd be, and eating six-month-old freezer burned date and sweet potato muffins. i'm in college.

wrapping things up

well, that's that.

lessons learned at the University of Texas:
i'm a glutton
i need a new wireless phone provider
if at first you don't succeed, procrastinate by spending 3+hours on the internet.

actually, i think i already knew most of these virtues.

oh yeah, i got the HRC internship.

a keeper

since my blogging has gone south this week due to my utter laziness, in list form, i present to you, the events of monday-wednesday.

1.uncomfortable shes
2.a heated race!
3.nauseated. why, kinsolving?
4. mustache
5.carothers kitchen
6.i have no life
7.i finished ulysses

bad decisions thursday

turns into campaign thursday.

i got an interview
and this has been one weird week.

well

i think i'm getting a cold.
but this might just be paranoia, due to the fact that i'm out of purell.

lemon zest luna bar, my nalgene, and quacks

it's creepy when a weathered forty-something sleazebag biker is having a latte with a tattooed young college female. they're discussing piercings.
actually, it's not creepy at all. just unfortunate.
humbert, humbert!


"that circe chapter is trippy"-Ha (from my W.L class)

why does this asian girl in the computer lab feel the need to speak LOUDLY (in broken english) on her phone about business school spreadsheets? ah! mccombs!
she just said, (direct quote):
"does he mind...left over right? no, right over left."
what?

my grandmother's emails would make james joyce proud

i received this email today:
"hey, i really like when they make unsual clotes, i saw some prom dresses out of duck tape. do you like poetry. i like some prose. of course the old poets. say dont forget when you give a speech for plan 4, always start with a little humor, this will get their attention. your mon will have good advice, she is a good speaker. how exciting cupcakes and laundry. love you leigh, grammy"

where is my chapstick?

upon registering for online community college united states history classes, forcing down a cup of tepid coffee, i find myself wondering, "what's the point?"
all i ask is for a decent espresso and team players.

unicorns,
leigh

a few hurrahs for summer

-absalom absalom!
-middlesex
-?
-?
-short story/memoir
-bloggin'
-eBay
- CTC
- FGS

tucking myself into bed

but before that, i really should apply my henri rousseau art tattoos (particularly the one with the moustached man wearing a navy sweater vest with a calico cat perched by his side).

i'm really dreading this week, for reasons unknown.
or reasons known, but unimportant.

so long, farewell.

today was not a great day.

ode to joyce, james. "how do we put this delicately?"

perched atop the cobalt velvet, exploding cotton cushion stacked upon the uncomfortable pseudo-wood chair. neck, ouch. not hungry, content. quack. (s) 12:02. caffeine! reading blogs makes time fast passing q-u-i-ckly, rapid. hilton, city? z? waste of life.
it's interesting, so much time spent=simulataneously creative and witty and fun.the generation of effortlessly perfect. neck! foot! augh! banana?
sleeping roommate/telephoning/televisioning. always on, blaring quietly, disruptive. infomercials. "lose 10 T-E-N! pounds overnight!" "magic bullet." "words." jk's full of 'em. earplugs, plug my ears unsuccessfully as the pulsing color reflects against the walls. sleeping roommate. still. ?????

"of course it's all a paradox, don't you know."

It's funny how something that is currently the bane of my existence (I mean you, biology class), will not matter at all in 5 weeks. I guess important things work out that way too, but just in a less definable moment. That concept makes me want to p-r-i-o-r-i-t-i-z-e!
I'm homesick.

i wonder, yes i wonder how did i get so far?

why does saturday night always result in falling asleep in unconventional places?

joynes room?
really?

reminisce?

i'd like this in poster-size because i like birds.
i had a lovely evening last night. actually, yesterday was such a great day.

pretentious!

Eisley interview:
http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/04/02/LifeArts/Eisley.Talks.Albums.And.Touring-3296946.shtml

point of interest

note to self: set up thing @wheatsville .

oh, what a stomachache!

i shake my fist at you in outrage, kinsolving cafeteria lettuce!

watchin' da hillz.
spoon's "don't you evah" is playing. weird. just thinking about that band, i was.

today was a day of coincidences, where classes and other such events just spilled into each other. example: one of the songs on bill baird's new cd is entitled "mobious", which is what we just finished discussing in math: the mobius band.

now feist is on the hills (da hillz). way to go, lauren conrad!

food blogging makes me feel inventive in culinary aspects. since i own a microwave and 1 square foot of space designated for cooking.
said space is currently taken up by my water bottle/lara bar collection.

mundayssz.

hi, stacy dupree!

savers sunday

Yesterday evening contained a handful of interesting and relevant pieces of information seemingly pertinent to the theme of this blog:

Kevin ate an entire baguette. And even more impressive, we kept that joke going for 5 hours.

I got a stencilled shirt.

potato! potahtoe!

lately i've been thinking a lot about the changes that will occur in my living situation within the next few months, and mentally exploring the implications that my utmost desires for "frugality" will require.
positive:
-i am a rather picky eater HOWEVER i like bland things so i should be fine subsisting on rice, beans, and oatmeal most days. i also require coffee, yogurt, fruit, milk, and peanut butter for sanity. and maybe eggs, a lone vegetable or two, newman's own sesame ginger dressing, and sour skittles when i'm feeling spendy/spontaneous/indulgent.
-jennifer can make spreadsheets. she's in business school! we're in college!
-most of my favorite television shows are: a)not on cable or b)able to be downloaded (illegally/legally, tomato/tomatoe) via the world wide web.
-i don't need to drive a vehicle
-i have no expensive, detrimental a/o addictive habbits that require attention/time/money
-i'm healthy. no trips to the doctor (k.o.w! l.y.l.a.s!).
-i make $35/month!

negative
-i just remembered how much i cherish $3 raspberry kombuchas, $2.71 mint cupcakes, and the whole foods sandwich bar.
-i like air conditioning
-i like showering
-i like high-speed internet access 24/7
-how to i pay bills? how do i mow the lawn? what kind of light bulbs do i need to buy? air filters? what are those for again?

so much to do, so little time!

why must something as petty as school be the bane of my existence?

friday, march 28 is today.

yesterday evening i spotted one (1) medium-sized cockroach crawling about my dormitory floor. i freaked out, naturally, because i cannot handle cockroaches. when spotted, i instantly became a feeble and helpless baby.

i called my mom and she told me to kill it but instead i let it crawl under the mini-fridge and went to the Joynes Reading Room.

my roommate is ALWAYS in the room. why, why, why was she not there this one time? despite mia's suggestion that she "turned in to the cockroach", i'm bitter and afraid to use the restroom in the dark tonight.

mkgnoww

50 pages down, 650 to go.


in other news, i'm enjoying subsisting almost entirely on carbohydrates. i like eating about 5 granola bars a day.
i'm also going to purchase a bicycle, but probably not until this summer when i can scour many a garage sale in the greater san antonio a/o austin area.

i have been eating up the peter and the wolf cd like frozen girl scout cookies.

2 weeks.

and i digress. i knew i would have trouble keeping up with a blog.



life is pretty good right now, but my room smells disgusting. like a febreeze-filled bathroom.

of no concern to anyone but myself

content in my pseudoprocrastination state.

this was a good weekend:
1. Baird, Bill.
2. 1.21 gigawatts?
3. bagel
4. pumpkin pancake
5. SO FULL.
6. teddy in a deep v

could you be any more cryptic?

wknd/+/-
::::::

1. marty mcfly (+)
2. bill. (+)
3. so much to do that i have a spreadsheet (-)
4. looming. (-)
5.not being able to read people. but at the same time not really wanting to. because i know, you know? (+/-)

the daily texan. agony.

while you were watching the presidential debates

i was watching this:http://youtube.com/watch?v=ztTVWvtG9Ec
the "ghostbusters" music video. How have I lived 18 years without seeing this ???? Wait for Chevy Chase to just pop up out of nowhere! It's gold!

can't wait 4:
kinsolving confessions. i almost just spelled "confessions" as "kinfessions." cute!



"Busting is my favorite thing"

so this is what i was waiting for?

i've always thought it'd be nice to write in a blog, but i think i was having the desire to do it for solely superficial purposes, to say, "hey, you should read my blog. "
hey you should read my blog.

so, i'd like to write in this and look back later and laugh at myself.